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THURSDAY, MARCH 26, 1863
IN corTS'EquEtqcE of the unusual pres
sure• upon our .columns, we find ourselvei
not only unable to make our usual corn
.
pients, but to'print many valuable and inte
resting matters in type. We trust. our
friends will be patient. During this busy
Season they have overwhelmed us with their
,titiry . frivors, and we find it utterly impossi
7ble to comply with the unusual demands
_made upon our space. '
THE NEWS.
310ARD of officers has - been permanently orga
'nized in the Army of the Potomac, for the purpose'.
of examining candidates for promotion . from the
ranks, and, also those enlisted men who have already
received commissions. Several of the latter have
been found notto possess the requisite qualifications
for the position of commissioned officer, and their
appointments will therefore be revoked. The ex- -
aminations are conducted on the basis of General
Order No: is, 1854, which requites candidates to be
examined in English grammar,. history, geography,
plain and solid -geometry, popular astronomy, the
Constitution of the United States, and the organi
zation of the "Government under it, and also the
principles which regulate international intercourse.
AniuiitAi PORTET:, in private letters received in
Washington recently, gives at length the history of
the Sham Monitors which caused the destruction of
'the Indianola, an enormous waste of rebel ammuni
tien,r_and consternation throughout the rebel Con-.
federacy. The second mudscow which was sent
down stream not long after the first, grounded after
passing beyond the main batteries, within reach of
the enemy's long-range guns, which kept up an in
eessant fire upon her all day. Officers who observed
the 'action with, powerful. glasses_rep_ort. that seven
of the large guns:burst, destroying many lives, and
wounding a large number of officers and men. This
has since been confirmed by deserters from the rebel
army at Vieltsburg.
Tint Correa 3kreardii, of Rio SarmirO, publishes
the circular of the Imperial GovernMent on the
questions at issue between B! azil and Great Britain.
It in brief and spirited. 'The Brazilian Government
declares'" thattt neither can nor ought to admit the
principle of its responsibility for tit e acts complained
of by the British minister, and that, if it is forced to
yield to superior power on the question of-indemni
ty, it will pay the BUM demanded under protest
against the violence to which it submits." It fur
thermore "accepts arbitration on the question of
the arrest of the Cificers of the English man-of-war
Forte, on the condition precedent that all reprisals
shall cease,.and that the vessels seized by, the Eng
lish admiral shall be released." The English minis
ter having accepted these propositions, the Brazilian
Government regards the difficulty as at an end,
" without the least offence to the honor.and dignity.
of Brazil." The circular closes with a compliment
to the Brazilian people, for the patriotism andeiviii
zaticn they have shown, and congratulates them
that "British subjects, in the midst of the public ex
citement, have suffered no injury in their persons or
property." A postscript 'to the circular adds that
the prizes taken by the English have been surren
dered.
JAMES E. Munnocn, Sr., eldest son of the distin-
guiehed elocutionist and actor, James E, Murdoch,
• Esq., has received a captain's commission. Young
Mut doch entered the service upon the first call for
volunteers, as a ply ate, and was immediately
elected second Bent...mint of Co. I, 2 Reginient 0. V.
M. 3 The late G mime]. Sill, appreciating his fine
military talents, appointed him on his staff', where
he served with distinction. At the battle of Mir
freesboro, Tennessee, he was ordnance officer under
-General Johnson: This just appreciation of his
gallant conduct at the battles of Piketon; Kentucky,
and Murfreesboro, is a fitting tribute to deserved
merit and great bravery. Mr. Murdoch has just
cause to be proud of his SODS, for, he has two in the
ranks of the grand army for the suppression of this
rebellion ;'the other one, Thomas Murdoch, being
recently made captain of Co. I, 13th Regiment 0. Y.
ht. This son has been in three battles—Bull Run
No. 1, Perryville, and Murfreesboro—in the latter
'two acting as aid to Gen. Van Cleve with great cool
neon and bravery.
REFUGEES who arrived within the lines of the
Army of the Potomac confirm the statement thatthe
...rebel army is falling back from Fredericksburg, and
being massed In the defences near Richmond. They
represent the entire force left at Fredericksburg on
Sunday night to have been only eight thousand.
They also confirm the news that the gunmaking
machinery and ordnance stores are being rapidly re
moved from Richmond into Georgia ; that the with
drawal of families from the city has fully set in,
and that males of property are being forced to .a
ruinous lose. They .also state that the acknowledged
loss, deplored by cavalry soldiers in Richmond, sus
tained in the recent thrashing Averill gave them,
was between four and five hundred killed and
llMlttoakflff*-thekilled was Colonel Lagrange,
THE Nashville Union,e - 1 - ifi ------ treh •
less sl;.i'Nitlltinmgvn'=rte `.
.of Gen. Rosecrans , army on Monday last, in which
one of our divisions was engaged.
,Late in the day
a' lot of prisoners, said to be live hundred in number,
~.were brought in, and three hundred rebels were said
-. to have been killed and wounded. Our army is said
. be in splendid coridition, .andalmost impregnably
~
fortified. A battle was, in all probability, now pro
gressing, 'far more len ible than the previous one.
Either a bloody struggle is going on, or the rebels
- are attempting to make a retreat by feigning an
attack.
THE confidence of the capitalist's in the ability of
the Government to sustain itself financially is in
creasing. The success of the five-twenty bonds sur
prises everybody here. Even the Secretary of the
'Treasury himself had no idea that there would be
such a deb:mind for them." The polder to convert legal
tenders into these bonds, which bear interest pay:
able in gold'at par, ceai es on the thirteenth day of
June next, and it is said that already there is diffi
culty in obtainipg legal-tender notes in sufficient
amounts to meet the demand for the five-twenty.
bonds. Mr. Chase; it iS reported, will soon visit
New. York again to consult eminent, financiers re
specting his policy. That policy (for the next fiscal
year) will soon be decided upon, and -It is probable
that it is in reality fixed in the Secretary's own
TEE New Jersey Legislature adjourned yesterday
and the loyal citizens of Trenton, desiring to ex
press their joy over the result, applied at the State
gouse Arsenal for a cannon and. ammunition with
which to fire a salute of two hundred guns, but were
refused by the authorities in power. Nothing daunt
ed, however, they applied to our mayor, who sent a
detail from an artillery company of our city, and the
salute was fired with proper form
.A.T.TIPORT from Kentucky says that a large force,
under Breckinridge is 'at Harrodsburg, and. that
the United States forces are falling back. Breckin
ridge also announces his intention of enforcing the
rebel conscription act in that part of the State
which he now holds. - The, rebel cavalry force; com
.
.manded by Forrest, Wheeler, and Wharton, at
tacked our troops, at Brentwood, "nine miles from
Nashville. After a feeble resistance, our men fell
back, but, upon being reinforced, they, renewed the
fight and drove off the, enemy, with a small loss on
both_sides. •
'A. 0011 RESPONDENT of the Boston Herald, writing
from the blockading fleet off Charleston, under date
of March 16, confirms the previous report that a
serious mutiny has occurred at Fort Sumpter, add
ing that during the night of the 12th Forts Moultrie
and Suiapter were seen firing at each other that
betvieen one and two hundred shells were dis
charged, and that finally a white flag was displayed
from Fort Moultrie. Deserters, a day or two after
waits, asserted that a serious mutiny had occurred,
General Beauregard shooting the mutineers without
orommo attack upon Charleston has been de
oided on, and will be put into execution very soon.
Admiral Dupont has been prepared to make the
naval assault with every prospect of success for
some time past, and has only delayed it to accom-
modate the military Powers. The report that the
Admiral predicted that "this attack would prove a
miserable fizzle or a bloody failure," is now era
phatically denied. •
Br advisee from St. Georges, Bermuda, we learn
that the Angle-rebel steamer Merrimac. was at that
port on the lath ultimo, about to sail to run the
blockade with a valuable,cargo_for.Oharleston„Se- . '
vannah, or Wilmington. It was the intention of
the officers to put to sea immediately.
. ,
- Mum rapid decline in the premium on gold con
tinues without abatement, and is creating a great.
deal of uneasines,among the dealers, in bullion, as ,
well as those who have held on to their coin in the
hope of selling it at an enormous premium. Gold
was quoted at 140% ; no reaction took place, and a
further declined(' located fort() day.
Im is reported that Gen. Burnside has arrived at
Cincinnati, with a large portion of the Ninth army
corps, and tbat - ge is distributing them to repel the
rebel invasion of Kentucky. Gen. Burnside has
assumed command of the- Department Of the Ohio,
rice Major, Gen. lior atio Gates Wright, whose nOmi
nation NiTaß not confirmed by the United States
Senate. -
Tau news from Vic tsburg is encouraging. Ad
miral Porter Is descending the .Yazoo Aver to the
byof Vicksburg' with his entire fleet, supported
by General Sherman's army. The latter will make
a vigorous land attack, and the strongholdmiust
mately fall into our hands, with excellent results.
- COLONEL Curmtz, - 6oznrelaxiclinia sub-department
tab Out Plaquemine, La., has just made a most im
portant and successful reconnoissance into the inte
rior of Louisiana. , He rescued a large amount cif
cotton from destiuction; and secured nurabers of
contrabands and prisoners.
Wa present an 'interesting budget of Southern
mews on the first page of this newspaper to-da3; . .
'The rebels"4rtill complain of wan£ of food.T They
:show evidences of great uneasiness at our projected
?rapid and extensive offensive operations.'
Tuu breadstuda and prov , ision markets are dull,
.and prices are lower, with' a strong tendency to a
Cotton Mad' groceries are also 'dill, with
Jleclining prices.
GENB. CONCH AND Rourkunlave iisned suitable
orders of respect for the memory of the late Major
General Edwin V Sninuei,'
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Borer ROYAL RE a,, M
LIEN val.lT,plC.—.l.l „.
11 Ullll
- of this society takes place,this evening at
Concert Hall: Besides addresses from distinguished
speakers, ,Information, interesting and instructive
will rbe_furniethed concerning the condition of the
.blacks on the Southern coast in our poseession.
The last news' from there was very encouraging.
- The successes of the "colored brigade under Higgln-
BOA and MontgoMerthave had an 'inspiriting effect
upon the -negicies, .and they, are submitting with
great alaority"te General Hunter's 'draft—an exam
; pie which, we hope our people, will soon imititte.
Those who attend the meeting this, , evening will
doubtless'be amply repaid, fislhe capacity of the
negroes for soldiers will be ablytligicussed and il
lustrsted.
WASHINGTON.
Special Despatches to '"The Piess.”
WeitIiNGTOPT, Maioh. 25, 1868.
An'Episode of the War.
About eleven months ago eighteen privates be
longing to the Ohio regiments were detailed by the
late General Mixonkr,r, for special duty, and ac•
cordingly penetrated Georgia for the destruction of
-.railroads, and otherwise to damage the enemy; but
'the rebels captured and hung seven, and confined
the remainderof them in dungeons, treating them
as 'clone. .0n Monday six of the number arrived in .
Washington, having been sent to Fortress filOnios
under .a' flag of truce. The others, it'is supposed;
•
escaped from prison. Taday, by request, the
returned soldiers Mid an interesting inter
view with the :fudge Advocate,' General
and also with the Seeretary of War in the presence
of ir number of army officers. The, Secretary pre
/rented each of theta with medal,"suel 14313 au
thorized by the . late Congress, for meritorious con
duct, these being the first bestowals of thataharac
ter. -`ln addition to this, he gave to each of them a
hundred drillers, and ordered the payment of the
arrearages, and a sum equivalent to that taken from
them. by the rebels. He has also requested Go
vernor Ton to appoint these men as lieutenants in
the volunteer service. In the event of his not doing
so, they Nvill be breveted lieutenants in the regular
service. They afterwards had an iuterview.with
the President, at the Executive Mansion.
Skirmish at Chantilly: • =
. A letter *has been received from Fairfax Court
House, in which - 'it .is said that on. Monday, at five
o'clock •P. M., our pickets in front of Chantilly
were attacked. . The vedettes were on the alert and.
gave the alarm. The reserve, of about seventy
men, were immediately under arms, and charged
the enemy, who fled for two miles along the Little
River turnpike. Between- SaPtllle Tollgate and
Cub run there is a strip of woods, about half 'a mile
:wide, through' which, the road runs. Within the
road, about a quarter of a mile apart, there are one
or two barricades of fallen trees.. Out troops
pursued the enemy ' between these barri
cades. Behind- the latter some of the enemy
were concealed. The head of ,the -column
was here stopped by a fire of carbines and pistols,
and also by R fire upon the flank from the woods.
The column broke, and was pursued by the enemy
for a mile and a half. It was then rallied by the
exertions of Majors BAcox - and Wario. -Captains
MeGurax and lIAIECRAUCK, when they heard the
alarm, proceeded on a gallop from Frying Pan, and,
joining Major Wurrx , s command, pursued the 'ene
my for eight miles. Night coming on, and the ene
my being more numerous than we were, and the
horses of our force being exhausted, We returned to
Chantilly. The line of pickets is now re-established.
Our lose was as follows : Killed—Private Gmmus,
of Co. 11, sth New York Cavalry. Mortally wound
ed—Jonx L. HAnnis, Co. L, New York sth.
Wounded—Sergt. LAYIELEY, CO. di sth, New York
Cavalry. Taken prisoner—Lieut. MERRITT.
Nevraof Naval Captures.
The. Navy Department has received advices of the
capture of the schooner Charm, at the mouth of
Indian river inlet, on the 23d - inst., by a boat expe
dition from the United States
. steamer Sagamore.
She was bound for Nassau, N. P., with a load of
cotton.- Also of the capture of lie Spanish sloop
Delampago, at .onarleston harbor, Florida, on the
ad last, by the United. States schooner James S.
Chambers. Her cargo consisted of coffee, liquors,
shoes, &c. She was sent to Key West for adjudica
tion. On the succeeding day the James S. °ham-
I7ers chased ashore the slooelda, near the same
locality. Her cargo consisted principally of liquors,
and was partly saved. A rebel flag was found on
board, and, it not being possible to get her off, she
was burned.
The Costa Rica Claims.
The claims against Costa Rica comprised about
forty. cases. Of these, eighteen or, twenty were, in
the absence.of the parties interested, managed by'
an attorney selected by the Government, and the
-remainder, by Hon. REVERNY JOHNSON, °Amur.
COSBY/NO, and other eminent counsel. J. .51. CAR
LISLE was attorney for Costa Rica, and the Italian
minister acted as umpire. The aggregate claims
were V2 ; 500,000, but the result of the commission is
that the sum of only $; 1 .5,000, or 1 per eentum on
that amount, is all that is due.
The Fra4kieg Question.
Newspaper paragiaPhs in relation to franking the
'communications of collectors and assessors under
the internal revenue law, have -occasioned much,
confusion ; hence the, Post Office Department cau
tions Postmasters - to disregard such unauthorized
publications, and to govern themselves by the- writ
ten instructions of the Postmaster General, which
must be exhibited; them before they frank any
paper whatever.
Additional Paymasters of the Army.
All the persons appointed additional paymasters
of the army are required, before being cammissiotted,
to undergo an examination as to their physical,
mental, and moral fitness. The appointment of
those reported against will be cancelled. Additional
paymasters, who have been commissioned, are also
required to appear before the Boaid of Examiners,
and all who are unfit will be mustered out of the
service. •
The Death of General Stunner. -
The following general orders were issued yes-
AL 0 • DERS No. 15.
HEADQUtOrranS SECOND ARMY Corti , S,
.• Tuesday, March 22, 1863,
hour( so„,
the death of their former commander, Major General
Edwin V. Sumner. It - is not the intention to anti
cipate the official announcement. of his death and
recognition-of his services. His name and fame are
so intimately connected; with that of the Second
Corps that his death will be felt here as a personal
afilietion, He had for this corps the strongest re
gard 'and slifection, and parted - from 'it with - an
nfeigued sonow. Ifis'name will ever be - aasociated
ith -your past triumphs, and his example be with
us in the future.
By command of
DAIHUS N. COUCH,
Major General Commanding.
HEADQUARTERS SECOND
SECOND - CORPS, March 22, 1863.
GENERAL - ORDERS No. 44.—With feelings of the
deepest sorrow :I announce the death of our late be
loved commander, Gen. Snmner. He died at Syn.,.
cuse, N. Y., yesterday. He is too well' known-to us
in, this dililSiOlC to warrant any further. comment
than is furnished bythe sad intelligence itself. - God
grant us the ability to profit by this additional afflic
tion. May we imitate his sterling integrity and his
fearless and uncompromising devotion to his -coun
try. Spared on hundreds of battlefields by a strange
Providence, he has been permitted to die at home.
By command of - ORLANDO G. HOWARD,.
Major General Commanding.,
The. Funeral. of General.Semper—lntei•est
iug Particulars-Cause of his Death.
Naw Ironic, March 25.—The funeral of General
Sumner toolt.place at Syracuse to-day. . The Journal
of last evening furnishes the programme for the.day,
fr6m which we learn that all business was to be sus
pended; the schools closed; and other demonstrations
of respect made for the memory of the gallant dead.
Of the general army officers invited to attend the
funeral, two only were present—Major General Totin
C. Fremont, who was accompanied by. his staff, and
IVlajor - GeMeral IL W. Slocum.
Major Generals Franklin, Wool, Couch, and.
Stoneman, telegraphed that their duties would not
permit them to be present. Tlie Journal says
During the forenoon to-day (Tuesday) the body
was lying in state at the City. Hall, and WAS visited
by thousands of people, who crowded to the en
trance of the Hall in much great numbers than
could. be accommodated within. Hundreds of per
sons were id waiting for admission constantly. The
body will continue to lie in state, to be visited by
citizens, fluring this afternoon.
The remains are enclosed in one of the Barstow
Metallic caskets. The body is dressed in the full
uniform of a major general. The features of the
lamented dead are very 'natural, and all beholders
are deeply impressed by their manly dignity and
The siver plate upon the casket bears the follow
ing inscription : - •
- "Major General Edwin V. Sumner,
. Died March 21, 1863, -
g,ed 67 years:l month, "and 23 days. "
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CAUSE OF GENERAL ST_TAINER'S DEATH.
While congestion of the lungs was the acknow
ledged cause of General Sumner's sudden and un
expected demise, it is the opinion of - the physicians
attending him during his last illness that the seeds
of disease-engendered by the miasma - of the Chie,ka - -
hoininy swamps served to aggravate the attack, - aild
- doubtless gave it the malignant character whin.
rendered it.so speedily fatal.. He had never known,
in all his long life, what it was to be seriously ill,
and hie undaunted energy and unyielding determi
nation to obey the orders of - his 'superior could not
bend willingly to what appeared to be a mere cold.
It is - possible that the exercise of more care, and
that quiet which was denied him by his persistent
struggle to proceed on his journey to take the com
mand awaiting his presence, would have - averted
the fatal result. • But it was ordered otherwise.
DIEPARTIVIENT -OF: -VIRGINIA,
!The , Oyster Trade Itellred--Hea - s-y-'Snotr
Storm at. Yorktown—Movements of Yes:.
For:miss Mownok, March 24, 18§3.—TWebie
schooners from New York are now taking in cargoes
of oysters, near themouth of ,Elizabeth river.
The new gunboat Smith BriggS, ACaptain Lee, of
the 99th Neiv York Regiment,' commander, received
her guns at Fortress Monroe yesterday and coca-
Menses her service at once.
The Yorktown Cavalier, of March 24, says : «The
storm that commenced on Thursday and continued
until Saturday, was the'most severe of the season ;
the snow fell to one foot in depth. The soldiers en.
gaged in snow-balling extensively. ), :
The
The steamboat Thomai Conger, from New York,
has arrived at Fortress Monroe,and will_proceed to
Newbern, N. 0., as soon as she takes in coal.: The
steamboat Hero sailed for Baltimore this afternoon;
witlya schooner in tow, loaded with horses.
There are four schooners at Yorktown loading
'oysters far the Northern Market. ,
THE ARMY OF THE POTOMAC .
Visit of Governor Curtin to the Pexuisyl..
vania Ref; iments—Th.e Divisions of Genii*
ittiniphrey and Malley Reviewed.
HEADQUARTERS OF THE LIMY OF THE POTOMAC,
March 25.--Governor Curtin, of Pennsylvania, sr-,
rived here at headquarters to-day. He was -itCOOl2l
- anied by Mr, Coffey, of Philadelphia Col Put;
iron, of his staff; the Surgeon General of Pennsyl
vania ;- Mr. , McCormick; of the Agricultural Depart
ment, `and' others.. The party arrived by special
train, and Were niet,,with great cordiality and wel
come by General Honker. Conveyances were placed
at the Governor's diiposal, and he visited the divi
sions of_General'Birney 'and General Humphrey.
The fine division Of the latter is composed entirely
of Pennsylvania troops, who, after being_ reviewed,
lustily cheered:the Governor,whose presence among
them created immense enthusiasm. The Governor
intends to visit all tbe Pennsylvania regiments be
fore returning to Harriebtut.
Ca*ore of a' Rebel Schooner.
. . .
BALT,Tubs.k, March 26.—The gunboat Reliance, of
the Chesapeake squadron, captured, yesterday, the :
schooner Flying Cloud, which was loaded with per
cussion caps pistols,' shot, tools, silks, shoes, boots,,,
etc., op the waylo the South. The warlike portion
of her serge was directed to the care of Major E.
Griswold, the provost marshal of Richmond: . snye
ral-cif the parties on-board were Made priioners, and
the vesselwas brought here to-day as a:prize.
The tege4i:ty, the Drift .jii'lviscon.sim.
. .
MADISON (Wis.), Marsh 26:—The Supreme Court
to-day affirmed the legality of the last draft, and the
draft of foreign-born citizens, and the validity of the
soldiers , auffrage law of Wisconsin'
THE LATEST FROM KENTUCKY.
The liclbcla Reportrd to be Advancing and
Eutorctikg the C;onsclitittokk Act—Pike Na-
ttonal Foi•ces Retreat•to; .Frtankfort.
Louisvitme, March 25.—We have had the usual
quantity of exciting rumora respecting rebel move
xnente toglay, but none of theth are traceable to any
authentic 'source, and no adeices have been received
atTheadquarters of any change in the rebel stattis
since last night.
The Democrat says the rebels, in large force under
BreckinriOge, are at Harrodsburg, and that the
United:States forces, under General parter, are
falling back On Frankfort.
Breekinridge is reported to have issued
. a procla
mation -announcing his intention of enforcing the
:Southern conscription act, and , rumor says that act
is being rigidly enforced in those portions' of Ken
tucky now occupied by the rebeWorces.
ARMY OF THE , MISSISSIPPL
The Siege of Fort Pemberton—Ope,rations
on the Coldwater River—The New Pass—
Tli e Bombardment of Fort Greenwood and
CINCINNATI, March- 25.—The . YAZOO expedition
has come to a stand•still. . The commercial's special
from Greenwood says the Chillicothe, in the last en
gagernent._was temporarily disabled by shot batter
ing the slides to her porbholes so that they could not
be moved.'
Battery Wilson has been dismounted, and the tun
returned to the gunboat. The ,De Kalb and our
forces are acting on the defensive.
Fort Pembejton is being strengthened by the
rebels, but is nearly under water, and the widening
of the .hreach in the levee at the head of Yazoo
Paes;.it is thought, will drown them out 'completely.
That woric fs beint done by troops from Helena.
Quimby's division WAS on Coldwater river on the
20th, and with good weather reach Green
wood_
in two days. , The guerillas trouble the boats
iii thit river and the Tallahatchie, and have allied
thrce or four Soldiers.
The most important intelligence is the discovery
of a new.pass from the Mississippi througthe Sun
flower into the , Yezoo river. Throtigh'this
_a large
force . can be thrown on Yazoo City, which being
taken, they min go up the Tallahatchie to Green
-wood, and co-operate in the reduction of Fort Porn
The monitor-gunboat Lafayette is reported up the
YAZOO above Haines , Bluff. Other gunboats have
gone up Stirring news is expected from that
quarter. -
The reported evacuation of Haines' Bluff is not
credited. 'The . roels will not abandon. that till forced
to, or after deciding to-evacuate Vicksburg.
The Latest from Vicksburrr.
CAIRO March 25.—The latest news from Vicks
burg con firms . the report of the firrival of the United
States gunboats Hartford and' Albatross, of Admi;
yalFarragut's fleet, at the mouth of the canal, on
.
An officer from on board has arrived at General
Grant's headquarters, bringing despatches. Seven
of Admiral Farragutls boats had run the blockade of
Port Hudson. After coming up for some distance,
all but two. returned. They had probably gone to
the mouth of the Red river.
General Banks had not yet come up with his land
attack when the fleet ran the blockade. The boats
will pass into take Providence as soon as the cur
rent in that direction permits.
Reports from- Greenwood on Wednesday after.
noon state that the fight had not yet been renewed.
Both parties were making active demonstrations.
The rebels were mounting 'new grins,rand otherwise
strengthening - their position.
Attack on the Batteries at Greenwood,
Mississippi.
NEAR VI.ERSEURG, IVCEECIa . 18, via . CAIRO March
26.—The gunboats and a part of the fleet arrived
within two miles of.the rebel fortifications on the
morning of the ilth, the Chillicothe, however, pro
ceeding in advance to reconnoitre the enemy's posi
tion. When within a quarter of a mile of their bat
tery the opened a brisk fire, which -was returned
from rifled guns. Having aslertained the enemy's
strength, the Chillicothe rejoined the fleet, from
Which, meanwhile, a land force had been sent out,
and succeeded in dispersing a force of the rebels
about a mile from the river. In the afternoon our
gunboats again opened flt - e upon the rebel works
-the Chillicothe, it is said, dropping,:several shells di
rectly in-their fort.
A DISASTER TO THE CHILLICOTHE.
Unfortunately, during the engagenient, one of the
Chillicothe's suns exploded; killing three or fourCif
the seamen, and injuring seriously , a dozen others,
mostly Soldiers belonging to Ohio regiments. This
disaster caused the withdrawal- of the gunboat, and
the engagement closed for the day..
UNION BATTERIES CONSTRUCTED
During the night parties of soldiers were set to
work to construct a batteiy facing the enemy's po;-
'Pion; and within a quarter of a mile of their fortifi
cations,-'having a complete range of the ground
where their main force was encamped. The battery.
was constituted principally of cotton bales, mounted
with two SO-pound Parrott rifled guns, and was
covered with brush, so as to conceal it from the
THE FIGIIT RENEWED
During the day following, the 12th, the gunboats
De Ralb and Chillicothe were covered with cotton,
and everything was got in.readiness for a formidable
renewal of the assault on the lath. The land bat
tery for the first time opened 'fire, the gunboats and
mortar 'Vessels meanwhile running down and renew
ing their, file upon the rebel works at a distance of
about five hundred yards. This fire, , both from the
batteries and glinboats, was kept up until late in the
afternoon, being continued on our part for sometime
after the enemy had Ceased ; but no great progress
was made in the reduction of the rebel fortifications,
bJfl' mount - several heavy guns, one a rifled GI
CASUALTIES ON , THE. CHILLICOTHE — AND
_ .
DE ICIA.LB
- -
During the engageinent the Chillicothe was struck
some -forty times, but though her pennant was shot
away and• her plated sides indented-by the rebel
shots,
she returned to the - fleet, after the 'light, pre
pared to renew the contest at any moment, but two
of her crew- having, in all the storm of shot and
shells that rained' upon her, having been injured.
The De Kalb, however, suffered severely, one of tfie
rebel shells exploding in her whdel-house and another
penetrating her casemates at a point not covered
With plating. She lost in all one seaman killed and
Eve or six others wounded. •
THE FIRING CIONTINUEDTHE =REBELS
FLANKED
During Saturday and Sunday (the 14th and 15th)
a desultory firing was kept up between the Chilli
cothe and the rebel battery, but with no perceptible
effect.. During Sunday night, ourforces landed and
planted another battery of guns directly in- the rear
of the rebelS, but a hundred yards from their lines.
With-his` it is believed the - rebel works must be
Speedily reduced, and their entire 'force,. Which is
put at six thousand Men, captured. Having erected
their battery with especial - reference to an attack
from the river, they are not prepared for, and cannot
long resist, a fire from the rear. When the last in
formant left, no orders had been Issued for a general
assault by our troops, but it was thought it would
not long be.delayed. -
THE MISSISSIPPI
•SQUADRON.
Admiral Farm** near Vicksburg - -He
Communicates with Admiral Porter=The
Latter Coming DOW3I the Yazoo—.Progress
of Our Expeditions, eoc- '
WAsTfrimrort, March. 2r).—The Navy Department
has just received several important official despatches
from both.Parragut and Porter.
Farragut confirms the report that he succeeded in
.passing the batteries at Port Hudson, but he confines
his account to his own ship, the flagship Hartford,
which leaves the inference that the other vessels did
not pais, or did not attempt to pass.
The Hartford isnow below - Vicksburg, in a perfect
ly-secure position . , and has communicated with our
fleet on the other side. The operations hereafter will
consequently be made in concert
The. despatches,from Porter render it - certain 'that
his fleet is in the Yazoo, but by what pass or route
they got there is not disclosed.
THE OFFICIAL DESPATCHES
WASHINGTON, March 25.—The folio w,ing de
spatches. .
were received at the War Department this
/miming : - -
CAstuo, March 24.
Hon. Gideon Welles Stcrilary of the Nary:
I havejust received a communication from Lieu
tenant Commander H. B. Breese, dated Black'
Hawk, March 20:
The Hartford is" below Warrenton. [Warrenton
is a few miles below Vicksburg.]
.Admiral Parragut , i secretary came on board this.
morning, on his .way to Admiral Porter. It will
take him a week, at least, to communicate and get
hack. He says the Hartford passed the fort at Port
Hudson, but the other vessels were repulsed, and
one they saw in flames. It is- believed that the
Mississippi was the ship destroyed. _
A. 141. PENNOCK,
rleet Captain Commanding Squadron.:
ADMIRAL PORTER IN .YAZOO RIVER.
Caino, March 24-7,50 P. M. :
Hon. Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Navy :
I have just received A Communication from Lieu
tenant Commander IL R. Breese, dated Black Hawk,
March 19th, The admiral has got . through Steel's
and the Black Bayou with five iron-clads, and With
the Price into Deer creek; is making all haste for the
Yazoo river. Doubtless he is there now.
General Sherman and his troops are following,
him up. - A. M. PENNOOK,
Fleet Captain and Commander of Station.
ARMY OF THE CUMBERLAND,
.
Another Shameful Surrender of our Troops
—Brilliant and PrOntrot Action of General
Green Clay Smith—Recapture of Stores
end Prisoners—Retreat orthe Enemy &e.
NAsavure Nardi rebel cavalry force
under Forrest, Wheeler, and Wharton, crossed Her-.
peth river this morning, Six. miles above Franklin,
and a part of the rebel force' attacked our troops at
Brentwood, nine miles from' Nashville, on the
Franklin road. Our troops, under command of
Lieu COL Bloodgood, consisted of parts of the 33d
Indiana, and 22d and lath Wisconsin Regiments, in
all three hundred men. After a feeble resistance,
with only, one mon killed and four wounded, they
'surrendered to the. enemy, and all the Government
property was captured.
General Green • Clay * Smith, who was sent to
Franklin, came up with the rebel force and pursued
them to a point six miles west of Brentwood, where
he'met the entire rebel force, numbering 5,000. Al
though he had only 500 Wien he succeeded in retaking
•
all the wagons and ammunition.; but being attacked
by superior numbers he was compelled to destroy
them. He then - fell back,-.'when , when reinforcements
reached him. The rebels had, in the meantime, -
We last one officer and, about , . fifteen men killed;
wounded, and missing. The rebels lost some fifteen
killed and Wounded,' `and- over`fifty prisoners have
been brought in.
The rebel cavalry, have been within four miles of
this city, on the Harding and Charlotte pike, to-day.',
. • .
The - Hudson River.
ALBANY, N. Y., 'Viral' • 25.—A warm rain has
'fallen since last evening. The water in the river is
rising at the rate of six inches an hour, and is now,
Over the docks. The ice is still strong enough •foi
team's to crocenVon it. A heavy' freshet is andel-
Marine Intelligence.
- .l3oatroar; March 25.—ArrIved, •ahtp'ltaduga l Wont
lionolulu',_• brig S: C. Shaw,' from St. Thomasacihr.
Ertieline,'`frord eape , Haytien. t t
-The - shiplfnale Jim; frorti Newltork- for Haitre,
iiutlitto , St Thtinian'oriAh'e - 7th ilistantiar tr leaky
conditlgs. ' '
The Sdani6r . Australasian.
NEW Yong, March 25.—The steamer Australasian
will not Bail till to-morrow morning.
THE PRESS.---PHILADELPHIA., THURSDAY, MARCH 26, 1863
SECOND EDITION.
ARMY OF THE CUKBERLINO.
Natioual Troops Surrender and are Re
captufed.
DEFEAT OF WHEELER'S REBEL CAVALRY,
[Special peapatekto The Press.]
Early this morning bur pickets, about a mile be
yond this place, were by a sudden advance
of the enemy, who had been advancing north all
night under cover of the darkness.
Our Pickets fell back promptly upon their supports
in good order, giving the alarm as they did so.
APPEARANCE OF THE ENEMY.
Colonel Bloodgood, in command of the troops
here, at once formed his men to receive a cavalry.
charge, as the enemy were emerging from the wood
ed hills beyond the town by scores and hundreds.
The gatrison and its supports consisted of pot
tions of the 240. Wlsconsin 'gantry, the. wt 4
gan, and the 331 Indiana.
Bloodgood mustered Only- about one hundred
and fifty men for the conflict, as quite a number be
came Panic-stricken, and fled at the sight of the ad
vancing rebel squadrons of light cavalry.
Observing the dangerous position in which he was
placed, Col. Bloodgood ordered a store and -ammuni
tion train back toward Nashville, but for Rome-
known rearon the order was not obeyed;
THE FIRST SKIRMISH, • --
The relicts advanced rapidly with terrible yells
upon . the position held by our :troops, sad received.
several volleys without slaekening speed for a mo-
In a few moments afterward the little band of
_
IN.Ta tional troops found themselves coMpletely sur
rounded and enveloped by hundreds of inbel horse
men, and seeing no 'chance of eceape, they were all
surrendered. ,
The rebels then pushed on, seizing everything
they could drag away, and securing our wagon train
with its ammunition, of which they are greatly in
need at present.
The engagement was very brief, and its results
are of a most humiliating character..
GEN. G. C. SMITH TO THE RESCUE.
Gen. Green Clay Smith, who .commanda the sub
department, southwest of Nashville, was, soon up
prised of the attack, and mated with aboui five hun
dred men to attack the enemy.
Upon the appearance of this small body of reso
lute men the rebel horsemen turned about, and
were pursued by Gen. Smith for a distance of six
• As they retreated they tired oceasionalliupon our
troops, but inflicted no injury. We captured a num
ber of prisoners, rho stated that this advance guard
comprised all of Wheeler's cavalry, about 2,000
strong.
These were reinforced by Forrest's cavalry bri
gade, when they wheeled about and made a stand
on a elope about seven miles from this place. •
After a sharp encouater of about fifteen or twenty
minutes' duration, our forces, being outnumbered,
commenced a retrograde movement, while the rebels
pushed us hard.
Just at the nick of time, the reinforcements sent
to General Smith by General Mitchell came up, and
an advance WRB immediately made by the national
forces, when the rebels, after fighting wildly for a
ahort time, retreated, showing signs of confusion,
and leaving our prisoners and ammunition train in
our hands again. -
THE REBEL LOSS.
We found and buried over fifty rebels on the
ground of the skirmishes. About one hundred wore
wounded, and we have one hundred and fifteen pri-
We lost only about twenty inea.kllled, wounded,
and missing, looluding four 029eM. .
a general engagement about next. Sunday, the only
day on which the rebels make grand attacks. Our
losses in these fights have not been very heavy.
The rebels design by these -demonstrations to at
tract our attention from Kentucky, whither most
of Johnston's forces have been.sent. 40.
This is well understood here, and we are moving
in all directions—especially by one particular road.
YOu Will have stirring news from this region very
000.13. 13. 0. T.
MR. BANDIIIANN AS SIITLOCE.—Mr. Ilandmann
was welcomed to 'Philadelphia last evening by a
large and appreciative audience. This is the usual
phrase, but Eve adopt it this morning as the most ex_
pressive that can be applied. We have no great
Shylock upon the stage, and our traditions the con
flicting. There are few who remember F.,:imund
Kean, and if the public taste has.any fancy of its.
own, it is derived from his fierce and appal
ling creation. Shy/ock is to the general_ mind
a very monstrous and 'improbable being, with
no love beyond his gold, and no hate but
that which the children of Abraham always felt
towards their Christian persecutors. 'All pssions,
hopes, loves, friendships, the weaknesses of nature,
the impulses that rule the heart of men,
_were
swept away in this feeling. The daughter
of his love was not as much as the ducats
that rusted in :his money bags, and his pound
of flesh typifies a brutal and : malignant revenge at
which humanity shudders. With this idea as the
popular conception, Shytock is looked upon with dis
gust when he barters on the RialtO, with satisfac
tion as bemoans over hie losses, and with Joy aslie
is driven from the ducal presence, ruined,taffied,
and despised.
• This is the popular conception, and we take it to
be an act of high courage on the part of Mr. Band
mann, that he should lay it to the one side, and give
ua a creation of- his own. He is a German, and has
obtained fame as a German actor. He not only plays
. Shylock in anew mode,but he comes into another lan
guage, and takei the utmost liberties with our idea
of the fitness of things. • Shylock has been rendered
as a comedy-part, and thaws are those who accept
that as the true translation. It has been rendered as
a tragedy-part, and with such universal favor,
that we have been expecting some modern Colley
Bibber to put a dagger into . the hands of Antonio,
and have the usurer butchered before the ducal pre
sence to slow music. The Shylock of Mr. Baudmann
is neither • tragedy nor comedy.
_He is neither . a
tragic, Jew who rejoices in blood, nor a mere in
triguer, who debates' law with the trifling Gra
tiano. He is simply a "'Merchant of Venice;"
shrewd man'of business, who sent his argosies to
distant ports and gathered goldfrom all the ends of
the world. With that 'Patient sufferance that has
always characterized the Hebrew, and which no
persecution could daunt, he lived and flourished
under the despotic laws of haughty Venice, until his
will swayed the destinierof the Rialto. Anionic) was
a Christian, and therefore hie enemy. He had clone
him particular wrong, and was therefore his particu
lar enemy. The time enme when the proud Christian
fell into the hands of the despised Jew. Ho sought
his revenge in a fearful way—but yet in a way
which we may venture to say was stimulated by
• the hatred that hid fallen upon him and all his
tribe, and by the part which Antonio had taken in
robbing him of his daughter.
These general suggestions will give an idea of the
impression we received from the Shylock of Mr.
Bandmann. We are not prepared to criticise his per-.
formance, as it was evident that he was nervous and
timid, and not up to his full power. He repeats the
pelt, and we shall reserve our judgment until we
see him to better advantage. His performance
last evening, however, ,was in many ways a great
success. He was • loudly , applauded, particu
larly in the first and last acts. His Om
mind over our language was very remarka
ble, and the slight foreign accent that marked his
pronunciation only served to give interest and re
ality to his performance. His make-up exhibited
care and study. His face has wonderful mobility,
and hie expression was intensely real. • We are not
prepared to accept hie Shylock as the true concep
tion, nor has he shown himself to be among our first
actors. But he has courage, honesty, and industry;
a fine mind,-many advantages of person, and, more
than all, many years before him. For so young a_
man, and with so many bars against hini, his per
formance last, night was extraordinary, and the suc
cess he received extremely gratifying.
To-night Mr. Forrest will appear as Jack Cade in
Mr. Conrad's tragedy of that name. " Jack Cade "
is one of our best AmerictinAtmas, and one of Mr.
Forrest's finest performances.
CAUL WOLVBOIIN , S SOIRME.—This evening;-at the
Foyer of the Academy, the fourth classionlaoiree
of this well-known artist will take place. He will
be assisted byhlessrs. Ahrend, Rilluer, Stoll, nirg
feld, and Mueller. The programme consists
leetions from Beet oven, Chopin, Henselt,Sehu
beet, Mentiellsohn; and Mozart, and the affair will
equal in its brilliancy any of its pred ece s sais :- •
LABOR P.EkkAII?TORY SALk OP DRY GOODS,
The particular attention of purchasers is requested
to the large and valuable assortment of British,
French, German, and American dry goods, embrace'
ing about UM packages' and lots of Staple and fancy
articles in cottons; linens, silks, worsteds, and
woolens, • to be peremptorily sold by catalogue, on
four months' credit and part for cash, commencing
this morning at 10 o'clock, to he cOntinued during
the day without intermission, by John B. Myers &
Co., auctioneers, Nov. 232 and 234 Market street!
AUCTIOieNOTiIESALit OF 134011; AND
The attention of: buyervis failed to the deairtible
Sale of 1,060' afteeirboota,' shoes, tiroians, &..c.,.t0 l be
s o ld thi s morning, by Philip Ford & Co., aUctioneers,te
at their store, Noe. 625 Market and 522 Commerce .
streets, Sale to eomnienoe at 10 Wolook preciselit
FOUR O'CLOCK A. M
BATTLE OF BRENTWOOD
PURSUIT OF THE ENEMY
TUE LOSSES AND RESULTS.
` Bala , ZT WOOD, TENN.,
VIA NASIIVILLM, March 25, P. M.
THE ATTACK.
ARASY'TRAIN SENT TO THE REAR
OUR TROOPS OVERPOWERED.
RETREAT OF THE REBELS!
SECOND FIGHT
REINFORCEMENTS ARRIVE
THE UNION MOSS
HEAVY SKIRMISHING
There has
THE REBEL DESIGN
Public Eutcrtiinments.
PENNSYLVANIA LEIRISLATORE,
HARICIRBIIIIG, March 25, 1863
SENATE.
The Senate was called.to order atIOX o'clock br the
Speaker.
Mr. SERRILL presented the remonstrance of the Fe
male Anti-Slavery Society of Philadelphia against the
prisea go of a law to pre vent the emigration of colored
pm sons, or any other class of atm& riding people. into this
State.
Mr. GLATZ, the petition of 252 citizens of York counts"
in favor of the excluF ion of uogroes.
The Committee on Banks reported bills to recharter the
following banks for the period of five years fro tri•the ex
piration of their respective charters : Exchange Bank of
Pittsburg, 'Farmers' Bank of Schuylkill County. Bank
of Montgomery Connty, York. County Bank, and Leba
- non Bank
Bills introduced
: Mr. SMITH, a bill relative to the jurisdiction ofjiistites
of the PeaCe in Montgomery county.
Mr. CONBELL, a bill in relation to the survey of
oertairv : streets in: the Twenty-fourth ward. of Phila
delphia.: • •
Mr. STARK, a bill increasing the legal rate of interest
seven per cent.
• pals Considered.
The Senate refused to discharge the committee and
eonsider the bill to incorporate the Pennsylvania Air-
Line Rail , oad Company—yeas 9, nays 16. -
Mr. itoI3INSON called up House blll 170 to repeal, is
much of the act of IRO as relates to gulag inierrogatorles
on lilies to take depositions before justices of the peace.
Passedflna.ily. • r.:
Messrs: BOUCiITER and STUTZNAN moved to re-
Consider: the vote negativing the bill to susnend in the
counties of Porter, Tinaa, Lycoming, McKean, and
Warren; the penalties imposed by the act or 1317 for
passing small notes. The consideration of the motion
was postponed..
The Senate insisted upon its areendmente to the bill
,relative to constables' fees on tavern licenses in the city_
of Philadelphia, and appointed - a committee of an
famine:
On motion of Mr.: KINSEY, the bill to extend the
charter of the FarmerW Bank of Bucks Couuty for , five
years from the expiration of its charter was taken up.
A motion was made to strike out five yeare and insert
seven years. Nut agreed to—yeas 13, nays 18.
The bill then pe,sSed finally—yeas al, nays 7.
. _ . .
Mr. LAMBER VON, on Leave given, introduced FL bill to
readjuet the assessed valuation of the county of Clarion,
whirl, was couPidered and, after discussion, referred to
the Finunce Committee. -
EtlZ called up House bill No. 105, to prevent
the obstruction of crossiNgS of railroads by engines and
tarp. which passed to -third reading and was laid over.
Mr. CONNELL called up the bill to vacate part of
Jones street, in the Ninth ward, which passed finally.
Mr. MoSHERRY called up the bill to incorporate ',the
Ipland Telegraph Oompany, which paceed
HO USE.
The House was called to order by the Speaker at, halt'
past ten o'clock.
Bills Iltporied
On leave being obtained, - Mr. THOMPSON read in
place an act to exempt from taxation the Southwark Dis
pensary, Philadelphia. -
Mr.COCHRA, from the Committee of Ways and
Means,-reported-as N
, reported as committed as act relative to the
ATIICIVICID. , 'Protestant and. Library Assetiation.of Phila
delphia. •
LBATICJER InAnIS rom a
'an act to validate the conveyances 'of Firemen since the
Passage of the act ons 49.
Busaorr (Corporations) as committed, au act to
incorporate the Garment Cutters' Association of Phila
delphia,. • -- -.
Several other unimportant ones were also reported
• Bills in Place.
liiir,BARGER, to provide. for the better regulation of
:buildings in the city of Philadelphia. • • --
Mr. COCHRAN. joint resolution relative to insane
criminals of this Commonwealth.- •
Mr. HOPKINS;- of Philadelphia, to repeal so much of
an act to authorize the payment of a commission of five
~pr r cent. to the Receiver 'of Taxes of the city of Phila
delphia. -
Mr. BARGER, to' incorporate the Philadelphia Public
Bathing Company. •
MA LEE, to incorporate the Brideshurg Afanufaaturing
Presentation. of Flags
Mr, VINCENT,Joint resolution authorizing the Go
vernor to present two new flags; resnettively, to the 83d.
- and Mb Pennsylvania Regiments of Yolunteem
-Amendments: were subsequently made includmg the
.78th Pennsylvania Volunteers and. ith.Pennsylvania Ca
valry. This resolution was passed. Clt was s'tated that
the flags of the above regiments had. become so muti
latectby the vicissitudes of war that new ones were es
_
Payment of Assessoi.s.
• ' The question having reference to the payment of the
ussersors of the city of Philadelphia came np, and was
dirimased pro and• con by Messrs. Barger. Cochran,
Smith (Phi edelphia), Smith (Chester), Benedict, Kerns
(Hi ilactelplita), Quigley. and Ludlow.
The hour of 'one airived while the discussion was
Pending, and the Rouge adjourned. .
. . Security of Tele4rftidi Despatches.
•
' An important net for th bet tor secnrity of parties using
telegraph Sines in this Commonwealth has been read by
Mr. 'nommen, of rhibidelphia. it is as follows:
Be it enacted. &a: ' That, (remand after the passage of
ibis act. any Personor pereons who shall enter the ope
rating room or enclosure of any telegraph company in
tLis Commonwealth, except welt person be an officer or
employee of said company, and who shall thereby no
lawfully acquire information of the content's of any tele
graphic despntch, shall ha deemed guilty of a misde
meanor, and-upon conviction shall be sentenced to pay
a fine not exceeding five. hundred dollars. and to un
dergo an imprisonment note exceeding one year. Pro
m' (led, That nothing in this act shall be so construed as
to impair a civil reisEdy..to which any person whose
tle:.patch shall have been thus Illegally made shall he
entitled against the party so offending. and sorb remedy
shell consist, in a suit for damages to such an amount as
the business of the complainant has been iniured; and.
this snit may be brought at the option of the complain
ant•against eitLer the person so offending, tue tele
graph operator, or the telegraph company.
Cosnrectlua- Italirolul.
The following is a copy of a bill introduced by Mr.
bE
_lFireTra,g, it has become a pnblic necessity to provide
for the prompt and economical transportation or persons
and property between the cities of the seaboard, as well.
as to and from the National Capital; and that Improved
facilities thonld be furnished to the public: and whereas, •
it is also desirable that such akiditloual facilities or routes
should be so located as to interfere as little as possible
with the prominent thoroughfare, of cities, and with the
traffic or commerce thereof: therefore.
•Be it enacted, &c., That Clement 11. Bemis?: Oliver
W. Barnes, Edmund Smith, L. B. Kingston. Joseph Les
ley, John A. Wilson, R. B. • Barclay, J. C. Sharplees,
anti Isaac' V. Elwell, or any lye of hem, be, and they
are hereby, appointed commissioner' to do tbe • several
acts and things prescribed iu an act regulating railroad
companies, approved February 14, ISI4, for the purpose
of organizing a railroad company, to be known as the
" Cos necting" Railroad Corn any, with power to con-
street, use, lay out, and opera a single-track railway,
commencing at seine point on the Philadelphia and Tren
ton Railroad, by a proper Connection therewith at or
near Frankferd, and extending.thenco by such practica
ble ron teas may be selected by the amid company, to con
nect with thejunction or Pen syl van i a railroads inPh ila
delphia, (provitled•lraid line is so located es to cross
the hcbnylkiil river above Girard-avenue bridge.)
The raid connecting railway to have the right to cross
all intermediate railways and streets at grade, if they
deem it necessary z . but In all such cases they shall pro
vide nsnal and suitable crns.sines and maia- i tkit.
seine at theirStwite , v , P9ifiirtrT3's .— "seol at grads.
-r-gfi rm te might to connect their. rood-1, n. - enVICCII or
, ;Woe's; in the usual . manner, with the " connecting
railfoad" hereby authorised to be constructed, for the
purpose of interchanging traffic, if nays° elect.
Sc.E 2. That the capital stock of the said company
.•shall consist of 2,wiJ shares, of dklo each, and all the pro
'Ceres which shall be expended in , the construction of
•aattl road, with tho right on the part of the said company
to lreate mortgage bonds with coupons attached. hiariug
six per cent.• interest, to an amount not exceeding the
actual cash expenditures made (over and above the
amount nf capital stock) for the constrnction, and equip
ment of the said connecting railroad, together with snch
Aldings, station-houses, depots' expenses, and property
as may he necessary for the prompt transaction ..of the
business of the company., and to provide for the wants of
the public—said bonds to be secured by a mortgage upon
all the property, franchises, and privileges of the com
pany.
. SEC. 3. That the coaporatton shall be managed by a
President and FiX direCtOrLlSS'llo shall be elected annu
ally, by the stockholders,at such time and place, within
the. city, as may ha prescribed by the laws.of the coin
- Stxt.,.l. That the said company . shall be subjeet (ex
cent as herein provided) to all the provisions and re
'Unctions,. anti shall be entitled to all the privileges, of
the general laws of Pennsylvania affecting railroad cor
porations.
AFTERNOON SESSION
Bills Considered.
On motion of Hr. nti of Chester, bill entitled
SUppluMAnt to an act relating to 'Orphans' Courts, ap
proved March 29, 1532, was considered and agreed to in
Committee of the 'Whole ano passed finally.
•
[This supplement provides that whore orphans over
the age of fourteen are in tho army or navy, or otherwise
required to be absent from the country, and being there
by.unable to be present in person at the Orphans Court,
may make choice of guardian by petition.]
An act authorizing the Courts at' Common Pleas to com
pel the recording of deeds. and other instruments of
writing, was considered and passed.
A supplement to an act relating to the sale and convey
ance of real estate. .
•
[The•act of 1553 requires administrators, etc., to at
know/edge deeds in open court. A supplement requires
such deeds to be acknowledged in the county in which
such administrator resides; and the present act is for
the purpose of allowing trustees, executors, adminis
trators, and guardians, who reside. out of thei limits. to
snake acknowledgments to other states. Passed.]
An act relating to the appointment of trustees and the
settlement of trust accounts in certain cases. Passed.
Au act relating to the perpetuation of testimony in cer
tain cases. Passed.
.
. .An act entitled a supplement to an act to revise the pe
ital code. Passed.
An act to authorize the sale of the stock of delinquent
stockholders in certain cases. Passed.
Rights of Illorriejl Women.
The subjoined is an eplanation of an act which has
been introduced by Sir. Barger:
A decision was made in 1851 under the married-women's.
act of 1848, in the caseof Haines vs. Ellis., that 'a mar
ried woman, with the consent of her husband may dis
pose of her separate estate as afeme sole." This decision
eettled the cons.tractioa of the law, and In many in
stances were made, and mortgages created by married
women owning such separate estate, the husband join
ing therein.
On the 16th of February, 1563, the Supreme Court, In
an elaborate.opinion, overruled Baines vs. Ellis, and
decided that hen an estate was in any way acquired
by a married woman t for her separate use, whether
through or without the intervention of a trustee, the
married' woman and' her husband could not convey or
mortgage such estate unless an express power was given
to do so in the Matrnment creating the estate. During
the nine years that Haines vs. Sills were recognized as
.1.2 e law el the State, many conveyances and mortgages
were 'taken by bong fide purchase, and mortgages to a
great amount—probably half a million of dollars.
iThe 'bill in question proposes to legalize the con
veyance and incumbrance made under the decision
of Haines and Ellis.
Drovers and Drove Yards.
.their
ownact allowing drovers to feed and bed
own stock while the same is awaiting transporta
tion at the drove-yards in Pataburg, was considered.
It was alleged, that at. those yards in Pittsburg,
drovers have been .charged as high as $1.25 per
bushel for corn, when it was selling elsewhere for
60 ients, and $25 per ton for hay, when the usual
priCe was $l5. The bill was passed.
Negroes and Mulattoes.
- -
Mi.. REX moved' to consider au act to prevent the
immigration of negrohs and mulattoes into this State.
which was agreed to by a vote of 42 yeas to 40 nays.
TBO act is as follows:
'Mtt enacted, &c., That, from and aftor the passage of
'this act, it shall not be lawful for any negro.or mulatto
to come into this State from. any other State or Territory
with the inteMtion of making it their temporary or per
imauhnt place of residence, and any negro or mulatto so
offending shall be fined in a sum not exceeding twenty
dollars and bo immediately removed beyond the State.
linen this section the yeas and nays were as follows:
YEAs-=Messrs. Alexander, Barger, Barren, Beck,
Betletin f .. Boyer, Brown of Noithumberla.nd,.. Camp,
Cralg,-.'Dellone, Early, Ellis, Graber. Graham, Hess,:
Flopkins of Philadelphia,. Ilopki us of Washington, Hoo
ver, Horton, Jackson ~Jacoby, lialMC, Kerns of Schuyl
kill; Kline, Leber, Ludlow, McCulloch, McManus, Ma
gee. Myers, Reiman, Nelson, Noyes, Patton, Pershing,
Quigley; Ramsey. Rex, Robinson, Rowland, Schofield,
Thompson Trimmer, Waksfield, Welsh, Wearier,
Wimley, Wolf, Young, Cessna, Speakero.
NArs.--Megerrs, Beebe, Benedict, Bowman of Lances-.
ter, Bowman of Tioga. Brown of Mercer, Champneys,
Cochran. Coleman, Fox, Freeland, Gilfilirtn, Grant,
Gross, Harvey, Henry, Huston, Dutchman, Johnson,
Berns of Philadelphia. Lee, Lohman, Lilly, ?Seeley,
McClellan, McCoy, McMurtrie, Maeyer, Olmstead, Pan
coast, Ritter. Shannon, Slack. Smith of Chester, Smith
of nail aelphia, Strouer, Sntphid, Twitchell, Vincent,
Warner, White. and - Whindle-41. •
Tbe second section, fmprisinff a penalty on bringing
Degrees into the State, was read and passed. The House
adjourned. •
From California.
Safi Fnatithaeo, March 25.--The United States
steamer Saginaw, having been thorouzhly refitted at
Mare Island; is now stationed in sac Francisco
harbor.
Dr. Joseph Prefontaine, a commercial writer for
the San Francisco press, died to-dny.
Humphrey Griffiths, a prominent politician of
Sacramento, died yesterday.
Several exploring parties have returned frOm the
new gold, silver, and copper mines bordering Colo
redo river. They• express confidence that that re
gion will rival the Wasboe rivers, and exhibit it ed.
merle of ore which are surprisingly rich. ,
The interior mime continue• the publication of
biographical' notices of ninny of the parties captured
in this harbor on the privateer schooner Chapman,.
showing them all to be noted Secessionists.- The
prisoners are still at Fort Albatross, having under
gone a military examination, with what. result the
public are uninformed.
SAN. FitAxcifsco, March 24.—The mining excites
inent continues unabated over the entire ()Oast: Tho
rage of the day is for the Resee river, a hundred
and fifty miles east of Carson Valley, where the
Waehoe excitement of '69 and 'co is being repeated.
Prom four to five thousand miners will 'reach the
new district before JUlle. A town of WO' houses,
with !regular streets, has been laid out and built
within six weeks. The mining districts are believed'
to contain extensive deposits of eilveir and gold.
SAW Faarfolico MA ItlilCTS.—Trade -is dull. Do
!nestle Spirits are adVancing.. Silica of 'l,OOO firkins
flutter at 2334®24c. East BoStbn .Syrup .sells at
47jia. Coffee is dull . and ;lower. Sugars are
neglected. : , •
State Politics.
LANCASTEIL,MarCh 25.—The I)emocratic .Clounty . .
Convention snelY.today.and appointed Hon. J.
Riesteri•DrAt - Carpenter, Dr. J. R:Raub, Richard.
Aldc(lrann, 11.:4SilKerne,and R.T.:;. Ryon. delegates t
to the State Convention, with the unanimous in
struction to support the claims of Hon. George
Sanderson for Governor. '
THE C Or .
The 'Thermometer.
MARCH 25, 1802. MARCH 25, 1863. .
Bk.itt 12. p, m.I6A. 1 12 ht Br.m.
as 42 42 j 56.........6 I. ... ; . 67,i4
- • WIND.
WSW...IVNW , W 'ESE. SSE SE:
TIIR TAX ON CLOTHS AND CLOTITINO.—
The following important decisions under the excise
law have been made by the Chief Commissioner of
Internal Revenue:
In Regard to the Assessment of Cloths under Section Mt
of the Act of March 3, 1663.-1. In ascertaining the in.
creased value of the cloths mentioned in , section 30
of the act of March 3, assessors will require returns
of the sales of such cloths when dyed, printed,
bleached, manufactured, or, prepared, and from the
amount or the price per yard, Or piece, will deduct
the estimated value thereof at the time of such sale
Provided, the same had not been so dyed, printed.
bleached, - manufactured, or otherwise prepared, and
will assess the tax upon the difference.'
The evidence as to value in the preliminary stage
of manufacture must be satisfactory to the assessor,
and the best of which the case will admit.
evidence in support of a claim for the re
mission or repayment of a tax must be to the same
points ; satisfactory to the-assessor ; and, as far as
possible, the claim should be supported by the oath
of the party,.or of persons having knowledge of the
3. When the evidence in support of such claims
shall have been approved by the assessor as satis
factory, it should be transmitted to the Commission
er of internal Revenue for final action.
Concerning Claim-Made .Clothingl—The following
provision of the amendments to the ExCise Law—
viz : "Tailors, boot and shoemakers, milliners, and
dressmakers, making clothing or articles of dress
for men's, women's, or children's wear, to order, as
custom-work,and mot for sale generally, shall, to
the amount one thousand dollars, be exempt from.
duty ; find for any excess beyond the amount of one
thousand dollars shall pay a duty of one per centum
ad valorem," is considered to apply to such clothing
or articles of dress; for men's, women's, or children's
weer, as are made upon - personal order, at the shop
or place of business. of the manufacturer by the per
son or persons for whom such articles are made or
manufactured - ; and all clothing- or articles of dress
sold in quantities exceeding the ordinary personal
wants of individuals, or in such quantity as to indi
cate that the purchaser intends to offer them for sale,
will be subject to a duty of three per cent. ad vat°r
rem on the full amount of sales. -
MOBE OF THE DEFUNCT UNITED STATES
SAVING Furzn.--:.Owing to the Legislative investi
gation now going on, the exploded United States
Insurance, Annuity, and Trust Company, comes in
for a cenr,iderable slu:re of the public attention. As
this is the first ofthesecalianitous failures the State
authorities have undertaken to examine into, much
anxiety is expressed by those interested that it
We have been furnished
by the gentlemen conducting this nveStigatiGa With
many interesting facts, going to show the manner
which the people were deceived. One case we will
cite: It is that of a poor Irishwoman, an industri
ous, deserving widow, Who deposited for safe keep
ing that. portion of the results of her patient tell
which she could spare from the demands of her im
mediate necessities,. and. lost it all, amounting to
perhaps $lOO or $2OO. She says that- when she be
came alarmed for the safety of her little treasure,
and wanted to draw it out, one of the parties in at
tendance at the office assured her that it was "as
safe as in her own pocket ;" and, at another time,
she was told by another officer of the concern that,
"il the Saving Fund didn't pay her he would." Of
course, she was neither paid by the company nor by
this individual.' We shall; in a future article, devote
more space tea recital of the wrongs of these poor
people.
The list of liabilities we have not yet been able to
get, although the assignment was made somewhere
about last October.
The authority of the company to establish branch
offices in other States, and even in foreign countries,
so that the money of our citizens, who have depo
sited theta funds here, in this city, can be lost to
them, will, of course, become a subject of inquiry.
Inquiry will also he made if a certain foreign func
tionary, said to be closely related to one of the offi
cers of the concern, had any dealings or connection
with this foreign branch. A history of the transac
tions by which the stocks, honds, notes, and checks,
appearing on the list of_assets, were obtained, would
no doubt, be very interesting, to the public.
ANNIVERSARY OP THE BLIND
The thirtieth anniversary of this institution took
place yesterday afternoon. at the Asylum, in Race
street above Twentieth. The exercises consisted in
vocal and instrumental music, by the pupils. The
report of the nannagera shows that at the present
time there are 180 blind persons in the institution,
from 10 years up to 80. During the year 26 persona
were (Recharged, 4 died, and 35 were received. Of
this number, with those remaining December, 180,
165 were from this State, 16 from New Jersey, 3
from Delaware. and '7 from other places. Two of
the pupils are afflicted with double privation, of loss
of sight, hearing, and speech. .One of these is an
excellent' workman, and is employed at present in
the work departnient as a brush maker. He is a na
tive of New Jersey. The Home contains 17 persons
who are graduates of the institution. The attention
of the managers has been particularly directed to
the literary department. At n recent public exami
nation, prizes, consisting of books in the raised
print, were awarded to the pupils for the first time.
During the afternoon the pupils sans "Auld Lang
Syne at School," in commemoration of the opening,
of the institution, which took place on the 25th of
March, 1833. The exercises of the afternoon were
brought to a close by the pupils singing another
piece, entitled " Forward March," after and during
which the audience dispersed.
31. FETING OF JOURINEYIZEN HOUSE'. CAR-
TlCllTEBS.—Thejourneymen house carpenters held a
meeting last evening, at Franklin Hall, for the pur
pose of taking measures to secure an advance of
wages. More than one hundred carpenters were
present, and everything was conducted in a quiet
and orderly manner. Mr. Davis was called to the
Chair, and Charles Glenn appointed seoretary.
A motion was made that an advance of fifty cents
per day, on each man's wages, be demanded. This
was discussed at length, and finally withdrawn.
A motion to appoint a committee to express the
sense of the meeting was agreed to.
Messrs. Jas. Sensenderfer. Jas. Pollard, Wm.
_Ramsey, Amos McVaugh, Wm. Watson, were ap
pointed on the committee.
The commilica.A?...ily--afte ' • •• - -
e s o z w a, , rnnt c - til and after the first, day of April,
we; the journeymen house carpenters of the city,
demand of our employers an advance of 60 per cent.
per da • .
Reso voi, That the journeymen house carpenters of
the city of Philadelphia form a Carpenters' Union,
for the protection of the trade, and to transact each
business as will be to their mutual benefit.
The first resolution was amended to read $2 per
day
The second resolution was adopted without
amendment.
The following committee of fire was appointed to
take measures to carry out the last resolution, and
was directed to report on to-morrow evening:
Messrs. H. Matthews, John Ramsey, John Harts,
George Senzenderfer, and William Watson. The
meeting then adjourned.
ANOTHER CONVENTION OF BUTCHERS.—
A convention of the sheep butchers of Baltimore, in
connection with a delegation of the sheep butchers
of PhiladelphitOnui held in the former city on Mon
day last. The object of the convention was to form
a combination against speculators, so that they will
buy their stock from the farmers in the West, and
have it brought directly through;to the East, and
thus prevent the enhanced prices of the stock which
they, pre'obliged to charge agaitnot the consumer. A
proposition was also made to pull all the wool and
render all the • tallow. The 'subject was favorably
considered, and another convention will be held to
consummate the objects- sought. After the adjourn
ment of the convention the. Philadelphia delegates
were entertained at a magnificent banquet, when,
after the discussion. of the luxuries, there was a
general interchange of social sentiment. One of the
objects of the proposed combination 'is to purchase
for cash, the credit system being considered one of
the principal reasons why the prices of sheep are
held so far above their real value.
THE BOOK-TRADE SALE.—The sixteenth
book•trade sale was continued yesterday at M.
Thomas & Son's auction rooms. The first invoice
disposed of yesterday morning, was that of Messrs.
Blanchard & Lea, consisting of treatises on surgery;
pathology, physfology, and other medical subjects.
The titles of the books of this firm covered seven
pages of the catalogue. The prices obtained were
within twenty-five per cent. of the trade prices.
which is regarded as an excellent sale. The bid
ders were numerous, and considerable spirit was ma
nifested. Among. other 'invoices disposed of were
those of Gould & Lincoln, of Boston; Little, Brown,
& Co. ; John Looken, of Nashville, Tenn. ; Walker,
Wise; & Co., M. W. Dodd, T. Ellwood Zell, Geo.
W.'Childs, G. P. Putnam , and others. A lot of pho
tograph albums sold at good rates. The sale this
morning will commence with the invoice of J. B.
Lippincott & Co. .
- MORE STEall. FIRE ENGIN - Ed.—The
Committee on Fire and Trusts of Councils held a
meeting yesterday afternoon and Agreed to report
today in favor of locating as additional steam fire
engines the following companies : Hand-in• Hand
Engine, Kensington Hose, Globe Engine, Western'
Hose, Humane Engine, West Philadelphia Engine,
and Franklin Engine. Itis-probable that the whole
batch will be laid on the table, as there is a grow
ing disposition to frown down any more steam are
engines. The number already in service is con
sidered by many persons as amply sufficient for the
present condition of• the city. West 'Philadelphia
has no steam fire engine, and it is urged that this
suburb should not be neglected by Councils, inas
much as tire engines from the city are prevented
from lighting their fires until they get across the
bridge. •
YOl7ls7G MEW'S CENTRAL HOME lifrssrox.
—The Young Men's Central Home Mission, fa
miliarly known as the' Bedford-street Mission, is a
public benefactor. Two hundreirand sixty children
are instructed in their day schools by three single
ladies ' eminent for their ability and Christian
virtues. But for these schools these children—who
beg and gather rage, bones, etc., part of the day, and
are thus debarred from the city schools—would rolm
about, learning all kinds of vice.
Ten years have been spent in lahOrlng among this
people, and no institution can produce stronger in
ducements for "profitable investment." All com
munications, should be addressed to J. H. Beckwith,
missionary, 619 Bedford 'street.
HAY-PRESBrNG.—Within the last week or
two a' largo quantity. Of Government hay, pressed
-in our adjoining countlee, has been shipped to this
city, preparatory to being forwarded to Washinit t on.
The process of pressing hay is quite a novel to
most people. The hay is compressed in a large ox
by the action of a combination of levers, worked by
horsepower. By the process the hay is reduced to
about one-fourth of its original bulk. The bales are
secured with strips of wood, running lengthwise,
and stout cord around them. They weigh from 260
to 326 pounds each, according to the,kind.of hay
used. When It is pressed, It Is shipped by railroad
to Philadelphia—over sixty bales being packed on a.
single car. The operation of pressing a bale of hay
occupies from five to ten minutes.
DISMISSED FROM TILE SERVICE.—The fol
lowing-named Pennsylvania and New Jeysey offi
cers have been dismissed from the service for ab
sence without authority, and failing to report at
headquarters as ordered: N.
tllAent. Michael Clancy, 6th New Jersey Vols.
Sum. Ohas. Slyer, 99th Pennsylvania Vols.
Asst. Surg. J. H. Hassenplug, 109th Pa. Vols.
Lieut. A. Thompson, 111th Pennsylvania Vole:
Lieut. James justice, 2d Pennsylvania Reserves.
Second Lieut. Geo. W. Powell, 121st Pa. 'Vols.
Lieut Otto L. Forslon, Battery G, 107th Pa. Vols.
Lieut. Chas. li. Raymon, 121st Pa. Vols. •
Capt. Peter 78th Pennsylvania Vole.
INTERESTING TO SCHOOL-TEACHERS AND
DlRF.CTOlLS.—Certificates to teachers issued by
" county superintendents," and "certificates by pre.
Went and secretary of board of directore—to-county
superintendent that schools have been open and in
operation according to law," must each have a ten
cent stamp affixed; and that "agreements or con
tracts between teachers - And board of directors, to
teach," must each have a five-cent stamp affixed.
In the first and last instances the stamp duty is to
be paid by the teacher: In the second, by the secre
tary of the board, and clpirged to the district:
.LAW RELATIVE TO IffsECTIVOROUS
VP:nm.—We are informed •that robins are now being
. sold in the streets and restaurants in'vlolation of
the law. An act of Assembly forbids the killing of
• insectivorous birds at any. season of the year, and
• one section of it makes the possession of birds,
. forbidden to he killed, prima facia evidence to con
vict under the act. A dealer in game who - sells the
birds, or the ire( per of a restaurant who' serves
them to his customers, is. liable to suffer the penalty
of the law.
Tr ..alcriciPATioN • of e?tterlaive . improve- .
. ments in West P ' hiladelphia' aboUt olio. hundred
•:'lbrick and stone buildings to be erected the coming
:Ateason, and the iniproved facilities of access that
;will be afforded by the Chestnut and Walnut atreet
`railroad, *when:the. Chestnut-street • bridge. is:com.-
-nleted, it is confidently expected that thevalUe of
pretwrty will be greatly increased in that vicinity.
A company have purchased a lot of about thirty
ac: es, and are about converting it into a park. -
MILITARY COURT-MARTlAL.—Yesterday' 9.
session of the Military Court-Martial, now being
held at Eleventh and Girard streets, was devoted to
the consideration of the ease of Chas. White, ser
geant Co. of thd Provost Guard. He is accused
of having stolen' clothing from the knapsacks left in
the Swanson-street barracks, selling the same, and
pocketing the proceeds. To this and several other
charges preferred against him, the accused pleaded
not guilty. The consideration of the above-men
tioned charge occupied the whole of yesterday's
sitting; the others will be decided upon to-day.
SINGuLan DEATH.—Mrs. Sarah McCann,
aged 60 years, was found dead in the cellar-way of
her residence, No. 2037 Cuthbert street, yesterday
morning. Her head was found to be fastened be
tween two iron bars, and she had been strangled in.
1 hat manner. It is supposed that she was about to
enter her house, and falling, her head passed between
the bars, and she was unable either to extricate her
self or raise an alarm.
SALE OF REAL ESTATE IN GERMANTOWN.
—Within the last week or two there have been se
veral large sales of real-estate in Germantown,
among them that of the residence of Mr. A. W. IfAr
limn, Manlicim street, for $20,000 ;'the residence of
Mr. FrancierHeyl, on -Wayne street, for sicouvanti
the residence of a gentleman, southwest corner of
Walnut and Green streets, for $25,000.
SPECIAL MEETING OF THE GUARDIANS OF
THE Poon.—A. special meeting of the Board of
Guardians of the Poor will be held at their office in
North Seventh street, this morning, to take action
relative to locating a municipal hospital on the
Almfhouse property, as proposed by the board of
commissioners appointed to superintend its erection.
-A Moics.rEn FISTL—A large white catfish,
weighing when caught 240 pounds, and 5 feet 6 inches
in length, has been brought to this city, having been
captured in the Mississippi river, near St Louis.
The fish will, we understand, be presented to the
Academy of Natural Sciences.
liziactorts.—Yesterday was very de
voutly observed in_ all the Catholic churches of the
city as the "Feast of the Annunciation." The
services were as upon Sundays, and the churches
were well attended.
SzrcilT FlllE.—About 5 o'clock yesterday
afternoon, a slight fire occurred at the corner of
Thirteenth and Noble streets, caused by some
clothing being set on fire by a child playing with
matches.
CVAOATR'S CAm—A new-born infant
wagrloiind yesterday in the culvert at Ninth and
Parrish streets. The affair created no little excite-
FINANCIAL AND COIDNERCIAL,
TUE MONEY MARKET.
PHILADELPHIA, March 25, 1863
The panic in the geld market continues, the prices fall
ing to 140 very early- this morning. This decline must
have an effect on. all kinds of commodities, the prices of
which moat fall, and heavy dealers who have been de
corating immense storerooms - with various celored goods
will pay dearly for their taste in adorninent. Cotton has
fallen to seventy-five cents per pound,. and we hear of
great Confusions in other Markets, prices generally fall
ing rapidly. This state of things was predicted some
time ago by The Press, but Qualified by the remark that
the despiration of large holders would support the gold
market for a time, and perhaps cause an advance to the
higher figures until they were safe, but we were fully
aware that legislation mast have an effect, and that the
credit of the country was too dear a prize to allow of the
tampering of greedy profit hunters. Hence, the Secreta
ry of the Treasury has managed to get hold of the reins,
and well is be playing them, while he is unsparing in
the use of the lash on the terror-stricken hacks of- men
who have thrown the die and lost. The exhiltrating
effect - of the success of Government securities is too
great to be disguised, and everybody almost is in a glow
at the prospect of a speedy dissolution of high prices.
The money market is very active, and higher rates are
paid; the indications pOiut to a slight stringency. Old
demands rank the same as gold.
Gold suddenly fell to 140, and continued steady at that
figure until near the close, when it fell to 113, and a rush
was madelo buy on the strength of ill news from the
West, running up the figure to 115. This lasted scarcely
ten minutis, when it fell to 142, and the indications are
that a lower figure will be reached to-morrow. The
latest quotation will be found at the close of 'stock re
marks.
The Stock market was unsettled and excited, iu con
'sequence of the war rumors - and the downward move
ment in gold, and priees are generally lower. Govern
ment sixes ISSI sold , at lilt se=en-thirties at 107 The
subscription to the Ave-twenty sixes at the office of the
agent in this city amcnnted to Ei300,000. State SINGS de
clined 1 7 E3 cent; City sixes X ; Penn's Railroad mort
gages Reading, sixes 34. Pittsburg Railroad sixes
sold at 63; Allegheny county sixes - at 67; North Penn
sylvania Sixes at 90-a decline of X; 111 was bid. for El
mira sevens; 73 for Schuylkill Navigation. sixes. Mar
ket somewhat bare of bidders. • .
Reading shares declined to 4434; Catavvissa 1; Penn
sylvania ; North Pennsylvania >4; Camden and
Amboy advanced %; Beaver Meadow 1; Philadelphia
and Erie 34; Dlinebill was steady at 54,34; Long Island
improved 1; 'Elmira fell 34, the preferred improved. 34;
Little Schuylkill declined 'l4. Passenger railways
showed mere life. Tenth and Eleventh advanced 1;
Seventeenth and Nineteenth sold at 1134 ; Arch-street
rote'/, ; Green and Coates 3.4 ; Fif.h and Sixth sold. at G 3;
Chard College fell 34 ; Spruce and Pine MorriiCanal
fell 34, the preferred X; Schuylkill Navigation common
and preferred ;4; Peru Alining
,sold. at 134; New York
Middle Coal Field at 13 . The market closed heavy,
$43,000 in bonds and 3,000 shares changing hands. Five
o'clock P. M., gold 1413.4,
Drexel St Co. quote:
United States Bonds. 1551 104140110 -
United
United States Certificates of Indebtedness.. 99110102
United States 7310 Note , 106%1107a
Quartermasters' Vouchers - 3 04 d.
Orders for Certificates of Indebtedness ...... 1 (all4d.
Gold 40 (1012 p.
Demand Notes 407-0 m 43 P
• . - .- . •
One-year Certificatest • a
• .five- sy
The conversions or — re
C 0,090 at the office of :TRY
Cooke, general subscription agent, No. 114 Sonth Third
street. No amounts, from vio upward, are refused, and
tie success of this loan appears to challenge comparison
with an) popular loan ever, offered.
The following shows the amount of coal transi)orted
over the Lehigh Valley Railroad, for the week ending
March 21, 1563:
Week; Previously. Total.
1.3723". Tons. Cwt. -Tons. Cwt. Tons. Cwt.
Hazleton 5,09512 69.745 18 85,341 10
Ears Sugar Loaf 1,012 00 - 35,767 07 37,779 07
Council Ridge 2,3.9206 --25,71307 28.10118
Monnt.Pletteant 469.15 6,290 05
~ „0- 6,730 00
-Spring Mountain 1,121 00 . 29,394 17 30,606 06
Coleraine .. ' 915 05 '12,166 7S 13,036 03
Beaver Meadow 55 OS 1,621 07 1,676 10
R. York and Lehigh.... .923 16 14,228 04 15,152 00
N. Spring Mountain.. • . 2,360 03 21,001 06 23,361 09
Add o . .... 1.931 02 27.742 09 :19.676 11
IBarlcigh 792 13 15.705 05 15,683 79
German Patina 961 10 17,081 19 19,049 08
Ebervale 707 12 32.045 15 12853 07
737 14 - 12,113-12 12,855 05
Other Shippers ' 1.017 01 13,118 03 18135 01
Total 22,093 02 317,523 U 339,961 12
Corresponding, week last
year 11,465 07 186,809 16 200,265 03
10,637 15 129,013 14 139,651.09,
Tho New York - .Evening Post of to-day cars
•
The-Stock Exchange ,to-day exhibits oonsiderable ex
citement. Governments are strong, but spoculative
stocks are heavy, and considerably fewer.
-
The market opened strong on Governments and Bor
der-State bonds, the share list being heavy and conside
rably lower
The following table exhibits the chief movements of
the market as compared with tne latest prices of last
evening:
•
Wed. Tu. /ay: Dee.
17. S. 65,1881, reg
S. 6s, 1391, coo 105% 10.5,14; — 36
U. S 7 3-10 P. c. T. N. .10634 107 .. .%
H.S. 1 year Certificates.. OM 997
American gold 140% 146%5%
Tennessee 6s 61 60g % .( z.. • •
Missouri 6s 61% .6144 • •
Paciflc 16534. 181%- •. 334
N.Y..Central 112% 11.5% • .
Erie 77 7.9%'
Erie preferred 97 9934.. 2%
Hudson River OS 110% 234
Harlem 39.34 - 4034 134
Harlem preferred. ..... 83A 34
Mich. Central.. .. 102 Y 1k
Mich. Southern 59 60% . .. 134
Mich. So. guar' 165 106 .. 1
Illinois Central 5cp...... 8.9,4‘ 92 254
Clem. and Pittsburg ..... 63% 70%
Galena 93 94 1
Cloy. and Toledo 97 9S - ' 1
Chicago and Rock 9334 9434 • - 134
Port Wayne 62 633.1 134
Quicksilver Co
Gold continues its swift course downward. Opening
1-14, it , has been carried to 110%, with scarcely the.
faintest effort at reaction'. Operations in exchange are
arrested by the state of the gold market.
Call loans are somewhat more in demand, but the out
let thus afforded scarcely causes a ripple in. the immense
current . "of floating capital seeking investment. Some
brokers, of a desponding. turn, are apprehensive of a
tight money market. But the most popular opinion
seems to be to-day that these croakers are .not only
wrong, but that some 'of them err knowingly.
Phila. Stock Exchk
[Reported by S. E. Snermal
FIRST
100 0
N Penna. R ...... 11.1(1.N
25 do 1
100 do 660 113 i
50 Catawissa R Pref. 2434
250 do Pref. 2431
.00 do—. Pref.2dys 24.%
10000 U S Os '5l. 10431
500 do cash.l9s
100 Penna R 6634
144 do 66
10017111 Ss 19th R.casli. 11X
50 do
Cam Sz
.0100 N Penna Os.
. 90
700 U S 7. . A.k0.107
1000 U S 6s reg 'Si 10434
19 Morris Canal 643 , I
BETWEEN
ea.° Peana Os 102%1
100 Mitehill R 5434
1000 U S 6s'Si cash. ICI%
age, Sales, March 25.
s. Philadelphia Exchange.)
30,412.11.
M Reading 11. • •• •esslia
-100. do b 5 4434
20 do cash 4474
20 do 41%
100 do 41 7 ,4
100 do b 5 41%
50 do b 5 4474
74 do' 44174
100 do bl 5 45
1600 Alla Co R 65 67
100 Schl N.v Pref..b3o 17X
2 Phila & Erie R 97.
100 Arch -st b3O 29
55th & 6th-sts E. 53
30 Green & Coates. b 5 43.14'
i 1 4000 Ponna 5. , cash • 1021i'
804.RD.5,
,
SECOND
Y Middle ClFld.
ICU) elle Co Res - t 7
1000 do 7
MO 6
• do 67
65 Penna R 4.3:4
ICO Catawissa R Pref.. 243 s
ICO do Prof.. %lc.
05 10th & 11th R 43
25 Forria Canal 6411(
25 Phila & Erie R 37
AFTER t
10030 U S 6s !Si reg .b 10•101% I
1000 do 104%1
CLOSING PRI
. Bid. Asked.
V S6B cpn '61... : 10134 104.31
U S 7.30 D blk AWN 107
American Gold-140 142
'Phila. 6s old -- '104% 106
Do new 111% 112%
*Penns.l.le 06aD 67 70
Ce mu '102%
Reaing R 44% 45
Do bds 'SO —llO 111
Do bds '7O —lo,9y' 109
bils '66 . 103 104
Yenta R 653( 63%
Do Ist m65..116 1.16.%
CRS-HEAVY.
I: - BidABked
Catawtssa R 7%
Do prfd 2434 24%
Beaver Mead R.. 6616'
Diinekill R
Do 2d m 6s. 113 114.34
Morris Ca nal.. • • 64X. 6.1 N
Do prid lOs .135 136
Do _ 63 16.... ll'2
Do 2d mtg .....
Susq Cana1...... ..
Do 65.......
Schlayl rav
Do prfd 17X 173fi
Doi 46s 73 73X
Elmira It 39Y:
Do prfd b 3 MN
Do 75'77 ; ..111 113
Do • lOs . . -••'• • 78
N Penne. R....... 1 - 1 X
Do 6s 89X'
.104
Do 10e 13 ll
Phila, Ger &Nor. -—6 O
Lehigh Val R. • • • • • •
Do bde ..... -•
Fifth-street 11 •• • 633( ea%
Do bonds.,,
Girard College B. Z 9 • 2 1 g)41
Seventeenth. st R 1136 12
Little Sehtipl R.. 45% 46
Phiiadelphia Mairketa.
' ' 2.5-Evening.
The Breadstuffs markets are dull and lower, ovring
to the unsettled.state of gold and 'foreign exchange.
Flour is dulland the sales limited; 400 bble good super.
flue are reported at 1ii6.2.15©6.50, 200 UM - Northwestern
extra family a' $7, and 200 bids Lancaster county do: at -
57.7511 bbl. _The sale 3 to the retailers and bskera are
ntedence at .$4:;©0.50 for superfine. $6.75@7 for extras,
s7.2r.etS for extra family, and. $8.50,g19 . .? bbl for fancy
brands, according to quality. Rye Flour . is lower, with
- salon of ,;(.)0 Ulu at $4.75 bbl. cc.rit Mead is dull, With
small nitres of Penna. at $4. and Brandywiee`it sl,oqd
hbl• •
GRAIDT.:Wheat continues dull and Prices are loWer,
with' small 'Sales of good to Prime Pennsylvania red at
)6(.©165c, sand white at 1750190 e; 2,000 bus choice Ben,-
rky sold-at the latter ratei:. Rye ig scaree and in
nmano,.with mules of Pennsylvania at 105©10Sc 7.1. bus,
which is an advance_ Corn is rather dull, with sales of
0,5(0 line . prime'_yellow at Me ailoat..' Oates—Thera is
less activity; sahss obinprise about 9,000 bus, at Ode mea:
sure. and Sec weight. Barley,-2,000 bus prime Western
are reported at wee 'ft bus: ,
BAbß.—Clnercitron is in steady demand at e. 33 09 tau
'6o:Alines Verlidnil; mud packs
have again declined; wo4note middlings it 72®740!"11,4b,
GROCERIES HTlme_ Market continues : you, drill, s(nd
o e,,tear Of either itolitor br Coirel , : , 'We'nulote
the tin muter at 11111E612e.-fm Cling and Now Urlamis: 103
I.oldo Molasses sold rt .18c V..
1110V1SIU.D.S. —Tim demand limited. with: small
80 Girard College
Arch....st ..... boo 20
Vdurni Sc Am R.3,11 - 4.16S
713th Jr 16th7ats R 34;1
50 Spruce Sr Pine R... 16,34
1000 13 S 7.30 Tr IV—•end:Rß
2xoo do end.lol
1600 Pittsburg R 6s 63
000 Long Island Os 102
60 Parm Bk of Ky ... 95
11'0 Reading R
50 Penn Mining C 0... 1%
:BARBS. .
10 Bba*er Meadow 67
rfariishurglt..• 65r 66
Wilmington R...
Lehigh ;Nay 6a- . .• _
Do shares .. 59 60
Do scrip 4134 42%
Cam & Arab R. • .167% • •
Pirila & Feb 65.... 111
Sun & Erie 75•......
L R 37 38
Delaware Div • 44
Do bd.& 105 .-
• • •
Spruce-street 8.. 16. 4 i 16%
Chettnnt-st R - • • 53 59
Arch-street B. •• • 2634' 29
Race-Street • • 10 11
Tenth-street R. • 423 49.14 .
Thirteenth-st R. 3.331 35
W Phila R.,— 65 66
Do bonds.:.
Green street R— 43 433‘
Do bonds.....
Second-street R. •87 ii:SX
Do bonds...::.
sales of Melia Pork at sls'.ofiglo bbl: 100 Ols Pickled
Hams sold at 831 c 'la lb. cash. Lard is held at WO for
prime Tierce, sod 13e for kegs. Ego are sell Aug at OSe
'4 doz4.n.
. , .
SEhDB.--ClavarPeed is dull, and selling la a settall Way
at its 5L45 75 V Ihn-hel; Timothy at 87.(02.511, ail & „Flax
seed Ft;4lgt4.`6 bushel.
. .
WII I gilY is in hector demand, uith . sales of fine bblo at
48c: NMII lots at 490.50 c, sad Drudge at 47(417ge•
gallon
The following are the receipts of Flour and Grain at
this port to-day: •
New York Markets of Yesterday.
Asur.a. =Pots are dull at b 8.373 Pearls are nominal
BRRADSTUFFS. —The rnarkEPt for State and Western
Flour is very heavy, and fully 20©25n lower,. with only
a limited business for the linmr : tr.td,
e eaJ as are 3,000 bbls at $6 90@a 4() for super&tieState;
$6.61®6 70 for extra Sta e; $6.40W 50 fur superfine Mi
chigan, Indiana, lowa, Ohio,; 85.51CA7 forextra do..
inn! &inn shipping bra rds of round-hoop Ohio a:+37@7.20,
and trade brands do at $7.80@8 50.
Southein 'lour le dull and decidedly lower, with sales
of 400 bbls at $7 2507.40 for superfine Baltimore, and
$7.50p9.75 for extra do.
Canadian Flour is very dull and also considerably
lower, stritb sales of 000 lib's at $6.60@6 90 for common,
and $6.9903.50 for good to eh wee extra.
Rye Fleur is inactive. and selling slowly at $4@.5.50 for
the range of tine and superfine.
Cern Meal is dull and nominal; we quote :Terser at
le® 4-.50 ; Brandywine SI 90 ; puncheons $22: 50.
Wheat is heavy, and sales of moment could b 3
effected unless at a large conceßsion. The market in en
tirely non.inal at $1 for Chicago curing ; $1 53(4
1 f 0 ier Milwaukee club ; *(1M1W1.63 for amber lowa ;
$7.6 1- 01.70 for winter red Wehtere ; $1.7101.73 for
amber Michigan.
Eye is dull and heavy at $1.0602.31.1 1) .
Barley is dull and nominal at $1.49(al 60.
Oats are lower, and selling at 82@die for Canada.
Western, and titete.
. .
Corn is very dull and fully 2c lower; sales 2.21 Y) bngh.
at 84:(4488c far eased Western mixed, the outside price for
choice, and 79©81c for unsound.
Hors are dull and selling slowly at 20,52.5 e.
1-1 - ky. —The marl , et was quiet to-day at 955 , 95 c for
shinydng, and $16j1.0.5 for retail lots.
Wnisa - Y d oil and lower; sales of 500 hblsat4so@46e
for Stata and Western.
. . .
Frans. — Clover:is very quiet, with small sales at 9
c.
CHICAGO BREADSTUFFS MARKET, March
Fronn.—ReceDoed, 0.171 Wads. Market very dull. aril
nothing doing beyond supplying. the home trade. Prices
rule in_ favor of buyers. Sales 011 Mils choice spring sx-rit.
at 00 bbis good_ do it Isl. 70 ; 100 bhls common red win
ter at 06; Ico tads "Buckeye" low grade spring extra
at e 4. ; 100 bms low grade extra at - 55; 258 bbls winter
surer, in two lots, at 04.50.
WlTEAT.—Received, 10,017 bushels. Market dull and.
nominally lower, with not enough doing to o-stablish_
. cmota.tions. Sales include the fallowing: 1.0900 ha re
jected 11; 1,5 ohu No 2 spring winter reounts,
st $1.10; 2,000 bn $1.183.; : I.ooobn Mil spring at . 1..0);
1,400 Ira do, old receipts, at $1.07; 2,400 ha de, fresh re
ceipts (In. Sturges' warehouse), at `slo63l—all in. store;
4Co hn INO 2 red, on tree-, at 21 25.
Calm—Received, 70,134 hushpk. There was a fair de
mand for Corn, and at prices .1 - .llaqc lower a good busi
ness was done. Sales include tbP owingj Mixed-3.000
be at 50c; 6,000 bit at 40,4.1 c; 00.000 by at 403[c• 2.16 bn
at 49c, all fresh receipts; 19,000 lm at 48 ;c; 30,000 hu at
483A'c ; 10.000 -hu at 48c, all w'nter receipts. Rejected
—15,000 bn, fresh receipta,at 46c; 6,000 he at 4 . 13.‘c; 5.8)0
Mt at. 45e, all the above hi store. The - market closed
dull. , .
-- I : lereirod,r,277 bushel s. The demand was aroori,
end
pricestirmer and Yo better. Sales inekdo
at 67e; 12,000 bu. do at 56).fe;
30.1'00 bu No 1 rt e2h re.:f 4 Dt:'
25.Q0 bn do at 5635" c; 2,000 bu fa at all fresh r4deints
3, (CO bu do, winter receipts, at .I'3'2: 1,000 bn di at
05Kci; 1,200 bu do at 650; 600 ha rejeCted at 524; 600 ba do
at 63e.
BOSTON BREADSTUFFS MARKET. March 24.
Froutt—The receipts since yesterday have been S, bids
Flour. The market for Flour to-day is unsettled. We
quote Western superfine at 56..57 s.. bbl. common ex
tra at $7.25, and efinfwe brands at 57.50 bbl, meliu.nt
extra at *7.7502.0, and eboi CO extra (including the best
grades of St Louis) at $9Oll bbl. Southern Flour is
scarce and nominal.
GRAIN. —The receiptssin-e yesterday hare been 6,0 5 3
bus Oats, 700 do Rye, 2,000 do Shorts. Corn utmetied.
We quote ordinary to gm d Western at 0 1 3020 c.
MIA Southern and Western yellow at 08c 33, hue. Oats
firm;- sales_ of Western and Canada at 60g22c
Friars Edward Island are nominal. Rye is
and
at
$1 12 Mts. Shorts and fine fe.d are scarce and firm at
V 3 ton, and middlings at $3.5g.16.,.3 ton.
• Pnovismism.—Pork insrliet Quiet; sales of mime ,at
513.51®14, o 1 mess at $l7, and, of clear at $1& 10,50
bbl:
BALTIMORE COFFEE MARK T, March. 2.5.—We hear
of no inquiry for this article. Prices, which are nomi
nal, we quote as hen's, viz: Rio at 32033 n. Lagnayra
3Wee, and Java 40e ?,
PHILADELPHIA BOARD OF TRADE.
EDMUND A SOUDEI,
GEORGE L. 867;13Y. Costatrproß oY 27m., MONIII.
EDWARD C. BID DLE,
LETTER SAGS
AT. THE NT2ACHAVTS' EXOLLAITGII, PEOT,ADELTEC.A.
Ship Henry Cook, Morgan London, soon
Ship Saranak, Rowland I iverpool, soon
Ship Robert Cushman. Otis Liverpool, soon
Ship Catharine. Freeman "Liverpool, soon
Ship Fairfield, Hull Guadeloupe, soon
Bark Gen Berry, Seery Liverpool. soon
Bark Cora. Linn, (Br) Killam Liverpool, soon
Bark Sea Eagle, How.s BaTbEL4OP3, soon.
Brig John Olirvstal, Waco& HAvana, soon
Brig West, Onlbrandeen HaValag, 60011
Sebr Lslaud Belle, Johnson Bar'oados. soon
Behr Greenland. Evans Havana. soon
MARINE IlsiT-ELLIGENCEI
WrICYP OF PHILADELPITIA, Diarch 2 6.1863
'EOPIV- RISES..-.
HIGH WATER
5 53-SUN SETS
ARRIVED_
Bark Andrew Manders on, Thotepson,from Port Rosa],
in bal;ast to captain.
Brig Napier. Creighton, 04 days from Cienfuegos, with
sugar to S & Wesh—vessel to B d Sender & Co.
Brig Triad, Mitchell, from Willingion, Del, in bal
last to E A Sender & Co.
Schr .1 .1 Spencer. Swain, 10 days from Port Royal, in
ballast to D S Stetson & Co.
Sat' Green Wave, Turner, 10 days from.Rockport.
with and e to captaiv.
Schr Clara Ellen, Gray. 7 days from Boston, with ice
to captain.
Scbr I.abella Thompson, Corson, 4 days from Fort
Monroe, in ballost to Tyler Stone & Co.
Schr Rebecca, Boss, 1 day from Lewes, Del, With grain
to Sas L Bewley & Co.
chr Mary & Caroline, Adams, from Sisiew Haven.
Schr Jas Hoffman, kbbott. from ATPW" Haven.
Schr L D Jan , ard, Ireland, from New Haven.
Schr Trade Wind. Hill, from Newborn.
SchrMary & Elizabeth. Cordery, from Newborn.
Schr Ellen Barn , Clifford f r oo L P.A. River.
_ . s e h e _w m ..n,,,,,A,,-a-oncer; Tram Baltimore.
...1,--wmar - Dennis, Lake, from New York.
- Brig - Progressive Age, arrived Tuesday, is consigned..
to E A Sender & Co.
CLEARED
-Sehr Sne Somers, Somers, Rey West, Hunter, Norton
Co.
Schr GW Hinson, Shaw, Port Royal, Tyler, Stone Sc
_ . .
Scb r I Thompson. Corson, Port Royal, do
Sala T Bord , n, Wrightingtoa, Fall River, Costner,
Sticker-}}- & Wellington.
Schr Trade Wind, Hill, Saco. do
Schr L D Jarreard, Ire!and. Bridgeport,
Sabi' S I Stevens, Studley, Boston, Jas Barrett & &M.
Seta Win B. Dennis, Lake, Boston, Noble. Caldwell
& Co.
Schr Wm Dennehy, Rutter, Washington, Blakiston,
Graff & Co.
Schr Mary & Caroline. Adams, 'Hackensack, do
scbr Ellen Barns, Clifford, Gloucester, Bancroft,
Levi, & Co.
Scbr Jas Hoffman, Abbott, New Haven, do
'clar. Mary & Elizabeth, Cordery, Pro‘, - idence, J R
MEMORANDA,
Ship Samaritan, Stinson, at Bordeaux let inst from
hinchas.
Ship S 9 Stap es, Staples, cleared at Liverpool 6th last
nalcntta.
. .
Ship Goldner, Colby, Smith, sailed from Rio Janeiro
lb nit for („;olcutta.
Ship C B Hazeltine, Gilkey, from Liverpool, at Mon
evideo 2ritia Jan.
_ .
Ship Salem, Robertson, sailed from Montevideo 21st
an Or 'Fast Indies.
. .
Bark Frank (hr) Stanwood, hence far London, was
epoken 24th ult, lat 47 ,si, 2on SI 41, ont 1.5 days.
Bark Antietam, Keller, at Remedios sth inst for Bos
ton in 10 days.
.. • • • .
Brig M L Potter. Tapley. sailed from Hamburg 3a inst
or Buenos Ayres._
Brig Harmonic (Hel), Mulder, from New York, at
4 on tevideo 25th Jan.
Brig Sarah (Br), Marshall, cleared at Boston Tuesday
for Montevideo.
Schrs S M Sherman, Sherman. and Leading Breeze
Graham hence for Boston, at New York Tues. ay.
F Garver, Ru.mral, cleared at Providence 23,
inst for this port.
Fars Idaho, Coombs, from Belfast. and Geo Kilborn,
Norwood; from Calais, both for this port, sailed fro"
Newport A I'd 2M inst.
Brin . Faint .T Christian, wrecked oo the coast of Nos•
land, fi2s tons re , , , ,ister, built at Milton, Del, in 1552,
'whence she bailed, and rated Al.
CITY IT lifS
LECTURE BY TM' REV. DR. KRAIITH, A I
MI.F.SIOAL FUND HAT 1,, This EVENING.— The s
cond lecture of the popular course delivered mole
the auspices of the Lutheran Board of Publicatio'
will be given at Musical Fund Hall this (Thursday
evening, by the Rev. Charles P. krauxh, D. D., edi
for of the Ltdheran Missionary. T-Tia subject will be
"The Grand Need; or, What is to Redeem ou
Land and our Race?"
" OLD ENGLAND AND NEW.ENGLAND."
A. lecture is announced to be delivered at Cancer
Hall on Monday evening next, by the Rev. Dani -
C. Eddy, D. D. (pastor of the Tabernacle Bantle
Church), on "Old England and New Engladd
Their Attitude toward the Union." The lectur
will be given for the benefit of the New Englan
Soldiers' Relief Associalion.
, .
SUPERTaII SNNTZ,T CIDER.—The propri:
tors of the well-known Family Grocery establis
meat of the late O. H. Mattson have just received
very superior article of Sweet Older, made fro.
bellflower apples. We have tried the cider in que.
tion, and pronounce it as fine as any we hate ev ,
tasted.
nis )3ESt MARE, and the best-fittin
Shirts, made at George Grant's, 610 Chestnut stree
under the superintendence of John P. Taggert.
TICE PRILADELPICIA TRADE SALE
Books was well attendad, and the books brougl
'excellent prices. Blanchard & Lea, and Littl
Brown, & Co. made the largest sale for many year
and the prices were satisfactory. George W. Chili
had a good invoice, and all his books sold rernar
ably well, being duplicated at full prices. To-d•
closes the sale.
FANCIFUL FINERY' AND STERN BURST:
TlALS.—Whilethe fashion shies of London are goi
off in paroxysms of wondering delight over t.
finery prepared to grace the nuptials of the Prim
of Wales and his lady-love, we, who are upon th
side of the Atlantic, are engaged upon. a great wo
which demands attention to more practical detail
For instance, the firm of Rockhill & Wilson, pr
prietors of the Brown Stone Clothing Hall, Nos, G
and 605 Chestnut street, above Sixth, while maki
up garments that enable civilians to present an el
gent appearance, also manufacture military u'
forms very largely. Their great martial card 1 ,
the season is theirori-clad vest, which is imp regna
to rebel bullets.
OT AITOTITEIt DROP."—Tlie rebe
may object to Yankee institutions as much as the
please, but it will be to no purpose ; the Yank
spirit is "irrepressible." They have now Yank
ism in the worst form—that is, in the shape of
"Maine law" No more liquor! What a.
summons to a real Southerner. A single "smile
costing one dollar, and a barrel of whisky (and s
whisky !) costing one thousand three hundred a.
seventy-five dollars I Nobody can drink now b
officers and Gaernment contractors, and Jeff al
his "coachman." heir poverty, and not their wi
will Make a drunken nation a sober people. Wh:
the war is over, they will probably be quite dece ,
and sober, and better citizens than ever, and, pe
haps,bot" even disgrace a first-class suit of Cloth
from Charles Stokes & Co. r under the Continen
WITAT 'IT - COSTs.lf , il ma; during f
years; chews every day two inches of solid plur t
bacco (and millions do it), it will amount at thee ,
of that time to nine thousand- three hundred
eixts•eix feet, or. a mile and a unarterof tobsic ,
half an inch thick - and two inches broad, ando
cost $1,5e0. This would keep him in firat•da:
Clothing for more - than ten' years; provide]. hispu
chases- Were made of Granville- Stoke; No/
Chestnuitdreet.
_
:t BUTZ - AssEMBI.iY AMAIN ,
VeNTH arn. exixsTrarT.—this• celebrai.4 gent/
man will'soon Close his entertainments iito4 cit
Fora number Of years he hail afforded s vat, itxtpu
of amusement to our citizens. Blitz donves fu
houses prior-io closing. • -
.A.STIIMA OR PRTRISIO, S spasmdic aft(
lion of the bronchial ,tubesi - wtiloh are peered wit
sk,dryi . •tenaciopir phlegm. . , "firown'aPironchi.
irropheArli wilt,-in some eases, give, imuldaterrelie
ATTENTTON is _directed to tho eivertis
mint for a large-sized house, in anothere/uma.
•... 2 600 bbls.
•. • • 9.82.5 boa.
bus.
• • 6,500 bug.