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t. 4 ATURDAY, MARCH !31, 1863
111 F, CONVENTION.
An error of the telegraph led us to an
-nounce that the Union State Convention
would assemble in Pittsburg on the 15th of
July. We see that all of our contempontries
have fallen into a similar mistake. Tits
,CONYENT7ON WILL 'ASSEWILB ON TILE IST
"*T JULY, the day fixed by the commit
-Ice. The -carious newspapers throughout
- the State should make this correction.
'rue Finances.
The New York Herald, in_ a very disin
genuous manner, attacks the financial policy
a
of Secretary Cmasx,nd, alluding to the
report of the capture of Yazoo city, says
that it was fabricated by the 'Secretary of
the Treasury with the design of stimulating
the money market unnaturally, and causing
further depression in gold. We can
imagine nothing more unkind than this; and
in the face of the Herald's protestations of
love and confidence in the Government,
appears to us to be giving material aid and
comfort to the enemy. We need give no
better reply than the fact contained in our
money article of this morning. At the
office of Mr. JAY COORE 3 the agent for the
national loan, the sales of the 1 ftve•twen
ty " six per cent. Government loan reached
$700,000 yesterday. This was subscribed
in the , face of depressing news from Tort
Hudson, and with none of Mr. CmEsi's in
ventions to buoy up and strengthen the
market. Judging from the feeling we see
around us in our military and civil life, from
the healthy tone of public sentiment, and
the condition of our military affairs, and,
above all, from the effect of the me good
management of the Secretary of the Trea
sury, we shall not be surprised to see the,
subscriptions reach a million a day. The
subscription yesterday, however, was the
largest that has yet been obtained. The
people are beginning to think, in spite of
the 'enmity and censure of bad men, that
good government, is better than anarchy,
and that, after all, there is no security as
good us that of the Republic.
Chivalry.
The national calamity has many compen
sations as well as distresses. The bulk of
that which was pretentious and essentially
false, in the American character, is rapidly
coming to the surface, and exhibiting itself
in high relief. And in nothing of this kind
lies the war been more truly beneficial than
in exposing the hollowness and utter base
lessness of 'the pretensions of the y9outhern
people, and their apologists, to such resi
due of true chivalry as may have survived
the mutations of time and manners since
mediaeval times. We suspect that the term,
us used tbsn and since, has never conveyed
a truthful idea; that "chivalry,' as it per
tained. to the ages of knighterrantry, was
little more than polished lawlessness. We
see those ages only by reflection in the ex
tiavaganS and fabulous chronicles of stipen?
diaries. And many of the best thinkers, and
judges of times and manners, leave the adu
lation of medlreval chivalry to mere enthusi
asts and imitators. Judged by the then
standard of excellence, "the Good Knight
BAYARD " may have been the very pink of
perfection. But he seems very like a law
less brigand in the light of modern Christian
ethics.
However, it is not so much with the
"chivalry " of ancient times that we have
to do, as with that to which noisy claim is
'made by those who have been, born and
bred in the neEro.broeding and working
6tates. These pe6Pt WAIT ftlway9 9011111.11
ing their own praises, and were exenfplary
in their attendance upon the great "Mutual
Admiration Society" of the oligarchy.
_" Chivalry,"- with this numerous class, dis
dained labor, except as practised by ama
teurs ; had great contempt for plain speak
ing and dealing ; practised the best bow and
posturing before the man it proposed to
shoot or slab; was profuse of its cash in bar
rooms and restaurants, and ignored the bills
of landlords, landladies, tailors, and shoe
makers. Still it was "chivalry," to the
manner born, and its patronage was com
monly solicited for the honor it conferred
:rather than for profit.
But the highest prerogative of this an
oient and honorable order has been more
openly exercised since the rebellion broke
out than before. " al - v*l" of the highest
Order now consists in gulag- dc'w an seen
'belly and begging Government patronage,
accepting the pay, and at the same time ex
-tending no sympathy save to the open and
declared enemies of the Government.
'" Chivalry," what there is left of, it outside
of:the rebel lines, is now joined in a great
crusade against the goose that lays the•
golden eggs. In other words, it is engaged
in abusing the hand that feeds and the arm
that protects. In this respect "chivalry" is
sublime. It eclipses the highest manifesta
tions of Er.edireval ages. It vaunts itself
upon its accomplishments; is jealous of that
of 'which it has most need—honor ; is
" sudden and quick in quarrel"—when the
advantage is very palpably on its side ;
otherwise it pockets insults as quietly as the
ue - virsho7 dces his peanuts. -
Chivalry'; condmonde tO Wept ft Pi
lau from the Government, because it Mi•
not submit to the degradation of labor, nor
subsist on air. It accepts the dollars, but
feels a most sovereign contempt for its
official associates the while. -It tolerates
them; sometimes it patronizes them, and
occasionally it growslamillar, and essays a
witticism as original, that was new and
fresh twenty years ago, and laughs and
says, "pretty good!"
It • has another hallucination : it imagines
itself a fixture—indispensable. It has been
accustomed to consider itself chiefest, and
to say, like the old tyrant--" I am the
State." Without its guardianship, order
would recede ;into chaos. Its motto is—
not./ me tangere ! amid the mutations of
rule;and to disregard that injunction is
to rive It into open and defiant treason.
Pliant and obsequious when there is any . -
*Aldus - Co gala, it seaesall7 macaw % in FRIA,
taining its precedence. Therefore the State
lives, receiving the boon of existence from
the _natural-born rulers of men—from the
superior race.
But for this *war these shining qualities
bight have lain hid under the dust and rust,
Of disuse. Under the rule of the' great lair
bf •compensation, Itowever, they are made
to put on an exceeding brightness.
Distress in Ireland.
New York is following the example of
Philadelphia, and has commenced sub
scriptions for the relief of the distressed
Trish. Mr. A. T. Srewenr has chartved a
ship at his own expense, to be filled with
food •for the unfortunates, and forthwith
despatched from New York, The. St. An_
brew's' Society has subscribed $5OO, and a
Boston Irishman has sent $lOO for the same
purpose. Lastly, RutNET Wmaaats offers
to give a performance at the N. Y. Academy
of Music, for the benefit of his unfortunate
countrymen, pledging himself to male up
the difference if the amount realized falls
short of $l,OOO. In this city, where the
subject was - first taken up, the subscriptions
have been chiefly by or through members of
that liberal and charitable association, the
Cora Exchange: If the public at arge
, could realize the extent of the suffering' in
litunster, as well as in Ulster, general sub
scriptions would flow in more rapidly. In
the R ou th of Irelfind the
,suffering is chiefly
caused LT the bid keltraStS attlibod Ity WA I
Weather, last year. In the
~ North, it is one
of the results of -the deficient supply of ,
cotton.
The Atlantic Cable.
: large sum has been subscribed at New
York towards the.capital stock of $8,000,090'
;;required to make and lay the Second Atlan
: tic 'Cable. - Mr. evittre FrELD, as id 1.&57-8,
,shows himeelf to be an active and efficient
agent for therliritiakirPiectorstße r might
show his zeal for his own country by arrang
ing that the American terminus should be in
the United States. The present purpose,
whose execution_ought not be sanctioned in
this country, is that bosh termini shall be
upon British soil—one at Valentia, in Ire
land, the other on an out-of- the-way place in
the remote Island of Newfoundland. In the
event of war or suspended friendship -with
G rea t Britain, that country would continue
to have full Aid sole use of the Atlantic Te
legraph, whereas toe would be wholly de
prived of any use of it whatever. It is only
f a ir—and this our capitalists and merchants,
even our Government, should insist on—that
as one terminus isle be in Ireland, the other
shall be in the 'United States— , say at Port
land, Which is' sufficiently near Canada for
British purposes. . ,
LIITTER FROM, "OCCASIONAL"
WASHINGTON, March 20, 1863.
A distinguished statesman gives it as his
opinion that two years hence two-thirds of
the army of occupation in the seceded
Slates -will be composed of colored men.
The cause of this remark is founded in
reason and experience. ;However ,bullies
may attack colored men in the cities' on the
insane idea that they may, interfere with
labor, the fact that the negro may be used to
save equally the whites and the Union is a
seed that must produce certain and perpetual
fruits. When the New England recruiting
officers go into Pennsylvania to secure
volunteers for their colored brigades, and
when they offer not only bounties, hut pro
pose to take care of-the families of married
volunteers, the white population, even those
who have objected to the employment of
uegroes, insist that the •• negroes should be
retained, in-order to be counted in the forth
coming enrollment. - Heretofore, truth has
travelled slowly, but now it progresses
rapidly. It is amazing to see how many
prejudices have expired since the be
ginning of this war. We have seen
loyal men who were indignant because
of the taxes, the draft, the confisca
tion and emancipation bills, not only
reconsidering their judgments, but candidly
repenting them. Hostility to the employ
ment of the negro in the army and the navy
will also pass away. When I hear of Irish
men attacking negroes in the . streets of
Philadelphia and New York, because they
think the negro may interfere with them, I
am induced to ask My Irish friends whether
they consider themselves inferior, and
whether they suppose the degraded negro
can push them from the ranks of toil. And
when I hear a Democrat declaiming against
colored men in the service, I recall the re
mark of a one-armed soldier, a Democrat,
before he went into the war, who said that
he might have had two arms if he had had
a negro before him in the battle. Looking
these plain truths plainly in the face, I will
not be surprised if, in a short 'time, it will
not be as fashionable to praise the negro
who defends the - flag as it is fashionable
now to dispraise him who volunteers4o de
. fend it. After all, it is God who disposes
and -man who proposes. The rebellion
Came upon this nation at , a period when
slavery was polluting and demoralizing,
probably, the fairest portion of this hemi
sphere. It was making rich and despotic
three hundred thousand whites upon the
labor of four millions of _blacks. The sud
den fortunes realized in India in the time
of Clive and Hastings, and even the Monte
Christos created during the gold mania in
California, sunk into utter insignificance in
comparison with
_the steady stream of ex
hausting wealth poured into the laps of the
slaveholdera of the South. The product of
cotton since the days of Arkwright and
, Whitney made the slaveholder not simply a
despot, but a Monte Christo. The social de
moralization was in exact proportion with
this opulent aggrandizement. It was not
simply that the father should consent to the
sale of his own children, but that his own
wife and her offspring should so see and
tolerate ILis VIM Eta at bat to Moms alga
rated and accustomed to it. Therefore, the
more numerous the slaves, the more nume-
TOM the crimes of the south. Twenty more
, years would have increased 4,000,000, aided
by the laws of nature and the slave tmde,
into 12,000,000. God, in his providence,
has•sent the war to extinguish slavery. He
might have done so with the fire and the
flood, as great sins were extinguished in the
olden time ; but, in his prescience, He has
been humane in preferring the remedy of
was as the best process by which to civilize
it,pd to purify our race, and to rescue the
whole continent from the curse and stain of
human slavery. 0 ccAsumAn:
Nr.A.SI-3CIN'GrX I 4ON.
Special Despatches to " The Press."'
te , ..umstaistra. Mush Rh ttiSh
Mr; Draper and the Provost-Marshal Gene.
ralship.
The appointment of Assistant Adjutant General
JAMES B. FRY as Provost-Marshal General of the
United States has not terminated the official exist
ence of Provost Marshal DRAPER; nor has it thus
far affected the duties appertaining to his position,
and which he has performed for several months.past.
It will be observed, by reference to the order ap
pointing Colonel Far to this position, and which
vacates the offices of all provost marshals, that no
allusion is made to Mr. DRAY-1110S incumbency.
When that gentleman proposed to deliver up his
commission and the papers of his bureau to. Provos
t General FRY, they were not. accepted, and
Mr. DRAPER was informed that his duty was to re
main the same as it bad been. The anomaly of two
provost marshal generals is here presented; hut it is
to be presumed that if the conscription act be not
soon put into effect, Mr. DRAPER'S functions will
be collared to the Eastern and Middle States, or he
will be constituted an assistant provost-:marshal
general, Tay 'pgpgrataniing between the Govern
ths twa officers interested is yerflot-
A Foreign Loan Offered to Ml'. °bane.
It is said that Mr. CHASE has received an offer of
a loan from abroad, which it is probable he will ac
cept. It Is not the offer alluded to in ,the journals
a week ago. That came from England and France,
and WS not upon the most favorable terms. This
offer, which was made yesterday, upon the moat
favorable terms; by a distinguished German bank , -
ing house, is under advisement. The offer is to take
one hundred millions of dollars' worth of bonds, at
something above par in currency. If accepted, it
will of course give the Secretary the control of the
exchange market 'for some time to come. It is evi
dent that, whatever misfortunes may happen to the
cause of the Government this spring, the Secretary
will be abundantly supplied with money with which
to prosecute the war. There is no longer any doubt
upon the subject, and the anxiety of the Government
is not for money. but for military successes.
The Confiscation Laws.
The issuing of the order of seizure under the acts
Commonly called the confiscation laws is trusted to
the discretion of the District Attorneys. While it is
enjoined upon them to be vigilant to.execute the
statutes, May are raciaind to be careful to avoid
.hasty and improvident Ilelltlren. In every instsn.s
they must be satisfied that tbel.e is probable cause
for the seizure, .and that they have reasonable
ground to believe that they can provedn court the
facts necessary to warrant the Conderiination ; for
otherwise, besides the injustice which may be done
to individuals, the Government will be put to great
expense, and be discredited by the frequent failure
of its prosecutions. There have as yet been no con
demnationsunderthe confiscation laws, but informa
tion has reachedaWashington from various quarters
of preliminary proceedings in the premises.
Commissioner Boutwell on our National
Resource's.
Hon. GEORGE S. :20.mrwELL, writing to Mende
who had urged him to contii;ile loperformthe duties
of Revenue Commissioner tl,ll it Well necessary for
him to take his seat in Congress, expresses his
doubts of the propriety of such a course, and adds
that " his experience in the office of internal reve
nue has enabled him to comprehend with more
cleainess than ever before the magnitude of our na
tional resources, and he has gained confidence daily
in the ability of the country to carry on the war to a
successful termination. There is no good reason for
discouragement; on the contrary, the Government
will be restored by the overthrow of the rebels, and
the return of the States now erigaged in the re
bellion.”.
The Reported Bombardment of Charleston.
It is said that rebel prisoners who have arrived
In this city report that on Monday and Tuesday six
or eight of our gunboats passed Fort Sumpter, and
that Charleston was being shelled. On the other
hand, a Charleston despatch, dated the 16th, says :
"Allis quiet along the coast to. fight." The 19th was
the day which the insurgents had seleited VI that on
which the attack waa to b 6 made—that being the
highest day of the spring tides. Admiral DIIPONT
would scarcely be so ungallant as to invalidate this
prediction; neither would all he quiet on the night
on the 16th if "six or eight n gunboats had passed
Fart Sumpter on that deo- " •
TWO Victor/en over tite.lVOLlakneo
General lEFALLucir stated yeiterday, that ladvices
- had just heen received him C.olonel CAIir.TON, that
he had fought.two battles with the Apaches, in both .
of which he hastbeen complete* successful, driving
the Indians from the borders.
The Bonds of Collecters:
• The official bonds given by collectors and deputy
collector*, on entering upon their . duties,-am <re:
quired to be stamped in accordanie with pro
visions of the excise law.
Naval Order.
VOlnlnander Plants has been ordered to the Qom -
I. mend of the 11. S:`sloOli-of-war . S . St.
Election at Erie, Pa.
E RI E, „march Metcalf, the Union candi
Bale, gas elected Mayor to-day by a majority of 144
DEPARTMENT OF THE SOUTH.
Safety and Success of Col. Higginson's
Expedition.
IMPORTANT CAPTURES EY THE
COLORED TROOPS
TRIUMPHANT ADVANCE INTO FLORIDA
NEW YORK, March 20—A letter from Hilton
Head, dated the nth hut, says that the latest in
telligence from the Black Brigade, which is now
marching into Florida, is that they have taken many
important points; and, many, prisoners captured,with
large twantities of amMtinttiOn and supplies. They
are stilt triving the rebels before them.
The expected arrival of another army corps at
Hilton Head, which is reported in the Richmond
papers, has created fresh hopes among our troops.
STATES IN REBELLION.
Return of Prisoners—Deaths in the Rich
mond Prisons—Election in Fredericks
burg-- The late Cavalr
e.
Exploit The
"Isaac. P. Smith " Co mmodore Inur
log-shiP —A Successful Raid in
North Alabama.
PORTIEEIB Morino; March 19.—The flag-of-truce'
boat 'Stade of Maine arrived this morning from City
- Point, having on board all the political prisoners
who have-been in prison in Richmond, 190 In num
ber, and also 190 privates and seamen, in charge of
Capt. John E. Mulford , of the 3d New York'
fantry. , The seamen belonged to the Columbia,
Smith, and Vesper. The State of Maine left for
Washington thin afternoon with the returned Union
prisoners. -
DEATHS OF UNION PRISONERS IN RICH
- MOND.
The following is a list of deaths at the 0. S. Mili
tary Prison Hospital, Richmond, front February 8
to March 18, 1863 : -
Feb. 20. S. M. Stubling, private 101st Ohio.
- Capt..) - stlin itter 16th Maine.
" 29, Levi Konnecr'priveite 142 d Pennsylvania,
24. Wm. MUrray,,steckter Columbia.
"28. P.A. Rice, citizen of F...4*144.97, Pa,
f , 28. V. Larose 'tearnstek, 7th U. S. Regular&
March 8. Hans Rdpping, citizen, Staunton, Pa.
" 17. Matt:hese - Boyce; citizen, Delaware co., • NS-
Richmond Va., March 18,1853.
JOHN WILKINS, Post Surgeon.
AN ELECTION AT F'REDERICKS BURG.
The Richmond Enquirer of the 18th says the mu
nicipal election took place to-dayin Fredericksburg,
though under the guns of General Hooker. M.
Slaughter was chosen mayor.
THE CONSCRIPTION IN FREDERICKSBURG:
The conscript officers have been quite busy for a
fewdays past in Frederioksburg hauling in the nice
young men.
•
- OUR LATE CAVALRY EXPLOIT.
.The Enquirer says: A considerable force of the
enemy, consisting of cavalry and artillery, made a
demonstration yesterday on the ford over the Rap
pahannock, near and south of the Orange , and Alex
andria Railroad. The movement w as anticipated,
and Gen. Stuart advanced a sufficient force to hold
them in check, at least until a proper time for more
cheerful greeting. Fighting-was in progress yester
day, and it was reported from Gordonsville that the
enemy had succeeded in crossing. The result of the
- engagement did not reach tis.
The Yankees have crossed the Upper Rappahan
nock in strong force, with cavalry and artillery, ad
vancing towards Gordonsville on a raid.
THE CAPTURED GUNBOAT ISAAC P.
SMITH,
A Charleston, S. C., correspondent says that the
captured gunboat Isaac P. Stisith, now called the
`Stono, has been repaired, and is now in good fight
ing trim. She will be the flag-ship of Commodore
Ingraham.
SUCCESSFUL FEDERAL • RAID 'IN NORTH
ALABAMA.
Crsrorureem, March 20. The Atlanta Southern
Confederacy contains a detailed account of a brilliant
and successful raid in North. Alabama, by a Federal
brigade under Colonel Corwin.
The expedition was accompanied by five gunboats,
and reached Tuscumbia ori the.22d of February. The
gunboats destroyed two ferryboats at Macon:dila,
and another at Florence, afterwards dropping down
the river below Tuscumbia.. Soon after dark the ad
vance-guard of the Federalli dashed into Tuscumbia,
dispersed the rebel cavalrir, who fled to the Moun
tains. • -
Colonel Corwin occupied; the town, and issued an
order levying an assessment on the wealthy rebels.
On the 25th, Colonel Csirwin proceeded into the
interior, taking considerable plunder with him. No
thing is published in this rebel paper concerning the
further progress of the raid
The same paper complains bitterly of the mime•
rous atrocities committed hi the Yankee troops.
FROM SAVANNAH—THE PEOPLE DEFYING
BEAUREGARD—THE , PEFENCES OF THE
CITY.
A letter from Hilton Head (14th) to the Boston
trournat says :
AIM. three men.,consCiipte of the Firo
UM In Furl ruleurh ilaYlfis tsrf s
nab the night previous. They report about twenty
five thousand troops in and around Savannah, about
two-thirds of them conscripts. They are kept on
poor and insufficient food, not more than four ounces
of meat to a man. They represent the poor people
In great destitution. Theriot' have all left the city - .
Last week Beauregaid lisaued an order for the poor
to leave, anticipating an, ttkak, and probably wish
ing to have the poor obtain -their subsistence in the
country. The people refused to go.
"The deserters say that there is a growing Union
sentiment among the suffering, starving inhabitants,
and the entrance of our fleet will be hailed with joy,
for it will keep them from starvation, which is
haunting them in the future, and which now is dog
ging them from day to day. There is but little if All
accounts
doubt of the correctness of this report.
accounts go to show that they are gradually near
ing the inevitable end—starvation—that is, to the
masses.
"They give the following report of the number of
guns In position on the, rebel defence,s: Fort Lee, 7
guns, 2 mortarsi Fort Jackson, 9. guns ; Na v y B u t.
tery, 7:guns; Lawton's Battery, 7 guns; H.utch
ineonis Island, 3 guns ; Fort Rogge, 15 guns, 2 mor
tars ,• Coster's Bluff, 2 guns ; Fort Bartow,7 guns ;
Bay Battery, 2 guns, 2 mortars; rani Georgia , 4 guns ;
rant Atlanta,4 guns; ram Savannah, 4 guns.
"The Savannah is a new craft with tive•lnch iron
I de i ting and elevetvinch rifle guns. General Mercer
hi in sviniefd-"
THE -LATEST.
V. S. Governnient Currency at a Premium—
Rebel Misgivings of the Next Rappahau,
neck Battle—No News from the Front—
The Rebel Invasion of Kentucky.
READQUAZTERB AEMY OE THE POTOMAC, Nardi
20.—Notwithstanding the quotations of gold in the
Richmond papers, it is known here that $6 to $6.60
have been otferedwithin the past two days atFrcde
rickaburg; $2.26 in Virginia bank notes, and $3.60 in
Confederate notes are freely given for our national
currency. .
The Richmond Examiner of yeaterday has an ex
traordinary leader, the tone of which is evidently
intended to prepare the public mind of the South
for serious reverses to the Confederate arms on the
line of the Rappahannock. It commences with the
following singular language; "Active operations of
the chief Federal army, under Hooker, are now com
menced, and either a decisive battle, or the retreat
of the army commanded by Lee, must be the speedy
consequence. The latter contingency la possible, but
not at all probable, and another heavy struggle over
m e m e of tin Apppahaunock may- be safely antlei
palsi,"
After speculating upon the Supposed plan of Gron.
Hooker and the strength and- probabilitlei of the
R ieman of Lee,■ forces, the editor remarks: "Ifs
however, the Confederate General's force is not suf
ficiently numerous to prevent the completion of the
manteuvre, it is supposed that 'no course remains
but to fall back upon some point nearer Richmond,
and give the enemy battle at a greater distance from
his base.”
The rebel papers speak of General Rooker's army
as having been sent to Port Royal.
The Mobile papers speak of the preparations
making to give our troops a warm .reception on the
Tallahatchie. -
General Johnston Was Noblle. on the 11th.
NO NEWS FROII THE FRONT.
There Is nothing of importiu' icefrOnt the active
scene of operations In the field. -
There has been a heavy fall of snow during the
day and laat night. The weather is cold now.
REBEL INVASION OF KENTOOKY
Mtaornmsunono, March 13.—The - rumor* hereto.
fore given of the proposed rebel invasion of Rea.
tucliir were not groundless. We learn from South
sr. aaMS who loft Cliatitle9ge on Sunday t hat th e
rebel troops known tO have left Tilltala Oa nut ro
inforce but were concentrated at Knoxville.
Yesterday 400 .rebels crossed the Cumberland at
Rowena, Kentliclry, and it wan reported that a large
force was following.
A REBEL VOLUNTEER NAVY.
A bill to organize- a volunteer nary has been in
traduced in the rebel Senate.
GRAIN TO in PLANTED.
The Senate has resolved that the President idtali
Issue a proclamation dissuading the further culti-
vation of cotton and tobacco, and enjoining the
planting of grain. Governor Brown, of GeOrgia,
threatens to do the same.
GENERAL BRAGG'S ARMY.
The Chattanooga Re6cl of the 11th says that Gen.
Brag& army is in better condition, better organized,
larger, healthier, and more bent upon its miludon
than ever before.
ARMY OF THE MISSISSIPPI.
Health of the Arm* Improviliag7The Troop;
Eithnelastio.
OuvcrN March 20,—Advicea from Vicksburg
represent the health of the army as improving. The
troops are enthueiastio with the prospect of a speedy
engagement. •
It is thought that the Lake Providence canal, op
posite Vicksburg, would be successful. '
There has been a large movement of transports
and gunboats up the Yazoo PA" as the capture of
Vicksburg depends on the movement.
The National Loan.
Nam Yonn, March 20.—Secretary Chase is report
ed to be coming here again next week to present hie
plan for the national'imur.
Baltimore Unlon Meeting.
Bavriarona, Mirth Y0.,--The hall of the Maryland
nma srauelod with A most enthusiastic au
dience of Union nos vo .
sonneon, of TP.Oilaigige, and Olken. Whe Jaen. oc
cretary S. P. punier, Postmaster General Blair, and
Mr. Raynaid, were preaent. The Hall wee splen
didly decorated for the minion. Governor JOlOl-:
son made a telling speech, and was warmly ap
plauded.
GOvernor Johnson was sPeaking general
Burnside entered the<hall, and, Wind re "g nizeli ',
reoelved , vrittrthe. greatest .enthuiWarn by the
PCopis: Re made few remarks after Governor
Soluiscu concluded.
... . ,
.T.Tnitot Meeting in New Loudon. ;
Now LONDON, Conn., 'March 20.-The Union
meeting held to-night was one or the most imposing
political demonstrations ever known in the State.
it'wae addressed by ex-Governor Wright, of Indiana,
Col. Beard, of illinale, and atter&
THE PRESS.—PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAYS MARCH 21, 18b
An Advance ai Rebel' Cavalry-They are
Darcu back by our Troops-Bragg large..
ly Retraforced.
FRANKLIN . , Tenn., March 20.—A considerable
force of rebel cavalry recrossed Duck river, and ad
vanced towards Franklin yesterday, but was driven
back by Col. Walker's cavalry brigade.
The bridge at Columbia has been rebuilt, and Gen.
Van Dorn has been largely reinforced. Cavalry
skirmishes now occur daily. We have a vast ad
vantage in position.
Movements of the Guerillas—Attack on a
Railroad Train—lts Recapture.
LOUISVILLE, March 20.—The Nashville train was
yesterday thrown off the track by the guerillas
placing obstructions on the track four miles above
Richland station, not at Woodburn as previously
stated. The locomotive, tender, and two expreee ears
were crushed. The guerillas fired into the rear car
containing women and children. They called them
selves Morgan's men. The passengers retuned the
Hre, killing one and wounding three. One passenger
was slightly wounded. The guerillas commenced
paroling at the head of the train ; took away the
officers , side-arms, rifled their carpet-sacks, and.
.&dame Express car was robbed of its 'contents, but
part was subsequently recovered. The mail on the
train was seized, but recovered.
The conductor ran bask one mile to the stockade,
and the soldiers coming up at the double-quick, re
captured the_ train, and drove Or the guerillas,
wounding several, and taking four prisoners.
Generallirantion and Lieutenant Colonel DILSICes
were in the rear car, but were neither captured . nor
paroled, but are safe at Nashville.
Nnw YORE, March 20.—A special despatch, dated
Nurfreishs ro, today, to the Herald, Bay' that Col.
Hall's brigade, of General .Reynold'a division,
was attacked near Milton to-day by a large
force of rebel cavalry._ Colonel Hall sent
word he could hold his own, until rein
forcements could arrive. Colonel Wilder went
to bis aid with a mounted infantry force, and,
at the last reports, quite a heavy engagement was
going on.
The rebels have latelTheen 21 / 111 :',17 ieritille do.
reoostratione at Llbosty)Reatlit our linee f ork,the
left.
Arrival - of the Nerwegian—M r .frreinents of
Steamers-The Polish Insetrreetion- Pa
aiish Ministerial Crisis over. •
Powraeltn, March 20.—The stesinshipTforwegian,
from Liverpool, with dates to the sta last, and ad.
vicee via Londonderry of the 6th, arrived thbrefter
noon.'
The ateanaship'Europa arrived out on the 34 inst.,
the Etna on the 4th, and the North American on
the 6tp
The steamer City of Manchester was to leave Li
verpool on the .7th. as an extra steamer for New
York, and the steamer Isis was to leave on theaame
day.'
Polish affairs were unchanged.
The Spanish ministerial crisis was over.
The London Time says that the proposal to issue
letters of marque is looked , upon as an endeavor to
reach a solution of the present difflculties by forcing
a foreign war.
A grand dinner was given Captain Lunt in-Man
chester on the 4th, and an address and thanks pre.
sented.
The first important votein the Howie of Cominons
took place on the 4th, in which the Government was
sustained by three majority.
It is reported that the French Cabinet has decided
to act diplomatically at St. Petersburg in favor of
Poland.
The Ministerial crisis in Spain was terminated by
the formation of a new Cabinet, the Marquis Mura
Flores being President.
The latest telegram from Oraoow is favorable to
the Poles.
General Deberg le appointed commander of the
Blilbitirl army in Poland, indicating a determination
to ernehlhe rebellion.
An influential meeting of sympathizers with the
Poles will shortly be held in London.
A letter from Warsaw states that the Russian
Government is fearful of sending treasure to War
saw, on account of the insurgent attacks on the rail
road trains, and the Warsaw treasury is empty.
It is stated that the joint Anglo-French note to
Prussia strongly expresses the hope for the solemn
fulfilment of promises made to the Poles, by grant
ing them liberal institution'.
The Princess Alexandra arrived at Margate on
the sth instant.
It Nord states that Mr. Slidell had an interview
with M. Drouyn I.e Huys, at which the former ex
prersed - surprise that Mr. Seward could think that
the seceding States were willing to send members to
Washington.
Le Nord states that the rebels have contracted a
loan at Paris of sixty millions of francs.
An address from 15,000 citizens of Birmingham,
sympathizing with the anti-slavery policy of Presi
dent Lincoln, has been presented to Minister
Adams.
Lord Strathalen's notice in favor of a recogni
tion of the rebels, has not been brought forward in
the House of Lords.
The Times deprecates any discussion on the sub
ject, urging a continuance of strict neutrality.
In the House of Commons, Mr. Laird asked if
the Government wee informed of ships preparing
for the rebels in England similar to the Alabama.
Mr. Laird said the attention of the Government
bad been called to more than one vessel of the kind,
but no evidence bad been furnished enabling the
Government to interfere. Strict orders had been
given that all suspected vessels should be closely
watched.
A motion was adopted for the production of all
the correepondence relating to the war, including
oftt with the retie ! ! COMMiasioners.
44,"at Prussia jigs yielded to the Ea'
rop can pr....13i 1181blineFle.111LIGO iilf
It is rumored that Russia Is prepared to grant an
amnesty and reforms. .
It is stated that General Foray's demand for more
men to be sent to Mexico is not to,be Sgmplied
with.
A St. Petersburg telegram stateetbateertders ex
pired on the ad. A Te Dclo7l was sung in a trheltus
-
elan churches.
CHINA.
Shangbae dates to the 26th February state that
preparations were making to reorganize the expedi
tion against Nankin.
The French contingent was defeated at Chovoaing,
near Ningpo.
Civil war in Japan is imminent.
CRACOW, March 6.—An engagement took place
yesterday, near Prizokowarkale, and the insurgents
retired.
It instated that Napoleon has addressed an im
portant document to Prussia.
The Paris Papa of the 6th states that rumors pre
vail that an ukase will be issued reconstructing the
Kingdbin of Poland, with a constitutional save
reit gn is reported that a rebel loan of 4300,000 will be
at once raised on an 8 per cent, stock at '77.
Commercial Intelligence.
Livintrom. March 6. —The Cotton market opened at a
decline o'W:od, hnE ender 'the American and Indian
advien tho dediap was almost recovered. The sales
m i n im L b" Irt u iTgrg , di 005, bales, dottiest at bare ly
last ymeice quotativno for" AamarLan ; dudes fay al
rata t and 3teld decline for other deeeriptiOns. T he
market to-day is firm and unchanged, with sales of 5,000
bales.
At Tuesday's market Flour declined Neils t.Wheat
and Corn 6d. To-dayßreadstutTs are steady sad
Corn declining. Provisions quiet.
Losooti, March 6 —Console 9734 for money. Illinois
Central shares 463464230 disconnt. Erie Railroad 42
0433(; United States 63 66.
The Capture of Mexico—The Coiseription
Act—Confidence in Government :Seen.
Mies.
Maw Yonx, March 20.—The Courrfer des Eats
ajournal peculiarly disposed to place, reliance
in any report of French success in Mextio,, wholly
discredits the rumor of the capture of the Capital,
and refers to a similar false rumor of the taking of
Puebla, which also came by the way of Richmond,
some two months ago. The Courrier places -no faith
either in the alleged official letter of the French
vice consul at Matamoros.
A letter from Acting Passport Clerk Nichols, of
the State Department, addressed - to the United
States Despatch Agent in this city, Oscar
Irving, Mx Pine street, says that the order recently
ymblisbad rcqulrigg a military bond from persons
Atide 4o a:AIB under the enrollment not has bocci re
voked, except in those Maier ALM Mar set ye! Jur.
niched their comp/ownl ef ftine-monthi
An English house doing an extensive business in
this country has just given evidence of Its confi
dence in the character or Government securities.
Instead of remitting at the currentrate of exchange,
the New York representative has been instructed to
Invest about $16,000 in United States six per cents.
Hon. William H. Temple Not Dead.
(Special Despatch to The Press.]
SMYRNA (Del.), March 20.—The report •of • the
death of WILLIAM U. TEMPLIT, member of Congress
elect from this State, is untrue. He has been very
unwell, but the physicians do not consider 1118 case
a dangerous one. On the contrary, he is slowly im
proving, and will doubtless recover. D. D.
Defeat of the Resolutions against Arbitrary
ALIIANY, March 20.—The resolutions against ar
bitrary arrests were defeated to-day in be I:Aglaia
tore on a motion of reference to the Committee on
Federal Relations, by the casting vote !of the
Speaker.
ROBBERY OF A RAILROAD TRAIN.
Over rifty . Thousand Dollars tito/vei rko".
Aflame lespreas Company.
BALTOSOAS, friarchlB4l3.
Early yesterday morning news rewitied this city
that the safe belonging to the Adams' Express Oom.
pony had been stolen from the night train on the
Northern Central Railroad, with a large amount of
money and other valuables. At one Simi it was
stated that some two hundred and sixty thousand
dollars were in the safe, but that is a very large
amount, and the report gained but little credence.
It appears that the train left this city for the North
and West at nine o'clock on Monday night, and the
baggage car being more comfortable than the car
belonging to the express company, the safe contain
ing the valuables was placed in that. The tiliggage
car contains two apartments, the front being oc
cupied by the mail, and the rear for the . baggage.
The baggage-master, with the messenger of the ex
press company, named Weitzell, were both in the
ear, and everything was all right when they reached
Cockeysville.
After leaving the last-named place, both 'of the
parties mentioned walked into the mall-room, where
they remained for a abort time, and on nearing
Parkton, a distance of only nine miles from Cockeye
stile, Mr. Weitzell returned to the baggage depart
ment and discovered that the safe was gone. He
knew that it contained a considerable amount of
money, but did not telegraph to the agent In this
city, nor did he stop until be reached Harrisburg.
At what portion or point the safe was thrown from
the car could not be ascertained, and it could only
have been done by some one concealed in the car
.when the train started, or by some person who en
tered the baggage car from the passenger oar be.
hind. The messenger telegraphed to S. M. Shoe
maker, Esq., the agent in this city, that when he
wentinto the mail departmedt the rear door of the
baggage car was locked, and when he discovered
that the safe had disappeared it was also locked.
Two trunks belonging to passengers were also
taken at the same time.
The safe contained sit)Out fifty thousand dollars In
cash, a small portion of which was in gold. There
was a large amount of certificates of indebtedness, but
they are of no use to the. thieves, payme4t was
at once stopped. There were also come (}Ahern
meet bonds, Mit they too,are valueless. The prin
cipal part of the mot 4 had been sent from Wash
ington, and was in transitu for the families of soldiers
who are now with the army. The company has
'determined to make a rigid investigation of the mat
lap, and to trcoe : if Notable, tiff perpetrators of the
gAPHIff rOntlyt Dental ?lunar 1,/, acs V4la
terdity for the purpose of we-weigh* Pus- Atolun
property, but up to a late hour List eight no elite had
been obtained to it. The company at once, on the
receipt of the intelligence, made arrangements to
refund to the proper owners all the money lost.
The express messenger hat been in the employ of
the company only three or four weeks, but he was
recently a conductor on the Pennsylvania COntral
railway. The safe which contained the money and
; papers weighed sometTour or five hundred pounds,
and it is supposed that more than one person was
engaged in throwing it from the oar.
Markets by Telegraph.
0/ TiC . IINNATI, March W.--Flour quiet fa $5 9808 ;
inieit frith - but quiet;' lifhisky du ll at 440. - Nothing
doing in mean pork. Lard quiet; bulk meats are in
large demand, at elieeve for shoulders; elgo for
aides; and 6h€VGNI tor hams. G01d.&2e53 ; 44,man3
notce 50,
ARMY OF THE CUMBERLAND.
TUE LATEST.
A BATTLE IN PROGRESS
UIUICOPIM.
LATEST VIA LONDONDERRY.
Arrests.
NEW YORE CITY.
[Correspondence of The Press.
NEW Youar s March 20,1883
THE WAR NEWS
of this morning has thrown us all into a profoundly
metaphysical state of mind, the sane conclusions
from which, are about as lucid and satisfactory as a
Dutch philosopher's most delightfully muddled ex
planation of the cosmogony of the universe.
Skepticism, as to all matters of mundane warfare, tr
beginning to rage with some virulence, and the great
thinkers of our community are about equally divi
ded in opinions, as to whether the back-bone of the
rebellion is really broken already. or whether that
tremendous fracture is a mere abstraction of the
military mind, to furnish the populace with food for
anatomical thought. Our editors, with much strate
gy, and a strict impartiality, divide their news de
partments into divisions of two columns each, one
column relating the triumphs of Our arms, -
from Charleston harbor to Yazoo city, and the
other containing mathematically-accurate refu
tations' of all the aforesaid. They copy the latest
fanciful "whopper" from the Richmond papers,
under the bitter and sneering heading of " Another
Rebel Canard," and, forthwith proceed to show how
utterly unworthy of a second thought they consider
said " canard" to be, by gorgeously illustrating it
.with a "map," which looks, for all the world, like
the front door of a new and singularly ingenious
rat-trap. Let me note, by the way, that the irre.
presiiible editorial demand for these "maps" has
instigated a new school of art with us, and will
undoubtedly suggest to some ingenious geotleman. of
New England extraction, the happy idea ofinventing
a patent-family-gridiron which shall at once cook a
beefeteak toe nicety, and improve the cook'shumble
mind with a practical knowledge of the geography
of her unhappy adopted country. A few of the more
carefully elaborate of these "maps" accidentally
assume a rather ehjectionable resemblance to the
works of art with which our enterprising publishmie
are wont to adorn the voluminous daanationa ef fr f
the surgical genius of the day; and a complicated
chart of the entire Ilississippi river, receintly poir
listed in the Herald, would have patted.
- :_ . Li * c - tir a : n e Y g t i h t . h i e h e s e e r
medical "maps" are a comfort to the
num= -Mind when the war news is like that
with which we have been refreshed today. .As
the eye, grown confused with the consummate
strategy of the Waibington telegraph, turns
feebly to the "maw" employed to make that
etrategy a trifle more muddled, the glance is at
once irresistibly attracted to the variety of crooked
lines which, twist themselves into hopeless tenuity
in the attempt- to depict the exact route of the
"Choctaw and Big Yeller Railroad," and the con
dition of wild mental chaos ensuingj puts an end to
all sane reflection upon the previous minor perplexi
ties of print. I can understand now why balloonists
speak of having seen the earth spread out like 'a'
map>) below them; they. mean to affirm that when
they-have ascended to a certain great height, in the
air, they see jrist about as much of the earth as
might be suggested bye New York newinciaper's - war
"map."
SPRING BONNETS
were introduced by all our fashionable milliners
yesterday, and the few specimens I have thus far
been able to detect with the naked eye .may .be
sentimentally characterized as poems In ivhite chip,
split straw, and crape, on the natural history of
oyster shells. $320 will buy one that is warranted
to satisfy the wearer for a whole day, and then
serve for use one rainy .Sunday. s2b,will purchase
a concave scale of white crape attached to a bird-of
paradise feather and trimmings, and protected from
grease orithe hair by an undercoatirig of tulle eali, at
once strengthened and aggravated by, moss roses
and desperately-green leaves. I should say that
a bonnet like this ought to keep fresh at least tvvo
days under an" umbrella, moss -roaes . being quite
hardy la thlo 'climate: •
GENERAL WOOL
has returned from his inspection of the fortifications
of New Haven and other places of rich temptation
to foreign fleets, and we New Yorkers are delighted
to know that 800 guns , of the heaviest calibre are on
their way from Pittshurglo this city for the - stern
defence of our harbor. Allowing that only 600 of
these formidable instruments of massacre explode
at the first fire, in consequence of Mr. Wiard's un
equal expansion of the inner and outer circles of the
metal, we shall still have 200 iron ministers of car
nage (how do you like that phrase t) wherewith to
repulse the expected squadrons of combined Europe
and South Carolina. "Forever float that standard
quilt," its.
THE PEACE RESOLUTIONS
just passed in the New Jersey Legislature, by a vote
of 38 to 13, have provoked some curiosity on the part
of our citizens to ascertain whether Fort Lafayette
really waL s hold thirty-eight more boarders t This
thing must be inquired into. As for the reso
lutions, they are but fdrther indications of that
spirit of opposition to the General Government
which New Jersey has too often displayed in the
course of our mutual theta-fisheries. To catch a shad
in the North river without first paying your three-
cents ferriage to Jersey City, has ever been regarded
by New Jersey as an infraction of her rights as a
sovereign State. 'l t tte Government can easily make
New Jersey rescind her peace resolutions. Let it
threaten that when our soldiers come home from the
war not ono of them shall take the Camden and Am
11...Almed I STUYVESA,Nr•
PENNSYLVANIA LEGISLATURE.
RABILIBBIIRO, March Pk, DM.
•' SENATE.' " •
The Senate was called to order at 11 o'clock by the
Speaker.
Petitions.
Mr. CONNELL presented the resolutions of the Board
of Trade of Philadelphia, in faror of the consolidation
of the State loans, which were read.
Mr. REILLY. four remonstrances from Schuylkill
county, against granting corporations power to hold
lands for mining purposes.
Mr. oLerz, thetition of 446 citizens of York conniy
for the passage of pe a
law to exclude negroes and mu
lattoes from the State; also, a petition from York county,
fot the incorporation of the Philadelphia Dental College,
Mr. McSIIIsRPY, the petition of 88 citizens of Patton
er.unt y, for the incorporation of the Philadelphia Dental
College.
• Petitions for a National Convention.
. .
Mr. LOWRY, from the Committee on Federal Relations.
to which were referred petitions in favor of a constitu
tional call :or a National Convention, submitted a long
report adverse to the prayers of the petitioners. The
Committee recognize the right of petition, but are con
strained to believe that white these petitions have been
signed by many loyal men, they were printed and circu
lated by men having no sympathy with the uovernment,
but are intended to embarrass it in its efforts to suppress
rebellion and ineniro Its etlePilea, Flat co e. They_
LABAOIi that the relltltiCt of rt , Be
granted. The coonaticetton acts fat
making amendments , either of which is a slow process.
The report then proceeds to point out the Impossibility
of Congress taking any action before December, UM.
There could be little hope of convent ex a Convention until
the summer of 1564. after .which the proposed amend
ments would require the ratification of the States, and
they could not beadopted before the year 15(1.5. Before
that time the attempt to suppress the rebellion will have
culminated in success or been abandoned in despair.
Amendments to the Constitution are not necessary. This
struggle knows no compromise. The sword. and not the
pen, must do the work.
The rf port proceeds at length to dismiss peace proposi
tions to terms of the strongest condemnation and to de
nounce the proceedings of the Legislatures of other
States.
The committee were discharged from the farther con
sideration of the subject, and it wan ordered tbat four
thousand copies in English and one thousand copies in
German of the report be printed fir the use of the
senate.
Final Adjournment.
The Senate proceeded to the consideration of the reso
lution from the Rouse. providing for a temporary ad
journment of the Legislature from the 27th - of starch,
Instant. to toe 27th of May next.
Mr. 111ESTAND moved to amend by striking out the
27th of May and inserting the 6th of April.
Mr. CLI hiER moved to substitute the 14th of April.
Net agreed to—yeas 11 3 nays 19. •
Mr. PENNEY then moved to strike out Mr. -Riestand's
hropoi-itioa, axed provide for the final adjournment of the
rsietature on the 9th of -April. - agreed to—yeas 17,
lOrti 11, n ,„ 11;6911I14 41a. 11,11/11Ld0Dtid.
Agricultaral Ijolieges.
The bill ace:aging the grant of leads br the Govern
ment of the MD tfid States to the several States, for the
endowment of agricultural coileges, came up in order,
on second reading.
Mr. JOHNSON moved to restore the sections stricken
out by the Senate committee, which provide that the ia
tereat of the fond derived from the sale of these lands
shall be applied to the State Agricultural College. which
was agreed to.
Before the bill was disposed of the hoar of one arrived,
and tae Senate adjourned until Mondtiy evening, at half
past seven o'clock.
HOUSE.
The House was called to order at 10% A.M. by Speaker
Cessna.
City Passenger Railways.
Mr. COCHRAN, of Philadelphia. asked leave to offer
a resolation, which was in effect that, by a joint resolu
tion, this Howie ask of the 'Governor that he return,
without his signature, the bill recently passed, entitled
an act regulating passenger railways in the city of Phi-.
ladelphia. [This bee been published in fall_ It relieves
the passenger railways from paving the streets, &c.,
and t tateus an amount of money each shall pay in lieu
thereof] • •
Et r. COCHRAN stated that he had first seen this bill
when it was called up by a suspension of the rules,
and he thought the bill was not a proper one, but was
deterred from opposing it by the representations of Its
friends, that it embodied the m tshes of the city authori
ties, and *Agent in form by the City Solicitor. Not
ithstandinobis, be voted against IL Since that time,
having examined it, he deemed it a gross outrage on the
riaL,...,? titharift Of Philadolithitt, and took the first
opportunity to ask the Governor to witki ,, 44 1.1. Aim.
turn until Information could reach Harrisburg OF the
bistorp unanim ous ly Teetorday the ConnoLla of Flats
delphla, eisappro l i n 2 s. of it, showed that
they were no friends of it, and that It did not embody
their.wiabes. Therefore, he offered this resolution.
Mr. BARGER taid be concurred in the ?iodation by
his colleague. He was not in the House when the bill
was called up and passed, or he should have used his
best eff•ats to oppose it.
The Counefia had yesterday framed resolutions re
questing the Governor to withhold his signature. He
was telegraphed to that effect last night. He hoped the
revolution would be adopted.
Mr. LUDLOW also defined his position. in which he
did not differ from his colleagues. He would do nothing
that would interfere with the interests of 'Philadelphia.
The resolutionpassed.
The subjoined statement by Mr. KERNS, of Philadel
phia, shows the number of cars each city passenger rail
way company would have at thirty dollars per car (the
city tax)arece ding to the amounts designated for each to
pay in L e bill just recalled from the Governor:
. Cara Amount.
Tenth and Eleventh-strecaßailway 90 $1,200
Philadelphia and Gray's Ferry . 17 500
North PhiladelphlaPassenger 7 200
Second and. hird-streets 73 2,200
Fairmount • -17 . ISO
Girard College 20 600
• '
Arch-street 17 • 620
amen and Coates-streets -30 900
I
Get ma utow n Passenger .$0 9a)
Yraukford and Southwark 47 1.400
Philadelphia City • .30 900
Richmond and Schuylkill ID 300
Ridge Avelino alai liana3-unk .10 390
Bertonville. Mantua, and Fairmount 10 300
Thirteenth and Fifteenth:streets 20 600
WettPhiladelPhia 40 1,200
Seventeenth and Nineteentb-stn ots 10 •300
Lombard and South-streets 17 602)
Navy Yard, Broad-street, and Fairmount_ 13 900
_ . .
1113,700
•
. .
Ailjonriseci Session. - -
On motion. the Bonze took op the bill relative,to final
adjoarnment. Some timo Wits consumed in its discus-
Oce. and finally it was earned that this Honse.do ad
ourn on the 25th day of March, to Meet' again .0a the
27th day of May, IM3.
The Poyouesit of Bowel
The hill entitled !'Ai? act relating, to the payment of
m '
beauties to yobantee which with under conaioenttiou
yesterdaymes again taken up and dimmed at length by
lif*PlT. Wahine , . (Washington,) Keine, Vincent,Smlth,
(Chest. r.) Benedict. Wrehing, and others.
The House adjourned at 1 P. M.
Counterfeit $5OO Bills..
Boorrin. MICh Ittnehttntlntel.dole
2ar ppm im the 6=1.-.1 Blab of Wereeiten have
been surreskfully !wised on never Minks in Bunn/
and vlclni like of them was taken at the Sutfolk
Bank. There hot pursuit after the persona who
passed them.
Municipal Election at Harrisburg.
Ilkousaratt, Ditarah.2o.—A. L. Roumfort, the
Ih - tuocrallo nominee for Mayor of this city, was to-'
day elected by 38 majority over John Till; the Union
Republican candidate. This is a Union Republican
gain of 260.
Release of a Captured Vessel.
Nine Yogic, Dlaroh 20.—The brig Emily Fteher,
before reported ea captured by the pirate Retribu
tion, has Arrived here, lowing been releouted on
giving bonds for the payment of her value.
The New Hampshire Election.
BOSTON, March 20, 16.69.—The Concord Democrat
of yesterday gives the returns from all the towns in
that State, except two, making the majority against
Eastman 6t5. The tvra towns not beard from gave
more are 166 Seprtbilanns and 139 Demo
to be heard from. In the
12 Repu bli can majority last year. Tin representa
toirvste.a.fooFtouupr, so
o f c
Congressional districts, Rollins' majority is about
300; Patterson's, 350 and Marcy's (Deco.), probe
sundr
bly, somewhere near 50. BLit in respect tothis vote,
the Democrat says there are charges of fraudulent
and
even oting destroyiny places, which, if su
ned„ may that narrow margin of
Majority, and give Mr. Eastman Me seat.
THE C 'l' 'V" .
The Thermometer.
NAR.eI{2O OR= MAROS. 20, 1883,
6d. 74.,...12 12 ..... r. 31. 6A. it t 2 23.
at..... . . 43. .... , 27,K 32...........34
WIND. WIND.
NE.... NE by E.. ...ENE NNE ..... ..NN „
Titan' ORS AMONG Vs.—That we have in
our midst those whose sympathies are strongly with
the South cannot be doubted, but the number of
these traitors is so smell that nothing is to be feared
from them. We know that these miserable and de
spised specimens of humanity have their haunts
where they can assemble and talk treason together
without being disturbed- The Philadelphia corre
spondent of the St. Louis Democrat states that there
is in
Copperhead
organiza
tion,lndiana,andlllinois
w as e thih ' i l se U hc n ii i ts kn te y d a °b ß 9 7 l3 o li t ct ier O s olit°f o a f ' the Great West, ,, a
society that is probably simply the old Knights of
the Golden Circle under anew name. He also states
that it was this Philadelphia club that got up the
late public reception for the traitor Vallandigham
here. By way of affording an insight into the dm.
racier and objects of the Western organization, it is
only-seoinerY Say that three of the principal pro
positions submitted to the initiated, after they have
been )ed through the court of the temple, are
at follows
let. Are you in favor of the abdication of Abrahliut
/Atikealn, by force if necessary 3
2 d• e Myou in favor of alN944Ttaterri Confede.
racy?
_ 44. K r e . I . o u,te favor Of Misting the draft or con
ecrlpbonl -
The candidate must subscribe to all the above. ,.
In the by-lawd of the order, One of the proposittoim
is, that the society is in favor, of peace on any terms
that may be offered within the limits of the Condi
wion as interpreted by the Supreme Court. - _ Tao
same laws that govern the Western organizations,
no doubt, apply to those forined in this city and else!
where. - - •
,
A CoLon= BRlGADE.—Yeeteiday after
noon, a meeting of the board of officers of the
colored brigade now being raised in this city, was
held in Vine street, below Third. There was
qgite a large attendance, The* proceedings were
merely of a preliminary ohariefer, haming a bear
ing on the proper organization of the various regi.
merits. -Colonel Sas. Logan; recently chaplain of
the 12th Pennsylvania Cavalry, called the meeting
to order, and stated that the prospects of an early
formation of the brigade were exceedingly flattering.
bad recently been in consultation with the Pre
eident and Secretary of War, who gave the project
their hearty endorsement He was informed, how
ever, that no definite instructions could yet be given
by the War Department in reference to the colored
regiments. A meeting of the Cabinet would soon be
held, when everything neliessiry to the enrolling of
colored soldiers would be deternained upon. For the
present, the President could only say "go on" in
the formation of the regiment.
In addition, Col. Logan also said that a day or
two ago Governor Curtin was waited upon, and was
told that in Philadelphia three Or four coloredregi
ments could be raised in a few weeks: The Governor
promised to assist the °Mem in forming the regi
ment, and would credit every negro soldiers of Penn
sylvania as one of her citizens. Col. Logan had no
doubt whatever of the ultimate success of the project.
His heart was in the Matter, and there were hun
dreds of brave officers who would willingly lead ne
gro soldiers to victory or death. A negro, he said
who enlisted in behalf of his country, was the equal
of any white man who would give the Go - verinetit
no helping hand.
Fonr regiments, it is thought, will be raised in
the city. The ist will be commanded by CoL Friith
muth, the 2d by Col. Angeroth, the 3d by Col.
Logan, and the 4th by Col. Vanslaven. About
2,000 men have already been raised in this city, and
only !mat the proper formalities from the War De
partment to organize into companies.
Ting BUILDING • SEASON.—The present
season gives every indication of being one of ac
tivity among builders. In West Philadelphia, • be
tween Forty and Forty-first streets, and Locust
street, and the Baltimore turnpike, contracts have
been made for the erection of fifty houses on lots
fifty feet front by one hundred and fifty deep, the
buildings to be of Trenton brown stone, with doors
and windows highly ornamented, and thirty acres
of the grounds to be set aside as a public park. All
these improvements will be commenced as soon as
the weather will permit. This is only one of the many
large enterprises connected with the development of
the Twenty-fourth ward.
The south Broad-street distrfot has acquired now
such an impetus in improvement that very heavy
..purchases of land have been made them by Northern
capitalists, who intend building. A handsome row
Of tkat-claos Cottage houses, brown stone, is under
MIT Fauna road, aild will
be nnistmc this mut 111 l Sant 115 Elliffiffift"
opens fairly many more will bestarted. Prepa?
rations have also been made on a great scale fur
blinding dip whole suburbb a e ,in A ll probability,
ti t proem:is of the city &Tin e
stasifif Will equal
that of the most prosperous of preceding years.
AWARD OF CONTRACTS.—Upon proposals
opened yesterday, at the Army Clothing and
Equipage Office, in this city, the following contracts
were awarded :
Bid No. 26—H. Wilson, Philadelphia-10,000 yards
66-inch burlaps, at 26340. per yard.
Bid No. 12--W. B. Watkins, New York
-10,000 gross suspender buttons, Ile. per gross.
10,000 do shirt do, 93(0. do.
5,000 do vest do, 49%e. do.
Bid No. 6—W. S. Skinner, Philadelphia-15,000
axes, army standard, 990. each.
" THE SWORD OF WASIMCGTON."—The
lecture last evening, at Musical Fund Hall, by the
Rev. A. A. Willi* "The Sword of Washington, or
the Temper of the Times," was listened to by a large
and respectable audience. The lecture was filled
with patriotism, and well suited to the times. We
;suet that suaca will not enabtc lm to give a few
extraots.
PROMOTED.—Sergeant Henry C. Warner,
of the 119th Pennsylvania Volunteers, has been pro-
noted to a second lieutenancy in Company F, Capt.
Wagner: The promotion of Lieutenant Warner is
a deserved, one, and was awarded for merit alone.
FIRE.—The alarm of fire shortly before
seven o'clock yesterday morning, was caused by the
partial burning of a frame dwelling on Broad street,
below South.
COAL OIL FOR EUROPE.—The ship St.
Peter Was cleared from this port yesterday, for Li
verpool, having on board 3,219 barrels crude coal
Li
verpool,
CITY ITEMS.
7r1.11612i0 STATIBTICS.—WC clip the fol
fowing extract from an exceedingly interesting arti
cle published in the United States Railroad and Mining
Register of this date, under the caption of "Lake
Superior Copper Product for 1862:"
it It will be ebeerygd that in the Portage Lake dis
tririt Inure Imre.. ^Age produetng lakes; in the Oat -
nagon district twelve prodatileg mines and in the
Keweenaw district there were ten producing mines,
making a total of twenty-nine Lake Superior cop
cer mines, contributing to the aggregate product for
the year.
"Of the three most productive mines, one is in
each district, the CUD, however, in the Keweenaw
district, being foremost in quantity; its mineral yield
reaching 1,635 tons.
"The average mineral product of each one of the
twenty-nine operated mines was 311 tons of mineral.
As this will yield 75 per cent. ingot copper, the
average copper product of each mine was 233 X tons.
Assuming this worth $7OO per ton, the average value
of the product of each mine, in 1862, was $163,275.
There is no question that peninsula Michigan le a
California in mineral value- Moreover, it is near
by; for, when the Philadelphia and Erie Railroad
shall have been opened to Erie City, it will not be
long before the copper region of Lake Superior wilt
become better known in this city ; because, then,
in a car hence to Erie City and a boat thence:to the
farthest of the . great lakes, a visit to Copper Land
will combine business with adventure, in a new di
rection,
Witt: 1 Astalediar navigation front Lake BUM"
rior to Erie City, and a single rail interest thence to
Philadelphia, there will be cheap and convenient
communication with the Mineral territory of penin
sular I'dirtgean.
But while the whole district exhibits a small de
crease in the. production of 1862 under that of the
previous year, the Keweenaw district to itself shows
a small increase, to-wit :
tons. " DA.
Product or ten mines in 1862 ' 2,390 1,637
Product of eight mines in 1861 2,163 800
Increase
NEW PIANO FORTE ESTABLISHMENT.—
We invite attention to the advertisement of the
celebrated "Bradbury Pianos,! , which appears in
another column this morning. An agency for the
sale of these well-known instruments has been
opened at 92013hestnut street, where the agent, Mr.
B. H. Orboin, now offers a full assortment. Those
of our readers who are interested in musical instru
ments should call oIMr. Osborn and examine his
stock, as we know from experience that they will
meet a courteous reception, whether intending to
purchase or not.. The high praise which has been
bestowed upon the ( 1 William B. Bradbury))
(formerly Lighte h.. Bradbury) Pianos, by the first
musical talent of the country, renders it quite un
necessary for us to add any eulogy upon them here.
Fit SPECIMENS OF THE PHOTOGRAPHIC
.A RT.—Those of our readers who desire to examine .
the finest specimens of the Photographic art yet pro
duced, should visit the handsomelr. fitted-up gallery
of Mr. 0. Knipe, No. 906 Arch Street. Mr. Knipe is
one of the few Scientific operators in this popular
branch of art, and his ambition to stand at the head
of his profession is meeting with deserved suneess•
In two departments, especially, his triumph has •
been complete, namely : In the production of large.
sized Photographs of remarkable sharpness of out
line and softness of knish, and in copying fine and
rare engravings. in some of his specimens of the
latter, MO copy 14 an true to the engraving as to
CUM UM lnml Wholliteg Sim 111 9
worthy. a visit of lospectiou from au who take
an interest in the Photographic art,
WoRBMAN & ELY'S AMERICAN Ci3TLititY.
4 1 1Ve invite attention to the advertisement in another
column of our paper this morning, of Messrs. War
man as Ely's Patent Caet Steel Cutlery. The high
retell of exchange which have ruled of late have at
. fleeted great attention to the excellent cutlery ma
nufactured by this ilrm, and we are quite sure that
t
from its superiority over all other makes of cutlery,
Whether of foreign , or domestic manufacture, and Its
inner/sable cheapness, it will soon come trito gene.
ral use. Even now, with their extensive =aureate.
tering facilities, at No. 130 Peg street, they tint! it
almost impossible to supply the growing demand for
their • goods. From personal experiments with the
knities arid forks of their manufacture, We can state
with confidence, that, for indestructibility front use,
they are unequalled, the metal being tempered in a
manner to render breakage impossible g and being
constructed in such a way as, to constitute them al
most as homogeneous as a single solid piece of metal,
they can bear exposure to any degree if tempera
ture, with impunity.
CONFECTIONS FOR THE MILLION.—We
are aware that articles designated "for the mailion"
are sometimes coupled with the idea of inferiority,
but we have no such thought in associating this
term with the popular Confections made by those
princely caterers in this department of our manatee.
tures, Messrs. E. Whitman & Co., Chestnut
street, below Fourth, next door to Adams & Co.'s
Express. • On the contrary, they have, deservedly,
the reputation of making the richest, finest-flavored,
and purest Confections that are produced in Ame
rica, but owing to their enormous sales they are en
abled, and have the disposition, to sell at prices
within the reach of everybody. The result is, their
trade is almost world-wide in its extent.
THE MINERAL WEALTH OF Tins Cotrspnv
is an inexhaustible theme. Whether we- turn our
eyes towards the golden shores of Catilornla, the
silver mines of Nevada, the copper region of Lake
Superior, or the iron and coal beds of our own great
State, we. aze overwhelmed with the, Immense re
sourcei Of wealth which meet our view. In the
article of Coal alone we can challenge the world.
la - fact, if we produced no more of thie invaluable
fuel than is sold by. W. W. . Alter, at his widely
.
known yard, Ninth street, abOve Poplar, we would
be among the first coal-producing countries in the
world. The demand for his coal is constantly in
creasing,
TE's PHILOSOPHY OF DRESSING 'WELT., if
detely examined, will be found to - consist in pa
tronising clothingestablishinents`reputedip 07;tibii
the best taste in Waking up garraentsl,---j there.
fore, who are desirous of up. i i e ctb e b es t appear
anc 019144 inrironise tite -popular house of, 0.
.! , :v`ti s son, No. 05 Chestnut street, tinder
jayite"c' men. These gentienien have not only the
reputation of getting up the neatest and most
sylish garments, but their stock of materials in the
piece to select from isone of the best in the city.
. ,
GENTLEMEN'S FUIINISInNo Goons of
ggery destription can be had-at moderate prises; and
in +be latest and most approved styles, at the OM
house of Charlet; Qakford & Son, under 'thb
Conti
'nental Hotel.
Alf - ATTRACTIVE RSTAIifiIiiiIMENT IS that
of Mr. A. L. vscsant, the artiatid Confectioner,
Nintfi and Chestmit streets. Rts deliCksis SWeet
Jordan Roasted Almonds, fine Chocolate prepara
tions, French and American Mixtures, Portuguese
Secrete, Taffies, all of the purest materials, together
with his choice assortment of rare and delicious
Fruits, render his store at all times an object of uni
versal attraction.
CHURCH DAMASKS Worsted Terry, Im
perial Rep, Lasting, Satin, De Lion, Brocaterie,
and every variety of furniture covering. Magonic
Hall, 719 Chestnut Street. W. IL Carryl.
SCOTCH ALES AND LONDON BROWN
STOUT.—Theproprietore of the popular old grocery
house of the late C. H. Xattson, Arch and Tenth
streets, have constantly on hand, for the use of their
numerous patrons, a full line of the most celebrated
brands of Scotch Ales and London Brown Stout.
Persons wishing a pore article of this kind, for me
dicinal purposes, may always find it here.
FOR. NEW ST YLBS HATS AND CAPS, for
gentlemen and youth, go to °Pafford Sr Stine, under
the Continental llotel---always.
WINDOW SHADES, Plain, Holland, Gold-
Bordered, Landscape and Gothic Shades, with
strong fixtures. 719 Chestnut, Masonic Hall.
TROUBLE ABOUT TLIE HAYTIEN MINISTER
AT WASHINGTON NOT BEING THE RIGHT COLOR.—
One writer to the press says he is as black as the
"ace of spades" Now, we, being anxious to see
the nice shade of black the writer so finely describes,
got the "documents," audio! the "ace of spades"
was blue—no approximation to black, except some
dirty finger-marks on them, which is about the
color of all Southern geptlemen at Washington.
We hope the Haytien minister wiU not look blue,
much less feel so, during his stay in the diplomatic
circle. Color isn't much now-a-days, but it must be
"warranted not to run," and when it has that
quality, we don't care whether it is white, black, or
copperhead color. Alen of aU colors and aU shades
stand "fast" now. After awhile you may discuss
your colors—whether you are as black as the "ace
of spades," or as black as the "deuce,(' should
make no difference now. Clothing, in the mean
time, black, brown, and gray, and fast colors, at
.Charlea Stokes', under the Continental.
EMBROIDERED LACE and Jacquard Win
dow Curtains, $2 to $2O a pair. Masonic Hall,
719 Chestnut. W. H. Carryl.
THE AGE OF METAL—This is a metallic
age in eVerything but the currel{cy. Men-of-war
are sheathed in Iron, and men-at-arms wear iron
clad vests that retrial the leaden hail of battle.
Then, too, we use a pen of steel in recounting these
sagacious observations, and with the same Instru
ment we note the fact that these Justly-famed iron
clad vests are to be procured at the Brown Stone
Clothing Hall of nocithilL & Wilson, Nos. 603 and
.tssat mown Sixth.
TO RAILROAD CAB.-rturrdwuts lII_
/*Wavers, eve cases Crimson and_ Green . nen&
Plush •MaaprdeMaSlOUbigh a:fa at.
Carryl.•
DEAN Swrrr says that publie orators are
like bread—all the better for rising. From some
cause or other men never becirme sublime until they
stand up. To attain th e climax of eloquence, how
ever,' a man must be well dressed. Where is a
speech recorded in history delivered by an orator in
ill-titting pants? Nowhere.. Gentlemen of.ambl
tipus tendencies will note the fact, and purchase
elegant and well-fitting Clothing at the beautiful
store of Granville Stokes, No. 609 Chestnut street.
WESTERN MERCHANTS having 'orders for
Curtains or Curtain Materials can fill them at Ma
sonic Hall, 719 Chestnut. W. H. Carry].
'Fos Commis, Hoarseness, IrritatiOn, and
Soreness of the Throat, nothing is so efficacious, as
a Throat Remedy, as Brown's Bronchial Troches.
As there are imitations, be sure to owrAtu the genuine.
STEPHEN A. Ton Am's PROPERTY will be
acid en Tuesdah the NW infitaati clear f all en -
cump2m.cv, si Manual Wes MOM_ Any ono
wanting a cheap house of lot should attend.
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
THE MONEY MARKET.
PEmein:bpi:nu. March 20. IBM.
The New York Legislature seems determined to pat a
total extinguisher on speculations in gold and bills of
exchange. By the provisions of the following bill,
already reported, and which seems likely to peas, it will
be seen that all gold held by banks, bankers, or other
associations, on which money has been loaned, will be
forced on the market, and it is no difficult matter to
predict a considerable Ihll in the price. Who will buy
it? Dealers will not, for it pays no interest; and the
only class likely to invest are those who have no faith
in the Government, and hoard gold only as a preventive
of future poverty. Such, of course, are 'largely in the
minority jest now, and cannot have the least weight to
controlling the market. Gold ought, consequently, to
link to its level-125—should no great disaster attend our
antees. The following is the bill:
•
13r.c. L Any and all latnks, insurance companies, trust
companies, savings Institutions. and other moneyed cor
poration% shall be t and are h velar. prohibited from
m oo n , or roortord og 'any loan or loans in Wind, or
otbsTerlim Timm statt ~.
sentatiott of these or either of t ,or upon any fore)
bill or bills of exchange whatsoever. under the penalty
of a forfeiture of their charter or articles of association.
as the case may be; and any such loan or loans so made
or continued to be made shall be absolutely void, and
110 action for the recovery thereof shall lie in or be en
tertained by tiny court of justice of this State.
Sec. 2 This act shall take effect immediately.
Asteleamphic despatch, just received, announces the
passage of the bill.
The market was again very quiet to-day, although a
degree of firmness was apparent during the forenoon,
after which the price. which bad been ruling at 164 X,
fell off, and closed at 15336—market weak.
Goversment securities continue firm at yesterday's
figures. Money is very plenty, and borrowers are sup-
Idied at 666; 4 P cent. for large amounts. Good com
mercial paper is very scarce at par:
Stocks were more active,- and quite an active upward
movement took place in the fancies. The pressure of
money upon the market must 'Snit up Prices, and it is
only a question of time as to when the mass of it will
find its way into the stock circle. State fives were in de
mand at 103%. the coupons at 108. City sixes rose X
Pennsylvania Railroad second mortgage rose K. Read
ing sines, 1370, sold at l(Si: the others were steady.
Philadelphia and Sunbury sevens sold at 111. Schuyl
kill 'Navigation sixes were in large demand at 73%, en
advance of ;.the improvemeni, loan sold at ; so.'Lehigh
Navigation clam gOld at 310. 'CamdenCltyaizaaatlptl,
Elmira sevens were steady ei tta . .
A very active demand was develoPqd CatalVisgs,
railroad shares, the common selling steadily at the
preferred sold up to MX. Reading was steady at 45.
MineaillrosetwodollarsWshare. selling up to 56. Nor
ristown was steady at 63. Beaver Meadow at 66. Little
Schuylkill at 46. • Pennsylvania at 6636. North Pennsyl
vania atll%. Pamirs rose %, the preferred was steady.
Philadelphia and Brie sold at 36. Long Island was steady
at 3736. Passenger railways were stronger. Girard Col
lege rose IX. Tenth and Eleventh g. Chestnut and
Walnut X. Greeuetreet wae steady at 43X; the others
were all firm.
Big Mountain Coal was held at 4X; Schuylkill Navi
gation was in large demand at 7X for the common ; the
preferred advanced to iSX ; Lehigh Zinc sold at 55;
Bohemian Mining at 10 ; City Bailroad at 40 ;.Philadel-
Pltia at 110 ; Morris Canal preferred rose IX. The market
closed steady-4121,f00 in bonds and 3,900 shares.
changing hands.
Drexel it Co. Quote:
United Staten Bonds. IBBl4g
104 X
Culled States Certificates of Indebtedness.... I giM10:101
United States Certf. of Indebtedness. new••••ine
United States 7.34.0 Notes 'as Mass( 10f
Quartermasters' Vouchers d.
Orders for Certificates of Indebtedness
Cold ISp
Demand Notes Si p
Messrs. M. Schulze & Co., No. 16 South Third street,
uncle foreign exchange for the steamer City of Batts_
more. from New York, as follotris: '
•
Londia,6o days' Idea . . 170 1g172
Do. 3 days 171 @ , 171.
Paris, 60 days' sight 3:27,N girso
Do. 3 days P . ' 3P23 Off r 3
A n twerli. BO days' sight
Bremen. tlO days' sight
4117 . 4
Hamburg, 60 days' sight • gy
' ' 114 Ski
Cologne, 60 days' sight
Leim.ie. 60 days' sight
berli o. 60 days' sight * fit 1111
. -
Amsterdam. 60 days' sight 64 65
Frankfort. 60 days' sight 65 66
. -
Market Or ~
Th e following la the amonsit of coal tranaported on the
Philadelphia and Heeding Railroad antigun the week
ending Thursday, Mareh.19.,1663 _
Tone. Cwt.
Prom Port Carbon .
kt,833 10
Pottsville
MU
Schnrikill Haien
. 4.1t1 06
" Auburn 1 03
" Port Clinton i 8.988 19
to 413 11
Rusisbnym and ThtsDhin . 11, 347 1)3
'row anthracite coal for the Week. 411..7 I%
F rom ttan4.l, urg, 641 Plioroimbasooi4lWorik 4,148 Si
.
Total of all kinds for the week
Pr Total ly Waster . .............
• •
Total
••••w•••••...7°11,169 06
To sometime last year ............................ CO
The following is the amount of coal shipped. over this
Huntingdon and Broad. Top Idoastain Railroad. for the
week .oralog WeissadaY. ] t arok. 3 -1, 7 813, artd since
Week.
• - Toss. Toss:
18tri ......... ... ;kneel • ' -419:070 14. CA
1262
..... RAU EP„ fest
Decrease 2,499 14.371 15.67 E
The inspections of goer and meal in Philadelphia do
r i n tAk e week ending March 19. as. 7wereas &noire ; -
Barrele of 9uPerilne w 1.15.3
Do. - Fine
121.
Do.
Rye . Middlings 47
Do 4 7
Do. Corn Moat 70
Do, Condemned 23
Total 9 1 4te
The statements of the banks of the three principal et
ties of the Union for the last week compare with the
previous one and the corresponding time of 11362 as tat,
.lows:
Loans.Depostts.l Swale. vi nn v i ,.
v 7 ,07 6 ,90/ rams% , Ammo 8 ,207,614
79,RA1194122• 966 . 44 a 7 . 60 . 2.4 3 7.7E41,M
39.206,028 30.049,#4 71 4.247.6171 3.504,69)
1 236
- _
Beta Pork.-- :
Boston
Philadelphia—
Total •
Last week W'
Last Year ...... 9'
, ,
47,967,140 1 19.971.958
M6,976.292,560, 4a R,Mi 51,137 ; 51 1 M. 5 26.901.
221,0945341M104,3131 4411427 14,x4,34
The statement of the Boston banks for the last week
compares with the previous week and for the correspond.
ing week of 3552 as follows:
Mar. 9, NB. Mar. lft Mar. 17.'6;
L own 8..... ..... $78.68 6 134 $61,746.9 1 3
Specie z sB2 e2y ' - 7,609.298 8.411.966
Deposits—. 3.5a19.372 32955:149 2 D4 51 . 9 13
Circulation 8.221.1138 - %ISM= ' 6.361.779
The New York Kroening Post of to-day says:
Our remarks a few days age, as to the causes of the
rise of Pacific Mail stock, are confirmed' by its downward
rush since Wednesday, when several temporary infla
ting manes ceased to operate. The transactions to-day
ranged from DO to 136. closing at 1863(. Some of the
bear speculators in this stock will probably fare little
better than did thebulls o72Sth February.
The speculative list exhibits an undertone of strerigtW
and prices are nearly sustained at yesterday's current
quotations.
The strongest on the list are Toledo and Pittsbarg; as.
• the prospects of both these lines seem brightening.
For Manhattan © as 275 was asked this morning, 2+79
being bid. Brooklyn Gas was asked for at 140 , without
business. Citizens! Gas is quoted at 101.1; Canton Com
pany at 25t Delaware and Hudson Canal 1 teat Penn.
ay lyania Coal at, 122; and Cumberland preferred at 19
The following table exhibits the chief movements
of the markets a compared wi,th the closbmpricee of 18,4,
evening:
- Friday. Tlaura Ady. ,Des.
U. S. 6s, 19611.,reg - 103% BM .. W.
13.8.6 e, IE6I. con. " 103% ' 104 .• • .%
11. 8. 7 3- - r -p. e. T. N.. 106% lism .. ..
D. 8, i - Jolcr Certificates.. 99M ' 9a%
imerican g01d 155% • • 1
Demand Notes • .
..
..
Tennessee es ' 81 82 ~ l:
Illesouri : RN . flii ..
Pacific Hail • MI `..ff/l4 —2%
N.Y. Central II6X 1.1.6/ ..
&le 79% 79 .. ii
Brie preferred - 99H • 99 • . ..
Hudson Myer.. .'. . .....:180 - '' 7101.4 • • it
Harlem 87% , 38 .. 3- ,
'Harlem preferred 83% &IX .. i
Mich. Central .103,4 103% ..
Mich. Southern ',
60% 61% ..
Mich. So.. guar 107% 108% ..
,;‘
Illinois Central scp 92 592'%
.. %
Clev. and Pittsburg—. 72. 71%
Galena 91 94% .
Cle . y. and Toledo 98X 381 ..
ono and Hock Ishii., 94% - '94% .. ..
Fort Warne _ 63% 65 .. 1%
StoklrhUver uo ... .... •. • 174 fc. .. IR
Gold, early thisinerliing4 aeld. lip high as 165)i. After
quietly settliordown to 1.54%, it tip
taken a Alight ma-
Ward girth& and closes as we go to press dl 101'4 to Ho.
Dichange Is 'telling at 170g)171. Transaction are re
et.ietee !LS much as possible. in commutate of the AD
prehendeA early decline of gold.
In gold-bearing nertideates the banks and other of capital are e)noloriers some of the surplus funds.
and during the liNt fortnight more than 620,003,000 are
reported to be.ye been bought up for invoAmeat.
Phila. Stock Excnad
[Reported by S. SLAT]rAKI
142 Cate:whom R PrefFl 118 T.
251 i
NI do Prel.bo
co do Pre- 261,i
161 do Pref... 45%1
2ECIO Pat do na Co 103 X
6000
12 Catawissa MOM
714
1246 do 7,1
2/10 do b 5 7M,
50 do b 5 7M
200 do -
2dy b.lO
100 do a 73
12 Beaver Meadovr.. 66
MOO Schl Nov (6 7 82. 22
10000 do jai) 733 f
6012) do 79
600 do 794 '
10630d0 b3O 733 i
0000 do b 5 73.11
92000 Peoria Coop 5e....108
1000 Sehi Nay Inapt—. 60
155 do
46 Little Sold R - 4 46
6-
14 Peatta R 614
BETWT
5)&111 Nay
20 Morris Canal Pref.. 735%
/41 Norristown 62 I
1000SECONDOO Penna 5a 16331
CV d 0... 10311
/CO Penns It
40 Little Seal 111 46
600
5 Phil d adelphia Bk 46
.12)
100 Bohemian Mining. 10
IWO N Branch Bds 'it)
3080 11 8, es 'Bl 1833
20 Soh) Nay Pref . .. • • 18
CLOSING P 2. 13
Bid, Asked.
II fki cpn 21-10121 101
7.30 D b1k...106% 107
American G01d..154 165
Phil& fki old NAN 105,N
Do new ]]l% 114
Alio co 68 R 66 MIN
Penns 5s 111335 103 N
Reading It 44.94 46 1-18
Do bdo 'SO —ll2 113
Do bds 'a) —lO9 10811
Do bds 'SI3 104 101%
Nunn R 66% 665;
Do La mfa..116 /3636
Do 2d m Se. .114 115
Morris Canal.— 6434 86
Do prfdlOs .135 136
Do 65'76. ...
Do 2d mtg.. • •
Snag Cana1...... .
Do 6s
Bchvl Day ....• 735 I
Do prid 18 Iflai
Do tis '821. • 73X. 7r4
Elmira R Sitx 40
Do prfd 53 64 1
Do 78 '73....112 114
Do 103 ......
1 1 1 Penn
6s 6
R .
90X 1
9 1 0 N 11X
Do
Do 10s 178 115
Phila t Ger &Nor. 62
Lehigh Val R.... • •
• Do lnla
ifo - r - rGioVi
500 Schi Mar b 6
14 do 7
10 City Bk 49
16Minebill R .b 666
.BS--STRADY.
B6st. Asked
Catawissa R 7% 7 .7 4
Do raid 20% 25%
Beaver Mead 31... 66 OoW,
Minetuu R 66X 56
Harrisburg • ..
Leigh I I
Do &bares •• 09 42
Do scrip •••• 40
Cam & Amb R.-126 109
& Brie 6a..
Soo& Brie
R 78
BIN2O
Delaware Div...
. Do ...... • •
Spruce-street R.. 17 1714
Chettant-st R ..• 585(, 60
Arch-street R.-- 29 2-2 X
Race-street R ... 10 11
, Tenth-striaet It- 42 47g .
Thirteenth•st R. 325(,
W Pirtle R. 65)6 66
Do bonds.-
-
Weekly Review of the Phile
a dra. Markets.
?Litho M,1363..
Budging ha, Ism 41111 since. our ISA WettiT review,
OMSK JO RIO h"--/•"•
and the markets generally ,
tstavo. Thew.
leas del** in Breaded:Ns. Flour and Wheel ere dal!.
Corn and Oate are rather better. Bark is scarce and in
demisnd. Iron is inactive, but prices are out the same
as hat quoted. Cotton-is dull and lewd.: Sisit and
Fruit are unchanged. There is lets doing in Provisions.
Naval Stores continnescarce and high. Oils are quiet.
Plaster is in demand. Salt is steady. Eloverseed is doll
and lower. Timothy is also dull Elmaseed is in demand.
and prices hale again advanced. Tallow's dull In Tu
bacto there is very little doing. Whisky is inactive.
Wool is firm bat quiet. The Dry Goods market conti
nues almost at a stand-stilLand buyers of bath cotton
and woollen nerds are holding off for lower.nrices.
The FLOUR market is dull and drooping. and price;
are Irregular and lower, with very little iniinry for
shipment or home use, and the sales only reach about,
6,000 bble in small lots at $6®6.50 for superfine, $5.50.
7.25 for extras, and $7.50:48 for extra family, the latter
for good Ohio, including some City Mills on private
terms; the sales to the retailers and bakers are hiked
at $6 to 6.50 for common and choice superfine, $6 7.11 W.
for extras, $7.5E408.26 for extra family, and in rgo.4)
' , O ,bbl for Macy lots according to quality. Rye Floor is
dull at $6 bbt dn Meal is selling at $4 for Peuusyl..
mania, and $46011 b bl for Brandywine.
GRATN.-The receipts of Wheat are fair, but the mar
ket is dull and priests drooping, with sales 0f30,000
good Bed at $l. tallggL ? and White at front
111.75 1110 to $l. slus h, , th e latter for Kentucky. RTe
CotnD a *Mall Wg 11E1Balik• Alf f'll.` -/ `'n'''
311 MU*, Wad Yelsow i n .gM di:Matta, v•lats 1-.lra
ofto,ooo bash_ at ar,(24800 busheL Oat* are firml v held.
with sales of 26,000 bosh. Pennsylvania at 7.ticfil
-32 Ms weight. Light Oats are selling ats47(§ll3e he 4 heL
measured. New York Barley is held at 31.45:1
and Barley Malt at $1.5514L 60 15 bushel, and bat l ilt
sailin PßO - VISIONS.-There e r n
less activity in the illist" 4
with seles of old Western Mesa Pork at $11.75015, ail
new city packed at $1.5.50®16 50 There is a steady 11 ,
mend f Beef for army stores, at St3@ls for CrY
w,cked, and 1112@113 for country. Bacon-There a falr
demand for Hams, with stiles of 00 casks plain and
fancy at 91412 c ‘• Sides' at 63107 c, and Shoulder.
W(46* cash for old and new. Green Mew- -
Prices are well maintained, with vales of 700 tierz-s
including Hams in pickle, at Shi(l9c , do. in sak
71t©Se -._ Sides Ellii@EN and Shoulders at 534(raV
Lard-There Is less demand, and prices are liner;
sales of 600 blrls and tierces at 14E110 el.:.
and kepi at 12341513 - and country e, 5,u
-ter--There is a ;mod demand, with sales of II at 24
28e, and solid packed 14 op to ale "fl lb. Cheese is wor.3
14110.116 r. 'it lb, and Eggs 76020 c V? dozen. -
bIETALS.-Thete is arm feeling in the Iron Barbel t:
previous quotations, with small sales of No.l Ant brae...?
at M 037 east and 4 mos; No. 2 at $3l; and No. 3
Ersag3 Scotch Pig is held at $4O per ton; for liar Ist
Boiler Iron there is a fair demand from the trade st felt
rates. Lead-There is more bete. but we hear ae4
miles. Copper Is quiet, and price about the sane.
BARK.-The receipts of Quercitron are light . with ewer
of Ist No. lat ens' per ton. There is no Tannsr i Batt
cumin in.
CANALS& -In Senn and Adamantine there ha , l'""
v er y ttialoasolo.s....iti, Diz Like at I.3lTaii''‘
short and toll weight. !Pallor eandlln ate alma' Y.
COAL. -The market Mill - condoms? inactive. and 57
change is anticipated until the rates of:might sad !Ail
the Reading Railroad are flared- A few cargoes bars
been disposed of,Yrom Richmond at 114.10047 z, IA I's
red and white ash, fretina board. There is some inulttf
to gn Bast.
COTTON. -The market continues dull. and Pric 4s
declined V lb. with sales of BO bales, oiled,' Ili , '
at. • 1 3 1 lb, closing at ME& '0 lb.
COME- e mutat is dull and unsettled, and ow*
is very little doing, with stales of 300 bags Rii at 5'12
32.1‘c, and lagnayra at 53(434e, - cash and 4 mouth:,
bags of the former sold by auction, at 30340.3130 t.
cash.
DRUGS AND DYES. - There is lose doing la rte:
kinds with 'sales of 200wasks sal Soda on private WM'
an impoit of crude Brimstone also sold to arrive on
sate terms. . •
FEATHERS sell slowly at £l47c lb for geed
tern.
FISH.-Mackerel are quiet but in fair menet tea
sales from srat hands at $15411 , 15.50 bbl for st
88.60 for Is, and $5.50 for 'medium at The stare 'IV
tations are $761416.50 for store Is, $l3 for Bay ds;
for Bs, and tirsikr.2s for la at. 400 keg, De - ,
lolerring sold at 110.1.115. are selling at '
0.60 the 100 Ms, _
FRUIT. -There lea moderatebnaineardoingin fo
with further sales of Oranges at SAM and Lemon- .1'
box Raisins are scarce and high. Domestic Fru
- rather dull; sales of Greer? Apples at $3543 50
Dried Apples are worth 5.06 e. Amebae re-mils
Onoted, taLfXgrlle for nnpared quarters and halve,
PRELG.S.' -Them is leas produce corvine f
Liverpool; we quote Flour at 3,3 d, Grain at kart: '••
heave SOO& at lea Vis To LondortAtt ad for ,•
30a for heavy goads. TO Ban niuttisco.me rat
nominal. Several vesset i t r vere taken UP to s 3 "
PetrOlelam at about ope. Wrst India hal te):-
unchanged" revered. charters have been made at 5, • :
gvha, on 8 1 1. 1 1Mv.. and $3 75(44 . 75 on hitAtabe,
freights are ; toßdslon, there is a fair amount .."'"
1.1/s, at previous rate&
GINUSIING is scarce and wanted et MlAlgtsc for '
and sl.osfor Clarified.
GUANO is in better request, and prices sr'
c
hanged_
HEMP is quiet...there being little or no stork:'
rate in. ,
HAY is in steady demand at 130306 c 018100
HIDES--Ther e have been no mat:tassel:le ns in Wt. -
sales of City Slaughtered at 11,351.*, cash.
HOPS are beid and the stock ham in very 's'
sales of ll ret sort Eastern and Western - at 276110 c -r
LUreBER is held firmly, bat active operati , ns !L..?
no et opened. White Pine is worth. 412:1W 1 -
Yellen- do TIVT:o. 50 `fl Bt.
MOLASSES is anchsumed; sales of MO hhde t
egc4Bc for Muscovado and 41c - for eland, and
Ns tr Orleans at 45.053 r-, cash and *mouths.
NATAL STORM, of all descripti on ., area of common Rosin at 1 1 0 1€122 fi and No 1 at vgs
cash. Prices of Tar and Fitch MS - nominal: $ •
city Pitch at $4 50111 bbL Spirits TraPeutin°
limited inquiry at a further' decline of 15::
email sales alai 55. cash: Benzine is attracting
Mutiny and prices have advanced.
OILS. - Thefts is a fair store demand for Flub
the recent advance in prices has been well mMal -*- "...•
sales of Winter Spsrmarstl,33 cash. Linseadt
the and prices arer ed. ' but the crasher - :
area t d4posed to sell at present rates; we etsgs
C 1.55 cents. .There' is very little Lard Ott Lo '•.•
winter worth 161.05@i1. VIL gallon. The reeln . ‘
trolesun f. on, the West continue large: sales ttl
re" at 2 Ce&l;it for crude, chiefly at rc. and r r -- " 4.
bond, st.
PLASTWrs - scarce and in demand. with see
at 116.5032 ton..RICHis very little here, andpricessr' - '
sales nr ßangoon at 7MWitc. - as;
SALT.-An import of 4.56•t0ns Liverpool grew-...,
a Price list* private. There have beers as Icr . •
rivals of Liverpool or Turks Leland
SEEDS -Th e demand for Clovesseed has fails]
- prices' hare'deeitued considerably s sa l e . of .-s3
In lots, at tHeA62S, and some from second hand - 4 4 1
vale terms. Timothy mills at -020 9 50
taken on arrival at Ist. L 50.1. 00 p bushel- A
Elie I.lll l ereie vary theta. doing. an d steady, With sales ONO hhds Cuba at imost r.kro
Rico atila 33 •Winhc. and New Orleans a/ i
x:wetly hur nionths'-crealt
/..111LI TS- - 7Therft.is little or nothing lain[ id.";'?.
ONfinlif ‘lO. the lezahm - ol
,h O l4-4 12 N e w Erse
is dull at - 11 k; Whisky I. , d
relDlWitylkujaart4 and armies a
110 tall n.
.1 LLOW •
country at
rat a
i io T n o . lo l o C_ B4l o 6 .J% i lie rtra.u /sigh vierer tu. s i o a f ed holl i s eaf f s .
, 11 1 / I dPlit 26C."1 - -
WOOL. - 'gigs market continue. iota glaft '
"god NAM ge. - easamon and lime. Mame
and time.
and O r(1
Tll fellowths are the receipts a Flour
seta port d ins u g th e past wee*:
Flour`;.•I!
gh eat
rz: 43,P.
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45itis
ST. LOUIS 1 , 12 MP MARKST, Mardi 17.--3 1(66 , e .
heA• 1 - , and pricer: tower t with taler 31b3 r•
ondreterd at 66Cli and do good to prime
'"
do prime do at 6116: 6 do &aim do ai 41:4• "
hackled tow et eiD5 tog.
ge saiea , March 20.
It, Philadelphia Exchange./
: OARD.
R . 55
6 do 554
10 do
686 W ......
50 do
112:1 do ...77
161 o
do
WO Head R
moo ing R*7o 1I
1000 II 9 7.30 Tr N..end.lol7‘
.500 do end.lo4
1003 Lehigh Nay 65....110
7110 Camden City 6y.. • .106
200 City 6s New.ll3
/7/ dshl Nay prof DI
15 d 0.... Pref-cesh
60 d 0.... Pref
110 Penna RllBi
10 Green Sr Coates 18.• 433 i
10 Lehigh Zinc 82
90 Girard College R.- 29
50 Phan St Erie it 36
BOARDS.
16000 Phila & Sanb
19000 Sehl Nay Ss 132.... 733(
63 Girard College R.. 29
BOARD. •
WsoOCata do ß Pret slee Pref ve 493i
-9 Beaver Meadow— 66
50 Weat Phila R
10000 Elpht pay fis 'B9 733(
_. . ..
ireen-strent R.. Cl ii tiii
Do bonds... •
Second-street H.. air', iii
Do bonds...
Fifth-Area 8... li% ii
Do bonds... -
Girard College t 2., 1 4 X
Seventeenth- st R. UX - 123(
'Lillie Sobayl .11— 4V4 44