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TUESDAY, APRIL 28, 1863.
the :news.
Wit: have <Jateß from Key West to the t3th instant.
General Woodbury is in command of that post. An
expedition to Bay port, on the west coast of Florida,
with seven of our .gunboats, was successful; in mar
king a reconnoissance of the enemy’s position, and
drawing the fire of the rebel batteries. The rebels
destroyed a Schooner, loaded with tar, pitch, and
turpentine, to prevent her falling into our hands.
Six or eight prize veßselß have been condemned by
the admiralty court at Key West, and there were
twenty to be examined yet in port. The frigate Sfc.
Laurence hasßailed for Boston, and Acting Rear
Admiral Bailey haß transferred his flag to the steam
: gunboat Magnolia. The ’ weather was warm,' pro
‘Visions and water scarce, and no ice to be had on
the island.
• Brigadier General Ullmann and his Bkeleton
brigade arrived at Key West on thdl7th inst., in the
steamer Matanzas, and left next'day for New Or
leans, where freedmeu of Louisiana will'be furnish
ed to fill up his brigade.. His command will be in
creased to a division as Boon as possible.
From Mexico wc are in receipt of olfleial ac
counts from the 24th ultimo to the Ist instant, in
clusive, ifrhich furnißh some light aa to the state of
affairs there. .From these it would appear that, in
stead of the Mexicans having suffered defeat, as pro
claimed through French sources, the French have
Buffered several repulses, but subsequently con
centrating their fire upon San Janvier, they foroed
the'Mexicans to abandon that fort, which was, how
ever, not done until all the artillery and ammuni
tion had been Bafely removed and the fort had be
come aheap of ruiuß', Not being in receipt; of any
thing positive through French channels since the
11th ol April, leads to the supposition that the
Mexicans have.as yet been, successful Iu their de
fence of Puebla, and that the French are ns far
from itß capture as when they first invested it.
This rebel House of Representatives have adopted
the following device for the Beal of the Confederate
States : An equestrian portrait of Washington, with
a wreath composed of the chief agricultural produc
tions of the South. Motto— Deo Duce’ Vtncimeho*
“ God being our lender, we will conquer.”
Coaur.opoßE, Hitchcock, in command of the
blockading fleet ofi' Mobile, writes interesting .par
ticulars to the Navy Department, concerning the
captuie of a number of prizes, which he has sent to
,2Cey West for adjudication.
.The latest news from Suffolk indicates the pre
sence of a large force of the enemy on the line of the
Nansewond live! 1 , to the southwest of our position.
The rebels are. said to be foraging in the surround
ing counties, but appear indisposed to attack Gene
ral Peck at present. General Longstreet is- en
■trenching-himself, however, and, it ihbelieved, has
been joined by the forces under General Hill, lately
operating in North Carolina.
Secretary SKWAULvatuI the Prussian and Swe
dish ministers visited the Army of the Potomac yes
terday.
We publish to-day highly : interesting detallßof
Gen. Reynolds’ late brilliant advance into Middle
Tennessee. It is Baid that the rebel Gen. Martin
'was hilled in the attack at McMinnville; Colonel
Morgan made a narrow escape with his life, and the
notorious Capt. Dick McCann was captured and
clandestinely Blain.
■We have reports frdm Kentucky, this morning, to
the effect that the rebel Gen. Pegram has been large
ly reinforced on the line of the Cumberland river,
and that he contemplates making another raid into
Central Kentucky. ",
.G j.rvr:i. iM<■ Nk!l. has repulsed General Mar
maduke at Cape Girardeau, In southeastern Mis
souri, after three hours’ fighting. Marmaduke is re
treating, and it is thought he .will be cut off by the
force under General Yandever. ■ ■■■■.:
The gold market was excited yesterday. .It open
ed at 164J£, fell 4‘y per cent;, and rallied one half
per cent, at the close. The stock market was active.
Governments'were firm, with a general'advance.
Railroad shares are rising gradually.
The X,oan.
The subscriptions to the five-twenty loan,
at the office of Jay Cooke, are largely in
creasing in amount. As previously stated,
the aggregate for last week reached ten mil
lions and a half, and the opening yesterday
• gives promise of "much heavier results du
ring, the present week. The .subscriptions
of yesterday footed $2,-250,000. An'encou
raging feature is the fact that the demand
for the loan is thoroughly awakened in sec
tions of, the country from which there has
’ hitherto been no call for this class of invest
ment. From Maryland tiie orders are stea
dily on the: increase, arid for Western Vir
ginia and Kentucky sales have been- very
considerable. An order was received yes
• terday from Key West, Florida. A soldier
in the Army of the Potomac sends to the
subscription agent his surplus earnings, with
the remark, “ If I-fight hard enough my
bonds will be good.” Another “brave de
fender" sends from Suffolk five hundred dol
lars to invest in five-twenties, and says, “I
aminucli pleased with my purchase. lam
willing to trust Uncle Sam. If lie is not
good, nobody else,is.” While soldiers ex
hibit such a spirit there can be no such word
as fail. An agent, writing from Louisville,
says, “I am crowded with applications for
five-twenties, and trust the orders I have
already forwarded will be speedily filled. I
ani getting, letters from nil-parts of the: State,
making inciuirios, and look.for large sales.”
The Hon. Rbvejoiy Johnson, a South
ern statesman, and distinguished Senator
from Maryland, in a recent, letter to the. :
Union League of Baltimore, said: “ The
sole ministers of peace at present are our
gallant officers, soldiers,'and'sailors. Let
these be used as they may be, arid the end will
soon be accomplished ; and let us, in press
ing on the foe, not halt to criticise the con
duct of the Government. Let us, oir the
contrary, give it a hearty, zealous support
whilst the peril is upon ns, reserving for a
period of restored peace whatever of cen
sure we may have to pass on the conduct of
the men who are administering it. ” When'
Mr. Joins son, with sympathies and associa
tions in the past, that might have inclined
less patriotic men to the Southern cause,
can afford to speak such brave and cheering
words, what will be thought of Northern
men, ; who -have lived all their ' lives in
Korthem States, who boast that their ties of
home, and family, and friendship, and asso
ciation, are all in tire Korth, and yet, who,
in their devotion to slavery and rebellion,
endeavor to destroy the Government which
protects them! .
IThe Eably-Closing Movement.—A
mass meeting was held at the Brooklyn
Academy of Music, last evening, in support
of the early-closing movement, which has
been successfully initiated in New York
city, and found to be attended with advan
tageous results, both to employer and em
ployee. We hope to sce.it followed up in
this city, as we have no doubt it will be if
the proper steps arc taken by those most in
terested. Why should not a meeting he
called immediately, that the benefits . ot the
proposed innovation might be made mani
fest to all storekeepers ? We feel confident
that the press of the city will lend its sup
port to the measure, and that it may readily
be carried into effect this season with little
effort and proper co-operation. If our hank
ers and- brokers can transact their business
between the hours of nine A. M. and three
P. M., there can be no reason why the same
may not he done in other mercantile es
tablishments. ~
,A Union soldier, writing from Suffolk,
Ya., to his home in Massachusetts, .says-:'
“ You ought to see the rebels here. They
are willing to endure anything to help their
cause. All are alike, from the babe up to
the old gray-heailed man; they hate us with
all the bitterness imaginable. ” Can we not
profit by the example of our enemies, and
emulate their earnestness and determination
of purpose ? So.far as their hatred of us is
concerned, the fact cannot be questioned ;
and we commend it to the attention of those
men in the North who are so anxious for a
■humiliating pence, and who contend that
from a cessation of hostilities a compromise
would result.
The following language occurs in the
■New York World of yesterday : *• We must
no longer boast in this country of an immu
nity from arrest and all the petty and humili
ating tyrannies known to the unfortunate
people of Yen ice,‘Hungary, and Poland.”
The best evidence that the World does not
believe-what it says is the fact that it is
permitted to be published eveiy morning,
and to slander the Government in the worst
manner.
TnE most ingenious reason in explanation
of British enmity against the United States
is that given by the Montreal Gazette, 'which,
in * speaking of the pirate Japan, lately:
escaped from, a dockyard of Scotland to;,prey
upon American commerce, consoles us'with
the remark that “the fault was with the
United:, States consul!” Mr. Sewakd will
be surprised to learn that his consular agents
are to be held responsible for the enforce-,
ment, or rather the ■ non-enforcement, of
English laws.
Special Despatches to- “ THe Press.” ;.
■V-.-fr •: •; > . sgr:'
Important Prizes Captured oif Mobile*.
The Navy Department has received a despatch
from Com. Hitchcock, commanding the staemer
Susquehanna, of April 18th, which Btales that off
Mobile, on the nth inßt., a sail was discovered to
the southward and eastward, when we ran for her
and came up to her. She did not show any
but when we ran in range of her she hove to on our
tiring a signal gun. We boarded her, and were in
formed by the commander that she was the rebel
Echooner Alabama, from Havana, April llth, bound
to Mobile; that she ran the blockade at Mobile,
March 24. * The commander also informed me
that he had thrown overboard all her papers, co
lors, &c;, by order of the owner. Her cargo consist
ed of wine, brandy, coffee, cheese, oil, soap, soda, dry
goods, nails, cigars, kc. Her crew consisted of
Captain Alexander Newton,"born ,in Canada, but a
citizen of the.United.Statea for eighteen years, re
siding at Mobile, by profession a shipmaster ; has
Berved in the -United States Navy, on board the
frigate Columbus, Com. Shubrick; Frtward New
ton, born in Canada, a citizen of the United States,
residing in Mobile; Chriatofora Dabrietovik, an
Austrian, has an Austrian protection from the
consul at Mobile; Luca Botteri, of Austria,
has also an Austrian protection; Antonia Da
bovich has . also an Austrian protection ; ; Joz
Ignacio Rosa, a Portuguese, has a certificate
from the Portuguese consul at Havana that he
came to Matanzas in the Confederate vessel Ju
ba,' ;and that heis / at liberty to embark in. any
veseel he chooses. James McCay was bom in Ca
nada, has lived in the United States about fifteen
months. At the time of the capture of this ship she
had left the Western Gulf Blockading Squadron,
and was on her passage to New York; also captured
the British schooner Tampico, of 70 tons, Thomas
Caivkr, maater, and S. J. Nagle, agent for the
cargo, both claiming to be Britißh subjects. They
acknowledge their vessels had just run the blockade
from Sabine Pass, with an Assorted cargo, with 112
bales of cotton.
On the :22d Commodore Hitchcock reports that
he had arrived off Key Weßt with the Alabama.in
tow^
Naval Operations on the Mississippi*
. The Navy Department .has received a despatch
from Admiral Pqrter, of the Mißßiq|ippi squadron,
dated Yazoo river, April 16, accompanied with
the report from Lieutenant Commanding Tho
mas V.. Selpridge, off’ Arkansas river, April 4,
stating the arrival of the Curlew, Cricket, Rattler,
and Prairie Bird ; ala®, the Ram. He Bays* “The
cut-off Above Alexandria was made on Saturday
last. I passed through it on Sundayin the first
steamer through. It shortened the distance between
the two rivers at least ten miles, and enables me to
concentrate our strength very completely.”
Admiral Porter sends the following ;
“Mississippi Squadron; Yazoo River; April
16. —Sm: We have been threatened for some time
past with an attack from the Arkansas rebels in
steamers. Every provision was made to meet it.
Lieut. Commanding Selfridge saw the difficulty
in defending the mouths of the White And Arkansas
rivers while kept bo far apart by a useless neck of
land, and proposed to me to cutit. I ordered him to
do bo, And he passed through with his vessel twenty
four hours after, the cut in the bend thus Baving a
distance of ten miles. .The mouths of Arkansas and
White rivers are now brought together, and a Bmall
force can defend both. One of the worst points for
guerillas is also'cut off, as these pests of the human
race from the isthmus attack a vessel on one side
and are ready to meet them on the other as she comes
round, the distance being ten miles around and half
a mile across.
I have force enough at Arkansas and White ri
vers to prevent any attack.”
Punishment of Guerillas.
An official report of Leuoy Fitch, commanding
the gunboat Lexington, received here, Btates that
as an effectual punishment of the peonlc of Palmyra,
for the firing on and disabling of the St. Clair, he
landed a detachment, on the 4th of April, killed one
and wounded another guerilla, and then burned
every house in the place, strictly preventing his men
from pilfering or .removing the smallest article/
Commander Fitch officially reports that he, up the
Tennessee river, refuses transportation to hearty
young natives, who manifest no other love for the
Union than to-run away from the rebel conacrip
. tion law. He thus recruits largely both our army
and navy. Fitch, with his. sailors and marines,
seized a iebel steam cotton factory, back of Boyd’s
Landing, on the 13th of March, and instead of put
ting the torch to it, disabled it by removing the
; cylmder-bead. and piston. He‘ visited SatiTH’s and;
Hays’ plantations, further up, and, again abstain
ing from the torch, took twenty* five bales of cotton,
‘fifteen horses, twelve mules, two wagons, eight
guns, and eight Secesh/ ;At Florenoe, his consorts,
the Hobb. and Silver Lake, shelled the rebels out ot
their camp on..the left'-bank; ’They were found-in
force on both sides of the river. ;
. Prior to the last payment to the army just com
pleted no settled system of armies ex
isted. The amounts due the several organizations
on the Ist of. March, the last, pay 'day, covered a
period of four months. For the - want; of ,a T system, v
some regiments had been paid to datesonic hail
not been paid a dollar for six monthß, and com
plaints against the Treasury Depar tmeiiifwere loud ;
and constant in every one of the eighteen armies.
To remedy this, Secretary;\CHASE requested t that
every requisition for pay, drawn upon his de
partment, should indicate on its face the .period
of time covered by it, so as to enable him
to advance money equally to all the; troops. This
request was complied with. Mr. Chase, also,
irimotifying the War Department that lie was ready
to pay, asked that .the order of payment of the
several armies should be indicated by the Secretary
;of War. .This was done, and' hereafter a careful
and just system of payment will discharge the dues
to every regiment in every army at, one. and the
same time. On the 19th of March; there remained
due to the troops the siim of $59,760,000. Every
cent ;of this immense debt has been paid off, as
follows:
1. Gen. Grant’s Army........ ......,...,$1.0,000,000
2. Gen.Rosecrans’Axmy ; 8,250,000
. 3. Troops at Foitress Monroe 2,950,000
4 Troops at Missouri, .Arkansas,and 10wa.... 7,oQOjOOQ
5. Oflice Payments at Washington,. 650,000
6., Current Payments to invalids and .disr.
charged soldiers in Ohio, Indiana.lllinoisi
Wisconsin, and Michigan.. 1.000.000
7 Troops in . Baltimore, .and current pay- .
,: ments in Maryland and 500,000
8, Payments in New York and New England
Sates ....i. .\ 250,000
9. Gen. Banks’ Command- 2,200,000
10., Gen. Bunter’s Command... 1,300,010
11. Gen. Poster’s C0mmand............. 2,400,000
12. OfficePaymeuts at Wa5hingt0n.. ........• 6W,0Q0
33. Gen. H00ker’5Cvmraaad—.................. 13,260.(KKl
14. Gen. Beintzelman’s.Command ••••••........ ‘2,950,000
10. Gen. Miirov’s Command. ................... 1,200,030 ;
,16. Troops iu Kentucky. -.. •• • •
17; .Troops in Western Virginia.
IS. Troops, 1 u Minnesota........
The Commissioner of Indian Affairs has returned
from, a visit -to New York, where he made arrange
ments to supply the Indian tribes with the usual
amount of blankets and other presents. The recent
outbreak in Minnesota is regarded as a remnant of
the -former extended troubles in the. State." Con
gress, at the : late session,"made" an appropriation
preliminary to the treaty with the Shoshones, who
have been lately committing; depredations. The
Indian Bureau will at once take measures to secure
their friendship. With the exceptions above men
tioned, the Indians generally are peaceably in
clined. The treaty recently made with the Ara
pahoes, Cheyennes, Camanches, and others, binds
them to protect the overland mail route running
through their territory.
Army Orders*
An official army order is published to-day, naming
eighteen officers who are required to appear before the
Military Commission and make a satisfactory de
fence for absence withoutproper authority, or be dis
missed from the service. In this connection another
order appears giving the names of twenty-two offi
cers who were previously advertised, saying that
they will not be dismissed, their defence being satis
factory. Such advertisements by the Government
will be continued.
The Commissioner of Internal Revenue has de
cided that all promissory/notes, whether 'under or
over twenty dollars, are subject to a stamp.
Two-Year Volunteers Mustered Out.
The two-year portion of the volunteers of the 105th
New York Regiment, Col. Bendix, having been
mustered out of the arrived here to-day from
the Rappahannock.
V ■ • Cherokee Indians Xoyal*
The entire Cherokee country has nearly b.een re
covered to loyalty, and all the refugees now in
Southern Kansas will soon return to their homes,
from which'the rebels drove; them.
Visit of Secretary Seward anil several Fo
reign Ministers to' General Hoolccr and
his Army*
Headquarters -Array ok the Potomac, April
27, —Secretary Seward, the Prussian and Swedish
Ministers, with other distinguished persons, paid a
visit to the headquarters to-day. Several ladies ac
companied them.
GENERAL HOWARD’S STAFF.
Major General O. O. Howard, commanding the
llth Corps,Jins announced the following officers as
constituting his staff :
Lt. Colonel O. W. Asmussen, chief of staff.
Lt, Colonel S. A. Mussenberg, asst, adj’t general. t
Lt. Colonel W. G. Leduc, quartermaster. •
Lt. Colonel Geo. W. Balloch, chief commissary.
Major Whittlesey, A. A. A; general and 0. H. Q,.
. Surgeon George Suckley, medical director.
Surgeon J. B. Peale, medical inspector.
Captain F. Dessaur, A. A. inspector general. ,
Captain C. ,H. Howard, aid-de-camp.
Captain Pearson, com. of musters.
Lieutenant J. J. Griffith, aid-de-camp.
Lieutenant H. M. Stinson, aid-de-camp.
The divisions in this corps are . commanded by
Brigadier General Devens, Brigadier
■wehr, and Major General Schurz. Brigadier Gene
ral,Borlon has been assigned to a brigade in General
Steinwebr’s division.
Headquarters Army of the Potomac, April
27.—The distinguished visitors mentioned in a pre
vious despatch witnessed a review or a considerable
body of troops to-day, and subsequently departed
for Washington.
Richmond papers of this morning admit the loss
ol five Napoleon gunß and forty men on the Nanse
mond.
-Ail was quiet there at the,last advices.; - ; • -
A Fredericksburg correspondent of a Richmond
paper writes that his impression is confirmed, .that
our army Is withdrawing from the line of the Rap
pahannock. ■ • ■ . •
The weather to-day is warm and pleasant. The
roAda arc improving.
• : A Useful Contrivance.— -We have received
from Mr. H. G. Leisenring, who is the agent for
this State, one of the Stamp Presses for cancelling
national revenue stamps, recently invented, and
now being generally introduced. In banks, saving
funds, and other mercantile establishments, it will
no doubt be extremely useful. Changeable dates
for ten years accompany the press, which occupies
" but little room, and is conveniently portable. Mr.
Leiseniing’s office is 132 South Third street, * (>
*•' t r ' \
W ASJHtIIV GrTOIST-
Washignton, April 27, 1363;
The Whole Army Paid off.
Indian Affairs.
Tax on Promissory Notes.
ARMY OF THE POTOMAC.
ARMY. OP THE^MISSISSIPPL;
GenkS. Gvaut and Thomas
—ThcKel)«l Batteries at Vicksburg Passed.'
by n Second Expedition—The vvholc Af
irtlr a Magnificent Success,
Wabiiikoton, April 27.— The despatches received
by-the President from Major General Grant and
Adjutant General Thomas are dated before Vicks
burg, April 23. . They announce that, on the evening
before, six gunboats and twelve barges had passed
the VicksbuVg and Warrenton batteries, which
opened with a terrific fire upon the vessels. Build
ings in Vicksburg, which were prepared for the oc
casion, were fired to light up the river, and enable,
the rebel gunners to Bee the boats.
Over, five hundred shots were discharged at the
fleet. None of the barges were hit, and only one
steamer was injured badly enough to. cause her to
be abandoned. She floated three miles below War
renton, where she grounded, but all hands on board
of her were saved.
Another Bteamer was j somewhat, injured, but she
can be easily repaired. To the credit of the troops
be it said that when some of the crews of the boats
refused to take their chances in making the fearful 1
trip, the former, belonging to the Illinois regiments,
volunteered to do the boatmen’s work, the crews
haring been left behind..
The second Bplendid success of throwing a great
land and naval force below Vicksburg, completely
flanking the rebel position, wab accomplished with
the lobs of only two men mortally wounded, and a
few more, not exceeding ten, severely and slightly
wounded.
The pilots were made the targets of the rebel
sharpshooters, who lined the shore. The pilots, in
order to prevent being splintered, in case ,they were
wounded, had their pilot-houses removed, and ex
posed themselves to,the enemy.
General Grant telegraphs to the president that
lie considers this movement, in view of its import
ance, the terrible fire to which the boats were ex
posed, and the slight loss ol property and men, a
magnificent success. -
ARMY OF THE CUMBERLAND.
Further Details of the Capture of McMiun
■ville—Gcu. *7Ollll H. Morgan -Narrowly Us*
copes, by Shooting a Pennsylvania Troop
ci'- Lost of Captain Dick McCann—Difficul
ty Between anil Brcckinrltlgc-fte
view of Gen. Reynolds’ Despatches, «fec»
INTERESTING .FROM TENNESSEE.
Cincinnati, April 27. —The Commercial contains
the following despatch :
Mttrpreesroro, April 26 —Gen. Reynolds to-day
Bent in 130 prisoners, from Liberty,
On the surprise of McMinnville the rebel General
Morgnn narrowly escaped. He and Colonel Martin
were in flight, and were pursued by. a squad of
cavalry. A 7th Pennsylvania trooper -was close at
; hiS heelß, Morgan; turned and shot ait him with;'ft'
pistol. The trooper was in the act of slashing him
with his sabre; Morgan dodged and the blow
brought down Colonel Marlin, , who was left in a
dying condition.
Whether Dick McCann escaped is a very doubtful
question. He was captured, but was not reported
with the other prisoners. His guard does not give
explicit D accounts about him. It is probable he was
quietly, left in the woods.
Theeriemy recently moved up from Tullahoma to
Manchester., On the 10th they received a reinforce
ment of 16,000 meh'from Mobile. ....
Prisoners captured s by General Reynolds bring
an unreliable report that. Breckinridge recently shot
Bragg. and is under arrest--for homioide.; ;Tb!ey say
..that Bragg had : condemned spine-Kentuckians to
death. • Breckinridge; remonstrated angrily, sayitig
that “shooting Kentuckians was played out,” and
if. the order was 'executed he. would shoot Bragg.
■ The latter executed the Kentuckians, and Breckin
ridge lulled him. .
. There - has recently-been considerable skirmishing
near Memphis, butthe impression; was that the
rebels were falling back. It is thought .the enemy
ib not in sufficient force to giveSattle, and that the
movements are only feints to. draw our forces from
Corinth, and give, those reported to have occupied
Pittsburg ah. opportunity to join the army at Tulla
homa by the way; of Corinth.
DESPATCHES FROM GENERAL REYNOLDS.
MUBTREESBOEoi April 25.—Voluminous despatch
es have been received from Reynolds, dated “Head
quarters ncarLiberfcy, April 23.” The Gcneral re
portstthefollowiiig outline ofhis movements: Mon
day, made Readyvllle; Tuesday the advance got off
at 2A. M. t under Colonel Long, of the 4th Ohio.
Cavalry, for the railroad at Morrison; The main
mounted force/under Wilder and 1 Manby/follo wed. ‘
Just beyond Woodbury they took the old McMinn
ville road to the right of the pike, passing between
Jaclcsboro and the pike. : ‘ V -
• The infantry force'followed next day, taking the
• pike.direct for McMihnville, making Glasscock’s by/
12 o’clock, and there ; waiting :advices from Wilder. ■
Anhour after, Wilder was at McMinnville. Taking.
,the.place by surprise,. he, captured a picket of-Gris-"
, by’s rebel force, which was; on .the,, main; pike,. in
front of the infantry,-. One of the pickets escaped,
h owever, apprising; the mainrebel-force of Wilder’s
flanking move. ■
, Lon gv struck the_failrbad, destroyed ,the v telegraph
and bridges betweimMorrißon and Manchester, burnt;
a trainoi cars', locomotive, and spare-cars, and also
quantities of meat; Wilder aiffi.Menty entered Mc
..Minnville, destfoyedvthe.ddpdt building and bridges,
600 blankets,,3o,ooo pounds of bacon, ; twcr hogsheads,
of sugar, three,-hogsheads- of rice, eight barrels of'
.whisky, 200. bales of>cottpri, a.large cotton a-'
large mill in the rear of-the town, a small mill in
.the town, one camp-si tents, &c., on Charley’s creek,
- ditto' , at..Libeity.-Hi>'j' : uu: .
We have some one hundred and thirty prUonere,
•among thcir three commissioned.officers, one* Lieu
tenant Colonel Martin, mortally wounded. Dick
McCann was captured - and escaped from guard.
The 4th Regulars (infantry)-marched from Glass
cock, via Blues, to McMinnville; thence to this point.
; The mounted force fr6%/McMinhville to Smithville'f.
thence here. ' -.
The rebels left Snow Hill, early this evening ; last
night ran to Alexandria, thence toward Lancaster.
We. have made long marches over hard roads. The
men and Animals are much jaded, and can’t catbh
the rebels. --v ,-.
Wc destroyed to*day.a mill at Liberty, which has
for a long time ; been grinding fifty to one hundred
barrels daily for the rebels. . .
The foregoing is the substance of Gen. Reynolds’
repoit. The indications arethatthe expedition will
thoroughly purge the country of rebels.
Scouts report the mountains full of deserters and
refugees, who will fall into the haqda of Reynolds’
force...
BRILLIANT AND SUCCESSFUL . RAID ON
A REBEL CAMP—RUMORED ASSASSINA
TION OF GENERAL BRAGG BY BRECKIN
RIDGE. - .. .
Nashville, April 27.~A ■ part of Gen. Green
Clay Smith’s brigade, consisting of 250 cavalry, com
manded by Gol. Watkins, of the 6th Kentucky
Cavalry, this-morning, made a- dash upon a rebel,
camp of the Ist Texas Legion, eight miles south of
Franklin, on Carter’s Creek Pike. They captured
128 rebels, including three captains and five lieu
tenants, together with the same number of horses,
fifty mules, and an ambulance loaded with medical
stores, and burned eight wagon loads of armß.
Colonel Brooks, who commanded the rebel camp,
whb captured; but subsequently escaped. The rebel
force was a part of the brigade of General Whit
field, a native of Franklin, Tenn., .who acquired
some notoriety in Kansas a few years since.
Five rebels were mortally wounded, but there
were no casualties* on our side. The prisoners ar
rived here to-night.
'Three thousand three hundred citizens, male and
female, had taken the oath of allegiance and given
bonds for its faithful performance to Gen. Mitchell.
Captain O. L. S.-Medall, of the 2Tst Illinois Regi
ment, who was judge advocate in the trial of the
Anderson Troop, died suddenly to-day of pneumonia,
at the St. Cloud Hotel.
3,000,030
950.000’
260,000
$50,760,000
A startling rumor is current to-night in this city,
that General Bragg was .shot: and instantly killed,
by General Breckinridge,- at Ttillahoma yesterday.
A Bmall party of rebels attacked the Louisville
train on its paßsage from this city. Three of the’
rebels were killed and two taken prisoners. They
did ho damage to the track. V-;/'
. 'Louisville, April ;23.— The Nashville cars, ar
rived to*day three hours behind time. A guard sta
tioned in the cars dispersed the rebel force which
made an attack on the train, killing three/and
wounding three of them. The train was attacked
when three and a half miles north of Franklin. Two
sick Union soldiers and two paßßengers and a drum
mer boy were wounded. The latter, who was pro
bably mortally wounded, was left at Bowling
Green.
DEPARTMENT OF THE SOUTHWEST.
Battle of Cape-Girardeau—Repulse of the
Rebels Under General Marmaduke—The
Kncmy Retreats, Seizing all the Movable
Property in the Country,.&c.
St. Louis, April 27.— The rebel General Marma
duke attacked McNeil; at Cape Girardeau, on Sun
day forenoon, with eight thousand men. ■
After some three hours 7 hard fighting the rebels
were repulsed. They changed position and renewed
the attack, and were again repulsed with heavy loss.
The last despatch from General McNeil- says the
enemy was retreating.- Our loss was less than twenty
killed and wounded. •
St. Louis, April 27.—A special-despatch to the
Democrat j from Patton, Bullinger county, dated
yesterday,' says that “Marmaduke, with three thou
sand men and six pieces of artillery, left here last
night on the Cape Girardeau road, lie has stripped
this section of: the country of everything movable,
robbing the Unionists and Secessionists alike. He
has a train of ICO wagonß loaded with plunder.
"Cannonading is now heard in the direction of Cape
Girardeau. If Marmaduke remains there, he will be
annihilated by the force under Gen. Vandever. If he
retreats southwest, he will be hotly pursued by us.
We have already taken a number of prisoners, strag
glers from his army.” _ ; ■. •-
THE REBELS IN FULL RETftEAT,
St. Lours, April 27.— A despatch from Col, Pome
roy, dated Cape Girardeau, 10 A. M., says : "The
enemy are moving otr fast, and Gen, 'McNeil is start
ing in pursuit. There is no doubt that Gen. Vande
ver will Btrike him to-day.”
Another dc«patch from Gen. McNeil, dAted two
hours later, says: ‘/Gen. Vandever attacked the
repulsed enemy last night, taking a large number of
prisoners, horses, arms, &c. lam in pursuit of the
flying enemy, who are in retreat toward Bloom
field. 77 ' ■■■•'. • •
SUPPRESSION OF TREASON IN MISSOURI.
St. Louis, April 27.— General Curtis has issued
an order respecting treason similar in purport to
General-Burnside's,but far more elaborate in its
definitions of the offences enumerated, quoting co- r
piously from military authorities and the articles of
war. All the officers oi this department are strictly
enjoined to carry out the provisions of the order.
Cairo, April 27.— The latest advices from Cape
Girardeau.state that fifty or sixty rebels were killed
in the attack of yesterday, and over two hundred
wounded. Seventy-five horses were also killed.
There is a prospect that Marmaduke's forces will be
entirely cut off. . • ;
FROM I.OUISVILI.E.
A Disloyal Orguntzntiou Broken Up—Tlie.
Effects of the President’s Emancipation
Proclamation*
Louisvjllm, April 27. —The military authorities*
of this district have been arresting, for the past
three days, the members of an-association which,
was formed for the purpose of aidlng-thc rebel cause
and promoting desertions from the Union army.
During the sale of a lot of negroes at the couTt
house in this city this morning, the provost marshal
notified the buyers that four of those. put up for
sale were free, under the provisions of the Presi
dent's proclamation. The sale nevertheless went ■
on, when the matter of the four. “ contrabands ” was
turned over to the district judge, who will take
maasures to annul the sale. ;
Wholesale Murder near. Toledo, Ohio.
- Toledo; 0., April 27.—Alonzo a desperado,
■ytsterday murdered his .brother’s . wife andrher two
cbUdven,; at their five miles east of this city, :
Heafcerwards hiUed MmBelf.::X.; ;, }'
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THE PRESS—PHILADELPHIA.. TUESDAY. APRIL 28. 1863
Affairs at Charleston-Two Privateers to
Riin Out to Sea in n Few Days—Capture
of Tuscumbla, Alahama-Tlie Crops, Ac.
Cincinnati, April 27.—We have late news from
Southern papers. The Charleston Mercury of the
Itith says the Yankees shelled Gliisholm’e Island on
the 13th. _ .The object was to prevent,.the rebels from
taking off'the steamer Washington, recently sunk
there. The river steamer Barroso, laden with cot
ton and turpentine at St. Mary’s, Georgia, for Nas
sau, was sunk at sea on the 11th.
The Mercury says a rebel naval officer is about to
start with a vessel to rival the Alabama. Another
yvill be ready by the lßt of May. . r
The.rebel General McCall (probably Makall) has
been appointed Bragg’B chief of staff.
The Mobile Advcrtiser t of the 16fch, says a party Of
rebels recently, captured the Federal towboat Whit
temore, at Pass a l’Outre.
A Charleston correspondent of the Mobile Adver
tiser says Fort Sumpter was hit forty times in the
late fight, but was not damaged.
The United States forces; captured Tuscumbia on
the 24th. The enemy skedaddled.
Mobile papers of the Oth inst. claim a victory in
the fight at Pascagoula, and the capture of three
cannon. It is discredited.
Deigns and Force of the Rebels at Suf
folk,
Camp Suffolk, Va. t April 23,18G3.
Affairs at Suffolk to-day.wear a quiet aspect.
There has been no cannonading, and but very little
sharpshooting. We are closely hemmed in ; the
eDemy are on all sides of us, save our rear.' This is
now secure. They have a force of from 30,000 to
40,000 men. It was their evident design to attack us
the first Any that they drove in our pickets, think
ing to find us unprepared,- but observing their error
on this, point, they paused to consider—and still
pause. .Their masterly- inactivity is explained by
some of the knowing ones by their awaiting for co
operation from their gunboats on the Jamcß river;
but I think it is became they find, our fortifications
more formidable than they supposed.
. Our troops here are in excellent spirits and ready
for the fray, confident as all are of a victory, should
there be an assault upon uai . ' .
The general impression now is that the enemy will
inglorlously withdraw from before us. We learn
to-day that they are foraging very extensively in the
Vicinity. ;
One of ourgunboats—the West Wind—commanded
by Lieut. Bow, formerly of the 99th N. Y. V., pur
poses running the blockade to-night. Our casualties
are:.
22d ibstl—Tedius Drummj private, Co. E, 155th N.
Y., gun-shot wound of abdomen, right side. >
23d inst.—John Lewis, private,Co. B, 155th N. Y.,
pistol-shot, lefthand. - "
Daniel Scanlin, engineer on gunboat Smith Griggs,
wound of foot, two toes amputated. . , "•/ --
Union Leagues in. Call
fox*nia—Patriotic Speech of Senator Con
ness—A Fleet Fitting Out for Coast De
fence—Scarcity- of Seamen—The Pacific
Rallroad,Ac>'
SXcrambkto, April 26,—The Union-League
movement was inaugurated in : this city last evening
by a great meeting at the'Agricultural Pavilion.
Speeches were made by Governor Stanford, General
Wright, Senator Conness, and others. '
Mr. Conness, in his speech, noticed the reports
which were circulated in the East in regard to his
probable co-operation with the copperheads. He
indignantly repudiated any such ,intention, but de
fended the Administration and eulogized the Presi
dent. 'He denounced as the real Abolitionists those
who were striving-to abolish the Government and
the nation.
, The meeting wbb of the most ehthusiastic charac
ter; The loyal.pledge was largely signed. '- ; '
Union meetings, were also at Marysville and
other towns, and measures adopted to extend the
loyal organization through every county in the State.
. San Frakcisco, April 26.—The steamer . Oregon
arrived to-day from Mexican ports. The : ship Ran
goon, Capt. Boyd, sailed, yesterday for Callao.
It is understood that the Federal Government has
purchased at this port a fleet of .steamships, intended
for coftßt and harbor service, including the steamers
.Washington and/Hermann from the Pacific Mail
Company, the Panama and Oregon from Benjamin
Holiaday, and the Hermann from John T. Wright.
The vessels will be immediately razeed snd refitted
for active service. ■'
The. authorities have warned the extensive dealers
in arms and ammunition in this city not to Bell can
non, or other. implements of war, without first in
forming them.
... The collector of this port has ,astonished several
importing firms, r . connected with recent fraudulent
duty.cases, by seizing their books under the autho
rity of the act of Congress passed on the 3d of March
.last. ••• •
j Seamen are very scarce, at this port, and several
ships for the East are. detained from the difficulty
experienced in getting hands. :
In addition to the appropriation of one and a half
millions from the counties of SaaJErancisco, Sacra-'
men to, and Placer, a bill granting the aid of the
State.to the’extent of $lO,OOO per mile to.the Central
Pacific Eailroad, was passed by the Legislature yes
terday. This'appropriation'comes direct from the
treasury, and, . with the State aid already granted,
secures beyond a doubt the early completion of the
road across the Sierra Nevada Mountains. The
first division .of the road isfflready graded'.
[Correspondence of The Press. ] v,t' ; . -'‘v*
New York, April 525, 1863.
: THE FASHIONABLE HEGJJIA
to the springs, where society for a
subsequent combined descent upon sea
side, will shortly begin. In thiß announcement;,
New York finds sufficient to Account for the, first,
signs ofsictivity Fifth avenue has
closing of Lent. Covers are being put upon
rich furniture; Saratoga trunks of gigantic. pro-.
portions are being ordered-; new dresMng*maidßiare. : ;
being engaged; the mails:i:eem with scrawling.notes
from pater, familias to tlie keeper ’of * the 1 United,
States, and other summer hotels, saying that pater’s
family are getting ready for the springs, and should
like to have “the same apartments wc occupied
last year, if possible.” We be unto the hotel*keeper
if he disappoints any one of his patrons in this
matter, for he will speedily find himself in worse
odor with the fashionable travelling community,
than, the; French maiire- was with' Mr/ Dorrit
; when he permitted'the" room v that swelling -par
venu /had bespoken to *‘‘the;, Bo
som,” otherwise Mrs. Merdle. The proprietor
of the United States, at Saratoga, would
tainly make a jewel of a cabinet minister; for he
h»B the happy and astute faculty of never disap
pointing the fashionable travelling public, however
nutr.erous their applications and various their de
mands, and revealing the fatft .that his institution
has garrets only when the impecuniouß nobodiea
are to be accommodated. Such a man in President
Lincoln’s Cabinet would find grace even with* the
copperheads. The pert writers in the newspapers
appear to take great satisfaction in demonstrating
that New York’s contribution'to the fashionable
• travelling public this summer will possess a liberal
infusion of the new shoddy aristocracy, whose
bank accounts are as recent as they are plethoric.
Habits of tolerably, keen observation in; social'
matters, compel me to say c'c&l vrai to this; for
the war has certainly brought a large delega
tion of big feet and coarse hands into the stately
brown-Btone dignities ■of Madison Square, and
suspicious grammar is not an unfrequent occur
rence at Mrs. Potiphar’s most select 'Wednes
day. evening conversaziones ; but these new t godß
in the temple are ready to spend any amount of:
greenbacks to establish their patents- of gentility,
and they will he even more splendid in their turn
outs at Saratoga, than the Livingstons, Van Ken
rsaelers, Stuyvesants, Clintons, Langdons, or
Thornes, have ever tried to be. Haring no genea
logical trees to emblazon by device on their pa
nels, they will set forth the full-grown mushroom in
pure gold; and a golden mushroom at the Springs is
a rather finer thing than an argent gule. So, let the
hegira begin as soon aB it pleases; the newly-pa
tented Fodgers will drink as much Congress-water
ami spend as much money on the waiters as the
.'oldest Capulets.. ' v /'•
have aroused the holy wrath of, all our editors and
publishers, by conspiring together to make white
paper about as dear this season as white satin. In
conspiracy assembled they have decided to. make as>
little more paper as poßßible, so that, in about three.'
weeks, the leading printing material will be so search'
that they can sell what they have in stock at specu
lative rates. All the editors are in ecstasies over
this artful conspiracy against “honest poverty,” and
say, very truly, that paper can be imported more
cheaply from Europe than these vampyres would
make it, and that they intend to go largely into the.
foreign trade as soon ab the American material is
inflated to fifteen cents a pound. TheTi?tteshas
already importcd five thousand reams for itself from
Belgium; and, I am informed, that its clearness is
such as to promise something almost like lucidity to,
the heavy editorials it may have to display. It is
probable that the IFor/dwill neither pay the conspi
rators their fancy rates nor enter into a treaty with
Belgium, but will-piint itself upon wrapping paper,.
ab families have long felt the value of the World to.
wrap up anything sent home from the grocery, audit
would lose none of its circulationbythis appropriate,
change. The Ea^ress,'which is muchuied in hotels
to Btick against the walls' behind: washstands, and'
prevent the evil .effects of Bplashing, cap, of courses
be very properly printed upon tasteful wall-paper,,
The Daily whose revival has been nipped'in*
the bud by the refuaal of the Associated Press*'to
give it the telegraphic news, is not likely to require
any paper at nil. In short, the paper-making conspi-*
rat<fcs will not accomplish their fiendish intent to
any great extent, ■:
THE BROADWAY RAILROAD AVAR
seems likely to turn Broadway into a pleasant
street for a drive before it is finished. Nearly a.
thousand laborers have torn up the ■ pavement in
Union Square and Whitehall, and commenced ,to
lay rails for the Harlem Companyarid about a
-thousand other mercenary. sons of toil have taken
possession of the rest of the street, to lay the rails of
Mr. George Law. The Harlem Ooiapany have been
restrained by an injunction, and Law has contented
himself with laying a bit of iail between the stones,
here and there, by way of making sure of hiß right
until the Legislature and Governor pass his bill.
Meanwhile, Broadway is all in confusion, Wall
street don’t know whether or not to make a Bensa-'
tion out of Harlem stock, and the unhappy public
curse the fftte that limits them to a choice between.,
having their noblest street ruined honorably and
ruined by legislative corruption.
have been busy, ns usual, during the past week,
with large and small cases of every description.
One’of the prisoners committed tobe tried for a capi
tal oiibnce is a young and good-looking girl, au
artificial flower maker in the Bowery, who lugger
a lover, or suiter, some months ago, a deserter irom
the army. Having failed to report himself before
the term named by the President had expired,
the love-stricken, recreant concluded that his
life was a forfeit to the law, and re
solved to commit suicide and kill his affianced at
Ihe saihe time. Paying a visit to the girl one ,eve
ning, he induced her to drink some poisoned liquor
with him, and actually succeeded in destroying:his
own life; hut the glrl’B fortitude failed her at the
last moment, and she gave an alarm in time 'to be
saved by the physician who was summoned: During
her illness from- the effects of the poison, she was
very kindly befriended by.a captain belonging to one
of Burnside’s regiments, who gained her capricious
affections, and fell violently, in love with her. He
was honest' cnough to lell her that jie was already
married when sbe at once commenced to conspire
with her mother to putthe wifeout of the way. The
latter was invited to the houßc and treated as a
friend, until a few days ago, when mother and
daughter attempted to make her drink a glass of
beer smelling strongly of drugs. Buspecting.Bbme.
thing wrbDg, the wife not only refused to drink; but
straightway carried the tumbler aud contents to an
apothecary for examination. Tlie beer was founfl
to contain enough laudanum to kul; two or; three
women j whereupon the* indignant .wife had mother
and daughter arrested. ..... »..• ■' •>. { ■
2 Another curious case was that of a well-dressed
-jdung lady who had her mother arrested for severe-
STATES IN REBELLION.
TIIE PACIFIC COAST.
NEW YOKKCITI.
THE PAPER-MAKERS
THE COURTS
Iy.whippmg her. The...pretty complainant fluid that
•.,Bhe.;ha<l been out to;ap*rty with the young gentle
man who came with her.to'court, and upon return
ing to her home at midnight, fouud the door- closed
against her. After.ringing in vain for half aii hour,
Bhe finally withdrew to the house of some acquaint
ances nearby, and.passed the night there. On her
arrival at home next morning, her. mother gave her
first a lecture,;and then a whipping, and she left it
to the magistrate if Bhe was not too old to be whip
ped. Horrible to relate, the magistrate vigorously
upheld the maternal relative in her conduct, and
wound up a stem lecture to the abashed young lady
by plumply advising her to get married. The idea
Beemed to strike her favorably; she looked eearch
ingly at her young man j,he bowed gravely, and they
were married that same afternoon.
‘ MATTERS GENERALLY
in town offer very little to write about, as the ener
vating spring fever inclines all persons and things to
the laziest sluggishness, and scarcely permits enough
animation to make even war news capable of stir
ring up faculties and events. Even Dame Rumor
appears to be half asleep to-day, and is. Bileat for
once in’ Wall street. The weather is clear, balmy,
and growing warmer every hour 5 the rain of the
past two dayß has _laid the dust, and the prospects
are that’to-morrow will be a gala day on Harlem
lane and at Central Park.
PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS
are all well patronized, and yielding a profit to their
managers. On Wednesday evening, the veteran
Palmo, the pioneer of opera in New York, will have
a grand testimonial benefit at the Academy of Ktusic,
UDder the ’auspices of Max Marefczek. The Italian
companies, and all <the musical artists of any note
*in the city, have volunteered their services, and the
■benefit will be a notable affair. Mr. J. S. Clarke,
the fine comedian from your-city, will commence an
engagement at the. ,Winter Garden on Monday eve
ning, in thei luscibus dramatic novelty, calledthe
• “;Toodles. , V Persons who .have already seen the
- piece, say that it has a very' good drunken scene in
it. I await the production in/great agitation. Miss
Herron plays at Niblo’B,one week longer, after which
she will lie succeeded by. Miss Bateman, asLeah.”
The critique upon the latter; which appeared in The
Tress . of last is thie most intelligent and
jußt estimate of actress and drama that I have yet
ecen ; and T am not alone, by any means, in my par
ticularly high opinion of it.. Miss Laura Keene,
is having anything but good fortune at.her own
takes her oompany to the Brooklyn Aca
demy during the coming week,
NEW YORK CITY.
IMPORTANT ARREST.
New>York, April 27, 1863.
Captain. Cook,, alias £ee, of the slaver .Gardelas, "who
forfeited bi 6 bonds in Boston in Jahnary_.last, has been
arrested here, and returned to Boston. ; •
THE REBEL PRIVATEERS^
.The'JS&pre## learns"that there are private letters in the
city stating that the policy of the British Government is
now settled, viz: to resolutely stop the fitting out of any
more privateers or vessels of war in British ports.
. MUTia’T AMOKG MW YOP.K TROOPS.
■••The-iiatfMV’W also says: “ Letters from the Army of
the Potomac state that the sth h ew'Jforl* Regiment and
a part of the Ist New York Regiment bad refused to do
dutybecause the Government will not allow them, their
State time.- They are now under a strong guard. *'
REBEL TRICK.
The .samepaper mentions as a report, that the rfbel in
vestment o'* •’Washington, N; C;, \vts a feint to cover the
carrying off dll the grain in Hyde, county; which was
.done. . .7•.
BANK STATEMENT.
The bank statement for the week ending oh Saturday
indicates: 7 >
A decrease of; loans ..$4,946,500
A dtcrease of circulation-.- ..... 484,000
; An incrsase of-specie. . / 413,311.
•Anincreaseiof deposits. .r............... 3,741,8-33
ARRIVAL OF; A PRIZE; STEAMER.
The prize’ steamer St. John,.from Port. Royal outhe
23d instant, arrived at this port this evening. She was
captured on tho Ist instant by the steamer Stettin, off
Cape Romaice.- She is bound to, Boston, and will pro
ceed thither after coaling;
OVERHAULED Br THE PIRATE ALABAMA. 7
' The British brig. Milo,’, which arrived to-dar from
Sagua, leports that on March 27th,.while on.her passage
{rum Havana to Sagua; she was boarded by officers from
a steamer supposed to have been the pirate Alabama.
After examining the brig’s papers they allowed her to
proceed. .
FROM NEW ORLEANS.
The steamer .Potomac, from New Orleans on thel9th ;
ins-fcant. arrived at ibis port to-night. •••*•.••
' The steamers St: Mary and Continental .were passed
going- up the Mississippi, and the steamship Matanzas,
with General Ulknan and ofiicers aboard. and th’e.De
Soto were both passed at anchor, inside the bar. , : v
ADDITIONAL NEWS FROM GENERAL BANKS.
The only New Orleans.paner received by the steamer
Potomac is the Picayvne, which contains nothing what
ever of interest to loyal persons. . -
Captain Fuller,. oMhe ram Queen of the West, and a
hundred and 'thirty other rebel prisoners,including seven
commissioned-officers, arrived at New Orleans on the
16th; via the Opelousas Railroad. ■
: A despatch, dated Brashear City, April 16th, copied
from the-Era,'savs: l ‘The rebel gunboat Hart has been
destroyed and three transports. ' Our army inarched on
New Iberia.this morning, and intend pushing, on. The
country is prolific with supplies. ”
THE CITY.
[FOR ADDITIONAL CITT NEWS SEE FOURTH PAGE.]
The Union League—Speeches Last
Evening jjy Messrs. Joseph R.lnokrsoll, Jno.
PATTERspN, op Liverpool,’and Others. —Last
evening the members of the Union League assem
bled in large numbers at their house, on Chestnut
street, for the purpose of listening to addresses
which it was previously, announced would be deli
vered by distinguished gentlemen. Ex-Governor
Pollock called the League to order about,nine
o’clock, and introduced Hon. Joseph R. Ingersoll in
. cbmpliffientarjr remarks../ Mr.. Ingersoll was re
ceived withineirited applause, which was continued
for many minutes. He spoke as follows:
SPEECH'pP. EON. JOSEPH R. INGERSOLL,
pELtow-CTriz%xs of THE Uniox League : I am greatlv
indebted^to my friend and former colleague in the Con
gress of the United States;- where, if I had one who was
mbre apprebiatSdTthan any other among Individual asso
ciates, it was he; I’lea)ned from him, and othera there’
■tfliat offght to be the duty of the politician; and.though
not very .much devoted to. politics, .yet I have ; had'
enough fo do with-it to appreciate the’value of an hono
rable/ anA an-intelligent man; at ; the head of affairs. '
T hope we shall- ,always have such, in,;,this country.
'[Applause.] Gentlemen, /.there 'are''a great many;
herev-I- presume,-wbo have been in.-the'habit, at the
Bax, making what is called an opening speech.
That generally devolve* :upon a young;man, but.
'often taken by - one. not so young' as to ! incur any
risk ot\ damaging; his; cause. .Now, the regret I
have to express at-the-present stage of affairs, is that
there has been no opening with regard to the pre
sent state of the controv* rsy-bet weeq. the North aadtlie
.South: .There are gentlemen ..of -.honorable senthhents
; among us'-here who happenV unfortunately,' to be asso
ciatedwith-the Benjocracy, who :have?iindertaken to
/make speeches upon the subject;'in which--they totally
ignore th.e real merits'and state of the controversy. I
heard a speechi-tlie other day, of a respectable, honor-/
able gentlemanlivingin the upper part of the.town, in
which he issue simply whether, there was or
-was 1 not alright to/secede from the Government of .the.
United/States. . •Ts>that "the true question ? Has it ever
been pre'sented. by/those who/really understood the
. Is’it not, rather, Ah entirely different one
: that we are obliged to en counter, and, 1 trust, to con-"
' quer? What was Fort . Sumpter ? The origin and- tlie
commencement of this great rebellion in arms. On the
14ik of April: Fort /Sumpter- was 'attacked -by..one
thousand to ; ten, with , a /violence and N fury that .
was much to' to be regretted by all, and condemned by '
almost every .man who heard' \t. The next unpar
donable-violence was tliat/committed in the streets
of , Baltimore. It was neccssai*y.. that, troops should
pass .through that city for the defence of .Washington.
Two thousand Massa<musetts mien--;as brave.as any that:
ever /marched southward :.and here/let me/add, the'/
: bravery, and patriotismof Massachusetts cannot be over-'
'(applause)—were 'pa'esing: through ' the city,-:
and were attacked, .not by the monocracy- so ,much as
. the iiiurderocracy. of that city. Now, what was the rea
son for the violence that was there exhibited? Why any
"of-tlie violence that we have seen? -The Southern States
had no cause to show violence. They were under the
■ protection of the Constitution’s- safegaards. They had
the benefit of the three-fifths vote, by which they might
counterbalance the growing influence of the Middle and
-Western States. The Southern members of Congress
"were favorites of that body; yet they were not satisfied.
They, would insult the. honor of rour nationality, and
drag our •flag'; in the dust. . They robbed the dock
yards and arsenals of the country. l The question now
presented ittelf-to American patriots whether so much
violence would be longer submitted to or repelled. The
people wisely determined on the latter. The President"
issued his. proclamation for; troops*'and: forth with they
came. Soonwe redeemed .the, disgrace that traitors
wished to bringupon the American name'" We showed
that we .hgd yet'the willingness and the ability to main-.
tain our Union intact. New,,Orleans was redeemed; and
the key of th'e'Mississippi was'agaiifin our possession. :
; 1 hope that noble rive/ will soon be ours from its source
to its mouth. : Well, what c-au wc :do to aid the cause ? V
By forming such associations. as these, to assure:.tlie
Government of our sympathy and support. ’ Let us be
prepared for any contingency that may yet arise in our
affairs. push on tho war with vigor. Let our
armies be characterised by vigor and activity;for with
out that tl e army will.noi accomplish success.
' This morning, when 1 was called upon to speak here,
I had no seeing so many of my fellow-citizens,'
distinguished as they are by their intelligence' aiid
wonli. 1 promised at once to be present with you, and
if I could say nothing'else, X might utter a prayer that
Godmiglit save the'Union and the Constitution. [Ap
plause.O Let us have no squabbles about the, man who
is' at the head of affairs. He is an honest and an .
' honorable man. [Applause.] He has not had the
experience of /Henry Clay.- nor the learning -of
Daniel Webster. The Clays and Websfcers are men^
- who arenotvoucheafed lo every age and nation. There
- was but; one Washington, and there may never be an
other! .Mr. Lincoln :.is .honestly atbicliea to the princi
flles of thosegrea t men; and ifhe has not their intellect,,
le.has their heart." [applause. 3
'. My.friends, I am' unprepared -to- make .you a lengthy ,
speech to-night.' ;I can only hope; first of all, for our
comury, that it may successfully contend against all its
enemies, i ! and secure their overthrow. Next, I must
hope for the' success ofa League like this, pledged,as it
,isv to’support the Government and the best'interests of
. the country.); -
Mr. Benjamin Gerhard, in a few. remarks, then intro
duced 'Mr. John Patterson, of Liverpool. He 5 took the
. stand amidst great applause;. r
SPEECH, OP MR. PATTERSOX.
.. / The speaker felt- iomewhat confused, that an humble
Individual like himselfshould be placed before such an
intelligent assemblage as this. He thought there"should
;heno.aifficultj in explaining thejalatious - bet ween two
such' countries as England At the time
when they ; wereaiTayed against each-other?he had no
doubt .-but that thousands .oL prayers/went up/ that the
war might, cease. What can possibly be the.cause of
discordbetween two : such people ? : What can ' separate
those whom. God hatli bouud together ?<;JN othing but sin.
The man wlib can endeavor to bring these, two countries
into discord'ig a foe to GocU an'd should be treated with
contempt, "t . v
The cause iff which, you of this country are engaged is
"one Tn/which some extent we must sympathize.
There- hae. in England who insist that’this
. war. was a mere sectaonal question—a quest* on of tariff—
while ano.ui'er.party-looks.upon the quesiion in a diffe-»
; rent light: The lattetisay-you know what yoff-are about,.:
and c.are : going/to-aboiish in a
stood
* committed principle thirtyyeara ago, .and they-;,
stand; soto-dayy [applause. 3;The'men ; who'6ppo3e you
Nk-now where. you • stand, but they do it'because they
hate.liberty. v -The. American question is .fully under
; stood! and auprehended. He could not state that the
aristocracy of England were opposed to us, as there
were many who understood the question well. :Tne
speaker next alluded to a recent speech of Lord Bus
sell, which hesaid had not received tbat notice in Ame
rican papers that it deserved, . That speech had depre
ciated the Confederate loan three per cent.- Mr. Patter
son next read an extract from a speech of the Duke of
Ai gyle, in which the -name ,of the Hon. Charles Sumuer
waa mentioned, and received with cheers. This gentle-,
man, said Mr. P., should he ever visit. England, will
receive that and betreated with that civility
which he so well merits. - ,<•> = .
Whilst there may be large numbers in England who
do not look with favor upon.this contest, yet it must not
be taken as the feeling expressed by-the whole. Many
of those who sympathize with the South say that your
‘ country has often shown menacing signs towards other
nations. The manufacturers of our count; y have a very
deep interest in this war. Their capital is useless and
.their mills stand idle.: It is not singular, then, that this
class" should wish the North to give up the war. But
. contend.the masses of the people—the operatives era-,
ployed in ihese mills. These men havff been told by
agents circulated amongthem.to putthemselvcs tQwork,.
press the Governmeiii, and you will soon see the bTock
adebroken, and your employers will-get cotton and ; set
you to work again. /This has "been 1 3*ost .emphatically
by.thesenoble people. £ Applause. J TTJie power
..that controls publicopiuiou, however.’inEngland, is the
: middle classes’.v.The resolutions passed at ouv meetings
. bavedoubtless'reached yOu, but they have not received:
th*t circulation they deserved, ,
. He did not mean ,to say that there; never had been
;cause<foi‘ ;ill-feeling, against; England.c-.Tne Alabama
. Svaa fitted ont ih our own ports, but he was happy to .
..'sec that feincejie.had left England, another vessel,build
ingfortbeVoutb,bad been seized. 5 , Ho thought.tliis and -
• other acts should givehim the right' to saytnat his Go
vernment wasnow right on'the question. The Confede
rate) loan; he said.- had some very great . attractions, but
we (that is those who are with the North)- have - been of
. the opinion from the start tbat it-\vas a sham and rotten
tiling. .It wentuplike.arocketto;4H percent. premium
one day.. and down the next to 4 pm* .cent:; rtiseouut.
LLaughteiv) That is the whole history of the .Confede
' rate loan, and it will end indelusion.AU our laws could
do wiili this loan amounted to nothing.' It was not.a
• criminal olfence to negotiate the loam but those who
Test by investment in is had no redress m a court of jus
tice.' 1 ■
The speaker,‘. lit conclusion, alluded to.a visit paid
■durjng'tlie day to the Independence Hall, ; where he had
? looked ;-upon the old bell - that ; had proclaimed liberty,
.. throughout this.land. He hoped that this 010 boil, now
craol fed. might.be again rmg.forth liberty
, throughout the country.[Applause. ]• He. nopeuTtie
boldicg oinien in bondage'would, forever cease.;:This
V iis Mb wish,>and'the wish of : hundreds and Thousands
of others whom he h}>d justleft. - Ilehaa heard .it said
that some of-our people wanted to throw out the New
England Statog. Ile knew that if this was done, he r old
mother, England,, would gladly wolcoine ,her, daughter
• back'again to her arms. [Laughter and.applause. 1 The
speaker, after paying a glowing tribute to our soldiers in
the field, great cheering.;
llonv W. W. Kfetchuni, ot the Luzerne district, was
next introduced! and made a few remarks. ••••.;
SuccESS-ra liTFE.— The Rev. T. De Witt
Tnlmsgedelivered a lecture before the Young Men’s
Christian Association last evening afc the llev. Mr.
CrowelPs Church, on Broad street, above-Chestnut,
<A large And*reepectable audience was in attendanoe,
ALdthe address, which was troth instructive and in
. teteating, was lUtened’to with marked attention.
Enthusiastic Meeting of Discharged.'
Soldiers and Sailors,— About one of the most
enthusiastic meetings that we have attended for
some time was held, last evening, in the county
court house, by soldiers and sailors, who have beea
honorably discharged from service. It waa called
for at half past "seven o’clock, And an. order was
issued-by Mr. Charles McDonough, the Commis
sioner of City Property. But up toeight o’clook the
room was in darkness. The soldiers increased in
number every moment, and Dir. .Times Morrison
obtained a room at the Wetheriil House. The
soldiers proceeded to that place, where they held an
indignation meeting, at such unwarrantable neglect
on the parfcof the person having charge of the county
building. A messenger arrived at this moment,
stating~that the county court room was illuminated,
And, after considerable delay, the members vacated■
th’e 'Wetheriil House and proceeded to ttie other
place, which was soon densely packed.
The meeting having been called to order, James
Morrison, president, in the chair,
Wm. S. Holmes, chairman of the Committee oti
Address and Resolutions, submitted a report, which
was adopted with great enthusiasm.
The Rev. Mr. Collins, chaplain of the 72d Regi
ment, who has recovered from the injuries he re
ceived at the battle of Antletam, delivered a thril
ling address on.the importance of the meeting, ivho
have taken the initiatory steps in a movementbecom
ing the true and lofty American, which was loudly
applauded.
Daniel Dougherty, Esq., having been invited,
made his appearance, and was received ' with
great cheering, with a hearty good will and
unanimity, such as a ; soklier only can give.
This speech was a. spontaneous outburst of pa
triotism, so Animated, so thrilling, indeed, that
the pens dropped from the reporters’ hands. We
can simply give a slight sketch of his remarks. He
said that he felt more honor in being invited here to
be Burrounded by the gallant; men who have done
service in the cause of our country, who have stood
amid the smoke of contest, and the thunder bolts of
battle, than he would be for An invitation from a
proud king beneath • the dome of his palace. You
are the jewels in the crowning glory of our country,
more valuable, brighter, prouder than the diadems
of all the crowned heads of Europe. He could well
remember the bright.and beautiful day when the
first regiment left our. city—he still heard the loud
huzzas that were.made as the regiment passed along
the streets; it now remains to be seen whether those
cheers were given in sincerity. In concluding, he
said he did not desire to 1 make a clean sweep of all
the offices, for there are many who have families and
sons in the war—sons wounded —but he did wish
it to be understood that political Bcoundrels
have murdered our nation, . and • they must
give way to the enward march of our gallant
soldiers. The! poor, miserable tools who hold office
Bimply because they can elect this or that delegate,
and stuff a convention for this or that man—these
are the fellows that must stand back; they have had
their day, and must hereafter, in all parties,- give
way to the brave men who have stood by the coun
try in; the hour of need. Mr. Dougherty retired
amid great applause, and nine rousing cheers were
given for him.
STUYVESA.NT.
The chairman of the committee was empowered to
appoint a committee of five to present the address
to the national, State, city, and county authorities.
The following named gentlemen were appointed.
;to take charge of the registration of the names of
soldiers and sailors. Each ward is represented :
.let;ward, .Corporal O. F. Betson; 2d, Sergeant
Kelly; 3d, Sergeant Whetmore; 4th, James White;
6th, John Moran; John Murphy; Ith, Wm.
iDcledon; Bth, Reuben Peal:9hh, E. p. Eocherv;
10th, ,W. .T. Knight; 11th, S. AV. Arbuckle: JL2th,
S. P. Parr; 13th, E. A. Howell; 14th, Abram Fos
ter; 16th, Thos. Rogeraon; 16th, E. Burke; 17th,
Geo. L. Essicks; lBih, J. G. Collin; 19th, Philip
Long; 20th, Thos. Cribb ; 2lst, Albert Miles• 22d,
Wm. Armstrong; 23dj Geo.‘ L. Mulich; 25th, Wm.
H. Jones.
': sizt7era—Charles.Hagens, John Murphy.
Rev. Mb. Cobbling and the Scots’
;Cni7BCH.—A large meeting wab held at the Scotß’
Church, yesterday afternoon, to consider the call
lately accepted by the Rev. Mr. Conkling to-become
pastor of the Arch-street Presbyterian Church. The
moderator, Rev; • Mr. Greer, at theappointed hour,
opened the meeting by calling on the Rev. Dr. Board
man to lead in prayer, after which he stated.-the ob
ject of'the meeting' to be to hear the reply of the
Rev. Mr. Conkling, relative to his determination to
accept the call- extended to him by the Arch-street
Church. The letter wab then placed in the hands of
the Rev. W> M. Rice, secretary, of .the meeting, to
,read,;tbe tenor of which showed that, after mature
deliberation and prayer, he still felt it his duty to
accept the call.
The; duty'of Presbytery was then ably discussed
by the Rev. Dr. Boardman, Rev. W. P. Breed, Rev.
Mr. Or,owell,'and others, .the.views of most of these
gentlemen being favorable sanctioning of the
call.! At the close of the debate, which lasted about
an hour and a half, the.vote was . taken on the ques
tion; -of the Acceptance of the call, resulting in nine
voteß being cast for and eight against the Bame. A
motion was made and; seconded that the call be
placed in the hands of Mr. Conkling, which
ried; ;‘At " this .point a discussion arose relative to
the vote just taken, the call for the yeas, and nays
havibg been made. The-moderator stated that he'
could not entertain the motion, as it had been made
at an improper, time.
A motion was then made by the Rev. W. M. Rice
thatjthe pulpit of the Scots’ Church be declared
vacant, and that the moderator, the Rev. Mr. Greer,
be requested to fill the pulpit next Sunday, which
was carried.
A: Corpse Burned to a Crisp.—Yes
terday morning, a woman named Magdalena Wein
gart,‘a German, about 50 years old, died at her resi
dence on Germantown avenue, near the first toll
gate, after a year’s illness.' Her husband, Andrew
Weingart, was a foreman in one of the departments
'of the manufactory of Messrs. Fitter, Weaver, & Co.,
ami-their house'was adjoining the factory. After
Mrs. Wcingart expired her husband started into the
city, for the purpose of securing the services of an
undertaker,. The corpse was laid-on the bed in the
back second-story room, and, in -accordance with a
Catholic custom; two lighted’candles were placed at
the Bide of the bed. The candles had entirely burned
out by noon, and accordingly, two more were .placed
in the same position. The corpse becoming offensive
in eniell/a.windo>y*was.raised* .and; a strong draught
wafted the flames on to a table cloth,' which immedi
ately took fire. ■ The bed was" also , enveloped in
flames,./and the corpse.was soon-a blackened heap..
The’fire was,put throughthe exertions of the
workmen of the adjoining: factory. The damage
otherwise by the accident'ainounted to' about $2OO. ;
The Gas Board and tiie Newspaper
Reporters.— The/following is the correct vote of
the Trustees of the City Gas Works 5 on the resolu
tion to'admit the reporters of the public newspa
pers :
Ates—Messrs.Sainuel Bell, Jr., John Manuel,
Charleß A. Rubicam, Charles L. ‘Wolff.
Nays—Messrs. Wm. W;Burnell,.M.D., Anthony
Miskey, William L. Hirst; Wniv M. Reilly, Wm.
Rotch Wistcr, Edward H. Trotter, Richard Ludlow,
John McCarthy. :r-u/
Receipts from Taxes. —The tax receipts
are growing less and; less eveiy day, notwithstand
ing discount is: yet paid for prompt payment. The
following were the receipts during the past week:
■ • April 20:.;.. .$5,C99 2S >
. . • 21............... 5,13502
“ : 22....... 4.252 72
“ 23.;. (1.548 53
“ ’24..... 3,77087
;; a • 'C25.-.;.. .. . ;22,885'42 '
Eegements "Returning Home; — This
morning, at five o’clockftwo reglmentß, whose term
of service, two years, has expired, are expected to
arrive in this city; on their way home. They are
the York 7th, known ,as:-the Steuben Ran
gers, Colonel G. Von the New York
Bth, or First German Rifles, Colonel, the Prince F.
Salm*salm. -The time of these men expired on’the.
23d, and the two regiments number about 1200 men.
They will be properly entertained at the Volunteer
Refreshment Saloons.
Harrow Escape.—-A few clays since
John r Lipp, fireman of an engine on the. Pennsy
lvania railroad, and a resident of this city, met with
an accident which came very near resulting- fatally."
On the road between Reading and Parkesburg the
safety-valve.of. the engine got out of order, and he
climbed up on top of the engine-house for the pur
pose of examining it. Kbile; thus/engaged he did
not observe a bridge the train was fast approaching
till it was too late to save himself, and he was struck
on the head, receiving Bevere, although not fatal, in
juries, The unfortunate man was brought to thiß
city. r
Pocket Picked.— Levin. Liess, ofMertz
town, Schuylkill county, had his pocket picked of
$342, a few evenings sincey as he was about entering
a passenger railway, car,-at the corner of Thirteenth
aml,.Callowhill streets; -He had a carpet bag in his
hand, and had just- left-; the Reading train in the
d4p6t. He also hAd a lot of gold and silver coin
about his person which was not taken, ; /
Miss AnnaE. .Dickinson.— By i a reference to
our advertising columns it will be Been that this
talented young Philadelphia lady has accepted an
invitation from a number of our leading citizens to
deliver an; address, in the American Academy of
Music, on the 4th, proximo. Miss Dickinson has
chosen for the subject of her address “ The Day and
the Cause.”
Notice.—"We are requested to call attention to the
large sale of silks and dress goods, by Furness,
Brinley, & Co., 429 Market street, comprising the
most extensive 1 assortment offered in our maiket
this season. Also, a large assortment, of domestic
goods, ribbons, Bhawls, balmoral'skiits, linen drills,-
drap d’etes, &c., &c.
Large Positive ; Sa-ee oe ■ Boots and ' Shoes,
&c., :&c.—The early attention of purchasers is re
quested to the large assortment of boots and shoes;
also, caps, trunks, satchels, valiseß, &c., Ac., em
bracing about 900 packages of first-class city and
Eastern manufacture, to be peremptorily sold by ca
talogue, on four months’ credit, commencing this
morning, at ten o’clock, by John B. IVlyers & Co.,
auctioneers, Nos. 232 and 23-1 Market street.
Public Entertainments. V 7
v avyeryTdiig time ago the
ladyi-Mi’s. D.*P. Bowers, who last night reappeared at
this establishment, after an absence in England, was a .
very great favorite with the Philadelphia public. Her
reception last evening. should have been sufficient to as
sure her that she iH hardly less so now. The parquet
and circles—that isj all parts of the whole house—were
crowded, so much so that very little breathing space was
obtainable in the contracted and ill-ventilated auditory.
The lady whoformed the feature of the entertainment
has been performing an engagement in London, where she
has been not .unsuccessful as a stock rather than a star
actress. . Between: tbetwo,there is a difference as well
as a.distinctioni and one which all publics are quick to :
appreciate as well as note. To question strictly the
claims of this Tad y to the position of a first-class artiste
is not the province of this notice; It is enough, perhaps,
that she is yet young;, that she possesses good looks and
a graceful maimer; that her knowledge of stage require
ments has acquired correctness from experience, and
that htr yoico- and gesture,'united with other good
qualities,: have been, sufficient to . insure a position
which to' many .of . the ' profession; is an : object
iinattainabie. as it is T enyiable. Writing at this lqt'e'
hour, it is impracticable to delineate the performance in
. detail.. A play which commcnces at eight is
over nt.half.past eleven, is, unless the production itself *
be of rare merit, as; well as the acting and evdry‘ad
junct and accessary; rather trying to the patience of .any,
'audience. ..The play,last .night was Woman; or, ; Love
'against the and waswritteniby Mr, EdmundFal
cor er. Tlio part of Geraldine2)'Arcy, afterwards Lady
Letitia Xountjoy, wareuacl ed by. Mrs. Bowers. The plot,
in many of the situations to'which it gives rise, reminds ;
one of “The Unequal Match, ’Vthc neat aud sparkling lit- !
tie comedy so well played in this city recently:
Keene and her company. Geraldine., d'Arcy > (Mrs.
Bowers) is jinduced innocently, with ho wrong, intent,
,to leave .the house-bf her husband, Ilon.lfr. Arden f
- (Mr. Einggold), afterward Lord Lindenyrove. Tho lat
ter is entangled in the; snares of. a coquettish, ivoman,
Lady Harriet (Miss Trice), and forgets,
his first love, who appears not to have possessed the ar
tificial graces to that perfection which he found mothers.
Some yeare.elapso.diiringwliich leagues of land and wa
. ter6epara.te.h,usbandftnd wife. .After this lapse of time
they areagajhbrought.into.each other’s neighborhood.
Geraldine forms the project of recaptivating her hus
band by - artifice. In disgube<slie seeks him; is intro-
Mountjoj/, and having
• brought him to her feet bylthe combined influence of
beauty, ;grace,| and wit, inuendo, and something very
much like oliicat ery, throws oiF the mask—or rather the
wigr-HJid -revetiistoTiim 'that) Geraldine d'Arca and
Letitia Jdounpfoy hiii OiiQ. This U the mea
gre outline of the : plot., Its ’unnaturalness is at
'. oneb apparent, :bufc .it is tlie acting in the; play,
rather than the action . of the play, which secures
,'it. legitiinate;:- snccess'.The • situations,- Though
strained; are ingeniously jconceived and ■ wrought out
with Kriiit. ' The dicuon; is earnest, sometimes poetic,
al ways grammatical, and-throughout of rhetoric worth.
To imagine That, a woman should ehcotinter lior owu
husband face; to face, hud ,a rccoguitiou on bis
paitf shrouded only in the dissuise of a’ wig, is such a
drain upon r the i rcsoarcee of the imagination that
the mo6t: r feitii«.; v and capricious fancy, ' united with
judgment, 1 debates. about accepting it. The suc
cess of the plaVr may be said to depend fully as
much upon the ingenuity of the hair-dresser as that
of the dramatist, and the display of the flaxen locks in
the last scene, by Geraldine's old uncle, isaludicrously
faiLlifnl crittciam upon all of the previous scenes.
In regard to Mrs. Bowers' portrayal of Geraldine but
one opinion was expressed. She did her part well. She
is as young and fresh-looking as ever, which, to those
who have seen her, is by no means an equivocal ex
pression of opinion.- She makes an excellent point iathe
third act, when she blesses Lady Harriet for having
saved her husband’s life. The ecenebetween Geraldine
and lamlu Harriet, In the last' act, was 1 also replete with
; force passion. , • V •■ ', ' . :
At the close of theplay Mrs. Bowers was recalled, and'
most ; enthusiastically rewarded. She declined making
a' ‘ speech, " however—an affair which was looked for
"by many of her friends Miss Price looked pretty as
Lady Harriet, and, has improved as an actress. Mrs.
Henri was meritorious as Horah. Mr. Barton Hill did
the flimsy part o lHon. Lumley Jonesvrhh sufficient
elegance and ease, and Mr. Ringgold was quite good as
Ifon. Mr. Arden. Frank Drew is always funny, and was
no lees so as Thomas. Stubs. The play may be pro
nounced a Bucceas r and.it will.be repeated to-night.
Elmira B. . 37 S7X
Do prfd 63 W
Do 7s ’73....11l 112
“ Do 10s 76. 80
I* Island B.ex dv • 31'
Do . bd5...... •. -
Phila, Ger &Nor- 6SK 60
Lobijfn Val R
FINANCIAL AN!) COMMERCIAL. | Bo ~da y U 2
THE MONEY MARKET.
Philadelphia, Apr’l 27, 1863.
Gold was considerably excited to-day/ruling at 154®
Is4>£, until near noon, when the market 'became much
depressed, and gold fell-to 150, rallying y a per cent, be
fore the close. Government securities are stronger than
ever,- .and orders are coming in Btrongly from the coun
try- The eagerness to setuxe the new five-twenty loan
is without a parallel-in the history of the war. or of the ’
country; up to threee o’clock to-day, at the office of Jay
Cooke, Esq., the.conversions amounted to two million
of dollars, including two large orders from Kentucky r ,.
accompanied with very cheering accounts of the grow
ing popularity of the loan in that State. The Govern
ment, finances teem to be riding on a smooth sea, and,
from present indications, the movement is only com
mencing., When the system is in full blast, the copper
head interest will look, with something akin to wonder
at the determination of the people-to suppress both them
and the rebellion.
The stock market was again very active ; ISSI coupon
sixes were strong at IOC; , seven-thirties also; State fives
w»re steady; new city sixes rose K\ the old,£*; Ist Penoa-
E.R. mortgages were strong at 115; the.2d do, 108; Phila
delphia and Brie sixes at 106 Cleveland and Mahoning
Ist mortgages at 108; Reading sixes (ISS6); rose ; 1870 s,
%; Pennsylvania coupon sixes-sold at 111; North Penn
sylvania Railroad sixes rose K\ the tens, 1; 'Wilmington
Railroad sixes v j!£; 111 was hid for Elmira sevens; Union
Canal sixes, coupons on,rose to 30&; Susquehanna Canal
sixes rose 2per cent; Schuylkill Navigation sixes (1882)
were'weak, and fell off T; Morris Ist mortgages sold
at 303.
The railroad-share list was strong bat inactive. Ca
tn-wissa preferred rose %;Eeading y% ;Minehill was steady
at 62; Pennsylvania rose X; Philadelphia and Erie, was
steady at 24; Reaver. Meadow at 70; North Pennsylvania
ati I2K; Little Schuylkill at 46; Camden and Amboy at
168; Elmira at 57. Passenger Railways showed more
life ; ; Seventeenth and Nineteenth was.active at
Pifth an d Sixth at 60; the others were steady.' , .
' Union Canal was in demand at 2&@2&, the preferred
ats; Lehigh Navigation was sieady at 60, thescrip ad
vancing Morris,at' 71>£; lelaware Bivislon.was
.steady at 44K; Schuylkill Navigation was weak and de
clined K»'the preferred K;. Lehigh'Zinc sold at 51; Big
Mountain Coal at. VK\ Penn Mining at ; New Creek'
was active at IK. Commonwealth Bank Hold at 33. The
market, closed firm, $133,000 in bonds and 9,000 shares
changing hands at the regular board.; 4
Drexel & Co. quote : •
United States Bond?, 1881..................;.. .106 ©IC6H
United States Certificatesbflndebtedness 10U<©102^
UnitedStatea7 3-10 N0te5........ .
‘ Quartermasters’-Vodchera *. 1 @l>£d:
Orders for Certificates of Indebtedness....... - K® %d..
- Gold.. .51 @o2p.
<2V52n.
Demand Notes.
New Certificates of 1ndebtedne55.............99%5899#
Jay Cooke & Col quote Government securities, &c.> as
follows: ' ..
United States Sixes, ISSL.
United States 7 S-10 Notes
Certificates of Indebtedness;. • v.,
“ “ " Ifew
Quartermasters’ Vouchers.......
Demand Notes.
Sales of 5-20 s to-day, $2,250,000.
Messrs.M. Schulze &.Co., Ifo^-16 South. Third streat,
Quote foreign’exchange for the; 6teamer Arabia, from
Boston, as follows:
London, 60 days' sight. . V. ..
Do; 3 day 5,.;....
Paris, 60 days’ sight.. ......
Do. 5uay5..........
Antwerp, 60 days’ sight....
Bremen,6o days’sight...,.
Hamburg, 60 days’sight...
Cologne, 60 days’ sight.....
Leipsic, 60 days' sight....
Berlin, 60days’ 5ight.......
' Amsterdam, 60 days! sight.
Frankfort, 60 days’ sight..
: Market inactive.
Theeaitor of Peterson's Detector Bente-us the follow
description of a new and dangerous counterfeit. on
the'Walthain (Mass.)Bank; .. . v
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tree;.train of cars in the distance .going over a bridge;
canal and boat underneath; female with, rake on right
lower corner, ICO above; man sitting down with hammer
on lower left corner, ICO above. ? \ :
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: ' •’■-VN i Balances.
.$4,111,898 47 $448,359 OS
V 3,§82,768-62 456 25M0
.-4,105,839 58 476 274 K
; 3,632,961 99 - . , £56,909 72
. 3,521,53150 -,'.415 827 63
• 3,604,066 27 : -830 991 61
April 20.
“ 21.
“ 22.
23.
“ 24.
“ 25.
■/•••. ■;... -'.522,8-39,056.63 s2,'
The following statement, shows the conditlc
banks of Philadelphia at various times during
1863:
1862. -. Loans. Specie. CirctU.
31,016,337 ;
33,517,900
33,899,353
34,826,1©
35,514,335
36,774,722
37,679,675
37,268.894
37,901,050
38,603,571
39,206,028
39,458,384
55, 939,612
37,516 520
36,259,402
36.295,644
36,432,058
.January 6.....^
August 4 .<
September 1....
October 6.......
November 3.....
December 3..,..
January 5,1863.
February 2
March 2.....
9:....
The New York Evening Post of to-day says
. The principal 'f( atures of "Wall street, "this morning, -
.are, : first, the appearance of a number of hew operators
who are favoring the railway-share list with their spe- ’
cial attention, and,"secondly, the receipt from the coun
try of more orders to buy than to sell.
Both these facts arise in large measure from the easy
money market, and from the facilities thus placed in the
reach, of men of small means to carry an amount of stock
fair exceeding what would he possible were capital more
scarce and speculative confidence less rampant
* The sudden and spasmodic . movements of several of
the advancing stocks are, howevei’i only.in -part due to
these causes, V;lheir intrinsic value : might, indeed, jus
tify still higher prices', since the earnings nave been *so
greatly augmented. •.
- The loan market-continues very plethoric. The„rate
for loans on call is still 4%@5%> with a tendency to lower
quotations.., The abundant snpply.pf. capital seeking in
vestment is increased by the payment!-of mortgages,
which are being cleared off to a very considerable extent,
manufacturing enterprise is, however, attracting the
attention of. capitalists, and now that the interest ot mo
ney is sc low,' and the profits of our manufacturing in
dustry so ample, a timely and eligible outlet will doubt
less be found in thiß direction for no small proportion of
the surplus capital now stagnant in our great financial
centres. v
The market opened strong. ' Governments are in’ active'
ana iiew.'Certificates being espe
mlly'inquired for at a slight advance. - . r i
-The following table the chief movements of
the market, as compared with' the latest prices of Sa
tnrday evening: -
**> k '-‘-Mon. VP Sat?*
U. S.- to, 1881,W« .105%
,gCS.^JBBU*cou;^.,v.;io6%‘ '106%
U;®S.'73-.ljDp. c. T. N. .106- 106
P-S. lyearCertif g01d..*101% 101%
XT. S. 1 vr. Cert, currn'cy 99% 99% %
American g01d.........*153% 153% : %
Tennessee 65.60 CO '’* * ..
Missouri 6s. 62 60% 1%
Pacific Mai1..............1ff) igS% %
N.Y. Central 117 16 1
Erie 83% 61% 2%
Erie preferred 191.. 99?6 %
Hndsonßiver...;... ....119% 114% ..
Harlem .............69% : -69%: .... :..
Harlem preferred....... 90 90
Mich. Central.. 104% 104% %
Mich. Southern -V 63% ' 62% %
Mich. SO* |^iifir'..... rt 105 %
Illinois Central scrip.... 94% 94% %
Pittsburg7B% 75% 3%
Galena 96% 94% 2
Cleveland and Toledo 105% ;305%
Chicago & Rock Island.. 94% 94%
Port 'Wayne - G 5% 65%
Quicksilver G 0."......... 46%- 50 .... 3%
Transit Co ' -30%. 31 .. ‘ %
Gold has-been but little .excited this morning, and the
price has varied but slightly. The quotation aS we go
toj?resB is 153. •
- The transactions, how.ever. have v been, extremely
small,, and indicate a general want of confidence as to
the future. . .
■ Exchange is <xniet at167@165., r: s
Pliila. Stock Exclia
[Reported by S. E.* Si avmaki
FIRST 1
100 Sckl Nav.. .prf-sSO. 2:1
100 do. ....22%
■‘Soo'’:-'doi‘sr;;‘.V.^-.'V.T.^22%
27 d 0............... 22%
100 d0.;...V.L.Vb50. 23 '
300 Susq. Cn1........h0. 10
610 d 0.......... 10
350. Union Chl...;.prf.': 5
100 - .d0............b5. fi
100 -d0............;.. 5
1&9 Susa Cnl. .. ....scp. 55
1000 d0............65. 55
3000 d0..........65.-57
120C0 Wilmington R 6a.135%
b 25 Lehigli Scrip-lots. 46 y
50 do ..sd&int. 46%
100 Elmira K . !»•' §7
40 Conu’wealth UanK. 33 y
1050 New Creek....lots. 1%
2 Cam&Ambß 36S
fif Lehigh Zinc 51
3000 City 6s-.. - ..new.lll%
ll^Cataw
SCO D S 6s ’SI ...106
betwee:
• sFifth*Btß-..-.v.. 60
50 Catav 11 prf-cash. 23
300 Union Cnl prf. 5
200Cchl Nav-.prf. d3O. 23
500 Peun Mining 1%
50Kew Creek......... IK
GCCOSusq Cnl 65..-."«'* 57%
SECOND
150 Union Cnl. prf- 5 .
ICO do....prf.bswn. .a
160. . do Vi
200 Sow Cnl Son&vi-'jg,;,
1 ,’S Pexmtt K-V..C4P- ««
51 1 leliiKh Scrip d«4
;60 do 4®f
£0 do.. ........ 46b
50C0 Union C’l 6a.scpon c 0 . I
TOW do.. coup. Mi
ICO d 0... sOwn&int. 2%
260 Phil & Erie,R‘ b3O. 24
. ICO do ssiint. 23%
60 Del IHv 44k
7CGO Reading 6s *66..... ;10f%-
AFTER I
R 2*l mt 108 I
CCOC Morris Cnl Ist mt. .108 I
CLOSING FBI
iT fijia wi Bi(l ' Asked.
O Boa'S].... uk uujLj
tJ S 7.8 C Notes...K6 M&
American Gold.. 151 159
PhilaGsold 107
Do new Ill# lu?f
AllecoGaß...... 68 75
Panna ss; 101 loi#
Beadingß ..47 47#
Do bds *BO • .110 111
Do bds 70..104 105
lip bd6’B6.con v 104# 105
•Fenna R. .div off 66# 66#
Do '2dm6si 107# 108#
Little Scbnvlß.. 46 46#
Morris C’l consol 71# - 72 v
Do • prfdlOs .186 137.
Do 6e 76
Do 2dmtg.. ••
Susq Canal..*..* 30
Do 65.57 60
SchuylNay..... 8# 9
Do prfd-.... 52# 22&
Do ,65'82.... 84 ‘B5
’ Philadelphia Markets' ,
: Aprtl 27—Evening.
There is very iittlershipitfug demand for Flour. The
only sale 6 wc hear of ars-700,bWs extra family, at $5 50
for common for good, and $7.50®7.75
bbl for choice Obic>;3o. . The retailers and bakers are
buying in small lot*, ab-froin So 87#@0.37#for common
to good superfine, $B. $7.25@8 for extA
family, and $S C0@9.50 js-bbl ; lots, according to
quality. Eye Flour is*w£uted afc* s£7s@sl* bbl; most
holders,ask more. Corn Meal is scarce; Pennsylvania,
, if command §4.25bb1.
; arrivals and sales of Wheat are light;
SCOO bus sold at 165@170c bu, for fair to prime Penn
sylvania reds, and bu for whit*; the latter
furKeutacky. Eye. is steady, at 103 c bufor Pennsyl
vania,-and are. .Corn is dull; sabw of
3000 bos prime yellow are Reported at 92c r afloat Gats
are unchanged; small sahs of heavy Pennsylvania are
making at SOc, weight, but most Holders refuse this
price '':-v .. >
BARK. —lst No. 1 Quercitron is selling in small lota at
$35 ton.
COTTON.—There is more doing, and the market is
firmer; sales of 150 baleß Middlings are reported.at
lb, cash.
GROCERIES. —There is a moderate business doing in.
Sugar at former prices; small sales are making, at 10@«
H#c ib and New Orleaus. % ,
PROVISIONS.—There is very little doing; small sale®
of mess Porlc-are reported at sls@lsjsos bbk' Lard ia
; dull: a sale of country was made at 10c, : ami prime tierce
at 11c lb. !
SEEDS.—Cloverseed is very dull*: and we hear of no
sales; we quote Clover st $5.25@5 50 bu Timothy in
: asmall way at $2, and Flaxseed at from s3.sD@£3* bo,
the latter for recleaned.
WHISKY is dull and unsettled; small sales-of W>ls
are making at 45©46c; hhd6 45c, and drudge 44c
lon. -
Tie following are tie receipts of flour arid-grain at this
port to-day
Flour..
Wheat,
i" Corn
Oats.
Bye.
Philadelphia Cattle Markct-April 27/19^*
The arrivals and saies of Beef Cattie at Phillips’ Ave
nue. Drove Yard are moderate, this-week, only reaching
544 head.- There -is a good deihand, and prices have ad
vanced fully 25c lbs, ranging at from $l2 50@13 for
Ist quality Western and Pennsylvania Steers; $ll si<gH2
for fair to good; and $9®10.50 for common, as to- quality.
The market opened this morning with mbr® activity
than we have noticed for some time past, and all the
stock on. sale sold freely at our above prices.
Cows.—Thereisnocliangetonotice. Sales reach about
80 head, at from si6@4o head, according to quality.
Sheep. —The receipt?'are light, only reaching about
2,200 head. - There is a good demand, and prices are ftrm*
ranging at from 9@loc for wool Sheep, and sCs6c
clipped.: - -
H oos.—The arrivals and sales at the Union, Avenue,
and Bising Sun Drove Yards, reach about 3,900 head,
selling at from $6. 50 up to $3.50 lbs net, wt ich is a
decline.
The. Cattle on sale to-day are from the following
. States £; : - . . .
: 400 head from Pennsylvania; 359 from lUinoi&; 200
frexn Ohio.
Fuller t &;Mart ? n, 84Wesiera Steers;-selling at from 9®
12c for common to good quality/ .
Uilman Si Shamberg. 37 Lancaster*county Steers, seti-
for fair t«» good* - .
P. McFilien, 34 Lancaster-county and Western Steers,
selling at from ll@l3c for fair to extra; .
P. •“Hathaway, 46 Lancaster county and Western Steers,
selling at from $lL5O@l2 50 for good to extra Cattle
James McFilien. SO Lancaster county Steers,.selling at
from sll@l3 for fair to extra v . . »' r
Mooney & Smith, 96 Illinois Steers, selling at from.
$ll 50@13 for fair to extra : v
-H. Chain,’6s Illinois Steers, selling, at from $H.5O@ 12,50
for fair to extra quality.
Smith & Bice, 62 Webern Steers, selling at from
12.75 for fair to extra Cattle
C. Airsman, 25 Lancaster-county Steers, selling at from.
$11@12.50 for fair, to extra:
A. Kennedy, 40 Western Steers, selling at from
12 for lair to good.
Jones McClese,- 10 Western Steers, selling at from
$H@lO.5O for common to lair, quality.
John Kirvin, 14 Illinois at from sl2®
12.50 for good to extra. ~
COWS
The arrivals and sales o*Cows at' Phillip*' Avenue-
Drove Yard are moderate this week, reaching abouti.Bo
head, and selling at from slB©3o foirSpringers, and $25
up to head for Cow and Calf. Old lean Cows are
sellingat from head, as to quality.
f IHE SHELP MAKKET. ‘
The arrivals and sales of-Sheep afc Phillips’ Avenua
Drove-Yard are light this week, only reaching about
2,200 head. There is an active demand, and prices re
main thesaxae as la>t quoted. ran«nhg : at fiom 9@
10c ib gross for wool Sheep, and s@oc lb for- clipped,
- as to condition and quality. >
c : THE HOG MAKKET.
The.arrivals and sales of Hogs at the different yards
reach about 3,700 j ead this week. The market is dull,
and prices have Jeclined. prices ranging at from $6. 50
up to SS. 50 ICO lbs net, as to quality.
3,362 head sold at Henry GIaSV Union Drove Yard, at
• from §6.50 up to 100 ibs net.- ->
363 head sold at the Avenue Drove Yard, by John
Crouse &. Co., at from S7@S.3GI?. 100 lbs oet, according to
quality. Marketdull • ..
.106#@107
> -1053f@lO6>£
.10I£@1024£
. 99M®
. 9SSS# 99#
.143 @l49#
.14S#@150
...163 ©l7O
...16S#@170)f
•3f30 @3f35
.3f 27#@3f 32#
.3f32#@3f35
. . .120 @l*l
... 56 @57
...111 @ll2
...111 @ll2
...111 @ll2
... 63 @ 64
... 63#@ «
V.
K
co
New York MarJkctSj April 37-
. ''AsUES afe unchanged, with/suiUl! sales at sS@s.27 for
Pots and for Pearls.
Breadstuffs.— The market: for State and 'Western.
. Flour is firm but quiet.
• The sales are 7,505 bbls, at ’s6 of(s}6 30 for superfine
Stale; $6.55@7 for-extra State; S6.GS@S.rO fot
Michigan, Indiana, lowa, Ohio, &c; $6 90@7 20 for
-extra do., including shipping‘brandsof-Tonnd hoop
Ohio.at $7 2T@7.cO, and trade brands do at $7.35@5,20.
Southern Flour is firmer, but not very active. Sales
600 bbls at s7©7 35 for superfine Baltimore, and $7.40®
9. 75 for extra do. - c
Canadian Flour is in moderate request- and a little bet
ter. .'Salesofsoobblsats6.9Q@7 for common, and. s7@
S.lO for good to choice extra.
ItyeFlour is quietat $4@5.25 for the range of fine and
superfine- r :
Bay. —North River baled is arriving freely, but there
is a steady uniform demand We quote shipping at S 3
@9O, ana retail lots at 90@95. • .
.: >Hops.—The market is quiet at ie@23, with very mode
rate sales to brewers. '
Whisky .is ■without decided change,- with sales of
690bbls'State and Western at 43@tle. v
Seeds.—We.nqtice sales of 120 bags clover at 9.-
• Taj.low. ■ —A small lon of prime winter sold at 11%.
2,483,610 96
ion of the
g 1862 and
.Deposits
5,688,728 2,145,219 '
5,660,157 5,026,070
5,543,160 5,071,855
5,435,748 5,095,704
5.455.029 4,559,590
5,465,831 4,541,894
4,510,750 4,504,115
4,562,550 4,131,503
4,267,626 3.696,097
4,249,035 3,608,874
4,247,817 3,534,550
4,247,688 3,295,862
4,311,704 3,369,194
4,339,252 3,374,413
4,b43,242 3,296,685
4,343,958 3,185,042
4,346,37713,078,921
21,596,014
24,653,289
*24,597,596
25,419,340
26,938,714
26,635,225
23,429,139
29,231,753
30,173,518
30,679,259
30,549,587
30,106,135
29,171,253
29,531,559
30,117,527
31,059,644
31,021,799
nigc Sales, Aj>ril 37*
eh,,'Philadelphia Exchange.
board.
ICOOUS 6s *sl .--IOS
1000 U S 7-30 Tmts nohw
- ' blank.A&O-lOa
100 U S 7-30 Tr Nts.enil.l(H%:
200 Union Cnl 2%
40 do
100 do 2%
2000 Union C J l6s;cp ou-.30
9000 do scp on- 30 ,
1000 do coup. 30%
600 •- do-...scp on.bs. 30 ,
70 Reading R....... t ..-47%
400 do .....85:473-16
100 d0......;...;.bfi. 47%
2COO N Penua 6s'.t. 91
22 Uataw R prf. 23
-25 Lit ScbUßViv;.......-46'.
100 Phil & Erie R-blO. 23%
10 MinelnU R.;....... 61*
50 Seventeenth-sfc R.. 11%
.100 Biff Mountain R... 3%
,600 N Penna6.9l
: :100 Morris Cut. 71 f
11000 Reading 6s ’70.b5.105
I-BOARDS.
10 Seventeenth-st R. 11%
1000 Uuion Cnl 65....'.. 30%
10000 Penna Coup 6i. .1.111
1 Sch l Nav...... p»if.. 22%
100 do....*prf-b3O. 22%•
ItOOCity 65.. v ......-..107•
5000 Reading6s J 56....;;104* !
10 Beaver Meadow... 69%.
•90 do bfi. 70*-’
800Sch.i Nav 63 *82.84%
16 N Penna R,t2%
100 Cataw Rprf. 23%
300 d 0.....-;.. .... 23%
10 Penna 11 66%
I 100 Morris Cnl . 71%
16000 Susq Cnl 6s - -lots- 58%
140 MihehiU R... 62
100 Lehigh Zinc 51 y
10 Lehigh Scrip - 46%
1000 Phila A Erie 65.... .106 -
1000 Clev & Mah*lst..:..loS ...
16000 S Gnl .63-,.
I 275Uni<7irCill-../
IICS3—FIK2I
Bid Asked.
NPenna B 12K 12%
Do 90>4 9l
Do- .10s. :1U 112
Catawlssa B.Con 7# 734
Do j>rfd»»... -33
Beaver Mead R«* 70
Minehill 62
Harriaburgß,.,. ..
Wilmington B
LehighNav 6a., ..
Do shares.. 69 ©X
I™
Phila A Erie6s.. lo6 107
Son A Erie 7a
Ist m6e.-335
Delaware Div...
Do bds,...«* ..
Spruce-street 8.. 1514 1534
Arch-streetß.«.. 26 27>S
Kace-street B ... 1034 11
Tenth-street f ß*> 42
Thirteenth-st B. 32 35
W Phila B 67
Do bonds
Greeu-etreetß.. 4234 ®2Jf
. Do * bonds
Chestnut-st 8... 67 58
Second-street 8.. .. 82
Do bonds '
Fifth-street £... 60 62
Do > bonds... .. 110
Girard College B 2723*4
Seventeenth- at B JIK 11K
Chicago Cattle Market, April 25.
Beef Cattle were in fair supply, but owing to a good
shipping and .speculative demand the market was active
and buoyant,' closing firm at an "advance of 15@20c.
Sales weie: 160 head fair State. Steers, averaging 1,013
lbs, at $4. SO. Turner sold Morris,Rinnemau, & Waixall,
76 head premium. State Steers, averaging, l,00S fes, at
$5.15. 6 head, averaging ‘1,575 rt>3, at's£7s. 12 head
rough Steers and Cows, averaging 1,158 tbs, at $3.75.
IS very good'shipping Beeves, averaging 1,131 lbs, at
§4.75. .59 head rough Steers and Cows, averaging 80S
lbs, at $3.70. 20head, averaging 963 lbs, at $4.624£.
Hogs were" in good demand, and the market was firm
at an advance of about. 10c.. tales were: •
Price. Hogs.
• $4.75 50
106 201 463 92
165 218 4.651
. Sheep are It* fair demand and firm. Sales: 350 Sheep,
averaging 119 lbs, at $7.75. r
Markets by Telegraph.
i»iVX<TlsioivEi April 27.—" Flour steady,; Ohio extra* 57.25.
Wkfc&t quiet, at an advance of-lc. Corn dull, at 00@92c.
Oat§heavy, at Sf@S2c. . Whisky sells at 4Ac.
CITY ITi M S-,
The Sphixg Display at the Pahis
Mantilla ExpoßiUit. —The Paris Mantilla, Cloak,
and -Fur Emporium of Messrs. J. W. Proctor Sc Co.,
920 Chestimt'street, has long been associated in the
minds of the'ladies of our city with the choicest and
most elegant garments in these several departments.
An important Characteristic of this well*known es
tablishment is, that its proprietors invariably pre
sent to their patrons the latest and most exquisite
Parisian styles in advance of all competitors, and
that they every season offer more or less desirable
styles peculiarly their own, and not met with else
where!! ? Of-’the latter class we notice a number of
choice tilings in their display this season that are
attracting much attention, and that are:already as-
Beiting their popularity in the way.of large sales.
On Saturday laßt wareroom -was
literally thronged with customers, and among the
entire surging sea of fashion and beauty, there was
the one prevailing sentiment.expressed—that for
taste,' elegance, and variety, both as of.
the materials and form of garment, there has never
been anything exhibited in Philadelphia equal to
'this splendid stock. The now ex-
by this firm m sales is gratifying; as it
shows that, notwithstanding the gcheral adyance in
prices, (induced by the high rates of exchange,) our
. peopleare quite as able to.indulgein these necessary
' articles of grace and comfort as if there was no re
bellion in existence; Among the choicest novelties
contained in this immense stocky their beautiful
cloth garments, of all shades, and variously trim--
•med, are worthy of special notice; being at once
graceful, dressy, and entirely suitable to:b’e. worn.
throughoirtTthcSvhole season. r TheiV- atock’of Sills
Cloaks and Mantillas is also very rich, and includes
by far the;finest of fEuropean-made
(Parisian especially) Mantillas offered in this city.
In conclusion, we would invite the particular atten
tion of our fair readers to Messrs. J. W. Proctor &
Co.’s ‘j confined styles,” found in their own stock
exclusively, adapted for Misseß and YoungLaclies,
made t of every variety of material, are
rich, dressy; and stylish, and exceedingly moderate
in prices. .
The Sunshine and its Suggestions —'
The beautiful sunny days which have at last greeted
us have set all the wheels of business in motion.
The stream of living, breathing humanity which has
been thus evoked to sit for their Photographs has
• been especially noticeable, as we infer from the tide
-that.has been ebbing and flowing at Messrs. Broad
bent & Co.’s great Photographic Headquarters in this
city, at Nos. 912,914, and 916 Chestnut street. The
pictures of this old and popular firm are unrivalled
by.thOße of any other photographers in the world. -
Tine Old Liquors for Medicinal Pur
poses.—We invite attention to the fine stock of
puie old liquorß, of their own importation, expressly
Adapted for medicinal purposes, offered by the pro
prietors of the grocery stand,Arch and. Tenth streets,
formerly C. H; Mattson’s. Their rare old Port,
Sherry, and Madeira Wines, and genuine Brandies
and.Whiskys, are recommended with entire confi
dence by our first physicians.
A Salk ok Useful and Fancy Akti
ci.ks will be held at the Industrial Home.for Girls,
southeast corner of Broad street and Columbia ave-
Due, on Tuesday, the 2Sth, and Wednesday, the 29th
April, for the benefit of the Institution. The mana
gers hope that ladies who are interested in the moral
wdfare.of their sex will take this opprtunity to
visit the Home. The Thirtecnthand Fifteenth-street
cars pass the house.
. Latest Despatches ebom .the South
west. —The following interesting and important de
spatches' have just been received from the Missis
sippi: , V;
The Indianola is certainly blown up and totally
destroyed. She was seen up the Red River taking
in a load of shells for the rebel army.
Com. Farragut recently run the blockade up paßt
Vicksburg, meeting Com. Ellet’a fleet running down.
Each party only lost two steamboats. They expect
to be able to totally destroy them when they go by
■ again;
The canal opposite Vicksburg has been- abaudon
edr all of the troops and laborers having gone to the
Black River to cut a canal on the other side of
Vicksburg.
Another fleet has just run past the batteries at
Vicksburg $ which way the telegraphers do.not state.
•General has-just telegraphed to ..Cairo to
send down more steamboats. Also, to hurry up his
new uniform, now making at Chas. Stokes Q& Co.’s,
| in Philadelphia. _
1,300 bbla.
8,500 bos.
S\ss0 l bus.
7.500 bus.
1,000 bu3i