THURSDAY, APRIL IC, 1803. ‘ 4SrWe oan take no notice of anonymous commu nications. We do not return rejected manuscripts. 4S-Voluntary correspondence solicited from all jjarts of the world, and especially from our different military and naval departments. When used, it will be paid for. FORNEY’S WAR PRESS Her SATURDAY, April 18th, is now ready. The con 'touts are: ILLTfSTP.ATfONS; —The Prince of Wales’ Jewelry; : Tlie Insurrection in Poland. Y STORY. —A True Story of Frodorick the Great. POEMS. —The Banneret of the Tricolor,', by ,Tuo. 'On:-h c] -Deny; To My Wife, by Joseph Brcaaif; Forrest, Fra Zook, &c. \ . MISCELLANY. Humor.- of the War, Brief Readings, Deparimept, Agriculture, Ac. TIIE LETTERS OF OCCASIONAL.—AII the loiters of ‘“Occasional” in The -Daily Press arc published in The War Press . CORRESPONDENCE, —Letters of our Special Corre spondents from all departments of the army. EDITORIALS.—A selection and summary of great inie rest and value. NEWS.—The latest and most thorough aud reliable .from all quarters of the country; full narratives of all tho recent actions of the war, and the most authentic and interesting foreign intelligence; Pennsylvania news, gathered from all our exchanges; valuable local news, and religious intelligence of great importance. THE MARKETS comprise one of tlie most complete and important features of The War Press. Full reports of all tbe Philadelphia Markets,’ and of the Brighton, Cambridge, and Chicago Cattle Markets, and New Bed ford Oil Market, are published in this number. Jl® 3 * Single of 2’lte War Press, put up in wrap pers. for mailing, can be bad at The Dailn Press office. Price 5 cents. Tlie Message of the Governor. His Excellency tbe Governor, in a brief and patriotic message to tbe Legislature, announces bis intention to retire from, tbe service of tbe State at tbe close of bis present term. This will be surprising news to tbe people, although those in the confidence of ttie Governor knew that such has been bis intention for. some time. It was tbe desire of the loyal people of the State to pay an appropriate tribute to tbe fidelity and energy of the Governor by tendering him a re ‘ election, but bis weak; and shattered health compelled him to decline What would other wise have bean ,a , most gratifying compli ment, and to accept the offer by tbe President of a foreign embassy. In making this announcement, the Governor takes oeca : sion to recapitulate the part Pennsylvania has taken in the war. “We will do the Governor the Justice to guy, that lie has I'iold liis story with modesty and truth. ’His own part in these works lias been so prominent—lie has given so much devotion •and energy—lie, lias been so constantly ■and unselfishly the friend of the Adminis tration—in times of danger he has been -■so-prompt, that tlie history of Pennsylvania and her struggles for tlie cause is nothing more than the history of the Governor’s We know that this is a 3figh compliment, but it is deserved. His Excellency, in announcing liis retirement, can feel that be has done bis duty like a faithful public servant, and that while pre eefying the honor and ..dignity of the State, he has been loyal and true to the United States.” A King tor Greece. Tlie Revolution, -which drove a German dynasty from the throne of Greece, was una nimously and quietly effected on the 22d of last-October, without the effusion of one drop of blood. Never was any great na tional 1 movement so peacefully and yet so completely executed. After a reign of thirty years—for Otho of Bavaria condescended to accept the Crown on the sth October, 1832, he then' having attained the mature age of seventeen /—the Bavarian-Greco dynasty tumbled down, precisely like the castle built of cards with which childhood amuses itself. "What ensued is so notorious that we need not here detail it. The leading Greeks, mysteriously imbued with the idea that an English prince would he “the most desartless man” for the situation, and probably deceived by British misrepresenta- tions, elected Prince Alfred, a midshipman of eighteen, and the national vote confirmed this. England, however, having obtained such a complimentary demonstration for one of her princes, coyly declared that he could not be spared. So the election went for nothing. Queen Victoria, however, though too much overwhelmed with grief at the death of her husband, in 1801, showed her self perfectly able, as well as willing, to attend to the interests of her family. Doubly a Cobourg, by 1 descent and by marriage, she used eveiy effort imher power to prevail upon her cousin,- Ferdinand of Cobourg, \ ("who had been King-Consort of Portugal,j to become a candidate for the crown of Greece, and, on his judicious declension of the proffered dignity, next tried to place her brother-in-law and cousin, the reigning Duke of Saxe Cobourg-Gotha, in the same position. Of him -it -might be said, “Barkis is willing,” .provided means . were taken to put Greece out of debt be fore he ascended the throne." The na tional debt is not very much, (somewhat about $5,000,000 we believe, j but it is due to England, France, and Russia, and, at all events, the two latter Powers did not exactly see the necessity of foregoing their respective claims, as creditors, in order to help a Ger man prince, the protege and near relative of the Queen of England. So, the‘second Cobourg candidature fell through. A third was, slightly manoeuvred for, in the person of the Count of Flanders, cousin to Queen - Victoria and second son of King Leopold, (uncle of Victoria and Albert, ) but the .astute ruler of Belgium had too much saga city and prudence to.permit a son of 'his to nun such a risk. . . At last, after a suspense of five months, the Greeks have made a choice, evidently at the suggestion or under the influence of- England,- in the person of the brother- in-law of the Prince of Wales. The young gentleman, who is to reign under the title-of George the First, of, Greece, is brother of Alexandra, the young lady who married the Prince of Wales, on the 10th of March. He was seventeen years ; old -at Christmas. Like Prince Alfred,; he. is a cadet in' the navy—of Denmark, not of England. I-Ie was brought up in the; Lutheran, faith, but would proba bly not make much objection to becoming a member of the Greek Church, inasmuch as bis second sister, Maria-Sophia-Frede ri.ca-Dagjieb, . Twill, .probably -become the yvife of the Ccsarayitnh; heir to the throne ■of Prussia; and must change her faith pre- Yiqusly. The new King of . Greece, who •will be eighteen years old at the close of this, year, is. called Chhistian-William- Ferdinand-Adolphus-Geoeoe. Nomi nally a Danish prince, by his father’s hav ing been adopted by the Parliament of Den mark, he really is thoroughly German by birth and blood. The Greeks, then, have cast off one German ruler to obtain another. The nation expelled a Bavarian prince, and must take up a prince of the petty house of Schleswig - Holstein - Sonderbourg - Glucks- Jx>u(g. TVliat is more, they dismissed a 9 nan, and have replaced him with a boy. 9 [No. Not the Greeks. It happens that Greece lias nothing to do but accept, as King, him whom tliree of the great Powers of Europe,--fi. e. Prance, Russia, and Bel gium, ) may place before them. Until the jmarriage-of the Prince of Wales with the ’■Princess Alexandra was talked of, no one ..dreamed of. a pseudo-Danish ruler for (.Greece. It is certain that, in the matter ..of advancing her relations and connexions, (■■Queen Victoria is a true Cobourg. No ; sooner was her-son engaged to the Princess ' .Alexandra, than the expediency of putting that handsome young lady's brother on the - throne of Greece came to be considered by Victoria. We do not yet know whether . his nomination was made with , the concur ; rence. of Prance and Russia, nor whether .. Euroj*an royalty, in general, will accept • ttins youth into ‘‘the family of-Kings.*” ’ But we do know that to place the Prince of Wales’ brotlier-in-law on the throne of Greece, would be a political move greatly in favor of British: influence in the Mcdi terrancan, the Levant, and the southeast of Europe. . The. King elect of Greece, we . beg leavo to add, has a younger brother, Prince War- I)F,MER, who, like the rest of the family, is wery poor. In fulness of time British influ enco may be exercised for him. Let us sug gest, as the South want a King, ("according to Mr. Russell, J that Prince, Waldembr would be an eligible person for their choice. .It is true that his Royal Highness will -not complete his fifth year until next October, and would have a long minority; but the Southern monarchy will not he constructed, at any rate, before he comes to manhood, and, if he possess the Christian virtue of pa tience, he can live-in hope, until that event takes place... A Steamship Xine to 12urope. We have , given a great deal of space, at different times, to the merits of .the question dow before the City Councils and known as the “Randall Steamship Project,” and have permitted its merits to he discussed by those in favor and. those not in favor of the scheme. To-day, Mr.. Baldwin favors us with an elaborate reply to' a communication printed two weeks since, in which be defends the plan of Captain Randall, and ‘discusses Die merits 0 f jpg y ar i ous plans of steamships. Mr. Baldwin is not a critic, but an ad vocate, although few persons are more capable of dealing with this deiicate and interesting subject. We must remember that he is a partisan of Captain Ran dall, and we must make allowances for the enthusiasm and petulance he occa sionally manifests. If he had kept his temper lie-would certainly not have injured his cause; for the question that really inte rests.the people ' is, not what Mr. Baldwin thinks of “ B.”—nor whether the test of citizenship is our respect’for the Randall steamers—hut what are the true merits of the plan before Councils—what is to be gained by establishing a steamship line, and what plan will prove of tbe greatest service lo the city. The discussion of these may be looked upon as premature, when we remember that the preliminary steps have yet to be taken, and that the whole scheme depends upon the action of Councils this afternoon.MOur own opiniorTis, that, notwithstanding the attempts to tamper with the virtue of Mr. Councilman Bbightlt, the measure will pass. Our Councilmen should remember, in passing this hill, that they are only asked to decide upon a steamship line to Europe, We should prefer to see this scheme carried into effect as a matter of private enterprise, as we have a serious doubt about the pro priety of the city interfering in any enter prise whatever. So long as Philadelphia holds five millions of the Pennsylvania Rail road stock she must expect to have ambitious send avaricious men knocking at her door. This stock subscription seems to occupy the most bewildering position. It is the hunch of grapes on a tempting bough; every fox seems determined to pull it. We have no doubt that what has tempted so many has stimulated the Randall Steamship Company, and that the action of Councils is really to give the enterprise a lien upon this stock. The friends of the measure deny this, and claim that nothing is expected hut the moral influence of the city; which we trust is the case, although moral influence would com mand a small premium in the money mar ket. As the measure now stands, there is every indication of its popularity; and as we are all anxious to have a line of vessels to Europe, direct from this point, this may be the speediest and most proper way of securing our desire. LETTER EROM “ OCCASIONAL.” Washington, April 15, 1863, I find the English journals discussing the future of .the. African race, as affected,by -the war. The London Times, which never ceased in the days of peace to revile Ame rica for the crime of slavery, is now slavery’s ablest and most audacious defender.: This strange-exhibition of feeling is one of the most; extraordinary phases of the war. I can easily imagine an Englishman who wished for the success of the South and the dissolution; of the Union, believing that slavery would- perish with the Dnion. I can imagine an Englishman acting iin harmony with the South, hoping thereby to. break down the power of the Republic,- and thus rescue the free North . from the tyranny of Southern domination. I can imagine any possible reason for friendship to the South but that assigned by the' Times. To defend the cause of the (South is. no thing more than to defend treason; hut to strengthen that defence by becoming the friend and eulogist of a system that is re volting to every instinct of humanity, is to addto the crime an infamy that cannot be described. The argiunent of the English newspaper is repeated by the disloyal press of the North and South. The war is made to involve only the question of slavery. The people are continually told to look upon the negro as a rival; an enemy j'jjjgb cause of all their trouble ; an offensive, disagreea ble, half-brutish being, who lias left a happy home in the South to create mischief in the North by taking away from the laborer his means of life. The negro is constantly used to create demoralization and disgust among those who do not think. You re member the appalling riot in Detroit, and the brutal outbreaks we occasionally see in New York and other Northern cities. Re calling the coarse and ungrateful speech of General Patterson last summer, and the studied tone of the Democratic journals and leaders, I have no doubt that it is their in tention to inflame the minds of the people into .a condition of - anarchy and madness. - Democratic politicians have signalized them selves by offering petitions for the banish ment and the prohibition ot the negroes now in your State and in other States, and cre ate constant irritation by the discussion of impossible: problems, in which the social condition ;6f the whites is' disadvantageously compared witli that of the negro. Without pursuing this subject—for my object this morning, is simply -to point out the fol lies and wickedness of others, and give no argument of my own —there can be no greater crime than this effort to array arace , against a race. The leaders do not- suffer. They summon the storm and fly from it, like the fierce and cowardly leaders of the Ja cobins, who made the people drunk with wine and gunpowder,- and, throwing open the doors of the prisons, left the poor victims to the pikes and poignards of the mob, while they fled themselves from a /vengeance that might returned with the returning tide of popular passion.. This negro, ques tion is one that must settle itself. : The laws' of Nature, society, political economy, sup ply and demand, will govern and decide it. It is. but an incident of the war. The President published his proclamation of Emancipation just as he published his pro clamations establishing the blockade and preventing intercourse with the Southern States. It was a war measure, and thus far slavery has only perished by the natural effect of the war. The Southern people have made it the foundation of strength and power, and as we war upon their strength and power, we find slavery in the range of our cannon-balls. Wlien English writers, therefore, attempt to prejudice our cause by representing the negro as the victim of Northern rapacity, and heartless ness, and the- Democratic leaders appeal to the basest passions of men to excite ven geance and massacre, •they are not only guilty of a wrong to this country bur to an humble and helpless race. Occasional. Largk, Imbortant, and Attractive Salk ok Dry Goods,— The early and partkuiar attention of dealers la requested to the large and valuable as sortment of British, French, German, and American dry goods, clothing, twine, &c.| embracing about 900 packages and lots'of choice and desirable articles in cottons, linens, worsteds, woolens, and silks (In cluding part of the importation of Messrs. Samuel McLean & do.), to be peremptorily sold by cata logue, on four months’credit and part cash, com mencing this morning at 10 o’clock, and to be con tinued all day and part of ths-evening, without intermission, by John B. Myers hr Go., auctioneers, Nos. 232 and 234 Market Btreet. Auction Notick—Salk 01- Boots-and Shoes. —The attention of buyers is called, to the large and attractive sale of 1,000 case* boots, shoes, brogans, balrriorals, Scc.-,"tb be solil bp catalogue, ,this morn ing, by'PhUlp Ford A Co., auctioneers, at their store, Nos. 626’ Market and 622 Commerce streets, commencing at 10 o’clock precisely. Mns. Thayer's with t the bill of - “The Colleen Rawn,” and ‘■‘A Husband' to Order,” pieces ofcspital attraction. one of the best and most estimable actresses of ony stage takes her-'benefit, it is usual for.bur theatre-goers to make this custbraavs com-, plimeiit to so popular an actress in everyway substantial, and, of course, they will not fail upon, the occa sion, WASHmGTOJV- Special to “ Tlie Press."' Wabhihston, April 15,1863, Tiic Temporary Xoan. The temporary loan authorized by Congress is nearly all taken. Those who desire to avail them selves of the advantages offered: by it jmust, there fore, make their deposits forth with. ® IICOIOe "^ ax Regulations. The Commissioner of Internal Revenue has just issued the following regulations for the assessment of, the income ; tax : 5 - The assessor and assistant assessors of each col lection. .district.will assess the. income- tax, on the first day of May next, Upon every person residing withimhe district liable thereto. Each- person will be required to return his total income, 80-far as spe cifying the sources from which it is derived as to enable the assistant assessor to decide what- deduc tions shall be made therefrom. Persons whose in comes do not exceed tlie sum of $lO 000, f and who reside in the United States, will be subject to a duty of 3 per cent, on such portion thereof as is liable to taxation : Provided, however, That upon, an income derived from interest upon, notes, bonds, or other securities of the United States, a dufcy of l,J£ per cent, will be levied. Persons whose incomes ex ceed $lO,OOO will be subject to a duty of 6 per ceot* on the portion thereof subject t© taxation ; Provided, however', That upon an income derived from interest upon notes, bonds, or other securities of the United States a duty of one and a half per cent, will-be levied. Citizens of the United States residing abroad, and not in theeinploymentof the Government of the United States,; will be subject to a duty of five per cent, on the income of any property, securities, or stocks owned in the United states and not exempt ed from the income tax: Provided, however, That upon-the income derived from interest upon the notes,. bonds, or other securities of the United States a duty of one and a half per cent, will be levied. Every farmer or planter will he required to make, a return of the value of the produce of his farm or plantation, without deduction for the labor or ser vices of himself or his family, or for any portion of such produce consumed by himself or family. Thefollowing deductions will be made from the aggregate income of each person and the tax assessed upon the remainder, viz.: The State and local taxes assessed in the calendar year preceding thiB.assei»s -ment, to wit: from January 1, 1862, to December 31,1862, inclusive. The salaries of officers, or. pay ments to peisons in the service or employment of the United Stateß, from which a deduction of three per cent, lias been made by the disbursing, officer of the Government. , The interest or dividends on Btock, capital, or depoaitß in any bank, trust com pany, savings institution, insurance, bridge, express, steamboat, ferry-boat, railroad company, or cor poration, from which interest or dividends a duty of three per cent, shall have been deducted by the offi cers of such companies, corporations, or associa tions. Interest from any bondsor other evidences of indebtedness of any railroad company or other corporation, from which a duty of three per cent, shall have been deducted by the officers of such company or corporation , and receipts derived from advertisements on which a duty shall have been as sessed and paid. Also, that the sum of $6OO, ex cept in those cases where the whole or any part of said $6OO shall have been deducted from the sala ries or pay of officers or persons in the service or employment of the United States. The amount actually paid for the rent of any dwelling house or estate which is the residence of the person assessed, and the amount paid by any farmer or planter for hired labor, and the necessary repairs upon his farm or plantation, including the subsistence of the la borers. Whenever the total income of any person exceeds $lO,OOO, and deductions are made therefrom upon the ground that a portion of such income has been sub ject to a 3 per cent; duty upon dividends or interest paid by companies, corporations, or associations, as • before enumerated, 1 such person will be subject to a tax of 2 per cent; additional uoon so much of his in come as may have.been previously subjected to a duty of 3per ,cent.;by the officers of the companies, corporations, or associations before earned. Guardians and trustees, whether such trustees are bo by virtue Of their office or executors, administra tors, or other fiduciary capacity, are required to make leturn of the income belonging to minors, or other persons, which may be held in trust as afore • said, and the income tax will be assessed upon the amount returned, after deducting such sums as are exempted from the income tax, as aforesaid : Provi ded, That the exemption of $6OO, under section 90, of the excise law, shall not be allowed, on account of any minor or other beneficiary of a trust, except upon the statement of the guardian or trustee, made under oath, that the-minor or beneficiary has no other income from which the said amount of $6OO may be exempted and deducted. Whenever persons liable to assessment of income tax shall neglect or refuse to make the lists required by law, as when thelists made and tendered bysuoh persons shall not be accepted by the assessor or as sistant assessor as just and £ proper, it shall be the duty of such assessor or aßßistant assessor to make lists for such to the best informa tion he can obtain. Persons so assessed may make oath or affirmation as to the. amount of income and deductions therefrom, agreeably to section 93. Persons receiving rent niay deduct therefrom the amount paid for necessary repairs, insurance, and interest on incumbrances upon such rentedmroperty. The cost of new structures orimprovements tobuild ings, shall not be deducted from the income, -Hi® tfik miist'kS ItVltu upon. dll'ulVidendfl de clared prior to September 1,1862, and upon $6OO of all salaries of officers,, or payments to persons in the civil, military, naval, or. other service of the United States, for services rendered prior to said date, as such dividends and proportions of salaries were not subject to deduction or assessment. Interest received from or due by trust companies, savings institutions, insurance, bridge, express, steamboat, ferry boat, and railroad companies, cor porations, or associations prior to the same date, must also be taxed. Interest paid by him. on in cumbrances upon the dwelling-house or estate on which the assessed person resides, maybe deducted from the income j also his payments for necessary repairs.; Farm produce which the producer has on hand on the 3lst day of December, 1862, must be appraised at its market value on that day. The income tax Bhall be’included in the annual list, and appeals and other proceedings held as pro vided by-law. The Commissioner of InternaV Revenue has de cided that, sails,’tents," shades, awnings, and bags, when mantfiactured by persons who own the ma terial, are subject to a duty of three per cent, ad va lorem. Whenever }the cloth or material used in the manufacture of the above enumerated articles Bhall have been imported j or. shallhave been subject to and paid a duty under the excise law, and the party manufacturing: such article is not the owner of the materials, the articles so manufactured are exempt from duty. .. DEPARTMENT OF VIRGINIA. General Dlx * Gone to SuiTollc—The Enemy Advancing 1 in. Force—General Wise En trencliing at .Williamsburg* . Fortress jWonritoE, April 14.—Major General Dix returned to this Department last evening, much to the gratification of theoffleers managing affaiTS during his temporary absence. The General left for Suffolk this morning at ten o’clock.. The enemy in lorce are in close proximity to our lines at Suffolk, but no general engagement is anti cipated-unless the attack is made by the Union forces, which is more than probable. In regaid to affairs at Williamsburg, The Cavalier' of to-day says: “Governor Wise lias commenced' entrenching. the other side of "VVillif/msburg. He has orders to take Fort Mftgluder at all hazards, and as he is afraid to make an assault, he has Tesortcd to digging,” . PLANS OF THE REBELS. Rebel prisoners say that there was to have been a simultaneous attack upon Washington, N. C., Suf folk, Ya., Gloucester Point, and Williamßburg, or Fort Magruder. The attack on Gloucester Point was to have been made by General Fitzhugh Lee. These plAns have probably been somewhat inter fered with by the reconnoissance ot the 4th Dela ware Regiment and the Union gunboats up the York, river. The French frigate Guerriere arrived here last eve ning, and fired a salute this morning, which wasrre plicd to from the water battery of Fortress Monroe. DEPARTMENT OF NORTH CAROLINA. Genexal Foster well Supplied and still Safe. —Tike Rebels Report a Victory at Blank Crcok, New York, April 15.—Private advices from New bern on Monday, state that a communication had been received from General Foster that he had plen ty of supplies, and ifc was believed he could with stand all the force the rebels could bring against him. Boston, April 15. — A private letter from an officer of the 44th Massachusetts regiment, dated Newbein, N. C., Whinstant, says: t'„‘ “ We think the boys with GeneraVFoster are free from capture, but wait anxiously to hear from them. General Amory’s brigade started overland, this morning, to draw the rebels from Washington. A‘cavalry reconnoißsance proved 'that 2,000 rebels were between here and Washington. The report to day is that our Colonel Lee was. killed* in a charge on the rear of a rebel battery. There has been no heavy firing to-day.” . [Thus far later advices do not confirm the reported death of Colonel Lee, which is probably unfounded.] STATES IN REBELLION. Rebel Mews from thq Mississippi—Move ineuts of our Forces—Reported. Capture of tike City of Mexico toy "tike French— Bragg Stratcgizlug Farragut Block ading Red “River—Rebel Rumors from North Carolina and Charleston. Headquarters Army op the Potomac, April 15.—Richmond papers of the 13th inst. furnish the following news: Jackson, Miss., April 10.—Fifty-three Yankee gunboats have gone up the Cold water. A three gun iron-clad was abandoned and destroyed by the Yankees at the mouth of the Amite river. The Memphis lines' are dosed and hermetioally sealed for sixty days. Neither cotton nor contrabands will be admitted. . Jackson, April 11. —The enemy in Black Bayou are retreating toward the river, laying waste the whole country. The river patrols report that two gunboats, convoying five cavalry transports, passed up the' river on the 7th. Also, nineteen' transports with infantry, and forty freight boats loaded down. The enemy are reinforcing all the depots on the Memphis and Ohio Railroad. A special to: the Appeal, from Senatobia, says that thirty boats and twelve gunboats have goneup from Memphis : to 'operate on' the-. Cumberland. Heavy shipments are being made on the Mobile and Ohio Railroad. The Corinth merchants are shipping their goods North, and the sutlers are selling their wagons. A great strategic movement is afloat. Vicksburg,' April 10.—There is nothing new here. Two additional transports went up the river to-day, loaded with'troopa, and others are preparing to go. Mobile, .April 10.— All oilleial despatch states that the enemy, four hundred in number, mostly (Contra band troops, were yesterday attacked by ouren- - valrv, and lost fifteen. ■ Our. loss was one lieutenant and one private Blightly wounded. V The Yankee gunboats put back to Ship Island with the wounded. Reinforcements have been Bent up to renew the en- Sa floMLE, April 11.— An officer' from the British ship-of-war- off the bar last night. reporta iflie oap turVof the City of Mexieo by the French. Admiral Farragiit is reported to be agam. block-* ailing Red River, Chattanooga, April 10. Nothing additional from the-front. Gen. Burnside was at Louisville With2o.oo@imen. . , MiLLEEGEViLLE, April 11. —The. Senate, to-day, adopted,'hs a substitute- for thebili endorslng tbe rebel bonds, a resolution submitting the Question to the people at the Octobes election. The House .re jected Mr/ Stephens? resolution against the’ endoroe menttoy one majority.. * , The Wilmington ON. C:) Journal * of Thursday eve ning, bas a report that the town of Washington waft talcen'hy our iorces under General Hilt on the pro , vious day v but the Journal doubts the correctness of the report.. The Kingston correspondent of the Raleigh (Jf.,0.). Journal, ol the 10th, reports that the Yankees have fallen back from Swift Creek to Nevsbern. The Riehmond Whig has rumors oi fighting for the past two days on the Blackwatef, but.'they are not c£ a reliable character. • A report from Petersburg, .Virginia,' sayathe Yan* frees* in large force, entered Isle of Wight Court House on Wednesday, captured’four pickets and then retired. * >;• RUNNING THE BLOCK AHE. / Wabuikgtok, April 15.—The Richmond papers of the 14th contain the following despatch; ChAULKston, April la.—Laßt night the steamer Stonewall JackaoD, formerly the Leopard, while at tempting to run into this harbor, was hotly chased THE PRESS.—PHILADELPHIA. THURSDAY. APRTI. 16. 1863. m ■> ( by half a dozen bloclianers, which fire. 1 ! at'the btonewall and ehe received several shots-fbibuxh her hull. Captain Black, finding It impossible to escape,ran the steamer on the beach and burned her The crew and pasaengerß tooh to the boats and have reached here. Very little was saved exoent the mails and the passengers’ effects. 1 The steamer was burned to the water’s edge, in eight of the Yankees. Her cargo consisted of seve-' raj pieces of field artillery, two bundled barrels of shltpetie, iorty thousand army Bhoes, and a large as 80/finent of merchandise. 3 CbUAKLKSTOBT, April 10.—There is no ch.finse 'ia the position ol affairs, and all is quiet to night The steamer Emma and Antra, formerly of New Orleans and Galveston, arrived*this morning from Nassau' N. P., with a cargo merchandise,'including ft large quantity of Havana cigars. ‘ ° A RATTLE AT WILLIAMSBURG, VA. The Richmond JP&fepMju : “ Reports were in cir culation yesterday that»,fight took place at Wil* hamsburgon Saturday, between Wise’s forces aud the enemy*.and they were conBrmed by who arrived last evening. At an early hour on Saturday our troops drove-in the Yankee pickets, and occupied the town,, the enemy retiring to Fort Rlagruder, from which, point they commenced shell ing the place. -Gen. Wise took a position near the college anu replied to the* enemy’s ftre. Our casu alties up to the 7th .were* slight. A cavalry move ment had been ordered, the-result of which had not been learned. The rumoris that we captured fortv prisoners and burned a large quantity of commissarv stores, but this is not vouched for.” „ Foutress Monroe, April 14:-The Rlotmon4 Sraftnri of April 10th has the following from the Charleston Mercupj : “The Government powder works at Augusta, Ga., when completed, will be the largest in the world. They are now superior to anv known, and the powder i B fully equal to the best Yankee or European .standard,” CSpocial Correspondence of The Press. ] Nisw York, April 15,1863. THE NEWS FROM CHARLESTON, in full, is summed up by the press to-day, and the editors and the . public are drawing inferences arid devising criticisms with about the usual amount of sagacity. That Charleston is not taken yet is tacitly admitted; but it remains to be decided whether the recent engagement in Charleston bay was really a battle, or only a “reconnbissance in force.” Much interest is felt in the solution of this important ques tion, and I think that is about all the interest vouch safed to the whole affair. Indeedj such is the appa rent indifference manifested by our community about this Charleston fight, that one might suppose the city of New York to have no more concern in the matter than a mere outside spectator, and i only tell a very ordinary truth when I say that the niob are' already impatient for “another sensation,”. Certainly, if the repulse of the iron-clads was a de feat, it is received by the people with a degree of placidity betokening anything but discouragement. Last evening the steamer Arajgo, from Port Royal,, brought a rumor that Dupont had opened fire again, on Sumpter, It is hardly safe to believe this; yet it is certainly a settled impression that the expedition: against the city is not ended.- HOOKER’S ARMY is believed by many to be on the move, as the dry ing weather , of the past few dayß must certainly have.made the sabred soil of Virginia tolerably solid by this time; and our military men consider the res tiveneES ofglhe rebelß about Norfolk and Suffolk a pretty sure indication that the rebel Government see something immediately threatening on the Rappa-. bannock, and wish to create a diversion elsewhere, if possible, in order to delay Hooker’s passage of the river, and compel the despatch of some of hia troops to the aid [of General Keyes. But it is useless to speculate upon vague conjectures.of this sort, and I leave the magician of the'Washington telegraph to tell what happens when it happens. THE RIOTS, - as they are called, of the ’longshoremen, which have kept the reporters on the alert for, several days past) are merely, repetitions of occasional disturbances noted, by your correspondent from time to time. The ’longshoremen are on a : Btrike for higher wages; and have apoptedthe strikers’usual policy of per mitting no new hands to work for their employers at the rates they: themselves have refused. Said employers have adopted tlie fashion of employing colored men to succeed the strikers, and the latter retort by attacking the new men. I wish to make no excuse forthe ruffianly conduct of the strikers, and am glad to say, that, for once; the police, are equal to an emergency, and masters ot the situation; but I cannot refrain from the belief that, if the sub stitutes hired were white men, they would fare no better.- Tpß EUROPEAN. NEWS, by the City of New York, though superficially re assuring, doeß not lessen the impression in commer cial circles that we are very ii6ar a serious breach with England, and at last there is some probability that the Jong-pending measures of harbor defence will be put into operation. In my letter of some ten days ago, in which I spoke of the “ Peterhoff” affair as likely to cause some trouble, I inadvertently spoke of that veßßel aB sailing under French colors when captured by "Wilkes, being led into the mistake by a knowledge of the - fact that a majority of those on board atthe time of the seizure claimed exemption for the veeßel, on the ground that she was; destined for Mexico with surgical supplies, &c M for the French army. Indeed, it is still a question whether the English or the French Government has the greater, right to demand satisfaction for the so-called ‘‘outrage.’ l for. a prize of $l,OOO, took place last evening, at Mozart Hall, between Lieutenant Ainsworth; of Connecticut, and a noted bruiser of this city, named Harry HilL The-latter won, easily. On the off nights of Fernando Wood’s'meetings at Mozart, the hall is used for matches of this kind,?and dog-fights, whereupon one of the broadside balladists sings: x . “Laugh out, loyal men, laugh the traitors to scorn, • These dupes £of Lora Lyons, thesa! would-be iKng 10g5;. 5 ".. ■ The tricksters, at last, of their glories are-shorn, And Mozart (just judgment!) is gone to the dogs!” ■ STUYVESANT. [Special Correspondence Qf The Press.-1 : > .BosTONriLpril : i4, : 1563. If one" swallow does not make a summer, how .many make a spring 1' From carefully prepared statistics, it seems that at least a half ..dozen of the lively birds were seen in town on Sundays while in no less than two instances gentlemen were seen at open'windows apparently comfortable without over coats,^while thermometers, showing a commendable independence of. the show storm at the beginning.of laßt week, stood at oyer eighty* - ■ -•. Decidedly-t-he pleasantest promenade of the past week has been to see the prize-Bteamer Aries, now lying off the navy yard, and even a-no-nautical eye finds pleasure in her graceful proportions; She, was captured so easily as to receive nchdamage, and but a ihort time will bo necessary to.put' her'in. readi ness. tp;att£mpt the fcaking.of. more of her class. most incredible stories are told of her speed, but it is certain that she made, on the passage hither, over one hundred and thirty miles in nine hours.; .Among the curiosities of her cargo, are. some cases of the latest style of spring bonnets, which our fleet \vaa ungallant enough to-prevent being worn*in Dixie. Great activity prevails at the yard, and ele.yen. ves sels, of different sizes, will be ready for active; ser vice within a few weeks. , - The Legislature is.,very busy -hearing-the: pros and cons in the matter of a metropolitan policp for. the city ; the only Bjolution of so much anxiety- on the part of the country members would seem to be the supposition that the byways of city life ire so attractive to them that they feel their only safety lies in having the naughty places closed. The pas sage of a metropolitan police bill has been tried for several successive years, but hitherto- without re sult except to strengthen and embitter the feeling of jealoußy.which always exists between town and country members of the Legislature. The Hoosac tunnel, which promised to'find so easily, aid from* the State, seems to have CQme'to a stand-stil 1 again; the heavy opposition made by the wealthy corpora tions, whose interest it is tc/oppofle has its effect, and the biLhdn aid of of the tunnel will laid over to th.enext term of the General the fact is patent to every one thatthe. tunnel ;is not only feasible, but would add very, much to the prosperity of.'Boston and the State. r " ' On Wednesday evening Edward Everett- gave -an oration before the Union Club on the Union and the Rebellion, The hall was crowded, and Mr. Everett , surpassed himself, warming 1 with the theme and the applause of the' appreciative audience until the climax of the oration, which is said to have been more eloquent than any appeal for the Union hereto fore made in this city. Some half dozen prominent citizens held a meeting in the court house, last week, preparatory to the formation of?a Loyal League. . A comibittee was chosen, and a maBB meeting will soon be held in Faneuil Hall, and the League form ally established. Last Wednesday evening the last Artists’ Recep tion of the season was given at Studio Building, and was a most creditable affair to the artistß and the managing committee. Only enough tickets are issued for*each reception to have the room not . crowded, as the ladies come in full toilettes, and the presence of beautiful women, well-dressed, is cer tainly no small addition to the charm of these recep tions. Blnstadt has on exhibition his newpainting of the Rocky Mountains, sketched from a scene in . the small range rknown as the Wind,River Moun tains. Though a mountain piece,-it is .entirely diffe rent from Church’s Andes, in subject and treatment, though pot inferior. At jWilliams & Everett’s'is a 'aeries of three pictures by l)ay r morning, noon, and new \and- pleasant treatment of an old sulyect. All our artists fpefull r of ordersy and find ready sale for their pictures at good prices. The taste of the public is rapidly improving, thanks, in a measure, to the. familiarity with really good picturesgiven by photography, and a style of paintings which would'have commanded ready sale five years ago is now neglected for better. Houghton, of the Riverside preßß, is bringing: out J a beautifsd*large j>aperecHtionofßrownieTaggard’s • Bacon’s works, with illuminated title-page, &c.» which will make it a gem for book-collectocs,.aß only a few copies printed, and the text is unequalled flor correctness and purity. Ticknorfit. Fields give* us this week a reprint of Stuart Mills’ Essay on Liberty, and a new volume by the Country Parson. The eyery-daj- philosopher, E. S. Rand,, the secretary of tbd Massachusetts Horticultural So ciety, has a volume on gardening, giving the fullest instructions for>the cultivation of flowers and fruits and vegetables, while Crosby Nichols publish a similar work eenfined entirely, to vegetables, and: profusely illustrated. , The Meixtbant*’ Exchange Reading Room, which, has always been open to all, has been so-extensively patronized by men who come constantly tothe'readk ing desks,.but always forget'to call at tho'cashier’s: desk, that the proprietors have been otiiged to re-: sort to the ticket system, and to require the: showing-, of one’s tieket at the ; door." Men. of and , friends of a liberal religious culture, will regrot ttte death of the Rev. Dr; O. Francis, whichoccurne&at Cambiidge last week, afterS long bat not painful illness, lie bequeaths to the ’Harvard. Codlego a part ©f his fine theological i , On Saturday evening Mr. >Zerrahh gave the last of the season’s Philharmonic cone er tsa t the Boa ton Theatre, the.muaic hall being closed for the reception, of the largeifew organ. The conrert|wfta a Bptendid success, both jn quality and in pecuniary point of view, for the v house was crowded. »Moaart’a Jupi ter Symphony and Beethoven’s overture Leonora were the classical pieces, and were, of course, well eiven. It is said that Junius Brutus Booth, Jr., will be the manage of the new theatre iirjhis city.* Miss Richinga, in “ SatMella,”iholda the museum boards this week, while at the Boston the He/nan dez Ravel boupe, with Galotti; are playing. , John Owens is at the Howard Athoncoum drawing very full houses. r V- •>•••-.- j* . t.'.HANNAIVL property of Mr. Edwin Forrest. En. POWDER FOR THE OONFDERAOy. NEW YORK CITIi A WRESTLING MATCH, BOSTON, EENNSI’I.VANIA LEUISLATVKE, Haruisborq, Tuesday Evening, April 14,1863. SENATE. TioSiwalo mot ni7% o’clock. Tlie l>iW to increase ihe capital stock of the Allentown Bank was neoativeil. “ Ml-. COh SEI.L called uo tin sapplement to tS-n Mana |nnk and JMRfcoroogli Water Company, which* passed Also, the l Jl 'l® Oo anthorize theefection of two additional as* errors in the-Twontieth ward of Philadelphia. Passod finally . . GLATZ m<?fced tliat the -Senate consider tbs bill from the House mrtnbuiug the emigration of nejrn>»* and asnlattoew imothis State, which-was not agreed y eas IfyMmyp 19. A The bill requiring «ranal companinp ttrinake annual ports to the Auditor General passed finally. Mr.. PEN Mil . - cWman of tho seloat committee, to which was referred ft*e bill relative tn tonnago tax, nuido a report rpcotmnoadmg that everything be omitted fr« m tlie bill,, except the section 'Aitoriiey General to commetco pmohedings against the Peunsyl vama Railroad (lOmphny. for too recovery of tlie ton nage t» x accrued attho time-of tho passage of the com niu’fttion hoi. Mr. JOHNSON called up th« bill to provide forthe paymenl of the militia called' into service bjrflbe procla mation of th» Governor, whielAwsw discussedy amended, and pas'ed finally—yeas2l, n&ysG. Thecommitto of conference oni the b s ll for tbe consoli dation of Biate loans made a report, which was recom mitted to the- committee. Tlie Senate proceeded to the consideration of the report of thecomnrtteo on the tonnage tax bill. Mr. to recommit the bill to tbe com mittee, with instructions to roportthe House bSZI in five minutes. Not agreed to— 2, Hays 25. The question recurring on tho final paseage of the bill,. Mr. .DONOVAN moved to postpone indefinitely, which was not agreed to It being one mi mi to of the hour fixed for adjournment, Mr. PENNEY moved io poatponofrhe question,.for the putpOßeof postponing tho hour ofadjournment, which wan agreed to. . . The orders of the day wore then'cabled, and theSpoak er adjourned tho Sonalo, ao tho bill foil for want of time. Adjourned. . '.'HOUSE. ' TuKsnAr ErnNfNO. April 14. Act defining whon ft tenant for tifo shall lake as purchaser. Passed finally. Report Uoc of conference on tlip act to provide for con u olidbting tho public Juana of tho Commonwealth was offered. Semite.ainendmeiiUo the act to incorporate the Scran ton Bank (making tho bank go under tlio froo-banklug system) was concurred in. Mr. BARGhIt called for tlie reading of tlio bill hh amended. It waa reiul, ainl provides that now consoli dated certificates fallingduo In W)7 shall bo Issued to holders of the'old loan. The ihlorost, fl per cent., to bo paid semi-annually. It is also providod.tiiat all or any part of ihe said loan may be paid iolegal-tender notes at any time on six months’notice, . • Senate amend mout to House amendments to tho Con stitution striking out tho proposed uin.ti Hection, taking from the Legislature all legislation thut may- ho duno by the courts) was considered aud uyn-coucurrcd in. A-committee of conference was appointed. The subject of public loann was tnon resumed. The report of the committed was lostby 36 yeas to 49 cays. x9.oso.clock.LAßAß moved that Mr. Smith, of PhiladelpbiaV 'be requested to sing the Star-spangled Banner, which the Speaker ruled out of order. . /Mr. HOPKINS, of Philadelphia, moved a reconsidera tion of the vote by which 2.500 copies of tho reoort in tlie case of the United States Safety and Trust Fund were ordered to be printed for the use of Philadelphia dele gation, and insert in lieu of- delegation” the word “House.” Not agreed to. Mr. SUTPBIN moved that the House consider an ast for the oUansing of the streets of Philadelphia. Not agreed to. “ r - : Mr LABAR wsd ted to know if it would be in order to , •: - SPEAKER: If the' gentleman will start a tune, and. there be no objection, it 'tvill be In order. On motion of Mr. JACKSON, “an act for the appoint ment of beef inspector in the city of Harrisburg ” was reconsidered. 10 o’clock.—Mr. NEIMAN moved the House take a re cefs of ten minutes; he observed many gentlemen who; looked dm— a* if they would like to pay a visit to Major Brady s. Agreed to. TO.lO o’clock. —House called to order. Senate amendment to Rome; bill for the payment of the State militia called into service to Tepel inva sion,; (providing only fifteen days’pay, together with subsmtence, and that if the United States paid the money within six monthi*. it shall be accepted in lieu.) • Mr. CBaMPNEYR pronounced the amount granted in the amendment as alimeerable, niggardly, mean, paltry pittance to the men who had rushed to the defence of the* border. . If the State was too.poor to pay onr gallant bol aiers more than $6.50, he would raise a town meeting in Lancaster county, and commence a subscription paper to pay our soldiers. [Applause;! Lei the bill fall! Mr. VINCENT said he thought the Senate amendment was not so msan, after all: while it limited the period of pay, it addtd sub fi istence. \ . Mr. SMITH; of Chester, agreed with the gentleman from Lancaster. Pennsylvania was glad when those gal lant men had, by their prompt reply to. the call of the Governor, obviated all danger of-invasion; but when It comes to paying them, the State is afraid to advance a cent more than she is sure the General Government will reimburse her, Mr. LABAR also opposed the bill as.amended by the. Senate. The veiy poorest of the, men from Ms county would consider the offer of that amount as an insult, [Applause. J. . Senate amendment concurred in. • Adjourned.' . ’ WEDNESDAY s *? PROCEEDINGS. SENATE. "Wednesday Morning, April IS, 1863. The Senate was called to order at 10 o’olock, by the Speaker. . The committee of conference on the resolutions pro posing amendments to the Constitution, to enable citi zens in the military service to vote, submitted a report, ■which was adopted—yeas 29, nays none. The nomination of Charles K. Uoburn, for Superin tendent 1 of Commtfn. Schools, was confirmed—yeas 23, nays?.. The nomination of F. B. Penniman, of Wayne county, and John H. Briggs and Jacob Bomberger, or Dauphin, for trustees of the State Lucatic Hospital, were severally confirmed by a'unahinious vote. . A committee of three was appointed on. the par* of the Senate to wait upon the Governor, aDd inform him that the Legislature will adjourn at 12 M., and ascertain whether he has any further communication to make. .A resolution was adopted, appointing a committee to have a gallery erected iu the Senate, provided it can be done without marring the proportions of the hall. The Committee on Accounts reported the following bill for postage of the Senate, since the Ist of April: Letters... .. $9-1 38 Documents..'. . 634 32 Duringrecess, estimated ..... 300 00 ; • $1,079-70 The account was passed and ordered to be paid. , A message was received from the Governor announcing that an important position bad been tendered him by the President of the United States, and Ms determination to retire at the, conclusion ofliis term of office. ‘ Closing Address of the Speaker. The SPEaKEK then addressed the Senate as follows, in resigning his position: ; My duties as presiding'officer of the Senate are closed, and the hour is at hand when we must sepa rate and return to our constituents. Pain and pleasure' are mingled in the closing scenes of a long and laborious session of the Senate. ' . Ties of strong personal respect and attachment, formed by our intimate relations one. to another, fill the heart with tender emotions, and the thought that the separa tion, in'this official capacity, is final, and with many of us will nevetbe renewed, fills ore with feelings, which, words cannot express. Almost one-fourth of the winter BPftsons of my life.liave been spent here, and I now leave these scenes and these responsibilities forever. In tl e future days of my life, and when the shadows of the future appear in view, I shall. recur to these as sociations, especially -those' of the present session, as amongjhe. happiest of my life. in the distinguished position which your partiality as : signed me at the opening ol the session I have triei to do my dutj*, and have been generously and kindly sustained by vou all. There is in this hour, then, a strong desire'to linger here amid these personalfriendships, but stronger, purer is that affection which bids us away to our families and the generous constituency who conferred-upon us these honors;- \ . . Whether the’legislation of the sessionjust closing will meet. the people, orAdd. in any respect to_ .the greatness of the State, remains to ne seen by its prac tical application. It is ? not the fault of this Senate that the revenue laws of the State have not been revised, and a more just and equitable mode of assessment and col lection of. taxe* been inaugurated. A measure so much needed should have been considered worthy the atten tion of the co-ordinate brunch of the Legislature? where it'must originate.' \ • The cry of war is still in 'the land? this monstrous, wicked;'atrocious rebellion-still - exists. Our soldiers : have passed through the snows and perils of another Winter, and the spring opins upon them still in arms. > The traitors, although'nearly exhausted for supplies, are not yet They persist in this effort to de stroy tlie Government, ana blot out from the.world the - dearest and most sacred rights of man. 4 Most of these are in the army of.the Confederate States, but not all.. This is the last time mv voice shall ever be heard from this'place, and let me here express my love, myado •'ratiouof.thssjtfiteoj-form.of' government, my attachment and respect fijr these incomparable institutions, and in voke ycur'aid. in whatever sphere you may hereafter be placed, in sustaining with all your energy every ef fort made by the constituted authorities of the land to’ save, these," as tlie richest legacy, for our children and jfor onr race. - . > ThankiDg you all most kindly for your constant for bearance and imiform courtesy, I leave the chair, that yoirmay fill it with one of vour number-.whose Sena torial term does not now expire. —* On motion of Mr. MOTT, the Senate proceeded to the election of Speaker, as follows: John P.; Penney had 19 votes, Hiester Clymer had 33 votes. Mr. PENNEY was declared elecred, and returned thanks for the lionor conferred npon him in a brief address. . Mr. KINSEY offered a resolution that the thanks of the Seriate he tendered to Hon. George Y. Lawrence for the able, impartial, and gentlemanly manner in which he ' discharged : the duties of presiding officer of the Senate, which was unanimously adopted. -The thanks of the Senate.were also tendered to the officers and such clergymen of Harrisburg who opened' the sessions with, prayer. . . ; •. A t :12 o’clbck M. the SPEAKER declared the Senate ad journed without day. ' ■ • —- v - HOUSE. -V- ’V.;.,: i L * .Wednesday’s proceedings. ; -gSffiMr. Speaker Cessna called the House to order at half yime o 1 clock this morning. i?.The chief clerk, and ore of his assistants, were pre sented with a caue and a goblet.. ; On motion of Mr.- VINCENT, the thanks of the House were tendered to Hon. John Cessna for the ability and courtesy, with which he has attended to the dntios of the chair. •• - - •- . .. [The.clerk of the Senate being introduuced, informed the House that - the Senate had concurred in the action of the House last night, in suspending the rules and ap pointing a committee or conference on the differences be 'tween the two Houses on. Senate amendment striking out the proposed new section (9) to be added to article ’ -- of had also appointed a com mittee o/’bonference.)- : -V. Complimentary speeches were then delivered ,by gen tlemen on. both sides of the House. -' committee of three, consisting ofHessrs. Hopkins (Washington), Shannon, and Glenn, were appointed to accompany, a similar committee from the Senate,to- wait r onjmdihlbrm the Governor that both Houses were ready •to adjourn sine die, at 12 o’clock M; - Mr. .SHANNON, from the special committee on. the subject, reported the following: The undersigned committee, appointed on behalf of the House of Representatives to visit Washington in the mat ter of the establishment of a navy, yard at League Island* respectfully report that they, in conjnnction with asimi lar committee on the part of the Senate and the Execu tive .of. this Commonwealth, visited Philadelphia and Washington in their duties, and, as far as they were able, carried out the obiects of their appointment. P. C. SHANNON, ...... . I -THOS. .COCHRAN, G. W. WIMLEY, WM. P. RHOADS. H. J. MYERS,- . • x\x ...... By unanimous consent, the Joint rules were suspended, and the 45th section of .the appropriation bill, wherein it y •allows the chief cleric in the Department of the of the Commonwealth $l,OOO, was amended by. adding W.v,-, < ,'V . Mr. ROWLAND, chairman of the Committee on Ac counts; submitted the last:acconht with the Harrisburg post office, for April,.amounting to $1,627.19 in all. which Wfts,adopted, and the ainbuntf.ordered to be paid. * Resolutions of-tlianks- to Messrs. Jacob Zeigler, chief clerk, and the officers, were adopted. > r . The Secretary^of• the Commonwealth being intro duced, presented the following messige from the Go ▼erhor : ,"/■' - Executive Chamber, Harrisburg, April 16,1563.: To the Senate and House of Representatives of the Com - t, Gentlemen : In taking leave uf you at the close ef the session, I think it proper, under existing circumstances, beyond the usual formalities.: ,v. •• •. The partiality of my fellow-citizens placed’me in the office which 1 ;now’hold. at a period of great public dis /traction.'which soon culminated in the breaking out of the rebellion winch is still raging. f : -r . • /; The country had so long slumbered in unbroken trau ■ ouility, that wo had in this State almost forgotten the pos sibility of any violation of our domestic peace. Even our miUtia'laws had been suffered to full into disuse, and were reduced to uunerely. permissive organization of a few.uni formed volunteer companies'in various parts of the State. The whole inmd. ol our people was directed to peaceful* 'ahd industrial ’•pursuits,-'conscious of ~n<K intention yto injure the rights or interests of others or in- any* "way ;to : violate the Constitution under which- we* had' thriven - ; they were usable to realize the designs of wicked! and abandoned men, even after they had beempublicly and boastiugly ; proclaimedo Although for many months: war had been actually levied against the United States int South Carolina and elsewhere, it is a fact that the.peoplfe of this Commonwealth wereJArst startled into-a sense of' the common-danger by the bombardment of Fort Sump- was then in session, and immedi- made such provision’as was at the moment deemed' necessary. But shortly after its adjournment, events having rapidlyadvanced. and,the capital of the country being m apparent danger, I deemed it necessary to- cou . vene it again early;in May, 1861, to adopt measures: for placing the Staie on a footing adequate to the emergency.. •This WaBpromptlyvand cheerfully done. Five-hundred! thousand dollars had been appropriated at thfi.regular session formilitajy purposes,- and to that sum r was then added authority to borrow three,*,millions of dollars. This loan, notwithstanding the depressed condition of the finances of the country, and.the alarm anAdistrust then, prevailing, was'promptly, taken by our own citizens at par; and at the suggestion of the Executive, Jaws were : passed for organizing our military-forces,, amlespeoially ; - for immediately raising and supporting. at theexpense-oC the State, a body of fttteen. Shousand' men, catled uie -Reserve Corps, to be ready for immediate, service wheui required. ’ i Ihe Government of the’United' States liadicalled.o-nfc 75, COO to ferve for- three months, of whichthequjoteh.Qf' Pennsylvania was immediately famished,.- -The-Reserve-Corps whs' raised,-; anddisci plined by the'Skate, and contribwwd-largjjly, under Pro vidence, in saving'Washington.: after;the-ftrsb disaster at . Bull Run; and from, that time, we continued’.to,add re giment after regiment,.as. the Beivics'o£ the country re quited. ■ . "* • . Prom the first moment to the present hour.l&e loyalty aad indoimtable spirit of.the trccapou of Pennsylvania . feave been exhibited in every way aud upon every oc casion. vjThvy have flocked to,--the standard: of their ' countvy'in.hef hour "of peril, and lmvcvbarneit vic toriously'outho battle-fields from Maryland, Virginia, hud Kentucky,'to the rat South and Southwest; they, have nevenfolterod for a moment. It has been my pride 'to rccupy a’CposUion'wbicb. enabled me to becoruo fa nniliav with ail their, patriotism and:self-devotion, aud to. guide their efforts. '■ Posterity will do thuin'fiilt -.-' 3 fEvery requisition of tbb Gonoral Government has been -promptb fulfilled; aßlogislationinaupportofthecause' hiis been enacted without delart and Vouuarivanl t W entitled to be named first zapougst the States that have been throngnoux unflinching £3- thpir determ'nation to subdue ilia sacrifintioos wretches'Who are endeavoring to destroy tho last temple of / ~ - ' *U)o 6ta e has not been insen-ifl** to, the sacrifices which her semshavo made. No effort has been spared by her authorities to secare their c<>h?fort and welfare, under leglHlative provbtohuto her risk and wouqdeti have boon followed and cared eor. and, when practicable. home to bW nursed W tholr TrtnaAH, and tho boo lex ol the slain, wften posniblo.-lia.ve boemro tnrned (or hnrial In th n noil of ofi-ff State. The- coni-rihiitlomt of her citixhnx, in supplies of hixa rimiind comfurU for all her vol'wuteorH, aP« moat hound Jess, and noth Jim Jitt* been oinihi*d il) aX oom.M fnpotmige and htbnnbii.wW>ntn In lho performance of tnelr Judy duly, Tin*/ hav« fell,- «r«;n every' ittiifdh, and 1* *y«*y tuwp.howfivor tUhtiha* thoir fmwn/dfato KumHnrdlrigg, that Uioi»y<.«and yfliio jorcwoiMM &» horn* wnmuffM’ hpd vtS 7 hr? w>n\i hi, Uihl rwnttvlvtwh imvXtin\iy\n a Don n« v/hidi H biy rtntyto vmi a* k*r her )wr Uithidfy h hm*t wn, »<) lar may pM h« hi/rt ny trtnr which hhH no MUttnf, mrt WMlQtl# V) WV/WV H*f litMif*** i *» fmHnmt h&w/ffa ww ln liMlfiftf hn»rb vll'J'.hu!!'ytf rmkttxiMnam rfim to have a title of \)tmor m)»rmnr and martial virtues ff hWbfffy&Tvs\ moreover, ihpL faber.s wUijfh lyf## it&StSlrity.nf}- drrgonoliave ii.lrfliidy mpntret w))*4tb- ‘ I should have wiima mn*# .to longer continuance'of them rmihi render me unable to fulfil the M»s ot m y tI r M added that. a« tho nr>pro&£tone \ bably be the most eventful perlfld m The b?^tor-y country, 1 will he 0 with mr* 1-0 mwwMm ti?»utruigJe°' W mn-dp th§mr4rs&f m ci rcnraatances; it has pies-sed EyaijtfjK/t Sratei *'tender ffl# f2i? 1 Si l 2sf!ffi pr f 8e 4 nt <Arm ofps€» t 1&4 f t oficr^^ 86 fat llterty d 0 diherwiie tllap acc^>t As I shall,for all these reaaona, retire from itfixoe M ith.-e -cIoFQ nf my present term, I have thought a propriatp mode of announcing that fnA, - .trap 1 n taking leave of you I may be permitted to iiitut as Governor of the Commonwealth, I have given, -was jny duly, and shall continue to give, an active, ac-cww p<,t support to the Government of the United Ht-ates- in Ita efforts toflwpnro'H the-exisiing-rebellion.- Ahqj nn vato cltl/on, I blih.ll continue heartily to uphold th«>Rye- Hblojtl Hrxl bln Administration, as the anly raßaat \ty wlijcJi l-iiut rosult can be-attained, or, in-other words twr- country can besaved. f gi vo thin an my deliberate opinion, and shall openly, fiindldly and XMalously act in accordance with it. , VlO ‘waun-hcHrled I‘i-icndM to whom 1 owe ro ranch, ami ol the people of tlio Common wealth, who, -regard less of party, havo never tired ol’ch'eoringmy toils aud a-nxio ijc-« by l OKcnaor their generous confidence and approval. J cannot sjwak with composure. J can do no more than enproHH-to them the deepest,'trucsl,'and most hca-rtfelt gratitude. Honing that yru may safely return to your homen and families after your ; public labors, ana witlu-the best wjsl/ch ior-ynnr Individual welfare and happiness I n -w bid you furowo]], *• A; G. CURTiN. ■ On motloia of Mr. K*AINB, it was ordered that five thousand 'copjes of tlie above message be printed in and one tliousand in. German, for the u»eof tho . MeseVn SMITn anrl KERNS. on’liiMelpJ.ta, by re quett, then sang ttho song,-V WHdn. this cruod war is ov *^ r ' was greeted with applause. ..Mr. LUDLOW, on behalf of tlio officers of frh© House, then presented speaker Cessna with a handsome gold headed cane ... 0 ■ Mr. CESSNA, in response, delivered a farewell ad« dress. ml 1 ® AiS?LSE.an ? Ud Banner ” was then sung. The SPEAKER, atl2M., adjourned the House sine die- From Havana—AnJmpi'oUable Story A.d- miral Wilkes, RKW\ORK,ApriI 15.—The steamer Melita arrived at tin** port, to-day, from Havana on the 9thinst x The Fteamer RWtb Star, hence for Aspinwall, put into Havana on the 9th, for water, being unable to get it at •Key west. It appears that, being caught in a hurricane when south of Ha'teras, sheAost her quarterboats, stove her afterpoits, and broke Tier condenser for making water. She would sail on the samoday. ■ Ii was reported at Havana that Admiral Wilkes is a raroled prisoner until be can explain the affair of the steamer* recently fired into a Spanish coasting The United States: steamers Vanderbilt and Sonora were at Havana. From San Francisco* San Francisco, April 15. —A bill has passed the Legis lature, requiring clients and attorneys, to take the oath of loyalty before being entitled to a hearing in the courts. Also, a bill providing ways to enforce contracts for payments m gold coin. , Sailed, ship Howes, for Liverpool, with preadstuns. The cargo of the ship Messenger, sailed yesterday for New York, is valued at more than ?i£vt 000. ' From Louisville. LotiTSViT.i.E, April 15.—The Rev. Livingston Wells, an Episcopalian clergyman of this city, having taken the oath of allegiance, has received permission from Gen. Burnside to return here. All the reports of. considerable numbers of rebels at tempting to cross the Cumberland within the last few days are false. From Port Royal* T?kw Yor it, April 15. —The steamer Mary Sauford ar rived afc;this port this morning from Port Royal, but she brings no news. More Rioting in New York. New York. April 15.—There has been more difficulty among tlie longshoremen to-day. The Irish laborers seem to have determined that the. negroes'shall have no' more work. The.police have thus far prevented any' serious trouble, though some minor collisions have oc curred, : . • ■ The Rebel jLoan at Halifax. New York, April 15.—A letter from. Halifax, of the 30th, states that fifty thousand dollars of: the rebel loan was put up at auction on that day, at sixty cents on the dollar, but found no bidders, and was withdrawn. Fork Packing in Cincinnati. Cincinnati, April 15.— I The Price Current publishes the annual pork-packing statement, showing the total number of hogs packed duriog the season at 4,069,000, being an increase over last year of 1,300,000. There is a net increase in pounds of meat of 32>£ per cent., and in pounds of lard 27 per cent Union Xeague Meeting. Trenton, April 35.—A mass meeting under the au spices of the Lo3 r al National Union League will be held in this city to-morrow. Messrs. Dickinson and Brady, of New York; Dougherty, of Philadelphia, and Freling huysen and Bradley, of New Jersey, are named as speakers., • - • L •: • - •• • The California Cavalry. • New 1 ork, April 15. —The California cavalry battalion left to-niglit for Bos 1 on. They received a hearty ovation under the escort of the Sons of Massachusetts. The Gunboat Ino. New York, April 15. —The United States gunboat Ino arrived to-night from a cruise. Arrival of the Steamer Bremen. New York,-April 15.—'The steamer Bremen has been signalled below, and will come up at 1 one o’clok. Her advices have been anticipated. Departure; ol* the Canada. New York, April 15 —The steamer Canada sailed this morning, with $15,000 in specie. The New York Harbor Defences, Albany, Aprillo.—The New York harbor-defence bill passed the Assembly to-day. Election at Newport, R. I. Newport, April 15.—William Cranston was elected Mayor to-day. . . . Storrir axrw ew^Yol'k New York, April 16—1 o’clock'A. M. —A tremendous easterly gale is prevailing, with torrents of rain. Tiie. Welland. Canal. , Oswego (N-Y.), April 15. —There has been, a reduction m the "Welland-canal tolls on wheat, equal to twenty per cent. ~ . THE CITY. Tlie Thermometer. APRIL 15, 1862. APRIL 35, 1863. 6 A.M... ..12 m 3 p. nr.|6 A.W 12 P. M. .GB. 67 144 .53... 50 WINB. WIND. ENE: .. ;s byE .S . INS. ENE. ..... .^E, Teuwi’ic Explosion at a Gun-caht bisqx Mahufaotory—Sevbkal Persons lit oored.—Yesterday afternoon, between 4 and' s' o’clock, an explosion occurred in the third story of a building at the , northeast corner of Second and Walnut Btreets, where the manufacture of gun cartridges was carried on. : The building is one of -the oldest in the city, and communicates, on the third floor, where the cartridges were made, with the adjoining building.- Both buildings, until lately, were one structure, out gome time since were di vided by partition-walla.; The edifice is owned and occupied'byjJolm Krider, who recently commenced the manufacture of patent metallic, cartridges for Gallagher’s breach-loading rifle, such as are used by the cavalry of Gen. Eosecrans’ army. Krider re ceived his contract from Messrs. Richardson & Over man, Also 'gun-makers, corner of Twelfth’ and Thompson streets. He employed some ten boys, whoae. ages ranged from 10. to 15 years, and a fore man, flamed John T. Siner. During yesterday Mr. Krider was ill, and left the establishment in charge of Siner. While the latter was down Btairs attending to the bpsiness in the store, an explosion of some ten or fifteen pounds of powcler and a quantity of cartridges occurred.; The report waß loud, and distinctly heard for squares. All the houses in the neighborhood were jarred by the explosion, and thegreatest excitement prevailed. The force of the explosion shattered everything in side the building, knocked the - front wall some dis- out, and almost completely demolished the back wall, leaving the upper part of the structure in a dangerous condition. In the room- back, ad joining the one in which the exploaion occurred, there was a keg about two-thirds full of powder. Near .this a large hole was burned in the floor, the flames ascending to the-atticj and destroying the back part of the roof. The bulk window of the. store adjoining , was -broken by the. large hole knocked in the rear wall, the glass broken, be sides other damages.. When the explosion occurred the boys were all at ' 'W’ork by themselves, Mr. Sifler, the foreman, being down stairs. The latter, as soon as he heard the and, seeing the fire in the back third-story room, rushed forward to extinguish the flames, when he fell through the hole burned in the floor to the second story. He waß badly burned about the face and hands, and somewhat injured by the fall. The boys, as soon as : the explosion oc curred, rushed violently from the .building. One of them jumped from -the second story, and eaoapecl, with slight injury.. Two of the lads, named James . Keown, aged sixteen years, residing in street, and James Mulhaney, aged thirteen years,- residing in, Filbert ; court, were shockingly burned about the face and hands'.; ‘ They were conveyed to the hospital, and up to a late hour last flight were in a critical condition. Robert Brace, another.' of lads,-had his hair burned of£ and Edward Coffey was ' slightly cut about the face; The rest escaped with small injuries. ; ’ ; •Fife .Marshal- Blackburn, as soon as the flames ' were extinguished, commenced an investigation into the cause of affair, but owing to the agitated condi tion of'all the he coula arrive at no satisfac tory conclusion. The investigation will be resumed to-day. All sorts of rumors were afloat yesterday among the residents of the locality as to the quail- - 4sty ; of powder- on hand, but this -is >not definitely known at present. Had the* explosion occurred a few, hours previous, the result would have been mare dreadful; as a larger qufantity oF finished’ car tridges had just been sent ojf. The loss, it is thought, will not exceed $l,OOO. jiiiiuvAL op Sick and Wounded.—At midnight on Tuesday a large, number of sick and wounded soldiers arrived at the Citizens’ Volunteer Hospital, and although their coining was unan nounced, they were soon provided with a substantial -supper and accommodated for the night. Yesterday morning they were removed'to-the various hospitals. The following are the Pennsylvanians and New Jersey men 4 aKOIMISNTf?. .Taa, Andrews, C, Jas. Bell, A, 72. Abner Connor, A, ; l Ar. ,Tas..F. Falconburg, I, 73. D. M. Lindeinuth, D, 48#. BSenry S. Laird, I, 36. J. H. Miller, F, 9 Res. JkT. McCandlees, 0,134. "Wj: Powers, D, 95. lienry Radner, H, 74. j.;R. Smith, H, SB. W. J. Beam, TC, 12 Res. Sdbt. Crawford, K, 9 Rea.. -NEW .TERSE** William Farrow, I, 28. | Rhidson Davenport, G> 3rti - Relief to the Families of Yolxjn- teers. —The following is h statement of the ex- J tenses of the Commission for the relief of the fann ies of. volunteers, from- March 31 to April 6, as re \t ported to the Mayoryesteiday i I Ist,2d, 3d, and,4tb wacd5....... .....$ 6,01500 . fikh andythwards.w.. 2,440 25 6th and 7th waiv15................... .. ,’.V. 1;177 00 9th ward*.,......... 490 00 10thward 1,01 l 00 llth, 12th, 14th, 16th, 17th, and2oth wards. $431 00> 13th ward..... » 323 00. 16th ward...... 1,200 00* ISthand 19thwards.. M 67 2lst, 22d,t’and 23cl wards 2,276 00. 24tb ward.......... 84&00. Sondrie s • 68- 33 Awahd of Contbacts.— TJxe following contracts were awarded yesterday at the office of the Anhy Clothing * n tlno oity : ; C.'B, 1 Mount, -Philadelphia. 10» yards >4 bleached muslin, at 29 centa. ■ V. watson, Philadelphia, 3,500 yards canvas padding, at 13K.cents.; .. .r . • I George T, Griffin, Philadelphia, 7,500 yards can l vaapuadingrat 14 cents* J tfKOIMENTS. . l.Tos. Salygcber, D, 24. I.William Law, I, Cav. $23,750 58 The Navy Yabb.—The nary yard pre- B*nlB just now quite an interesting ssene of bustle and activity. The hasftmet of fisc workman ia heard on all aidea, and the new engines of war, with nume rous vessels to contain them, are assuming tangible ana impressive proportions. The Shenandoah is > on the doexs and being coppered. The Ton&wanda, an is in process of construction. The 'ma chinery and wood work for the Tacooy are neffrlv completed, and she will soon be ready for launching. The Bermuda, Saratoga, and Mercedita, are lying in the stream ; the latter is expected to leave in a tew (toys. The United States giraboat Ttiscarora reachr«i the navy yard on Monday evening. The Lehigh will b<y ehorMy.wut in commission. The UmU'd -Sitsteß -rm.il boat Emilie is labored to the Brst wharf above the n#*vy yard. J'V>ii TMk A um 7 of the Wes'E—We a? 6 tiunirimuri to state that Miss Ohase, a celebrate’? nrm mm »>'« J|»» rendered essential service at I'on p»j/nl or, d r>Vv/bt?m, haa arrived Si Phila dtifthlMjJifHt may %et‘Ti at the reBldence*of Mm tinhu tfortK Eleventhstreet, From lift WWtmUilW VIIHi mwtt Monday. She will then. *twl, 14 tflko efmrge of Ft bostjftal at NaaMville V*nn, f>emm wlio lmve any aiHeles such *, aich inti wmwdtfA goUlkrii way trant; or ought to'havc fStii lliw# ffcsm Hit at Urn tunm above Stated. They *fm rn eim/tlftlf Ukutl In tsiorm hy Miss Ohase ma wwarim v> Hathvint mmr for tinmedW §Ahff (fff Off* PMU'pimi Yesterday, % w&ss&tms&df og'mfoihw imtr&iwma of *»* |MWSS»* MfJMk 41 *</**#, Thoy tyeir « rfMWWffy* fUmtomms, a*il tom pot' &tm mm mm« mm a pm-portrittot mwt& jfffrm «?# ajsmifm* mmtorr #•* &/tm m tS» vmm but # mpftmmfp ffommOp, Qim of mo efcerptotem- m m>4 mrk wm #*w mm- A mte ) f y Aifc/c- m*r vm km m sm, &> Mm 4& i-m mm Pmsmm/mA ■"%& l£gy*i®-=92fo pfMff tHr.fffifar if tip War ; fsP*> WffijtSmwtti bm r m oss *Me .* htoiut** ipt ? oo p» mnffttt aft itjje wpfifoffaimt Jd.ooo 1 .‘;j tl, fi)ykj/!v/!i, P'y.Ai' O-iks. fVsin.es' MM, Mslyern Hitts, Sottth M&naHio,’* "peso tmffols .are ot hmgtimktßA scat a* any yet struek oil’, tor oiir soUiees, Kkvstoke Basis Baj/o Cwni.— This sktl. tul and eiiferijrirdog association celebrated- the opening of the preseot fleidi season, by an Invitation soiree at Sanßom*Mtreefc Itall, last evenlner, whfcii was truly a delightful alfain. The “ Keyatone” is one of our crack” olube, and will represent Phita whirt? tao edlt uV ly i wh , r L n <hcy en g*ge in the matches TOhiCh they will play this summer in New York and nfOOKiyn.] . Fires.— About five- o’clock, yesterday morning, a fire broke ouMn a-stable, at Eighth and Marriott streets, belonging to James Boyle. The flames were extinguished'before much damage had been done. ® The alarm of fire about' six o’clock, yesterday morning, was caused bp the oartial.hurninjr of God-, sharr’s rope-walk, at Passyunk road and Eleventh street. The loss is estimated at'glSO.V FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. THE MOWEY MARKET. PinBAnBT.PHrA. April 15, 1863- ■' Gold was active to-day, with a slight,rally on yester-' day’s closing figure. Ifhe fluctuations were more mode-- rate, and the' pressure to sell was strong. No change* was observable iii the transactions in'Government aecur rities, prices being steady. “ Gold oj>&n.ed at 152, closings at 153>i, market quiet. change in the value of money or the condition of the market. Matters at the Stock Board-looted brighter and prices stroDger. UDited States sixes QSSI) sold at tits re gistered at io4}£; the, seven-thirties were steady @IC6; State.flvea were steady at City .sixearose to. 40)^, the old io l06^; Lehigh Valley Railroad sixes were firm at lilt Elmira sevens at 109, the chattel tens at 7.5; Camden and Amboy sixes (1£83) at 103&; Reading sixes were firm; Pennsylvania Railroad- mortgages fell SchuylkilV Navigation sixes rose K; Allegheny City sixes sold at 95; Susquehanna Canal sixes at 45K; Chesapeake.and-Delaware sixes at. Noith Penn sylvania Railroad bonds were firm. Philadelphia and. Erie shares in demand, and rose to 44&r falling X at the Second. Board; Catawissa was steady at 1%, the Preferred at 23%, Worth Penn sylvania at 11&, Pennsylvania at §7, Womstown at 56, Little Schuylkill at 46, Minehili at 56, Long Island at 34>£; Caniden and Atlantic sold at 9K. the Preferred at Beading T?as sttenge? at44X i'Gjrard College sold at Spruce and Pine at 16. Susquehanna Canal sold at-7X; Schuylkill Naviga tionPre'erred rose >£; Morris Canal Preferred sold at 135£ ; 43 was hid for Delaware Di viso.ru Consolidation sold at 19; City at 49X; 120 was hid for Philadelphia.* The market closed steady, $59,000 in bonds and 2,300: shares’changing hands. Diesel & Co. Quote :: . ... United States Bonds, 1851.... ..•.104^@105>i United States Certificates of Indebtedness...;.loo%@lo2 >5 United States 7.3-10 Notes. . -1 34%@105)£ Quartermasters* Vouchers 13£(<52>£ d. Orders for Certificates of Indebtedness....... 1 @U£d. C01d...... .v............ 53 • d. Demand Notes.. .53 (Sol p. New Certificates of Indebtedness........-... 98 @9Sl£ The. New York.,Stockholder of yesterday is at hand, crowded, with valuable financial and stock matter. The mining interests, which are attracting a great amount of attention just now, are fully ventilated and discussed in this paper.; Several reports. appear, showing the im proved condition .and prospect of the mines, and anv one interested in' the copper region cannot do better than secure the information which is weekly affordedby this' journal! The subscriptions to tlie new national five-twenty loan advanced to a million of dollars to-day, despite tlie gloomy atmosphere which now appears to surround our armies. The people’s faith is buoyant, though our gene rals have not inaugurated a victorious campaign. The following shows the amount of coal transported, over the Lehigh Valley Railroad, for the' week etiding ipril 11, 1563, and previous since December 3, 1562, compared with the same time last year: Week. Previously. Total. mutes. . Tons. Cwt Tons. Cwt. Tons. Cwt. Hazleton 4,992 02 56.451 06 91,473 OS East Sugar Loaf. 43,003 13 43,003 13 Council Ridge 2,297 19 32,461 19 34.759 IS Mount Pleasant • 6,8.<0 10 6 835 10 Spring Mountain ... 2,254 06 33,717 07 36,001 13 Coleraine.. 1,216 11 14,743 12 15,965 03 Bea ver Meado-w .. 112 16 1,81215 l,0 n 5 11 N. York and Lehigh.... ...... 17,032 11 17,032'1l N. Spring Mountain.... 2,850 05 25.216 15 . 31,077 00 Jeddo.. ...... 3231 08 < 34.521 01 38.(65 09-' German Peima. Ebervale MUnesvllle...... Other Shippers. ...... .. 15.166 IS 18,166 18 1,071 19 20,924 19 21,996 18 1,144 10: 15,220 15 16,365 05 12,856 05 12,556 05 1,007- 00 20,866 13 21,873 13 T0ta1..............30,218 16 557.16? 19 407,35 S 15 Corresponding •week last year....... 15,727 15 254.&43 09 249,77104 Increase..'...* 4.491 01 153,125 10 157,617 11 The. following shows the business'of the Lehigh Canal for the week ending AprU 11,1863 Summit Mines.*. Boom Kuii Mines.*•«*•' '.*' E. Lehigh. Mi8'e5............. v Spring Mountain Mines German Penna; Mines North Spring Mountain. Mines. D. MuramaVP. and I)ust.... Hazleton Mines. •. • Jeddo Mines Pulton Mine 5.................. The following statement shows the approximate earn-. . ings of the Pittsburg, Fort ‘Wayne, and Chicago Bailroad Company during the month of March ult., compared with thesameperiod oflastyear*. ' 1563. -3562 r Increase. From freights.. .$317,570 47 .- $206,775 93. -3110,80:5 54 “ passengers .... : 125,210 57 70,947 94 . 54,271.63 “ express matter 2,815 00 2.600 00 .- - 315 00 “ mails.. 7,825 00 7,835.00 ...... rent of railway, 7,083 .33 8,03333 . ...... “ miscellaneous. . 700 00 i ; 545 SI 154 IS .$461,322 37 $235,773 02 $165,544 35 Total from Jan. 1 to - March 31... .$1,165,270 41. $863,456 08 $301,514 33 Increase for March,s6 per cent,; increase to March 31, 35 per cent. The New York Evening Post of to-day says: Wall street still offers as its two prominent features, - the .plefcbora ; of capital seeking investment, contrasted with the limited demand for loans; and. the continuance of spasmodic movements in gold, which are productive of ho variation whatever in the prices of stocks, pro duce, or general merchandise. The market is-dull." Governments are steady, but few new orders are making their appearance from the coun try, as the excitement relative to our military and naval operations acts prejudicially for the moment. list is heavy. In the following table will be seen the principal movements of this morning, as compared with the latest prices of last evening: Wed. Tu. • Adv. Dec, tf. S. 6s,lSSl,reg 104 104 ' . .. U. S.6s, 1881,‘ con. 105 105 U. S. 7 3-10 p. ©.T. N. .104% 105 . % US. 1 yearCertif g01d..100%. 100% % American gold 153 154% .. 1% Tennessee os. 60 60 •• ; Missouri 6s. 60% 60% -• % Pacific Mai 1........ 157% . ISS .. % N.y. Central...:..- 114 . 114% .. % Erie .............. 78% . 79% % Erie.preferred 97 96% % Hudson 8iver.......—.107 107 Harlem ............. 45% 51 . 2% HarlemVreferred.Bl% R 3 •• 1% Mieh. Central.... ..100% TOO% .. . - Mteh. Southern 60 60% % Mich. So. guar ...102%, .103% .. % Illinois -Central scp SS% 88 \ % ■ Clev. and.Pittsburg.... 70 71 . .. 1 Ga1ena....i............. 91% 91% •• •» Clev. and Toledo 92 9*2% • . % Chicago and Bock Isld. 89%. B}% ... % Fort'Wayne. 6i%- 62 •• % Quicksilver. C 0.......... 40 '-40' CemralAmer. Transit * 36 : . • 36 - Gold iftis-morning opened at 1155, and subsequently sunk tooslsiv- After .numberless fluctuations of a capri cious character, it stands, as we go. to press, at 153. ;The_bank statements ofpurtHree'prmcipal cities com pare' as follows for the four last weeks: : , f v Loans. | deposits'; | Specie. ICircul’n. N. Y. . April 11. 159,894,741,170,540.583 55,406,145 8,178,091 Boston, V 13. .32,494,800 74,551.000 7,813,000 -7,763,000 Fhila., * 4 *33. - 30.117,527 36,250,402 4,343,242 ’3,296,685 • 281,646,685! ;587,485,U2; 1269,421,5681 ! 292.726,1491 : Total wk.Ap" 13 222,507,055‘ :-Week en. • Ap»-6 222.432.8ai;: " -V Mb.SO 224,139^441: “ “ M?i.23!229,<553»527J! The total 'commerce of the . port compares favorably with that of previous years. The aggregates from July Ito April 13, are as follows: ~ % - r ! 186ft—6L ; : 1862-^:% .$161,965,042 $ 94,523,996 $143,953,615 97,949,998 124,874,423 150,450,435 22,815,298 „ 32,031,862 47,657,458 Imports mdse... due 8 Exportaspecie-.. mge Sales, April 15- SS, Philadelphia Exchange.!' BOAED. • Phlla. Stock Uxchi [Reported by S. E. Slaymak’ • •? FIRST! 2000 Reading 68-’44. .....110 3000 do .. : 56......10i% .600 Cityfs.....new.llo * 30PMl&ErioB.s6wn 44% 13 do 41% 60 do 44% ICO- d0.....i......55. 44% - 60 do 44)6 2 do-. 44%, 46 • 'do.-.--.. 44% 14 do 44% 60 do.— b2O. 44% *6o' 'do,— U.....b12*44% 74 d 0..... 44% 60 d0.’..-..V.bswn. 44% SfiOßeadingß... 44% 2000 K Penna 65..........90% 3Consol Bank... . 29-- , . , BETWEEN 2000 Schuy Nav & ’82..72& JGooAUeCity6s.;.Sdys. 93 50 Schuy ch. Yl% 5000 US 6s ’81........... 104* ,5000 U S 6s *Bl i-egr.lo4 ttOO U S 7-Sos blk A&O. 104J* 3300Pen.ua 5s ..-100 970 Susq Scrip* • 45 61 Norristown. R...... 56: 24Cataw'Bi....».prf. 23# 2Cam.«Afclcß 9% 25 Cam & Atlc.... .prfc- 17>£ 3000 Cam & Amb 6s ’53..1Q3& 25Cityj.Bank-;. 49% 71-Ij 151and Ri. ........ 34)6 2000 PennaOoup .105 <•4 Morris Cnl/ii..prf.l3s3f 3000 Penna ft 5....... 100-Cataw-U"*-*! 60 Schuy Kay*... .prf.. 17% 7125.50 Sct4?lNav 6s ’B2: 72 20 Lit Soiylß...; 45 BOARD. _ v 200 SusquCnl.* ;?• ••••••• _'«» 2 MiueliLllS-*»• • • v * 22 d Norristown R-cli. 06 lOOOElmiraßJs I®. 2000 Susa Cnl Ss-. «« 50 Girard Gol R..... - 2SfS 20 Pen it a E... on. ST 40N Pcnnaßi....... . IW4 1000 LeliigifcVal 65..... .lsl 4000 U S 6s "SI repr-RS®* so ards; SECOND 100Catsw£•»»....piif. 35% SOPhiitL &EriQ'll..;». 44 100. Jo.. 44 4000 Eluflira. Chat 10s 75.- 470 Penoa 65..... ..400% SOO.eity 2COO >d0......exem5ii.106 2SBO' ’d0..... .... .new.llo% 50SchvlNav. 17% 814.80 ab&GheaTfcD*! 8s 9?%J - after I foshila & Erie s-.• -• •j CLOSING PEI Rid. Asked. nsescpn ’81....JMX, 105 UB?:3(W).bIt..JCeX 108 American G01d..35S V&. lO7. -Uo>* Ajls ’l/vi • Poama 6s*j' • .. 1W& Do W *BO * *110...11Q% So '‘3nflo..'losi 106> Do Ms *86Y104. 104% peusaS.'...*»••• 86%- 67 ' •Do ..’lst in 6s. 414% -315 Do; : XittioSrfmylß.. &5%\ ■**' Morris Canal.... 64 -"65 JSof ' prfdlOs .ISfcT 106 Do 6s ’7B. ... .. Do 2d mis.. * Sup' ~ \ rava* ;C£S-STE£2>Y. \ '■ Bid. AsktA NPeans R . 11&; HS» Do 7 90>i Do 103....U3ED i 111 Cataxsisaaß....* vJtfi -7% Do ~ prfd...^23,*£: Swtf. Beax-orMeadß>.B7 • - ! Mu*hillß.viwWfl6 67 ' U 67 ; YStimingtoiiEU**-• ! *• SsMgfi. ss-. .. ’ Do . shags* »».66}£ 67 Do ; 42 A%. Gfjo&AjSi>>&> • • * 'l6B, FKila&K»e6s Snii:& Kifo 75.... .. . .. Delaxrare T>lv • ... _ Do ; bda... insQ Canal Do -to > Bclmyl»ay .... v ■ JJ» Do prffl l/?» 173* Ekftira.R? •••»"• £S gj., Do 6IH Do 7s 10& 109^ Do TDa ...... LTslaudDesdV’Si ■ >■ Si "Do beta .. Phila.Gar &**<»»• ■• ftfl. LeMipCv&Vß.... »► • .• Do • Maim-.A* The Abt of Light.—To most persons, such a day as yesterday would seem to be inauspicious for taking pictures by the action of light, as is the case in the Various Daguerrean processes; and'as a . general rule, this is the fact. Modern science . has, however, to a great extent, overcome such natural impediments by controlling thelight in all-weathers. - This has .been, especially achieved, with marked sucoess,. by. the eminent 912, 914, and 916 Chestnut street! All day jneaT terday their galleries were thronged with appli cants for pictures, the only perceptible difference being, that sifters were waited upon with more immediate promptness than when the weather is bright. There‘improbably not an.establishment in the Union in which fectly .blended than in this, i 5,877 14 725 17 155 12.. . 2+7 15 •m i 6 - ' S6l 02 77 13 1,25611 26115' u*9 03. 47,562.387 19.237.776 46,300,159 19:685,974 46.202.0111 39,523.559 45,767,573/ 19,542,218 50 Sfcm.c9 : §tß. SpynccvstneetK.. 15# 16% Arch-.s treatß.... 25% 28% Race-street R .. v 10 10% Tenth-street R.. 43 Thirteenth-at R. S»i% SSW ?RiilaK:.i... k 66%, Do' bonds Green-street 42% 42# Bo' 1 :bonda »• ■ Chestnut- st Jt--.. 56 . 63 Second-streetß-. 70 S 2 Do: bonds ' •• . „ Fifth-street 8... 61 62 ■ Dor.■<>bonds.*, ii,H: - Girard College R 28% 283< s«YQß.t3aath-6VR Utf 12. r Philadelphia Markets* Aprtl 15—Evening, The Flour continues dtiU and prices are with out change. 200 parrots good Western .family sold for shipment at s7.so'?>.bbl: the sales to the retailers and bakers are moderate .at 96@6.25 for superfine; $5 50&7 forextrae; 57.25@7.W *r extra family, and bM for fancy brands, as to quality. Rye Flour is selling at trhl. Corn MeA, I—there 1 —there is less i iquiry; we quote DV^dywine at $1 SOavd bhL GiAlN.—The 1 receipts of Whett are light; small sales of Pennsylvania rM.are reported at formir t<7prim.*, rrsd.l7s@Sooe bush-for white. Rye is steady at 308@110C -3 hush for Pennsylvania. Corn— Th#>re is leey oliVririg: about S;-GW3 busb >6ld in the car.e and instoro at mostly at;the tpxter rate. Oats are in good d'emandr with svvlos- cf.3,00(J .>\ish at (Jsc, weight. torPeausyivat^a*.. B ARK.—lst No. 1 Quersitron' fs*. in i demand .at $35 per ton.-r ’ , . COTTON. —The market' very dull,* .And .we bear of no sales. Middlings aro firmly held lb. - GEOCTSEJES.—T»*ereififi sioderats? Business dc?C¥ ii£ Sugar, air rather bftJ*kr pri<Ks; 1,200' ft air? Brazil s-jid at ttr r and Bin all fbts of Ottba at' 10%@lTc P-ROFI.ST&T'TS. —The'**? is a firmer fesliog in the nar tat: Bulk aetttsare Billing tfi 6Hc for Bhoilder3, &%c Un sides; and 7j*c *}?, ftj for haum' liatrl is"iij , demancl'at f llc'« ]fo f°r b*ils and tierhes, hut geaeraHYlield higher. S3BDS.— Ckyrerseed coTitioaes anil: snail eale3 making a't $5,25@5.75? 1 - to*sh,for somhJon lfc'pTfane. T\~- mothy telbj alswly at sL'.s@2,‘art£?yia.xsee& , stf.s!)i&j it »«►!*:► thr-^Uerfoi™cleane?T .. X- —There is more at 47@45d; and ga^.r>u : . "Moving are the receipt* of Fl&iir and tfr&ia at this Floor.-. Wheat Corn Oat*.. , New Vork JJnrkrt* efTestiMay. | duK'ai 55@3.25 fci Pots, and Ss@» 12)J • <e4ats lower - "~ lh Tw-ato. bosi- i s2lß’2ftStSS%$ m I*V‘ K. 1505.«'f0r snptttm . gfefcu 4S,7i@«.3Sfi»rext7a State: *6 U®6.sofnr*npe r aae ■ Mjthjjmo,. Icd-Mia. lowa. Ohio, &c.j ss 75<®7 20 or *fS» a^?sJ B J; !ufc '% ,r *% Sp!,,D * brands of ...uuddioop Ohio «« ajsi trade brands at S7.Ss3&go' • v ° » Kjouris dnj L >.od f» favor oJ th* barer with * w « M »«« superfine B*lt£KK2d 41 7$ '«r fiztpL do Fir>»ris JnajHiw, and a sbadfe easier; sales M>}.« for common, and *7.10^3.25 for eood la e&qlceextrado. £ gufetjwud naebanged, wife sales of-50 *t j4@a7.20 tor cne rantjo-of fine and superfine. _ ft W-ea J ls.fna«tivo.- but - prices remain the H.-ime. Weunwtß Jersey afSl.ls; Brandywine 8:4,75; punch fcojn *¥£?,.so . W'Atxtisda)!, beavy.and nominally lowviry altbon"h w<?re i« not enoughVtofog to establish quotations. bprine IfrnoTwfoal at 1n,4f1(5fl. < 66, ansi. Winter red and amber Wi>ttter» at sl,es@l. 74; Bye Jn very quiet at #r Cfi®T 40. •Burley is quoted at &:4S@LfiO, *« in quality are quiet and steady for Jersey, &nd&s® 875? e tor Canada, Westemvantf State. Corn is heavy, and Tc lower. with only a litaftM bnsi nefs? sales SibHOO bushels at fiP@9lc for so and Western snaced, and 81@8Sc fof-nnsotind do. CI TY ITEMS. Trade Prospects.—Tile lull which 'has. sshrted in. thoTs,Jiole«.-rie trade of our city is now giving place to new Ufa and activity, Many buy ere have been holding off in the .expectation that mer chandise for some cause or other would depreciate in value. But as the complexion of the market is now clearly indicating,, an opposite tendency, delay in purchasing, is doubly foolish, first from the-fact that the majority of country buyers need to have their stocks, replenished, and secondly, because waiting for tower prices is now likely to prove to be an expensive experiment. A number of honsss on Market, afreet yesterday, were bustling with bust ness. The large Cotton Tarn and'.Willow-Ware establishment of Mr.,; A; Hi Franciscus, No: 433 Market street, and No. s North Fifth, street presenteu more the appearance .of an Immense bee. hive than a storehouse. Salesmen were busy in all the departments—and a host of them .there are, this being the largest Yankee Notion and Wooden- Ware house in the TlDited States—and the amount of goods shipped fcy them yesterday, to all parts of the loyal, States must have been enormous. We have already referred somewhat in detail to the great stock ol&red by Mr. Franciscus, and would simply add here, for the benefit of . purchasers, that for everything in the way of Cotton Yarns, Bat tingß, Garpst Chains, Wadding, and that entire line of goodc.; also, in Wooden and Willow Ware, including the finest and most complete assortment of Fancy Baskets in the world, clocks, looking glasses, brooms, el cetera, merchants will consult their own interests by examining thissplendki stock. The popular Patent Clothes Wringer, of which Mr. F. has the control in this State, is also having an immense sale, and it is really an-invaluable instru ment, at once cheap, efficient, easily worked, and durable. “S. PitTßißrs Fourth. Lecture of the popular course now in progress under the auspices of the Lutheran Board of Publication, will be delivered at Musical Fund Hall this (.Thurs day) evening, by the Rev. G. F. Krotel, pastor of St Mark’s Lutheran Church, Spring- Garden, and Thirteenth streets. Hie subject will be “E. Pluri bus TJnum.” A large audience may be anticipated. . An of Elocutioh aut Skill.— Th& leng-talked-of trial.between the three -champion, readers, respectively, belonging to the classes of Mr. J. B. Brown,of New York, and Mr. Philip Lawrence, of Philadelphia, is. to come oft* at the Academy of Music, on Tuesday evening next, under the auspices of the Young Men’s Chris tian Association, the major part of the proceeds to be 'devoted for the benefit of the siek'arid- wounded sol diers. The judges appointed to decide upon the merits of the parties, are Messrs, ex-Gravernor Pol lock, Prof. Maguire, and Rev. Dr.NePin. The pro gramme of poems to be recited is judicious for the test proposed. The interest excited by this novel entertainment, no less than the worthy object for which it is given, will no doubt fill the Academy to overflowing. The Bale of tickets commenced yester day at Gould’s, Seventh and Ohestnutstreets; Ame rican Tract Howe, Chestnut, below Tenth, and at the rooms of the association, Chestnut, above Tenth. " “ Ditflds’ aPtSsvxnds ßittejss.’'—The fame of this invaluable beverage as a medicine has become worldwide, and we are pissed to notice that the proprietors of the atore Arch and Tenth street, , (late C. H. Mattson’s,) dealers in fine family groce ries, are now prepared to supply the trade with the Bitterß.” They have just received a ‘ very large invoice of it direct from the proprietor. Thtir price for it at retail is seveTify-Jive cents per bottle * The Bssestials of Gtentieett.— {f What constitutes S.gentlemanT”’ you ask-—. The answer costsAome labor and invention, For out of all the silly things who bask In fortune’s sunshine, and lay fair pretension’ To that proud title, most bat wear the mask, And are not what they seem; my apprehension Is that a gentleman—norm ore - nor less— . Is one whose virtues wear a nttihg dresß. We know of no more “fitting dress” in-which » gentleman can arrayhis “virtues^ y than theelegant and graceful summer styles of Granville Stokes, No. 609 Chestnut street. . *v : The, ; Hew,, our Philadelphiibuilt shii> New Ironsides- was unable to run the gauntlet of the rebel batteries at Charles ton, she showed that she was invulnerable to Secesh shot and shell. The iron-clad vfe3tif2n&fi&‘ by Rock hill .fit Wilson, Nos. .603 .and 605-OEfeatnufc .street, above Sixth, are equally impervious to bullets, and their wearers can laugh to scorn the Murid rifles and revolvers of their enemies. The beauty of these vests is that they are light; elegant,.and comforta ble; while their jirmor.is out of Bight. Autistic.—lt is saicVtliaftKesriistsoftlie illustrated papers put themselves in-very perilous positions til tkerecent fight in. Charleston harbor. This putting themselves in the front was probably for the purpose otdrawiiig theenemy’sffife..* Weand almost everybody appreciate a handsome cu£ whether it be in* an illustrated paper.Drpn'a*gentl&- man’s back; we don’t mean the kin dm f‘'cuts- we re ceived in* our school-hoy days, but those that 'Mons. Seynave, the celebrated coat-cutter Stokes & Co.’s; under the Continental, prepares for the basks of so many of the gentlemen of Philadelphia. A Sea\t:xg j&achiae which, iv-ill not em broider as well as stitch may answer weH' for mak&gßhirts, but is not * fit to be oalled a; family sewing machine. Mothers delight in ornamenting the garments of their little ones. A'leaf, fibwer, vinoj or wreath; wrought there, is the sweetest lan guage of the_heart. A sewing •machine which- can only stitch, andleavea the embroidery-.to be wrought tediaußly by hand, is not th& one ior home use*. Grover ; fia> Baker’s celebrated machines, 730 Cliestniit strest. are the only complete ones for family use; -J&koyrs'-s ■ Bronchial. TS^ghej^—T^fa Uniyusal Remedy for-Coughs,- Colis,- and Beonchfial Aftbetions now stands the first In publie;f»ror"Sßd confidence; this resnhrbas -been.'a cquirecfc by* Attest of thirteen years. Its merit antiAxteiisiuA'Uffte'fc&vu caused the.Troches?© oe counterfeited jmdiWfi-WGtild cation purchasers to'be on iheir. gutttti* agfitnat worthless imitations. As S'tellectuai. TiimT.-plsaac Sbitfe jj.js.3i Esq., Will deliver »leetare, at -tie-noiSwert cdsiicr Girard avenue anil 'Sliittcentb-.street this evening. Sulu'eet—The Ooueiisutttm fuuliherlftoion. By request, Col. W. H.lilaiisice willseoije-taaheali. Slal poem of the Sleeping Sentinel. See meat.. '. • • SEEGIAL ISTOTiGESS. Du. Stv-iet:s - Txi• lji.vji.rjuT.-r is thf best remedy ;se*r Sores in £k> "known, world* StBIK-WAJI * Sov’sSQUA3« M S’ V •**'apRTBIIT, HP ;<3»JJSP. flfl&BB,’ * «iTI* -acknowledged the. mast perfect- ihstXKfiiettts, ii Eu rope as 'well as in this cbunUr- Thsy were award ed, in -he last'- yeavs, twfi'ntyssix first pres4> urns,, .th-Qv hesh makers zn.-jthis. country* and' ia additisa. thereto first pm<>ined& ££the Great In4»- . national Exhibition in ,London,- lasi summer. -All tha otSiis.county of themevenin- E\u*<e3<?,»' use thegj in'tjieir Concerts, i Viarerooms ti 4 BLASiKS BROS* 1006 I G3ESmw.. Stwt */■ ' apg-qapfelP " , . UAttf ■©** 1 f- •" ; ■FUR BEST rN TSB WORLD- / -■WILLIAJtjA. BATCIIBMSi’S ,celebr*e4. Has; ®» produces a color B,ut to la iiaUnfuislod iynu.iatura; warranted not:toiaiuj»H*!iair In tliilcasy-vamßdlea tie 1H offsets of laidyts, and IsvigiTAtaiilia hair fca life. GRAY. ESO,. or S3STY BAptltßstatUr turns a tldeadidi Kai* os Btwsn,; leasing «* «* •saissssKSse^'i “*‘““sssssfj®aa*s«S f ' {Late 233 RroadioXV ar' *V- \ 4 . jj frw y ofS _ paySfi-ly . /.. - Tas Liras* yf. axprngsjy for ESTAIr, .•■ jf . . 4XI tea •"«*■** Onk-Pmok Cjiitt otlbs, made SALES* LOWEST & -lares. AllGooj OqiOkk ■ kbereb; ..,.i.8;600&i3. to*. ...•.,4,500 bißr.
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