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THE NEWS,
Our sews from 1 General Stoneman’s forces,:
known to be advancing to the line of the Rappa
hannock, is meagre, but there Beems to be but little
doubt that he has made an important reoonnois
eance in force, and has been engaged in skirmishing
with the enemy£for several days past. The ac
counts from Richmond papers are only up to the
opening of the laßt week, but it seems that General;
Stoneman made a feint, as if to croBS at Kelly’s
!!Ford, on%the Rappahannock, some miles above
Fredericksburg. Our own accounts state that after
this feint was made, : General Stoheman, with hia
Tight division, crossed the Rappahannock near the
■Sulphur Springs, and proceeded south along the
line of the lailroad leading.to Gordonsville. Cor-
Teaponricnts with the army Bcem positive that he
has reached Culpeper, and some insist that Gor
donsville has been captured.
The Richmond Enqxdrcr y of the 16th inst., contains
n long editorial, deprecating the apathy shown by
the people in vindicating the sovereignty of their
States against a powerful enemy. The Bame paper
Implores the ladies to put away their silk dresses,
and the gentlemen their cloth coats, and even goes
*o far rb to ask its subscribers to put their tables on
a war footing, whatever that may mean. It is ad
mitted that the war may last at least two years
longer, and all the sums expended for smuggled arti
cles are bribes to the Yankees to continue the strug
gle. u As for the moneys given in payment of Eng
lish and French fabrics which come to us direct,
through the blockade, and which are not furnished
to us by Yankee merchants—these moneys.are not
indeed gained by the enemy, but they are lost to us,
and are, in this way, a gain to our enemies.”
The counting of soiled postage stamps, which
were a few months since deposited at the New York
post office for redemption, has been completed,"and
nearly Dine-tcnths of the whole number have been
so redeemed. Notice has been issued to the owners
of the remaining one-tenth to come up and receive
current funds for their deposits. The amount of
claims of depositors is $260,000, one-fifth of the
whole number having been thrown out on account
of being marked stamps. The counting of these
stamps would have occupied one man for the space
of two years and a half. * ’’ * .
The prize schooner Antelope, from Charleston, by
way of Fort Kcyal, arrived at New York yesterday.
She wrb captured off Charleston April 1 by the
United States steamer Memphis. Her cargo is sup--
posed-to consist of salt or saltpetre. The prize-'
master reports that on the 12th inst., Fort Royal
bearing seventy miles south, he, saw .a large Anglo?
rebel paddle-wheel steamer Bteering Bouth. She was
painted lead color, with white smokestack, and was.
without masts. Ten miles further north he saw
another Anglo-rebel steamer steering west-north
west toward Charleston.
Eakl Russule has.written a letter defending the
belligerent right of visitation by the cruisers of the
United States, to suspicious vessels, for examina
tion, and their capture, if justifiable. The spirit of
the letter would seem to indicate the propriety of
seizing all vessels making doubtful voyages, and
sending them to ports of admiralty for adjudication,
and, if cleared fiom suspicion, and proved to be en
gaged in legitimate commercial carriage, they can
be released, and allowed such claims as may be
deemed just, for indemnity for detention.
The Lynchburg (Va.) Republican , of the 6th, says :
C( An Augusta, Georgia, contemporary state’s on the
authority of a gentleman just returned from the
upper part of North Carolina, that tenpenny nails,
are passing current there at five centß each. We
have no Buch metallic basis for our currency; here.
Our circulating mediums are grains of corn repre
senting five cents, and quids of tobacco representing
the decimal,” .
The St. ■'Ltouia-lityublican states as one of the facts
illustrating the magnitude Qf the jvar, that 31,184
horses and 19,127 mules were purchased in that city
for the army duiing the year ending March 31. They
cost $6,911,000. Most of the animals were brought
from Illinois and the northern parts of Indiana and
Ohio, Missouri having been exhausted early in the
commencement of our struggle.
The Cincinnati Gazette urges the construction of
railroad locomotive batteries, not only as offensive
weapons, blit more' especially for defensive purpo
ses. Every railroad train, it says, should be armed,
and thus it would be protected against all attacks of
guerillas, Buch aB are so often occurring in Ken
tucky, Missouri, and Tennessee.
General Carrington, commanding the military
district of Indiana, has ordered the arrest of all per
sons known to be connected with an order ballad the
Knights of the Golden Circle” in that State, and
they will he tried by court martial, and dealt with
in the severest manner. 'A large number of arrests'
have been made, and these cabals will probably be
broken up.
The gold market, was unsettled yesterday, and
there "waa a more general disposition to sell. The
market opened at 151 and sold down to 14S}£ at the
close. This is believed to be the result of increasing
confidence in the Government and the hopeful reports
from our armies. Government Btocka were firm, and
money is plenty. The market was active yesterday,
and prices advancing. •
General Thomas, AdjutantGeneralofthe United
State*, iB still Waiiy®ngAgAri-in_organizing;the.con
trabands'"at different points in the Southwest into
regiments. The Ist Arkansas raiment is full, and
the 2d and 3d will be filled up in the course of a few
days. "■ ..
* Lord Palmerston, in a recent speech at Glas
gow, promised non-intervention in American affairs
for himself and the Derbyites, and said that inter
ference on the part of the nations of Europe, instead
Of extinguishing the hostility between the North
'&nd South, would.probably increase it.
General Grant has passed down the Mississippi
Ore this, with his entire fleet of gunboats and trans
ports, and it is said that he will make an assault
upon Vicksburg from below, after having captured
the rebel batteries at Warrenton.
Admiral Farragut was at last accounts success
fully blockading the mouth of Red fiver, which is
deemed the most important, if not the only, channel
by which the rebels receive food for their large
armies at Yicksburg and Port Hudson.
A despatch in the London papers, dated at
Shangbaie, February 23. says : “ Advices received
here from Japan announce that the British Lega
tion at Yeddo had been destroyed by gunpowder by
the Japanese. No fatal accident, however, re
sulted.”
The Sioux and Winnebago Indians are to be im
mediately removed from Minnesota to a tract of
land on the Upper Missouri river, near Fort Ran
dall, several hundred miles from any white settle
ment, where they will be permitted the felicity of
cutting each other’s throats to their hearts’ con
tent.
From data furnished by the medical statistics of
the United States army, it appears that the largest
men are found in Georgia, North Carolina, Tennes
see, and Kentucky, while the smallest men are found
in the States of New York, Massachusetts, and Con
necticut.
, A party of Indians attacked an outpost df
eighteen soldiers on the 16th instant at Medalia,
thirty miles from Mankato, Minnesota. One soldier
was killed, two wounded. Of the settlers, one boy
was killed and two men wounded. Cavalry has been.
eenfin pursuit. >
We present to-day highly interesting extracts
from lats*Southern papers. It will be observed that
the rebels are;still sorely troubled about the scarcity
of food in the. South. It is rumored that General
Wisehad occupied AVilliamsburg.
Buffaloes have been lately shot within sixty
mileß of St. Paul, Minnesota. The Indian massacres
have rendered the region so uninhabited that bisons,
wolves, &c., roam freely where they have not before
been seen for years.
Our forces under. Colonel Phillips, of the 6th
Kansas Cavalry, have driven the rebels in superior
force out of Fayetteville, Arkansas, inflicting severe
punishment upon. them. -
From the army in Kentucky we are advised that
there is great activity and enthusiasm among the
troops. Pegram, the rebel general, has been re
ptored to command, and ie at Monticello.
Gun. Condon an has written a letter explaining
the painful affair between himself and Xieut. Col.
Kimball, and which resulted In the death of the
latter.
Lakgh and enthusiastic Union meetings were held
in New York, Bait ignore, Philadelphia, and Hamil
ton, Ohio, y'esierSay.
Earl Bussell on tlie Peterhofl" Case.
Earl Bussell’s, letter which we print
to-day, concerning the seizure of. British
vessels suspected of a design to break the
blockade, is both important and interesting
at the present juncture. The British’ minis
ter distinctly acknowledges the right of
Federal cruisers to' capture and detain, for
examination in the prize courts, all British
vessels hound (ostensibly,) for Matamoros
or Vera Cruz,'whose intentions are open to
suspicion, and he declares that the English
Government will only interfere in their
behalf in a case where they have " been
wrongfully held, and the courts have re
fused them redress. This position of Earl
Bussell is in strict accordance with the
past policy of Great Britain, and is clearly
just and proper. But if the opinions of the
noble Earl do not possess extraordinary
novelty, it is well, nevertheless, that they
should be expressed so clearly at the pre
sent time, when the case of the Peterhoff
is being agitated in both nations. The fol
lowing sentences, which convey the gist of
the communication, will show how ground
less such agitation has been, and, perhaps,
convince some of the most skeptical that
England is less disposed to provoke a war
with us now than she was at the time of the
Trent affair: “ It is the right of the bellige
rent to capture all vessels reasonably sus
pected of either of these transgressions of
international law, and whenever, any such
case of capture is alleged, the case cannot
be withdrawn from the consideration of the
prize court of the captor. After the case
has undergone investigation, it is the duty
of the prize court to restore any such prizes
unlawfully made, with costs and damages;
and the proper'time for the interference of
her Majesty’s' Government is, in general,
when the prize courts have refused redress
for a capture which the evidence shows to
Lave been unjustifiable.” If the Peterhoff
■svas not a lawful prize, tbe court, having
been thus kindly instructed in its duty by
the British Secretary, will doubtless make
proper restitution to the owners. If she was
properly confiscable, English interference is
the last evil we have cause to fear, and the
last evil we should tolerate.
“Keeping John Bull’s Score.”
This is the title of ■ a caricature in this
week's number of Harper'a Weekly. Bur
lesque drawings, hitting at public events and
personages, were common in Greece and
Borne, were found on the walls of Pompeii
were directed against the early Christians
and have descended to us, from remote
times, through the Anglo-Saxon ancestors
of the present conglomerate which bears the
name of “English.” In France, this
method of speaking to the public mind,
through familiar art, is little known, for it
lias never been well executed, nor has it ever
been appreciated. In England it has long
been successful and familiar especially
duving the last eighty years. The great
masters of this art were Gilhay, Rowland
son, and George Ciujikshank, in the past
generation. The facelias of the latter (who
still lives.) powerfully influenced the public
anind of England during the terrible excite
ment of the trial of Queen Caroline, in
1830. Later still, from the death of Mr.
Canning in 1837 to the repeal of the Corn
Laws in 1846, one man, John Doyle by
name, who merely signed “H. B.” to his
sketches, produced a series, several liun
-dreds in number, which, from their superior
drawing and admirable likenesses of public
personages, obtained such notice all oyer the
continent of Europe, that now, in complete
sets, they are to be found in the libraries of
monarcks and statesmen. However, the suc
cess of Punch, '.which was established in the
summer of 1841, placed H. B. hors de combat
in,a few years. The cartoons, or halt-page
caricatures, which appeared in that amusing
weekly journal, hit the public taste by their
wit, and found tlieir way into even the poor
est houses by their cheapness. Instead of
giving half a dollar for one of the H. B.
.caricatures, only six cents had to be paid for
Punch, with its weekly cartoon, and half an
hour’s pleasant reading to boot. The per
sons who chiefly executed these cuts at
the time were the younger Doyle, John
Leech, John Tenniel, John Henning,
and “Phiz;” Of these, only two now re
main on Punch— namely, Leech and Ten
niel. It took five years for Punch to drive
H. B. out of the market. In this country,
Vanity Fair has produced some of the best
caricatures published anywhere. This sati
rical journal, after a manful struggle for three
years, was compelled to give in, and from a'
weekly dwindled down to a monthly, which,
in turn, became a semi-occasional issue.
We are pleased to learn that, on May-day, it
will again appear as a weekly publication,
with new force of pen and pencil. It is
chiefly in Harper's Weekly, at present, that
any thing like the legitimate caricature is
produced, in this country.
From the time of Hogabtii, the English
people have complacently acceptedtheFrencli
idea of an Anglo-Saxon. That idea, when
ever a French satirist drew or described John
Bnli, showed him as a stout, good-humored,
bullet-headed, round-faced, partially bald
old man, evidently fattened onroast beef and;-
plum pudding; clothed in brass-buttoned blue!
coat and buff-vest, with drab unmentionables, -
and top-boots. His costume was considered
1 incomplete without the addition of a cudgel
in-his hand. So the French drew the Eng
lishman a century ago, and so, ever since,
John Bull has good-humoredly drawn him
self. In turn, when British satire had-to
; sketch an American, on whom it bestowed
;the sob'iquet of “Brother Jonathan,” it
showed a tali, slight,Tank-jawed, high-col
lared, hatchet-faced man, with a long
tailed coat, descending to his heels, striped
pantaloons, some inches too short in the
leg, but elongated by stupendous straps con
necting the individual with a pair of Hew
• England Wellingtons. .A. particularly fuzzy
hat completed this attire. But Jonathan
was not in full dress without a piece of white
■ pine-in one hand, which be whittled with
-a-lien-knife, while driving a hard bargain.
. American artists have adapter! thin lean
and awkward, lank-jawed and sharp crea
ture, as the personification of the native
American. In the caricature entitled,
“Keeping John Btdl’s Score,” Jonathan
is represented as tending store. He is
attired in the costume above described. On
his shelves are various articles labelled
“Belief,” and also tin-canisters, respect
ively marked “ Prince of Wales Crackers,”
and “Havelock Candy.” A barrel of flour
is on the floor. On the counter are various
parcels, all marked “Belief,” for which a
thin-faced, eager-eyed lad, wearing the
paper-cap of a Lancashire operative, is very
anxiously waiting. Of Jonathan himself,
we have a full-length back view, but his
profile is also-slightly visible. He is noting
down, with a bit of chalk upon the black
board, the additions to John Bull’s score.
The accounts for 1776 and 1812 are severally
scratched across, and the word “settled”
placed opposite each. The hew score, from
1862-3, is considerably larger than both of
the old accounts—five times as much, at
least.
That is all the artist has given—but surely
that is a great deal ? Surely, there is a tre
mendous score between this country and
England, the settlement of which we shall
insist upon,. some day, ere long. John
Bull really is at war with us, for he claims,
and he exercises, the privilege of fitting out
a fleet of pirates, to be employed against
American commerce, and manages it so that
we are precluded from making reprisals.
This fleet is as much British, as if it fought
under the Union Jack, and it is a fact that
it sails under that flag. The result is inevita
ble—an increased, and increasing, hatred of
England, and a resolve, by the National
mind, “ to have it out with England” when
ever the opportunity allows.
. This is plainly uttered—-but it is the truth.
Wards to be dreaded, to he averted, except
when a wrong has been done to us for.
which war alone can obtain reparation.
; England has done us this wrong, and we
shall settle the score ere we have done.
Indian Cotton Manufacture.
We leam from England, in advance of
. newspaper information, that the Lancashire
cotton-spinners are “putting the screw”
upon. Lord Palmerston and his ministerial
colleagues, to break down the flimsy, if not
nominal, neutrality which England affects
to have set up, and to acknowledge the in
dependence and nationality of the revolted
South, without any further delay. A par
ticular development in India has greatly
alarmed the disinterested cotton-lords. There
are numerous very wealthy, merchants and
traders in India, sagacious and enterprising,
who, it is said, have determined to go into
tlie cotton business, with energy and money.
These are chiefly Parsees, and generally re
side in Bombay, where, indeed, they have a
well-conducted English newspaper, called
The Indian Gentleman's Gazette. Of this
crowd of rich merchants, the late Sir Jam
setjee Jejeebkoy, (created Baronet in
1557, J long was head, and his successor and
namesake, the inheritor of his vast wealth,
a shrewd man of fifty-two, now holds his
immense fortune, and lias inherited liis
standing and influence. The Parsees of
Bombay can expend thousands where the
Lancashire cotton-lords would be afraid to
risk hundreds.
It is stated to us that their project is not to
sell and send Indian cotton to England, but
to retain it in India, and themselves to manu
facture it into the various fabrics into which
it is now converted in Europe— at least,
into such fabrics as are in demand in India,
China, and the East generally. They can
easily obtain the necessary machinery, and
may wholly supersede, in a short time, all
foreign cotton manufactures. The British
cotton-lords would thus have a large and
lucrative branch of their trade cut off - . No
wonder, then, that they are more than ever
anxious to obtain cotton from the South, so
as to prevent the contemplated action of the
Indian merchants. Once that India manu
factures lier own cotton, .in equal quality
with that: of the Lancashire operatives,
England will have to lament over the great
est blow to her mechanical industry.
Rear Admiral S. P. Dupont.
All great commanders must expect the
unthinking mass to feel aggrieved at any
check, however insignificant. Many, too,
from various motives—some from personal
prejudices, others from secret infidelity to
the great cause now tasking all the energies
of our nation—will take advantage of any
slight failure to cry down a gallant officer,
and thus assail the Government. Admiral
Dupont, we regret to observe, has been
thus assailed. ; We speak from personal
knowledge, when we pronounce him unsur
passed for gallantry, enterprise, and skill,
and aided as lie was by so many distin
guished naval officers on the occasion of the
late attack on Fort Sumpter, we know well
that lie did all that could possibly have been
done under the circumstances. We have to
support these remarks the personal testi
mony of our correspondent, who witnessed
the fight; and we are sure that, when the
Admiral’s report is published, it will con
firm and prove all we have been saying. In
the meanwhile, let us not forget itjio bril
liancy of the victory at Port lioyal and the
hero of that engagement.
LETTER FROM “ OCCASIONAL.”
Washington, April 20, 1863,
We are having some new-scenes in the
great drama of the war. The last would be
ominous if it had not been revealed too
early, and been managed by parties almost
openly Secession. It is, that if there is not a
great victory over the rebels “in tbe coming
campaign,” to use the language of the In
telligencer, the Administration must prepare
ior dreadful consequences—the plain mean
ing of which is, that, in the event of. de
feat, the rebellion must, be declared victo
rious, and the usurpation of the traitors
acknowledged. But this expedient will de
ceive nobody. Coming as it does from those
who have never felt a single conscientious
conviction in the necessity of this great
effort for tbe preservation of the Go
vernment, it must be regarded only as a
new indication of their desire to em
barrass the Administration, and to termi
nate the war at any sacrifice of honor or of
territory. It is the interest of no patriotic
man to protract the war. Every energy of
the Executive, and Of all his representatives,
civil and military, is devoted to the achieve
ment of victory over the enemy. Suppose,
however, this’ victory does not come to us
in “the coining campaign are we then
to yield to the new proposals of those who
are only desirous of peace with the rebels,
and are, therefore, really in earnest , for;de
feat, and not for triumph ? I need not ask
a question when I can anticipate the
indignant reply. If it should so fall out,
that God will not give us the advantage in
“the coming campaign,” we must even pro
ceed to make another effort. Every hour
proves that either the old flag or the new
one must succeed; either the Government
of our fathers, or the rebellion of a portion
ot their degenerate and ingrate descend
ants. The best way to realize the dread
ful impossibility of a peace not based upon
ane entire country, is to attempt to mark
the limits of. division, the: terms of
partition, the .conditions of separation.
You might as successfully divide the
human body, and expect the heart to beat,
as to separate the American Republic and
expect liberty to live. Every great national
interest, whether of trade and commerce, or of
society and religion, would perish in a maze
of factions and a sea of blood; and order
would only be restored by the strong hand
of the despot. The human frame is not
more closely knitted together than are the
freedom of the people and the entirety of the
soil of America. .
This scheme to give a new impetus to the
. rebellion, by holding out the hope that the
; people of the. free States will: be willing to
agree to separation, if the next movements
of our army are not crowned with success,
is suggested at-a moment when through
every organ of the Confederacy, from Davis
himself and his so-called Cabinet to the self
constituted Governors of the different sec
tions Vwhere the rebels hold sway, we hear
.-the cry that there is a prospect of want of
food for both troops and people. Their cot
ton trade brings them neither com nor beef,
and without these they .must pei-ioii. _. Com-'
pare this-confession of poverty and pro
spective famine with the superabundant re
sources of the loyal States, and you have
the best argument to set-off the cry that we
are unable to put down the rebellion. If
we cannot defeat them “inthe coming cam
paign” by force of arms, we at least hold the
whole of the free and loyal States clear of
violence and bloodshed, and can exhaust
them by our own steady, resolute, and un
shaken constancy. .
There is another element which enters
largely into the future. I mean the rigor
and system of the organization of the ne
groes in the Southwest. Adjutant! General
Thomas, now in the department of General
Grant, has stated the case so fully as to
leave-no doubt as to the purpose of the Ad-:
ministration on this question. You will
have seen how his appeals to the white
soldiers have been received. They hail this
experiment as one that is certain to operate
advantageously upon themselves and the
cause. You will have also noticed that not
only has no dissent been expressed by the
troops, hut that the general officers, in
cluding some of the most distinguished
Democrats, have voluntarily and cordially
endorsed his recommendations. It is im
possible for any man of sense to resist the
powerful arguments in the speeches of the
Adjutant General. The approach of the
warm weather, the expiration of the term
of many of the regiments in Louisiana, and
the immense increase of fugitives who
run from their masters on the approach
of our forces, render this act of the
Government a matter of wisdom, as it
is clearly humane and necessary. Un
■der a proper regime, and with good lead
ers, the whole character of the war in the
Southwest will thus assume a new charac
ter. As General Thomas well remarks,' the
rebels have had every chance to avail them
selves of the generous offer in the President’s-
Proclamation, and having rejected that,,
they cannot complain if the Government
acts out its policy by declaring their slaves
to be free, and by taking care that if they
arc to he used in war, it shall- not he
against the American Bepublic.
There are ten thousand remedies yet to he
tried before the craven demand for an igno
minious peace is responded to by the people.
Occasional.
WASIIIN GTON-
Specltil Despatches to “The Press.”
WASHINGTON, April SO, 1860.
T.oss of the United States Transport
Steamer Union.
The Navy Department lias received a letter from
Acting Admiral Lee, dated ofi’ Wilmington, April
18th, enclosing a report from Commodore Scott, of
United States steamer Maritanza, near Cape Fear ;
river, stating that, on the 3d instant, the United
States transport steamer Union, hove in sight in
distress, and in the afternoon it was found necessary
to abandon and destroy her by fire to prevent her
drifting aßhore to the rebels. The officers and crew
were all saved. She was bound from Hilton Head
tc Beaufort, South Carolina.
A Detective Officer Hung by the Rebels.
Reliable information was received to-day, that
Haevey Sheehan, oneofCol. Bakeu’s detectives,
was captured on Friday, at midnight, by Moseby’s
guerillas', and was hung early on Saturday morning,
by his captors, in sight of his family, nearDranes
ville.
The Naval Academy.
Commodore Blake, superintendent of the Naval
Academy, writes to the Navy Department that the
fever at that institution has entirely disappeared,
and the sick list is smaller than during any previous
season.
Important Army Orders—The Discharge of
Soldiers when their Terms Expire. .
.. HBAUQUARTEnS OF THE AItMY OF THE
Potomac, April 20.
The following orders were published to-day:
GENERAL ORDERS No. 44.
In order that no misunderstanding may exist as to
the course to be pursued with regard to regiments
whose term of service arc about expiring, the fol
lowing rules will govern the notion of corps com
mnnders and others in the matter :
Ist, "When companies and regiments re-enlist
after the expiration of their present term of service,
in accordance -with the provisions of general order
No. 85, of April 3,1863, from the War Department,
the regimental and company officers will be retain
ed; the regiment will have a furlough for the time
epccißcd in the orders, and will be allowed to pro
ceed at the public expense, with their arms and
'equipments, to the place of their enrollment, the
date oftheir.furlough being two years or nine months
(as the case may be) front .the-date, of tho original
muster into the service of the United States. :•
2d. W.hen the regimente In a bqdy.decliae to ro
ehlist, the officers and men will be mustered out at
388 PHESS.-PHILADELPHXA. TUESDAY. APltll. -2U. isn:i
the expiration of two years (or nine months) from
the date of their actual s -muster Into the service of
the United States. Their arms and equipments will
be turned over to the ordnance officer of the divi
sion to which the troops belong, and transporta
tion and subsistence to the placeof their enrollment’
be given by the quartermaster and subsistence de
partments.
3d. In cases where lees than ono-half of the men
re-enlist, the proportion of officers to be retained,
and the selection of those to be retained in service
will be determined by the corps 'commanders in ac
coidance with the provision of paragraph third of
general order No. 66, of April 2,1863, from the War
Department. The_ rank, proportion, and number
ol officers to be retained with the regiments where
the i e-enlistments are partial is left to the discre
tion of the corps commanders. _
4th. The portion of the bounty provided in general
order No. 86, April 2d, 1863, from the War Depart
ment, for re-enlistment, will be entered upon, the
muster-ioils, to be paid at the first payment after the
return of the men from their furlough.
6th. In regiments where two-years men and men
enlisted for three years or the war are associated
together, special recommendations may be made to
the headquarters for furloughs to the latter, when
the number of two-years men re-enlisting may, in
the opinion of the corps commanders, justify the in
dulgence. *
Cth. Where the two-years regiments do not re-
CDlist, as above provided for, the corps commanders
will direct the transfer of men enlisted for three
years or. the war in such regiments to three-years
regiments from the same Stajrc; or if their numbers
are sufficient these men may, at the discretion of
the corps commander, be formed into battalions.
7th. This order, as well as the following order from
the War Department, will be read at the head of each
company of the two years and nine months regi
ments serving in this army.
By command of Major General Hooker.
S. WILLIAM* * Ass’t. Adj’t. General.
Reinstatement of Officers.
Headquarters Army op the Potomac,
' April 20, 1863.
G-knekat. Order, No. 43.—1 t appearing, from the
reports of commissions duly appointed, and from
official information otherwise furnished, that the
absence of the following-named officers, announced
for dismissal in general order No. 20, issued March
5, 1863, from these headquarters, can be satisfacto
rily accounted for, they are hereby relieved from all
furtherjiability under the provisions of that order:
Lieut. J. IVL Andrews, .Tr., 30th New 1 York ; Capt.
Jacob L. Yateß, 22d New York; Lieut. Oolonel I).
Shaul, 76th New York.
Oapt. A. Sagor, 76th N. Y., honorably discharged.
Lieut. Benj. F. Hancock, 19th Indiana.,
Col. L. Cutler, 6th,Wisconsin.
Second Lieut. Martin Rodman, 2d Wisconsin. .
First'Lieut. Charles G. EssUnger, 2d Wisconsin,
honorably discharged.
Col. Alexander E. Donaldson, 20th New Jersey,
honorably discharged.
Major Charles Ryan, 136th Penna.
Capt. W. H. Jackson, 130th Mass., honorably dis
charged. :
Capt. Sherman N. Aspinwftll, 39th New York,
honorably discharged.
Lieut. H. B. Stewart, 149th Penna.
Lieut. Francis C. Duke, 2d Delaware, honorably
discharged.
Major Benjamin Ricketts, 2d Delaware.
Major Peter Nelson., 66th New York.
Lieut. Jacob Fisher, 66th New York, honorably
discharged.
Lieut, John Caslow, 28th Massachusetts, mus
tered out.
Lieut E. H. Rich, 19th Maine.
..Captain W. H, Moore, 12th New Jeraey, honora
bly discharged..
As&istant Surgeon F. L. Haupt, 13th Pennsylva
nia, honorably discharged.
Lieut. James Woodward, 6th New Jersey.
Cajitain Clarence D’Heas, 13th New York, hono
rably discharged.
Captain Wm. Doweny, 13fch New York.
. Liect.Xouis E. Crone, 22d Massachusetts.
Lieut. Wm. M. Cloney, 22d Massachusetts, mus
tered out.
Chaplain C. E. Weires, 14th New York, honora
bly, discharged. .
Lieut. Wm. M. Edmons, 14th New York.
Lieut. E. W. Reed, 83d Pennsylvania, honorably
discharged.
Lieut. Robert B. McKibbeny, 48th United States
Infantry..
Assistant Surgeon J. E. Smith; 12th United States
Infantry.
Captain T. W. Newman, 11th United States In
fantry.
Assistant Surgeon L, W. ColT, 134 th Pennsyl
vania.
Lieut. J. A. Mellinger, 134th Pennsylvania hono
rably die charged. .
* Captain W. H. Eldridge, 14th New - Jersey, hono
rably discharged.
Captain H. W. White, 27th New York.
Captain Burbank Spiller, 6th Maine, honorably
discharged.
. Captain Anson S. Daggott, 6th Maine,'
Egbert Olcott, 121st New. York. .
: Lieutenant Albert Webber, 20th New York, ho
norably discharged.
Cftptain’B. W. Oliver, 82d Pennsylvania.
Captain John Ashland, 82d Pennsylvania.
Lieutenant Arthur B. .Keen, 23d Pennsylvania,
Lieutenant Richard Carter, 6th Wisconsin.
Lieutenant Samuel Asehur, 64th New York.
Captain A. B. Botsford, ?9fch New York
Assistant Surgeon J. H. Hassenplug, llth Penna.
Lieutenant Bayard Wilkeson, 4th U, s. Artillery.
2d.. The commanding general takes this occasion
to. censure in the strongest terms the inexcusable,
conduct, of all those through whose negligence or in
difference in not forwarding the proper information
to these headquarters, officeTß, wno had been honor
ably discharged for .wounds received in battle, or
sickness induced by camp exposure, or who had lain
down their, lives in the service of their country, or
whose; absence' from their duties in the field was
justified by the orders they had received, had been
held up to public remark, and reproved, as “absent
without leave.’ 1 The records of some of the regi
ments seem. to have been kept in a manner highly
discreditable to the commanding and staff officers
charged with-the important and responsible duty of
collecting and; arranging the data which make-up
the military history of the individuals composing
their respective commands. When this trust is
neglected, the reputation and rights of officers and
men must necessarily be endangered.
By command of Major G eneral Hooker,
. S. WILLIAMS, A. A. G.
Immense Union. Meeting at New York.
New Yokk, April 20.—Another immense Union
mass meeting was held in this city thislifternoon,
under the auspices of the Union League. •
Gen. Scott presided, occupying the chair, on the
balcony of the Fifth Avenue Hotel.
Four stands were erected around Madison Square,
fronting the hotel, and the attendance* at all the
stands numbered not less than 20,000. ■
* Among the speakers were John'Yan Buren, Daniel
Dickinson, George Bancroft, Rev. Dr. Hitchcock,
Henry J. R&ymoiiUj'George wm. Curtis,. Toyman
Tremain, E. Delafield Smith, H. B. Stanton^and
others. ' >
. A noticeable feature of the meeting was the pro
cession of express-men, comprising all the expresses
in the city, which passed around the square in
wagons, drawn by horses gaily decorated with flags,
the employees of the various companies cheering as
they rode along.
The reception of Gen. Scott when he appeared on
the balcony was exceedingly cordial and enthusi
astic. He was too feeble, however, to address the
meeting, and only able to occupy the chair for an
hour. m f
Union Meeting at Baltimore*
Baltimore, April 20.—The Union demonstration
held to-night in the hall of the Maryland Institute,
under the auspices of the Union Leagues of Mary
land, in commemoration of the grand uprising of
the loyal States which followed the bloody tragedy
enacted in the streets of Baltimore, on the 19th of
: April, IB6i, was in every way worthy of the occa
. sion. The spacious hall was packed with people in
every portion, and large numbers were unable to
. gain admittance. The hall was splendidly deco
rated, and the greatest possible enthusiasm pre
vailed.
That the State of Maryland shall never
be taken from under the stars and stripes under any
circumstances nor on any conditions, if it can be
prevented by the sacrifice of our liveß and fortunes;
and to this declaration, in the presence of Almighty
God, we hereby pledge each other.
Resolved, That we declare our unconditional sup
port of the Government in any measure it may de
termine to be necessary in the prosecution of the
war for the supremacy of the Union; and that the
war ought to be prosecuted until its authority is ac
knowledged and its flag waveß unaßsailed over every
part of the national territory.
Among the distinguished persons present were
Governor Cannon, of Delaware,Fostmaster General
Blair,. David Paul Brown, Esq., of Philadelphia,
and ; Governor Bradford, of Maryland. The latter
acted as chairman.
Letters were received from Secretary. Seward, the
Hon. Messrs. Holt and Dickinson, and Governor
Curtin, expressing regret at their inability to at
tend.
Thei meeting is Btill in progress.
The following resolutions were adoptedwith great
enthusiasm:
Whereas, The "Union Leagues of Baltimore, or
ganized in the days of darkness which hung over the
States and the country in the spring of 1861, are
now for the first time assembled in public mass
meeting, it is proper to declare the principles, pur
poses, and views of their members: therefore,
Resolved, That the existence of the American
nation is to be maintained above all local’ interests,'
opinions, and institutions, and that we declare our
solemn puipose that/ though all things else shall
perish, thiß country, this Union-shall live.
Resolved, That the origin and progress of the re
bellion leave no room to doubt the institution of
slavery has become an instrument in the hands of
traitors to build an oligarchy and an aristocracy on
the ruins of republican , liberty ; that its continued
existence is incompatible with the maintenance of
the republican formsof government in the States in
subordination to the Constitution of the United
States, and that the emancipation proclamations of.
the President ought to be enforced by all'the power
placed by Congress in the hands of the President;
that traitors have no right to enforce the obedience
of slaves, and.that against traitors in arms the Pre
sident should use all men, white or black, in the way
they can most be useful, and to the extent they can
be used—whether it be to handle a spade oy shoulder
a mufket.
Resolved, That the safetyand interests of the .
, State of Maryland, and especially of her white
laboring people, require that slavery should cease
' to be recognized by the iaws of Maryland, and that
.the aid of the United'States, as recommended by
the President, ought to be aßkcd and accepted to
alleviate the public and private inconvenience in
cident to the changed
Resolved, That we return our heartfelt thanks to
. Major General Schenck, commanding this depart--
ment, for the policy he has inaugurated and pur
sued, and that we will support him morally and
; physically, and that we exhort him to go on in his
good course to the bitter confusion of treason and
. traitors. . .
Grand Union Meeting 1 in Ohio#
Cincinnati, April 20. —The Union meeting at Hamil
ton, Butler county, Ohio, on Saturday, was the largest
ever held there. ; Over 20,00 U people attended, and
speeches t were iuade by Governors Tod aud-Morton,.
Hemy WuiLr Davis, and otliors. Geii. Burnside was
present. - .
Traitorous Cabals in Indiana ~to be Broken
Up.
Cincinnati, 'April 20.—The latest outbreak of the IC
G. C.s in Indiana will aunihilation of that
Order. General Carrington’s ordor, treating them as
public enemies, wilL bo enforced.: The outbreak iii
Brown;nnd H-ndrick’s counties on Saturday, and the
wilful assassiasvtion of Union citizens and soldiers, have
aroused the deepest indignation. It was reported last
night in Indianapolis that: the K. G. C.s were march
ing in force ; on Carlihsburg, Hendrick’s comity, with
the: intention of attacking and disarniingvthe Home
Guards. The excitement was intense.
IndianAroi.is, April 20.-The forces sent to Danville
last ni«ht report that all is quiet, there to-day. Several
arrests of armed men have been made, ft is reported that
another Union inau was killed in Br&wn county, yes
terday, bv the Jayhawkers.
The man Prosser, who shot Sergeant Daniels, ami was
Miriself in turn soriously wounded, baa been removed
to his residence at Georgetown, where! it is said, a force
.has-been organized to resist his arrest by the military
authorities. /
A number of leading Democrats ffiom Brown.aud the
adjoining counties have gone thither on purpose of coun
selling submission to the lawfully-constituted authori
ties, and assist in the restoration of peace..
Destruction of a Rebel Steamer*
New Yokk, April' : 2o.~The bark B. Colco-rd, from
Remedios, arrived at this port to- night. She report* that =
on April 10th, when'in lat. 30, long.. 80, at 4 o’clock in tho
afternoon, she picked up. two boats containing sixteen*
men from the rebel steamer Barroso, Captai o Adauxs, from
St. Maix’i*, bound.'to Nassau, with cotton and turpentine,
who reported leaving their steamer at 12 o’ctocs . noon,in
a sinking condition. On the next day, when abreast of
Charleston, and being short of provisions,, she let seven
of them have a boat to goon shore, the remainder-were
brought to this port. The steamer Barroso was 125 tons
burden, and her cargo consisted of 70 bales of cotton and
12 bbbs of turpentine. •; ■ • -. -' ' .
Heavy firing was heard at Charleston on the 12th Inst.
The Blot at Halifax.
Halifax, N.-8 , April 18.—Whisky wax tho prims
mover in the late riot; thealloged origin of which was
the rough handling of a'- soldier at areevint celebration.
The soldieifi tore down several dwellings. All is quiet
to-night; but it U foaied. that the riot is not oyer, as a.
man was killed by the soldiers this afternoon.
ARM V OF THE POTOMAC.
Reported Victorious Advance of General
Sionemnn—Rebel Reports of Recent Rn
gagements on the Rappahannock.
GEN. STONEMAN’S MOVEMENTS.
Nkw York, April 20—The Post has a report from
an officer who left the Army of the Potomac on Sa
turday, to the effect that Gen. Stoneman was heard
from on Saturday afternoon) that he reached Culpe
per O. H., where 3,000 rebels were surprised and cap.
turedf also, that a number of, Harris' Eight Cayalry
were hilled in a previous skirmish. The story is
doubtful; 'fs
THE REBEL ACCOUNTS.'
The following are extracts from the Richmond
Enquirer ofThurßday :
VREDBRrCKSBTJRa.
CBpecial Despatch to the Richmond Enquirer ]
Fredericksrurg, April 16.—Heavy firing was
heard up the river yesterday, which was supposed
to be skirmishing about Kelly's Ford, between
Stuart’s cavalry and those of the Yankees. The
cavalry pickets have all been withdrawn from Port
Royal to a point up the river within six miles of
town. Last night large fires, as of a conflagration,
were visible in the direction of Acquia Creek. Two
balloons were up yesterday, and the cars have been
running incessantly since Saturday night. Last
evening there was a good deal of commotion in front,
and the signals were unusually active.
THE FIGHT; ON THE UPPER RAPPA
; ~ HANNOCK.
’ Railway|intelligence makes out the fight on the
Rappahannock on Tuesday, atjJKeUey’a Ford, in
which the ?nemy Were repulsed after five successive
.attempts tcrcrose,j with some loss, extent not known,
hut slight-on the Confederate side. On the same
day, a demoMtrafion wsb made near Germanna and
:U. IS. Ford, bit no engagement is reported. It was
believed thall Hooker intended a general advance,
but all remaning quiet on yesterday, this impres
sion abated, ft. report was in circulation, based upon
the statemeip of a .civilian from Fredericksburg,
that a generakd vance was projected by the enemy,
but that a I rge body of the trooj>s, whose term of
service expire between the Ist and lSfch of May, re
fused to otfy orders, believing that it was the
object of 16/ Commander-in-Oliief to force them
into a fighfof desperation before the efficiency of the
army Bhojld be impaired by emergencies whioh
would am during that period.
ARTMENT OF VIRGINIA.
Affair on the Nausemond River—
jof a Rebel Light Battery, and a
f*» of Alabamians Official De*
iroin General Peek.
js Monk ols, April 19.—Last evening the
reborn arrived from Charleston, bringing
t importance. The monitors were all
[ be bar, none of them having left, as has
•] id.
ing was distinctly heard last night, and
t time to-day, on the Nansemond river,
i gunboats are engaged in shelling out
ibels who are attempting to plant batte
he banks of the river, Thus far they
Defeated.
mix and staff left this morning, on the
rden, for the Nansemond. The general
[te last evening from Suffolk. He keepß
jeye upon the enemy's movements about
jment.
?s Monroe, April 20.—Heavy firing has
.on for the last. twenty-four hours on the
.old river, occasioned by our gunboats
eheliingj< t the rebels, who: are attempting to plant
batteriffi t different points on the river.
Last niit our gunboats, with the 89th New York
and Bth onnecticut Regiments, captured a rebel
battery < six pieces of artillery, together with two
hundred Visohers, taken -from the 44th Alabama
Regiment
OFFICIAL DESPATCH FROM GEN. PECK.
WASHjipTON, April 20.— An official despatch has
been recefed from Major General Peck, dated eight
o’clock lap evening, which sayß:
“Genefl Getty, in conjunction with the gun
boats uner Lieutenant Lasmon, has just stormed
the heavjbattery at the weßt branch, and captured
six guns [nd two hundred of the 44th Alabama Re
giment. They, crossed in boats. . The 89th New
York aij Bth Connecticut Regiments were the
storminsparty.” "
Brill! ail
Cftptni
Battali
spatcli
Fortri
steamer F
no news
lying ne&i
been repoi
Cannon,
most of tl
where, ou
squadß of
rieß upon
have
Genera
Henry B
returned
a vigilan
this depji
Fortk
been goiri
Nanßemr
ARTMENT OF THE OHIO.
Sltirmilling wltli theßebels on tlie Cum
bcrliid River—Our Troops Successful in
a Sej/cs of Combats.
Louiville, April 20.— C01. Graham, on Satur
day, sacked the rebels near Celina, Tennessee,
killinseven of them and destroying their camp.
On Suday he crossed the Cumberland, and attacked
the reels there, killing thirty and routing the re
mainitp. He is now in hot pursuit. The Federal
loss we one lulled.
Coliel Riley attacked the rebels yesterday, at
Creel oro, on the Cumberland, killing one and cap
turin sixteen. He is now chasing the remainder.
Therwere no casualties oh our side.'
URMY OF THE FRONTIER.
Tlie.lebels at Fayetteville, Arkausas, Re
pnjed vvilU Heavy Loss by an Inferior
Face of Union Troops.
StjLouis, April 20. —Despatches received at
heaquarters state that Fayetteville, Arkansas,
wasltfacked before daylight on Saturday morning,
by aoiit three thousand rebels, with four pieces of
artilejy. Our forces consisted of only two thousand,
parjo! whom were unarmed, but they succeeded in
.reijatseg the rebels : with considerable loss. Our
loss wp five killed and twelve wounded.
St.* iiouis, April 20.—Additional advices from
FayettMlle say that the fight at that place on
Saturd* lasted about four houra. The rebels, who
were commanded by Gen. Cobell, retreated in dis
orderhto\ards Orark. -
Ourtn
commant
and equii
tos are all recruits from Arkansas, under
Jof Col. Harrison, and. are poorly armed,
i/ed, and without artillery.|
litcrcsting I from tlie Southwest.
' .CiNciFStTr, Aprii2o.—-Skirmishing is reported near
Cormtli, ps., last Thursday, but we have no partial-,
•larp. Kicmond, La;, is reported occapied by the Union
troops. I ...
From California.
_San Fxxcieco, April 20.—Arrived ship Dashing
■waye, frjn.Boston; steamer Moses Taylor, from San
Joan, vialealejo, in 12 days. Her passengers all ar
rived wel
...Sailed, hip White Falcon for Acapulco, with coal for
tne oppospon line of steamers.
The makels are generally dull, and there is very little
trade froifirst hands. -Domestic Spirits are slow of sale,
at an avelge of 45c. Alcohol, S2>£@Syc. Crushed Sugar,
15c. Butt is dull. Olive Oil better. : Hard Coal, 313
per ton. j
J. 'W. (jborne, the pioneer fai’mer of Naplo county,
was murred by a laborer, lateljtin his employ, on
Saturday.! : .
Sandwi/i Island dates to tbe 26th of March have been
received. (The news is unimportant.
vew YorkJEJank Statement*
New YqK, April 20. —The bank statement lor the'week'
ending onSaturday, shows
A d ecreastof loans
ofspecie*-*
A decreasi of circnlation
An increaa of deposits
A Ridiculous Rumor*
Hew Tok, April 20. —The Commercial has a rumor
of thei resihation of Secretary Stauton, which is contra
dicted, hoiever, by a report that the matter has been
comprimied..
Hie New York Gold Law.
•Ajjß^rriApril- 20. —The Senate and Assembly Bank
CommiteS have agreed to recommead the Senate gold
bill proUljting the banks from loaning on gold or bills
of exchan® under the penalty of a forfeiture of their
charters! 7
Conflagration at Youngstown, N. Y.
Youxtetovx, N.' . April 20.—A considerable portion
oithisyjJage was destroyed by fire this morning, inclu
ding Bawn/s Hotel, Connors Hotel, and the adjacent
building ■ -
ELOcpioN TouBKAMBWT.—There is every pros
pect of ke Academy of Music being filled this even
ing by p audience anxious to witness the competi
tive trig of skill, in elocution, by three pupilß of
Mr. Phjp F. Lawrence, of Philadelphia, and three
pupils o|Mr; J. B Brown, of New York, The judges
will "git>\ ; their verdict in fifteen minutes after the
competibn closes.
Sale ov Boots"and Shoes,
rThe early attention of purchasers is re
p the large assortment of boots and
lb, hats, caps, trunks, leather, satchels,
mbracing about. 900 packages of first-class
Eastern manufacture, to be peremptorily
atalogue, on four months* credit, corn
pis morning, at ten o’olock, by John B.
fo., auctioneers, Nos. 232 and 234 Market
1/AItGJ
&0., &c.
quested 1
shoes, al:
&C., &C.,
city and'
sold by
mencing
Myers & i
street.
i The Uaon party nominated a municipal ticket at
Chicago di Thursday, Thos. B» Ryan waß selected
almostunaiimously, for Mayori The election takes
place 10-d/y. The Democrats carried the last city
electioß, bit this time Chicago will fall into line
with ciDciinati. v
Sick aid Wounded Soldiers.—Qn Sa
turday afternoon.a number of men arrived at the
Citizens’ volunteer Hospital from Washington.
Yesterday" afternoon at 2 o’clock, and also at 5%
0 5 elock,'6the:s came from Baltimore, s Among them
are the following Pennsylvanian a:
Franklin Bell‘E, 11, J H McConnell, H, 134.
H SutchfD, 61 \ D Loughery, 1,11.
R O Davis, I,il2Rcß. P Urban, K, 145
J E Dairy mple, X, 96. Thos. Kinsley, K, HI.
W Caldwell! F, 113. G C Tor nan, A, 9.
E Osborne, €. 1071 - E Sookr, C, 5.
PFort, K, 96. \ John Hick, H, 155.
David B. E Torney, A, 12.
G Yosb, E, 2A • Wm Yates, K, 61.
John Sherwood, j . 104. J Miller, G, 72.
J Clark, C, 8. J H Peal, F, 136.
John O’Conner, C 28. F Cutter, K, 72.
F Batsing, A,9. D Mellen, H, 96.
G-Deermet, A, 4; Peter Lynn, B, 9.
G Sbenellyn, D, 9< John H Lemon, E, 45.
JolinHehry, K, 1 Sgt D U Morton, 1.121.
• W G Risher, E, 131. M J McAmber, H, 6.
Eugene Conrad, I r 75. Adam Hornberger, A, 132
John W Smiley, HI, 12 Res JereFlamey, F, 81.
Matthew Johnion H, 11. Sgt Peter F Quinn, K, 48.
Geo. W Ayres/B, 47. ’ J Hutchinson, I, 3.
W J Smith, 8,90. J MoLoughlin, O, 90.
William Roderick H, 3. J D Geisenhoft’er, A, 91.
J : S Burns, 8,;,R&. Ohas Huber, H, 74.
John Cannon, K, 12. P Kineler, B, 121. ‘
Corp J Davies; 0,46. Aaron Hartman, A 5 Kos
P G Beck, C, 111. i Pat Keenan, D, 72.
N D Barnet 1,>132J Geo Unfrite, I, 81.
Ohas Hafrhon, O, S.Res, Geo W Ayers, E, 147.
Ed McGar/on, C, 26. Pat Boyle, K, 71.
John Mill/r, H, 8!. ! . David Jones, B, 57.
Wm FincJ, A, 6 Cav. Corp G M Marshall,K,llB
.Toa Reic), M, 6 Cav Wm Peck, 1,110.
Job OKijager, A, 82. Alex Higgins, E, 69.
John Kejp, M, 6th Cav E P Wheeler, li, 147.
W J Krtfner, M, 6 Cav Geo Harrison, M, 6 Oav.
John Lavton, D, 6th Oavjlsaac Gcngrich, I, 49.
' Hosi
Wkkk.-
sbow.thi
ITAL Statistics for the Last
(The hospital statistics for the past week
:
Hospitals.
Sixty-tiftJi id Vine streets
liarrisbuiiv
Broad and taeriT .............
I»1 Si) gton Ltbe .;:.....
Wiliningtonv
Filbert street..
Master streetl
Broad and Prtne....,
.Cantac’n AVoclh
Chester A*
Summit Bouse.
MoCiellan Hoaital, Nicetown.. -.
Tuvner’K liftuel
lioiidiny....... i
C)jostnut Hill.t.
' West PhiladeliiiH.... '
Germantown ......j.
South nr.d- Tu qty-fourth xticot-•
'.te
Total.. J
"" : : I ' :'‘V
THE CITY.
Tile Thermometer.
APHII, 80, 1882. APRIL, 20, 1863.
6 *- M 12 M 3p. m.|6 A. M..... 12 M 3p. K.
60 60 62 ) eg% 63...„....ei
WIND. WIND.
BE. RE . .NE'SW..... .ENE ENE
Meeting op Discharged Soldiers.- —
Last evening a meeting of discharged soldiers was'
held at the Marion Assembly Room., corner of Sixth*
Btreet and Washington avenue. The room wab filled 1
to overflowing, although the meeting was simply
prel i nun ary to a more general one soon to be held,
.nil 4* !ll ,aB ! seven o’clock, James Morrison wab
called to the chair.
Eeech was appointed secretary, and Ell
ward O. Skelton assistant.
were nearl J’ aU strangers together,
though formerly patriot brothers in arms to do bat
tie for the country.
v,?uL\P‘ 'V-Abott (we believe) arose and said that
he had called upon Mr. Sailor at the navy yard, who
JSiinV’llXf I m t5 a 5 ?° fAr aB he couW , he would ap-
E t fl° I<Uerß - that , hftd been honorably discharged
the service of the United States, but that no
He d fthn° « W^ anted there for two weeks at least.
Sf;i th fv J e^.erJ was i nclined to think that the
floldier has have not been regarded as
cheerfully as they should have been. If we go to the
foundries in search of work they all say “ ves yes
we’ll employ you,” but then they desire usto work
at very, poor rates per day, as though we were not
a w our hire. Fork soldier, who h£ a wife
and little ones around him, bow cheerless, indeed is
somethin 61 ? 11101 , a 11 wouW seem to him that,’if
be“gar h “ g b done > We of us will be driven to
.f. a , id that when he read the
l 1 !® meeting he did so with pleasure, and he
? t? at muoh sooil would be derived by a con
° action on our part. It may not simply be to
work^/tn?h°e r th ? arsenal that we Bhoultt look for
W „ ■ ’ v ,0 ll ? e ,public generally: those men of busi
ness who want labor, and when lhey do employ are
willing o pay for the labor. There is no country in
the world where they do not provide for the honor
ably-dischaiged soldier. In Great Britain, particu
larly, great care is taken to provide for the dis
charged of their army. . A soldier’s discharge there
is all that is necessary to procure him employment
such as he is capable of performing. So it should be
in this country, and so it probably will be when we
make the subject known in proper manner. When
we first rushed to arinß, with the bloom of health
in our cheeks; with muscle that could wield
a sword or handle a musket; with hearts beat
ing high with hope for our country and universal
liberty- then, indeed, we were cheered on by
the smiles of the'women, the loud huzzas of the
men. we never knew what it was to* meet a
frown until we saw the scowling faces of the rebels.
Now we have returned, some with the loss of a leg,
an arm, a hand, a foot, an eye, maimed in various
wayß for life; broken down in constitution, or crip
pled from rheumatism ; and yet we do not see those
smiles nor those huzzas that ushered us on in the
early part of the struggle. But we should not vet
censure the people. They have hearts to feel, and it
requiies a soft touch only to make the chords of sym
pathy vibrate in them. We think we have a
claim upon~T7ncle:-s?aiir, 'anu-~tiiose“or~~us "who - '
have recruited our wasted energies, and can-and
are willing to work, certainly ought not to
go disregarded in our appeals. If we find the
mere politician who does hot feel willing to give
way a little, then, indeed, we may conclude tiiat
his patriotism is at a very low ebb. In my opinion,
Mr. President, there is nothing so detestable'as a
beggar. If an honorably-discharged soldier scorns
to eat of the bread of poverty, and the citizens re
fuse to give him work when, they have it, or can
make a place for-him, then that citizen is entitled
to a Bhare of censure.. But that time. has not yet
come. The time was when a raid was made towards
the Pennsylvania lines: then it was that the people
of the State rushed to a'rms to drive back the in
vaders. They knew the importance, of it then,
while we were doing. the duties of soldiers on the
banks of the Potomac, or on thatsacred soil”
that was mighty hard to travel over. Philadelphia
at one time was in danger, and when the wealthy
business men are made to remember this, they will
not fail to respond willingly to our appeal, because
if they do, they will set a very bad precedent, in
deed, in case more recruits for the army are asked
for.
A member desired to know whether sailors are to
be included in this movement as well as soldiers.
k The president responded, certainly; all are in who
have rendered service in the cause of the country.
A motion was agreed to that a committee be ap
pointed to make the necessary arrangements to fur
ther the cause. . >
Messrs. John Murphy (sailor); ; John W. Smith,
C. V.'Abbott, Ebenezer Beach, and John M, Leach
were appointed.
A committee of three was appointed to prepare an
address and resolutions, to be presented at the next
meeting.
Messrs. W. S. Holmes, Edward Moir, and C. Y.
Abbott were appointed.
A motion was agreed to that when the meeting
adjourns it adjourns to meet at the County Court
House, corner of Sixth and Chestnut streets.
The following named were appointed as the Com
mittee on Finance:
Messrs. Wm. L. Holmes, John W. Smith, Ebene
zer Beach, C. V. Abbott, and Jno. M. Leech.
A vote of thanhs was tendered to the Marion As
sembly, for the use of their room.
A vote of thanks was also tendered to The Press,
Age, and Public Ledger , these papers being represent
ed at the meeting.
On motion, adjourned to meet at the call of the
Committee of Arrangements.
Guardians of the Poor.—A stated
meeting of this Board was held yesterday afternoon.
The census of the Almshouse were reported as
follows:
Number in the house on Saturday,
Same time last year
Decrease...
Admitted during the past two weeks, 161 5 births,
16; deaths, 17 5 discharged, 185; eloped, 72; bound,
4; number of persons granted lodgings, 90; do.
meals, 218.
The steward reported house receipts amounting
to $465.49.
The out-door agent reported having collected for
support cases $278.76, and for emigrant tax $175.
The treasurer reported having paid into the city
treasury $1,376.24. .
The committee oh Children’s Asylum, reported
having bound out two children, and the action was
confirmed. ’
The Committee on Supplies reported having given
out the whole contract for supplying the house-with
mutton to Messrs. Lentz & Geisler. The action
was confirmed. (A part of the contract was award
ed originally to John Kelly, but he failed to conform
to the teiins. He alleges, however, that he had
given directions to have it attended to in his ab
sence, which was not done. Thecommittee, acting
on a Buppoßed dereliction, gave away Mr. Kelly’s
part of the contract to the parties named above.)
Dr. Wm. M. Allen waß elected second assistant
apothecary at the Almshouse. ; : -
Dr. Wm. B. Corbit was elected assistant physician
in the Inßane Department.
Mr. Lee offered the following:
Whereas, It is by law the duty of the clerks of the
markets to send to the Almshouse, for the use of the
poor, a portion of the butter, lard, and other articles
forfeited by reason of light weight or short measure;
and whereas, The quantity-usually received from
that source has greatly diminished during the past
year and no satisfactory explanation can be had by
this Board as to the cause of this falling off: there
fore -
Resolved, That Councils be requested to order in
quiry to be made as to the disposition of articles
seized by the clerks of the various markets and by
law forfeited to the use of the Guardians of the
Poor during the paßt two years. Adopted.
: Mr. Erety offered a resolution recommending Dr.
Penrose as a suitable person to fill a vacancy in the
Medical Faculty of the Pennsylvania University,
which was agreed to.
The President (Mr. Maris) called the attention of
the Board to an act of Assembly, which requires that
before out-door relief be granted, a majority vote of
the Board is necessary and the yeas and nayß taken.
That rule had been abandoned for a number of vearß.
No action was taken upon the subject, and the Board
adjourned.
...$1,355,557
Meeting of the Board of Survey.—
The Board met yesterday at ioj£ o’clock A. M. The
minutes of the last meeting were read and approved.
The deed of dedication by the Friendship Land and
Building Association for Grant Btreet waß presented,
and, it not appearing to be a through street, was, on
motion, referred to the surveyor and regulator of the
Second district. Mr. Daly reported that the name
of Kimball be inserted in the deed referred to him at
last meeting; agreed to. A deed of dedication for
the following streetsithrough the Naglee estate was
presented: Eighth, Ninth, Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth,
York, and Dauphin streets (each fifty feet «n width),
and Tatiaea, Arizona, Daeotab, Nevada, and Calora
streets (each forty feet in width), and Susquehanna
avenue (sixty feet in width), andLejee street (forty
six feet in width.) The names were approved. The
committee to whom was referred the application of
the Central Passenger Railway asking for a change
in the grade of Wayne street, in the Twenty-second
ward, reported that they met on the ground and ex
amined the grade from Roberts’ avenue to Manheim
street. They presented the following resolution,
which was agreed to:
Resolved, That the Chief Engineer be requested to
inform the. Committee of Surveys that, in the opi
nion of this Board, there is no authority for the
changing of the grade ot Wayne Btreet, and that the
committee be discharged.
The Board then adjourned.
Union League.—At tlie regular meeting
of the Union League, last evening, Rev. Dr. Marks,
of Washington, was present, and entertained the
members with an interesting and patriotic address.
He announced that he would give a short history of
the war as it came under his personal notice. The
narrative elicited close attention. He graphically
described the seven-day fight before Richmond,
commencing at the advance from Yorktown, and
following up with a description of the victories and
subsequent defeat of McClellan’s army..
The speaker had been taken a prisoner before the
battle of Malvern Hill, and while a captive, he and
his companions heard a report that McClellan was
planning n surrender of the army. .-Nothing could
exceed the anguißh of his heart when he was told of
that rumor, for he felt thatthere might be truth in
it. His opinion was that, if our army had been re
inforced by ten thousand men, we would have taken
Richmond, providing we had a good general. [Ap
plause.] The losses of. the rebels, at Malvern Hill,
was stated by several competent officers, whom the
Bpeaker had met in Richmond, to be greater.than,
our losses altogether during the campaign. There
was no. joy .in Richmond during that siege. Every
where one might see misery, degradation, fear, and
terror. Dr. Marks expressed a lively hope for the
future of our country, and concluded with a eulogy
of our army, and its noble efforts everywhere to
crush the forces opposed to it.
The City Treasury.—The receipts at
the office of the Oity Treasury last week, inde
pendent of trust funds, were aa follows:
Wharves and Landings $3;497 50-
T»xe80f1862....... 12,317 *l9
TaxesoflB63 ; 29,499 61
Oity Property. 428 43
Highway Department. 3,874 52
Pines and penalties......... 19 00
City railroad t 0115..........:.... 5,076 00
Law Department. 404 61
The total payments for the week amounted to
$53,843.96; the disbursements, including warrants
of 1863, the sum of $2,210.71, and warrants for this
year, $51,633.25. The payments on account of trust
funds were $13,953.68. - >
Union League in the Second Ward. —
The loyal citizens of the Second ward have orga
nized a “National Union League,” and have elected
as officers the following gentlemen: President—
John W. Lynn ; Vice Presidents—A. T. Eavenson,
Wnu Tounson, Thomas Coekren, ¥m. Wood;
Recording Secretary, John W. Frazier; Corre
sponding Secretary, Wm. H. Ituddiman; Treasurer,
John Hendricks.
The object of the League is to aid in the mainte
nance and preservation of the Union and.the. Con
stitution, and to give encouragement and support to
the Government of the United States in its efforts
to crush out the rebellion. They hold a regular
stated monthly meeting, to*n!ght, at the Robert
Raikcß* School, Sixth street, above at
half past seven o’clock, to which all are invited.
Boy Droavned.— An unknown boy T agsd
about .12 years, was drowned; in the Schaylkiilnear
Ooates-street wharf, on Sunday- morning,' v while
swimming. The body was recovered,,and the coco
ner.held-an inquest. The deceased was dressed in a
dark suit, a'figured calico shirt, and - gaiter hoots.
Tlie appearance of his hack indicated 1 , that the lad
had recently received a severe whipping.
The Minerva Mills'.—’ TUe Minerva
Mills at Norristown, recently destroyed by fire,
were only insured to the amount, of $2,800, whieh
does; not: cover one quarter of tho loss. 1 Tburlow&j
Co. j the proprietors, who had a large cloth contract
with the Government,' have secured a factory in
Kensington, where they .will finish their business.
Early Closing.—A number of tho dry
-goods commission and importing merchants of this
city have agreed to close their stores from Monday,
the 20tli day of April, to tho stst of July, at 4
o’clook in each day of the week, except Saturday,
and on that day at 3 o'clock.
276
164
■421
163
3
1.026
m
'•-.144,
153
Water Rents.—The payment of water
rente amounted last week to the sum of $23,229.34.
Those unpaid on the Ist of May will be charged
with'an additional penalty.
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
THE MONEY MARKET.
Philadelphia, April 20, 1863.
, There was a general disposition to sell gold to-day,
wfcich caused a downward movement of the price. Open
ing at 151, it /ell off gradually to 148%', with a heavy
market. To-what causes this is due, in tire face of our
Jack of military success, rs perhaps hard So say. The
continued success of Government loans, the varying
prospects of the New York hill against loans, and the
promise of immediate movements by our armies, all
have an effect on the side of the*Bears, who are hard- at
work —th e most active and extensive of whom fe,- per
haps, the Government.
Old certificates of indebtedness rose K per cent., being
now worth IDIK a 102. Sixes of 1881 are strong at 105.
April and October seven-thirties at 104# a 105. Money
continues to exhibit the same ovexfullness as character
ized it during last week.
Subscriptions to the new national five-twenty sixes ex
ceeded one million dollars to-day up- to 4 o’clock P. M.
We hear frequent complaints of the notice that has been
given that the right to convert the legal-tenders into
flve-twentie6 will cease on.the Ist of July, 1883. Section
3 of the loan act of 1863 says:
And the holders of United States notes* issued under
and by virtue of said acts shall present thc*same for the
purpose of exchanging the same for bonds.-as'herein pro
vided, on or before cbe first day of July, 1863. and there
after the rights© to exchange the same shall, cease and
determine. ”
The stock market was active, with prices looking up
ward. Governments were firm. State fives rose K.
New city sixes were b eady at 111; the old at 106#.
Pennsylvania Railroad second mortgage's rose %. Read
ing sixes 1886- sold, at ID4Huntingdon and Broad . Top
second mortgages at S 3; 109 was bid for Elmira sevens;
90 for North Pennsylvania sixes. Susquehanna Canal
at 4SSjf; Schuylkill; Navigation sixes ISB2 at
74#—an advance of K.
Reading Bank shares were in demand, at an advance
of # ; Philadelphia and Erie new certificates , at 23#—
about the same as Saturday; Catawissa preferred sold
at Elmira preferred rose 1; Minehili advanced 1;
Pennsylvania Little Schuylkill was steady at .45#;
Camden and Atlantic preferred was active, and rose to
38; Camden and Amboy sold at 168, the common sold, at
9%; 3IK was hid for North Pennsylvania; 32 for Long
Island. Passenger Railways were more active; Ridge
Avenue sold at 17K; Green and Coates at 43; Race and
Vine at 10; Girard College at 2SK; 23 was hid foe Arch;
15K for Spruce and Pine; 66 for West Philadelphia.
Schuylkill Navigation common.sold at 7#; the pre
ferred rose to 18; Wyoming K; Delaware Di
80ld at 43? Morris Canal at 65; Hazleton Goal at
M', 58 was bid lor Lehigh Navigation; 43 paid for the
scrip.
Mechanics’Bank .sold at 27; Manufacturers’ and Me
chanics at 25K; Commercial at 52K; Northern Bank of
Kentucky at 102. The ..market closed firm,' $45,000 in
bonds and 7,500 shares changing hands.
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. 3,579,279 62 316 705 50
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The following stat
hanks of Philadelpb
1863:
Loans. Specie. Cireul.
January 6.
August 4..
31.046,337 5.658.728 2,145,219
33,517,900 6,660,187 5,026,070
33,899,351 6,543,160 5,071,855
34,826,163 5,435,748 5,095,71%
35,514,335 5,458,029 4.589.890
36,774,722 5,465,834 4,541,394
37,679,675 4,510,750 4,504,115
37,268,894 4,562,580 4.151,503
37,901,080 4,267,626 3.696,097
38,603,871 4,249,035 3,608,874
39,206,02 S 4,247,5!7 3,534,550
39,458,384 4,247,688 3.295,862
55,939,612 4,311,704 3,369,194
37,516 520 4,330,*52 3,374,413
36,259,402 4,a43,242 3,290,655
136,295,644 4,343,988 3,135,042
September 1....
October 6.......
November 3....
December 1
January. 5,{1863.
February 2
March 2
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April 6.
Drexel Jt Co. anote:
United States Bonds. ISBI .104&@105K
United States Certificates of Indebtedness.... lGljs@lo2&
United States 7 3-10 Notes lCH3i@los>j£
Quartermasters’ Vouchers I&@2 d.
Orders for Certificates of Indebtedness j£(&i d.
Gold 4S%mS%p.
Demand Notes....
Mew Certificates of .Indebtedness 9SM@99
The Mew York Post of to-day says:; -
The market opened with a lively demand for Govern
ment stocks, the prices <of .which are very firm. Seven
thirties are slightly advancing, as are also gold-bearing
certificates, ‘whicii are held at 102, Those of our readers
who. relying on onr prediction, bought these choico
seenrities at 99, have no reason to regret their purchase.
Among the miscellaneous stocks, Delaware and Hud
son Canal Company was in demand at 127; Pennsylvania
Coal at JIS, Cumberland Preferred at 20, while Canton
Company is freely held at 24>£, after selling'at '24@24i£.
The firmness in Canton Company is attributed partly to
the rapidity with which the business is increasing, and
partly to the report that the land of the Company is being
taken up for manufacturing purposes, while, in conse
quence, a large number of lots have been already sold
fordwelling houses. As the stock is only represented by
real estate, and owes no debt, this movement, if consum
mated, cannot fail to add materially to the value of the
stock.
The following table exhibits the chief movements o
the market, as compared with the latest prices of yes
terday evening
Hon. Sat. Adr 4 Pee.
0. S. 6s, 1631,re* 103#. 103# .. .
t 7. S. 6a, 1851, c0n....... .104# - 104#'- v. .
0. S. 7S-10p. c. T. N. .105# 105 #
U.S. lyearCertif gold. 101# # . ..
American gold* 150. 151 *. 1
Tennessee 6e 60 60
Hissouri6s 60 60# .. }
Pacific Mail.... 188# ISS #
N.Y. Central 113# 114 .. 3
Erie . ....78# 78# .. =
Erie preferred....- . S 8 98# .. 3
Hudson Biyer..... 107# 1073fc #
Harlem .... 57 2#
Harlem preferred .. 86 86
Mich. Central.... 101 #
Mich. Southern 59# 60 .. }
Mich. So. guar-.-......-103# 104 .. }
Illinois Central scrip.... SS5# 88# -
Pittsburg.... 71 jK • 72 .. j
Ga1ena.......:... 92# \ # .
T01ed0........ 92% 93 , .. %
Hock Island 89% 81% . .. %
Fort Wayne 63 61% .. 1%
Quicksilver Co 41% 41 "■'% ..
Gold has been languid to-day. Transactions have
been limited and quotations tend downward. As we sro
to press the price, after vibrating sliiggisbly from 150®
13?, stands at 150%.
inge Salei, April iSO,
«, Philadelphia Exchange ]
BOARD.
Phila. Stock Excha
[Reported by S. E. Slaymaxs
PEBST 3
: 10 Elmira R Prf 54
ICO Cataw’a R Prf..s6o 23%
ICO do Prf.. s6O 23%
47 do Prf..... 23%
150 do Prf/.csh 23%
40C 0 Penna R2d m.. .s5lOB
50Reading R......... 45%
100 do ...bls 45%
500 do 45%
100 do - b 5 45.31
1319.12 Penna 55.. 101%
1000 do 10i%
2500 d 0... 101%
7000 do 101%
200 City 6s, new .111
1500 do ........106%
11 NBk Kentucky... 102
19 Mineliillß s 5 57%
SSPenna R C&P...... 64%
2CU Lehigh Scrip ..43
62 Lit Schuy R 45%
23 Commercial 8k.... 52%
200 Schuy Kay Prf .b3O 17%
BETWfiBI
3CO Schny Hay Prf.. .b 5 17%
60 do - Prf..... 17%
100 Readme' R 45%
7000Schny Ifav 6s, J B2-- 74
. SECOND
15C0City 6s, new......-311%
20CO d 0........ .105%
1200 do ..106%
I.ICO New Creek %
1600 Rea ding R.... .lots 45%
300 do b3O 45%
S5O :do 45%
ICO do ....45,44
4CO * do ..1)30 45%
SOPhil&ErieK...... 23%
ICO d 0... b3O 23%
8 Cam Allan R .9%
ICO Schuy Nav Prf.... 17%
47 do Prf.... 17%
150 oo Prf.... 17%
AFTER I
300 American Gold ....151
2CO U S 7-30 s Trea Nts *
blk A&0...........105%
. GLOBING PE
• • Bid. Asked.
DS 6s cpn ’SI... .104% 104%
D S 7.30 N0te5...104% 105
American Gold. .148% 149%
Phila wold 106
Do new .lIP ..
Alls c06a8...... 67% 69
Penna Os... 101*' ‘ 101%
Reading K ..45% 45%
Do • -Ms’Bo.. .. 110
Do bd5’70..104 -
Do bds *B6. .. 104
Penna'B. -diy off 65 66%
Do ’ lstm6s.. .. ;
Do 2dm 6e* 107
Little Sclmvlß.. 45% 46
Morris Canal.... 64% 66
Do - prfd 10s .132% .• *
Do 6a’76.».. ••
Do 2d xntg.. ..
‘ Susq Cana1...... ..
,350Schuy Nay Prf,.... 17%
1500 Schuy Nay 6s, ’B2- 73%
100 Phil &Erieß...... 23%
(par value reduced
from $lOO to $50.)
300 do ...........b3O 23%
100 dosown. 23%
4 Man & Mechs’ Bk.. 25%
5 Hazleton C0a1:..... 56
144 Morris Canal- .2dys 65
58 Delaware Div..... 43
1000 Reading 6s, ’B6 104 .
33Ridge-avenue R... 17%
100 Schuy Nay 7^
50 Caml& AUanPrf.--17L
11 Green-* tR 43
2000 Wilm S Loan 137
lOOßace-st £ 2dye 10
15 Cam & Amb R 168
75 N Penna morscp . St%
31 Mechanics’ Bk 27
BOARDS.
4000 Schuy Nav 6s, ’82.. 74
50 Miuehili R......... 58
132 Lit Schuy R.~.lots 45%
300 City ft*.'..;.... 106%
BOARD.
190 Schuy Nav Prf 18
SOO.Huh&BT2dro... 83
2000.Schuy Nav 6s, ’82.." 74#
2000 Susq Canal 6s. . .bo 45%
1000 do A..b5 48%
2850 TJ S 7-30TrNts end.lo4
100 Greeh-sfcß b 5 43
60 do--:... .. 43
50 Wyoming Canal... 20%
25 Penna R-- 65
78.. do : C&P....... 65
50 Girard Col R 28%
1000 U S fe,’Sl. Regis.. .104
sMlnehiliß 5S
10 ARDS.
6i Reading R..
100 Schny Nay..
.ICRS—PIRM.
Bid. Asked.
N Penna R 11% 12
Do 65.. 90 90%
Do lOs.s**** --
Catawissa R 7% 7%
Do Pifd..... 23% »%
Beaver Mead B-. «• ••
MinehiUß. ... 67% 08-.
Harrisburg R
Wiimingionß
Lehigh N&v Cs.. .. ..»
Do shares -. 58
Do scrip-*.. 43
Csm&Ambß 183
Phils. & Erie 6s• - --
Sun Si 8rie7*....103>5‘ 105
Delaware Div..... 43J£
Do bds 105
Spruce-street R.. 15>4 16
Arch-streetß.... 28 2SK'
Race-street K ... 10 11
Tenth-street R. • ~ 43*
Thirteenth-at E. . .
W Phila R 66 67
Do bonds**. -•
Green-atreet R-. 42X f 3
Do . bonds—. ..
Chestnut-at R-- ~
Do 6's .i.-.-- -- ••
Schuylßav 7 7%
Do prfd 18
Do 74 74&
Elmira B 37# S 8
Do prfd 68%
. Do 7R ’73....109 110
Do 10s
Second-street R.. .. 82
Do bonds... ..
Fifth-street 8...... 62
Do- bondß llOJsi;
Girard College B 2S& 28H
Seventeenth'Stß 10 11
LlslantSß.exdv ••• §3
Do Ms
Phila, Ger&Nor. 56
LehigliVarß'..,. ..
Do bd*.....
Philadelphia Markets.
Apbil.2o'—Evening
Tho Flmrrmarket is unchanged and very dull; about
300 bblslow grade Western sold at $6 for suns-caue and
$6.50 for extraloo‘bbls choice Lancaster county do at
$7.25, and3so bbls Ohioextra family at £7.62%. The
sales to the retailers and .bakers are moderate at tne
■above 11 t>urrs for superfine and extras, and 3T.75@8.75 for
high srade famlly and fancy brands as to-quality. Bye
Flour ts in steady-demand at bbl., Corn Meal is
quiet at $4. 58 for Brandywine, and bbl for Penn
sylvania. - _ r
GRAlN.—There is a limited-inquiry .for Wheat, and
the market is dull: «iles comprise about 5.G00 bushels at
. i&‘.@l7oc fo* fair to prime Penna red,-mostly at 16Sc, and-,
white at 17n£?n&Dc bu. Bye : is unsettled; Pennaus:
quoted ' Corn is more-pleiityand prices;
are steady,' with salts of 8,000 bushels yellov at 93c
afloat and in store, and 10,000 bushels vrhito at a price to
.be fixed. Cats are less active and prwes are nnsettiod'; 1
>ales are making at SC@Sac weighty and sc@ooc per bu,;
measure. , . -
BaKK. —Salesof 2ft. hhds .Ist No. 1l Quercitron
ported lit ton.
COT lON. —Tho market continues dull, and pjyces.are
rather lower ;Ye quote middlings at 65®66'Bltj,‘cash.
GROCERIES.—There is a ntodoratelmamess: doing,;
with sales of S 00" hhds Cuba at
.Colfeais dull; we quote llio at 29@32c Jo. •
PROVISIONS.—The market is inactive, with small
sale* of Bsconand Green Meats at steady-rates. Lard is
diiirat lie’#!& for bblS and tierces. . * '
SEEDS.—There is some little inquiry for.Clov-er; 2QQ
bush sold mostly at 8a.50@5.75 & bush. Timothy sella
fct about $2. and Flaxseed s&so@4 Tj*hush..' : .
WHISKEY is lower; bbls selling at 40@ifo tha latter
in aeinall way, and .
The following are the receipts. ©tElon? and Grain at
this poet to-day: .... ■ ■ ■ , .
Wheat. 8,500 boa
CorD...*»‘»..* U«,....14.500 bus -v
O&tS". *niii,Mt,m,ia,,,i,.6,3oobUA-.
New York Markets of Yesterday.
Asms With sales of 25 bblsat *s@3.2sfor
pots, and $£@9.25 for pcarlfi. .
Bkeadstupfs —Tne market for State and Western
ne^doin* Vy ’ an ' conts lower, with verydiitle busi
ed! 16 m *> at 56.M@6.40 for superfine
State; 86./£@6.90 for extra State; $6.05@6.45 for euuer
nne Michigan, . Indiana, lowa, Ohio, &c.; $56 75@7 15
svu^ x i r ll. shipping brands of ronnd-hoo*
Oh.o at $7.1f@7.20, and trade brands do at $7. &O@S 49*--•
loar 1S dul 1 aad lower... The sales; 450 bblß.
at< for euperfine Baltimore, and $7.33@9.75 for
Canadian Flour is .heavy, and 6 cents lower The
sales are 2CO bbls, at $G SU@7 for common, and $7 05(33 20
for the range of line and superfine. UJJ - aj .
Rye Flour Ls quiet and steady at $1@5.25 for the range f
of fine and superfine. - ' i
Corn Meal is dull. We quota Jersey at $4,15; Brandy- /
wine, puncheons, $722.50; y I
Wheatie dull, and entirely nominal at $L 3S(3L 64 for /'
and $1.67© l 72 for Winter red and amber Michiy
l^®r ’ sal® B of 20.000 bushels a l
BS@9oc for sound Western mixed, and BJ@S7 for oa
sound do. . . •
Rye is dull at $1.05@L09 for Jersey and'State.
Barley is quiet at. sl.4s@l; 60. >
: Oats are in smallsupply, and’lhe market is'quiet
steaay at E4@S5 -for Jersey, and. 85@37>i for Canada.
and Siate.' '
One of the moat interesting Sunday-school occa
sions that we have witnessed for a longtime, was
thefourth anniversary of schools connected with,
the Church of the Holy Trinity, at Walnut street
and Rittenhouse on Sunday afternoon, at
half past four o’clock. The magnificent church edi
fice in which it was held was crowded to overflow
ing, and the scene presented, as the hundreds of
well-dressed juveniles entered the church and took
their seats, accompanied by their respective teach
ers, was beautiful—the happy faces of the children
forming a fitting counterpart to the. glories of the
day without.
The scholars of these admirably-conducted schools
now number in the aggregate 755. Of this large
. number, the Main. SchooLCwhich is under the super
intendence of Lemuel Coffin, Esq.,), numbers 358
scholars and 39 teachers; the Infant Schools for
boys and girls, 187 scholars and 1 teacher. Besides
these, there are Bible classes; those held in the
morning being for young men and young women,
and number-45 scholars, presided over by 3 teachers*;
and thoßein the afternoon numbering 170 scholars,
men and women, conducted by 2 teachers.
The exercises were commenced with an anthem,
sung by the excellent, we may say powerful, choir
of this church, at the close of which prayer was con
ducted by the rector. Rev. Phillips Brooks,'the
children kneeling. The hymn, commencing. “ Watch
man,tell us of the night,” was then sung by the
schools. The Psalter was next read responsively,
the rector beginning,
“ Great is our Lord, and great is His power,”
the congregation responding " Yea,* and His wisdom
is infinite,” &c. Another hymn was .then sung;
.which was followed by a Lesson from the Scriptures,
the deeply-interesting and instructive passage from
2d King, sth chapter, containing the history" of the
healing.of : Haaman,Jheieper, having been selected.
After another hymn, sungin exceiient otyle by the
schools, the sermon for the occasion was delivered
by the Rev.Mr..Brooks. The sermon was founded
on a passage from- Scripture, which he read, to
wit: “ Thy.stiydiUivent nowhither The incidents
of this passage were, admirably wrought up by the,
preacher, in order to make a profitable impression,
upon the minds of hiß youthful hearers. The lie of."
Gehazi had been fearfully punished. There were,
he said, a great many people in the world who spent
their life in “going noiohilher.” The evils of such a
purposeless course were then defined and dwelt
upon. He used, among other illustrations; two
ships at sea meeting, when, in reply to the usual
question, “ Whither bound l” the answer should be
“No where!” Either such an answer would '
be a lie, or the captain of the ship making such
a reply must be a fool. The same application
was made to the meeting of the soldiers and officers
of an army. And if these things were true on the
sea and in the army, how much more true and im
portant was it in its application to the sea and battle
ground of human life! Lite should be spent in the
proper and full use of all the faculties and senses
with which God has endowed us,and in this way could
life alone be ennobled. The parable of the “ talents’*
was employed in this connection to illustrate the
importance of using what we possess with a viewto
increasing it, otherwise the shame would be visited
upon the negligent which was pronounced upon
the faithless steward in the Scriptures.
Yes, it is the duty of every one to be going some
where } an& doing somethingv All nature taught us a
lesson in this respect. If he put his ear down to the
trunk of a tree, it seemed as if he could hear the sap
going forward in its delicate channels for a grand
and good purpose. The water brook was hurrying
on, fulfilling its mission ; even every sunbeam and
rain-drop was “going somewhither,” and doing some
good. And so; from the greatest to the smallest and
weakest child before him, each could and ought to
do. something to make himself and others better and
happier.
5,047,567 65
ion of the
g 1562 and
Deposits
21,596,014
24,655,289
24,597,696
25,419,340
26,938,714
26,635,225
28,429,189
29,231,753
30,178,518
30,679,259
30.5A9.557
30,106,135
29,171,233
29.531,559
30,117,527
31,059,644
50 do ............bo 7
250 Wyoming C’l C&P. 20%
Philadelphia Cattle Market. April 90, 1863.
The arrivals end sales of cattle at Phillips’ Lre nue
Drove Yard reacV about 1,450 head this week. The
market is dull, ana 1 Prices have declined, ranging at
from 11>4@12& f or steerdr 10#@ll-for good do, and
9®lofor common, asu quality. '
Choice cattle sold in the day at our Inchest
££^^i >U L®i omi P on \fair quality at Ifce close were
wa^es ■were.made ac lower prices than the
ITS good Wo stern steers weiCe shipped to New York
Cows—are without roach abaut 120 head,
at from $3B up to $4O per head,. to quality
The naarket is dull. «A'ith sales of3.fim hn*A
at from B@loc‘per lb gross sheep. c *
, Boo?.'- , J he arrivals and salee re.ach about 4.800
thisweek, sellings! kom sfi@9’perlOo lbs net; market
cattle oneale tc?day are fro nr- iVe following States *
7Goheadlrom Pennsylvania. \
600 head from IJlinoia. \
350 head from Ohio. 1 . -
60 head from Delaware. \
1 -,-.' F rS i ] er & 105 Western Steers-* celling &e s9®
11-sf> for common to good quality.. -
Uliman & Sbamberg, 100 Western Sfciera. Beilina *t
ffom.SB.oC@9 for common, and slo.sS@lh lor good qua
fr£, fu& r for T^ a t o C ex t I S. 00Unt5 ' *““* «*
11c ffit'o^o e od 7 WeSte ™ S! * erS ' SeUin ® atfr °* n
COtt^
*$M@S.«O Bteera> «***’* from
12 Mfo I rlfr , tooxlS. eBtern 6tear^B6Uittg at£tora 510@‘
Slpiawto^a^ftexira! s”™ 5 ”™ SteBrs - 86111,18 «* ft? m~
forgwFtoeZtoL' 32I1Unois steers, ssllinjpafrfrom SH@I2
COWS AND CALV-SSi
_ The arrivals and sales of cdws*at Phillip’s Avem»
for cow.aad calf, Sordhil 1 ??
seUiDir at from 515®16 head, as toCondition
Calves.' —Aboni 40 nead sold at Phillip’s A V snnp
Yard, at fi-om 4@4}£c. &lb for first quality, and3>i@4c
for second do, as to weight and condition 9V^
• THE SHEEP. MARKET.
_ The arrivals arid, sales of Bheep at Phillip’s Avenue.
Drove Yard reach 3,5(10 head. The market is dull, bay
ers<&°ildlDff olffor tower prices. Salekare making at
10c p lb gross for wool Sheep, and s@6c for clipped, ac
cording to condition and quality. Stock Sheep are sell
ing a. Iroms4@4.oo tUiead, as to quality. ' •
THE HOG MARKET.
The arrivals and sales of Hogs at the Hhion.
and Rising Sun Drove Yards reach 4,oi)Q head The
market is dull, and prices lower, ranging at from
f»100 ids net.
3,0C0 head sold at Henry Glass’ Union Drove Yard*,
(successor to H; G. Tmhotf,) at froms7 up to $8;-60
ids net. .
1,000 head sold at the Avenue Drove Yard, by John.
Crause Sc Co;. at from $7.50@9 $ 100 fts net. .. .
Cliicngo Cattle MarKet, April 18.
Beep Cattle. —There was a fair supply of Beef Cattle
on the market to-day, and the offerings were generally
f J* ood ttuality, there being several very choice droves
ol Mate and lowa steers among.the arrivals. Under the
lniluence of an active shipping demand, and a liberal in
quiry by Governzneut contractors; the market 1 w-* 3
buoyant, and on.
ay-5 prices. ..1 .
*ood demand and steady, although a few
lots, lor the Philadelphia market, brought an
extreme outside price. Sales were:
Av E?« e - P 4i c ®f, Hogg. Average. Price?.
54.90 43 200 $4.4^
2ri ' 4. S 5 294 2f>2 4
24S 4 80 211 - 224 IP
OITY ITEMS.
mterestlag Smiday-Scliool Anniversary.
The next point sought to be impressed was, the.
duty of children exerting themselves specially in
overcoming their natural tendencies to do wrong,
It waß the duty of .every one before him, young and
old, to find out as soon as possible what God had
placed him here for, and then to go to work earnestly
with the view to filling it. And of this they might'
he certain, like a man standing on the side of a very
steep mountain, they would be either goingupwards
or downwards, as to stand still was impossible—
either they would be going upwards towards God*
or they would be going downwards with increasing
rapidity towards God’s malignant enemy.
PORTRAITS 03? DISTINGUISHED MEN.-
Messrs. Broadbent & Co., Nos. 912,914, and 91G Chesfc '
nut street, hare probably taken pictures, from life, of
more distinguished public men-than any other, Pho-,
tograptile firm in the Union. Many of these are in
t he carte de visits style,-and are much sought after for
the Album, of which they have also a superior as
sortment. Their colored earles are exquisite speci
mens of art, and are now being largely ordered, and
the same is true of their large pictures, finished in
craj T on, India ink, water and oil colors.
Fine Raisins and Aiaionds.— The - pro-- r>
prietora of the popular, old Grocery establishment
of Mr. O. -H. Mattson, Arch and Tenth BtreetsThave
now in store a fresh importation of raisins of the
celebrated “Crown” brand ; also, almonds of first
quality, to-which, we invite the attention of our
readers.’ .
Sore Throat,
7 - - Cough,
Cold,
And similar troubles, if suffered to progress, result
in serious pulmonary affections, oftentimes incura
ble.
BIIOWN’S BBONGHI-AL TROCHES
are compounded so as to reach directly the seat of
the disease and give almost instant relief.
On account of the great popularity of the
embroidery executed bytfeeGrover & Baker
Machines, houses selling rival inventions not cape*!
ble of embroidering, exhibit braiding as a substitute*.
All modern family machines will sew on braid,'j&tp
there is only one which embroiders.
“A Roland for an Oliver.?
British nation show their appreciation of ou'Jtaend~
ing to them the Griswold,, with the flour of our welK
stocked granaries, by-sending us several
“flower*’ of their well-stocked shipyardOi To. bo
sure, our flour was well; bolted, but act areitheir
ships, and our benevoteace is no more pointed; tly* l *
were their steel shots that were ted; from the
Blakely guns at Fort Su’oipter, the other day* Let
the whole nation be pu t iQ drilling-, by purchasing
their summer Clothing of Charles Stoke a & Qo., un
der the ContinentaS v < 0 f this material, or any other
that may best suit taste.
i The Tron-cd t ads at Charleston.—The
ironclad Bhips oVthe Union pretty olearly demon
strated their impregnability in the late attack on
Charleston. T.he iron* clad vests, made by-Rockhill
Njr >s . 603 and 605 Chestnut street; above
Sixth, hav© also proved their efficiency in numerous
land figbtyj, and soldiers who wear them feel the
same degree of safety that was felt by the ofificem
and men. of Admiral Dupont’s fleet. The firm named
make fiiegant suits for civilians, and unexceptiona
ble uniforms for military men.
: A Man M antxja -maker .— Paris delights
to set the at defiance. The-reigning
lion of the hour, in that gay capital, is a man mcn
tua.ma ktr, who has a princely establishment in the
Euc ,fie laPaix. His place is thronged by the most
fashionable ladies, who go to him to have their
'dresses fitted. Paris, however, cannot boast of. an
establishment like that of Granville Stokes* No. 609
Cheßtnut .Btreet, where only mote Attire is sold, ancf
at prices exceedingly low.