01.0 riltraSS,
l op DA/L . (SUNDAYS vacuaDa
or .1103111 IC FORNEY,
1,, N o . 01 SOUTH Forrivra STRUT
iing DAILY PRESS,
ieseribei s, le Tax DOLLARB PER ANNUM,
TWENTY CENTS PER WEER, payable 10
Sailed to Subscribers out of the• city.
AO ?BA ANNUM ;4017R.DoELAR8- AND
Ors, Norms; TWO DoLLARS',AND TWIINTYm
17011 TERSE MONTHS,* invariably in &dynamo
• ordered,
ortisemenis Inserted at the , usual rates.
TRI.WEERiar PRESS,
4100Nribm, Pus pout/ins pits Anzitni. In
ZTAIL -DAY .GOODS.
I TION IN PRICES.
WIN ITALIA Sr , Co.,
South SECOND Street,
LL OPEN THIS mottrulla
lECES OF THE BEST STYLES OF
ACIFIC,
MANCHESTER, and
Which they propose selling ak
50 CENTS A YARD, RETAIL;
REDUCTION lIN I THE PRICES OF CALICOES.
REDI7CTIOIi IN - TEE PRICES .OF _nosLim.
E. B. DRESS GOODS and SILKS daily received from
the New York ani Philadelphia Auctions, at
GREATLY REDUCED PRICES,
CIIIIWEN - STODDART Lt 13RO. ILLVE
purchased at the large Auction Sales in New York
and Philadelphia since the recent' bony) ,
DECLINE IN GOLD,
french Morinoes, $1.75.
Do. do., $1.55.
Do. do., $2.05.
Do. d0.,52.20.
°rod all woo Plaids, choice styles.
Rich Plaid Poplins,
Solid Colors do,
Do. do. Mousseline Delaines.
Rich Black Silks.
From the late Auction Sale of
)113SSRS H. SORMIEHER & SON'S FABRICS
10,000 YARDS
SA.XONY WOVEN DRESS GOODS,
Comprising the beet styles of
All-wool Plaid Cashmere.
Do. filling Toil du Nord.
Do. do. Scotch Plaid Chally.
Do. do. Tartan do. do.
Satin-ground Lasting, splendid colors.
Do. do. do., Scotch patterns.
StripdCrefila ye.
scotctplaLma
beautiful Union Checks. ks.
Do. Pansy do.
Prices of the above range from 55c. upward, and the
stork comprises the beet and most varied assortment we
ever offered.
MANCHESTER /MOUSSELINE DELAINES AT 50 era.
CURWEN STODDART & BRO.,
450,452, and 454 North SECOND Street,
se23-3t Above Willow street,
GRAND OPENING
OP THE
New andltfagnificeut Store
• OF
JOHN .sr, CO.,
No. 26 Sontb. eighth Street,
MONDAY, Sept. 26th,
WRBUZ WILL BE FOUND THE MOST 13BAUTIFIIL
ASSORTMENT OF
GOODS,
cI.,OAICS, AND SITAWIAS
IN THE CITY
WE HAVE .717 ST OPINED
1,000 PCS SILKS,
PLAIN AND FANCY.
500 MERINOS,
PLAIN AND FIGURED.
50 FREIN , TOLT POPLINS,
REP AlviD FIGURED.
200 WOOL DE LATNES,
DOUBLE AND SINGLE WIDTH, PLAIN
AND FIGURED.
MO MOHAIR ALPACAS,
FLAW AND FIGURED.
100 ENGLISH MERINO,
ALSO, A LARGE STOCK OF
Vaney and Staple
1)13,3E,5S Cr 0 01) S.
ne224m
NEW DRESS GOODS,
FROM AUCTION,
AT LOW PitlC-E,S.
10,000 YDS,,SAXONY WOVEN DRESS GOODS
Comprising the best styles of
Plaid Cashmere,
Do. 'Pilling Toil du Nord,
Do. do. Scotch Plaid Chally,
Do, do. Tartan do. do.,
Satin-ground Lasting, and splendid cplors,
Do. do. , Scotch patterns,
Striped Crepe Rays,
Scotch -plaid , Llamas,
Beautiful Union Cheeks,
Do. Panay Union Checks,
Prices of the above range from 65 cents upwards, and
the stock comprises the best and most varied assort
ment we ever offered.
01JEWEN STODDART & BROTHER,
450, 453, and 454 North SECOND Street,
, CHEAP GOODS FROM AUCTION
EDMUND YARD Sz, CO.)
617 CHESTNUT AND 614 JAYNE STREETS,
Have In store a fall line of
MERIN OES,
POPLINS,
DE LAINES,
B ALM ORAL S,
bought at the late auction sales, which they offer at a
small advance on cost. • sell-tf
ARMY, NAVY, AND CIVIL
CLOTH' HOUSE.
W. T. SNODGRASS,
34 8. 3800131) Street and 23 STRAWBERRY Stree
- .11, LARGE STO6II OF ALL HINDS OF
CLOTHS, CASHMERES, TESTINGS, &c.,
At fair prices, pircbased before the rise, independent
of, gold gamblers, by the package, piece; or yard.' Our
!motto is to sell. We don't peddle. Come and see oar
stook, The Array and Navy trade has our special at
tention. eel-lm
,lIPIIT'S FRENCH lIIERINOES $2
A- 4 All-wool Freuch Poplins at $1.87%.
Fine Zngl.tab. Merinoes at 21.75.
2-yds wide do dos2.zo,
1% do do do $2.
Plain and Plaid Dress Goode at 373 e to MO.
JOHN H. STOKES,
702 ARCH Street.
TT STEEL 66 SUN HAVE Now
• open a large and choice assmortment of
FALL AND WINTER DRESS GOODS.
Plain Merinoes. SL26 to $B, Plain Poplins,
Plaid Merinoes awl Poplins,
Plain and Plaid Silk Poplins,.
Plain and Figured 'Mohair Poplins,
and a great -variety of new and choice Drees Goode, all
at prices far below
THE PRESENT COST OF IMPORTATION.
SILKS—Of all kinds, a great variety, from 75 cents
to s3per yard below
THE IMPORTER'S - PRICES.
SHAWLS—A large assortment, at _a small advance
over last season's prices, '
sea• tf Nos. 713 and 715 North TENTH Street.
A',LLRGB STOCK OF SILKS 0
HAND, for sale below the present coat of impor
Bich Moire Antionee.
Colored and Slack Corded Silks.
Colored and Black Pauli de Soles.
Armnres and Gros Graines.
Superior Quality. Plain Silks.
Colored and Black Ottoman Silks.
Colored and Black Figured Silks.
Heavy Black Taffetas.
Superior Black Silks.
Black Silks of all kinds.
EDWIN HALL & CO.,
itn27.tf .26 South SECOND Street.
'RLANKETS.
Finest American made.
'Extra large " Premium Rochdaies..
Superfine "Merrimack.".
Well•known " Hollands.
10-4 and 11.4 low-priced Blankets.
Crib and Cradle Blankets.
Army and Horse Blankets.
Ns!' . Hotels, rechools and Fe.millee supplied with any grade ,
:from cheapest to Sneer, of any size, from smallest cradle
'to extra large bed, at lowest wholesale or retail rates.
- COOPER At CONARD,
se22-tf S. E. corner Nib TH and MARKET.
160 Q HOOP BKITITS. *6
The most complete aseortment of 28.
Ladles', Mime', and Children's HOOP SKIRTS in the
•city are manufactured and sold, wholesale and retail,
at No. 025 ARCH Street. Our stock embraces all
the new and, desirable styles, iertithe, and sizes'; for
'finish and durability are especially adapted to first.
clans trade. Skirts •made to order, altered, a re-
Paired. Also, constantly in and
receipt of full lines ol
apßaetern-made Skirts. _
ael3.lme
OURLEB MrDDLETON,
SECOND AND WILLOVIrraz i ng, "T.
it'oraly iron ptirettarattirtittillat
iy,.,QT:4.:.-,t0i : .:0,.
Snit. & DRY GOODS JOBBERS.
TUCK i
FALL, n FALL,
i
11304. NOW IN STORE. 1804.
EDMUND YARD i CO.,
Ds, 617 Chestnut and 614 Jayne Streets,
MOWERS AND JOBBERS 01
SILKS AND FANCY DRY GOODS,
SHAWLS, LINENS.'
A rca WH/TE GOODS.
A LARGE AND HANDSOME STOOK OF .
DRESS GOODS.
FULL LINE OF FOREIGN AND DOMES=
rr.A.-LNECYRALS,
Irrotamme BRUNER'S AND OTHER MAKES.
an2o-am
HAMILTON
HAZARD & HUTCBINSON,
No. 11'4 CIitSTNUT STRUT.
COMMISSION MERCHANTS;
PRILLDiLPHIA• MADE G00.D13
FLAGS 1 FLAGS 11
SWORD
Together with a full assortment of
sal- o
pITILAT)F,I,PI-IIA
N. E. CORNER, FOURTH AND MARKET STREETS,
WINDOW CURTAIN PAPERS,
LINEN SHADES AND HOLLANDS,
SOLID GREEN AND BUFF,
CHOCOLATE GROUNDS, FIGURED, AND PLAIN
SHADES,
GENTS' 1171INISIIING GOOTIS.
82,6 .e..R011 STREET.
'DIST ?REMY SHIRT AND WRIPI'BR
TO THE NEW STONE,
825 ARCH STREET.
3elo-finortza -
THE IMPROVED PATTERN SHIRT,
WARRANTED TO FIT AND GIVE SATISFACTION;
Nos. 1 AND 3 NORTH SIXTH STREET,
MANUFACTURER AND DEALER IN
GENTLEMEN'S FLU FERNISIIPI - GOODS.
CONSTANTLY ON HAND,
LINEN. MUSLIN, and FLANNEL SHIRTS, and
DRAWERS, COLLARS, STOCKS, TRAVELLING
SRIETS, TIES, WRAPPERS, Aro.,
HOSIERY.
GLOVES,
SCARFS,
bUS.tENDERS.
HANDKERCHIEFS,
SHOULDER BRACES, he., he.
CARPETS AND
PARPRTS 1 CARPETS! CARPETS I
CLOSING OUT LATE IMPORTATIoIiS 20 PERCENT
NEW VENETIANS, PALATINE, AND DAMASK
DRUGGETWS.
WELL•SEASONED OIL CLOTHS, Sm., Zr.o.
JAMES H. ORNE & CO.,
026 CHESTNUT STREET,
se37-Etutla2ca
aboie Willow
1864. FALL 1864.
GLEN )OCI - 10 MILLS,
GERMANTOWN.
Moe AL,LUM & C 0.,
CARPET WAREHOUSE,
• 509 CHESTNUT STREET,
.16-tf PHILADELPHIA.
X 864. 1864.
mecAxa...T.Tivi sr. CO.,
RETAIL DEPARTMENT,
519 CHESTNCT STREET,
sel6-tf OPPOSITE INDEPENDENCE HALL,
OASH,DRUIa HOUSE.
WM. T. HOPKINS
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COMUSSION 110JSES.
FOR TIM SALE OF
MILITARY GOODS.
CAMPAIGN VI,A..GS,
BUNTING AND
OF EVERY DESCRIPTION
SASHES,
MILITARY GOODS.
30.17.A.NS 1-IASS AMID,
WALL PAPERS.,
WALL PAPERS.
HOWELL ct BOURHE,
Mannfactarerß of
PAPER I,IA.NGING.s,
To which we invite the attention of
STOREKEEPERS
ELEIVIOVAL.
G. A. HOFFMAN,
MANIJEACTORY, AND GRNTLEMN'S
FURNISHING EMPORIUM,
RIMOVRD PROM 606 ARCH STREW
NA-DE BY
JOHN C. AIMISON,
OF HIS OWN MANNFACTURE.
ALSO,
Wild at reasonable prices
LESS THAR PRESENT GOLD RATES
FRENCH AND ENGLISH A.XMINSTERS.
WILTON'S OF ENTIRE NEW PATTERNS.
VELVETS AND TAPESTRIES, Wide Goode.
With a large assortment of
TIIREE-PLY AND INGRAIN CARPETS.
DRUGS.
WRIGHT da SIDDALL,
No. li9 RANKET STEM.
letween FRONT and SECOND Street&
S. W. WRIGHT.
DRUGGISTS, PHYSICIANS ! AND &Er
NERAL STORERPEPERS
Can find at our establishment a tall assortment
of Imported and Domestic Drugs, Popular Pa
tent Medicines, Paints, Coal Oil, Window. Glass,
Prescription Vials, etc. at as low prices as Rena
ins, first-class goods call be sold.
FINE ESSENTIAL, OILS,
or Confectioners, in fall variety and of the best
quality.
Cochineal, Bengal Indigo, Madder Pot Ash,
G i vibear,'Soda Ash, Alum, 011 of Vitriol, innet
to, Copperas, Extract of Logwood, Sic.,
FOE DYERS USE,
Always on head at lowest net cash
SULPHITE OF LIME,
for keeping cider ,sWeet tis
a perfectly hacmie
Ipr epar ation, pat up, with fall directions for nee,
In packages.containing sufficient for one barrel,
Orders by mail or city post will meet with
prompt attention, or 'special qttOtatiOnl3 Will b.
tarnished when requested.
WRIGHT ALL,
WHOLESALE DRUG WAREHOUSE,
No. 119 MARKET Street, above I'BONT.
de4.tbstrily-fp
LP PICING GLABBBS. -
JAMES S.. EARLE as SON.
81.6 OUSTNUT STREBT,
time now In stores very nue assortment of
L'OOKING: - GLASSES;"
•of triary'sharacter, of its • -
MI BM ILLfiIinfACTUES AND LATEST STILL*
OIL PAINTINGS,, EDIGIUVINGS, , ,••
awm . PIORTEZ All PHOTOGRAPH MAIM:
CARD AND F.&NOY JOB FBINTLNOI
as liAlleWitia 4 WW I% 111 IL 1911117141
THY' FLORENCE
THE FLORENCE
THE FLORENCE
THE FLORENCE -
THE FLORENCE
THE FLORENCE
THE FLORENCE
THE FLORENCE
SEWING MACHINES.
SEWING MACHINES.
SEWING MACHINES.
SEWING MACHINES,
SEWING MACHINES,
SEWING MACHINES,
SEWING MACHINES,
SEWING MACHINES.
00 CHESTNUT STREET.
630 CHESTNUT STREET,
630 CHESTNUT STREET.
630 CHESTNUT STREET.
630 CHESTNUT STREET.
630 CHESTNUT STREET.
630 CHESTNUT STREET.
630 CHESTNUT STREET.
T 3E. WIMLOICA.Vri,N,
No.. TM CHESTNUT STREET,
CURTAIN MATERIALS,
Consisting of
BELTS,
In the newest deeigne and colors
LACE CURTAIIiB,
At one third less than the present cost of-Importation,
WALRAVEN'S,
(Late OARRYL'S>)
418 ARCH . Street
EDWARD P. KELBY,
Have received their FALL STYLES, and a laige stock
of FALL and WINTER GOODS, including choice
AMERICAN GOODS, all bought before the rise in prices,
which they will make up in the ben styles at moderate
prices. :
TERMS—DTET CASH: matt'
sel?,•mws 2m
STIVIONERY & BLANK BOOKS !
(111, MINING, COAL, AND OTHER
‘--F NEW COMPANIES. •
825
;We are prepared to furnish New Coiporations with all
the Books they require, at short notice and low Prioati,
of first quality. .All styles of Binding.
STEEL PLATE CERTIFICATES OF STOOK,
LITHOGRAPHED ‘` „
*
TRANSFER BOOK,
ORDERS OF TRANSFER,
STOCK LEDGER,
STOCK LEDGER BALANCES,
REGISTER OF CAPITAL STOOK,
BROKER'S PETTY LEDGER. tc l '
ACCOUNT OF SALES.
DIVIDEND BOOK.
MOSS & 004
BLANK BOOK MANUFACTITRERS:LND STATIORERS,
ANOTHER BATCH OF
NEW BOOKS.
4:6)
The cruise of these two famous Confederate vessels,
from the private journals, &c., of Captain Semmes and
his officers. This work is printed from the advance
proof-sheets of the London edition, and is of the most
intense interest, presenting a vivid and picturesque
history of the entire career of these two famous Con
federate vessels. Two vols. in one, 12mo, cloth, tinted
paper, $2.
A remarkable new novel—vigorous and fresh—sure
o male a hit. 12mo, cloth, tinted paper, $1.7,1,
An entirely new work, by the author of " Green
Monntaln Bo •n," "May Martin," "Locke Amadeu."
nmo, cloth, $1.60. -
11 ern
EDMUND KIRKE'S NEW BOOK, •
DOWN IN TENNESSEE,
Is selling like wild-fire, everybody is talking about it
12mo, cloth, UK . • -
***These books are be sold everywhere, and will be
sent by mail FRE% on receipt of price, by
GEORGE W. CARLETON,
se7-ws tf Publisher, New 'York.
NEW BOOKS 1 NEW BOOKS 1
'I HISTORY OF THE REFORMATION IN THE
TIME OF CALVIN. By D'Aubigne. Vol, 3.
ANCIENT LAW ; Its Connection with the Early His
tory, of Society, o.nd its Relation to Modern Ideas. By
H. S. Maine.
INTRODUCTION TO.THE STUDY OF INTERNA
TIONAL LAW. By Theodore D. Woolsey.
THE POLITICAL HISTORY 0 F THE UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA DURING THE GREAT RE
BELLION, from November 6th, 1660, to July 4th, 1664.
By Edward McPherson.
THE CRUISE OF THE ALABAMA AND SUMPTER.
From the Private Journals and other Papers of Com
mander R. Semmes and other officers.
DOWN IN TENNESSEE. By Edmund Kirke.
FROM CAPE COD TO DIXIE AND THE TROPICS.
BY J. Milton Mackie.
For sale by W. S. At ALFRED MARTIEN,
se2i•tf 606 CHESTNUT Street.
Below. Seventh
ASHMEA.D & 'EVANS
-HAVE JUST RECEIVED
INTERNATIONAL LAW.' By Thomas D. Woolsey,
President of Yale College.
ANCIENT LAW. By Henry Sumner Maine.
;FIRESIDE TRAVELS. By James Russell Lowell.
POEMS OF TEE WAR. - BY George EL Boker.
THE CLIFF CLIMBERS. By Mayne Reid.
EARLY -DAWN. Fine edition, tinted paper.
AMERICAN ANGLER'S BOOR. By Norris.
DRAMATIS P.ERSONIE. By Robe] t Browning.
THE TRIAL. By the author of "Heir of Redolyffe, ' 7
The MONOMANIAC, CENT EOLA,
_VICTOIRE, RITA,
and numerous other new la
novels. agazinea for Octo
ber, and all other new Publications.
ASHMEAD & EVANS,
Successors to W. P. Hazard,
se2l tf No. 7R4 CHESTNUT Street.
NAVAL SCIENCE-NEW BOOKS.
JUST PUBLISHED,
THE HAND-BOOK OF. THE UNITED STATES
NAVY, compiled and arranged by B. S. Osborn, 1
volume.
011,NNEEV CATECHISM, as applied to the Service
of Ntval Ordnance in. the United States Navy. 1 volume.
MILITARY AND NAVAL BOOKS, Incbading all. the
most recent works. For sale by
LINDSAY dr ELLKISTON,
Publishers and Booksellers,
sell No. 25 South SIXTH St., above Chestnut.
A SHOROFT'S L W-W ATER DE
.4"A. TECTORS.
Ashcroft's Steam Gauges.
'.rustice & Shaw's Mercurial Steam and Blast Gauges.
Clark's Damper Regulator. -
Water Gauges, Scotch 'Pribes.'3ic.
AIMS. S. BATTLES, Agent,
sel-Sut 24 North SlXn{ Street, Phila.
B. a. IVILIAAMB,
NO. 10 NORTH SIXTH STRZST,
Mannfactarer of
VENETIAN BLINDS
AND
WINDOW SHADtS.
The Largest and Finest Assortment In the city at
the
LOWEST PRICES.
gar Repairing attended to promptly.
.Ikir . Stere Shades Made and Lettered. seB-Im
SIDDALZ.
MACWI'iES.
CURTAIN GOODN.
SUCCESSOR TO W. H. CARRYL,
MASONIC HALL,
gne - no* open his
FALL STOCK :
FRENCH SATINS,
RICH BROCATELLES.
COTLLINE, in colons.
TERRY, Plain and Bordered,
ALL-WOOL AND UNION REPS.
FRENCH SATIN DE LAMES,
ENGLISH AND GERMAN DAMASKS,
FRENCH PRINTED LASTING,
CORNICES AND RANDS,
And every description of Gluten Material
WINDOW SHADES,
No. 719 CII7.9TNTR STENNr.
CLOTEILNGt.
JOHN KELLY,
TAIL.C)Ittif,
612 CHESTNUT STREET,
4394 .CHRSTINIIT street.
NEW PUBLICATIONS,
THE ALL/MAMA AND SUMPTER.
VICTOIAE.
CENTEOLA.
S . 110"LISMAN - .lr,
to. 11111 UOADWAT, KEW I'OlL
11E7OSTBE8 Olf
MEN'S t% LADIES' GLOVES,
GERMAN AND ENGLISH HOSIERY,
MEN'S FURNISHING GOODS,
LACES & DRESS TRIMMINGS,
to whisk they
Iyn.s LXVITI THI WHOLISALI TJUDZ.
WRINLEY OIL COMPANY,
Incorporated under the Laws of the State - of New York
WELLS ON OIL OBER'S,
PENNSYLVANIA.
TRUSTEES.
MORRIS FRANKLIN, New York,
JAMES N. LAWTON. New York,
SIDNEY CORNELL, New York,
JOFIN H. COLEMAN, Oil City, Pa.,
C. mcgTMLEY. Oil City. Pa.,
J. J. VANDEEOBIFT, Oil City, Pa.,
GEORGE DAVIS New York.
President, MORRIS , FRANKLIN..'
"Secretary,-H. B. BENSON.
Treasnrer, 'WALTER B. LAWTON'.
Bnperinteridents , MoKINLEY BROTHERS.
OFFICE. 81 JOHN Street,
114 W rOrkl. si2l-6t*
PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1864.
( Cljt Vrtss.
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1864.
THE SOUTHERN MILITARY PRISONS,
INQUIRY BY TIIE UNITED STATBS.SANITABY
COMMISSION.
Confirmatory Account of the liartyrdom
of our fi °idlers In the South.
LOn May 19th last, Dr. Valentine Mott, the ,
emi
rent savant and medical professor; Dr. Ellerslle
Wallace, Professor in Jefferson Coll6ge of this city;
Dr. Edward Delafield, President of the new York
College of Physicians ; Hon. 3. L Clark Hare, the
distinguished judge of the District`Court ; Rev.
Treadwoll Walden, rector-of St. Clement's Church,
of this city ; and Gouverneur Morris Wilkins,
of New York, were appointed .a Committee of In
quiry by the United States Sanitary Commission to
make Investigation of the terrible, reports of sulTer
log which had reached the public from the prisons of
the South, and to furnish to our people and the
world an authentic statement of facts. This report is
at length ready for the public in the remarkable
Pamphlet before us. It Is the digested narrative of
a volume of consistent testimony:which will be ap-,
pended to the report of the committee. Let us say
here that the character of this body of gentlemen is
eminently above repreach. They number three die
.
tinguished professors of medicine, one of our most
estimable judges, and a well-known minister of the
Gospel.
THE RETURNED P P.ISON NES.
The condition , of our prisoners at Annapolis haS
already been reported in these columns in a brief,
but very suggestive, communication from Ellerslie
Wallace, M. D., and by testimony of Miss. Delia
Dix, whose noble ministration in our hospitals is
well known. The present report intensifies the pic
ture presanted with so much feeling:by Dr. Wal
lace. "It was strange to find a Hercules in bones ;
to see the immense hands of &young giant pendant
from limbs thinner than a child's, and, that could be
spanned 'with the thumb and finger. * * * Men
in one part sin ivelled to nothing but skin and bones,
and in another swollen and misshapen with dropsy
er scurvy • ` * the stomach fallen in, deep as a
basin, and the bone ;protruding through a blood-red
hole in the hip!" ''here were many like these, and
even worse, where all was so horrible and sickening,
that the pen almost refuses its duty. The photo-
graphs of skeletons lately banded around through
the North are only pictures of the hopeful cases.
Hundreds died from utter weakness or starvation;--
scores grew insane or imbecile. There was a fearful
amount of this ghastly and awful-misery in the pri•
Boners at Annapolis. In the countenances of some
of the best cases there was " a look of utter desolate
nen, of settled melancholy, aS if they had passed
through a period of physical agony which had driven
the smile from their faces forever." Contrast with
this, piteous picture the boasted chivalry of the
South, and the civilization and Christianity of the
age.
The rooms are one hundred feet by forty. In six
of these twelve hundred United State - lofficers of all
grades, from brigadier down, were confined fOr
months. This was the almost incredible space al
loWed them in which to cook, eat, wash, sleep, and
take exercise. Ten feet by two claimed by each man
for all the purposes of living I At one time. they
were not allowed benches or stools, or even to 'fold
their blankets and sit upon them, but forced to
huddle "like slaves in the middle passage ;" at ano
ther only allowed to make stools out of the barrels
and boxes they received from the North; at all
times overrun by vermin, in spite of constant ablu
tions, no clean blankets ever being issued by there.
bels ; and lying down at night, according to Libby
phrase, "wormed and dovetailed together like fish
in a basket," There were two stoves, and seventy.
five windows, all broken, and in winter the
cold was intense. Every . prisoner had a
cough from the damp or cold. It was among
the rules that no prisoner should go within
three feet of the window, a rule extremely diftleult
to observe in the crowded prisons of the South.
Often, by accident, or unconsciously, an Mlle r 4
would go near a window, and be instantly shot .
In the Pemberton Buildings, near by, as many as
fourteen shots were fired In a single day, and very
frequently a prisoner fell killed or wounded. ft,
became a matter of sport to "kill a Yankee." ' Once
the guard caught sight of Lieut. Hammond's hat
through a boarded enclosure, where there were no
windows, and came within an inch of murdering
him. Major Turner, the keeper of Libby, 're
marked, "The boys are in want of practice." .The
sentry said "ho had made a bet he would kill a
d—d Yankee befOre - liii 'aiitile off guard:". - Almost
every prisoner had such an incident.lo tell.
Throughout the Southern prison systeralt is a
regular sport to kill Yankees. The guards were
never reproved for their willingness 'to commit
murder.
The daily ration in the officers' quarters of Libby
prison was a small loaf of bread, about the size of a
man's fist, made of Indian meal. Sometimes it was
made from wheat flour, but of variable quality. It
weighed a little over half a pound. With it was
given a piece of beef weighing- two ounces. "I
would gladly, ,, said an officer, "have preferred the
horse-feed in my father's stable." The corn bread
began to be of the roughest and coarsest description.
Portions of the cob and, husk were often found
ground in with the meal. The crust was so thick
and hard that the prisoners called it iron-clad. To
render the bread eatable theylgrated It, and made
mush out of it, but the crust they could not grate.
Now and then, after long intervals, often of many
weeks, a little meat was given them, perhaps two
or three mouthfuls. At a later period, they re
ceived a • pint of black peas, with some vinegar,
every week. The peas were often full of worms, or
maggots in a chrysalis state, which, when they
made soup, floated on the surface.
Those who were entirely dependent on the prison
fare, and who bad no friends at the North to send
them boxes of fcod, began to suffer the horrible
agony of craving food, and feeling themselves day
by day losing strength. Dreams and delusions began
to distract their minds. " I grew so foolish in my
mind," says Captain Calhoun, "that I used to blame
myself for not eating more when at home. The
subject of food engrossed my whole thoughts."
But the most unaccountable and shameful act of
all was yet to come. Shortly after this general
diminution of rations, in the month of January last,
the boxes, which before had been regularly deli
vered, and in good order, were withheld. No reason
was given. Three hundred arrived every week, and
were received by Colonel Ould, Commissioner of.
Exchange, but, instead of being distributed, were
retained, and piled up in warehouses near by, and
in full sight of the tantalized and hungry captives,
to the number of 3,000, at least. At length, five or
six were distributed during the week Scores were
stolen..
For offences, trivial or serious, prisoners were con
signed to cells beneath the prison, the walls of which
were damp, green, and slimy. 'They were never
warmed, and often so crowded, that some were
obliged to stand up all night. Dead bodies, too,
were placed in the cellar, and very often were
partly devoured by bogs, clogs; and rats. At the
time of Kilpatrick's raid, some negroes pointed to
the cellar : "Dug big hole down dar, masse—torpedo
in dar, sure!" " Should Rilpatriok succeed in enterl
ing Richmond," said Richard Turner," the prison
authorities would blow up the prison and all its in
mates." "There is enough there to send every
Yankee to hell," Lieutenant Latouche was over
to say. Turner himself said, in the presence
of Colonel Farnsworth, in answer to the question,
" Was the prison mined ?" " Yes, and I would have
blown you all to Hades before I would have suffered
you to be rescued." The remark of Bishop Johns
is corroborative as well as curious, in reply to the
question, "Whether it was a Christian mode of
warfare to blow up defenceless prisoners?" "I sup•
pose the authorities are satisfied on that point,
though Ido not moan to justify it." This passed
comment. It is also well to remember that the in
spector of Libby, Richard Turner, was a negro
:whipper by trade.
Here is an enclosure variously estimated to be
from three to six acres in extent, surrounded by an
earthwork about three feet high, with a ditch on
either aide. The interior has something of the lciok
of an encampment, a number of Sibley tents being
set in rows, with "streets" between. These tents
rotten, torn, full of holes—poor shelter at any rate—
accommodated only a small proportion. From ten
to twelve thousand men have been imprisoned in
this small space at one time, turned into the enclo
sure, like so many cattle, to find what resting-place
they could. So crowded were they that, at . the least,
according to the estimated area given them, there
could have been but a space two feet by seven, and,
at the most, three feet by nine, per man—hardly a
generous allotment even for a " hospitable grave."
Some were so fortunate as 'to find shelter in the
tents, but even they were often wet with the rain,
and almost frozen when winter set in. Every day
some places were made vacant by diseases or by
death, as Some were taken to the hospital, and some
to burial. But thousands had no tents, and no
shelter of any kind. Nothing was provided for their
accommodation. Lumber was plenty in a country
of forests, but not a cabin or shed was built, or al
lowed to be built. Here thousands lay, with the sand
for their beds, and the sky for their covering, under
fog, rain, cold, snow, hundreds bianketless, coatless,
and shoeless, others with ragged and rotten clothes.
There were few fires and little shelter. A severe
winter came, in which the mercury was down to
zero even at Memphis, and water left in buckets on
Belle Isle froze two of three inches deep in 'the
night. The snow lay deep on the ground around
Richmond. The ice formed in the James, and Rowed
in masses upon the rapids, on either aide of : the
island.
The mon resorted to every expedient to keep from
perishing. They lay in the ditch, as the most pro.
tooted place, heaped upon one another, and lying .
close together, as one of theiii expressed it, " like
hogs in winter, ,, taking turns as to who should have
the outside of the row. In the morning, the row of
the previous night was marked by the motionless
forms of those " who were sleeping on in their last
sleep”--frozen to death!
Every day, daring the winter season, numbers
were conveyed away stiff and stark, having fallen
asleep in everlasting cold. &tile of the men dog
holes In - the sand In 'which to take refuge. All
through the night crowdi - of them were heard rttn•
i.IiELLE ISLE.
ningup and down, to keep,themselves from freezing.
And this fate threatened them even more than it
would have th,r i eatened most men exposed to an
equally seitre'. temperature, even with such thin
clothing andiyukequite shelter--for thcyloclT stunt,
ingl
liock-Ilko husky corn-bread (specimens of which
we have seen), neat often tainted, and suspiciously
like mule meat; two or three spoonfuls of rotten
beans ; soup thin and briny, often with worms float
ing on the suiface, made up their food. None of
these were given togethe'r, and the whole ration was
never one.half the quantity necessary for bare life.
Hear the wordy. of the prisoners:
" There was no name for our hunger."' "I was
hungry.; pretty nearly starved to death." "I waked
up one night, and found myself gnawing my coat
sleeve." "I used to dream of having something good
to eat." " I walked the streets for many a night, I
collie not sleep for hunger." "I lost flesh and
strength for Want of food." "If I were to sit here a
wed I could .t2ot tell you half our suffering." These
sentences form the very poem of misery and starva
tion. '
“Lice were in all their quarters,” Vermin and
dirt encrusted their bodies. They were sore with
lying in the sand. None, not even the sufferers
with diarrhoea, were allowed to visit the sinks
during the night, and ID the -morning the ground
vas covered' and saturated with filth. The wells
were tainted -;* the air was filled with 'disgusting
odors.
litany were taken sick daily, but were allowed
to suffer for days' before - they were removed to the
hospitals, and When this was done, it was often so
late that the half of them died before reaching it,
or at th - i-veiy moment their names were -being re.
Corded
--There-444 a- hospital tent on the island, which
was alwaAfnll of the sick. It had' no floor ;,the
sick and dying were laid on straw, and logs were
their only pillows. "If you or I saw a horse
dying?' said. one,
" wouldn't we put some straw
under his heid? Would we let him beat his'head
on alog in his agony
TR ROSPITALS.
The hospitals for 'our prisoners were virtually
worse than the prisons themselves. Dr. Ferguson
testifies that while the wounded were under treat
ment the nourishment and stimulation they received
were not sufficient to give them a proper chance for
recovery. =I am surprised that more - do not die.
Bedding and covering:were very, dirty and offensive.
In three months, out Of . 2,800 patients, about 1,400
died. The hospitals were nothing less than hospitals
for murder.
FEITSICAL CONDITION OF THE ZEBTELS--TIIR
BONS IN THE Z 9RTH.;
The investigations of the. Commission, based on
rebel find general testimony, conclusively show
that no excuse can be found in the poverty and suf
fering of the rebels for this fearful condition of
things. The •rebels have uniformly testified that
they had, generally, good rations, and were well
fed. Italust be remembered that the cruelty of the
rebel prisons is systematic, incessant and regular,
however, bad it may be. The ration of the rebel
soldier was Infinitely superior I o that of Libby
prison, or how could he have endured the marches,
fatigue and hardships of so many severe campaigns 1
There is no room to doubt that the rebel army itself
Was fully if not abundantly supplied with the com
mon necessaries.
The prisons of the North were next examined by
the committee, and in this connection we have the
copious and accurate observations of so respectable
a *gentleman us Judge Hire. We need not say that
our rebel prisoners are well, and even kindly and
carefully treated in all the particulars in which the
rebel authorities are so barbarously cruel. The ra
tions are better than those usually given to rebel
soldiers. 'TII 4y have room to walk, to play, and to
live.. Fort Delaware is but a common instance of
this. The prisoners aro required to be cleanly, and
to bailie in squads in the river. They live in good
health, and even In good humor, finding amuse
merit in their condition, and a tolerable life among
themselves. This part of the committee's inquiry
Is full and, conscientious, and furnishes a 'strange
and marvellous_ contrast to the treatment of our
prisoners in Richmond. We may accept the report
as history.
POLITICAL
TUE WITHDRAWAL OP OEN COOHRANZ—HIS AD.
DRESS TO THE WAR DEMOCRATS—GEN. HOOKER
' IN NEW YORK AND BROOKLYN—TWO OKA.
RAOTERIST/C SPRECHRS—NO COPPERHEADS IN
THE ARMY.. •
The fdllowing address of General Cochrane, an
nouncing, his withdrawal as a candidate for the
Vice Presidency, was, crowded from our columns
yesterday :
To the War Democrats of the United States:
A.convention of men of various political tenets
assembled at CleVeland on the 31st day of May last,
for the purpose of discharging from the suppression
of the rebellion the infraction of the right of both
individuals and States which attended it.. The pre
sence of a large number of War. Democrats nowt
pectedif contributed to my nomination by the Con
vention for, the Vice Presidency, preceded by that
of ,Ifsalti 0. FremOnt for. President.
‘ 4 l'hsr.prinetples.which;4llctated Jay acceptance of
the nomination, approved theniservTanitalie - time to
very` general ileg,ard, and have since, in my opinion,
lost, none IA .their original virtue or vigor. Their
practical assertion was required, it was thought, by
the success with which personal liberty has been as
sailed, and the extremities to which constitutional
freedom "had : been reduced: - -Not - the least induce.
ment, however, was the consideration that the re
dress of grieVances in the manner proposed could
not interrupt, but would entirely consort with, a
vigorous prosecution of the war. It certainly was
not contemplated that the success of the candidates
should in any degree impair or endanger that most
'important part of the platform which resolved "that
the rebellion must be suppressed by force of arms,
and without compromise.
Instead •of the Democratic party, as was then
hoped and expected, co-operating at this point, they
flouted the war at Chicago, and pronounced for un
conditional peace. When, "to exhaust the re-
sources of statesmanship" and to allow "the spirit
of conciliation and compromise to prevail," General
McClellan' virtually asserts that there should be
"a cessation of hostilities," he is in agreement with
the Convention which nominated him. When,
however, he proposes,. in the alternative of the war,
that the rebellious States shall be restored to pre
cisely' their former condition in the Union, with
precisely the same political representation as when
they departed from it, he rejects a Convention
of States, on which, as the peaceable means,
the Chicago Convention evidently relied for recon
structing the Union out of States physically de
bilitated and politically shorn. While, therefore,.
General McClellan resolves • upon an impossible .
Union as it was, through war, the Convention re
selves upon an impossible Union as it should be,
through peace. That the candidate does not stand
erect upon his platform, thoughadmitting a question
whether, if elected, ,he would negotiate a peace„
permits none, that, ff elected, he could not effective
ly Prosecute the war.
The success of the Chicago nominees would, there
fore, at the best, bat place in power a party of di
vided counsels, of uncertain policy, and of indecisive
action. Clearly, such an event would be at the
farthest from the "suppression of the .rebellion by
force of arms and without compromise."
The Baltimore platform; however objectionable
at other points, is unimpeachable at this ; and while
it fails to vindicate personal rights, and the rights
of free speech and.of the press, it does not fail to re
fer the reestablishment of constitutional liberty
and the restoration of the Union to the arbitrament.*
of arms, in which, and in which alone, the national
safety is to be found. We stand within view of a
rebellion suppressed—within hail of a' country re
united and saved. War lifts the curtain and ills
closes the prospe'ct. War has given-to us Atlanta,
and war offers to us 'Richmond.
Shall we exchange • the proffered victory for a
" cessation of hostilities?" No ! As we fought at
the beginning we should fight at the end ; and when
rebellion shall have laid down its arms may we
peacefully reconstruct whatever the war for the
Union shall be found to' have spared. "Lay down
your arms," then, as it was at the commencement,
so it is now all that is demanded by loyal Ameri
cans of their rebellions brothers. ` 4l
/ would certainly prefer that the American people
could be brought to a vote on the several proposi
tions peculiar to the Cleveland platform. The right
of asylum, the one-term policy, the direct vote of
the people for their national Chief Magistrate, the
Monroe doctrine, the confining exclusively to the
representatives of the people in Congress the recon
struction of States, and the amendment of the
Federal Constitution to prohibit slavery—are princi
ples of priMary magnitude and importance. Bat
before all these is our country. It is menaced by
rebellion: Loyal armies alone protect it. Should
those armies retreat, and our protection be with
drawn; pr should they advance, and our safety be
established? Shall there be peace through the
concessions of ' politicians, or peace through too
actions of war I That is the question.. 1
Peace and division, or war and the Union. Other
alternative there is none. And, as I still am of the
mind that once led me to the field with the soldiers
of the Republic, I cannot now hold a position
which,-by dividing, hazards the success of all those
who, whatever their differences at other points,
agree as upon the question of first consequence,
that the restoration of the Union cannot be effected
without the uninterrupted continuation of the war.
I, thereforewithdraw my name from the Cleve
landlicket. ' Very truly yours,
JOHN COCHRANE.
NEW- Yons, September 21, 1864.
SPEECHES OP GEN. HOOKER.--Goneral Hooker
• was present at the great Union meeting on Thurs
day evening in Brooklyn. In response to the call
'of the audience he came forward and said :
"LADIES AND Gureraameas : I need not tell you
that - I. am totally unprepared for this. I cannot
and Ido not take this demonstration, or any part
of it, to myself. I am not worthy of this recep
tion. . I am not more worthy than you. 'We are
all in the same boat. You have been working in
the'cause in one place, and I have been working in
another. Your victories here are as dear to us in
the front as.those in the front are dear to you here.
The victories of last fall—l speak from a full know
ledge of the facts—were hailed with as much joy and
enthusiasm in the army as though those victories
had been achieved by another army than the army
that I belonged to. The victory of Ohio was also
hailed with joy, and I was glad at the result. I
hope I may feel many more; and I do not doubt
that before next November we will taste of one
like which this rebellion has furnished no paral
lel. I need not tell you that lam rejoiced to find
such an assemblage. It shows that it is all right
with our cause and our country. Nothing—no
reverses, no misfortune, can befal us when our
people are animated by the feeling evinced here to.
night. If the war has been 'prolonged, it has not
been from weakness, but rather from consolotts
strength. We have never put forth ourresouroes nor
strength, although we have put forth such resources
as have amazed the world. Hut it is true that the
North has never yet made one great effort to crush
the rebelliOn. It can, and will do it, when it moves
for that purpose. The people in these loyal States,
and I am proud to say it, have been in advance of
the authorities during the whole of this rebellion.
They will be so until we reach the end, and that
end is not remote. I am rejoiced to meet you to
night, and to meet you under such auspices. Tidings,
glorious tidings, reach us from all the armies. The
work goes bravely on there. There are no Copper
headi in the' army. - [Loud applause.] They will
'fight Well, and they will vote well also. More loy
alty, mere devotion, never animated the hearts 'and
the hands of men more brave. I thank you most
earnestly for the kindness that you have received'
-me with this evening. lam unworthy of it. I have
in' a humble capacity served my country, and have
never failed to do my duty, and I trust I never will.
I bid you good night. •
General Hooker then retired amid renewed and
boisterous.applause.
Gen. Hooker also visited the rooms of the New
York Union League, where, in answer to a oom
plimentary introduction. he said that the Loyal
League were not aware of the service they had
rendered the army. They had formed a ,good re
. serve, and for this the army felt strong in front.
The lighting is nOiv,ilearly @lo9oh 10.?1:b0
m a a fe n w ire s s p ta a t s i m ar e s dic of pl d n y n t gz, bul a t e he G y
o a v r e e rn thj en n t atu h r a l
been slow ; the people have been fast, and have led
the Administration, but the latter has come along,
and, on the whole, done tolerably well. It is absurd
to suppose the soldiers can vote other than one
way. They will vote as they have fought—to put
down the rebellion. We have not only fought the
rebellion, but England. She has furnished the re
bele with all their arms and clothing, and for these
she holds a mortgage on the whole South. I don't
think she will undertake to forecloselt. General H.•
further remarked that he had at no time felt any
doubt of the success of the war for the Union. There
bad been mistakes and mismanagement in its con
duct, yet the Union arms had made steady progress,
so that the close of each year had seen the area of
the rebellion narrowed and its relative power ma
terially' weakened. He, confidently, believed that
we were now very near the end—nearer than most
of us believed. But he would have no overtures
made to the rebel chief;-at the proper time, they
would signify their readiness to give it up. The
time to begin negotiating was when we had nnished
the fighting.
It is folly to talk of it till we have whipped out our
enemies, and swept away the cause of the rebellion.
The Constitution must be interpreted in accordance
With the principles of humanity, nor can we hare a
permanent peace till.we do so. We •must not make
a peace in such a way that another war will break
out again within ten years. We have been gene
rous enough to our enemies—even to a fault—and
they invariably construed our lenity into weak
ness.
Copperhead Love for the Soldiers.
PROFESSION VIERBIIB 'PRACTICE.
(From the Washington Chronicle.
Ist.' Profession.—ln the Chicago platform, adopt
ed by the convention which nominated General Mc.
Clellan, we tied the following :
Reeolved, That the sympathy of the Democratic party
is heartily and earnestly extended to the soldiers of our
army who are and have been in the field ender the flag
of our country, and, in the event of our attaining pow.
er, they will receive all the care; protection, regard.
and kindness that brave soldiers of •the Republic have
so nobly earned.
And, in Gen. McClellan , sletterof acceptance, the
following: •
"I - could not look in the face of my gallant coin.
rades of the army and navy, who have survived so
many bloody battles, and tell them that their labors
and the sacrifice of so many of our slain and wound
ed brethren had been in vain that we bad aban
doned that Union for which we have so often peril.
led otir lives."
. 2d. Practice.—A number of members of • the Chi
cago Convention were members of Congress during
the war, thus having it in -their power to show their
-love for: the soldiers. Of these, ;Vallandigliam
boasts that he never voted a dollar to feed, clothe,
or pay the soldiers. The Convention selected him
as one of a committee of three to write the plat
form, and he performed his part. Powell and
Voorbees never voted a dollar to feed, clothe, or
pay the . soldiers. The Convention gave' each of
these two latter a respectable vote for Vice Presi
dent, and actually nominated Pendleton, another
of the members of Congress who voted against war
supplies, for that high office.
NV hen the Ohio Democratic delegation in Con.
gross (now for McClellan) travelled all the way to
Washington to browbeat President Lincoln into
releasing Vallandighato, the President proposed to
them that he would release him if they would sign a
paper pleduing themselves to vote in Congress to
feed, clothe, and pay the soldiers and seamen e and
they all 'declined to sign this covenant, choosing
rather, in their great sorrow, to leave Vallandigham
to his fate. To avoid possibility of mistake, we give
the propositions made by the President, and de.
Mined by these gentlemen :
1. That there is now a rebellion in the United
Stales, the object. and tendency of which is to de
stroy the National Union ; and that, id ouropinion,
an army and navy are constitutional means for sup
pressing that rebellion. •
2. That no one, of you will do any thing which, in
his own judgment, will tend to hinder the increase,
or favor the decrease, or lessen the efficiency of the
army and navy while engaged in the effort to sup
press the rebellion ; and
3. That -each of you will. in his sphere, do all he
can to have the officers, soldiers, and seamen of the
army and navy, while engaged in the effort to sup
press the, rebellion, paid,
_fed, Clad, and otherwise
'a ell provided and supported._ •
• And' with the further understanding that, upon
receiving the letter and names thus endorsed, I will
cause them to be published, which publication shall
be, 'Within itself, a. revocation of the order in rola
tion to Mr. Vallarilgham.
- WASHINGTON, June 29, 1863.
• The names of the Ohio gentlemen who are going
. to do so much for the• soldiers when they come into
power, under " Little Mac," are as follows. We
italicise the names of the Democratic members of
• the Present Congress, from Ohio, who signed this
letter to the President in favor of the release of
Tallandighem, and from this list it Will be found
' that • every Democratic member from that State
signed .this list, excepting only •S. S. Cox. The
other names are those of gentlemen who B,oooM
panted the Congressional delegation to ask of hint
the release of Vallandigham : Messrs. M. Bernhard,
• David A. Houck, George Bliss, T. W. Bartley, W. J.
Gordon, John O'Neil, C. A. White, W. E. Find:,
. Alexander Long, J. W. While, George H. Pendleton,
George L. Converse, Warren P. Noble, James R.
Moms, W. A. Hutchins, Abner. L. Backus, J. F.
blcKinney, P. C. Le Blond, Louis Schaefer. .
When the war began no State had a law by which
its soldiers could vote in the field. Soon, however,
the necessity of such laws became apparent,
.and,
by one means and another, most of the States now,
have them. We believe the support of and opposi
tion, to these laws have run in the same channels
everywhere. In Pennsylvania a law of this sort
was passed by the Legislature, but the votes of the
soldiers cast under it were rejected on a decision of
Judge Woodward that the law vias unconstitutional.
Of all the men of their party the Democracy, so
called, selected this Judge Woodward as their can..
didate for Governor in 1863. So anxious was Gem
McClellan for his election that he went out his
way to write a letter in his favor. Woodward, how
ever, with his party, was beaten. The Legis
lature, taking the two Houses together,. had a
majority of Union members; but the Senate was
a tie, in the absence of one Union member, who was
then a prisbner in.the enemy's hands.• The Legisla.
ture came together with the distinct understanding
that the most important measure for its action was •
• to so amend the Constitution thatthe soldiers might
vote in the field. -To prevent this, the Democratic
members refused to let the Senate be organized for
many weeks, and until the absent member managed
to send his resignation so that a new Union mem
ber was 'elected from his district, and thus enabled
the Senate at last to organize and proceed to busi
ness. At every step the McOleUan Democracy op
posed the constitutional amendment allowing the
soldiers to vote ; but it finally passed both Houses,
against the recorded vote of every one of them. Hav
ing passed the Legislature, it also had to be ratified
by a vote of the people to become valid. At
the special election in August last, the amend
ment was sustained by an immense majority,
and the Pennsylvania soldiers. were thus anti.
tied to vote, in spite of the efforts of the McClellan
Democracy to prevent it. Of course, it cannot be
seen how particular individuals vote at the popular
'ballot, but It can be seen,- and is matter of record,
that wherever the McClellan Democracy is largely
in the majority, as in Barks county, there also was a
majority cast against allowing the soldiers to vote.
Pennsylvania is McClellan's native State, the State
where he is claimed to be immensely popular; and
it is absurd to say that he could not have stayed the
opposition to the soldiers' voting if he had been in
favor of the soldiers , . voting himself. New Jersey, '
too, shows a shorter, but a similar record. In the
Legislature of that State the McClellan Demo-
Crecy have an overwhelming majority, and they
. squarely and braien.facedly voted down a propo-.
since to let the soldiers vote in the field. Thus it
=tele that New Jersey soldiers cannot vote.
We have general information that the record of
the McClellan Democracy, on giving the soldiers
-the right to vote in the field, is substantially the
same in all the States. We will thank our cotem
poraries in the respective States to procure and pub
lish the correct record in each upon the question at
the earliest possible moment.
Unless the soldiers of the Republic are as reckless
and as stupid as the bold, base, and bad men who,
at this time, are trying to deceive theni into sup
porting George B. McClellan, they will unhesita
tingly vote against that gentleman. It would be a
sad and sorry sight if, because they had fought
against the rebellion, therefore they would
be in favor of the sympathizers with the re
bellion; and yet it is precisely this stigma
that the friends of General McClellan would
putupon them. If there is one fact more clear than
another it is that all the rebels in arms, and all those
who sympathize with the rebels in arms, prefer George
B. McClellan to Abraham Lincoln. Nay, that an
overwhelming majority of both would prefer Jeffer
son Davis to Abraham Lincoln. TREASON IN
WASHINGTON CITY NEVER HAD A VOIOE
UNTIL IT ARRAYED' ITSELF UNDER . TILE-
BANNER OF GEORGE MeOLELLELN: The
riotous element of this District, which, under
former Administrations, had to be Euppreestid by
military force, and which assailed the adopted citi
zens because of their supposed devotion to free prin
ciples, always rampant here, and silent and terri
fied when patriotism ruled in Washington, has now
.become aggressive under the banner of G-eo. B. Mc-
Clellan. There is not one of those who shouted un
der his banner on Saturday evening who did not
groan over his exaggerated advantages two years
ago. Is it possible that _the soldiers in the Army of
the Potomac are insensible to these facts? Is it ne
cessary that we should try to convince them that a
Copperhead, and especially a Washington Copper
head, loves a traitor and hates a Union champion?
It would be, in ans veering this question in the an
firnaetive, to assume that when a soldier entered the
army he lost his intelligence, and became the mer
est tool of the safe and easy politicians at home.
Locking Car Doors.
To the Editor of The Press :
SIR : The fearful loss of life by the accident on
the Pennsylvania Railroad was principally caused,
as shown by : the " protest of the survivors," by lock
ing the doors of the cars, thus preventing the escape
of the passengers. •
On passing over this road, August 28th last, I re
monstrated with the conduotor for doing the same
thing, and appealed to the passengers near me that
it should not be submitted to. Again, on the 3d of
this month, in endeavoring to pass through a oar I
found the door looked, and again complained, and
said to persons around me that this practice would
some day result In a serious loss of life;
but neither
of these complaints elicited a remark from. either
conductor or brakeman, who were present.
I never can forget a similar aooldent that occurred
on a French railroad years ago, where there was a
serious loss of life from the same cause—locked
doors. 0. W. C.
elp•for the Wounded.
To the Editor of The Press:
SIB : Our victories are numerous, and some of
them grand ; but we should all remember that e very
victory makes wounded soldiers, and none of us
should flag in our endeavors to help them.
Since the organization of the Sanitary and Chris
tian Commissions many think that the smaller so
cieties are not needed; but .it is a great mistake,
for if persons will read over the list published by
these commissions they will see how much is con
tributed to them from the smaller ones ; and, be
sides, the demand is constant on every Soldier's Aid
from the different hospitals, and any one that will
attend their meetings at the business hour can hear
for themselves how various are the demands. Those
that 1 know of are open to the public at that hour,
and I presume all are.-. And it would be easy for
any one interested to ascertain what
.that hour is;
and those belonging to the different Aids should feel
it a positive duty at the present time to. attend
every meeting if possible; and those who have been
negligent about paying their dues should step for"
ward immediately and pay up.
I am, sir, yours truly, A. F.
PIiiLADV.LPIIIA, Sept. 22, 1864.
A Card.
To the Editor of The Press:
Sat: ID(your ,i 1313110 ot'Peesday I noticed a para
graph stating that the .I.iyoomiug Gazette had be
come defunct:. As an eyldolaF B of your error I have
just mailed yon a ; pops!, Printed to day. I have a
large adveitAsit . i Patronage
,in :Philadelphia, and
your paragrispli ma* to nie injury. Will you do me
the justice to correct yo* erroneous statement.
I am, Yours trnlY; J. V . CLARKE.
LTCOhnitiO GAZETTZ diPLOK, WlLLikatsroe.T,
PA..I *ETV. Pi 40. , .
FOUR CENTS.
wows or Literature.
J. B, Lippincott & Co. have brought', out in a
beautiful "blue and gold" volume, "Marble Isle,
Legions of the Round Table, and other Posing," by
Sallie Bridges. There is a great deal of true poetry
in this collection. The Legends may be read' With
pleasure, even after Tennyson, for Miss Bildkos Is
neither imitator nor plagiarist. This mere mention
of her volume, here and now, is only en passant, aid
we hope to spare apace_ soon to Show, from her
pages, that she is a poeandeed.
The Bradford Club' of New York have just printed
an extra number of their series, containing a Me
morial of the late Mr. John Allen, of New York,
whose library and collections of curiosities were
sold last May. Mr. E. A. liuyckinck, author of the
"Encyclopcedia 9f American Literature," has
written this Allen Memorial with his usual accu•
racy and ability.
This day T. B. Peterson & Brothers will publish a
new novel by Mrs; Henry Wood, entitled "The
Haunted Tower.'! . Hit is as good as her previous
works it will haves great sales. The same publishers
announce '" Love and' Duty," a novel by Mrs,
Hubback ; " The. Lost' Love," by the author of
"John Drayton ;" and "The Bohemians in Lon
don," a celebrated satirical novel by the late
Edward M. Whitty, author of "The Stranger in
Parliament."
The book-trade sale of Philadelphia will com
mence at M. Thomas Sc Sons' auction-rooms, South
Fourth street,.on Tuesday next. There is a large
catalogue, end a great many invoices from all parts
of the country.
Atlantic-Monthly for October:
Mr. T. B. Pugh has sent us this magazine ; as •
usual, he has It first. a very good number,
opening with "A Night in the Water," a very ori
ginal episode in the war. A. further portion of
Charles Lamb's uncollected writings, the ninth
part of Mrs. Stowe's "House and Hoine Papers," a,
remarkably interesting attempt to prove the•reality
of Thackeray's " Donis Duval," the " Welltleet
Oysterman," a graphic sketch of a New England
shoreman, nearly ninety years old, and Mr. Boker's
"Ride to Camp," are also noticeable papers. The
attempt to whitewash Madame Reoamier comes
late, Is tco long, and fails to clear her, and ten pages •
devoted to a dull essay on " Commitnication," are
ten pages thrown away. ' The second article in this
number, entitled "On a. Late Vendue," commences
with the auction at Mr. Thackeray's house in Lon
don, to which it gives one sentence, then rambles off,
de milt hue rebus, thiough many pages, and returns, at
the olose,teMr.Thackeray,to whom It gives a parting
paragraph. From the•particular little inaccuracies
in this article,- and • its ponderous levity, reminding
one of an elephant dancing upon a frozen lake, we
suspect that this article was written by a New Eng
lander, now in London, who writes upon English
subjects with great boldness, and very confident ig
norance. dui Conway, aid—the other personage.
TlCknor & Fields' announcements Are a fea
ture of the Atlantic Monthly. We learn that Mrs. E:
B. Lee's "Life of Jean Paul Friedrich Richter,"
the Saturday Review "Essays on Social Subjects,"
a new edition of Bayard Taylor's "Poemi," (in blue
and gold), and "Emily Chester," a novel, by an
American lady, will be published this month. The
same film has just issued Professor Lowell's " Fire
side Travels ; " "The Cliff Climbers," by Captain
Mayne Reid ; Robert Browning's "Dramatis Per
sonae," and Geo. H. Boker's "Poems of the War."
A Many - enrol:re Escepa.—A porter named . John
13. Ruling, while engaged in. the fourth story of a
building, in Cincinnati, in hoisting a lot of axe
handles, fell through the hatchway into the cellar,
a distance of nearly sixty feet, and alighted square•
ly on his feet. The impetus and the shook of the
fall injured his head and chest somewhat., although
not seriously. The cat•.like porter was taken to his
residence after receiving surgical aid, but it is not
likely his wounds will confine him tothe house more
than two or three days.
FINANCIAL PM COMMERCIAL.
The news from Sheridan had a telling effect upon the
markets yesterday. Gold fell six per cent. The open-
Wig rate, at 9% A. M. , was 217, a decline of IX upon the
closing rate of Thursday; In 11 A. M. it was at 216%.'at
noon 21334, IP. M. 213, 4 P.M. 210.. The market was a
good deal excited,nrid there were eirident symptoms
towards night of a considerable panic. It is Impossible
longer to withstand the conclusion that the highest
premium for gold has been reached, and that hereafter
it will continue to decline as before it advanced.
In the general markets there is a considerable falling
off in prices. It cannot be otherwise; holders of mer
chandise have invariably justified their high prices on
the ground of the depreciation of the currency as com
pared with gold, and at every successive movement of
gold upward they never failed to follow by putting up
the prices of their goods. Why now should they not
bring down' their prices? Consistency would deinand
that move. But the fall in prices will not await the
voluntary action of the holders of merchand ice. They
cannot longer resist the natural course of•trade. With
the fall in gold must come the fall in prices, and he is a
prudent merchant 'who makes his busineas calculations
accordingly. Of course, the stock market staggers
under this new order of things.
Holders are showing more anxiety to realize, and are,
-consequently,' submitting to lower quotations. Govern
ment loans were the firmest on. the list, though these
were lower than on the previous day. The 'BlB fell off
)4, and the 5.205 3G The,7- 30s, &c., sold at 110%.' State
55 decal' ed X, and the ds war loan 1. Old City es - WA
at'loo, a decline of 2, and the new at 105, a decline of 1
The share list was also down. Beading, which closed
on Thursday at 63, sold down 'to 6.131. For Pennsyl
vania Railroad only 70 was bid, and for Catawitsa com
mon 17 ; preferred 37%. Philadelphia and Brie sold at
32, and. Camden and Amboy at 167. The only sale of
Company bonds reported was a lot of Schuylkill Navi
gation es at 90, a decline of X. Compara ively there
was a fair amount of oil shares sold, bat at a general
decline. Densmore was off X, Isiclilhenny X, and Mc-
Clintock X. The -directors of the Maple Shade Oil
Company have declared a dividend of four per cent. on
their capital stock, payable on the 30th inst.
The folloWing were the closing prices at 3% P. M. : .
Bid. Asked. Bid. Asked.
11. 6. '6ls 1073( 108 'McClintock 011. 5% 63‘
U. 6. 5-20 s 10:3% 103 r Pa. Petroleum do. .•• 3
Reading R...... 62-31 Bi% Perry Oil . . ... ... 4 434
Penns R 70 78 Mineral Oil 231 2.81
Catawissa R 17 19 Keystone 011.... 134 2
d0. ± ......pref 37% 88 • Venango 01.1 ..... .. 1
North Penna. 11.. 31 34 Beacon Oil ' 2
Fla ila St Erielt.. 32 32% Seneca Oil 1%
Long Island R... 43 60 Organic 011 . X 1%
Scbtryl.'flay..... sot 33 Franklin Oil .. , ... ~ 3%
Do.• Pref.. 36 37 Howe's Eddy ... 1% 234
Susq. Cana •••• 16X 16% Irving_oll 7 7%
Fulton Coal 8 8X Pope Farm 011. •• .: 1
Biltlonnt, Coal. .. 73( Butler Coal ...... .. 17
N.Y. & Mid. Coal 16 19 Keystone Zinc—. 131 IX
Green Moun.Coal 6 LX Densmore Oil.— 10X 11
N. Carbond'e CI 2 3 Dalsell Oil. 93( 9%
Kew Creek Coal. 1 1% Mclllheny Oil— 6% 7
Feeder DMA Coal % 1 Roberts Oil 3 . 6
Clinton C0a1..... 1 1X Olmstead 2% 23(
Amer Kaolin 2% 3 Noble .& Del Is% 14
Perm Minlnir••••- 16% 17 Hibbard 2 2%
011 Creek 8_ 6% Curtin 3 3X
Maple Shade Oil 17X 18 Bull Creek 4% 4X
The following is the amount of coal transported on
the Philadelphia. and Reading Railroad during the
week ending Thursday, Sept. 73, PM
Tons. Cwt.
Prom Port Carbon. 24.619 16
• ." Pottsville 1,218 18
Schuylkill Ewen 24,074 14
.
" Auburn 4,555 12
" Port Clinton 10,225 17
Harrisburg and Dauphin 89 09
Total Anthracite Coal for week . 6i 773 06
Harrisburg, total Bituminous coal 6,202 CO
Total of all kinds for week 69.9130 11
Previously this rear ZAZ3,962
Total 2 493,963 Ot
To same time last rear 2 373.156 18
The following is the amount of coal transported by
the Schuylkill Navigation Cumpaqa for the week end.
ink Thursday, September 22, 1963
Tons. Cwt
From Port Carbon 10,237 00
Pottsville • 1,9E0 00
" Schuylkill Haven 19,107 00
4 ` Port Clinton ' . 2,121 00
Total for week
PreviondY this year
Total 703,539 08
'To the same time bud year MUSS 03
Drexel & Co. quote:
New United States Bonds, 1881 107 411.072(
New Certificates of Indebtedness ' 843 95
New United States 7 8.10 Notes 112 113
Quartermasters' Vouchers 90 93
Orders for Certificates of Indebtedness ' 334 4
Gold 5110 212
Sterling Exchange 229 33'2
Five-twenty Bonds . Nrei 103 E
SALES AT THE -STOCK
BEFORE
MO McClintock .105
500 do b3O 03i
50
250 Mineralco' 2.
Oil 2 81 7 ,4 •
"
150 Dalzell Oil 934"
200 Desdo uonore Oil 11
403
700
Phil 3do 11
200 I_oll Creek.. 13 M
FIRST I
300 Fulton Coal 8
100 do
100 do 8
100 Irwin Oil 7)4
Dalzell 011 JO
300 20
do b 5 9141
100 o MD MI
260 Phil d & Oil Creek
200 do b 6 1.56 1 1
KO Denemore bs‘ 10741
ICO d 0... b 30113( i
Dll McClintock 011.... 83(
100 ' do ' ' 83(
100 do • -•• • • • 5 1( .
BETWEEN
96,707 State 6s . b 5 973(
10(0 00 State 6s War Loan.l l (s
05
1 do
2COO
do Mal
penny 011.55 6 3
2/
50 do 6%
SECOND
100 Mineral Oil ... • .... 2N
2b Dalzell 011 9X
JCO
Penn Min i n g
10X
200 Penn Mining •.b.90 16 '
60 Catamissa R prof; 3S
3 Keztuckyjßank...llo3
AFTBB,
10 Commonw'h Bit— 463
60 Beading Et 62
I t 0 do
5011a1ze 9X
b3O.
ll oil 9X
203 do 9'/X
4
do '
1(0 do ........ 91
100 Phil & Boston 2 %
300
Bruner %
300 Story Farm 33n'
200 Dalzell Oil 9X,
900 Story Farm 354
203 Dalzell Oil 9,4
100 Reading B • • • • b 2O . 62 % .
200 Bull Creek 4,1
1(0 McClintock ..... .•. 834
100 Reading 8..... • • 62
4LO do ....... 62
200 do 62.
100 do 82.31
2 North Penna R_
5t .... 31-
100 Phil do & Fa1e....b30. 32%
203
100 do. .« MO. 32%
Weekly Review of. the Philads. Markets.
Svpvsmavat 23—Evening.
The markets generally have been very dull during
the past week. 'a 2 d most of the leading articles are low
er, owing in a great measure to the decline in gold.
Bark is quiet. Breadstuffsare dull and lower. Cotton
is very dull, and prices have 4ieelinsd. Coal and Coffee
are lower. Pith are unsettled. Foreign Fruit is rcarce
and high. Iron continues very dull. Naval Stores
have declined. Oils are dull and rather lower. In
Provisions there is very little doing. and the stocks are'
very light. Salt is coining in more freeli, and rather
dull. .Whisky is elso.dull,.and there is very little do 7
Mg. Timothy Seed•is in good demo d, and prices have
• gdysizetd, Qoyor Iµl4 nax.see4); IA a 441411
. 83,445 00
6"0,1t4 08
:x.CllANOß—Septen4ter 23.
BOARDS.
600 Bull Creek 5
100 do-, ..... blO 5
1100 Union Pet '236
600 Tldeont & Alleg...
300 Corn Planter 4
100 Hibbard' 2%
100 do 2;4
100 Reading R 63
200 do ... b 5 63
30ARD.
100 McClintock ....b3O 63•'
100 Mcßibeny 011.b15
100 do. ...... ..—bls 6,4
1 100 do • 1)15
20 Ca m& Amb 8......157
10 do 157
100 Phil & Erie R..... 32
50 do 32
100 do b9O 32 , 1*
400 ITE.S-20 bds cp 0ff..103k
600 City 68 New 105 '
600 do over 1870. —lO2
11000 • do over 1870 At .143 -
!800 Sat Nay.651892..55 90
BOARDS.
100 McClintock 6
300 do - 6
260 do b3O 614
300 . do ..........b3O 634.
100 Sch Na.v..."....pref 36
BOARD
4 Kentucky Beak-11034
110 Reading cash EM
100 lilellhenny..: cash. 634
150 Irwin Oil " 734
5000 U.S coup 6e '81.....10736
1000 U S 5.202.01:nip oft 100 i
10ARDS: .
100 Union Petroleum. 2%
200 Densmore.... ..... 10,ig
106 McMeal' ...•.. 7
ICO Petro Centre 3M
200 Story Farm ...b6• 3%
1 300 Cuoo Readinrtin g
OR R.. -WO. 6
3 2%
100 Den sm ore .• • • b3O. 11
100 Corn-Planter '4%
100 Petro Centre •b30..4
300 Phil & Erie ra
10000 U 55-20 e. 1026
200 McClintock
300 Dalzell Oil . 611
600gglmrt . 2%
7 200 P hil
3r. 0 111
2DO hil It Erie ..b3O.
MO Reading B .b 30.. 62
200 McClintock ;
100 McElltetty
100 Reading R 61%
500 McElheny , 7
100 McClintock.. ..... • 6'
100 Reading $ 61%
TUE WAIL PECMISfic
(PUBLISRLD WSLIZLY.)
rill Welt Pane will be lent to mageribera by
'mail (per annum in advance) .....
Three o:Vies,. ••• •-• ••• • • • •••-•• ..• • •-•••• ........ ..•-••••• 5 05
Five ciopies 8 0111
Ten copies 1.5 Cie
Larger Clubs than Ten will be charged at the 1111.50 i
rate, *1.50 perpoPY- •
The money must always accompany the order, and
in no instance can these terms be dcrtatcd from, at
they afford very little more than the cost of paper.
Postmasters are requested to ac t 94 age/14 111(
THE Wea Passe. .
4181 - To the getter-up of the Club of ten or twentr.
extra copy of the' Paper will be (Arm
•
'Pat at abotit former rates. Sugar is dull, and price/
bate declined. Wool is dull, and 5010c* lb lower.
Tha Flour market continues quiet, and prices are 261 P
bbl lower; Sales comprise about 10,000 bbis, part to ,
ii a Government, mostly extra family, at 81.1:50012
bbl, including 4,000 bbis city mills on private terms..
The retails re and bakers are buying at from $10.50@11
for superfine; 311.25@11.00 for extra; $12@12.60 for
extra family . ; and $12.74113.60 Vi bbl for fancy branda,
o qualitv. Itye Flour is selling in a surAt
10 am bbl. and Corn Meal at 37.50 for
w at a c y or a d t in s g ia t z o
Pennsylval a and PS. 50V bbl for Brandywine
GRAIN.-heat lain limited demand, and Prices arat
lower; about 23000 bushels sold at 249.4213 c for old reds,
and 20 1 .'e52.513c foz new too the latter for prime Dtla war*:
white ranges at•from 942.70(A2 fO b I P/ 10 /1 aal o quality.
Ryeat 390. c V bushel. (lora is
dull is Bell
in
lower, with small
w las a 4 24,000 bushels at 1990170 z
for prime yellow; and 1690170 c * bushel for Wesient
mixed. oats are lower,' with' sales of about 33,004
baldish, at 8335(490c for neW:and 9Sigioic for old.
The following are the receipts of Flour and Grain at
this port daring the ratit week : •
non-' 12,860 bble;
Wheat 60,700 bus..
Corn 33,200 bus; i
Oats 46.300 bus.
PRO3 ASlON. — Hoderwconticruerdrtn in their views.
but the transactions are limited.. Small sales of mess
Pork &remaking at s42@4'lV bbl. Mess Beef is sellitur
at $24@30 cel bid for country and city-packed. ' Bacon isf
scarce, hnt - flimly held, with small sales of plain and.
fancy bagged Hams to notice at Mega %VI lb ;- Sides at'
22®23c, and' Shoulders at 21@)22c lb, cash. Great
Meats are very scarce at abort former rates. 400.000
Shonlders, Inlet% sold on private terms, and in lute at ,
1.93fi@20c tiSt A lot of Hams: in salt, eold at 193(c.
Lard continues scarce; small sales of bbis and tierces
are making at' 2 , ,®26Mc V lb. • Butter has declined;
Goshen at :X(0 5 4
small sales of ..,_. O
/b.
soliti-pasked are making at 37@450. and
Small sales of NSW-York Chemin'
V _
are making at 24@26c 111. lb. Eggs are selling at 2642*
*dozen -
MllTALS.—Mannfactired Iron is in fair demand, and
prices are less firm: Pig Metal is scarce; small sales of
anthracite are making at $67@73 V - ton for the threw
numbers. Scotch Fig is held at $701072 V ton. Lead.
continues scarce, and we hear of no sales. Cap-
Pei —2 OM sheets of - Yellow Metal sold at sfc If it). cash_
BANK —Qiiercitron is in fair denand; with; sales
f 120 hlids at '4e@40.#60 Vt ion for tat No. L
CABDI.E.S. —Sperm are scarce, and prices are ndmi
. nal. Adamantine are scarce, and Belting in a small.
waystn@toc -* lb for abort and fall weight.
COAL. —The market is very dull, and prices have de
clined, closing nominally at $10@1.0.60V ton,
.deltveral
on board at Port Richmond.
COFFEE. —The market in quiet and prices have de
clined, with sales of 700 bampf Rio at 421g3450 4 141 b, cask
and four months.
COTTON. —There is 'very little doing in' the way of
sales, and prices have deollued, with sales of about 20e
bales of Middlings to notice .M 17051750 31 lb. cash. clos
ins at the former re te.
. .
DRUGS AND DYES. —Prices are unsettled and lower.
aid there is very little doing. • Indigo is rather dull:
small sales of kengal are making at $3.10®3.20
cash.
FISH. —There Is less doing in Mackerel, and. Prices
are unsettled; sates from store are making at s:Viam
for No. ls; $l9. &@2l for No. 2, and $l4 MC115.50 VS übi
for edium and Verge No. 3. Pickled Herring are
quoted at siiigiltivibbi, end Smoked do. at Stigt9oc
Codfish is quiet at 88.5t@fi the 10albs.
FRUIT —All kinds of foreign frdit are scarce and Tor'
high. Apples are plenty. and sell at sl@4 btil, as to
quality. Peaches are nearly over, with small sales to
notice at from ODc ap to 4v2," basket, the latter rate for
. choice.
E4Mi=
FREIGHTS —There is very little doing in West India
freights. 'A British schooner w.as taken out to Trinidad
at VA in gold, and an American brig to, gartinique and
a market: at SOc in gold. Coal freights are unchanged.
To Liverpool there is very little .doing: some engage
ments are reported at Is 6d for flour, and 17s 6d tenter
heavy goods. A vessel is loading petroleum for C. rk
and orders at Ss 3d qt bbl.
• GINbEICG is more plenty, and dull. We quote crude
at SI.6I@L 7O; cash:
OBAIV 0 is rather dull; small sales of Peruvian. are
making at 611 76' ton, cash.
HOPS are steady, with sales of new at 6 - C@6oa, and old
at 3r.@4rc IFS lb.
HIDE& —The demand for Dry connotes very light:
for Green Salted there is a good inquiry, and the Asso
ciation' continue to sell theirs as soon as ready,. at 16e
for cow, and 17c for steers. With outsiders the demand
is not so large; and stocks are on the increase, with.
more willingness to sell, and prices favor buyers:
LEATHER.-With the city 'tanners trade continues
active, they having Yet some orders to till received,
during the summer, and the demand continuing good
from Eastern and Northern markets for heavy Leather
for shoe manufacturing and belting purpose& The de
mand with them for light stock is limited, and some who
have be en pressed with orders for months back now
anticipate soon to have some stock ahead, which has not
been the case for months past. Owing to the scarcity
bark and the high prices of hides, they will, however,
-not press on work daring the autumn and approaching
Winter.
Slaughter Sole—For heavy in the rough there is a.
good inquiry, ant notwithstanding the receipts are
larger than they were a few weOcs since, it meets with
a quick sale on arrival, at 60 cents ift lb. For medium
we4hts - the inquiry is not so active, and there is soma
increase of eteck, and prices favor buyers. Light stock
is quite neglected, stock is 'acres. , leg, and sales show a
decline of 2c.' n) •
' Spanish Sole—The demand continues good, and al!
heavy leather sells quickly on receipt from the tanne
ries, at 57®60c. V. , lb.
'Hemlock So: e—The inqizigg has been only moderate,
With but lie ht stockd on the market. and is now held at
41@i6lc. forßa enin Ayres;
; 'andS 461g147c. - - for .Orinoco
middle weights. .
HarneasTLFor ;heavy 'city - finished there continues a.
fair inquiry there is but little demand for light, .and
country is not active.—Rworfer.
HAY—Baled is selling at m4O ton.
LUMBER.-Prices are without any material chanire,
and the demand is moderate. • „
MOLASSES.—The'market is very quiet, and We hear
of no salee 'worthy of notice. -
NAVAL STORES continue very dull, and prices era
lower. Small miles of Rosin are making at $38413 - ii
bbl. Spirits of Turpentine is selling in a small way at
$3.2C@3.26
OlLS.—Lard Oil scarce. Sales of Winter are.maki mg
at $2.06 gallon. Fish Oils are quiet. ;Linseed Oil is
selling at $1.60 gallon. Petroleum is scarce, and
prices are rather lower, with sales of about 2,000 tads.
at V.V.1,50 for crude, 70@13c for refined in bond, and SOO
S3c "el gallon for free, as to quality.
COAL OlL.—The - following are the receipts of Crude
and Reffned at this port during the past week: _
Crude ' 1 730 bbln.
Refined 4 18d bblR.
PLASTER is in demand; a cargo - of soft sold at 0.76
II ton. .
RICE coritinnes scarce; about 100 bags of Rangoon.
sold Mid3s(4 , l43icit lb.
SEEDS. —Clover is selling in small lots at $13@)14 7t 64
lbs. Flaxseed sells on arrival at $3.65®3. 70 %4 bushel.
Timothy is in good r emand. wits sales of abent
bushllrin lots, at from 5t6.7f.®7.26 bushel.
PIRITS.—aII kindei of foreign continue very dull.
N. E.. Rum is stllirg in a small way at 32 20 'f
Whisky is dull and there is very little - doing; small
sales are making at 1814 for Pennsylvania bbls.and
ISC®/E7c @ sallon for Western.
SALT. —The market is dull; about three• cargoes of
Turk's Island, and 3,720 Backe of Ashton's a fine sold to
arrive. :
- SII,GAR.The market continues.veryarniet, and prices
are Ic2c lower, with sales of about 560 hhds Cuba
at 21 23M ift lb
c .
TA LOW is rather dull, and paces are drooping,
pith sales of City Rendered at 183‘c lb.
TOBACCO. —There is very little doing in either Ise
or manufactured,' and prices are without any material
change.
WOOL.—The market is dull, and pricsa have declined
Kt. 10e? lb. Small sales of fine to medium fleece ara
making at lactgalflc it lb. Large sales were made by
i
auction n New York on ruesday last. The following
are the particulars :
The auction sale of wool announced was largely
attended, bat there was a lack of spirit in the bidding,
though the 'entire catalogue was disposed of at prices
below current rates, as follows : 311,100 Is fleece at 92c.
41.03;. 140 bales- tub at it 1.17, 10 bales low unwashed
fleece at 670, 15 bales fine Meehan. at 40(4/42c„ 20 ditto
Cape wool at 60Messme, and 10 ditto superior Cape at
633ic. Before the !ale. 6.5,i00 ltis fleece and 90 bales
lamb, pulled, sold at private terms
VINSOAR. —Corn Vinegar is selling at 26c 11 gallon,
fn bbls.
PR ILADELPHIABOOT AND SHOD. RAREST, Sept.
D.—There have been no important changes during the
past week to record. The fall trade is gradually open
ing, but comes on very slowly compared with last year.
During the week there have been some lowa dealers to
the market, with an increase of purchasers from towns
in Penn syl yenta, wh Mb, in addition to those previouslY
here, have made a moderate trade. The general tradc
of the city is backward,' and the Fame quiet rates in the
dry goods market as we have to report for the trade bs
boots and shoes.
The manufacturers continue moderately well employ
ed in making up work, desiring to have fair stocks on
hand. Intending to manage so prudently as to have little
if any stock left to carry over to the next season.' saving
that in view some will curtail their manufacturing,
should not a more.active demand spring
,up in a few
days. With both jobbers and manufacturers there is no
expectation of a very large trade, and both are patient
ly waiting to see what the result will be. Prices conti
nue firm, dealers knowing that goods cannot bs replaced.
et any lower rates than they are now offered for.-
B61);2TIC1'.
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Boston Markets, September 22.
The receipts since yesterday have been 10,472 barrels
Flour, 260 bus Oats, 3,C00 bus Shorts. The market for
Flour today has been dull, with sales of Western su
perfine at $lO fiC@lo.76: common extras. $11(411.25; me
dium extra, $11.66012.25"; good and choice. including:
favorite brands St. Louis 8512.5t@15 bbl. Sonthern
Flour is quiet. Brandy-shim is scarce and nominal.
Market for Corn quiet. We Quote Western mixed at
$1.72, and Southern yellow at $1.30' bu. Oats dull,
with sales of Northern and Canadian at 90a65c Tel bn.
Rye is firm at $2 ;bn. Shorts are dull at 46@43.
Fine Feed, $46 ton. Middlings scarce and nominal.
"PROVISIONS. —Pork is firm; sales of prime Pork at
840, mess at $4:®42, and clear at $46@47 it bbl, cash.
Beef is firm, with sales of Eastern and Western mess
and extra mess at i1t21C6)23 bbl cash, as to quality.
Lard in steady; sales in bbls and tiercea at 25c "IA lb.
Smoked Hams are 19021 c. Butter sells at 4C-&soc /115
for good and chtece.. Cheese continues steady at 15(4.12c
lb for common to good, as to quality.
Arrival and Sailing of Ocean Steamers.
TO &REM.
PRONE
Virginia Liverpool • New York...... Sept. n
Bremen.... ...... . Liverpool New York Sept. 15
C. of Baltimore—Liverpool New York Sept. 14
Asia Liverpool . Boston Sept. 17
&minim Southampton :Now York Sept. 24
, ' • - TO DEFAME
Arabia..." Boston Liverpool ' Sept. 23
Eagle New. York Havana Sept. 2S
Won , New York Liverpool Sept. `M
Olyinpos.••• New York..... Liverpool Sept. 23
BolllBEitt New York Liverpool - Oat. 1
City of London.. New York 'Liverpool .—....0ct. 1
Liberty. ....New York Havana .Oct. 1
North Star New York Aspinwall Oct. 1.
• • LErTEB BAGS
AT TEB . MERCHANTS'EXCITAITOEp PITITADELPHIA.
Ship 'Tonawanda, Julius ' Liverpool, BOOM
Barque Two Brothers: Teague Liverpool, soon
Brig Open Sea, Babbidge Barbados. soon
• FHILADELFHIA,BOdED OF TALOA.
HORACE J. SMITE,
WM. H. WOODWARD, /CommiTT2FOIFTIOIMOna.
S. P. HUTCHINSON, . -
CMIIO 5.14D)4 5 . 1\ Oil
PORT OF PIMIADZIOPIELt,ftpt.23,IB64.
Sun Rises... 6 021 San Sets.... 6 5S 1 RighWater. 366
ARRIVED
Schr Tennessee, - 'Wooster. 12 days from Hillsboro'. If
S, with mdse to B A Bonder & Co. •
Schr Westover, Eldridge, 7 days from Boston, wait.
ice to Kennedy: Stairs. & Co.
Behr Mantras, Mott, 6 days from Port Royal, in bal
last to Workman & Co.
Sc) r S C. Tyler, Steelman, 5 days from Fortress Mon
roe, in.ballaet to captain.
Bahr' t. Corbett, Simpkins, 4 days from Alexandria, is
ballast to captain.
Schr S P Chase, Campbold, 1 day from .Smyrna, Del,
with' grain to Jas L Bewley Sr Co. -
Schr Diamond,
.Townsend. 2 days from Indian
With grain to Jas L Bewley & Co.
Schr Ocean Ranger, Poland, 2 days .from . New Yorks
in ballast to captain.
Steamer Anthracite, Jones. 24 hours f rom. N ew York.
with mdse to Wm 21 Baird & Co.
Steamer George H Stout, Nioholas, ghotir s firom‘Ketif
York, with maze to W P Clyde.
Steamer - Bristol, Charles, 51 - . hours from New York,
with mdze to W P Clyde.
Steamer- Prank, Shropshire, 40-hours from Hartford,
with mdze to W. 112 ld Baird at. Co.
Steamer W C Pierrepont. Green, 24 hours from New
York, with radze to Wm M Baird & Co. Is.
• CLEABED.
Brig Hunter , (Br: ) Faulkner , . Kingston, Ja.
Brig .1: P. Ellicott, Deverenx. Boston.
Brig San Antonio, Jackion, L‘ew Orleans.
Schr Henry Nutt, Howe. Port Royal.
Schr S'C Tyle:r, Steelman, Port Royal.
•
Schr Mary Patton. Phillips Salem.
Schr Mime and Beulah, Okrataworth, Baltimore.
Schr.Persult, Adams,.A.lexaadria ,
Schr Floyd; Racket', Somerset.
Echr
Loui sa , Sealnar, "Viqg_ns, Somerset.
Sehr. a Haskell.: Roston.
• Schr Westovir,-Eigratge, Boston..
Say Western Star, Crowell, Boston.
Sam Cora; Baker, Providence:
:Schr Arinenill, Cavalier, Washington.
&ltha R Townsend, Townsend_,
Schr Brittain, Sanders, Port Royal.
Schr Elwood Boron, Jervis,_Pcirt Royal,
_Schr Sophia Wilsonewal,Port Royal.
echr A kl No
Edwards, Hinson, Washington.
Schr L B Corbit, Simpkins, Washington.
Schr Reading R It, No Ireland, Washington. -
St' r J S Sh river. Denhis. Baltimore;
St - r New York, Davis, New . York..
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(Correspondence of the Philadelphia 3:reheat*. .
LEWES.LEas. Del
The brig Ellen Stewart, from Phil adelphiapt. 21.
for
I , 7ew Orleanc r wittt coal : polars Ann. SU6arl Scranton,
Carlton' Jayne; and A Middleton. front New York for
Wathington, with' hay, oats. grain. Arc ; a'so, sabre
Ann. with oats and hey; Hendrick Hudson. with lum
be To wn W G 3vith bay ; Waif. with hay ; Mary .
C , Jacob Raymond. and -Snag 'l* Woes. watts
bay, etraw, and. grain , for Fortress Monroe: Curse Al
Beeres.. Julia E Pratt,. and others, ell IV" P r o vender
for 'Baltizorrei Georgetown,4c. are detained in the
Roadstead ily,sontbtreeterlwind*. Weather cloudy..
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