Cijt Vrtss. MONDAY, 'AUGUST 17, 1863 The South at a Discount. The intelligence by the steamship Hiber 42ion, telegraphed from Cape Race, is of as late date as the seventh of this month. It includes one item of considerable import mice. The Confederate loan has declined zhirodive per cent. discount, and the utmost inanceuvring of LENDsAy, Laiun, SPENCE, and other ship.building, story. telling, and stock-jobbing aiders and' abettors of South ern treason, was unable to rally it, ere the mail le ft, to b igh er th an twenty-four discount. The unfortunate dupes Who invested their money „ - in this miserabl& speculation might just as well have taken the gold and thrown it into "the sea. If ever the list of contributors to . this,loan he published, we dare say that the names of lirmusky and RoEnuca - , LArno ;and CAMPBELL, GLADSTONE and GREGORY, FEnauson and SPENCE, will not be found in Ait. They were the decoy,ducks. Most of them received payment out of the money thus raised, Whoever suffers, these high lninded.people will escape. We are curious to learn what The Times bps said on this terrible fiasco. In lead ing articles, in its city articles, in volumi tans correspondence, purposely printed in large type to give a factitious credit to their statements, The Times has constantly puffed up the Confederate Loan In a word, they bulled it, for months, and urged the public to resort to it as the safest and most promis ing investment for their money. The public did so, but not to any extent. We happen to know, from good authority, that when it was announced that all the loan was taken, not two•thirds of its nominal amount had been subscribed for, and of what was re ceived large sums were paid to LAIRD, for building pirate vessels of the Alabama class ; to LrignsAv, for supplying goods (including cannon, muskets, and ammunition) to enter `the South, by running the blockade ; to SPENCE, as commercial and literary agent of the rebels, and to others who desired to be paid for their dirty work. The bubble has burst. The commercial and monetary classes in London—surely an important portion of its vast population— have practically repudiated the Confederate loan. - Tills shows their unbelief in _the ,Times' recent declarations that it was LEE'S policy to be beaten by MEADE at Gettys burg ; that the fall of Vicksburg was only a Fourth of July canard; that Port Hudson never could be captured; that the Copper head rioters in New York had things in their hands and would speedily establish a new government in Washington, and that the draft never could be proceeded with. The decline in the Confederate loan simply marks the thorough distrust now felt in Loudon of the Times' vaporings in favor of the South. Those whose business it is to estimate the value of stock by circumstances which of it, wash their hands of the Confederate scrip. They will not have it ; down it sinks, and lower still must fall. - This is the greatest blow the influence of The Times has ever received. It does not mend the matter to know that this blow has been given by its own satellites. For over two years, The Times has prophesied, with out cessation, that the South must win, that the [North must give in and solicit peace with the Rebels to prevent utter ruin. In these predietions The Times was backed up by the misrepresentations• of Dr. CHARLES MACKAY, the Special Correspondent at New York, who succeeded . Dr. W. H. RUSSELL, In his time,' Dr. MACKAY has written some lyric poetry of considerable merit and popu larity. He had also produced a bciok de scribing his travels through the United States, in which, with no small graphic poier, he condemned the principle and pactice of Slavery 'in the South. No sooner was he installed in office as special letter. writer to The Times than his opinion on Slavery underwent a decided and sudden change. He became, at once, the champion of the Rebellion and the apologist for the South, and, if- Mr. JEFFERSON DAVIS had specially employed him, Dr. MAcEav could scarcely have shewn more partisanship for Treason. At the same time, it is true, the .2.11 - orning _Herald had its own correspondent, signing "Manhattan," who also wrote proo-slavery letters from New York. But there is no comparison between the Herald and the Times. In years gone by, 'and not yet re mote, Punch used to describe the Herald and the Standard, both under one proprie torship, as the MTS. GAinr , ' and Mrs. HARRIS Of the London press, and the public good humoredly admitted the truth as well as the wit of the double nick-name. The Morning Herald pretending to be the organ of the Conservative party, whose leaders despise its inanity, never had any influence on the 'mind -of England. But The Times has a pervading influence which is felt every where—the influence of talent and circula tion, character and consistency. Besides, its tact was so wonderful that it was, ever found on the side of the winning party. It was so on Catholic Emaacipation, on Municipal Reform, on Parliamentary Re form, on Free Trade. While it professed to lead it always followed and - reflected public opinion Lastly, "Manhattan," who is understood to be some ob scure Bohemian in New York, did not profess to be at all particular as to the - acel6- racy of his statements. He said, over and over again, that he studied e f fect, rather than truth, in what he wrote ; and, indeed, his letters might have been written by the lineal descendant of Baron MIINCHAUSEIT, of ve racious memory. Moreover, he was anony mous, while Dr. MACKAY never concealed that he was The Times' special correspond ent in New York, and frequently took credit for the accuracy of the information that he transmitted to his employers in London. But, in the fatal month of July, 1863, a series of Federal victories have occurred, - which knock down all previous:statements published in The Times, and show that its arguments in favor of the American rebels were not " founded on facts." Instead of the rebels beating us, we have been, and are, annihilating them. No one doubts, who gives a serious thought to the matter, lhat "the so-called Southern Confederacy" has nearly played itself out. This is gall and wormwood to The Times, which pre 'dieted a different finale ; but this is the plain truth : Beaten here on a great question, the prestige of The - Times evidently must be weakened by the compound' blunder of its New York correspondent and its own edi torial:writers in London. It has lost the reputation of being infallible, whereas the Morning Star and the Daily Neus predicted that the rebels would be defeated, and pre dicted truly. The tremendous discount to which the Confederate loan has fallen is significant of What TALLEvnAun called the beginning of the end. The credit of the rebels was never very great in Europe; now it is in,the sere and yellow leaf. When wholly exhausbed, we may expect to find ROEBUCK and Gun- GORY mute in Parliament, LINDSAY stopping "the supplies" via Nassau, and LAIRD curtly giving orders not to lay the keel of another "No. 290," without cash in hand, or security for cash p'aiment when the work was done. The bubble has burst, and there will be an end of it. TUE BOSTON COURIER (after reading the report of the splendid fighting of the colored Tegiments at Battery:Wagiter) declares that ;the arming of the blacks will lead to horri 'ble barbarities, against which religion and .humanity revolt. Its remarks are Apropos. •" We look upon the whole scheme," it says, "as degrading the character of the country with a stain to make future ages ashamed of -us ; and we predict that, before many months, some of those'who have taken part it,will.wish that with a pen of fire they could obliterate their names forever from a Toll upon which few will look back without unmeasured regret.”. We think that a year will not pass before the editors of the Courier will regret that their paper is not published on a slate, so that With's damp sponge they. might wipe out their old files; MORTALITY IN NEW YOWL—The deaths in New York have reached the almost incredible number of nine hundred and oeventy per week. ' • ; cc The Heated. Term.,P It is a pleasant fiction, long indulged in by the common-school gecigrapliies, that Phila. delphia is located by naturein the temperate zone. The weather of the past few weeks has done much to correct this error, and the unfortunate stay-at-homes at least are wiser than they over were before. We, who in past years were accustomed to associate the idea of Life in the Tropics with orange groves, love, jealousy - , and the Arabian sights Entertainments . generally, suddenly wake up to a realization of the astounding fact that we are a tropical people ; that our life is tropical life in all respects, except as regards the romance of. the thing. That, unfortunately, is left out, and s) the disco very is not a very pleasant one after all. Bow little did we dream, as we contemplated those strange, grotesque-looking, almond eyed, Chinese people, painted on the sides of our tea-chests, and emblazoned on our cups and saucers, that sorne day, in the re volutions and mutations that make up Na tare's life, we should come , to be akin to those very people ! How little did we dream that we . should some day, thanks to " the procession of the equinoxes," or, for some other equally absurd and lamentable cause,. be reduced to the necessity of living in pa godas, and taking our siesta?, and carrying variegated umbrellas, and rowing in five oared barges, and smoking cheroot through a great length of hose, and in fact doing a thousand other unaccountable things to be commemorated in imperishable tea-sets for the admiring gaze of generations yet un born! That this "impending crisis" was foreseen by Bishop BERKELY when he ex preSsecl the ominous truth, that - " Westward the star of empire takes its way," will be plain to all unprejudiced observers now. Why it is, or how it is, we know not. Man is a progressive being. The highest type of civilization has not been reached. The latest. Paris fashions are not incapable of further im provement, and in the sweeping change of costume and of mode of living that must be adopted, if this sort of weather is allowed to continue, we shall have a practical exposi-' tion of the fact. But then the question arises, - - why is it, so much hofter this year than usual ? It cannot be that the taxation ne cessitated by the war is so much heavier than informer years that the optical instru ment makers are compelled to mark their thermometers fraudulently, and to steal a few degrees from FAHRENTERIT, to keep up their profits to the usual figure ? A better explanation is' that we are- actually, several millions of miles nearer the sun than was ever supposed by mankind, the astronomers having blundered who originally calculated the distance at 94,000,000 miles. ' At any rate, we see such a sthtement going the rounds of the newspapers, and as it is noto rious that astronomers always like to add on a few millions of miles for effect, and to impress common men with a notion of their extraordinary caloulating powers, we ac cept the statement as a satisfactory explana tion of the present "heated term." If it was necessary for us to go to so much trouble to show why the weather is so un usually caloric, certainly it will not be very necessary to point out the consequences of such - a state of affairs. We think we saw it stated in Demoeratic newspapers that if it. had not been for the Abolitionists, we should have had no warm weather—that until the radicals came into office the ther mometer, on the hottest slimmer days, never rose above eighty-five degrees in Phila delphia—and that the only remedy is for the conservative masses to rally to the sup port of Mr. Justice WOODWARD in October next. We regard the statement as absurd, and the inference as equally so. lt is not our intention to waste argument with Our Democratic friends upon this subject. The Chief end of man, in such trying times as these, is to keep cool, and under all circum stances to preserve is equanimity. If those who Cannot escape from the bricks and mortar of the city to " some pleasant nook by a shady brook," during- this reign of Sirius, will be advised by us, they may, if not 4 ." unused to the melting mood," be enabled to bear their sufferings with tolerably Christian fortitude and resignation. They should aim first of all to preserve a cheerful frame of mind, and should recollect the truth of the poet's utterance, that " 't is better to laugh than keep sighing." There fore we should recommend them to read the lately-fulminated address of the Democratic State Central Committee, which will furnish all the necessary recreation of this sort, especially when the new edition is, pub lished, with illustrations by the artists of Vanity Fair. Or they might revert for amusement's sake to the very ludicrous career of ex-Congressrcian VALLANDIGEIAII, who in :the space of a few months has gone through every mutation of fortune which can possibly occur to an unscrupulous po litical office-seeker ; first- as a panic-stricken criminal, arrested by-the authorities of the Government he had too long been permitted to defy with impunity; then as the martyr, upon "the desolated hearthstone of civil liberty," as a Democratic organ put it; then as the exile, banished to the highly portable headquarters of the rebel General Brmou, who has never been knoWn to do anything but " retreat," (but then, like Mr.:Bagstock, he believes that "discipline must be main tainedP in his "command, and this is thought to constitute him a good general) ; then as the vociferously-chosen nominee of the Ohio Democratic Convention, which was reported to be in favor of habeas corpus, and the carrying of concealed deadly . weapons; finally, as the hopeless and dejected-wan derer among the wilds and waterfalls of Niagara, persecuted to withdraw the fatal influence' ,of his name from -the I „ . .ticket, but resolved, in the bitterness of his disappointment and despair, to cling . to Ilis change until the last. There -are por tions of this biography that recall the fate of MARIDS, and in fact all of it is classically amusing. There are persons, howeTer, WhO in such weather as this rigidly eschew politics, and especially Democratic politics; and yet they need diversion the same as the intelligent portion of the community. Where shall they seek it? The French have a bit of' proverbial philosophy, that there is some. thing pleasing to ,tta even in the misfortunes of our test friends. This is an excellent fact to know. We can, if we choose, draw much comfort from its application ; for it has considerable refrigerant capacity in the present emergency. When the only winds' that blow are few, and faint and. sultry, when every winged insect in the whole of CIIVIER'S Begne Animale becomes a living, outer conscience, - to sting our - poor: human nature to the point of remorse, .then let us - reflect upon: :the 'misfortunes of the ice men, and be very grateful: that we have something deft to laugh at, and make mercy over. If any Man •so - stolid, so utterly incapable of appreciating the most unctuous humor, that he will not - roar and rubble hands with glee, when he thinks of the number of ice-men who have not made fortunes this summer, he should banish himself from the society of intelli gent men, and live a hermit on some lone Tom Tidler's ground the rest of his days. To be serious, however, the weather is hot; it would be vain to argue otherwise.. Our chief consolation now is, that " the heated term" cannot continue much longer. Mean while, until the thermometer concludes to come down to a more reasonable notch, we who stay at home; who are warmed up with politics, and flushed at thought of the draft, must learn to accomipdate ourselves - to circumstances ; we must becothe acclima tized to sweltering days. We Inuit eat and drink sparingly ; we must live temperately; we must bathe frecruptly,. and abjure too much ice-water ; we must read only loyal .newspapers ; we must take a nap in the af ternoon if we have time, 'and feel so-in clined ; and if the flies annoy us so that-we cannot sleep, we must read the New York World, which is-;now recommended by all educated physicians as a gentle soporific. If we do these things, we may rest assured that we shall be healthful in spite of the ad verse weather, and in spite of the neglectful Highway-men who seem somehow to be impressed with -the notion, that the clean ing of the streets is not a special duty to be attended to, but rather a prerogative attach ing to the to, ineldentally=-11ke the mile age of members of Gongreeo-wand the pro . priety of regarding rich is held to be rather queationable. The Canadian Hoax. Anything more ridiculous than the "panic _in Canada," over the alleged design of•tihe 'United States to invade that territory, and sever the connection between the upper and lower provinces, as divulged by . D' ARCM McGan, we have not heard tell of for a number of years. If possible, it is even more ridiculous than the address of the De mocratic State Central Committee, to which we alluded on Friday last. Mr. McGEs, it seems, has written a sensation letter to the Montreal Gazette; - headed, "Will England stand by us ?" in which he commences with a theological definition of the sins against' hope. He then proceeds to ask the question over again, " Will England stand by us, should the worst come to the worst?', "I any no alarmist," say s Mr. 3lcGrtn. Of course not. Somehow, these seusation-mongers never are, if we are to take their word for it. But let us see what Mr. McGEE means by the worst coming to the worst. - Hear him : "At- Rouses' Point, forty-five miles from this populous city, the heart of Canada, our neighbors_ have hurried to completion an immense new fortress—Fort Montgomery. The statesmen of Canada ought go to Que bec via Rouses' Point. They will see there a place of arms, destined to play nos feeble part in the contemplated subjugation of their country. They will see, if they are permitted to enter, magazines capable of containing supplies for an army Of 100,000 men, and barrack accommcdation for a per manent garrison of 5,000. I speak upon no newspaper authority, upon no doubtful in formation when I say, that the plan contem plated at Washington for the invasion of Canada is to march one hundred thousand men up the district of Montreal, to cut the connection between Upper and Lower Canada,' to abstain religiously from inter meddling in our local. affairs, but to force a separation of the provinces; by the mere force of an army of occupation, interpo sing its military barrier to their intercourse." surely, the worst has come to the worst, when such absurd statements as this can be penned with an air of candor and serious ness by a man of Mr. McGEE's station and Political influence, printed and endorsed by, an intelligent journal like the Montreal Gazette, and made the occasion of Wide spread newspaper discussion and popular excitement. The Toronto Leader, likewise an intelligent paper on most subjects, speak ing of the "revelation," says: " This is th 9 most startling intelligence that has been. broken to the Canadians during the past halt century. It accords with the hints, a thousand times repeated, of the Federal press, and with the aspirations c f Mr. Se cretary Seward. There can be no doubt about the bona fide character of the informa tion of Mr. McGEE. The duty of the Go vernment in this emergency is clear," etc. All this is intensely funny. In fact, it is hard to realize, that these Cana dian papers can be serious in printing such solemn and impressive articles. It would be unjust, howeVer, to class them all in the same category. -One paper, at least, has dived -to the bottom of the mystery, and brought up a-grain of common sense. The Montreal -Transo:ipt, in an article on the "panic" says, -" The truth is, this letter of Mr. McGRE's is got up for mere political clap-trap." And so all sensible people will think. But in charity we are willing to as sume that Mr. - Meaux. is the victim Of a gi gantic hoi.-x, and that he honestly believed in the truth of the startling statements so explicitly set forth in his letter. This little incident should be a warning to him hereiif ter, to be careful how he writes sensation letters to the newspapers, however intense a satisfaction he may derive from seeing his name in print. • BAALAM'S ABS was an an no doubt, but not so great an ass as one who can see no difference be tween a desire on the part of a negro to be free in the United States, where he is an object of general aversion and persecution, and a desire for freedom among his equals. The former we have said we thought unwise, but not the latter.—Boston Courier. Freedom and equality are not identical, and the freedom of the colored man does not oblige the Boston Courier to employ negroes on his editorial staff, nor does the emancipation of the slaves necessitate the election of contrabands to Congress. Were freedom only possible among equals, the authors of these pro-slavery sentiments would be- slaves in a land -of logicians. Freedom is independent of superiority, in feriority, or equality ; it simply gives a man full opportunity of becoming all that his nature permits. • Slavery imprisons him in a condition of inferiority. This explanation we should not make to a philosophical schoOlboy ; but politicians who belieVe "slavery to be an iricalculable blessing," and editors who think freedom an evil, may study it with profit. CAPE MAY. - This celebrated watering place has regained all the fashionability which for a few years it seemed to have lost, and never was more' po,pular or plea santer and gayer than now. At the Colum bia House, one of the best hotels in the country, many of our best families are now staying, and its proprietor offers the public good rooms, excellent entertainment, and the important advantages of a charming seashore location. Cape May is now easily reached by cheap and speedy travel by rail way and steamboat, and the season is nearly at its height. A Lear rrom Judge Woodward's Record. To the Editor of The Press: SIB : The Columbia Republican, a paper as thoroughly loyal, and, as. far as I can judge, as thoroughly reliable as any paper in the State, af firms editorially, in its issue of the present week, that Judge Woodward, the present gubernatorial nominee of the Democratic party, was a member of the State Convention which met at Harrisburg in May, 1837, to amend the Constitution, and that he proposed an amendment to the Constitution re quiring all foreigners to reside in the Common wealth twenty-one years before being naturalized. The Republican affirms that, in the course of the debate which followed, Judge Woodward uttered the following sentences : " "It is my honest impression that we do but' squander those privileges in conferring them upon every individual who chooses to come and take them.n "Why should we open these great political privi leges to every species of character that may light on our shores? They [foreigners] have no sympathy in common with us ; they have no qualifications to rinder them fit recipients of these high political privileges."—Debeles of Convention,vol. 6, pp. 446-447. "I believe that, if the time has not yet come, it will speedily come, when it will be indispensably necessary either for this body or some other body of this State, or of the United States, to inquire whe ther it is not , right to put some plan into execution by which foreigners should be prevented from con trolling our elections, and browbeating American citizens at the polls."--Debates of Convention, vol. 6, page 446. • Now, Mr. Editor, unless I am"much mistaken, Judge Woodward bases his hopes of election to a very considerable degree, upon the support of natu ralized citizens. But can he honestly ask that, sup port, if the opinions attributed to him above are cor rect ? If they , are not correct, he certainly owes it to himself to put forth some explanation or"denial; as explicitly as the charge has been put forth. If he shall fail to do so, the only inference must be that he admits its correctness. , The matter is One of so much interest at the present time, that 1 trust it may re ceive all the attention it merits. I am, sir, very respectfully yours, ALIEN PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 15, 1863. A Card from Rev. Mr. Conway. To the Editor of The Press: SIR I have just seen a note published in The Press, from Mr. Shirley Brooks, of London, who seems to complain that .I should have alluded tohini, in one of my letters in the Commanweank as one of the Tory writers against us in Punch. -The point made in my letter, and to support which his name was used, was precisely that in England not every man opposed to our cause is to be sup posed pro-slavery. Of course, therefore, Mr. Brooke' complaint is but the result of his haVing only seen a detached portion of my letter., I quoted the case because it seemed to me a very important one ; for, of all the attacks and insinua tions against the North and its cause, there are few loyal Americans who will not agree that those in Punch have been the meanest and most offensive.; and it is certainly a startling fact to learn that the author of them is an anti.slavery man. I am, sir, very respectfully yours, , D.I. D. CONWAY. PARIS, July 27, 1863. U. S. GRAND JURY.—Marshal Millward has Sum moned twenty-three "good men and true," to attend on the United States Court Room, 435 Library street, over the new Post Office, to be sworn ink at 11 A. M. this day, as. Grand Jurors in the District Court Of the United States for the Eastern District of Penn sylvania. It is understood that there is a great deal of important business to transact. AUCTION NOTIOE-7SALN OF BOOTS AND SHOES.— The attention of buyers is called to the large and de sizable assortment of boots, shoes, brogans, balmo sale, - &a, of city and Eastern manufaeture,ito be sold by catalogue, this morning, by. Philip Ford & Co., auctioneers, at their stores, No. 525 Market, and No., 522 Commerce street, commencing at 10 o'clock pre timely. THE PRESS.-PHILADELPHIA; MONDAY, AUGUST 17, 1863. Special Despatches to The Press. • Dining _tile past week, the board of enrolment have Irisd• before them 476 Gesell ; of this number 299 have been exempted, 161 offered substitutes who Were accepted, and of the drafted men 13 A ere ac cepted. Six paid the $3OO commutation ; thus, out Of 476 drafted men, IBCP srAdiers have been obtained. . Court or Inquiry. The Court of Inquirp to investigate the evathia tion of Winchester and Martinsburg organized yes. terday, It is composed ollitigadier Generals Barry, Abercrombie, and' De Raney. Captain R. N. Scott is judge advocate. Arrest of Disloyak Persons. The following-named persuns, arrested - by Cap tain Edwards,,provost marshrsr of teen. King's di vision, Centreville, amrsent to this city from Alex andria by Lieut, Winship; were committed to the Old Capitol yesterday, by order of Provost LVlsrshal Todd: ELISE A CORNELL, MOSITIVes battalion; .TOIIN ROBERTSON, charged.with giving information to the enemy; Sou x Cpcsnrcand•Wrm.rAsr L. Lea, charged with disloyalty;:and Itensrown DILVA RS, guide for Moseny's Cavalry. Paymastere AVCOIIIIIIe9, From a gentleman connected' with the examina tion and revision of army paymasters' accounts, it is ascertained that the reported`frauds- by them are enormously overrated. Many errors to accounts have been discOvered and corrected; while the entire amounts still in doubt cannot involve•the Govern ment to the extent of over one million of'dollars, and much of this will be recovered from sureties. Pro ceedings have been instituted against some of the dishonest parties, and will be against all of them. The effect has been to produce settlements of ar rears. The determination of the Pay Department seems to be to ferret out and prevent further abuses, without favor or partiality. The following was received at the headquarters of the arm 7: MILWAUKEE, August 15, 1863. To Maj. Gen. H. W. Halleck, General-in-Chief: The following despatchlrom General Sibley, dated August 7th, has just been received We had. three desperate engagements with 2,200 Siourrwarriors, in which they were routed, and finally driven across the Missouri, with the loss of an their subsistence, &e. Our loss was small while at least 100 of the savages were killed and wounded.. Forty-six bodies have been found. IL H. SIBLEY, Brig. Gen. General Sully marched from Fort Pierre for Big Bend Missouri, on the 20th of July, with 1;200 cavalry, and will doubtless intercept the 'flying Sioux. Little Crow, the principal chief , and , insti gator of Indian hostilities, has been killed and his son captured. Indian hostilities east of the Missouri river may be considered at an en& • The following changes and appointments have been officially Tromulgated by. Provost IlTarahal General FRY : Kentucky—Dr. Joshua Barnes, surgeon Ninth district, vice Buford, declined. Atwood G. Hobson provost marshal Third dis trict; vice Sandidge, cancelled. Pierce Butler Hawkins, commissioner Third' dis trict, vice Haggard, cancelled. Ohio--Joseph Means, commissioner Seventh dia• trict, vice Craine, revoked. District of Columbia—Francia W. Blackford, commissioner, vice Anderson, cancelle& California—A. Jones Jackson, provost marshal; David Dwyer, commissioner; Dr. A. 0: Lane, sur geon for the Southern district ; headquarters San FJ an ci e co. Robert Robinson, provost marshal ; S. Tryon, cormnissioner. Dr. N. B Nixon, surgeon for the Middle district ; headquarters of Sacramento. William H. Parks, provost 'marshal; Wm. B. Latham, commissioner; Dr. Lorenzo Hubbard, sur geon Northern district; headquarters at Marysville. Illinois—Dr. John White, surgeon Tenth district, vice Prince, resigned. New York—James Miles, commissioner, Twenty seventh district, vice Poet, resigned. Dr. George N. Richardson, surgeon, First district, vice Ordronaux, resigned. Pennsylvania.—Dr. A. Parchment, surgeon,Twen ty-third district, vice Kuhn, resigned. Michigan.—Albert Draper, commissioner, Fifth district, vice Goldsmith, resigned. ARMY OF THE POTOMitc, Supposed Attempt or the Rebels to Vlandt WASHINGTON, August 16.—Information received from the Army of the Potomac to-night says there is no change in the relative position of the two armies so far as can be at precept ascertained • but there are vague suspicions that the rebels are about to attempt a flank movement on our left. Rumors have reached our army from the vicinity of Dumfries that a large rebel force is approaching that place, but this is denied at headquarters. How ever it may be, we are ready in that quarter. Au Arrimi from Picrrth Caiolina—Ne News but False News front Charleston FORTRESS Moxitom, August 15.—The steamer Guido, a United States gunboat, arrived here this morning from Morehead City, N. C. She reports that there had been no arrival 'at that port from Charleston for several days. Yesterday, while off Cape Hatteras, a steamer spoke her, giving the name of "Hudson, from New York," and say ing that Charleston was taken. Of course, if the steamer was from New York, and no such news has been received' there, what they said was false; and the conclusion of the officers on the Guido is that the steamer Hudson was a blockade runner, and that this bold move of hailing and reporting to a gunboat was a daring move by which to escape. The Hudson is described as an English-built boat, painted black, and low in the water, and a fast run. ner. She was headed south. The steamer S. R. Spauldingte expected to arrive here from Charleston soon. She is now due. Cannonading hoard oft lialifax. BOSTON, August 16.—The brig 'Hydra has arrived at this port from Glace Bay, and reports that on the 7th of August, (wind north and light, clear weather,) at 9 A. M., she heard heavy, irregular cannonading in the northeast, which continued until 11.30 A. when it ceased. The firing was too irregular for a salute, and too rapid and promiscuous for target practice, and it is thought that it was occasioned by an engagement between two vessels, The distance of the brig at the time was thirty-seven miles from Halifax, and the guns came from a direction conside rably eastward port Tile Democratic National Committee. NEWPORT, R. I, August 15.—At a meeting of the Executive Committee •ef the National Democratic Committee, held at Newport - R. , on the 15th the following resolution was unanimously passed Resolved, That a meeting of, the National Demo cratic Committee he called at the St. Nicholas lin tel. in the city of New York ; on Monday, Sept 7th, 1863, at 18 &clock noon for the purpose of fixing the time and place of holding the next National Democratic Convention, and to take into considera tion such other matters of interest as will probably come before the Convention. The call is signed by Thomas Cottman, Win. M. Converse, Benj. Follett, and Elisha R. Potter, Executive Committee, and August Belmont, chair man. BOSTON, August 15.—The - ship Electric Spark from London, 'which arrived here to-day, makes the following report: On July 25 she fell in with the North American-built bark Hiawatha, from Deal, loaded. She was totally dismasted, and had the ap pearance of being stripped of all her valuable& She floated light on the water, with no appearance of damage to her hull, further than the after house being badly stove. On August 10, in lat. 43 north, long. 60 west, he fell in with the new St. John-built ship Gloucester shire, loaded, from St. John bound to London, was waterlogged, having been ashore on. Teal Islands three days before. She took off twelve of her crew, who refused to, proceed in the ship. Captain Tom linson, with his officers and four of his men, stopped by the ship with the intention of proceeding on the voyage. NEW Yonx, August 15.—The:sloop Oregon, with over two hundred tons of salt and other freight, bound for Bermuda, was sunk yesterday from a col lision. COLLINGWOOD (C. W.), August 15.—The news of the - missing steamer Ploughboy has been received. She broke her machinery near the Bruce mines. The passengers are safe. A boat, which was sent for assistance, was swamp ed, and four of the Crew and the purser were drowned. The steamer has a party of tourists on board, and they have plenty of provisions: Death of Brigadier General. Welsh. CisacimrATl, August 16.--Eirigadier. Gen. Thos. yVelsb, commanding Ist Division, 9th Army Corps, died in this city last night, of congestive fever, ac -nuked during the'campaign in Mississippi. • NEW YORE, August 15.—The-steamer Morning Star started this afternoon for New Orleans, taking a large number of passengers, - including 'Giant A. S. editor of the New Orleans Era, and many offi cers of the Eastern and New York regimeata. CINCINNATI, August 15,—The 28th Maine regi ment left Indianapolis last night, and the 47th Mas sachusetts this morning, for the East, via Buffalo. NEW CIIESTIIIIT,STREET THEATIVE.-:-"The success of the Martinetti Fanny at this favorite establish ment is surprising for such hot weather; and yet, the company Joao excellent, the attractions so Varied and well adapted to the season, and the house so cool, by virtue of the steam fan, that we can hardly wonder at the success of their engagement. The programme is to be entirely changed for to-night. Marietta Zanfretta will repeat her astonishing per formances on the tightrope with her wonted grace and spirit The - new ballet the Rose de Mai, Is said to be a very pretty affair, and much curiosity will be felt to• witness it. The comic pantomime' entitled Mons. Dechalumeau concludes the programme, and a better one has not been presented to the public this AICERICAN ACADEMY MUSIC.—The Academy will be opened, on Saturday evening next, by the prince of comedians, Dir. J. S. Clarke, supported by' an able company, in which is included the popular and talented artiste, Edwin Booth, who is quite a Philadelphia favorite. Bulwer4 Richelieu will bel the opening play, and it is a necessary inference that; it will be - produced with excellent Scenery, tasteful appointment', and a good orchestra, The Academy , is as cool as any place of amusement in the City, and' is provided with comfortable seats, two advantages of the utmotit importance in such sweltering times as these. "' THE YAM THEATRE in Brooklyn, in Fulton street,' opposite the City Hall, will lie opened in *epic:oo4 wAoxlxNwrorr. WASHINGTON. August 16, 1863, The Draft. The Indian War: :mart POPE, Major General Changes and Appointments. on -'the -Left. NORTH CAROLINI. Disasters at Sea. Departure for New Orleans. Return of Volunteers. Public Eptertainments. 3E; U . P. 0 _IP . Anibal of the Hibernian off Cetre' Race,, Jonve N. F.. Aug. 15.—The steamship Hi bernian, trod Liverpool the Gth, via Greencastle the 7th inst., neared Ott' Cape Race Met evening, awl wee boarded by the news yacht of Ric Asetatiated Press. The steamship.3rire, from New York, had arrived at Londondetry. The steamship Edinburg, from New Yarn, arrived' at Edverpoof on the sth. The steamer Borussia,. from New York, arrived' at Southampton on the wresting of the 6th. Captain Mice, of the silty Sunrise, had published the particuleve of the norm* of his vessel .by the lorida.. The latter war ifying the American flag when she overhauled the Screriee, but after some inquiry ran up , the Confederate color°, and Bent a price crew on board. Ciliate& Luce ultimately signed a ransom bond of $98',006/in the presence of an armed force. The Confederate loan, on the 6th, opened at a further violent deenne, the !list trausaction being 36 to 36' discount.' It afterwords - rallied, closing at 2610 2te7iecount. Oef make Or TUX E - Notasm Phgem—The Times , city artMe, in its remarks on- the - subject, says : Those Who-now suffer are not 213 - be reproached for a want of' sagacity, however mach- tbiy may have exhibited a-went of caetion. The example furnished is simplyie confirmation of the fearful uncertainty that must tenet all investments theft - depend on mili tary ouccerevorreversee;• If 'the Battle at Gettysburg had been wen-hy the Confederates; the - lean., which a few days previously wen largely buying art l pre mium, wouldi probably .'lave experienced a rise nearly as grea' as the fat now witnessed since. There was every' symptom- that' the result would have led to the setabliehmeat Of - Confederate power in Washington, and a prompt adhesion , from. ?few - York and PennayAvenia. The Times contra - Mt a lettenirom Mr. illCßite; the agent for the loan, who seem the purchases of cotton by the Confederate- Government'willfproint bly amount to Geg9oo- bales. lie etates that the cotton is principally. in Georgia and Alabama, and some engin:eastern Miseiasippi, northwestern Louisiane,'and Terns, and is stored on the plan-' tenons of, planters, from whom - it was purchased, in sheds or warehouses, three hundred feet from other buildings. Mr. ..IVlcßae says' - the capture of all the Confederate seaports would not endanger. the loss of a single pound of cotton; as there are no stocits of cotton at 'any of them., nor are there any considerable ateeks of cotton at any one place in the interior, care having heentak.eth by the Confederate, as well as by Zee - State Govern ments, that no cotton should be-stored at any.port within five miles of railroad stations or mevigable streams. That portion of the crop.which had been brought to various interior d6p6ts has long since been taken back to the plantations. Cotton will 'he delivered to any holder of bonde, if demanded, as provided for in the fourth article of the contract. The London Morning Post, in an editorial on Ca-. nsdian defences, says : f , We have confident belief that - thee bluster of the Federal Gewernment produce very salutary effects in Canada. In spite of the urgent appeals of the Colonial-Office, the Le gislature of Canada has refused to place the militia on an efficient footing. As, the Canadians have no sympathy with the North, the present aspect of af fairs on their continent may induce them to show. a. little of the spirit which animated their fathers in 1812. Prudence as well as self-interest - should lead them to adopt this course. We may add that it - is the b.ountlen duty of the Home Government to look to the naval defences of the Province on the inland seas. From Superior to the St. Lawrence there is not so much as a gunboat or armed steamer, whilst the Americans profess to have in. their ports-a' flotilla which, at any time,.would give them. com mand of the lakes, and render access-to Canada a matter Of comparative ease." THE Por.asu QuesTioN.—lt le generally agreed that instead of a collective note tc , Russia, each of the three Cabinets will forward a.septirate note, identical in idea, to St. Petersburg. England op. posed a collective note, but, it is -asserted, her oppo sition in no way affects the existing understanding , between the three Powers—it merely keeps the ne gotiations separate. It is stated that Austria de clines going beyond diplomatic action. The insurgents defeated the Russians at Sielan, Palatinate of Plonk. FR ANCE The Emperor has returned to Faris, The Bourse is firmer, and closed on the 6th at 68f. for Rentes, an advance of over three. quarters. per cent. GERMANY It is officially announced that the Emperor of Austria, in an autograph letter, dated July 31, has invited all the sovereigns of the Germanic. Confed eration and sineros of free cities to personally meet in assembly and discuss the question of reorganiza tion of the German Confederation, suitable to. the requirements ofVie age. The Froperor proposed 'Frankfort as thelalace, and the 16th of August as the date. The German - question was discussed - at the late meeting of the Emperor of Austria and the Ring of Prussia. LONDON MONEY MARKET, 6th.—The funds are firmer. Coneois are advancing under the im proving tendency of the Paris Bourse, and the more general belief that the Polish Auestion will not re sult in war. Tbe satisfactory progress of the har vest assists the buoyancy of the discount market, whioh is easier. with a light demand. LATEST, PER HIBERNIAN. Lortuox, ith.—The London Globe contradicts the idea that the conscription in the Northern States of America is a menace to England, and Bays that the relations existing between England and the United States are of the most friendly nature. The rebel loan, which was at one time nominally quoted at 35 percent, discount, has again rallied and is quoted at 24. , After careful and particular inquiry, it cannot be ascertained that any prominent parties in the South have made any formal proposition to the United States authorities for terms of peace, nor has even a hint for an accommodation been suggested. A vi gorous prosecution of, the war is regarded by the -Administration as the better mode to end it, Ron. B L. Luddington, of New York, has been appointed consul to Plymouth, England. LONDON IiIARKEI'S.--Breadstuffs dull. Sugar active. Coffee buoyant. Tea firm. Rice quiet and steady. Tallow steady. Spirits Turpentine down ward. LONDON, Thursday.—Consols cloaed at 93@93X for money. AMERICAN STOCRS.—lllinois Central -Rail road. 163M16)-4 discount ; Erie. Railroad, 6.93-6' . ®701(. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET.— The sales of Cotton for four days were 17,000 bales, including 6,000 bsles to speculators and exporters: The market has been fiat, but unaltered in price. TRADE REPORT.—The Manchester market is firm and steady. LIVERPOOL BREADSTUFFS MARKET.— The Breadetuffs market has generally ruled dull. Richardson, Spence, Es Co., and other circulars re port : Flour steady, with a slight decline on inferior qualities. Wheat dull and easier. Corn dull, and declined 6d per. quarter; mixed 26s 3d@2.60 6d; white 26@aes. LIVERPOOL PROVISION IVIA.RKET.—The Provision market is generally firm. Circulars re port Pork firm. Bacon has an upward tendency. Lard buoyant. Tallow firm. Butter steady. LIVERPOOL PRODUCE AIA.RKET.—Sugar steady. Coffee quiet and steady. Rice steady. Ashes—Sales small. Linseed Oil firm. Rosin quiet and steady. Spirits Turpentine inactive. Petro leum firm, Crude Pis 6d. Refinedils. 4d. LATEST, VIA. GREENOA.STLE. LIVERPOOL. 7th —Cotton—The sales of the week have been 27,000 bales, including 4,000 bales to specu lators, and 3,000 to exporters. The market is easier at a decline of Rd. on American. The sales today (Friday) have been 4,000 bales, including 1,000 to speculators and exporters, the market closing quiet and unahanged at the following authorized quota tioni: Fair. Middling. Orleans 24d. 22 'd. Mobile 23Xd. 22d. Uplands . ....... ...23d. Stock in port 307,000 bales including 45,000 Ameri Can. Breadstuffs quiet and steady. Corn declining; mixed 26r @26s 3d. Provisions arm. Loxoos. 71h.—Consols close at 93@.93n for money. Bullion in Bank has increased £98.000. AMERICAN STOCKB.—lllinoia Central Railroad 163.,M16 . h" dis.; Comm9dori Morris. This gallant officer, who died in New York Sautr day, recently returned from the Gulf on the flagship Hartford. He was the son of the late Thomas Mor ris, of New York, and a.grandson of-,Gouverneur Morris, Secretary of the Navy during the Revolu tionary war. He was appointed a midshipman in the navy in 1819, and served for some time at, the Brooklyn navy yard. In 1820 he was transferred to the Oyane, then to the sloop Ontario, and subse quently to the Constitution, then cruising in the Mediterranean. In 1845 he was as lieutenant, placed in command of the storeship , Southampton, then cruising on the coast of Africa. In October, 1849, he was made a commander. In 1853 he was sent to the coast of Africa, where he remained for two years. Returning to the United States, he, on the 27th of December, 185 e, was commissioned as a captain. Towards the close of 1661, Captain Morris devoted much attention to the completion of the steam sloop of war Pensacola, then in process of construction at the Washington navy yard. The Pensacola, finely equipped and armed with twenty-four heavg gang, successfully Iran the Potomac blockade under the management of Commander Morris Jan. 12,'-1862, and after a brief delay in Hampton Roads, sailed for her destination in the Gulf of Mexico. She ren dezvoused finally in the .Passes of the Mississippi with the Richmond, the Hartford, and others of Ad miral Farragunpfleet then preparing for the actions in which Forte Jackson and St. Philip were so bril liantly passed, the Chalmette batteries bombarded, the Confederate flotilla destroyed, and New Orleans mind. When Admiral Farragut proceeded up the river, be confided to Commodore Morris the task of watching the Delta and the adjacent coasts, and holding the city of New Orleans. His health began to fail during . the New Orleans campaign. For some days atter his arrival home he continued to fail, until death closed his long record of honor, useful ness, and glory. Commodore Morris passed several years in the coast survey, on the Florida reef and the Tortugas, under the command of Lieutenant Tatnall, now a captain in the rebel service, and was also TatnalPs first lieutenant in the Consort, when she conveyed Santa Anna from New. York to Vera Cruz subse quently to his capture by the Texans. 5-20 Six Per Gent. United States Bonds • Payable in Gold. We have received from Messrs. Fisk & Hatch, 38 Wall street, says the New York Independent, the fol lowing categorical reply from the Treasury at Wash ington, on : the subject of redeeming , the above•en titled bonds, whether in gold or legal-paper curren cy, and the answer confirms, in every respect, what we have previously stated : TREASURY DEPARTMENT, August 6, 1863. - Micasas. Flax & HATCH : Your letter of the 3d instant, relative to the redemption of the 6 per cent. 5.20 'bonds of the loan of February 25, 1862, has been received. All coupon and registered bonds forming a part of the permanent loan of the United States, will be redeemed in gold. The 620 sixes being redeemable at any time after a lapse of live yeara, and within twenty Years, belong to the permanent loan • and so, also, do thetwenty-year sixes of July 17,"1861, into which the three-year seven•thirties are convertible. All obligations and notes forming part of the tempo rary loan will be paid at maturity in United States notes, unless before such maturity payment in specie shall have been generally resumed. The seven thirty three.year bonds or notes' form a part of the temporary loan, with the privilege of conversion into twenty•year sixes, in sums not less than $5OO. They will, therefore, be paid, if holders prefer pay ment to conversion, in United States notes. GEORGE A. HARRINGTON, Acting Secretary of the Treasury. THE VALUE or CcrIiNEDBRATIEIo-rray.—Confe derate money; estimated by the gold standard, is now worth about eight cents on the dollar.. The rebels have fixed a standard, however, by which they pro- fell to. regulate the value of their money. The standard is wheat. The price of thin cereal is fixed by the rebel Government at five dollars per bushel. With this, however, many of the farmers are dis satisfied, and assert that five dollars in currency is, in reality, less than fifty cents. The Richmond Sen , Lind, in this connection, says : • " There is. a fact to which we think it proper to call the attention of the fair-minded, and, even the insatiably - greedy themselves. All the officers of the Government are paid the old salaries, except a slight increase in the salary of some of the clerks. According to the rule of the correspondent whom we have noticed, the President gets less than twenty tive hundred dollars a year; the Secretaries less than six hundred ; theolerkeless than a hundred and fifty. Our thrice noble soldiers, also, are paid only the old price. According to the rule now applied, it Is 'lees than one dollar per month for the privates. Our field and line officers receive from eight to twenty dollars per month, out of which to board and clothe themselves. All these are receiving the old pricer. But not so the wrathful correspondent. In stead of one dollar per bushel for his wheat, which he would in other times have been glad to get, he now receives five dollars per bushel. He gets five prices for wheat that , feeds soldiers working at the 'old price, and he raven' over his pay as a monkery, and a cheat, and a swindle.” • This shows very clearly that all the efforts of the rebel' press to bolster up the currency are futile. Bven the ; wheat standard not prevent people from thinking that the Confederate money is almost. . NEW YORK CITY. (Correspondence of The Press. 3 New YOISIVe Auggat 14, , 1863. The public mind is again exercised' upon• s'SW:elect hi-relying the morality of the city. As ycr& stroll! up Broadway of an evening, your eyelsr attracted by a host of transparencies, mammoth in sixe r flanxboyarrt in style., and exhibiting what Emelt co'aptly styled. " thedebauchery of color." Here are pictured sun• dry nymphs crowned with fat bouquetoz.nymplis with hideous, luring eyes peering dully from under' heavy lashes, and dancing girls like hateful Ghawazer of old Bgypt. From these transparencies you glance down al the basements from which- heat and light Meerut as &monsters ; you oatch thethrum of instruments, the clink of ettetanets, and the loud laugh of caramel: 'Within m stone't throw to. th"e south, stands "Nillio's Garden;' behind you,- the "Whaler Gai.ten;" opposite, "Laura Iteene'ia" and,,from where you stand; you could almost tosma peach into the lap of tise dsorkeeser at " Warlack's..t' Withln the parallelogram bounding these theatre& lies that heart of' New Yurk whtetr beats merrily. only in night. Beyond, the city calm and the-- streets army and at - P4; but hure—hem, where the eye is dazzled by flaming jets; ssad the ear .stunned by. ceaeelesa tumoll, the plemeuroseekors always throng. Race, the B6hemianrr burro 7V:sway in the cool cellasa to discuss current-:literature' over pipes and beer. Ben-, the young bloods congregate at cor ners to wink and blow hisses to the balletgirls who trip along ot roofs to thegreen- room ; , here,. respecta bility, careful lest her skirts brush- against some moral leper,. must rush by, if sbe - would reach the theatres or the opera. Aid here cling those tramparencieni: and benecth them , are theooncert saloons; the abodes of vies; the scenes off mad ca roused and frantic -carnivala. The Itepublicogs Le gislature, by one grand efror . 3,:iiwept out these peat spots at the demand of the citizens. When Iforatio Seymour was before the people as eantlidtte for the gubernatorial chair,' the keerer of orre-of these sa loons published fra , appeal to MS brethren, calling on them to support the Democratic nominee; and assur ing them, that in the contingency of his election, the fanatical suppression of these establishments would. be over, and the efforts of the Puritan Legislature to rid Broadway from the sinks of iniqoity. cheek mated at once. This issue drew the vagabondvote where it properly belonged. Almost - coincident with the inauguration of our excellent-Governor,. the carouse began again, and Broadway , is polluted; and the air reeks with debauch. ]hundreds-of these places now stud the parallelogram, defking.thelavr, and paying perquisites for their immunity. It may well be supposed that the respectable portion of the community is not pleased with this 4nnovatiem yet to struggle against it were worse than folly, for it would be struggling to overthrow , a plank• of the platform upon which the dominant party'stancht—a party which challenged election upon the plea-that it would "Reform a virtue and..afArm a vice." - THE CLOSE OF THE SESSIONS having occurred, a large number of ,rioters- hive been remanded to the cells,- Much to their4Oy, as Judge McCunn sits at next term. Fortunately there is a chance that a majority of- the cases-maybe sent to the Oyer and Terminer, in which contingency they will be apt to receive stern and unequivocal justice. New arrests are being daily made, and the coming sessions of the criminal courts-promise to aflbrd especial interest. Itie a somewhat significant fact that thus far, not one of the rioters •l been defended by a lawyer of fragrant reputation. Fore most among the defending counsel have-been two ex•judges of Copperhead proclivities, one-of them a member of the present Legislature, and an inti mate accomplice of that intricate jurist McCann, and a certain individual whose marriage with an uncertain individual created somewhat.of a scandi lization of the city. This charming trinity has la bored earnestly in the cause of "the innocent peo ple," and has generally managed• to secure verdicts exactly opposite to what was sought Should their beneficent endeavors at the Oyer and. Terminer prove as unsuccessful, the masked man at the foot of the gallows will be weary enouglDwith his grim duties for the coming of spring. THE RECOMMENCEMENT - OF - THE DRAFT seems to be definitely fixed - for the twenty-fourth day of August, and the Republican newspaper offi ces will shortly commence to, lay in their stock of fixed ammunition and hand-grenades. in view of possible attacks. The negroes in various sections of the city are preparing for defence, and perfecting such organizations as may secure them against the butcherly intentions of the "friends,?' or more-pro perly "fiends," for the terms seem convertible. The Custom House has been garrisoned• both night and day by a company of marines, ever since the late riots, and stacks of rifles, and a couple of h.owitz erg, give evidence of the Collector's determination to resist the appropriativeprinciple which has been so strongly developed by the Copperheads. The announcement is having the effect of revivi fying the Home Guard organizations, and the citizens are arming for mutual defence against the apprehended outbreaks. Should these occur, and there is every indication that they will, the reign of mob violence will be short, and no doubt as to the result can be entertained. But 'the collision will necessarily be of a fearful nature. Desperation on the one side, and a firm determina tion to uphold the dignity of the law and the rights of citizens to life and the protection of property, are the elements which are to clash' together and strive for the mastery; and before the former is allowed to triumph, the harbor forts will open on a city which traitors and demagogues hope to transform into a second Sodom. AN[USEAIENTS mong us are still dull. `"The Ghost," , at Wal ack's, and the "Duke's blotto," still attract large audiences. Winter Garden, Laura Keene's, and the Opera House, are closed. Florence, the Irish come dian has imported a "Ghost," which lies in Go• vernment bond, awaiting transportation to Boston. STU YVES A.NT. PERSONkt. Admiral Farragut arrived at his home in Hast ings on the Hudson, on Friday. Long before the boat reached the dock it was crowded with hundreds of ladies, gentlemen, and children, who came to wet come him. Across the dock was stretched a large banner, on which was painted these words : "Wel come to the Hero of the Mississippi." The moment he landed "three cheers for the Admiral" greeted him. The ladies rose in their carriages and waved flags prepared expressly for the occasion. Bouquets and welcomes were showered upon him with an ear nestness which proved they came from no ordinary feelings. The Admiral was deeply aftected by this demonstration, and as he bowed his thanks, tears were noticed coursing doWn his bronzed face. With his usual modesty he tried to escape from notice; but there seemed to be no hiding place for him, as waving handkerchiefs add welcomes pursued him until he reached his residence, On reaching his house he found it filled with rare flowers and fruit, which had been most carefully arranged by his good servants, who were perfectly delighted to see him once more. Little Hastings, on the. Hudson, has shown her appreciation of the brave and noble Ad miral, and hour by hour he Is in reoeipt of some to ken of their esteem. Robert Dale Owen has written a letter to the New York Herald, which says " I am willing to be worse abused than a leader in this morning's _Fieralll abuses me, if, in return, as fair an abstract of what really are my praciples is presented as you have given. I observed but one important omission in that abstract It was stated in the original as one of the worst evils of slavery in South Carolina, that the marriage tie among the slaves there was disiegarded. It was recommended that the refugees, bringing with them a family, should in 'all cases be legally married; and it was urged that the obliga tions of the marital and family relations in civilized life could be fully explained to them. That is the sort of "free Love" I have advocated. Amalgama tion—a favorite French idea, countenanced even by so wise a statesman as De TocqueVille—is not re- Com Mended nor spoken of. While Ido not pretend yet tojhave made the necesearylresearches,statistical and other, which ought to precede a matured judg ment on such a subject, my individual impression is decidedly opposed to it, as productive of injury to both races." - -- The Scranton Republican says : "It needs no labored argument to show the propriety of the no. urination of Governor Andrew G. Curtin for re•elec- tion. If the election in 1860 had been made with Special reference to the immense responsibilities that have since devolved upon the Governor of Pennsyl vania, the office could not have fallen upon a man better calculated to • meet and to grapple with the difficulties of the position than Andrew G. Curtin has proved himself to be." Will Democratic papers throughout the State have the candor to print title paragraph, and admit its entire truthfulness] -- It has been denied that Vallandigham was ex cluded from the Clifton House. A:correspondent of the Toledo Blade gives the information that "the reason why the traitor Vallandigham left there and retired into the country was because the proprietor of the Clifton warned him to leave his house, for the reason that since he had been there he had driven away the custom of all Americans of any standing; that thoie who oame to see him were roughs' and rowdies, who injured the reputation of his house by their drunkenness and rowdyism." Major General Daniel E, Sickles was serenaded last week, ,at the American Hotel, Saratoga, he having so far recovered as to be able to listen to the music. A large crowd soon assembled, and in re slonso to calls General Sickles appeared and made a few remarks. He stated that the only way to bring about a peace was to prosecute the war with vigor, and send forward reinforcements, and support the Government. Bayard Taylor left the Russian Court imme diately after the arrival of Cassius Clay, and is now spending a few - weeks with his wife's relatives at Gotha, Germany. His novel of American social life, "The Strong-Minded Woman, , is in press, and he is working on a new poem, "The Portrait of St. John," founded on a beautiful Italian legend. Air. Taylor will visit the lakes of Northern Italy, where the scene of the poem is laid. Rumor has it that he is again to have a Government mission. An item is circulated to the effect that Secre tary Stanton has taken leave of Washington for a season of recreation at various watering places. This is a mistake. Secretary Stanton is hard at work athis office as usual, and shoulders daily an amount of labor that Would crush any but an iron constitution. -Gen. Hunter is at the Fillmore House, New poxt, and General Buell, at the Ocean House. Gen. Sherman attended church last Sunday and Sunday week. Last Sunday the excessive heat caused him to faint, but he recovered soon on reaching the open Lyman Trumbull, 'United States Senator from Illinois, has changed his residence from Alton to Chicago, and will hereafter reside permanently in that city, Miss Lander, the artitt, has presested to the East India Marine Society of Salem the original cast of "The Captive Pioneer Mother and Daughter. ,, The Rev. Dr. Chapin returned home in the China, and Will resume his pulpit labors in Sep. tem ter. Mrs. Lincoln and two sons were at the Revere House Boston last week, en route from the White Mountains. . The wife and family of General' Fremont are peeping the mummer it Lenox.. Governor Andrew, :of raneeaohusetta, - Le on- a visit te the towns in Sputitern Betluhite.' . ' rriiin CONSCRIPT QUAKERS.-- There were only two conscripts at the barracks f Twenty-second and Wood streets, on Saturday attermoon the remainder, nearly two hundred, were subs/Hates. These two exceptions were a couple of rather sickly young men coming from a wealthy fareay of Quakers, named e;rnedly, who reside at West Chester. These men contend they have conscientious saunter. as to going to the war; they will not fire a' musket, or draw human blood, nor pay the commutation money nor furnish a substitute. They still /Whereto - this singular faith. During the two or three days they were in the barracks, they at first refused to answer to tbe roll-call or form , into line; but finally became more practical. They were visited by sevcrainiem hers of the society of Friends of Philadertffira r but would not consent to the raising of money by them to pay the commutation fee, because, in their option, it would be msking an acknowledgment not consistent with the views of the sect. Ina conversation with military officers on this subject they informed us that in many of the battleathat hfsve been fought for the Union Quakers - have taken we active mat gie,- clone part, and led men on to victory. Lieut. Col. Hannwell; new wounded and in kltiladelphiat is' living eVidense of the valor al a' first-class Philadel phia filuaker. There are many instances of this kind. In thre crowd Mar assembled I.:vitnfts the dew. ture of the 3d Chimed Regiment'a - few days since, were a number or the leading wealthy, pious, and patriotic o..ilalrertrof Philadelphix encouraging the men, by their words and acts. - 11uncreekor Quaker ladies, fronvlcew.3ersey, as sompsnied their aeneand brothers attar as the Re freehinent urging them on :te 'battle for the Union and tle laws of the land. The conscript Qua lims above saolren or were to have been sent, with two. hundred'subatitutes, to AlexanafFt yesterday rifitrnoon. 711 F- Dnksor—lt: may be said the draft is developing a lamentable condition of pablie - health that le painful, indeed, for contemplation. The long natal rigne of die eases; such as ruptures, "game legs," defeat:ye optleroliseased hearts. bad teeth, weak cheatqand• crooked 'toe. are offered as so`' nany reasons-why the parties ought to be exempt from shouldning a musk:Ain Clehenee of the nations Sad to relat:%; many offtheselptoreased cripples and ".old young nen " - learn.; to their dismay, that the surgeon considers them sound, and that they must either go or finniiih'subatitutes. Besides the above class, there is =other not quite so•numerous. These-tou- Fist Of STlllag men who have aged mothers to sup port. On , Saturday the Fourteenth ward closed its operiationo. The account stands thus Nantes drawn from-wheel Substihitee ...... . 179 Reported for duty., Exemption papers Non-appearance Total 862 Of course, the 185nre liable-to arrest for desertion whenever focud in any part of the country, and OM he taken wheir.least expected. Of the 27 men who reported for. duty, 8 werocolored men. The publication of the- names of the exempts and the reasons therefor, so far as public propriety will admit of, will make a rich and curious chapter some of these days. DEATH OF' DRAFT: FiVNRY HIINTERSON. The death fof Lieut. Henry Hunterstowit will be learned with deep regret by his many friends. Two weeks since he had nearly completed a company to take part in our present* struggle; and had been in the country to recuperate, when, on Sunday last, while at Lambertville, .NeVr Jersey, overcome by the heat, he was-attacked* by apoplexy and died in a few minutes; his hOdy was forwarded to this city, and his, remains interreiron Tuesday last from his residence in Cumberland street. Lieut. Hunterson was an officer of " the Scott Legion," and served gallantly from the landing of - Vera Cruz to the cap ture of the city. of Mexico ; was loved and respected by his men and esteemed by his superior officers; he has now two sons serving in the present campaign, Capt. John Hunterson,.of the Corn Exchange Regi ment, and Lieut. Harry Hunterson, now in Virginia. His remains were followed to the receiving vault by two companies of* Col. Small's regiment, with whom he served. in Mexico. He leaves many to mourn his lois, hut none to say an unkind word'of the departed. I.Ve could have spared many men from our midst, but few would have been missed more. SI X PERSON. 9 UNDER SENTENCE OF DEATEL—There- are six persons in the County Priam who are under sentence of death for the com mission of the crime of murder. Miller, 'who was concerned In robbinra man, and then throwing him into Cohockainh- meek to perish; West, who mur dered his wife at a- home in Merchant street a few years ago ; Kilpatrick, who murdered a drayman on the wharf some yeara since; Ford (colored), who killed his brother-in law during a quarrel in 1851; Dixon, or Dixie, (also colored), who killed a man at the Philadelphia 'institute two or three years ago; and Patrick Fariigan, who killed Williamson a few months since. he was to have been hanged on Friday, but was respited by the Governor at the earnest' solicitation of the spiritual adviser of the doomed man. A GRATEFUL SECOWER.—Between ten. and eleven o'clock last evening, a grateful shower of rain fell for a short period. The lightning was almost incessant, so foul indeed had the atmosphere become:- There were a series of showers all around the city, to the north, the east, the south, and the. west. Between the clouds at times the stars twin kled with dimmed brilliancy on the bosom of the calm blue beyond. The electric batteries in the ele,• mental warfare of the clouds seemed to yid- with ' . each other in brilliant effects, and thus presented-to. the philosophical eye many scenes of sublime gran-. deur, which - many persons, through nervous. fear, never look upon. There is nothing in the whole pyric art to compare with the beauty of - such- an electrical display as that of last evening. DESERTER MORTALLY WOUNDED.—A. sub stitute, giving the name of J. Watson, attempted to escape from the barracks, at Twenty.secoad and Wood streets, early on Saturday morning, He was shot by the guard, the ball entering the side and coming out of his back. He fell mortally wounded. Watson had made a rope out of srcouplcof-blankets, and while descending by, it, from the second-story window, received the shot that has or will send , him to eternity. It was ascertained.that upward& of a hundred men were in a conspinacy arranged to. effect their escape. Several rope ladders were found by the guard that were to be used in escaping, if Watson had succeeded in his attempt to get away. THE COAL REGLuENT.Ine ISt Coal Regiment, under command of Col. A. Day, of "old Southwark," will arrive to-day. It was raised, un der the supervision of the wholesale miners and dealers in twenty-four hours, and responded as quickly to the call of our patriotic Governor. The regiment will pass down Chestnut to Third street, down Third to. Walnut, up Walnut. to Sixth, and thence southward, and finally stop atthe Volunteer Refreshrient Saloons to be fed. This is a splendid regiment of hardy men. THE DRAVT.—The arrivals of substitutes at the barracks average from 80 to 90 per day. The number will be far greater when the full tide of the real conscripts begins to flow in. The substitutes sent away last , week were for the 23d and 90th regi ments. The 200 sent last evening were for the 83d Pennsylvania. We understand that 54 deserted after striving at Alexandria, last week. The sub stitute money received was used, to some extent, to effect this result. RECRUITING.—Captain George H. Ro berts, Jr., recently of General Hooker's staff, has opened a recruiting office in the old Pennsylvania Bank building, and is recruiting for the 19th Penn sylvania Cavalry. Captain IL is meeting with suc cess, in comequence of his own popularity, and that of the regiment, as well because of the large boun ties offered to recruits. PAncyca, ACCIDENT.—Mr. John Lever, aged sixty-three years, residing near Frankford road and Hart lane, was run over by a wagon on Satur day afternoon, by which he had both his legs broken above the knees. The unfortunate man was conveyed to the Epis copal Hospital, where he died at a n early hour yes terday morning. IDENTTFTED.--The coroner held an in quest, on Saturday morning, upon the body of a man who fell from the excessive heat of the weather on Friday afternoon. The body was identified as that of -Jacob Kucher, who lived near.- Franlcford road and York street. HEAVY THUNDER STORM. heavy thunder storm passed over the northern part of the city in the region of Germantown and iUanayunk. The rain fell in torrents for an hour. During the storm a stack of hay, on the old - York road, was stuck by the lightning. . . ~., .. ARRIVAL OF A GUNBOAT.—The U. S. ggun boat De Soto arrived at the navy yard on Saturday evening. Our reporters mere unable to get on board the vessel. It is understood that she brought no im portant news. . SIIICIDE.—.A. man named Frederick Fre theimmith committed suicide yesterday, at his resi dence, near York and Howard streets, by shooting himself with a pistol. The load passed through his neck and he was instantly killed. ACCIDENT.—WIn. Walker fell from the roof of a house 1 , 12 North Water street, at three o'clock yesterday morning. He was removed to the hospital. His injuries are considered mortal, FATAL ACCIDENT. Michael Devlin, aged six years, was run over by a coal cart on Saturday afternoon, in Monroe street, near _Fourth, and in stantly killed. THE POLICE. [Before Mr. Alderman Brasses%) .'Robbery. Jane Allender is the name of a female who was arraigned on Saturday, on the charge of robbing a soldier ofthe sum of sixtpseven dollars, at a house on Wood street, above Thirteenth. It is alleged that the two entered the house, and when he came out he missed his money. This was about all the evidence adduced. The defendant, it is stated, bears rather a . ..bad character. She was committed to answer. Higlkway. Robbery. Two half•grown boys, giving the names of Chas. Carpenter and William Shaw, were taken before the Fame alderman as above, on the charge of highway robbery. The evidence was, that a man named Wm. K. Taylor, desiring to take passage in's railroad car, stopped at Eleventh and Coates street until one should pass along. He- seated himself on a door step and fell into a doze, from which he was awe. kened by a jerk of his watch. chain. He instantly sprang to his feet, When the two defendants ran. The alarm was given, and police officers succeeded in capturing the parties after a short chase. The chain was recovered. Also, the sum of $l7 that had been stolen from his pocket. The accused were committed in default of $2,000 bail to answer. [Before Mr. Alderman Harmer. Dancing Party Surprised. On Saturday morning twenty-two persons, mostly half-grown girls and boys, were - arraigned at the First-ward station-house on the charge of mis demeanor. It seems from the evidence that at a late hour on Friday night they took forcible possession of an untenanted building, situated at Ellsworth and Sixteenth streets, for the purpose of having a dance therein. The noise they made disturbed the neigh bors, and the attention of the police was called. A posse under Lieut. Fuller made a descent upon the premises and arrested twenty-two.• After a Rearing, the whole party were put under bonds to be of future good behavior and to keep the peace. FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. THE MONEY MA,RKET. PHILADELP_RIA, August 15, 11963. The market is still unchanged, business dull, and money plenty at 4@5 per cent. on merely moderate securities. Gold has had another slight fall, caused,+ probably, by the rumor that prevailed in New York, of the fall ot , Charleston. This indicates the effect which the capture of this stronghold will have on this, the bead of faney stocks, and as we may hope to hear of the fall of Mobile at or about the same time, we may reasonably expect to see gold at a very low figure; perhaps before the close of the present month. We have, without doubt, seen gold at its highest figure, and those persons • who have been holding it for any length of time With the hope of its again reaching 70 per cent, or even taper cent will fled the chances for the success of...their desire daily diminishing until they will be wall contented to sell at 1.0 0r.15 per cent. At the Stock Board business was very dull, owing to the absence from the city of many speculators and even regular members. Government and State se. curities were firm. City 6s, will* yesterday de, Wined 2g per cent., advanced again to.day 2 per; cent., closing 1023:A103. Reading Was firm at yes terday's rates, (though there were but few salem,) closing at EB3g. Pennsylvania Railroad WAR firm at yesterday's prices, selling at 64).5. Oamden and Amboy Railroad stood firm at i 05..• SChuylkill per cent. Navigation 6 per cent. bonds sold at 82, same as yes-', tergay, There "were ealeg tot igttle Sopurlktil49 In passenger railways there was very little done: Second and Third sold at 78, Spruce and Pine and Green and Coates 44—making no change since yesterday. There was scarcely anything done in bank stooks, thoV,th there was a change in some of the quota. tient], North America declined 2, closing 142 bid, 147 mikid ; Philadelphia advanced AC, and Farmers and Mechanics' 3.1'. Commercial declined 3c, closing 52@53. Drexel sc Co. quote: Ilstited States' Bonds. [Totted States nets Cert or Tedebtedneet...... 99,1 007 i IJefled States tslif Cert. of Indebtedness 101 (41000 Crated States 7'310 Notes.. mg *lO7 OttartermastereVonchere 41 ate. Orders for Certialetates of Indeittednese--..... no% d ie • • ei n g Exchange... Xsy (Joke & LW. quote Cievernmfmt securities, fe Dews : United- State, Sixes. United Stated? 340 Monet. •10651V107 Cortii3catas of Indebtedutt ........... ..701R, , r64101. 'IA . . • Do. —new. Quartermaste' Vonchent....... Deman r-a d Notes Gold • Sales ifiNt -tvomie4i to-day; 42,600. SAN rrawcraeo Dior; DIARK,tr.---The San Vranciseo Price Cierratt, of Sitty 22 7 sap:: Our money marlet continues abundantly supplied Frith capital at the rates current for sometime 'past. Prime securitieer ol short dates can soreetnnes p_lneed at per sent. per month, but the UMW hank accommodations for acseplAble bueiness 'paper rsie at' 14 t 7.2 per cent. There is still quite an ac tive demand for on mining stock collaterals, but bankers generally admit only 2, tnoderate - nue or discvunts . upon this description of seturitiea, and eeldtim loan upon' othenlitan thoswof the first class. our merchants. and business men generally the reultirement . for legitimate poaposes is grate moderate. Egteipts Of tplairate flour the interior and coast wise since our report , of 10th inst. have been about .$1,00.74 - 000, rather lesethanten per cent. in coin. The branch...mint has tither:l about $.600,000 - leaving addi tion to-our stock of ablaut - S-700,000. The market is well supplied with geld bniffion, and sates are re ported to us at 81G41820: Ditver appears lees abun dant at the moment, and tie rate is not fixed. The receipts of silver during the- past quarter have eve. raged about sl,ooo,detrPer month. During the first quarter they were- atiout' salolooo pet month. It is es timatednhat the average or the year will be .$ 1,- 000,000 per roonth. The-greater portion re sent he England inanparted bars, but: there is some demand for refined bars in the- dfinction of Oriental ports ; and the suggestion is-often made that if our silver dollar coinrwere once - fairly intreduced into those countries, it would soon become-as acceptable as any other, thus leaving in oust:lands-the profits of relin ing and coinage, and openings wider and more direct outlet for oar-silver prcdact, the-greater portion of which finaliyreaches these, C dectimation by a cir cuitous and expensive trans: . Exchange on the Atlantic • Mites ruled on last steamer day at - 25@s0 ka" - cent. pr - amistur on gold for hills payable -in-currency. Coin bills commanded 4115 it cent. premium. Bankers , aterling at sixty days, 48d. FCSEICEI, 497@El- The rate for this steam er will be the name for all hut currency bills, which have advancecl.ibrit drawers have not - diced the price. Legal tenders opened this-morning- at 75@76, and at the close are selling at 17078. The demand is good, and, the supply apparently lees-abundant than on last steamer-day. Considerable-amounts, we are informed, have- been converted into five-twenty bonds at the sub‘treasury in this city, or, rather, iato certificates for -the delivery of- those bonds, which eerve as a remittance to the Atlantic cities. 460 • 185 Mexican dollcAs are quotable-at cent. premi um last sales. Amount of 0C3 . 1. transporisdton. the- Philadelphia and Reading Railroad, dairLag , the• week ending August 13, 1653: From Port Carb0n........ .Pottsville..._ Schuylkill Raven " Auburn Port Cliuton— " Flarriabnrg•amd Da-aphia Total Anthracite coal for•tho.iveek 41.529 02 From Harrisburg, MtallittumMousmialforw'k 4.911 09 Total of all klads„for tito:tveek-- Previoasly.thisyear- To same time last year MIA 559 16 The Schuylkit) Navigation Coal Trade, for the week ending August 13? .18433tz From Port Carbon Pottsville. , . , .. " Schuylkill lawn., Total fa`week.--.- Previously this yeai To same time last year 617,5.11 16 The earningskaf the Monks Canal Company for the - present season and week, compare as follows with those of the same porioda last year Total to August 1. 18L'3... • Week ending August 8, 1863. Total to Angast 1862 $113.596 71 Week ending August 9;1 8,151 ..T3-6191.747 64 Increase in 1E63 *42.6913 56 - The earnings of the Chicago, Alton, and St. Louis Railroad fir• the week ending the 7th inst. were : Passengers Freight.... Sundries.. Total Increase in 1853 12,261 38 The earninga of the Chicano and Rock Island Rail road for. the first week in August were 1864, 1862. . . Increase - $7.732 56 The. tonnage of the Hazelton Railroad for the week ending August 8 was as follows Week. Previous. Total. Tons.. Cwt. Tons. Cwt. Tons. Cwt._ Total 1%3.53 1S 53-5.315 01 551.091 02 Same time last year.. 22,843 14 317,221 11 340 085 03 Increase Decrease Annexed are the details of the earnings of the and Chicago Union Railroad for the week ending August 8: Freight.... Pa seng..rs Mails, e c. Total. *2.3.827 11 $28,653 39 64.826 75 The earnings of the Chicago and Alton Railroad, from January let to August 7th, were 1863 1862 . *283.215 (M" The New York Evening. Post of to-day says: Gold is dull to-day, and the quotation is depressed by the certainty that Charleston will, in a few days, be in the possession of the national forces. The closing price, as we go to press, is 125. The appended table exhibits the chief movements of market compared with the latest prices Of yesterday evening: - Sat. Fri. Adv. Dec. II 5.6 a, 1881, reg............ 4105% 104% % • • C. B. 65,1881, c0u..........—.106 106 - , .. CI S. seven-thirties.. .. 10634 - 106% .. - - U.S. lyear Certif god-101X 101% • ~ C. S.l yr. Cart, curency 99% 00% American g01d.......--.12534'125% Tennessee 65.. ii. 65 so .. .. Missouri 6a....—...--. 70% 703( .• Pacific Mail. —....... —234 . 233 I .. N.Y. Central .--.....127 126 1 Erie --....--.1f57,1 1045 C 1% `... Erie preferred.— ,-- . .103% EA% 31 111• . Hudson Riyer..........,—....148 1491 Harlem.—..-4 .......161.3‘ 149% 12 . Harlem preferred........„145 140 5 Reading . 116 M 116 SM Mich.. Central......—. —.115X 115 M Mich. Southern : ...........108 107% Mich. So. guar —llB% 119% IC Illinois Can scrip .. . .120% 120 k Cleveland& Pittaburi. • • 95% 95% X . • Galena - .106 DM% Wi .. Cleveland& Toledo 115 11416 34 Chicago & Rock Island.lB7 105% lii Sort Wayne . 51% 178 3%- • • Canton 32 31% % •-• Prairie dn Chien EC 864 2.34 .. Alton & Terre Haute... 61% 63 1% .. Chicago & Northwest'n. 36% 36 % • • After the Board, gold was offered at 126; New York Central was selling at 1273;a1.27%; Erie at 107©1.07i , 1 s ,• Harlem at 1593Q160 ; Reading at 117@ 117% ; Michigan Central 116%@116 ; Michigan South. ern at 108M@I0814 ; Galena, at 106@106%; Rook Island 107%@108; Prairie du Chien at 88%069; Port Wayne at 83@84; Terre Haute at 62M(264. Philada. Stock Ex.Oh • [Reported by S. E. SLAY-MAKS 6 Cam St A_mb 2000 Eohuy Nay 6s '82.. 83 1000 do d 0.... 82 2000 do d 0.... 82 10 Reading E.... 60 do 536.• 60 • do. 830.. 68.3 59% i 100 Little Sehuy R 4735 19 Green & Coates R.. 44 40 Penna R 6435 12 do 6434 13 do 64X 50 ...... ...60dys • • 64 There is very little demand for Flour, either for export or borne use, and, prices are rather lower. The only sales reported are to the retailers and ba kers, within the range of $5.123!, .05.37 X. for super fine ; $5 60@6 for extra ; $5.75@6.25 for extra family, and $187.50 bbl for fancy brands, according to quality. Rye Flour is Belling at from $4 5005 t bbl. In Corn Neal there is very little doing; Pennsyl vania is held at $4, and Brandywine at $,1.204 bbl. GRAlN.—There is very little demand for wheat, and the market is dull; about 3,600 .bus sold at 135 ©l36c for prime old red, and 119@1320 for common to prithe new do.; white ranges at from 140(01.60c bus, the latter for prime Kentucky. Rye is selling at from 106@1060 IfY bus. Corn is scarce and prices are better; about 1,000 bus prime yellow sold at 800, and 1,600 bus. Western mixed at 780 iff bus. Oats are very dull; 3,300 bus sold at 53@55c for new, and 70c for old Pennsylvania, *eight. - • BARK.-Ist No. l Q,uercitron is in steady demand at $301 , 3' ton. .. ' COTTON.—The stock continues very light, and the transactions are limited at 6Sc lb cash for mid dlings. GROCERFES.—Sugars are firmly held, but there is very little doing in the way of sales. Cuba ranges at from 10,4011 c 'ft lb. Coffee is unchanged; small Pales of Rio are's - eking at 27@iV8a ft lb. PROVISIONS.—There is no chanan to notice in price or demand. Bacon Hams are selling at 123460 13j‘c 'ft IL for fancy ; Mess Pork is held at $14@14 60 bbl, for new; a sale of 20,00168 smoked Shoulders is reported at 6c lb. Lard is unchanged, 50 tierces sold at to3' c 4 __ lb. WHISKY.--Pennsylvanis and Ohio bbls are selling, as wanted, at 47@ 47;"c ; hhds 46c, and drudge at from 45g453Cc r gal. The following are the receipts of Flour and Grain at this port today: New York Markets, August 15. Asnits are steady, with sales of 30 bbls at $6.87% 07 for Pots, and $8.8136V9 for Pearls. BRILLDSTVF.I7B.—The market for State and Weat ern Flour is. heavy, and 5c lower on common and medium grades of winter-ground. Fresh-ground State is scarce and without material change. The sales are 5,700 bbls, at $3 95@4.50 for super fine State; $4.70g4 90 for extra State ; $3.9004.50 for superfine Michigan, Indiana, lowa, Ohio, ke.; $4.35@4.95 for extra do, including shipping brands of round-hoop Ohio at $5.20@5.43, and trade brands do at $5 50@7. Southern Flour is dull and lower, with sales of 1.210 bbla at $5.40g6.40 for superfine Baltimore, and $6 45E1,9 for extra do. Canadian Flour is qc lower, and inactive at the decline ; sales' 500 bbls at $ 4.85@5 for common, and $5.0507 for good to choice extra. Bye Flour- is dull at $36005.10 for the range of fine and superfine. Corn Meal is inactive. We quote Jersey at $3.90 ; Brandywine, $4.30@4.35; Calorie, $4.25; puncheons, $21.50. - Wheat la unsettled and irregular. Primeis steady, kut common grades are dull and le lower. The sales are 50,000 bushels at 910051.11 for Chi cago spring; 96001.1.19 for Milwaukee Club; $1.20 0/21.25 for amber Iowa ; $1.1601.26 for winter red Western ; and $1.21131.30 for amber Michigan. Rye is dull at 80@900. . . Barley is nominal - Oats are lower and dull, at 43@550 for Canada; 53 g 61c for Western, and 65®670 for State. Corn is unchanged, butelosed heavily ; sales 40,000 bus at 67y,469.e for shipping, and 66@67efor Eastern. WRISF.Y is dull, with sales of 350 Mils at 45Xc. HOPS are quiet and firm at 15@200. PRovisions.—,The Pork market is Very quiet, with sales of 150 bbls at $13.50 for new mess; 1.1.523‘, for-old mess, and ,$lO 62. 1 for prime. Beef is - dull, with small sales. There is nothing doing in tierce Beef or Beef Hams. Bacon is quiet, with sales of ROO boxes city short clear at 'T o. Out Meats are scarce.. Lard is inactive and unchanged; galas nel Mx Maio 9ge/ONc, 47%; Cataudeea preferred at 23%, and Minehlli Railroad at 62%, all remaining firm at yaaterdara quotation's. • 4,487 16 216,114 13 211,06 17 1862. 14 $11863. 313.675 7,051. 45 Inc • 3V175 8,702 00 10,302 44 Inc., 1,600 44 1,250 00 1 300 00 Inc., 50 CO • nge Sales, August 15. a. Philadelphia Brehm:Lie. 0A111). 40Penna R 6431 50 Union Canal Pf s3O 4 • 100 CM , 69 102 5 Minehilllt..2dys 6231 110 Catawissaß Pf WO 24- 110 do do s3O 23X. 20 Second & Third R. 75 150 Space & Pine it.. 15.44" 100 do do 153 2 Mechanics' Bank.. 27 , U 8 7-30 Treasl2 otes Iblank Oct .............106% Philadelphia Markets. AUGUST 15—Evening F10ur.... Wheat.... Corn Oats 139 '249 9)„.?1,a 993 - 9:7@ , 14 T 2 eA2Gi 125 01.2 Tons. Cwt. . 25,711 1.15 • 1,813 19 4,510 07 11,003 17 1,4,59 01 49,450 11 -.1.925.022 06 1.974,472 17 Tons. Cwt. • 7,651 00 • 1.73.9 00 . 1.130 00 10,57) 00 3.9 e 76 00 40..3;4 co $1.54.31l 80 . 10.115 70-$184,137 60 1963. 1881 $12.095 70 9 244,34 23,653 R 5 14,453 94 1.074 3-1 898 :13 43/-.80, 00 - 2 ,031•42 .. W 97.67960 714.427 65 2 160 bbIJ. 7,500 bug. 3 900 bug. 9,600 bug.
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