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THE NEWS.
WE HAVE still news of encouragement from the
great war vicinity of General Grant. Admiral
Porter gives report that the expedition to Yazoo
City was a perfect success. The navy yard was
totally destroyed ; three steam rams, one of which
was an immense monitor, and all very formidable,
were demolished ; machine shops were burned, and
over two millions of dollars , worth of :property
ruined—the total a loss of magnitude over which the
Confederacy will grieve. Johnston is reported to be
'sit the town of Jackson, with 15,000 men; but evenif
this 'news is altogether true, Grant's forces are amply
prepared to repel any attack in the rear. A renort,
credited to the irresponsible pickets of the rebel
army on the Rappahannock, to the effect that Vicks
burg had been 'taken, but General Grant was killed
in storming the fortifications, has been circulating,
we are told, among Secessionists in WaShington ;
but the story has all the appearance of an invention.
The death of General Steele, one of tha best officers
of Gen. Grant's army, is not realized in our 'present
mewls, and this, along with other rumors of the death
of prominent officers, may be dismissed for the time.
We publish interesting accounts of Grant's recent
victories, and the principal operation's in the rear of
Vicksburg, which show, what all should expect,
that the capture of Vicksburg, even with the advan
tages gained on the battle-field by General Grant,
will be a workgf great labor. General Grant now
presses his advantages to the uttermost. In his im
mediate operations upon Vicksburg he has been
steadily - gaining. At the latest he was pre
paring for a grand. assault in force upon the
Main line of the rebel defences, . which seem
to diminish and weaken with the • shock of the
National arms; and no one will be surprised to hear
at any moment that Vicksburg is ours.
Nnws which comes to us from. the Army of the
Potomac seems to indicate early offensive action by
General Lee. We have Various reports, all of which
suggest that it is the design of the rebel commander,
in order to divert attention from a probable disaster
at Vicksburg, and to allow no time for pauie or dis
heartenment in the present contingency of the
rebel cause, as well as to revenge the Confederacy
for the recent raid to Richmond, to annoy the army
and the capital in every possible way. We already .
hear of growing action, in a number of vicinities;
Stuart's and -Alesbre cavalry are at work again;
and it is gathered from the general rumor that an
attack on Hooker's lines is not an improbable
vont. Large masses of the enemy's troops were
'traiced on Saturday on the road to Culpeper and
Kelly's Ford, by the clouds of duet which rose
in rear of the river front of the army. We give
the foregoing upon the authority of reports,
part of which is doubtlesii . true ; but it may
be well to remember that other statements, such
as those of General Sickles and the balloonist,
Professor Loive, have given less cause of appre
hension. The present hour is Gen. Lee's necessity
and opportunity; and it is upon this belief that the
late reports hav9 their foundation.
Oun news from Arkansas indicates a more general
activity of the rebel army under Price. A despatch
from Leavenworth on the 29th says that the enemy
crossed the river on the 20th, and were driven back
by Colonel Phillips with a " small loss. The rebels
were then massed in our front to the number of
11,000 men, and considerable artillery, commanded
by Generals Steele, Cooper, and Mclntosh. A bat
tle was, therefore, hourly expected. The Union
forces only amount to three tho_usand men and one
battery, but their fortifications are strong. A large
rebel force of Texans and Indians from the South
west were reported as advancing to intercept the
trains on their route to New Mexico.
ITEMS from Europe, five days later, by the Sure,
from Liverpool and Londonderry on the 21st and
22d, gives statement that news from the Rapp sham : .
nook of Hooker's battle was anxiously waited for,
and that rumors of an armistice had created a
bouyancy in the cotton market.. Recruiting in Ire
land for the
_American army had grown in im
portance, as a -topic, from testimony of Irish jour
nals. The Cork Examiner says that many districts
in the south of Ireland have been visited by several
American gentlemen "of military aspect," who pub
licly offered to give passage to any number of young
men willing to accept it, to New York, for • three
pence each, with the certainty of continuous remu
neration and work when they arrived there. The
police were present on several occasions, which ob
viously discommoded the strangers; but, as there
Was nothing illegal in the proposition made, no pro
ceedings could be taken. This, we believe, is the
furthest extent of evidence upon which the British
press has founded its complaint. We have other
intelligence from the European States, but whichls
not of distinguished interest.
THE death of Dr. David Eoswell Reed, at *ash
ington, on the 6th, is noticed at length in the Edin
burgh Scotsman. He. was medical inspector to the
Sanitary Commission, and engaged in ventilating
the army hisspitais. Dr. Reed was a native of Edin
burgh, grandson of the celebrated Hugo Amot, the
historian of Edinburgh, and was himself:at one time
an extensively employed and successful teacher of
chemistry here. His connection with the ventila
tion of the Houses of Parliament is but too well
known. He ventilated St. George's Hall, Liverpool,
'the only building in the world, he said, in which his
principles of ventilation have been completely car
ried out. . .
LwrrEns from officers Of Straight's brigade, cap
tured. by Forrest in Georgia, give an entirely dif
ferent statement as to their capture, from those pub
lished in the rebel papers. They defeated Forrest
three times, captured two pieces of artillery, killed
one hundred, wounded two hundred, took many pri.
soners, lost themselves about sixty killed and wound
ed, and, finally, as two hundred and fifty of their
men had gone twenty-five miles in advance, the re
maining thousand surrendered to 2,700 rebels. The
officers were to, retain their colors, side-arms, and
money. The privates were to retain all except their
arms, but they were finally stripped of blankets,
canteens, and even knives and combs.
Tn 4, parties in California are preparing for a
Gubernatorial election: The Douglas and Breckin
ridge wings of the Democracy, more properly known
as War and Peace Democrats, are making overtures
for fusing on the State ticket, with prospector meet
ing half way on a platform of opposition to the Ad
ministration. The Union party is holding primary
elections preparatory to the 7th of June State Con
vention. The contest is mainly between ex-Con
gressman Low and Governor Stanford,lwho are
leading candidates for the governorship. A nomina
tion by the Uniomparty is deemed equivalent to an
election; hence great importance is attached to the
primary elections, and there is a vigorous struggle in
each county'.
riTaz editor of the Scientific American, who has ex-,
amined the monitor Passaic, now undergoing repairs
at New York, says the trial to which she was sub
jected during the attack on Charleston proves that
our iron.clads are impregnable, and that we may
safely defy all the English iron-clads and their arma
ments. The Whitworth shot, or lac:similes of
them, in a majority of cases, struck sideways ; they
reached the turret in all possible positions, and
show very poor shooting on the part of the rebels.
There is in indentation on the Passaic deeper than
a tea saucer, and she was the most injured of the at
tacking fleet, except the Keokuk, which was not a
monitor.,
ACCORDING to .reliable correspondence from
Vicksburg, the rebel force within VicksbUrg cannot
now be - more than 20,000. Before the fight at Jack=
eon they may have had 45,000, but part of that num
ber we forced up 'northward, toward Canton—say
10,000. At the battle of Midway Hills (or Cham
pion's Hill), on the 16th inst.,-their effective force
Was,'perhaps, 35,000 men. Of' these at least 10,000
Were killed,,wounded, captured, or driven to escape
northward, in such a way as to prevent them return
ing to Vicksburg. At the fight on Big Black, on the
17th, we captured nearly 3,000, and licattered many
more in such T. way that' they are more likely to
, have straggled home through the woods than to
.have reported for duty. '
.Tart circumstances of the murder of Captain
IVleManus have been more fully given. On Wednes
day night Captain McMahon, list Pennsylvania,
went to the tent of Captain McManus, 69th New
York, and calling him out, designated him as a
coward„McM., it is said, advanced a short dis
tance, when' McMahan Area his revolver at'the
latter, the Will entering near the heart, and he died
in aim&
,flfteen minutes. McMahon was imme
diately arrested. His act is looked upon as a
murder.
THE examination held at the Newport Naval
Academy was remarkably interesting. and satisfac
tory. Edward Everett made an eloquent address in
the closing exercises. The present class of gradu
ates is full and excellent, and last year's class num
bers upon its list some of the flower of the navy, dis
tinguished at the battles of New Orleans, Port Royal,
Hatteras Inlet, Roanoke Island, Vieksburg, and
other places.
NEB. TALLANDIGHIM is not insane, 89 was
Stated, in a long sensational article in the Syracuse
Journa/. A letter from a member of Mr. Vallandig
hamte fainity to a gentleman in Columbus, says the
Ohio State Journal, denies that there is now or has
lieen in Mrs. Vallandigham any tendency to mental
aberration.
GEBHIT ,Samna's speech at the Utica Union
League Convention declared that the supreme busi
mess of the hour is not to build or tear down, sys
tems, to prop or assail peculiar institutions, to de
fend or destroy Unions and Constitutions, but to
put down the rebellion. The Union and the Consti
tution, he said, will be good for nothing lithe rebel
lion Is not crushed. • ,
THE late vote in St. Louis for a meraber of the
Constitutional Convention, called to consider the
,subject of emancipation in Missouri, declared in
favor of the radical emancipationist, Charles R.
Drake, by a majority of more than three thousand
over Dlr. Yeatman, the conservative.
THE court-utartial in the case of Col. Belger will
convene at Annapolis to-day. The following are
among the members of the court : Gen. Hitchcock,
president; Generals Morrell and Hatch, Major Don
ell, and Captain Marshall, Judge Advocate. The
charges against Belger are notorious, embracing em
bezzlement, swindling, &c. The trial is expected to
Occupy several months.
Oxx of those rough episodes which mark new set
thknents in the far West, occurred in Atchinson, on
the 23d. Two men, for attempting to rob a man, kill
-his wife, hang his son, and Who savagely beat an
old man for concealing money, were summarily tried
and sent.to jail. The jail was at once opened, and
the criminals hung by the populace.
RECENT advises from Europe state that thepolish
Iltruggle takes more and more the character of a reli
gious as well as of a national war. The Roman Ca
tholic clergy preach openly in favor of the insurrec
tion, and the Russian soldiers burn and defile the
churches and In urder the Polish priests and gentry.
' THE Senate of Connecticut, on Wednesday, by a
vote of twelve to eight, refused to restore to the
Senate hall the portraits of ex-Governors Towiey
iind Seymour, as evidence of their loyalty Was not
produced, Which, according' to the resolution banish
ing the pictures, must be forthcoming ere a restore'.
tion is in order.'
Tux Department of Agriculture has just received
returns from a specimen of fibre of one of the aide
pies (the milkweed family), recently sent to a New
York Manufacturer, for experiment in eottonizing,
by a prc;cees similar to that by which flax is cotton
ized. It is from a plant growing in swamps several
feet in height, its fibre separating from the woody
core with greatest ease. The result of cottonizing
is a beautiful , article, stronger-than cotton or flax-
cotton, fine and lustrous, and thought by the ex
perimenter to be susceptible of working upon cotton
machinery with Out the least difficulty.
Ten 'battle of Champion Hill, of which we now
receive more full particulars, is named after the
rebel planter who owns the ground upon which the
battle woe' fought. The battle is variously named—
atter ;lawny, Edwards' Station, Baker's Creek,
and Champion Hill. It hilted, with great intensity,
from nine in the morning until dark.
A 'ranTmo tribute of respect was 'paid; at New
bern, N. C., on the 26th, to the late Col. Richter
Jones, of the Pennsylvania 58th. The ceremonies,
in which the commanding general and the troops
participated, were of the most imposing character.
The department mourns over the loss of this brave
and accomplished officer. His remains left for the
North on the afternoon of the 26th.
A ountoos will, found at Port Royal, illustrates a
peculiar phase of the ihatitution of slavery. The
testator, John Cooper, of Caroline county, Va.,
gives his property to his wife and daughter, but to
do this he is obliged to emancipate t his wife, who
was his slave, and thereby (according to aristocratic
Virginia practice) legitimatize his daughter, born of
the aforesaid slave.
Capt.. ALMAN D. BORDEN, of the Michigan Vo
lunteer Infantry, for conduct prejudicial to general
order and military discipline, iS dismissed the service.
Second Lieut. JAMES D. BEIVNETT, of the Michigan
Volunteers,• for similar reasons, is to forfeit all pay
and allowances that are or may become due him,
and be cashiered. _
GI:NEDAL ROSECRANS, the Government declares,
is so vigilant and well informed as to the movements
of the enemy, as to render the escape of Bragg from
his
,front, without his knowledge, quite out of the
question.
IT is stated that Col. Dljtassy's sentence is close
confinement at hard labor for a year, with lose of all
back pay and allowances, and disgraceful dismissal
from the service. '
- Tau Springfield Republican says that Rev. Dr.
Hitchcock, of• Amherst College, the eminent geolo- a
gist, is very ill, and not, expected to live. lie has
been in failing health for some years.
COLOIIRL STRAIGHT'S command returned from
durance in the South, state that everywhere they
saw signs of dilapidation, marks of an inexorable
tyranny, such as the world has scarcely ever known.
-Second Lieut. Ronanm HART, of the 146th New
York Regiment. for misbehavior before the enemy,
is dishonorably dismissed from the service.
The .I . ege of Vicksburg.
The news from Vicksburg, although still
meagre, should be sufficient to satisfy the
aniious public that our land and naval forces
.are making satisfactory progress. General
Gann T, if would seem, contrary to his usual
policy, has invested the town completely,
and haS commenced a formal siege, instead
of dashing his troopsheadlinig against for
midable entrenchments: This change of
plan is not, perhaps, what the public had
expected, but we are satisfied that it will
lead. to the most favorable results. A reck
less general, careful only of his individual
reputation', and-regardless of the lives of his
soldiers, might have undertaken to capture
Vicksburg by assault. General - GRANT,
heedless of the impatient, perhaps unrea
sonable temper of the Northern public, and
with no ; thought ,or care for any. interests
save those which spring directly trona the
military problem before him, arranges his
Plans for its most satisfliefory solution, with
care and deliberation. Those who have
pronounced him rashly - daring must now
admit that they have failed to appreciate his
complete character.. Hitherto he has been
impetuous, because his . sagacious eye had
seen that by impetuosity alone could..success
be secured. Now, without being less.ener
getic, he adopts the prudential policy ; be
cause it is• Plain to him, as it must be plain
to all who are familiar with his field of ope
rations, that
. by cautious approaches only
can he unearth the enemy. Such a policy
may seem to involve tedious delay and much
hazard; but if General GRANT has decided
to adopt it, we feel confident that it is the
safest and most expeditious method of ac
complishing the desired end that could be
.pursued.
The War and Politics.
A citizen of Philadelphia, who has been
clothed with many honors, and whose deve
ton to his country might have been at least
secured by the kindness and appreciation it
has always shown towards him, saw proper,
in writing to an Englishnewspaper, to speak
of the " political organization that sustained
the war." The instinctive. self-respect of
man will make its own comment - upon. the
'citi.zen who disparages, his own nation in
the eyes of nations that are unfriendly to it.
We have only to repeat this phrase because
it embodies the sophistry that the enemies
of the Union constantly use. To speak of
this war as the measure of a political orga
nization is to utter a most insidious false
hood. There has never been a war in free
communities that assumed such an aspect.
The very existence of war supposes the non
existence of political 'organizations. It is a
national struggle. It brings with it certain
hopes and gloriescertain trials and respon
sibilities, that ever after become part of the.
nation's pride and history. And this, of b all
others, is such a war. If we fail, it is not
as 0. political party, but as a nation. Our
Government, our social syitern, our per
sonal.fights, our property, would all be at the
mercy of a conqueror, W.llOSe terms would be
unrelenting and cruel. The severity of mar
tial law would fall upon all then alike, with
the exception of those who, by kindness and
service—by furnishing information during
hostilities, or aiding the conquest by weak
cuing and demoralizing the resisting power,
by acting as scouts, and guides, and agents
—become subjects :of their munificence- or
Magnanimity. It becomes us, therefore, as .
men wbo are beleaguered, Ito look among
ourselves and see if the garrison is true, to
see that there is neither treachery nor cow
ardice. We feel that we are making a na
tional war. It is not a' question - of bounda
ries or territory, but a national question.
The world may call it a conflict for an Idea,
and marvel that so much blood should be
shed in defence of a theory. This theory,
however, is all in all to us. Liberty and
liberal institutions must characterize any
Government that may be established on this
continent. That is fixed. If we gain this
- we gain everything. It must underlie every
proposition of peace or compromise, or any
proposition that anticipates a restoration of
the Union. We
: fight for nationality, and
nationality is freedom.
This attempt to confound the war with
politics is the basest argument that can be
used against the, cause. 'To speak of the
soldiers who fight under the hag. as the mere
members of a political organization, is to in
suit the great army of the Republic and to
shed calumny, upon the graves of tens of
thousands of loyal Democrats, who believed
in a country-and died for their belief. It
exhibits, too, a feeling of fearful demoraliza
tion on their own part. They voluntarily
expatriate themselves. All the glories that
rise from a hiindred
. battle-fields, and make
the name of an American a holy name, are
scorned by these recreant sons. When our
children are told of these sublime events,
what will be said of the men who stood
apart and applauded our enemies ? What
will the sons of such men say, when, amid
the feelings of pride with which these events
,are related, they have nothing but dark and
shameful memories of ancestral treason?.
There are men\living to-day, with honor and
influence, and presumed to have patriotic
feelings, who weep over the memories of
their fathers, and curse the fate ;that ever,
darkened their names with the bar sinister
of cowardice and treason. There were those
who,' in the hatred and frenzy of war,
found themselves on the side of
. the op
pressors of the Republic. The time came
when, amid .the sorrows and sincenties of
death, they found how bitter it was to leave
the world a stained and equivocid name.
The, ustice of the past will be the justice of
thefuture. Nemesis still holds the scourge,
and those who rej e 3 the warning will find
that in the end all things will be even:
Therefore; when we hear bad men exulting
and plotting, and endeavoring- to cause our
overthrow, we think of this and rejoice.
All - that we now gain, all that we lose,
every trial we undergo, and every sacrifice
we give, contribute toFards a noble and
- glorious history. And when men talk
,of
thathistory as the mere record of the strifes
and ambitions, of, a political party, and see
nothing in it but the - shedding of blood,
that their -fortunes may - be advanced, we
should ,'spurn them ;as factious citizens,
, false * -to - 'l - their native land and unworthy
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the American- name.
Tlie Last oftlie O'Connells.
In 1847,, the year. when DANIEL O'CON r ,
NELL died, five of his name and family were'.
memberi . of the House of Commons. " The -
Liberator" (as he loved to be called).waS
member for Cork comity. His eldest son,
MAtinicE, sat for the borough of Tralee ;
Jonn, said to haveYbeen his favorite child,
and certainly. the only one among them who
had decided ability, was member for the
torn of Kilkenny; and the yothager DANIEL
sat for the borough of Dundalk. Moreover,
hiknephew, MORGAN JOHN O'CoNNELL, re
presented the county of Kerry--Lthis last was
a gallant and social gentleman, who, had he
not been overshadowed by the greatness of
his powerful and gifted relative, might have
distinguished himself in. Parliament. Soon
after the Liberator's death, he retired from
parliament, took to the practice of the prO
fession, and is now a barrister, residing in
London, with a fair share of circuit, common
law, and parliamentary practice. Of the
sons, MAURICE' died in 1853 ; JoitN, after
promising "to - die on the floor of the
House," and resisting the men and move
ment of 1848, quietly slided out of- Parlia
ment, on the death of his brother-in-law,
NICHOLAS FrrzanuON, and into a fat sine
cure of 410,000 a year, which such death
had made vacant, and, after a comparatively
short-time as a placepian i passed away into
the world of shadows,
" Unwept, unhonored,and unsung."
Of O'CONNELL'S sons, his namesake
DANIEL is fourth and youngest. He is now
about forty-five years old. In 1841, soon
after he had come of age, he was an unsuc
cessful candidate for the parliamentary
representation of the County Carlow. He,
was elected member for Dundalk - in August,
1846, but among the "chops and changes,"
at the general election in the summer - of
1847, was this young man's transfer. to -the
- city of. Waterford, Which he continued - to
represent only until April, 1848, being ousted
on petition. Devoting himself to field sports
and yachting, he remained out of Parlia
ment - until July, 1853, when the death of
his brother MAURICE caused a vacancy for
the borough of Tralee, into which, as if . by
hereditary succession, the junior DANIEL
stepped, and has represented it ever since.
It is Singular that Tralee, with a population
of over 11,000 i should have been represented
from 1832 to 1863 by two O'CONNELLS,
MAunrcE and DANIEL, neither of whom
had any property connection with it. To
be sure, out of 11,363 inhabitants, that town
has only 244 registered electors. Tralee,
however, is the capital of DAN. 0' CON
NELL'S own "kingdom of erry," and his
name retained the- old influence therein up
to the present time.
The younger DANIEL, literally the last of
the great 0' CONNELL'S sons, was a quiet,
decent, somewhat brusque, very genial, and
particularly silent member of Parliament.
While his 'father lived, he voted:with him,
and since then has generally supported the
- Whigs,—thei men whom, in November,
1834, the . Liberator had publicly denounced
as "base, bloody, and brutal." He had
no liking for Lord JoRN RUSSELL, who
bad so ostentatiously ridicule& the cere
monials of the Catholic religion, but gene
rally Toted with Lord PALMERSTON. Verily,
lie has received his reward. On the Bth of
May, just bef ore public business had com
menced in, the House of Commons, M.
BRAND, who is " whipper-in ". to the
Palmerston Ministry, moved for, "a new
writ for the borough of Tralee, in place of
Captain DANIEL 0' CONNELL, who has ac
cepted the office of steward of her Majesty's
manor of Northstead."
We need scarcely mention, so thoroughly
are English matters now known in this
country, that a member of the British House
of Commons loses his seat on acceptance
of an office under the Crown, but is eligible
to re-election in most cases : not in all, as
there are some offices, chiefly judicial, the
occupancy of which is incompatible With a
seat in Parliament. Whenever a Member
desires toretire from the House of Com
mons, he cannot vacate his seat by resigna
tion, but must accept the office of steward
of the three Chiltern Hundreds, or of the
manor of East - Hundred, Northstead or
Hempholme, or the escheator of 'Munster.
The salary of any -of these officeS is nomi
nally only forty shillings a .year, but the
member accepting one of them resigns after
leaving Parliament.
O'Comsrm . a,, a needy- man
with some taste for expense; (yachting and
hunting being costly pleasures,) took care,
however, not to leave Parliament on a pal
try and nominal stewardship of a place so
small that we have vainly searched • for its
name. inseveral Gazetteers; It appears that
a certain Mr. BoNnAn - , Special Commission
er of Income Tax, lately died, and the last
of the 0' CONNELLS has got into his place.
PEEL gave the CommissionershiP to his ad
herent, BONHAM, and PALMERSToN has now
given it to his follower, O'CONNELL. The
office is respectable and sufficiently lucra
tive ($3,00 a year) for moderate ambition,
but the curious: point is that the great Par
liament sept of O'CONNELL should decline
into such a finale, The Th 7 2 ,0 says, with as
much sarcasm as truth, " This is the descent
of the dust of ALEXANDER to stop a barrel."
0' CoI:NE - 1,12s forty-Seven -years', war against
the Union to end in his only surviving
son leaving Parliament to become Assessor
of Taxes for the Saxon misgovernors ! At
one time, O'CoRNELL him Self was offered
the Mastership of the Rolls, the second
highest judicial office in Ireland, and com
patible with a seat in Parliament, and,
thogh a needy man (despite of "The
Bent,") rejected it. But one son gladly ac
cepted a fat sinecure in -Dublin, while the
othersettleS down for life, into 'a well-paid
Commissionetship in. London. So dies out
the political name of 0' Oomtp,LL, once a
mighty poWer in Parliament. ..
We perceive, by the (Belfast) -Northern
Whig, of May 13th, that Captain DANIEL
O'CONNELL' gave a quid pro quo for his corn
missionership. Mr. THOMAS O'HAGAN, the
Attorney General for Ireland, is-not in Par
liament, which is a practical inconveniende.
It was expected that the. influence. of Captain
O'Corac'ELL would be sufficient to secure
Mr. O'HAGAu's election, without any diffi
culty. Indeed, he has the support . of the
Catholic -Bishop of Kerry and the local
clergy of -the town. and district. But Mr.
Vv.nEkun,. the Tory Lord Mayor of Dublin,
also anxious to be in Parliament, opposed
Mr. O'HAGAN, backed up by the well
known able and eloquent Father LAVELLE,
who desired the defeat of PALMEItSTON'S
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nominee. One Captain. R - T , Tax; of the Irish
Times, also Wished to be a candidate. So
did Mr. Hon a high Tory-and nephew
of the Earl of Wicklow. Finally, so did
DERNY, whose elder _brother is "lord
of the soil" of Tralee. In the end,, all
withdrew in favor -of PALMERSTON'S law
officer, so that DANIEL O'CoivrTurz gave
value received" for his ainecure.
GLENTrann FAnar.—We desire to call particular
attention to this' valuable farm and country seat, the
property of Robert R. Levick, of the Twenty-third
ward, to.be offered by M. Thomas & Sons for hale
next Tuesday, the 2nd of June. The land is of first
quality for'agricultural purposes, and in a high state
of cultivation. It is seldom that an opportunity
occurs for • obtaining so fine a specimen of. rural
beauty in its general-appearance. There are hill
and dale, springs , of pure water, fine, large shade
trees ; and the Tacawana, a beautiful stream, pass
ing through the entire premises, affords the moans
for dams, waterfalls, and fish ponds. There are
building sites of surpassing beauty, with stone for
the purpose, - on the property. There is an abundance
of choice fruit,' apples, pears, cherries, grapes,
straw berries, Lawton blackberries, raspberries, ..!cc t
Easy communication with the city at all hours of
the day by railroad from Frankford. If can be divi
ded soap to afford handsome country seats of any
desirable size, and offers unusual opportunity for
profitable investment. .
EXTENSIVE PEREMPTORY SALE OS FRENCH
Tiny Goons, &O.—The early particular attention of
dealers is requested to the valuable and extensive
assortment of - French, Swiss, German, and British
dry goods, embracing about 830 lots - of choice and
desirable assortment . of fancy and staple articles 4.1 i
silks, worsteds, cottons, ' woolens, linens, silk man
tles, sun umbrellas, &c., to be - peremptorily sold, by
catalogue, on four months' Credit, Commetioing, this
morning at ten o'clock, to be continued all day, and
part of the evening, without intermission, by Tan
B. Myers & Co., auctioneers, Nos. 232 and 234
Market street. •
Illness. of Adjutant General Thomas.
LOUISVILLE, May al.—Adjutant General. Thomas
arrived this afternoon from Memphis, sick from
exharistion.. He wit's carried, at hie own request, to
the City . Hospital, and is now under charge of Me:
dicalDirector Head. There in a fair prospect of his
speedy recovery.
TIER PRE§§.-7-MEADELPHIA., MONDAY; JUNE 1, 1863.
WASI3II~TGTON- ...
„ Spectal Despatches ” The Piress."
The Fight with Mosby' e Cavelry.
•
IL telegram was received this afternoon from Gen.
dated Fairfax Court House to-day, in which
he says "The rebel Mosul - , with 200 men and one
howitzer, attacked our train of cars near Catlett's
Station yesterday, and, the guard having escaped,
he- burned the train. The locomotive is not much
damaged. Colonel MArirr, of the 7th Michigan, who
had the command in front, hearine the firing, took a
portion of his force and followed in search of the
Jebels. He encountered them two miles from Green-
Wich, where they had taken a very strong position.
Colonel Marar charged the rebels, who replied with
grape and canister, but, as the Colonel reports, our
men never faltered. They dashed upon the rebels
and took their guns. Colonel MANN returned at
dark to his camp in front, bringing in the captured
artillery and all our dead and wounded—four of
the former and fifteen of the latter. It was an
extremely hot tight. -We have, the despatch says,
many prisoners, including Captain Hasicrirs, an
English officer now in the Confederate service, and
Lieut. °HAMAN, who had charge of the artillery.
Both these officers were so severely wounded that
they could not be removed, and were paroled. The
enemy lost very heavily in killed and wounded.
After the enemy were thoroughly dispersed, in every
direction, through the woods, darkness set in, and,
therefore, they could be pursued no further.
• Lieut. BARKER, of our forces, Wait struck by' a
grape-shot in the thigh. lie_crossed sabres with
the rebels, and fought desperately - after he was
wounded. .
Disposal. of Utiptured: Property.
According to !an army order just issued from.the
headquarters of the Army of the Potomac, hereafter
all captured property, of whatever description; will
be transferred to the department of the staff to which
the property . appertains. Contrabands will, in like
manner, be transferred to the 'Provost Marshal Ge
neral Any officer failing to make prompt and com
plete returns of the captured property that may fall
into, hie poSsession, and to transfer the same, or per
mitting such neglect in -his commarid, will be ape
cially reported. to headquarters, with a view to his
dismissal from the service with disgrace.
Surgeofr-B. A. CLEMENTS has been assigned to
duty as assistant medical - director ; Surgeon J. H.
TAYLOR as medical inspector and assistant surgeon;
WARREN WEBSTER as Medical inspector.
Privates Eros DAILY, PHILIP MIIILdItErIr, and
Crum HAnnusiomoN, all of the 146th New York Yo
,
lunteers, having severally beeqfound guilty of deser
tion, by a general court-martlarof the Army: of the
Potomac, are sentenced to be shot'On Friday next.
THE SIEGE OF VICKSBURG.
No Material Change , in the Sitnation.
A FLAG. OF TRUCE FROM THE REBELS
GENERAL•STEELE NOT KILLED.
WAsninaTozr, May 21.--T_Tnofficial despatches
were received to-day from General Grant's army,
dated the 26th inst.', which represent no material
change in affairs there since the 25th. On the even
ing of that day the rebel General Pemberton asked
for a truce of two and a half hours, to bury his dead,
which was accorded.
There le no truth in the report of the death of
General Steele.
Renewal or Monday's Battle.
CAIRO., May 31.—The despatch boat New Nation
al, from Young's Point, 011 Tuesday afternoon, has
arrived. •
The battle of Monday lasted from 6A.. M. till 9P.
M., when there was a cessation of hostilities, to
bury the dead. The battle was renewed on Tuesday
morning, hitt no particulars have reached Young's
Point. But few, if any, of the batteries have been
taken'. The shells from Gen. Sherman's siege guns
come over into the city, as can be seen from the
fleet.
General Banks ,- forees have not arrived.
4,400 prisoners are expected here to night, and will
be sent to Indianapolis. IV
DESPATCH FROM ADMIRAL. PORTER.
Perfect Success of the Eftipedition to Yazoo
City—Destruction of the Navy Yard, Ma
chine Shops;three Steam Rains, and Two
Million Dollars' worth of Property.
WASHINGTON, May 31,—The following telegram
was received at the Navy Department to-day :
FLAGSHIP BLACK HAWK, MISS. SQUADRON,
Nunn Viensiitmo,.via Cairo, May 30.
To the Hon. Gideon Welles, Secretary of She Navy:
Sin : - I have the honor to inform you that the ex
pedition I sent up the Yazoo under command of
Lieut. Com. Walker, after taking possession of the
forts at Haines' Bluff; was perfectly seccessful. Three
powerful steam rams were destroyed at Yazoo City.
One was a monitor, 310 feet long and 70 feet beam, to
be covered with 4-inch iron plates. A fine navy-yard,
with machine shops of all kinds, saw , mills, black
smiths' shops, &c., were burned up. The property de
stroyed and captured amounted -to over $2900,060.
Had the monster iron ram been finished, she would
,
have given us some trouble. : One battery was
destroyed at Drury's Bluff. , Our logs on the expedi
tkni was one killed and seven Wounded.
DAVID D. PORTER,
„
Acting Rear Admiral Commanding.
ARMY OF . THE FRONTIER.
A Fight with Prices Tifoolas, near _Fort
LEAVENIVoIiTII, May 29. Colenel Phillips had-a-:
_
severe fight with portforis of-Vri*is army on the
The enenry crossed the Arkansas river near
Fort Gibson. Col. Phillips drofe them back:" Our
loss was 20 killed, and the enemy's much greater.
The enemy Ns , l3 led by Generals - Steele, Cooper, and
Mclntosh. They are now massed in our, front,
claiming to harre 11,000 men, and'considerable artil
lery. We have only 3,000, and one battery, but are
well fortified.
This is evidently the advance of Price's main
army. Dispatches from Fort Darned bring' infor
mation of the approach, from the southwest, of a
large rebel`force of TeXBOlB and licliana, with the
design to intercept the trains en route 'to New
The guerillas on the border are" becoming more
numerous. The National. force is inadequate, but
Gen. Blunt will make the best possible fight.
GENERALS SCHOFIELD 'AND HERRON.
ST. Lours,.May 31.—A.11 the difficultierbetween
Generals Schofield and Herron have been reconciled,
and the latter resumes command of the Ariny of the
Frontier, and leaves for the field at once.
Extensive preparations are being made here for
the reception of the wounded from Vicksburg.
Another Expedition for'the Interior.
NEW Yam:, May al.—Newbern dates to the 25th
state that there are indications of another expedi
lion being about to start for the interior, to run out
the guerillas. A large body of troops have been no
tified to be in readiness to leave, and gunboats and
light-draught transports are being fitted up for the
•
occasion.
A rebel spy has been arrested, with plans and in
formation upon his person.
Preparations are being made, at all points of New
bern, to receive a large force of rebels, which have
lately been making suspicionimovernents.
FORTRESS Monmoa, May 29.--The election at
Norfolk and Portsmouth, yesterday, passed oir
quietly.
,The entire Union ticket was carried. In
the afternoon the citizens of Portsmouth had a pile
raising, on which occasion speeches were made by
Colonel Johnson, of the 14th New York Regiment,
and several prominent citizens.
Twenty.five deserters from a Mississippi regiment
came into Suffolk yesterday. They have taken the
oath of allegiance, and are to be sent North by the
Baltimore boat to-night. -
The election in this diStrict passed off harmoni
.
ously as far as heard from, except in the Hampton
precincts.
There are two sets of Congressmen, Hon. Joseph
Segar and Dr. G. IL Watson, both Of whom claim
to be elected.
CINCINNATI, May 31.—A despatch from General -
Burnside to General Bragg announcing his determi
nation to hang all the rebel officers in his hands in
case of retaliation for the two spies tried and exe •
cuted in accordance with the usages of war, should
be resorted to, was yesterday conveyed from Mur
freesboro under flag of truce.
On Tuesday next, Gen. Burnside will remove the
headquarters of the Department of the Ohio to
Ileckman's Bridge, Kentucky, about ten miles south
of Nicholasville.
Brig. Gen. C. IVleLean has been' appointed Pro,
cost Marshal General of the Department of Ohio,
With his headquartera at Cineinuatl.l.o
NEW YORK, May 31.—The president•of the Ocean
Bank, D. R. Martin, has donated to Colonel Howe,
of the New England Rooms, sixty boxes of lemons,
for the use of the Soldiers in the 'hospitals at Wash
ington, and they were forwarded yesterdaY free of
expense by Adams' Express. ,
The ladies of the New England Association will
'forward forty more boxes on TuesdaY to Surgeon
General Hammond.
Admiral Wilkes. , Squadron.
NEW Yorm. May 31.—The TJ. S. /3 tetuner Vander
bnt and several other vessels of Admiral Wilkes ,
squadron were still at. St. Thomas, on the 20th.
NEW 'YonK, May 31.—The Pine-street news
rooms have advises from Venezuela to April 30.
The country had become tranquil, the Government
of Paez having been acknowledged by. the Pederals.
A national convention was soon to be held, and it
was proposed to reinstate the Republic of Columbia.
Business was reviVing, and coffee, cocoa, and dye
woods were arriving in large - quantities at Laguayra
and Caracas from the interior. -
new line of steamers is projected to run between
Laguayra, Porto Cabello, and Liverpool, via St.
The new Spanish charg6 Wafraires has arrived• at
Caracas, and is preparing his demands against the
Government.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 9.9.—The steamer Sonora
arrived to-day.
A fire occurred at Marysville today, resulting in
the destruction of a stable and ten hones. The Pa
cific - Hotel and a grocery store adjoining were par
tially consumed.-
A destructive fire occurred Sat Albany, Oregon,on
the 24th. Loss $17,000.
NEW Yonit, 'May 31.—The schooner N a utit as ,
from. St. Domingo. City, reports that, 013.. the 16t1a,
the, Strife between the Dominicans and - Spaniards
was progressing. Seven Dominicans were brOught
into the city, and shot on the 13th.
The island WWI healthy.
WASinrcvrox, Xay 31, 1863
Desertersr to be Shot.
Gibson.
NORTH CAROLINA,
Fortres Monroe.
Kentuck - y.
Supplies for the Mounded.
Venezuela.
California.
St. Domigo.
STATES IN REBELLIONS
Reports;of, the Arnates of grant and" Rose.
IlltritortuEsnono, May 30.—The Chattanooga Bebe!
of the 29th has the following:
MOB[L]a, May 28. —Reports from below Vicksburg
state that General Banks crossed with his army at
Bayou Sara.
General Grant sent in a nag of truce yesterday
about the sick and wounded,
The slaughter of the Federals was far greit ter in
the assault on Vicksburg than in any battle' of the
war.
The Mississippian of Tuesday says that Saturday's
battle was most stubborn of all.
The quartermasters at Canton say that the Yan
kee gunboats have left Yazoo City.
Ricumorm, May 27.—A private despatch from
Canton says all was
S well yesterday. Vicksburg
holds out bravely.
The Rebel says that Capt. De leyar, of 31 - organ's
cavalry, was killed in a skirmish near Readyville
on the 26th.
The llrbel believes that the Army of the Cumber
land is in a weaker condition to-day than at any
time since the battle of Murfreesboro, and thinks
that Gen. Roseerans has reinforced Gen. Grant.
The Rebel thinks that Vallandigham , s chances of
being Governor of Ohio are very fair ; and with such
a, man as President, the United States could always
have peace.
Snaimyvirmr, May 28.—Vallandigham is still
here. Tie will go to Virginia in a few days.
Cm°LeINATT;May M.—The Commercial has the fol.
lowing Southern news :
The Appeal of the 29th says that two gunboats
have 'been sunk at Vicksburg. •
• Colonel Grierson , s cavalry has made another raid
from Baton Rouge, capturing and destroying a large
rebel camp.
Pemberton's quartermaster has succeeded in run
ning seven hundred mules out of Vicksburg, there
by reducing the consumption of corn. The garrison
has full rations for ninety dayi3.
The Atlanta Commonwealth notices the arrival of
Breckinridge in that city.
EUROPE.
Later by the Jura—ltmoorg of air Arnilstice
licernitin. , for America.
()APB lino; May 29.—The steamer Sure, with
Liverpool dates of the 21st and Londonderry of the
22d, was boarded this afternoon. .
A general feeling of suspense prevails in relation
to American news.
The Derby race was won by Maccaroni, by a short
head only. Lord Ogden was second.
The absence of later American news than that re
ceived by the Persia caused a feeling of suspeuse
and encouraged rumors, Mit those which were so
prevalent a day or two previous to the departure of
the Jura, in regard to an armistice and the surren
der of General Hooker's army, had in a measure sub
sided.
The Times sees in ouch a contingency the first glim
mer of peace. -
The Liverpool Mercury publishes another lot of
anonymous correspondence in, regard to Federal
operations in England, in the matter of secret agen
cies for recruiting,' with extensive ramifications, by
means of agents in all parts and the free use of
money, alleged to be in operation.
Lord Clyde is pronounced almost out of danger.
The race for the Derby was a very close affair.
Maccaroni only heat Lord Clifden by a short head;
and Rapid Shone and Blue Mantle, third and fourth,
respectively, were only a length from the winner.
Thirty•one horses ran. The stakes were nearly
£7,000. The weather was miserable, and the at
tendance,- consequently, less than usual. The
Prince of Wales was present. ' •
The• Cork Examiner contains correspondence from
various parts of Ireland, which leaves scarcely any
doubt that recruiting for, the Northern army has
beenattempted to be carried on there on an exten
sive scale; It appears that Mitchellstown, Charles
ville, and Fermoy, have been visited by several Ame
rican gentlemen of military aspect, who publicly
offered to give a passage to any number of young
men who might, be willing to accept it, to New
York, at three pence each, with a certainty of con
tinuous remunerative work when they arrived there.
The police were present on Several occasions,
which fact obviously discommoded the strangers,
but as there was nothing illegal in their proposition,
no proceedings could be taken. Several hundred,
young men, who, beyond all doubt, had engaged to
go to .America on the terms,offered by the American
agents, are awaiting- the sailing of the , early
steamers.
The advises from Cherbourg report that considera
ble reinforcements are being despatched from there
to Mexico.
There is really nothing new as to the movements
of the Polish insurgents.
Ttie Ilaik of England ham advanced its minimum
fate Of' discount z per cent.
Vie political news is unimportant. The arrival of
the steamer Glasgow has dispelled the rumors of an
armistice in America.
The ship John Merrick is ashore, near .Almeira.
Her cargo had been saved.
The steamer Saxonia did not leafe Southampton,
for New York, on the loth, owing to her damaged
machinery. The Hammonia is expected to arrive
on the 22d hist., and will take her place.
FRANCE
Admiral de la Graviere having resigned the naval
command in Mexico to Admiral Rosse, had returned
to France, bearing General Foray's report of opera
tions at Puebla, down to April 17th, at which date
the prospects of French success were stated to be ex
cellent.
Additional- French men• of-war have been sent to
the Pincus, in consequence of the-unsettled state of
affairs in Greece.
The International Congress at Paris, on the postal
question. had appointed a subcommittee a seven
to prepare and accelerate the proceedings. Mr.
:Reason. delegate from the United States, is a mem,
t er of the committee.
Advises from. Cherbourg report that considerable
reinforcements are being despatched from there to
Mexico.
The Bourse was steady. Renter 691. 60c.
POLAND.
There is really nothing new as to the insurgents'
movements.
The number of insurgents in the kingdom of Po
land is estimated by the Times correspondent as not
to exceed 20,000, and in Lithuania at under 10,000.
The number of small bands containing from 400 to
500 is about 500,
SPAIN.
The sentence of bnprisonillent and hard labor at
the,galleyw against the Granada Protestants had
been commuted into banishment for a corresponding
Commercial Intelligence.
Cotton sales for three days, 10,000 bales, the mar
ket closing dull and slightly lower.
Breadatuffs quiet and steady, without change in
prices. _
. .
Provisions dull And unchanged.
Consols 23%@9334.
THE LATEST.—May 21—Cotton sales for the week,
28,00 p. Prices are 34:@,.tr,' lower,for American and
Surats.
The Glasgow arrived out on the 2let
THE LATEST.
LIVERPOOL, May 22.—The rumors of an armistice
having been agreed upon between the billegerent
parties in America, which was received by the
steamer Glasgow, and reached here to-day, created a
buoyance in the cotton market, and the week's de
cline was partially recovered.
Theadstuffs closed firm and steady. The provision
market is dull but steady. •
Loivoow, May 22.—Consols for money closed at
LONDON MONEY MARKET.—The funds had
been quiet, but fluctuationa' continued.
There was a good demand for money, at unchanged
rates.
The Bank of England, on the 21st, advanced its
minimum rate of discount a further one-half per
cent.
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, BY JURA.
—ldvitur 001., May 21.—Cotton—Sales of three days
10,000 bales, including 4,000 to speculators and ex
porters. The market - is irregular and dull, at a
slight decline on all descriptions.
STATE OF TRADE.—The Manchester market
is inactive, and prices have a downward tendency.
EIZEADSTUNTS are quiet, but steady.. Wakefield,
Nash, & Co., Bigland, Athya, & Co., and. Gordon,
Bruce, ,& Co. report Floiir quiet and unchanged,
American 21@255. Wheat steady; red Western and
Southern 9s@9s 9d ; white Western and Southern
ios©ris 3d. Corn firm, at 298 9d for mixed.
Pnovisfoxs dull, and generally unchanged. The
above-named authorities report Beef dull and un
changed. Pork flat. Bacon easier and dull. Butter
very dull. Lard tending - upward ; sales at 3619385.
Tallow firmer; sales at 418@42s Cd.
PltdDllCE.—Ashes firmer ; Pots, 335 ; Pearls,
32s 6d. Sugar quiet, but steady.:Coffee inactive;
rates unchanged. Rice steady. Linseed Oil firm at
46s 6t1C4475. Rosin—Small sales at 275. Spirits
Turpentine—no sales. Petroleum quiet at is lld
for refined.
LONDON MARKETS.—Wheat firmer, but quo
tations unchanged. Sugar quiet, hut steady. Coffee
quiet. Tea quiet, but firm. Rice firm. Tallow.quiet,
and tending downward. Linseed Oil firm, at 45s 6d.
AMERICAN SECURITIES,--Illinois Central
Bhates 41 (g.lO discount; Eties 51®52.
Additional from Europe.
Nnw YORK, May 31.—The steamer Sidon, from
Liverpool, with dates to the 19th, and Queenstown
of the 20th, arrived this afternoon. Her advices are
mainly anticipated by the Jura. ."
_ .
GREAT BRITAIN.
The news of the destruction of American vessels
off Pernambuco, by the pirates, had reached Eng
land:.
Mr. Layard stated in Parliament that the British
consul at Mobile was promptly dismissed for ship
ping specie on a British war steamer.
In the House of. Lords, the Marquis Clanricarde
denounced the seizures of British vessels by Federal
cruisers, as a violation of the law of nations, and
complained of the procedure adopted by the United
States prize courts.
Earl Russell defended the course of the American
Government, and said that all their communications
showed that they fully respected international law
and desired to act accordingly. The law officers of
the Crown, in all cases of complaint, reported that
there was no rational ground of objection to the de
eisions of the United States prize courts. He thought
that the blockade-runners, when they lost a vessel,
demanded redress with all the airs of injured inno
cence. Be denied that the Alabama was fated up
with the cognizance of the British Government.
The Earl of Derby concurred with Earl Russell,
and thought that every allowance ought to be made
for the provocation.
Further advices of General Hooker's battles on
the Rappahannock were eagerly anticipated. The
Times looks upon General Hooker's plans as fits
trated, and thinks that his defeat will be the last
chance of success in Virginia.
The Post and Herald think that General Hooker
has sustained -
a 'disastrous defeat. The other. jour
nals regard affairs as undecisive, and are still hope
ful for the Federals.
The reply of President - Lincoln to the address of
the Emancipation Society has been received. Ha
says the address is very gratifying, and expresses
friend* feelimm towards England.
The House of Commons has voted the postal sub
sidies, including that for the Galway line.
FRANCE
The monthly returns of the Bank of France show
an increase of cash of 17,500,000 francs._ The Bourse
was flat at 69f. 45c.
POLAND
The Polish telegraras report a continued spread of
the insurrection.
It is reported that the Russian Government has
ordered all the officials in Poland to send their wives
and children, without delay, into the interior of
Russia.
New Russian regiments are ordered for Finland
PRUSSIA
The Prussian Chamber and the Ministers continue
at loggerheads.
FoititTorr Snip NEW .=Arrived —Arrived from New Or
leans, April 14th, ship lilaria Felicitia, at Havana.
From Philadelphia, April 15th, ship B. Fountain,
at. Havre•, April 17th; ship Cora. Linn, at Liverpool.
Sailed for Philadelphia, April 17th, ship Corsair,
from Liverpool.
For Baltimore, 'April 17th, ship Leonadia, from
Liverpool.
Rev. Mr. Beecher , s Departure for Europe.
NNW YORK, May.3o -Henry Ward Beechersailed
to-day for England, in the. steamer City of Balti
more. A large party of his friends accompanied
'him in the, pas•sage down the bay, among whom
were Admiral Stringham, Rev. Messrs. Storrs, Cuy
ler, Hatfield, and others.
Admiral Wilkes' Fleet.
PORTLAND, 11Tify . ‘30.—The ship George Turner,
from Buenos Ayres, via St. 'Thomas, on the 16th
inst.,
arrived here to-day, bringing four invalid sea
men front the United States steamer Alabama, four
front the bark Gemsbok, four-from the steamer wa:
chusett,,one,from the steamer 'Oneida, and one from.
the Vanderbilt, all of Admiral .Wilkes' soitadront.
The'-Vanderbilt had takes' 3,640 tons coal, li t od
Was ready for, a cruise. -
THE •cl
[loli ADDITIONAL CITY VOITETH YAWL]
ASSESSMENT OF THE INCOME TAX.—The
assistant assessors are furnishing Citizens with
'forms for returns of their liabilities under the
income tax, with specifications of the sources of in
come, taxable deductions, &c. The folloWing im
portant explanatory circular, upon the sultieot of
this form of return, has been furnished the assessors:
Assessors and assistant assessors will take notice,
that the specific statement of the several subjects of
tax, on the second and third pages of Form No. 21,
are intended merely for the convenience of the tax
payer, with a view to facilitate the ascertainment
by him of the tax which he is liable to pay. It is
not to be regarded as a part or the return to be
made by him, nor must it be exhibited to the inspec
tion of any one. The income and rate of tax being
ascertained by the tax-payer, in the mode indicated,
or any other proposed by him, and equally likely to
result in a true statement of income subject to tax,
the return may be made in gross, as indicated on
This office does' not propose to, inquire into the
kind or number of any mans investments.
In distributing Form No. 24, for use, this explana
tion should accompany the distribution.
From this it 'will be seen that the citizen ascer
tains, from the specifications in the blank form,
what items of income are taxable and what allow
ances are to be made. He makes the- calculation
himself, and returns and swears to the gross amount
liable to taxation. lie need not specify how he makes
the profits and income upon which he is liable to pay
tax.
The following additional decision, which has just
been made at Washington, is very important. It is
believed to cover all pointa,and questions which can
arise under the law :
The income tax most be assessed and paid in. the dis
trict in which the assessed person resides. The place
where a person votes, or is entitled to vote, Is deemed
his residence. When not a voter, the place where tax
on personal , property is paid is held to be the place of
reettienee.
caeca of lirflited partnerships, formed with the con
dition - that no dividend or division of profits shall be
made until the expiration of the partnership, each mem
ber of such firm will be required to retura his share of
profits arising from such business, for the year 1552. as,
had they so desired, a division of the profits , could hare
been made. -
Gains or prolite realized from the sale of property
during the year 1862, which property was purchased be
fore the Excise Law went into Effect, should be returned
as income for the year 1662.
The executors or ad asinistra.tors of the estates of per
sons who died in the year 1862. should make retnrulof
the income thereof for the year 1862. .
A merchant's return of income should cover the busi
ness of the year 1962, excluding previous years Uncol
lected sccounWmust be estimated. .
Physicians and lawyers should inchide actual receipts
for services rendered -in 1862. together with an estimate
of unrealized or contingent income due to that year.
Dividends and - interest payable in. 1&32, should he re
turned as income for that year, no matter when declared.
Dividends derived from gas stock are taxable as in
come.
Income derived from coal mines must be returned, al
though a tax has been prevtously paid on the coal pro
duced. No deduction can be made because of the dimin
ished-value, actual or hoppopod, "of the coat vein or bed,
by . the process of mining. Rent derived from-coal mince
is pewee. .
. .
Premiums paid for life insurance shall not be allowed
as a deduction in statement of income.
Pensions received from the United States Government
musthe returned with other income subject to taxation.
Old debts, formerly cons dered hopelessly lost, but
Paid within the time covered by the return of income,
should be included in this statement.
Debts considered hopelessly lost on the list of Decem
ber. 1862, and due to the business of the year • 1862, may
be deducted.from the profits of business; if subsequently
paid, they must be included in the return for the year in
which paid.
In order to give full effect to the proviso to the 91st sec
tion of - the act of July Ist.. 1862, respecting, the tax on that
Portion of,income derived from United - States securities,
it is directed that when income is derived, partly from
these and partly from other sources. the $660 and other
allowances ma de by law shall be deducted, as far as pos
sible, from that portion of income derived from other
sources, and subject to three ner cent. tax.
No deduction canoe allowed from the taxable income
of a merchant for compensation paid for the services of a
minor son.
. . . .
A termer, when making return of the total amount of
his farm produce," shall be allowed to deduct there
from the subsistence of horses. mules, oxen, and cattle
used exclusively in the carrying on of said farm. The
term " farm produce " is construed to include all pro
ductions of a farm, of what nature or kind soever.
The account of stock sold by a farmer since December
31, 1382, should not be included in the present assess
ment, but the profit realized thereby must be accounted
for in his next year's return. Where he has included in
his return.produce raised by him, and fed in whole or
Part to stock subsequently sold, he must account for the
rein realized by the feeding and selling of said stock.
Where he has not included the produce so fed, he most
Yu trill], as profits, the difference between the value of
said stock on the 31st of December, 1861, and the amount
realized f:r them.
Fertilizers Purchmed by farmers, to maintain their
land in - present productive condition, will be considered
as , " repairs " in estimating income.
Interest should be considered as income only when
Paid; unless it is collectable and remains unpaid by the
consent or agreement of the creditor.
Losses. incurred in the prosecution of business are a
fair offset to gains derived from business. bat not from
those portions of income derived from fixed investments,
'such as bonds. mortgages, rents, and the like.
Property used in business, and furnishing profits,
when destroyed by lire, ma , be restored, at the expense
of those profits, to. the condition when destroyed; if in
sured, the difference between insurance received and
amount expended in restoration will be allowed.
The increased value given a new building by perma
nent improvements will be charged to capital—not in
come.
The contingent fnnd of manufacturing corporations,
made up during the year 1862, and not distributed;
Should not be returned as part of the income of the stock
holders.
The nadistribnted earnings of a corporation, made pre-
VlOlll3 to September lot, 19q, whether the corporation is
required to ray tax on dividends or not, should not be
considered as the inCome of the stockholders, nor should
the corporation be rtquired to make return of said re
served earnings as trustees, 'under section. 93 of the Ex
cise Law. •
The income of literary, scienti&c, ar other charitable
institutions. in the hands of trustees nor others. is not
subject to income tax.
When- • - -• .
W a person boards, and rents a room. or rooms, the
rent thereof, in lien of rent of house, should be deducted
from the amount of income subject to taxation.
Looses sustained in business since December 3lst, 1862,
Will not enter into the income ass , ssment for 1862.
Interest on borrowed capital used: in business may be
deducted from income.
If a planter returns all his farm products. he will be
allowed to deduct the actual expense of subsisting and
clothing his slaves, • -
Legatees are not required to return their legacies as
income. There is a special tax on legacies of personal
property in section 111.
The income tax Asessed upon the actual income of
individuals.. Firms, as such, will not make returns.
The profits of a manufacturer, from his bnsinese, are
not exempt from income tax, in consequence of his
1 avin spain the excise tax imposed by law upon articles
manufactured by him.
. .
As bridge, express, telegraph, steam and ferry-boat
companies or corpora Lions ore not authorized bylaw to
tritheoAl and ray to Government any tax upon interest
Paid, or dividend declared by them, all income of indi
viduals derived from these sources is' liable to [income
411 persons neglecting or refusing to make return of
income, except in cam of sickness, are brought within
the penal ti.p pretcribed-by the - llthaection of the act of
July Ist, 1802, viz : an addition of 50 per cent., to the
amount aBcertained by the assistant assessor, nPon sack ,
information as be can obtain, and a pertiltf of KM to
be recovered for the United states, with costs of suit.
CAsuALTrEs.—On Friday evening, about
six o'clock, an alarm of fire prevailed in the Twenty.;
fourth ward, and was occasioned by the partial
burning of the woolen mill of Wolverton & Shaw,
at Cardington, in, Delaware county. While the
Monree engine was proceeding out Market street,
and when near Fisher's avenue, a man named Jacob
Hoover took hold of the rope, but stumbled and
fell. :The apparatus passed over his head, killing
.him instantly. The deceased was about 49 years of
age, and leaves a wife and four children. He re
sided in the neighborhood of where the accident oc
curred " Francis Groves, aged 75 years, was run
over by a car upon the Delaware-county Passenger
Railway. on Friday last. .The accident occurred on
Market street, near the Good Intent factory. Mr.
Groves had one of his legs broken; and was con
veyed to the hospital at the Almshouse. It was
found necessary to amputate the limb. The ad
vanced age of the sufferer will interfere materially
with his recovery Win. Webster, a driver on the
Fifth and Sixth-streets Passenger Railroad, who
fell off a, car on Friday afternoon, and had one of
his legs crushed by the wheels, was doing as well as
could be expected last eveningi at the hospital. His
mangled leg was amputated on Saturday.
TER GREAT ANNUAL FAIR.—Thd an
nual Fair for the benefit of the Cooper - shop Soldiers'
Home, the Hospital and Refreshment Saloon, will
commence to-day and continue open two weeks, day
and evening, in the upper saloon of the Cooper
Shop, on Otsego street, below Washington avenue.
The arrangements made by the ladies, who inaugu
rate the Fair, are complete. The saloon, is decorated
in a tasteful style, very patriotic and decidedly pret
ty. < The advertisement in another column gives im
portant particulars, to which general attention is
invited. Music will be in attendance every evening
during the fair. Presents have already been received,
even as far east as Massachusetts, and more are ex
pected from every section of our country. Articles
from the South, from Kentucky, Missouri, and other
States ' will he displayed on the tables. The objects
of the Fair need no word to stimulate the patriotic
readers of The Press to liberally respond to the call
as made by the well-known and highly-esteemed la
dies whose names are appended to the call.
SEMI'-CENTENNIAL; ANNIVERSARY.—Yes
terday, Rev. Dr. Jehu Curtis Clay, pastor of the
Gloria Dei (Swede's). Church; celebrated the fiftieth
anniversary of his installation into the ministry.
The church was crowded during all the services of
the day. In the morning the Right Rev. Bishop
Potter and a number of clergymen were present in
the chance]. An ordination of priest and deacon
took place, the candidates being presented by Rev.
Mr. Washburne, after which, Dr. Clay preached
one of the most eloquent and certainly one of the
most interesting sermons With which he has gra
tified his numerous hearers. He stated that since
his admission into the, ministry he. had delivered
6,750 sermons and had baptized 3,440 persons. He
was ordained in St. Paul's Church, and was 'a - mem?.
her of the Protestant Episcopal Convention when
its, total mernbership,wita only thirteen. Of these
thirteen, there are only three surviving. Dr. Clay
is.universtilly esteemed, and his connection with
the Swede's Church has heen accompanied by the
happiest results." -
STRAY CHILD.—A child, aged about four
years, belonging to Philadelphia, was found wander
ing .about Camden, New Jersey, on Saturday after
noon. It was taken in charge by the police of that
city.-The child answers to the name of " Sammy."
Exounsrox.--The Catholic Philopatrian
Literary Institute will make a grand excursion to
Rockdale, on Monday, June 8.
Public Entertainments.
Tire TnEATalts.—The reconstruction and enlarge
ment of Arch-street Theatre has commenced, and
will be completed in time for the opening in Septem
ber. Improvements are also promised at Walnut
street Theatre. Its season terminated on Saturday,
but it is now occupied. pro tem. by "The old, original,
and only Campbell's Minstrels." At Chestnut
street. Theatre, the popular burlesque, "The Fair
One with the Golden Locks," altered but not im
proved from the original by Planche,• has run
three weeks, to full houses, and will be replaced,
this
_evening and during the week, by " Po-ca-hon
tai,"-not only the best piece ever written by fohn
Brougham, but, in all probability, the bnly . one of
his produotions that will live. It was written, or
rather dictated, on a bed of sickness, in November,
16,55, and produced that. Christmas, in WalJack's
Theatre, New York. Mrs. John Wood here: takes
the part of Po-ea-hon-tas, originally played by Miss
Georgiana Hudson, a handsome young lady who
could sing much better than act: Walcot's part of
Captain John Smith will here be played by Mr. Charles
Wheatleigh, whom playgoers will recollect, at the
Arch, for his inimitable Danny Mann in " The Col
leen Bawn." Mr. Chapman will be at home as
Signheer Rolfe (Peter's part). When first played in
1655, Miss Charlotte Thou - 4)30n, now " a star," was
a sort of supernumerary, being cast in the non
speaking character of O. You-Jewel. Mr. Setcheil is
not in the cast; the present being the last week of
his engagement. In the original, Pozu-ha4an L was
played by Mr. Brougham himself. Here it will be
represented by Mr. W. Davidge, and the charin of
the character is that it cannot be made too extrava
gant. The drill and grand march of the Tuscarora
Light Guards, Princess Po- ea.liom-tas commander.
would of itself fill any respectably-sized theatre.
Mrs. Wood, with- her pretty figure, handsome face,
perfect pronunciation, sweet singing, and charming
acting, is the very Queen of Burlesque. The farce
played before the principal piece, is worth hearing
and seeing.' Setchell or Davidge appears in it. On
Friday evening, in "Poor Pillicoddy," Mr. Da
'ridge's performance of the hero was irresistably lu
dicrous. The character belongs to the line of
broadest come,* with au immense margin, and Mr.
Davidge did not lose a point. He is not a mere low
comedian, however, but capable of a wide range
in eccentric and old men parts, and is an acquisition
to this company. Mrs. C. Henri, one of the liveliest
and reed natural of soubrettes, with some taste for
burlesque, and a passable aptitude for singing bal•
lads, is a'recerit and acceptable addition to: the
strength of the company. at this theatre. Despite
"the heated tern]," the Ohestnut-street Thiatre is
`crowded every night. Its ventilation might be im
proved,
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
THE MONEY MARKET.
Pit IL mw.ir nu., May 30.1863
Money matters for the week close very dull, the all
absorbing topic of " Vicksburg " materially lessening
the interest in trade. 'Perhaps the only item, hich does
not suffer from the general lassitude is Government cre
dit, 1851 sixes are firm at 105@101334',the coven-thirty trea
sury notes at lO7M, while the figures at the Government
agency, 114 South Third street, for the conversion into
the five twenty sixes show an undiminished front. The
People are really in earnest in the, matter of iuppressing
the rebellion, and they became determined, just as soon
as the Administration proved, by vigorous and deadly
blows, that they desired to see the end of a terrible war.
Gold was steady again to-day, closing at 114 g. Money
is easy, and rates are more moderate.
_ . .
J. Cooke, agent, announces the amount of sales of the
eve-twenty loan this week at $14,500,000, nn to 2 o'clock
Business at the Stock Exchange was of a limited
amount, the heat of the weather calling for a 81113
Pension of the second boird on Saturday afternoons.
At the first board prices were steady. *Reading Railroad
shares rose %, selling up to 56X; Little Schuylkill rose .
X. selling at 504411Pbrth Pennsylvania was steady at
1.51.. i; Camden and Amboy at 170 X. Philadelphia, and
Eric declined X; Huntingdon and Broad Top sold at 213,';
Pennsylvania at 653; ;.State fives at lug new City sixes
at 111 X ; State COUPOEI sixes at 110; Schuylkill Naviga
tion sixes, 1882, at 8.3@88X, an advance of 1. Lehigh _Na
vigation sold at 58; Schuylkill Navigation at hy„ the
Preferred at 27X, an advance of X. Big Mountain sold
at 4%; Farmers' and Mechanics' Bank at 50; Bank of
Kentucky at 93.
Drexel & Co. quote:
United States Bonds. /108 X"
United States Certificates of Indebtedness..-:.101X 101 X
TJnited States 73.10 Notes...—. ...... .. . ... 107 1073,'
Quartermasters' Vouchers 983 , ;88 98X
Orders for Certificates of Indebtedness........ 99X0 • •
Gold 44W - x:45 P.
Demand Notes 4434045 p.
New Certificates of Indebtedness.993‘ , Zii&X
Sterling Exchange 153 0160 .
Tay Cooke & Co. quote Government securities. &a., as
follows:
United States Sixes, 1681 1073101043(,
United States 7 3-10 Notes - 10631 107%
Certificates of Indebtednesslol% 102
New 99X 09%
Quartermasters' Touchers 934 g. 99
Demand Notes 144 c 145
Gold --
144 Q1453.i."
Sales of five-twenties on Saturday. $1,334,600. For the
week ending §l4urday, $16,000,000.
The'rollotcingis the amount of coal transported on the
Philadelphia and Reading Railroad'ditring the week
ending Thursday, May 25,1863: ' _
FrOm Port Carbon
Pottsville ........
" Sohuylkill Haven
Auburn
" Port Clinton .-
Harrisburg and Dauphin
Total Anthracite coal for the week 69,232 30
From Harrisburg, total Bituminous coal for w'k 5,393 02
Total of all kinds for the week
Previously this year
To same time last year
Increase
The following is the amount of coal tiansported over
the Schuylkill Canal for the week ending Thursday,
May IS, 1863:
Pram Port Carbon
Pottsville
" Schuylkill Haven
Total for week
Previously this year
To same time last year 297.928 04
Decrease 92,944 04
At a meeting of the directors of the American Tele
graph Company, at New York, the usual quarterly
dividend:o two per cent, was declared, payable on and
after the Ist of Rine proximo.
An election for president and directors of the Franklin.
Railroad Company will be held at the Company's office,
in Harrisburg, on Tuesday, the Id day of June next.
The bondholders of the Union Canal Conaliany are re
quested to - call at the office of the company and surren
der the coupons, as agreed upon, in accordance with the
act of Assembly of Aprillo, 1164.
The statements of the banks of the three Mincipal ci
ties of the Union for the last week compare with the
previous one and the corresponding time of 1662, as fol
lows :
Loans. Deposits. Specie_..
19 S5l 167,657.653 39, 1 4.1,36 a 80,378
N.
STO . II , ! fa ?" . 1 7 8 2 1 ,6 8 14:3 ' 50 .007.1 3 6 7,776,922 7,011,090
Phila., " 2.5. 37,116,693 . 4,357,169 2,309,109
Total 1291,910M4[133.117,8171 50,670,915 16,610,477
Last week 1190,666,971 2.99,864,1551 00,707,907 16,935,151
Last year 12:34,756,027 172,810,9961 44,880,467 15.202,437
The New York Evening Post of today says:
The market opened steady. Government securities are
in moderate demand, at prices slightly below those of
the past two days.• Bank stocks are weak, and railroad.
bonds firm.
Debt certificates are offered at 1013 for the old: issue.
and 993 for the new. The conversions into the five
twenty loan, as is supposed, have caused a qriantity of
these certificates to be thrown on the market by the
holders, so that for the time the supply exceeds the de
mand.
The movement in railroad shares continues. Pittsburg
has risen 343 cent, on last evening's prices, Pacific Mail
234 4 , and New York Central, Hudson River, and Michi
gan Southern. from. 1 to 114 "B cent.
Before the first session Erie was selling at 95.1421951.4.
New York Central at 1781.0123%, Cleveland .and Pitts
burg at 93, and Michigan Southern at 93.
The following table shows the principal movements of
the market as compared with the latest prices of yeeter•
day evening:
Sat. Fri. Adv. Deo.
U. S. 6e, 1881, re, ........-...108 108% • 3.4
11.6.65, 1881, con .. . .. —lOB 10314 . . ,44
U. S. 7 3-10 p. c. T. af. .107 107 .. ..
17. S. 1 year Corti' gold-101X 101.1.""
.. 34
U. S.l vr. Cert. cogency 9934 9914 .. 14
American gold 1443; 14.43 ..
Tennessee 6s 62 63% • • 1%
Missouri 6s 71
Pacific Mail 18014 184 234 ..
N.Y. Central-- 12.1% 122% 1 ..
Erie 963 i" 991.4 134 .. Erie preferred 3,116 K 10534 3 • r
Hudson River 134 13214 134
Harlem 10934 110 ..
Harlem preferred 11134 113 .. • • 1%
Reading . . 113 112, 14 , X ..
bitch. Central ...... ..1162; 116 ..% - • .
Mich. Southern . 7634 76 .I'. ..
Mich. So.•guar 116 34 116 313,
Illinois Central scrip -11014 110% .. 34
Pittsburg 9434 91% 3
G alen a .196 . 10.534 34
Cleveland and Toledo. • 11414 116 .. I,li
Chicago and Rock IsPcl.lO2X 102 Y. 3-4
Fort Wayne 7634 77.- i-i
Cumberland
39,1.4
SO n
391 36 ..
.14
4 .. ' . •
Prairie du Chien 49 48 1
Gild has been firmer this morning, and has varied but
lit tie from yesterday's closing rates. .
- Exchange is diall at 1.27140153. .
Philada. Siock Exc
[Reported by B. E. SLAYMAE:
ange Sales. May 30.
R. Philadelphia Exchange.
OARD.
FIRST
250 Schl Nay Prof 27%
100 do Pref • • • • 27%
100 do Pref 27%
100 do Pre! bgt) 27%
200 do Pref.•bs. 2 , %
60 Schl Nay 12 ,
60 do 124
100 do 10%
5000 Penna 6s 101%
100 Perna Mining 30
500 City 6s New. 1113.1
MOO do • ew..cash 1113;
1200 do New. 1113;
1200 American G01d....145
70 Penna. R 05%
281 Reading R 56%
00 do 56%
CLOSING
50 Reading $....b20. 56X
100 do 56%
100 do b 5. 653.4
100 do b 5.53 44'
31 Hunt & B T R 21%
1000 Sihl Play as 7 59 88
800 do cash. 53K
0 Lehigh Nay 58
80 Little Schl-R.bs. 5014
4 Catawissa Pref.... 2331.:
140 Phila & Erie R. • . 23
4i Far & Mach BIM:3K. 66
'.lOO Big Monntain..bs.
4 :am & Amboy R...170Yi
1000 Parma Coupon 63..110
4 North Penna. R.... 1514
3113 k of Kentucky... 93
PRICES.
• Bid. Asked:
II S6s 'Bl. . ..... 10S 10.63 c
S 7-30 N01e5....11 , 7X 107 X
American Gold-144,4 , a ' 145
Phila 6s old 1063; It 9
Do new 1113.4 111%
Alla co 604
Denim [ls 10134 102
Reading 01 56 0635 .
Do bds W.. 110 ..
Do bds 'i0.106 10635'
Do bds'S6 eon v.llO 112
Puma li 65% 16
Do Ist 711 65.11 115
Do 2d in 65..10735' 100
Little Sebnyl R.. .
Bid. Asked.
Penna R Mk; I,IW,
Do 6s' 96
Do lOs 117 ..
Caprwissa A Con ..
Do mill 2331.' 243;
Beaver Mead R.. 743 k 753 i
R 614 65
Harrisburg - R.- - ffp% 60
Wilmington B.
•
Lehigh Nay 65...1063; 109
Do shares .. 07% 50
Do scrip.... 46 4634
Cain & li.mb R... 170 ..
Phila & Erie 6's —lO6 117
Sun & Erie 7's .112 1123;
Delaware Div... 45 46
Do b ds • .. 104 116
Spruce-street R.. 16 163;
Arch-Ftreet R...• 27,3; 2SII
Race-stre. t R.... .. 12
Tenth-street R -.•
Paorris Cl consol 70 73 I
Do prfd 140 142
Do 6s '76.-107 108
Do 2d mtg..
Soso Canal 10).4: 26%
Do 6s 60 63
Ec1i.13 . 1 Nay. ...... 1234 13
Do prfd 27% 27%
Do -6s '82.... SS S 9
Rss
Do ....
Do 7s '73.-111 112
Do lOs ^734' 7836
L Island R ei-dv 37 SSS.
Do has 103 ..
Phila Ger at Igor :58% .•
Lehigh Val It.
Do bds ..... 109
Titi - iteentb.st R. 36 IS
W Fiala R 66
Do _ bonds.% .
Green-street . R
• • 46 47
-Do- bonds
Cliestnut-st E. ..
Second-street R. ..
Do • bonds... -•..
Fifth-street-R....
'
Girard College R
Seventeenth-st R • • -.
Philadelphia Markets.
There is very little demand for Flour, either for expert
or home use. Salei comprise about 300 bbls good Lancas
ter county extra at S6-57%par bbl, and 400 bbls Ohio
extra family at $6.70@7. The retailers and bakers are
buying moderately at from $5.75©6 for superfine, 50 25
@7 for extras, $6. 75@7.00 for extra family, and 21503.75
N. bbl for fancy brands, as to quality. Rye Flour is dull
at 51@5.25 rfi. bbl, Corn Meal is held at $4 for Pennsyl
vania, and $4.25_
bbl for Brandywine.
GRAIN. —Wheat is without, any material chanpe;
sales of about 6.1X0 bushels are reported at 20.5601.750
for prime reds, in store and afloat; and $1.6:5@1.75
bushel for white, as to quality. Rye is in demand at
,1 N. bushel for. Pennsylvania, which is a decline.-
Corn—There is very- little doing; 2,000 bushels prime
yellow sold at 36c afloat add 853-4: in the cars; and 3,ooobas
Western 'mixed -at .93c - - Oats are ' rather rbetter 2 with
sales of 4,00 bushels Pennsylvaniaat 70©73c, werrara
BARK —Quercitron ie nnchanged;.ls hhds first No. 1
solo at 2r 4 5 1). ton.
. COTTON.—The - market is very dull, and we hear of
no sales worth notice. Middlings are offered at 52c =O. lb
cash.
GROCERIES.—Coffee continues very scarce, and dull,
at-3C@32 Yc slb for Rio, and 03c for Lag-,tiayra. Sugar is
firm, but thereis nothing doing in Cuba or New Orleans.
PROVISIONS. —The market is steady at previous quo
tations. We
q uote Mess Beef at 204 barrel: 150 bbls
Western Ness Porksold at •214 2 bbl; pickled Rams
at Skc. and hulk Shoulders at Sc V. lb. Lard. continues
dull at 1035 c N. lb for barrels and tierces. New Baiter is
in demand at l 5 glee lb for packed.
WIIISKY.—There is more doing, and prices are look
ing up. 610 bbls sold at 45@45;4c`, and drudge at 433i0
barrel. •
The following are the receipts of Hour and Frain at this
port to-day:
Flour 2,170 bbls.
Wheat 12.700 bus.
Corn 4.800 bus.
Oats - 7:703 bue.
New York Markets, May 30.
ASHES are quiet, and selling at $8.12M. for pots, and
$8 76 for pearls. -
BREAD,TUFFS. —The market for State and Western
Flour rules firm, with a continued fair doinand. The
saleS ore 12,000 bbls at €0 ?WM sF, for so,perfine State;
$5. FSoG. 05 tor extra do; $5.30@.5 40 for superfine Michi
gan. Indiana., lowa, Ohio, etc; $5 eile,6 20 for extra, do.
including shipping brands of round-hoop Ohio at $6.25®
635; and trade brands do at $6 40@i.60.
Southcfn Flour is a trifle, higher, with a fair inquiry.
The sales are 900 lints at $6.60207.05 for superfine Bahl
niore, and $7.1009.60 for extra do. - -
Canadian Flour is ash We better, and in moderate de
mand sales 050 lads:t 0.5,00Q6. 20 for common, and $6.25
®7.90 for good to choice extra.
. . . . ,
Rye Pt ouris quiet and unchanged, with small sales at
.
$4.(36.25 for the range of fine and superfine. .
Uorn Ideal is moderate and steady; we quote Jersey at
f 4 9 5; Brandywine $4. 55®14.60; caloric $4.50; puncheons
Wheat is about one cent better. with a moderate bag
nose doing.. The sales are 75.055 bus at 531.95r4/1.41 for
Chicago spring • *l. Weil. 4.1 for Milwaukee Club: [Al@
7.45 for ember fowa; $1.4501 .51 for winter red Western;
55@1.16 for amber Dlichigan, and v.-55 for amber
Rye is dull at $101.01.*
Barley la very dull and nominal.
Oats are firm and m fair demand at 7:1073c for .Terser,
and 7E077c for Canada, Western, and State.
Corn is one cent higher, with a good demand for ship
ping ai the 2 d vAnce The sa leg are 100,000 has at 713077 e
for old. mixed Western, and 71076 e for new - do.
Milwaukee Market, May 28.
2.664 hbls, I.larßet dull and unset
tled. Sales included 120 bids low grade spring wheat
flour, No. 2. at $3 7594. We emote country spring extra
at *5.2595.50. and double extras at $5.7596.
WITEAT.—BeCeiriS, 72,462 bushels: Market firmer and
a shade loiter
.6.000 1)11p. No.l , Spring, in store SL 1714
1, OM 1.173
1,000 " . .... . . L 177
1.1711
1,000 " " 1.15%
600 " " " "
Oxis--lieceipts, .4,834 'bush. Sales, 2000, bash., lAOO
bush. and 300 bush. at 60c. in store. .
CORN—Receipts, 1 - 550 bush. Dull and nominal. - The
supply in the market Is largely in excess of the local
demand; but scarcely sufficient to create any demandtor
shipment.
Bost on Market, May 30th.
Flora. —The receipts since yesterday have been 6.44
bbls. The market is very dull; sales of Western surier
fine at 5+5.75: common extra, 86@6 . 50• medium- do.,
$6. 70@7 25; good and choice do, &57. 50@10 bbL
Gitaix. —The receipts since yesterday have been .5,375
bushels Corn, 6,400 do. Oats, Mk do. Rye. and Sao do.
Shorts. Corn is dull : sales of Western mixed at 50035 c:
Southern yellow Sfic IR bushel. Oats are dull and prices
are nominal: we quote Northern and Canada at 7.3 c
bushel: 'Rye is selling at :00..12 . 1% bushel. :Shorts and.
Fine Feed are dull at $29@31; Middlings fitfiligin ton.
Fnevist oxii. —Pork is dull ; sales of mime at 5113TM3.50;
.mess 5:14®15; clear Sl7OlB ' . 131)1, cash.' Beef is firm and
;:in good demand ; 'sales of Eastern and Western mess and
extra mess at Sll@l-1,50 bbl. cash. Lard is dull; sales
in bbls at 1014@. 1 0.%c; kegs 111,io s7lb. cash. Hams are
selling at P.3i@9c 'sl th, cash,
PORT OF PIITEADRLPHIA, Jane 1;1863.
SUN RISES., 33-SLIM SETS. -.-..........7
HIGH . .
ARRIVED.
Bark Thomas Dail ett (Br), Duncan. from Porto Cabel
lo 15th ult. with coffee, hides. cotton, and 11 passengers
to Dallett & Son. Sailed in company with bark Whit.
Wing, tor Philadelphia.
Bark Laura Russ, Russ, 19 days from lOW Orleans.
'with sugar and molasses to E A Bonder & Co.
Bark Baltasara (Br) Robortson,s7days from Liverpool.
with mdse to Peter Wright & Sons.
Bark Ai E Trent, Maddocks, 14 days from Cardenas,.
with sugar and molasses to (1 C Carson & Co—vessel to .1
E l3azley . & Co.
Bark White Wing, Wilson. from Porto Cabello 1.51 k
ult, with bides to John DaLlett & Co.
Park Irma, Wortinger, fronailio de Janeiro 13. th April,
in ballast to Francis Tete.
Brig Meteor. Carman, 20 days from Trinidad de Cabs.
with molasses to Geo C Carson & Co.
Brig Samuel Welsh, Cunningham, from Key West 23d
nit, pith scrap iron to captain. Left barks John Trucks,
Mahlon Williamson,-and Denny, hence, discharging;
also, brigs John Welsh, Ambrose Light, and schr John
Stroup. The S W experienced heavy weather on the
passage. Cabin passenger, Capt Jackson, U S Navy.
Brig John Bernard, Jameson. 10 days from Sagua, with
sugar and molasses to S & W Welsh.
Brig C H Frost, Bennett, 10 days from St Thomas; 14,
ballast to captain.
Schr Oreander (Br) Flail, 15 days from Baracoa, with
fruit to Joseph Castae—vessel to Van Horn, Woodworth..
& Co.
•
Prize ache Wonder, from London, with a cargo of salt;
was captured off Port Royal by U S steamer Daffodil.
14. -Brig Belle of the Bay, Bolger. 3 days from New York.
Si ballast to Wkmaurman & Co.
Seim Freemason, Fn, 2 days from Indian River.
Del, with lumber and corn to Jas L Bewley do Co.
Behr Wm G audenried, Hewitt, from Boston.
Schr R. Thompson, Lloyd, from Boston.
Schr Alert. Tates, from Boston.
Behr C P Stickney, Garwood, from Boston.
Behr Elliot, Avis, trom Boston.
Behr Alaona, Pearson, from Boston.
Behr B L Day, Hackney, from Newborn.
Schr D Jones. Totem, from Newborn.
Schr Lady of the Ocean,chamberlain,frorn Providence.
Schr G Green. Weaver, from Lynn.
Schr A P Flnker, Lloyd. from New York.
Schr Maria Roxana, Palmer, from Beverly.
Steamer Monitor, Williams, 2f - hours front New York.
with video to W BI Baird & Co.
Steamer Beverly. Pierce, 24 hours from New York.
with mdse to W P Clyde.
Steamer Ruggles, McDermott, 24 hours from N York.
with mdse to WP Clyde.
CLEABY.D.
Steamship Saxon, Matthews, Boston. H Winsor & Co.
Brig Ajax*, Espinta, Antwerp, Workman & Co.
Schr Ellen Forrester, Creighton, New Orleans, Oeo W
Bernadou & Bro. _
- Frilrilsjcr . R • WilliS.lienrY,,Brooklyn, Hammett, Van
Dagen & Lochman.
Schr Chesapeake, Williams, Baltimore, do
Schr T Lake, Doughty, East Cambridge, do
Schr Elliot, Avis, Fortress Monroe, Tyler, Stone & CO.
Schr E L Day, Hackney, Newbern, do
Schr D Jones, Tatem, Newbern, do
Sehr G Green, Weaver, Lynn, BlakistOn. Gras & Co.
kchr :Veda Roxana, Palmer. Salem, do
Behr B .1' Lewis, Wallace, Portland, C A Heckscher
& Co.
Tons. Cwt.
. 28,952 IO
1,346 05
25,957 13
5,303 18
. 2,595 07
. 76 17
&lir Lady of the Ocean, Chamberlain, Boston, do
Schr Thsrapson,Lloyd,Bestoia, Cain, Hackea Is Cook.
Schr A P Raker, Lloyd, Boston, L Andenried & Co.
Schr C P Stickney, Garwood, Boston Noble, Caldwell
& Co.
Scbr Alert, Yates, Boston, Sinnickson & Glover.
Behr Algona.. Pearson, Boston, do
Schr W G Audenried, Hewitt, Boston,W H Johns & Co.
(Correspondence of The Press.)
READING. May 28.
The following boats from the Union Canal passed into
the 'Schuylkill Canal to-day, bound to Philadelphia.
laden and consigned as follows:
Elizaluth, lumber to S Diemer; E Trump, do to Trump
& Son • G W Miller, do to Gaskill & Galvin; R. Coffee, do
do to Wm S Taylor & Co; M A Palace, do to - J Keeley: E
Fink, anthracite coal to John Street; A. Albright, lime
to Peter Finfruck, Sella, grain, and Monitor, flour. &c.
to Humphreys, Hogman & Wright,
.. - ..74.625: 12
1,273,759 17
1,349,335 09
862.02.9 13
486,353 16
Tons. Cwt.
•• 8,305 00
••
1.634 00
•• 15,507 00
(Correspondence of the Press.) •
• HAVRE, DE GRACE, May .9.
The steamer Wyoming left here this morning with the
following - boats in tow, laden and consigned as follows:
Win Bing, lumber to Gastrin. St Galvin; Jas B Davis.
do to H Croskey; Fox, staves - and bark to Peterson; Col
lin, pig iron to H. DI Burroughs, Camden; Dolphin, do
to Moorsetown, NS.
25,506 00
179 478 00
204.05 00
THE CLASSIS OF PRILADELPREk, of the
German Reformed Church, held its annual session
this week in Christ Church, (the Rev. Mr. Giesy's)
on Green street, near Sixteenth. The opening re
ligious services were held on Tuesday evening, the
Rev. S. G. Wagner, of Gwynedd, preaching an able
and impressive opening sermon. After the service
the Classis was organized by the election of the Rev.
S. G. Wagner, as president, the Rev. J. Dahlman,
of West Philadelphia, as secretary, and the re-elec
tion of the former treasurer. Wednesday morning
was occupied in hearing and discussing the
parochial reports. These were highly interest
ing, and bore testimony to a good degree of spiritual
prosperity in the congregations under the jurisdic
tion of °lassie. The number of ministers connect
ed with the °lassie is twenty-eight, supplying thir
ty congregations, which embrace nearly 6,000 com
municant members. During theyear there were be
tween four and five hundred additions to these
churches by confirmation and -- certificate. One
death occurred in the ministry—that of the Rev.
J. Rooker, who fell in the battle of FrederiCks
burg. The contributions to benevolent church ob
jects, during the past year, exceeded those of any
former year, having reached nearly $6,000. Among
other matters of interest which received attention,
that of the restoration of the original distinctive
name of the Church elicited considerable discussion.
The subject was submitted to the consideration of
the different Classis (fifteen in number) of the East
ern Synod of the Church. Although it -may seem
to be a very simple question, one that could be easi
ly disposed of in favor of such restoration, the senti
ment of the Church, is divided upon it. The origi
nal name of the Church and that by which it is even
now designated in Europe, is Evangelical' Reformed,
with the occasional addition of the country in which
it is located, (as the Reformed Church of Switzer
land, France, Hungary, Holland, he).
But, in the early settlement of Christian emigrants
in this country, those of the Reformed faith (in dis
tinction from Lutherans, Mbravlans, and others,)
were found to be of different national origin, speak
ing different languages, and holding to slightly diffe
rent usages. To distinguish themselves from each
other, they naturally added, to their general ecclesi
astical name that of the country from which they
came,and with the Church of which they kept up inti
mate fellowship by correspondence: Hence the de
signations, Reformed Dutch Church, German Re
formed Church, he., indicating that the latter was a
branch of, the Reformed Church of Germany, or
countries speaking the German language, and the
former an offshoot of the Reformed Church of Hol
land; and as the German and Dutch languagea were
originally spoken and, preached in these Churches,
respectively, the. titles thus assumed made no
false impressions. But, in the course of years,
those languages, in whole or in part, yield
ed- to the spread and predominate of the Eng
lish tongue. Hence, it has been very justly ar
gued, a wrong impression is 'made upon the minds
of strangers, especially. Inferring from the name of
the Church that the German language only is used
in its Worship, they pass by its sanctuaries, and do
not even inquire into its merits. Then, moreover,
it has been forcibly argued, that the Church in this
country should bear the same name with the pa
rent Church, and be called, not by a narrow national
title, but by some more broad and catholic name.
To this it is replied, that no intelligent persons need
be misled by the name now borne, that the preva
lent name indicates less the national origin than the
theological character and ecclesiastical peculiarities
of the Church ; and that to restore the original and
More general name, Evangelical Reformed, would
do a wrong to other Reformed Churches in this
country. The probability is, that although a decided
majority in the Church is favorable to the restora
tion, the change will not be insisted upon from
Christian regard to the feelings Of a strong minority.
At the present time the English language is used in
by far the greater number of the German Reformed
Churches in this country, and its use is annually
spreading. The sessions of the Classis were closed
on Thursday afternoon.
OF INTEREST TO LADES:-Every one re
gards the Sewing Machine as a blessing to women.
It has been the saving of much toil, misery, and pro
bably of life itself. The " Song of the Shirt " is now
obsolete; the more enlivening ballad, "The Song of
the Sewing Machine," has taken its place. We had
heard, through our lady friends, of , machines that
would stitch, sew, hem, and one that could make a
perfect button-hole in a garment. We had supposed
that perfection had almost been reached, knowing
that these instruments performed all the necessities
in sewing. But it seems they still had the "accom
plishments" to learn. We are led to make these
remarks, having recently seen sortie ladies' cloaks
elaborately embroidered with the Sewing Machine.
The work seemed to excel anything executed by
hand labor. Beside being more'rapidly and chesply
e?ceented, the work has a more regular : and, conse
quently, a much more beautiful appearance.. What
is most remarkable about this novelty, is that the
machine which executes this wonderful workman
ship is the most perfect in all 'other 'respects—the
embroidering quality beihg only an addition to its
many other - abilities of stitching, hemming, etc.
Those of our lady readers who wish to view the in
strument engaged in its charming accomplishment,
can do so by stepping into Messrs. Grover & Bakerl
establishment, No. 495 Broad way.—Home JoUrnal.
MAY 30
.
FINE MusTAßDs.—The proprietor§ of the
popular old Grocery House of the late C. H. Matt
son, dealers in fine Family Groceries, Arch and
Tenth streets, have now in store a fresh importation.
of Durham and French Mustards; both dry and
mixed, to which we invite the attention of our
readers.
A FINE STOCK OF MILITARY GOODS, Cm
bracing everything necessary for the equipment of
Arin'y and Navy Officers, will be found at the house
ca Charles Oakford & Sons, under the Continental
Hotel.
TEE MOST. COMFORTABLE and best-fitting
Shirt of the age is the celebratedPaggart-eut arti
cle, sold at the popular Gentsi- Furnishing Goods
Establishment of Mr. George Grant, No. 610 Chest
nut street.
'MESSRS. CI:CABLES OAKFORD & SONS'
stock of summer Head Gear for Children and
Youths is the largest and best-selected in this city.
TAN FOR GRANTED.—We take every .
thing for granted now-a-days concerning the war;
that is, just the reverse from what the telegraphers
report. It is said that Vicksburg was taken by
Grant, but the taking of that city seems to be
similar to the taking of a photograph.- the longer
it remains under the process the more indistinct it
becomes. We wish the reporters would learn a
lesson fromthe old gentleman, who, waiting in his
library, was told by the servant maid that " Minus
had a little boy," and in a few minutes the servant
returned with a similar message, arid again the third
time, when the old gentleman exclaimed : " Betsy,
stay up until it is all 9ver, and then come down and
tell me how many." But one report seems to be
reliable—that is, that Charles Stokes. S.: Co. are
selling first-class Clothing at low prices, under the
Continental.
TAE CONSCRIPTION.—The proper officials
me about to. make the necessary arrangements for
the conscription to fill the ranks of the armies of
the - United States. The enrollers. Will take an ac
count of the physical and social 'condition of every
male denizen, :led his age, Sze., -will be carefully
,noted. From this liatthe necessary draft for sziellers
will be made. These conscription returns wilt form
valuable helps to the statician, and it would'add
greatly to their interest'if in each caie4..ipecial
note was made as to whether the party named was
in the habit of procuring his wearing apparel at the
lirown•Stone Clothing Hall of Rockhill Fic. Wilson,
Nos. 603 and 605 Chestnut street, above Sixth. _,Nire
wouldn't mind staking a big pippin that the Rockhill
Wilsonites would be largest in the majority among
the great mass of the men returned. " .
_
To TEacirEfts.—A rase opportunity is
offered to a competent teacher who wishes. to under
,
take the proprietorship of a . firsb elass'adieirSi.
Semi
nary already in successful operation. - For zargsn...
late see advertiseraent. .
MARINE .INTELLIGENCE.
CITY 'TIMMS.