'1"13.E. PRESS,
rIIBLIBILID DAILY (aIIDIDAYS Dia/WYED)
BY JOHN W. YORNYAY.
ogrICE. Ao. 111 Bourn POUSIII STRUT
THE DAILY PRESS
FIFTEEN Carus Pau WEEK, payable to the carrier;
walled to Subscribers Obt of the city at SEVEN DOLLARS
FEE ANNOY; TERNS DOLLARS AND FIFTY GENTS FOE Orr
MONTHS: ONE DOLLAR AND SEVENTY FIVE CENTS FON
THREE MONTHS. invariably in advance for the time or
dered.
Advertheamacte inserted at the need rates. biz
Sine ecquetitute a square.
TRI-WEEKLY PRESS'
Ale Milled to Subscribers out of the city at FOUR DOLLARS
rER Azamx. in advance.
BMX AND DRY.GOO SJO :
SPROG
DRY GOODS!
1864.
ZHOU
&
ThMOLTIIIS sate JOB R 8 OF
D$T GOODS ,.
ffo. 4Z N. THIRD EMMERT, PRILADELpHrd.
gave now in atom and aye daily in receipt of, all kinds of
FRES/I SPRING- DRY GOODS.
OF THE TEEM 'LATEST STYLES.
Have a Pull Stock of all the differentiae& of
PEULADELPHIA.-MADE GOODS.
Blerahants will Lad it to their Interest to call and en
"mine onr dock. Sit we can offer them IINFAIll&I.L1ID
SADUCINIILSBITd. mhlo-2AL
SUMP 13,-ECErVED,
IN CHOICE AND ELEGANT . DESIGNS,
FRENCH ORGA.NDIRS,
JA.CONETS, AND
PICEICALEB
BICH AND HANDSOME
•.
:W srrlmmis
SPRING AND SUMMER
111133C8TATXJ191..
M. L HALLOWELL &
Nar-tara IHS CHESTNUT STREET
OWLIMS WATBOX. FRALNICLIS JAIN=
W BILK HOUSE
WATSON & JAIIIIIIEY,
No. 2113 ILLBSOP STMT.
WIIIMAIIAIS DSAL2II.I3 IX _
str,rrs,
pRESI3 600D13, SHAWLS, WHITE
GOODS, EMBROIDERIES,
To whisk they reeyeetfolly invite the attention of
Myers. mhlo-31111
1 - 11864• -1864.
SPRIN (4,
EINESs KENT, SANTEE, & CO.,
narrommes AND JOBBERS Or
DRY GOOD ,
Mat 139 and 114:INORTH THIRD ST.. above Rasa
PHILADELPHIA.
Nays now OM their venal
LIA.ROE AMID COMPLETE STOOL
FOXEIGN AND DOMESTIC DRY GOOD&
Notwithstanding the acavdty of many kinds of Dry
Cooda, oar stook is now full and varied in all ing de
part:manta.
Strestai attention is invited to our assortment of
PHILADELPHIA-MADE GOODS.
A full assortment of Cloths, Cassimeres,,
A full assortment of Prints, De Leine, &a.
A full assortment of Notions, White Goods, ata.
• full assortment of Eiheetinta, litartings. se.
I.tall assortment of Omisb Goods_ ate fel24la
NEW CASH HOUSE.
GOODS BOUGHT AND SOLD FOB CASH.
LITTLE & AII4IIIBON,
3113 KM= STRSET,
LA attention to their entire. new and Splendid Stook
'SPRING DRESS GOODS.
gum/ 13/IES, MOURNING sues,
FANCY MKS, POULT DE BODES.
SEASONABLE SHAWLS,
CLOAKING, OLOTHS, MANTILLA. SILKS,
MANTILLAS,
Manufactured Ir/Ikm/eaves from lid. Paris Stem.
za2.9m
1864. SPRING, 1864.
EDIRIIND YARD dt COG,
pck Sl7 GIESSTNITT ...AND No. 614 JAYNE STURM
nave now in Store their SPRING iMPONTATION of
RILY 32ND FANCY DM 61001151
CONSISTING OP
- I,IIrIRJS‘ IGADCYJIME3,
OF ALL IcIriDEI:
/SLACK AND FANCY STIL•HS,
WRNS, GLOVES, MITTS, RIBBONS,
♦XD
DRESS rritTIVIDDINGrS.
ALSO.
SMITE GOODS. LINENS. EMBROIDISIZik,
AND IoiCEN.
alms sad handsome asaorta,et. of
OPRING AND SUMMER SHAWLS.
BALMORA.L. SKIRTS.
tai all gra.de,.. tra Wt.t . tth Tar" o3ar u, the Trade at the
OWEIRIV PRICIP.St 3.91-9 m
SPRING
- 864.
DRY GOODS_
OBLIT lIDITOSIIIINTS TO CASH BUTT $,
ROOD, BONBRIGHT, & CO.,
Wholesale Dealers In
RORENIN DONAST/17
DRY 0-00-D3,
%SS EMIT Street, and 526 COMIESSZS Street.
PHITAADISLPHIAL,
Would respectfully !smite attention Se their 1 4 11103
EMI of loading
. DOMESTICS, '
DRESS GOODS,
MEN'S AND Boys' WEAR,
rad Maar popular goods of -
rituazqualmt mizuFAcrruica.
abS•Sm
:MELLOR, BAIN'S, MELLOR,
Soo so sad 41 NORTH Ramp man
Expo a TARA 0P
110131.E11.1r,
SMALL WARES,
AND
"ar 'TI D B.
MAILIMPACEMISBJ3 OT
his•sak SHIRT FRONTS.
CHOICE SPRING IMPORTATIONS,
1864.
DAWSON, BRANSON, a
601 MARKET STREET,
00115 ER. OF FIFTH,
tve now in store, ORA will be conatoutariregotrliti.
durlu the 'salon, an atiftetivo Hue of
PARIS, GERMAN, AND BRITISH
DRESS GOODS,
i a A. c tEi Yr, IL Ns
ETAPLN AND TANGY SHAWL& Am. deo.
LH of Which Will be sold at the
1424-2 m
LowasT MARKET PRICE!.
OIL CLOTHS,
a . W. EILABON
MANIIPACTODERS OY .
Cala CI-Aa r rEES,
1124 NORTH THIRD STREET, PHLLADILPHIA.
, rer to the Trade full Stook of
FLOOR, TABLE; AND CARRIAGE
OIL OLOTHS.
O DERD-OLAZED OIL CLOTHS AND WINDOW
WHAT:ES.
E01143:0 W.
Mannfaskirer and Wholesale Dealer In
CARPETINGS, MATTING% RUGS.
ALSO,
COTTON AND WOOLEN TARNS,
N At very Low Priam.
sq , NOBTH THIRD STRRST, ADM ANON,
PhllAdelpida.
G a _
..s 011 D WA.TER."--IN
'we,, DIVIDII
, and dealers will be enrolled u , lt
',III()r ih___froln the Spring , at the shortcut notice. at
: r 0,, ) a - awaa• ;
gallons (oak) ea oo
E s ,
un d0 ta;;, ......—. ......... ......... 2 00
I do
3 00
i t n a rZa ree ase74l s ta tem a r d:::Lthat purchasers may
z 4,1 All orders addressed to Para and In" as at
I. L. ANDERSON. Bedford. Pa.
- -
INS STOVE POLD3H.
r. UAL]; e
'Whoissale Assam
las. 6 aid* GRAISTAIIT Sired.
VOL. 7.-NO. 215.
COMMISSION HOUSES.
THE ATTENTION OF
1864.
U Whit to
DIM, STOOK OF
SAXONY WOOLKif CO. all-wool Plata Flannel*.
!WILLED ILANNILS.
Various maims in Gray, Scarlet. and Dark Bins,
FEINTED SEDATING IFIANNELS.
Mani OPERA YLANNELS.
SLAWS COTTON WARP CLOTHS,
15. 16, 17; IS, 19. 20. Si. iS cm
►AAC7 HABSDIESRBS 11211 SATIAITTS.
ILDEORAL SHIRTS, all Grade..
001701 GOODS, DENIALS, TIDES, STRIPES. SHIRT-
MG& as.. from Tallow Mills.
DD COVSIIII, HAMILTON, & EVANS,
33 LETITIA. Street. and
terr-wareteel 3X South FROM' Street.
HORACE H. SOULE,
COMMISSION MERCHAN T
__,
32 NOME{ FRONT STREET,
PHILADELPHIA,
Meat for the
SAXONVILLE MILLS,
BaLDWIN COMPANY,__
WILTON trariuntannuNG Co"
ABBOT worisran COMPANY.
CASPST WORSTED AND YARNS.
Fine Worsted. in colors; Nos. 12s and 28s. Jute Yarns.
COTTON YARNS,
iii Warp and Bandie,-ma
nnfaetti N red by
2111.DRISK/o
• FR ALL.
OAKMAN.
and other well-known Mills.
CARPETS.
CONTINENTAL MILLS. INGRAIN. AND VENETIAN
CARPETS.
LINEN THREAD.
SAM
SAMPSON'S ARGE LE.
17,1811111 L L. LS.
SATIN-FINISH BOOKBINDERS'.
CARPET THREAD.
For sale by
RORACS SOULE,
mbl-Iw - 32 North FRONT Street.
BAGS I BAGS I BAGS 1
NEW AND SECOND-HAND.
SEAMLESS, BURLAP, AND GUNNY
BAGS,
FUs. AND hALT BAGS, ALL SIZE%
PRINTED TO ORDER. BY
JOHN T. BAILEY & CO.
fel7-tf No. 113 NORTH FRONT BTEFIr.
G RAIN BAGS.-A LARUE ASSORT
MEKT OF ORAIN RAGS. •
Inv - Arlo= sizes. for sale by
BARCIROF V & CO..
jal9sm Nes. 405 sad 407 MARKET Street.
S HIPLEY, HAZARD, &HIITCHIN
SON.
No. ofiNSTNIIT STREET.
COMMISSION XEROITANTS I
FOR FRB SALE OF
PHILADELPHIA-MADE GOODS.
0c215-6m
LARGEST AND BEST ASSORTED
WOODEN-WARE
A. H. FItANCISCUS,
JRAIS 4I,RA tlie - DY SO M 'l3 4,1
WADDING, I3ATTINCi-, TWINES,
WICKING, CORDS, CORDAGE,
BUCKETS, BROOMS, BRUSEES, BASKETS,
TUBS, CHURNS, MATS, WHIPS,
TABLE AND FLOOR OIL CLOTHS,
BIRD-CAGES, JAPAN WARE,
WINDOW PAPER AND SIIA.DES,
PUTNAM'S CLOTHES-WRINGER,
MOORING GLASSES, CLOCKS,
FEY-NETS, FANCY BASKETS, Ao., Ao.
mh29-lm
FANCY BASKETS.
A. IL FRANCISCIS,
513 MARKET AND 810 COMMERCE STS.,
Have just opened alert. and well assorted stook Mani,
GERMAN AND FRENCH
FANCY BASKETS
-OF RD3 OWN IMPORTATION.
GREAT INDUCEMENTS OFFERED TO THE TRADE.
mll2ll-1m
1864. 1864.
WHITE & PECIIIN,
STEMMA/LLB DILLIMIS IN
WOOD AND WILLOW WARE,
425 MABICBT EM. ET.
Brooms, Pans, Tube, Wash-Boards. Baskets, Chß.-
area's Coaches and Chairs, Table and Floor Oil Cloths,
Clocks and Looking Glasses, Tie Yarns, Wick, Cordage.
Catpet Chairs, Twines. Cotton Tarns, Wadding, Cotton
Laps, /WO, &c.
FRENCH AND GERMAN FANCY B tSKISTS.
Agents for the HALEY, MORSE. & BOYDRII
SELF-ADJUSTING CLOTHES WRINGER.
sur.2m
GEML.T OPENII 4 IO- OF
CEDAR AND WILLOW WARE.
1864.
THE LARGEST STOOK IN THE OITY.
NOW sgiaaNct AT HABCFAMS.
3.000 DOZ. CORN 8R001,113.
3,000 DOE. FANCY PAINTED BUCKETS. -
1,000 NESTS CEDAR WASH TUBS.
2.1100 CEDAR STAFF AND BASKET. CHEWS.
LOOl HOE. WILLOW MARKET BASKETS.
3,000 BALES COTTON-WICK AND TIE YARN.
1.000 BALES BATS AND WADDING.
RETICULE BASKETS, OIL CLOTHS.
LOOKING GLASSES. CORDAGE. as.,
All Goods are sold at the Hartufs,otereel. Lowest Clash
Prices.
Orders promptly Ailed.
ROWE & EUSTON,
167 and 159 NORTH THIRD STUNT_
m.131-2m Three Doors below Baal
GENTS' 11PURNISHING GOODS.
GEORG-E GRANT,
No. 610 CHSETNUT 0. 1 .1111 RT.
Has now ready
♦ LAMB AND COMPLETE STOOK OP
GENTLEMEN'S FURNISHING GOODS,
Of Mg 6Wkl impartation axed manufacture
•
His celebrated
"PRIZE MEDAL, SHIRTS."
Manufactured tinder tha superintendence of
JOAN F_ TAOCIEST.
(Formerly of Oidenberg & Taggert,).
Are the most perfect-fitting shirts of the age
AMP Orders promptly attended to. ial3-wfm•6m
JOHN C. ARRISON,
Nos. 1 AND 3 NORTH SIXTH STREET,
THE IMPROVED PATTERN SHIRT,
FIRST OUT BY J. BURR MOORE,
WADEARTND TO FIT AND OWZ SATISFA.OT.TON
Importer and Manufacturer of
GENTLEMEN'S
VTJUNISIIING- GIGO DIS.
A. B.—All artless made in v a superior manner b 7 hand
and from the beat Materials. ig.ll
FINE SHIRT MANUFACTORY.
The eutioribere would invite attention totheir
IMPROVED CDT OP SHIRTS.
Which they make a epeolality in their bushman. Also.
eonstantleolviny
NOVZINIS 4 FOB GIIIPPLIIMEN'S WEAR.Sti
J. ,
emerz.smlsN sro NIS I G EirOeus. ,
No. SIR CHESTNUT ST.,
ial6-tf Pour doors below the Continental.
LONDON BROWN STOUT,
SCOTCH ALE,
RE THE CASK OH DOZEN.
ALBERT C: ROBERTS,
DEALER IN FINE ORDOEHIRS.
earner ELEVENTH and VINE Weds.
5n BARRELS Y 0 UN GER 'S ALE,
St. Anne's Brewery. In
In store, and for Pale by
WLLLIAM TRAToN & CO..
ay: 201 South FRONT Street
fl A PET S.-NOW IS THE TI
N- 0 they are fresh. and Tory be of colors. Just fn.
1a22.1.nr , ' WM. onsArimlLE.
No. 447 SECOND St, Roble. east *lda
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THE TRADE
smog OF
COTTON GOODS
IN THIS COUNTRY
WHOLESALE DEALER. IN
31.0.2.111P.A.CTUR88 OP
CURTAIN GOODS.
0131 . 1141W4G- _I2OADEAIOI3.I3,
VESTIBULE
1...A.4030. CUR - TAINS,
AND A LARGE DEVOID, OF
BROWN SHADES,
OE ENTIRELY NEW DESIGNS.
I. L WALZAVEN,
NErCOESSOR TO W. H. DARRYL.,
IMMO BALL,
719 CHESTNUT - STREET.
L'4 - A
"IFIt
CLOTHING.
CLoTII I N a
15FRLNO OF 1864.
EXTENSIVE CLOTHING HOUSE.
Nos, non and an OSESTNUT STREET*
PHILADELPHIA-
g. The facilities of this house for doing business
r t . are such that they can confidently claim for it
gthe lemling position among the Tailoring Rs
tablishments of Philndelphia.. They, therefore.
Invite the attention of gentlemen of taste to their
superb stock of
e&
o ItEIOY-LADE CLOTHING,
tz
co
cabby the beet satiate, trimmed and made actual
0 to iluotomer Work—AND AT .
1.5 1= 1 0.1 3, U.LA - 11 PRICE R .
0
A They have •apo lately added a CUSTOM DE
-0
PARTNENT. Where the latest novelties may be
reang, embracing some fresh from London and
z u2
Porte
Pr 4
PERRY & CO.,
803 and 805 CHESTNUT STREET.
CUSTOM DEPARTMENT, 303 CREST/MT MEM%
asid•ts
1864. CLOTHING.
LATEST STYLES.
. .
- WILLIAM S. JONES,
x -
MERCHA.IiT TiILOR AND CLOTHIER,
SOUTHEAST CORNER 01' SEVENTH AND IdeSEET
STREETS. -PHILADELPHIA.'
licoPocifully invites attention to his ,
magnificent stock of FINE CLOTH- •
ING, got up in superior style, by taste. .
ful and experienced artists, and offered
for sale at exceedingly
LOW PRICES.
Also, to his large and choice Variety
_ of PIECED 0 ODS for CUSTOM WORE.
embracing selections from the finest
productions of both foreign and do•
mestic manufacture.
WILLIAM S. JONES, •
SHOO/MOE TO ROBERT H. ADAMS.
Southeast corner of SEVENTH and MARKET Streets.
ap7.3mo
MILLINERY GOODS.
P. I. HARDING &. CO.,
IMPORTERS JED JOBBERS Of
STRAW AND MILLINERY GOODS,
No. 411 ARCH STREET.
PHILAPELPIELL.
1864. - 1864.
WOOD & CARY,
725 CHESTNUT STREET,
STRAW ANEI MILLINERY
GOODS.
P. Et —MERCHANTS AND MILLINERS are invited to
examine before parehasins. As our NTOON.IS FULL
and PRICES LOW.
zahB-tin WOOD ar CART.
110 SPRING. ' 1864.
BROOIS & ROSENHELII,
431 MARKET STREET,
WHOLESALE DEALERS IN
RIBBONS, •
•13 0 N . L TES,
LADIES' AND CHILDREN'S HATS,
FLOWERS,
MILLINERY GOODS GENERALLY.
miamia
WE RESPECTFULLY
vim ()ALL THE ATTENTION OF
THE TRADE
TO OUR STOCK OP
WING MILLINERY GOODS.
WE RAVE NOW cams
A BEAUTIFUL ASSORTMENT OF
FRENCH FLOWERS ,
RIBBONS, 'BILKS, LikeKl3, 'VEILS, &C.
BERNHEEIL
726 CHESTNUT STREET.
mnss•im
IMPORTERS OF
Wl== AIM LIQUORS.
LAIIMAN, BALLADE, do 00-;
io. tell BOUM MTH STRUT.-
Between eliesknai and Want. Philadelphia.
0. K. talllKall,
. K EIALLADK.
XOll ms I. D. %MEL
PHILADELPHIA., MONDAY, APRIL 11, 1864.
SEWING MACHINES.
G REAT TRIUMPH
SEWING MACHINES.
~•t~f.~N:):lA~t:i8:1~1~' ;13^1•:Yr11~i~Y : l:ildlii . iJ.{►pAt~7~~
WE - minx POU TEE
"FLORENOE"
THE FOLLOWING ADVANTAGES OvIIE ANY AND
ALL °TRIM
air It ig the only Machine that makes more than one
kind of a stitch, and has flie reversible feed with a uni
form tension.
Akir It makes four different stacheg. the look. knot,
double lock. and double knot, on one and the same ma
chine. Hach stitch being alike on both sides of the fa
bric, and neither of them will ravel.
Mar It be the resensibte feed motion. which enables
the operator, by simply turning a thumb screw, to have
the work run either to the right or left, to stay any part
of the same, or, fasten the ends of the seams, without
turning the fabric, a great advantage over all others.
irar• Changing the length of the stitch, and from one
kind of stitch to another, can readily be done while the
Machine is In motion.
•ie Every stitch is weed in itself, making the 68AM
emu* arid uniform.
AM - It is almost noiseless in He operations.
air Its motions are all positive; there are no springs
t o ge t out of order. and its simplicity enables the most
inexperienced to operate it.
as- it will not oil the dress of the operator, as all the
machinery is on the top of the table.
Jf rlt is the raost rapid newer in the world, making
live stitches to every revolution.
/gal- Rs glitch is• the wonder of all, because of its
combined elasticity, strength, and beauty.
.BFiis-It does the heaviest or finest work with equal
facility, without change of tension.
Aar- Every Machine hap one of Jenck'e patent heta
mere attached. (the rig lit to use which we control,)
enabling the operator to turn any width of hem de
tired
,lam There is no other Machine which will do so large
a ran Be of work as the Florence.
Mgr It does not require finer thread on the under side
than it does on the tapper, and uses any kind of thread
or silk.
aii - The needle is more easily adjusted than in any
other Machine.
lar It win sew across the heaviest seams, without
change of tension or breaking of thread.
pa- Is la fully protected by 9 patents, and licensed IT
Elias Howe, Jr.. and his associates.
.0 To avoid the strain on the eye*, bent PrAe - turee,
close application, and fatiguing care, heretofore Ile•
cesestry on a large proportion of work done on other
Sewing Machines, we now furnish each Machine with
" Barstusn'a Self-Sewer,' which guides. the work
'itself, and is of great value, especially to inexperienced
operators.
gar While pomessing the above. and many other ad
vantages. the Florence is sold at corresponding prices
with other flret•class Machines.
air. We refrain flora publishing the highly compli
mentary notices of the press with which we are daily
favored, and place our Machine before the public, know.
ing that an intelligent examination of its merits will
fully substantiate all that we have otatmedTor It. and
justify the assertion we now make. that it is the best
Sewing Machine in the World.
AN- We war, ant every Machine to be all that we claim
for it. and will give a written warranty if regalred.
For Circulars and Samples of Sewing. ene:ose a stamp.
and address
U . t!AlM== , d
630 CHESTNUT STREET,
N. B.—lt is the only Machine warranted to give entire
satisfaction, and kept in order for one year. Tull instruc
tions accompany each Machine sold; obliging lady opera
tors sent to the houses of purchasers when desired. All
kinds of stitching done at the Office, 630 CHESTNUT
Street. afl9-2t
CARPETING&
ARCH -STREET
CARPET WAREHOUSE.
The subscriber has lust received a well-selected stock of
BRGLISH AND AMERICAN
CA It E INas,
TOR SPRING TRADE.
508. Et.A.CIK.WOOL>,
mlilB2m SEE ARON STRUT. BELOW NINTH.
1864. SPRING, 1864.
GLEN ECIEICO MILLS,
GERMANTOWN, PA.
31,ZioC.A.Ir-s-T-11C-7111.1C eft CCP..
HANDFACTHEERS. IMPORTERS, AND WHOLESALE
DEALERS IN
CARPETING-S.
OIL CLOTHO, &C.
Warehouse-509 Chestnut Street,
•
OPPOSITE INDEPENDENCE HALL. fel , tf
SPECIAL NOTICE.
RETAIL DEPARTMENT.
NCCALLUN & CO4
tt p e ,e i tme a l i o icr i h n e f i r thr
I ct r ii , e that they have leased
No. 519 CHESTNUT STREET,
Opposite Independence Hall. for
A RETAIL DEPARTMENT,
Where they are now opening a WSW STOCK of
Imported and American Carpets,
Embracing the choicest patterns-of
EXMINSTER. TAPESTRY CARPETS,
ROYAL WILTON. • BRUSSELS CARPETS.
VELVET. . VENETISEB.
Together with - a full assorimant of eTergthing pertain
ing to the Carpet Basilicas. feLtt
ENTERPRISE MILLS.
• ATWOOD, RALSTON, & CO.,
MANUFACTURERS AND WHOLESALE DEALERS IX
CARPETINGS,
OIL CLOTHS,
•
MATTINGS, &c., &c.
WAREHOUSE, 619 CHESTNUT STREET,
AND
fe2-9m 616 JAYNB STREET.
PAPER HANGING&
1864. PHILADELPHIA.
,1864
PAPER HANGINGS.
HOWELL & BOURKE,
KANIIPAOPITEUI OP
WALL iz )
AlfD
WINDOW CURTAIN PAPERS,
COB. FOURTH AND MARKET BTB.,
PHILADELPHIA.
N. B. —l. line stock of LINEN SHADES constantly on
hand. . konamlso
rFTwT'iw:rTy,v/I
MR. CHARLES PAGE,
Favorably known for the last twenty years as Frincl
mil Designer of GAS FIXTURES for •
MESSRS. CORNELIUS & BAKER;
Is this day admitted a ranger In our Sr=
We will continue the sals said manufacture of
GAS FIXTURES
ender the Arm. name of
TAN KIRK & CO..
VANIIPACTURY AT FRANKFORD.
SALESROOMS—RIR ARCH STREET.
February 1.1564. fe/S-Imsrim
Various substitutes for cotton have been
suggested, but none have succeeded. Is it
not time to go back to flax, the staple which
was superseded by cotton itself ? It grows
on most soils. It does not require extra or
special manuring. Its fibre and its seeds
are valuable—the first providing the best
material for making linen, and the latter
yielding meal, oil, and oil-cake ; the latter
being among the very best food for cattle.
The cultivation of flax has built up much of
the prosperity of Belgium and Holland, and
lies literally, made the North of Ireland
what it is—a hive of prosperous industry.
It is produced in various other parts of the
British Isles, in the west and north of Eng
land and in the south of Scotland, but the
entire produce (that of Ulster included) is
not 40,000 tons, while the Quantity imported
from Belgium and the countries bordering
on the Baltic is about 80,000 annually,
At a recent agricultural meeting in Dublin
it was stated that flax-growing was extend
ing to the west and south of Ireland, and
Mr. LYTLE, the Mayor, of Belfast, said that
the extension of the growth of flax in Leo
land was now becoming a vital object, in
consequence of the present scarcity and
future uncertainty of the cotton supply ;
that the value of flax converted into linen
fabric in the north of Ireland was not less
than seven millions annually ($35,000,000),
whereof the province of Ulster produced
four millions' ($20,000,000) _worth of raw
material ; that the balance is laid out in
foreign countries in order to import the
necessary supply for the manufactories of
Ulster ; that the north of Ireland would
now be the most impoverished portion of
the country, instead of the most flourishing,
if it were not for the production of the flax
crop and the manufacture of linen ; that all
classes in the north were fully alive to the
growing importance of this branch of agri
cultural and commercial industry'; that
_there -was- no reason _ why the west and
south of Ireland should not equally partici
pate in the great advantages which were
now giving prosperity to the north, because
the soil in those districts was equally, if not
more favorable to the flax crop than the
colder and more mountainous districts of
the north. He might have added that, as
flax takes most kindly to a damp climate, it
can be grown in Ireland to the best ad
vantage. Indeed, the Belgians say that the
flax of Ireland, when first piffled ; is as good
as that of Belgium, but that it is too care
lessly treated by the Irish. The various pro
cones of rippling, steeping, rotting, scutch.
ing, and spinning are attended to in Belgium.
with more perseverance and skill than in
any other part of the world.
In the south of Ireland the growing of
ilex has been lately introduced as part of the
regular rotation of crops. The belief was
that flax, like tobacco, exhausted the soil,
and in many British and Irish farm. leases
there are clauses expressly prohibiting that
crop. But, in rotation, it causes no injury,
provided that there is returned to the soil
the water in which the-stalks have been
steeped, by which about nine-tenths of the
nutritious matter taken away by the plant is
restored; on the principle so clearly stated
by Liens, that the silica taken from the
soil by cereal crops should be restored to
it by the use of stable and farm-yard ma
nure, which contain the decomposed and
fragmented straw whose baiis is silica.
MT. GEORGE BOLSTER, Who occupies a
laratfarm not far from the city of Cork, de
termined early in 1863, to venture on the
experiment of growing flax. He is an intel
ligent and experienced agriculturist, with
adequate pecuniary means. He was not the
fast to grow flalin his district, The plant
had been cultivated for some time before in
small patches by the farmers of the district,
but, being carelessly and unskilfully handled,
it had scarcely proved remunerative. He
saw that, with proper attention and the ex
ercise of ordinary skill, a great improvement
could be made upon the crops previously
raised. He had himself no experience in the
growth, and thus he started without any ad
vantages over his neighbors save natural
ones. Au account of what he did has been
published. He sowed English and Riga
seed on two acres of land about the middle
of April, and by the end of July the plant
was ready for pulling. It had been careful
ly attended to during• its growth, and' as
in excellent condition. A considerable dif
ference was, however noticeable between
the plant grown from the English seed
and that groWn from the Riga. The lat
ter was much longer and cleaner, and
yielded a better fibre when steeped and
put through the mill. The flax was put
through its various processes with as much
steady care and watching as if it had been
produced in Brabant, Ilainault, or Flan
ders. Mr. BO.LeTTIR had to erect a scutch
ing-mill, there being none in his district,
and has emploj ed it upon his neighbors'
small crop as well as upon his own. For
120 atone of flax which Mr. BoLarraa'a
two acres produced he obtained $2 per
stone, or $252. The report from which we
quote thus sums, up the results : The 120
stone of scutched flax brought £5O Bs.
From the refuse left after the scutching, 28
stone of what are called shorts, and 40 stone
of tow were obtained. The shiarts are got
by passing the refuse a second time-through
the machine. They are used for making
bags, and sell at 4s. a stone. The 28
stone therefore produced £s'l2s., and the 40
atone of tow, at Is. a stone, 22. Besides
this, Mr. Borarnn had 11 stone of seed
from the rippling, worth, at half the price of
average seed, Bs. a stone, or £4 Bs. The
total money value of the crop, estimated in
the most careful manner and by the most
moderate standard, was therefore £62 Bs.,
which does not include anything for the
seed husks, a part of the plant which, as
Mr. BOisrßit found, has a peculiar value of
its`own. We shall now state the expenses
for seed, die. ! di bushels of seed cost £4 ss. ;
labor (estimated at the highest point) 26 ;
scutching, at Is. Gd. a stone, £9 95., making
a total of, say, £2O. Deducting this amount
from the gross produce we have loft the asto
nishingly large sum of £42 Bs. (or $212), the
profit on two acres ofland. Contrasting this
profit—which is no•nction of a ferti.e imagi-
PHILADELPHIA, P.‘
Etl:l,lrtss.
MONDAY, APRIL 11, 1864.
The Best Substitute ibr Cotton.
The fact that "King Cotton" has been
formally deposed has been known to the
world for nearly three years. The monarch
whose throne was in the South had his
throne shaken by the first shot fired at Fort
Sumpter, and his sceptre was broken at the
hour when the flaunting flag of Treason was
hoisted, amid those glorious ruins which the
gallant A.NDERSON had defended so bravely.
Many attempts have since been made, in
various countries, to re-establish Cotton as
King—in India; in Egypt, in the South of
Europe, in Brazil, in the West India islands,
in the isles of the Pacific, in Australia, in
the interior of Africa. But the vast quanti
ties of the staple which the British manu
facturers require, when in full work, and
the difficulty of obtaining an article with
the fibre best adapted for their purposes,
have hitherto been strong obstacles to suc
cess. In time, most probably, improved
modes 'of cultivation will improve the quali
ty of the fibre, but you can no moreimpro
vise &supply of good cotton than you can
iinprovise an asparagus bed, which requires
a particular soil, manured up to a certain
standard of fertility, constant weeding, care
ful transplantation, occasional salting, fre
quent dressing, careful cutting, yet, with all
this trouble and cost, will not produce the
edible vegetable until the fourth year—
though, after that, it will continue produc
tive, with very little future care, during
the next thirty to forty years.
nation, but a thing which has been actually
made—with the profit to be derived from an
oat crop, we really wonder how any one
could be so blind to his own and his neigh
bors' interest ss to oppose the cultivation of
flax. One hundred and forty atone of oats
to the acre would have been an extraordi
nary yield for the land upon
.which the flax
crop was grown. Two experienced agri-
Culturists, gentlemen *whose authority any
one would readily accept, estimated the
yield of a fair oat crop upon the same land
at 120 stone. At the current prices 140
stone, or 10 barrels, of _grain would bring
about ; the straw would be:worth £llos.,
making the gross value of the crop .26 10s.
an acre. The cost of seed and labor, in
setting, cutting, binding, stacking, thresh
ing, &c., would amount to £2 an acre, and
this would leave - the net prod to the farmer
£4los. an acre, as compared with £2,1 an
acre cleared from flax.
Moreover, the flax crop did not exhaust
the soil- more thaS oats would have done.
The flax occupied the land only three and a
half months, making way at once for a crop
of cabbage and rape, so that besides a profit
of $lO5 per acre on the flax, he would have
the profit of a second paying crop. The flax
came in between the hay and grain harvest,
thus enabling continuoas employment to be
given to the la.beaingMr" ulatipn. This year,
Mr. BOLSTER willhave ten acres under flax.
Perhaps he may never produce anything
like that fine flax, used in making Brussel
lace, which sells at from $5OO to $9OO a ton,
(more than the value of the land that grew
it) ; but when his first experiment yields him
$lO5 per acre, instead of $22.50, 'which a
cereal crop would yield, he has done a great
deal. If the South of Ireland had a few
more such sensible, practical men—who
help others in helping themselves—it need
not now be in course of - depopulation.
There is no reason why, the climate
being better, the South of Ireland should
not produce finer flax than the North.
In this great Union of States, which we
are fighting to maintain in its integrity, the
cultivation of flax is not carried on as it
should be. In Virginia and Georgia, more
than a century ago, it was largely en
couraged. So in Pennsylvania, New York,
and New Jersey. The greatest quantities
are grown in Kentucky, Indiana,. and Ohio,
but all the Western States, with their rich
virgin soil, are adapted to this useful and pro
ductive crop. Were we sufficiently awake
to our own interest, all the linens consumed
in this country should be made in it, from
flax grown and prepared in it. A sum of
$20,000,000 now sent to foreign countries
for their various manufactures of flax would
remain to encourage and reward American
enterprise and industry. In this very Penn
sylvania of ours, if our farmers wouldlitinly
try it, they could make as much, at least,
per acre, by flax cultivation as Mr. Bouriricn
made, on his first experiment, in the south
of Ireland. A net profit of $lO5 per acre,
with use of the land for a second green- crop,
is respectable profit. Flax is the natural
substitute for cotton.
The New Mexican Loan.
[nom the London Economist. March 26.1
In all probability, a few days more will pass away
before the negotiations relative to this loan can he
concluded, and the decrees, setting forth the results
of them be signed by the new Emperor of Mexico.
The delay has been occasioned in consequence of
there being not fewer than three parties to the ue
goliatiorn—the Archduke Maximilian, the French
Government, and the bankers who have under
taken to raise the loan. Oonelderabils secrecy being
observed by all the parties, we have not the pro
tension to be able to state precisely how the matter
stands. But, from What we know in the city, we
have reason .to believe that the details which have
been published by some of the-daily papers are. if
correct in certain respects, incorrect in others, and
far from complete. Thus our contemporaries are
certainly right in stating that the loan will only be
of .68.000.000 instead of £28 , 000,000 , as was' at one
time gra vely affirmed; but we should not be sur
prised if they should turn out to be wrong as re
gards the latent which it will be lamed. .The price
most of them have named is 66 ; but it is now under
stood that it will only be 63, and it is probable that
such delays will be allowed for paving up the loan
as will reduce the price to &beim 60. Toe expecta
tion in the city is, that the English bonds of 1851
will bel consolidated into new tnree per cent. stock
of the nominal capital of $10.240,000, or thereabout&
As to the overdue coupons of Interest on the said
bonds, it is, we hear, considered likely that oily one
coupon will be paid in cash, and the rest consolidated
in three per cent. stock. Willi respect to the manner
in which the amount of the loan will be disposed of,
there is, it appears, some ground for supposing that
the French Cinvernment has fisted the indemnity
which Mexico is to pay it at £10.400,000(260,000 won,
but that it will only t .ke front the loan £2,400 000
(60.000 0001), leaving the rest to be paid in yearly
initainients at the rate of .£1,400,000 That . Go
vernment may, however, it is possible, consider
it prudent to .require that a certain portion
of the loan shad be deposited in the Gains°
des DepOts et Consignations, at Paris, to pay for the
interest on the loan during the next two years, and a
Jul ther sum as a guarantee for the other payments
to be made by Mei ico. But these two sums will be
less than .62 i 00,000. The rest of the loan will be at
The disposition of the Mexican Government. It is
probable that after the issue of tbe loan a commis
awn for managing all business connected with it,
and all other financial matters of the Mexican Go•
vernment, will be formed in Paris, and that an Eng.
Hallman and a Frenchman will be members of it. it
is certain that there is no doubt that the bankers
who have contracted for the loan are Meters. Glynn
& Co., but they will, we hear, very likely obtain the
cooperation of the International Society, and some
bankers at Paris. The names of several Parisian
capitalists have already been mentioned as having
taken part in the affair, but nothing respecting them
has, we believe, yet been settled.
The Atlantic Telegraiih.
An extraordinary general meeting of She Atlantic
Telegraph Company was to take place in London,
on the 31st of march, to consider the following busi
ness : .
1. To receive the report of the directors on a eon
tract for manufacturing and laying the cable in the
eummer of 1866. .
2. To authorize, under the power of the company's
act of Parliament, an increase of the company', un
guatanteed capital, by the issue of new capital to an
amount not exceeding £150,000.
3. To authorize, or otherwise, ac provided by the
" .d.tlantio Telegraph Aliniendment Act, 1859," the
issue from time to time of bonds or mortgages for
such amounts as to the directors may seem ex
pedient, not exceeding in the whole the sum of
£lOO,OOO.
The form of cable adopted by the committee of the
company is thus !described: The conductor will con
mat of a copper strand of raven wires (six laid round
one), each wire gauging .048, or number eighteen of
the Birmingham 'wire gauge, and weighing 300
pounds per nautical mile, embedded for solidity in
the composition known as Chatterton , g com
pound?' The insulator is to consist of gutta.percha,
tour layers of which are to be laid alternately with
four thin layers of the above.named compound,
making the diameter of the sore AU inches, and a
circumference of .1,192 inches. The weight of the
entire insulator is to be 400 pounds per nautical
mile. The external protection is to be in two parts—
the first, the core, surrounded with a padding of soft
jute yarn, eaturated with a preservative mixture;
next to this padding is to be the protective covering,
to consist of ten solid wires,`of the gunge .095, drawn
from homogeneous iron, (Me same as now used by
Whitworth in the manufacture of his celebrated
guns,) each wire surrounded separately with five
strands of Manila yarn, the whole of the ten strands
thus formed of the hemp and wire to be laid spirally
around the padded core. The weight or the cable
in air will- be MX Mk per nautical mile. The
weight in water wlll be- 14 cwt, per nautical mile.
The breaking strain will be 7 tons 16 cwt., or equal
to eleven times it. weight per nautical mile in we
ter—that is to say, if suspended perpendicularly
from the stem of the vessel, it Weal bear it, own
weight in eleven miles depth of water.
_ Gov.Bramlette , s Visit to Washington.
It is generally known that Gov. Bramiette, aiteren
panted by two other gentlemen of this State, on the
21d of March left this city for Washiegtei . for the
purpose of visiting President Lincoln, and consult.
leg with him and the Secretary of War, Mr. Stan
ton, in reference to matters of vital interest and inr.
portance to the people of Kentucky.
The partite returned to Kentucky on the evening
at the let of April, and it affords us great pleasure to
be able to inform our readers that on Saturday even
ing last we heard Gov. Bramlette state that he was
gratified at the visit, and with its result. ; that he
had been received with the greatest cordiality by
President Lincoln and Secretary Stanton;- that he
had frankly , and fully presented to the President the
objects of his visit, and as frankly explained his
views and desires ; that he was listened to with
Marked attention Until he was through, and was
then assured that he had not asked for anything but
what was right and just, and that, so far as it was
practicable and conformable to the law, there would
be a full compliance with his wishes.
Secretary Stanton expressed himself to the same
purpose, and when the Governor left Washington it
was said that orders had already been issued to carry
into effect the conclusions of the President and
Secretary, as agreed upon between the parties
Frankfort Commonwealth, April 4.
Orr, WELLS ov PalermumvAures—A reporter, of
the Pittsburg Chronicle has been gathering some 'in
teresting statistics in relation to the great oil wells
of Pennsylvania. He says the oil trade has grown
from a half dozen barrels a year to hundreds of
thousands. The arrangements for the opening sea
son have been made on a large scale. Wells will be
sunk to a depth never contemplated before. In fact,
it looks as if our people were going to well.digging
without limit. For soma time oil arrived at Pitts
burg, and was disposed of without paying wharfage;
so that it would be impossible to give anything like
a correct estimate of the real products of those ex
traordinary wells at the outset. The first official ac
count we have of the receipts by river dates from
Feb. Ist, 1862, that being the day limed by city ern-
Dam eta for the collection of wharfage.
The real products of the wells will never be as
certained, as thousands of barrels have been lost
by fire and by pond freshets ; besides large (mann
ties have been shipped by railroad and landed at re
fineries- above the city limits. What we propose to
give is merely what has arrived at the Allegheny
wharf. The ent can be relied on, it being
official. it a total of 1534,807 barrels, front
February lit 1882, to April lit, 1864, as follows :
Prom Feb. 1, 1862. to Mai ..... Barrels.
.. 78.620
From Hay 1 , Mt, to Aug. 1 98,458
From Aug 1. 1862. to Nov 18 coo
From nov . 1881-'eS, to Feb 80 976
From Feb. 1, 1861 1 , to Bay 1....... 90.881
From May 1.1665. to Au[. 1..... 74.414
From Ant. 1. 1883, to Nov. 1 68.813
From Nov. 1,180 '64. to Feb. 1 78 618
Freak Feb. 1. 1864. to areil 1 a 9 839
Total number of barrels 664.834
THREE CENTS.
HARRIOBVIiti.
[Special Correspondence et the Palm.]
HARRISBURG, April s, 1884
IRE MILITARY BILL
The military bill is now upon the tiles of both
Houses, and ready to be taken up At any time. It is
very lengthy, coveting aeventsAfour printed pages.
I cannot, in short letter, give you any idea of its
provisions. It will require much labor and some
time to put it in running order. It enters into the
minute details of military matters. It will likely be
much amended beforelt passes both Houses finally,
when it Will be printed in all of the leadtegjournals
of the State . . All must feel the necessity of a radical
change in_ our militia system. In fact, we have
nothing worthy of that name, as has been twice de.
monstrated during the rebel raids, Let um hope that
they may give us such a law as will, as far as possi
ble, satisfy the exigency of the times.
The labeling oar of the preparation of thisbill has
been assumed by the Hon. John P. Wass, of Alle
gheny, the chairman of the Committee on Military
Afiatro. 'Mr. (Mau has had considerable military
experience, and was for a long time lieutenant
colonel of the sth Regiment of the Excelsior B*
glide, and distinguished himself for coolness and
courage during all the bloody days of the Peninsular
campaign. Be is one of the most practical, effeative
members of the House. lie is a working man, and
enters upon his labors with an earnestness and de
termination that knows not defeat. Thoggh not
What the world calls eloquent, he is a ready, con
vincing onthand debater. He clothes his ideas in
understandable language, and always leaves the
conviction upon the House that he is not speaking
for a "consideration." If the people sent more such
men to the Legislature, it would be to their interest.
gar. Gland is about thlrtptlie years of age, of me
dium size, rather sandy complexion, and does apt
defile nature by putting a razor upon his facei"
Allegheny always lends a good delegation. She
sends her business men, men who understand the
wants of the people. Her representatives are not fond
of show and vain parade. They adapt themselves
to circumstances as they find them. Mr. Dennis
ton, one other representatives, is the youngest mem•
ber of the Rouse, save one. Though naturally
modest and retiring in his disposition, in some of
the debates he has shown qualities which eari•
neatly fit him for a member of the Legislature.
Kelly, of Washington, is the youngest member of
the House, being but twenty-three years of age, and
it is no disparagement to the other members to say
that his speech upon his raid•damages resolutions
was one of the best of the session.
TEE REMOVAL OF THE CAPITAL.
The question of the removal of the State capital
is the all. absorbing topic. You are already informed
by telegraph that a resolution yesterday passed the
Senate by the strong vote of 22 to 10, up to a second
reading, which contemplate' an early removal of the
neat of government to Philadelphia, The station of
the Senate was undoubtedly hastened by the notion
of the persons who were negotiating With the Regis
lative committees for the purchase of an executive
mansion. They originally charged $22,000 for the
building. /I bad repeatedly been offered for that
price ; but as "soon as it was found that the State
contemplated purchasing It, it mysteriously, in a
few hours went up to $30,00. Yet, the movement of
the capital has been contemplated during the whole
session, and were a vote taken today it would pass
the Rouse by a respectable majority. Some of
the country members are now opposed to the
change, fearing that Philadelphia would be
able to °antral the entire legislation of the
State in that event, and that its geographical toga.
tion is not favorable. The last objection amounts
to nothing. Railroads have annihilated time, and
nine•tentbe of the members go to your city several
times during the session. I cannot see how Phila-
delphia would exercise a more powerful influence
then than now. The people may not now be ripe
for the question. The war may deter them from at
once entering upon the project, yet the whole thing
Is but a question of time. The people or Harrisburg
hold a meeting this evening at the court house to
take measures to prevent the removal. I under.
stand they now propose to appropriate $4OOO for
the purpore of purchasing as executive mansion.
FINAL ALJOITELNMENT
A resolution has paned the Senate for a heal ad
journment upon the 28th of April. This will pan
the House. though very much important business
le not acted upon. The apportionment, appropria.
Lion, revenue, and military. bills have not been
touched in either branch.
There will be an extra or adjourned session of the
Legislature, to meet on the twentyaeoond day of
August, for the purpose of pinging proper laws to
allow soldiers to vote, should the proposed amend.
merits be retitled by the people. FRAN&
The Girls' High and normal School.
To the Editor of The Frees :
big: The report of the committee appointed to Investi
gate certain charges brought by some of the firtucipels
of the grammar EIVIOOIII ageism , the faculty of the fildlV
High Qchool, bre at lengthbeen made while. Ample time
has certainly teen taken for the investigation of. these
charges, and nothing has been passed b that could be
need to establish the guilt of the accused party, on the
principle, we em boss, that the accused le to imp:warned
guilty until innocence is clearly estahliohed. The
examinations of seven years—fourteen in number—
have been thoroughly sifted. and all that willing hands
ha nd beeagne r
threu amrtps
h c antly
fbinrough la o r h wa d do o ta r a w a cuny
.
tempt upon the examinations, and to bring the His It
t'chool into discredit. Upwards of twelve hundred
Questionshave passed under the scrutiny of male and
hill ill% principals of the grammar schools, even Boston
being called to their aid—and, terrible to relate, three
errors have been discovered. It will be seen from the
report that these errors ware freely acknowledged, and
were not allowed in any way to.affict the standing of the
scholars. When the erroneous question in mensuration
was brought to the notice of the principal of the High
School he promptly offered to strike it out. He was re -
WWI, however, to furnish an entire new set of utter ,
lions, and then is condemned for doing It. because the
necessary labor wearied and starve d the pupils. He was
caught in the trap. With regard to this question, the
report says that " the wearied and anxious pupils ex
pended their thought, energies, and tune in endeavor
ing to cipher out and demonstrate an absurdity." It is
in evidence that the absurdity was SO patent that the
scholars laughed outright when the question was read.
Which is true?_
One charge, whieh'isfound_in many of the spiel& ea
tions.is that of ' • ambiguity." Now. it was complained
of by the principals 01 the grammar schools that verbal
explanations were not given in every ease when called
for. That this was not proven may be • nowa from the
fact of the charge not being mentir ned in the report.
Bnt the report does aayt" The /adios of the grammar
schools contend that if verbal 'explanations were given •
that fact is evidence of ambiguity." If explenatton is
not given they complain of injustice; if explanation is
given they complain of ambiguity ! What could have
satisfied them? Does this not prove the fact that they
possessed the will to bring the High School into con
tempt. end that.fas trui riefas. they intended to nee all
the power, influence, and cunning they possessed to
effect this end
. . .
One word as to the testimony of the principals of the
grammar schools on which this report is founded It
was in great part mere "hearsay" testimony; the coin
Diatomite say, " One of our scholars told us so and so. '
They woutd not give the names: and although in one
instance the chairman required it, yet the name was
obstinately relined; and this refusal was made In in.
Manua Where no possible omen tumid mesh to the
wits ess. All that is known of them. is that those who
complained to these principals were disappointed candi
dates. Now, each testimony is weighed against the
Positive testimony of those who feared not to appear in
flesh and blood before the committee, and against whose
veracity no man daze ever breathe a saspicion. Yet
this " hearsay." nameless testimony gains the day!
The words " absurd" and • 'absurdity" are very freely
need in the report. The twenty eighth charge in this
document reads thus: "Give the possessive eingmar
and plural of the abbreviation 'Mr. ' and oasis, and the
masculine possessive plural of belle" "Objection is
roads to using or teaching the possessive plural of such
nouns. inasmuch ass i< to ey ate taught.-the pupils must
at the same time be taught not to use them in convents
Lion or writing." Oh !is it not to be lamented that such
Immodesty should Its found in the High flehool as that
„its teachers should know that such being. as Mr. and
beaux exist; and that, far worse, such pernicious know
ledge should be instilled into the minds of unsophisti
cated youth! Of old, vestal virgins officiated in Roman
temples and it was supposed they were ignorant of the
fact that ever a man was created; but In Pniladelphia we
have more excellent than they—those who not only close
their own minds to such knowledge, but also carefully
hide it from their pupils.
If by chance a pupil should meet a being differently
aptarelled from herself, that is, pantato mod and coated.
and should ask what it was, the prompt anewerethold
be, "It is an Epitome of all thatiti evil; don't look, or
you're lost." Such an answer we would infer from the
feet of the echelon of the grammar schoolebelag " taught ,
not to use the terms Mr. and beams in conversation or
writing." We think the pare at:minute of this objection
ehould have kept the words " absurd " and ' • absurdi
ty " from the committees report.lt would be far batter
for our community if ouch purity of mind and heart
were used in instilling into the minds of pupils the troth
that insubordination to and rebellion against constituted
authorities is a crime against God. and men. vet the
report tacitly countenances and, sustains such conduct.
Certainly, the committee has notiseeu and weighed the
result that may follow the allowing of smell conduct as
they refer to on the last page of their report, the
withdrawal of schools and scholars' from examination.
It was done at the tart examination, and as the principals
of the grammar schools assert—though the proof is other
wise—voluntarily on the part of the pupils. A few young
girls, judging the questions proposed to be " unjust, ab
surd. and impotsible," withdraw from the examine ion,
and all the blame is thrown upon the El ighettichool facul
ty! And the committee threaten that this always will
be done when the examination is not conducted exactly
as the grammar schools wish it should be. At any time,
then, and on any pretence. the principals of the gram
mar schools can destroy the High school by withholding
the supply of pupils, and the investigating committee
support them in this conduct Thus, the Board of Con
trollers are placed under the control of these principals,
and in the supervisor of all the schools their power is
reduced to a mere nothing. The Board certainly will
no! allow this.
We think, in view of this whole case, that the Board of
Controllers and the public. whose servants that are.
will affix the terms so freely used 'n the report, 'ma
itre," " unfair ." and absurd, ' tolhe report itself and
to the Whole investigation , rather than to the examina
tions made by the faculty of the Girls' High and Normal
School. lows respectfully,
AN OBSIRVBR.
To Mk Edam , of The Press e
1.• " Having examined carefully - the charges alleged
by some of the principals of the grammar schools, and
weighing well the answers and statements of the prin.-
rape) and teachers of the Oirls' High School." " tepee
tater" has come to an extraordinary and unwarranted
conclusion, " that this investigation has been the result
of malevolent opposition to the Gals' High School."
While we do not deny the ability of "Spectator" to
• weigh well"—(it may be the forte of that party)—we
do not hesitate to deny the justice of the habil:tee. Pre
judice turned the scale, and a gross misunderstanding of
the nature of the difficulty told heavily in the reckoning
—hence the unfair conclusion.
Ambition and rivalry exist among the grammar
school teachers.' Why not? Where all strive for a
common Pullers& and endeavor to. incite those under
their care to equal effort—where. (Ming to the com
paratively. !mall number admitted each term into
the High School. the SWIMS of some inevitably
results in the defeat of others, ambition and rivalry can
not fail to exist—else human nature in the principals and
Pupils of grammar schools has been laid wonderfully
low. We havin •• attended the recent investigation,"
and "having ba d
some experience of human nature."
claim for the teachers so attacked. that the "ambition
and rivalry " thus denounced is the legitimate result of
earnestness and an anxiety in an arduous and wearying
pursuit. The irritation consequent upon disappointed
ambition is, in •• Spectator's" communication, alleged to
be the ,scurce of all the difficulty; the rivalry.
and the inevitable disappt in tment that followed, led
the Hancock Grammer school to withdraw its candidates
before any investigation had taken place." What die -
appointment The comertunieation from the principals
of grammar schools, in reference to grievances (which
the inveettaation has proved to be more than imaginary)
was before the Board of Controllers on Tueiday, Febru
ary 9111. and the earliest period at which. the admissions
would have been made known was Wednesday, Febru
ary 10th; this period, subsequent. as it was, to tne pre
sentation of the protest, wan Mill farther postponed until
the clot*, of the investigation, and, as the examination
PaPer aftere candidates were Withheld from inspection
until the actual•admission. it was impossible for
any teacher to satisfy herself of the success or failure of
her pupils The principals or grammar schools, be it
told to their confusion. were not gifted with the wonder
ful prescience that fell to the lot of so many in the pre
cut% crisis, and therefore were compelled to wait. as or
dining mortals de, until A 'bleak and white" convinced
them of the result of the examination. Where, then.
lay the dlesppointment?
They did not know whether their scholars were ad
mitted or rejected; they could not, as the standard of
estimate
of
marking is ever capricious . form a sa ti s f a ctory
of the work of their unpile. They had not "friends at
court " to give the necessary word and sign, and yet they
Were Asa inied at the remit of the examination. 0
Saga B N ecrat,2l Moreover* this disappointment caused
the utterance ante protest against the late examination.
As there wee no disappointment, the charge against the
ar schools is made ist ignorance, and
I P e r . I a r p e a ?o a r & b ra y m virrtne of that very igunienlie.unjust.
The protest had no bearing upon the result of that/mina-
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Eleknetedxf e of
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neon imagination
ARVID. "Spectator" statee that •• some of the gram
=R74lool+l principals dld not endorse the grleyannest al
leged." Let the Wends of the report of the investigating
committee be the answer to this statement: " Pho
inleciptaLs who did rot sign the protest are mostltt'in
rural dietelets, seldom steedinns puptle to the ai g h
School," and " *hoes who did sign anmenslly send &holt
nine-tenths of all the pupils wbo' got tato the Ettgh
School " Further. t he
nrgerettrat "the silence
of others seemed to intimate that they regretted the stew
they bed take.. " Were any silent. In "Spectator's"
acceptation of the term? If so, it was the silence that
elves consent. The signature of the nritscipaLs, and
their deity attendance at' be investigation, their corrobo
rative ttstimony never withheld, gave ample evidence
that they had sot regretted t; e step they had taken.
'What need of regret? Is a petition for recta-snot grief
emcee an no .ustiflable proceeding? a step to he regretted r
We have gone sadly backward in our sentiment, french
be proneunes.d the case. “Revolution , rather than
wrongs.' used to be our [theo. " Has it derenerated
into MP cowardly meek nest ; ' Submit to wrong —oroe
tests and uprising. ere but malevolence and nemeses t"
"Spectator feelingly utters: • Woo betide us as a
nation if the mind of ear youth is to he-derelop.d by
mere memorising and reciting." We agree with hint;
it. is a die/race to our educational system that words,
.and not ideas, are made the standard of excellence.
What or who. -has made them each? Let the era:mina
lieu at the High School trainee to academe itt.eit.
Pareing, marked imperfect because an arbitrary rover is
not adhered to, is tangible evidence that taste, are not
worth the utterance; history' that blindly leans to
words and misconstructions in text books, proves that
ihottpl.t is an intruder in our system; Constitution that
muleteer. the person haying the greatest number of
lofts for Vice President" different in meaning freer
the person baying the greatest number or votes ug
Vice President ;'r that pronounces the, eubstitution of
" such" for •' a" before the WOrd * nlatoritY "an
occur snflicient to reduce an average, and that declares
that "a quorum for this purpose" and '• a quorum for
the purpoese " are not interchangeable eXPY/355101111-111
certainly an ad vccate for nothing else than words.
When we tell "Spectator" that a clansellin the Con
stitution with four inshinifleant assort, suede as thee.
above cited. wee marked 0 Instead of 10, we feel Gond •
dent that your f, err. spondent will , with us, reiterate
his sentiment.: Woe' betide us as a nation if the mind
of our youth is to he developed by mere memorizing
and reciting ' Let bins. however, lay the harden of
relents upon the proper party.
!thee been surer ted that the charge or partiality against
the High School was not enetained in tire inteektigstion
Thosembo adduced partiality as a grievance can beet
tell Why they failed to sustain it The principals' pro
test contained no nigh Itectleiti toe ; therefore, they were
net responsible for its proof. If witnesses, not so well
°tilled in their catechism as some were, went off upon
their own private feelings, forgot the - monosyllable
series of answers. and adverted to a charge which bid
not beeblnede, the defence orrefntation of sushi charge
Was sole ly the concern of witnesses who were such poor
memorizer.. The principals did not make side issues
features of their accusation or its evidence. Your corre
spondent moat not think that he is alone In his with,
" that in spate of the adverse influences brought to bear.
th e High School will stand an ornament
honor to our etornmonwlth. Let him s emember that as
bydeel principals h gra m[.h Schaal hag a s citniisd
the ofar schools. thev.as well all
interested lens workings, must consider it a matter of im
porttnee that all "adverse influences," such as ogee.
lameness. injustice, and mismanagement in its adratele.
&alien, should be at once and forever destroyed, Rea
soning thin , , and feeling thus, can your correspondeet
wonder tJ at an investigation such as has been recently
held should have bean demanded by the Darden enterteg
their charges against the institution? Let him hope that
the investigation. conducted in all fairness and justice,
giving no evidence of malevolent opposition to the Girls*
High School will result in a decision necessitated by
the case—a decision hearing upon the greatest good of
,lhe greatest number, and forced by neither local nor in
dividual prejudices JUSTITIA.
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL
THE MONEY MARKET.
PHILADELPHIA. April 9. 18°4.
. . .
There was a heavy shipment of gold by to day'd etegei.
or, and the general impression la that gold must advance.
It opened at 169;',i', rose to 171 N, declined to 17Oh', and
closed at 171, steady.
'Zbe new national banks are daily the subject of attack
from one or two anti. admlvieration newspaper,. The
smaller institutions of Any. and one hundred thousand
dollars capital are denominated "wild cal, 0 an a CAL.
lions are made to, and comparisons with, the old worth
less currency of Illinois and Insiana.' Nowt this to al
together unfair and untrue The " wild cats "of those
States were frauds from beginning to end, and had nei
ther securities nor specie as a basis for their circulation.
The slander is tins enable, and the slanderers are totailf
imbecile to urge it in the face of likelihood and solid
fact. They make it crituinat for a village to exist and
the populations swindlere, because they wish to have a
safe place for their earnings If the Empire City were as
free from taint as many of the towns they would depre
ciate, we should have honester editors andtbetter senti
ment, forler hemmers The farmer must not Asa to
the pretension of banker unless he jingles a million in
his puree. and if he has the million he must deposit half
of it in New York to keep the other half par. This is ex
cellent logic for the "financial centre," hat an unsatis
factory mode of making money, for the third or fourth
size towns. We commend small COP of common chart
tl, containing horaccopatnic specimens of truth and. ho
nor, to the stipendiaries of a decaying institution.
The clock market was more lively than Is usual on Sa •
turday, and there was considerable disposition to bay
the Oil stocks. Mcglintock Oil advanced to TIS, b 30, clo
sing with sales at 134 ; 'Oll Creek advanced to ink i Mae.
ral sold at 6; Franklin at 1%; Organic at 13fi; 10. was bid
for Perry, V% for Irwin. Phila. and 011 Creek was of
fered at 6.
Susquehanna rote to 29k. Schuylkill Navigation sold
et Il'. buyer 30; 473fi bid for the preferred; Delaware :
Division at 4034; New Creek - sold largely, at yv; Feeder
Dam, at-2%; New Middle Coal at 184, b 37: Butler at 47:
Penna. -Mining in demand at 32M. b 30: Girard at 79i
Connecticut at 1%; Ontonagon at 4; Big Mountain at 1014 ;
Reading opened at 51%. fluctuating between that figure
an dp21..4, until near the clone, When It wee offered down
to 5P 1. and rallying at the last call up to 81%; Penna.
sold largely at SC(aBok; Norristown at et;. Beaver
Meadow at Bak ; Philadelphia and Erie at 37k; North
Penna. at 5634; Ridge avenue at 21. The good securities
were firm in price, and in moderate demand.
Jay Cooke .1c Co. quote Government securities. 44e.. as
1 . 0%/078 ;
United stiles Se. 1881 ....... 114 Fili
United States 78.10 Notes. ... ..-111 112
Cen.fleates of indebtedness, new. 9 3 hi .6 99
Quartermasters' Vouchers •• • . 891 99
Gold ••••169% - 170 M
Five-twenty Bonds 111. k 11 Di
Deliveries of 5-20 boude up to Textuary 2let, inolaetao.4 -
Quotations of gold at the Philadelphia Geld Rteltatigei
No. 34 South Third etraet, second story;
911 A. M...
12
11 M
P. M...
1 P. M...
8 P. M...
4 P M...
Market strong.
Philadelphia Markets.
APRIL 9—Evening.
Holders of Flour are firm in their views, and there is
more doing in the way of sales; about 6 OX) bbls have
been alarmed of, iiishiding MOO bbl; extra family at
$7.2f@7. 76 3 bbl; 660 bbls good extra at ts7®7l2; and
ISt 0 blls city mills extra family on private terms The
retailers and bakers are buying freely athom
6.26 for euperfine. $6.601:17 12 for extra. $7 26048 for extra
family, and $B. leag. 25 IX bbl for fancy brands, as to
qualitY. N7O Flow Ili firm at 0125 i bbL Corn &al it
ales aim, but the sales are limited.
GRA IN. —Wheat is firm and in demand, with sales of
S ofo bus at 17055]75c for fair to prime reds, a itryam s
`f bus for while, as to quality. Rye is scarce. with small
sales at 140 c bus. Co. nis scarce and firm, with sales
of 2,600 bus at 12c in store and in the cars. which Is an
advance o.ta are wanted at the advance: 6 LOO bus
told at 90c. Weicht: 7.000 bat Northern Barley sold. at
Ike 7 11 bus.
IiSREC:-Quercitren is in attady demand, with Isaias
of first No. 1 at $37 9 , ton.
COTTON —The market is firm, and prima have ad
vanced; about 70 bales of middlings sold. at 7f 576c3 lb.
cash.
GItOCESIES.—Snaar Ls scarce. and held firmly, with
email sates A 4 frill prises Golfed is also very firm, with
small ealee at 9:sg4tie 1 1 . lb for ktio
of'LTOLßlTte.—Pri.es hare advanced. but te sales
ere limited; email sales are making at a9©3;3a fore rude.
ft @Mc for refined in bond, and 69©eao IR gallon for free, - _
according to quality.
SEEDS.—Cloverseed is quiet, and prices are un
changed; small sales are making at $7. 2507. 60"$ bushel
for fair to prime Timothy is dull; entail eaten are
Mullins at $2 6011 bushel. Flaxseed is milling on furl ,
vat at as Eeo3 301 d bushel.
ntoVisitais.—Priees are well maintained, and the
market is firm. Mess Pork is held at $26 i 3 bbl for new.
Bacon Hams aro in d mand. with sales of fancy bagged
at 173.4'0 730 ih. Pickled Hems are selling et 144;016o
lb. 60.00 ihs packed Shoulders 'old at 7,3 lb,
Lard is firm; 300 tierces Bold at 14(414V0 tic. Butter
continua arm; macs of roll at 9fa500 ii 10 for common
to prime
WHISKY continues very firm; 300 We sold at 1.16 e.
and drudge at 111 1 0 gallon. Some holders ask more.
The following are the receipts of }lour and -Grain It
this port to.flaT :
.
Pour. 1.600 bbl.
Wheat 8 000 ban
Corn 5.200 but
Cate .3.& 1 13 bus
Phihulk Stock Exc
CRePorted by 3. 8. SLAYIEASJI
IFIRST
12 Farm k Mecb 13k, • .62
4 Commerciiilßh.... 67
cof stir Creek Vi
D.:100 do 2ie
NO do 2,i.i
3FO d0....e .. . 234
100 do Th.
6CO Reading R E 23:
.3.00 d 0.... i6w n&int S 4
.100 do • cash 82-i
16 Reliance In& • , ~. (tik
16 Beaver Valley.-- 163.1
106 SCh/iay.....: 4l
d 0....— ......
ICO do 860
4141
36'
!100 do b 5 4 , ..16
3CO do b 6 41301
100 do blO 413 i 1
liCOPenna Bp, ...... .... 79)11
100 do 05 73%
00 do 3dya 791{
4 do. lots 7931
100 Del ...... 45%
IITWBE •
sco oil break B
b3O
12
15 Beaver Meadow . —SUL
32 Penna R. 79%
1000 'Reading Be '70.....107
FOCO Penna. P. 2d mt —.lll
300 Reading. 8236
100 Penn Mining... bBO
200 MeClintook.....b3o 25‘
60
200 Sneq Canal 20..
2 twaols7
09 Mineral 84
200 Sum Ca:tab—MO 29,4
SECOND
1100 Cam & Am He '76 .•106
SOLO Allegheny Co epga 81
2000.11 8 coupon ge 'SI -All
2000 State coupon 28
lee Phila. Erie R cah 970
12 Little Soh ..... 60
If 0 Del Div MO 46%
100 Girard Mining . ;NS 7
20tOttlle gb any Val 7e ..106 I
2000 Sta , e 6s 10034
0000 II 5.7. We end 111.14
MO Soh Max. 4134
200 910 41%
100 Cata R pref 4234 '
100
20 Mineral p
6 ref 4234
400 McClintock ....ors 7 '
100 Penn Mining 12
100 Readir blMint • SI%
100 Girard Mining. 2da 73.4
100 Ontonagon hi_ 4
SCO Sending . 813‘
200 do 8134
HO do 8134
100 do elOren 813:
110.
... . blO 6134
100 ....... 82
NO Clinton
1(0 ontonagon ......b6 4
90 Dona De
100 Cata pref. 4235
500 May pref.... b3O 48
CLOSING PRIG
Ask.
Gold: ... ...••••••170M 171
O F. 15-2126 • 112 112%
Readiraß 813.1 8234
Perna.R 79 80
Oatewipea B 22 22%
Do pref 42 42,44
North Fauna a... 76 87
Piffle dr Erie B. • • .9734 88
Long Wand • • • •
Sebnyl 41% 41%
Do ... 4934 47341
Union Canal 3
Do 634
Snro Canal. 2934 29
Fulton Coal 19% UN
Di z m ou nt cosy .. 10 11
If dr Mid • 17% 1834
Greer. Mount Coal 834 9
Tamaqua coal., • •
Clinton Coal 234 2%
Penn Mining 1234 123 e
Girard do.. 234 734
Etna Mining 18 19
Phila. Colston: .. .•
Mandan St
8 834
Bid. Ask
Marquette ••• • • .0% 974
lasso. Iron * 4
Donn Minima" I ftlX
Oil Creek 12 1134
Maple Shade 011— 14 19
McClintock . • 8% gAi
Penns Pet. 00.... 4
Ferry 0l
Oil 5 l i
Minera .
Kelstone OR • ... 2
Venanitooll 1 2
Beacon 011 , 4
Seneca 354
Organic 011 1% 1%
Franklin 011 1 2
Howe's Eddy OR 4%
14
4%
rrlg 011 IBM Pope
Parm, OR— - -
Butler 0041 46 47
8 - 03 stone Zino. . /I 4
N. Carbondale... 8 IS
Feeder Dam...»
Pa. Central O. &O. 2 4
Pails & 011 Creek • • 4
W. Branch Coal.. 9% 9
. Markets by Telegraph.
nitaotronn, April 9.—Flour elatied at an adianot
of lo Mo.' Ohio extra $7.600177 6 2 3.1. Whea t fi r m'
with an advancing tendency ; Southern red W@
1 92. Corn is active at $1 250 O
1,27. Ohio whisky.
$1.12.
16.93 r;
no
noV
170%
171
171
tinge Bales, Aprll 9.
a. Philadelphia Exishanam.
BOARD.
ADO Del Div 46}
10 Beaver _Meadow— Wl'
00 Norristown R • 61
60 do el
20 N Penna R 361 i
200 Phila.& Erie R cah 8711
100 Penn Mining 111 f,
8 C.radeallr Atlantic 16
20 Ridge Avenue R... 21
ROD es coup '81.....11114
100 II S 643 bonds. rag 106
ODD do fall 112
1400 do 1211.112,
10) do
fl
MO do fail 112
1000 .. fall. 112
1000 do full 112
100 City es R.
322 67 Al/nahe - Co Op 5e 81
1000 Soh Nay Sc 132. —lOO
3000 Cam &Am 63 'B9 ..107 .
1000 N Fauna So. 103
2500 Runt R B T 25 int. 90.
BOARDS.
renn Mining 12
100 Nava arnele .....
.100 Penn Mining 12
100 Meel:nteek.....b3o 7,44
100 do 7
100 Penn Mining. boo 123
101 Feeder D boofropg 2%."
100 Men inteek ....opg 7
190 Reading 02
zoo Nay com 630 41K
600 Penna B bOO .56M
BOARD.
100 Girard Brining. 7
100 do
300 do 115 7 7
lon Del Div iP3O 47
ze rarw dr Bach 0M
/00 New Creek 2.4
OARDS.
. 'IOC' Penn Xining. •• •bgil 1.23 i
100 do b3O 12Y
moo do . b'3o 12
100 do b 5 12$
I(Xi do blO 12,4"
200 Girard Mining .... Ih'
200 Conn Mining 3, 9 i
903 Bictiliniock.... opg 1339
10
.0 0
Franklin 1 •—•.. OM
44%
100 Butler Coal 47
100 Snaq Cana1.....b30 21K
100 Penna 11 ...... blO SOY
500 New 1:114451i .. ....
20 00 Oig_lifountain 10
100 N Y & Middle ..b3O lira
100 Penn Mining.. .WO 12 4
100 do 144
1 CO Soeq Canal. • •••b 2O 205
100 Marquette RV
300 Conn Mining Lk
pp ottronagen 9. ,
200 Girard dining ..bd T .
100 Reading •••.Igdkant
500 Organic 1
300 Penn Mining...MO / a
0-334 O'CLOCK..