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Government is desirous to obtain all the colored
troops that, can be raised. That the pay, bounty,
clothing, and terms of enlistment will be the same
for colored troops as for white troops; and that au
thority has been given by the Government to Gov.
Andrew of Massachusetts to recruit colored men for
the Massachusetts brigade from all the loyal States.
A pbw miles west of Port Gibson the advance of
General Grant’s army found in a forest by the road?
side two immense piles of bacon, each covering an
area of 2,600 square ieet, piled as, high as the
brandies of the forest trees, and each containing,
by estimate, 40,000 pounds. The enemy, counting
upon an eaßy victory at Thompson’s Hills, had
loaded his train with these supplies, and his retreat
was so hurried that he had not time to remove or
destroy them. Of course, these, as well as an abund
ance of tents, fell into our possession.
Cai*tain Davis Hatch, returned, to-this coun
try from the east end of St. Domingo, has been en
gaged in surveying an immense mountain of pure
salt ten or twelve miles long and four hundred feet
higlff He obtained a grant from the Government
for working the mines, and the exclusive privilege
of a railroad to the port of Barhaona, for the term
of ninety-nine years—the Government receiving in
compensation half a cent per bushel on all the Balt
exported. * .
Emigrant arrivals at New York are very large.
Every emigrant ship brings from 300 to 800 passen
gers, and Castle Garden begins to wear the business
aspect of better days. The reports that American
officers have been drumming up recruitß in Ireland
or Germany are Quite as much news to the emi
grants as to the American Government and people.
Of these strangers a great portion are bound to the
West.
A letter from a Baltimorean in Richmond says:
I am receiving $125 per month salary, and paying
$ll5 for board and $5 for washing, $l2O, leaving me
$5 each month for current expenses and clothing.
An ordinary suit costs $200; handkerchiefs, $4O per
dozen; shirts, $l5 a piece, common at that; hats,
$25, and everything else in proportion.
Thb best hotels in Richmond, according to a re
bel letter writer, have raised board to ten dollars
per day. Three .dollars is the regular price of com
mon boarding houses, and the food served is very
plain indeed. A iady lately returned from the Yan
kee country had sold-a single copy of Hugo’B last
novel for $lOO,
A system of kidnapping has been carried on re
gularly between Indiana and pointsln Kentucky.
Free negroes and contrabands are induced by wily
rasoals into Kentucky, and when they arrive there
are either sold outright or arrested and thrown into
jail to await the certain actionof the law to con
demn them to slavery. These scandalous operations
are to be broken up by the combined action of the
civil and military power.
Thb Chicago Tribune learns that in starting on
his present active campaign, Gen. Grant rid him
self of all encumbrances. His only baggage con
sisted of a tooth brußh. He shared all the hard
ships of the private soldier, sleeping in the front
and in the open air; On the battle-held he was om
nipresent, riding everywhere, inspiring the troops
by his coolness and bravery.
Orders have been issued from headquarters of
the Army of thePotomao directing commanders to
forward lists oi officers and privates deserving of
brevets,' medals, or honorable mention in orders,
for conspicuous gallantry or merit in the face of the
enemy.
Trains of all descriptions now run over the entire
length of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad without
delay or obstruction, all of the damage having been
repaired in an inoredible short space of time. The
company will immediately replace all the temporary
bridges with new and substantial ones, similar to
.those destroyed by the rebels., ,
A . movement waß begun at Pittsburg to secure the
co-operation of all Christians in behalf of an amend
ment, giving a distinct acknowledgment of God in
our national Constitution. This amendment, Bays
a Chicago paper, will be drawn by Hon. Isaac N,
Arnold, of that city, and will be entitled “A bill to
make Christianity national and wickedness sec
tional.’ 5 :
As the members of the military commission to
investigate the conduct of under General
Buell were sworn to secrecy, and their proceedings
have not yet been revised by the President, sensa
tion rumors concerning the findings in the case are
without foundation. -
The Olathe (Kansas) Mhror says that during the
past year every town in the county has been sacked,
and one burned; that sixty of its citizens have been
killed by rebel bandits; that $lOO,OOO worth of pro
perty has been destroyed or carried away, and that a
reign of terror has prevailed in nearly all parts of
the county during that period. -
By official despatches from General Grant, we
learn that Jackson fell into the hands of the Army
of the Mississippi on the 14th lost. General Joseph
Johnston was in command of therebelß. The enemy
retreated north, evidently (says General Grant)
with the design of joining the Vicksburg forces.
Yesterday, -the graduates of Girard College)
and members of the Girard Brotherhood, celebrated
the birthday of Stephen Girard, according to cus
tom. A noticeable feature of the occurrence was
the respectful exception taken by the graduates to
the management of the present board, and the un
favorable change in the system of education, at the
college.
The Hon. Robert S. Blackwell, of Ohicago, law
yer and author, died on Saturday last. Among his
published works are “Blackwell’s Bevised Sta
tutes,” “ Blackwell’s Condensed Peports,” and
“ Blackwell on Tax Titles.”
The Chattanooga Rebel complains that many
money getters in the Confederacy invariably be
siege Yankee prisoners with offers of'two for one
for their “greenbacks.” Georgia papers are full of
reports of the splendid condition of the crops.
A regiment of rebels recently crossed the Bap
pahannock below Falmo'uth, in order to protect the
passage across of medical and other supplies from
Baltimore. They captured eight prisoners of a
scouting party of the Bth Pennsylvania Cavalry,
General Eosecrans has written a letter to the
Eev. Father Purcell, editor of the Catholic Telegraphy
in which he approves the “ splendid stand” which
that paper has taken ” against slavery, with its
horrors, barbarities, and base immoralities.”
A Cleveland paper says that between seven
hundred and eight hundred horses, for cavalry, have
been purchased within the laßt ten days in that vi
cinity, and shipped to the order of the Government.
Similar purchases are making elsewhere.
Secretary Chase has informed a delegation that
he should distribute the work of engraving designs
for the national currency to various parties, to pre.
vent monopoly and secure the early execution of the
work. .
It is supposed that Gen. Burnside will soon enter
into active operations against the rebels in south
eastern Kentucky, who are apparently endeavoring
to draw Eosecrans from his present position.' But
in this there appears no fear of their success.
The Springfield Republican expresses the opinion
that the next move on Richmond will' be from the
direction of the peninsula, as it appears that large
reinforcements are now being sent ground for that
purpose. j
General Burnside has modified order No. 66,
so that all persons of known loyalty, notwithstand
ing their dose relationship to rebels in arms, will
be allowed to remain on this Bide of the lines.
Among distinguished visitors in Washington are
Governors Morton, Blair, and Curtin ; Senators
Wade, Chandler, Doolittle, Sumner, and Wilßoa,
and Gen. Butler. '
A Washington authority says that up to this
time subscriptions to the national loan exceed one
hundred million dollars. -
The rebels are offering from two thousand dol
lars to three thousand five hundred dollars (Confe
derate money) for substitutes in Richmond.
The Irish in Massachusetts have contributed
thirty* five thousand dollars for the suffering poor ot
Ireland.
General Turchin has been appointed by Gene
ral Rosecrans to the command of the Ist division
of cavalry of the Department of the Cumberland.
A fight was expeoted to take place in Charles
town, V&.| between our forces stationed there and
the rebel raiders under Jackson and Jones.
Several iron-clads have been stationed at im
portant points on Ked river, thus cutting off com
pletely the rebel communication with Texas.
Tlie War and its Purpose.
We think we can see a general feeling of
hope and confidence. From every depart
ment of the war there ij cheering intelli
gence. This war, in itself is such a slow and
weary work, that it- is only with difficulty
it can be appreciated. . We' are impatient,
and it is possible that many of the criticisms
upon the Administration are but expressions
of this impatient feeling. There is Rich
mond. Tt has been the hope of this nation
for two years to unfurl the Union flag from
the Confederate capital, and 1 it is not ful
filled. The mere capture of Richmond was
in the beginning regarded; as the opening of
a spring campaign. We failed* and with
out examining the cause of the failure, men
expressed chagrin and discontent. Rich
mond itself was nothing more than Nash
ville and New Orleans, but by the neces
sary movement and concentration of war—
the gathering of legions—it has - become
the embodiment of the rebellion, and the
capture of Richmond, in our present
phrase, is to crush the Confederacy. We
made the effort at Chancelloryille, * and
effme so near success that another blow must
be fatal. We, not only fought an army of
men, but an army that had been drained
from every channel of Southern society,,
and which represented: all the power, and
energy, ahd.genius of the Southern States.
In this respect Tennessee and Mississippi
repeat Virginia. The armies under Bragg
and Pemberton represent tile strength of;
the Southwest: These armies cannot be re- :
inforced : effectively, for the conscription has;
left no reserve class but the old men and tbe i
cripples*/and they act as municipal police.;
In the Cotton .States, tiio threatened attacks ;
upon Savannah and Charleston, and else-;
where along the coast, the preponderance ofj
• ell Ins Jkc South, therefore*
is now upon, military footing, and if it
fails it faliaf'Thc sources of supply are ex-
another campaign would seein
impossible.
'An argument like this seems to be justi
fied by our information from the South. In
looking over the Southern journals, we no
longer see the haughty and thriftless pre
parations for wartliat marked the beginning
commu
manußoriptß.
- solicited from all
illy from our
uta. When used* it
t of colored
plored to plant'wheat and corn. Cotton is
no’longer a king, but an enemy. s Corn is
enthroned and canonized. Com is now the
hope and salvation of the Soutlr. This itself
is figurative justice. Corn is little more
than a Yankee contrivance, a coarse and
-comnron substance appertaining to New
England and the West, and has never risen
above the negro quarters. It was somehow
associated with shoes, and bacon, and
brooms, and seemed to be the Abolitionism
of nature to the true Southron. Prolific and
, general, it was despised, while the aristo
cratic and exclusive cotton was cherished.
The war lias elevated com, and it is now
the last refuge of Southern independence.
We see these fierce and reckless men re
duced to the seasons and changes, and have
so effectually driven and punished them that
triumph is as much a question of rain and
sunshine as of battles and victories. Some
would, regard this as an argument in favor
of a waiting policy, and we hear friends ar
gue from these grounds in favor of a long
war. We are t.fld that life may be saved
and desolation avoided by leaving the South
to the effect of blockading fleets and be
sieging armies, and the exhaustion pro
duced by the conscription and the commis
sary. In other words, having cut the veins,
the patient will gradually die. A waiting
policy has one objection in the eyes of va
liant men, and another iri the eyes,of pru
dent men. We desire to conquer the South
hy the very sword it has invoked to decide
its cause. We know that if we permit
these exhausted States to await the course
of nature and the patience of European Go
vernments, corn will grow in other harvests ;
querelous England and impatient France
will be persuaded into intervention, and the.
war against the rebellion will.be a war for
existence. Next to a dishonorable peace,
we dread nothing more than a protracted
war.
Wherever we look in viewing the military
situation, we see indications of sharp, fear
ful, and decisive conflicts. General Quant
has tired of digging canals and making war
trpon the laws of nature, and,has thrown his
army into the rear of Pemberton, leaving
Vicksburg’s batteries to Farragtjt and Por
ter. Be has determined to make a fight
that will end the trouble, and his last move
ment must be regarded as an act of sublime
defiance. What the effect of this movement
will be we cannot pretend to say, but ye do
not see how a great battle can be avoided.
There is a danger of Johnston, who is said
to be in command, manoeuvring to join
Bragg, to overwhelm Kosecrans ; and it is
this danger which the movement of Grant
has anticipated. A battle seems- to be im
mediate and necessary; and the issue of
that battle will decide the fate of the rebel
lion in the Southwest. If .we thought there
was any doubt of General Grant secu
ring and maturing a triumph, we should
turn to General Bosecrans and feel se
cure. The Army of the Cumberland
is apparently dull and listless, and we hear
nothing beyond a skirmish, a guerilla at
tack, or some personal difficulty between
-the Southern generals. Those who know
what is transpiring in Tennessee say that
the day of strife will soon arrive. It is pos
sible that Rosecrans may assail simulta
neously; with Grant. The fierce, enthusi
astic, fanatical leader of the Army of the
Cumberland, whose loyalty seems to be
a. religion, and who looks upon the flag
with the stern love betowed by Loyola
upon the cross, will make his fight a fearful
and final contest. - His army loves him, and
he has taught them what war requires and
how victory may be obtained ; and having
fought already the most bitter and effective
battle of the war, we may expect a terrible
and decisive combat in a short time. As to
the Army of the Potomac, we know
that its noble leader has picked his flint
and is about to try it again. These three
armies are now the hope of the nation, and
it is a grateful thing to know that they
are commanded by fighting men. They
have the cause of the Union deeply seated
in their souls, and to them it is more than
life, or glory, or advancement. They have
the holy creed of the War, — liberty—honor
—nationality..
This holy creed is the purpose of the war,
and when we dwell upon it, and turn it
over in our hearts, we feel that God is good
for having called upon us to defend and per
petuate it.' It binds us all together. "Whether
as regiments on the field, or Union Leagues
at home, wherever loyal men meet together
'they find this the common purpose in which
they all believe. We have a hope that the
day of its final triumph is at hand. We are
about to pass through a dreadful .ordeal;
many thousands are to meet and contend;
noble lives, now praying for success, must
become so many-sacrifices; but beyond all
this, peace and triumph await , us. Let us
hasten on, strengthening the Administration,
the army and the navy, and every measure
that may give us unity and strength. Let
us have victory, and then we can talk and
determine, awarding honors to the worthy,
and censuring those who have done wrong.
These things are to come. The Present
asks our lives—it demands action—it im
plores us to give it aid and strength. Our
duty now is to crush this rebellion ,We must
either fight ourselves or enable others to
fight. Patriotism begins with this, and ends
with it. Everything else is treason, or sym
pathy with treason. v
A number of the most prominent coal'
dealers of this city have taken measures to
organize a “ Coal Exchange, ’ ’ with the view
of securing unanimity of purpose and action
in all matters appertaining to the interests
of the trade. The success of the Corn Ex
change probably suggested an association
of this kind, and we are - only surprised that
the suggestion has not been acted Upon at a
much earlier day. The Pottsville Miners'
Journal approves oi the movement, and
thinks that - ‘ every man of coal who visits
Philadelphia frequently ought to be a mem
ber of the same. The mining interests ought
to have some organization by which a more
frequent intercourse among those interested
in the trade could bo brought about.” '
The following important passage we take from
the New Orleans correspondence of the New York
Herald:
A significant fact in the present condition of affairs
is found in the movements of the planters. These
men are not politioians, and although assenting
to . the rebelUon, and, since the Secession of the
: State, sympathizing, if not participating with the
; rebels, they are governed now with reference to
their own interest; they act together. Recently
' they had two meetings,-'of which, no ; notice
has been taken bv the public, and to which
no reference has Been made by the' newspa
pers. The condition of the South, of the rebel
Government, and of the Federal army, have.been
i fully considered and discussed. Their judgment is
- worth attention', and the conclusion of aU their de
liberations have been that they will at once take
efficient measures to aid in the restoration of the
Government of the Union in this State; and, not
content with acting for this city, of which they are
citizens, they will advise the planting interest of all
the Southern States to pursue the same course.
They repeat with great earnestness the declaration
of the Governor of Georgia, thaUthe Federal Go
vernment has been more consistent in its recognition
of State rights than that of the Confederacy. Pre
parations have been made for the publication of a
newspaper, which will appear at no distant day,
advocating their views. The restoration of the
State to the Union will, necessarily, be based upon
the ideas as to slavery which the President has pro
claimed in his messages to Congress, though this
subject has not been specially,,consldered.
Throughout the seotion of thhtcqnntry through
which the army has passed in this snort but' deci
sive campaign, to a point twenty miles nortrrof.Ope
lousas, all classes of pcoplc have signified not’only
their remlincßß, but their -desire,..to renew the
oath or allegiance. The force! field has
not heen such as to -enable'GleneraFt-Banka to
leave a garrison at the different to
the army has passed. The column wiil-hiove intact,
with all its power, and no ■ encouragement has
been given at present to those' applhjants for the
privilege of renewing their aUeglanrftfT&Vfch.eUnltctl
States. They have been told, however^HiiE*aH'well
disposed peraqns_will receive from theTGSveTnment
reparation, for their losses, and that in duSetlme pro
tection will be, given to them against all enemies
whatever.
On the inarch of the army the white flag was seen
at every houße/ This has never been exhibited be
fore, and shows that this people are no longer con
testants against the Government. In the town of
VermillionviUe, which is the residence of Governor
Montoro, every house displayed its white flhg. It
is believed that the Governor himßelf is a prisoner
of State. This indicates the popular judgment 'as
to theevehts of the war.
. of a
;e painful
ion troops, all
ie conscript- officer
The Popular Feeling in Louisiana*
WASHINGTON-
Special Despatches to “The Pres*.*
Washington, May 2,, 1863.
The Capture of Jackson—General Grant’s
Official Despatch,
The following was received today attheliead
quarters of the army:
Jackson, Miss., May 15,1863, •
via Memphis, May 20.
To Major GencraVHalleck, Generatrix Chief:
This place fell into our hands yeßterday after a
fight of about three hours. Joe Johnston was in
command. The enemy retreated north, evidently
with the design of joining the Vicksburg forces.
U. S. GRANT, Major General,
d. Trade at Matamoros.
Information continues to be received in this city
that a very extensive trade is still carried on at
Matamoros and other ports on the Bio Grande, for
the benefit of the rebels. Some time ago an officer
of the Government in that quarter mentioned the
fact that the papers of auspicious vessels had been
examined, but they all appeared in proper form, and
issued from Mexican custom houses. He, there
fore, could take no action in the premises. There is
no doubt that much contraband trade is carried on
under.false pretences, the vessels of various, Euro
pean nations participating in the traffic on the Bio
Grande. The trade is so extensive that our vessels
can do but little to prevent it.
. • 'Blockade Captures*
The Navy Department has been officially informed
that the United States Bteamer Ootarora, on the 22d
ult., captured the' English schooner Handy, v of
eighteen tons loaded with salt. She had
on board a letter addressed to Henry Krauss, No. 46
Christie street, New York, signed by Jacob J. Har
ris, of Nassau, stating that the captain was going
to Charleston, and if he should be captured and
taken to New York, he desired him to be furnished
with what money he wanted, &c.
The gunboat Pembina, on the 23dult, captured
the sloop Eliza Beckwith, froth Havana, while try
ing to run the blockade at Mobile, with an assorted
cargo.
On the 24th the same vessel captured the Bchooner
Joe Flanner, while trying to run the blockade at
Mobile. She had an assorted cargo.
The United States Bteamer Monticello, on the 15th
ult., captured off Little Biver Inlet, N. C., the
schooner Odd Fellow, loaded with turpentine, ro
sin, &c.
Tlic 31st New York Regiment.
The slst New York Ecgiment will return to that
city on Sunday from the Bappahannock. This- re
giment waß organized under Colonel Pratt, and
has been with the Army of the Potomac in all its
battles excepting 'Williamsburg and the second bat
tle of Bull -Bun. When Colonel Pratt was pro
moted brigadier' general the adjutant, Frank
Jones, waß appointed colonel, and it was he who
led them in the late attack and capture of Marye’s
heights, Fredericksburg, The regiment formerly
numbered a thousand men, and now returns only
three hundred strong.
The Brannon Elopement Case*
The Supreme Court of the District of Columbia
today pronounced a decree of total divorce in the
case of General John M. Brannon against Eliza
Brannon, granting him the guardianship of his
child. The material facts caused much excitement
and interest five years ago, especially in New York.
It appears that Colonel Wyman, with whom Bhe
eloped, was shot through the heart in the battle of
Fair Oaks.
English Counterfeiting*
A Government agent went out on a recent Eu
ropean steamer, on business connected with the
counterfeiting of United States notes in England;
Disloyalists*
The Government seems to'be more energetic than
heretofore against disloyalists. Arrests are fre
quently made, and the parties confined in the Old
Capitol prison.
FORTRESS MONROE.
Fortress Monroe, May 20.— The Bteamer Ken
nebec, Oapt. Gaiton, from New York, arrived this v
morning.
The steamer Whilden,Capt. Biggins, from "Wash
ington, arrived She has on board a number
of rebel prisoners, en route for City Point, to be ex
changed.
Capt. Wm. L. James, assistant quartermaster,
ordered to report to Lieut. Col. C. W. Thomas, chief
quartermaster at this place, entered upon the duties
assigned him to-day..
The new gunboat Ticonderoga arrived from New
York yesterday afternoon, on'her trial trip.
ARMY OF THE CUMBERLAND,
Movements of the Enemy-Rumors from
General Grant*
Murfreesboro, May 19.—The enemy is Baid to
be moving troops toward the Tennessee river.
McOown has left Shelbyville, followed probably
by his division. Bragg’s headquarters are now cer
tainly in Shelbyville, in the house formerly occupied
by Mrs, Weaver.
Despatches received from below indicate that the
Mississippi State capital was burned when our
aimy occupied Jackson.
Some statements are made which, if true, put a
different face ; upon the Colonel Straight business..
It is said that he was assailed by a force of 400 from
Dalton, Georgia, while Walker, with 1,500, attacked
him in the rear. It will not do to trust implicitly to
these representations.
Very recent intelligence from Shelbyville confirms
previous reports. Three brigades of rebelß have un
doubtedly left the place for the South. Johnston is
said to have gone to Vicksburg. Troopß from Tul
lahoma are also reported moving.
Intelligence indicates that Grant, after destroying
the State House and public storehouses in Jackson,
evacuated the place.
Nashville.
Nashville, May 21.—Major General Schofield
has been transferred from this department to that of
Missouri, and leaves here to-morrow for St. Louis.
. A number of rebel sympathizers‘were sent South
to-day.
Several Federal officers, taken prisoners by the re
bels and exchanged, arrived here to-day. Among
them are. Colonel Alexander, of the 2lßt Illinois;
Colonel Swanvek, of the 22d Illinois, and Lieut.
W. Van Dorn, formerly of the gunboat Slidell.
The river is still falling, and there is nowless than
three feet on the shoals. *
CALIFORNIA.
San Francisco, May 18.— The ship Charger ar
rived today from New York. i
The ship Battler has been chartered for Boston.
The steamer Sierra Nevada has arrived, with
$76,000 in' treasure from Oregon, and $45,000 from
British Columbia. *
San Francisco, May 19. —Arrived steamer
Golden Age, from Panama; ship Arrow, from New
York. ' ‘
TEXAS.
New York, May 21.—The steamer Union, from
the coast of Texas, via Key West on the 15th inßt.,
arrived this morning. She has on board fifty pri
soners and a number of discharged seamen. The
Union captured the English blockade-running
schooner Lunette, with a valuable cargo. The
Union comes here to repair her forward engine,
which waß broken down. She also brings as pas
sengers a number of naval officers.
Tlie Beading Volunteers Returned.
Reading, May 21.—The six Reading companies of
the 138th Regiment returned home thisafternooif,
and received a glorious welcome at the hands of the
citizens and the Union League. After the reception
ceremonies, the volunteers visited the Charles Evans
Cemetery, to view the grave of their late companion
in-arms, Captain Andrews, who, fell at Antietam.
They .then marched through the principal streets to
the Fair grounds, where a sumptuous banquet was
provided for them. After partaking of the good
things provided, they were dismissed.
Movement of Troops*
Boston, May 21. —The new steamer DeMelay, at
New York, has been chartered to convey the 64th
Massachusetts (colored) Regiment:to Port Royal,
and will probably leave by Thursday next.'
The 2d New Hampshire Regiment,: Colonel Bin-:
ley, will leave for Washington on Monday next.
Union Teagues in West Pennsylvania.
Pittsburg, May 21.— The Union Leagues of the
western section of the State have been very active
during the last few days. Meetings have been held
in this city and vicinity. Washington, Cannonsburg,
and other places. Addresses have been delivered
by Judge Shannon, who has recently come here
from the Bast.. The order has received many ac
cessions from Democrats who sympathize with the
judge in his loyalty to the Union.
The Republican Convention*
Norristown, May 21.— At the .Union county
Convention held to-day, O. H. Stinson, Ohas. Kug
ler, Wm. Williamson, and John H. Bringhurst were
elected delegates to the PittsburgConvention. They
were instructed to support Governor Curtin for re
nomination. -
- Mrs. Vallandigtiam*
New York, May 21.— The Syracuse Courier of
yesterday-states that Mrs. Yallandigham has be-'
come a lunatic.
The Murder at New Albany*
A great excitement was recently caused at New’
Albany, by the killing of a white man at the hands
of anegio. The New Albany Ledgci’ gives the cir
cumstances of the tragedy as follows :
Cordle’s statement of the difficulty, as we re
ceived it from him at the jail this morning, is as fol
lows:
He states that he had-heen to church in West
Union, and was returning, having in his arms a
kitten which he had procured from an acquaintance
in that suburb. He had reached within a few yards
of bis house, when he saw a Mr.. Shea, with
whom he wished to bargain for the building of a
fence. Shea being engaged in conversation with
some white men, he was waiting at his gate for him
to get through, so he might, talk to him about
building the fence. While thus waiting, three men
came up'to him and demanded to know why he
was standing there.. He replied that he lived
there, and was waiting to see Mr. Shea. With
this, he states, the men ordered him to go into the
house, which he declined to do. He Btates that'there
upon they seized hold of him, and commenced
striking him, pulling him away from the gate into
.the street. With this he pulled out his knife and
commenced, using it, with the fatal result named.
He then ran iiito.the house, asked for a hat, having
lost his in the melee, and, having procured a cap,
passed out the backdoor, and ran directly to the
jail. where he gave himself up to Sheriff Sandford,
stating to him what had oocurred,'and handing him
the knife he had used, which was yet bloody. He
is now in prison.
Sale of Carpetings, CantonJSlattings, Car
pet Yarns, &c.—The early attention of purchasers
is requested to the desirable assortment of Brussels,
Venetian, Ingrain, List, and Hemp Carpets, white
and check Canton Mattings; also, ten bales Carpet
Filling; for cash, to be peremptorily sold, by cata
loguej on J four months’ credit, commencing this
morning, at 10>£ o’clock precisely, by John B. Myers
ACQm-Nob. 234 Market street.
•-Tom will be the last day of the
public appearance of Tom Thumb In this city with his di
minutive and interesting companions.. The curiosity that
these little people have excited in our midst has steadily
increased, and they will take their leave when that
curiosity has reached its height. The afternoon and
evening entertainments especially, tor ladies
-and children, have been quite largely attended..C'
PRESS.—PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, MAY 22, 1863.
EUROPE.
The North American oil Father Point.
Father Foist. Bar 21.—The steamer North American,
from Liverpool, yith dates to the Oth inst., has passed
here on her way to Quebec!. -
The steamers Louisiana and British Queen, from New*
York, arrived out on the Bth inst.
GREAT BRITAIN
In the House of Commons, on the 6th, two bills intend
ed to compromise the vexed question of church rates
were debated and rejected.
FRANCE.
The. Paris correspondence of the MorninoPost says
there is every reason to suppose that Russia, if invited
will submit to a conference on Polish affairs
Napoleon is said to have received assurance from the
Czar on this subject.
The Journa.l de St. Petersburg publishes from the
Swedish, Spanish, and Italian courts all relating to
tii© Polish question, with the respective replies of
Russia.
The reply to the Swedish note refers to the noteof the
three Western Powers.
The reply t<f the Spanish note thanks that Government
The reply to the - Italian note mentions the pleasure
with which he received the friendly expressions con
tained in it, and says, the Italian Government is not
unaware that revolutions impose d ifllcuU tasks upon the
ruling Powers. The Government wilt try to arrange
the questions upon the basis of a lasting peace
POLAND. -
On the 2d the insurgents under Ticzanowski Jwere
defeated near Burzlew Ticzanowski was wounded
The insurgents under Frau have been dispersed'a short
distance from the Gallician frontier.
The Austrians have received fifty fugitive insurgents,
six wagon loads of arms, and ten pieses of cannon. -
Four thousand Bashi Bazonrks, deserters from the
Greek. faUluarroed by tho Russian Government in the
neighborhood of Dunonbourg, were devastating Livonia
with fire and; sword. Shocking atrocities have been
committed.
LATEST VIA LONDONDERRY.
The political news is not important.
In tho House of Commons, Lord Palmerston defended
the course of Mr. Christie, the British minister to Brazil,
and repudiated the attacks upon him by Gen. Webb,
the American minister.
Commercial Intelligence*
Liverpool. May B.—The Cotton sales for the week
have been 80,000. bales. The market has been active aud
>£d higher for American, and for Surats, and Id
for Egyptians. 19,000 bales were sold to speculators,and
18.500 to exporters. The sales to-day were 12,000 bales,
including 6,000 to speculators and exporters, closing
with a still advancing tendency.
The authorized quotations are as follows:
Fair. Middlings
Orleans . . ...25 "* 22k
Middles.- - .........24 2IH
Uplands.. 1 . .....24 2134
Stock in port 378.000 bales, of which-43,000 were Ame
rican. . : - .
The Manchester markets were active, and prices still
advancing.
Breadstuff's dull, and teudinff downward,with i slight
decline in Wheat and Flour. Corn steady and un
changed. „ ' '
Provisions dull and unchanged Produce steady.
London, May 8— Consols f)3%@ 93%. The bullion in
the Brink of England has decreased £207,000.
Liverpool, May 7.—The weather was dry till last
night, when th< re were several showers. Flour dull;
Western Canal- 225@22s 6d; Philadelphia and Baltimore,
2455d@2556d. "Wheatiu rather limited demand? white
and mixed, 10s6d@llsPd. Corn inactive; white, 30s 6d@
31s 6d; mixed, 29s 9d@3os; yellow, 80@31s
Liverpool, May B.—Wheat is generally Id H cental
under Tuesday’s prices. Floor is 6d bbl cheaper.
Tile New Rules ot* War*
The War Department has officially proclaimed the
instructions for the government of the ai*mieß of the
United States in the field, prepared by Francis Let
ter, LL. D., and revised by a board of officers, of
which Major General E. A. Hitcboock was presi
dent.” Having-been approved by the President
of the United States, he commands that they be
pu Wished.
Among other things, the instructions set forth
that a place, district, or country, .occupied by an
enemy, stands, in consequence of the occupation,
under the martial law of the invading or occupying
army, whether any proclamation declaring martial
law oifany public warning to the inhabitants has
been issued or not. Martial law-is the immediate
or direct effect and consequence of occupation or con
quest. Martial law is simply military authority,
exercised in accordance with the authority and uses
of war.
Military oppression iB not martial law; it iB the
abuse of the power which-that law confers. As
martial law is executed by military force, it is in
cumbent upon those who administer to be strictly
guided by the principles of justice, honor, and hu
manity, virtues adorning a soldier even more than'
Gther men, for the very reason that he possesses the
power of his arms against the unarmed.
Consuls among Amenoan and European nations
are not diplomatic agents. Nevertheless, theiroffices
and persons will be subjected to martial law incases
of urgent necessity only; their property and persons ■
are not exempted. Any delinquency they commit
against the established military rule may be punished
as in the case of any other inhabitant, and such pu
nishment forms no reasonable ground for interna
tional complaint.
The more vigorously ware are pursued the better
it is for humanity. Sharp wars are brief. ' .
The instructions also treat of the appropriation by
a victorious aimy of the public and private property
of the enemy—protection of persons, especially wo
men—of religion—the arts and sciences—and punish
ment of crimes against the inhabitants of hostile
countries, &c. -
There exists no law or body of authoritative rules,
of action between hostile armieß except the branch
of the law of nature and nations which 1b called the
law and usages of war on the land.
Slavery, complicating and confounding the ideas
of property (that is of a thing) and of personality
(that is of humanity), exists according to municipal
or local law only, The law of Nature and nations
has never acknowledged it.
The digest of the Roman law enacts the early
dictum of the Pagan jurist, that, “so far as the law
of Nature is concerned, all men are equal.”
Fugitives escaping from a country in which they
were slaves, villains, or serfs, into another country,
have, for centuries past, been held free, and acknow
ledged free, by judicial decisions of European coun
• tries, even though the municipal law of the country
in which the slave had taken refuge acknowledged:
slavery within its own dominions.
Therefore, in a war between the United States
And a belligerent which admits of slavery, if a
person held in bondage by that belligerent be cap
tured by or comes as a fugitive under the protection
of the military forces of the United States, suoh
pereon is immediately, entitled to the rights and
privileges of-a freeman.
To return such pereon into slavery would amount
to enslaving a free person, and neither the United-
States nor any officer under their authority can en
slave any human being. ■
Moreover, a person so made free by the law of wmv
is under the Bfaield of the law of nations; and the
former owner.oriState'oan‘have by the'laW of-post -
liming, no belligerent lien or claim of service. * J‘‘
A;traitor,bunder the law of war, or a war traitor,",
is a person in * place dr district under martial-law, ;
who, udauthorized-by—the military commander,
gives information of any kind to the enemy or holds -
intercourse with them. . -
The war traitor is always severely punished. If
his offence consists in betraying to the enemy any
thirg concerning the condition, safety, operations,
or plans of the troops holding or occupying the place
or district, Mb punishment is death. ':•
If the citizen or subject of a country or place in
vaded or conquered, gives information to his own
Government, from which be is separated by the
hostile army, or to the army of his Government, he
is a war traitor, and death is the penalty of his
offence. •
All armies in the field stand in need of guides, and
impress them if they cannot obtain them otherwise.
No person having been forced by the enemy to serve
as a guide is punishable for having done ao.
If a citizen of a hostile and'lnvaded district volun
tarily serves ns a guide to the enemy, or offers to do.
so, he is deemed a war traitor, and shall suffer death.'
A citizen serving voluntarily as a guide against
his own country commits treason, and will be dealt
with according to the laws of his country.
Guides, when it is clearly proved that they have*
misled intentionally, may be put to death. .
All unauthorized or secret communication with
the enemy is considered treasonable by the law of
war.
Under the head cf “Insurrection, Civil War, Re
bellion,” the instructions say “armed or unarmed
resistance by citizens of the United States against,
the lawful movement of their troops, is levying war,
against the United Stateß, and is, therefore, trea--
eon.” ?* ,- f
The Confiscation Act.
By an order of the President of the United States,
under date of November 13, 1862. the Attorney Gene
ral was charged with the superintendence and di
rection of all proceedings to be had under the act of
Congress l of 17th July, 1562, entitled “An act to
suppress insurrection, to punißh treason and rebel
lion, to seize and confiscate the property of rebels,
and for other purposes,” in so far as may concern
the seizure, prosecution, and condemnation of the
estate, property, and effects of insurgents, as men
tioned and provided for in .the fifth, Bixth, and se
venth sections of the said act of Congress.
The Attorney General was further authorized and
required to give to the attorneys and marshals of
the United States such instructions and directions.,
as he may find needful and convenient touching all.
such seizures, prosecutions, and condemnations.
By a subsequent order of the President the At-,
torney General was equally charged with the super
intendence and direction of all proceedings to be had,,
under the act of Congreßß of August 6th, 1861, en«;
titled “An act to confiscate property used for insur-,
rectionary purposes.”
Called to superintend the administration of these
statutes, Mr. Attorney General Bates has issued the j
following instructions' and regulations, from which
it will be perceived that the military authorities
have, neither directly nor indirectly, any power to!
seize the property of rebels, as referred to in the or-(
ders of the President, only so far as is required by;
the instructions of the Attorney General, and then
only in aid of and in subordination to the civil au
thority.—National Intelligencer. ■ ,
Attorney;General’s Office, Jan. 8,1863. i. (
General Instructions to District Attorneys and Mar
shals relative to proceedings under the acts of
Congress for confiscation. :
: The President of the United States has charged
the Attorney General with the superintendence and':
direction of all proceedings to be had under the act
of Congress of the 17th ofjuly, 1862, and the act of:
August 6, 1861) commonly called tne confiscation i
laws, and authorized and required hiih to give to the
attorneys and marshals such, instructions and di
rections.as he may find needful and convenient'
touching all such seizures, proceedings,' and con*
detonations. In the execution of that duty, I find lfr
necessary to give but a few preliminary instructions
relative to-the seizure of property with a view to 1
condemnation under the law.
The law requires the-proceeding to begin with
seizure. When once seized and properly reported to i
the district attorney, it will,be .proceeded against in,
court. Then each case becomes an action
and the laws themselves are the sufficient instruc
tion to both the attorney and the marshal in all or*
dinary cases. If unforeseen difficulties arise in the
progress of a cause, so as to embarrass the district
attorney or marshal as to his mode of proceeding, he
should report to this office, stating the precise factsj
and asking instruction upon the point of hia diffi
culty. •
' With regard to the seizure of property, the fol)
lowing instructions are given s \
L All seizures will be made by the marshal of the
proper district under written-authority, to be give a
him by the district attorney, specifying with reason*
able certainty the property to be seized, and the
owner whose right is Bought .to be confiscated.
' 2. When the marshal has seized any property un
der such authority, he will, without any unnecessa
ry delay, make a true return thereof, in writing, to
the district attorney. k
3. The dislriot attorney shall keep in his office,
fairly written in a book, a duplicate or exaot copy
of every such order of seizure made by him. and di
rected to the marshal, and the marshal shall keep in
Mb office, fairly written in a book, a duplicate or
exact copy of every return of seizure which he shall >
make to the district attorney. And this as well for
their own safety as for the Information of the Go
vernment and the court. j
4. The issuing of the order of.seizure ie trusted to
the discretion of the district attorney; and while 1
he ought to be vigilant to execute the law he ought
to be careful to avoid hasty and improvident seizures!
In every instance he ought to be satisfied that there
is probable cause for the seizure, and that he has
reasonable ground to believe that he can prove in
court the facts neceßß&ry to warrant the condemna
tion. For otherwise, besides the injustice which
may be done to individuals, the Government will be
put to great expense, and will be discredited by the
frequent failure of its prosecutions. The district at
torney must, necessarily, do this part of his duty
upon his own judgment and responsibility. He is
on the spot, and has the means of knowledge, while
this office cannot have the requisite .information of
the facts, nor govern the details of prosecution, in
the m ultitude of cases that will probably arise in all
the districts of the nation. .
5. As to themannerof making the seizure, I cando
little more no w than suggest methods of convenience.
Where the.,State law directs the method of seizure it
should be conformed to as nearly as may be con
sistently with the objects of the actß of Congress.' If
the thing to be seized be personal property, it ought
to be actually seized and safely kept. If real estate,
the marshal oughtto seize all the right, title , interest ;
and estate of the accused party T giving notice, in
writing, of the seizure to the tenants in possession,
if any. If stocks or other intangible property, the
marshal ought (if there be no specific method pre
scribed by the State law) to describe the property as
plainly as he can in his return, and leave the court
to determine the sufficiency of the seizure.
6. I am credibly informed that in various parts of
the.country |>roperty. f has been seized by military,
officers,'with a view to confiscation, uuder the acts
or Congress. In all such cases, when the military
officer in possession is wililtig to surrender the pro
putj to the civil authority, to be proceeded against
according to law, the marshal shall receive the same,
and make return thereof to the district attorney, as
required in No. 2.. • .
7. After the seizure of the property the dUtriot
attorney will, with all convenient speed, proceed in
the proper court' for the condemnation of the pro
perty seized.
As this is a new class of business in our courtß,
Congress has thought proper to put your fees and
compensation upon a new basis. The act of July
17,1862, sec. 8, p. 691, provides that ” the saidcourts
shall have power to allow such fees and charges of
their officers as shall be reasonable and proper in
the piemises.” EDW. BATES,
Attorney General.
Union League: at Burlington, Nisw Jbrsbt.—
The rooms of the Union League, at Burlington,
were formally opened on Wednesday evening. A
spirited address was delivered by Rev. RobertrGiven,
of Beverly, a chaplain in the navy. The audience
room was densely crowded, and the proceedings were
enlivened by the stirring music of an excellent glee
club connected with the League. The rooms are on
Main street, in the building, known as the G-rellet
Mansion, and it is intended that they shall be open
day and night, for two years, a lease for that time
having been secured. A valuable adjunetto thepur
poaes of the League is found in a reading room,
where all the leading papcrß are on file.
THE CITY.
Sixty-ninth Annual Session of the
New School Presbyterian Gknkral Assembly.
First Day Morning Session. —The sixty
ninth annual session of the New School Presbyterian
General Assembly was opened at eleven o’clock,
yesterday- morning, at the First Presbyterian
Church, Washington Square, Rev. Mr. Albert
Barnes pastor. The exercises were opened with
prayer, the reading of the 46th Pflalm, and the sing?
Ing of a portion of it in verse.
This was followed by a prayer by the Rev. Dr.
Skinner, thanking the Almighty for his infinite
mercy and grace in assembling his servants once
more in life and health, for the accomplishment of
the great work entrusted to their charge.. It was
implored that an element of spirituality might per
vade each and every member of the Assembly,
and full thanksgiving was given to-the Supreme
Being for his favor to this denomination of
the Church of God during the past year,
amidst these troublous times ot war. Espe
cial mention was made of the present dis
tracted-condition of our country, and the Divine
power and infinite mercy were invoked in behalf of
the national arms for victory, for the President and
hie.military and naval leaders, that they might be
endowed with that wißdom which would bring the
war to a speedy conclusion, and bless our whole new
Union with peace and prosperity. At the conclu
sion of the prayer, part of the 90th Psalm was sung.
After which the moderator of the last session of the
Assembly, Rev, George Duffield, D. D., of Detroit,
Michigan, proceeded to deliver his opening sermon,
prior to the relinquishment of his position. He
found hißtext in the second epistle of Paul fo'Timo
thy, first chapter, first verse. The storms through
which the Church must pass, as instanced iu
the text, had been constantly experienced. The
Chuich nad seen its victories and defeats amidst
progress and inertness. Not unfrequently the-bat
tles of the Church had been fierce hand-to-hand
conflicts. Our own blessed country has not
been spared from these conflicts, although we had
been vouchsafed the hope that our triumphant
march in the future would lead us on to the millen
nium, but the thunders of war are heard in every
direction. They are heard among us. The elements
of dissolution are at work—the land mourneth at the
wickedness of its inhabitants. Harpies and vultures
light upon the tree of liberty. The civil and reli
gious organization of our country waß so
cemented that it was impossible to affect one without
touching the other, and hence the sympathy of the
Church and the people in the present war. The
prophesied overwhelming of the nominal Christian
world by the vices of humanity at the end,
would not affect the promise of God in the
salvation of his elect. The great cause of
all evil and peril was human sinfulness—perils
under the moral government of God was an ab
surdity. The satisfactory solution to our present
troubles was found only in the remedial government
of Jesuß Christ, and this must be applied, the immu
nities and blessings of which were to be had only in
the preaching of the Gospel throughout the world.
Many of our shortcomings might be traced to a false
philosophy of moral obligation taught in some of
our colleges and pulpits, and the public conscience
was debauched in consequence. Constitutional law
has been overthrown in the South by the popular
spirit of lawlessness and rebellion. Our Constitu
tion, although the supreme law of the land, yet it
: ignores God, and hence the atheist influence among
the people may raise up a lawless majority who may
‘insist upon their exposition of that law, and thus
cause much trouble. The influence of the mothers,
wives, and daughters of the land should not
be ignored or neglected in the present period
of trouble. The examples of our Christian
women among- our sick and wounded sol
~'diers were bright, numerous, and powerful. . No
greater curse could be experienced than that which
flows from the perversion of female Christian influ
ence, and the greatest care should he taken to direct
it in the proper channel. Especial allusion was made
to the work of the Ladies’ Aid Society of this city,
and the blessing of God was invoked for it. The
speaker alluded to the influence of females in the edu
cation of children. He opposed the present system of
teaching in our schools. The Arab and the Turk boy
was taught to read and write, and then to get portions
of the Koran by rote. -In our own country the Bible
was not expounded or taught in our public schools
OR the other hand, and this wab certainlv wrong.
The public press was, in this country, the adroit
instructor of Satan, truckling to vitiated tastes, and
leading the people constantly into error, even to
their destruction; ignoring the Bible and making
: no attempts to instruct in or impart that morality
which is. founded upon the Word of God. There
were some honorable exceptions, but there was
little done by this powerful engine to promote
religious and moral education. The religious
press was useful, but not what it should be, even
jin -its limited - influence, compared to that of
the secular press of ourcountry. The ,moral
and religiouß instructions afforded, by Sunday
schools, colleges, and institutions, were extolled, ,
but were pronounced altogether inefficient., for
the purposes of the Gospel. There were Whole
districts, counties, towns and townships where reli
gion was not practically known, in this country,and
something must be done to reach every precinct of
tbe : land. But in allof this we must have the livings
- force'of the Spirit of God, which alone enables us
to work out a salvation of a general character. It
was maintained that the whole Sabbath, should be
"■"given to the service of God, -andthat new.'means
and modes-of religious instruction should be used to
the' end that the public enlightenment might be pro-
and extended. The distinguished speaker
. continued '.Mb critical and,, eloquent remarks to a
* considerable length, holding the enchained atten
tion and interest of his audience throughout. The
j address waß a model of exhortation in favor of the
more general study of the Bible as the Word of God,
in preference to the theories and hypotheses of
philosophy and science whioh are antagonistic to
its-teachings.
The Assembly then adjourned until four o’clock
in the afternoon.
AFTERNOON' SESSION.
The afternoon session commenced at 4 o’clock.
It was somewhat less largely attended than the
morning oDe. Rev. Dr. Duffleld opened the meet
ing with prayer; after wliioh the minuteß of the
morning’s meeting were read- and approved. The
assembly then proceeded to the election of a mode
rator. Rev. John C. Smith, of Washington} Prof.
Henry B. Smith, Dr. Skniner’s colleague, repre
senting the Theological Seminary of New Yorks
and Rev. Dr. Fowler, of Utica, were named. The
whole number of votes amounted to one hundred
and seventy-five, eighty-eight being necessary to a
choice. Rev. Dr. Henry B. Smith waß elected by
ninety-eight vqtes. The rules in the records of the as
sembly were then handed over to Dr, H. B. Smith by
Rev. Mr. Duffleld. The moderator accepted the po
sition with an expression of thanks for the honor
tendered him. The names of the admirable many
who had filled the post reminded him, he said, of his
own incapacity. To sustain the office with all his
might, to guide himself and the assembly by the
rules of courtesy, order, and facility, which had just
been read, would become to him henceforth a sacred
duty. However small might be the power of man,
•and however vain his wisdom, the strength of
each was Bufficient to perpetuate the institutions
handed down from one generation to another.
He knew that the congregation 'would join‘with
him in beseeching the help and influence of that God
whose religion was the first cause of the present
meeting, and the furtherance of whose religion would
be the cause for a continuance of such.
After the election of the moderator, the regular
business was proceeded with. The Rev. Dr. Dulles
presented a resolution, which passed,that the sessions
of the Conference, moraing and afternoon, should
commence at nine o’clock and three o’clock, respec
tively, and end a+ one and half past five P. M. The
Rev. Dr. Spears presented a resolution, which was
passed, that the reports of all committees be received
immediately after those of the standing commit
tees, to-morrow, (Friday,) with the exception of
church-erection committees, which will be made
on Saturday: A correspondence of some length,
between the General Assemblies of the Old and
New Schools, was read. It consisted of a letter
from the Rev.;Dr. Beatty, moderator of the last Old
School General Assembly, that met at Columbus,
Ohio, addressed to the moderator of the last General
Assembly at Cincinnati, and containing a copy of
the action of the Old School General Assembly, pro
posing correspondence. The reply to Rev. Dr.
Beatty, by Rev. Dr. Duffleld, moderator of the last
General Assembly at Cincinnati, was likewise read.
This correspondence was referred to a committee,
which will report to-day. After some slight discus
sion with reference to the object of the' present
meeting, the Assembly adjourned, with appropriate
devotional exercises. It meetß this morning at nine
o’clock. *
. The officers for this year are Eev. Prof. H. B.
Smith, moderator, New York city; Rev. Edwin F.
Hatfield, D. clerk, New York city; Rev.
Henry Darling, D. D,, permanent clerk, Philadelphia:
Rev. Mr. H, E. Niles, Albion, New York, and Rev.
Mr. Herrich 'Johnson, Pittsburg, temporary clerks:
Mr. Anthony P. Halsey, treasurer. New York city.
Girard College.—Yesterday- being the
anniversary; of Mr. Girard’s birthday, appropriate
ceremonies were had at this institution. The Girard
Brotherhood, a society composed partly of graduates
•of the college and partly-of.the Benior_clAflfl<m,.heldi
their regularyearly meeting, elected their officers for '
the coming year, and also chose theirspeakers forthe
next anniversary. At 11 o’clock- the officers and
pupils, with invited guests, asßembled.in the chapel,
and, after singing a patriotic ode, H. W. Arey, Esq.,
the secretary of the board of directors, in a few re
marks alluded to the day, welcomed the former
pupils of the college to their old home, and, after
alluding to those absent on the field of battle, as
'well as to those who had fallen in defence of their
country, introduced Jos. C, Turner, EBq., who de
livered the anniversary address.
Mr. Turner began by quoting Mr. Everett for the
propriety of.diaoussing national affairs at this time
:in oygry public assembly, and after an examination
of the causes assighcu ior the present war, proceed
ed to Argue that the real caiis€ was to be found, in
the inequality-in the moral and spiritual develop
ment of the people composing the natiod. He held
that the compact agreed upon in reference to slave
ry, at the time the Constitution- was adopted, had
become distasteful to a large portion of those now
bound by it, and that politicians perceiviag this, had
dragged the subject into the political arena, and had
attempted to satisfy the demands of the
conscience by affixing to it the condemnation Of
the American people in the heat and excitement of
political campaigns.
He proceeded to show how rapidly the change in
public sentiment had gone on since the people felt
themselves free from the constitutional obligations
to let slavery alone ; lamented the necessity which
the Government thought’it felt to place its emanci
pation policy on the ground of military necessity ;
demanded that we should return to the position our
fathers held in ’76, and asserted his belief that we
should fail to establish peace and prosperity and
rightful authority over this land, until through
delay and defeat we were brought to acknowledge
once more, that “ all men are created free and
equal-” . - ‘
- The address occupied an hour in the delivery, and
gave universal satisfaction to those present except.
sb we hear,’to two or three persons, who found it
more agreeable to leave the room than to hear the
truth as it wab spoken.
After these exercises, the Brotherhood assembled
to partake of their usual annual dinner, the festivi
ties incident to which are always of >the most con
genial and pleasant character. Mr. William Ward,
- of Chester, one of the oldest and most respected gra
duates of the college, addressed his associates upon
♦hose matters which, more directly interested them
with regard to their Alma Mater. In the course of
his remarks,’he regretted that the Board of Mana
, gers had pursued of late a course of policy with re
spect to the institution which had proved detrimen
tal to its welfare. The last annual report of the
| president of the Board had been to the graduates a
; cause of much disappointment.
; - Mr. Ward topk respectful exception to the present
policy of tha-Board, and regretted that the course of
study and discipline which had formerly worked so
much benefit had been curtailed and changed,
■■■ Balloon Ascension.— Yesterday after
noon one of the most beautiful “cloud ascensions”
thftt. Jibs taken plaee in this city for some years was
made by Captain Steiner, of army-aeronautic fame,
and a party of four gentlemen, from the vicinity of
Broad and Master streets. The balloon, with its
freight of adventurers, was waited off in a south
easterly direction. Topical ascensions, to the height
of 1,5C0 feet, are gnen by the Captain daily.
The Franklin Institute.,—'A stated
monthly meeting of the Franklin Institute was held
last evening at their hall, Seventh street.
Messrs. N. H. & .T. Olay exhibited an improved
hernia truss, in which the usual retaining spring is
dispensed with by a peculiar arrangement of straps.
The pressure pads are made of hollow semi-hemis
pherical bulbs of rubber. /
Mr. Washington Jones exhibited a number of jars
Bealed by an improved elastic cap, a patent for which
was recently issued to Messrs. Hartel &. Litchworth,
of this city. The cap is formed of a rigid plate of
metal, with an annular flange of gum clastic secured
to the edge of the dish.
By applying this cap to the mouth of any vessel,
.and turning down the rubber flange, the latter grasps
the vessel with a contractible force sufficient to her
metically seal the Hame, and preserve any substance
within it from the action of external air. This de
vice is exceedingly simple and neat; it may be ap
plied to any vessel in a moment, and its superiority
over anything else of the kind heretofore exhibited
is apparent.
Another self-sealing device of Mr. Hartell’s was
shown as applied to jars containing peaches, pears,
Ac., which had been enclosed therein for over three
years. The fruit was stated to have been placed in
the jar as picked from the tree, without any other
preparation than to cover it with cold water.
A design, illustrating an invention of Messrs.
Steteman &• Ellisjfor smelting and melting iron, was
shown. This consists in applying to a foundry
cupola or other furnace a box, between the upper
and.rear which and the base of the cupola is
a pipe which conducts the metal from the cupola to
the box as soon as melted, the blast from the cupola
passing into theJbox and out of an opening at the
Bide. The objectof the invention is to get rid of the
slag and scoria which float on the top of the metal in
the box and are blown out of the opening at the
side of the Dame by the blast, the pure metal being
drawn from the top opening at the bottom of the
box. It was stated that by this invention from old
retorts, otherwise worthless, over seventy-five per
cent, of iron might be obtained.
Mr. .Tones also exhibited a specimen of parasitical
plant taken liora the bottom of the monitor Passaic,
after about six months’ contact with sea water.
Also, a_piece of nine-inch round shot, showing the
effect of the armor on cast-iron balls, and a piece of
the armor-plate from the Keokuk, the piece being
about half an inch thick, and apparently scooped
out by the impinging of a nine-inch round Bhot.
The Nayy Yard.—The following is a
statement of the names of all the master workmen
employed in the yard, and the. number of men in
each department:
Geo. Much, master carpenter, 363 j. mould makers,
4 ; sawyers, 18; borers, 86: carpenters’ laborers, 111.
Total, 672. '
"Wm. H. Knowles, master gun-carriage maker, 615
carpenters on dock, 16. Total, 66.
Philip Stahl, master smith,T7o.
James W. Blaylock, master joiner, 201.
Edward Simpson, master caulker, 62; spinners,
35; reamers, 13; scrapers, 10. Total, 120. f ‘
John Sailer, master laborer, 421; yard laborers,
watchmen, and ship keepers, 49; teamßters, 9. Total,
479;
.lames Ferguson, master sailmaker, 31.
John G. Clothier, master sparmaker, 14.
Riggers, 41.
George W. Care, master painter, 117.
Charles M. Hill, master boat-builder, 17,
Isaiah Pascoe, foreman plumber, 118.
Wbi. H. Rickards, master blockmaker, 31.
Daniel Doe, dock maßter, engineers on dock, 13.
John G. Sticker, foreman machinists, 80.
Gunners’crew, 61.'
Yard carpenters’ gang, 6.
■Writers, 18.
Whole number, 2,165.
The Great National Exhibition.—
At the great national exhibition to be held at Ham
burg in July next, there will be numerous . speci
mens of the resultß of American industry and inge
nuity, of which this city will have its full share.
The agricultural societies or the executive authority
of each of the States in which delegates have not
been appointed, are earnestly requested to make se
lection of suitable representatives to the exhibition.
This iB highly important to the interests of the seve
ral States, in view of the extensive information to
be obtained in all matters pertaining to agriculture,
in the exchange of seeds and plantH, and in the
printed records of the several State societies, and
also in refeience to the eadfcuragement of German
immigration. %
Provisiop for space and accommodation at the ex
hibition will be made at once for all American con
tributions without charge to contributors, and arti
cles for exhibition will be received until the llth
day cf June next, though shipments which can be
made as early as the 28th of .May should be sent at
that time. First-class steamers sail from New York
direct for Hamburg on the 30th of May, and on the
13th and 27th of June.
Found Dead,—An unknown white wo
man. about twenty- five years old, was found dead
in a house on Spafford street, below Shippen, yes
terday morning. The occupants of the house were
arrested on suspicion of having killed her, but the
evidence before the coroner’s jury proved that the wo
man, a Bhort time previously, had been intoxicated,
and had sought for lodgings in the house, and was
not disturbed. Dr. Shapleigh also made a post
mortem examination, which showed that she died
from congestion of the brain, caused by continuous
drinking of liquor. The woman is supposed-to be
named Mary Clark. Yesterday morning the body
of an unknown white man, about forty-five years
of age, was found, in the barn of Mr. George
Ramos, about one mile above Hestonville, in the
Twenty-fourth ward. The coroner ivaß sent for to
hold an inquest. The-deceased got his supper at
Mr. Rambs’ house last evening, and is then sup
posed to have gone to the barn to sleep.
- The Nationai/Finances.— Jay Cooke,
subscription agent, reports the sale, yesterday, of
$1,906,400 five-twenties, in the following localities.:
New York and New Jersey.sBs6, ooo
Boston and New Eng1and........... 465,000
Philadelphia and Pennsylvania 261,400
Baltimore UO.OOO
Ohio. 81,000
Maryland aDd Kentucky 10,000
Weßtern States 48,000
$1,906,400
The reports from agents throughout the country
are of the most cheering character, and new districts
are daily, added to the local lists, as the details of
the loan are fully understood, and the object ap
preciated.
Presentation to a Fire Company.—
The Good Company, of this city, were
the recipients Wray. or .two since of a handsome
glass horn, of appropriate design and manufacture,
from the Duquesne Fire Company, No. 3, of Pitts
burg. The gift was an appreciative token of the
hospitality of the Good Intent towards their fellow
firemen of the Iron City, upon their recent visit to
thiscity. The good feeling which prevails among
firemen in all parts of the country is proverbial, and
does,them credit. The presentation ceremony, which
was of quite an interesting character, took place in
the presence of a large number of persons.' Mr. A.
W. Book, of the Pittsburg Chronicle, presented the
horn in a neat speech, in which he expressed the
gratitude of the Pittaburgers towards the Philadel
phia fireraeD, especially those of the Good Intent,
whose hospitality and brotherly feeling had created
such a warm reciprocity. The occasion passed off
quite pleasantly to all participating.
lUit;roa3> Accidents.— A colored lad
named William Beverly, aged 12 years, was run
over on Logan street, above Market, on Wednesday
afternoon, by one of the care of the West Philadel
phia Passenger Railway Company. He had an arm
broken, hie.hand smashed, and his head bruised. He
was taken to his residence, in the neighborhood.
John. Mellan, residing in York street, below Hol
man, a conductor of the coal train on the Reading
railroad, was killed on Tuesday night, at Aramingo.
His train was upon one track, and he was about to
cross the other, when he was struck by a train
coming in an opposite direction, knocked down, and
run over. He was literally cut to pieces. His re
mains were brought to the city on Wednesday eve
ning. The deceased leaves a wife and four children. •
A Lieutenant Promoted to the Posi
tion of Captain. —First Lieut. Jacob Leibfreid,
of Company G, 133 P. V., who was wounded in the
recent battle at Chancellorville, Va., is doing very
well at the officers’ military hospital atOamac’s
woods. The gallant lieutenant was not so badly
wounded as to require amputation of the leg, as was
reported afew days subsequent to that battle. He
received a Bevere Bhell wound in one of Mb feet. His
•many friends will be glad to learn that he is notonly
recovering from the effects of the wound, but that
he has been promoted to the rank of captain for
meritorious services on the field.
Meeting of Officers of the Thied
Army Corps,— At a meetibg of the field officers' of
the Ist Brigade, Ht Division, 3d Oorpß, held in camp
near Potomac Creek station, Virginia, resolutions
were passed expressive of condolence, on the death
of Colonel A. A. McKnight, of the 105th Regiment
P. V., also on the death of Major James S. Chandler,
of the 114th Regiment, P. V. Resolutions expres
sive of sympathy for Lieut. 001. Win. S. Kirkwood,
of the 63d Regiment, P. V., and Lieut. Col. George
H. Watkins, 141st Regiment, P. V., both of whom
were severely wounded, were also passed.
Base Ball.— All who feel an interest in
this manly and exciting field sport will wend their
way to-day to Seventeenth and Master, at 3 o’clock,
to see the long-pending game between the Athletics
and a famous club from. New Jersey. . This con
test will excite the liveliest interest, and thousands
will be out to witness it. The New Jersey club
has never been beaten.
TJnion League at Norristown.— A
very large meeting was held at the inauguration of
the Union League, at Norristown, last evening.
Addresses were made by the Hon. James M. Scovel,
lion. Kussell Thayer, and others. The meeting was
largely attended by ladies, and the greatest enthu
siasm prevailed. .
•Return of the Bark Achilles.—The
bark Achilles, that took out a cargo of
contributed by the citizens of 'Philadelphia for the
relief of the starving poor of England, has arrived
at this port. Captain Gallagher brings home with
him the splendid chronometer presented to him at
Liverpool at the time his : vessel entered that port
upon its errand of mercy.
Fire.—The alarm of fire yesterday after
rnoon was caused by the burning"of the composition
roofing and benzine , establishment of Messrs.' Bul
lock & Smith, at Twenty-thjrrL . jvt
The damage ie estimated at $l,OOO, on which there
was no insurance.. The fire originated, it is sup
posed, from the furnace. /
Flag Raising.— Yesterday the Passenger
Railway Relief Association raised a mammoth flag,
from their headquarters, Eleventh and Girard ave
nue.
■ A Prisoner.—lntelligence was received
here yesterday that Colonel Matzdcoff, of the 75th
Pennsylvania Regiment, is a prisoner in the . hands
of the enemy, and not killed as was at first reported.
Exports and Imports.— The following
are some of the principal articles exported from this
port to foreign ports for the week ending May 21,
1863:
BHITI6H WEST INDIES.
Candles, lbs. ..19,070 $2,986
Beef, bbls 29 472
Ale and porter,
ga110n5...... 3,900 - 1,215
Biscuit, 629 lbs.
and 26 kegs- . 2,008
Rutter, 1b5....13.943 2,691
Cheese, lb? 2,909 407
Coal oil, refd,
gallon? 4,561 2 047
Progs IS9
Fish, p’kl’d. 256
bbls. &11 fix's .... 1,790
Hams, lbs 41,932 4,909
Household Fur .... 292
lud. Corn, bus 740 75.1
Ind. Meal, bbls. 261 1,1'5
OTHER BRITISH X.
Coni, toils 229 .1.227]
Ind. meal, bbls. 100 42a i
Cindies* lbs... 2,000 , SGOI
Coal oil,rf.gallsS,7oo 1.28 S
Boards. • \.m
• • 1.260
Ivon nails, 1b..43.500 2,590;
iTon-, manuf’d. ••••
lard. 1b5...; -60,826 _ 6,483
Bid. tobacco, lbs 962. 414
> FRANCK
Coal oil, crude, galls i ...
Coal,tone. m 3. SCO
Ti.i> followiug are some of the principal, articles iin-
into this port for the/week ending May 21, 1363:
' f6b COSSUMPTIOX. "
Fugar. bbls ...... 40 $363 Ginger, bbls .... 100;$1,003
Jilolassofr.bbls. .'...14 >• r cases ... 100-1,505
hhds. ..4Sfl Castile soap, bxs 400 . 909
“ tierces - 45—10.070 Obveoll. CHses.-4.i0 985
Poik,boxes 146 3.5.12 Almonds, bales.. 37 T. 542
Coflee, bags.... 55 1,2-'*7 Surdities, cases 35 515
Cigars.'.... ...’57.000 1,579 Starch, boxes...- 36 • 75
lumber, cet\ 2,?0G 19 Mustard, boxes l r 'o 244
Lomvood. tons. -.160 1,787 brass, pkg* 4 41
Old K B iron, tons 79 2,los] Composition nails . 16
.Glassbead* 1 , box 1 66:Copper, kegs .... . 4 ‘ 84
■Wine, cases ..... 652 943 Hides 3:4 58
*' 1 casks 52 . SS3i
W'ARKITOUSTCD. . "
Sr-tr»-v. hlids.. 6SG ; | Bran«3y» V JH .
. IjUp 477-$40,720] “ .«;»Pw‘iis?-
Mouses, hbo s m >■" ’ * . Xn; po* «—M2,7*5
1 1 . tea:: .HO 5 ’ Pimento, ba?s .33 . U 4
Wins, cafcesV:liKo :;.:?2;553i;
.-'Buna Bdi Y*off 66\' ‘ **67
Do .. 115
“Little S«£utl B- Qo>£ 51%
Morris C 5 l coiisol 70 73
Do prfd 10s
Do 6b t 0.... ..
Do 2dmtff-< ..
Sosa Cana1...... 17K 18;
Iron nails, lbs. 2,00.1 $lO3
Lard, 1&3. 45,032 6,200
Lard oil, gals. 202 178
Shoes, flairs*.. 250 281
Manufactured '
• tobacco, lbs.. 9,910 3,s>l
Oilcake..*.— •••• -Ml?
Pork, bbls. ...: 640 5.634
Peaa, bbls o . . o 3
Kje 82
Rye meal, bbls 25 • lfls
Shooks... 100
Tobacco,lf,hds 11 8,28
Vinegar, gals.. 3,361 345
Flour, bbls.... 1,930 14,521
Other articles 415
Jl. possessions.
{Vinegar, sails. 4.591 439
{Flour, bbls.... 612 4,494
Maimfs.ofwood .... 11,707
Paper <lO
Soap, tbs. 2,000 ,180
Spirits from
grain, galls. 441 325
Shooks 28,830
Other articles.. .... 108
•74,619 15,719
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL,
THE MONEY MARKET.
Philadelphia, May 21,1563.
Cold exhibited unusual strength to-day, the demand
being more active, than for several days past—l49%@l4!?%
was freely bid ak.the close. Government sixes, 18S1, are'
steady at K)7? seven-thirties at 108 X; aid certificates at
301 X ; new at 9.9%. Money is not so plenty nor rates as
low as tbgy have been, the amount absorbed by stock
operations reducing the surplus on the misket.
The operations at the Government agency, N 5. 114
south Third street, show a continuod demand for the five
tweniy loan. The undoubted financial success-of Secre
tary Chase is twinging in troops of friends from the circle
of the faiDt hearted, and we all have reason to congratu
late ourselves on the prestige our nation is acquir
ing .through the medium of a powerful and popular
monetary administration. The amount converted?, to
day was $T,9G6,400i
The stock market of to-day was a repetition of yester
day’s, prices of the fancies generally suffering, while
the steady class of- interest-paying securities were firm.
State fives and city sixes were steady. Elmira chattel
tens sold at 78; 111 bid for the'sevens. 95 for Worth
Pennsylvania sixes;. 112. for the tens. Pennsylvania
mortgages and Reading sixes were steady. Lehigh Na
vigation sixos sold at. 109%.; Schuylkill Navigation
sixes 1882 declined 2 per cent. ? tfhe improvement loan
sold at 90. • '
Reading shares fluctuated considerably; opening at
64%, it sold to 66, fell to 54%,. and rose to 66, closing strong.
Catawissa sold at 8; the preferred at 24. Huntingdon
and Broad Top at 20%. Little Schuylkill declined 1.
Minehill %. Camden and Atlantic preferred rose %.
N orth Pennsylvania declined 1. : Pennsylvania 1. Phi
ladelphia and Erie %. Beaver Meadow was steady at 72.
Passenger railways fell off. Tenth and Eleventh sold at
42. Ridge at. 23. Seventeenth and Nineteenth at 13%.
Girard College at 29. 28% was bid for Arch street. 17 for
Spruce and Pine. Susquehanna Canal declined to 17%.
Stbmylkill Navigation preferred fell off to 25%, selling
before the close up to 26%; the common sold at 11%.
Union preferred improved %. Wyoming advancad to 23.
59 was bid for Lehigh. 70 for Morris Canal. New. Creek
sold at 1. Locust Mountain at 30; Lehigh Zinc at 50.
Bank sold at 52. Bank of North America
at 150. Mechanics’ at 27. The market was better toward
the close; $40,000 in bonds and 8,400 shares changed
hands.
Drexel & Co. quote:
United States Bonds, 1881
United States Certificates of Indebtedness.
United States 7 3-10 Notes 106* ©lO7
Quartermasters’Vonclierß.
Orders for Certificates of Indebtedness*
Gold
Demand Notes
New Certificates of Indebtedness
Jay Cooke & Co. quote Government securities, &c., as
follows:
United States Sixae, 1881 .107}£©1073£
United States 7 3-10 Notes . 136£i@107
Certificates of Indebtedness ioi>i@lo2#
Certificates of Indebtedness, new 99 99&
Vouchers 9SK@ 93 }£
Demand Notes .149*sfSloO&
Goid7Tr:.t\7.7.'.V.'.'.'.V.'.'.V.v.V... .wy s 'siso%
The following: shows thffbusiness of the Lehigh. Canal
for the week ending May 16, 1863:
Frost Mauch Chunk.
Summit Mines
Room Run Mines
E. Lehigh Mines
East Mauch Chunk.
Spring Mountain. • 62 10 21007
Coleraine Mines 2,022 04
German Penna. Mines. 730 00 3,93116
W. Spring Mountain Mines 345 13 4,329 09
D. Mummy and others, P. and D... 115 00 4L5 02
Hazleton Mines 2,405 15 11,263-02
Council Ridge.....'.'..... . 1,020 02
Jeddo Mines 540-00 1,179 09
Fulton Mines 521 IS 2,645 05
The following is a report of the amount of coal trans
ported over the Delaware, Lackawanna, and Western
Railroad for the week ending Saturday, May 16, 1563,
compared with game time in 1862:
Week. Year.
Tons. Cwt. Tons. Cwt.
. 6,137 07 106,869 09
. 21,440 14 293,406 12
Shipped North
Shipped South.
Total.’. 27,678 01
For the corresponding time last year:
Shipped North 6.487 14
Shipped South 18,227 01
Total.
Increase.
The Cincinnati Times of Wednesday says:
Borrowers of money, on regular mercantile paper, are
very scarce, so that the few there are negotiate on
the most favorable terms at 6 to 8 per cent, interest.
In the absence of paper for discount, bankers have
- been ready buyers of Government six-per cent, cer
tificates of indebtedness, quartermasters’ checks and
vouchers; but for the fame reason that there are few bor
rowers of money, there are not'many sellers of these
securities. They who receive them on their contracts
are.either able to hold them for higher rates, or find out
side buyers, who do better than the regular bankers
will do. The rates current here are He off for the cer
tificates, of which there were larger jales here to-day
than for some days past, Kc off for the checks, and2@3c
- off for the vouchers.
Therehave teen but few, if any, orders on the market
for Indiana and Kentucky currency during the week.
The rata of premium remains nominally 2 per cent.
The New York Evening Post of to-day says:
The market opened steady on Governments, and we
observe a decided recovery on the share list.
Before the firpt session Erie was selling at 90%@91%;»
Pittsburg at92@92%; Harlem at99@99%; New York Cen
tral 119@119;!f ; Illinois Central at 108®11Q.
A reaction, however, set in at the board, and it became
evident that the sellers' no longer outnumbered the buy
ers. Michigan Southern guarantied advanced 4%; Erie
and New York Central, Hudson River, aid Toledo,
front )@2 cent, upon last evening’s quotations.
The following table shows the principal movements of
the market as compared with the latest prices of yester
day evening:
.• Th. Wed.
P. S. 6s, 1881, re* .-. .107 ' 107
U. 8.65, 1881, con 107% 107%
P. S. 7 3-10 P. c. T. N. .107 107%
H. 8.1 yearCertif gold-.IOIX 101%
TJ. S. 3 vr. Cert, currn’cy 99% - 99%
American* gold '..••148% 148% %
Tennessee 6s. ...*60% . 61
Missouri 6s. 67% 67% '%
Pacific Mail... 184% ’ 187 .. 2%
N;Y. Central ....123 ,121 2
Erie........ 97% . 93% 3%
Erie preferred ...103 102 3
Hudsonßiver.. ....134% 132% 2%
Harlem 102% 102 %v
Harlem preferred 110% 110 %
Beading 107% 111 .. 3%
Mich. Central 114% 114 %
Mich. Southern 76% • 78
Mich. So. guar ....116%, . 112 4%
Illinois Central scrip... .110% 110%
Pittsburg 95 98
Ga1enar.......... .105 104%
Toledo 112 111 1
Bock Island .-300% .101 .. %
’Fort Wayne... 72% 74 1 %
Quicksilver C 0.......... 46% 47%' -1
Canton;.... .34% 35 • ... %
Prairie du Chien.... ... • 54 55 .. '1
Gold and exchange are quiet at about yesterday's
prices. - . ■
Flilla. Stock Exclii
[Reported by S. E. Slatmaki
sr, Philadelphia Exchange.}
BOARDS.
• ’ . , BEFORE ]
200 ITorth Penna R.... 15
iOO - d 0..... cash. 15
ICO d 0... 15
100 d 0..... cash. 15
"4GO do. 15
100 Schl NavPref 24%
300 do 24
200 do 2*%
ICO do ... 2t
100 d 0...... 24%
ICO Cata-wissa Pref s3O- 23%
FIRST 3
100 Reading R b 5.. 54%
100 do 54
*OO do.. b5..53#
200 do 53#
100 d0...*. 51
100 do 53#
100 do b 5. 54
200 d 0....... b 5. 54%
50 do. cash. 5434
100 Susq Cnl....slOwa.- 16#
100 d 0... 16%
BOARD.
2Beaver Meadow... 72
€OOO ScblNayos’S2.bs.' SS
2COO d 0............... £S
40C0 do b 5. SS
100 Susq Canal slO- 15%
300 do 16
100 do sOO. 16%
40 d 0..... 16%
50 Wyoming Canal... 23
5 Lehigh Zinc....h4. 50
20 do, M.'so
150Chil &Erie R cash. 26
2CO CatawissaßPref. 24
150 d 0.......... 24
15 B. •... 8%
3 Lehigh Riv 5*5 paid IS
lOOSchuylWav 10%
50 d 0........ 11
450 do.. :.b5 11
100 Penna R 67
391 do 67.
15 do 67
200 Reading B b 5. 54%
BBXWEEK
lOSnsq CaDal 17
617th&19th-st R.... 13%
SECOND
50Little Schnyl R.... 51
4 Ridge Avenue R.. 22#
50 do 23
3CO Union Canal Pref. 4%
ICO d 0... . 4%
150 Reading R 54%
.50 do 54#
70 do 55
CO do 55%
22 do .....55%
2 do 55 %
50 do 55%
50 do sSO- 56
6 Locust Mountain.. 30
£0 Huntingdon &BTR 20%
SINCE seco:
100 Reading 66
100 North Penna 16 •
ICONavPref.,.- 26%
60 Reading 56%
60 Navigation Pref-.- 26%
200- do 27
100 North Penna 16%
2GoReading 57
100 Navigation Pref b 5 27
100 Catavvissa Pref.... 23%
100 Navigation Pref... 26%
50 Reading 56%
lOOOSchlNavimptfe.- 90
14 Minehill 64%
150 Catawiasa Pref.... 25
100 Navigation Pref.*. 26%
60 Reading 56%
Market steady.
" /• . . AFTER 1
90 Schuyl Nav Pref.. 26%.
10 Commercial 8k.... 52 1
closing ran
11 do 8
7010th & Uth. .. 42
100 Susq Canal 17%
ISO Schl Nav Pref.:... 26%
4 Bk of N America--150
»ND BOARD.
150 Reading... 56#
100 North Penna. 16
100 Reading ........s6O. 56#
25 Catawissa .......... 834
50 Navigation Pref.... 28%
200Susq Canal 1734
■ 25 North Penna 16%
100 Race & Yinc.r..s63. 13%
350 Reading 57
‘ 200 Schuyl Nav 26%
500 d 0... b 5. 27
, 50 North Penna. ....b5 16%
120 Penna Central...... 67
100 North Penna 16%
100 Navigation Pref.bs 26%
100 Reading 57%
150 do 57%
[CBS-STRONG.
_ Sid Asked .
; H#emia 16 16%
: n A . - .86
Do ios 112
Catawissa R.Gon 8 S%
I Do prfd 24 25
Beaver Mead R.. 72
: Minehillß.....*. 64 65.
[ Harrisburgß..*. .. «,
Wilmingtonß... ..
Lehigh Nav 6s
. ..Do tv -shares —5O -60 •
Bid. AsTted.
Ugfe*dl....~...lo7Jtf 107*
U S 7.80 Notes.. -IC6X 107 ■
American Gold.. 149 150
FhilaBsold 108
Do new 11l 111*
A11ec0858...... ..
IOiK,
Heading £ 56 S 6&
Do bds-’SP* .. ..
Do bds ’70.. 107
Sun & Erie7s...♦ .. .. ..
Delaware Diy... ..
Do bd8....~ ..
Spruce-street R.. 17 17 X
Arch-street E.“... 2S>£ 29
Race-street R... 13 14 -
Tenth-street R
Thirteenth-st R. . •
WPhilaß 68
: Do ' bonds
Green-street R.. •• 49
Do' bonds -
Chestnut-st R.*« ••
Seeond-streetß.. 80 80&
Do fe'......-. 63' ••
Sohnyl Nav n% 11>4
Do prfd 2 6% 26%
'Do 83’82....»87* 88
Elmira R......». 38 SS
Do prfd 64 54%
Do 75’73....11l 112
Do 10s 78 SO-.
L Island B-ex dv 37 S 3
Do bonds
Fifth-street 2» 62
Do bonds
Girard College R 29 30
Seventeenth-akR 13% 13 %
Do bd5......
Phila,Ger&Nor<
LshighValß....
Do bds
’Phlladelphta Markets.
May 21—Evening.
The Floor market continues very doll, and prices are
lower; sales comprise about 1,100 bbls choice Ohio extra
family at $7@V7.50; 400 bbls at $6.75@G. S7>£, and 300 bbls
on private terms. The sales to the retailers and bakers
aTe in small lots at from 75@6: for superfine; $6.25®
6. SO for extra; $6.75@7.50 for extra family, and $S@9
bbl for fancy brands, according to quality.; Rye Flour is
held at bbl. Corn Meal is scarce; we quote
-Brandywine at $4 S7X. and Pennsylvania Meal at $4.25
?. bbl.
GRAlN.—Thereis very little demand for Wheat; small
sales of good to prime Western and Penna. red are re
ported at $1 5S@l. €0 hu. and white at si.7Q@l S 5. with
sales of I,CCO bus choice Kentucky at the latter rate, dye
is tcarce, and in demand,_with small sales at $llO # bn.
Corn is dull and lower; 2,000 bus prime yellow sold at
S9c, and 3,000 bus white at9oc bu. Oats are also lower;
2,-OCO ous sold at 75®79c, weight, for Penna.. and 10,000
bus mixed at 72c:
BASK. —Quercitron is in demand, with sales of 13 finds
Ist No. lat $35 ton. , , •
.COTTON.-The market is dull and unsettled, and we
bear of no sales' w orthy of notice. Middlings are quoted
.atssc^lb, cash. • .
GROCERIES —Coffee continues very dull, and there is
little ov-nothing doiug. We quote Rio at 32®32Xc. and
Laeuayra at 33c lb Sugar is firm .but there is less
doing;,small sales are reported at 10?«@12c lb for Cuba
and Sew Orleans;' ‘ o:
PROVISIONS.—There is very little doing, and prices
are unchanged Small .sales of Mess Poyk are reported
,at $14;76@15 bbl.- Butter is very dnll-.at lb
for roll - - Lnrd is without change; bbls and tierces are
and Ohio bbls. and gallon fordrudge.. ..
Ti e following are tbe receipts of flonrand gram attui6
P °'Flour. *2,ooobbli. '
ciEr 12.000 bus.
- .oSS:r:;:. •
' Fhllailclphla Leather Market,
The -Shoe ond Leather Reporter of May 21st says:
There has been no material' change in the Leather mar
ket since our last review. Trade has been modorate,
a lid •"piices stationery. The bids; for Sole Leather for
Government use were opened on Monday of this week,
hut -through some misunderstanding hot ween bidders
and tbe Assistant Quartermaster, no awards were made,
'and further proposals are asked for.-
Fi.ArowTKn —The inquiry for light slaughter has
been fully .--sustained.- The sales of. middle and'heavy
weights area little'slower, but about equal to prbduc
tiou; ‘The’chJef call for Sole has been from army con-
K d.
~ . 49 @5O p.
.«.* 49 ©5O p.
... 99X@99/a
For the Week. Total!
- Tons. Cwta. Tons. Cwt.
....13,329 01 56,719 07
.... 1,235 11 6,437 10
.... 451 12 1,746 10
.19.750 09
400,336 01
96.971 03
279,104 18
376,076 0i
21,260 09
Adv. Dec.
ige Sales, May 31.
950 Reading R 5434
100 d 0.... b-20. 5434
100 • - do.i.-.cash. 54J4
200 do ..,.55
400 do .........:hlo-5454
25 Bidge Avenue R-.- 21%
50 do .2 m
150 North Penna R.... 15%
25 do 15%
300 do 15
1500 New Creek 1
500 U S 6s ’Bl 10734
2000 do 107
•4000 City 6s ~.....10S
1300 do.several ctfs-107
100 Schuyl Nav- .Pref. 24#
300 do Pref b - 254
2000 Elm Chat 10s. bo. 78
60 Girard College 29
200 Cam & Atlan Pref. 16#
21 Minebillß.. 64%
1000 TJ S 7-30 Tr N blk.los#
BOARDS
400 Schuyl Nav 11
1000 Schl Nav Impfc 65... 90
9000 do 99
32 Mechanics Bank-. 27
50 Schuyl Nav 11%
3000 City 6s New.... 85.111%
1000 do 3 ctfs.lo7
600 do.several ctfs-107
600 do ......107
200 . do ....18S2 .107%
8 Catawis3a R Pref. .24
WARDS.
[l5OO LehighNax 63 109^
Do scrip!... 47}tf 4S)tf
Cam & Amb 8.. -171 175
tractors; still the market has not hoen dostituts of othor
hnyors. Prices have been fully sustained B °‘ ot “ 9r
SpAN7Sft Soi.k.—'The stock ofdry-hideLeathor i. «...
8
[^"oFdr^o 0 e e r
Ayres and La Plata at 37@33e with
CMU. and other descripS’,lt’
Philadelphia Hble Hiirltct
The Shoe and leather Reporter, May 21at savs • The
hide market has been heavy r-aportol-e
hides at a slight dw.Wne, .ivhiib Sds to lSSeasf tS
quantity in tanners'hands. The maiorUv hi,lo
tanners are supplied for the present, althonhh w/loaro
of occasional lots going ont. Domestic alee? YauS
hides have declined Wo quote the IsfocStion
at 12c for steers, and 10@llc from dealers aS9 '><de'‘<>“
l^=j’a Kl ¥> S ' _oa!f s kin3 ; jm the hair are oderinq-at 13®
each Dry coulltry skMls ar ® offering at SIA2@L w
Srr2EP —Sheep skrns inthe wool are selling at a
decline. We puote the common- run at $2@2.50 each.
ol ladel J > ? lil h ** oot SKoe Afarlcet.
The Shoe and Leather Reporter'at May 21 savs •. Rtmi.
nesramong the jobbers has not been over brisk Quit* a
number of the State buyers have beS snnniiS and
«u er Vw CT t i ie I ? ear ' b ? t ra de have btln small ’Con
siderable trade along the river and bay—what is com
monly termed lumber trade-haa- come forward dnriSr
*h® w ec«t, and rather more than the usual amount o?
oiders from: the West and early buyers. Manufacturepa
• bo * ily e i mployed ' Gpoa ord ®rs. There 6 !!
to , m&ke up goods in advance of a de
cl * 8e of tte “awn. In prices there has
S e *. t '\ ange note - City make is held firmly at
the highest-rates, and some styles of misses’ and chil
dren s work cannot be had except npon orders to manu
r-iCturerß. In eastern goode there has been more regula
rity and'unifoßjnity m rates. Stocks, though, considered
have become somewhat reducedi and dealers ge
nrlfil ly rmf 88 anxioas . fc o realize, except at a reasonable
S£?SJSt e lar s e of army boots and booties
m°Rkp«? in I V B market take'the attention of
JlfftSiioJ? 1 the refruar |rade. Labor is in demand*
ThPw^v?-J« e “i pr ?- clu ' e F treme prices for bottoming.
hootces from this city
and immediate vicinity is larger than at any previous
time since the commencement of the war P revloU »
Boston Boot-and Shoe Market.
The Shoe and Leather Reporter, May 21, says* Th»
market continues without any noticeable change, and
the principal call is for heavy boots and bootees for army
purposes- IN ot much demand exists for light goods for
the Western markets, and manufacturers are doing little
in these lines. For the New England trade a fair de
.in and is noticed. The stock of shoes does not accumu
late, as very few are made up, except on orders. Foe
army work we notice the usual call at lower figures
and the quartermaster at New York is now purchasing
sewed boots at about §2.10 per pair. Pegged army goods
do not, however, rule any lower, owing to the increased
demand. Prices of stock favore buyers to someextent
hut the scarcity of prime upper leather, and the extreme
demands of workmen, rendered a profit at present rates
out of the question.
The total shipment of hoots and shoes by rail and sea.
for the past week, have been 7,595 c>ses. Of this number
6 537 esses were sent by rail as follows: 3,403 cases, to
X* ew 1 ork and Pennsylvania : 248 to the Southern States
now in our possession and 2,648 to the Western States
.The clearances from the custom house were 1 058 cases*
?, f which 45(1 -were destined for Anstnlia, and IS7 for
California.
New York Markets, May 21.
Bkeadstcffs —The. market for State and Western
rlour is dull, and prices favor tee buyer The sales
are 7,000 bbls at $5.40@5 65 for superfine state; |sl
6.15 for extra State; $5.40@5.70 for superfine Michigan,
Indiana, lowa, Ohio, &c., including shipping brands of
|6e'@7 S5 P ° hl ° at ® 6 - 40 ® 6 - 60 > and trade brands do. at
Southern Flour is quiet, with sales of 500 bbls at $6.60
W 7 for superfine Baltimore, and $7.10@9 50 for fancy
and extra do. -
: Canadian Flour is dull; sales of 400 bbls at $6.05@5.40
for common, and $6.45@S for good to choice do.
Eye FJour is inactive, with sales ofSObbls at s4@s 25
Corn Meal is unchanged. We quote Jersey at $4&5;
Brandywine, at s4.€o; Caloric $450; puncheons $22
Wheat is 1 cent better, with a good demand at the
improvement: sales 90,000 bushels at'51.25@1.42 for Chi
cago spring; $1.30@1. 45 for Milwaukee Club ;$1 46@L50
for amber Iowa; $1.47®1.53 for winter red Western, and
$1.54@1.56 for amber Michigan.
Eye is quiet at $l@L 03.
Barley is nominal at $l.2O@L 35.
Oats are lower and dull at 67@6Sc for Jersey, and 70@
72c for Caaaaa and State.
Corn is a shade better, with a fair shipping demand;
Sales 50,GC0 bushels at 77K@79c for sound old mixed
Western,and 74@76c for new.dol
Provisions —The Pork market is dull and unchanged.
The sales arg 450 bbls at $lO S7>,(a*l2 for old mess ; sl4@
14.12 K for new mess ; $10.50 for old prime ; $l2 for new
prime ; $ll for sour mess.
Beef is quiet and the sales are small. In Beef Hams
there have been sales of 200 bbls Western at $l6. Bacon
is dull and heavy. Cut meats are inactive, with sales
of 50 casks pickled Hams at 7J*c» and 200 pkga rough
Sides at s>£@s£c. Lard is more active, but prices are
uncham ed ; sales 3,500 bbls and tes at and ICO
bbls choice at 10%c
GEOKG iW^ISfY ° F TEADB -
Wi" j L MARSHALT,. \ C ° M!m ' EE ° F TBK MOKTH -
LETTER .BAGS
AT THE MERCHANTS’ EXCHANGE, PHILADELPHIA.
Ship Tonawanda, Julius Liverpool, Alar 25
Bark Guiding Star, Bearse Liverpool, soon
Brig Anna (Br), Morrow ~ Barbadoes, soon
Brig Breeze, Outerbridge Barbadoes, soon
Brig Scio, Wooster Barbadoes,soon
Scbr Greenland, Evans Havana, soon
Schr Horace E Brown, Rice:.. St Thomas, soon
MARINE INTELLIGENCE*
PORT OF PHILADELPHIA, May 23,1863.
Sun £ises..~~
EtIGH WATEK
439-SUN SETS. U
ARRIVED.
U S iron-clad steamer Galena. 2 days from Fortress
Monroe.
Brig Will o’ the Whisp (Br), Hunt, 50 days from Mes
sina,-with brimstone to WDraper.
Brig. N Stevens, Haskell, 7 days from Yinalhavea.
with stone to captain.
Brig Belle, Yates, 10 days from Key "West, in ballast
to J E Bazlty & Co.
Scbr H B Gibson, Crocker, 2 days from New York*
with mdse to captain. •
Schr Lady Suffolk, Moody, 5 days from Cape Ann, with
stone to captain.
Schr Bed Jacket, Amesburyi from Fail River, unbal
last to captain. •
Schr United States, Babson, 5 days from Gloucester,
witb potatoes to Van Horn, Woodworth & Co.
£<?br Diamond, Townsend, 2 days from Indian River,
"Dei, with grain to Jas L' Bewley & Co.
SchrMary, Hendrickson, 1 day from Odessa, Del, with
grain to Christian & Co. .
Scbr Martha Nichols, Small, 3 days from New York,
in ballast to J E Bazley & Co.
Schr Jas Buchanan. Archibald, from Fort Kennedy, in
ballast to Navy Agent* ' -
Schr Edwin Reed, Goodspeed,6 days from Boston, with
ice to Tkos E Cahill.
Schr Delaware, Savin, 1 day from Smyflaa, Del, with
corn to Jas Barratt & Son.
SchrFlv. Cheesemaq, from Stoningtou
Schr H Warwick,' Shropshire,- from Georgetown.
Scbr Mary E Gage, Sampson, from New York.
' Schr T T Derringer, Blackman, from Boston.
Schr Eliza Neal, .Weaver, from Boston. i
Schr L A Danenhower, Miller, from Boston.
Schr Eva Bell, Lee, from Port Royal.
SchrFlyaway, Bowditch, from Providence,
Schr J H Bartlett, Rockhill, from Salem;
Steamer Anthracite, Jones, 24 hours from New York*
witb mdse to W M Baird & Co..
Steamer Fannie, Fenton,-24 hours from New York,
with mdse to W M Baird & Co. - ?> --
Staamer .Buffalo, Mooney, ; 24 hours from New York,
with mdse to "W P Clyde. c :
Str Samsun, Dunning, 24 hours from New York,-with.
mdse to W P Clyde.
SteameT Monitor, Williams, 24 hours from New York,
with mdse to W M Baird & Co.
CLEARED.
Brig G Meredith, Snow, Cape Haytien, D S Stetson
& Co.
Brig J.H Kennedy, Smith, New Orleans, captain.
Brig J H Dillingham, Clifford, Boston, J E 3azlffy & Co.
Brig Mechanic, White, Portland, Hammett, Van Bu
sed & Lochman.
Schr Lucy Ames, Verill, Rockland, Me, do
SchrH Baker, Gatchell, Newbnryport, do
Schr Annie J Russell, Hodges, Fall River, do
Schr M Van Dusen, Garrison, Roxbury, do
Sclir J H Bartlett, Rockhill, Salem. do
Schr Frank Herbert, Parker,-Boston, do
ScbrL A Danenhower, Miller, Boston, do
Schr T T Derringer,Blackman,Boston,Repplier &Bro.
Schr M Nickels, small, Boston, J E Bazley & Co.
Schr Maria L, Baxter, Boston, do
Schr Dacotah. Clifford, Boston,E A Soudcr & Co. -
Schr Eliza Neal, Weaver, Boston, Wm H Johns.
Schr J H Moore, Nickerson, Boston, E R Sawyer & Go.
Schr California, Blizzard, New Haven, Sinnlckson &
Glover. • * .
Scbr Mary Nowell,. Covell, Lynn, do
Schr J R Thomas,'Messimer, Gowanu? creek, do
Schr Hattie Ross, Poland, Portland, Noble, Caldwell
& Co.
Schr L S Levering, Corson, Salem. do
Schr Jas Buchanan, Archibald, Washington, captain.
Schr Austin, Parsons, Fortress Monroe,. Tyler, Stone
& Co. .
Schr H “Warwick, Shropshire, do
Schr M S Kennedy, Shorter, Alexandria,,
Schr Home, Ward, Washington, it Jones
fcclir Streamlet, Stokes, 'do do
' Schr Sptcie, Smith, Alexandria, A G Cattell & Co.
Schr Bed Jacket, Ameshury. Bath, W A English.
Schr White Sea, Litchfield, Portland, C A Heckscher.
Schr M E Gage, Sampson, Camhridgeport, J R White.
Schr Eya Bell, Lee, Marblehead, BLakiston, Graff <st Go
Schr Flyaway, Bowditch, Bag Harbor, do
Str Beverly, Pierce, New York, W P Clyde.
. Str H L Gaw, Her. Baltimore, A Groves, Jr.
Str E Mills, McFadden, Washington, McFadden &
Thompson.
(Correspondence of the Philadelphia Exchange.)
, , LEWES. Del. May 20. -
A fleet of schooners, coal laden, for eastern ports, left
the. Breakwater at 4P M, and proceeded to sea. A brig
passed in this morning, and another went out. Two
steamers bound south are at anchor in the Roadstead.
Wind light from BW.- . '
Yours, &c, AARON
(Correspondence of The Presß.)
. mi , w HAVRE DE GRACE, May 20.
The steamer Wyoming left here this morning with the
following boats in tow. laden andcoxtsigned as follows:
J B Lawrence, lumber to Salem; Concord, do M Baker;
Kate, do to Bailey & Co; Minnie & Strine, pig metal to
Matthews & Moore.
(CoiTespondence of The Press.)
. - READING. MayJ9.
The following boats from the Union Canal passed into
the Schuylkill Canal to-day, bound to Philadelphia,
laden and consigned as follows:
A Fisher, shingles,* and J 0 Crawford, lumber to Nor
cross & Sheets; J E Cartnony, lumber to JI) Lincoln;
Argo and Pilot, do to F S Boas; George Armstrong, do to'
Vm S Taylor: SW Edgar, shingles to Jos Haley; Frau*
cis, grain, and Lebanon. Valley, flour, to Humphreys.
Hoffman & Wright, , *
MEMORANDA.
Bark Lucy Frances, Colby, hence,JremainedatSt Tho
mas lstinst. -
BrJg.WM Dodge, Anderson, for Philadelphia, was
loading at Pernambuco’abont 27th ult.
Brigs C H Frost, Bennett,* and Eliza M "Strong, hence,
remained at St Thomas Ist inst.
CITY ITEMS.
Hciv A isk Our Presses a-rf —'**■*‘7.
—A contemporary answers the foregoing question
In the following lively mariner: “By a aewirig mi
chine, ofcourße. We.truatJh>t-'*>“-ri» r in.over la
sets a feeble opposition to
the musical click of the Wheeler & Wilson machine.
lady who eays she does not know how to use a
sewing machine is looked upon with as much dis
trust as a lady who says she don't like babies !
Side by-side, in every home, we see the piano and
the sewing machine. Of course, people have a right -
to their preferences, but give us the merry little
musician whose crystal eye and silver tongue not
only fill the ear with melody, but set the pulses of
life and health throbbing anew in the weary hearts
of a million women. Is it not better than all
the pianos ever tuned t Some of the newest im
provements to the Wheeler & Wilson machine are
the Binder, Braider, and Corder, all of which ladies
find indispensable. The Braider is particularly ap
piopriate to the present mania for decorating every
thing with braid. f I do not know what we should
do without the Wheeler & Wilson Braider,' said the ;
director of one of our fashionable mantilla esta
blishments, when we inquired how those tasteful
labyrinths of braid were laid oh, and his words are"
echoed in every home in the land. Really, we
scarcely know which bleßsing to wish our young
lady friends —a Wheeler & Wilson machine or a.hus
band t We rather incline to the former, for they
can exist minus the matrimonial alliance, but can't
do without a sewiDg machine. What do you say,
girls?” We. advise our readers to call at their new:
store, Elegant Brown Stone Building, 704 Chestnut
street, second door above Seventh Btreet.
S trawberries and Green Peas — Those
of our citizens, and their name is legion, who have
the discrimination and good taste to dine at the
popular restaurant, southwest corner of Fourth and
Chestnut streets, need not be told that the proprie
tor of it, Mr. J. W. Price, is always in advance of
his competitors in supplying his guests with the
choicest viands of the season. The latest acquisi
tions we have to note were-enjoyed at hißDining
Rooms yesterday by several hundred of our first citi
zens ;;we allude to his new Green Peas and Straw
. berries, smothered in ice cream. No wonder that
■Price’s saloons were thronged with happy faces!
We must-again express our conviction that gentle
■ men : who appreciate a good dinner will find their
appetites better catered to, both in eatables and
' drinkables, at Price’s than at any other restaurant;
' and that we are fully warranted in this estimate is
attested by his immense patronage. There is not &
wish or want of his patrons that is not carefully and
sumptuously anticipated.
Best Quality .of Wheat Flour.—
Messrs. Davis & Richards, successors to the late G.
H. Mattson, dealers in fine family‘ groceries, Arch
and Tenth streets, have now in store a fresh supply
of newly-ground Flour,, of the most desirable brands*
made from the finest wheat.
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