FRIDAY, APRIL 24, 1863. THE NEWS. We have reports thismorning to the eflfeot that the rebels have made another incursion into South eastern Missouri from Arkansas. The rebel Gen. Marmaduke iB reported to have captured Oape Gi rardeau, but this is not vouched for. Indeed, it seems that General Price is .preparing for another invasion of Missouri, and is gathering his forces at Little Rocki Whether he is really In earnest, or is only making a feint, with la* vie’.v of attracting the attention of a part of our army, is not well known. General Price has gathered at the Arkansas capital a force of rebels variously.estimated' at fromsix to twenty thousand, and is drawing his supplies from Texas and' the Red-river countrygenerally. This latter region 1b now the feeding ground of Arkansas alone, as it haß been cut off by Admiral FarrAgut and Col* Ellet from, contributing „to the rebels at Port Hudson and Vicksburg. There is no doubt that Price's men are in excellent condition as far as the matter of food is concerned, but they are evil dentlyhard up for clothing.” At last accounts they were fortifying onthe river below Little Rook, evi dently fearing an attack from below. * Private letters from General Grant’s army speak of another expedition against Vicksburg, by way of Black river. The result has probably been ascertained before this. The gunboats and trans ports were to run the blockade, the latter being fortified with bales of cotton and hay all round. The troops were to march across the,pen insula, and get on the transports below the range of the enemy’s guns. The whole expedition was thea to steam up the Black'river, and-take possession in the first place of the railroad connecting Vicksburg with Jackson. -The enterprise looks quite feasible, .but we understand General Sherman was not much in favor of it, the force available/or the attempt not being considered adequate. Tun Department of the Ohio is now almost:, or ganized, and soon we shall hear of action from the aimy of Burnside; General Carrington, recently commanding in Indiana, has reported for.field ser vice, andfis succeeded by General HascUall. The veteran General Cox, of the Ohio district, has nomi nated ‘ his staff, with Major G. V. Buscom as chief. Prohibition of Confederate scrip; with warnings of severe General Biimaide, and Gen. Wilcox’s order to Hhe postmaster at Covington to destroy all copies of the- treasonable ... Cincinnati Enquirer, are'significant features.of the.rigid mili tary justice which, it appears, no w . orders the De»- partment of the Ohio. Wr have been shown a. private letter' from Lieu tenant Brown, United States Navy, commander of the “ Indianola,” dated Jackson, Mississippi, March 14th, in which he Bays: “My vessel was sunk on the night of the 24th of February by four heavily- . armed rams, either one of them more powerful than; mine. I wish I could give you a full account of my fight, but that is impossible at present, as it would' be,considered contraband; but! am allowed to say that the *lridianola’ was only surrendered after an engagement of several hours with a greatly superior force, when my guns could no longer be fired, and my vessel rapidly filling and sinking j she went down almost immediately afterl left her.” A pew days ago Wiße sent a flag of truce to Major. Generali E. D, Keyeß, commanding at Yorktown, informing him that our wagons would not be dis tuibed in carrying subsistence to. the unfortunate insane at the Virginia State Lunatic Asylum at “"Williamsburg. While in town our officers red the lunatics, our surgeons treated the sick, and our me dical purveyor supplied the drugs, and now these honest rebels, having placed the citizens of the “ burg” under their gentle protection, kindly invite us to supply the idiots with, wholesome rations, which are a very scarce article'to be obtained inSe ceßsia. General Keyes iB a very benevolent gentle man, but the cool proposition of the rebel Wise was not in accordance with his views, and he consequent ly declined the proffer. The rebel news from the . Gulf acknowledges the losb of the Queen, of the Weßt, blown up, while aground in Grand Lake, by the national gunboat Calhoun, ;and of the “Diana, burned by the. rebels. Captain Miner, seven commissioned officers, and a crew of one hundred,were captured from the former. Admiral Pot ter had passed the Yieksburg batteries with eight gunboats—one burnt—ami was operating ''■“rb«lQWY yickHburg. would be attacked, perhaps, . A FederaVforce beyond Franklin, I>a., is reportbnTxvairching-onward. ' Burksibb’s Order to in recent Congressional investigations, but neVet'axhibited to the'publie, we* reprint from the New not without doubt of its authenticity. It commands the dismißßal of Hooker for' insubordinate criticism jn the ,army i- before Fredericksburg ; of Franklin, Smith, Sturgis, and Ferrero, who were useless; and «f Newton and Cbchrate, forgoing to the Presi dent with impertinent criticisms of their com mander. * The Department of Virginia was-visited on the 22il by .General Halleck, who. was in qonsuUation with General Dlx*upon the" campaign of tlie Black- water. Acting-’Kear.' Admiral’ Lee has; withdrawn his gunboats' from the upper Nansemond, greatly.to the chagrin, it is said, of the enterprising officers of his flotilla, Who view with shame its withdrawal in the face of a powerful enemy,.whose crossing has been prevented by the "concentrated, fire of .the gun? boats. ' .Admiral. Lee’s reason is, .that his vessels are getting fmrt by the rebel batteries. * , A letter received in Boston, from Ne wbern, April 17th, Btates,that General Foster, with all the troops from Newbern, except the Massachusetts 45th, had gone aoroßß the river, and was about to start in pur suit of General Hill. It was feared, however, that he would not be able to overtake the rebel general, as he bad twenty-four hours’start. ? Kbv. Mr. Parks, a Catholic priest, has been ar rested in Parkersburg, Va., on the charge of giving aid .and comfort to the enemy. It is said that some of General Scammon’s scouts lately captured a rebel mail in the Kanawha Valley, by which it was ascertained that Mr. Parkß was in jcommunication with the enemy. Ik pursuance of an act of Congress, a large num ber of. scientific gentlemen met in New York yeater? day, and proceeded to organize the National Aca demy of Sciences of the United Sfcatesof America. Professor Henry, ftf the Smithsonian Institution, was chosen temporary president, and Professor Agassiz, Hon. Henry Wilson, Admiral Davis,~ J. F; Frazer, of Philadelphia, arid other savans, were pre sent. The captain of the Mecklenburg bark Von Soffert Lehson, arrived at New York yesterday, from New castle, England, reports that on the 19th instant, off Georgeß Shoals, he saw two memof-war, one of them a hermaphrodite brig-rigged steamer, painted blacky very low, and a large frigate lying to. They Bhowcd no colors. He aIBO saw a schooner close by them, apparently running from the steamer. A despatch from the Army of the Potomac re ports everything quiet along the entire outpost line of theEappahannock. The Situation and the Prospcct.f In the absence of any very striking intel ligence from the various theatres of war, deserving of special comment, it- may be as well to devote a portion of our space to a consideration of the condition and prospects of military affairs. "Wo do so the more xeaclily, as it is only by embracing at a sin gle view the whole field of operations, that: an intelligible idea can he formed of the progtess being made, or a just appreciation of the value of any isolated movement be" arrived'at.- "What we to day see heralded; to the country with a great flourish of type as “a glorious victory,” may be utterly valueless to-morrow in so far as it can affect the vital issues of the war. And so, on the other hand, what we have sometimes thoughtlessly pronounced a defeat, has been , worth as much to the cause of,the Union-as half a dozen of the short-lived, victories. The rebel Generel Buckneh, while being removed to Fort Warren, last year, a pri soner of war, remarked to one of his custo dians that the first battle of Bull Bun was really a victory to the Federal cause, in this, that it had united the people of the North as one man, and fired them with a determination to wipe out the disgrace that had fallen on their arms. And it was with a philosophy akin to this that we found con solation,,-in-our-repulse at Charleston a fort night since. We cannot coimt up the loss or gain of a single battle, nor perhaps of a single campaign; but when we have done the best we could, we may be certain that some gain will crown our efforts. The Anny of the Potomac has not been inactive, in spite of unfavorable weather, since the Fredericksburg disaster. It has been engaged mganwhile, if we may so speak, in a passive campaign; it has been drilled; it has been disciplined; it has been made a unit; it lias acquired spirit, and mo bility, and effectiveness. The councils of its leaders are harmonious, and lack of harmony among officers has heretofore been • a main obstacle to the success of the Army of the Potomac. Nor are these the only circumstances which justify us in hoping that, when it shall again move forward, it will be to victory. The roads have become sufficiently hardened to favor a march, and several preliminary movements have already been made with gratifying success. How soon the grand advance will take place, or what route to Richmond will be chosen by General Hooker, it is idle to speculate. According to one theory, lie will cross the Rappahannock above Fredericksburg and endeavor to turn the enemy’s left flank. Another supposition is that he will repeat the battle of Fredericksburg, crossing the river in the face of the enemy’s batteries, and endeavoring to crush them by great preponderance of numbers, as ' Burn side hoped to do. It would be a brilliant triumph for our cause, and a splendid tribute to the valor of our officers and soldiers, to defeat the rebels upon the scene of their former glory; it would be per fectly in accordance, too, with the ,prece dents of the war, that -such a. desperate struggle should be re-enacted upon ground already made historic; but it is by no means ; dear that the enemy is not weaker in some } other spot, and ’it is therefore inferred, that General Hooker will seek fame and'victory on some fresh field, either crossing the river lower down, in the hope of. turning .the enemy’s right flank, or developing an en- | tirely new plan, by throwing himself against Hanover, forcing the rebels against the dc- i fences of Washington, and whipping them ■ in the valley of the Rappahannock. Others i think he will make Petersburg the point of * attack, with the design of cutting the rail road communication , between Lee and Beaiikeg akd, and thus compelling the rebels to surr’cndei* from mere want of supplies.’ i Meanwhile, it is an excellent indication- of- ' the temper of the’ army, that, notwithstand ing the number of persons daily visiting it, - including many, ladies, whose’curiosity is proverbial, its destination’ has not yet been revealed. Even the news correspondents, by a kind of tacit agreement, have refrained. 1 from their customary conjectures in this in stance; and that rebel emissaries have sue-* cccded in gathering any information on the subject is extremely doubtful. ‘ i At Suffolk the corps of General Dix is merely an army of observation. Our pick- ; ets extend across the Peninsula, and amuse themselves occasionally by skirmishing with < General Wise’s outposts. . By the prompti tude and skill of Generals Peck and. Dix - we have escaped at this point wliat might ■ have been a serious disaster, resulting, per haps,: in tiie fall of Norfolk and the invest ment of Portress Monroe,, if it did not give the enemy complete control of the Peninsu la. We have recently had a repetition of the Suffolk affair, though on a larger scale, . atNewbern —one of those anomalous-posi tions, the necessity of holding which was’ never veryclenrly apparent to us. It’is too extensive for a mere blockading station, and as a base of operations it has been a failure, in fact, it is now but little more than the scene of a very voluminous correspondence on the part of Governor Stanley. No doubt, however, General Poster will find himself able to maintain his present position, as he is an able officer, and is well aware that the effect of a reverse would be unfortunate. Already lias the public chagrin at the’ disaster before Charleston died away; or rather, it has given place in a great degree to the compensating fact, that out- of the elements of our discomfiture springs the solu tion of an important problem of military science, viz: Whether iron or stone shall be employed for coast and harbor defences:’ Having, after gin economical and almost bloodless experiment, decided in favor of the former material, the army has returned io Port Royal, and.the iron clads, according to some of the New York journals, have gone to the Mississippi, to assist Admiral ’ Patccagut in the attack on Vicksburg. Port Royal may now be regarded less as abase oi military operations, than as a school, for the instruction ’of the contrabands, and a field for the development of a great social experiment. 'Looking to New Orleans,’we begin to discover renewed signs of activity. General Banks, by his recent brilliant exploits, is redeeming the public confidence, which, by reason of apparent tardiness, lie had almost lost. Texas is at the mercy of a blockading squadron ; but the unwelcome truth still confronts us that Matamoros is virtually a port of entry for the Confederates, and Brownsville a depot for the Southern army. We should not be greatly surprised.-' to see-an expedition into the valley of the Rio Grande, to cut off this trade, forming a cMef part of the works marked out for the campaign now commencing. In general, we do. not think the fitting out of expedi tions an effective method of carrying on a successful war, as they merely wound the Surface without attacking any’vital part. Bor this reason we have never looked with much favor on the many schemes that have been set afoot in, the past two years, for taking -certain countries and districts that lay. upon the borders of rebellion- But the occupation of Texas would have the same effect as the cutting off of the enemy "from one of liis most important bases of. supplies. It is, therefore, a necessary mili tary operation, and we think the Govern ment will see the propriety’of striking a vigorous blow in that direction. •Having thus briefly sketched the position and prospects of our great army on the Rap pahannock, and at the different scenes of operations on the Atlantic coast, we conie to the consideration of affairs in the West. The problem there has been to deliver East Tennessee and occupy Vicksburg. The ac complishment of the former object is ren dered imperative, both by reasons of huma nity and of military necessity. It will throw open to us the mountain regions, whose people are so strongly devoted to the Union, relieve Kentucky’s soil from the re bel oppressor, and secure Ohio and the adja cent loyal States more firmly to the Govern ment. All the indications of the situation in this department point to another great battle on the banks of the Cumberland- sit no distant day. General Rosecrans is massing his forces, and, if we can credit their newspaper reports, the rebels are pre paring to meet him, and dispute his ad vance in one of the fiercest struggles of the war. As to the occupation of Vicksburg, that point is really little more than the right flank of- General Hosecrans’ army. It has a more material value, However; for if we take it we open the Mississippi, divide the Confederacy in two, reoccupy Arkansas, and redeem suffering Missouri from the raids and invasions to which her people have con stantly been a prey. The mission of General Burnside is, per haps, rather of a civil than a military charac ter; but it has afforded him an opportunity of displaying high qualities as a statesman, as in other times and in other positions not, mere honorable he has evinced military: genius and personal courage. Holding a watchful care over- West Virginia and Ken tucky, massing together the reserves of the West, and keeping, as it were, a second line of defences in the rear of Rosecuans, he has a great defensive duty to perform, .and a very important trust has devolved upon, him. If he can develop and concentrate the Union feeling in the West, as well as crush out that insidious spirit of Secession which we sometimes see, he will do a great and noble work. William Rulus Blake* When David Garrick died, Dr. John son'said “his death eclipsed the gaiety, of nations.” This was: high praise, yet scarcely hyperbolical. The same might be said of William Rufus Blake, suddenly snatched away-from us—of Blake, be yond all comparison the greatest, because the most natural and most effective of modem comedians. So natural, iudeed, did his acting seem, that the world did not give him all the credit he deserved for being a truly original and consummate artist. He was a man who could create as well as imitate. We have never seen a better Dog berry, but his forte was in the domestic drama. His Jense Rural , in “Young Heads and Old Hearts,” was the most perfect per formance, of its class, upon the stage. Mr. Blake was a native of Nova Scotia. The brief obituary in yesterday’s papers states him to have been, only fifty-three years old. This, must be a mistake. He first appeared in New York; in the “walking gentleman” line, as far back as 1824. He - was manager of the Trcmont Theatre, Boston, thirty-six years ago, and soon after was stage-manager of the Walnut-street Theatre in this city, and again, under Mr. Marshall, in. 1846. He subsequently held the same relations with the Broadway Theatre, New York. In 1852, he was attached to Burton’s Theatre; New York, and, for nine years afier, was a leading member of Wallace's Theatre, from which he seceded: two years ago, and has since acted at Laura Keene’s. Theatre. Judging from the long time he has been on the 'stage, and the fact that his son, I>r. Blake, cannot be less than forty years old, we should say that Mr. Blake was certainly a sexagenarian, at least; Like Yoriek, he was “ a fellow oi infinite jest and humor,”- and, like JMstaff, not only witty himself, but the 'cause of wit in others. He was, to sum up, a very companionable bon vivant, to whom acting-appeared: as easy as ordinary conver sation. He had “troops of friends," aud liis l oss will be felt by them in particular, as well as by the public in general. LETTER FROM " OCCASIONAL.” Washington, April 22, 1868. . The dullest period in olden times in this great political centre was always .the long recess between the close o( an old and the meeting of a new Congress; but the war has made an exception to this-heretofore invariable rule. If you look at the list of arrivals, as.lhey are published in the Daily Morning Chronicle , you will, see that our hotels are' crowded,’ and if you pass along ,the streets you will .observe that business of every description is flourishing in every quarter. The. last; two years have /done wonders in Washington. Hundreds of Se cessionists have left, and are now either in foreign countries or serving in the ranks of the- rebels, and new and loyal men have taken their places. The theatres are crowded every night; numerous buildings are .in course of erection, and the work on, the Capitol extension is proceeding more rapidly than it has at any period since its commencement. The city rail road is • doing an immense business, and holders of real estate are asking larger prices than at any time within the re collection -of “ the oldest inhabitant.” Hone of the signs of the times, however, are more significant and suggestive than the complete triumph of the policy of emanci pating the slaves. It is estimated that there are nearly thirty thousand colored persons in the District; and yet, notwithstanding the great clamor created by the act of emanci pation, there has -never, been more order,- decorum, and general propriety among this class. The odious laws which operated ,to„ depress "and degrade tliepi in former years, have been repealed,; and the effect has-been salutary upon them and', upon all. other classes. This revolution, so bitterly 'He sisted in latter years; belongs to the reforms 'which never can be undone.]. N 0,,. never in the future can slavery be restored to the. District of Columbia. That foul stain has forever been removed, and so : , peacefully and effectively, that I have often found my self wondering that any reasonable man should have objected to it. The loyal slaveholders have been compensated for tlicir slaves, and many who believed they would be ruined in the event of emancipa tion, do not hesitate to say that in parting with-their human chattels they have-really been the, gainers in pocket and in heart. When General Lafayette visited Washing ton in 1825-6, he saw that slavery was a blot, not alone upon the/fair fame of the political metropolis of the Federal Union, but that it would unquestionably retard the progress and interfere with the prosperity of the whole neighborhood; and when he returned to France, in a letter to Mrs. Bum ford, which appears in the third volume of tlio Historical Magazine , page 297, he em ployed the following language, which is singularly adapted to the present times, and is particularly interesting as showing that great man’s appreciation of the injustice of slavery, and his idea of the duty devolving upon what was then; and is now, the organ of the slave interest in this city—l mean the National 'lntelligencer. During the thirty five years from the date of this letter, slavery has been increasing in Washington, and operating to depress; if not to destroy, the material interests of the people ; and when finally abolished, by act of Congress, as a war measure, the policy was denounced pre cisely as if emancipation had not been called ior by all the great and good men of the ’North; and the South, arid 'as if it would interfere;; with, arid’ annihilate individual rights and the general welfare ; “How much more extensive \vould ; be a measure of gradual emancipation in the District of Columbia, however distant might .be the assigned term con nected with colonization 1 ? The state ticularly inth'at emporium iof foreign " visitors aiul European ministers, is a most lamentable, drawback on the example of independence' and freedom pre sented to the worlfi'by the United StateH. It would beforour friends ofihe National Intelligencer a glori ous task to examine how far those truths can be offered ,to d generous population, and to take the lead in making them by degrees thereby softening the suscepti bilities partly founded ori considerations quite foreign to the main question.”, ... - : ■ -ISlotliiDg could-more forcibly exliibit alike the slubfiom prejudices of the slaveholders ,in resisting eniaucipatioh in this District and the eminent propriety oL that essential mea sure, tlian the fact that some two years after General Lafayette wrote the letter from which this extract is taken, an iminenso number of the people of the District of Columbia sent a memorial to Congress pray ing for the abolition of slavery in the Dis trict, which is as follows: We*, the undersigned citizens of the counties of Washington and Alexandria, in the District of Co lumbia, beg leave to call the attention of your honorable body to an evil of serious magnitude, which greatly impairs the prosperity and happiness of this District, and casts the reproach of incon sistency upon the free institutions established among us. While the laws of the United States denounce the foreign slave trade as piracy, and punish with death those who are found engaged in its perpetration, there exists in this District, the seat of the National Government, a domestic slave trade, scarcely less disgracelul in its character, and even more de moralizing in its influence. For this is not, like the former, carried oil against a barbarous nation; its victims are reared up among the people of thtß coun try, educated in the jirecepfs -of the; same religion, and imbued with similar-domestic attachments. These people are, without their consent, torn from their homes : husband and wife are frequently sepa rated and sold into distant parts jychildren are taken from their parents, without regard to the ties of na ture; and the most endearing bonds of affection are broken forever. Nor is this traffic confined to those who are legally slaves for life. Some who areentitled to freedom, and many who have a limited time to serve, are sold into unconditional Blavery; ana, owing to the de vfectivenesß of our laws, they are generally carried out of the District before the necessary, steps can be taken for their release...... We behold these scenes continually taking place , among us,'and lament our inability to prevent them. The people of this District have, within themselves, no means of legislative redress; and we therefore appeal to your honorable body, as The only one in vested by the American Constitution with tne posver to relieve us. - Nor is it only from the rapacity of slave-traders that the colored race in this District are doomed to suffer. -Even the: laws which govern us sanction and direct; in certain cases, a procedure that we believe is unparalleled, in glaring injustice, by any thing at present known among the Governments of Christendom. An instance of the operation of these laws, which occurred during the laßt summer, we will briefly relate: A colored man, who stated that he was entitled to freedom, was taken up as a runaway slave, and lodged in the jail of Washington city. He was ad - vertise'd, but no one appearing to claim him, he was, according to law, put up at public auction for the payment of hisjailfees, and sold aaa Blave for life! - He was purchased by a slave-trader, who was not required to give - security for his remaining in the District, and-he was, soon after, shipped at Alexan dria for one of-the Southern States. An attempt was made by-some benevolent individuals to have the sale postponed until his claim to freedom could be investigated; but their efforts were unavailing; and thus was a human being sold into perpetual bondage at the capital of the freest Government on earth, without even a pretence of trial or an allega tion of crime.’ . / • We blush for our country while we relate this dis graceful transaction, and wc would fain conceal-it from the world, did not its very enormity inspire us with the hope that it will rouse the philanthropist and the patriot to exertion. '*/» We have no hesitation 1 in believing :your-‘honorable' body never : that this odious law should'be"enforced;/it was" adopted with the old code of Maryland, from which, we believe, itjhaß been expunged since this District was ceded to the General Government. The fact of its having been so recently executed showsthe necessity of thissubject being investigated ’ by a power which we confidently hope will be ready to correct it. We are aware of the difficulties that would attend any attempt to relieve ui from these grievances by a sudden emancipation of the slaves in this District, and we would, th ere/ore, be far from recommending* so rash a meafcm e. But the course pursued by many Of the BtftteS’Of this Confederacy, that have happily succeeded in relieving tji emB ®lves from a similar burden, been set us by 1 he South Americanrepuuilcs, prove#, most conclusively, that a course of gradual emanci pation, to commence at some fixed period, and to take effect only upon those who may thereafter he born or removed into the District, might be pursued without detriment to the present proprietors, and would greatly redound to the prosperity and honor of our country. The.existence among us of a distinct class of .peo pie who; by their condition as slaves, are deprived of almost every, incentive to virtue and: industry, and shut out from many of the sources of .light anu knowledge, has an evident tendency to corrupt the ■ morals of the people, and to damp the spirit of en-: terpriae, by accustoming: the rising. generation to look with contempt upon honest:labor, andtode pend for support too much upon the labor of others. It prevents a useful and industrious class of from settling among us, by rendering the means of subsistence more precarious to the-laboring class of whites., It diminishes the resources of the community, by throwing the earnings of the poor into the coffers of the rich ; thus rendering the former dependent, ser vile, and improvident; while the latter are tempted to become, in the same proportion, luxurious and piodigal. That these disastrous results flow from the exist ence of slavery among us is suiflcientlyjconßplcuous, > when we contrast the languishing condition of this. District, and the surrounding country, with the prosperity of those parts of ; the Union which are less favored*in point of climate and location, but blessed with a free aiid industrious population. \ We would,‘therefore, respectfully pray that these grievances may claim'theattention of your honora ble body, and that a law of Congress may be enacted, declaring that all children of slaves, born in the Dis trict of Columbia after the fourth day of: July, eighteen/hundred'and twenty-eight, Bhall befree ab the age /of twenty-five years: and that those laws, which authorize.the selling of supposed runaways for their prison fees or maintenance, may-be re pealed Aqd, also, that laws may be enacted* to. prevent slaves from'being removed into this District, or brought in forsale, hire, or transportation however, preventing members of Congress, resident stra'ngerc;'or' travellers, from bringing and taking away witn-them their domestic servants. * ' Tliis great memorial is signed by about two thousand names, among whom I no ticed many who are stiil'-living,, or-whose descendants are-to be found in all parts of ■the District. Is it possible that that which was soHrue and .so eloquent in 1838 is -now false and hollow'? Ts a man more of an Abolitionist to-day because he believes what these Southern men said more than thirty THE PBESB.—PffILADKLPHIA. Fi.IDAY. APRIL 24. 1863. five years ago ? -Truths likie,.these arc indeed' unanswerable. They constitute the- am plest; vindication of. Mr. Lincoln’s Admi nistration, and will the clamors and proscriptions of demagogues and trai tors. Occasional; WASHIIV GTON- Special to “ The Preen.” .Headquarters Abmt oirTHK Potomac, April 23.—A1l is quiet. Major General Fogliardi, who for Borne 'time past has been the guest of Gen. Hooker, left to-day for Washington.... . Another northeasterly storm set in thiß morning, and it has been raining steadily nearly ail (lay. The roads are again in a horrid condition.. Admiral Wilkes’ Squadron* Despatches received from Admiral Wilkes state that he was at £leuthera, the Bahama Is lands, on the 16th, having left Havana on the 11th inst. As he makes no mention of having been on parole at Havana, the report to that effect is doubt less without foundation. Commander Worden was to-day ordered to re port to Admiral Grkqort at New York to assist in fitting out iron-dads at that port. Government Contracts* ' The following Government contracts were made to-day: . H. B. Cogokshall, 100;000 pounds augarat $12.4!) per 100 pounds. A. H. Covert, Chicago, 600 barrels new extra mess pork at $14.68. The Internal Revenue office is printing the forms for assessing the income tax, and will supply them to assessors, who are directed not to incur the ex pense of purchasing or printing any other forms. j Naval Ordersi: ? Lieutenant McFarland has been ordered to the steam sloop Ticonderoga. . v . ; Lieutenant'George B. White is detached from the Ticonderoga and ordered to the Galena. Lieutenant Commander Jambs Parker is -de tached from the Galcna. and .ordered-to the Minne sota. r . Lieutenant Commander Git akton is detached from the Minnesota. ,V ... Good News from Rebel Sources—The Loss of the Queen of the West and Diana ac knowledged—The Queen blown, up by a Shell—The Plana burned, by the Rebels— The Rebel Press Desponding. Fortress Monroe, April 23.—rhe fiag-of-truoe boat State of Maine, Captain J, E. Mulford, 3d. Re giment New York Volunteers, has just arrived from City Point. . The Richmond papers of to-day contain tele graphic information from Port Hudson confirming the loss of the steamers Queen of the Westland Di ana.- The former got aground in Grand Lake and was blown up by a shell from the Federal gunboat Calhoun. The Diana was burned by the rebels. One.hundred and six prisoners, including seven commissioned officers, werecaptured from. the Quecn of the West. Among the officers wab Capt. Turner, commandant of the fleet. -•- A despatch from Berwiok Bay, April. 15th, reports a Federal force beyond Franklin, Louisiana,*and marching on. V- Theie are ho reports from Charleston later than the 17th; whioh sayß there is nothing new. ' Much interest is feltin Richmond in regard tomat ters'at Suffolk. The papers admit that a, battery wftß captured. The tone of .the editorials is de sponding. ’ . ‘ ' ' Jackson, April 17.—Eight boats passed Vickß* buig last night; one of them, however, was burnt. The canal from Milllken’s -Bend will reach the Mississippi near New Carthage. It iB believed that Vicksburg will be' attacked within 1 ten days. All the officers absent have been ordered to report oppo site Vicksburg. Sixty-four steamers have left Memphis forrVickß burg, with soldiers and negroes. No papers are al lowed to pass below Cairo. The Yankees are forti fying the Rolla Railroftd north of Memphis. : Jackson. Bliss., April .18.— General Stevenson repoitts that the Union batteries opposite ? Vicks burg .opened on the morning of the 7th. Two 32- pounder Parrotts fired. Three casemates are visible with the telescope. Vicksburg, April 17.—Two prisoners from boat sunk last night wore brought in to-day. The bat teries on the peninsula ceased firing, late this after noon. No damage done. Jackson, Misß, April 18.—Colonel Coxwell is at Grand Gulf, safe. The gunboats are thirty miles above. Scoutsiat Vicksburg, from the upperriver, report troops Btill coming down. ' The battery oppo site had a good -range to-day, but. no.: dftinage "was done. The gunboats wm-e at Ne’w Carthage; DEPAUTBIENT OF TUE SOUTHWEST, Advance of Gcn.'Piice iuto SontHeastern Missouri from Aihiinsas-Gcnerftf.McNlcl Moving .to Drive Baclc tlie Cap- '■ lure of Cape Girai’deaxi by the' Hebei Geucrol Marmaduke, Ac. St. /Louis. April '23.—There. haß been no new .movement,of the rebels'in the vicinity ..oft. Pilot ICnob. General’ McNiel’s force,f was expected to peaoh-riiot'Knob ye3toJ , day‘, and a heavy force of cavalry, from Roll®,-is moving in the rear of the rebels. Although the rebels are supposed to be several thousand strong, no apprehension is . felt for the safety of Pilot Knob .or the Iron Moun tain Railroad. Major McConnell) who was reported as mortally wounded, was taken prisoner and pa roled, and is now at Ironton. REPORTEDCAPTUREOF CAPE GIRARDEAU BY THE REBELS—THE REBEL LOSS AT PATTERSON. - St. Louib, April 23.—Steamers are prohibited from leaving for Southern ports till further orders. Rumors are current of the capture ofl Oape Gi rardeau, on the Mississippi, 150 miles below here, by Marmaduke, but headquarters have no such infor mation. j The rebel loss in the fight at Patterson was about 40, including . two captains killed, one 1 mortally wounded, and two lieutenants severely wounded- Our loss was II killed and 20 wounded, r There is nothing further of a reliable.character from Pilot Knob. • j THE MISSISSIPPI SQUADRON. Tlie Rebel Batteries at Warrentou Silenced —Our Fleet at New Carthage, Louisiana* Gaibo, 'April 23.— Our gunboats have "Watroycd the rebel battery at Warrenton, below Vicksburg, and the fleet was lying at anchor before t CArthage on the 17th. Gen. Grant was to go do\ffl on the sameday, i Explosion of an Engine ou tlie Central Ohio Railroad* / » Wheeling, Ya„ April 23.— The Intelligencer of this_ morning says: “The engine attached to the company paymaster’s car, coming east on Monday, about 4 P. M., exploded while standing at Spencer’s station, with most disastrous results. The pay master, Mr. Pricei was in the act of payint a man named Samuel Denune, when the explosion, took place. Mr. Denune was fatally injured, and, though it is thought Mr. Price will recover, he is, never theless, very seriously hurt. A man natnSd John Wier waß also slightly injured. The engineer and fireman, whose names we could not learn, ; were badly scalded. The engineer, it Is thought, cannot recover. A young .man- named Oscar Pumphrcy, son of Major : Pumphrey, of this city, who was on the paymaster’s car, was blown about ; twentyve feet into the air, but, strange to say, was not injureil in the least. The wreck is a most perfect one. .Very little of the engine was left, and fragments wgre blown almost a mile. The side of the large ware house at the station was caved in, and a house standing opposite was knocked out of Bhage and almost torn down,” H .i: Railroad Convention—lncrease of Rates* New Yoke, April 23.—At a meeting of gentlemen representing the Erie, New--YorkCentral, Peansyl .vnnia Central, North and South; Shore" linei, held to-day, it was resolved to hold a. convention, st 5 the American House, Buffalo, on the'29th instant, to consider the subject of paying. commissiorisjupon passenger traffic, and the proposed advance in rates upon emigrant travel. The presidents Of -all rail way lines between Boston, New York, Philadel phia, and Baltimore, and Cincinnati, St. liouis, Chi cago,' and connecting lines beyond these cities, are invited to attend or send one delegate, with fall power to act on the subjects submitted w>r con sideration. New York, April 23. —The schooner Garibaldi, from Gonaives, April 2, reports, on the 3d, was : boarded by a whaling schooner, belonging to Nassau, fitted out for a three-months cruise. On the 9th, off Cape St. Nicola, saw a suspicious-looking steam propeller, bark rigged, apparently with no steam on, cruising about the Haytien ..coast, about ten miles distant from the Garibaldi. The Garibaldi’s officers decided the steamer to be the Alabama, the cAptain of the whaiing schooner before spoken having re ported that the Alabama had been cruising about the eastern end of Cqbft ft few days previous. Anticipated Veto ot‘ the Gold Bill* New York, April 23.—1 t is intimated that Go,V. Seymour will veto the gold bill. , ■ The slave barks Ordemes and Emily have been condemned. ■ » « ■ . A quarantine has been established at New Or--" leans as regards vessels from Havana. New York, April 23.—The Austrian bark Con stantine,, from Newport, England, reports that oh March 25, off the Western Islands,'she was boarded by. the rebel privateer Florida, And received from her the steward of the schooner Austrian, and'ten seamen of the ship Star of reported burnt. -. . '■ Providence, R. 1., April 23.—The bark Sea Ran ger, from Zanzibar, reports that ghewns spoken on March 28, lat. 7 N., lon. 3 W., by a vessel believed to be the pirate Alabama. She escaped a visit by show ing the Hamburg colors; The United States District Court of New.' Jersey. ■■■■■■ Trenton, N. J., April 23.—The United States. District Court commenced its session. The Grand Jury spent two days in the consideration of the hips before it, and then adjourned till Wednesday. * The investigation of certain charges of disloyalty is-a part of the business before it.. • • 1 Patrick Broph3 r , chnrged with robbing the mails at Jersey .City, has confessed to having committed' the crime, ami-been sentenced to ten years’ imprison ment in the State penitentiary. - The -Paper-makers’ Combination* New-York, April 23. —The paper held a meeting yesterday and agreed to stop half of their work on writing paper and a quarter of their work on printing paper. The object of this movement is an increase of prices. New York, April 23.—Mayor Opdyke lias signed the Railroad bill which passed the City Councils on.- Tuesday night, under the provisions of which the Harlem Railroad Company is to build the road., The Harlem Railroad* Company has already com- ■ menced work oh the upper section of the Broadway ‘ road, employing 2,000 men. In a few days the track 1 will be finished. ■ - . West Chester, Pa.* April 22.—Dr. Wm. Darling ton died: this morning,,aged eighty.one years. He wap president of the Bank of Chester county, which petition he has held foe more than thirty years. Washington, April 23, 1863. Amy of the Potomac* Captain Worden* Revenue Blanks* STATES IN REBELLION. A Suspicious Steamer* The Pirate Florida* The Pirate* Alabama* The Broadway Railroad* Death of a Bank President. AKM¥ OF THE CUJUBERLIND. General Mitchell’s Order Sending TraltSu ; out bf our Lines—General Rllett’s Expe dfttton.up the Tennessee River—Tiucum. bla, Ala., Visited* Cincinnati, April 23.—'The- Gazette's Nashville despatch says: General Mitchell has issued an order that all citizens must take the oath ofallegtAnce within ten days or go South. Six hundred citizens took:tbe oath on the.22d. Cannonading was heard in the direction of Snow ' Hill. • The cause was hot known. THE MISSISSIPPi: MARINE BRIGADE.' ' General JEUett’s Marine Brigade and General Fitch’s light-draught gunboate have nearly swept theCuraberland river of rebel cavalry, who were sent out on Bides of the. river. .'Some severe •fighting Florence, TußCumbia, and other places were .visited. THE LATEST. GOOD NEWS FROM VICKSBURG— MORE STEAMERS RUN THE BATTERIES—BOATS PLYING -BETWEEN WARRENTON AND YOUNG’S POINT—OUR GUNBOATS ABOVE ' ' HAINES’BLUFF. V . Oatro, April 23 I —A special despatch from Mem i.phte, dated to-day, says that intelligence .has just been received from Vicksburg that our gunboats and steamers ran the batteries on Monday night, and are now below Warrenton. The casualties are not known. Our steamers are said to be plying be tween Warrenton and Young’s Point. General Grtjint has his headquarters at New Car thage. It is also said that five transports have succeeded in running the blockade of the Yazoo river, and are reported to be now above Haines’ Bluff. The rebels now occupy the south side, au<l the Fe derate the north side of the Coldwater. Champion Hilliard Match* Nbw York, April 23.—From 1,600 to 2,000 persons . wiinessed the champion billiard match this evening. ; Mr. O’Connor was chosen umpire for Goldth wait, and f Blr. Bird for Kavanagh. At 10 o’clock the score stood Goldthwait 258, Ka vanagh 450. /ll o’clock P. M. —The score now stands, Gold thwaite, 508 5 Kavanagh, 737. • •12 o’clock.—Goldthwaite has made three long runs, viz : 130, 107, and 100. During the evening 'Kavanagh made one of 125. ' The Bcore now stands? Goldthwaite 1027; Kavanagh 832, with the next play. One O’Olock A. M.—Kavanagh haß been gaining rapidly for the last hour, making large runs. The score now stands—Kavanagh, 1,404; Goldthwaite, i;i6o. . ■ ’ v.' •• • • Good order has been maintained. There has been occasional bursts of applause, whioh were suppress ed as much as possible, at the request of the ma nager. 2 o’clock A. M.—Kavanagh has won by 126 points.| National Academy of Sciences* .. New,7ork, April 23. J At'the chapel of the New YorkUniverfeity,at 11 o’clock A' .H.', to-day, a number of gentlemen met for the pur pose of organizing the National Academy of Sciences; under the act passed, at the last session of Congress'. \ H«n; Henry Wilson, of Massachusetts, called the meeting to order. He alluded to the circumstances under wbichjhe act was passed, and the objects of the Acade my, and in doing so referred to the state of the coun try, as affecting this movement. He trusted the institu tion would live as long as the Republic shall live, and would add to the name ant fame of the nation, and' ’ Spoke iu'glowing terms : of the. good expected to ba de-‘ rived'from it. Among all the acts of the last Congress, one of- the.very best, he thought, was tne passing of the actio incorporate this association. - - ;■ The Speaker then suggested that, for the purpose of or ganization, Professor Agassiz, of Masiachusetts, take the chair. ’ That disiingiiifbed gentleman rose and begged . leave to deoline the honor. He,suggested Professor Henry in stead. While up, he would -make a-few re marks on'the object of the meeting. The promotion of . such asocieiy had always been, an object of great inte rest to him. ever,since he became a citizen of. America. Be l'oped and anticipated that it would .do great good; that itiwould make the nation independent of other na tions on scientific subjects, and that the progress of the nation-would be reflected in the progress of this acade my. The elements were here to do it, and it could and would be done. Notwithstanding the war, it was a. - happy reflection that science progresses in thiß Country. Thl%wasa favorable: opportunity for commencing the 'proposed academy, and the speaker- closed, with au ex pression of thanks to the chairman (Mr. Wilson) for the parvhe bad taken in promoting the passage of-the act of Congress lor the creation of the institution. - Professor Agassiz nominated for temporary chairman. Profr>Henry. of the Smithsonian Institute, Washington;: and Prof Caswell as, temporary secretary. These nomi n&tioiisiwere confirmed.: /-The act or Congress “to incorporate the Nationals -Academy of Science” was then read, and the names of • the coiporators named therein were called, and the fol lowing were found to be present: V— ~ ■ Louis Agassiz (Mass.), S. Alexander (N. J.), A, D. BacheCD. C.), F. P. Barnard, JG. Barnaul (IJ. S. A.), J. ;H.-C. Cofiin (U. S Academy),. J. D Daua: . (Conn.), Charles H. Davis (U. S. N.), J. F. Frazer (Fa.), : Walcott. Gibbs (N. Y.), J.. M., Gilliss (U. S. N. ), -B. A, Gould (Mass.), A. Guyot (N.‘ .T.), .Tames Hill (N. Y.), J. S. Hubbard (U. 8. Naval obs., Ct.), J. LeidyTPa.), K. I.Utogers (Pa.), J. B. Newberry (Ohio), H. A. New ton (Ct.).Benj. Pierce (Mass.), Francis Rogers (Pa.), W-.vß. Rogers (Mass.), L. M. Rutherford (N. Y.), Jo seph Paxton; 'J heodore Strong (N.. J.), and Joseph Win lock (U; S. Nautical Almanac, ICy.), thirty-one in all. The act provides that the Academy shall consist of not more than fiffy ordinury members. : Prof/ Pieiee, of Cambridge, Mass., moved a resolution to the elfect* that a committee-be appointed to reporta plan of organization of tlie Academy. , ; Profi Agassiz suggested that gentlemen interchange their views as to the character, purposes, and ohiects of theVproposed Academy, and the manner in which it should he organized and conducted, i - Tie suggestion was received with favor, and a cur sory-conversation ensued of. the kind hinted at.. Some - comments were made on the list of corporators .named , and regrets, were expressed that some emi- • nent hamep which should have been on the.list,had been pnabted. Professor Agassiz was of the opinion that it was not competent: to dibcuss the, act.: It was either ; to-be accepted or reiect’ed. so far as those named in it are /concerned. As there were some ; persons whom it was ‘ desirous to have among tlie lie suggested fhat five of those - present should consent to have their ii&mes selected by lot, and that they retire to make way for the-persons alluded to This suggestion was, of course, to be considered by the proposed committee on orgtnization. / , v - --- - ; . other general suggestions, to be so. considered, were, madeiby different members. Dr. Gibbs made one,., to • 'thheffecftliw the Academy bediyided and subdivided into. different departments; ’ Professor Agassiz alluded to that provision of the act which gives to powe rl to elect foreign members. The resolution to appoint a committee to draft- a pian' of organization was then ladopted, and- the number of. the committee was fixed -at nine.' Tnefollowmgcom gittee jwes appointed by the chair : : .Profs, Casweil, ache, W. B. Rogers, .Gibbs, Frazer, Eilliman, Jr., B/ A. Gould;-Pserce, and Agassiz. It was then suggested by Dr, Wolcott Gibbs, of New York, that there was present a gentlemau representing one of the papers of the city, who, it was supposed, - would give a report of the proceedings, which he had no doidit would be a fair ouei but he thought it would be better that no report should be made of the proceed ings of ibis meeting.; Some conversation arose on this point; and various suggestions were made; one was thit no report should be made in the press, unless previously submitted "to the chairman or the meeting. Professor Agassiz thought it better-that, until the Academy was or-' ganized, there -should he no report of its proceedings; Professor Lesley, of Pennsylvania, r was opposed ,to having any putlicaiion made. Professor Caswell, of Rhode Island, thought it ’opposed to the genius of the country and its institutions to refuse to the public a knowledge of the proceedings of a public body. The resolution of Prof. Lesley, of Pennsylvania, was as follows: . , , .. , . • - ~ 41 Resolved, That, if there he .any reporter oi the pub lic press present, he be requested not to publish, any of the proceedings of this meeting. ” Prof/Gibbs offered,- a-substitute, that the president and secretary furnish ' to the press such a report of the proceedings as would be proper, to publish.. Prof. Agavsiz discouraged this discussion, and the mo tion was then about to be put upon the proposition (above given) of Dr. Gibbs, when, - . - . Mr. Caswell (the sectary) thought that this would he imposing a great deal of labor on the secretary. Dr. Gibbs thought otherwise. But very little needed to he done. The substitute was then adopted. . . Mr. Hilgard moved that the future meetings of the Academy, for-organization, -be held, in private. This • was'unanimously.carried, and.it'was then proposed to adjourn until: to-morrow, .when the committee .on the organization would be expected to report. A member suggested that there were, some points on which a discussion could be had before organization. Adjourned. : .. . Go'ttschalk’s Conceut; This Evening.— Mr. Gottsclialk, the distinguished piano-forte virtuoso, who has just returned from a Western tour of more than one hundred nights, and given several concerts With great success in New York, will give one only, ewpassant) at Musical Fund Hall, this evening, when he will have the aid of the new and charming,prima donna soprano, Miss Louise Vivier; Mr. George Simpson , thefavorite English tenor* and Mr. Charles Schmitz, the well-known' violincelloist. Mr. Gotts chalk will play several new pieces of his own com position, and the vocal selections are of the highest order of merit. Miss Yivier has a beautiful, highly cultivated, pure soprano voice, and is a great acqui sition to the concert room. The entire programme is excellent, and the admission only fifty cents. The original Peak family of Bell-ringers, who made considerable sensation in Philadelphia seven years ago, will give the first of a series of en tertainments. See the advertisement in another column. Sale op Carpetings, Canton Mattings, &c., &c.-The early attention of purchasers is requested to the desirable assortment of Brussels, three-ply In grain, List,. and Hemp Carpets, Rugs, white and check Canton Mattings, to be peremptorily sold by. catalogue, on four months’ credit, commencing this morning, at 10>£ o’olock precisely, by John B. Myers & Co., No. 232 and 234 Market street. THE CITY. 1 TheThvmomfiUri • i ABRIL 23, 1862, APRJI*. 23, 1953, I 6 A«H. ~;I2 m.|6 A.5rf.....i2 m!.....3 :p\ Jyt.' - ...67 ..60 I ■•44)4 ..61 60. I ■ \ WIND. , WIND. ’WSW/..WSW. .VWSW.INNE.... .ENE..., .ENE. Quarterly Meeting op the Sons of Saint! George.-—The quarterly meeting of the Sons Saint George took place yesterday, at the Continental Hotel. The quarterly business meet ing w® begun at ten o’clock .in the morning, and the ainual : dinner took place at five in the after* noon.j Everybody knows that the society was estabahed for the purpose of assisting and re. Heyinr, Englishmen in distress. It was esta blißhfl ini 1772, and consequently celebrated last evensg its ninety-second anniversary. Rev. I)r. PilJnore was one of ,the ; founders of this society, 7 i and il bis will left it a large He was pastor i of Oft Paul’s Church, of this city. Mr. John Wright I of 9 ft contributor to tbo and muni- endowed the society. The spacious dlnidg roomseiecied was decorously and even elegantly arcaiged. The flags of England and the United s6tat« were intertwined, around Sally’s _pio- Pureiof Victoria ascending the throne. This " fine minting hung at one end of the apartment. The oppoito. wall was decorated with the portraits of Kev.pr. Pillmore and Mr. John Wright, just-ad vertdjto. The president of the St. George’s So ciety iPames Allen, Esq;, occupied the central , seat of. tty! central board, and duly announced the toasts, whia were as duly re-echoed, by the vice president, Joseph Pilling, Esq., to thei of the president, but a the'focopposite side of the room. The toasts followed encti other and were set to music in the fol lowiig order: Firt— England. iheland of our birth: mayit ever contijue to.be the land of ,civil and religious liberty. MmiKßule. Britannia). Sechd—'The United States of America,. the land of our adopfon : though at present disquieted by internal foes, il the march of her might; will right be establish ed , niß peace and prosperty again attend her progressive courfj. Mnaic (Hail Columbia). > ~ . . • Ihiw—'lbe.diiy wo celebrate : may it ever.refresh Eng Uh. hearts with Buglaiid’s glory. Music (Roast Beefjf England). • - "loMli— I Th» memory of Washington. Music (Dirge). Fifth—{The ‘Keystone State: hvave. loyal, and true. departed benefactors: “The hlessinaifof them that were ready to perish apeak their pniise.’MMus.ic (Anld LangSvne)' ' t-event}—Gnr Co-operators’: The Welsh, St. Andrew’s, r KiherciwvAlluhn.'.and-;other kirdr.ed societies* were mean* Mielp ihosfc-’;in' heed, and 'less need of-them.' Music (31VI lej )•’ EigMh-iTbeArmy and Navy.offhe United States: Bivah in eeds of noble daring; cbming genei-atlons shall fihgof thJrrpatriotism. and freemen pvri'vwhere shall i weav« cliplets' to.j iheir 'fame. - Masic- (Washington s t-Ma-ch).'•• *,> ••• : : v/.- - i jSinth—jluenn Victoria: As sovereign, wife, and mo r thei*. a ifttrni for the world. Music (God Savo the l Queer-). - : * Teuth r a' free p« ddessinas (Bail to JFleven . his moll : bislifo. Tweltl with the i Thirte i • strength • may ma 1 after her l sjNo.'on per or < woman, ness to i or.e can d ■ thatcan bi ’ castinnoml ry : of the ij to the horn ‘ho’ President of the. United States: Called by plft;-topreside over.a:freec onntry, uiey-the ■f.tne people be his to merit aud onjoy. -Musict e'Cbiel). ■: . • • ' • • ■■, *. •_ i—Tlie Prince of Wales: may the virtues of r and; the: hopes, of Euglaud be mirrored in -Chiv absent frlends'::i»ay'GodVhlessinjr.be • ;'iaid shield them from harm. '• th—Woman, the pride or man’s prime, tne f his.weakness, and the assuager* of his woe: never forsake.her, nor cease.from following Mtuic. (Horne.. Sweet Home.) • i expects an elaborate description of a sup* brer. A/re&li-set tablets like a,beautiful & a taultlces dress—too full of suggestive i\o\y of iqotant and just expression. Al! Ito givean idea of it, and this is all bne in the present case. The genius of the ioli uence of Franoatelli, the memo> portal Oareme; surely lent a meanlng I The tables were as full of viaiids as they wiere of guests. That martyr, and Christian, aDd soldier, that tutelar saint, St. George, must have felt .somewhat more mortal bb he surveyed that charitable and convivial assembly bound together in the converse of sympathy. ’’There, most this gentle guest delights to dwell, And bless the scene he loved in lire so weU ” , The culinary oracle, whose-tAßtes are proverbially as expressive as they are epieuriao, had done his best to propitiate the good-will of the company. The resources of a well-appointed kitchen were taxed to produce a result of elegant simplicity. Few, .or none, felt disposed to say, in regard .to soups- or-sauces, fishe&y;entr£a, removes, aad en tremets,'that they manage these things better elae/ where. But the reason of this, apart from the consideration that the entertainment, as a whole, was, indeed, not only palatable, but*even good, was that each guest came predisposed to be 1 pleased and to please. This, aloae, was more thaa enough to al lure the appetite and facilitate digestion. The generously stimulating, qualities of the-heavier wines, taken, as indeed they should be, along with the first course, enabled'one, at a later stage, to more appreciatively perceive the delicate bovgwt of the lighter and sweeter ones, Even the bans- vivanls were uncomplaining; even the gourmands were gra tulatory. % ... ° The first toast responded to was the fifth— ,v Tbe Keystone State.” Mr; Boyd, of Norristown, was called upon. Alluding to the scriptural motto of the society, “I was a Btranger, and ye took me in,” he remarked that he considered himself as one of the individuals there referred to. . He found l the men with whom he was now associated a most ge nial.and social set. The country people, he thought, held the key of the Keystone State, and sometimes unlocked, the door. Without them, he considered the city people of no account. In reply to the sixth toast, u The Memory of De— parted Benefactors,” Mr. Richard Smethurat said that the sentiments which should fill every heart on this occasion filled his now. The patriotic names of the present, as of the past, were enough in their mere mention to fill each heart and quicken every pulse. ' Mr. Horatio Jones responded to the seventh toast, “Our co-operators.” He alluded to the great good the Bociety had done; and was doing, and bade its members God-speed in their noble work. In reply to “ The Army and Navy of the United States,” Col. Crosman spoke eloquently, and at some length. The toast “Q,ueen Victoria” was responded to with judgment and modesty by Mr. George Crump, Acting British Consul. Both words and thoughts were well chosen, and tellingly co-operated with one another. “The President of the United States” was re sponded to by Mr. Van Helper. He remarked that time makes many changes. .We realized the results of those changes this night. He concluded his speech with the expression of a sentiment of somewhat poetic beauty, and of loyal fervor. ’ Mr. Wm. Brotherhead responded to “the Prince of Wales.” The speech,.good as it was, was cut short inadvertently, and to the disappointment of many. Mr. David Milne, president of St. Andrew’s So ciety, responfled’to “ Woman;” This response was characteristic.and quaint, and elicited veryjust en thusiasm. He was succeeded by Rev. George Dur borow, who was introduced by Mr. R. Smethurst. ' This gentleman spoke effectively, and the enter tainment was prolonged until a late hour. Jest, and Bong, and repartee followed in rapid succession, and the applauße at times was so vehement as to make the wine-glasses dance impromptu jigs, and cause a tintinabulation among the finger-bowls. A cer tain gentleman" of bright parts at one end of the table proposed- a private toast, to the effect that while England was governed by one lady in particular, America was governed by the J ladies generally ! This was drunk with abandon. Another gentleman remarked that his friend reminded him *of Dr. Syntax, because he certs inly possessed some Blight , portion, of ori ginal and, aslcertainly had to- pay the. taxes! After this, it is unnecessary to say that this genial celebration of this noble society passed off with that gentlemanly, yet social and exhilarative ease, which marks similar meetings of all societies whose ends are those of brotherhood and good-will. * Skvknth-vaki) Union League.” —Tlie attendance at the headquarters of the Seventh-ward Union League, last evening, was unusually large. The League was permanently organized by the elec tion of the following officers: President—William D. Lewis. , Yice Presidents—First Division—H. B. Tatem, John Eisenbrey, Jr. Second Division—D. Smith, Jr., Lewis Elkin. Third Division—Wm. F. Carlin,. Hugh Stevenson. Fourth Division—Geo. J. Rich ardson, Richard Wright. ; Fifth Gordon, Isaac Hazelhurst. Sixth Division—John McCrea, S. Weir Lewis. Seventh Division —John, .Gibson, Jonathan Mullincaux. Eighth Division— Thomas Shaw, David P. Brown, .Tr. Recording Secretary—Tobias I\l. Huber. Corresponding Secretary—Caleb W. Walker. Treasurer—Penrose Fell. A board of managers, consisting of tliree from each division, was also elected. The Establishing of Telegraphic Lines.— The establishing, in this city, of tele graphic lines, is connected, with a resolution in re gard to their regulation, which has lately passed into a law, having passed both branches of Councils, and receivedthe'signature bf the Mayor. The lines of the Fire and Police telegraph of this city have, it seems, been interfered with by.the erection of te-. legraph poles of different-companies. The resolu tion consequently provides that hereafter the pub lic interest shall take precedence of the private in the establishment of telegraph routes. On this ac count, when Councils have given any company the requisite permission, the above resolution provides that this erection of the lines shall be subject to the supervision of the superintendent of the City, Fire, and Police telegraph, that functionary being re garded as the best judge in this particular of the re quirements of the city. A Bold Robbery.— OrrW’edn.esday even ing, at quarter-past 8 o’clock, the house of 'Me. Tay lor, 232 Vine street, was entered at the front door by means of a false key, the family having a short time previous gone out, excepting. Mr. M. Taylor and a domestic. The thief had ransacked bureau drawers, &c., and in descending the stairs with his. plunder, was.heard by W. T., who'encountered the rascal at the foot of the,stairs/ The thief dropped his arm full of clothing, and made his escape through the kitchen, closing the doors after him and putting out the lights.* He rushed by the girl standing at the alley gate. lie carried off- with him a gold watch marked T. A. T. on the case, a small sum of silver money, and few other trifling articles.: He had an accomplice outside. Death op an Esteemed Philadelphia Soldi kr. — Mr. William H. Wayne, of this city, son of our well-known townsman of ‘tlie same name, went out with the Anderson troop as a private, and, after being promoted seyeral times, was made a ser geantmajor. Atthe battle of Murfreesboro he was one of the 11 noble Three Hundred,” and in the early part of that engagement had his horse shot under him —a misfortune which ; he speedily remedied by shooting a rebel cavalryman and appropriating his horse to his own use till the close of the fight. He was ; subsequently taken ill with typhoid-fever, brought to.his home in.this city,. where he has since died. He was buried from; the residence of his father, on Wednesday last.' Mr, Wayne was a young maa ; of uncommon worth, and to his excellent qualities as a citizen and a friend he added the virtues of the soldier and patriot. v : Lecture by Miss Em&ia Hardinge.— A number of the workmen connected with the Pas cal Ironworks some mionthsago organized' an asso ciation for the relief of the families »f those of their fellow-workmen who have gone fo the war. They have already raised and appropriated a considerable sum of moneyfor that. purpose, and, as their funds are low, Miss .Emma Hardinge delivered a lecture last evening in their at the of Music. Her subject, “Patriotism and Patriots,” was handled-in a masterly manner, and 'much plcased'her audience. This lady possesses superior powerß of eloquence, and her impulses move in the right direction. * - v Awabd of Conthacts.—At tlie office of Army Clothing’and Equipage in this city, Mrs. H. G. Moore haß received a contract for furnishing. 20,000 pairs of linen leggings, at 60 cents per pair; Hortsman Brothers & Co..' 60.000 brass numbers at 69 cents per 100. The contract for supplying hospitals, storehouses, military offices, and other buildingß used for army purposes with coal, has been awarded to Mr. Thos. E. Cahill. The lowest bidder offered to supply it at $o 64. per ton. : He not being able to furnish the requisite securities, lowered hlB bid, making it the same as the above, and thus obtained the contract. An Item of Interest.—At about half past eight o’clock on Wednesday evening the con ductor of one of the Green and Coates-streets cars was accosted while passing up Eighth street, above Race, by a colored woman. She was carrying a child and a large basket, and she asked him ; whether he would allow her to ride. . The conductor stopped the car and made inquiry inside.; “Ladies and gentle men,” he said, “ a colored woman with a child and basket wißhes to ride; have you any objection!” The passengers unanimously responded “No!” and the woman took a seat. Progress of Recruiting;— A. large number, of recruits left the various recruiting sta tions in this city, on Tuesday, to join the regiments forwhich they enlisted. A number of stragglers and deserters were also Bent on, under charge of a portion of the Provost Guard. The band attached to Gollis’Zouaves, taken prisoners at the battle of Fredericksburg, also left on Tuesday, having been in this city procuring. new-; instruments, etc. They were forwarded to Camp Parole to await exchange. Doings of the Count Martial. There was but one case before the military court martial yesterday, now in session at Eleventh street and Girard avenue. It was that of a lieutenant, who, it was alleged, had absented himself from duty on the 3d of March last. ■' The testimony shows that he had departed for the performance of certain duties, and that he had failed to perform them and likewise absented himself from the city. The deci sion-Of the court was reserved. Put v Back. Bchooner David 33. "Wolfe, Dole, hence, for New uIT, returned to port yesterday morning, ana iv... u '" l tu to quarantine, in consequence of small-pox having broken out among the crew. The steam-tug General .Burnside, Captain Nelson, from Lewes, Bel., twelve hours, arrived yesterday morning, having towed up the steamer Patroon to be repaired. ,-•* Soldiers 1 Coffee.—We were shown a sample of coffee, yesterday, such as is given to the soldiers at the Broad and Cherry* streets hospital. The article in auestion was of the most inferior quality, and if the soldiers in this institution are compelled to drink we are afraid : that conva lescents will be very slow in their recovery. Delegates to the Butchers 1 CONVEN TION.—The butchers of this city assembled at Eighth and Spring Garden streets.’last evening, to elect delegates to represent them in.the Convention to be held in New York oh the 20th of next months To prevent speculation in live stock is the main object of the Convention^ Personal. — Hon. John Covorte is in this city. He is stopping at the Continental. Colonel Charles M. Prevost has rejoined his regi ment near Falmouth, Ya. This officer, it will be remembered, was very severely wounded at the bat tle of Shepherdstown, Ya., and has but partially re covered He belongs to the li3th Regiment, (Corn Exchange.) •• • A Woman Found Drowned.— Yesterday morning, at the foot of League Island channel, the body of a young woman was, found. She seemed to lie eighteen or twenty years old, had shore sandy hair, and wore a spotted delaine dreßß and a new pair of shoes. When discovered, she was lying with her face in the mud. Wounded Soldiers Transferred.— Sick and wounded; soldiers, unfit for duty.for aom« time to come, have,' under the late order, been diiected to be removed to the hospitals nearest their homes. About two hundred and fifty left the hos pitals of this department on Wednesday last. Amateur Theatricals. — It will be seen by the advertisement in another column that tickets for the amateur theatricals, for this evening, .can be purchased at. Leypoldt’s bookstore, No. 1323 Chest nut street. Belief Fund.—The commission for the relief of the families of the volunteers expended, for the two weeks ending April 18, $73,176\13, The to tal expenditures up to this date has been $1,213,- 001.68. .. To Be Closed.—The Master-street hos pit 'J. one of the first to be opened in this city, will be -ic sed in a few days. The patients will be trans ferred to the Chestnut Hill and McClellan hospital. Blight Fire.— An alarm of fire was caused shout ball past 6 o’clock, last evening;, by the partial burning of Boyd’a dye bouse, la Char, lotte street, above Girard avenue. Tiie United States Steamer Massa chusetts sails to-morrow.from tbe navy yard for the North andSouthAtlantio Blockading Squadron. She will carry out packages, lettenff-fca, Government Hospital Matters Oheetnut Hill is now known as the BJewer Hospi tal, the name having been changed in honor of the memory ol the lamented and distinguished 1 surgeon Thomas O. Mower, formerly Surgeon in tike* U. S. 'Army. The name was changed by orders transmitted through Surgeon Simpson, U. S. A., Medical Di icetor, Middle Department Eighth army corps. The contrast-between the managers of the? St. Joseph’s Hospital (Girard avenue) and the Govern ment has been terminated, and all the soldiers have left the institution, thus affording room for private patient* .The rooms are so arranged as to securer privacy Sor those who-desire it, while public wards, > for persons of moderate means, are open to all, at* the very tow rate of $3- per weekr " The superior is Sister Hilary.. The Army;- Hospital at Sixteenth and; Filbert streets contains-at present nearly 200 patients. The institution for a month * paefc has been used exclu sively for convalescents, and since that time no deaths have occurred.' The men sent to this institu tion are regularly and carefully examined by the Medical Board. ~ Citizens 1 Volunteer Hospital.—A number of sick and wounded soldiers arrived at this place yesterday afternoon from the Gamp hospitals. Those from Pennsylvania are as follows i Wm. BebouVD, 140. ; Jae. Diviney, Ey 148. Geo. E. Dilley, B, 140. Malon Gathers, I, 8 Res. Aug. Flicker, F, 91. : Amos Kneßtrick, D, 140. Samuel Irely, K, 127. E. Osbourne, B, 140. Milton King, I), 136. Fulton Srader, Cr, 137. H. Kuppenberg, H. 148. J. W. Thompson,-A, 165. Corp.M. A.Ristel.E. 137. Elliott Oondy, E, 63. Martin Guthbert,T>, 165. Those from New Jersey are as follows-: Job. Bayley, E, 24. _ Jos. Bryant, 31. Corp. F. O. Cook, H, 12. Daniel Farrell, A, 3-7. R. B. liippincott, I, 24. Smith Simpkins, O, 24. Jas. Townsend, D, 22. B. F. Willis, A, 24. OrEuiKO Game of Base Ball.-To monow afternoon, at three o’clock, the Olympic Ball Club will play their opening game of base ball. Their grounds are included in the Camac estate. Seats are reserved for lady spectators, and all inte rested are coraially invited to “ assist.” FINANCIAL ANI) COMMERCIAL. THE HONEY MARKET. Philadelphia; Apr 123,; 1863. Thera was an upward movement in gold to-day, the highest point reached being 150#. Business was active on the street, considerable quantity being purchased for speculative account. Government bonds continue firm, afresh. demand springing up, evidently stimulated by the more promising news from the several war depart ments. Old one-year certificates are 102; thenew99%; quartermasters’ vouchers are 1% discount. Money is still largely in excess of the supply, a pressure being made to lend below 5. , Subscriptions to the national five-twenty loan at the office oi Jay Cooke A Co., footed up to-day one mil lion-three hundred thousand dollars afc.4 o’clock P. M., with every prospect of being increased to a mill ion and a half. The stock market was again active, the prices gene rally tending upward. 1881 sixes sold at 105%; State fives fell off %; City sixes were steady; Camden and Am boy sixes,lBB3, sold at 101; Philadelphia and Srle sixes at 106; Reading sixes, 18S6, at 104, the others were steady; Elmira sevens were steady ai 111; North Pennsylvania sixes at 90%, the . tens at 110; Pennsylvania-Railroad mortgages were strong; Susquehanna Canal sixes were in demand at 61; Chesapeake and Delaware sixes at 98%; Schuylkill Navigation sixes, 1882, rose 5 percent., the Improvements 4;. Union bonds advanced to 23. . % Philadelphia and Erie shares were in strong demand and advanced one dollar per share; Reading tvai3 steady at 46%; Minehill advanced to 61%, Cata wissi preferred' declined; %; North Pennsylvania was steady T at 12%; Elmira closed at 37, the preferred at 53%; Little Schuyl kill was Arm at 46%; Camaen and Amooy at 168;- Spruce and Pine sold at 15%; Arch-street at 28; 41 was bid for Tenth and Eleventh; 28 for Girard College; 32 for Thir teentn and Fifteenth; 55 for Chestnut and Walnut; 42% fjr Green and Coates; 66for West Philadelphia; 10 for Race and Vine; 74 tor Second and Third; 61 for Frankford and Southwaik. Schuylkill Navigation was very active, the coinmon advancing to 10%, the ! preferred to 23%; Susquehanna to 10; Wyoming to .21%; Lehigh Navigation sold at 60; scrip at 46, an advance of 1. J Bank of North America sold at 148; Manufacturers' and Mechanics’ at 26; Girard at 45; Corn Exchange at 32. Themarket oloeed'isteady—sss,ooo in bonds and 8,800 in shares changing hands. Drexel & Co. quote: United States Bond?, 1881.....■••« ........105JS@105;£ United States Certificates of Indebtedness 101H@102h United States 7 3-10 Notes .1 J5K@lO6 Quartermasters* Vouchers. . l>4@l^d. Orders for Certificates of Indebtedness. •••••• d. Gold 49&©5(Kp.. Demand Notes 49J£m50>sp. New Certificates "of Indebtedness ..99 (3J99JS :,The following is a statement of the shipments of coal over the Huntingdon and Broad Top Mountain Kail road, daring the week ending Wednesday, April 15, 1563, and since January 1: Week. Previously. Total. Tons. Tons. Tons. 1863 . 6,159 73,458- 81,617 1862 6J17 . 90,288. 97,005 ljpcnntse • * *. * 16,830 - 15.383 The following shows the receipts of the Morris canal: Total to April 11,-1863.. 56,625 2o Week ending April 18, 18G3 0,682 67 ~n . - nn 'pio, oUY bd Tottl to April 12, ]562...... Week ending'April 19,1562. 15,370 24 Increase ............. $937 58 The folio-wing shows the business of the Lehigh Canal for the week ending April 18, .1863: . For the "Whet. Total. Tons. Cwts. Tons. Cwt. 6,445 14 U,823 OS 1,076 OS 1,802 U 5 159 14; . 315 06 From Mauch Cnu >'K Summit alines Room Run Mines..... B. Lehigh Mines~... East Mauch Ghuxk. ~ Coleraine Mines. •••••• 331 11 579 06 German Penna. Mines 852 13 1,308 09 N. Spring Mountain Mines. 14514 - 1,006 16 D. Mumma's and others* P. and J>. ...... 13 Hazleton Mine 5....... 1,069 08 2,325 19 Council Ridge. .... 155 10 155 10 Jeddo Mine 5........ 469 18 §3113 Fulton -Mines....•••■ 339 12' JiBS.l5 The following shows the amount of coal transported ovefthe Lehigh Valley Railroad, for theweekending April 18, 1863, andprevious since December 1, 1862, compared with the same time last year * : ' ' : "Week. 'Previously. Total. MINES. Tons. Cwt/Tons. Cwt. Tons; Cwt. Haz1et0n....... .. 5,057 13 91,473 08 96,531 01 East Sugar Loaf 2,502 05 43,003 13 45,505 18 Council' Ridge 1,794 05 34,759.1 S ,-36,551 03 Mmmt P1ea5ant......... ...... 6,B'S 10 -■ 6,835.10 Spring Monntain... 2,541 11 36,001 13 • 38,543 04 C oleraine 797 01 15,965 03 16,762 04 Beaver Mead0w........ * 1,925 11 1,925 11 N. York and Lehigh 17,032 11 17,032 11 N. Spring Monntain.... 1,298 03 31,077 00 O3 Jedd 0....... 2,640 19 38,055 0) 40,698 OS Harleigh.- 1018 OS 18,166 18' 19,185 06 German Penna 590 07. 21,996 18 21,537 05 Ebervale..--. - —• 990 12 16,365 05 ,/ : 17,355 17 ,Milnesville .............. 79 18 12,856 05. . 12,936 03 Other Shippers. —. ■442 11 21,873.13 22,316 04 T0ta1..............19,753 03 407,388 15 ' 427,142 08 Corresponding week last • _ ' year.• • • ;........18,574 07 249,771.04 ; .263,345 11 1.179 03 157,617 11 163,796 97’ The following is a report of the amount of coal trains* ported over the Delaware, Lackawanna, and Western Railroad for the week ending Saturday, April IS, 1863, compared with same time in 1862: Week. Year. Tons. Cwt. Tons. Cwt. .. 7,017.05 50,09 i 01 V 19,008 17 213,004 01 Shipped North'. Shipped South. ‘ ’ Total. 26,026 02 ' 293,595 02 ; For the corresponding time last year: . Shipped N0rth'.’.......3,69S 12 70.152 01 Shipped 50uth.............. 19,683 01 i 206,138 19. Total-... . —— . 23,381 13 276,791 00 Decrease... , 17,104 02 : The New Evening Post ofto'daysays: In Wall street, this morning, there is ho;excitemeat in gold or ii* the general market. The interest centres in Harlem, which yesterday rose from 68 to 76, closing at 69%, while to-day it has, with still greater .violence, moved up and down between the extremes of 59% : and - 72, closing, as we go to press, at 69. , , ' The activity of the movements to-day has been, ascribed in i art to the Mayor having signed the resoln- : tions of the city government, and also to the thousand ever-changing theories as to the final action to he adopt* ed on the Broadway railroad bill at Albany. The loan market is still extremely as the capital seefc ing investment continues to increase, while the otin lets for-it-'do not respond'with sufficient rapidity. The inarh et opened strong. Governments are steady, hut the demand is light; as theattention of investors is monopolized in part by the conversions into the hewfive tweuues, which reach daily ,an unparalleled amount, and iu part by the Treasury deposits, whose aggregate will soon touch the . limit of one hundred millions al lowed bylaw. • . '' '• Among the miscellaneous stocks, we observe transac tions in the Canton Company, at 25,.Delaware jand Hud son Canal Company at 132, Pennsylvania Coal Company at 117, and Cumberland Preferred at 21ft. ' The following table contains the principal movements of the market as compared with the latest prices of last evening: Wed . AdT . j> ec U. S. 6s, 1881, res 104% 104% . 17.8.6 b, 1881, c0n........105% 105% U. S. 78-10 p. c. T. JX* :105% 106 .. ft ,U. S. lyeardertif gold ...103% 101% , - % American, gold———--148%.: .147. : Ift Tennessee. 6s— 60 — Missouri6s. -—. 60% 80% % Pacific Mail 188% . 188% N.Y. Central. -..-114% 114% - % Erie -79% 79% - Erie preferred. 98% 98 % . " Hudson River 133% 114 - ft Harlem—. —— 69% 68 1% : Harlem preferred....... 90 88 2 .. Mich. Central ...102% 102% . - Mich. Southern— 60% - 60% - % ; Mich. So. guar--—lO3 103% - % •Illinois Central scrip——9l -90 ft , : ft Pittsburg - 73% 73% % Galena. 93% 92 % Cleveland and Toledo 98 ‘ 97 1 . Chicago & Rock Island- 90% 90% '% Fort Wayne 63% 63 % Quicksilver C 0... ——.— 42% 42 % . Cleveland, Columbus, and Cincinnati is very.firm. The earnings of the railroad are, for 1863, $824 per mile, against $609 last year. Exchange is selling at 163@163%, hut transactions are • ••;• ‘ r -- \ Phil*.' Stock iJffiiH [Reported by S. £. Slatmakj FIRST 1 lOOPeaaaSs -101 lONPennaß ...12# 60 do.. 12# 25 Corn Ex 8ank...... 32 '2O Schny .Nav—--prf. 23# 670 do—..-.prf-lots. 23 200. do .prf. 23 550 • do—.....prf-lots. 23# 233 Reading R...*— 46# 200 do. ....b3O. 46# 600 Union C*l Bds scp on 23 50 Phil A Erie R....b5- 23# 74 d 0...... -.-23# 50 d 0.... ...23* 250 do.. ........... 24 50 do ..b3O. 24 60 do —....,b10. 24 76Lit Schnyß--.-. 46# 3.00 Lehigh. Sep 45# 46 46 BETWEI . 7 do. 250 do. : 50 Wyoming Cnl--. 21# 1 • 100 Elmira R-. --b5; 37# •100 do 6.30wa-37 lOOOSchuy Wav 65;82.. 84#] SECOND 3COO Scbuyl Nav 6s ’B2--85 300 do.-.-.--prf. 23# 2<o do prfTbS. 23# 200- do pvf. f 60.. 23# 250 d 0..... .prf*b3o. 23# 300 d0.......prf.b5. 23# 300 do—--prf.s6o.' 23 - 4000 do-.imp6s.3di. 90 I 61. Phil A Erie B ; 24 200- do--..--'blO. 24 42 Minehill R 61# lOOSueq Cnl.—9# 4CO' .do* .‘lO ICOCO do. 68.b30. 61 ;ICOO • d 0............... 51 ; lOOßeadibgß,..b3o.. 46# OBank of NAmerica.l4B { : 100 Schny Hav.prf.h3o. 23#1: CLOSING PRI Bid. Asked. U SBb *B3 106#,.105# US 7.30 Notes.-IC6* 106 American Gold - *l49# 360# Phila 6s old.-. - - -106# - _ - - Do new 1H». Alls co 6b R .67 - penna 6s- 101 101# Reading R—• 46# 46# Do bde’SO-UO 111 Do bds ’7O .-104# 105 Do bds’B6 cohv I(H# 11## Panntt R-div off 65# 66 Do -»-lBtin6B:.ns ; 316 Do 2dm 6s- 10S 10S# Little Scbnvlß.. 46# , 46# , Jdorris C’l coiisol 66# 67# Do prfdlOs .135 Do 6s ’78."..'. v. -Do 2dmtg- •• ~ Susq Canal..«... 9/a. 10 Do 6s ....... 40 • SehuylNav—• 10.# 10# nX 7* ’73-. Hi '-US r>o 10* 75 T» T«inT«rt R.ex dv 30 / 32#. Do* ' bds— —lo2 . .. Pbila.Ger &Nor. 66# .. Lehigh Yalß»» 7$ ,Do M* .« apbCl 23—Evening. There is very little demand for Flour, either for ship-' ment or home use, and the market is dull; Sales of LOW barrels Ohio fancy are reported at W?. bbl, and 200 bbls fine and superfine, and SSObbls Broad-street-Mills extra on terms kept secret. The retailers and bakers are bay ing at prices ranging from $6(3£6 25 for superfine/ $6 50@T for extra, $7 26@7. 75‘f0r extra family, and $8®3.75 ft bbl for fancy brands, according to quality. In Rye Flour there is more doing; 150 bbls are reported, at $4.75 bbl. Corn Maal is dull, and Brandywine is held at & 50$ barrel. . GRAIN.— receipts of Wheat continue- light; and. prices remain about the same as Ust quoted, with Rales ef 6,000 bus prime Pa, red at 168 c LSwbos Ken tucky white at 190@193c Rye is seliiagou arrival a&106@206c W bus for Penaa. Corn is unchanged; sites comprise about 6;000 bus prime yellow at93c bus afloat and in the cars. Okts—There is less activity, withaalea of about 2,600 bus prime Penna at 85c. weight, and light Oats at 63@55c s'bas, measure. : -BARK.—list No. F Quercitron 1 is in steady demand at $36% ton. COTTON.—There is little or nothing doing; In the ab sence of sales we quote Middlings at 64@65c %*lb; cash. GROCERIES—The only transaction** we hear of are-by auction, this morning^667'bb»6- New Orleans Molasses, at ?6@4Bc gallon, and-35 hhds New Orleans Sugar a& 9%@11%c% lb, cash. PRO’V IslO i>B. —Theinarket continues dull.w'-thsmall salts of Mess Pork atsls@is Lard is very dull* paies of barrels and tierce* at 10%@HJ%c fl.'lb-. *. . oifibOb.—Olovtrseea is very dull an<T little or nothings doin<; we quote at $5.25@5 75 bus; Timothy in A small way at $2, and Flaxseed $3.50(®1 %’bai. the-latter for recleaned. - WBlfeKT iMower; with small sales ofbblsat4s®4Sc, and drudge at 41®4nc% gallon: . The following are the receipts of flour and grain at this porcto-aay: PHILADELPHIA HIDE MARKET.—The Shoe and/ Leatherßep<rt<-r % April 23d.-says: Country tanneri are still holding back from the hide, market, hud the sales from second bands have been-small. From: first handfe we notice a sale of 402 Laguayra; and Caracas Hides at 27c, usual.time; there has been- an- importation of 5;000’ Pernambuco Hides which remain unsold. The market for dry.stock L in* ctlve, and prices are de clining..; In green-.salted'Hides. the demand has .been light and buyers have the advantage -of holders in' re gard to rates. The a*siciation are-taking in-compara tively few Bides, and are able, under their close selec tions, to sell at 13c for Steers. Salters are selling at va rious figures; the market is bardly.quotable. Sales are made from 9%®11c % tb. In domestic and Western dry the market is entirely bare. PHILADELPHIA BOOT AND SHOE MARKET.—’The Shoe and Reporter of April 23d says: There has been a little more activity among the shoe jobbers the past week, but the demand* ha< been far behind-the expectations of dealers, and- the-aggregate saleshave greatly fallen snort of those of a corresponding period l one year ago ; Many buyers are holding back, evidently under the. impression. .that goods will eventually be lower, while others are offering old stocks to advantage/ and ordering only tmall invoicea to keep up their assort ment. The tardy sales, however, do not materially affect prices: jobbers who have heavy st cks bought on short credit, and depend upon sal es to meet payments, maybe willing lodncrease sales at declining rates, but there is* very little disposition-to urge the market, and/ quotations aTe generally sustained. There is no reason, whatever for any decline. The contractors are unani mous in asserting that at the present value of leather ah advance of five to ten per cent, will have to be mlde to cover costs. It is anticipated that prices for booties will range from $2. pair, and for boots $3.50@3 75. PHILADELPHIA LEATHER MARKET —The Shoe and Leather Reporter says: Trade has been moderate during the entire week. The fluctuations in the prices of gold and general merchandise tend to retard a healthy business, and ex-teßsive dealers have been buy ing only to meet present demands; quotations are gene rally a shade lower and quite unsteady. Leather is more abundant, but there is no accumulation to bear down current rates. Slaughter Sole.— The light weights of country and city rough slaughter are in good request, and command full figures;.the middle and heavy weights are accumn lating. The receipts in the commission houses continue meagre. We quote rough country light at ; very des-irable pattern and'tannage, 40@J'2; and middle and oV* rweights, rolled and rough, at 37®39c. The market is bare of light and light middle weights." : Spanish Sole. —The sales have been moderate and in small quantities; the stock in store is only sufficient for th 6 limited demand. Prices are unsteady, but range from 35 to 39c for the various descriptions ofjßuenos' AyreerLa Platte, and. Caracas. ♦ ; .$6,529 S 2 . 5,840 42 Sales, April 33. !rphllaoC lplaaßlcll '* ,ll »- 1 board. 1000 Schny Nnv 0s 'O2. - to 1003. do. .83# 3000 d 0........ 84 *2OOO d 0......... -84# 5000: d 0.......... 84# 100- City 6s. ..105#. 2000 Phil & Erie 65.. ... .106 1000 do ..........106 6 Cam A Amb B 16S 200 Cataw R .prf. 23# 100 Susq Cnl. 9# -50 d 0.............. 9# llSchuyNav 9# 100 ...-do cash. 10 100 do-—,....560. 10 •100 do .....s6O. 10# 6 Girard Bank 45 ;■ 50 Arch-st R .b3O. 28 100 Wyoming Cnl 21# 1000 Sclil Nav imp 65.b5 90 BOARDS. (1000 Schny Way 6s ’82.. 84# ( 200 Reading R- 46# 6 fttiuehill R 61 | 31-Man A Mochaßk... 26 BOARD. 100 Reading R... .cash 46# 26 d 0............. 46# 2000 U ;do.i.-.-6a ’86.104 lOOSnrnce-st R- - 15# 202 NVennaß- - 12# 30 Lehigh Nav—--■• 0?.. IOOOJJS6s '91.. ......-10oH I 50 Wyoming Cnl.—- 21# 200 Cataw 6000 Cam A Ambfe 88-304 52 Ches A Del Cn1.... SS -5000 do———— 63..bs. 9S# 150 Lehigh Scrip .45# 500 New Creek--. a # 1000 Penna ss. 101# BOARDS. I 300 Schny Nav.prf.b3o. 23 llOOOSnsqCnlOs 51 CCBS—STEADY. Bid. Asked fifPenna R 12# 12# Do 65........ 90# 90# Do 10s 110 111 Catawlssa R.Coa 7# 7# Do prfd-. 23 . 23# Beaver Mead R- 6S 69# Minehill R 60 61 : , Harrisburgß-.- - Wilmington K- . ... LehighNav 6a- Do ' shares 59 63 Do scrip. . 45# 45# • CamAAmbß— 168 ; ; Phila A Erie 6s. 106 106# , Son & Erie 7B-- - ; Delaware D!v. 44 Do bds Spruce-street R— 1/5# 15# Arch-streetß.... 27# 28 Raco-streetß ... 10 11 Tenth-street R. 41 . 48 : Thirteenth-st R. 32 --.85# . WPhilaß...-;. 66 67 [ Do bonds—. •.. Green-streak R.. 42)4 43 • Do bonds—. Chestnut-st R... 55 . 59 Secoad-atreat R— 74 81 - Do.. - bonds. . . IFiftb-streat B’;. : 61'V 82 I/Do s bonds-. - - , {Girard College H9B • 29# StR U 12 Philadelphia Markets. : BOfeTON BOOT AND SHOE MARKET.—The Shoe and Leather . Reporter of April 23d says: There is very little trade stirring, anathat is principally with the New'Eag laiid Slates and British -Tovinces, the call for goods* for the Western States being remarkably limited. A large demand during the month of April would be rather un locked for, aH jt is usually an active time of the year,.but the present, dull season seems unusually quiet, follow ing, as'it does, upon a brisk trade which dropped off ..very suddenly. Goods will not accumulate much, as manufacturers are only working on. orders, and priced of stock and work are so unsettled that he opinion prevail? to some extent-among buyers that goods have not yet reached their lowest rates Army work is now quiet, but the bids to be open on Friday of this week will throw more or less orders into the market, and we look for a revival of business in that direction, i ' The total shipments of Boots and Shoes by rail and sea for the past week have been 7,843 cases. Of this number 6,980 were sent by rail as follows: 2 417 cases to- New Yoik and Pennsylvania; 670 to toe Southern States now iD our possession, and 3,893. co.the Western States. The clearances-from the customhouse were 563 cases. New York Markets of Yesterday* Breadstcffs.— The market for State and Western FKmris dull, heavy, and lower. .. The pahs are 6,7>:0 hbLs st $5 90(2}6.15 for superfine State; $6 60@6.80 for extra State; $5 90@t>: 25 for superfine Mich igan, Indian*, lowa, Ohio, &c.; $6 6Q@7.05 for extra do, including shipping brands of round hoop Ohio at $7.05® 7.10, and trade Brands do at $7 15@8 25. So uthern'Flour is heavy And lower, with very little movement; sales of 450bbls ats6 95@7.20 for superfine Baltimore, and $7.25@9.75 for extra do. Canadian flour is dull, and the market is again lower, with sales 0f490 bbls at s6.6s@6.Ssforcommoa,and $6.90 @S for rood to choice extra. Rye Flour is inactive at $4@5.25 for the Tange of fine and anperfine. Corn. Meal is dull. .We quote Jersey $4.10; Brandy wine $4 6S; puncheons $22 50. Wheat is dull and nominal at $1.33@1,(j1 for Spring, and $1.60® i; 70 for Winter red and amber Western: Mil lers and shippers are awaiting tne resumption Of caoal navigation, and there is little or no disposition to buy for forward delivery. * Rye is quiet at $1.05@1.08 for Jersey and State.' ■ Barley is dull at $1 45@1 60 as to quality. Cora is Jess active and rather heavy; sales 20,000 bus at S6@6B for sound Western mixed, and 75@35 for un sound do. . Oats ar« quiet, at S4@S6e for Jersey, and 83@88 for Canada, Western, and Sta.e. Provisions.— The Pork market'ts‘dull, and lower, with sales of £OO bbls afc-sl3for old mess, $15.25 for new mess, $l5 37% for Western prime mess, and $l3 for new prime. Beef remains dull, with sales of 150 bbls at former quotations. Beef hams are nominal at $14@16.25 for Western. ; The low > prices ruling for Bacon have attracted some attention, and there has been increased activity; tales 2200 boxes at 6^cfor : Gumberiand cut, 6ft @7c for slmrt rib, and 7%@7ftc for'short clear. Cut mf ats .are: in' moderate .reqaest, hat at .very -Jow rates generally; sales 400 boxes, dry salted shoulders at 5® 5%c; 50 bbls pickled do at 6c; 2,000 pieces city do at 6%c in bulk, and 60 hhds smoked hams atlo%c; Lard is un changed, with more activity; sales 2,600 bbls and tcs at 9%@10%c. - , v ; ; : . Tite following are'si articles exported from th for the week ending April ENGL. some of the‘principal [iia port to 'foreign porta 23, 1863: .AND. I Coal oil, refine i Coal oil, crude, •76.554 $15,3771 . BRITISH \YI Caudles, ftis... 9,500 $1,870 Beef, bbls 76 1,050 Aie-and porter, gallon* 1,260 378 Biscuit, bbls..* 57 = 200 Boards ' 23 Bran, bus : 200 •• • 85 Cheese, lbs.— 2,534 330 Coal.oil, iefi’d, ga110n5...... ..-1,197 359 Hams, ffi5......17,6'S 1,6061 . gallons 53T INDIES. Household Fur niture.......; In. Oorn, bus-- ' 300 315 la. Meal, bbls. 320 992 Lard,' 29,538 3,784 Oil Cake 1,900 Pork, bbls 211 2,843 Shooks 320 Sugar, refd. lbs 5,035 987 Flour, bbls-... 1,103 8,868 I Other articles.. 57 OTHER BRITISH NORTH AMERICAN POSSESSIONS. So SSSO In. meal, bbls.. 100 $4-55 eiO Mf. tobEc:, 1b5..3,670 1,285 Beef, bbls. Bricks..... Blitter, lbs 2,247 450 Pork, bbi5..71..~’196 L 427 Coal, t0n5....... 250 I,ISB E. meal. bbls-.. 209 1.059 Coal oil, gals. -.1,437 - 017 Vinegar, gals. ..2,106 216 Hams, 1b5.......9,32S 933 !Flour, bbls 394 2,575 - -.CUBA.' ' : Candles, lbs- 8,600 $1,490 Iron, mfd - $1,790 Beef, bbls.-- 4 60 Lard, lbs 87,872 10,175 Ale and porter, Mf. ofwood... 17,177 gallons 540 144 OiL, wb., gals, 1,037 1,037 Baiter, lbs. . 2,000 400 Paper 240 Gojd and silv’r Pork, bbls! coin 1,000 Shooks Hams, lbs 11,021 1.26 S Soap, lbs 16 000 1,280 In. corn, bu.- 2,500 *2,630 Saear, ref.lbs. 1.253 195 Iron nails,ibs. 54,550 2.555 TaUow',Ubs...s,S72 . 616 FRANCE. Spirits from grain, ga110n5....... 43 .134 Shooks 140 Wax, lbs 459 216 Coal oil, crude, gallons 228,716 $44,723 Coal oil, refd. Halloas .16,631 5,259 M. tobac., lbs, 432 216 , :The following are soine c ported into this port for the ‘ of the principal articles im week ending April 23,1863: for coxs Sugar, hbds. ....21S) “ 1bi5..;...49 >511,016 “ tierces... 5) Molasses, hhds..sS4) . ‘V punches.- 6S> 12,558 •* bbls 3,tcs 53) . Soda ash,'sacksS3 2,036 Bic.Soda, kegs..2so 72S Hide5..........5,000 15,632 Tin plate, boxes. 46 317 WARES Molasses,hhds. 321) I “ . punch’s.. 32> 7,5931 “ bid 5...... 25) i ISodaash, casks.. 47 1.388 I Sugar, tags 660 3,463 CIT Y IT£ M S v Fine Quality Maccaeoni and Vermi csi.i.l.—The proprietors of the popular old grocery stand of the late C. H. Mattson, Arch and Tenth streets, have now in store a fresh supply of pure Italian Maccaroni and Vermicelli,Mo which we invite the attention of our readers.. Nkw Styles French Bonnets, of ex quisite pattern, anil designs, are now daily being received and opened by Messrs. Wood & Cary, Wo. 720 Oheßtnut street. The most Shirt ever invented is. the “prize medal” Shirt, cut by John F, Taggart, and sold by Mr. George Grant, at bis Gent* 1 Furnishing Establishment, Wo. 610 Chest nut street. • • Old Bonnets and' Hats Renoyated.— : Messrs.-Wood & L Cary have the best faciiities in thin city for bleaching and pressing old .Straw. Bonnets and Hats. Their prices for renovating are mode rate. Important to those having Claims uk dee the'New State liAw.—We have been shown a telegraph despatch by Greorge W. Ford, Claim Agent, No. 241 Dock street, announcing that povernor Curtin has signed the bill jußt passed by the iiefei fllsture giving fall remuneration for pay and expenses to officers, Ac., that they may be en titled to previous to being mustered into the United States service. Luxurious ahd Polished Life, without true Bense of the beautiful, the good, and the great, 1 is far more barren and sad to see than that of the ignorant and brutalized. Ajnvpos of the beautiful,' the most beautiful spring and summer-clothing in. the city is to be found in the beautiful store of.G-ran ville Stokes, at No. 609 Chestnut street, above Sixth, on the north side. Two things are necessary in a modem family sewing machine. It should both, stitch and embroider, otherwise it is but half a machine for family use; and when you have finished stitching a garment with your machine you will be left to em broider it tediously by hand. Grover fit Baker T s pro roiiim machines, 730 Chestnut street, are perfect atitcherß and perfect embroiderers. No other family machines embroider. The Iron-Glad Fleet. — The iron-dads. that aie, and are to be, will make the navy of the [United States the most formidable in thh world. The New Ironsides, or even one of the little Monitors, could take or destroy the entire British fleet, four deckers and all, could the days of Nelson return, *r.d his wooden walls be again brought together. Our army, too, is becoming.iron-clad for the sbl rdiers are providing themselves with the impregnable •iron-clad vests made by Kockhill fic Wilson, Nos. 603 : and 605 Chestnut street, above Sixth. This is em phatically the Age of Iron, with considerable woolen, thiown in. Titles of the King of Burmah.— For the information of the curious in such matters, we subjoin' a translation of his titles: “ His Most Glo rious and Excellent Majesty, the of the Tshad don King of Elephants, Master of many White Elephants, Proprietor of Mines of Gold, Silver, and Amber, and of the Woble Serpentine, Sovereign of the Empires of Thunaparanta and Tampachpa, and or all the Umbrella Wearing Chiefs, Master of Twenty-four Umbrellas, the Supporter of Religion, the Sun Descended Monarch, Arbiter or Life, and , the Great King of Kighteousness, and the Illustrious of the Three Worlds.” If there is anything in titles, we think the King of Barmah has them bad. Being the “ Master of Twenty-four UmbreUas ” shows th*t he expects a long reign. But from looking at his picture, we do object to the cut of his pantaloons. Dldihe purohaie his clothing of Charles.Stokes* Co., under the Continental, he could , dispense w)th one-haif of his titles, and be just as much respected. 1,650 bbl*. 6;-ouo bus. 6,700 bus. 6JSUO bus. >64,738 $22,631 52 523 24,932 Iron, tons 64K $2,629 Arrow-root,pkgs 4 . 106 Nutmegs, pkgs-. 1 13 Coffee, bags 2 59 Wax fruit. 8 Mackerel Herrin ff, and half-bbls.. 669 ; 3,496
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