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Alamo' ) DAILY (81:111DAX4 NX9EPTID).
HZ JONCIN
011101 , No. 111 801:1TE iditl i n STRUT.
TINS 'DAILY PRESS'
To alts lintmeribers, itsTov D
_ OLLARe PRn AlreOY, to
issuer Or Twoirrr CANTS Pl3lll Wean, payable to
to Clirrist. Mailed to Bubsoribers oat ,of tue city,
ung °mem lea ANSUN; POCR D"LAR B A " VTPIT
tare 10% 8131, Moms; Two DOLLARks AND TWIINTT.
re 1.31Wi1l 7011. THEM DIONTIVS, inVarlatiii 1n Will"
the time 'ordered.
Advertisements Inserted at the nenal rates.
TI( TRIOWEEILLT PRESS,
died to Bobserlbers, I?prz DOLLARS PIM A.RATIN 1.11
1.1114.
RETAIL DRY GOODS.
RDIY, NAVY, AND CIVIL
LOTHo S'33l,
W. T. SNODGRASS,
S. SECOND Street and %3 STRAWBERRY Street..
A LARai STOOK OP ♦LL Rums OP
COSLIEERES, VESTING% fte.,
I ter prices, purchased before the ries, frsdepettdrett
,vad gambiere,by the package, Piece, or pug, 'On
nk• le to sell. We don't peddle. Come and ice our
The Army and /fatty trade has 'our 'pedal ate
ard-Im
INEDT DUOR,PQR EPLYIII3.
superb (lasing. Nibitti and 41Oled.
Natural color, etttli 1101117.
CClStinf Linen., fancy Drills,
'Wide line MIA Alpacas.
White Marseilles Vesting&
to advance in Bummer Oassimeng.
Ina Stook for Bummer and FAIL
• -
LAW NS.
Goad les from 28 to 60 ante.
'ner
dr"l'etUll.B
morn. a (mama,
a. lf, sornerMINTS and MARKET Strain.
!LOSING OUT SUMMER DRESS
GOODS AT LOW PRIMA.
A great verist yof styles Of 0.11 6014011.4 lODOOtIOIOIII,
tom IS tents to E.
Beet Paolilv Lawns at yenta.
Flawed Brown Lawns a$ 8734 cents.
Trench LIMBO At 40, 00, 02 and 873( opiate.
Beet snakes of Me G alitm, • Cailtwee, o=amsi And an
,kinds of DOmeetio oods, far below the mannfaetoser'l
wives.
Whitop
Bilk Gren Ba adine Sh
ilie and Letitia Shawls. •
awls.
1200 elLwool Cashmere Efhilwistill 25Worth eO. •
_ B. STEIL & SOG"
1710 Noe. 713 and 715 North TIMM Streit. -
EXAMINE OUR LAWNS.
LAWDO. brown gronad; neat flared. 441.
Lawns, white ground,_ neat Aimed, 440.
Enokahaok and Beth Towels, largeossortnent.
Bird's Nye Linen Toirels.
Extra piss Damask Towels,
Shetiand i lirool Shawlo for tortriots, ed.
liathlisr annals, red andxray. _ ow attest
iTS • OEN 11. STNES, TON AZ
w0:t.43 , 00:' , 41
The altrnas of hAIFIS Amorr , Naiv.
Ta 0.1. T
, ffor sae :Mts. Shore, 'lfffs-
Lining laces, or toe Conntr i r, s I.
' or ialthlutik..lartrialimat
WHAR,for BO.uDIS, 110.11111 HG
WEAPVIRS;Ste. •
4sterunve_easortment in offered in LRee
and Worked using& andlnsertinas,
V.U. 'Handkerchif Holinvi t ffiesoes, and ugLa
and fanorLYatm.,. and !limed to
Goode AT I auuH BuouW
PRIEM VALUE.
igg B AI L
pi_Hambc Dresses.
lOU pions masa. Tasked, sad Striped
Swear •
E. M. NEEDLES.
joilik
CLOTHING.
EDWARD P. BELLY,
JOIIN KELLY.
TAILORS,
512 ORESTNUT STREET,
Will, fro* Mite date, sell
SPEINCEAND SUM CLOTIII6.
it low priori.
On hand a large Moak of Fall and Winter ' Goode,
iought before the Ilse. which they will "ell at mode
rate mica. Terms net earth. iy9o
STATIONERY & BLANK- BOOKS.
OOMPLIIT DIRECITORT—CON.
lielains a List of Comossileo. their Ofitee, prodded'.
!holmium& and lieeretealse, ero are eigrepared to
furnish M ow Companies with
(1101iIIIOATI8 or STOOL
TEAMSPIII BOOK,
0111311 OF ration&
nous Lithos&
wroor Moan AZAscria,
Riourris or oArrrAL ems.
MIDI= BOOK,
11.110EMEL'M PIITTZ LIDO=
Amnon or akuo,
of road alid it LOW PLINK
MOSS AD CO"
CilligtririT Street.
CABINET FURNITUIIJ
VARINET FURNITURE AND M.
M./ WARD TABU&
MOORE, di. CAMZION,
No. 281 SOUTH SECOND STREET,
In connection with their extensive Cabinet bnainess,
are now manufacturing & superior article of
BILLIARD -TABLES,
And hove now an band a tun 'try, Inishod With the
XOOllB "& CAMPIOI , I , II4 OVED 017sEliOlfs.'
Which are pronounced by all w e have need 'them to
to l irg l A t er the l t he iittriLtgilrl r a ll
swans throughout the union, who are familiar with
She character of their work- aWD.Om
S . U.OtTSMA.N & CO.,
IKO. 11151 BROADWAY. NW YORK..
IMPORTIVIS 01
'SEWS LADIES' GLOVES.
GERMAN AND ENGLISH HOSIERY,
.BEN'S FURNISHING GOODS,
RS db DRESS TRIMMINGS,
to which they
s LIVITI
TEI WHOLISALI TRAWL
7a
SHIMS SELF-SEALING CAN.
ALL PaUGLIBE4 •
11W CITY OR OOMPTRY,
X convenience and -
IT HAS NO RIVAL.
• •
Those who have' used tlils prefer it before - all *they
es, either self-sealing, soldered, or glass jars of any
Iption. To be had only of
J. MoIURTRIE.,-
# DIO SOS SPRING GARDEN Street.
iin44lll
EXCELSIOR" HAMS
All THS BRIM IA THY. WORLD.
SOS' GINITLII UNLIBB BRA DID
r. L 00.. MELIA. EICELMOIL"
a. ritacigENkß ao 00.,
ezmithkrattvullox DEALERS,
6021111111 OP. OILIBRATID
•
41 EXCIELsIon.”
6IIOAB•CUBED BALM,
Loa. Ica and 144 North )EONT Street.
Wean Arch and Rape ttreCa t Philadelphia,
jusei-oplebroted " EXCILSIoR " HAMS MO
J. E. X. & Co. (in a style peculiar to them
exivresaly for IAMZLY 1:183, are of delicious
?rove Tha'anyleasaut taste of salt. and are
ino#Warcejittrierior to any sow offered for
styll-tattulla
JAMES S. EARLE & BON,
818 CHISTRIPf STRUT, 'PIMA.
Low In atom a very Lis aasor.tmeat of
OOR 'l4 G GLASSES,
of ever/ Oharaotor, of the
MOT RaNIVAOTOBI AND LATIBT BTTLM.
PAINTINGS, ENGRAVINGS,
PURIM AND PHOTOGRAPH TRAMS& •
4ABLE Double 10.......et0ry Residence equate
•th oide of BARING 'street, secondproperty west of
fifth street, together with sta ble and coach.
; boon coMpleteln every particular. All modern
•v.roputes large and beautifully arranged gar
den.
ded extensive grape vines, frith, and shrub
-11,0 bons* bas two fine dry tonere, one of which
and arranged an provielotoellar, eta. PO.
14 examined bagman the hoops of 10 A.
M. 'or [ruttier perttonhere *eel" to
11)111Titir ASKIN,
1.121 86tIth BOORTit fereet.
, •
17/414em,
I . E. WAXAYLALVErio
01KIMBEION TO W. IL OABBT.L/4I
NASOSIC HALL
1 219 CHESTNUT STREET.. .
WINDOW . 1813A1Y1T.13,
- OURTAINS t
axn
3moscturro riorieriavers
IAZA.IIp & SUTOHINSON,
so. ins 0111111THIPT STRUT,
COMMISSION MERCHANTS.
myl44m) 'PHILADST.PHLk-NADE GOPDP
1035 OHICBTXUT STREET.
MI [TIRE & BROTHER,
IttezirupAartfamts OF THE
MODEL SHOULDER-SEAM SHIRT, -
- ALSO, DEALERS Iff
GEIiTLEMBN'S FURNISHING GOODS
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VOL.. 8,-NO. M.
OURTAIN , GOODS.
COMMISSION ROUSES.
poi TIM ilLa
GENTS ) FIIRNISHINGt GOODS.
THE IMPROVED PATTERN SHIRT.
WARRAMD:r.FIT :AND MB SATISFACTION.
MOB BY
JOHN C. AILIZISON,
Nos. 1 ink 3 NORTH BLXTH STREET,
• MANUFACTURER AND DRAT.IOI
IN -
GICNTLHMENI nu -FURNISHING GOODS.
CONSTANTLY ON RAND,
IW Et N
AiN t a STOCKS TRAPSLLIDi
FLANNEL SHIRTS. an
SHIRTS.` TIE 6, WRAPrBRS, &0.,
ma OWN zuguriorm.
HOSEHRT,_
B.LOVE
soAEkRTs
susiracnßus i
' Rti.NDR RCHINFIL _
SHOULDER BRACES, Re. •AB
Bold id reosonable prises.
FNE 'KURT MANUFACTORY.
. Thesubsimibers - would invite attention to their
IMPROVED CUT OF SHIRTS. •
which they make a specialty in their hi:miners.. Also,
oonstantly receivine
NO TIES FOB GENTLEMEN'S WWI.
' a r ;*.. SCOTT . & CO.,
GENTLEMEN'S FURNISHING STORE,
No. 814 CHESTNUT STREET.
sar4f Four doors below the Continental.
DRUGS.
NET; ()ASH DRUG. HOUSE.. .
WRICIAT &s 51D1)A1.414,..
No: I.I9IIARKET STREET,
Between PROBT and SECOND Streets'.
s. W. wnIQST. F. N. !matt.
t/41LIGGISTS,',PHYSIOIANS, AND GE
NA
ERL STORFICOEPERS
Can Ind at oar establishment a full assortment
of Imported and Domestic Drags'. Popular Pa
tent stedicines Paints, Coal Oil, Window Glass,
Prescription Vials, etc. ;at as low prices as genu
ine, amt• class goods can be sold. •
FINE ESSENTIAL; OILS, •
Per Confectioners, in full variety and of the beat
quality.
Cochineal, Bengal Indigo, Madder ' Pot Ash,
Cadbear, Soda Ash, Alum, Oiler 91 01, Annat.
to, Copperas, yjkatifary zr cril, &c.,
Always on hand at lowest net cask prices.
• - SULP.HITE OF LIME,
for heeping older sweet; a perfectly harmless
preparation,pac containingalith full
sufficientdi rectionsot barrel.ror flee, -
Orders by Mail or city post' will meet with
tralterv==nesettell.al qu°tations will be
WRIGHT & SIDDALL,
,
WHOLESALE DRIIG,WARBBOUSB,
No. 110 -MARKET Street, above FRONT,
det-thstuly-fp
GROCERIES.
"NEW SMOKED AND SPICED SAL
4.1 MOO,
NEW NO. 1 NAOSEREL,
3netsrecelved
ALBERT 0: ROBERTS,
Dealer in line Grocertee,
sn'll-ef Corner ELEVENTH. and Vllei Sta.
ARCHER. REEVES_,"
WHOLESALE GROCERS.
No, 45 North WATER Street, and
No. 46 North DELAWARE Avenue,
Offer for sale; at the Lowest Market Prices, a large
'kook of ,
SUGAR. MOLASSES, • COFFEE.
TEAS, anon,- - TOBACCO,
And eroceriee generally, carefully selected for the
country trade.
Bole Agents tor the products of-FITHIAN & POOCH'S
Extensive Fruit Canning Factory at Bridgeton, N. J.
w026.43m
MACKEREL, HERRING, SHAD, to.
—2 800 bble. Maas. Noe. 1,2, midi! Mackerel,lato•
ea s iar o ttelk e l i i v t i i tt i e l :rted rt packages.
r
Buxton. Bay, and Halifax
He ring
SOS boxes Lobes, Sealed, and No. I Herring.
120bble new Ness Shad.
260 boxes Herkimer minty Cheese., to.,
• In store and for pale by MURPHY. & KOONS,
Jan. tr No. 148• NORTH WHAIIVBR.
PICKLES. - 100 BELK PICKLES IN
A. VINEIGAE.
60 half bbls. Pickles in Vinegar..
Liao, t h ree- g allon and five-gallon ImprS do.
For gals by RHODES & WILLIAMS, •
mhEB 107 South WATER Street.
.PME APPLE OILBEBE.-50 0,0*3
. 1 1‘.
CHOICE IMANDS.
Bap. WO and inglid. Dairy Myna of abotaa
Far We by RHODES b WILLIAM&
firriAr 107 South WAIMIR Mew&
MACHINERY AND IRON.
PENN STEAM
AND BOILER WDES.S.—NRAPIZA MITT,
rRACITICAL AND. THIORIMOLL SNollifitiPs,
CHINISTS, BOILER-MASERS, • BLACKSMITHS lusi
SOUNDERS, haying for many years been in snoeistrild
operation, and eXctatTalY endtaV airi i i n to:Malan Mit
repairUg Marina and E l
yor Rugimps. h and al a s it
iron Boilers, Water Tanks, Props en,.dte, ha, ,
reepeotfully offer their nerviest' to the -pubis, Le hell 4
fully prepared to contract for engines of all shoe, Ks.
rine, rover, and Stationary; having sets of patterns
different sizes, are prepared to execute orders wilt
quick despatch. BTel7 description of pattern-nattlint
made at the shortest notice. High and Low-Premise
rine, Tubular, and Cylinder Boilers, of the beat I'm
sylvaula charcoal iron, Forgings, - of all elms and klalr
Iron and Brass Castings, of all descriptione.;
tug, Borew-Cutting, and all other worlreonneeted-wit.
the above business,
Drawings and specifications for all work done at IM
establishment free of charge, and work Enaianteed.
The subscribers have ample wharf-dock room for re
pairs of boats. where they .ean lie in perfect safety , arti
are provided with shears, 'blocks, falls,'"dm.,
raining heavy or lightweights.
JACOB 0. NIA7IL •
JOHN r. LEVY.
1•21-H BEACH and PALMIER Strati'.
s. vanomur 11115111,10 i. IFIWAx tt
.roarll. tICIPI. X 32.111.111
SOUTHWARK 'FOUNDRY,
FIFTH AND WASHINGTON B=l> k
METABNIPIDK & sONN,
I.IIHIIR B AND 11AOHIBIRTs,
x kl esaturo Nigh and Low Procure Swain Husinss, i.
land, dyer, and marine service.
Boilers Gasometers, Tanks. Iron Boats, c a ,„
11411 of al l kinds, either olbrass. Workshop,
Iron-frame Roofs for Gat Works , Ntt
road Stations, dm
Retorts and Oas Idsishinory of the latest and most ha
proved constructlon.
Every description of Plantation Nechiner7, ensl
auras. Saw, mad Grist Mills; Vactinm Pans, o sel
Steam Trains, Defeestors, Filters,.Pum_plng Snxinas,h.
Sole agents for N. Rilljenz's Patent SUN 130 11113 S 4,3
Parsing; Nemnyth's Patent Steam Ealatirstr, and Ands
k Patent Bantrifullni /3 1 4sz
Asada,. asll4l
MORGAN, ORR, k CO., STEAM El!
GINN MILDEW, Iron rounders!, and OCIIP ,
Machinists raid Boiler Meters, No. LAI9 CALLOw ,
HILL Street, Philidelohts.
COAL.
OA L SUGAR LOAF, BEAVER CMEADOW, sterapting Ifountain Lekteh Coal. sA4
best Loetut NottntoLe, from OchttY* l l; Pfel'ami n gi
Primly for Family nee. Depot, N. . comer NIG
and wrLsow as. Once. No. MI South 8100 ND It
a•• tr WALTON 00.
BRASS STENCIL .
IL N
7. ILITOILLI/2:IOALPHABETS. • .
1011:11TIO STRUT, 008To0 • • -
IL
The only mannfantnrors in tha United that's of Brans
altdutbnte and rigniaa, to any pout extant or In &RI
razietl. Bold at wholesale at tielliE u gas 4 Pr imL
4047, thit ban or, INPILIBLI , „writ
... 11 1 te192 1 Stenctl Plea and all kin& o
W.
Stoat.
at9Fia!o olden Intimi;4l.7 attudeg
TUESDAY, AUGUST 16, 1864,
White4ait.
In the Thames, midwaYhetween Posh
erville and Gravesend, - is found, during
three months of the year—March to JulY—
a small, delicate fish, of-the-herring spe
cies, commonly called Mitobait, but scien
tifically known as the elupea alba. In size
and appearance it resetnbles a very small
sprat, but is infinitely s superior .in flavor.
It is served up,. in greatest perfection, - by
tovegrove at Blackwell,- on- the Middle
sex, and. at the Trafalgar• Hotel, at-Green-.
wicii,, on the Kent shore of the Thames.
So delicate is itsAavor that it sensibly de
teriorates if rernbired to _tendon, Which is"
only six miles distant. This fish—perhaps
we might better say this fishling—is fried.
in batter, served up in large dish-fulls as
the first course of a luxurious dinner, and
eaten with brown bread, on Whichis spread`
a very thin coating of butter. The last Aish
full -is devilled—thatis, thoroughly flavored
with cayenne pepper, the purpose being to
excite sa thiret,:which
gated by copious draughts of cold ice
punch. After every one has eaten plateful
after plateful of whitebait, he conaniencei
his dinner, which—but; 'as BYRON "says,
‘.` Who - cawdescribe the indescribable?"
For certainly more than half a century
it has been the practice of the leading them
hers of the British Government to - hai - e r
whitebait dinner at th 6 Trafalgar, in Green- •
wich, on the -Saturday before the close-of
the Parliamentary session. The Cabinet
ministers attend, as also "the .whippers-in"
of Lords: and. Commons, and a few others.
A pleasant party, rarely exceeding twenty
four, enjoy themselves with much abandon,
with the Premier as president. Unfortu
nately, as whitebait is in - perfection early
in June, and Parliament never breaks up
until the end of July, ministers have tho
favorite fish, at too advanced an age. In
Jima it is only as thick as the little finger
of a two months'-old infant; late in July
it is as stout - as the maternal . ' fore-anger.
Fortunatelythere is no statute prohibiting
any Minister from visiting Greenwich ear
lier, when whitebait is in its prime.
Of the, sayings and doings of the Minis
terial diners on the state-occasion in ques
lion little has transpired. The party are
'admirably "tiled;" and, their mysteries are
not disclosed to vulgar curh3sity. It is
known, however, that,it has ,become custo
mary to present a wooden spoon (such as
salad is mixed up with), to the Minister
who his done least or worst during the
Session, and that the Premier 'does this
with a suitable moOk-heroic address. At
the last dinner, which took place on the
23d July, no doubt there-was much fun
when PALMERSTON presented RUSSELL, as
"the ,most desartless min," with, the
woodenspoon. It is said that this.presen
tetion commenced in 1844, when Sir Bo-
BERT PEEL was Premier. Passing through
what then was HungerfordMarket (it was
lately changed into a railway,station.), in
order to take the river steam boat to Green
wich, PEEL purchased one:of :these salad
spoons, and, after dinner, presented it, with
much mock-solemnity, to Sir JAMES GRA
HAM" as the Minister who had most com
pletely " Pit his foot in it" during.the Ses
sion Which then was cinsing--the fact being
that OnAnott who was Home Secretary, -
had got into . isgraceful dierepute by 'order
/pg. that tbe: eoryesPo,nden*,of. MAizurr,
and . other Italian exilesan 'England khould
be opened at. the' tondbh. Pint °Bice, and'
the 'contents ' cornninniCated -:to certain
foreign sovereigns. Snch. _conduct, which
excited the utmost indignation in England,
has been and is frequent on the Continent.
Such an, abominable:. espionage, which is
also a breach of trust; is not to be tolerated
in. England or in this country.
In the last :number of Plisich we find -a
.
cartoon by Tom TisTsnr,r.A, entitled " Short
Commons, or the Ministerial Whitebait
Dinner," whichillustrates, or isillustrated,
by "The Moral of the Whitebait ; a Delec
table Ballad." In this is described how the
Ministers assemble to dine-- -""
" Of the most to - sup; and the Mosel cap,
And to eat of the Whitebait fine.
Egg
blithesomer band of Ministers
Ne , er banded geck and.glee,
With their minds swept bare of the cobwebs 0'
And their hands from the red tape free. Dare,
"There were youngiflinlateres and old aimisteres,
And Dliniateres 'twist the two,
J3at the blithest of a' was - Made Palmerston,
That with.Tiine had nought to do."
They embark,. at. Whitehall-stairs, steam.
past the Thames, embankments, pass the
Temple-stairs, w,here - Lord Chancellor
WEnsons was cursed with candle, book,
and , bell," by the lawyers whose fees he
had clipped— .
“And as the Isle of Dogs they neared,
Phllde.Pahnerstorrhe,oried , Lo !
But a little month and to you Isle
We seemed about to go.,
All dangers escaped, PAIatERsTOR and
company reached 'the Trafalgar, at Green
wich, where no doubt; as magnificent as
ever in his most remarkable white neck
kerchief, they were blandly and gracious
ly received by Mr. TTAbs, the stately land
lord. What follows must not be curtail
ed, but given in 'the " ipsissima verba" of
.Punch
'MeV have tahni their places at the board,
With appetites whetted keen—
But when the covers were lifted up,
All bare each dish-was seen. -
'Now Is this agape V quoth Gladstone the grim,
And a gruesome might looked he;
move in Committee of Supply,
And it's who will second me V
" Then up rose 14111ner Gibson the Smooth,
And up rose Caldwell the 0001,
But Childs Palmerston winked with his wicked
eye,
And each resumed his stool.
I trow 'twee but a little jest;
But a Jest may its lemon boar.;
'Ye have heard, hew in good old Border times,
When. hips. And fold were bare,
"'The gadewife . worild . artrwit an empty dish,
Or one with a spur therein,
As a hint that they wile look to dine,
Should Ant their diaper win.
"'So after a Session baie of Bills,
To,Niiiisters blank of deed,
Methought these empty dishes here
Might a. hint and a warning read.
"' There's Gladstone in his Annuities Bill,
One fish with his gaff has hit, •
And Johnny'can boat Me kettle of fish—
And a nice m 663 he's made of It.
"' But what is Gladstone's single fish,
Though 'twere twice as fair and fat 1
And as tor Johnny's kettle of fish • * •
We've had quite enough of that.
""In the empty dishes upon the board,
The Session's moral view :
And now that the moral has done its work—
Serve, waiters 1 and guests fall to) , "
- In faCt, as somewhat saucily stated here,
the only Ministerial bill of any value,passed
in the late Session was Mr. GLADISTONS's
for' granting life assurances, on. -dovern
ment security, to the working' elase,es. of
England. How they can save any money
out of wages of from two to five dollars st
week, with which to pay the premiums
upon these life-policies, is a bird of a-very -
different color. "
The cartoon in Pgrach represents Pang-
RESTON as head-waiter at the Trafalgar, •
setting the table for the Ministerial white
bait dinner. He has two decanters In it.th
hands, and watches. (31.Lens•ronn, under
waiter, placing on the table a covered dish.
inscribed "Poor Man's Life A,ssurtutea„ ,
Bill:" The question which PetztaitsiOir
naturally, asks is, "Is that all we've pitiig
put on ths table'?" The answer is given.
by JOBSIITRIISSELL, the cook, smaller but
more demonsttative than ever, who holdi •
up a tin vessel labelled "Foreign Diploma- •
uy," and rather exultingly says, " Here's •
my kettle o' fish 1" "
-,By the way, we have caught Punch, in a
great blunder about Lord PALMEB,STOR'S
a ge. He says (Vol. 47, p. 42) : " Mr. Os
nu;nris, who'was, born in 1811: might re- '
member "that -Lord Pemmawrom wEtti, born,.
i n 1794."4 it..happens, Lord Pemocus-•
T arlictu, born on . the 20 th:October0784/ .
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•
PHILADELPITIA, TUESDAY, AUGUST 16, MI
And here, for the twentieth time, in rePly,
to inquiries, we mention that Lord PALM
ERSTON is Irish only by - being a peer of
Ireland. He was born at the family seat,
Broadlands, Hants, which is an English
county. His family are essentially English,
and - the only Irish blood he has in his veins
was derived from the marriage of his great
grandfather, Sir Joux TEstrLF., with JANE,
daughter, of Sir ABRAILLMTisitriEn, a city
knight of Dublin. . .
Rebel Treatment of Prisioners—Direet
' Tettimony of a, Sufferer. -
Cary G. Strong, a member of:the 4th Ohto
.„ . .
Caval
ry, was caPtUred In October last, by the rebel Gene
ral Wheeler, who made a raid among the Army of
the Tennessee, just &Rorke defeat at Chickamauga.
Be was taken to Belleleland, pear Riohmond, and.
confined six months. now publishes an account
of his own sufferings, as well as his own observe,
tions, over his own signature, affirinbfig them all to
be true:
On my trip to Richmond, he says, I was kept five
days at Atlanta, and while there wasted one , pint of
meal and two ounces of meat per'day.• A lot of • oar
wounded .from . Chickamangais bloody field were
there, without medicine, and no attendance only
such as our own :men . could give ; nothing. given .
them to eat fit for a dog, and old dirty tont canvas •
'for bandages. 'Their wounds wore mortified-and
rotten, One in particular I saw the day I arrived
there, was a man who • had a part of his skull
taken off by a ball; at least a pint of maggot' were
wrigglingin. his brains, and, crawling from there
over his pillow, From Atlanta we were sent in
hog cars to. Richmond via Augusta, Georgia, 0o-
Solith Carolina, and Raleigh, North Caro
fliria;and were incarcerated on that "earthly hell,”
I3elle Island; on the let of November. • -There our'
rations conelsted of abtiut ten ounces of bread, made
of corn and cab meal and Cold water, and half baked,
and from one to two ounces of beef, or half a pint of
soup, either rice or corn-pea soap. We lay in the
ditches twoweeks before we 'got tents; and many.a
night have.l paced the streets to keepfrom freezing,
all .our extra clothing having teen taken- long be
fore. Bere commenced - a course of torture not
equalled fri barbarity by the Inquisition of the dark.
ages—a slow but. sure death, by gradual starva
tion; the refined cruelty •of which. the most - vivid
imagination cannot picture or pen' describe. Men
wore often knocked senseless , by. clots in the hinds
of our brutal keepersfor crowding up to the gate .
at ration time, in their-eagerness to draw rations.
Prisoners were very often shot by the guards for no
provocatiOn whatever. I will give an instance' hat
I particularly remember. A. guard sold a prisoner
some pies over the bank for ten dollars Confederate
money, and received a. twenty. When asked to.
give the change, ten dollars COntederate money,. he
shot the man dead and. wounded another ; loaded
his gun hastilY, andtrefrinto Camp the amend time.
. Note man was admitted to the hospital until he
was E 0 'low that he had to be carried to the doctor
in a blanket. The appearance of the well men was
heartrending to bel2old. They were almost to a
man so emaciated that they more resembled skele
tons thandiving men, and moved about so perfectly
listless and hopeless that life, to, many seemed a
grievous harden. Verinin with all 'was thicker than
gnats around new paint. We were allowed .no
change in our clothes, and I, the rest; wore the
same clothes - during. my stay—in my caseoversix
months. When. Gen. Butler plaoed , his rebels on
Point Lookout the Rithinond authorities began
crowding our men from the oily prisons and hospi
tals on the island, until over 9,000 were enclosed in
a pemof less than tic% acres, and not shelter for one
third 'of them.. During January. and February,
among these poor fellows it was common to 'Rad
their nearest neighbors of the 'night frozen dead"
the, tuorniug.. I. have seen as many as.eleven car
ried out in one morning, who were frozen to death
Um night previous , and rive - Or six dead was a.com
mon occurrence, During that time there were hun
dreds without hats, caps, blankets, shoes, or over
coats, while one day rain, next: ice half' n inch
thick, antrthen snow two or three inches, and they
compelled"te bear it all without shelter, often with
no fire, and never with enough to keep them warm.
A prisoner's initial 'was; if possible, More brutal
than their treatnient while ahve.. I have seen one
to four dumped into a hole together, without- the
least show of coffin or covering of any kind, the
dirt shoveled in, and left without hea.dboard,or other
, mark. Bodies often laid at the hospital some time
I tiefOre being Interred. . One instance will cite.
January 10,
.I have the following : Seven men
lay nine days outdobra, at the • hospital, and last
night the'hogs got at them and tore them to pieises.n.
A dog, belonging to the rebel lieutenant command
the island, was killed, and part. 'saw eaten
razo,.aird .all our rations were stopped. twenty
- -four
hours in consequence. Men were bucked down for
no offence but begging 'for bread, until unable. to
Stand 'up bit being released." Men tied up by the
'thumbs for the-same offence was of common Oa
eurrence. The most awful „narrative is tame, coin
. pared wpth reality. -.lt is the deliberate purpose of
the hell-hciunds to 'make all who live through the
I course of torture unfit .to , again enter the service.
By the official reports of the city hespitals
January and- February, 2600 were admitted; and
of that number overl,soo died.
~Of all the boxes
sent by friends at home, no t one in a hundred ever
reaches the owner, but are used, at least, in part, to
fete their returned friendirwho come in exchange
for our poor skeletons, that are Inc,kyenough to get
through. I was released, and reached America the
20th of April, and God grant that I - may never run
that gauntlet of,death again-' ' •
Gesserrit Sherman - a 'Opinion On Recruit
ing% ix! Rebel ritacao.
A Massepiiusetts State Agent E who hail applied to
'General Sherman far Inforinittini iioneerriing" the
beat.plaeba' kir opening feetcrlting stations
following. reply. , ' The
General, itiertilhE seen,'while he gives , the necessary
:information,. at the same time ventures his opinion
on the law authorizing suoh rdbrniting:
IIEADQ'ItS MILITARY DIVISION OP THE
. IN THIS }IELD, NAME 'ATLANTA,
GA.,,
JULY 30, 1864.
SIR : Yours from Chattanooga, July 28, la 're
ceived, notifying me of your appointment by your
State as lieutenant colonel and provost marshal of
Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi, under the act
of Congress approved July 4, 1804, to recruit volun
teers to be credited to the States respeatively. On
applying to General Webster, at , Nashville,•he will
grant you a pass 'through our lines to those States,
and, as I have had 'considerable experience in those
States, would suggest recruiting depots to he estab
lished at ',Macon and Columbus; riling . Selma ,
Montgomery, and •MobilevAlabama, and.Columbus,'
Milledgeville, and Savannah,.Georgia. Ido not see
that the law restricts , you'to black recruits, but yeu
are at liberty to collect white recruits, also. It is
waste of time 'and' money to open- rendezvous in
Northwest Georgia, for I assure you I have 'Ant eeen
an able-bodied man, black.or white, there, fit for a
soldier who was not in this army or the one opposed
to it.
Yon speak of the, impression going' abroad ttpst
am opposed to the organization of colored regiments.
My opinions are usually , very poiliaiiir, - alfd there is
no reason why you should not know them. Though
entertaining-profound reverence lor our Congress, I
do doubt their wisdom in the pa:lse:go' of this law :
let. Because civilian agents about an array area
k2d. The duty of citizens tofightfor their country le
o sacred'a one to be peddled off by buying up the
refute of other States.
. .
3d. It is unjust to thebrave soldiers and volunteers
who are fighting, as those who oompose this army
do, to place them on a par with the class of recruits
you are after.
4th. The negro is in a transition state, and is' not
the equal of the white man. , •'''
6th. is liberatedirom his bondage 'by the Set
of war; and the armlets in the , field are entitled to
all his assistance in labor and fighting in addition to.
the proper quotas of the States. ,
fith. -This bidding and bantering for recruits,
white and black, has delayed. the reinforcement OCT
_our armies at the times when such reinforcements
would have enabled us to make our Suotiesses,per-
7th. The law ie an , experiment which, pending
war, is unwise and unsafe, and has delayed the uni
versal. drift which I firmly believe will become
.necessery to overcome 'the -. evil:to-spread resistance
offered us ;'and I also believe the universal &aft
well be wise and beneficial; for ander the Provi
dence of God it will separate the 'sheep from the
goats, and demonstrate what citizens will tight for
their country, and what will only talk.
No one will infer from this that I am not a friend
of the negro as well as the whita.race. I contend
that the treason , andrebellion of the master freed,
the slave, and the armies I ,have commanded have
conducted to safe points I:Core - Regrow thin' thase of
any general - officer in the army; but I prefer negroes
for pioneers;- teamsters; cooks, and servants, others
gradually to _experiment In the art of the soldier,
;beginning with the 'duties of local garrisons, such as
we had at Memphis, Vicksburg; Natchez, Nashville,
and Chattanooga; but I - would not draw on the poor
race for too_large a proportion of Its active, athletic
young men, for some must remain - to seek new
Mimes and provide for the old and young—the
feeble and helpless. There are some of my peculiar
-notions, but I assure.yow they are shared by a large
proportion of our fighting men.
DiestrazzaßLE Suaratem—A miner left St.
Austell, Cornwall, England, a few years ago, leav
ing at home a wife and daughter, with theAnten
tion of "bettering his condition." ..kle succeeded
very well at the diggings, ambler, some time sent
regular supplies of money to.lds wife. At length-he
stopped 'doing So, -- and the poor woman being - re
solved to Satisfy herself as to her husband's pool
thin was enabled, by pubscriPtions, and accepting
a situationto take charge of two children to Mel
botirne to procure a passage to the colony Sep.
tember"last. A letter has been • received from her,
stating that her husband had turned farmer, and
was residing about fifty miles from, Ballarat. She
first saw' him In the harvestfield,'ind, on being
asked if he knew her, said he believed. he did, and
afterwards confessed that he was married to another
woman. At the end of two - days 'the Australian
"wife" gaveinp, her claim, on the receipt of .£2OO.
NavA.l. DlSOtrLisrm—rhe new English naval
discipline bill Which 18 passing through Parliament
is a model of a bill, so Ihr as its mechanism 18 Con
cerned. All new olauses or new. words altering the
existing law are printed in italics; ,Words• that
are in the last act, but are omitted now, are printed
with a line struck through them. If black and
v bite would keep poor Jack moral, the bill ought
to be effectual. There 18 dismissal from her Ma
jesty's service with disgrace . forfeiture of pay .and.
imprisonment not exceeding tveoyars, and with or
without hard. labor and corporal'punishment, for
"being guilty of any profane oath, cursing, execra
tion, drunkenness, uncleanness, or other.soandalons
nation in' derogation of God's honor, and corruption
of good manners." ' ' ' '
ATTEMPTED ESCAPE ow REBEL PaiSOwsits.—The
Sandusky Register, of the 9th, says sixteen of the re•
bet officers confined on Johnson's Island made their
et oape from the prison yard on Monday afternoon.
Some workmen were employed within the onolo•
sure, who were in the habit of paseleg through the
gate at will, and were recognized by being without
coats. •The prisoners, seeing the gate open, throw
off their coats and passed oat without being recog
nized. Once outside the walls, the next thing was
to get away. One went down totheboat,which was
just starting, and, telling the guard that he had just
received word that his mother was at the point of
death, was vety Brahma to take the - boat - at-once,
and had not time to get a pass. The ease was
deemed an urgent one, and he was passed to the*
Vhat!"--The • others scattered away and took to the
-water`on'such floating substances as they could pro-
Johrek ;The United States steamer Michigan's boats
u m,adepursalt, and secured all of them.
NARROW EBO.ABB. 08 A. PABNY olt RECIV&itiCEI23.
—Setae nineteen-gentlemen of Newark, Including
one er-judge and Several* publics School teachers; who
era known by the Dame of the'i , kitiok'Olnb, 3) had'
a narrow escape from capture by the rebel privateer
Tallahaisee on Tuesday , last. They had been fish
ing on Fire Island, and owing to , the head-winds
were driven some fifteen miles out to Bea, and as
has since been ascertained were directly in the path
pursued by the privateer In her captives. Porta.
nately the party succeeded in eluding notice, and
'returned home with a tine lot of fish and congratu
lating themselves on their escape. The privateer,
if she. had overhauled them; In addition - to their
distinguished persons, would have secured about
•*1,200 t 0. 1 11,600 in green-backs, besides watches and
othei valuables. .
s
- , Nirvirsinnr, North Carolina, la full of agents - from
4110 to al iStalms,seortiltliwforthe several quasi,
s n d,maimpipette, ofiorpgpo 14,9goot , :pile, le OF
VEUII,9IICIS 04.9,090 d ii91 1 41,1' •
TU. IitSIRGEB, ItEBEL CITIES.
REMOVAL 08 . G , ENESAL 119 - B,NESTOU—XAMTICRS IN
TI:63,I4IIRNANDOAII BABE WITH
"PLI3/111;ER—HE aintskrims - TO. RETURN:—.
Ikeo2/1781;AlitD 19 . 0 T FLND: TO THE. MOIINTA.IIO3--•
i.,0021t Dr:TAILS BROX ATLA*TA—INTRIMSTING
PARTICUL,A,/t8 THE-ABOZNT tIGHT .1111401!T.LE
There, 113 'nothing impoitant military sense
from General. Grant's -army.',. - ADomparative quiet
reigns ailalong . the lines. The only item , of, interest
is the . rengivalef General. Burnside from 'hie cora
=Mt'. the.iith Qerps. It LS evident from this fact
the: cod ur keartial before whichhe-was arraigned
beive f,ound f him 'the responsible .Partj.• for the late
defeat. 'lle Is. now on lie accomPuded
by hislstaff. .l a has been anoceeded•temporarily by
- General Will:bi- • It ls - libt'intivtil who will be his
permanent sneoemor, but 7sPeiniletlon poffits to
General'. Ilooker, who it asserted left:the army
before Atlanta ,with command in .view in the
army before Petersburg.
,Nothing is known, how-
'ever, on; the subject.
the recent explosion - at City Point furnishes food
far visit: in the „rebel camp as well. as in oar own.
It to amusing to :reed their speculations, since they
,
arbaritirely in the dark as to what was really 'blown
nth The Richmond rkhig of the iltlysays :
.- , i
Our regular - informant,`informant,` who visits Our lines n
front Of 'Petersburg daily, in prosecuting
.0341gattee
tl!hitf Position ; says,' that yesterday all was agiin
tOlet., Although „he .00nveried . with many 'of our
in i r and „officers,'. in. reference to , the explosion
n iced by Us in yesterday's - issue, Ite"wis unable tO
gather anything •addithinal: It, therefore, BUD re
puLinSarnong the 'unexplained mysteries of the war.
.T.lt's editor, of the E'd.presi, the evening before, was
equally unsuccessful in= his.efforts to unravel it.
• 4fter tahlisg's long, walk along our lined in qudet
often explailationi•he says the explosion, as near as
could bejudged by those who heardr and saw it, pc-
CuY red ' dome 'diatanee in' the - retie or the Yankee
linfse.nsther to Alse.left.of Buttery l'io,',',s,•and to the
right ofißatterS+ No. 3, on or. near , the City Point
r_ . _ - TA is'represented to : have been ' terrific: in its
p itions, as-ihe volume of smoke wag immense,
3:
a .thi tended to - greaf, helkht, the fiaStli'very Wit
p
Mint, and the shook great. 'Mho daus&of the *explo,
Mori is, of course, unexplained,, and: it. can .orkl_be
conjectured-whether it was intentional or not: The
reports continued for several seconds. In addition
to - the explanations of the explcision which we - haVe
already- given, the Express says'.that some think
that Grant was blowing up his inner fortilloationS,
iprOpaiatdry to leaving. •
THE RAIDERS IN TNESIESNA.NDOAH.
The movements , in the Shenandoah Valley may
be - properly considered under the head of sieges.
They are. merely.(the by-play of the. two grand
armies at Petersburg; secondary, but at the earns
time of iteriortance; as diiersions having an lutitt
enc.° in the fate 'of that city. The evacastion of,
Winehister by . the rebels has been confirmed, but
nethingmeoie is heard of the report Of an attack on
Martinsburg by Beanregard. It evidently' wirer.
occurred, as advicee subsequent to the day of than
alleged fight have been received, which make no •
reference to it. The escape of Early, with the whole
of his immense plunder seems to be an ascertained
fact:. Reis a day's march ahead of Sheridan, and
Win, no doulit, reach the , narrow neck of the valley.
before our. forces, and defy leather pursuit, His
tercets are. marching in three (minima, the main
escorting - the 'Tinnier, the centre protecting
It trona attack in the rear, and the rear obstructing
pursuit. The fight at Little Cedar Creek,'which Is.
said to have Ashen place on the 12th instant, was
Merely an. action between our advance and this
straggling - detachment. Although the' rebels were
. forced to retire, their object was attained—a delay
in. our pursuit.. Bradley Johnson, according to the
RiChmond Senline& of.the 11th, has rejoined Early,
birt McCausland, the Incendiary of Chambertiburg,
is in the neighborhood of Lost River, Hardy'county,
a county bordering on . Maryland. Lost River is
.4foot forty miles southwest of Winchester, and fifty
miles from Staunton. Ho is, therefore, perfectly
safe from any attiiii by Sheridan . T The Sentinel
• says that the battle betieen 'llloCiaasland and our
troops, whldh. resulted, aeoerdin,g, to Northern,
, in, a complete dispersion of MS command,
an s gerieral flight to the mountains, .was i pimp
:•Inireintion; without the - fOnteit'colOrifig of tenth.- ••• •
The rebels did no - damage to property in Martins.
Aurg,and Winchester, but took away every movable
article of any value. This was done chiefly in Nap,
hoineyer, this town having excited' their
Inuticular ire on'account of the welt.known
'reentiments of -the inhabitants. In Winchester they
paid for eyerythlng,.even to the whisky, Which they
"drink very freely, with' greenbacks, Of which they
•Irefenuid to hive an tinatinted supply. While in
Winchestei, General Early Bahl, in conversation
with some •of the prominent-citizens, that tre• was
retreating, not became Ire.Yffifi. compelled to, but
because 'he deldred to conveybis provisiOns in safety
to the eitrePOt. five daYs,'. , he. continued, "I
ortil return M . stronger forcathan ever.", The this.'
, sion ripen,which he was to return he also asserted trot
be: as important as it was likely to be
.sneeessiltl,;
Statement; taken with a companion one Oon
earning. the march of-Longstreet to the TOW', diii;
serves notice. . • " •
VHS BiEOIOIII , AI7 . . eARTA—FARR,JOIT:zoo44. pP ::
- • ;•:...1
Ao the. nuirning 'of the 6th ; tire
telegraph is- comparatively- silent. Two assaulti
heeninade by: the rebels on our lines--one on
Ward and,the other on Howard. Both were repulsed.
Tho'rebel ehirpahooters are very annoying, andfor
wholedays keep ap an uninterrupted fire on Millers
who are*always necessarily riding.along the How.
On the morning of the 6th Gen. Themes? .horse Was
Wounded under him by one of them. But despite
their accuracy,- slight wou.ndware :generally the" re.'
eult of their: skill. Since the battle of the 28th'
.ouly'about 200 nave been hurt badly enough to ' re
quirelreatnient in the hospital. There have been
other Changes:besidesthat of Hooker in Sherman's
•
army., A Correspondent says
Majpr General Palmer, of Illinois, who has so
long been identified with the 14th Corps, has been
relieved on account of-a question of rank hay ng
been rised`betweon him and General Schofield, to
whom' he declined to report, The decision was
'against Palmer, arid, declining to, report to Scho
field, ho was relieved of his 'command. Brigadier
General Davis at present commands; but who
will be assigned to the position has not transpired,
and causes, considerable speculation,. as the Army
of the Cumberland l a no major general unem
ployed. Two of the oo a, the 20th and 14th, are
now bMnmanded by b dier generals—Williams
the fbrrner.and Jeff U. Davis the latter. Both these
,officers are A No. fnen, who have experlince and
capacity ; but It is understood they hold the posi
tions only temporarily.
TILE ADVANCE ON MOBIL'S.
The New Orleans Era of the 7th !natant givee de•
tiailiof the action in /debits bay. It gays that the
iron•olade paased the forts first, and were followed
by the wooden • ships, lashed together, two by two.
!afore the battle, AdmirafFarrag - nt chose a position
,nis novel as it was commanding. Desiring atone° to
overlook She enemy and watch the movements of his
own fleet, .he ascended to the maintop of the Hart.
Cord and was there Mahan fast. A within& trumpet
was . , run down to, the deck, and an officer was sta
tioned at the lower end to receive the Admiral's or
dersand pass them to the person whose duty it was
to see theta executed. This proved to be a most ad
mirable arrangement, and we may eapect era long
fOr the commanders of • fleets to have comfortable
quarters built.for themselves on the top of the meats
of their itaiehips. Elevated as Was the station of
the Admiral,- the' fleet 'pilot rivalled him, for he,
too, was far up in the rigging, and from Whist
position communicated hie orders to his subordinatee•
When the turn of the Hartford; came to run the
fiery gauntlet, Admiral rarragut directed her to be
steered in as close to Fort 'Morgan as the'depth-of
water would
_permit;.and as the shore at this point
is very abrupt, very short range was thee obtained.
The battiotried vessel moved steadily down towards
the retiels, and received the first fire without injury,
when her heavy broadsides were opened upon the
fort. Grape and cal:dater were literally rained upon
the enemy; at once stopping all work at his guns,
and causing the artillerymen to seek safety In Igne
minions flight. So tierce and well unstained were
the, Hartferdts broadsides that the rebel fire was
npllified;arid MI the' damage that vessel received'
whe in the subsequent fight in the bay, 61 Winch
more hereafter. , • 3
The great rebel iron•olad ram. Tennessee, which
the rebels have so often boasted could, and would if
opportunity presented, sink the whole Federal fleet,
has had a trial, fought well, but was fotced to suc
cumb to superior skill and prowess. After the fleet
had passed:the forte, all the vessels made direct for
the Tennessee and completely surrounded her.
Then followed the fiercest part of the combat.' Ship
'after ship was driven against the iron sides of their
formidable adversary, and broadside after broad
side upon her; mtil she was overpowered,
and the stare and, bars gave place to the glorious
Hagar the free.
The Hartford took a leading part in the struggle
withthe Tennessee, and it :was while manoeuvring
to injure her enemy that the incident occurred.whlett
we are about to relate. With a full head of steam
on the Hariford.rusbed down upon the great iron.
clad, and the, concussion shook the rebel vessel to
the eentre;leit 'Without damaging the stout sides of
the flagship. Swinging around, • After batting
her opponent, -it was the intention to de.
'liver a breadside into her. Justi at this or!-
.
trial moment a vessel was discovered rushing
upon the Hartford from the other side. It
proved to be the Metacomet, which had the exact
range- oc the., rani; but the Hartford had swung
across lier!.path, and the smoke which enveloped
the combatants was so dense that, until the moment
• before they collided, the unfortunate position of the
,Ilartford, was not discovered. As Soon as the latter
was discerned, the engines of the Illitabomet were
stopped and 'reversed, but still the momentete'wes
sufficient to crush In the side timbers of the Hart
ford. This accident will compel the Hartford to go
North for repairs. Admiral Farragat is said to be
exceedingly grieved at this misfortune.
. - -
There is much surprise at the small loss of lour
fleet: Admiral Earrastd. fully expected to lose half
a dozen vessels, but there were only two, the iron.
clad Tecumseh and the despatch steamer Philippe.
She burned In sight of the Rein, bit the.affair to as
Set enveloped. In mystery. The Philippe was a
beautifully finished, aharp prowed; light draught
•
steamor,built expressly for speed, and for Borne time
vast Las beep employed as Aduffirrefiragut's
spatoh boat. She accompanied the alartford. until
within range of the rebel works, but.when firing
liejan ebe was.oraered, away. After-getting some
distance out flames were observed to burst suddenly
from her, and It is Enpposed she was totally destroy
ed. The fate of Captain Seevers, and the other
cfnceis and men of-the Philippe, Is unknown, but it
IE , thought that they took to the boats and pulled to
some of 'the blockading squadron In Adisassippl
Sound, a distance of nearly thirty miles. The ,de.
struction Of,th4 vessel is a severe loss, as she, Wail
extremely usedul to our naval commanders: . ,
. , .
A ap Ire, tire hundred end nag-fonr.prehddirh;
tr ‘ beildihg.on,the chuiroh,of;St.
~hephen.of mpil t h
-410:10 1 4 Itai t4itieltad, betha 410.14131 $
STATE ,MUSTA:TITB/L
liAmalsatrim August .15 1864
. . .
The Senate mete at ali'oNslock P. X., and, proceed.
ed to consider amendments to .varionil bills plosted.
last seisloa relative to - coal and. oil campmate*
.These thiendments were, required ,betore , the tiro
vernor would sign the bills. Adjearled.
ROUSE OF REPRESENT4III7.S. -
The Rohm met, Mot o'oo4
Mr. WATSON called up the ettpplement to the
military bill for the defence of the-State.
The House'was, engaged dniing the session'in con*
sideration of the bill in Committee of the Whole,
Kr. Ooomitasia, oCPhiladelphia, in the chair. ,
Various aroendmente were offered; among them
one by Blr:Pnatianier giving militia, lama called
Into service the right of, electing their own officers,
instead .of allowing the Governor that privilege.-
The amendment was adOpted.,
' Mr. SPAPTGLIIII offered ciao pro : siding that officers
of - this corps shall be eitizemiLof rentisylvabia.
Adopted. - -
Without ooneltuilng the bill the*oommittee rose,
and the Rouse adjOhrned until tomiorrow at 10
o'clock A. '
CAuFf ie.
Fbnuinietel
SAN Firaannico,-Augnst 15.—The steamer Golden ,
City sailed for. Panama; With =l2O - passengers . !wid
$1,046,000 in bullion for New Yerk.
The demand for' money 'io light; , Currency,
change 140 per cent. Premium. Telegraphic trans.
fers to 83 per cent, premium. Corn bills per
cent. lower; There , is, mote demand for, yheat ;
Priceeringe from eo.Bl42:4'per 100 nss
Three:Russian war • steamers left 'port today for
'Sailed—ship22aneralititavfolelkeerpool.'
Fire Trity, .Wew Xerk .
.Taos, N. '., August lire broke out yester
fiay on the'vierniseieNo. 219 River street, occupied
by thi daily :and weekly' Press. printer's es
tablishment in thkupper,lofts, occupied. by Hawley
,& 00., for,stom .purpo ses, urpoies, was wholly desiroyed.
The damage to the'Press establishment was chielly
by water. T 1 lois on thibuildineind contents is
$12,000. : . .
Marine 'Disastei.
Bosmort, - Angust 15. 2 -The- bark ,* Jaye, from- Pa
lermo, reports that on the 13th, at 7 10.15 P..M„ she
was in collision with the brig James Crosby, of and
_from Bangor for *aahington, lumher. laden. The
brig 4114 and side badly stove.- The captain
-andsoreir abandoned* her yesterday ntorning,_ at
which-time she had fourteen feet 'of *water in the
_cabin. The Jelin lost her jib;hoom and head. gear".
Break in the ' Erie CaliaL
ALBANY, N. Y. - , August 15. 7 —Abreak is reported
in the Erie Canal, three miles tbis - side of Schenec
tady; which It will take.tbree days to. rapalr.
The'Grierillii War in Kentucky:
The Louisville 'Journal of-thirteth gt . r . es a. long
account of the recent atteelson Brandeipars. It
. . ..
• The citizens of Meade County are suffering terri
bly from' the •ravages of guerilla • warfare. The
mountainous region embraced in the territory .
bounded by • the• county lines appears to be wen
.adapted for the operations of outlaw • bands. When
pursued, the 'guerillas; can retreat from the plain; "
to the deep ravines - and wooded' hills, and, in their , '
rugged !wilds, -find safety and ,a secluded asylum,
from all organizations bent upon their expelsiozi . .
extermination from the country. There are 'no.'
Federal troops in Meade county, and the,
citizens haVe to . rely solely upon themselves for pro.
tection. The •guerillas are as well aware of WS .
• fact as the citizens are, and they take advantage
of it loi plunder and - despoil the-country. - L It'll - a
desertion admitting of much argurnsint,as to whether,
Made county is • undei..Federal Or. guerilla role.
• Neither: the General Government-nor . the State of, •
• Kentucky his any troops to enforcelaw and order
In Initiated region, while the guerillas swarm on
AVellPhill audio everyvallee, and their will is the
ohlylicenke and freedom knoWn to the people.
g ' tifi 'Wednesday ,morning, the thand of , sixty gue
. Tillers -which was encamped accord days at Gar
', nettsville'behathealarriled'at the reported approach
'of '-.Fiideral cavalry, and hastily: collecting,. their
; plunder, theY,Mounted their homes and started for
• tee• Ohio river, moving °nth° road leading to Good
. Bpring, They passed - th rough the little village of
• 'Ging Hampton; at about eight o'clock, without
offering to.comunitany depredation. They did . not
. deviate . from the road, o halt on Die way, but
pushed steadily forward. less than half an hour
A dter iliage,,, Captain.
u t i
Goee, t in command of ade hment of thirty Mount
itii:men ,froni:Elliabetkto n entered-the .place in -
I pitrsolt of tbegang. ,_ AV soon • as. the citizens saw
• the Federal troops, the secret, of the celerity of the
gtierillamovenient was fully - explained:. They had
llno. relish fora - flgiii i and were trying to avoid. it by
'rapid flight: Capta nGornonly tarried long enough
atGray Hampton to learn what road the guerillas
- had taken, when he pressed forward in pursuit. He
'expreiSsed a determination tcrovertake . and flog the
• • fleeing gang, If' hard, riding and brave men could
accomplish such an undertaking. We have heard •
1 nothing.of tag movements; since Wednesday morn
! ing,:and
cannel state wheth,er he met with soccese
'Or not: - ~ •, - -T. •.-- :- ' ... • • -.. •.. .
, . I , Great' excitement - existed in Brandsinburg..on,
I,,Wednesday. ' About daylight.- in the morning.
"twenty guerillas, under .command of .the renegade.
fFrenehman, Captain DupoSter, made a dash into
the town and demanded the surrender of the place:
They were met in the street by. five, of the valiant
Union °idler sr of the, town armed with double
barreled shotguns . , who ret un ed to accede to their
demands. A brisk little skirmish ensiled, - in. whieh
the twenty cowardly . - outthroats were completely
'routed,.'and; with several of their companions -
wounded, were ignobly. driven from. the town. The
-brave Unionists did not receive a single Borsch in
the skirmish. This was one of the moat galladt-ilt-.
tie lights of the war and each of the five brave de
fenders of their homes covered • hinnieff with
: glory. - Uwe bad more men like them in Kentucky
we would chroniele .fewer guerilla raids. After
the • decided repulse, Dopester rallied his panto
stricken gang on the _outskirts of. the town, and, a
short timeafter,sent a flag of truce into Branden
burg, witnademand • for: immediate and . uncondi,
• Donal aerrender. We have been furnished with a
copy of the preelouS document, and give it below :
11RaDQUAATERB . 7TH KENTUCKY CAVALRY, •
' Horne Guards: • • . .
We demand an immediate surrender of the town.
We expect to co me'in at leo'clock,' andlf there is a
• shot Area at us from any person in the town we will.
burn the place, and shoot every citizen that is
caught bearing arms. - Captain Durosirea, '
' CaptainBELVANT,
' Comd't Confederate foram in Meade 00., Ky.
This choice piece of-literature and model mani
festo was written. in pencil mark, upon a stray leaf
•
torn from a pocket 'menicirandabook. . The, hand
• was neither bold, roundirtmning, smooth,ohaste,nor
elegant. - The letters
_were about as Irregular and
. jumbled together as a schoolboy's first attempt 'at
penmanship. We are certain that neither of the
I . go erillacaptains Make any pretension's to - literature, .
and they will therefore excuse us for partially cor
recting their orthography and gramniar. The
• flaming official attachment of their names (', Cap
tains - Commanding Confederate Forces, Meade .
county Ky.") we beg leave to assure them is dent
dedly richoLed a - fact nbt heretofore known.ti• the
country. We would advise themnot to spread their
- • manifestoes too extensively, as they might reach the
ears of Jeff Davis, and we fear that he world scarcely
appreciate their gallant deportdent, and recognize
them as his official repreeentetivin Meade county,
.
.The,citizena of Brandenburg returned the flag of
truce with the proud rely to the - insulting, born
' bastic denier:id for surrender that they. " were fight
ing for the protection of their property and their
homes, and-if any of the out-throat gang attempted
.
to cuter the place they wbuld shoot them down as
they would a pack of- ravenous wolves.” Duposter
evidently did not expect such determination on the
part of . the Citizens, and be was completely dumb-
Mended by the reply returned to him. The guerillas
remained quietly on the outskirts of the town during
the -day, while the . citizens of Brandenburg were
making every. ; .preparation to. r esist an . attack.
The Union men sent. a message to headquarters,
in this city,thati-having but tow arms and 'little
ammunition, they were incapable of offering strong
resistance, but would fight to the last. They earn
estly petitliiine'dthat a' detachment of Federal troops
might be sent to their ,assistance, as,they are worn
out with long Watching: ' We understand that mea
sures have,beentaken to -afford the aid requested.
Shortly after the mail-steamer left Brandenburg,
at eundown! on -Wednesdarevening, - distinct , and -
rapid firing was heard In the, direction .of the town,
and it was presumed that the guerilla:shed renewed
the-attack., We have"no 'farther advises, and eau
not state the result. Citizens whO hays so gallantly
deiended their homeeais those of Brandenburg are
deserving of every protection-that, can! be afforded
by the Government,' acid we treat that a small de
tachment
of:Federa' troopewill• hereafter be' sta.
tioned.there, -,. • - . ' ... • . '
••• • •
Tits LONDON &EMMAL Poem OPSIOn Al' Sri
O'CLoCK.—The newspaPer window, ever yawning
for more, is .presently surrounded and besieged by
an army of boys, of all' ages and costumes; to
gether with children of a larger growth, who are
all alike pushing, heaving and surging, in one
great. mass. The window,.. with , tremernetous, gape,
18 assaulted with showers of papers, which fly
thicker and faster than the driven snow. Here
it is that small boys .of eleven and twelve
years of age, panting, Sinbad-like; under the
weight of huge bundles Of newspapers, ma
nage somehow to dart about and make rapid
sorties',into other ranks of boys, utterly regardless
of the roles of the official policemen, who vainly en
deavor to reduce the tumult into aomothing like
post office order. If the liAla cannot ouletlyi and
easily disenabouge, they will whit their missiles of
intelligence over other Petioles , heads, . now and
then sweeping off hats and cape with the force of shot.
Thethering every moment Increases the number
and i ntensifies the purpose; arms, legs, sacks,bae kets,
head*, bundles, and woolen oointorters—for who ever
_saw a veritable newspaper boy, without that ap-.
pendagel—seem to begetting into a State of conic
skin and disagreeable communism, and yet the cry
. they come." Heaps, of papers, of widely
Npored political views, are thrown In together; no
longer placed carefully in -the openings,: they are
now sent in sackfuls and basketfuls, while over the
heads of the surging crowd are flying back the
empty rifteka,. thrown. out of the office by the porters
ineide. • simi:cdfiCial legends, with • a "very strong
meek ofiprobability about theta, tell of sundry boys
being thtown in, seized, emptied, and thrown out
again void. As six o'clook approaches Still nearer,
the turmoil increases. more_ perceptibly, for the
intelligent' British public 'is fully alive to the
'awful truth that the post-office offetials . never
allow 6.lllll:Juke of grace, and, that ~ .Newspaper
Fair" mus£ be over when , the last stroke of six 18
heard: - One, in rush tiles of laggard boys, who
*ate purposely loitered,ln,the hope of. a little plea
mixable exeitement ;• two; lied grown men hurry In
with the lima sacks ;. three, !the. straggle resembles
nothing so much as a pantomimic melee; four, a
Babel of tongue* tioolferatirdr! desperate ly ;
final and furious showers of papers, sacks .and bags;
and, riX, itrhen ' all the windows fall; like So many
swords of Damocles, and tit& BUM close With .sach a.
sudden and simultaneous snap, that we naturally
suppoim • to' be part of the . . post-dines operations
that the slides should be made to guillotine a. acme
of bands!; and then - all over, so far as ontalders
are concerned.—Her Majerityve
• •
Judge
.-RIGHTh OW.. LANDLORD AND TAN &NT.
Wolfordtot Albany, N. Y., has rendered an import:.
ant deebtion ,In the case of Judge tGould -against
Mrs: William Stephens, of ()oboes, formerly of Troy,
• Judge Gould brought an action against ere: Sta.
phene, who was his tenant, to recover the sum o f ,
s3,(go, being the value of buildings removed ify her
from the, preaftses before the expiration of the to
malley; &Om/bleb had been orectedduring_tbe con- .
tinuan es thereof. After'hfullhearing before Judge
„Wolfer(); Judge.Gould•Wrgabig. his cafse in , veracity •.
and;Senator phiger for , *fa. S.tepherm, the Julge
decided against' the. pleinfill3nd held- Unit, 'fusee
0 /
Antioch a lbeAllithingtrifol93l4M4 IVOlkll 444
reo for. ,
„th e bee tut trade and for the isonvoniones of the.
tenant, hilakklie right lelehloie`thani`befois; thbs
enpliati n,...-At the A tetrazwy ~xio injuil havina been
done' ecohorct, —'' - -4-;,---rg
FOUR -GEMS:
• lillaepern Magazine. • • • •
• The September numbee has reached us through
J. R - tippinctott St Co. and also through T. B. Petard
eon Si - Brothers. It opens with an illustrated article,
full of vigor, entitled "An Adventure on the Coast
of Australia," and there is another, with two dozen
engravings; called "At HOMO with the Eaoul man x,"
Which has almost made us' desire to eat raw moat I
There is a good historical sleet chef President Monroe
and his Administration. We also notice several
,readable novelettes ; a paper on 'Libraries; two te
eleitable tales of " thewar ;" an account of the Oafs.
'oiisco, the artists' haunt at Rome; some middling
wines, and, the usual Monthly Record. of Current
Events,with Easy Chair, Di ewer, and Fashion news.
There are here, also, three new chaptere; with four
engravings; of. Dickens , new serial; "Our Mutual
Friend," which, we suspeet,moet readers will twill.°
first of U. These chapters introduce us to Mr.
Pediorap, his faintly, and friends—the said Podsnap
being whatnuay be called a regular John Bull—
the Veneering!, male and female, also being girths
party, Miss Podnrap seem* likely to turn out a
striking character, and we can foresee her being an
uneoneeious tool, by-and-by, in the hands of Mr.
and Mrs. Lammle, the n . ewlY•xnarried pair, who
commenced by taking each other in. What is called
the.PodsnapPery occupies only a single chapter.
The other two are devoted to the descrietion, revs.
latioris, and "development of a thundering big
scamp who accuses Gaffer liexam, his late " nerd
ner,"uf committing the Harmon Murder. Al! this
is told in Dickens' best manner, and will Impress
many, a reader with thrilling awe.
Looking through Harper we always note the ;an
nouneemente of forthcoming and new works. Among,
the former are a third edition of Harper's excellent
Handbook for 'Travellers in Europe, by W. P. Fet
ridge, with a railroad map corrected to 1884;
translation of the French novel " Under the Bap ,
(Le Mandly which has made a great sensation to
Paris,; " Grusee , s Island," as latest visited by J.
.Roin Browny, and flair/sena 'and Sonora,":by Syl
vester mowary.
Amon/ the most c recont. publications by Harper
& Brothers are Reade's "Savage Africa ;" the
fourth volume of Carlyle's "History of Frederick
the Crest ;" a. handsomely illustrated. " Guide.
Book of the. Central :Railroad of New Jersey, and
its Connections through the - Coal-Fields of Penn
sylvania," 'and a thoroughly Sensible volume, by
Catherine E. Beecher, entitled'. " Religions Train
ing of Children in the School, the Family, and the
Church."
In fiction, their Press has been remarkably proli
fic of late; as wilmeis "Captain Brand," a tale. of
pirady by" Harry Gringe;" Denis, Duval, Thacke
ray's posthumous novel, "Left Untold;". Mrs.
Gaskill's "Cousin ;" - "Barbara's History"
and the "Ladder of Life," both by Amelia. B. Ed
wards ; "Maurfce Dering," bithenuthor of "Guy
Livingstone;' ."The.Small lipase at Allington,"
by Anthony Trollope ; and "Not Dead Yet,"- by
J. 0. Jealfteson. All these belong to that splendid
series, Harper's Library of Seleot Novels.
A lELEAvy Fera..—A man whose name we did not
learn had a narrow escape from death by a fall over
a precipice, near Newburg, yesterday. At one point
the banks of the little creek .that runs through the
villageTlas some seventy or eighty feet above the
*titer, twenty-nye feet of which. le almost per
-pendlenlar. It seems that the man got drunk, went
to the verge of the bank, laid • down, and went to
sleep; and when asleep rolled off from the edge -of
the bank, failing down to the water below. • The
only effect-the fall had was to partially sober him,
and wheri taken out of the water by some men who
chanced to be passing by, the only remark he made
was, " Where the h-1. am IV'—Cievektng Despatch,
FINANCIAL AND'colummiL.
•
Thene*GovernmentleaK payable three Yang
from August.l6, 186 i, with semiannual interest at
7 B.loths in. currency , and convertible at maturity
into a six-per-cent..geld-bearing bond, redeemable
after five yeari, and pays.ble twenty years from Au-.
gust 16,1867, hai now been on the market about two
weeks, and the subseriptiors thus far ave-Age over
half a million a day. The receipts of the treasury
from all sources are represented to be about two
mMlons and a half, which is the amount Secretary
Chase estimated as the expenses of the War but a
short time before his resignation. The new loan
being, convertible into a five-twenty, bond at the end.
Of three years, is the best permanentinvestment now
before the public, which elan be had at Par; as it is
'exempt from taxation, while • all other securities
paying as high a rate of interest as seven per cent;
• are selling at premiums of from 6 to 20 per cent.,
unless they are of very - doubtful character. They
are also subject to a Government tax of five per
eel t.,:widch reduces the net income just in propor
tion to the premium at which they. are purchased.
. The following statement shows the condition of the
Philadelphia Banks yesterday as compared with .
last Monday .
Att 8. 1 Aye, •
Capital .13,22 g.
7,870 CX7 3 0.1 15 60 1
Ille•-• lA=
Loans, 39,14%449 99,964,341 1nc .... 211,t3D2
Specie • 3,96/1,851 3,982,313 Dee... -03
Legal tenders, - ; -151,678,88! 12,089,058 1nc.... 101.663
Due from panke..• 4785,801. • 8, - 077,461 Inc— 191,573
Dne• to bante r..: 6,992,712 0,.61.7,000 Inc.— 634:35 . 7
Deposits ' ' 87,469:456 , 801,82 6; 674 Inc.:.. 417.761
..i
. Circalatioa.... $181.604 . 2.214,9 - 19,Dee 16.965
102P9ongglf41FTWiligR
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sz.:t . 0 '...' = "':.2.... b .eerl 4 - 70*-, 0 '5-
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- Cleartuga. . Balances.
...... 26,006,04262 2381,979 66
• 6,838,621 82 422,877 80
8,318,451 70 , 607,419 98
• 6,743.879 36 432,139 62'
6,328441 06 .403.901 43-
' 6;301,727 66 628,619 62
• -
$35.634,743 12 22,672.697 83
licw"it •
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The following statement shows' the condition of the
baaks - of Philadelphia at various time' during 1858
and 1864:
Loans-Specie. ICirenni Deposits
January 5 37,e19,675 4,610,750.4,504,1 th 76,428,163
February 2 37,9616894 4.662,680.4,186603 21.231,753
March 2 87,901,080 4,237,6263,895,097 30,178,619
April :.. 6 87,616,520 4,32625213,874,413 29,531.568
MST 4• •• • •• • 36,567,281 4,375.3242,989,428 37,869,831
June • 1 . 37,143,937 4,357,02142,706,953 31,888,763
July . 6 311,29681/ 4,380,745'.2,564„558122,504,542
August 8 34,330.179 4.187.068 2,417431690,199,448
September 6 316773.59814.113,162 2,258,806 1 86.654,672
October 6 88,795684314,227,28612,193,000 82,258,554
Noreinber2 39,180,4214,184,60412,108,284 31,806,966
December 7 264.14,704'4,165,939 5,196174 5,374,166
January. 16 1864.• 36,6196925i4.1283.5135 2,055,810 19,576,920
February 1 64,346,1264,108.109 2,066,532 22,027,147
March 7 35,913,834:4,102,672 2,209452 31,712,547
April • 4 . 37 252,8204,095,495 2,890,092 34,404,4300,
may 2 22,770,436'3,972,319 2,241.885 37.768.831
June 6 39, 723.49313,964,030 2,100,9213 38,249,805
July 4 40,918.00913.956,88612,154,258 37,946,395
• 11 40,717,527 3,949,105 7,331,651 37.612,43•
" 18.:....: 40,733,324 3,948,440 2,2066023 26462.271
- 26....... 39.977.44818.962.260 2,226,207 35.031,259
37 E9.277,230[4 : 962,3135 0.249,226 86,520.688.
Arjust • 8 39.142,449 . 962,387 2.2:31,894 67.734.435
13 39.353,341 3,962,813 2,214,9 S 85,828,614
Gold sold yesterday at from 262 to 257
tione in this commodity are note confined
teal wants of businesSi and there is but liti
la - Glen-in it at present.
There was considerably more activity In the stock
board yesterday, and prices_for all stooks were
higher. Government securities sold better. The
coupon sizes of 'Bl sold at 107%, being an advance
of .X on last quotations. The fivatwenties and
seven-thirties sold at 109. There was little doing in
'city and State loans, and prices are the same as
Saturday's quotations. Of railroad and oanal sharell
there were some sales. - Reading sold at 884, an ad-
vanoe of .%; Pennsylvania 74, an advance ; Phila
delphia and Erie at 36%, an advanoe of X. . Canal
stooks also are on the advance. Susquehanna sold
at 21.44, an advance of 3 i Schuylkill Navigation
preferred at 40X, an advance of ;4 ; the common
stock sold at 31%, an advance of %; Delaware Di
vision sold at 41, an advance of I. Of coal comps,
nits, Fulton , sold at 10%, an advance of 15; ; Big
Mountain BX, an advance of 1%; Green Mountain
also advanced X ; Dalsell 011 sold at 8%, an ad
vance of x ; McClintock at 5%, an advance of x ;
Densmore at 10%, an advance.
Drexel /k. CO. quote Government Securities, &0.,
as follows :
Sew United States 80nd51881..................407 Ice
New Certfilates of Indebtedness-- ....... 9411 96X
New. United States 78-10 Notes 108 110
Quartermasters' Vouchers 92 94
Ord d ers for Certificates of Indebtedness •
—26 3% 6
X 44%
Sol 7
-netting
of loft is N 9
Fivo-twentelottlis 112 SR 169 X
.
STOCK EXitiEtAt4dE SALES, August lb.
900 Cat it pref. •b 543 • HO mineral on
wo Big lietuttairt... b 5 8 100 do
..
100. de.... ......;bb -8 7500 II B Coop,* ....I
3,,, do ' ..., 8 3000 .. do . . —.10 5 4
•NO • dd,..'•••• ' ' B' WOO • o 7
.Ifo do •.. • 8.. 3000 . d0..,..........10 7 %
' 80 Phil & ]lsle R:.a . th KW '2rotr So 20 Bds cash. WM
. 1 Wyetn1329,1ra1 t 1er . ... , 00.; 800 - do 10874
'-10 - do S 8 100 do reffl o3
1 Norrle torn.)l.; :1..: OB ' -20013 8 7 30e.•.F&A.. 1 09
10 Blinehill R ' ' Gs% 5000 City 6s .... ........ .10424
26 dcl 8222 600 City 6.i Railroad.. del
- 17 Louisville 8ank...1.18}4 Be do ... :.. .... —.104
--- t , 118)41700 -.do _ 6 lei •
21 d -- 11834 10E0 North renna a• • ..10LN
-.100 8 bliliat4 . ..Wf. vx :, • • • •
ne 4
••• ', vo-AlRTOrai' Bo4 ? l,l)o * : 1 . •
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J AI# ; ( 41 ; 4 0 a 810,c4.y...., • A . : ...
- q 6, 4
. g.,...430 I 44 hialp4..: - l'
„...,....,,,. iv 5i..:.4 -- 13. ...r.i.,,t ....4- -.. 1
TAM NEWEL r v inaSS.
. 2 % trEEMEND WEEKLY.)
i ntillriS Puns will be seat to rentgeeribere Ds
: 740(dpi:sr inyken t in Odvance) at 4,4 ts etr
Viar!CooPlet: a 06
•
fl;,, Oct* - r‘• • .
•• • • •••••••••: .:•••••••...: 8 Os
Ten , onniel 15 oe
Leder (dubs - than -7en trlli be shams& at tbs maw
rate; $1.60 per ooi7. -
•
The money inturtalwaya accompany the order, end
in no (meaner: can atoelfrfigbedeviateafroln. as t 4
afford very Lurie ew tha a the cimt al paper.
a;r•
Postmasters era reaneged to act ats agents for
lira Wes Pawn. •
SET To the getter-up of the Clnb of tett or twenty, ma
extr, copy of the Paper will be ItPleb.
•
. , EMOOND 110A11.11,
100 McClintock OIL .. 634 6 Pennsylvania E.. 74
700 do ...... —l4- 634 15 do ........ ..... •74
660 Feted CoaL 10 • • 4 do.. 44
.. ..... .....
400- do .... . --MO. 103 12 do 74
1150 Biglio antain.. bd. 93( 2 do 4
100' do b 6. 914 90 do 74
100 do . 9 150 17 8 6-29 800d0....109
60 Febnylk Pi .Pret.. 401 f 3103 de.... in 500 •• • .10846
al do . pre sox' 703 do •". in 1000-10836
SO Comnionw'h 'Mk.. 47 900 Phila. & Oil Creek. I
Do • 4o' - .- 47 • 9 DOliware DI , " ..... 44
IO
Me Densmore....
530 530 . 101( 3 do 4.1
3UP do N
2ko McClintock Oil. NS sif
100 Big Mountain blO
60 Plaolu&IrSe R2dYm 364
MI Fallon Coal.. —bBo 1036'
100 11 Pelona M.. .. • ... 3011
We • do beads--108
60 Morrie Cann) 100
76 do 1(21
811 Corn 'limier
1013 Reeding ....... .b3O 6814
400 61ckliteny lots 734
200 Petroleum Cet Cre :43
MO Melia eny.... • • b3O 731
290017n16ri Petroleum.. 3.14
300 •Denam ore
, 100 Noble & Del. ..... • MN!
200 Corn Plant, 4
210 Orvinitt
100 ldet.nintaalc'
100 Corn Plenty ...
• 3%
100 Nil ;elt ' 8%
ICO Ica, yam " 8134
GOV Keyeterte Mit 2
000 McClintock ••• • WO 636
600 Tnion Petroleum-- 3%
800 Noble -& .....
600 McClistroclr
600 Union Petroleum • 3 44!
200 Mclithcny ' 7M i
600 McClintock ... ;Ina at
. Ira vetroleam Centre. MO
ZOO McClintock regkint 151 ‘
3011 Itesdhig 68:86
200 EneelEior • lye
MA Reading :
cLoaima
II 8 'M AA.
s .•.•/22 /06
11 16 6•20 a.... USX 109
Union Canal • 9' tif
fit Prat• • k 3 4
an* SUS git
• 934
g .tain.,..../34 • - 8
gr Y :2 ' t i a . Z . ;. a gi
-2 • 4
New prick QUI: ,
`lrevaler.Dain COgi ! 3f: 1
Clinton Coal iG • '1.%
Amer Kaolin 2)i -2
Pena lining ON
Conn Mining . L .
/11811.0 e Iron 2
oil Creek 6
Maple Shade 011. NS 16
Market film and active
The New York Post of last evening says :
Mr. Fessenden Is expected to reach New York
this evening on his return from Maine. The absurd
sensation rumors that he is about to resign, are
without authoritative foundation.
• Gold opened at 255 X, and gradually rose to - 26451
the closing price. Exchange is more linnet 2710278.
The loan market is unchanged. Seven per cent.
Is.the current rate, but there is little btudness doing.
Commercial. paper is passing readily at 603 per
cent.. -
The 'stock market Is sluggish but steady. Go
vernmenta are quiet. Five. twenties are slightly
lower, while sixes of 1881 have advanced under
orders from abroad. Certificates are unchanged,
and seven-thirties are rather more firm.
•
The State stooks are steady, coal stooks are
strong, bank shares neglected, mining shares dull,
railroad bonds lirm, and railroad shares dull and
The strongest stooks on the speoplative list were
Northwestern Wabash, and Mariposa ; but the lan
named stock 'has reacted, and closes at the lowest
price of Saturday. Atlantic Mail bee advanced
per cent the past week on account of the dividerid,
which IS repotted likely to equal that of Padilla_
Before the first session gold was quoted. at 136 x,
Erie at 112%, Hudson River at 13234, Reading at
136 X, Michigan Southern at 92, - Pittsburg at 1.1331,
Fort Wayne at 115%, Mariposa at 42X, and Quick.
silver at 80%.
The appended table exhibits the chief movement/
at the board compared with the latest prices of Ss.
turday ;
Mon. • Sat.' Adv. Dee.
flatted States k, 1991, reg hoE, 107. )(
Putted States 6s, 1881, coup.• ..... .107 E 10634 14 • •
United Stagesi-915 109 DE • •
United States 5-20 s, cony 103 E 109 ..
'United States cart. otinency 94X 91.74
American Gold gt 6 '356% -
Tennessee Sizes 56 ME
Missouri Sixes en 67 1 ..
Atlantic Mall 19t1i .193 • 1%
Pacific Mail 280 287
New Fork Cent. Railroad... .. ....112X BI
• • X
Erie -112% • • 36 .
Erie preferred 1103{; 11.934 '
Hudson Riyer • 13431. 13234
Reading • 1863 .-
Michigan Central '. • 1.113,46 'l3B • • X,
Michigan Southern 92X 91 34 ..
Michigan Southern GaarliSsed. - . 142 142
ln mots Central Scrip 129 E• ME X
Pittebnrg R: B 113 1133 E
Toledo 131 131 ..
the Board, New-York Central closed at 131,
Erie at 112%, Hudson at 188,- Reading at 138 K,
Michigan Southern at 92%; , Rock - Island at 114.
Dlarlposa fell to 41X. At the second call we ob
served an improved feeling. "Q.uicksilverrose to 81,
Cumberland to 611;Miehigan Souther:l . :to 9134.
PhilladeVids itarliets.
. AUGUST
The demand for Floor's limited but holders are
firm in their views, and there is very little doing.
The retailers and bakers are buying at from PO
9.60 for auperdne, $104310.50 for extra, $1.0.50@)1.1 the
extra family, and 812.50@13 per bbl for Imlay brands
according to quality. Rye Flout and Corn Meal
continue scarce and in demand.
Caulk.—There is more Wheat offering; about
12.000 bushels have been disposed of at from 254:0
255 c for old radii, and 2031§2680 W? bushel for new do.,
the latter rate for Southern white ranges at from
27562900 Wl bushel, as to quality. Rye is In -de
mand at 186 e W 4 bushel for •Pennsylvania. Ooin is
dull, with sales of prime yellow at 1610, and whits
at 164@ligic bufhel. ' Oats are in steady demand,
with sales of 8,000 bush at ioc for new, and 930#950
bushel.for old.
BARK.—lst No. 1 Quercitron continues scarce and
in demand at $5l It ton.
.ocrrow.—The market is very quiet, and the sales
limited at $1.75 111 it, cash, for middlings.
Onoornms—Sugar has advanced about 4'e
with sales of 250 hogsheads Cuba, at 213 @22 sift lb.
Coffee continues dulL •
PaTztoranm is selling at from 49@50e for erode ;
80@83c for refined in bond; and S7tt9oc ft gallon for
free, according to quality.
SUBDIL—Clover continues scarce, with small sales
at *ll3e/16 is 64 5,5, the latter from second hands.
Timothy is selling In-.a small way at $5.50@i5
bushel, and Flaxseed at 03.84 sp bushel.
PROVISiONS.—The market continues dull, and
there is very little doing in any description. Small
lots of Mesa Pork are selling at from 537q41 i bbL
Bacon Hams are selling in a small way at 20025 s
re a for plain and fancy, bagged. Butter is in fair
demand at 34@45c IbTor solidpacked. • '
WHISKY.—SmaII sales of Pennsylvania bbls aro
making al $1.76@1.77, and Western at from $1.784j)
1.79 fl.gallon.
The following are the receipts of Flour and Grain
at this port to-day
Flour 1 400 bbil.
Wheat 18,800 bus.
.• . •
Corn - 5 400 hut.
Oatss 000 bur.
. .
Ptilladelphtbk cattle Market.
• - AUGUST 15—Evening.
The arrivals and sales of Beef Cattle at Phillips'
Avenue Drove Yard continue large, reaching about
2 ; 200 head this week. The market is dull, aid
prices remain about tle same as lastquoted. Extra
Pennsylvania and Western steers are selling at
from 16016,00, fair to good do at 14@1.51ie, andboin
mon at fixim lo@lac VI Th, as to quality. About 150
head sold to go to 14altimore at ftomT@lM j 1 Z,
gross. The market closed veil dull at the above
rates.
Cows are dull ; 160 head Bold at from $3O up to
$65 head, as to quality.
Strazr are firmer; 6,00 head arrived and gold at
fr0m.5@740 sta.a., gross, as to quality.
Houa.—About 2,000 head arrived and sold at the
Tinton and Avenue Drove Yards at from $15.50,
30.50 the 100 itv, net.
'The Cattle on Bale today are from the following
'States:
660 head from Pennsylvania.
920 .." from Illinois.
620 " from Ohio.
The follcrwing are the particulars of the sales
Martin Fuller dr 00., 70 Western Steers, selling
at from 14@16c for fair to extra.
P. Hathaway, 66 Chester county and Weston'
Steers, selling at from 14@16c 9R fl for common to
extra.
Ullman & Co., 40 Chester county Steers, selling
at from 14@lee IS it for fair to good.
Tones McCiese, 42 Chester cotMty and Western
Steers. selling at from 12@14c for common to fair.
Gust. Shamberg, 40 Western Steers, selling at
from 10G14e for common to fair: •
1). Branson 14 Chester county Steers, selling at
from 10@ 1 4c ?or common to fair. ,
Owen Smith, 68, Western Steers, selling at from!.
(gtiktio for 'Common to good.
Mooney & Smith, 164 Ohio Steers, selling at from.
130gitigo for common to extra.
P. MoFillen, 100 Chester county and Western
Steers, selling at from 14@1eo for fair to extra.
COWS AND CALVES.
The arrivals and sales of Cows Avenue
Drove Yard reach about 160 head this week. The
market is dull at about former rates. Springers are
selling at from $30640, and Cow and Calf at from
OS up to NS per head, as to quality.
CALVES are without ohange about 40 head sold
at from 8629 c 10 is, as to condition and quality.
THE SHEEP IIfrARILEP.
The arrivals and sales of Sheep at Philips' Avenue
Drove Yard eon tin ue lame, reaehing about 6,000 head
this week. ' There Is more aotivity in the market at
six ut former rates: Common are sellinat 5 6 ,5 34 e,
tali to good at Biro, and extra at 7ge ll+
g_, gross.
Traneac
to the ac
le spoon-
THE HOG- MARKET.
.-- - -
,Yhe,arrivals and sales of Hogs at the Union and
Avenue Drove Yards reach about 2,000 head thle
Week,-selling-at from 015 boa 18.50 the 100 as net.
1,360 head sold at Henry Glass' Union Drove Yard
at $15.50@10 50 the 100 The net.
.060 head sold at the Avenue Drove. Yard at from
$10.60@16.50 the 100 Ls net, as to quality. ..
New York Itiorketo, August 16.
dsnits are quiet and steady at $13.50 for Pat
and *15,50 for Pearls.
BREADSTUIteS.—The market for State and West
ern is rather more' actiee ; sales 12,000 barrels at
$9.10C9.40 for superfine State ; $9.90639.95 for altni ,
State.; SIOQIO.IO for choice do.; $9.10t#9.60 for au-
Periine Western ; $9.70@10.25 for common to medium
extra Western; and $10.36@10.60 for common to good
shipping brands extra round-hoop Ohio ; and slo.l*
f@l2 for trade brands.
Southern Flour Is rather more steady.; sales 1,800
bhls at $10.750/11.35 for common, and 011.40@)/2 for
fancy and extra
Canadian Flour is rather more steady ; sales 700'
bbls at $0.95@ 1 0 10 for common, and $10.14112 for
good to choice extra.
• Rye Flour Is quiet.
Corn Meal is quiet and stoady.
Wheat Is without decided change.
Rye is quiet and steady. Barley is dull afid nomi
nal. Barley Malt is firm at $2.30502.35. Oats ar e.
"i e t. a t 56607 for Canada, 97@98 for State, and 08
goo for Western. Th." Corn market is lc lower.
Puovistotrs,—The Pork market is firmer, with a
moderate business doing; sales 4,oolbbls at $37 for
mess, $40•76041 for new do, $36.60 for n ew prim.
and $80.60@40 for prime,mess ; also 1;500 bbie new
;
mess for all this month, buyer's Option, at $42.50,
and 7,000 do for September, same option, at Sa
ne Beall market lil• very quiet; Web' 210 bbls at
about prerioul +Ok. ' Prime 113083 beef is quiet and
nominal. at 1ia635.; . a Out meats are quiet and firm,
allsiNGlfic for , shoulders, and 174517V3 for hams.
The Lard market Is without decided change ; sales
500 bbleatllX4l , 2234q.
Wilmalr.—The market , is decidedly firmer, with
sales of 900 diblirat $1.75f51.77 for . . State, and $1.73a
.1.78 for Western. Included in the sales are 250 bola
E ar„E for all September, at $1.85: "
illal..Lotv•isln fair requeet arid firm; sales 250 000.
I l .)d t lst i Ver No. 2 Western . 1O;. for Eastern, and
abor's Aesoeiation.
44! fr ,
•• . etanwrik Telegrarbia
r
Aug: 15.--LFlour steady. Wheat 'se-
Aindi Oorn steady sod tending, un w ard ;
ea, 4, bushels white at Ail 84) . 1.4 Whisky
80.V.IEW tarOeeriss
Xf: ,
'FEE BOARDS.
600 Rgbert ' 3
350 Organic.. . ..... 3dys IX
1050 Green Ils Coates 7..10e
650 Reading 69.69
SOP Keystone 011 2
200 El k'enna b 5 3514
2C 1 Filmy coal ..... ... svi ,
100 Dig lgoanbein ••• • - 835
300 do . ts3o N
100 do • MOB)§
100 Densmore 10
100 Dalzell
400 Union Peneini...bl6 fli.
10050 hict
do ilieny TA_
BXO Raton Canal 8.1.... 25
iOOO Pa Ins m bde.sswn 125
250 Rea lima MO 6504
200 niacin b 39 10511 .
i 100 Reading biio BA
. 100 Big Mountain 8
i UM Dalaell b3O in
f:4:0 Reading MD MI .•
i 10 Mccllntoek 5
10 0 0
do bio 611
300 Reading.. .. .. 68.1 c
200 mccuatoci....iiii gi(
. )0012 Palma WO 35X
' 200 Clinton Coal 1
• 150 Big Donuts= 8%
100 do
100 Reading es
sv
' 200 d
30I) d o o 88.11..
... Thursday 69N.
Met Ask.
McClintock 0R... • • 534 4%
Perry Ott 6X 5.34'
Mineral Ott 248.100 3
Beyatone 011 134 2
Venango il •34 1
11111t/Il O
Organic, Oil 3§
floweete•Eddy Oil I 2
Irving Oil 634 6
Bstaurflora 15 20
Keystone Zinc... 2 234 .
Deteamore Oil-- 10 104
Dal sell 0i1 ....... 8 8
hicfilheny Oil ...• 734 .
01 roatead 23(1 3
Noble & Del 15 um
Pa.ale Petroleumrt 2,4 3 Co. 31. 18 334
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