%\t f xtn. WEDNESDAY, MAY 6, 1863, the month of Inst December we were compelled, along with our cohtempo rraries, to advance our rates of aubscrip vtion. What at that time threatened to he » dangerous crisis in our paper supply has abated ; and although paper is still sixty per cent, higher than it was a year ago, we have determined, on and after Monday next, to reduce the price of The Press as follows: Daily Paper, $1 per annum, payable in variably in advance ; or, 15 cents per week, payable to the carrier. Tri-Weekly, ("for country-circulation,J $4 per annum, payable in advance. In making this change, we have no other desire than to print the host if not the cheapest paper in Philadelphia. The patron age and confidence of our friends make this a pleasing duty ; and as soon as paper, reaches its former price we shall make a further reduction. The Army ofthe Potomac. What we have to say in reference to the position of affairs on the -Rappahannock is more particularly told in other columns of tliis journal. General Hooiceb has per suaded the rebels to leave tlieir entrench ments, aud is now engaged in giving them battle. It is too soon to speak of the result of this fight, but thus far he has exhibited the finest traits of a commander. It is certain be has outgeneraled Lee, and if -Jefferson Davis is as swift as is his cus tom in dealing out justice, the Napoleon ofthe Confederacy has been superseded by another, and contents himself with the wine and flowers of Itichmond. , If Lee has not shown good generalship he has shown bra-very and energy, His attack upon Gen. Hooker on Sunday was a splendid piece of valor, and only equalled by-the firmness and courage with which it was driven back. We place Chancellorvilie among the.. sron.<r victories of the war. Tl-» ao.ack upon prickslivirt? tiijs charming consicl6i cl 'scene: of rebel glory has be come the scene of rebel defeat. The. victory pf General Sedgwick before the heights of jFrederif’-ksburg is one of the boldest achieve •.ments of the W,- JWe have read few things miore .thrilling than the account of the"storm ing of the heights of St. Marye. It has a sacred feeling to us also when we see that the blood of Pennsylvanians baptized the victory, and, that ouv gallant townsman, ’Colonel Speab, was among the brave men slain. We do not see how it is pos sible for Lee to escape from the posi tion into which he has been driven. Hook er has turned his right, and compelled him to change his operations. He has stormed the heights of St. Marye aud holds Fredericksburg; and his army now threatens to fold these two wings together and stifle the rebellion. If Stoneman has done his work, the communications of Lee with York town have been interrupted, and Richmond is a city without the protection of its own soldiers. We have only now to pray that the arms of our soldiers maybe strengthened. The plan of General Hookep. seems to be perfect, a_s far. as the plans of men can be, and the cause of the Union is in the hands of those now following his standard. Everything points to a great victory ; and we trust-, that when next we greet the readers of The Press, this will be the happiest burden of our news. Case of the Alexandra* Among tlie items of European news which •we published yesterday the following was to he found : “The gunboat .Alexandra was seized at. Liver pool on suspicion’of being intended for the rebels, and exchequered by the Government on the 20th. Her owners and builders were expected to be brought before a magistrate in a few days charged with de signing to infringe the foreign-enlistment act.” ; This, of course, was clone at "the instance of the Foreign Office ; in other words, by Earl Russell. It appears meant as a sop to Cer beius, —an incident carefully thrown in to present the make-helieve of fair play. "When the parties who .own, or who were build ing, this gunboat are convicted and punished for violating the foreign-enlistment act, we shall believe that Lord Russell is in earnest and means well, —but wc shall believe this. not until then. Lord Bussell, as we take it, considers us a very shallow-minded race, whom, he can. readily humbug. He has shown that this. is his opinion, by the way in which he has conducted himself respect ing English-built,pirates,—-such as the Ala bama and the Virginia. Mr. Adams, our able Minister in London, and Mr. Dudley, our vigilant Consul at Liver-pool, placed before Earl Eussbll, as Foreign Secretary of England, certain proofs, cm the oath oi credible witnesses, that “Ho. .200,” built at Liverpool, was about proceeding, to sea, there officered 'and manned by British subjects, under a rebel buecanier-captain, to act as pirate against United States commerce. Afraid,that Lord Bussell, who is as slippery as an eel, would-try and wriggle out of, this matter, the United States officials, who brought it: before liini, placed in his hands, together with the: sworn proofs in question, the legal opinion of an eminent member of the Eng lish bar, that these documents clearly indi cated -a determination to violate the neu trality which had been ostentatiously pro claimed in Queen Yictokta’s name, by in fringing the foreign-enlistment act. This legal opinion emanated from no tyro,—no obscure lawyer, but from Mr. B. P. Col lieu, Queen’s Counsel, M. .P. for Ply mouth, Judge Advocate of Queen Yic tokia’s fleet, and Counsel to Queen Victo liia’s Admiralty, since 1850. Therefore, he was doubly “ a law officer of the Crown.” Hot so, in the opinion of Lord Russell. Treating Mb Collier's opinion as if it were waste paper, he referred the case to the Attorney-General, the Solicitor-General, and the Queen’s Advocate, who, after as much delay as was decently practicable, announced that “ No. 390” ought to be pre vented from going to sea—which, indeed, was what Mr. Collier had said ten days before. It-happened ("accidentally on pur pose c t) that “'No. 390,” at this very time, Inuriecl out of the Mersey into the Irish Sea, sonic twelve or fourteen hours be fore there nirived, in Liverpool, an order to seize ancl"'detain her.' Ilrmay never be accuraigiy known how .this contretemps oc curred, but it is not unreasonable to sus pect that somebody had telegraphed to Mr. Lated, the ship-builder, that “No. 290“ would be in danger next day, and had. better go to sea at once. Let it be noted here, that the three great “Law Officers of the Crown,” corroborating the earlier opinion delivered by Mr. Col-' liee, had advised the British Govern-- . •nient that it was legal to seize and detain “ No. 290,” as a vessel known to be -in tended to act piratically against the mer cantile marine of the United States. Yet, a few weeks ago, in the British House of Commons, -when a discussion arose upon tlie mock neutrality of England, Sir Bocra ' .well. Palmee, Queen Victoria’s. Solieitor 'General, flippantly contended that “the British Government really had no legal right to touch the ‘No. 290. ’” Yet, also, this gentleman tvas one of the legal trio who had laid down the .law for Lord Bussell, and advised him to send down instructions ("only a day late ) to the Liverpool custom house to seize that war-vessel and prevent her going to sea. •; Another point occurs: the seizure, the detention of the Alexandra, also at Liver pool, and the steps taken to make her own-! nrs and builders accountable, before the ma gistrates, for infringing the foreign-enlist .ment act, arc bold and. decided deeds which Lord Bussell would never have done -without strong assurance of their full le-: .gnlity. Of course, such assurance would he the advice of his three friends, “ the Law Officers of the Crown,” one.of whonr is the ■ very Sir Bouspell Palw&b, who bi&wliot and cold, so curiously, in the case of I'Np. 200.” Can any one h^jfi.ye^hatf' he having a voice potential ih#Tei tfikt tL ' r i seizure and detention of the Alexandra will turn out to be any thing but a sham? - . LETTER FROM "OCCiSIONAL.” "Washington, May 5, 1803. You 'will permit me, amid the noise of these martj' battles, to say a word or two in reference to our relations with the foreign Powers. Mr. Adams’ unfortunate permit to an English firm, guarantying from search an English shipment to the Mexican town of Matnmoros, has given England the pre text for another excitement in reference to America, and the grave questions arising out of tile case of the Peterhoff are likely to be forgotten or neglected in this new com plication. What I have to say is mcrro par ticularly in.reference to the case of the Peterhoff. You will remember the hearing of that vessel before the prize court in New York, and the order of the court directing the mails to he delivered to the custody of the District Attorney. This was followed by the demand of Lord Lyons for the de livery of the mails to his keeping. There .were good men who seemed to think that such a demand, on the part of the-English minister, intimated war as an alternative, just as the demand for Mason and Slidell seemed to intimatejwar. Lord Lyons has dis claimed any such intentions,'and the fear, therefore, passes away. But the fact.that our public men find themselves discussing this question so . frequently—the anxiety With .which we all regard England—the tre pidation that seems to follow eveiy Parlia mentary debate —the forlorn satisfaction with which we eulogize and enumerate the small number of Englishmen who dare to he the friends of America —with many other signs and rumors, and statements, that float through the channels of the newspaper press, and affect the people everywhere—indicate that the feelings of America and England are no longer cheerful and frank. This Re public has-ahill of particulars against Eng land, and the case of - the Peterhoff goes to swell that hill. TVe file it away now, be cause other obligations are more pressing. The account is not forgotten. As a friend of the English people, I am anxious to see no quarrel with them, although lain sorry to say that there is a great danger of such an .event? taking place. The Government of Eng land is not__dealhig--justly- with us. She made~a mistake in the beginning. Tt was the mistake of men who permitted the ne cessities of their polities to overthrow their convictions of justice and right; and in the end the3' must make atonement. The case of Mason and Slidell was in itself a cruel thing. It was accompanied by menaces, and .preparations,- and words of boasting, that couldhothut incense a, nationaudit is when loyal men think of these tiungs-that they have no words of exultation for a high act of justice on the part of Mr. Lincoln’s Administration. They think more of the movement of troops into Canada than they do of Mr. Seward’s eloquent State paper. Then, we have the. case of the Alabama, .which is the bitterest wrong England has made us feel. The case of the Japan came more recently, and. presented all the offen sive features of the Alabama. I need not go beyond this, and speak of the. harsh speeches we have heard from noblemen and Ministers of State; nor that deep, coarse, a and feeling, which takes the form of subscriptions to the Confederate loan—a contraband trade with Nassau and Mata moros, and the painful efforts constantly made to misrepresent and wound our cause. We find the Government of England deal ing. with us in a double sense, and nothing is left to us but the utmost forbearance, pa tience, loDg-suffering, and belief in the virtue of our cause and the goodness of Almighty'God. If I implore our friends .to do nothing that may nurture or precipitate this war with England, I feel that I anr speaking as a true friend of that nation. A war with England would unite this country. by the strongest bonds a people can feel— those of earnest and vindictive hate. There are elements here against her that she should-respect. We have a large popula tion of Irishmen, .who feel...to • England the hatred of the oppressed to the oppressor.. The mercantile interest. with, the Ala bama ranging the seas and destroying its commerce, and compelled to increase its in surance, is becoming the enemy of Eng land. - The deep-seated anti-slavery feeling of the nation, which, drawing inspiration from the:purest and noblest of England’s sons, , now sees England the .defender of slavery, will war upon.her power with.honest and. brave indignation. The mistake made by that nation in the beginning was the fail ure to comprehend the real causes' involved in this war; and it would be well, for'its fu ture if it understood that policy as it is writ ten in our hearts. She should prepare her self for this fact:—that the Republic has de termined to’ crush the rebellion against its integrity. Ye enter into no discussion with any foreign Power; we make no law, pre pare no policy, which does not admit this proposition as an axiom. "Whatever opin ions may be—no matter bow party questions may sway us in other. matters— we are all pledged to sustain the Union in its authority, its jurisdiction, and: national ity. The passage of Mr. Senator Sumner’s resolutions relative torecognition and inter vention, by an almost unanimous vote, be fore the adjournment of Congress, was an evidence of the feeling of America on this question. Mr. Sumner, too, is one of England’s most considerate friends in the Senate. A ripe, judicious, and accomplished statesman, he has comprehended this foreign question with the eye of a seer, and has given his great influence' and genius to pre vent England and America from falling into a sea of blood. 'He has done this, and at the same time done honor to himself as an American, by defending the justice of the American cause. I trust that England will heed the voice of such men, and pause be fore it is too late. Occasional. Arrest of Vallaudigliam—Attempt to Rescue. Cincinnati, May s.—Clement X. Vallandigham was arrested at his residence, at Dayton, at about two o’clock, this morning, by a detachment of soldiers, who went up from Cincinnati by special train last night. The soldieiß were obliged to batter down two or three doorß before they could reach his room. Hts friends rang the fire'bells, and-an attempt was made to rescue him, but it failed. He was brought to this city. A DISLOYAL MOB AT DAYTON—THE TELE GRAPH WIRES OUT AND THE JOURNAL OFFICE FIRED. Cincinnati, May s.—The disloyal mob at Bay ton, enraged by the arrest of Yallandigham, have cut all the'telegraph wires-in that city and set the Journal office on lire. It was feared that Wendell Phillips’ house will The telegraph office • hftn boon damage.’ " Art Newa—We learn that one of the moat splendid collections of pictures ever exhibited in this country, is to be offered for sale in New York, by Messrs. H. H. Leeds & Co., in their “Dusseldorf Gallery 5” the owner had intended sending them to Europe for disposal, but has been prevailed upon to give lovers of really splendid works of art'an oppor tunity they certainly have never had before, to se lectfrom. They are to be on exhibition free. The sale will shortly be announced, and will be worth a journey to New York, to anyone who would like to be more than gratified in examining them. Avenue House.—We invite the attention of our readers to the card of John Casey, Esq., formerly of Cumberland ebunty, in this State, who has leased the Avenue House, corner of Pennsylvania avenue and Seventh street, Washington, IX C. -The house will be thoroughly renovated and repaired,.and un der the supervision of Mr. Casey cannot fail to be one of the most desirable places of resort for stran gers eontemplating a visit to the Federal capital. Metropolitan Circus.—On Monday last, Mr. George F. Bailey commenced a serieß of perform ances and highly interesting exhibitions at the corner of Broad and Locust streets, adjoining the-Academy of Music.’ The features of, this establishment are, a star troupe of performers, Herr Driesbach’slargeAnd comprehensive menagerie, and J. C. Quick’s colossal hippopotamus, imported at a cost of over forty thou sand dollars. The performances in the arena will be of an exciting and attractive character, and wilt in troduce a number of the first artists in the country, whoße ; horsemanship 1b said to be unrivalled. For the accommodation of clergymen, ladies, children, and others who may not desire to witness the*circua performances, a morning exhibition will be- given every day from 11 A. M. to 1 P. M., and every after noon at 3 o’clock. It ©turn of Hawkins’ Zouaves*. New YoiiK,"Mny 5 —The steamer Kennebec arrived this morning from Fortress Monroe, with Hawkins' Zouaves on board, the term of this rcyiiuerH ’taving ex pired. The Zouaves were met by the 12th JS-evr York iresimont, and escorted up Ernadway, along wh’ob they were greeted by thousands of citizens, in: tlie most enthusiastic manner. Their colors are tataw-edv" faded, and perforated in many places by-I'obelb&fletis. From New Orleans, Knv Tohk, May —The steamer Cuntiaenfcat, from Hew Orleans no theYSth utt.. amyed itt this port this morning. A ISew OrUanfi- pipsr of >«at date ooutains no sews ol interest. . .. . WASHIN GTON- Special Despatches to 66 The Pre««, w WaShinotoh, May 6.1663. Secretary Stanton Confident. Secretary Stanton, this morning, was heard to express his belief that all went well with our forces and that they would win a victory. General Hooker’s Strategy. It is concerted on all hands that Gen. Hooker’s strategy iB. the. deepest yet displayed by any of our generate. No one can divine hiß ob jects, and it is even said that, with the excep tion of hiß immediate staff and corps com manders, no one is conversant with them. His plan in occupying the rebel force on his right ao Well, until Gen. Sedgwick captured Fredericksburg with comparatively small loss, is universally praised. Eke was completely taken by surprise, expecting that movement was only a feint to withdraw his • attention from Hooker’s right. So it was } but the move was ao formidable, and threatening, as it did, the communication to Richmond—the seizure of which was the main object of Burnside at the first battle of Fredericksburg—that Eee detached a con siderable force to retake the heights. This com mand was entrusted to General Longstrkkt, who movedhie forces on General Sedgwick, but all his repeated efforts were foiled. The rebels charged with impetuosity, cheering yftnd shouting as they rushed along, but our men presented a firm and steady front, and repulsed every attempt. Gibbons’ division, which was on the centre, met the brunt of the conflict, and nobly withstood the rebel fire. The guns which we had captured bn the day pre vious—Sunday—were turned on the rebels, and in company with our own artillery played havoc in their ranks. , At the latest, dates we have (last evening) our forces at'Fredericksburg still held their ground, but important movements had taken place which it is not necessary here to divulge, but which will be no less fiuitful to our cause than disastrous to the rebels. ‘ The Unimportance of Fredericksburg* Even if Fredericksburg were recaptured by the rebels, the general opinion is that it would no t be any way disastrous to our cause. Our soldiers could easily return to this side of the Rappahannock, and as ourguns planted on Falrhouth Heights, command the whole town, the place would soon be made too. hot forjhe, enemv.-r,B»b argue-eome, if our forces retire to this side, Eongstreet will present a strong picket-force to deceive ub whilst he goes with the main body of his command to help Ebb in his at tempts on Hooker’s right wing. The only answer to this is that every thing like this haa been provided for, and, if the rebels do attempt it, they will get something they did not bargain for. The prisoners taken yesterday was considerable, and difficulty is how to find enough transportation for them. All the prisoners expressed their surprise at'the celeriiy of our movements, and said they had nob seen anything like them on our side since the war broke out. Hooker’s many movements had bewildered them, and they scarcely knew where to look for an attack. The Rumors about Xcngstreet’s Forces. The rebel sympathizers to-day are gloating over a rumor that Xonostkeet’s forces had deserted the front of General Peck and had reached Lee’s main array, aDd that it was these same troops which made the attack on Sedgwick at Frede ricksburg. Tliiß is unqualifiedly false. Long street himself is with General : Lee, -biit his forces, or at .least, a majority of them, are scat tered from Richmond.to Suffolk. They have not reached Lee, and unless the rebel commander in-chief cuts his way out, they never will. The opinion was very prevalent in the rebel army some weeks ago that Hooker 5 ® troops were de moralized} and that this belief was entertained in rebel official quarters is proven, by the fact that 'a portion of Longstreet’s corps were sent to at tack Suffolk, and a portion of D. H. Hill’s to at tack Newbem,'N. C. Your correspondent “Wal,” per Aquia Greek, mentioned this fact in his letter a few days ago, and it is unnecessary to repeat it. Longstheet, himßelf, was in consultation with his commander-in-chief when Hooker made his ad vance, and, of course, he stayed with the main body of the rebels, and is now helping them to fight their battles. The News from Chancelloryille. The news from Chancellorville, the headquarters of Gen. Hooker, is very meagre,- The telegraph is closed to outsiders, and no mail-boat has arrived yet to*day. It lias probably stopped running by orders from headquarters. But parties who left Chaucel lorville laßt night report ‘-Fighting Joe” all right. Arrival of Prisoners. Two thousand five hundred prisoners arrived yes terday, and eight hundred and seventy-nine this morning. Upwards of three thousand are on their way hither, The Wounded* Very few wounded have arrived here. A boat load of two hundred and sixty reached the wharf last night, but since then we have hadno arrivals. These wete wounded at Frederick'Bburg.' It is such a long, distance to ChanceUorviUe, and the road is such a zigzag way, that it will take at least a day yet before, any . considerable number of wounded from there will reach this city. Tile Excitement, The excitement here is. intense, and rumors are plenty as can be. - Rebel Prisoners. A son of ex-Senator A. G. Brown, of Missis sippi, is among the rebel prisoners. More than three thousand have now arrived here since Satur day./ . ' _ \ DEPARTMENT OF VIRGINIA. A BcconnoissaMCc frciu Swftblk-Charge on tSie Relitl Batteries— Dentil of Col. Riag- gol<l—A Capture by General Getty. Suffolk, Ya., May 4.—At nine o’clock yesterday morning,. General Peck .sent a force of infantry, cavalry, and artillery across the Nansemond river, at Suffolk, to make a reconnoissance. They ad vanced cautiously up the old Petersburg turnpike, and, when two miles out, encountered the enemy’s rifle pits, which were thoroughly manned. TheB9th New Yprk andl3thNewHampshire Re giments, made a spirited and successful charge upon the rebel works, and carried them, after heavy re sistance, when the enemy retreated, and fell back out of range, leaving their dead and some wounded on the fielu. Duiing this time Drawbridge battery and our army gunboat Smith Brigs, Captain Lee, were playing upon the enemy, doing good execution among their sharpshooters secreted in the woods. In th e afternoon our' troops came upon a rebel masked battery, situated two and a half miles north, of Suffo.lk, and, at four o’clock, Davis’ Massachu setts battery and gunboat Smith Brigs commenced shelling them out. After thirty minutes the rebels returned the lire, which was kept up on both sides till aunEet, when the enemy's battery was silenced. Col. Ringgold, of the 103 d New York, was shot while beading his regiment in front, anddied duc*sg the Dight. The chaplain of the 25th New Jersey was wounded. Hr. Smith, of the 103 d New York, was Bhot se verely by an insane officer vesterday. While the above skirmishing was in progress, Gen. Getty crossed the Nanaemond, four miles be ,low Suffolk, and encountered the enemy, and it was rumored and believed among officers that he had succeeded in capturiDg a rebel battery of eight guns and a large number of prisoners. This needs con firmation. . , Scoutswere sent out from Suffolk yesterday on the Somerton and Eatonton roads, but discovered nothing of the enemy, and, after passing out about six miles, returned. The enemy’s rifle pits on the' South Quay road and in our front were vacated yesterday afternoon, and the t-roopß left in great, liaste, taking their bag gage with them, evidently having more important business elsewhere. ARM! OF THE MISSISSIPPI. General Grant's Designs on Vicksbuvg- Movement XJ]i the Big Black River. Recent correspondence from Memphis to the Mis souri Democrat, contains the following :. - Our latest Torty-aight hours from Grant’s and it was not believed there that the enemy is evacuating Vicksburg. Perhaps he ought to, by all rules of stragetic propriety; but, you know, he has abandoned doing what he ought, and now only evacuates when lie is obliged to. It is believed that Grant has already thrown a . portion of liir army into Grand Gulf; and proposes moving up on the east bank of Big Black river, to the Vicksburg anU.Jackson railroad. By doing this. he will certainly compel the enemy to come out of his Vicksburg fortifications, and fight him upon equal ground, or to give up the position. Of course the moment Grant, strikes, and holds the Jackson railroad at any point, Vicksburg becomes untena ble, and the great problem is solved. The danger seems to be in delay. A week or a month given the'enemy in whioh to fortify the new route may completely change the situation. “Ask me for anything but time,’ 5 was one of Napoleon’s greatest utterances. I believe nobody has ever at tempted to ruin Grant by calling him a Napoleon ; but be has certainly manilested a good deal of plain, prompt common sense, and will hardly be wanting now. He has been sanguine from the outset, of cap turing Vicksburg and opening the Mississippi, but insisted that hewouldnot fling hie army upon the fortification which proved so fatal to Sherman. May he find the Big Black “ a more excellent way.” ■REPULSE AT GRAND GULF—COL. GRIER SON’S RAID. Chicago, May 5.—A special despatch from- Cairo Ba\s, the report-that the Federal troops occupied Grand Gulf is premature, the rebels having-planted their batteries on a hill and repulsed ourtroops.- The Jackson (Mississippi) of the ult., in giving an account of the raid of the United States troops under Colonel: Grierson, says that besides tearing up the railroad, he destroyed two bridges, each 150 feet long, and sever* culverts. He also burned twenty-eightfreight cars, blew,up two loco motives, and burned the railroad d6p6t and two com missary buildings, at Newton. Five miles of tele graph line were destroyed and two trains captured, FROM VICKSBURG—GEN.SHERMAN AGAIN ATTACKS THE BATTERIES ON THEY AZOO —HEAVY CANNONADING ON THURSDAY GEN. GRANT ATTACKS GRAND GULF. Chicago, May 5.—A .special Cairo despatch states that the steamer Lady Franklin had arrived from Vicksburg, witbdateß to Thursday night. On that morning Gen. Sherman, with a fleet of transports, accompanied t>y passed us» the Yazoo liver, and mads*an attack-on the rebeibatteries.-Tn the afternoon, -several transports ‘ Soilowed with, troops. It was reported that Gen. Sherman land ed precisely in the same place he-ianded wlieni&,- made the former attack. CannoiiasSapg and musical? firing waa distinctly heard at Young’s Poindt on Thursday till long aiter nightfsdiL V , A gentleman who left New.Uartbage on 'Wednes day *last> Staten that Gen, Grant’s army had been .landed bn the IttisslßßippS side, eight. <nile3 above Grand Gulf, mid bur gunboats had Ueoc shelling the place for ecveralday a* THE PRESS—PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY. MAY 6. 1863. FURTHER INTEHigENCE, THE BATTLE ON MONDAY. Tlic Storming and Capture of Frcd'crieMmi% Tire “Hero” of Ball’s Blu.lt' a Prisoner. Railroatl Retreat of tlic Rebels Cut Off. general triumph of our army. Washington, May 4.—The city is intensely ex cited, tod ny by the reports from the army of the Potomac. The news is regarded, thus far, as favora ble and encouraging, but at the same time there is naturally much solicitude as to further and future developments. The arrival of about 1,100 prisoners since Satur day, certainly shows that our army has not been idle in making captures; but it' iB reported that others will soon arrive. A gentleman connected with army operations, who arrived here early this morning, says-there was skirmishing all day Saturday .on the left, and on Sunday our batteries crossed over to Fredericks burg, on pontoons,at the 'right'of the Lacy House, or at a point where BOtne of our forces passedover previous to the former battle. There was some opposition from theveljels, but it w»b soon ended, and a few were killed. The move ment was completed about 6 o’clock in the morning. The rebel entrenchments were hot long after this shelled from the vicinity of Fredericksburg and in' front. Meanwhile, our troops on the left made a flank movement, and gaining the enemy’s rear, gal lantly and impetuously attacked them, driving the rebels from their positions, and causing them swiftly to retreat at least two miles further back. The result was the capture of eleven Impounders, and a large number of killed, wounded, and prisoners. The enemy succeeded in moving off their other guns, which had beer, kept on .wheels, The gentleman from whom the above information is obtained witnessed the fighting from an eminence ear Fredericksburg, and while the contest was raging, crossed over, and not long thereafter visited the deserted fortifications. The absence of cavalry waß a misfortune. Had, there been a force of that arm of the-service, the enemy must have been badly cut up in his flight. The enemy were slain in heaps behind the atone wall which so well answered the purpose of defence, at the former battle of Fredericksburg. The informant. says that While our troops were driving- tn© enemy filing was heard far back’ in the rear. Our men were in splendid spirits, and all of them, have the utmost confidence in Gen. Hooker. Other Particulars. The Washington iiepublican of last evening gives the following particulars of the. battle on the Rap pahannock : In consequence of the reported dashing operations of General Stoneman, on the line of railroad to Richmond, General Lee could not ingloriously fly,, but was compelled to come out from behind Kia de* U'D9CS,.aiHI fight on Hooker’s own ground, selected at ObancellorviUe, ten'miles southwest of Frede ricksburg. The battle lasted moat of the day on Saturday, and continued with great fierceness until two o’clock on Sunday morning, when; hostilities ceased for two hours. - . At 4 o’clock the ball opened agate,-' find lasted until 10 o’clock on. Monday forenoon,- when thd enemy’s batteries became silent,; and the wildest cheering commenced on our extreme right, and ran along the whole line. ’When our informant left, the prevailing opinion was that the enemy’s am munition was exhausted, or that they had been at tacked by Hooker’s left wing, General. Sedgwick, which crossed below Fredericksburg. An informant says that belore he left the field at Chancellorville the general result was a complete success to our arms j that a large number of prisoners had been captured. He hastened from the field as soon as the tiring stopped, and recroesed the river at Banks’ ford, and proceeded to Falmouth, opposite which, at Fredericksburg, a desperate battle was raging. Another gentleman who was with our forces in Fredericksburg says that Gen. Sedgwick had reached the key .to the whole line of monster rebel works ia Fredericksburg before day dawned yesterday (Sun day) morning. : The rebels immedia|ely opened a most terrible fire. At the first shock, some of the regiments wavered at seeing their commanding officers, colonels, majors, and captains falling around them, but the skilful and dashing t 01. Shaylerby his cool daringand personal example rallied the staggering column and led it into the rebel works, carrying the key, and with it the whole line at the point of the bayonet, with a wild yell that was heard above the shock of arms. Oxegun on the right of the key was very annoying to our ad vancing forces. An order was given* to take it, and in three minutes afterwards, says our informant, the rebel , gunners and their infantry support were in full retreat, and their own gun, which had been cap tured by our men, Bending death into their ranks. As soon as the principal work (the keyj/wa'a car ried, about ll o’clock on Sunday, forenoon, the Whole rebel force in and about Fredericksburg made a precipitate retreat outupocfAtfhat is khoWn as the plflDk-road, towards Chancellorville, in the direc tion of Lee’s main army. : The capture of the city of Fredericksburg and the. works surrounding it was complete. The killed and wounded on our side in Fredericksburg were com paratively small; but the rebel rifle pits were said to be filled with killed and wounded rebels. The slaughter at Ohancellorville'is estimated to be large on both sides. Among the killed on our side is Gen. Berry, of Maine. Gen. - " Howard was wounded in endeavoring to rally the German regi ments which wavered on Saturday before the heavy masses of tb'e enemy thrown against them. "We captured many large guns, .ammunition, stores, and, up to yesterday, about 2.000 prisoners. The last report from Gen.' Stoneman was that he had cut Lee’s railroad and telegraph communication with Richmond, and captured Gordonsville, but can not vouch for.this. The following latest intelligence from General Hooker’s army, says the New. York Post , is just received from Washington: The battle of Sunday was renewed on, Monday morning. The enemy appeared to have forces equal in numbers to our own, And his successive'attacks were made with adesperate spirit. , The destruction of the.-railroad,..bridges-over -the MftEßftponax.and Blatopony creks, south of Frede ricksburg, Jias certainly) been accomplished,-and the road to Richmond is thus'Cid ojffrom. the enemy. Nothing trustworthy has been heard from that por tion of General Stoneman’s command .sent to destroy the Virginia Central Railroad, near- Gordonsville, but the indications, ab well as unauthenticafced ru mors, point unmistakably to the probable fact that he has met little or no opposition in this move ment. ' • .5 -; - Eight hundred prisoners, including one-entire regi ment, the 23d Georgia, were brought to Washington this morning, and marched down Pennsylvania aVe- Due to the old Capitol. Their appearance was the '•subject of universal comment and remark.“ They were well and comfortably clad, and not one looked as though be had not had enough to eat. Two officers, Major General Evans, of South . Carolina, and a brigadier general (whose name \tfas not learned) were prominent in the number, both being very tall, fine-looking men. They were .in light gray uniforms, with three , gold stars on the coat-collar of the major general and two on that.of the brigadier. They were permitted to go about the streets accompanied by an unarmed corporal, and . made several purchases in the stores on the avenue. Immense crowds thronged the streets wherever they appeared.. Major General-Evans was the rebel generAl commanding at Leesburg during the Ball’s Bluff battle. ' ' There is a rumor current that General Stoneman has captured Gordonsville. Brownsville papers, of the-lOthinst., received at New Orleans, April 24, have the following: . ' MILITARY MATTERS. GeD. Magruder, when last heardfrom, was still in San Aritonio. ... - A general dresß parade of the. troops in-garrison took place on Wednesday evening, in presence of Gen. Bee, accompanied by the English officers from the British man-of-war at the mouth of the river. The presence of the troops was fine, 'reflecting cre dit not only upon themselveß but upon the officers in command. •TREATY BETWEEN CONFEDERATES AND A letter in the Houston Telegraph, dated'Browns ville, February 27, Bays. an important agreement has been entered into between Gen. Bee and J. A. Quintero, of the Confederate States, and Gov. Lo pez, of Tamaulipas, to prevent raids into Texas; by allowing thieves, murderers, &c., to be pursued into Mexico and brought back to be dealt with According to their crimes. The Attack on Charleston to be Renewed* New York, May 5. —The steamer. New England, from. BiUon } Head, has arrived,with dates lo tha 2d iaKt. Her officers report that the Ironsides was to cross the bar at Charleston on the 2d and the monitors oh the 4th. a Affairs at Hilton Head were unimportant. • - • Lockport, N. Y, May 5. ~A destructive Are took place this morning, consuming Alexander’s block-On Main street, in which were located,the extensive hardware store of H. H. & C. S. Mack, the grocery store of John Alexander, the office of the Journal and Courier, and the law office of J. Baldwin, Esq. The fire was proba- ; bly the work of an jjicosdiary. The loss ou tlie Jourr nal andtfoiiWerwas about fcS, 000, on which. there was hhinsurance of 83,000. . Tlie block was lnsnred.for *6,000. The loss of Messrs. Black is about *22.000, which is partially insured. Alexander’s loss is about $7,0Q0» also partially, insured. ... / '. f - Sr. Louis. May s.—Fifteen or twenty of the most promi nent Secessionists of thiscity were arrosted to-day, under the recent order issued by General Curtis. ' New York, May s. —Bermuda papers of the 28th ult ♦ received here, stite that the rebel steamers R. B. Lee and Connnbia, from Wilmington, N. C. , had arrived, ■ • Reported Destruction, of-?the Skip Pun- jaw])* New York, May s.—The New. York Express. states that the pirate Alabama has destroyed the ship Puujauh at sea. No date or particulars are given. 1 New York, May d.—The brig Scotia has arrived fronl 1 ernambuco with Soobales of cottou.v ;■ The cargo of the brig Bird of the Wave, ashore on Sandy Hook r is being landed on. the beach. ' New YoitXv May o.—The United Stages steam-frigate Susquehanna has arrived from Key West* with, dates to The jiuuhoat 3)e Soto'an-ived at Key West on the 27th. McClellan would sail on the 30th for New steamers Circassian: and,Crescent were off Key West, onihe29fch, hound in. The steamer Ue Soto hud, captured six schooners. • New Yokk, May o.—Arrived, ship Kate, from-Brc men; brig Ocean Traveller, irom Bermuda ; brie Wil liam and Jane, from Sunderland; schooner Colin Camp bell, from Grand Turk. ‘ - Tlio schoou r Austin, owned in Boston, was totally wrecked on th* 7th ult. on Silver Bay. Crew saved • Burros, May s.—Arrived-,, barks Sea, from Cardiff.:al. B. Stetson, from Cienfnegea, Eleber fcomHavana; brigs H-in.hblct, and Australia,, from Card-anas. Tunis, from Go "rives, Edw. Thompson, from St. Croix; schooners Eawu, and Eastern Eigbr/’from Gonaivts. BAYTinoin:, May s.—Flour dull and nominal. Wheat dull and very heavy * red, sl-93@ 1.98. Corn quiet but Exchanged. Whisky fine nt 46% irregular: Chicago and Bock Island 94%; Cam' herlaod Coal 24; Illinois CentraL Railroad 94; Illinois -Coatrnl Bonds 120; JSiehigan Southern 109 H : Reading 04. GoldMSft. Treasury 7 3 10, 107; Conpou 6s 10S.. Mt.'lY OF THE I’I'TOO U' t LATER. TEXAS. MEXICANS, Destructive Fire at X-oekport* Secessionists. Arrested in St- Douis* From Bermuda* Arrival of Cotton. Maval Affairs* Ship Sews. Markets *y-Telegraplu *Honor to Whom Honor is Due.—Sooaa after the battle of Fair Oaks a statement was pub' lished in The in: which, after describing the danger in which the colorß of the gallant lOith Pesmr, svlvania Volunteers were placed by the fall of the color-beaiers, both of whom were severely wounded, the credit of having rescued those battle-marked en sisnß was given, in whole or in part, to the present iufiutant of the company. That officer being now iii the city, and for the first time learning that such credit was given to*him, desires us to dojuatioe to those who really did rescue the colors, aa well.aa to himself He says that the.honorbelongs to Orderly *ier"eant lieartly, Co. C. who fell dead in the at trnmt, and Orderly Sergeant (now Lieutenant) Mtei-s. Co. Cr, who succeeded inbearing oft the pre*. clous bunting) receiving only ft Blight wound-. MW YORK CITY. {Special Correspondence of The Pre**} - Nkw Yorrk, May 5, 1363. THE ARREST OF VALLANBIGHAM, aa repotted by telegraph from the West, occasions a profound sensation in this sensitive-community, and affords a topic of conversation which is none the lees relishable because ft comes at a? time when we are all in a fever for news. All loyal men are exultant to hear that the insolent leading traitor of Ohio has at length been compelled to take the first step towards the hempen lionets he' has so - long seemed inching to attain j but there is deep conster nation, not to be disguised by noisy bravado, in the ranks of those rowdy political serfs who were so eager to applaud the traitorous utterances of the Western Catiline when he last defied the rostrum of this city with his presence. If it be true that Val landigham has indeed been arrested by the soldiers of the United States, the Government has at length struck a blow for its self respect and dignity which is worth half a dozen victories over the rebel? in the field. The men who, through good and-through evil report, have sustained the Administration in its great national duty of war from the firefc \ who have sent their eons, brothers, and friends, to fight the battles of the Union, and given their r.veans freely to the unconditional cause of loyalty—these men have good reason: to take courage and banish all doubts from their minds, if the ringleaders of all the rebel spies and traitors around our hearthstones is' arrested at last! Imagine how the World , Express, and Journal of Commerce will rave, as they feel “the halter draw ’’ in thiß act of long-delayed but unim peachable justice. Imagine how it would delight the Woods, and other subordinates, to .fill the streets with their mob of bar-room mal contents this afternoon, all ripe for riot and satur nalia over the fall of their head bully—if they dared *. But these domestic foes of the State are notable cowards ; they bluster loudly enough while they can do so with impunity, and talk as bravely g Jupiter Tonans j but the moment the disturbed lion begins to move uneasily in his sleep, they suddenly collapse into very mean specimens of shakers in their shoes. THE GREAT BATTLE still bewilders our senses as provokingly as though it were one of the mythic fruits of Tantalus. All we know about it up to the present hour is, .that when last heard from there was nothing decisive, though the doubt was in favor of Gen. Hooker. Mr. I*. L. Crouse, the Times’ correspondent, whose reportofthe preliminary battles up to Sunday afternoon, beats the EeraWs -meagre account out of sight, and leaves all the other papers at leaßt two days behind time, reached here direct from Frede ricksburg and Chancfllorville, and is the main au thority for all that we yet kno w about the great cul minating struggle. Though he does not admit that the rebels -had made any headway against ;fche vast armies hemming them in before heleft, it can be seen plainly enough that he is not sanguine of an imme diate overwhelming victory for Hooker. His report, which is the best battle description yet inspired by the war, is at once favorable to anticipations of a final Unioji victory, and non-committal as to the time and additional means likely to be requisite for that consummation.. So we can only await the tardy drippings of the telegraph with suspended emo tions, praying for the best, but not unprepared for the worst. Another twenty*four hours must tell the whole, story, either by the aid, or in spite of, the te legraph.- THE CONSCRIPTION is expected to commence here some time between the first and middle of June, as the list of liable wrb all made out long ago, and it only rer mains for the deputy marshals to be appointed; Col. Nugent, our new provOßt marshal, is getting every thing ready /or the turning of the wheel, Mid taking the proper measures for enforcing the law in case of any attempt at resistance. ~ MISS DICKINSON is becoming famous to an extent that will make her next ovation capable of attracting at least fifty thou sand auditors. The Herald imitates the World, to day, in saluting her with ribald insult, and George Francis Train and the Chevalier Wikoff have pub lished letters in the former paper to show that they are too. much cut up by her sarcasms to think of noticing bier. Considering that Train is a harlequin gone mad, and the Chevalier a snob long sent to Coventry, it would hardly pay Mies Dickinson to trouble lier pretty head about either of them. THE PRIZE FIGHT iB yet to be heard from at this 3 P. M., and the friends of the rival bruisers are in great tribu lation lest their prize brutes hare been pounced upon by the police, and consigned to durance vile. This is something almost too .good for decency to hope for j and if the storm has. not prevented, it is probable that Messrs. Coburn and McCoole are well-banged specimens of ruffianism by this time. About five thousand delightful-looking gentlemen, with such faces aB. you see most frequently in the Gallery” andaround the City Hall, left this place for your city in the .7.30 train last evening, for the pur pose of witnessing the delectable spectacle. If they could all be drafted into the army while they are away, the criminal calendar of the next six monthß would be a glorious improvement upon the last. PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS last evening were worthy of. better weather than they had to quicken them. The opera of “Aroldo, 5 * by Verdi, was given at the Academy of Music, for the first time in America, before a regular wet-night audience. Madlle Brignoli, and Signori Mazzoleni and Bellini, both sang and acted with great spirit in the principal roles.- the audience applauded at pro per intervals, but the opera created no marked im pression. The hew comedy at Wallack’s, called “ Lost and Won,” is a slight story of French in trigue and courtly jealousies, based upon the rivalry ,of two magnificently-dressed belles of the Court of Louis XIII. It is, of course, an adaptation. Its merits are all negative; it is not it is not too heavy ; it is not offensive to the moral senses. . THE “DAILY NEWS,”' otherwise known as the particular.paper over which Mr. Benjamin Wood presided at the outbreak of the war, and which was excluded from the-mails for its blatant treason, is to come to life again on the 18th proximo, under the same editorial direction as be fore. The Honorable Benjamin will never be con tent,' until he shares the fate of his friend Vallandig liam. • THE IRON-CLAD “PASSAIC,” ■which was pretty well battered in the late demon stration against Charleston, has arrived here for re pairs. Some delay may be experienced in fitting her out, as all the monitor workmen are on a strike at presentj and seem determined to permit no work until their dernandis allowed. STUYVE3ANT. THE CITY. JFO2 ADDITIONAL CITY NEWS SEE EOUSTH PAGE.} Help for tile Army. At a meeting of the Committee on Hospital Sup plies of the Philadelphia Association of the U. S. Sanitary Commission, ’ held on Tuesday evening, May 5, 1863, the following preamble and resolutions were, on motion of Mr; S. V. Merrick, adopted: Whereas , the pending severe battle in Virginia will tax the utmost energies of the Sanitary Commission to relieve the sick and wounded soldiers of the Resolved, That the Editors of our city papers be requested to call upon our benevolent citizens ts> send money immediately to the Treasurer of the Commission, Caleb Cope, Esq., and to send supplies, in kind to the Women’s Branch Committee,’at the Depository, No. 1307 Chestnut street. OH AS. HARTSHORNE, Secretary Com. on Hospital Supplies. The Late Col. Speak.— Col. George Spear, late of the 61st Pennsylvania Volunteers, who is reported among the killed in the recent fight at Fredericksburg, was a resident of Philadelphia, having resided for a number of years in the lower section of the city. . He was about 37 years of age, and before the breaking out of the war was engaged in the lime business. He was an industrious and hard-working man, and much esteemed by. all who knew him. At one time he w&b connected with a military organization/in this city known as the Minute Men of ’76. He afterwards organized a company known as the Continental Guardß. At the time of the firing on Sumpter ’ Aie commenced to recruit a company for the war, but.men were so plenty that a whole regiment was formed and dialled the 23d Pennsylvania Volun teers, and placed under the command of Col. Dare. Spear had command of Company A. About this time it was rumored that the rebels were marching on Perry vilje, when A, under Captain Spear, without knapsacks or blankets, marched to the protection of that place. They remained there for a few, days, when they were joined by the,- balance of . the regiment, . Spear was subsequently • elected major of the regiment. At the end of three months the regiment returned to this city, and commenced to recruit for three-years service. The numbers were soon swelled to fifteen hun dred men, and placed under the command Jof ■ Colonel Birney. The regiment, being filled so rapid ly, retained its old number, the 23d Pennsylvania Volunteers, Five of the companies were taken from the regiment while at Washington, and conso- lidated with the 61st Regiment, Colonel Ripley, re cruited at Pittsburg, but not complete. Colonel Spear went with the five companies, and held the rank of major. ;At the battle of Fair Oaks, the Colonel of the 6lst was killed, and Spear was selected for the position he held at the time of his death. He was engaged in most of the battles during the present war, and, ; at the Fair Oaks fight, was wounded and taken prisoner. He waß a kind and just officer, and much respected and loved by those of his command. Presentation oiA Flags to New Jer sey soldiers.—A correspondentol the New Jersey Advertiser gives an interesting account of the visit ofiGbrenior Parker to the camps of the New Jersey soldiers,' recently in camp, on the Potomac, on the occasion' of presenting the magnificent stand of color!! (made to order, at the great military establish m'entof Messrs. Evans &■ Has3ftll, of this city} to the Ist 2d, and 3d -New Jersey Begiments. The Go ■versor was attended! by his, staff; among whom were Quartermaster General Perrine, Lieutenant Colonel - BaJfrrty, and Major . Acton. The command for the day devolved upon Ooloael Brown, on account of ths.illneas of General Torbert. After unfurling the colors," the usual salute —presenting of armß, .dip ding of colot*, and rolling of drums—Governor Par ker- addressed the brigade in a. characteristically .eloquent and patriotic speech, in which he referred to tbe gallant cervices of the New.Jeraey troops at: 'WilljanisbufgVPair o»ks, Gaines’ Will, White Oalc Swftmp, WaWerxi HiR, Grampton Pass, and Aptie ram 1 ,:. were presented by Governor* Paikcr on the authority of the Legist atu re o fthe- State of New Jersey .and were received by the- cor lonela of their respective regiments.in a- becoming manner. After the presentation; the Governor vi~ eitedeach regiiaent .separately, anil was most eo>is dially received by officers and men. . Pbobabx® Ho^aciuE).—A. cutting herself Ann W. Turney, who 3ayß she lives afcGp hoekpink, 5» the Kineteenth ward, waatftUeatotbe Southwark Hall last eveaing-by. &Ir. O. Toia9 v who. resides near Schuylkill Point. brought-her to the city in a wagon. She appeased, to nave boon so badly beaten that Lieutenant Hampton sent her to yennsylvania Hospital.. She was takon to this institution by Oftlceia teeming and Tlobinaon. The s'oiwds, that Mt. Toms found her on League Island; whither she had been taken, as she Bhid, by a man-who beat her. after bavifig accomplished his purpoße some men ,apprbaohed ( and he fled and . ; i-soaped. The woman was almost insensible .when. j -iaken in charge by Mr. Tome, .-It was thought;.last I evening that Bhe,could not aurvivo the treatment Bbebnd received, A Prize Pigdit in Maryland, IN WHICH TWO rtrOILISTa OF NEW TOBIC, NAMED - COJVtfKK AND ra’COOLIS, YJGHT VOK THtt CHAM riONSHIP OF AMttRICA ANDTWO THOUSAND DOl> DAKS—3IXTIT-SICVKN ROUNDS ARK ROTJ’OfIT—CO -11DEN BECOMES “CJIAMIMON OF AMERICA” AND JU’COOLE, BRUI6KD, RtSATKN, AND IS CAKUIED AWAY IN A WAGON. Not long ago, in one of the principal magazines, there was a loDg attempt at verse, the fine theme’of whose metre was furnished by the two favorite prize-fighters of the world. The scene which oc curred yeßterdsy will, pevhaps, provide’ with an idea some poetic newsmonger, or give a wrinkle to the spirit of that class which has now become extsaet—penny-e-liniog poetasters; The affair which cacne off yesterday was of that deeply interesting nature which marks all afs*ir3-of the kind. The grounds themselves teemed with that life and variety of life which give so great a zest to a championship- contest, The stakes were driver, into the giound> at about five o’clock icr the moining. As early as three o’clock, interested tra vellers were lurking and fettering around,. surveying the misty river, making beta to themselves, fjnd swearing in whispers of fistic fury. The ground itself was chceen . with much care. The position at first. selected was subse* voted too swampy. Some of the friends of Mr. Coole thought that this idiosyncracy oi soit 'would suit him. The place itself was not hard, to miss to any in the least interested in finding it. Charlestown, Maryland, situated on an arm. of the Chesapf ake, was the favored spot, and perhar>3 the place was in many respects all that could be desired. The gentle declivity of the river side offered a.suffi ciently level space to be considered eligible. The locality was secluded, and yetr near enough to the etty to present the greatest facilities ia' being reached. The men themselveo were presumed to be in fine condition. Coburn andMcCoole are too well knpwD to require more than mere mention. Their natural qualifications, the education which they have undergone, and in whose acquirements they may indeed be said to excel, fi t them for the arena which they have chosen. The news of a prize fwht is always sure to awaken interest, at all times and everywhere. The prize was two thousand dollars, and as early as yesterday one hundred thousand dollars was said to have. been, wagered. Bullies, bruisers, and gambling rowdies share their interests on these occasions with men oi less unrefined pro clivities. . The swindler comes to have a fellow-feeling for the civilian, if such distinction may be made, and the blackguard feels the same concern, affected by the delicate-complexioned, lilac-gloved fop, whose hair is as white as his bootß are black. On account of. these combined peculiarities it is more than ordi narily interesting to make a microscopic observa tion of Buchacrowd. There is always sure to be some proportion of those -pseudo young men whose heads look like eggs, with beards to them, and eye-holes punched through. There is always sure to be a majority of murderous-look ing‘swaggerers, who look as though they would like to drink your blood for pastime, and make charms for the watch-chaiDS they have stolen from you out of the rib nearest the heart. There is, too, /the everlasting reporter on the spot, with an eternal pencil and iufinite note* book, peeping, and poking, and ferreting, and learning howto be all things to all men. There are likewise women-stragglers-Miad w6men, and women who are no better than they should be. There are boys who are burning to be thieves," and hoary*: old wretches who- can never be anything else. And the inte rest evinced by . all these classes is a complete unison of complexity. They climb trees, they lie flat on the roofs of houses, they get up on barrels, they balance theniselves on planks, they go out into the river, and they speculate and bet, and smoke and swear, and chew and drink, snd swagger r and stagger in a most delightful state of disgusting self-complacence.. On Monday night the New. York sporting houses were deserted, and all of McCooie’s and Coburn’s friends had gone off in a string to the scene of the strife. , The Saturday evening train . brought very many to Philadelphia. Johnny Roach, Harry Hill, Michael Norton, Jim Hughes, J. C. Orem, Sam Davie, Jim Collins, Jack Lawrence, Tom O’Donnell, Jake Roome, Tom McCoy, Pete Gallagher, apd many others, came on and lent their beneficent influence to..the affair. These names alone were sufficient to insure ah indisputable prestige. Those familiar with these faces, contem plated the procession with dumb astonishment, and perhapß their astonishment should not be a matter of wonder, although the general good order was. On Monday morning the \\% Wilmington train conducted these distinguished arrivals farther South, and enabled them thus to complete the in teresting programme. It is not to be denied that the men themselves, Coburn and McCoole, were each as confident of winning as they were well-trained »nd well-looking. . Those who have the least idea of the-hardships of the training process, and of the perfection which such physical education, obtains for a man, could appreciate thetesults as evident in both of the com batants. Physical and pugilistic perfection appear to have genei ally been thought to go together. Per haps they do. The handsome human .beasts who stand up to knock each other down are the sweet est morsels of repulsion and disgust which can be - swallowed by the intellectual rake. The pure and smooth skin, the lucid com plexion, the absolute integrity of bone and muscle, are something to envy as well as to admire. The state of the skin, of the lungß, and of the bowels; the driiik, the diet, the clothing, the discipline, are all attended to by .the capable trainer with the ut most rigidity. It need hardly be said that the patience of the crowd was sorely tried. Many were under the hal lucination that thefun would commence atdaybreak, A few of the more hardened ventured to name 2 P._ M. as the probable hour. One or two were so.utterly ■? "wretched and depraved as to disbelieve in it altoge ther. However, the fight did come off, and com menced exactly at the hour those who knew moat about it prophesied. There were then about twen ty.five hundred present, and every available point of the ring was seized upon. Baltimore, New York, Washington, Philadelphia, were all repre sented. I2zy Lazarus, Dublin Tricks, William. Hastings, and others of equal importance repre sented themselves. The sale of “seats,” inside the ropes, was, price one dollar. Ned Price was the re feree.” Jim Kelly and Johnny Roach were the seconds of Mr. Ooole, and .Tim Ousick and Hen. Winkle the seconds for Coburn. A scientific and jninuie account of the fight will neither be given nor expected here. Enough to say that the combatants met and encountered each other in that friendly style which is one of the most delightful amenities ol such An occasion. They smiled grimly, and shook hands affectionately. In the becoming undress of the arena, they commenced the first round of the gladiatorial exhibition. To be brief, the number of rounds was sixty-seven, and the fight lasted an hour and thirieenminutes. Both men behaved with great pluck, and Coburn obtained the honor, first, of bap tizing his adversary’s nose with a baptism of blood. McCoole went sooften that many wondered how he ever got over again, and the sixty-seven • rounds - themselves furnished points that’ would have taxed the vocabulary of the professional pugilist and trainer. The general dimensions of McCoole give one some reason to look for a due proportion in every part. Buthis shoulders, though good, are not bo herculean, nor are "his legs so xnuacularly con formed as one would very naturally expect. Coburn . is exceedingly well-knit, and at once evinces, in ge neral configuration, the strength and reserve force of a complete unity of parts. McCoole proved ineontestibly that he was no slight subject to handle, but when the sixty-seventh round was fought, he was unable to come up to time, and the referee decided the conteßt in favor of Coburn. The latter walked up to the hotel appa rently unhurt, McCoole was accommodated with a cart, and managed to get up stairs between his two aiders and abettors, . The crowd then made a grand rush for. the caTB, squeezed themselves into them, and by were on their way rejoic ing. The amount of betting was something to inte rest any one. The uproar and the excitement could be heaid for somedistance, andfurnished subjects of speculation and inquiry for miles .around. - This eJegantand agreeable affair, will, it is hoped, be even longer an object of remembrance than it has been of contemplation. To add unnecessary words in this description would be like painting the lily, or like blackening patent-leather boots. That McCoole weighed one hundred and eighty*one pounds, and Coburn one hundred and fifty-five, furnishes to all data by which to determine their capacity to sustain and give shocks. Both men deserved well in a certain way At the hands oi their admirers, and both men re ceived their deserts. The affair has awakened that attention which is usually voted to such. Coburn passed through the city last night, and went to New York, where he will be equally w_ett received, fc- McCoole, wounded, helpless, , arid bleeding, was placed in a wagon and taken to a tavern in the neighborhood. Coburn is the champion of America. Presentation to Col. Peyton at Had- doki' jeli?—Speeches by Hon. Horace Maynard and Judge Shannon.—That pretty, quiet little Quaker village, Haddonfleld, Had its usual serenity disturbed on evening, in a manner quite to the liking of-its staid, sober-minded citizens. A flourishing Union Club, presided over by. Dr. A. D. Woodruff, holds its monthty—and upon >occasion more frequent —love-feasts in the drab-colored Town Hall, where the affairs of the nation, in . the absence of speakers from abroad, are discussed with as much earnestness, if not eloquence, by the members, as though no siDgle traitor lurked within the bosom of Cooper’s creek Yalley. The programme set down for the evening in ques tion was perhaps the best that the club has yet had the honor to present to the public. A number of the friends of Colonel J. E. Peyton, in testimony of their appreciation of his character as a good citizen and gentleman, as well ns of the good service he has done in putting two regiments in the field, had united in procuring a handsome and serviceable gift, .in the shape'of a pair of silver-mounted revolvers, to be presented to him on Monday evening. The pre sentation, on behalf of the donors, waß made by Mr. Wm. Hutchison, formerly a resident of Haddonfleld,. now of Camden, in a speech of some length, the general purport of which was “the injustice that had been done too many like his friend, the Colonel,, by those who leaped to the hasty conclusion that, because'a man happened to ; have been born South,, he must of necessity, share- the feelings and desires of the pejjured leaders in this most infamous rebel lion who reside there. Colonel-Peyton, in a few fitting words, accepted the gift, promising to cherish it,-while-life lasted, a* the offering of his friends and a pleasant reminiscence of Haddonfleld. The presentation over, the Hon. Horace Maynard, of Tennessee, here, upon the invitatiolTof.the club,, thiough Colonel P., rose to address the audience. . Mr. Maynard portrayed the Bufferings of. the people of his own home—Eivaterir Tennessee —their wrongs, their privations; the cruelties ioflicted upon them.;., by their devilish foes; their devotion to the, Union, and their unalterable purpose to await, in faith and patience, tke hour-of their jedemption, which he (Mr. M.) thought was rapidly drawing nigh, inas much as Governor . Johnson had recently received authority to raise a force for this special purpose, one brigade of which is about to be recruited and com manded by Colonel Peyton; ' '_ - ' . Mt. Maynard was followed by Judge Shannon, of Pittsburg, Pa., in a most eloquent speech of nearly an hour. His Honor, showed up in most forcible, though far from flattering style, the present position, of the so-called “ Democratic leaders,” at the* North and South, contrasting the happy memory of the dead Douglas, with the bad eminence of that arch apostate and rebel chief Breckinridge. The Judge analyzed with much clearness, and exposed, with great force the fallacy of those “ Democrats?’ who distinguish between the Government and the Administration’; 1 * discrimination, in his opinion, with only the tangible difference that it seems to* mark those whomake use of it as traitors at heart, wherever their may be. '• - During’ the delivery.of the speeches the orators were frequently interrupted by vociferous- cheers, the manifestations of the : hearty, approval,. bv? tne audience, of all that WasAaitU. : After a vote of thanks to the speakers, the Clnb adjourned *at a late- hour,, feeling tbatit had indeed a “guid .night,” and one long to be remembered. | • -, • Address yon the Presbyterian 1 TOKicAL-. Society.—The annual address in behalt . of the Presbyterian Hiatoiicabbociety was-delivcred* last night in the Tenth Presbyterian. Churchy corneß of Twelftfciand Walnut streets, .by Rev;, Albert? Barneßi subject being “ Presbyterianism—its* affinities The 367th hymn was: first-sung; after- ; which, a no*B wrb read from the Rev; Dr. Board iuan stating that indisposition prevented him. from attending the/ meeting. A prayer -was then entered by Dr. Darling, and the address was commenced. Tho speaker said as man- al ways examined the intrinsic nature of bodies, and their affinities, sc.also it waa with.the professors.; gJ moral science and nsligion, Presbyterianism, was a.system of governraaat in the'Chuich distinguished from indeper.dene?). whichhas become- combined with Calvanism so.otoaely that at- is frequentlyhe lieved to be the principal thing. Presbyterianism believes Christ to..bothe head of the Church, in whose people dwells the power in the Church. This power is distinct from-' the-- State* both of which with the Church webeiieve to be characterized by order. Thepower of tho Government is iiiruted and bounded: by the ConstitsJion* which is the ex pression oS the power of the it proscribes what should be done, and' what should not be done may be-known by not. baing: found there, and our Constitution ib our BibU. ■ The address was listened to all through with . marked ‘attention, &2d was as ably delivered as it ’ was v;ell written. HorticoLTtm ai, Society.—A meetiug oi the ILoiticultusal Society waa held last evening safr their hall, Broad and Walnut sh eets. An the intcrlor arrangement of greenhouses by Henry A. Dreer. *'•. Ward Elections. —The members of the ■ Constitutional- Uhion i>Bi-ty of tlie variousuvum I elected judges and inspectors last evening, to oonJu.t the electaoß o£ delegates to be he*i V,:> a<jttQH aSsbt. The Rain en 1663.—At the Smithsonian Institute, in Washington, an accurate measurement of the rain that falls is kept, and from the report as published we present the following statement oF the measurement of the rain during the four first months of 1862 and 1863: 1862. 1863. January.......... 4.7 4.3 February 4.0 4.3 March 6,2 6.6 April., 0.0 6.0 From this it seems that the fall of rain in these months in 1562 exceeded that in 1863 by eight-tenths of on inch ; and in April by'o'neinch. In both years, however, the fall of rain in these months was unu sually great. In 1861, it was but 10‘.r :• in iB6O, 98; in 1859, 16 3; in 1858, 89; in 1857, &»; and in 185$, 9.1. These measurements are all in inches and tenths. The number of days on which rain fell during the first four months of 1862 and 1863, were as fol lows ; 1362. 1863. January ......14 10: February ..15 13 March 11 18 Apri1 1 ..... - 14 io Lay Delegation of tile Methodist Episcopal CnuncH.-E.ast evening a meeting of the laymen of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Philadelphia was held at the Trinity KL Church for the purpose of selecting delegates to represent the MeJhodists of this city, at the Lay Delegation Convention to be held in New York, on the 13th. instant. About sixteen of the Methodist Episcopal chuTebea in this city were represented. Mr. William Rhoads waß called to the chair, and Mr. E. Jones appointed secretary. A committee, consisting of one member from the churches represented at the meeting,-was appointed to obtain delegates front their respective churches, and to report at a meeting to be held on Saturday evening next. The Con* vention to be held in New York is expected to be a very large affair, and every loyal State will be re presented. We are indebted to Mr. T. Croft, purser of the United States mail steamship Continental just arrived at New York, for files of recent New Orleans papers. The Continental made the run from New Orleans m six days and ten hours. In consequence of tlie prize fight m Maryland there was no meeting at the Democratic Club room last evening. Our Municipal Elections, To the. Editor of The Press Sm: All- admit the necessity of selecting more faithful and patriotic men to represent us in the Legislature and City Councils. To attain this re sult it is urged that a more careful attention must be given to the primary meetings for choosing dele gates. This is a remedy in which few will have permanent confidence. Experience teaches it iB not reliable. The true remedy is to break up the dele gate ejßtem, and thus destroy the machinery of the ring. This can be easily and effectively done by carrying out the following suggestions, to wit: amend the Constitution so as to pro vide— , First. That for all elective offices a majority of the whole number of votes cast therefor shall be neces sary to constitute an election thereto. Second. That in all cases where a majority of the whole iB not obtained ,by any candidate, the two highest on the return shall be referred back to the people for selection from. Third. Provide for two elections; one to beheld say on the third Tuesday of September, when any and all may be voted for; the-second on the third Tuesday of October, when only the two highest on the return, and so referred back, can be voted for. Fourth. Provide expressly that no ncompensation shall be given to the officers holding the elections. If the above features were inserted in the Consti tution the practical effect would be to greatly multi ply the election districts—because doing so would not involve great, expense. This would tend to greatly reduce frauds in voting, and, what iB moredangerous, in counting the votes. It would also so multiply 'candidates at the first election as to enable citizens to select and vote for those whom they conscien tiously regard honest and capable, without compro mising their fidelity to party opinions or prejudices. We should soon have citizens consenting, from pa triotic motives, to be candidates for both the Legis lature and Councils, whose election would assure radical reform of existing abuses, and purge legisla tion of its monstrous frauds. In this way the pub lic could secure the services of those whose honesty and capacity is beyond question or doubt. The nomination by the ring would soon be a condemna tion rather than a source of strength to the candi date. I am, sir, yours very truly. PHILADELPHIA. The Patti Excitement in Tenioe. —The en thusiasm of the Viennese population for Mite. Patti has assumed an alarming phase. It is announced that this charming singer sang on Easter Sunday at the church of the Augustines, which, was crowded at an early, hour by an eager throng. The pressure was bo great, in fact, that many persons fainted. On leaving the church. Mile. Patti was accompanied by an enormous crowds and the popular enthusiasm was shown by loud applause, and other demonstra tions. The anxiety of the : crowd to see the young artiste wrb so great that she was separated for a mo ment from her carriage, and the lady who accompa nied her. In vain she assumed, an air of supplica tion, and tried.to force he'rself a passage. She was at last borne away by the crowd, obliged to take refuge in Prince Palffy’s palace. Fortunately, the lady’B maid, of the Countess Ferrari Zichy, had viewed the scene from the balcony, and, quick as thought, she darted down the stairs, admitted Mile. Patti, who was more dead than alive, and then.shut the door in the face of the crowd. The music-mad Viennese were not satisfied, and their excitement became more intense. Uttering deafening cries, they broke open the door, rushed up the stairs, and were on the point of entering some of the rooms, when the Princess de Palffy appeared, and by her calm and dignified attitude, so much subdued the crowd, that they retired, and quitted the palace. Mile. Patti was greatly alarmed by this occurrence, and was not able to sing in the evening. A gallant knight, of versatile talents, renowned at Teignmouth, iB about to lead to the hy menial altar a lady of great personal charms. Their united ages are 102 years, and of these the lady has 23. FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. THE MONEY MARKET. ; The exciting news being hourly sent over the wires from the neighborhood of the Rappahannock, i> absorb ing the interest of alljclasses of people. The moneyed fra ternity are 1 ot behind the rest, and everything on Third street is giving way to the desire fox news. Early in the morning gold fell to 146J£, but rallied before 3 o’clock to 152; on the rumor that the French Minister had been with drawn from "Washington. Toward the close the price fell off toloO>£, at which figure it stands at P. M. Government securities continue strong. The stock market was infected hy the outside influence, and while New .York was wild with speculation, Philadelphia was deeply intent upon the recital of war matters. State fives • advanced ; Reading sixes K ; Pennsylvania R,'R. mortgages were strong; Schuylkill Nav. sixes, ’s2.rose K; Cly sixes were steady, the new at lllia, the old at 107; Elmira, preferred shares sold at 54, Minahill at 60X. Beading at 47, Philadelphia and Erie at 23#, Peuu sj’lvania at 6-1 North Pennsylvania was the only active stock on the list, being in demand at#®?*, advance. New Creek sold at 1. Big Mountain, at 4®4>£, Morris Canal at 70. Race and Vine Passenger at 13, an advance of 1; Thirteenth and Fifteenth-streets at 33. The market was steady at the close. $15,003 in. bonds, and 4,303 shares changed hands; JDrexel & Co. quote: United States Bonds, 18S1 .............107 @10744 United States Certificates of Indebtedness....lCl; 1 5@10244 T3mtedStai.es 7 3-10 Notes . - 1C6J4®107 Quartermasters’ Vouchers #@l34d. Orders for Certificates of Indebtedness ?4d- Gold. ...49 @5O p. Demand Notes 49 @5O p. New Certificates of Indebtedness. 99?»©9974 Messrs. M. Schulze & Co., No. 16 South Third street, quote foreign exchange for the steamer Persia, from New York, as follows; Philadelphia, MayJs, ISSI liOndon, 60 days’ sight 163 @165 80. 3 days 164 @166 Paris, 60 days’ sight StSTrfmSf-tiK Do. 3days .- SPSS @3t*o Antwerp, 60 days’ sight 3f3734@3f4^44 Bremen, 60 days’ sight I.IS @llO Hamburg, 60 days’ sight f> iH@ 55# Cologne. 60 days ? sight • *los @lO9 Leipsic, 60 days’ sight **lOS @lO9 Berlin, GO days’ sight* -710 S @lO3 Amsterdam, 60 days’sight...... 62 @ 63 Frankfort,®) days* sight. 62 @ 63 Market very irregular. The following Banks have declared semi-annual divi dends Commercial Bank 4^cent. South \vaTk Bank 7 Girard 13ai>k. 4 * 4 Consolidation Bank Mechanics’-Bank Commonwealth Bank.... 1 g Farmers'and Mechanics’ Bank 4 gg Tradesmen’s 8ank..... —• 5 4 Manufacturers’and Mechanics’ Bank*..*»»*»»»»»o. Kensington Bank 5 Corn Exchange Bank 5 Philadelphia Bank 5 City Bank 4 Western Bank ..... .................o The New York Evening- Post of to-day says: Tile market opened "strong on Governments and gold, but weak on Border State bonds and railroad shares. Harlem is a-gain-active, and has sold as 93, on rumors that Governor Seymour will not sign the Broad way Railroad bill. The general impression is that the stock would be dea-r at one-half the price, even should the whole of the claims of the company be realized. After the first; board, the share market became more firm,.and an advance of from £sto>* was obtained on m*'st descriptions of shares. The following table shows the principal movements of the market, as compared with the latest anolation ofyes terday evening: <Deo . Ttt. Mon. U. S. 68,1551,re*... 106%'. NS* -" - XJ.fß.te. ISBI, con •••JffiS '"'{E A ns 3 ■9-20 p. c. r.rr. .lOri% 10/ nlO YearCertlf k0H..1G1% 101% U.-S. 1 vr. OeH. currn s cyS9% 99% *• American gold ‘ Mi-- 1 * JR ::: -- Brie.preferred ....102 103% Hudson K1ver.,....... ~125% m > Harlein«*«*»******«»*“** 92 So o: Harlem 9TK Mich. Central 10S.V * Igj • Mint. Southern v.-«<K' - «•* Mich. So. 109 1m Illinois Central scrip.... 91 jjj Pittsburg S.l *»* ” 1 ofevSa’lid and Toieio 110 IH^ •Ciiicacoi Rock Island-- «43» F%' 9 POrt-Wnyne.. --67 «' *, - Qnickxjlver Co ~ • •• , $2 T aSw t o&'ed'it'i«*, end after rWng.to.lSl. on rnmor: from the army.i closes at 1495 i an we go to press. FvcLnbfi'e has , 'beeu- moderately ac»tVO at 164%, and thaVrioo Has approximateduiore .nearly to that of sold. ; n’jw advance of irhe latter sine© tho finst session ot th 9 hcavd, however, has put a check upon,the course of bu siness. ■ • -'• - : - Plilla..Stock Excli: [Report ed'by S. B. Siatmiki - FIRST B IflGO Sohl Nav Ss ’S2 S43j I 2?fo d0.*~........b5 85 . 14Piila 1 Ifl 0 Gitr 6* 3575.-107 500 do« v ..i... 107 1 200 106 2000- do New.......*111% 200 do* 106 M ' 400> do-several ctfs.lo6>£ ’22ooPenn* os IS6S ......lOVft 175 New Creek bonds. 25- lSßlSairaßPref* 5V SECOND 7CON?v Creek IV l . Mountain 4x 1 1130; do. 4%\ 353-1 S Peunaß......bfruSifl ■ Ml* : do-..»l'2|i -153 d 0..... ...-.12% SO do +JOB I‘2& ' CLOSING PEIS By.'4f®c& VSfe’a. lffr }&*. 057.80 Motes...K&H 10; Americas Gold-llf PMla 6b old m *■ t>o MW.-.-UW iUeco&R..-.- ■ Ul' 4 l Me’W-liM 105 | Do con,»l't4 n 106 I Pflima U..-jliv ojj 65 . ; 65Y iMmSs.CHS . 11SX Do 24 m Ss- 107. Y 10SK littl»adnnrlß-- 463 i Slosslo-O I !jaasol 70>J 71 lio. JMMiOs-lSi 140 Do telfS.... •• •So -Jiaitg..... •• Soso C&astl.-.*" Do 8s Vi,.. <i Ulttira H.,. ;:.5S' '.fc-if ‘ 1 T.Tskad’B-exilv SO SI Ln-Ua,Ger&ioj- •• C9K •Vh'K».y«.®".v>lP 1 Do bda-iv., H 1 Semt-weekl\ r Review of the PhUadelphU Markets, Mat s—Evening.5 —Evening. _ There is a moder 3* le business doing in at previous rates. Flour U/ dull. There is a good demand fjr Eye Flour. Wheat rather firmer. Coin is un changed. In Oats there . Ifi les ® doing Provisions are very inactive and prices rah.' ler lo wer. The Iron market continues vpry dull. Fiah arv firmer. Fruit is Without change. In Wool there is very little doing. FLOUR.-—There is very little u emand either for. ship ment or home use; sales comprise >P'£ ut 3.000 bbls, in ducing 399 bbls superfine it $5 87{a,^ 6 400 Ohio family ais7 20@7.3?ftbbl. The retailers t» nd bakers a«e buy ing in a small way at prices ranging . n-JP- sjs-87>£@5. 25 for superfine: $6 si@7 for extras; 8i -Axs-7 75 for e-itra family, and bbl for fancy l accord, ag to quality. Kye Flour is in demaud. w. sale* at £>5.20 bbl. .Corn Meal continues scar- ; . e » .'f » B *J e .?,?£ 100 bbls Penna. at 84.25; Brandvwjae id» ,iedd s*-37>4 © bill. i , GRAlN.—Therehaebeen rather more? dsn n £ l ? Wheat, and prices are firmer, withsaios ofZD.OCO’fca. prime Pennsylvania red at 8).68©I 70feii iel. in store and afloat, and wbite-tttslBU(S>l.yu 3* ba-riseL -Kyetaja demand ut oushel for Peunsylvtaia. ’ or ®} s - in steady demand, with sales of 15,C(i0 basheS# at for prune yeliow, ailott and-in store, and >,IX6. busnels whiteat9lc%l bushel. Gats are-nDohange&vmA com prise about 12,000 bushels at SU@3lc for-Pemmr. vlvaaia and Dela ware, weight. Bailey Malt—2,ooo biwaiw ns sold at 81.65 ir. bushel. ' PfioVIMONS continue dull, and prices are-'Plac eman talcs of new mess Pbrk are making at tWj and prime Pork-ranges av City jne£tf>. • or ship’s stores at $13@1 5, and country ;wrft «& 12.60, for cask. Bacon—Tnere Ls a/farr inquiry foriins wnh sales of plain and faonv bagged at Io^l-ic : ?Be4 ®7c, and Shoulders at cash. Small Salas’ •o' Vi L NSA Basis ari? making at Shi@9M'c; do. in saflt - - & t 7*4©?&c; Sides and- Sn« uldere at i^ r r-v.\ s skies comprise abuut 500 bbls and teacst lo>s ©lie it- 10, mostly at the former rate; begs at and country at 10@10Mc lb. Battar —Thcre*i» ,yoiy little doing, and prices are unsettled; Roll'is sett*-'* ing at ]§©**, and solid packed 16@i8cj3 tb, Cheese' l» duJl at lk@l3c lb, and Eggs at U#lf)c $ doz METALS,—Pig Iren is dull and unsettled. Small sale* of No. 1 Authraute are making, at $35@36, and No. 2 afc 83; ©34 ton, l cash.. Scotch Pig is held at $3O too. Bars and Railt sue selling at 89g@95 for cue former, and*. • ton for the latter, and'the demand less active; Ltad has declined. ■ 100 p;gs Galena sold at 9c cash.. Copper is Sfclljng at 32c for bolts; and 30c for yellow" xneifth . 54 51 BALK.—The stock of Quercitron continues-very l!#ht, with sales ofso hhds latA T o. 1 Tanners'" Bai kisfu m at 816©17 cord. OAMJLtS.—There is very little doing, „ "We quote city made and West* rn adamantine Candles at' 19@z26 cash. * , COAL. —There is a good demand, and the market con tinues active- Shipments South continue large, and orders from the East are coining in Jreely, and prices are firm. COTTON.—The market is dull, with Bales-of'Pome 458' bales fct 6f@66c vtlb. cash, for Middlings. COFFEE. —There is more doing; sales of 600 bags Rio are reported at'32@32^c l i*. Ib, and ICO bags Laguayra at -33c-p lb. cash and 4mos. Fi-A'l HER i arc ratner scarce, and prime 'Western sell lb, Flbb.—Mackerel rather firmer; sales of 400bbls from, first hands on private terms. The store rates are 5>1;"@16 T?t bbl for shore No. 1;512@12 5J for bay do;. B&.7£@lU for No. 2; 55.75@G for 'medium; and $7@7.'25- tor large 3s. The wnarr quotations are 50c t?/bbl below these races. Herring sell at $2.50®3 50 for old a ad-new. Prices of fc'had and Salmon remain as last quoted. FKUiT.—A carg jof Messina Oranges aho Lemons has been disposed oj the wharf on private terms,, aad. paitly resold at SS@.J.7S 1?. box. Raisins are firmly held. at the laie advance. In domestic Fruit tnere 's buv little change. Green Apples are scarce and sell ac s3©l hbL Dried Apples range from s(s ; 6c, and Peaches rromG@il)c- lb for unpared quarters and haives. GUANo is-more inqnired after, and prices of Peruvian are fi>m; sales at £>!)s^ton. BAT iS6el'ingac9st@i>l.lsthelool&s. HOPB axe in limited request at the late decline. Sales of new Eastern and Western at 23@25c, and inferior and Old cropats@l2c^lb. LUMjj>K —There is rather more demand, and prices are sieady for all descriptions, dales of Yellow Pine- Sap Boards at M feet. La its range from 10 81.60 for cargo lots. Bemlock Lumber sells-at 89©LQ. Shingles are Eellicg freelj r at previous rates. MuLaSsES. —Tlie stock of Cuba is very much reduced. Sales ot 600 bbds, including Muscovado, at 43@43>4c; Clayed at 37@oSc, and 200 bbls New Orleans at 37@tec, ca&h an<i time. w IN nVAL STORES. —Ro*in sella i& a email way at s2s® 26 for common, aud $28@30 for Nos. 1 and 2.- Tar and Pitch remain without change. Spirits Turnent'n« meets a-limited inquiry, withe-nail sales at 5>3.30@3.35 gallon, cash. OILS. —Fish Oils are dull but steady, aud the demand, confined to stove lots. Linseed Oil ia rather firmer, and. selling at 150 c gallon. Lard Oil is nominally held at 9i@luG<;. <'oal Oil is very firm, with sales of 1,800 bbla crude af 21@24c; refined, in bond, at 37@39c, and free afc gallon, as to quality. PIASTER comes forward slowly, and soft is wanted at ton. RICE. —There is but little here. Sales of Rangoon, in lots, at7>i@Bifc,‘ c;i*b. ckiedy at Bcfl.it). SE-ELS are neglected, 'J he receipts of Clover-eed con tinue small, and it sells in lots at $5.25@5.50 61 lb s. the latter figure for prime quality. * Timothy ranges from. §l. fit @2 25Flaxseed at 53.25 r f> bush. SALT.— 355 tons ground, in bulk, haa arrived to & dealer, aud 650 sacks Ashton's has been disposed of on pjivate terms. SPiHITS continue dull a.td unsettled, and sales or 15 randy atd 6m limited. N. E. Rum is-steady at 6-s@sBc. Whisky is more active, with of Pennsylvania and Ohio bbls at 45@46c. aud drudge, in lots, at 44c SUGAR. —There is a belter feeling in- the market, the demand, both forrefining.ana the supply of the trade, is improving Sales of 1,50 J hbds, mostly Cuba, at 10@llI4c, Porto Kico l]@Tlfe c, and I*» T ew Orleans at B£c for com mon, up to 11& c for prime, cash and t-me. ; TALLOW is more inquired after; sales of city renderetL hi ve been made at and country atlol£c ft>. s WOOL continues dulV but prices are firmer,, with, small sales low medium Fleece at &o@Ssc, cash. The following are the receipts of flour sind grain at this port to-day Ashe?: —Pots are quiet and steady, with small sales at $5.25. Pearls continue nominal at s9.T2>£. Bkeadstuees.—TJte market for State and’ Western Flour is dull, and prices are without- material change. , The sales are 6,000 bbl> at 85 85@6 for super line State §6.4f@6.65 for do; 85.9G@6.U5 for superfine Micaigaa, Indiana, lowa,. Ohio, etc;■*6*so@7 for extra do—in cluding shipping brands of round-hoop Ohio at $6.90-* @7.(5. and trade brands do 67.11)@5. Southern Flour is dull and unchanged; sales 453 bbl 3 at 86 81@7.25 for superfine Baltimoro, and 87.3U@9.75f0r extra do Canadian Flour is dull and prices are the same;'sales -4Cohbls at 86.50®6.75 for superfine, and $6 80@S for extra., brands. ” RyeFiouris dull, with small sales at $i@5.25 for the; range of fine and superfine. Corn Meal is scarce and Eteady. We.quote Jersey at 84 15@4 20, Brandywine 84; 62>2, Puncheons 82i NVh-at is dull and heav> at 81.'32@1.55 for spring, and sLy£@l.GB for winter red and-amher Michigan. Rye remains dull at 81@1.02. Barley is quiet at 81.32@1> 50,* as • to quality. Oats are dull at SG@S2c for Jersey, and S3@Ssc foi Can ada, Western* and State. * orn is inactive and without essential change; sales -20.000 bushels, at S7@SS& foreouad Western mixed, and Sc@£6 forunsoundrdo. - Beans are-selling at $3.30 for medium and $3,50f0r marrowfats. - Canada yeas are quiet, with sales-of 3,890 bushels at-81.20. Hons. —There was an auction sale of 297-bales to-day, which went ofi'at 17@lS£c-for good to prime. \.Seeps.—Cloverh with sales of 300- bags at S&@9}£c. Timothy is dull and nominal. Rough, flax is quoted at-:SS@3 50. The last sales of Calcatta lin ger <1 were at 83 60. "Whisky is heavy, with' sales of 500 bbls afc4s@4s.Jfc, and 2GO bbls reported at 46e. Mat 5, 1553. Tallow.—"We notice sales of 50,000 lbs Western at lie, BOSTON MARKETS, May 4 —Fr.omt.—The receipts since Saturday have been 3,619 bbls Flour. Market quiet. We quote Western superfine at 86 25@6.50; common ex tra at 87(37:25; medium do at $7 50@7- 75, and good and choice biands, including favorite Sc. Louis at sB@lo 2> i&bbl. Southern Flour is scarce and nominal:’ Gbai>\ —The receipts since Saturday have been6so bus Oats and 600 do Shorts. Cora continues quiet; wequota ordinary to good Western mixed at9U@94c,and Southern and Western yellow at 10Cc rl bus. Oats are firm; sales • of Northern and Canada at Priuce Edward. Island are nominal. Rye Is quiet at bas. Fine Feed and. Middlings range from $36@37p ton. Shorts are scarce and command 837 ton. Pnovtsioxs.—Pork-market is quiec; sales of prime at 81;- @13.50; ofMess at slo@-15.50; clearat Bl7@lB'%i bbl, cash. Beef is steady, with sales of Eastern aud -Western Mess and extra Mess at 811@i4.50 bbL cash, according to quality. Lard' is quiet; sales in bbls and tierces at lf?4@lo>sc t l . R) and in kegs at lIK'T? lb. cash. ' Smoked Finns steady at s>£@9c ib, cash- Butter is dull-at 20@-. 21c ib for good and choice, and at l-s@l6o yt lb for com mon. Cheese continues steady at 7@l4c t*- ib for common to prime. . • singe §a£es, May 5. jr, Philadelphia Exchange.] board. I SMfcw?hiirß.. «.eOJ£j I Vine * -bIO.IS 1000 P2h- Buy Imp 6£bs ST m Reading 6s IS#.. *inc-'£ 2600 'do 1556....3Cft& mSehl Hay Pref.....'-KBS- - ‘ fio.v do Pref 14005 w Creek..'...lots 5- - 160 Big Mountain -.,i SOO Reading II * • -V-? IQOfVßennaß‘idmort BOASD. _ tos/ 4»Behl Nav6s 73.>.,..<0}£ IGO Pft d b a H ■ v ‘ u * ’ ‘v \ -SKC U S 7.30 s binnh:... .108% t 7 i.Sfcb & lStli-stoMfr-. • 33. 22 Morris Canal**. . b5-.70 tfPenaa E.... 5. 12# . 12& 80--- «5..v..*..92. 93 Do Cata'wlssa R.'i'aa.; 7# Do prfd..... 23S »#, •• . ®- | Mi nohill K G)# 'HarrishnrgS. rWllmteKbsJ».«. •• Lehigh rp »»♦ i tx u AA . Do sh&wis. •- "£■* Qstohto&l&i''' I **-■ phila JOstle 68.. v. - ... Son &■ Erie 7ft* ••» •• * • Delantaw Div Do.- M 5...... .... Spi-aca-strest .3»-. 1% 15% Ar*h-streetli.... 27 5& Kace-3treet X ... 12.1 i 12% Tenth-sttaei E.- 49 •; 43 'fhirtaeniih-st E- S 3. SI ; WPhii&8....... 87 6S .Bo homitt... .. Qreen-styeot S-. 4$ 42# Do bonds... R.,» ft7r 59 75: al i Do bonds , ■ •• Fifth-atrost 5..; 60# 61 Do - bonds.;* *_ •» : Girard Collage K 27 $8 i&miitftfttltU-ssß UK - H New York Markets, May 1. OI TY ITEMS . Gregg’s-Excelsior Brick: Press* We were not aware.rmtil recently of there being' such a labor-saving article in our city as the above invention. Upon inspecting this’-'brick-making ma chine in operation,.we fount! it most complete in its nrragemenfc and capabilities, and making regu larly, .by the watch, 42 bricks per minute,- out of clay dry from, the bank, and without ; the admixture of" water. The quality of the brick, burnt and unburnt, which we saw made by the use of the Excelsioir BriokPress, are the finest, firmest,-and most beau tiful that we have ever examined. From an article* in one of our daily papers on the subject of dummy engines for street-cars, as preferable to -horses, we* quote the following: u lii every process of labor whichcanbe cheapen ed, either by the substitution of a less costly work ing power, or the introduction of improved machi nery, the gain*is ultimately the public’s, for the na tural effect of.competition is alwaj-s. to bring down, prices to the-public to the rate-which affords the= imual legitimate* profit 'to-capital. Nothing has tended more to improve the social condition of the mass of mankind, and to-enlarge the conveniences, comforts, and even ;ihe refinements of-social life,, than the continual mechanical improvements which saye or cheapen* labor, and consequently bring, a. greater amount and variety of .productions within. the means-of a .much -wider circle of individuals. What cheapens to the mass of mankind the aeces 'saries or of-life, operates precisely like raising.the stantlard of the wages of labor,- for it gives so much more purchasing.value to It is for this view, therefore, that ail mechanical, improvements are to be encoji» A s ed » laboi^- saving piocesees areto> l '- r<:coinmecic i e{ l-” In no of the age do we believe th& contrast more-strikingly- applicable than, to that of Mr. Isaac Gregg’s - invention, above re ferred to. We are advocates af everything calcu lated to benefit our city, and.to increaseitaimprove-. meDts, and we consider tina-machine-a most impor tant requisite to our building- trade, particularly afe the present time, when labor is unusually scarce. This machine requires less than one-fcaifi Kue num ber of hands to produce* the.same quantity Qf briclc. daily as.by the ordinary, process, aa-we- had de monstrated to our entire satisfaction.. For the in formation of those-interested, we-wUlistate that tha machine is located between- Wood amOHamoud, on. Secondstreet, where-it may be seeu.ay, all who are interested in the. great. labor-BAvisg-. inventions.of" the age.. ■ CLAiUC’S; New-' BEFJBIGEEifIIOK, “ I>K. HaV3£S. } . J, tAs the season is.nc-w-cpeiuog, when, housekeepers and others will be-ixirYßMit of Refrige rators,, we have taken.a glance-air t-he Refrigerator market. In this. department,- Mr. XS. Clask,. I*so-. 100 a Market street, will this- carry off the palm. He has not only had* large force »b weak, for months past, i* getting up, a* A Ho. Xstock of 1 these. indispensable, ho.usehQldrMticlea, hsi: he has 1 brought out an entirely will Btrike every intelligent purebsoer as th©> beat thing of the kind yet given, tothe- spablic in. this, depart ment of the mechanic allude tahia splendid new. “■D^..Hayeß>.’3^olHgfi3Sftfeor, ,, th» superiority of which in its ' epansmical consumption of ice t and its undoubted excellence in Reserving meats and other,ptpvisicni&,the-lS3iagest p«ai,od of time with the leryst expenbq» The gtinciple: upon which it is cpnatjucted wil3 be readHyr undes&tood and apprecia ted upon Hesides> as Mr. Clark is one of t&e largest manufafiSpirersof these articles in this country, he has for selling them far below the ordinaru prices*. 06 to headquarters to make 7Qur Mr. Clark, moreorer, >eing himsfilf a alj&iful mechanic, and sflperintend-- ingthc raanufacirtiyrf, of Ms stocK~perobrially, haß adt* vantages- which. furnish a better arti*. cle for the any of his competitors, and, \vhat-la-mor<K.3sb. r view of the unsettled state e>t ; faiia,.he haiiielfermined, during the coming season, to state, in conclusion, these refrigeratora are v&r aufiwtiuetbin all sixes, for'all purposes, and^t.pricen . xaiying from, thei low. figure of $4 to s2o®aph. ' liMhUs Alt, Help One Asot^,-» Let us all help one another, Ami a heart of kindness Bhow,. _ As down Time’s flowing river, In the boat of Life we row j, SW though rough may be ths.tgea3&*. And thesky be overcast, If we only pull together "We can brave the stoim. at last. Tor 1 he one great law e* Nature, .‘Which waß meant. BBAOkind, to bles3, ‘ Bids us help a fellow-creature,. And tell him how to cheaply dress. 1,950 bbls. 7.109 bos. 5; 500 bos. 6.000 bos.
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