THURSDAY, MARCH 10, 1864, FORNEY’S WAR PRESS, For the week ending March 12th, 1864, is now ready. C08TBNT8: Virginia Farmer Coming from the I. EKGBAYIffG.— Mill. ** 11. POEMA— “Tie Tattered Flats,” by Eus«ne H, Mirada? ; “The Thantcm,” by Bayard Taylor 111. ••JESSIE AHD MAUD ”-An Original Novelette. by Mrs. Emma Ereleson Chapters IX and X. IV. EDIIORIALS —The War. The Preliminary -De bate. The European Difficulty. Speech ■ a^rn ' t StebMns. New To*'. of Colored Yoinuteers The Bepeal ' s ' Tha p ra3 i_ low. Man.ginsthe ol T of forffio dency. What “and Qaota. Kentucky Law Cherokee Indians. Bcmni> »“ th ,T r' 2KS OP "OCCASIONAL. ’’ VT CKb7K.M- A-W’ Si'CrO AMKLTIA vii THE wj« iS VIBGiaiA.-Uow Kilpatrick scout. 'vlll ThTwaK*! SOUTHWEST. -Sherman's T '„ (.jjlmchiuK fi flu Jackson to Yickehnrg. ix/THE i'-RJSE -STATE MOVEMENT.—MichaeI Hahn Governor of Louisiana. x hCKOPEAN SEWS —The Rebel Rams—Russell’s Coniae Sustained -Cefcference of the Great Powers—Riot «>f the Fenians ill Duhiro. XI- THE PENJSSTLVaHIA HOrPITALFOK THE in sakb. XU. LAKE WINNIPEG AND THE CSAUDIESE OOLD FIELDS. XIIL IMMIGSATiON XlYi TEE LEGAL EQUALITY OF'iHE NEGRO. XV- THLKLYEN-TBIKTT BONDS. XVI. THE CEKKaSiAUGA CAMPAIGN. XVII. CBAKGE'AGAINST GEN MEADE. XVIII. IiALRA i’IYJS OF GOL. STREIGHT. —The Horrors of Kehtl Gapnvity 1 ally Confirmed. XIX. REGONSTKO-TIoI? IN ARKANSAS.—Ad drees Of Gen. SUelo to lie People. XX. Bliss Dickinson—Bjron’a Brain— Col. fehaw— “Ceu Bailer”—Miss Nightingale- Rebel De^tera—a Portuguese Poet—Charles Sumner— Gen- McGlernand—Gen. B trnside—Mrs. Gen. Banks— JndK© Oris in S. kei inonr—a Flag of Truce—Goa. Shar a,ftn-G«n. Bragg—Wendell Phillips—Rev. T. Starr King XXI. THE REPEAL OF THE FUGITIVE-SLAVE RAW. —Senator Stimi er’s Report XXII. OUR National FINANCES.—Mr. Chase's System Defended by «. Democrat—The Solvency of the Government Indestiuctibie XXin. STRENGTH OF OUR ABMIES.I XXIV. SPIRIT OP THE REBEL PRESS —The Ap pointment of General Bragg—A Remarkable and Fierce editorial—General Cn*sar Finnegan. XXV. OUR NEW YOKK LETTER.—Emaacipatloa Crushed—Jokes of a Great Painter- A Sign of the Times. XXVI. OUR HaKRISBURG LETTER.-Recruiting and Re-enli*?tiss —Land Sharks. XXVIL OUR FLORIDA LETTER —What Florida -was thonght to be—an Army of Occupation—Mistaken Kindnew—When Lake City Could be Taken—How we were Deceived —Olustee Station —The Battle-Ground— The Battle —Death of Go'onel Fribley—Montgomery's Black Men— A Haid-io-Hr.nd Conflict—The Lull of Bas ils —Pursuit Crippled—Results of Disaster—General Sey inour’s Braveiv—Delutive Policy—List of the Killed and Wounded Officers in the Battle near Lake City, Florida, Teb. 20th—Casualties of Enlisted Men. IMPORTANT POSITIONS IN GEORGIA. XXIX. GENERAL SEIMOUR AND THE FLORIDA DISASTER XXX. SHE RELIEF OF THE SUFFERERS OF E 4 ST TENNESSEE. XXXI. THE CHARITY HOSPITAL OF PHILADEL PHIA. XXXII. RILIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE. Sunday school Photographs-Delegatim of Ministers for the ATiny of the Potomac—Dr. McClintock Coming Home— A LOBB to the Free Church of Scotland—Sifting the Flocks— Letter from the Rev. Dr. Marks —Reminiscences of the late Professor Hitchcock, D D. —Baptiste in Phila delphia —Ministers in RichmoEd Prison*—Threatened Ejectment of Pretbj teiian Ministers in England—A New Version, of the Scriptures in French—Rev. W. S Phil- Hp S »Dr. Gafi' Surprised—Another Religion in Austra lia—Chinese Toleration—Rev. Stephen H. Tyng. Jr —Dr. Malan—Rev. T Starr King’s Organ. xxxnr. THE FIXE AaTS. —The Gates of the Sos quehanna—America* Inventors—The Derby Day. XXXIV. CIT 2 INTELLIGENCE —The Fair—A Noted Guerila Chieftain Feasted in onr City—The Homfco pathic Medieal College—The Medal to Gen. Grant—Pasted Examination— Recruiting -One Thousand Rebel Prison ers—The Draft Fo.-tponed —Army Hospitil Report—3fe teorological Comparison —The Late Fight in Florida — Locally Interest-nj— The Children 7 * Hospital —Pro fanity in the Cars—City Treasurer’s Office. ' XXXV. AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT.—Agri cultural Education—The future of Cotton and Wool—The Pre posed Tax on Leaf Tobacco. XXXVL EXTRACT FROM THE SPEECH OF HON. W. D. KBLLE7 ON THE BILL TO ESTABLISH A BUREAU OF FLEEDMEN’d AFFAIRS. XXXVII. TH7. FIRST ABOLITIONIST. XXXVIII TEE ARMISS IN MEXICO. XXXIX CoNGRBSsIONAL SUMMARY. XL. PENNSYLVANIA LEGISLATURE. XLI NEW YORK ELECTION. XIII NEW BaMPSSIRE ELECTION. XLIII.— MISCELLANEOUS.—Draft Message of Gover nor SejXEO III, “lx Senator Tulee’s Residence—Bounties the Regu’aT Ai my—Humboldt on the Fugitive Slave X,aw—A Wound iha». Deserves Circulation—A Valuable Album—Profits of the Screw Steamship Companies in the Atlantic Trade—Gstrht Smith’s Propositions—Ages of American Authors—’she "Xew Regime”—Young Blood —Straight and Slo?«an Tha Catholic Church and the Eetellion—Condemned Deterieis to be Sent to the Dry CTortugas—Safety in Theatres —The Free State of Louisia na—The Draft Guestioa—Gen. Sickles’ Mission to the Southwest-Tke Lxectuicn of a Murderer—A Hint to Un fortunate a—Enilisl Book-Trade Statistics—Finding Him Something Setter to Do—Gen Meade and His Accusers— Revolution ary Penßio-ara —Extension of Bounties—Mia* *ouri Land and Collecting Agency—Ravages of the Ala bama—The Union League—Earthquake in California- Black Soldiers in IT rida. XLIV —TEE MONEY MARKET. XLY.—PHILADELPHIA MARKETS. XLVI —PE ILa DEI PHIA CATTLE MARKET. XLvn.—weekly bepokt of intesmests [Taj- F P . c’i£ -o’ the ’’Wah Fnn?3 ” wilt be forward ed when reqne’ted The enbtcription rate for single co y.ies is per year, A deduction from these terms will he allowed when clubs are formed. Single copies, pnt up in wrappers, ready for mailing, mar be obtained at ike counter. Price five cents. XUe Rebel Press on Kiljialrick’s Raid. There was no laughter in Richmond -when Kilpatrick rode up to its gates, and threatened to ride through its streets. The failure over -which the enemies of the •Government in the North exulted was re garded as a success in the South. The Rich mond journals, from which we quote much fresh and interesting matter to-day, betray the terror which the raid excited, and ad mit the injury it inflicted. The very false hoods they publish are evidence of cowardice and impotent rage. A savage, when he has captured his foe, cannot rest till he has tor tured him, and it is in a thoroughly savage Spirit that the rebel journals clamor for im mediate revenge upon the Union prisoners. They demand that they shall not be treated as prisoners of war—that they shall not have even military trial—and one paper insists that they must be blown to pieces from the mouths oi cannon. Such is not the punish ment of men whohave failed. Such revenge is only counselled by desperate men who feel their cause to he desperate, and who become cruel as they grow weak. It is hardly necessary to say that the cap tured soldiers of Kilpatrick are perfectly safe, notwitbstandin g these ferocious threats, and that they will he in due time exchanged. The rebel leaders are anxious to make the most of an opportunity, but will, even in the excess of their fury, carefully ab stain from harming a single prisoner. Monsters, brutes, barbarians, fiends, assas sins, are terms easily applied to brave men, but the murder of prisoners is too danger ous a luxury to be lightly indulged in. Lying is much safer, and more effective, and, of all Southern vices, seems to be the most popular. 'What else but a plain lie is the statement that upon Col. Dahlghen’s body was found an order that in the event of ttie capture of the city Jeff Davis and the members of his Cabinet were to be killed ? Is it in this way that public opinion is manufactured in the South ? It seems that the Southern people do not sufficiently hate the Yankees yet, and are to be treated to fearful tales oi their fiendishneßs, as the slaves have for years been told that the Abolitionists helped negroes to escape, and then sold them into Cuba. It might almost be believed that the account of the treatment of the body of Colonel Dahlgren was an invention of some unscrupulous enemy of the rebel lion, but we find it as an ordinary matter in the columns of the Richmond Whig. The Union soldiers are, in this same lying jour nal, accused of making war upon women; but we have its own confession that the rebels make war upon corpses. The body of this gallant young officer, whose courage and energy will make his name historic, was not only mutilated, but thrown into a ditch or swamp—not in a moment of sudden, an in cold-blooded sayageness, after it had lain for an entire day exposed to the insults of the Richmond mob. His burial place iB never to be made known, says the Whig. Be it so. There are thousands of other dead heroes who Bleep in unknown graves in Virginia, and have made even that soil sacred which is polluted by the tread of their barbarous foes. The extracts we have made deserve to be carefully read. They fully show that Gen. Kilpatrick not only severely punished the enemy by the destruction of railroads and stores, but nearly succeeded in a greater purpose. For seven days no public busi ness was done in Richmond. All the de partments were closed, and all the men em ployed by the rebel Government were doiced into the ranks for its defence. For -many months we have not had such a reve lation of the terror and helpless fury of the -conspirators in Richmond, and such reason for despising their cowardly and corrupted press. _ . Thr Extracts from the Richmond Sentinel, pub lished on oar tint page, ere by a typographical error dated the B.h, inatead of the sth tnitant. The only rebel papers to the sth an the files of the fVhtg, received at this office last night. LETTER FROM “OCCASION*,” ■yVASHiKoTON, March 9, 1864. Lieutenant General Grant’s arrival in Washington was marked by several signifi cant indications. He reached here last • evening, and was wildly welcomed by all classes. At Willard’s Hotel the scene, when he was discovered, baffles description, and the always decorous crowds at the usual Tuesday evening Presidential re ception broke hounds when the hero of the Southwest came in to pay his respects to the Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Navy. These manifestations do hot seem to disturb the General. Like a true sol dier, he is undemonstrative and reti cent, and steadily refuses to be made subservient to politicians. Simultaneous with his arrival here we had the significant news of a number of Union victories won by the people at the ballot-boxes in the spring elections. New Hampshire asto nished everybody by her yesterday’s tri umph. The doubt as to her loyalty seems to have made the White Mountains blush from base to brow with crimson indig nation. She has excelled her own fame in putting herself right before the nation. Her leal and grateful people knew what was expected of them. Their fathers, sons, and brothers absent on distant and bloody fields, those left behind, soon possibly to fol low in their tracks, made the work of sustaining the Government at the bal lot-boxes a stem occasion of vindica tion and remembrance. On the same daj r , yesterday, Portland and other heretofore “ Democratic ” Phcebus ! what a name to fill the speaking trump of ” —treason) cities iorgot their past politics, and declared for the country and against the Copperheads. On the same day, too, these latter were re jected by the Democrats of New York, who voted immensely to let the soldiers of that State vote in the coming elections. And even as the new Lieutenant General was shaking hands with the only man in Ameri ca who ranks him, the Sachems of Old Tam many, in their Bacred hall, were organizing ;;J mU;rt and revenge—armies to fiU up the draft in the Empire Commonwealth, and revenge upon the false leaders who were either too blind to see or too treasonable to take the only road that must lead the old' and young braves to. honorable victory. But bright as these au guries are and were, they are only the augu ries of civil life. Let us pray and hope that. Gen. Grant’s presence in Washington will be the beginning of a series of victories on the field as brilliant as those which have taken place in the peaceful but not less im portant druggies among the people at their homes. Occasional. WAiSHINGTON [Special Despatches to tlic Press.] Washington, March 9,1864. The Conduct of the War—Strength of the Army. Since G-en. Gwaht has arrived .in Washington the air is fuU of rumors of important changes in the Army of the Potomac. It is believed in some quar ters that this army will be reorganized in three grand corps under Sedgwick, Hancock, and Wab ssk, other major generals to oommand divisions, which, with the now rapidly lining up of the ranks, will be nearly as large as iormer corps. The general forces of the Republic have never been more formi dable, as to numbers and morale, than now, and it is the opinion of Mr. Stanton that the spring campaign will fairly open with a larger army than ever. The Chronicle gives a very satisfactory offl rial estimate. It seems that the number of volunteer enlistments, From Jsnuary 1 to November 1,15G3, was.... 63 000 From November l, 1563, to January 31,1564 110,000 Fiom January 31 to February 28,1864.: 90,000 Add product of the draft of 1863 40,000 Add deserters returned 2S 000 Invalid Corps 25,000 Ee-cnlieted vetei ans. 109,000 Add black troops 70,000 To show the actual gain of the army, the 100,000 re enlisted veterans must be deducted, as well ts the killed, wounded, prisoners, and disabled during the year, said to amount to 123,000, which would leave the army 306,000 larger now than it was Janu ary I, 1863. General Meade. The uneomfoitabie doubt which has for a time dis part ged the fame of this admirable officer mu»t, by this time, be cleared away. It is charged by Gene rale Sickles atd Doubleday tha*t he gave an order to retreat after the first dsy ] a engagement at Gettys burg ; but both Sickles asd Doublbday are,Jon the other hard, charged with personal feeling,' with which General Hooesb, who is supposed to have nominated Meade to succeed him, and between whom and the latter exists a mutual respect, has nothing to do whatever. In the letter which Gene ral ;Meadb has written to Kivssdy Johnson, he denies the charge of retreat in ioto , the order in ques tion being only an arrangement to take another and perhaps safer position than that at first occupied. The Inter view between I.ee and MoClel- lan—A Disclosure. The expetition in the Tribune of an interview which took place near Antietam between McClellan and Lee, it both corrected and confirmed by a re sponsible communication which appears in the Chronicle. It was published in the Tribune that a written communication had been cent to the Secre tary of War, by a coutin of Lee, a Maryland le gislator, stating that during the battle of Antietam General Lee had hii headquarters at his house; that on the night after the battle he sent a messen ger into our lines to General McClellan, requesting an interview at til headquarters; that General McClellan, accompanied by some of his staff, rode that night through the rebel lines, and had a long interview with General Lee, who, among other things, informed McClellan that his army was cross, ing the Fotomao. The points corrected by the correspondent of the Chronicle, who signs bimteir “F. W.,” are—“l, I am net a cousin of Genersl Bsbbrt Lee. 2. No interview could have taken place between the partiea inring the battle of Antietam at my house as I live about ten miles from that place. 3. The interview took place three or four days afterwards, and was rather at the suggestion or a mutual friend than courted by either party. 4. At the time of the meeting General ]\loClkli.ak was alone, and Gene ral I.KK came through the lines of the United States army under my escort, I having received a solemn pledge of peitonal safety from General McClellan for us both, 5. The communication Whs not made by myself. The Interview lasted some three hours, during a short part of which time I was present.” The Court Martial of Admiral Wilkes. The court martial on the case of Admiral Wilkes is in convention to-day. He is charged by Secre tary Wm-les with having disobeyed his superiors; insubordination and negligence; disrespectful lan guage to ranking offloers; refusing to obey a lawful general order of the Secretary. It is also specified that the Admiral persisted in evading questions con cerning his age; and it is reported that his failure against the Alabama will also be made the subjeot of scrutiny. Young Dahlgren, Col. Uleic Dahlgren, whose death is now fully ascertained, was a little over twenty-two years of age, a hero in history, and that part of history which will read like romance. Vila career in the army waa tilled with exploit, bis last crowning all. In the fall of 1362 he led a daring expedition into Fredericks - buig, routing three hundred rebel cavalry with but one-fourth their number, and this act Gen. Sigel pronounced one of the most brilliant of the war. Under Hookes his raids, and dangerous but always successful minions, were many. On Leb’s second invasion of Maryland he took but ten men, and de stroyed the enemyV pontoons at Williamsport, and at a later day, with about one hundred, he went round the rebel lines, captured the famous order from Davis to Lee, destroyed rift wagons, and when surrounded by overwhelming numbers, dispersed hie men, nearly all of whom regained the Union lines, fin a gallant charge at Hagerstown, on the 6th of July, he re. eeived the wound which coat him his leg, and gained him the colonelcy, which he richly deserved. Like Decatur, Dahlgren was a 'Pennsylvanian, and 3 oung Pennsylvania owes him a monument. The last information received by the Government shows that the body of Dahlgren was most brutally treated by the devils who shot him. His ring finger was cut off, his body entirely stripped, and thrown into a swamp A-outrage and Ignominy the more keenly felt when we remember the military genina, uuaurpatited, almost unequalled bravery, chivalrous spirit, generosity, modesty, and kindliness of this young and unquestionable hero. [DESPATCHES TO THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.] General Grant Presented with the Lieu tenant General’s Commission. The President of the United States, this after noon, formally presented to Major General Grant his commission as lieutenant general. The cere mony took place In the Cabinet chamber, in the pretence Of the entire Cabinet, General Hallrck, Representative Lovk-joy, General Bawlins, and Colonel Comstock, of General Gkant’s staff, the son of General Grant, and Mr. Nicolay, private secretary of the President, General Grant having entered the room, the President rote and addressed him thus: ” General Grant—By the nation’s appreciation of what you have done, and its reliance upon you for what remains to do in the existing great strug gle, you are now presented with this commission, constituting you lieutenant general in the army of the United States. With this high honor devolves upon you also a ectaespondiug zecponßibility. As the country herein trusts you, so. under God, it will sustain you. I scarcely need to add that with what I here speak fot the nation goes my own hearty per sonal concurrence.” To which Lieutenant General Grant replied as follows: ‘•Me- President— l accept this commission, with gratitude for the high honor conferred. With the aid of the noble armies that have fought in BO many fields for our common country, it will be my earnest endeavor not to diaappolnt your expectations. I feel the full weight of the responsibilities now de valving on mejand I know that, it they are met, It will be due to thoae armies, and, above all, to the favor of that Providence which leads both nations and men.” The President then introduced the General to all the membera of the Cabinet, after which the Cata pany was seated, and about half an hour was spent in pleasant social conversation. The TI. S. Treasury. It appears ftom the United States Treasurer’s statement for the month ending February, that of the twenty-eight millions subjeot to draft, fourteen millions are in New Yotk, three millions seven hun dred thousand in San Franoisco, and eight millions in the National Bankc. The amount on deposit in coin at the various depositories is stated to bo $55,656,000, of whiob eighteen millions are in New Yoik, $4,656,000 in San Franoisco, and $1,000,000 in Baltimore. Xiieut. Israel I.udlow Exchanged. Lieut. Israel Ludlow, of the 6:h United States Artillery, who remained by hiß guns almost alone at Chickamauga until wounded and taken prisoner, has been exchanged, and has arrived at Fortress Monroe. The Capture ot the Titan. The Star has the following: The steamer Balti more arrived here yestetday from Fianttatank, whither she went on Saturday to head oil, if pos sible, the tug Titan, captured near Cherrystone Point. The TitaD, in charge of a Confederate raiding party, was discovered about 4 o’clock on Saturday afternoon slowly hugging the shore, but on reaching the mouth of the PlankataDk ehe increased her speed and travelled up the stream. One of the Federal gunboats, tlie Tulip, was im mediately despatched after her, but she esoaped, as the Tulip, on account of shallow water, was not able to follow her. The Titan was taken to a place called Freeport, where she was burned by the rebels on Monday morning, after her machinery had been removed. The goods were removed to this place on Monday, and some of the captors were about to have an auc tion sale, hut the gunboats making their appearance the goods were hastily removed inland. The officers of the Baltimore learned in the Fian katank that the raiders were led by Lieuts. Max well and Fite Hugh, formerly of our navy. For the same reason that the Tulip waß unable to oveihaul the Titan, the boats of the expedition failed to arcend as far as Freeport. Enlistments in the Naval Service. The President hae presented the necessary regula tions for enlisting seamen from the army into the navy, and the Secretary of the Navy has designated the entire number, not exceeding 12,000, which it is desirable to have at each of the several naval sta tions fixed upon by him, as follows: At Cairo, 1,000; Boston, 2,000; New York, 5,000; Philadelphia, 3,000, and Baltimore, 1,000. The following quotas are assigned: Department of the East, 3 000; Department cf the Middle, 1,500; Department of Virginia and North Carolina, 1,600; Department of Washington, 2,600; Department of the Susquehanna, 2.000: Department of the Monon gaheia, 600; Northern Department, 1,000. The commanding general! of departments are re quired to communicate with the Navy Department, and cause the men selected for transrer to be sent to Ihe designated stations in such numbers as may be fixed by the Secretary of the Navy. Etch com manding general of an army or department, which has been required to furnish a quota for transfer to the navy, is required at once to designate one or more officers, as may be required, to examine the applications, and determine from them according to the qualifications of applicants, and the number to be furnished, what men shall be transferred to the navy, care being taken that transfer enlistments •ball be to apportioned among the companies of each command that no regiment shall be reduced below the minimum of organization. General Slierman’s Expedition. It is understood in well-informed quarters that General Shebman’s expedition was not intended to act against Mobile or Atlanta, as so repeatedly as serted, but that it was for the express purpose of cutting off rebel supplies, and impoverishing the section of country in which he operated, a work of which the rebel papers attest the sucoessful acsom> pliibment A Military Conference. Gen. Gbant was at the President’s this morning. A conference of the prominent military leaders here will take place soon. Gen. Gbant goes to the front to Bee Gen. Meade in a day or two. The Bailroad Monopoly. The House Military C-mmittee have unanimous ly agreed to recommend the Baritan and Delaware Bay route as a national military and postal road, with full privileges, under an aet of Congress, to carry through passengers and freight. The'United States Supreme Court. The argument in the Quicksilver Mining ease, be fore the Supreme Court, was closed to-day, by Judge Black. Some days will elapse before the opinion Of the Court is pronounoed. Another Canard Killed. The report in the London Homing Post that France was renewing negotiations with a view to the recognition of the rebels by Great Britain and France, and in case of the failure of the negotiations for France to aot alone, is pronounced by the State Department as entirely groundless. Cavalry. The War Department advertises far three thou sand more cavalry horses this morning; price SUT per head. The Virginia Constitutional Convention. The Committee on Emancipation of the Virginia Constitutional Convention, sitting at Alexandria, have reported an ordinance that the following sec tions shall be incorporated in the Constitution, namely: First. Slavery and i nvoluntary servitude, except for crime, is hereby abolished and prohibited in the State forever. Second. Courts of competent jurisdiction may ap prentice miners of African descent on like condi tions provided by law for apprenticing white chil dren. Third. The General Assembly shall make no law establishing slavery, or recognizing property in hu man beiDgs. Fourth. This ordinance to take effect and be in force from its passage, Kilpatrick’s Officers Put in Irons by tile Rebels—Sherman at Canton, Miss. The Republican publishes the following official despatch, which was received last night: Fortress Monroe, March S. To Hon. E. M. Stanton, Secretary of War: The flag-of-truce-boat has arrived with 48 officers and over 600 privates, delivered for exchange. The Bichmond papers give accounts of Dahl orkn’s death, and of the capture of Cook. The Bichmond papers of this morning say that on the 6th of March Shrrman was at Canton, on the Mississippi Central Bailroad, and that he had taken a large number of negroes, and leaves the country impoverished. There is no further news of importance, save that the Bichmond papers state that the Confederates have ordered all of Kiipatmck’s officers they have captured to be put in irons. BENJ. F. BUTLEK, Brigadier General Commanding. FORTRESS MONROE* Fortress Monroe, March 9.—Maj. Gen. Bntler and staff, and Quartermaster General Meigs, left this morning for Yorktown, on the 3teamer Charles Chamberlain. Thomas Abrahams, private, 139th New York Re giment, was shot at Yorktown yesterday forenoon, in accordance with the decision of the court martial. Thexe were about three thousand soldiera present at the execution, which passed off quietly. Twenty rebel prisoners arrived on the Yorktown boat this morning. They were captured by Gen. Kilpatrick In the first line of fortifications around Biehmond. THE WAB IN VIRGINIA. Destruction ofßebel Saltpetre Works; near Franklin, "West Virginia. Washington, March 9.—An official despatch from Colonel Mulligan, dated at New Creek, Vir ginia, on March 2d, says; deserters and conscripts, armed, have just come in from the neighborhood of Staunton. "They report that on the 20thof last month one hundred and ten deserters and conscripts left Mount Solon, in Augusta county, armed, and resolved to fight their way through to our lines." The following despatch has alio been received: “Cumberland, Md., March 6th, IS64.— Brig, Gen, G. W, CvJlum, Chief of Stajf: A cavalry scout, under command of Lieut. Col. Hoot, of the 15th New York Cavalry, has juit returned from Handy and Pendle ton counties. They effectually destroyed all the saltpetre works near Franklin, in the latter county- There is nothing new. “Refugees and deserters are constantly coming in, Gen. Cook reports the capture of 40 rebels a few days sinee by his scouts in the Kanawha Valley. "B. F. KELLEY, Brigadier General." Arrival of Exchanged Prisoners The Fate or Dahlgren. Baltimore, March 9.—-A special despatch to the from Annapolis, says: The steamer City of New York arrived this af ternoon with 660 prisoners from Richmond, Including forty-seven offloers. Among them are a great num ber of Marylanders. Sergeant Swearon, of the 9th Maryland, has the colors of his regiment, which he kept concealed during three months’ imprisonment. The Richmond papers are' tilled with accounts of Kilpatrick’s raid. The Examiner says that Col. Dahlgren was killed at Walkerton. He has two bullets through the head, one through the hand, and two in the body. He was stripped naked and left lying on the road. A number of our men were captured, and the Whig says “they shall not be treated as prisoners of war, but this day’s buu shall not go down before every scoundrel taken is blown from the cannon’s mouth.” Union Victories in New Jersey* Burlington, March 9.—The election for town* ship officers in this county took place yesterday* The Board of Ohosen Freeholders is Union by a large majority. -In Burlington township the whole Union ticket is elected by an average majority of 199>£. Last spring the Democrats had 75 majority. This fact shows the ettect of the “sober second thought" of the people. Gen. Rosecrans’ Department* St. Lours, March 9—General Rosecrans lias is* sued a special order requiring all persons attending religious conventions, assemblies, synods, confer ences, and otber conventions held In this Depart ment, to take the most stringent oath of allegiance. Any violation of this order will subject the assembly to dispersion by any provost marshal. U. S. Senator from Arkansas* St. Louis, March 9.— lt is said that Mr. O. K. Underwood, of Helena, Ark., designs becoming a candidate for United States Senator from Arkansas, • Election in Salem, N. J. Salem, March 9.— At the election held here yes terday, the Democratic ticket was elected by a ma jority of 119. _ Gen* Hancock’s Corps* Nbw Yore, March 9 —Gem Hancock addressed the Stock Board to*day, which subsequently sub scribed $B,OOO to aid in recruiting for his corps. Shipment of Specie* New York, March9—The Asia, for Liverpool, to*day, took out $270,000 in specie. The Gold Market* Nbw Yore, March 9. Gold closed at 166’£ this evening. THE PRESS.—PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, MARCH 10, 1864. Further Details of Kilpatrick's Said. HOW D AHLGREN WAS KILLED XMlUoultles of Exchange with Regard to Negro Troops. General Butler Not Yet Recognized. The Late Rebel Raid 011 the Eastern fcliorc of Virginia. RESTRI CTION CAUSED BY THE RATE MORE UNION OFFICERS AT LIBBY Washington, March 9.—A letter from the Army of the Potomac says : Richmond papers of the 7th have been received here, and are filled with details of the late raid of General Kilpatrick, the greater portion being copied from the Northern journals. Their accounts mainly agree with those already published in regard to the damage done by the raid* ere, the route taken, the capture of prisoners, &o. The Richmond Dispatch , in its account of Genera Kilpatrick's retreat down the Peninsula, says] “Bradely Johnson’s troop followed closely on Kil patrick’s column, until the forces sent from below were met, when he suddenly found Itahlgrea’s party in bie rear. He turned upon them, but Dahlgren’s men succeeded in cutting their way through, with the loss of twenty-one men.” The rebel troops had been ordered back to Rich mond, and an order of thanks for their conduct issued by General Hampton. The accounts of General Ouetar’s expedition are in the main similar to those already given, and state that General Bee had been absent from the army lor ten days, which caused a delay in its movements. But he returned at thiee o’clock P. M., on Monday, and ordered the infantry forward to Madison Court House, which they reached within two miles. They then formed in line of battle, but a report that our forces were in their rear caused them to face about and march back. Their casualties in the engagement with Cuatar are stated at fifteen killed and wounded. Among them are Lieut. Parker, 2d Virginia Cavalry. They also acknowledge the destruction of property as heretofore published. In relation to the exchange of prisoners the Dis patch says: “ The men Bent to us are received as pa roled prifionera tinder the cartel as it was before the hitch which interrupted the regular exchange* In sending an equivalent man for man will not be re* turned, but a number in ratio with the excess of prisoners which they (the Federal*) claim to have in their possession. They claim to have twenty-five per cent, more of our prisoners than we have of theirs, and the underetanding is that they are to send twenty five per cent, excess to us in the delivery of piisoners.” The letter of Judge Ould, refusing to recognize General Butler, has not been withdrawn, nor have the difficulties with reference to the negro troops been withdrawn. The Fayetteville Observer reports that ,seven Yankee deserters, who were Bent to work in the mines near that place, had again deserted on the night of their arrival. Five of them had been re taken. The Wilmington (N. C.) Journal says that a boat* load of Yankees from the blockading squadron went to Smithvilie, on the 27th ult., and carried off Captain Kelly, of General Herbert’s staff) and also a negro. A large fire had occurred in the Government sta bles at Richmond, a number of horses being burned, The loss amounted to $20,000. After describing in an editorial the sufferings and heroism of the prisoner* at Point Lookout, 952 of whom had arrived at Richmond for exchange, the Sentinel «ays: “Those who remain at Point Lookout are of the same sort. We hope to see them soon. Will not the citizens of Richmond take some little interest to manifest those feelings which iiossess us all, the next time that prisoners arrive? “ The wavinghandkerchief, and the rousing cheer t the hospitable welcome, small as these things are, will gladden the hearts of our returning brethren. Vke heard one say, almost witM tears in his eyes, that the prisoners landed at Rockville yesterday amid silence. There was not a cheer to welcome them. 1 Oh,’ said he, *it was not what they ex pected.’ We could only plead a surprise as the cause on this occasion. We will plead it no more. These are no common men, and it is no common merit that we call on you to applaud, as well as to admire and love them.” The Despatch says Colonel D&hlgren was killed While leading his men in a charge, two ball* enter ing his head, two his body, and one his leg, which caused him to fall from his horse, when he instantly expired. It reports that about fifty prisoners were captured. Washington, March 9 —The Chronicle has re ceived files of late Richmond papers, including dates of the Sth inst., from which the following extracts are taken; “Lieutenant Pollard brought In ninety-five Ysn kee prisoners on Saturday oight. They were cap tured in the encounter in King William, of which notice has been taken. According to our count these make 304 prisoners captured from the raiders, besides the killed, and also the wounded who were not captured. Kilpatrick has been well hacked, and will never trust himself on another such expedition. Richmond has seen the last of the raids. The Raleigh (N. C.) Standard has been received, and its editor, Mr. Holden, announces himself a candidate for Governor. “The Confederate officers captured, near Frede rick Hall, while sitting on a court martial, have ail escaped or been recaptured from the enemy*” The Examiner, ot the 8:h, says: “We have just learned the particulars of a very dashing and suc cessful descent upon the enemy on the eastern shore of Virginia, by Thaddeus Fitz Hugh, of the sth Vir ginia Cavalry, and thirteen of his men. Captain Fi’z Hugh was at home, in Matthews county, on a furlough. Getting together fourteen men of his company, he crossed the Chesapeake bay to Cherrystone wharf, in Northampton county, and there surprised and captured a Yankee picket of twenty-nine men, and destroyed a large amount of commissary and quartermasters’ stores and six wagons. One schooner and two steamers were lying at the wharf. He burnt the schooner, bonded one of the steamers, and ran the other acrois the bay and beached it high upon the Plankatank river, with the design, if possible, of saving the machinery, which is very valuable. “ Oapt. Fit z Hugh would have extended hi* raid beyond Cherrystone, but one of hie men having de serted he felt sure that the information he would furnish the enemy would very icon bring down an overwhelmir g force upon his little party. He re* turned safely to Matthews without any other casualty than the desertion mentioned* '‘The depredations of the last Yankee raiders, and the wantonness of their devastation, equal anything heretofore committed during the war. At the farm houses visited by them in Goochland, they de stroyed the provisions, hacked up the furniture, and stole the table-silver. Mr. James M. Marson’s house they set lire to three times, but the flames were, fortunately, as often extinguished by the house servants. They fired Mr. James A. Sed den’s barn, corn-house and stables. The barn was consumed, but the negroes succeeded in saving the other buildings. But It would bean endless task to particularize their acts of vandalism —if, indeed, many of their deeds were not too re volting to be recited in a Christian community* The disgusting orgies in which they spent three houisin the neighborhood of Dover Milts, should bring the blush of shame to the brows even of Yankee women. ’Picked men,’indeed! They must have been picked out for their low tastes and brutal natuies* It is for the future historian to gather the separate facts, and show up this affair in its true colors. “ Three several conflagrations occurring in almost opposite compass points from the city within save* ral hours or each other, lead to the belief that they were kindled by skulking Yankees, who, perhaps, being separated and lost in the late raid, adopted this method of signalling each other and getting together. We have bad much talk of a oounty patrol to protect the farmers of Henrico from such visitations as lighted up the oountry on Friday night, but we do not hear of anything that has come of it. Had such a patrol been in existence on Fri day night the hundred thousand dollars’ worth of property destroyed might have been saved, and the wretches who applied the toroh swung from the nearest tree. (t The raiders concerned in the last * On to Rich mond ’ had been cooped at the Eibby to the number of 321 up to last night, with about fifty more to be heard from. Ninety-one were received on Saturday, with forty stolen negroes,’who were recaptured, and sent to Castle Thunder to await the claims of their owners, who have no fear of ‘the Ape’s’ emancipa tion proclamation before their eyes* ’’Among the ninety-one were three commissioned officers: Major E. F. Cook, 2d New York Cavalry; Ist Lieut. H H. D. Merrett, 6th New York; and 2d Lieut. Bartley, cf the Signal Corps, “ The officers and men are kept separate from the other prisoners captured in legitimate warfare.” The Sentinel says: ’’Among the appliances which Kilpatiick brought with him to help la ’taking Richmond* was a bountiful supply of the amnesty proclamation of Abraham TJnnnln. T.nng live his most serene highness 1 We do not know how many ot these messages of love Kilpatrick was loaded with, but our troops captured a box full. It will be gratifying to our sweet friends to be informed that these affectionate missives have not been burned or buried, or hid away in consterna tion from our people, but have been sown broad cast in our streets, we have a copy before us that wa« picked up from about three hundred that had been .scattered at one of the most publio corners of Main street. Its appearance indicates that our peo ple showed more disposition to tread them in the mud than to read them. But they will be excused for this, as it was long ago published in our papers, and, their curiosity being already satisfied, nothing remained but their contempt* It would be a good plan for Kilpatrick, the next time he takes Rich mond, t© bring a supply for the use of the cigar stores. THE WAB IN THE SOUTHWEST# Cincinnati, March 9.—Gen, Sherman has de stroyed forage and provisions enough to subsist the rebel army from three to six months. In one place he destroyed over $2,000,000 of property, and in other places immense stores. Thou, sands of bushels of wheat were consumed. He brought in large droves or cattle, several thou sand head of mules, B, coo negroes, and over 4.000 prisoners, with trifling loss of men and material on our side. In addition to this, by the destruction of very im portant isilroad lines, General Sherman has re leased General McPherson’s corps from guard duty along the Mississippi) and restored him to active service. General Grant, when on his way east, expressed himself entirely satisfied with the situation of mili tary affairs, and spoke in the highest terms of General Sherman’s expedition, which had given the rebellion the severest blow since the fall of Vicksburg, Cincinnati, March 9.—The Commercial's Chatta nooga despatch of the 6th instant says all is quiet in front, except the occasional exchange of shots be tween the advance pickets. A large force of rebel' eavalry appeared before Niokajack Gap, and passed our cavalry. Deserters arrive at the rate of thirty per day. A despatch of the 7kh says the rebel cavalry had retired, and our forces are now at Nickajack Gap. It is not unlikely that the rebels may assume the offensive. A large force of Tebel eavalry attacked ninety three men of the 3d Tennessee at PanthcrSpringi, East Tennessee, on the sth. Our loss was 2 killed, 8 wounded, and 22 captured. The rebels lost 30 killed and wounded. / A eoUision occurred between two freight trains near Stevenson, Alabama, on Saturday night, kill ing four ladies, two men, and wounding others. MOVEMENTS OF GENERAL SHERMAN—AN INTERVIEW WITH BANKS. St. Louis, March 9.— The steamer Luminary, from the lower river, brings intelligence that Gan. Sherman and his staff left Vicksburg on the 33th ult. for below, for the purpose of having an Interview with General Banks or Admiral Porter, with refer* ecce to bis future movements. 1-lTllt SUUTHERIV NEWS. t/NIOIV DASIL CHATTANOOGA. LATER NEWS FROM KVROPE. Anlvnl of the Nova Seotlaia at Portland. THE PROPOSED CONFERENCE ON DANISH AFFAIRS. RUMORED ACCEPTANCE OF DENMARK. Portland, March 9.—The steamship Nova Sco tian, from Liverpool on the 36th and Londonderry on the 26th ultimo, arrived at this port at 7.30 this morning. Affairs in Schleswig are unchanged. Lord Palmerston had announced that orders were sent to the Cape of Good Hope to release the priva teer Tuecalooea, international law not justifying hex detention. The names of the seamen arrested for seizing the schooner Joseph Gerety are Quincy, McMurdook, and Ferran. In tbe Edinburgh Court of Sessions, the judge fixed the Sth of April for the trial of the Pampero esse by the jury, and said he had determined to fol low the course adopted in the Alexandra case. No* tice of an appeal was given. DENMARK. It was stated that England’s proposal fora con ference was made with the concurrence of France, and will be supported by Prussia. The Morning Post attaoks the 2 ernes for writing up tbe sclume, and asserts that the Austro-Pruisiaii acceptance is only meant to neutralize the possible action ol England in consequence of the invasion or Jutland. _ . The Post remarks that the consent of several Powers to the conference is yet wanting, and nota bly that of Denmark. . . . Tbe Swedish Ambassador at Oopanhagen had been iccalltd, at hn own request, The London Morning Advertiser states that not only has tbe Channel squadron been recalled from Lisbon, but the Admiral is under orders to prooeed foitbwith to the Baltic, in ’order to be prepared not only for possible but probable eventualities. The Advertiser further states that the Govern ment has resolved rather than Denmark proper shall tnfUr rise loss any territory to employ the logics or its naval force to any extent which circumstances may lender nccecsary. __ _ The Post says the language of Lord Palmerston, last night, in reference to a peace betweeu the pre sent belligerents, is a remote contingency, while war ie & certainty. The Post thinks the prospect of as sembling A conferepce, pending hostilities, is one which, even if realized, can never be productive of satisfactory results. FRANCE. The Paris Bourse is firmer; Rentes were quoted on the 24th at an advance to 66f. 70c. POLAND. Orders have been issued at Warsaw that after the 22d of March all persons of either Bex above the age ol 14 must, on leaving their houses, be proviaed with a passpoit, on pain of punishment, LATER VIA LONDONDERRY. London, Feb. 26 —The Paris Cojistitutionnel, rela tive to the proposed conference, says: ‘‘France would gladly hope for success, but it i« doubtful if Denmark and the German Contederation will aa« cede, ” The city article of the London Post says: “Pri vate advices from Paris, upon which we believe re liance caD be placed, again allude to.negotiations nowin progress preparatory to the recognition of tbe Contederate States by the French Government; although any official acknowledgment of this faot would at this moment be thought premature ana undesirable.” _ , v . . ... A steam ram nearly as large as the Heotor, built for the Danish Government, has been launched in tbe Clyde. f The Times' city article says: “ The applications at the bank vesteruay at the reduced rate were still of moderate~axnount, although more numerous than those of Wednesday. At present tbe tendency in tbe supply of money seems towards a further fall t but there are apparently none who’ are so sanguine as to expect, under any circumstances, that the rate can go permanently below 6 per cent., even sup posing that the haivest prospeetsforthe year should again prove favorable.” It is estimated that nine hundred persons were killed by the explosion of a power magazine in Mo rocco. THE LATEST PER THE NOVA SOOTIAN. It is reported upon good authority that Denmark has accepted the proposition of a conference, and the Dresden Journal announces its acceptance by France. LON DOST MONET MARKET —Consols are Quoted at 91/4@9lft for money. Illinois Central shares 2U@lB per cent, ducount. Bile chares A@6s. The bullion in the Bank of England has increased OCO State of Tbade — Manchester, Feb. 26.—The market is dull and inactive. The reduction in the rate of discount at the Bank has had no visible effect. Buyers generally find that they can place small orders quite as well to day as on Tuesday. Livbbvooi. Produce Mamet. Sugar is firm and in fair demand. Coffee—The previous im proved rates are fully sustained. Tea and saltpetre are unaltered. Tallow is in steady demand at fair prices.' _ , London Markets. London, Feb 26. Wheat is quiet at Monday’s rates. Flour is steady. • London Monet Mabest. Latest. Consols closed at 9i#@9j#. Arrival of the Australasian. Sandy Book, March 9—l o'clock P. M —The steam ship AUBiTalatian is ashore on a point off Sandy Hook. She will come off without damage. Her news is one day l&ter than the advices furnished by the Nova Scotian* but containing no news of importance. The Jatett advices via Queenstown state that the United States steamer Kearaage was at Boulogne on, the 26th. on the Paris Bourse Rentes were quoted at 66 f. 60c The ship Maria Elizabeth has arrived from Philadel phia at Hoag Kong London, Feb. 29.—Consols, after official hoars yester day. closed at 91}5@91% A Cabinet council was held yesterday afternoon. Lord Palmerstcn has made explanations as to Eng* land’s proposition for a conference on the Danish ques tion* The oa'v bas'B could be tbe treaty of 1662 Den mark desired to postpone the answer fox a short period, from local considerations. Mr. Cane asked whether the Government would sta tion cruisers off Cuba, to assist in carrying out the slave trade treaty with the United States. Lord Palmerston expressed a great desire to put down the infonous traffic. The treaty with the United States had done much, but France had lent but a broaeu-arm support He thought it more prudent and humane to station cruisers off the coast of Africa than off Cuba. There ha* been no more fighting In Schleswig, and nothing new. It iB confirmed that France assents to the conference, though not in a very earnest spirit. The Duke of Augustenburg, in reply to an important deputation from all pans of 'Schleswig, declared his intention never to sunender bis rights. The London Times considers that the mein point has been gained in the at sent of the great Powers to a con ference, and hopes it will products satisfactory results. The four Italian conspirators have been condemned, Graecco and Trubncco to transportation for life, and Im peratori snd ScagUoni to twentyyear*’ imprisonment. The Archduke Maximilian leaves Brussels for Paris on the 20th of February The Bourse was steady. The mails from Calcutta on January 22d and Hong Kong January 15th have been received. Freights were very high at hhanghae, partly owing to the presence of the -Alabama in those waters. LATEST PER AUSTRALASIAN. Madbid, Feb. 7- —A royal decree offers 7 per cent, to buyers of national property who pay in advance obliga tions to which they nave feubssiibed, and which are payable befote 1670. Taris, Feb, 28, -The Qontiitutionnel, denying the er roneous assertions of certain papers respecting the con ference, says; •* France could not accept the proposal of a conference, it not having yet been made to her. ” The three men charged with piracy, in seizing the schooner Joseph L. Gerltr. have again been before the Livenool magistrate- The counsel for the American Government demanded, under the extradition treaty, that the prisoners be sent to New York for trial. The defendants claim to h»ve been justified in their course by written authority from the Confederate officials- The magistrate remanded the case till the 4ih or fifarch, | In the House of Commons,la*t sight, Mr. flalibnrton said* at the request of the foreign Secretary he post poned his inquiry as to the negotiations with the United States relative to the forcible possession of the Island of tan Juan* but he would not postpone the inquiry in de fln'tejy. Th© Daily Nexofs says the Society of Friends, in Lon don, are os tending their efforts to raise funds for libe rated negroes in America. Copenhagen Feb. 26.—The ministry have proposed to the King to dismiss Gen. De Meza from the army. 7 he Prussians were still at Holding yesterday. Both houses oi the Kigsrad ito-day|adopted, almost unanimously, an address to the King, in favor of the energetic prosecution of the war and for the maintenance of the union with Schleswig. The Edinburg arrived at Queenstown ou Saturday morning* Commercial Intelligence* LIVERPOOL BREADSTUFFS MARKET, Feb. 28.- Bigland, Athayar, 8c Go , and Wakefield, Jfash, 8c Co., repoit Fiour heavy, with a downward tendency. Wheat dull and drooping, having declined Id; red Westerns# 2d @Bslld Mixed Corn easier at 28 9d@29a. LIVERPOOL PROVISIONS MARKET, Feb. 28.—Beef active, and advanced 2*. od, Pork steady. Bacon quiet, and decliied Is. Lard quiet aid unchanged at 4i@43s, Butter inactive. TaUow dull at 39@415. LIVERPOOL PRODUCE MARKET* Feb. 26. —Ashes are still advancing. Pots Sis. Pearls 3ls, 6d. Sugar firmer. Coffee quiet. Bice steady. Linseed active* at an advance of 6d @ls. Rosin inactive. Spirits Turpen tine steady, at 80s 6d. Bolt, English A Branden report Petroleum quiet and steady, at Is. 9d. ©ls. lOd. for re fined _ _ LONDON MARKETS, Feb. 26.-Breadstuff# have a downward tendency. Iron quiet. Sugar buoyant, and advanced 6d@ls. Coffee firm. Tea quiet. Linseed Oil still advancing; sales at 86s Spirits Turpentine dull. Rosin has an upward tendency. Tallow quiet, but steady. Petroleum dull. LONDON MONEY MARKET. -Illinois Central shares l£>i@)7>i per cent discount; Erie 64Ja@653£. CALIFORNIA AND OREGON. San Francisco, March B.— Thesteamer America, from Panama, arrived at Monterey to day, and will be due here to-night. Sailed, ship Lydia Schofield, for Callao. Flour and wheat are rapidly advancing. The latter brings 2x cents per pound, with large transactions. Butter has an upward tendency. Su gar unsettled. Telegraphic communication la completed between San Francisco and Portland, Oregon, and the line will be continued northward to British Columbia. A severe rain storm has prevailed throughout Ore gon for the past three days, notwithstanding which the river steamboats for the mines are crowded with passengers and freight. Five hundred persona sailed from Portland in one day. Great Fire In Meriden, Conn. New Haven, March 9.—A disastrous fire broke out in Meriden, between twelve and one o’clock this morning, in the drug store of Hart & Foote, npar the depot. It .consumed two or three blocks of buildings. Amongst the properties destroyed are the First IMioual Bank, the West Meriden Hotel, the Post Office, the grocery store of H. T. Wilcox, the law office of Hon. O. H. Platt, the dwelling and diy goods store of W. H. Butler, and the stores of D. H. South wick and J. Butler A Go., boot and shoe dealers. A man named Edgarton was killed, and Newton F. Hart waa seriously injured by failing bricks* U. S* Christian Commission* Bethlehem, Pa., March 9.—A meeting in behalf of the United States Christian Commission was held here, in the Moravian church, last evening. It was largely attended. Rev. Mr. Schultz presided. Rev* E. J. Parvin and Mr. James Grant addressed the people im English, and Lieut. Frederick Schleum back, of the Army or the Potomac, addressed them in German. After the meeting adjourned,, arrange ments were made for forming an auxiliary army committee* Danville, Pa., March 9.—An enthusiastic meet ing was held here last night, in the Presbyterian church, in behalf of the Christian Commission* The meeting was addressed by Revs. A. G* McAuley, and Charles P. Leyford, of Philadelphia. The au dience remained to a veiy late hour, and contributed a handsome sum for the relief of the soldiers.. Railroad Accident. Lome villb, March 9.— The passenger train which left Indianapolis for Louisville last evening was thrown off the track when six miles above Columbus, at about midnight, by the displacement of a switch. Four persons were killed and several wounded. The tatter were sent to Columbus. Large Positive Sale op Dry Goods, Cloth ing, &c —The particular attention of dealers is re quested to the extensive and valuable assortment of American, British, French, and German dry goods, clothing, &c., embiaoing about 875 paokages and lots of staple and fancy articles in oottons, linens, wors teds, woolens, and silks, to be peremptorily sold by catalogue, on four months 1 credit and part for cash, commencing this (Thursday) morning, at ten o’clock precisely, to be continued all day and part of the evening, without intermission, by John B. fleers Co., auctioneers, Nos, 232 and 234 Market street, Large and Attractive Sale op Boots ani> Shoes.— We would call the attention of buyers to the large and desirable aale of 1,600 oaaes of boots, shoes, brogans, balmorais, cwalry boots, &0., to bo sold, by catalogue, for cash, this morning, com nerciDg at ten o'clock precisely, by Philip Ford & Co., auctioneers, at their store, Market ot* and No. 522 Commerce street. XXXVllltll CONGRESS—Ist SESSIOjJ. WABHfNQTOF, March 0, 1884 SENATE. Mr WILSON, of Massachusetts, reported from the Mi litary Committee tbe bill relating to chaplains and for Other purposes, without amendment Also the bill to provide for the voluntary enlistment of any’psrsons, residents of certain States, into regiments of other States. T*»e Object of tbe War. Also, a bill from the same committee, as a Rubstitulo for Mr Cfirlile’s resolutions, declaring tha «? J ' *< s { war, striking out all after the word fchftt, m line three. section one, and inserting t u ft “The object of the war is the subjugation of the rebels inarms to the rightful authority of the United Slates, and the re establishment of such authority; tbat in the prosecution of the war the United Mates may adopt whatever measures, nol inconsistent with the ruias oi civiliz'd warfare, may be deemed necessary to secure tbe public Btifety now and hereafteri - u , * Thai any person born and residing m the Unit«d States, whether bond or fre*, owes allegiance to the United Stales, and this allegiance is paramount to auy duty which finch person may owe to any State or in dividual. ••That the Constitution of the United States does not recognize riavee as property, hut as persona owing sar vico er labor in certain States, under the laws thereof, and it is the Tight and duty of the United States to offer to such persons such inducements as are best calculated to enable them to give the country the paramount alle giance which they owe. ‘ That the proclamation of emancipation issued by the President of’.he Untied 6cates on the Ist day of January. 1863, was a measure necef-sary for the common de'ence, sanctioned by .be spirit of the Coustitativn and by the law abd practice of nation*, and tbe said proclamation is herebv declared to have the force and effect of law, anything in the laws or constitution of any State to the contrary notwithstanding.” The Gold in tlie Treasury. Mr. SHERMAN, of Ohio, reported from the Finance Committee tbe Bouse joint resolution to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury tor anticipate the payment of Interest on tbe public debt, with an amendment, aa fol lowa: • * And he li hereby authorized to dispose of any sold in the Treasury of the United Mates not necessary for the payment of imereat on the pablfc debt ” The reso'uti' U 'was made the special order for to morrow at half pas! twelve o’clock. Mr. Cols’NJStsS, of Califonia, introduced a bill to enable the Secretary of the Treasury to obtain a ticie to certain lands in Aevad* for the purpose of establishing a branch mint there. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Th« consideration of the bill repealing all act* for tlio rendition of fugitive slaves was, on motion of Mr. SUM 2SEK i'ht'the suggestion of Mr. Hendricfcs), postponed until Wednesday. Ainossf gewas received from the House, announcing their non concurrence ii a certain amendment of the Senate to the bill to supply deficiencies, ami that they had appointed a committee of conference on the subject to meet a similar o',eon the part of ths Senate. . On motion of Mr- PhbSEitDKN, the Senate insisted upon its amendments, and the Chair was authorized to appoint a committee to meet that of the isoujje. • The joint resolution of Mr. Poweil. of Kentucky, as amended by Mr Grimes, of lowa, came up at the un fini-bed business of yesterday, the pending quest on being the amendment Mr. Lane, of Kan* EL*. (saving it optional with the President to decide whether the transmission of the papers called for was compatible with the public interests. The amendment was adopted, and amended, after a debate, was xeje< 2d, viz, YEAS. Johnson. Lane (Indiana), Lane (Kansas), Nesmith, NAYS. Grimes, Harding. Harlan, Harris, Howard, Howe. Morgan, Pomeroy, Ramsey. Bnch'alew. Cailile, Davis, Hendricks, Anthony. Brown. Chandler, Connes*. Dixon, Doolittle. Fessenden, Foot, Foster, Mr POWELL, of Kentucky, gave notice of his iuten tion to introduce a hill preventing the Sesretary of War Horn interfering with ministers of religion. The Pay ef Colored Troops, The hill equalizing the pay of the colored troops came up m order, and Mr. jjaVIS, of Kentucky, addressed the Senate at length in support of his amendment, allow ing the district courU to appoint commissioners to ascer tain end award to the loyal ownets a just valuation for their slaves. He commented severely on the policy of the Government in paying as fall compensation to the loyal master for hie slave taken into the service the ar bitrary sum of D3OO prescribed in the bill, when even now in Kentucky, if the people were relieved fro/u the aggressive tnd unjust policy of the Government, the average value of the negrots wou 4 he twelve hundred dollars. Mr. t-HERMAN, of Ohio, Submitted a numorial from the officers and members of tne Ohio Wool Grower*' Asscciatkn. lepresentingthat fro a. reliable data, and in the belief of the Association, five hundred thousand dogs infest the State of Ohio, and a partial record of damage* done to sheep husbandry by them amounts to SIOO,tOO the past year. They pray fora revenue tax of one dollar upon eech dog. Mr. DAVIS then concluded his speech, and at 4 20 the Stnate went into executive session, and shortly after wards adjourned. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. The House passed the Senate bill instituting Parkers* burg. YVeu-t Virginia, a port of delivery. Taxation of U- S. Bonds. Mr. RERNAN, of New York, offered a preamble eet ting fbuli that whert-aa the law exempts Gnitud States honed from taxation, thus enabling corporations and in dividuals to withdraw a large amount of personal estate from taxation, and escaping the just shave of burdans which are thrown chiefly on real estate.; therefore . ■Rt-f-olvtd, That the Committee on Ways and Means be instructed to inquire into the expediency of so changing the law as not to exempt such bonds from State and mu nicipal taxation. The resolution was adopted Mr. FARNSWORTH, of Llinois, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported baric sundry memirials and resolutions to reimbu-se soldiers for the clothing lost or destroyed while on march or in bittle, and asked to be discharged fiom their consideration, on the ground that the law of July, 1662, authorizes the Secretary of War to furnish clothing to the sick, wounded, and other soldiers who have lost the same by the casualties of war, and therefore no further legislation is necessary. The report was recommitted to the Committee on Mili tary Affairs. Resolution of Thanks, Mr. GARFIELD, of Ohio, irom the Committee on Mili tary Affairs, reported back, with an amendment, the Senate joint resolution of thanks to Major General Thomas, and the officers and men under him. for brave ry and conrsge at CMck&m&ttga, and requesting the President to communicate this re*olutlon in suitable terms to that general The amendment provides for thanks jointly to Gen. Rosecrans and Gen Thomas, and in that iorm it was passed. Mr. GARFIELD reported a bill authorizing the forma tion of a regiment of veteran volunteer engineers in the Army of the Cumberland, to serve thr*e yefcT* or during the war* the men to be credited to the Statei or subdivi sion of Mates from which they are enlisted, which was passed. Mr. BLAIR of M'ssouri. from the Committee on Mili tary Affairs, reported a bill for the protec.ion of emi giams to ti e territories, which was passed It provides that arias, accoutrements, and ammunition may be dis tributed to emUrants passing through the hostile Indian country, to be i&tuid under such, regulations as the Secretary of War may prescribe, and that ail persons availing themselves of this provision shall be organized into companies Mr. SCHENCK. of Ohio, from the Committee on Mili tary Affairs, reported a bill to establish a Bureau of Mili tary Justice, to be connected with the War Department. It provides for a Judge Advocate General, with the rank of brigadier general, and two assistants with the rank of colonel. The bill was passed. Mr. GARFiELD. of Übio, from the name committee, reported a bill, which was paused, regulating the dis missal of officers from the millta> y and naval service v. Military and Pose Routes. Mr. DEMING, of Connecticut, from the Committee on Military Affairs reported a bill to declare certain rail read routes military and post roads. It makes the Camden and Atlantic Railroad Company, with the branches built and to be built, and the Raritan and Delaware Bay Railroad, public highways of the United States. It recognizes these roads, with* the ferries be* twen Camden and Philadelphia, and between Ports mouth and flew York city,- as a post and military route for the transportation of mails, troops, and monitions of war, and for the transportation of goods and mer chandise of foreign production across the State of New Jersey, under permits granted by the collectors of the ports of the United States authorized to graat the same and* for commerce among and between the several States of the United States The roads above mentioned are empowered to complete and operate these roadß and their blanches for the transportation of passengers and merchandise of all descriptions between the cities of NewYorkand Philadelphia, and between intermediate places and for commerce among the several States, any thing in the laws of the States of New York or New Jersey to the contrary notwithstanding. The Appropriation Bills. The House went into Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union, on the legislative, executive, and jhdicjal appropriation bills. Mr. McCLUNG. of Misecuri. proceeded to notice the former remarks of his colleagues (Messrs. King and Blair), saying they were unprovoked and malicious and supported only by falsehood. He spoke of their speeches as efforts of dying men to prolong their lives, and of their heads being in proximity while their coat tails were pinned together. Feeling he must make an example of old age. Mr. McClurg reviewed the political course of Mr. King, who. he said, waa a strong pro-siaverr man m 1818, but, backing Himself to the skirts of Benton, he veered to the Northern side of the line, and was now trying to fit himself to President Lincoln. Prudence dictated that the President, who was now in deep water* should dispense with such a dead weight. Having dis posed of Ur. King. Mr. McClurg turned his atUttion to Ur. Blair, and defended himself and his radical co 1 - lesgues Lom unjustifiable attacks. He spoke of Mr. Blair as apolitical nondescript, and whom the radicals could not take into fellowship. His colleague, Mr. Blow, who had been, abused by Ur. Blair, presented, at his own expense, a flag to the regiment commanded by Mr. Blair, and sent to it five hundred woolen shirts besides. His colleague, Mr. Blow, was among the most liberal of those who contributed their means in works of beuevc lenee. To attempt to blacken the character of Mr. Blow was the fit work of a renegade, and it was said one rene gade wae worse than ten Turks. In conclusion* he said he had given the character of these politicians who are seexlng to rule Missouri* and that it would require another hour to give them what tiey do not desire—namely, justice The various items of the bill were ln.su considered. Th6y appropriate for salaries and expenses of the seve ral departments not hereto;ore provided for by law. The section relating to tne Department of Agriculture gave rise to much discussion, involving the qaestion of economy. beveral gentlemen protested against retrenchment com met ring with a* ricuitural interests, saying more money was washed by the debate than it was proposed to save by amendments. Mr. &TEVENS, of Pennsylvania, noticing remarks of gentlemen, said if agriculture was to be damaged be esuse of increased prices, they had better stop eating and buying turkeys, and drinking the whisky which was additionally taxed the other day. Prices were twice as high as formerly, and if for this reason they were going to cripple agriculture, they might as well stxrtatonce. ... Without disposing of the subject, the committee rose, and the House adjourned at five o'clock. I PENNSYLVANIA LEGISLATURE. Harrisburg, March 9,1881 SENATE. The Fesaiewas called to order at 11A M. by Speaker PENNEY. Mr WORTHINGTON presented an invitation from the principal of the West Chester Academy to witness the drill of the pupils. • a number of petitions of a local character were pre sented. Bills Reported Favorably* An act to supply vacancies In Councils. Re:ative to suits brought against iatiroad and canal ompanies. Providing for the more accurate indexing or liens in ’hiladelphia* * Relative to acknowledgment of deeds. Making incompatible the holding of certain offices. Bills Introduced. Mr. HcCANDLEBB, an act for the relief of Jame 3 Richards. fttr GRAHAM, a supplement to the act incorporating tho Citizens Passenger Railway Company of Pittsburg, Also, an act relative to supplying the loss of certain deeds, Mr. CHAMPNEYS, an act to supply certain records and papers. Mr. CONNELL, an act relative to the assignment of interest by creditors. Mr. FLEMING, an act relative to the estate of George Fry. The invitation to witness the drill of the West Chester .Cadets was accepted. - Local bills of different characters were presented. Bills Passed. An act relative to changing the organization of the Court of Common Pleas of Lancaster coauty. Tbejo nt committees, appointed to tlx a time for the Legislaure to visit the Agricultural College in Centre county, reported that ell necessary arrangements had toten made to leave EUrrieburg on Thursday, March T7th. An act relative to the adjustment of certain accounts between the Commonwealth and Centre county. An act ror the relief of Daniel Fuller, a disabled sol dier. Joint resolutions, proposing certain amendments to lhe Constitution (allowing soldiers to vote), were consi dered. Mr. TUKRELL. who had offered the original bill In l£6B, traced ltk Ccurae, and -kho efforts he had used since ilist time to secure its passage. On the final passage of &he bill allowing soldiers to vote, the yeas and-nays were required by tne Constitu tion, and were —yeas 18, nsys 7. The Democrats, on tha ground that the ben&te was not legally organized* either did not vote, or voted ‘’No ” The only Democrat that voted * Aye. ’’ was. Senator Kinsey, of Backs. Speaker PENNEI asked leave to make a personal ex planation, and spoke In subotaoce as fellows; At the ia&t session of the Senate 1 was elected, by your parti ality, to nil tbe chair of Speaker, Since then I have en deavored to.discharge the duties of the position with a conscientious regard for my oath. If I have failed, it has not been from any disposition or desire to wrest the rights troxn any Senator it is proper to state that I have listened to many things apparently harsh, but have received bo discourtesy to myself of wh-.ph I can complain. I Will endeavor to defi.no my podllcji * At the beginning of the section I came here as Speaker, duly qcabaed. and elected. Acer*ruing to eustv.m I culled the Senate,to order, bell* viuathat.it was my duty to act unlit organized. j believeo, also, that K was ray duty when the body was organized to con inue to act until my successor was elected. 'Fhis view I adopted, with a due regard to my oath, and took thuDo s;tion without any consultation, but not from an* im pulse- 1 have always believed that the Senate was a continual body, and that H had necessarily been made H>by the umstiintion. When I took the oath of office 1 he contingencies aud responsibilities, am >ng which was that of filling tbe Executive chair. Wheal came, chosen by you, to discharge the duties, I came with the clearest conviction that U was my duty to pre side until a successor was elected. I believe that under any other construction the Constitution would be defi cient. and a complete farce, and that the Rata micht be left without a Governor, a Senate, or my official to pre side at tbe head of affairs. Permit me to reheat sa the state of affairs: We found tbe country in a condition leaning every patriotic man to look w.Ub anxiety upon tbs worklag of ita maoUlusry, and rtqaiiiDi every citizen to ““SfbfSwS? of fanoaxtenial law. . I assumed r tbe respoasioimy o rttalnins thectalr. Whiled<nne«o. I have o.lwar»7ioja«“ tbe rtght of the Benftte to chooi* another prastdlM officer if it thought proper. 4 I fbiuid th® »Mat« ovoaiy balanced, and the country in a state of war- « war necessary that the Government should be maintained in iis p» rpetnity. and 1 took the responsibility. J wit ling to admit thav I cbose to violate what had been cue precedent for years; that is. for the Speaker to step out of ibe chair. My view of the practice was coat tuts action on the part of the incumbent hud been from mo* t'ves of delicacy, and that he did notiesigu his position. I chose, under the circumstances, to disregard this ectutesy, and deemed it my duty, under ray oath, to d O !£» bf-ltevifi* It to be the proper coarse. Others think thattho leaving of ihecbair is a virtual resignation of tr e office. If they are right, I have only to repeat that, nicer the peculiar circumstances, I considered that my pre per coarse was to retain the chair until tho Senate required me to vacate it. K 1 have enc eavored to confine myself to parliamentary law ur til the rules of the Senate were adopted I have teen ehaTgtd with bsing a ueurper, although always wlh courusy to myself. Sunn charges have not alFeetad me in any way. The only credit I claim is that of having acted conscientiously. It has beau said in argument that practice and precedent are iu favor of the vacation of the chair On this I have stated my views, u has also been said that, when one-thud new members take their touts the office of Bleaker is vacated until they have voUd for a new incumbent I nave searched the law in v»in for any such decision. The rule, if carried out. wmiidr>rove too much,'for if every new member is en titled to vote for speaker, a new Speaker would have to be elected when every new member takes lus seat. I believe that there ate three methods by which, the functions of a Speaker cease- viz: by the resignation of the incumbent. RUy the 1 in.-nation, of his time by law. ft By the expiration of Mb term ae Senator. _ g?ln the prefect case there was no resignation, inere is no law or record fixing the time for which fie siaaU hold hie ofiice. and there is no present illustration or the lat-t proposition. _ . .. g The Senate has determined nbt to proceed to the election of a Speaker. Ido foot pretend to say farther than that. As far as my own experience goes I have had the opinions of meu of both parties, both Republicans aid Dtjnucrate, up to the time of tho meeting of the I.tcifiatcre. that the Speaker electudat a previous so?* -ti< n held his office until a j-uccessor was elected. Sc-raiors teem to think mat my occupation of the chair obliges them to vote against propositions to which they would otherwise lend their sanction it thus places me under peculiar personal circumstances for legislation is retarded. It seems to me that if lam the impediment tmbe legislation of the State, it is my duty to resign. Mt own conditlcn and desires most always &e subsarvi anttothe public interest I have, however, no desire £ers»nallv to be the presiding officer, although flattered v your partiality. If 1 can, then, by resigning my position. lacilitaTe the public interest and further the public welfare, I do bo cheerfully, with many thanks to my associate Senators, and imputing no motives Of dis respect to any one SPEAKER i-EJiNEY then resigned his position, and, on motion, the SenMe pioceeued to eitcr a new Spoaier. d lie vote wa*—JMr Penney 17. Mr. Ciymer]6. SoMr. Penney was declared duly elected,'and Wos escorted to hi* seat and sworn by Mr. Clymer. Adjourned. The Bouse met at 11 o'clock, On motion of Mr. DE>KISTON. the House took np BoQM hili Bo 1 reJfitive to the par of the retinue offi cers of tno Legislature. The Senate mnsnilineut* were concurred in, and the bill passed. Mr BZGHAM offered a resolution that hereafter the moiningsesDionshalicommenceatl- o’clock which wss amended by Mr. COLEMAN so that the provision shall take <• fleet on sad after Tuesday next, and adopted Mr. COCHRAN, of Philadelphia, moved th\t the House held a session on Thursday afternoon at 3 P. M., for theconi-iAexacic.u of such publi* b\lls a* a majori'-y of the mt tutors may determine* Agreed to Mr- KcMUJiTRIE offeied tbe following rule for the go vernment of the House: That liereaf er no petitions, iet teis, leiuonetrancea. or memorials shall be read in pub lic, mit that the same shall be banned by the members to the Clerk on Mondays and Thursdays c-f each week, 'having the name of the member presenting the tatne, together with the date, sabjecr-matier, anti cummi'tee to which said petition shall be reforred endorsed on the same. Iraefinitely postponed. Bir HAKES offered the following: Resolved, That the Governor be requested to tender the thanks of this House in the name of tho people of tb.-s State to the- Governors and citizen-soldiers of the States of New York and New Jersey,-for their prompt and pati lotic aid in driving the rebels from the free soil or Pennsylvania, and thereby saving the capital from devastation and ruin at a time when che people of t*enn -116(1 not a ““S l ® regiment of armed and drillel jnihtia at its dhpo-al Mr SMITH, of Chesier,. moved to amend by striking oct all afterthe word ‘'thereby’ 5 and' inserting the fol lowing; Defeating the efforts of traitors at home and driving the slaveholding traitors from the soil of Penn sylvania. the resolution, as Jted—yeas 11, nays Sherman, Sumner, Ten Eyck, Wade, Wilkinson. Willey. Wilson. The amendment was agreed to—yeas 49, nays 39—and the resolution as amended adopted Mr. NELSON offered the following resolution: Whtrtaif, Many thousand of tbe true sons of Pennsyl vania are in the aimies of ihe United Mates imperiling their lives and all that is dear for the preserva ion of the Union made by our fathers; and whereas. at the time the msjoriiy of them enlisted they received little or no bounty, and have seen very long and hard ser vice ; and whereas, the high price of living has rendered the present wages too small to meet the wants of their families at borne. Ac. Resolved By the Senate and House of Representatives, that thedifibtence between.tbe Dreamt wages of the sol diers of Pennsylvania In United States currency and gold be paid to all such soldiers as are, or hereafter shall be drafted, or who volunteered for two or three years, previous to November last; that such difference be paid to there or their order as soon as possible, out of ai y moneys in the treasury of the State of Pennsylvania not otherwise appropriated; and that such payment commence from the fir*tday of January, 1864, and con tinue till they are discharged from such service. The resolution was debated by Messrs. BARGES, EIGBAM, SHARPE, and SMITH, ofChester. until the hour of adjournment, without coming to final action. Adjcurred. St. Louis, March 9. — There were no sales of Cot ton today. The receipts amounted to three hundred bales. Flour is dull at $6.60 for extra. Wheat is steady at $1,526 for prime and $1 27@i,28 for choice. Corn is slightly higher at 94@37c. Oats have de clined ; sales at 65@90c. FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. The action of the House yesterday, in accepting the amendment of Mr. Boutwell as a substitute for Mr. Stevens* original fold bill, relieved the apprehensions of operators, and early this morning the price of gold rsn up to lOS’f, with an intense excitement prevailing. It fell off to 107/4* rallied to and continued strong, closing at 6434. The amendment as adopted authorizes the Secretary of tbe Treasury to anticipate the payment of interest on the public debt, from time to time, with or Without a rate of interest on the coupons, as may seem to him extedfent. This is thewistetcourse; for by aformer bill Mr. Chase was directed to use surplus gold for the pmchase of Government bonds, so there is no good reason why Mr. Cbaee should lose interest. There is a rumor that ca«h gold is t care* in New York, and that there is a “ coiner ” in tbe precious article. There is no change in tbe money market. Government securities closed strong at an advance. The stock market was again on the ramp ice, and prices generally advanced largely. The mining, canal, and oil stocks are again attracting much attention, and are appreciating accordingly. Fulton closed at B>a' bid, an advance of 1; Big Mountain rose to 12, closed at llU'; New York and Middle Coal roae ; Green Mountain ; Girard % ; Etna 1; Penn sold at t»>*©9?£; Oil Creek was steady at 14>»@14>£. There was great excitement in Susquehanna Canal stoek, which opened at 28,V, sold up to 30, closing at 29, 1 :* bid. Schuylkill Navigation com mon rose to S73£. the preferred to 46%; Delaware Divi sion rote to 45%; West Branch sold- at 105; Union bonds at 31 %\ Susquehanna bonds at 71; North Pennsylvania rose to 37%, closing lower; Beaver Meadow sold at 73; Cat&wlsta steady at 20%, the preferred at 44% ; Mine hill rose to 64; Philadelphia and Erie strong at 30: Beading to 71%, closing 1 lower; Long Island at 47; Little Schuylkill at 51; Camden and Amboy at 174; Pennsylvania rose to 76 strong; Chesapeake and Dela ware sixes sold at par; Catawissa fives at 78; Belvidere and Delaware sixes at par; State fives at 98; North Penn sylvania sixss at par; Seventeenth and Nineteenth streets sold up to 21%; Fifth andlSixth at 62; 42% bid for Thirteenth and Fifteenth; 62 for Tenth and Eleventh; 15 for Spruce and Fine. The market closed active and steady. Drexel & Co. quote United States Bonds, 1881 ♦ H2X©II3M * ‘ ** New Certificates of Indebt*ss.. 99% •* ** 7-30 Notes. August -IC9 ©llO% “ 11 7-30 Notes, October 110 ®IV2 Quartermasters’ Vouchers. §9 Orders for Certificates of Indebtedness ds Gold-.-. 16614©167 Sterling Exchange- - .181 ©]S2?« United States 5-20 Bonds Io9#@lio>a Jay Cooke & Co. Quote Government securities, 4c„ as follows: osited Bt&tfiK tizei. 1881. **..112 n. 8. 7 3-10 Notes, Aug..... 10»X@110X Oct... ...112 @ll3 IT. S. new Certlfi.itee of Indebledne««..™„.. 99ii& 99% OnartenaMters' Vonenore 9SX@ 99 a01d~..~ 166 ®167 Five-twenty bonds 109X@U0X Deliveries of five twenty bonds being made to Janna ry 20th, inclusive. Quotations of cold, at the Philadelphia Gold Exchange. 31 South Third street, second story; 9X o’clock A. M Uk 44 A.H.ee.e \67* IS* 44 P. M .~l6S* IX ** P. M ~~ ~l6S*£ 3H P. M ~ «-.367 4* '* P. M -v™™l67*4 Market closed strong and fluctuating. The number of National Banks organized in each State up to the 4th instant, with the aggregate amount of capi tal, may be teen in. the following table: State. No. of Banks. Capital. Connecticut .....10 91,775,000 Illinois 16 1.545.000 Indiana- ~.24 2.331.500 lowa ft 538,000 Kanta* - i 100,000 Kentucky 1 110.000 Louisiana 1 500.000 Massachusetts. .....14 3,275 000 Maine. 3 725. COO Michigan 11 1,075.000 Maryland 2 1.160 000 Missouri 5 1,510,000 Minnesota 250.050 Sew York 61 16,693.000 New Jersey*. ........... 5 ,900.000 lUw Hampshire......... 2 200,000 Nebraska Territory 1 60,000 Ohio 7.921.400 Penney lvwnia 43 0,713,40 J Bliode Island 1 200,C00 Tennessee 1 150,000 Wisconsin ...10 725 OjO Wett Virginia 1 «. 50,003 Washington, D, 0. ir , * , J«K).(KO Vermont SIO.OOO Virginia 1 100.000 Total .. SOB 917,909,300 The following are the princ'pal amendments proposed by the Comptroller of the Currency to the National Bank act: “•NatUmal banks arc to be required to redeem their cir culating notes in the city of New York at a small discount. A uniform rate of interest (neves per cent- > Is to be esta blished throughout the United States for national banka. The lawful money reserve that i> to be kept on hand is to be reduced from twenty-five to fifteen per cent, for country banka, and from twenty-five to twenty per cent for city banks Provision is also made for the clos ing of banks whenever the owners of two thirds of the capital stock shall deem it expedient Banks oanhot be organized with a less capital than $lOO,OOO in the coun try, and 9*00.000 in cities. It will be made imperative that an amount of bonds equal to-one-third of the capital stock paid up shall be kept on deposit witb the Treasurer of the United States, whether hanks take circulation for them or no). ” The New York Evening Post of to-day says: The loan market is active, but the aaoply of capi tal is abundant at 6@6 $ cent. Mercantile paper is scarce, and passes at very low rates. It is reportedlthat the more prudent-lending institutions are refusing to lend on sever/1 descriptions of fancy slocks, The stock market is feverish, and prices are ad vancing. Governments are active and strong. Five twenty regi/teied are held at 111, and it Is reported that orders have been recelvtd from abroad to the amount of one million sterling during the past olgbt days. Coal stocks are active. Central at fti@92. American at Delaware and Hudson Is qniefc it 210@219jJ( t ane Pe* n/ylvania at 20f@209. Bailroad shares are advancing, the most attention being attracted by Erie. Prairie dn Chien, and Terre Haute. Before the first seal ion there was considerable excite ment, and from an early hour the street was crowded Gold was selling at '6s>4(©l6tf@.iS7* @H>S@l67? 4, New Totlc Central at 167?S@I<JSi Brie at l‘<2oh@lzC?~4, Hudson River at 161@lfi2. Mi«inigtn Central at 143. Michigan Southern at 31«>4@1C4, Pittsburg at 121© 2U£, Galena at is @l2l, Bock Island at 126>£@187. Fort Wayne at 129*£, @3.HU, Nonh Western at 159*. '* * The appended table exhibits the chief movements at the board compared with the laUsi prices of yesterday: United States 6s, 113S1, regis 113* A * T * i) ? c * Dulted States 6a,lSfili fouponiM<M.ll3s» 113 United States seven-thirties .11**1 112 H United Slacts fivQ-tweuties.couip..HO 109J4 K United States 1 year cer. 99J4 993,: American Gold—l67*4 1643* 3>£ Tennensee Sixes 63 .. *4 Missouri 73*4 74*4 1 pacific Mali, 234 ... 6*4 wow York Central Bailioad w *-.,..i08 Vffii g*te~- lft»M 117 0% foie Preferred 108 108*4 .. )i Hudson E1ver.^*............100*4 1 Harlem « * 143* 147 M I*4 Reading. -143*4 141 I*4 Michigan Central-. 144 143 1 Michigan Scuihern 103*4 10274 % Mlcblian Southern aaasaatled... 1-57 147% .. Olinota Central S*rip~ *..138# IS7 1 X Pittsbnrr*. « l2o# 11* I>* ‘•• Toledo ~.«148 USX X «...i26>* myt 1 ?. Pork 1 Kit X Mil. and Prairie Da Chian 76 73 S TerreHaut*....... 771tf 75 2)£ Terra fiauta preferred, ttorthweatern* Canton**** 6S?i 6i , ‘* \' Cnmberlaßi..<>....>>>< o*2 Bft S '* QnicketlYer.vt..* Cl gw ' Chicago and Alton. «. jh Chicago. burlimton and Quincy .145 y' „ After t>>e Board Erie rose lo 122? a '. Harlem to l«w, and Cxunberland to SSU. ... Gilpin s Gold bxchahge lias been again the scene of great excitement. The opening price w»b 165,',', and rose rapidly to 119. closing efc !67?„- The epasmodiomoee “'!S'ovlf, a oJ,e" 1 . ed *J. 0 th .« '® au, ' i or operators who have sold short, and to the strategy of capitalists who- fo? the present, command almost the whole of the UmluS medlttio C mo“° pr?c!9M mUtii which is ayallahUi fat ha- Markets by Telegraph. THE MONEY MARKET. Philadelphia, March 9, 1864. 92 ...... !?if a Plittada. Stock Kxchi [Reported by 8. E. Slatwajtbi BBFOEB i 17000 Snea Canal 6ft TOM] 100 Sara Canal, cash 28M do 28 >£ 500 do M&mfc 20 | ICO do.. Mj 100 do cash 2P ! 4 210 do -...-blO 25-? i t 5 do tQ\i 66 do —?*>AS 700 do blO SO 7:0 do •• • ■ tO d 0...«» bi ° U 0 do cash jifo do bio so 100 Iff Y& Middle Coal Field Co b& la COO do cash 15 :ro do IS ICO do. sco do lOO Green Mountain HO do, ........caeb 15‘fl 11 0 do .......... 100 do. .... 15hi 10? do ICO Fiata K... 2dayß 70 300 do 20f* do ...t.lvrn 75 200 d 0.......... iCO Arch-street R SB ICO do 800 Oil Creek biO 14 ICO do FIRST BOARD. 785 Penna B bBO 75 1000 Bnf q Canal 61 96 d0..7fl 100 do ICO do*. 22 U 6 6-20 Bom* ~ 360©U STr 7-30 N FarAUl 110 Delaware Tliv ’ , * l - 1 1000 do F & A..endllo>£ l Cam St Amh ,/d \l , >OOO Pennsylvania sft. •• 08 { 3000 do 21 r-:,-, * 600 Reading R b 5 71?i000 do 21::, ,1; •• tf'4 306 do- trans 71?.; ICKO Penna K -i.; ni 100 do bSC 71? a 250 Little Sch - ' Uj '" COO do. b-5 71* 12 do !•• r '! 200 do 7l?i 50 d 0.... ' 7fo do s 6 71% 200 do-.,.!. ; 100 do .....cash 7J5h 2030ITPenaifi* V’ 1 S do 711 s! 4000 d 0... . 23 do nans 7l*» WCO do 2CO do 7I& 2 Braver Mas.}■> 1 * 2 Far & Mec Bank.... 60 IQ Corn 4i/0 NT & Middle 10 fcuoo ncanaf " 200 do to a mis lOOFuUoh Coal ....M 8 at j; -■ ?00 Green Mountain •• s t l»;-o <j 0 . COO big Mountain 11 1 -s ; * ICO do bSH.‘i| 20 3J-; 21avs:r, 32 tchulkillHftv J») r aUw , I , '‘'p «?:. 100 do 47 I 2S d.i.V. £’■> ICO do ft) .I,) ...'' !' 11 d0...........pref (Hi . m/jr 7 1 300 do „...pr«?f 100 do \l V *[ U « 100 d 0... vretm »>• do ...'.li'fSKriir 100 do pref 47 t friQ Pfcila & FriV l '---‘ 700 Susixaehasna Can! Si •, -liKi do .... ‘7; 1 200 do b$SO : 100 do 'Vai*/ wo d 0.... so I • xwh&stW'R WiTO do 63 70-41 100 17ihsl9ih-s:H fciVt* 2CCO do 65.......... ICO do-. Yr\ '■ „ rftTr . „ BETWEEN HOARDS ' KCOUn:onCanAJ 65.... #;*,'■ K 9 York & MHdiA irr Branch Cnl2ds ’V! Hu BobfK;an Min’ifbT mil HO L Island R...... * - ChfcS iDel 6s odys. 300 29 Susq Canal h> r. C((f* d 0.............-100 300 Reading R.. ...,?j'r -i t0(0Belv&Del C5..b5.1f0 I - ’*• . SECOND BOARD. SOC' U S 13- aO bonds re* 110*4 ;3m Oil Creek........M 1' fuCO do Cauv 110?;!<100 do.. ’•. JsoN*w Creek..... 16. \H\fQ PWla-la. & Erie »" Ik WOFuKon Coal SJ'i;li>o do W 300 do ..... M Sis |6O Miuehill R c. 14:o do Sfa! '* AFTER BOARDS. lfiC Oil Creek 14 30T0 Snefi Canal Bond* 71 10W Caia Chat 5i ,i")wa 78 25 Locust Mountain 8 ’ Ir cl Cata R Pref 4# 3 Seavar Meadow .V *** * *£ 44)* ioo Delaware Di vision r SOOSchnyl Nav . Pref Mi] Mountain * K'O di- b 5 Pref 4H% i 100 N Ponua i>“j•, ~' 100 do 37? fl ,<M * CLOSJPG PRICES. _ ißirt dsk.l SM a a VBBt 81... 112 .. KPennaS *?' *«• USS T 73*10Notes. 112 .. Do 6s 9'Mi Pbilaes IMX CatawfeeaßGom *l~ DO Dew 108 mu Do pref. 4jw V Penna 6e.......... A? .. 3«cond-et R...... . 4 s, Eeadiruß........ 7>>4 72 fifth ei R ...62 " J>o basi ’7O 108 .• Tenth stR 62 Do 6s S 6 conv. .. . •• rh.irieenth-»t R.. 42'*4 u Do 6* 80 43 Seventeenth-el R. 2o'„' •*: • Ptnaa R 76 .. Spruce-st R....... 15 Do Dim 6s Chestnut-si R.,., 61 Do 2d Ci 6s 11l 1113 a .! L Schujlfeill R... 60Ji 5l Arch-eiR Morris C J J 72s?i 75 Kacestßi Do pref.. ISP .. Greeu-stfi Schnyl Kav Stock 37 • • Girard College S. .. Do pref. 46? f 47 Lombard-f>t R.... .. Do 6s J 82....... 97 Ridge w R Simira R 40 Sarq Canal.... Do prof. •• Mid Coal Fields.. .. Do 7e‘73 _ •• Oil Creek Co 14 n L Island R 46)£ .. Big Mountain.... ll's m, Lehigh Kay 6i 62* f*reen Mountain-• .. Do tcr1p....... Fulton C0a1...... .. PMla St Erie 8... 39>* Wi GLOBING PRICES—4 O'CLOCK P, M. Bid. Ask.; Bid. hi .... 67 67>£ j Union prf.. 6.V i‘« ....110 Ili*'i*'tuquehanna *4> 7076 71* Fallon 8* V 7*> 77# Big Mountain.... 11 h>. 29,* *29%iKT & Middle.... lft?*' is 44 44* .’Green Mountain.. 7!, n s7l£ 37*'j Penn G* : 4 ? 39 30* Girard 6 H i S7* 38 2? 2j 46*' 4t3» Oil Creek 14* U, 4 4*l U S fi-20s. Reading Penna Catawlesa Do pif.. N Penna Phila & Erie. Schuyl Hav... Do prf,... Union Philadelphia Markets. March 9— Evening Holders of Flour aro firmer in their views; sales com. prise about JJ.OCO bbls choice eatra at 97 1,2/ bbla city mills do on ttnns kept private, and9QobiM eitra family at $7@'7.25 for common to fair. The ?»• taiUrs and bakers are buying at from s6@o 25 for scwr fine. $6.CO@7 for extra, $7@7.50 for extra family, 2aJ $S@9 50 bbl for fancy brands, as to quality. Kf* Flour is dull; small sales aiemakingat bbl, Thy.i is .very little doing in Corn Meal, and the mirket is dai; GRAlN.—Wheat is firmer, with, sales of about 7.DJ bushels at 160@lti5c for fair to prime red, and small lots of white at from X7f@l9sc ¥> bushel, the latter for prims Kentucky. Bye is lelling bushel for Penn&vl vania. Corn is in steady demand :ahmt 10 000 bu=ha!- sold at 119@ 121 c, in s ore and all oat, iaclastiag i,y>) bushels white at llfie bushel. Oats are dull, wi' t sa'es of about3,9Co bushels at from 82@33«. weight. BARK.- Qofircjtron continues very dull; Ist Ho. 1 .< offered 1 1 $37 ten COTTON.— The market continues dull, and thara very little doing in the way of sales. Small lot? of MJ dllrgs have been disposed of at 7 3@Boc lb, cash. GROCERIES.—Coffee 1s flrinlv held: suiaJl *;i!« j» Bio are making at ae@37c lb. Sugar ts finr, wu sales of about 520 hbds Cuba and Potto Rico at l'sl 15/aC^itj. PETROLEUM.—The market is firmer* sales ma.v: abouvSOO bblf. in lots, at 29@"Oe for otude;-15\j U-vT: f.»; refined in bond, and free at 55@>'6e t?- gallon, accords to quality. Most holders ask higher prices SEEDS.—Timothy is selling at from $3 \il at $3 2C@l. £0 bu; 9"0 bags Red Top soM « Closer continues dull at $7 *?: bus toM at #5.26 bu, from second hand •PROVISIONS.- The tales are limitedi at about form?; rates. Small sales of Mess Pork are making at bbl. Dressed Bogs are selling at the 103 ICO tierces Pickled Hama sold at laJic ?». it. Larin steady ; about 200 tiercep sold at 14©l-l>»c lb, and r-<! in a small way »t 15><(5>i6c lb. Butter is in deuna-i and selling at 2f@3oc lb for common to prime Pena-yi vatia WHISKY is qui«t, About 600 bbl* P*nn»vlvfin:i asl Ohio sold at 9£@9se. and drudge at 90c gallon. New York Markets, March H. Breadstuff* —The market for State aud Weuera flour is a sfiade firmer, but very quiet The sales were 7*600 bbl«» at $6-5@8.60 for Hale: $6 St @6 90 for extra do; !f6.9i(®7.35 for clinch 1': $6.2? @6 GOfcr pnperfiue Western; *6 9C@7 iO for tvs* Dion and extra We^t***; S7.SC@7. ”0 for common to uml Bhippinghrandß extra round-hoop Ohio, and $7. S. for trade brands. .... ... . ... ... Sr-tuh.ra Ji-.ur is a shade firmer, with sales of ss»v m., at s7@<7 75 fcr tuperfine Baltimore, and $7 So@l'J-5j for extra do. Canadian flour is a trifle Maher- with sales of 45? hhU at 46:9C@7 for common, and $7.05@8 for good to ciio:« extra. Bye flour is quiet and steady at $5.5C@6,50 for taj Huge of line and superfine. Corn meal Is quiet and firm. Wheat is firmer, but the demand is only v. the improvement. The sales are 85,000 bushels at £l5) @.t,64 for Chicago Spring; $1 64 for Mtlwaufeee Cm 1 ): $1.65 for amber Milwaukee; $1 71 @1.73 for winter rti Western, and $1.71©1 76 for amber Michigan. Rye is quiet and steady, at SI.2S@L 30 Barley is firm, with tales of 3,810 bushels prime C.*aa* da Weft at $153. Corn ia dull, with sales of 30,000 bathele at M M ?>r prime WfifeUrn mixed; $1 SO for new yellow, and tU.-3 1.32 for white Jersey CITY ITEMS. Thb Grover & Bakbb Family Sewing Mi* chine. —The great advantage in buying tne cirorer & Baker Sewing Machine is that in bo doing there 1b not the slightest risk of failure. Thousands of them are now employed in the beat families of this city, and for executing the strongest, neatest, most orna mental, and withal the greatest variety of’iwork, there is no machine comparable to it in the world. It is so simple in its mechanism that a child can uie it with accuracy, and at the same time it perform! more beautiful at d intricate work (even to the finest embroidering) than apy other machine. The Stitching Rooms of the Grover & Baker es tablishment, No. 730 Chestnut street, are now At tracting the universal attention of the ladiei. Taey are stocked with a rich assortment of ready-m&de articles, and all kinds of sewing are there executed to order at the shortest notice. Vbby Fine —An English railway company h« got up a magnificent car for the Prince of Wales. The interior of this mansion-in-miniature is nuns with blue silk, brocaded and bordered with silver, and studded with the same metal. Intermingled with the name emblems on the inside panels, the Danish cross appears in all directions; while posted up at one end of the car is a carved frame, enclosing the following: “ Buy all your wearing apparel at the Brown Stone Clothing Hall of ttoMH & Wilson, Nos. 603 and 605 Ohestnut street, above Sixth. Reasons tor Preferring the “ Florence, For a catalogue of the particulars in which the “Florence ” Sewing Machine, (sold at 630 Chestnut street,) is superior to all other Sewing Machines ia use, the reader is referred to the attractive card or the Florence Sewing Machine Co., in another pArt of our paper. Every one ofthese admirable machines sold is warranted to give entire satisfaction, and kept in order for one year. Full instructions sc* company each machine, and obliging lady operate are sent to the houses of purchasers when desired* We may also state that all binds of stitching are done at the office, 630 Chestnut street. Grbat Reduction in Prices. Great Reduction in Prices. Ladies' and Misses’ Fine Olo&ki. Ladies’ and Misses’ Fine Cloaks. Also, Rich Furs of all kinds. Rich Furs of all kinds. In anticipation of the close of the season, we are now prepared to make a large oonoesaion from (<"’ cacr pricea on all our atoek. J. W. Pboctob & Co,, Tie Faria Cloak and Fur Emporium, 920 Cbeitnut.treat, -Tis not a p alack for the abode of king.. Nor yet a hovel, on the wild .ea ahore Of which my mu.e, in glowing number! sings. But Granville Stokes’ one-price Clothing Store, No. 609 Chestnut .beet, No. 609 Chestnut street. SPBINC4 OVKBCOATS, NBW STYLHS. Spring Overooati, new Styles, Spring Overcoat., new Style*, Spring Overooata, new Style., At Uha», Stoke* & Co.(under the Continent* 1 ' Couoas.—The administration of medioinal 1 116- p&rationa in the form of a Lozenge is of all moil®* the most eligible and convenient, more especially #*. regards a Cough Remedy. 11 Brown's Bronchi Troches," or Cough Lozenge*, allay Irritation w& lc!l induce* Coughing, having a direct influence to tM afleoted part*. As there are imitations, be sure (o ob tain the genuine ■ A xyolkctbd cold may cause months of sufi® ing, and oiten end* at last in Consumption, , chitis, or other Pulmonary Affection. When ne glect i* attended by results so dangerous, what i« justify the oareless Indifference of « waiting for » cold to got well itself?” If those who are now t rou ' bled with Coughs, Colds, Hoarseness, Sore Throat, 4c., would surely avoid the dreadful sufferings oi the consumptive, let them take at onoe Hr. D- Jayne's, Expectorant, a remedy whose efficacy has been os tablished thirty years, 'Prepared only by Or. H- Jayne & Son, N0."243 Chestnut street. mh9 « i S. B. Batok A Co , ja 103 Almond sbeet and tas Cavnos Philadelphia, Drillers and Borers of Artesian Wells, mh&l2t* Prospecting for Minerals, 4C. Dsashxbs, Eye, Ear, Throat Dl.ea.el, O.JW* treated by Dr. Von Mo.ohri.ker, OflUli** . Auriat, author of the work, “ The Ear. It* DUftS" and their Treatment.” Offloe, 1027 Walnut chree’- mb&tt Oobwb, Bunions, Invbbtbd nails, Joints, and all diseases of the feet, wired j pain or Inconvenience to the patient, by Dr. ■* j rie, Surgeon Chiropodist, 921 Chestnut street, o , to phytitUn. and surgeons o( tos oltj- )*' I «Mge Sale*, M ar . *, PhiUdelpfciU Exc'a. ” 5 BOARDS. “*»««. ! 100 Oil Creek <-, 200 do. bi.ieV . " sso Bil Moimtiia 5 "■ •* 100 do aMw.'!- i 40J do W j K 0 do iV- V 600 do 200ReadingR... i 100 do . 3 . j SOO d 0......... n ,; % 200 do 4. iro do " i;‘. JOO dO.r.rr VsT'v 200 do hjlW, ioo do i 400 Phila & Erie p *)54: a: <,*
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