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PRIDAY, MARCH 13, 1863
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nications. We do not return rejected manuscripts.
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military and naval departments. When used, it
will be paid for.
A. Plain Anwer to a 'Plain Question.
7'o the Editor of "the Press:
Stn: In some of the. Administration papers the
Democrats are all Ailed Copperheads. lam a Demo
crat of the deepest dye, and I would be ashamed to
enroll myself under such a title. lam atriutly loyal,
not approving of all the measures of the Govern
ment, but at this time all party feelings are laid
aside, and I will do all in my power to support this,
the best Government .under God's sun. If a little
more .oharity were only shown, and a little distinc
tion allowed, there would be more, hope of true
patriots 'showing themselves who arc now stamped
as Democrats or." Copperheads."
Very-respectfully your obedient servant,
A LOYAL DEDIODRAT.
The difficulty suggested by "A Loyal De
mocrat is a very natural one, and' we en
tirely agree with him, that many Union
speakers, and journalists, 'sometimes do un
intentional in justice to loyal Democrats by
calling them traitors, Secessionists, and
copperheads." Although our correspond
cut applies his criticism directly to us, we
Clink that he will do us the justice to say
that we have ahvays endeavored to make
the proper distinction between loyal anddis
loyal Democrats. The difficulty of making
that distinction lies precisely with such gen
tlemen as "A Loyal Democrat: 4 ' lie be
longs, to an organization -which here iu
Pennsylvania., has never yet uttered a
hearty sentiment in favor of the War, The
leader of that organization Mr. HUGHES, is
'known to haveAtrged the secession of Penn
sylvan% along with South Carolina: Its
clubs here bring such men as VALLANDIG
IIAM and BURR, and cheer the most atro
cious sentiments of treason. At the meet
ing of its club, we find Mr.- WITTE, its pro
bable candidate for Governor, denouncing
the 'Administration ; and another Demo
crat, Mr. BuLmw, declaring that " Revo
lution is "inaugurated in the North."
At - Harrisburg, during the canvass for
Senator, -such men as these were high in the
confidence of tbe.party, and more recently
we saw the Deinoeratie members of the
House of Representatives refuse the use of
their hall to Atinr.lv. JOHNSON and JOSEPH
A. Willowy. This is the Demperatic party
as • v see it. here. 'ln New York it , is as
bad, or far worse. The'New York World
is a Democratic paper, and yet it hesitates
at no ealuirmy to weaken the faith of the
people in the war; while such men as F gat-
AraDo ooD, .-Bnooßs, and others, are
violent in their assaults upon the Govern
ment.
Now, what are we to do ? We ate anx
ious to have the sympathy and cooperation
of "A Loyal Dembemt," because we believe
his heart is true—and that if we could rea
son together, we should Bnd that there was
..no material difference between us. The
difilculty lies in this one thing : "A Loyal
• Democrat" supports the organization, and
• fails to see that in doing so he supports the
very men he is pleased to call " copper
heads," but whom we call sympathizers
with treason. No matter how true he may
be—how loyal, and devoted, and sincere—
he hecomes in this way as active a " copper . -
head " as Mr. HUGHES or Mr. CARRIGAN.
We say to him, and we say to the thousands
who are precisely in the same position; that
if he would be true to his own feelings, let
him come out from the organization, and
rnee,t Union men on Union platform. We
do not ask him to Din . the Republican
• party ; do not ask 'him to surrender .a
single sentiment expressed in his letter to us.
De - may think as he pleases about the acts of
the Administration, and he may criticise
them in any proper spirit and at any proper
time. We only ask hint to unite witlrsuch
men . as JOHN VAN BUREN, JAMES T. BRADY,
ANDREW JOHNSON, JOSEPII A. WRIGHT,
• HENDRICK B. WaIGUT, DANIEL DOUG/I :
MUM BENJAMIN' H. BnEws•rsn, and *thou
ken the same
position, and declare, with tholirtmcnr.;.-5.
that, until this war is Oet, and Forney comes
again in triumph and glory, we silao
no "pitrty.
1116 1 0•7' 7— ' resident ; our leader, - our
champion, our chosen Chief Magistrate ! and
4 6 ..; O.AT ITV aro
to lie eaTed it Votl's providence intends our
salvation.
We give " A: Loyal Democrat" our haul,
if he will meet•us upon this platform. .
The Polish Question.
The Government of England has made
a demonstration in favor of the Poles that
cannot fail to excite for their cause the
warmest, sympathy, and give streteth to
the insurrectionary movement. The Earl
of Ellenborough took occasion in the House
of Lords, on the 20th of February, to ask
the Ministry for any papers it possessed on the
subject of Poland, and in doing so com
mented with just severity upon the tyran
niei of Russia, and the unhappy condition
to which it had reduced the proud and get
out nation of the Poles. Tills was respond-'
cd' to by Earl RUSSELL, in behalf of the Go
' s - ernment. He did not think It expedient to
produce.the information sought by the Earl of
Ellenborough, and could not without mature
reflection indicate: the policy that England
- would pursue in dealing with the Polish
,question. He was very decided, however, in
thinking that Russia had done wrong in her
government of Poland, and had told the Rus
sian Minister that the decree of conscription
"was the most imprudent and unjust step
'Ole - 4110Jan COTWPOWI4 49K1414i►he," Tfll
rim:l4lwatt; we aro told; wag rot
with loud cheering, and when the noble PAR
went on to say that Prussia had made her
self a partner in the wrong by entering into
a convention with Russia, the cheering wiis
renewed. These indications of disapproba
tion showed how aristocratic England
regarded the tyrannies of aristocra
tic Russia. We • can well imagine
that there must be more than usual
pathos in this national cry of Polish an
guish to move 'the cold and august noble
men in the House of Lords. This cry has
hushed the strife of parties, for we read that,
immediately upon the conclusion of the Earl
RuisELL's speech, the Earl of Malmesbury,
a member of •the (*position,' and a follower
of Lord DERBY • and his foreign secretary,
arose, and expressed his approval of the
sentiments of the Government;: expressed
his "sincere sorrow at what he had been
toldWati the . attitude of the Russian Govern
ment), L : This demonstration in the ]lone
of Lor l,, h' ." - orTIY4IFF4 tirg
Pvl4 l lo/4 4 Lngland is decidedly in syin.
pathy with the Poles. • •
It may be said to be equally so in Prance-
The Emperor of deeds has said nothing,
and, as yet, done nothing ; but French sen
timent is decidedly in sympathy with Po.
land. The ominous mutterings of a muzzled
tress; the gossip in the saloons; the debates
has . . 1111 ,
in the national assemblies; all indicate cold- lir
IrE l'
been LAre Ritp. PATRICK RAFFRRTY.—There
sufferingess to Russia and kindness to the suffering
at de c rab h l d e li . c moality in this city, of
people now being massacred by her armies,
late,
among ,
the
set clergy,—aof g
hard-working,
Austria Austria has taken a high stand, ill-paid and truly unpretending
and washes
d lar. nafferty's death, which took place on Wednes
her hands of a transaction which is at best h h e ic t k hi ll id a , ft w e e believe, within flvemeeks. The
but little amore thanthe natural effect of the Rev. Patrick at
n tor au o . f a S y t in F h ran i cis . Church,
Fairmount, was not if l t ' l l l ' e s
perfidy Of a former Austrian minister. Pius- p t ;;l e m o e, ah like of
the late R. Mr. Whelan, but feli r like e
sin has made herself virtually an ally of
the forest , in
Ireland,
of his years. Re was a na-
Russia, by entering into a convention for this i country, we have
the purpose of preventing Polishirebels always understood, i c n a t m h e e toe
inquiredl
for at the time more presLn ar gly 7 than be w in a g s
taking refuge in her . dominions, and agreeing
b by d trie m t yrmidons of the Britt& Government,
as to return them to the Russian authority.
Whether 'Prussia—which, notwithstanding pretext go fourpetre" tb ot e lig ße t b lie ell u to n u ton of Ninety-eight," as a
with
t E tn l i a w c hich
the vacillation and obstinacy of her present
was completed, in 1801—on parch i
must have been considerably over eighty Mr. Rafferty
ruler, . is a proud and jpst nation, and
long
- strongly devoted to the liberal sentiment' of Ile was beloved by the flock among whom he had
labored, and respected by his brethren. Ile win
Europe—will consent to become a minion of be
interred on Monday forenoon, in the Cathedral .
an autocracy and the instrument 'Of a. ty. l Cemetery. .
rauny which the world cannot equal, remains I REPRINTS OF BRITISH QUARTRRLTIS From
to be seen. . The King of . Prussia has done W. B. Zelber, South Third street, we have , the
American - edition of the new number of The West
much to estrange his people, and many and r ß il leickwood's Magazine. In the
wise men fear an outbreak against his• former mina the . best Greene,
cw R‘ l 4 l 9ritTl Rwa 'n think ti ITolltd . • DM: 414111 §A Rilligg cl i 7 lat a O r f e li t U7o7l3o ni r
10 Willi for lIRD DM tll mull on- . 7771:=.1::: - - - a: •i4iliiiiit - ill Biagikji ll it il ifi li ll t rit
banal adium by Ma =duet bi ililg iiii_ r - h r i t rt - a rum - yl Inc usual pan of a now Mona.
m use or d th in a ßulwer's Caxteniana to
fortunate insurrection. Thus far, the in- fen c e7e n tn o e ve b l ea l y a ni t
aurrection has been little more than a series • is a lively, improbable sketctheeorifeacooLetryesaylisie Thereoall
1 "Our New Doctor, ,, and the conclusion of a , Story ed
Of outbreaks and massacres, although some
i of M th o a d te er m n
a lla rk b a y: l on ; wh ih ch sketches London society .
of the - writers of European journals state
that the conduct of the Poles has been other papers, a fu y rth ee er dissertation on and There 4i
also, among
Chinese at
tnarked,by - humanity and discretion ; that fairs, and an attack, able and violent, but sometime/
they have organized armies, and, under the
not very accurate, upon the Palmerston Ministry.
Vi r e particularly referred toltus articf
in a leader. I
/eaderahip of a diatinguielted rolial noble-
. QU Tuesday, . I
man, are fast becoming proficient in the
art of war. If this contest should be per
mitted to continue, we do not Ace how any
thing can result but the utter annihilation of
the Polish nationality.. It was, indeed, the
attempt to carry out this design, by forcing
a merciless and unjust conscription, that
led to the present insurrection. It is pos
sible that the combined Powers of Europe
may present to Russia sueh a remonstrance
that she will.desist from her present sad de
sign, and it is by no means iinpossiblelhat;,
out of the revolution arid excitement which
despairing Poland - has created in her etTort
to become free, .the greet crime of its parti
tion,,which has been fora generation the
shame of Europe, 'will be redressed. As
friends of liberty, we shall:look upon such
a -result as one of the most pleasant events of
We see something of a' political
I charac
ter
,
In' tne recent unfortunate occurrence in
Detroit. ' It is a contest of prejudice and
passion against the lass That citizens of
any community should feel indignant at
an outrage like that for which the negro
FAULKNER was condemned is natural, but
that such indignation should take the torm
of a riot is a matter of surprise. We look
upon it as one of those deplorable pheno
mena that we see in cities. An ignorant,
excitable, thoughtless class of men, eager
for opportunities of revenge or clamor,
become the champions of a good. Senti
ment, and in their passion are hurried into
animosity and crime. In Detroit,- as in
all of our Northern cities, there has been
developed an intense feeling against the
negro race. The Germans and Irish; who
came here as emigrants, and are_ mostly
compelled to labor for their . bread as
mechanies or artisans, have been taught to
look upon the negro - as a rival in the scale
of social equality, and a competitOr in
their industry. Ile has been held up to
them in the most odious sense, and base,
vile men have sought, froni platform and
hustings, to excite their anger. So long as
this served a mere election purpose we dis
missed it with feelings of contempt for the
deceit of the demagogue and the nnthinkint
bigotry of those who believe him. It is a
common custom. We see it here, in other
countries, and in other times. England and
France have felt this mob feeling spring out
of the earth, and suddenly deluge the land
with its bloody waters. In all cases
it came from causessimilar . to those
which precipitated this riot in Detroit.
Twenty years ago a scene transpired in
Philadelphia which might be quoted as an
illustration. In Philadelphia; however, the
disturbance was occasioned by an attempt to
make religious and national tests; politicians
fostered the passions of the people, and-in
time they ended in violence and. death. The
sad scenes of 1844 are still remembered with
sorrow, and Philadelphia suffers - from the
odium . they produced.
So far as this affair relates to the muni
cipal peace of Detroit; we may dismiss it
without anything more than an expression
of regret that a sister city should be thus
disgraced. The citizens of that city owe it
to their own good names, as friends 'of
peace and humanity, to punish the men
who have violated the laws, and .to make
ample provision for the unfortunate and
suffering victims of their anger and atrocity.
There is a lesson, however, which this
will teach to the politicians everywhere who
seek to excite the prejudices of our laboring
classes against the negro race. If we
would avoid such outbursts of crime and
passion we must frown upon all pub
lic speakers ... who tell the people • that
the negro is their rival or their foe.
" When the people," says the New York
Wor/d, "are told, in season and out of
Season, that they, and their S&Ls, and
their brothers, are to he led out to
slaughter in battle ; that their substance
is to be taxed, their industry burdened,
their lives perplexed and tormented by
a war for. the. b4nefit of the negro, to re
lieve him f rou rslaveryru - nrc..4_1,A,,,
• life and limbs, they
cannot be expected to take any other view
..:Irritrtliai is onerous and odious to
them in the Pressure of the times, and the
repugnance 'of the past. is rapidly festering
into the execration of tho Aiturg," TIME
111111116 or 14113 Vint 116.COMM0lld lO.itgnlf and
to all who holm to its sehool. Who but OA
World, and kindred sheets, have, in season
and out of season, poiXoned the minds of the
laboring people with just such slanders about
the "negro as those here recapitulated ? They
have done this in Detroit, they are doing it
in every part of the Union; and the dis
graceful scenes in Detroit are the- natural
effeets of such teachings. Why is it that
politicians seek to Prosper by invoking ea- -
lamity and chine ? Why is it that to obtain
power and office, they pander to the basest
passions of men ? The negro must live ;
he must live according to his intelligence,
industry, and the necessities of society.
He must live and be -protected, and if he
obeys the laws, tlfe laws will give him
shelter, and all such crimes as this sad affair
in Detroit, and all violent language that leads
to. them; such as we hear from the lips of
false.inen, deserve the condemnation of all
good men. . '
•ehe Pre-
Elegant Extracts for the Democratic Club.
We respectfully propose that at the next
meeting of the Democratic Club, after the re
porters have been, as usual, carefully ex
cluded, and the members have fully ex
pressed their opinions about peace and the
cessation of the war, sonic gentleman Nati
iinq jaunty Dreohleint i 31r, INGESSOLL,
1101lla Do the most approprinto perm) 134
requested to tend the following extracts
from Southern journals, to show what their
dear Southern brethren think Of peace and
reconstruction :
Mom the Eichmond Examiner.)
The Northern Democrats ask now that, with the
frivolity of children, the two communities should
ignore the past, should treat thctremendous events
of the last forty years as trifles ; and with a debt of
two or three billions of dollars incurred in mutual
slaughter, should shake the bloody handl of each
other, and .be.brethren once more. The thing is
not possible. It would be barbarous, corrupt, and
wicked. Who but brutes could shake hands and be
friends with the slayers of brothers and companions!
Probably half a million- of men on 'both sides
have fallen as victims in this frightful war.
Are each community to throw off' the ha
biliments of mourning, to forget their:dead, and re
vel in mutual amity over' the graves of the Blain 1
The: spectacle would disgust the world ; Heaven
would be shocked at the impiety of the scene.
Honorable -peace is always to be desired.' War
should not be prolonged one moment from mere sen
timents of revenge. But political union and .social
amity with the slayers of hundreds of : thousands of
our countryinen, would be an indecency revolting to
every virtuous, pious, and chivalrous instinct of
human nature,. " .
• •
C . •
Reconstruction is absurd, and those who aPPre•
- hand clanger of
li.lonee is , it 'lleiffly want (Aeon'
rempeople Team titmte the armies Of.
the South. If the DrapaniCCL,v.i1 R . eeuia a.
num the.loince . of Onorlel l gild, sounding sinothet
trump of resurrection, bring together all the bones
of the children of the. South which now whiten upon
every battle.ileld ; if the maimed and lamed and
diseased could be made whole; if wounded hearts
could be healed, and families reunited; if desolated
fields and homes in ashes cot:Liebe restored ; if this
Convention could achieve. these ends then there
might be a basis for that apprehended - danger, the
very auggestion'ot which supposes a want of faith
in the steadiness of purpose of the people of the
South.
The Itiot in• Detroit.
DEPARTMENT OF THE SOUTH.
The Bombardment of Fort IdCAMlSter—An
English Steau►er Ashore near Charleston—
Capture of on Englibh Propeller—Rumors
of Pence IVFgotintionS at Richmond.
Banrimonx; March 1 2.—The.steainship Ericsson
arrived this morning from Port Royal, with dates to
the Bth, and mails and despatches for the Govern.
went in the hands of Chief Engineer Stimers, who
was on board the Passaic in the attack. on Fort Mc-
Allister.
The Monitore were all back at Port Royal in
good condition, A ten-inch mortar shell struck the
Passaic on the deck, but did not go through.
A torpedo was exploded beneath the Montauk,
and although it lifted her a foot out of water, did no
damage.
The bombardment lasted twenty hours; but the
Monitors could not get near enough to the fort to
dismantle it. The distance was 1,400 yards.
The English steamer Queen of the Wave was on
shore near Charleston. The crew escaped. Admi.
ral Dupont was endeavoring to save her.
The Catskill arrived on the ad instant, and was
ready for service.
The gunboat Quaker City left Port Royal on the
Bth instant for Philadelphia. The Ericsson passed
her off Wilmington, N. C., in chase of an English
propeller. She had bearded her as the Ericsson
passed, end the steamer was supposed to be a prize.
The movement on 'Charleston had not yet coin
mowed.
The Charleston papers say that both the Indianola
and Queen of the West are in good condition.
A rebel lieutenant, captured near Charleston
says that secret negotiations for peace have been pro
greasing at Richmond for three weeks. The papers
are not allowed to allude to the particulars.
The bombardment of Fort McAllister was a grand
sight.
THE LATEST.
PROPOSED EXPEDITION-MOVEMENTS OF
GEN. NEOLEE-RELEASE OF GEN. STEW
VENSON:-.-THE FAMOUS STEAMER UNION.
HILTON' HEAD, (via Fortress Monroe,) March 3.
—Gen. Neglee, commanding the Union forces from
North Carolina now in this. Departinent, in whom
both Generals Hunter and Foster have unbounded
confidence, will take an important part in the pro
jected expedition.
Captain J. IL Howell, promoted for gallantry at
Fair Oaks, is, by a recent order, attached to G-en.
Neglie , s staff as chief of ordnance. Surgeon Geo.
Derby, of the 3d Massachusetts, is attached to Gen.
- IsTeglee's staff as medical director.
The colors were hoisted on the various vessels in
Gen. Foster's expedition, on Friday last, in honor
of the release of Chief Quartermaster... Sleight, who
was arrested by,Gen. Hunter, for refusing to trans
fer-Gem Foster's transportation over to General
Hunter's quartermaster. The resent order from
Washington, recognizing Gen. Foster's forces here
as still belonging to the 18th army corps, sustains
Capt. Sleight in his refusal to make the transfer.
Gen. Stevenson; who was charged with using die
respectful language against the black brigade, was
!morality released by Gen. Hunter, on Saturday
last, it having appeared that there was nothing dis
loyal in what he, had said. He received an ovation,
last evening, from his brigade, of the-most flattering
character.
Their. S. transporfateamer Gen. Burnside Capt.
Wilcox, arrived here on Friday from St Augustine,
Florida. She will leave here to-morrow for the
Doctors Otis and Ingalls, two *distinguishcd!mr
geons of Gen.- Foster's command, now here as au-
Perriumery surgeons, will have charge of ' a large
steamer fora hospital ship, fitted up with all the
necessary comforts.
The famous steamer 'Union, Capt. Chambers,
which has performed so many daring exploits ;in the
waters of North Carolina, and doubtless one of the
swiftest steamers afloat, is now here. It is rumored
that she will take a cruise after the rebel pirate
Alabiona t if the captain can procure letters of marque
for that purpose.
linitar;OF. THE POTOMAC.
Negro Pickets and Soldiers in the Rebel
Army—Changes . in thC Transportation
.Service—lielebration of a Marriage in
Camp.
READQLARTERS ARMY OF THE POTOMAC, March
12.—The pickets of the enemy along certain portions
of the line, on the opposite side of the Rappahan
nock, are one-half negroes and one-half white men.
The negroes are armed and uniformed the same as
the whites. The fact appears beyond a question,
only 100 to 160 yards intervening between our pickets
and those of the enemy, and they are plainly to be
distinguished without the aid of a glass.
Gen. Ingalls, chief quartermaster of the Army of
the Potomac, has issued a circtilar, modifying aad
reducing the transportation of all arms of the ser
vice, as well as the stain or corps, divisions, and
brigades. .
Marriage rites were solemnized to-day at the camp
of the sth New Jersey regiment, between Capt. De
Bait, of the 3d Regiment, and Miss Lammond, of
Washington.
ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE.
CINCINNATI, 'March 12.—A skirmish took place
yesterday, about 12 miles east of Paris, Kentucky.
• One of our forage trains was attacked by a band of
about fifty guerillas, who were beaten off by the
teamsters and guard. Reinforcements were immedi
ately sent forward.
Runtrarony's Cntmc, four miles north of Co
lumbia; Tenn., March 11.—General Granger came
IThitli the enemy to this placelstertlmpay:T r ra
ed and s % oun d ed but captured
lost The gua,,,-,,77e7,..rui.w121 zaa ,
ffJS3Rl;rfi ,°
.41 CI
in
t an Vati
t w it e a m t Colonel
taftking
their way to our lines.
RETREAT OF VAN DORN.
RuTnEnTonu's CREEIK,• near Columbia, Tenn.,
March 11.--f Special to New York. licrald.j—pen
DMA! Ulltle ?Abel fass,r ,
The hal;Aalumbl~ any
Nashville is cleared of The rebel mnpaildnrk, and the
means of crossing Duck river is destroyed.
ARMY OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
ClNertirikri, Misrehl2.—A. rumor haa reached here
from Memphis that Yazoo City, on the Yazoo river,
has been captured by the Union forces, but it needs
confirmation.
The reports;are it'll conflicting as to the Indianola,
some stating that she was blown up by the rebels to
save her from Admiral Porter's bogus gunboat, and
others that she is still afloat and serviceable.
From Fortress Monroe.
FOIITIMSS Mo:atoz, March 11.—The steamboat
Monitor arrived this afternoon from Washington,
with a load of horses.
The schooner Mary E, Banks, which went ashore
on Cape Henry in the late snow-storm, has been dis
charged of her cargo of shot and shell, and removed
to Norfolk by Capt. Baker's wrecking fleet.
The storm has cleared away, and the weather to
day is fine.
Arrival of the Gunboat Quaker City.
.NEW YORK, March 12.—The United States steam
gunboat Quaker City has arrived from Port 'Royal
via Charleston Bar, with dates to the Bth inet. She
comes here to repair, and receive new boilers. On
the 9th Met., off Cape Fear, she captured the British
steamer Douro ' after an exciting chase of six hours.
The Douro had a cargo of 420 bales of cotton, and
was boimd from Wilmington, N. 0., for Nassau.
She was ordered to this port for adjudication, and
also arrived here to-night.
' The Quaker City brings a large number of priso
ners, captured persons, and invalids, from the South
Atlantic squadron. -
fPliAAka* --
tiv6/1 kAmth.hlght.
Tha transport-ship Mentleello , from New Orleans',
has also arrived.
Hon. Thaddeus Stevens at Home.
LANCASTER, March 12.110 n.. Thaddeus Stevens
was serenaded last evening and welcomed home by a
large concourse of his fellow-citizens. The demon
stration was very enthusiastic. In response to a
speech of welcome by Dr. Cassidy, Mr. Stevens said
were we united, and did the Democrats give their
support, we could crush the rebellion in six months.
In any event it would be clone, and the Government
more firmly roestablished than ever.
The Union League-bave rented National Hotel,
in this city, for a league house.
SatWog of the Iron-clad Keokuk.
NEW Yonx, March 12.—The iron-olad- steamer
Keokuk sailed from the lower bay yesterday.
W 4SIII GTON.
Special De6patclice tv , " The Prem.',
WASHINGTON, March 12, 1883.
• •
Exira Sestki#:Vnited 'St4tes Senate.
Hon. Ar...exatriossei.HiSCSAY, Senator elect from
Minnesota, whose credentials were presented on
VebttinTy sth, appeared and took j,he oath prescribed
by law. _ _ .
Motion of TR DIODOIJOALL, of Oalifnpnik
Tin foliowing retiolution Wal - lillbalittPd by him
for action, and, by unanimous consent, was adopted:
Resolved, That the .Secretary of the Treasury be
directed to have prepared and presented to the Sen
ate a statistical and general report upon the value
and present condition of our foreign anti domestic'
commerce, including as well that of the 'Pacific
coast; and, further, to suggest what legislation, if
any, i§ necessary to enlarge and protect the import
ant interests involved. •
The Senate then went into executive session.
Cnpture of the Schooner Belle.
Despatches from Admiral DuroNr mention the
capture of the schooner Belle, of Nassau,. by the
United States steamer Potomska,
.blockading in
Sapelo Sound, Ga. She purported to be bound to
Port Royal, but there was found among the papers
in the baggage of Rronann A. Ecoves, the master, -
a written agreement between him and the owner, F.
01`DEBEOX, WhO was also on board, to run the
blockade: • The cargo consisted of coffee and salt
Yellow Fever at Tenerltre
Information received at the State Department
from the 'United States consul at 'Peneritte, states
that the yellow fever has appeared at Los Palmas,
Grand Canary, two cases having occurred on' the
19th ultimo, both of which terminated fatally. This
disease is yet raging unabated at the port of Santa
Ci uz , Tenerife, and is causing the greatest distress
and suffering amongst all classes by its ravages.
•
American Produce at Trinidad.
Gaolers Hoop, Consul at Trinidad, reports under
date of February 10th, that " the number of arrivals
from thellutted Staten has been larger. during the
put quarter than in any previous during the year.
The high premium on sterling exchange having led
to large and frequent shipments, the result has been
that breadstuff's, and all kinds of American provi
sions, aresiuoted at lower rates /a tilltkmorico Than
111 New VOA,-
ipx - rvereering
The Governmen; Is advised of rebel movements
for privateers in the Pacific Ocean. 'United States
Consul ALLEN Prtaxots, at Victoria, Vancouver's
Island, writes that an attempt has just failed to
purchase an English steamer for a privateer, from
a person named Flext,r,r, who had proceeded to San
Francisco.
Convalescent.
The Hon. Owen Love Joy, who has been detained
in Washington by a severe and dangerous illness, is
now convalescent,
kli:4l Z 1 —1 I 4 F I LPHIA t 14 U* I 1 s • •
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Arrival of the Anglo-Saxon—The Seward.;
Allereler Controversy—The Prince of
I , l7alea , I l eree—Defeat of the RTISSIOLIIS by
the Poles—Commercial Intelligence.
Powrusap.Maral 17.—The steamship Angto-Saxon has
arrived with one day's later intelligence from Enropo.
The London (noel thinks that a contradiction exists
between Mr. Sep and and DI. Merrier, and that one ado)
Governments will have to demand a substantial apology.
Tie London Times believes that Mr. Seward really did
listen to M. Mercier's counsels.
The Times considers that the movements in Illinois
and other States arc a proof that peace was wanted.
'rho American Minister was at the Prince of Wales ,
levee. The Mayor of Liverpool has given a banquet to
the captains of the Autericau relief ships. ,
THE 'POLISH INSURRECTION.
The Rnaataus have been put to flight, after eight hours'
fight, at Lutuo, by the rebels.
It is reported that the people drove oft' tho Commoka
who poraned the fugitive Poles Into the Austrian terri
tory.
The Inte:4 intelligence elates that the Spanlatr ministry
Las cosigned.
The leaden Timm says the States which havh been
lighting so desperately to convert the American Republic
into a military monarchy have all at once recollected
that they ere, after all. only members of a federation.
Illinois and other States are taking Wens which prove
that their obiec. is peace. Thus. at least, there appears
try of tom. • The Slates desire peace, and. finding a
Federal Oovernment unwilling to give effect to their.
desire, have susperseded its actiou,and thus commenced
the second stage of this tremendous American revolution
for themselves.
Dir. Spence, of Liverpool, floWneiarigent to the Con
federate Government, bad germ to Faris.
The Italian Government has accepted the proposition
of Monsieur Fell to construct a tunnel .through Mount
Cents, subject to the consent of France.
The Princess Alexandra left Copenhagen for England
on.the afternoon of the 26th •ult. amidst an imposing de
monstration. The houses Were decorated. Au immense
crowd accompanied her to the railway Blatt's
Prince Alfred was progressing favorably on the 26th
ultimo.
The Prince of Wales held his first levee on behalf of
the Queen at St. aameA' Palace; on the tith alt., with
grcateclat. It was attended by about 1,700 of the no
bility end others. Parliament did not sit that day on
account of the lowa
The American hllitister was at the torte. but made no
presentation.
The official corrpotaleuce relative to the Galway con
tract line been published. It shows an unfavorable
financial petition. But the directors undertook to reme
dy the Gov ernment'a objection by the issue of additional
shares, thus increasing the meets.
THE. POLISH QUESTION.
•
A telegram from Nalowita reports that an engagement
took place between the insurgents and the Russians,
near Kntuo. lasting nearly eight hours. The Russians
were put to flight, and took refuge on Prnessianterritory.
It was stated that Cossacks, who were pursuing
Polish fugitives on Austrian soil, had been pelted with
Monks by the people, and escorted back to the frontier..
it was 'apposed that Austria would demand satisfaction
for the violation of bar territory.
The Paris Ccmstitutionn el has an article to ahow that
fears of war are groundless, the understanding between
France, England, and Austria, caused by the Prussian
intervention, being a sure guarantee of tt a maintenance
of peace.
FRANCE.
Ls Nord says instructions have bean Rent to the French.
legation at Rio in a scneo essentially sympathetic with
Brazil iu her difficulty with England.
Bottrso improved ou the 24th, closing at 69f. 650.
ITALY.
The Chambers had commenced to debate the loan
question. Some speakers urged mole -Independence of
France.
GREECE. .
kritENS , Feb. 25.-The Assembly - elected the dompro
raise Ministry yesterday. Valbi is President; Smellask
is Minister of War, and Dimitri Diaorovlta Dilatator of
Foreign Affairs.
Commercial Intelligence.
LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET.--The Brokers' Cir
cular reports : The miles for the weok have been 24000
bales, Including 3,(00 hales to speculators, and 7,003 to
exporters. The market opened heavy, but subsequently
advanced 1,44'd on American, and closod at an advance
of X@ SO on the week; for other descriptimUm mar
ket. has beon uav,
Wttlra - tieblide . of 341@11. • The -
sales of haturday were 3,000 hales, includingl,olX) to
speculators and exporters. The market closes quiet
and unchanged at the following quotationß :
. •
• Fair. Middling.
. . .
••
Orleans • 254 d. • • 22' d.
Mobiles 24/4 . 3014
Uplands 2135 i • 211,11
The stock in port amounts to 413.= bales, including
61,000 bales of anterinan.
Bity.mwrcres.—rionr has a downward tendency.
Wheat heavy, and declined 2d. Corn dull, and declined
E.€lBd.
Pitovalogs.—The market is flat, but quotation are
steady
LONDON, Futnia.--Consols closed at Maw for
money. The bul:ion in the Bank of England has in
creased £20,000.
AMERICAN I•TOCKE —Brie Railway, 43; Illinois Central,
41: New York Central Railway. 70.
[Per Anglo Saxon,]
Arrived from Mew Yoik;Albis; at Hong Kong: Nubia,
In Straits of 'Sands et Bremerhaven; Pennsylva
nia, at Galway• ; General Newell - and Cheltenham, at
Havre; Annie Frv, at Sligo:, Emblem, Pilot Fish. Pa
t. tot, Gen. McClellan, Arab, and. Clarissa Carrier, at Li
verpool.
Arrived from Boston, Wild Gaielle, at Shanghae.
Arrived from Portland, Omega, at Liverpool.
Arrived from. San.Frafielsco, Solna, and Cyclone, at
Hong Kong. •
ArriVed from liankow, steemors Fire Cracker and
Pembroke, at Shanglme.
VERY LATEST,VIA LONDONDERRY.
Losnog,Friday. —The Spanish Ailnistry have realguod.
It is reported that Narvaez is forming a neyv Cabinet.
The Polish question is unchanged.
The Mayor of Liverpool has given a grand banquet to
the captains of the several American relief ships.
Sax PnAxersco, March 11.—The steamer Moses
Taylor sailed thin afternoon for Nicaragua, with 600
passengers. The steamer Uncle Sam sails to-morrow
for Panama.
The steamer Sonora, from Panama, is now enter
ing the harbor.
Legal-tender notes are unsettled at 80@83:
SAW FItANOI2OO, March 12.—Arrived ship Go
quimbo, froin Boston.
The steamer Sonora brought from .Manzanilla 13
boxes of treasure, received from the wreck of the
Golden Gate, making about $BOO,OOO received here.
Sailed this afternoon, the steamer Sonora, for Pa
nama, carrying 212 passengers, $ 380,000 in treasure
for England, and 6240,000 for New York.
Oregon papers of the 4th received here State that
the opting is fairly open, and emigrants are starting
for the mines. Two hundred left Portland in one
day, principally for Baresville. From indications,
the California..emigration to Oregon, Washington,
Idaho, and British Oolumbia,s,this year, will exceed
that of the last year, while the ; rush foi;:mrashoe,
aw2l . 6l436lavax i ia , jedlige, Colorado an
unprecedented.- bel./yratztico,..p . ro7thises to be
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PENNSYLVANIA LEGISLAI'FRE.
The Senate waa called to order at n o'clock by the
OPAAI2III
Flialt101111t•
Mr. safrial, the remonstrance of 'lO9 citizens of trent
genie.r county agninost tenallAnn net of ebe.cOmrotn
slondra appropriating 185,000 for bounty purpose).
Mr. STEIN, the remonstrance of 246 citizens of Lehigh
township, Northampton county; against the passage or a
law authorizing the auperviaora to levy a tax forbounty
Purposes.
Mr. CLYMER, a petition flom Barks county fOr the
Passage of a law prohibiting the emigration of blacks
and rx ulattoes.-
Mr. SERRILL, three remonstrances from Philadelphia
against the passage of arch a law.
Mr. REILLY, five remonstrances front Schuylkillcounty against allowingcorporations to holdiarge bodies
of lends for mining purposes.
Mr. ackoND, one of similar import from Nortlitmber
la nd county.
Mr. STARE, a petition from Luzerne county in favor
of calling a Rational Convention.
Mr. WALLACE, one from Blair county for the passage
of a marriage license law.
Mr. TURRELL, from the Committee on EduCation, re
ported a bill for the better inspection of commonlichools.
Dills Introduced. • '
Mr. REILLY, a bill fer the, relief of Georg° D. Boyer;
late Treasurer of Schuylkill county.
Also, a bill to incorporate the -Forestimpiovement
Mr. P . MBRot, a bill to incorporate . the. United
Presbyterian Board of Publication. - • •
Mr. RIPSTAND, a supplement to the act incorporating
the borough of Marietta.
Mr. STABA
.4 jig to Incorporate the Wilkeobarre
and Philadetpnia Railroad Company.'
Mr. STEIN, a supplement to the act incorporating the
borough of Bethlehem. - • •
Bills Considered.
The bill to authorize the:Wyoming Canal Company,
and its creditors, to agree to an adjustment of their re
spective came up in order on second reading.
The penling question was on theamendment off,red
by Mr. White, striking out that portion of the first sec
tion which releases one coupon due the State, amount
ing to lid if°
•
Sir. W Ml:dated that since the bill wart last before
the Senate he bad an interview with the'Attorney Gene
ral, and was authorized to say he was opposed to the
passage of this bill at this time. The claim of the State
showed'^h ow: this
Irtimns,t b •ar• i ' a ci c i o n ,ilie lv d as anTefen contended
wealth could secure the lest dollar of her ledebtedness..
The parties controlling OW Canal bad not acted with good
faith to the State, and did not show a desire to ray the
claim of rb. Commonwealth.
JOHNSON was oppo=ed to rehiringlnj complim
Post.: A—
Hall mils' the strong ballot that this Wilt ono or
eerie* or memroreeof th company doeignoll 'to dorralid
the glut° out of it& entire claim. An A tit anyk wan mad
e
laa Year by a proviso which it was supposed would
escape attention to release the cump.t.ny from all the
interest dne ibe State. but it was detected, and de
feated. If this bill passed releasing the company from
the payment of tiiB,or4l, next year the State would-be .
asked to release *16,000, and so the claim of the Common
wealth would be all frittered away.
• Mr. WALLACE, said that if this, bill was a compro
mise, the State must stand in the same position as other
creditors. But the company stood in the position of
fraudulent creditor, ' The stock had not been paid uP,
and he would never consent to vote away one farthing
of the claim of the State.
Mr. 'Mite's amendment was then disagreed to—
yeas 13. nave 14.
Mr. Wll ITE moved that the bill be postponed for the
present.' Ho wished to get further information from the
Attorney General.. Not agreed to—yeas 15, nays 16. z
The first section of the bill Passed—Team 19, na3 s 13:
and it was passed to third rending, and laid over.
Mr. 'WALLACE called up the supplement to the free
banking law, which authorizes banking Institutions to
receive from (be Auditor General the par value of the
stock deposited, in notes for circulation, and to degnsit
stocks to double the amount ef their capital stook...
Mr. WHITS moved to amend by inclndinff United
9
States stocks. •
The aninect was discussed until the hour of one, when
Without taking a vote, the Senate adjourned. , 7 ••
HOUSE, •
The House Was called to order, At log A. M. by ate
PERSHING, of Cambria, Speaker pro tem. .
Toausage Tax.
Mr. BECK', of Lycoming, moved to reconsider the vote
by which the House passed a bill relative to tonnage
fur" fol lowa :
fteh-A. *Lei rallAana eon,' tnies. ea
tolopasiesi fiteliffibfflii or other navigation oomoooloa,
halt collect and pay to the Treasurer, fur the lt," Of the
Comrnouwertn, a tar upon all tonnage am - led nponor
over their respective linos of transportation, to be gra
duated as follows, to wit:
First. Upon the products of minas, for each ton of two
thousand pounds, two cents.
Second. Upon the production of the forest and animal
and vegetable food and alt othor agricultural products,
three cents.
Third. Merchandise, manufactures, and all other at
tiche , live cents.
'SEC. 2. In all cases where the same freight is trans-
Ported overdlfferent but continuons lines of transporta
tion, then the tax hereby imposed shall be paid by the
several corporations carrying the same. each in propor
tion to the distance transported as may be adjusted
smong themselves, the State Treasurer being, and he is
hereby, authorized to collect the whole of said tax from
either of the companies carrying the freight as 'he may
elect..
Prorided, That the carriage of all freight shipped
th rotuth and over one or serm•al line a of transportation,
elan be chargeable with but one tax as aforesaid.
Site. S. Corporations, whose lines of lmpro vernal:de are
used by. others for the transportation of freight, are
beteby authorized to add the tax hereby•lmposect to
their cbartree, and to collect the same therewith
Sea. 4. That the tonnage duties to which the aforesaid
companies, or either of the m.are made liable by this act
eltall be and are hereby, appropriated to the sinking fund
provided for by the fourth section of the eleventh article
of the Constitution of this Commonwealth, and shall not
be used or appropriated for any other purpose whatso
ever. •
Provided further, That all freighti carried over any
railroads lose than fifteen miles In length, and not car
ried on any other connecting railroad, shall be exempt
from the aforesaid tax.
faa. b. . All railroad companies, canal -companies,
steamboat, or other navigation companies, shall pay to
the k late Ivessnrer,.for the use-or this Commonwealth,
tax as follows :
. •
All such companies declaring a dividends, not over
three per cent, shall pay upon their gross receipts ono.
half or one per cent.
All such companies declaring• dividends over th.ree,
and not exceeding four per cent., shall pay upon their
gross receipts one per cent.
All such commutes declaring dividends over 4 and
not exceeding 6 per cent., r shall pay upon their Kruse
receipts LK per cent. .--
All such companies declaring divideurlsover 5 and not
exceeding per cent., shall pay upon their goose re
ceipts 2 per cent. '
. All such companies declaring dividends over 0 awl mot
exceeding 7 per cent.. shall pay upon their irons. re
coinippip nut.
I
7, - aer nexat oar theireon• rmaers.atr..
FM motion to 'Nonni of vim offal to by A vaio of ALI
yeas to 43 nays.
)llr. VINCENT then moved to go irtio committee of the
whole, in order to insert a special amendment as a sub
stitute for the original bill. The spacial amendment pro
posed was as foilcws:
Reit estactrd, etc.,That all-railroad . 'Companies, canal
companies, steamboat •or other stavinalion (cremates,
shall collect and pay to the Treasurer,• liar the use of the.
Conrimewesltli, a tax upon rill tuanao carried upon or
over their respective Hesse( transportation, to be grade-.
aced nu follows—hrwit:
' First. Upon the products of mines, for each ton of top
thousand pounds, two cents. • •
Ferond. [iron the production of the fore 4, and animal
Podvegctsblgfood,:nddallothercflulrieuttrag prodoeta,-
.
three cents;
EUROPE.
Shipping Intelligence.
From. Sail FrMmisco.
HARRIfiBURG, March 12, 18S3.
SENATE.
Third. Aletchandibe, thanufacturea, and all other ar
tido.. dye cents.
I See. 2 In all casee where the same freight is trans
ported over di ff erent but continuous linos of transporta
tion; then the tax hereby imposed shall ho naid by the
severe] cot peratione carrying the game, each in propor
tion to the distance transported, as may be adjusted
amougthenweives. The State Treasurer being, and he
is het eby. authorized to collect the whole of said tax from
either of the companies carrying the freight, as he may
elect.
Provided, That the carriage of all freight shipped
throngb and over ono or several lines of transportation,
shall be chargeable with hat ono tax, as aforesaid,
Scat 3. Corporations. whose lines of improvements
are need by cullers for the transportation of freight, are
hereby =thor n ed to add the tax hereb y imposed Co their
chargee, and to collect the saran therewith.
Sec. 4 That the tonnngeduties to which the aforesaid
ecropanfea, or either of them, are made liable by this
act. shall be, and are hereby, appropriated to-the elat
ing fund provided by the fourth section of the eleventh
article el the Constitution of thi. Commonwealth. and
Omit not be need nor appropriated for any otiose purpose
whatsoever; Protrided,jurther, That all f 'ht.; carried
over any railroad lose than fifteen miles in length. and
not carried en any other connecting railroad, shall he
exempt from the aforesaid fax.
Mr. 'CAINE thought that the above amendment was
certainly out of order, the same subject having been vo
ted down yesterday.
Mr. REX offered the following amendment to the
amendment:
That the Attorney General er the State, immediately
a ft e r the passage of this act, shall institute a suit agaiust
the Pennsylvania Railroad Comwtny for the recovery of
the tonnage duties, which were due and payable by
contently in their chin - ter, in accordance with the pro
visions of an set, to the commission of the sinking fund
at the time of the PASSIM oi the act entitled an eat for
the commutation of tonnage duties, approved the 7th
day of March. 1801. and, upon recovery of such duties,
the money slut) Lb° disposed of as provided hi section
fourth of this bill; and no much of the act above re
ferred to es releesee the Pennsylvania Railroad Compa
ny from the payment of the sum due the State at that
time is lierebi , reix &ed.
Mr. HOPKINS, of. Washington, declared that men
had voted against the restoration of the tonnage tarcupou
the floor of.this House, who had been pledged, before
their election, to vote forsite rehnposition. He had no
doubt lint that they had sufficiently substantial reasons
for their conies,.
Mr. RENEDICT wished to extricate the original pro
ea:realm from ell entangling alliances. If the State had
seven or eight hundred thousand dollars in danger, ho
whited the members to unite in some single proposition
to save it.
Mr REX said that the only dillicdlly was, that it
took the gentleman from Huntingdon (Mr. Benedict) too
long-to get ready.
Mr. A LEXANDER should vote according to the dic
tates of his conscience, and repelled the insinuations
which had been made that members had been unduly
influenced. a n d
wan in favor of taxing equa ll y all cor
porations and raclasses of the community,
Mr. LARAIt, dt Bucks, could not refra.n from saying
a word. Members on the floor had voted directly in op
position to the .views which they bad previoualy ex
pressed. With all due respect to such men, but with a
higher regard to his chnstitnen's, he would say die
tinctly,.that the pentienurn from Clarion (Par. Alexander)
Lad changed lilt views suddenly, and had told an as
sistant sergeant-at-arms that—
The SPEAR BR called .the gentleman to order for in
dulging in personalities.
Mr. IsABAR charged that Mr. Alexander had made
statements to thin assistant sergeant-at-arms of a du
bious character.
• Mr. ALEXANDRE said that all he had dope was to
remark that if the Tyrone railruad was extended to Cla
rion ounty, he would have no objection to vote foe the
relief of some taxes:- .
The personal discussion 'southwest farther areal con
fusion upon the floor. The intimation of bribery was
freely thrown out, and Mr. Lehar declared loudly that
attempts had been made to bribe his colleague. Mr.
Janice R. Boileau, member from , Books , The Hall and
the House Nl' ere full of "borers, ' and he had seen mem
bers whisper, and talk. sad ;ague With these borers,
and come.back into their scats with changed views.
These:hinge were a gross outrage upon the rights of the
honest yeomanry of the State. and resulted in the rob
bets- of the tax-payers, the orphan and the widow. It
was time that such acts wore known and stepped.
The speech of Mr. Leber was the most bitter-and
pointed in its assertions which has been delivered on
the subject of legislative corruption for a number Of
years.
Mr. SMITH, of Philadelphia
' doled that the Penn
sylvania Railroad interfered In any way witholitics.
A 21.812 illustration of this. be cited the case of Sir. Ab
bott, who, sifter having been the ardent Mend of the
company for a number of years. was defeated last year
in ft district where the Pennsylvania Railroad Company
could have thrown seven hundred votes in lila favor, If
se . dispoeed.
:,73ANNOS said that if personalities had occurred
here this morning, they must be attributed to the as.
tontshment of the minority, who found to-day that the
majority ache Legislature wished to repeal what they
had voted for yesterday. Was the "maw "of the groat
corporation not vet satiated ? He continued at leugtb:
her. CHAIrIPNEYS favored the amendment of Mr. Rex,
which distinctly repealed so much of the act of Assembly
as gave the company the balance which was due the
Commonwealth et the time of the passage of the comma
. tathon Oct.
The debate was continued "by Messrs. Johnson and
others.
The previnua question (cutting off all debate) WAS
called by Mr. QUIGLEY. and was sustained.
The House then agreed that the " main question"
should be nut, (being on the amendment of the gentle
man from Montgomery, Mr. Rex,) and this amendment
was adopted by a vote of 52 yeas to 41 nays.
The House then went Into Committee of the Whole,
and the substitute of Mr. Vincent, as amended by Mr.
Ilex, was passed, finally. Adjourned.
Harrisburg Union League.
HATIRTSRI7IIO, March 12.—A large and most enthu
siastic meeting was held here this evening, to orga
nize a Central National Union League. Col. James
Worrell was made president. The meeting was
temporarily organized by the Ron. D. Fleming, who
took the chair. A constitution and by-laws were
unanimously adopted. Speeches were made by the
president, the Ron. A. W. Benedict, Senator Bound,
..Tudge P. C. Shannon, and others.
The stand was handsomely decorated with flags,
and everything passed off satbifactorlly to the friends
of the Union.
The Canadian Canals.
TORONTO (C. W.), March 12.—A deputation of the
merchants of Oswego have arrived at Quebec, where
they Will have an interview with the Government
on the question of canal tolls. A deputation of the
Chicago merchants is expected to arrive this week,
to press upon the Government the expediency of the
enlargement of the present canals, and the construc
tion of the Georgian.BayCanaL
TORONTO, Match 12.—A deputation from Oswego
and Toledo had emeeting to-day with the Premier
of the Canadian Government., and asked for a
modification of the tolls on the Welland canal to
meet the depreciation of American money, other
-wise the trade will be driven through the Erie
canal. The result of the interview is not known.
The Pirate Florida.
NEW YORK, March 12.—A private letter states
that the pirate Florida was at Barbadoes on the
24th of February taking in coal and provisions.
This proves that the wrecked steamer reported. on
the coast of Abaco, on the 24th ultimo, was not the
Florida, as supposed.
Public
OPERA.—One of
-tirtilatigi and most fashionable audiences that ever
graced our Academy, was present on Wednesday
• evening, to witness the performance of Mozart's
celebrated comic opera of " Le NOzze de Figaro,"
which's familiar to our people in the Italian ver-
Mon. The cast embraced the entire strength of the.
Ansehnio Oilman neon balm& libulains Aaliss
as kilt/21, itad 3 ailaiag .ThillllslllAß Ai ihA
acted and sang with - gweeinesg and Win; while
Madame Schaumberg, the third prima donna of the •
company, was charming in the role of Cherubim.
(the page), and perfonned with grace and judgment.
Madame Schaumberg is not so well known in
Philadelphia AB the two that named prime donne,
having been so unfortunate as only to have ap
peared upon one previous occasion in the opera of
"Der Wildschuti," during one of the most terrific
storms of the past winter. Herr Hardtmann was
acceptable as the Count Almaeitfa , although a little
tame in the first act. Herr Quint, Herr Graff; and
Herr Weinlich, each received well-mented applause.
The choruses and orchestration were unusually tine.
At the end of the first act, Mesdames Reiter and
• Schaumberg and Herr Hardtmann were called before
the curtain, and vociferously applauded. " The
Marriage of Figaro" was a decided success, and
might be repeated, with pleasure to another full
house, and with profit to the management of the -1
German opera. .
This evening will be the fifth subscription night, I
when Weber's "Der Freischutz" will be presented
with an admirable cast, including Mesdames Rotter
and Johanneen, To-morrow (Saturday) afternoon
a grand .matinee will be given by the Anschutz
Troupe. The opera selected for the occasion is the
Postillion," by Adam, never before presented in
this city. It was very highly spoken of upon its re
presentation in New York city, Brooklyn, and Bos
ton, recently.
On Monday evening the season will be closed with
the grand opera of the fl Merry Wives of Windsor,"
which Mr. Anschutz has been unable to produce
hitherto In consequence of the inevailability of se
veral of his artists. - : In order to assist - Mr. An
'abuts in his endeavors to gratify a general desire of
the subscriber. to witness this opera, Madame Anna
Batter hoc BloOly consented to take the wooden
no 1/1 nlrlle rage s
Next Wydneatley evening hat Deen set. Wirt fOr
the complimentary benefit of AIL Adolph Blrgfeld,
the deserving business agent of the troupe, anti
- will be the farewell night of the German opera in
this city. • A favorite opera, with other attractions,
will be presented on this occasion. Subscribers to'
the present season, who wish to retain their seats for
Mr. Birgfeld's benefit night, can do so at any time at •
the box office of the AoadeniY. This should be atL
tended to before Sattuday next in order to prevent
any confusion.
ITER. NEW' GRESTRI7T-STRERT TELEATRE.—Last
evening, Mr. Edwin Forrest appeared, .for the first
lima, at this establishment, in "Macbeth." The
rower and soundness of his genius, the broad basis
df his wondrous talents, and their subtly true dis
criminations were greeted upon this occasion with
a full opportunity for,development. 'Shakspeare
knew the topography of his story; Forrest knows
that of The character. The locality of each emotion
`is discriminated—the place of every passion is dis-.
''cerned. .111eForrest sees the character through and
through. He knout!, throughotti and thoroughly,
Fife weakness and its power, its exaltedness and
:abasement. He cute to the core its groups'
'and surrotindingth • He cleaves in' two the
weird .supernaturalness, the 'ultra humanity of
ilic play, In Mt hands of Dili Forrept, Macbahl
sn his nrei FIFTU.PII w in int inci, alma vi
hit
. subsequelst - Ereetind to hie uu r-conTirlpr, wile s
-in the horror of the banquet's revealings, becomes a
comprehensible reality. The truthfulness of the
actor reveals- that of the play, and - spontaneously:
elicits horn the spectator the truthfulness of appro 7
bation. In the few quiet displays of that distorted
chara'cter, Mr. Forrest was wondrously moving in
Lis. pathos. The efihct upon the audience , was,
almost commensurate with such ability. Mir..lllc
Cullough performed the part of lifarduj; with rare
judiciousness. He improves, and is appreciated.
Madame Ponisi proved that she had not undertaken
Inconsiderately. the character of Lady Macbeth,
thohgh she portrayed that utfathomable character
somewbat too tenderly. To-night Mr. Forrest re
appears in the tame character.
INALNUT-STREET T'HEATRE. To.morrow eve
ning, Mr. Eddy closes a very successful cugagetilent
which has extended over four weeks. 'This evening
be takes his
,benefit, the principal performance
being "The Colleen Hawn," in which Mr. Eddy
appears as Myles-na.Coppaleen, which he plays in a
.very cfrecfive manner, the other leading characters
by Mrs. Cowell, Mins Viola Crocker, Mr. Tilton,
, Mr. Bascomb, and Mr. Wright. Thieplay, revived
dining Mr. Eddy's present engagement, has been
unusually attractive and well acted.
ARCH-STIIEXT THEATRE. Mr. 3911 Wilkes
Booth is about to bring - his engagement 'to a close,
and this evening be appears as Macbeth. Mr.
Booth has remained with us long enough to make a
favorable iMpression t and to convince the fastidi
ous people here that he posesses genius of a high
order, which needs cultivation and development.
We shall be glad to welcome him beak to. Philadel-.
Oda.
:13tni.Dric Woopeofres GL ASS
BLowmata.-The silaii-blowers are still with ns, and
are wore 'annular than ever. Their ;wondrous mocha
.
net amber or boAart:l4. prizer.home been rs;riendyr
.distributed to tteket- , hokteni, nod tbere. t ore plenti
'yet left to be given ont.
F;iurion BLlTX.—Blitz and Bobby are,"ne usual,
'attractive. The people never Urea the great ven
lrilinblet and hie petfle assistants. Hie soircels mys.
:ferieuse never 1101 Ito& draw largo audiences, and the;
tainueernent affbrded is of the most
,legitimate and
1 1JAS1 LIEU? 3.0111: 1 STS. O . OI II O OsIII7I
R. r. V.ztaiebeen errodeour.lt reported as dismiss•
ed from`fhe Bombe. .• ; •t, ,
Suppression of Photographs.
BALTrixonx, March M.—The commandinggenaral
of the Middle Department has issued _an ord,u
through the provost marshal for the seizure of all
pictures of Confederate generale and statesmen, and
the dealers are forbidden to sell any more. The fol.
lowing is the order:
HICADQVAATKILS Minima DZPARTMRIfT, •
EIOIITII ARMY' Cantra t
OFNICX Pnovoler ItlansuaL, Baltimore, March 11
Detective rootlet* le hereby ordered to proceed to
any photographic[, or dealer in pictures itathis city,
and seize all pictures of rebel generals and states
men which they are publicly or privately exposing
for 'sale, as they have been repeatedly requested not
to display such pictures for sale, and furthermore
ordered by Marshal Vannoetra.nd not to sell such
pictures; and thesale of such pictures le hereby for
bidden hereafter, unless by special permission of the
military authorities.
:Per order of Maier Gen. R. 00: Schenck :
W. S. FISH,
CoL and Provost Marshal.
In obedience of the order, Mr. Pentier went to the
Mote of a dealer on Baltim2re street, yesterday,
and seized a large number of photographs of the
objectionable character, all of which were taken to
the office of the marshal. The other dealers will
probably be visited during the course of the present
week.
General Schenck has also issucean order against
the publication of " rebe/ sympathizing" music anti
songs. Large seizures have been made to-day in ac
cordance with this order.
The Proposition lOr an Armistice.
To the Editors of the Evening Poet
At a meeting held 'at Stamford, Connecticut, on
Tuesday evening last, I said "that propositions for
an armistice or peace had been submitted to the
President on the 12th December last, which, ' had
they been accepted, would have terminated this war
by the Ist of April y. upon a basis satisfactory to the
people North and booth..
In referring to this statement, you ask :
" Who made these 'propositions for an armistice
or peabe,' the adoption of which Mr. Wood pretends
to believe 'would have settled the matter ' by All-
Fools' day? Were they made by Davis and his
fellow-rebels? If so, how does Mr. Wood know
anything about them? Has he been in secret cor
respondence with the enemy? Or were they made
by some of the anti-war men here? If so, who
authorized them? And what are the terms of the
propositions from which Mr. Wood hopes so much?
11 they are honorable to the nation, if they are such
as patriotic Americans ought to favor, why not
make them public at once?F
To which I say in reply, that the statement re
ferred to was ma tte by me deliberately, with a full
and personal knowledge of the facts, and that I am
constrained from the publicity of them only by the
request of one of the principal officers of the Go
vernment. When this interdiction shall be with
drawn, I will cheerfully gratify your curiosity.
Very respectfully, &a.,
FERNANDO WOOD.
Nam' FORK, March 11, 1863.
•
Statue of Edwin Forrest as Corlolanus.
- The friends of Mr. Forrest have long been de
sirous of hater* a statue made of'him in marble, in
some one ofhi • hakspearian characters. The chief
obstacle beret re in the way, has been the re
luctance of Mr. rest to sit for the likeness. We
understand, howev .he has, at the urgent solioita- -
tion.of a number of 14 friends, finally consented to.
sit' to our talented ti:pw. man, Thomas Ball, who:
his been commissioned t . ake a statue of Mr. For -
g
4t4
rest, in marble, in the chit cter of tt (Joriolanus.'t
It is to be of life size. Mr. Tili luta...been at Phila
delphia the past few weeks` odelling the bust.
When thane completed, he will m e a statuette as a
study, to make the statue, which he 11l model in this
country. Mr. Ball will visit Italy r the purpose
of completing it in marble. The heig . f the figure •
is to be about six and a half feet, so as represent
life-size when placed on a pedestal. The acknow
ledged genius of Mr. Ball is a guaranty that It will
be a superior work of art, both as regards a 1,.z.
sonal likeness of Mr. Forrest, and as a truthfilk
illustration of Shakspeare's grand ideal of the ma
jestic Roman consul. We are not informed what
disposition the friends of Mr. Forrest intend to
make of the statue. The costof it, we learn, will be
about ten thousand dollars, and it will take two and
a half years to complete the work. The unmis.
. takable genius of Mr. Ball is shown ih his statuette
of Mr. Webster, which we regard as the most truth
ful and striking likeness extant of that great gates
man.
We copy the foregoing article from the Boston
Pod. Mr. Ball has been in our city for some weeks
engaged upon the bust of Mr. Forrest, which he has
nearly completed.
The following is an extract from a private note
from an intimate personal friend of Mr. Forrest, in
regard to the work above alluded to :
"I passed this afternoon lathe studio of Mr. Ball,
and devoted my mind to the examination and the
analyzing of the bust he has made of Mr. Forrest in
Shakspearehs grand ideal of Coriolanus. •I am more
strongly than ever impressed with the lofty genius
of Mr. Ball, which he has so strikingly displayed
thus far in this work of high art. He has not sim
ply succeeded in making a strong personal likeness
of Mr. Forrest, which must quite satisfy the friends
of the distinguished tragedian, but he has also em
bodied . the massive grandeur and those magnificently
imperial characteristics with which the immortal
bard has inspired the god-like nobility of the Roman
soldier. Ball has imbued the clay, as far as it is in
the power of man to do so, with inspiration,
and given to it the dignity of vitality.
His. work seems-to be a thorough realiiation..and
a grand illustration of the character of the. Rornati.
Consul, so eloquently drawn and portrayed by
Shakapeare himself. The friends of Mr. Ball may
congratulate him on his suecese in a work that will be
a credit to his genius, while at the same time it will
perpetuate his name as an American artist with the
fame of Forrest as the greatest actor, illustrator,
and delineator of Shakspeare's grandest and moat
sublime creations. I rejoice more than ever that
Mr. Forrest finally yielded to the desire of his friends
to permit them to obtain a statue of himself ; it
was no more than was due from him to posterity."
The friends of Mr. Forrest in our city will be glad
to learn that so fitting a tribute Is to be paid to the
geniue of their distinguished townsman, as to per
petuate his name in marble.
IT.IS Rain that Mr. Charles Kean purposes short
-goNseeiarqateatigla;L: Eiala,ivhere he
proposes to give a series of. Shakspearean readings.
EICCILTS4, Fityromar.s.We have The Illustrated
London . Nei . * and The Illustrated News of the World,
both of the 21st February, from. S. C. Upham, news_
paper and periodical. vendor, 403 Chestnut street.
They ate crowded, as _usual, with tine engravings,
We SSA it announand that tho mil numbs of Ms
nfaulrolQll LOAM ArMLI doutdc numbs?,
with - tivei Itirge engravings, printed in colors.
SALE OF o.anr . s. - rmos, °AFTON MATTIINGS, &C.,
&e.-The early attention of purchasers is,requeated
to the desirable assortment of Brussels, three-ply in
grain, List, - and Hemp' Carpets, Rugs, white and
check Canton Illattinge, to be peremptorily sold by
catalogue, on four months' credit, commencing this
morning at Io3‘ o'clock precisely, by John B. .51yers
& Co., No. 232 and 294 Blarkeest rect.
WE call-attention to the well-selected assortment
of staple and fancy dry geode, embroideries, hosiery,
gloves, hoop skirts, &o, to be sold this morning, at
10 o'clock, by Gillette & Scott, auctioneers, 619
Chestnut street.
Inchided in the sale will be 25 easel white muslin:
THE CITY.
The Thenuemater.
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SERENADE AT THE CONTINENTAL
SPEI.OIOIS OF Ho :c. H. H. WRIGHT AND 11X-GOV.
WRIGHT.—Last night the compliment of a public
serenade was tendered to many of the speakers at
the great Union meeting of Wednesday evening,
. who were yesterday sojourning at the Continental.
The weather was extremely cold, and the wind pene
trating and sharp, yet, there was a large assemblage
gathered in front of the hotel, who manifested much
enthusiasm during the delivery of the speeches, and
greeted the speakers with much 'approbation. The
band arrived on the spot about 10 o'clock, and after
the performance of a series of enlivenlns and
anal axon. 72 as. Wriert 'p/Caren on Inc
balcony, in company with a large number orrromi
'nent citizena.
snenen or noz. - . .u. B. WI2IOIIT.
He acknowledged the handsome compliment
of the serenade in a short speech, -which was
received with great satisfaction. He stated that
every act of his in the United States Senate since
the commencement of the rebellion, had but one
of in view, the - strengthening of the Government
and the consequent weakening of the rebellion. He
had always maintained that there is not strength
enough in the rebel cause to secure of itself the over
throw of the Government. 'lf it should succeed at
all, it would be on account of the valuable assistance
given it by the Northern sympathizers. The Union
cost seven years of bloody war to establish ; we
would be recreant to the tryst confided to us, should
we abandon the contest, though it required
seventy years to secure the consummation of
our wishes. [Applause.] What would be the re
sult should we accede to any terms of compro.
mise with the rebellious South 'I War would be
the nominal condition of the country, and peace
would be unknown. Industry would be paralyzed,
our institutions subverted, and the country reduced
to the condition of Mexico. No imagination can
picture t)%e !twist cennuencee 91a etteeesellll rebek
lion. I Wise and patliouu Men Shedd look the Ilan.
r In the face and anticipate the machinations of
those who would assist in destroying this great Go
, vernment. It is their duty to stand by the Govern
ment, tinder every emergency. It is true there had
-been some disasters; true that our armies have not
been ao successfUl as we had aright toexpect. There
- may have been blunders in the connuot of
the war t hut - do these tut - rasn an artrupuesn for
deserting the flag or our country/ None
but Ira fifrg can answer allirmativaly. It be
comes every man to make this cause his own
cause. The speaker believed that the great masses
of the people of the North are sound on the ques
tion of the Union. There aro Come, unfortunately,
among us who think that this war is prosecuted in
vain; but in the vocabulary -of patriotism, there is
no such word as fail. This is our country, and we
must defend it with our lives, and how can ad great
a cause, which bits our sympathies, fail .under any
circumstances I Mr. Wright said hestood here as a .
Douglas Democrat, and, as a follower of that great
man, be held the doctrine that there are only two
pasties in this country—one .for the Union and the
other against it. He had no part in the election of
Abraham Lincoln. He was constitutionally elected,
and it was his duty to sustain him. He did not
approve of all the acts of Mr. Lincoln's Ad
ministration, but those which he did not approve he
met manfully; never carried his opposition to such
an extent as to give any aid or comfort to the rebel
lion. He maintained that no terms should be ex
tended to the rebels tilt they had laid down their
-arms, and until they had given up Jeff Davis and
hie miserable .cohorts, and until that is done there I
can be no peace. If the rebels wantpeace, they shall '
have it only by surrendering their ioadera. -
Mr:Wright thes . made a warm appeal in behalf
of the union of all parties to sustain the Govern
ment. Let us meet together, he said, like men. Let
Democrat and Republican unite on the same plat- .
form, and shoulder to shoulder, keep step to the mu.
Sic of the Union. Democrat and flepublimui fight
side by side in the 'army. Why should not Demi
crat and Republican go side by side in civil life
3n sustaining so great and beneficent a.Governmentl
Let our patriotism rise above party. [Applause.]
Let us all join hands in sustaining those who are
now pmsecuting the war, that we may have a Go
vernment in the future of which we may, - be
proud—a; Government .that will continue to com
mand the respect of foreign nations and the tams.
tion of our citizens. [The speaker then retired
amid much applause, and was followed by ex-
Gnvernor Wright, of Indiana, who was received
with three loud cheers.]
Brinson OY RON. J. A. WRIGUT, EX-SYN . ATOr: YROX
er . T.lnlr t fc . a. for =I: tho
/"....rnoas-mtle poll. Inc, * land4lW . O.l
the Oleg, that if the 6811114.11 Noire AWAY r 0 saved
the Democratic party was to be the saviour.
He bad a word or two to say ahnut the Demo
cratic Party. There are now a genuine and
a bogus Den:omit° party in this country,
aid it was important to know which Democratic
Varly. was meant when it was said that the country
was to be saved by it. Thomas Jefferson Waal a De
macre; a genuine Democrat. lie had a Vice Presi
dent by the name of Burr. Bury -was inside the
~...Deinccretio organization And he was considered as
[ L ot d a Democrat • as Jefferson.. Seel:son WWI A
rid a cast. He had Calhoun - in his 'cabinet: Gal
;,,hcun was considered a Democrat. Stephen A.Dom...
tan Kaa a repreeentaiive of the genuine DeraOcralic
party. John C. Breckinridge was also in a Demo
cratic organization. It would be well to know
whether the auditor alluded to was a follower of Jack
son, Jefferson, orDouglas c or was he a follower of
Burr, Calhoun, add Wealth:ridge. f Applause. j When
you hear men talking about the Democratic party
savibg this. country, ask them whether they mean
the genuine orbogus Democratic party, There can be
no true Democrat, huge war Democrat. [Applause.]
The speaker had a word to say about the President's
proclamation. He regarded it as an 'experiment. •
It was issued, however, by Abraham Lincoln Com.
manderAn-Chief of the army and navy In time of
war, and as such it had the speaker's - approval - . ,
[Applause.] If it will weaken the enemy, ell loyal '
men will praise God that it has been Issued. The
speaker desired to make an allusion to a portion of
his speech delivered the evening before at the
Union meeting—that portion in which he spoke of
the opening et the bitssisaippi and the eutting off of
the grass States. He meant, then, to imply that we•
have covered too much ground by our armies. As•
they marched into the territory of the enemy they left
disloyal men behind. He wanted to see the atississip
pi opened—to see Texas. Louisiana, and Arkansas
cut of~ from the Cotton States. They are great grass
growing Statee, and no people can long survive that
do not raise grass. fLau g hter and applause.) . It
has been saki that cotton is king, but it would re
quire no very great argument to show that grass is
king in this country. [Applause.] The effects of
compromise were next dwelt upon, and the position
taken that no compromise could, at this stage of the
war, satisfy either the. North or the South. He
would like to know what there is 'to oompro
mine about. There is. no solitary question about
which the North and South can agree. The
only road to peace is a determination to uphold our
nationsity. He had, i n conclusion, one word
to say in praise of Philadelphia: This city, he be
lieved, is the most loyal city in the Union. A. city
that has spent so much blood and treasure for our
great cause, may well be called loyal. All over the
booth she has been complimented as the most de
voted city to our cause. How could it be otherwise,
surrounded, as we are by so many patriotic nese
ciational So long as Independence Han is in the
possession of the city, nothing can be feared in re
gard to the loyalty or devotion of Philadelphia.
The band then etrucic up the Star-Spangled
Banner," and other national tunes," and the assem
blage soon after separated.
'ANNUAL 00311ftliCEMENT OP TILE PHILA.-
DY.T.PHIA COLLROR OR PHARMACY.— The annual
commencement of the Philadelphia College of Phar•
macy came off' last 'evening at the Musical Fund
Ball. The Germane orchestra were in attendance.
After the opening of, the; exercises, the degree of
Graduation Pharmacy was conferred upon the gra
duating class by the president of the college, Chan.
Ellis, Esq. The name' of the graduates are as lot
lows :
Adolphus Bachman, Pa. Alfred Mellor, Pa.
Christian Berger, Pa. Elijah S. Morel', Pa.
Franklin Coggins, Pa. Talbot 0. Murray, Pa.
Ceo. W. Eldridge, N. J. Earl Penn Rohrer, Pa.
Daniel S. Fox, Pa. Jas. Roan, Pa.
Geo. M. Hambright, Pa. Edwin R. Smith, Ills.
O. F. Hoffman, Germany, Jason P. Thonias, Pa.
Jas. Henworthy, Pa. P. A Tilge, Pa.
Joe. C. Kirkbride, N. J. Edwin Tomlinson - N.. 1.
I
Paul F. Lehibach, N. J. John B. Tredolck l , Pa.
Wm. Mclntyre, Pa. Henry J. Weber, Pa.
Prof. R. P. Thomas delivered the charge .to the
graduating class. Raving made a brief reference to
the occasion and its attendant circumstances, the
lecturer enjoined upon the graduating alms the duty
of considering well " the nature of their profession,
its relations to the 'community at large, and its
Ciftil3ll . l upon themselves."
Dating its origin in the highest antiquity, it has
become enriched with the stores of successive cen
turies, but its progress has been most marked and
its advancement moat rapid in the lastfew years.
The three great kingdoms, the vegetable, the animal,
and the mineral, contribute their s upplies, and their
active principles are extraoted or separated fur me
dicinal use. The vatious processes necessarily em
ployed to change crude drugs into medicines, which
are pleasing to the eye, efficient as remedies, and not
unpalatable to the taste, require an amount of sci
entific knowledge and dexterous manipulation that
ego only be acquired by years of patient labor and
effigy. These operations require an intimate ao
quarntance with the chemical nature and composi
tion ofNeach article, and its relations to all the
solvents irhordinary use, as determined by oft-re
peated txpeetments.
The relation of - pkarmaiteutists to the community,
anti the solemn reeprifulb;lities attached to their po
sition were fully descrißeti: The efforts made by
druggists and chemists topromote the interests of
their profession, and to advance 'its scientific cha
racter, have been most gratifying, an instance of
which has been afforded by their labors upon the
forthcoming edition of the "Pharmacomta." This
is' an authoritative work s issued every ten years,
under the auspices of a joint convention of phy
sicians and pharmaceutists, held in Washington. It
specifies minutely the ingredients of every prepara
tion, their quantities, and the exact modes of their
combination. Hence hundreds of experiments must
be performed in order to determine the most avail
able and appropriate processes for final adoption.
Various pharmaceutic committees have been en
gaged in these experiments for five years past, with
a view of bringing this edition fully up to the present.
day.
Referring to the influence of the war on scientific
pursuits, attention was specially direoted to the low
grade occupied by pharmaceutists in the army.
There is great need of educated druggists in the
service for the protection both of the Government
and the soldier. Enormous quantities of medicines
must be purchased, much of which are consumed, or
wasted, by unskilful management. No inducements
are offered to men of standing and experience.. They
can only enter - the army by enlistment—they only
'rank ae non-commissioned othcera—and there is no
possibility of promotion to a higher grade, or of an
increase of pay.
In concluding, Prof. T. urged upon the class the'
importance of a just appreciation of their 'position
in life as constituting the first element of success. If
10 this be added unity of purpose and perseverance,
the final result cannot be uncertain. Vacillation
and unsteadiness in course or aim constitute the chief
obstacles to the successful prosecution of every bu
siness and avocation.
Suggesting these thoughts for your careful con
sideration, I cannot forego the privilege, in this
closing act of our official intercourse, which severs
the last link of the chain that bound us together as
leachers" and students, of expressing an abiding in
terest in your personal welfare. The world is now
before you with its opening prospects. I prey you,
wherever you go, or wherever you locate, to be
true to yourselves true toJour country. trz tg.
r whose name you henceforth bear.
Commending you to the guidance of Him who
doeth all things well, 1 can only add, may your fu
ture career be as prosperous and happy as its morn.
ing dawn has been full of promise.
PROF. IifCCOY AT TEE ACADEMY.—Last
evening the Academy of Music was filled with a
large and fashionable audience to listen to the pop-
Times and the ItebeMon.* , The stage was hand
somely decorated with flags which were tarnished
gratuitously for the occasion by Messrs. Evans and
Hassell. On the platform were a number of distin
guished incited guests, among whom were Governor
Curtin and ex-Gov. Wright, of Indiana. Gov. Cur
tin was called upon to preside, and in a few words
introduced the orator of the evening. Professor
McCoy was listened to all through with marked at
tention. Before the lecture was concluded, Gov.
Curtin and ex-Gov. Wright were compelled to retire,
as their presence was expected at the serenade at
the Continental. These gentlemen, as they with
drew, were loudly cheered by the audience, standing.
PUTTING ON MPs.—li r lien ond iS not
dangerously interested in the results, it is a posi
tive pleasure to him to see another put on airs
a school-girl, with a continual smirk, and imagining
herself a sparkling coquette ; 1411601-boy pulling
a "Havana," and imagining he don't feel sick; a
wretched stick of an actor trying to be a star, and
imagthitig he is one; a starveling of a clerk catch
ing at the prerogatives of the cashier; a country
school-master taking his boys by surprise, with
brow-beatings (and other beatings) and cajoleries in
turn ; a letter-carrier usurping the acquired graces
of a pompous .post-master; an errand-boy who
shrugs his shoulders, when the clCrks having gone
to dinner, he is asked to show the goods ; the queen
of the sixth-rate boarding-house, who parades at
dinner-time blood-red bows and brasayelloW brace-
lets these, and others too numerous to niention,
only because they are too numerous to think of all
at once,'are examples of " putting on airs." There
is an air of romance about such airs. All is unreal.
The stupid creatures enjoy themselves in trying to
be what they never can be; the malicious world
enjoys itself In seeing them try to be so. To enders
te ...Smetana OIL OPT. ea.s
to walL humbly in the coneelonaness of them, Ls the
sole way to maintain onese self-respect, and to
secure the admiration of both friends and foes.
UNITED STATES STEAMEE hatIZOINA—
This Teasel, which has been undergoing repairs at
the navy yard, is ready for sea, and wilrprobably
leave the powder magazine to-day to join the block
ading fleet on the Southern coast. The following is
a list of her officers :
D. P. 'Upton, volunteer lieutenant commanding.
W. L. Darlink, acting assistant paymaster. .
George Ward acting master.
Samuel Merrill, acting ensign.
Samuel H. Meld, A. A. Surgeon, Henry He llaber,
S. •H. Bissell, John H. alallon. acting master'',
• T. 'W. Stewart, actingthird assistant engineer.
elk/tiles H. Hanington, acting flrat•assiatant engi.
neer.
Wm. H. Brown, acting third assistant engineer
Emile Petry, surgeon's steward.
George S. Westervelt, paymaster's steward.
CARS AICD PocEsT-Erc.N.r.N.44.—On Wed
nesday evening, in one of the. Chestnut and Wal
nut-street cars, Mr. E. C. Wallace had his pocket
picked of a book containing $25 and various papers.
On account of the car being completely crowded, he
was obliged to stand on the platform. The bill now
before the Lep slature r prorldhl that oalr a cer
tain aamnber of poutrennGc-rn ohm!' Ado 3a sa.ni ca.r,
ought to be passed at mine. A. Similes law is made
!or the government of passenger travel in the city
of New York. It works well there, and would
work the same in Philadelphia. Since the passage
of the law alluded to it is not known that a passen
ger has been robbed in any of the New . York cars.
LEAIIII that it is in contemplation
to erect on Broad street, below the Baltimore depot,
a tine stone church edifice the coming summer, and
to establish a good market in that locality. These,
added to the numerous fine dwelling houses nearly
completed there, and the horse railroad built, and in
operation as far down as the Moyamensing road,
which it is expected will be in lime next, will make
this part of our city very attractive for residences,
where pure air can be enjoyed at all seawall of the
year, and still be near the heart of the city. _
SAD ACCIDENT.—Mary 11. Moore; wife of
Carlton E. Moore, fell from Me platform of , the sta
tion on the Notristown railroad, at Falls lane on
Wednesday. She hid just stepped from a train on
to the platform, when a horse became frightened
at the approach of a hand car. In the confusion
which followed, Mrs. Moore missed her footing and
fell upon the track, striking. the back part of her
head against one of the rails. She was so seriously
injured that she died in about an hour after the fall.
Mrs. Moore, in company with her husband, was
about to visit some friends when she met with the
accident which caused her death.
ONTENTAI, SECTION, No. 6.—The sixth
anniversary of Ile Oriental Section * No. 6, I. 0, 0.
of H. and T., Was celebrated last evening nt Handel
and Haydn Hall. The exercises consisted of reci
tations and the reading of mays, and reflected
cz edit on those who took part.
Pitomage Aflf111)191 1 1:::-J011.11 WIEN%
aged 11 yam4,mitilifig ittiliiiihizkofi, in {be IN, e ,
tptirrt ward, had hie right Arm badly °rushed, by
getting it caught in tho belting of the machinery at
the theory of air. John Button & Son, in tbo. Twen
ty-sccond ward. The mangled limb was so, alioer
ingly crushed that it had to'be amputated.
COiIPLIMEXTAItY BALL. —On Monday
crebiEg r.c.st, at the Stuutom-street Han, » oompli
n.tntaty ball will be given giren to the,:letrersoit Cornet
Band, by tti.cooperv4op Yiinntsor I.4frea4mont
Cc munttce. •
ANOTHER ARRIVAL OF SICK AND WOUND-
Eeterday evening a lot Of sick and wounded
reached the Citizens' Hospital, from Waahington.
They were promptly received, and to-day will he
Bent to the National Guard HnU, They belong ac
follows:
PENNSYLVA.VIA. RW6IXISNTB
Mich Malone, F, 13 Cav Corp Henry Keenan,D, 51
Sami Taylor, G, 125 G A McCloskey, D, 125
John Dollyn, D, 31 John V Read, H, 165
Wm Bocbner,B 62 Alex McCall, C, li Bee
Benel Bitch, 1 145 Corp 0 P Young, I, 142
AI. Caaway, I ' , 121 - Wm Progber, D, 14 6
Semi Walton, 0", 3 Rea Danl Eastwood, G, 63
El' Kenners, B, 163 Thos F Seal A, 99
Alex Porter, B, 164 Levi Haas, li 6
Sohn Bunting, B, 26 1W 1K Miller, N, 72
.1 0 Johnson, E, 149 Wm McCarty, I, 72
NEW JICICSEY RV/IN/MTS.
Blchd Vim Brackle, I, 25) 'Aaron Green, D, t 3
John Conrow, A, 29
RELTEF OF FAMIra rg of VOLUNTEERS.—
The returns of the commission for the relief of fami
lies of volunteers from February 241 w March 0 have
been made to the Mayor. The total amount distri
buted was $22,440.66.
SUDDEN DEATlL—Charles Plainly, aged
O3•years, fell dead yesterday afternoon, on the door
step of house No. 134 Bread street
FINANCIAL AND COINIFIERCIAL.
TUE MONEY MARKET.
PHILATIELPITTA. March 12; 1363.
There was nothing very new or exciting occurring on
the street to-day. Gold was rather steady at MI9(411:193
until near the close, when it took a start and ran up to
161 on the basis of advises from Now York. Govern
ment securities were in large demand, awl all descrip
tionsittivanced.. One-year certificates roststo par ; 1324
sixes sold up to 103: seventies to 106. In proportion as
Governments attract attention other securities are fall
ing.off, for the very reason which we have often de
scribed, that corporations are paying their interest in
legal-tenders while Government pays gold. No matter
how substantial the company may he, by the law of
the land they may redeem its bonds in paper money,
and people begin to any " Why pay 136 for a security
when a better paying one is to be had at 101 or 1027
Money matters are unchanged, the market being full
to overflowing.
The stock market *as more active; prices generally
steady. Governments were in eager demand; State fives
were steady at 1(3%; 113 was paid for new City sixes;
Mei for the old; Sunbury and Erie sevens sold at 112%;;
Reading sixes rose %; Pennsylvania mortgages were
steady; West Chester sevens sold at 105; Hun ing lon
and Broad Top, Ist mortgages- at 103; Philadelphia tad
Brie sixes at 111; Elmira Railroad sevens and Savant till
Navigation sixes were steady.
Camden and Amboy shares rote I; Reading fel sg:
Catawllaa preferred was firm at 24X; Norristown at SEC
Alinebil I KM; Camden and Atlantic at 10; the profern
13; Little Schuylklll at MX; Shamokin Valley at 40; El
mire, nreferrod.rose %; the common was steady; Nolth
Pennsylvania fell ;i1; Long Island and Pennsylvania
;wore steady.
Big Mountain Coal sold at 4% at the First Board, 4%
at the Second; Hazleton at 55, New Creek at X; Lehigh
Navigation fell X ; Schuylkill Navigation Preferred was
steady at 17&. Morris Canal at 64, the Preferred at 135.
Delaware Division at 41.
Passenger Railways weradull. Green and Coates sold
at 99. Arch-street at 29X,. Girard College at SIX, Thir
teenth and Fifteenth at 33. Philadelphia Bank sold at
120, Farmers' an 3 Mechanics' at 55. The mar ret closed
somewhat dull, after $BOO9OO in bonds and &so) awes
had changed hands.
Drexel & Co. quota;
flatted States Bondsoxin Ingiolat'd
United Staten Certificates of Indebtedness.... 99% a) 99)f„
United States 7 3-10 Notes 105% 106
Quartermasters' Vouchers 3 sd.
Orders for Certificates of Indebtedness ...... ..
60 2
(§6 1 2ga.
Gold p.
Demand Notes so (561 p.
The following is a statement of the exports of bread
stuffs from the United States to Great Britain esti Ireland
since the Ist of September, DM:
Flour, 3feal, TPeeit, (torn,
bldg. bbls. bushel-,. bushel,.
544.791 1,010 13,075,077 4,345,300
60,357 4 741,539 46,760
6
4,360.
336 59 235,739 1 1 47 , 037 ,908
33,
e 3,510
New:York
Philadelphia. •
Baltimore.
Beaton .......
Other porta •
Total, 1562. C 3. 731,371 1.101 ]4,831,096 4,356.1155
Total, leol-62 1,474,363 1,137 13,114043 7, -L.V, 799
Increase — 1.603,6.5.
Decrease 600,017 33 2.873,711
Total. 1860-61 1 823,2' 9 3,019 11,490,660 4.213,141
Total, 1659-60 205,712 622,360 85.843
Flour, Inuit, Corn, Rue.
To tbe Continent. Ott. bus. but. bus.
Nets York $5,787 1,666,733 41.&17 111,341
Other ports •• • • ..... 6,20; 1,676
551.992 1,c55,733 43,433 113.344
Total, ]N2-€8
The New York Eventrao Post of to-day says
In the almenie of any other engrossing topic. Wall
street is to-day discussing the prospects at the Govern
ment "long Mau " Numerous are the rival hypothe
ses with which the more imaginative speculators amuse
and the more desponding puzzle their appreciative
friends.
The prevailing opinion, in circles entitled to credit,
seems to be that the six-per -cent. long loan will be a
great suttees, and that little, if any, redundancy of the
currency will he needful in order to facilitate the need
ful negotiations.
The market opened buoyant on Governments, ant a
strong feeling pervaded the whole course of business.
We are informed that since Tuesday over 51.000,000 of
the certificates of indebtedness have been &Numbly said
by three or four of our prominent hout•es.
ThiB morning a banking homes was offered 99,K for a
large parcel of the February Inoue. They refused it, and
the whole were instantly bought up at W3f.
For national and State securities we note the following
among the principal bloc:
U S Sixes 1557 ' 102 N Y Sevens 1503 115
Du. coup. 1565.....103 Do. 1573 101
1)u. reg. 1551 101,1 f Ohio Sixes, '6O 105
Do. cony. 1551.....103 Ky Fixes, ISIS 103
Do. 5-20 c0up0n...10034 lit Canal, 1560 100
Oregon 'War '5l 1003 i 111 Sixes. lOl
Do. ss, coup. '61... !B Po. 136 2 101.1 i
Do. 58 ' reg. '7l p 1 Do. 1500 b)i
Do. ss, coup. '7l. •• 05 Do. 1577 106
Do. se, reg. '74:- S 5 Ind. War llkl
Do. ss. coup. '74.- FS Do. 2.l''
P. c 07,/i
If Y Sevens IS% h Sixes. lS --
112 Mc to 107
Do. 1570 -1%) Mich. Sevens, War.. •.1131.
Do. 1505 110 Georgia Sixes 83
—ruere murne - nme coutit't sfthe general teudsner of
the market Is upwards. Advance alternates with reces
sion, and what is gained one day is partly lost the next.
Still, on the whole, the tide for the present sets steadily
towards higher quotations
Pacific Mail has risen 5 iii cent., and Michigan Central
has recovered the losses o yesterday, as have also Bud-
ECM' River, Harlem, and the Erles. .
The absurd panic in reference to Erie stock, which
'afflicted some of our.more nisrcurial operator. yester
day, will probably subside as soots .. 1.600510 .....u.c.,..._
toy, and extremely interesting report that has been
ligitilli is Mier undontot 11.
Ng t.,4l.l4.shibiei.i.
Tho olowiar ROW gtiol tito doting priocei, 03 CM-
Tared with those of last evening:
Th. Wed. Adv. Dee.
11. S. 6s, 1861. reg 101% 101 % ..
U.S. 6%1661.c:0n 103 102 3... i
• •
D. S 7-30 p. c 106 106 . •
D. B. lyr.cert 9931 .99X 9, ..
American geld 1.9,3 ii 137 1,. •.
Tennessee as 6i1., 62 ..
Missouri Gs. 61 60 ..
Pacific Mall IS 1.94 3 ..
11. Y. Central ' ' Ivy 117 x X ••
Erie -76 s 7794 X .•
Erie preferred 100.% 100 3. ..
Quicksilver Co 5.: 51 1 ..
Hudson Elver 9034 9334 %
Harlem 36%
ii
Harlem preferred 84 SP. .. .4
Mich. Central 124 liti 1
Mich. Southern 6094 6.13 l ..
Mich. So. guar 11:63.1 109 n ,8
Illinois Central scp 9134 92 .. X
elev. and Pittaburg ..... 66ii 67 • •
Galena 93 53...
Cley. and Toledo 93 1 : 9.3.,; -.
Chicago and Rock 'ski , . 53X a .4 ..
Fo r t Waite •
Cold has base nas high this moraine as ETON. Its ten
dency is '
however, to settle downwards , and but far the
artificial scarcity. which hampers with gratuitous impe
diments the fulfilment cf maturing. engagements, the
price .could not possibly be sustained. The quotations
are consequently shifting everymoment. The closing
quotation isl57X.
Exchange is dull. and negotiations are nominal. .
The lean market is very easy at former rates. •
Phila. Stock Esc
[Repoited bs . S. E. SLAY-MAE
ge Sales, March I%
K. Philadelphia Exchange.]
OARD.
FIRST •
Re Bet:din/Z....cash 46
II
110 S do 10 6e '6l 1034
60 2)4
&WO do 103
33 Far & &tech 8k... 66
6060 India & Erie 6s . , . 111
1600 IT 13 7.30 Tr N..1;11r.
. np&Oet. 1053 i
NCO do blk-16314
0_ Minelo
6').4
dll R
52 i 4
23 d
S 6e 'Slreg 10131
63 Green & Coates R - 43
CA Little Scld R •—• 46yi
iOOO TIT:to goiro
<em
Stui dO mokin V 111.... 40
JOS
19 Arch-st R ecs 22.34
1 I'hila Bk cash.l2l
100 Big Mountain IV
400 City EIS cash.lo63‘
2000 d 0... •• .. New. 113
100 do New.ll23G
69 0 do New.ll3
200 Now Creek M .
210 if do
203 do
100 Caro k Atisn Pref. 113
3000 II S 0-year option..lo23'j
2000 Poona R 'Alin. 11331
30 Cam & Atlantic EL. 10
2 Reading R BETWEEN
0
45
52 Norristown B - 62%
SECOND
8000 S7RITr N. .blk
Ap&Oct.lo6
700 do • end .103
1450 do end.lo3
200 Reading B. 45
SOO . do .5 4.5
100 do. 45
4000 II S6s reg 131 ••• • • •102
4.1C0 Penile 5e 1033.4
400 City
do 6s. S
0. •N05y.4 ctfe•llo6)e
124
SM
10 Cain 5: Am 11. 161
30
Big Mountain
•
CLOSING
ICOO Reading Bs '7O 101)
lOW do 14 • 1p34
BOARD.
ti Nay Pref..•.ss 1796
19 do Pref..o 17%
300 • do Pref.b6o 1761
200 do Pref .... 179(
1 Lehigh Scrip 37
10 13 h & 16th•sts R.. 33
15000 Sanbut7 & Brie 70.11 W
It= do 112%
1000 W Chester 7s 1112
6 Elmira R. Prof Ki
176 Idiaehill A 63
100 Catawis Prof..b3 243 C
IMES—DULL. . _
id. Ask.
•
tr 565 cpn '81... B
.102 X 103 ed
S D blk —lO6 106
American Gold-360 161
nil:l6B°ld 1063 i 107
Do new 113 11336
Alle co 65.11 ...... • ..
td. Asked.
Catativissa R 7# 7)
Do prfd -• • 2431 24K
Beaver Mead. R . ..
Miueaill R
Harrisburg R.....
Wilmington B .
Lehigh Nair Bs..
Do shares 88 60
Do scrip.... 87 37%
Gam & Amb
. .
Poona 5. 103 101
Beading It 443{ 45
Do bds 'SO :M. 115
Do bds '70.-159 109)g
Do bds '26 164)( 106
Ponca 31 66 665
Do 15im65..117,4i 116 X
Do 2d m 6s. 115 DAM
Mortis Cabal. • . 64 65
Do prfdlo.; -Ll5 158
'Do 2d mtg
Soso Cana1...... ..
& Eric es
Sun & Eric 7c..
L Island R
Do bds...
Delaware Div
Do bds ..... -
brace.streat B. /ON
Cheqnnt-et R,... 58 58
Arch-street R.... 783( 28%
Race-street li
Tentimtreet R.. 414 43
•PhirtopettlL-st 22. Sr MOW
W It AS . Al -
Do bond:ill. It IS
Green-street R.• -13 4334
Do • bonds...
Secohd.street It.. 85 90
Do • bonds
P.
. -
Do 69 • •
linjlkaT Of
Elmira R
Do prfa 32k 63X
Do 79
Do ... ,;
P
N enns R 12x
Do S 9 90
Do 10s 114 15
Pidie,Ger &N 1
or.
Lahigh Val R.... ..
•Da bde .....
Girard College R 27
Seventeenth-at R 12
Little Sohn's' R• •46 46X
THE following are
articles exported from
the week ending March 11
some of the principal
Tort to foreign ports for
0863 :
Coal crde,gls 29,373 6 2 1,646
• aftI7ISTI
Candles. lbs. —31,930 7,480
Bret; bbls 127 1,960
er,gls —• • 2,455 700
Bio.rult,.. 480' 1,521
Dcards • 258
Butter, lbs •—• 6,992. - 1,187
Carriages - • • • 380
Cheese, lbs.—. 3;138 911
HUMS, 0,8R7 ' SIB
/BB Corn, bus. 800 314
CU
Candles, 165...14,310 2,471 8
Bcfr.gl,:. ...... 630 170
Bricks 060
Batter. lbs 1.250 219
re, p, 1b5.... 801 75
Coal Oil. ref, gl 4 3 5
Mims, lbs 6,617 720
Lasater - 2,466
JndCorn,bash 810 . 624,
Iron Cut [lugs. .5921
!Coal refd, el— 4,510 $1,109
. •
Ind Ideal, bbls 335 1,5 S
Iron, nianuf'd 19
Lard. Ihe 14.743 2019
York; bb1e..... 478 7,2[5
Rye, .tc
'Tallow, 1ba.... 3.521 419
'Vinegar, es-. 9,908 317
Flour, bble...• 1,893 14,817
10ther articles. • 646
!Iron Nails 2,500
Iron, manurd 66:1
' Lard, lbs 401,208 t 1,143
nnrof Wood 6 406
Oil, whale, Os 1,017 STI
Paint ns
!Sh•aks 6,7 e.
I Soap, lbs_. 000 7,1:1.)
I Tallow, ID* 9 4 813 3,057
Iron Castings. 40.6041
- The following are some
imported into this port fo:
12, 1563:
Sup r, hhds, 456 •
do. W : -
L lea. 30 • -
, 1 $X3,614
Idolasaes hds fltfl
do, ins... to 14,311.
Foda ..kall,cks.. 573 14,530
11,?, , 1c1W I IT o w :
95
1.
hgke3 a
...... 370 2,065 1
Chiva Clay.hd 66 276
B,lt, tap*, 63 Wei
'Deer Sktne,bla 6 - .374
ChCecoa. hay", 64
ocolate, box .. 1 1
waxllowersal- ' -1 15
Cotton, Lulea— •• 1,503
Flour, bbls.... 3,ISS n.sso
of the principal articles
r the week ending March
137 itliStOne, Can'
tr.rs $l,OOl
Hard wood. nes 3 601
Herring, Ibis.. 463 4&)
Oranges and
Lemons, box_ 4,274 5.200
Walnuncloano, •40 403
mondB,3nos.. 103 - 300
tnnaodapit.. 41 LE
s
11111111100113.. 1 GI
atra.bales..... 60 Lent
Grath, barn, ... 4,114 SOB
Woisted Yarn,
bae
Ear l tbenw l are.• ag -
411
Gold and Oliver,
I box • 1 LOW
AM - lISITOVMSD,
1
Sugar,Ude... 1,003 Blolaoses,hde.• . r 56
do, t0r. ......- 30 do, too.. 31 '
: . do, 1,ta5....,16.10.5,20.3 2 ,„ Wile. 16 813.410
Coffee. bags.... 673 EOM Ita ins b!firi..
Honey, GA..... 21 1,1.'41 tie:`, ka1e, „ ., 2 463
4DcliVimr DlTrei,pii
ilinivd esTii F. 6
fie Hgaiviost Qintl—b,o
BOARDS. - •
Do bonds... , .. •