The press. (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1857-1880, March 20, 1865, Image 1

THE PBEIBB,
jjjjJWO® DAILY (SUNDAYS EXOKPTMD)
BT JOHH W. irOBSBY,
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ID DAILY PRESS,
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, T ,n*at a* Twmtt omtb Pm Win, payabla to
, onrt**. Mailad to 8nb»«H»r» oat o( tt» alty.
ii Doiunrn Amva; Font dolmbb Ban Tim
it fo» tix KNmi Two Doujjuj AW Twbbtt
. OBBTI «m nun Mobthi, taYArfably IbaAtbbm
iMitotMlmi
-- UwtonrataUHrM at tha uaal ißtot.
nu IW'WBBKLT PKm,
MiaAtolMtoarihara. RvbDoulass Pbb tom,)>
raßtfc
RETAIL dry goods.
T RETAIL.
JAMES fi. CAMPBELL & C 0„
727 CHESTNUT STREET,
Offer at Popular Prices:
ck buss
la great variety, inclodt ng the beat good! Im
ported. Royal Armnrea, Gro Oralue. Lyons
Taffeta, Parltlennes, Drande Frano.,VaVd6
Lyon, Gro do Rhine, Gro d'Afrione, Ac., Ac.
'JjOKBD bilks
la dwlrable ihadc*, pi tin and corded colored
Taffeta and Taffetas Parlstenaest treat Poniards
ud Golden Brown Gros Grains of magnificent
qnanlty.
'KING DBEBS GOO DS,
Impin'a choicest fabrics, single and doubt*
width. Mona do Laines, now ahadea. 8-4 Bar
naul's Crops Maretz, and Tsmartlnas, Steel
colored Mohair Poplins, Etch Mohair Valencia*,
Iwnoh Jaconets, Organdies, Percales, ft*, 1
•IN'S BOMBAZINES,
Taxalaa, Hons do l-aines, 6-4 Harnanl'a Mo
hairs, Alpacas, and other black goods at great
ly reduced rates.
WHITES GOODS,
ilnsooks, Jaconets, Cambrics, Swiss Mails, Fancy
sks, and other popular While Goods at low prices.
LINEN GOODS,
.Atlrntoetd ratal, Inilnding gUrtlat. Shorting,
Pillow Lineno, Damaiko, Siapais, Jgapklna, *«.,
atrarletr.
AT REDUCTION IN COTTON GOODS,
■oh ad Muslim In popular brand* at and bslow
kat rates.
mBVOIBIBK'B OBEEBBhTBD KID BT.OVBB.
PBIHTBO LtKEfl CAMBRIC DBBSSB3,
t prices are mucked la Plata fliurea, from Which
to not doTlata.
WHOLESALE BOOMS VP STAIRS.
' .
(SiCLINE IN
DRY GOODS.
aha-to now made, and trill, from day today, a*
'lon -warrants, continue to make taoh
REDUCTIONS IN OUR PRICKS
OHESfIC COTTON GOODS,
AWD ALL
IMPORTED GOODS,
Will eorrespoad with the redoes* wholesale rates
ned by the
DECLINE IN GOLD.
Buyevs may rely union getting fairly all the
vantage of a reduced price immediately it takes
ace,
COOPER A CONARD,
S. Corner Ninth and Karket Streets
'*-3t
OTHL PROPRIETORS
OUSSEISISFBIBS
Out *Iw»T« lad * fall (took of
iLANKBTS,
QUILTS,
LINEN GOODB,
SHEETINGS,
Uu lowMt wkoleukl* Sri«e<, *t
J, c. STBAWBBIDGK ft CO.’S,
«.*wf!tai I. W. <oi. SIGHTH »ud MAKKBT Ste.
OODB GREATLY REDUCED !!!
THE TIME TO BUT HAS COME I!!
A SPIiEEDID STOCK JC»T OPEBEp i II!
./« hare heldoff.bnylngnntll prices we ;trlght down,
id titan stepped in and bonrht freely, and are now pre
aredto BSLIi COMPASATIYBLr CHEAP ! I !
Blank Bilks. moat excellent quality.
Plain SUke in all colore.
Wool Be Baines, in all colors.
Plgured Be Balnea and Calicoes.
Beautiful Plaid floods.
Plain and Plaid Mohairs, yery pretty,
linens and Muslins, all grades.
Caisimeree and Cloths. . .. .
Tlannele, Tlaklaia.Checks. Ginghams. Ac , Ac.
Shawls. Skirts, Hdkfs, Yells, Ac., Ac.
Marseilles. Swiss, and other thin and Plaid Mas-
Honey-comb Qnllti, Marseilles Guilts, Ao . Ao, ,
money thOBHLBY A CHISM’S.
nthlB-lm Cor. of EIGHTH and if BUG aABDBH.
ARGAINS ! BARGAINS! AT TAGG
> * BEO, 'B, corner TENTH and PINB Gpodi re
iced to sold itandard. Also, new loti bought at tie
ink auction tales. „
fl lot ladies’ fine bleached Cotton Hose, 38c.
1 lot ladles' fine bleached Cotton Hose. Sl«
a lot ladUS* stont unblsaehed Cotton Hose, 35c.
5 lot ladles’ lkle thread Glotm, SOo.
lots ladles’ fine colored Berlin Alovas,kid finish, 83
"■
i lots 1,000 yards Nainsook Muslins 4i to *1 28.
I lots 800 yards aert.s Muslins. 31 to 44c.
lot fine Jaconet Hnslins, only Mo. T 1 Bo
lot loaW' Dickson* & Co. * na* B-pint iiraon j>o
I lotehfghluslre fine Black Alpacas, 87c., *l, and $1.75.
lot ladles’ plaid Silk Scarfs, $1 25.
lot gents’ black 811* Neckties. SSc. ■
lot Bird’s Bye Linen for aprons, yery fine, 87>*c.
. lot Huekabsok Bath Towels. 80c.
lot 4 4 French Ohtnties, Bprln* styles. 80e.
. lot 8-4 colored Linen Table Damask, 80c.
. lot black andwhite plaid Mohairs, 80c. . ,
With several lots Notions,. Trimming HUjbons. and
ilysts, at prices to suit the times. mhw *
AED-WIDE BLEACHED MUSLINS.
Bui la the olty,
» Mma “ C “ T WBl««»te.
Bor SIX uni«.
A crsat Bargain.
A great Bargain.
ihlS-tf
■Qg* OHKSTjT
B. M. NEEDLES,
AOSS4. Chestnut Street:,
la now a-acßiyiae a orkat vabiity o? o
HOVEIiTIBS *.
1* LAOS OOM.ABS, SBTB, SLEKVES, Bro. g
Also.* mat variety of piqnrs. French, puffed, S;
tiiSSf, .fhwi atrlped, plaid, and other ftuwy g|
HmUni eultehle for cjj
WHITE BODIES.
s
Acnertl tMortment of Whit* Gooi*,.laces, g
BsibroidArliit HaadkeieHifi* Yells* Barbee* M
***•• ** GEIATLT RSBTJOBD PBJCBB. 3]
A liurce lot of Efeedlewoxk* B&ft&sft end In
sortings just rweWed.
Alio. Queen Bess Buffs and new style y&i.
LewdolSSi mi Seta* I_
loa* olbstitot btrbet.
ADIBB’ bpking cloaks.
t Openin* dally. n»w Oloake.
toaddition took of ready-mad***raent«.
K^to*dt , «d of fi&£EM3
|LCTHB, at wholoeale or Ladi f? ° l sA Bl ° c i
Mder * f a *- * 9rt ‘% t oOTsl sioSlaDf k
mhg tx~ ag. oorner MIRTH aad MASSET sU •
•back silks without lustre,
J BikGro*er»lii.
xik T*f;t«riTi«n»M.
Blk 00i4»4 and onjUtlM. from *2.(10 to *9,
Am di Shindi &&d TfttotMi lowft
n‘niS2'Zi££s%s ssTaTwliE* SOU,
nif north TMKTH Stwo?
EW SB3BT FOB ISOS.
TBI OJMAfBSX IHVMTIOH 0? THB ABB IK
HOOP SKIBTB.
J. W. BBADLBY’B Hew Patent DOPLBX BLHP
MC (or double) SPBfIfaSKIBT. _
WBSTg' BBABLSY & OABT Ofto d. I- *
zest). 80118 PBOPBIBTOBSand
Vt OHAMBKBB and TO and 81 BEADS Stieete, Hew
*THIB IHVBHTIOH eonaiite of DoPHtt (or two) Bl“
liptio Steel SPMBoa. iarenlomily b*a™»™“SJ£S?
Biuily toother, boob t® bus*, aajta* tbe TOtfdBMT.
tooet plbixbm, BI.ABTIC, and DOBABLBp'Bllioerer
ued, Tidy fldldozß bbro ox Bxiis, iiki xid w®* l ?
Springe, and oonaeanently preeerre a, *'*.!**S2?l. r aai
Sags*
Ssbembmm, OmSw, Gabbia<jb3. Kailboad Cam.
Shbboh iSwa, Abhohaiks for Pboiikka»b and Htonsn
SnK™«SiWt can be *oun» wtantanja to mob
frr ft small plaob u Molly aa ft 8M op Hublijc
A I/AET haying enjoyed tha pljAenre, i!?®S5 r J ™Xo
great eomTanlenee of WBAanra-toe Dopab* JaiLiPTio
Qrm, Srnnro Ssmp for a swous day will neeet after-
Ward wßltajsydtopen.ee with toelr nee.
HiMMi andYouaa liadibb they aresnPßßioß to all
**THBY an theheetoUALiTTln apery part, land nnanee
ttonably toe mobtbbt, moat DBaraAßLn, oohpobiabu
'VoßßjSSSto^waM I ™' 1 ™ 8 B*"og*fi 8 *" 0 g* fi *» tol* elty,and
SroMhont” the u*n*i> atm, Havaba »n Odba,
jgmtrm
fio« HOPKINS’ 628
K» ni>sSs,VlLl» f«?J Mt-*lm« r«t*U tntde.and for )]rm>
yidSß?Sh^^^
'NFEEBLED AND DELIOA.TEOON
jIWIIo*« tad «übl« you U) »1»W W»Ui
TOL, B.—NO. W.
QARD.
I Win. OFFER BIT ENTIRE STOCK OF
WINDOW SHADES,
AT 36 PEB CIST. lESS TMAX
mhie-fpti
1026 CHESTNIJT street. jq26.
C. M. STOUT Ac c 6 ,
BBOCAmLK MCI
PIANO, TABLE, AND FURNITURE
RTCNDOW SHADES, See.
1086 CHESTNUT STREET.
foie- flnwta • 1
J)EPOT
WINDOW SHADES.
The subscribers are now prepared to pot op
I* TOWN OS COUNTRY,
at the ihoriest notice, all the nsnal widths and styles of
FANCY WINDOW SHADES,
And to furnish and put up to order In the heat manner
DWELLINGS, BTOREB, CHURCHES, OS OTHBS
They also keep on hand a large assortment of
SHADINGS SHADE TRIMMINGS. FIXTURES, Ac..
which they will seU to the trade at the lowest market
prioe.
SHEPPARD, VANHARLINGEN, A ARRISON,
Window Curtain and Shade St ire,
mhl7-f ra wlst fp No. 1008 CHESTNUT Street.
SILK A DRY GOODS JOBBERS.
gPRING.
IMTOKTMB AND JOBBERS OP DRY GOODS,
An antoaeftre assortment of choice fabrics In
roßiieir aid American dry goods,
At and under market rates.
As their stook Is dally replenished with the most da
drahle offering* of this end oth« markets, It will
always proT* worthy of isspestion.
gPRIHQ—IB6S.
EDMUND YARD <ft CO.,
«17 CHESTNUT AND 6M JAYNE STREET,
SILKS AND FANCY DRESS GOODS,
Wlirti we offer tootle trade at tie lowest market
gFRING, 1865.
&ELLOB, BAINS, & MELLOR,
■M. M ud *a HOETH THIRD BT-BEKT,
IKFOBTBBS OF
hosiery,
SMALL WARES,
AND
WHITE GOODS.
HANBYACTURSR3 07
mh7-lm BHIBT FBOjBTB.
JAMBS, KENT, SANTEE, & 00.,
JOBS H. STOKBS,
703 A.BOH Street.
aoa. m anfl aa Sorth Tblrd Street,
Moths, Prints,
Oasslmere#, Delaines,
3ftttln«tBi Alpacas, _
roans, Fanoy Dr « sa .
Oottonades, Brown and Bleached Sheetings,-
BaMms, Brown and Bleached Shirtings,
Stripes, amlsh Ohambras,
Cheeks, Ornish Tweeds,
EMnghamu, flan®**.
Diapers, Linens,
FURNISHING GOODS.
WHIT* ROODS. JOTIOMB. So ■ to. fal3-3m
STATIONERY A BLANK BOOKS.
AE., MINING, COAL, AND OTHEB
Ls xxw ooHPAnn.
We are prepared to fwraiehllew OoryoraHeSs With all
he Booki they require, at Short motif# and lew Wiese,
iflntensllty. All style# of Bindim*.
BTBXL PLAT* CKBTUICATBS OP KFOOX.
UTHOOBAPHBD R H
txambhb book. _
OBDXBB OT TKABBPIB.
rook lido**,
ROOK LIDQIX BABABOBS,
aBSISTB* OJ CAPITAL STOCK.
BBOXXK’S TKTTT LBDQIK,
iccoDirr op balxb.
BIYIDIItD KOOK. ,
MOSS * CO.,
BOOK MAJTOPACTC K*BS AKD BTATIOKXM.
CURTAIN GOODS.
LACE CURTAILS,
PIANO COVERS,
OLD IMFORTION PRICES.
I. E. WALRAYEN.
MASONIC HALL,
NO. 719 CHESTNUT STREET.
DEALERS IN
AND NOTTINGHAM
CURTAINS,
COVERINGS,
PLAIN OILED, GILT BORDERS.
NSW DESIGNS OR EXTRA SIZES
PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
1865.
m. B. CAMPBELL & CO.,
737 CHESTNUT
OFFER TO
CASH BUYERS AT WHOLESALE
WHOLESALE BOOMS UP STATES,
HAYS NOW IN BTOBB A TUIA STOCK
AMERICAN DELAINES,
BALMORALS,
SHAWLS AND GLOVES,
WHITE GOODS AND LINENS,
IMPOSTERS and jobbers
dry GOODS,
PHILADELPHIA
43M CHBSTEUT Street.
WATCHES AND JEWELRY.
JRE BUBSOEIBER,
HAYira BDCOIBDBD
F. P. DUBOSQ <S> SON,
AT
1008 Chestnut Street,
(eeyeetfnllylhforaihls Mends and snstomers that he
um fox eale a lane ud TUlsd .toe* o!
BATCHES, JEWELRY, SILVER, AND
PLATED WARE.
Also. Mittutlr on hud, a large ud well-assorted
■efkof
ygiawTj JEWELRY.
jif, SCiXTXjOIV)
ASHoi the line Of EKWIB ladomds A 00,
YATOBB Mi JBWBLKY OAKBTULLY BBPAIKXD.
BOLD. BILTBK. Shd DIAMOBDB BOtTOBT. W-to
CABPETB AND OIL-CLOTHS
RALSTON, & CO.,
BiaOTAffniEnro aid commission mbbohaits,
CARPETINGS,
OIL CLOTHS, MATTINGS, BUGS, AO.,
"■O. 610 CHESTNUT SXBUT,
pp-rr,Al>gltPgLA.
ftrb 00L0S8.
li HITB LKABj /IT IDO
AKfttipAy ABB ?QB£IGy Wiy? o W GLABB,
AT T-AWBBT.Iff ATtKaf. UXAft __ _ _
Axontfor PApfer PLASH LETTERS. nliB-Bial)>
A : READY AND TBOT
'J’Q THE PEOPLE,
NOW READY, r
A WORK BY DR._yOa_MOSOHZIBiaSK, ,
Of No, 103 T WALNUT Street,
bstitlsd.
A BOOK POE THE PEOPLE,
On the following Dlseaaets
EYE AND EAR DISEASES.
THROAT DIBBJLBK9 IK QENK&AL.
CLERGYMEN’S AND PUBLIC SPEAKERS’ SORE
THBOaT
DISEASES OP THE Aik PABSAGBS,
ASThII'aND
.The book to to he had of W. 87 * * MAKTIMJ, No.
SO® CHESTNUT Btreet,.and at all Bookseller,’. Prise.
One Dollar.
The author. Dr. YON MOSCHZIBKBR. ,aa bo son
ml ted on all these in ala dies,and all NERVOUS AFFEC
TIONS, whl.K he treats with the surest enseesi.
Oflee. 1037 WALNUT street. JaM-Sm
r» HEW SPRING IMPORTATIONS.
BOW OPEN, A FULL LINE OF
BFBING BONNETS,
HAT**. AKD MILiISERI GOOOS
generally. Merchants, Strangers, and Residents par
ebaeing BONXUSTS will find every variety to select
from* at the • '
WHOXjESAIiE AND RETAIL
MILLINERY SHOW ROOMS,
780 ARCH STREET.-
~mh«-ltlfp» B. P. GILL & 00.
MERCHANT TAILORS.
JfJDWARD P. KELLY,
618 CHESTJNUT STREET,
A COMPLETE ASSORTMENT OF
„ SPRING GOODS.
mbS-tf ____ 1 -
BOYS’. CLOTHING.
jgOYS’ CLOTHING.
JACKETS, PARIS, So.,
COOPER &, CONARD,
mhl lm 8. B. OORNEB NINTH & MARKET 818.
DRUGS AND CHEMICALS.
Z IEGLKB * SMITH,
Drug, Paint, and Glass Dealers,
Proprietor* of the Pennsylvania Paint and Color Works,
BEST WHITE LEAD, BEST ZINC,
oC£urpassed for Whitenseg, Pine Gloss, Durability.
Firmness, and Evenness ef Surface.
PUSS LIEBBTY LEAD —Warranted to,cover more
snrfaoe for earne weight than any other.
tbt rr. Aim top will sjlvb xo other!
PURE LIBERTY ZINC,
Selected Bine, ground In Refined Linseed OU.aneo.tCbled
SPRING.
PIKE LIBERTY ZINC.
Warranted to do more and better work at a riven cost
Store and Offlce-Ho. 137 North THIRD Street,
mhlO-Sm*
jJOBBRT SHOEMAKER & C 0„
M. E. Comer of FOURTH and RACE Street!,
PHILADELPHIA,
WHOLESALE DRUGGISTS.
(MPORTBBS AND DEALERS IN FOREIGN AND
DOMESTIC
WINDOW AND PLATE GLASS.
KANUPAOTUREBS OP
WHITE LEAD AND ZINC PAINTS, PUTTY, Ad
AQBXTS FOR THB OHLKBSATHD
FRENCH ZINC PAINTS.
Peeler, and eenenmere supplied at
fell 3m VERY LOW PRIOBB FOR CASH.
SXOKAS 3. OBAK.
OKAM & HEMPHILL,
VP DBALEKS IK
LBHIGH AND SCHUYLKILL COAL.
Of all sises and of belt qoalltles.
Carefully picked end screened, «d invariably it the
Offiee and Yard, WILLOW^befow¥rFTEBJfTH Street.
Orders can be left at 146 ItorftHVFE Strut,
«53NorthTENTH Street, 1433 BARCLAY Street,or
through the Poet Office, which Will lie promptly and
eatlsfactoriiy fllled. ft”-8m
T? HCHBEINEK, NEW COAL DEPOT,
.trier Office 110 South. TdoBTB
Street. ; odO-ea
. mhU-Smfp
COAL.— BUGAR LOAF, BEAVER
MEADOW, and Spring Mountain Lehigh Coal, and
beet Loenet Mountain, from fkshuriklH, ex-
SffifiArflKS: SIEKfWJ-feWira
Street [aps-tfl J.WALTOM * CO.
Q.OLD’BPATENT IMPROVED STEAM
AND
WATER-HEATING APPARATUS
POE WARMING AND VENTILATING PUBLIC
BUILDINGS AND PRIVATE BBSIDBNOES,
HANOT? AOTUBED BT THB
BSION BTIAM AID WATER-HEATDfG
COMPANY
OF PENNSYLVANIA.
JAHES P. WOOD &■ CO.,
41 South FOURTH STREET.
B. M. FEELTWELL, Sup’t.
3&7-gm-ft> - ■ - . -
H. SLEEPER & CO.,
515 MINOR STREET,
manufacturers, agents, and whole
sale DEALERS IN
FLINT AND 6REEN GLASSWARE,
Haye now in store a fall assortment of the aboye goods,
Wbleh we offer at the lowest market rates.
Being sole agents for the SALBM GREEN GLASS
WOBKS, we are prepared to make and work private
moulds to order.
POSTER, MINERAL, and WINE BOTTLES, Of •
superior color and finish.
Also, LAMP CHIMNEYS, APOTHECARIES’ SHOP
FURNITURE, SHOW BOTTLES, SYRINGES, HOMCB
- VIALS,and Druggists’ Glasswaro generally.
T. A EVANS & CO.’S PITTSBURG GLASS VIALS
constantly on hand at fhctory prices. fel4-Sm
rj’HE AMERICAN CAR COMPANY.
THIRTI-FIRST AID LOUDBT STREWS,
WEST PHILADELPHIA,
OAR BUILDERS, IRON FOUNDERS,'AND
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that this Company is
now prepared to reeeiyo orders for building
ALL KINDS OF OARS.
, The shops of the Company being supplied with tbe
latest and most improved labor- saying machinery, wil.
enable It tobxecute all orders with great despatch, and
In the very best manner.
! Tbe Company has also purehassd tbe right to use
■■ DOTTSREB’S ” and ** MIBIMONDBS’ *’ Patent
Anti Friction Self. Lubricating CAE JOURNAL BOXES,
and MB. THOMAS H. JBNKiaS’ Patented Piooesa for
HARDENING CAST IRON. All these Patents the Com
pany intend using for and on all the Can built in their
Worke— thereby greatly adding to the utility and dura
bility of tbe work perlormed.
In addition to the above, the Company ie prepared to
execute orders for
ST ATI ON ARY AN D P 0 RTABLE ENGINES. .
MINING AND PUMPING BNGINKB,
BLOWING ENGINES FOR FURNACES and FORGE 3,
Including all kinds of work connected with a
GENERAL MACHINERY BUSINESS.
Also, all kinds of Iron and Brace Castings and Smiths’
work executed in the very best manner, both aa regard!
deaien, material and workmanship. ■ -
Drawings and estimates made st.the Works bee of
” ™ D. H. DOTTERER,
SUPERINTENDENT.
THB AMERICAN OAR CO.
CAPITAL, *500,000, IN BRAKES OF $lOO EACH.
A limited number of Shares in this Extensive Manu
facturing Company—wbleh promises to be largely re
munerative—ror sale at tbe office of tbe Company..
lAHES W. BABBETT, Secretary
mhl-wfrmlm ;
OIBH AND CANNED MEATS.
C SOObbleMeesand No IMaekereL
3,ooocasescanned Meats, Lobstannike.
Va* uia .Vw P. O. BUK BOUGH.
fSSr U 8 North FRONT Stmt.
TJELMBOLD’S EXTRACT. BUCHU
slaxmlng symptoms, and if no treatment is supmitted
*pUe*tJg fits ww*.
MILLINERY.
JOHN KELLY.
TAILORS,
bats now in BToaa
SPRING SACKS,
NOW READY.
WHOLESALE
Manufacturers of
PURE LIBERTY LEAD,
In Quality, always the same.
than any ether.
GET THE BEST!
-PHILADELPHIA.
COAL
Bosbxt J. HWMFIUIiU.
MACHINISTS.
PHILADELPHIA, MO
%\t |jms.
MONDAY, MARCJI 20, 1865.
MESSAGE OF JEFF DAVIS.
HIS CONFESSION OF DEFEAT.
Richmond Never in Suoh Banger—lien Never
so Few—Honey Never so Sooroe.
HiS APPEAL, TO THE REBEL CONGRESS.
Absolute Impressment, New Taxes, Repeal of Ki
tmpUons, Suspension or the Habeas Corpus,
a Practical Dictatorship, necessary
to the Success of the
Rebellion. v
More Revelations of the Peaoe Commission.
EEE PBOPeSEB A MII.ITA»Ir CONVENT*
TION TO «BANT ?
The followiai ineaiaiesn transmitted to the rebel
CongressMonday,)flaroli,]3: . ;
To. the Senate, and Souse of Representatives of the
Confederate Stales,of America: ...
Wien informed, on Thursday laai« ffcaUt.was the la
tently a* jouragfn*! dU oh theentaing
Eacutaay. I iijmy dutvio laquast-a postpone*:
xhcnt of the argourament, la order that I might submit
for your consideration, certain mattere of public interest
w hich art now laid before yon. When tKatt-eauess was
made the raostilrpportant had occupied
your attention during the session had not been so far
advanced as to be Vubinitied'for executive action, and
thoetate of the country had been somaterialiy affected
by the events of the la«t four months ai to evince the
necessity of further and more energeticlegislation than
was contemplated in JSiovember la»t.
Onr country U now environed with perils Which it is
our duty calmly to contemplate'/ Time alone can the
meseureß necessary to avert threatened calamities be
w isely devised and efficientl} enforced.
Betest military operations of the, enemy have been
successful in ike capture of sone of our seaports, in in
terruptisg some of enr lines of dommuoleatlon, and in
devastating large district* of onr country. These events
have had the natural effect of onoouraring our foss.
and dispiriting many of our people. . The capital of
the ConftdertUe States is nowthreatened, and is in
greater danger than it has heretofore been during the
war lbe lact is stated r wiibdufc reserve or couceai
m* ut, sb due to the people, whose servants we are. and
in whose courage and constancy entire trust is reposed;
as due to you. in whose wisdom aad'resolute spirit the
people have contUed, tor the adoption of the measures
required to guard them irom threatened perils.
While stating to you that our country la la danger, I
desirs also to state my deliberate'* conviction that it :1b
within our power to avert the calamities which menace
us, and to tecure the triumph of the sacred cause for
which so much sacrifice has been made, so much suf
fering endured, so many precious lives been lest. This
result is to be obtained by fofrttb'de. by courage, by
constancy in ensuring the sacrifices still needed, in a
word, by the prompt and resolute devotion of the whole;
resources of men and money tin the Confederacy to the
aoMevemint of oar liberties and independence. ...
The measures now required to be aueceiaful should
be prompt Long deliberation and protracted debate
oyer Important measures are- not only- natural but
laudable in>r«preventative .assemblies. under ordinary
circumstances; but in mordents of danger, when action
becomes urgent, the delay thus caused is Itself anew
source of peril. Thus it has unfortunately happened:
that some of the measures passed by you in pursuance
of the recommendations contained in my message of
November last have been so retarded as to lose much of
their value, or have, for tbe same reason-been aban
doned after being matured, because no longer applica
ble to our titered condition; and others have not been
brought under examination., In making these remarks'
it is far from my intention to attribute the loss of time
to any other Cause than those inherent in deliberative -
assemblies, but only urgently to recommend prompt ac
tion upon the meaeure&now submitted. •
:We need for carry mg*on the war successfully men and
supplies for tbe army. We have both within our coun
try sufficient to attain success. **'
To obtain the supplies it is necessary to protect pro
ductive districts, guard our lines of communications by
an Increase in the number of our forces; and hence it
rssulisttst withalarge augmentation in the number
of men in the army, the faculty of supplying the troops
would be greater than with ourrecentredueed strength,.
For the punhaee.of supplies now required, especially
for, the armies in Virginia and north Carolina, the
treasury must be provided with means, and a modifica
tion in tbe impressment law is required. It has been
ascertained b r examination that we have within our
reach -a sufficiency of what is most needed for the
‘ army, asd without having recourse to the ample
provision existing in those parts or the Confederacy
with which our' communication has been partially
interrupted by bot-tiie operations. But in some districts
from which supplies are to-be drawn, the inhabitants,
being either within the enemy’sllues or in very close
proximity, ate unable to make nee of Confederate trea
sury note* for the purchase of articles.of prime necessity,
and It is necessary that, to some extent, coin be paid m
order to obtain supplies. It is, therefore, recoamended
that Congress devite tbe means for making available
the coin within the Confederacy for the purpose of sup
plying tbe army. The officers of the supply depart
ments report that with two millions of dollars in coin
the armies in Virginia and fiorth Carolina can be amply
supplied for the remainder of the year, and the know
ledge of this fact should suffice to insure the adoption
of the meat-urea necessary to obtain this moderate sum.
Tbe impressment law, as It now exists, prohibits the
public officers from iioprst Bing *upplies without making
payment of the valuation at the time of impressment.
The limit fixed for the issue of treasury notes has been
nearly, reached, and the Treattuy canaoi always fur
nish the funds necessary for prompt payment, while the
law for raising revenue, which would have afforded
means for.dlminishU g, if not removing this difficulty,
was unfortunately delayed for several months, and has
ju»t been signed. In this condition of things Uis im
possible to supply the army, although ample stores
may exist in the country, whenever the owners refuse
to give credit to the public officer. It is neoeisary that
this restrictionoathe power of impressment be removed.
The power 1b admitted to be objectionable, liable to
abuse, and unequal in its operation on indlviduals;-
yet all these objections must yield to absolute ne
cessity. It Is also suggested that the, system
of valuation now established ought to be radi
cally changed. The legislation require* in such
cases of impressment that the market price be paid,
but there is really no market price in many eases,
and then valuation is made arbitrarily and in a depre*.
Ciated currency. The result is that the most extrava*
gant prices are fixed, such as no one expect* ever to be
paid in coin. None believe that the Government can
ever redet m in coin the obligation to pay fifty dol
lars a bushel for cbm, or seven hundred dollars a
barrel for flour. It would seem to bs more just and
appropriate to estimate the supplies impressed at their
value in coin; to give the obligation of tee Government
for the payment ofthe prke in coin witfc reasonable in
terest or at the option or the creditor to return m kind
the wheat or corn impressed. With a reasonable interest
also payable in kind; and to make the obligations thus
issued receivable for all payments due in coin to the
Government Whatever be the value attached by Con
gress to these suggestion*, it la hoped that there will be
no hesitation in so changing the law as to render it pos
sible to supply the army in case of necessity for the im
pressment of provisions for that purpose
The measure adopted to raise re* eaue, though liberal
in its provisions, fceing clearly inadequate to meet the
arrear of debt and the current expenditures, some de
gree of embarrassment in the management of the
finances must continue to be felt It is to be regretted^
I think, that the recommendation of the Secretary of
j the Treasury, of a tax on agncutiur&l income, equal to
the augmented tax on other i*conea. payable Jn Tiea
suiy notes, was rejected by Oongresß. This tax would
have contributed materially to facilitate the purchasa
of provisions, and diminish the necessity that is now
felt for a supply of coin. _
The measures passed by Congress during the session
for recruiting toe army and supplying the additional
force needed for the public defence have been, in my
judgment, insufficient, and I am impelled, by a pro
found conviction of duty, and stimui ated by a sense of.
the perils which surround our country, to urge upon
you additional legislation on this subject. . A
The bill for employing negroes as soldiers has not yet
reached me, though the pruted journals of your pro
ceedings inform me of Its passage. Much benefit is an■
ticipated from this measure, though far less than
would have resulted from its adoption at an earlier
date , eo as to afford time for their organization and in
struction during the wider month*.
The bill for diminishing the number of exempts has
just been made the subject of a special message, and its
provisions are such as would add no strength to the
army. The recommendation to abolish all class exemp
tions has not met your favor, although still deemed by
me a valuable and important measure; and the number
of men exempted by a new clause in the act just passed
Is believed to be quite equal to that of those whose ex
emption is revoked. A law of a few lines repealing all
(dues exemptions would not only strengthen the forces
in the field,* but be still more beneficial by abating the
natural discontent and jealousy created in the army by
the existence of classes privileged by law to remain in
places of safety, while their fellow-citizens
in the trene&ea and the field. ■.
The measure mott needed, however, at the present
time, for affording an effective increase to our military
strength, is a general militia law, such as the Constitu
tion. authorizes Congress to pass, by granting to it power
“to provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining
the militia, and for governing such part of them ae may
be employed in the service of the Confederate States, *
stud the futther power •• to provide for oallta, forth, tae
militia to execute the laws of the Confederate States,
suppress insi xi ectiohs, and repel invasions. ’ ’ Thene
cessity lor the exercise of this power can never exist, if
not in the circumstances which now surround us. The
security of the States against any encroachment by the
Confederate Government is amply provided by the Con
stitution by * ‘ reserving to the States, rsroecflvely, the
appointment of the officers andthe authority of training
the militia according to the discipline prescribed by
OOQCf6SB< i * •
A law is seeded to prescribe sot only how aud of
what persons the militia are to be organized* but to pro
vide the mode of calling them out. If instances be re
quired to show the necessity for such a general law, it
Is sufficient to mention that in one case I uavebeaniu
formed by the Governor of a State that the lawaoes
not permit him to call the militia from one county for
service in another, so that a single brigade of the enemy
could traverse the State and devastate eaeh county in
turn, without any power on the wit ofthe Executive to
use the miUtia for effective defence; while in another
-'■State the Executive refused to allow themilitia “to be
employed in the service of the Confederate States/ Mu .
the absence of a law for that purpose • .
I have heretofore, in a confidential message to the two
Houses, staled the facts which induced me to consider
it necessary that the privilege of the writ of habeas
corpus should he suspended. The conviction of the
necessity of this measure has become deeper as the
events of the struggle hav* been developed. Congress
has not concurred wlthmein opinion. I tie my duty to •
say that thetime has arrived when the suspension of the
writ is not simply advisable, and expedient t butal
most indispensable to the successful conduct of the
war. On Congress must rest the responsibility of de
dining to exercise a power conferred by the Constitu
tion as a means of public safety to b* ustd in periods
of national peril resulting from foreign invasion,
t our present circumstances are not sue a as wsreon
templsied when this power was conferred, 1 confess
myself at a lose to imagine any contingency in which
this clause of the Constitution will not remain a dead
letter.
With the prompt adoption of the measures above re
commended, and the united and hearty co operationlof
Congress and the people in the execution of the laws
and ice defence of the country, we may enter upon the
present campaign with cheerful confidence in the re
suit And who can-doubt the continued existence of
that spirit and fortitude of the people, and of that con
stancy under revert e*,^which alone are needed to render
our triumph secure? What ether resource remains
available out the undying * unconquerable resolve to
he free ? It has become certain beyond all doubt or
question, that we must continue this struggle to a suc
cessful issue, or must make abject and unconditional
submission to Buch Urine as It shall please the con
queror to impose on us after our surrender. If a possl*
ble doubt could exictnfter the conference between our
commissioners and Mr. Lincoln, as recently reported to
you, it would be diipolled by a recent occurrence, of
which it is proper that you should be informed.
Congress will remember that in the conference above
referred to onr commissioners were informed that the
Government of the United States would not enter into
any agreement or treaty whatever with the Confederate
Stateb. nor with any single State; and that the only
poieible mode of obtaining peace was by laying down
our arms, disbanding our forces, and yielding uncondi
tional obedience to-the laws of theonitedStates, In
cluding those passed for the confiscation of our proper
ty and the constitutional amendment for the abolition of
slavery. It will further be remembered, that Sir. Lln*
coin declared that the only terms on which hostilities
could cease were those stated In his message of Decem
ber last, in which we were informed that, In the event
of our penitent submission, he would temper justice
with mercy, mid that the question whether we. woulc
he governed as dependent territories, or permitted to
have a representation In their Concrsss, was one on
which he could promise nothing, but which would hi
decided by their Congress after our submission had
- been accepted. :
It hat not, however, been hitherto stated to you that
in the course’ of the conference at Fortress Hooroa, a
j-uggesUonwas made by one of our commissioners that
the objections entertained by Mr Lincoln to treating
with the Government of the Confederacy or with any
separate State might be avoided, by substituting for
the usual mode of negotiating through commissioners
orother diplomatic agents, me method sometimes em
ployed of amilitary convention to be entered into by
Ike commanding generals of the armies of the two bsl-
Ugtrents. This, he admitted, was a power possessed
by Mm, though it was not thought commensurate with
ail the questions involved. As he did not accept the
suggestion when made, he was afterwards requested to
reconsider Ms conclusion upon the subject of suspen
sion of hostilities, which he agreed to do, but saidthat
oe had maturely considered the plan, and had deter
mined that it could not be done.
kubsequently. however, an Interview with General
Longßlteet was asked for by General Ord, command
lie the enemy's Army of the James, during which
Geo. Longsteet was informed by him shat there was a
: possibility of arriving at a eatMaotory adjustment of
(he present unhappy difficulties, by means of a military
\ a nvent lon, and that if General Lee desired an:inter
r view oh the subject,'it would not bedsollnea»<provided;
f &*#‘%nth»r£y £>/
, MARCH 2(1, 1865,
'4 to be the cons queuce of th« snggAAtloa
?<? toj axH Gen. Lee, aoeordinp to instruc
o&en. Grant, an the second of tfiis'month,
wrneet him.for conference on the subject
to tnai he ipne vested wiik the requisite au
3xu tircist’S reply elated, th&t he nad no an
il*^®* 1 lo i tbe ® ,ro * ,Oßet, coafareace. ahat-his
cienaed qt< ly to making a convention on sab
tycf a militarrcharacter, amt that Gen, Ord
hare meant thai an Interview would not
w any subject on which, he, Gen. Grant,had
act,
>p*ars Jjbat,neUher with the’ Confederate
nor- the authorities of any State, nor
oommnndlnff generals, will the Go yarn-
United States treat or make any terms or
Caterer for the cessation of howUitUs.
t s* then, for wt no choice but. to continue
a final issue; for the people of the Con-,
he out little known to him who supposes
iy would over consent to purchase; at the
iatlon and slavery, permission to live in a
p i«oned - by'their own negrcea, and go*
-acsift sent by the conqueror to rule over
thus fully plhcdd before you Uze information
to enable youlto judge of the state of the
thadacgers to which we are-expoSed, and the
; of legislation, needed for averting them, it
far mes fcufc to invoke front attention to the
ion of those xnea'cfl by which* above all others,
>pe to v&cdpe the.caiauiities that would result
ilnre Fromineo?. above all others, Is the
‘earnest and cordial 00-operationbstween
lents of -jGoyernment, State , and Con*
' all. emiilent citizens thtonghout the
To you, l especially, ss Senators
ratives do people look for euco.urace*
J.usel TJyour action, not only in iegie
but in yodr homes, will their eyes be
the example of wh&tisbettuingmen, who,
sacrifices ca the altar of ire&dooi, show that
>rthyio enjoy Its bDesint*. I feel full con*
' you wi.l cozrcdrwiih me in the conviction
nblic dotles wilt not be e»ded when yon
losed the legislative labors of the sossioii,
it voice wiii'be heard - cheering and en
,e people io that persistent fortitude which
itherto displayed, sad animating them by
dation of that serene Confidence which in
{. public danger is the distinctive char* c-'
iepstriot, who derives courage from hie de*
is oCUuiry's destiny, and is thus enabled to
like courage in others r
tdin a common and holy came,rising above.
tfsteeratiOEß, rendering all our .means and •
itary to the country’s welfare, let us bow
tp the Divine Will, and rOVajentiy invoke
our Heavenly Father that as. He piQ;
led our eires when BtmgtLing Is a similar
nil enable us fcojguard safely our altars
Xes, end maintain inviolate the political
weinherited.
1 JEFFFESOJT DAVIS.
March 13,166& - ~
iHRRN »JBW§' Iff* SATURDAY.
jr&s mobiuis momentamiy bxpbotbd—
AN 'PROBABLY IN POSBBSSIONOF GULUB
- VERSION OF SHUBXDAM’S SllD-
M&XfeBS OF VIRGINIA CALLED ON TO PAY
kGBS/ r
fiNGT.ONj March. 18.—‘The subjoined, do.
have been reoeivod at this department,
. \ , * ■ .O. A, Dana*
- Assistant Secretary of War.
Point, Va., March 13.—T0 Hon, C, A . Dana,
tSecreiary of. W.ar,:.' The Eiohmond papers
tb-o^arbieceived.
f The Confederate Congress adjourned at 3 o’clock
t©'d«i?,uine <Be. ' ’ j ‘V
[ The’Fresidont of the James river Canal calls on
the fann.eraof Virginia to aid in repairing the
canals '
* The Augusta (Georgia) papers say that Alexan
der Stephens has been in Georgia for.tendaysor
mom,: that has cot yet been heard from rand
thattkey hope this silence will hot continue.
; Vigorous efforts are being made at Richmond for
the organisation of colored troopß,
: Thefollowink paragraphs are taken from the
Richmond Whig:
i Mobile, March i —This city is strongly menaced.
General Maury has Issued a circular advising the
people, to prepare for the expected attack. He
urges thenon-oomb&tanta to leave,
March s.—One hunted and aeventy-six
navy and army exchanged prisoners arrived in the
city fast Higher
: Mobile, March 6.-*A transport containing two
troops arrived'yesterday, through Grant’s
' Mobile, March 11.—Fourteen vessels more were
added to, theTfieet to-day, making twenty-one In
sight of the ofty.
Great acfcivityprevails with the enemy In the
lower bay. There is every indication of an early
attack. The enemy; have 'fired a few shots from
bothsiaes. *
Fbom Gboegia-—Action of the Legislatubb
©m tub Miiwaby Quhstion.—3flA.ook, Maroh4.—
Ihe Bouse of Delegates have adopted a resolution
: requesting Congress to. repeal. the conscript law,
ana' accept mbn from the States under officers of
their own chcfice, by a vote of 61 yeas against 46
nays.
Shbbidan’s Raid— Damage tothb Gan Ah,
etc!—The Lynchburg papers of Monday and Tues
day bring us some details of the. raid through the
upper country, which, In view of the fabt that Sheri- :
d&n has commuhloated with Lieut,: Gen. Grant
from Columbia we conceive to be puerile to with-
and thererore lay them before our readers.
The Virginian sayß that the -Tankee division sent
in that direction followed the Orange and. Alexan
dria Railroad as far as Buffalo river, burning .the
railroad bridgeatthat point* livery bridge between
Charlottesville and Buffalo, a distance ofmore than
forty miles, has been destroyed and much of the
track torn up, though the extent of the damage
here has not yet been, ascertained.
The nearest approach they made to Lynchburg
was New Glasgow, seventeen miles distant, where
a small party of them burned the railroad depot.
On Wednesday a party, estimated at from 2,000 to
3.C00, appeared at Burt Creek, and wore supposed to
be making for the southside of the James river, the
fine bridge over the river being. burned on their ap
proach. They contented themselves. with. load
ou&es upon onr reserves, who wereAtatloned on the
other side of the river.
They burned the boat of the James-tiver Canal
Company at Burt Greek. They had e&pturedfour
of-our scouts that were left in tne hands of an equal
number of their troops, who, being out off from the
main force by the bandog of the Tye river bridge,
gave themselves up to their captors, and were
brought to this city.
The raiders burned every mill they could find
along the James river, destroyed all the tobacco and
tobacco houses, and carried away all the horses and
negroes they could lay their hands upon. They shot
abont SCO of their broken-down horses on the planta
tion of Mr, W. B. Cabell, below New Market, and
or course took off all the horses belonging to that
gentleman they could find.
It Is said that abont three hundred Yankees
crossed the river opposite Columbia on Friday, but
recrossed to the north side immediately.
The Republican of Thursday says that the raiders
commenced at Burt Greek the work of destruction
to the canal, which is reported to be very badly
damaged from about twenty-five miles below here
to Columbia, and possibly farther down toward
Richmond. 1 “
Every loch on the canal is said to have been de
stroyed in several places. The banks, have been
blown away. The aqueduct at Columbia is said to
be badly damaged. The destruction of private pro
perty along the ronte of the raiders Is represented
to be immense. The people were stripped of horses,
negroes, and meat and bread, and many were left
without a morsel ofjbod.
The Situation in North Carolina.— -Oar
Danville and North Carolina exchanges, received
yesterday, throw some light upon the situation of
affairs in North Carolina. We venture to copy
some of their statements. We do so in order to re
lieve the solioitude of our own deeply-interested
people, without, we believe, conveying more in
lormatlon to the enemy than their most Intelligent
leaders have inferred from previous developments,
or may now be in possession of.
The Danville Register of Tuesday says , that our
forces have probably withdrawn from. Kinston, and
may be preparing to evacuate Goldsboro. Golds
boro was airtight yesterday afternoon.
The Raleigh Standard of the same date (the 14th)
says that Fayetteville was occupied several days
slnoe by the enemy in force. , . . „
It is reported that the cotton factories were
burned, but we have heard nothing as to the arsenal,
or as to the treatment ofthe people of that place.
Kinston Is now in possession of the enemy, and
Goldsboro Is seriously threatened. Our troops have
contested the ground at various points with their
accustomed courage and endurance. We believe
the forces' of the enemy will be met at some point
south of Raleigh.
The Goldsboro Stale Journal of Sunday contains
the following significant paragraph:
«i The editor of this paper is about to leave. His
readers know why. In the course of a short time he
hopesto meetthem again. He feels that he has
been somewhat odious to the enemy, and he does not
regret bis course. They oan’t tiusi him. He lives
in hopes of being as he was.”
nxw TORE CITY.
NbwYobk, March. 18,1865.
evening gold and stock mabkbt.
At the Exchange to-night the market was steady.
Gold,.ie6Ki New York Central, 10B« i Erie MX s
Hudson River, 108 K; Reading, 105 K; MleUgan
Southern, 62#j ;OU^ro andjgiok
Island, 97; Great Western.2B; Ohio and HBssis.
sippl Certificates, 35}i; Wyoming YaUey, 67-
Quiofestlver, 12$ Mariposa* 14>£ > Fort Ways©* 8o)£,
THB DRAXT SUSPBHDED.
" The draft has been suspended after having gene
b& for several days. It is said that the drafted men
will be accepted as volunteers.
BPBOIB VOS BtTBOPB.
The steamer City of Baltimore sailed to-day for
Liverpool, with $22,000 In specie.
BALTIHOBE.
ÜBSUMPTIOH OP TELEGRAPHIC COMMUHICATIOH
SOUTH— A'jGOMHBROIAL PANIC,
Baltimore, March 18.— After the interruption
of telegraphic communication Northward all day,
owingto the carrying away of the cable at the Sus
quehanna river by the great flood, communication
was resumed this evening about 8 o’olock, a corps
of oneratora having boon sont from this city to
Havre-de-Grace ana Perryvllls, on tho Oodl.connty
side, despatches being transmitted by boat aoroßS
tie river either way.
We have as yet reoelved no definite Intelligence
as to the damage.done by the flood, but all roports
conenr In making It very groat. ' , _
There Is neat uneasiness here In business circles
relative-to the decline In prices. Oar loyal,mer
chants and traders, whose confidenoe In tne rapid
decline of the rebellion admonished them of a pro
bable heavy deollne In prices, were careful to keep
very light stocks, and hence are safe. On tne other
hand, those of secession sympathies, whose hopes
led them to have a lingering, faith in the Con
federacy, the defeat of Grant and Sherman, and a
oonse nnent continuance of the advanoe in gold, are
caught with heavy stocks, purchased at rates wMoh
leave a very Insufficient margin for tho heavy de
cline In prices which they now see inevitable, The
jesult is painful, and three arc apprehensions of
Allures and ruinous losses.
BEADING.
OPBHIHG OP AH ART GALLERY.
Ruajhso, Pa., March 18.—The art gallery of the
Beris-oounty Institute, consisting of over two hun
dred valuable paintings and works of art, contri
buted by the citizens, has been formally opened.
The plan Is similar to that of the Franklin lnsti
mte of Philadelphia.' The opening address was
delivered by Wm. H. Strickland, Esq. Among the
paintings isfone by Hemßktok. (1,W5), andamong
the curiosities, the original manuscript of “ Home,
Sweet Home,” both or the above being presented
by General George M. Kelm. There are also con
trfbnUons by G. a. Nlcholle and others of works of
art from Italy.
BSCABB OF SUBSTITUTES•
A number or substitutes escaped last night town
the barracks, by nslng their pooketknlves to effect
an opening In the outer wall, about two foot to
diameter. They were not seen by the guard, al
though obliged to lower themselves about twelve
feet to the ground, and have not yet been arrested,
BHODE ULim
pnoviDßKoß,-R. 1., March 18.—The Rhode Island
General Assembly adjourned sine die last night, af
ter a session of ten weeks. '
nesTßOokioit or m abctm hills at pbovi-
DBHCE, I.
; The burning of Sprague’s Arctto AUUs at TO
wlek last nlght Involved a loss of (380,000,on,which
there Is an Insurance of (235,000. The mill was a
stone structure, five stories In height, and three
hundred and twelve feet longs. Its oapaolty was
34,000 spindles, employing four hundred hands.
Soldiers’ Famlles—Acknowledgment,
To the Editor of The Press:
l Sib : Permit me to acknowledge with thanks the
receipt of eighty dollar s from the young ladles and
principals of the “ Chestnut-street Female Semi
nary,”Philadelphia, fhrtho relief or the families of
soldiers under my care. Oitv Pabto*.
\
' HakkisbckO, MAroU IS, Utft
THE SAVSW 09 BAIEBOAD TKAVSI.I.WBS;
Both branohcß- of (the State LegislatUM 1 have,
passed an sot deetartoß’ that lf any employWof a
raflroad'oomp&ny stall violate any rule of ’ suct
company, and injicrfor loss of (ife shall tkerebyre
snlt, the offender Bhaß be Immediately arreatedJhy
the proseoutlng attorney of the elty oroouaty whew
the acotdent happens, alids If fonnd gnllty, shall be*
convloted of misdemeanor, and/pnnlsted at the dte*
oration of the oourt with Imprisonment in the State .
Penitentiary for five years, and a fine of (15,000)
viva THoosABD DOLtABS. In addition to this orl
minal proseofltion the offenAratid the railroad com*
pany shall ba alike liable for etvll damages.
Under this- not every 'employee of a railroad com
pany, no matter how humble his position, through
whom ah accident occurs, by failure to “obey any
rule,” or by “negleotof any precaution,” oan,and
will be arrested, and prosecuted with the utmost
rigor of the law. Heretofore the only punishment
that could be Inflicted was dismissal, but hereafter,
the leading officers of a number of railroads will
unite with the travelling pnblic In punishing any
careless or negligent agent by fine and Imprison
ment, which can be inflicted not merely for loss of
life, but also for Injuries. s
legislative Proceedings. -
HA'BBlsßijKa, March 17.1885.
SENATE.
l ast evening's session was’oeenpled with a discussion
on the bill to provide for the Continuance of the ednea
tion and orphan children of deceased
soldiers and sailors of this Stale. -Among the Speakers
was the Senator from Chester (Dr. Worthington), who
gave sfa Interesting account of the progreas of thii pa
triotic movement. It appeare that aome' ElO.OOO of tho
*!» 000 given by tbe Pennsylvania Central Railroad
Company for tbe purpose Btill remain.nnexpanded, and.
it la designed by this bill to appropriate an additional
enm of $75,0(0. Nearly four hundred each pupils have
been gathered into tbe schools. - A luge number of ap.
I)licftn te are dealrona to be admitted, and with the ap
propriation 'asked for about one thousand irfall nan be
edneated, clothed, andfed. Tho bill was finally passed,
by an unanimous vote.
' The following bills passed: ' ' '
Incorporating the Mount Pleasant Railroad Com
pany.
Incorporating the Salem Coal Company.
Incorporating the National Armor Iron Company.
A aopnlement to theset. Incorporating the Lombard
end Scuth.streets Railway Company, authorizing ex
tension of track, and a fairy at donth street over the
hehnylhill .
y Appointing two add! lonal .notaries public In Phila
delphia.
fir.. GONNELI, Called up the bill reoulrlng election,
polls to be opened, in the olty of PhlladelphU at 7 A. M.
Em? elnsea at(JP. M
Mr. Council stated that lie called it up at the request
of, and in conformity with, the withes of a very targe
number of cttjMnsof Philadelphia.
Mr. DOJSOVAH opposed the bill, as he regards* It an
infringementonthe rights of the poor men, who either
bed to rote after hisdaiiy labors had concluded. or lea re
bis wi rb and be “docked. 1 * fie also asserted that from
three to fire thousand rotes were kept ont every election
because the present hour -of dosing was too early.
Workmen had not time to return home, change their
clothes, and *o to thetpoll* even now*'
Mr. CORDELL said that almost all the disturbances
at the polls occurred after night and daring the hoars of
darkness. This ohasging of slothes, to which his 'col'
lesgcexerened, and which was not confined to honest
rotors, hut was indulged in by 2few York knacks and
others, was promotive of fraud. Mr. ConneU then
canned a letter from the executive committee of tbe Da*
tlona) Union (tub to be read, enclosing a resolution
pawed by the body, urging the past age of each a bill as
a preventive of fraud
Mr WALLACE spoke against the bill, and Messrs.
MCfiOLSand BIDGWAY also engaged m the dlscns
slop. Laid over.
Bfr. CONfiEIL presented petitions from citizens of
Philadelphia In favor of thepaik. -
Mr. B.GGE called ap and had passed a bill incorpora
ting the Mill Greek Railroad Company.
Mr. BOYEB called up aud had passed a bill allowing
the Black Bock BriegeCompany to inorease their tolls.
▲ fo-ther supplement to the act consolidating the
Lackawanna aed Western and Delaware and Cobb’s
Gap Bail road Companies passed.
Mr. COHBBLL called np and had passed a Mil autho
rizing all borrower* to contract for the payment of all
taxes on loan*. -
Mr. BlufiOLS called up and had passed a supplement
to the act relative to more equal assessments In Phi
ladelphia.
The followirg were read in placa;
Mr. WILS<>», one authorf ifegsupervisors, road com
mlsclcners, and others having charge of highways, to
return the waters of streams to their natural channels.
Mr. RIDGWAYj a supplement to tbe act known as
the “ Philadelphia petroleum set, I’approved 1 ’approved March
2, 1865. CThis supplement requires refiners, manatee
turers, and others, to take out a license, for which they
shall pay fiiOs exempts the Belmont Petroleum Works
from the provisions of that section of the oiiginal bill
which refers to distance; allows the article to Be stored,
&c., south of Dickenson street ana east of Otsego, ȟb>
jset to the provisions of the second section of the origi
nal acn end allows the fire marshal to receive a fee of
$lO for the examination of a building where more than
twenty* five barrels are stored, and $6 for aIL other ex
ruinations ]
Mr. BIDGWAY* an act amendatory to the act in.
corporating the North American Transit Insurants
Co called up-and had passed a bill in
corporating the Paraffine Bermeticai Barrel Company,
HOUSE.
The bill appointing' commissioners to assess tbe
d&mases from rebsl raids Is the border counties was
dlscntsed at iangin by Hobsis. Barr, Pnrdr, Bowman,
Mci lure, and Sharpe is favor, and by Messrs. Brown,
Manley, Denvers, .Wells- Boosts, McKinley, Hill.
Benins, Raddisan, 'and Cochran, of Brie The bill
was defeated by a vote of 43 ayes to 112 noes. The Phils*
c elpbia mfrnbt re voted as follows:
In Favor or Bill.— Messrs Donnelly, Josephs, Las,
Miller, (tnigley. Smith, and Watt.
Aoainst. —Messrs Cochran, De Haven. Hood, Herns,
Fancoast, Enddiman. Sterner, Sntphin, and Freeborn.
Absent. —Messrs, Thomas and Footer, elcfc. , .
An act allowing railroad companies whose lines ex
tend beyond tbls State, or connect with those of other
States, to effect netesstry consolidation for pnfposes.of
morigsglnffpropertr, So., was passed,
A supplement to the general mining law ofthe State
(enthorizing directors to convey real estate, etc.,) was
passed to tnird reading, but the Honae refused to sus
pend the rales for Anal passage.
An set to disfranchise deserters and those who refnse
to do military data was considered. The House sus
pended the rales-by a vote of fid ayes to 28 noes, but it
heirs shown by members of both political parties that
the logislatnre had no power to disfranchise a citizen
except forcanßes set forth In the Constitution, the bill
was postponed. >
An act allowing stockholders in all corporations one
vote for each share of stock was passed.
An act allowing- railroad companies which become
merged to issue mortgages on their joint works was
Hr. BfcCLTJBB presented a supplement to ike general
militia law (providing that the Governor may uniform,
volunteer militia organizations which may be formed
for the defence of the border, the State not to pay these
men unless they are called out by the Governor, and
their number not to exceed three thousand, it is under
stood that this ect will obviate the necessity of orga
nizing the State guard. Passed. Adjourned.
Harrisburg, March 18,1865.
SENATE.
The following kills were passed:
Requiring the election polls -in Philadelphia to he
opes from 7 o’clock A M. till BP. U
Ptclariniyaild a certain conveyance of real estate by
the Girard national Bank to Margaret G. IV. Bruner.
Incorporating the Harrhburg and Jonestown. Tarn
pike Company
Supplement to the Pennsylvania Life Insurance Com
pany.
Supplement to the Pennsylvania Horticultural So
ciety's actof incorporation.
fcupplement to the act incorporating tho Odd Fellows’
Cemetery
Exempting the Locust-street Mission Association from
city and county taxation
A supplement to the act incorporating the city of Phi
ladelpbia, providing for the election of school control
lers is December of each year.
. Incorporating the South Park Gold Mining Company
of Colorado.
A supplement to the act incorporating the Bear Moun
tain Bailie ad Company.
A supplement to the act providing for the appointment
of fence viewers in Philadelphia.
Iwoiporatingthe William Penn Steam Forcing Hose
Company.
Supplement to the act incorporating the Frankford
and Philadelphia Bailway Company. _
Authorizing the paving ot footways in the Twenty
second and Twenty foorth wards, Philadelphia.
Exempting Christ Church Hotpital, and the Union
Temporary Borne from city ami county taxation.
To widen Cadwalader street, in Seventeenth ward,
Philadelphia. ,
A supplement to the act relative to registration of
births, marriages, and deaths, providing for the regis
tration of marriages which occurred prior to the
passage of the original act , . „ _ ai
Further supplement to the act incorporating the city
of Philadelphia. . .. #
Belative to the construction of sewers.
▲ supplement to the act allowing free hanks to become
national banks. _ _
Authorizing Citizens* Passenger Bail way Company
tacxtend their road northwardly between Montgomery
street and Germantown avenue
A supplement to the petroleum met of Philadelphia.
The Elver Oil Company hill was called up and killed
the trustees of the Bethlehem M E. Church
to sell certain real estate. ■
Incorporating the Allentown Passenger Bailway
Como** —
T 1 e past week ha* been one of tie most feverish la
commercial circles that we remember of since the crisis
of : S7. It is irstlfjlns.howeyar. to state that no very Me
rlons embarrassments occurred, and no loss that cannot
be amply recovered by wise and prod ent management in
tbefntnre- The fall In gold is the immediate oecssion
of this nnsettlement in mercantile valnes The specie
value of the currency has increased since January
about forty per cent Such an immense flaatnatlqn in
the purchasing power of the currency, within so short
a period, naturally produces a change In the prices of
commodities too sadden and extreme for traders to ad
just their operations to it, without abstaining. In manv
cases, a ruinous loss; especially In the case of those
who owe large amounts, and have not equivalent
amounts owing do them Unless an unexpected upward
movement in prices should occnr, thero would seem to
be grave reasons for fearing that we have not yet seen
the fall sleet of this extreme decline upon mercantile
Arms.
The stock market was very dull On Saturday for all
klnde of securities. The oil stocks especially showed
evidence of a further decline. The only noticeable im
provement was in Government 1881 s, which Bold at 10$,
an advance of L The 5 20s opened very weak, bat
slightly improved at tbe dose of the day, selling at
108% The 1010 s declined to 94% We'note a farther
decline of Jin State 0a City 8s show no improvement,
the tendency of the market being downward; the new
issue told at 93, and the old >t SO; these are the lowest
figures they have reached since, the beginning of the
year, it slight improvement took place in first mort
gage Pennsjlvania Ballroad bonds, which sold at 102.
The only other bonds disposed of were Union Canal
bonds at 18, Schuylkill navigation 6s ’B2 at TS,
and of ’72 at 89% The railroad share list continued
dull. Beading declined a, selling at 53, and Fennsyl
vania Bailroad %, selling at 56. Philadelphia and Brie
was steady at 21. Oatawisaa preferred sold at 25% a
decline of 1% Of the canals, we notice sales of Sshnyl
kill navigation preferred at 31% and Union Canal at
1% Mining and bank stocks were not inquired for, and
the only sale of passenger railroad securities was Spruce
and Fine at 25%
The foreign demand for our five-twenty bonds i*
far in excess of what has been .supposed. The issn e
of these bonds was five hundred and eleven millions,
of which fonr hundred and nine millions are coupon
bonds, and are alone available for the foreign market.
Of these fonr hundred aid nine millions, it Is computed
that there have been taken at Frankfort onehnndred
and six millions, at Amsterdam one hundred and six
millions, and In England seventy, millions. On this
statement It appears that the aggregate amount of the
five-twenties now held abroad is noless than two hnn
hundred and eighty-two millions of dollars- The pay
ment of the Hay coupons of the five* twenties will pro
bably he anticipated at an early day. The precise time
has not yet been decided on.
Jay Coohe, the government loan subscription agent,
has just completed arrangements with Wells, Fargo, &
Co., Of Bsu Francisco, which will place the seven
thirties, through the machinery of their three hundred
offices on the Pacific side, in every nook and corner of
California, Oregon, Nevada,and Colorado. Largcehip
mente of seven-thirties have already been made by Mr.
Cocke to San Francisco for the purpose of this expected
subscription. There is.no doubt that immense earns of
_ „ ■ . hoarded gold will ihna be exchanged for Government
Pickbt Thadk.—Til© rebels want soap. Soma of ,e,urltieB, and that the ordinary flow of gold from Ban
them, Hie lady Macbeth, might say, “Not all tha y„ Dq iBCO to the Eastern, markets wlllbc swollen by the
perfumes of Arabia cdh sweeten this little hand.” unlocked hidings and savings ef a, multitude of working
A soldier Of tha 164th Pennsylvania Volunteers, at people, who went regular interest and security for
Bermuda Hundred, sends us the following: “ The their principal.
rebel regiments on this line appear to be the Bth The .übeeriptions to the seven-thirty loan received by
Virginia, 2d Maryland, 12th Virginia, and some Jay Cooke on Saturday amount to *2.637i100, Including
Florida troops. Frequent changes take place in cne of *200,000 from Boston, end cue of *BO 000 from
i iuriu» , . Providence. Then were 1,771 individualeubscriptions
their lines,no JWslQtt bring;aUowedfo remain long Tte , ntacripiloria forth* week ending
mono place. TJntUycsterdaythe interooursobe- amount to *21,692.200.*
tween the men of the contending armies was ex- The new stock of the Lehigh Coal and Navigation
ceedlngly familiar. Trading was rife, rite principal company maybe subscribed for by stockholders up to
articles being coffee, sugar, pocket-knives, and soap. tlle „f u*y. The new stock trill not participate in
Soap is In demand. They tell ub that they are In the May dividend- _ -
greater want of soap than any other article. Would : x n another column will be found the advertisement
it not he won enough for our Government torsoad of the PhUadslphja Natlonal Compyy.
across the lines a supply 1 They thus might be to,
duced to desert, Orders have been Issued strictly thelmmsittatocansecf'ro
prohibiting any lnteroourse wlth the _enemy, under precedent. Their
pain of punishment. I herewith send you.a sped- within the reach ofartaw of
men of the correspondence that took plaoe during, could not Invest at all. The
the temporary suspension of hostilities two days " f the National opened on Saturday, and before
ago. I picked up the note Whilst passing along our Close Of Uie dayover 40, COQ shares
abattls. Johnny writes; ‘lt you mu send me wsrs the quotation, fc* gold at the
frank Leilie and some soap I will gav* yon & plug ot toma
tobacco. My .officers 1b watohlng us, and, we can>fc 10X A,
come over the breetworks* Wm. Roamis. 115
• r —Mil I 1 < : - 33 Mce*»see>«e»*ee'ee**« MM ***** <lIUM>tm * , * t>^^ffl
—Sherman took more cannon at tiherleetoa with- J?* ~-wj
onta battle thanjNapoleon,tpo)c inany three of the- l STU~--••• ~ .^.i«_
Incorporating the Middle Creek Railroad Company*
■with pow cr to build a railroad from Freedomport on
the Pennsylvania Central to the Susquehanna river,
tetwtenNorkbumbarlattd and Trevertoa. _ , . •
Authoiizing the Westers Maryland Railroad to be
located through Adams and Franklin,
'Vacating Ford road in Philadelphia. • _.,
Authorizing a change of the grade of Bridge street,
Philadelphia.
Preventing the establishment of nuisances is the
First and f irenty* sixth wards, Philadelphia.
Authorizing the Northern Central Railroad Company
to construct a public road between their railway and
Berry’s Mountain. .
Incorporating the Al’egheny Horse Bailroad Com
pany, with power to build a railroad from mouth of
Pitt Role creek to Pleasantyille. •
Compelling the Cumberland Valley Bailroad Com
pany to' tuard against accidents in Harrisburg,
For the relief of Colonel WilHaw Frisbmuth*
Incorporating the Harrisburg Skating Club.
A supplement to the act incorporating the Eclectic
Medical College. ■ _ • . . _ -
Allowing the Alexander Presbyterian Church to sell
certain real estate. , A , __ . _ .
Vacating certainfoads In the Twenty-first and Twen
ty-fourth wards, Philadelphia. . , .
Dividing tbe Twenty-fourth ward, Philadelphia, into
two school districts, „ __ .. _ , .
Relative to mortgages of the North Pennsylvania
additional notary public for Kenelng
forafree bridge at M&nayunk.
HOUSE.
An act incorporating th# Rational Railroad and
Transportation Company (withall tha rights of the old
Pittßburg and ConnelsvUle BaUroad) was pawed.
An act /or the erection of & bridle over the Schuylkill
liver, at Powelton avenue, was defeated. The Phila
delphia member* voted as follows:
Yeas.—Messrs. Donnelly, JosephB, fifiUer, P&neoast,
Cochran, De Haven, Foster, Free
born, Hood,.Kerns, Lee, Bnddiznan, Sterner, and Sus-
—Mewrs. Thomas, Watt, and Qalgley.
As act placing turnpike and plank-road companies
under the jurisdiction of the. court in certain counties
to Keystone Zinc Company, allowing
money to he borrowed Pawed. . _ _
Allowing Schuylkill Navigation Company to build
their own car*. Passed. „ , _
Incorporating Bear Creek Kallroad. Passed,
fc Equalizing thejewitory of the Btihteenth uff Mins
tcenth wards. This bill was opposed by Mr. Donnelly
and fayoredby Mr. De Haven. The biU was passed
by a party vote, the Bepublicans in fayor, and the
Democrats in opposition .
An act incorporating the Oil Creek Boom Company.
Passed. .... .
Adjourned until next Monday evening.
FOUR CENTS.
HffiTE PACIFIC COAST,
THE IHTBBHtoIOIfAI.TKI.BOBAPH—PEEPABAHTTONB
POE A CAMPAIGN AGAINST THE INDIANS—#hT
KENTS IN SOLD—BHIZOU3 OF A STEAMSE BY
TBS UNITED STATUS AUTHORITIES IN OBKOON.
San Feabcibco,* March 13.—The steamer Shu
' brick sailed last week for Ttotoria with Oapt. Bulk
: ley and a party to make arrangomaate for the later
. national telegraph. SurlUg the winter explo?ationa
■ will be made for the' selection of a route, and the
'[ work will be commenced'in the sprint?. .
j The 7th Regiment of CalUranla Volunteers; and
! five companies of cavalry's are to be sent to Arizona,
< where also a force of native cavalry will be raised
I sufficient to make with the troops already there
1 about 23,000 men, for a campaign against the In
dians. A battalion of friendly Indians may also be
raised. A call Is expected dally for the Sth. Begl
mebt of Oallfomla lhfantrV to 1 take the place of
troops stationed In the Indiaif'oonntry of Northern
Calßßrnla. .
TSevUnlted States steamer" Wateiwe his been
ordered'to Manama, to take the plaoe of the- St.
Mary!*.
The-city authorities have refasedto repeal the act
to enforce Contracts for payment lti gpld.
Arrived yesterday, ship Helen Clinton, firom New
York; to-day, ship Fleettord, from SoBton: Steamer
Golden ©lty, for Panama, and Amoflogj.for San
Joan del Sox, sailed to-day with marry passengers
for New York," The Golden pity takes )1,U5200 in
treasure, of which' #Bll,OOO goes to New'York, and
the balance to Mexlso and England.
San I’EAircreco, March 16.—The BtaamshlpPa
ciflo was seized by the United .States marshal at
Portland, Oregon, on the 13th instant, fer carrying
opium, which did not appear on her manifesto She
was released on bonds by order of Generat'Wrlght,
commanding the Depatmentof Calirornia and*Neva.
da. A snb-military district hasbem iormed, embra
cing the State or Nevada and the Owens-rtver ooom
try, and Major McDermott placed ln -command.' The
Owens-river Indians are leellned to be troublesome-.
There Is considerable exeltement pn the subject of
petroleum in the lower part or California, though
no definite results have setJoHowcd the extensive
proepeofcteg*
Arrived,ship MarnHbn.from Manilla, with2,6oo
bbls. of sugar lor the San Francisco Sugar Refinery.
San Francisco; March 16:—The steau'er Sierra
Nevada, from ForUand-snd Victoria, brings nearly.
$70,000 in gold. A large* Immigration of Chinese iir
flowlng Into British Columbia. An expedition for
the ood fisheries off the coast of Sitka has sailed bom
Victoria, and other vessels .are .preparing to follow.
The coasting trade of Victoria has been thrown
open to foreign vessels on equal term* with British
vessels. ... . a . . .
The severe weather still checks milling operations
In the north.
Arrived, ship Archer, Boston,
Sam Francisco, March 17.—OJUIzens have ar
rived dt Okurohd, Nevada, bom Walker’s river,
asking for arms- and ammunition, that the settlors
may proteot themselves against the Indians, 400 to
too of whom have been collected to resist the arrest
of the murderers of two white men. A general up
rising of the Indians in that region is anticipated.
Major McDermott has forwarded a detachment of
troops to the scene of trouble A marauding band
of Indians was met and nearly exterminated by a
party of thirty volunteers, at Mud Bake, on the 16 th.
Sailed, ship Serpent, for Hong Kong, with $61,000
In bullion.
Cross and Jarvis’ Soiree.
Messrs, dross and Jarvis gave the third of their
series of cl assloal solr6es on Saturday evening. The
programme was attractive, and a large audience as
sembled to hear the fine muslo which was offered. It
argues well for the taste of our eltizens when a room
like the Foyer of the Academy Is densely crowded
by persons anxious to listen to the beautiful, but
heretofore too seldom heard, chamber music of Buoh
masters as Beethoven, Von Weber, and Sophr,
The concert opened with Beethoven’s superb trio
In D major, op. 70, far piano, violin, and violoncello,
whloh was elegantly and expressively rendered by
Messrs. Jarvis, Gaertner, and Sohmltz.
Von .Weber’s beautiful “conoerbstock,” 0p.79>
for piano, was then performed with exquisite taste
by Mr. Jarvis, accompanied by a quintette of string
instruments. Mr. Jarvis’ brilliant execution and
thorongheommand of the instrument were displayed
to great advantage in the performance of this fine
composition.
The last part of the. Boirde war devoted to the
performance of a work, the presentation of whloh to
the public forms a point in the history of music In
Philadelphia. This was Spohr’s magnificent,
ottetto in E major, op. 82, for violin, two violas,
clarionet, two horns, violoncello, and double bass;
a work of great beauty, both in melody and har
mony, suid of Immense difficulty. As Spohr was a
violinist, he has In this, as in his other concerted
compositions, given a prominent part to bis favorite
Instrument, and Mr, Gaertner executed It in a mas
terly style. The fine clarionet part was entrusted
to Mr. Stoll, who rendered It In the excellent man
ner which has made him such a favorite-with bur
mußical amateurs.
The peculiarity of this ottetto, however, Is the
beautiful and extremely difficult music given to
the two horns. These parts were composed by
Spohr tor two of the finest European horn-players,
and were proportioned to their great skill on that
Instrument. Messrs. Plageman and Scherer, who
performed the horn parts on thls.occaslon, boldly
attacked the Intrlcaoles of the music in their
portions of the score, and were" highly suo
oessful.. The third movement, In particular, where
the horns have rapid variations to execute, was re
ceived pith great applause,-the audlenoo Insisting
upon an encore . Each of the eight capable artists
engaged -In the prodnctlon of the work seemed to
throw his. entire taste andkkill into the perform’
ance, and the result was such as to make the au
dience hope for a repetition at some future con
ceit.
The whole entertainment was a marked success,
and Messrs. Cross and Jarvis,'with their associate
artists, may he congratulated upon the favorable
impression produced by their efforts In the cause of
Classical hXnslc.
The feptere of FsyettevlHfi.
following Is the offiolal despatch from General
Howard, announcing the ooenpatlon of that city:
Favbttbvii.lb, N. 0., March 10—7.30 p, M.
To Major General Terry, Wilmington, N, C. .-
To-day we have added Fayetteville to the list of
the clues that have fallen Into oar hands.
Hardee, who is said to have 20 t OCO men) withdrew
river yesterday and last night. He Is re
ported to be en route for Raleigh* The rebels skir
mished in the town, and fired upon the houses occu
pied by women and children.
They burnt the bridge at this place, and removed
all the public stores up the railroad they could.
General Sherman is here and well. Many men
are wanting shoes and clothing, yet the army never
was in better condition.
O, o. Howard, Major General.
The Princess of Wales has announced her Inten
tion of giving annually a Bible worth three guineas,
with two guineas In money, as a prize to the female
candidate, at the examination of the Adult Educa
tion Society, who obtains a certificate of proficiency
in needlework and the highest marks In the exami
nations In elementary knowledge.
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
USEES WAR PRESS.
fFUELISHBIIWUKLT.I
Tax We* Fssss will be sent to suhssriben by
mail<parannumln'adveneS) at-.■■■■■.........W
N! ,ga ‘--T11!5...i. .lift M
Tenants—-.. Bff M
Barter clubs than Tam will be share** at the mm
rate, BE. OOp«r COPT.
The money hut* aleeaps acoompaap the order, tmd
tenofci tow Btess terms tsdwtetsiC from, at
tbep of ord wrpUuie more Plan the eost of paper.
numstot to ast u ageatofrt
'JO- To tha gattsr-n» of the Club of Mm or twenty. aX
extra copy of to* paper wßm ******* m
. Dll eompsntes continue to multiply. List w6elt
was unite an avalanche of them. The following are
: among the new Philadelphia companies which opened
' their auheoilptlcn hooka laet week :
Is. depen del t Royalty Oil Co..—.StouihOOl *2oSSo
; Kotkaehud’a oil Cy., of Fa—— 1.000.00 a louono
. Ore.tt Central Oil Co—..——— I.WOOO 200,000
Piym’outh Book Off (So,, ofFa—. 1.050,000, 103 00a
iHnll ltua O-1 Co—— 760.0:0, 163,050
jWyioYsrdKanayßtttfOll C 0.... gjO.JIW-' 303,0 W
i Becking'Valley Oil Co.*..——Mo.MO 200,000 .
Co.. IMS,
Silver Farm Petroleum C 0.... too.oto 1 Mg£L
S ggr
Airtnomh Oi) and Mining Co-—-..- 650.000 600.00 b
BrultrFarm Petroleuril Co—— 900,M0 100.0W'
Farmer*' Oil Ca —, .600.000 603.003
Uewtea OUCr-M#: Frt Co ... 600 000 100 035
.PJbSladar.Luhricatiii3:oll. Co.v—t-, * 600,000. 500.00 V
Kuaar (TV.- Pit Hole** Ilk Oil Co- - 600,000 600,000
■Washington Oil amp Mining Co—, ' 4to 000 203 00*
’ .Tack bob 0i1C6..... . ..400,600 BO.COV,
Victor Mu ual Pet. Chi... 400,® 400,000-'
Girard 866,009 3S9'o6s,
Merchants’ JkMech’cM aMerpriae SOO 000 300,010
Bii Saa ay OTValnut BbSiA Oil Co. 300.0C0- 150.0*0
Plowing* SpiMgOll Co ... 300.000 SCO.OC§
£QRitT (/&»*••*«» ee itsbv*4 ■•■■■ SOO. 030 - soo'ooo *
<»Mo Oil gud afulng Co.-.......... 300.000 100.00$-
J-hilodelpWana"Mutual C®Kst>~ 300.c00 30J.008
eoJden httfeOfhVo:........ *0 00» soo ine '
■Workipknien’e OllCo I®"*® 263.009 .
Laniel Bun <Oil 0b... 250 000 260,005.
idaiLß Oil 00. 2*o 000 to,oos
b\“?™KMawha iS’BfldgS'BStoH -250,0 0 io’j?*
Co! oaiihua. P«*rplsocrCo..— I®>“M 200,00*
SflWlnphedllOo...' r. 250,000 250,003
ThorxdjkeOH.Cc..— *30,000 »J,OW
Thomi ale Oil t-o.. -•**-,£•••••. - 200,000 200 too
Staudfagßtono t reek Sit C 0....... MO,OCO ■ 200.000
&SS m
M m
Mutual Banefiolal Min. aad’Pet Co MO.OOO 200,000
i Equality'®il Co S ........ MO.OOO 145,003
: Caldwell and Tidedku’e Pet. Go— 160,000 150,00*
Crm:mines-Farm Ght Co - 190,000 200.009
Cheater 0UC0...—1 109,000 ICO WJ
FanoßylvßHia Mutual OU Co.*: 76,030 3(3.™
, Bncklaud Ban OU C*. 1 76*,00P SM.OOO
5 ; Total (61 companies)- $20,610,800 11,416,0*
: 1 salenorsterito, Xdtok lgl IS4S.
1: THE Ol’Bß BOARD:
’ 100 Big Tank™.-2dya 4K SMBoyal.V ...hlo *
'! 3GO* - .-so*»W*-» »*♦*#-., 4J '1 uB ’ . (tOwaaaeeee.illft it
5 100 do—..— . .820 4Jf ICCCr do— |
i ICO do——s2o fit l f tO -do.*—— b3O 214
ji» do*. —..830 ijiitgo do, a*
* 100 HalMll. . -bio B 1 200 do*.—lST
100 Kejatone—.»—». 2 j, 100 do 2
100 MeGlintsck—.... 4M < 300 S2«Mliola*:—... $K
100. dp.— —blO 6 -i ; .W.«.d»-..-v-. «4
100 do—...»—blO 6 650 Thweata- 2%
joe do.*..——. —. eJf'WO do —bso is
100 Mingo.. —344, 10k 1 WalnutT»ld...b3o IS
100! ■ da—.......3Ki 106 da—...... 214
2CO Bath A Cam-.. 630 I*l <OO Lorca..".. ..—h6 5
4CO Union Petro M 200 d0**..——..... i
200 Beacon—.—. & 100 .Hibbard,oll'. ift
SECOND CAL L.
eCCAtlea IK 100 B lgTauPS—.... etc
EDO Bath bone* Cam IK 100 t d 0... ..b5 aS
HO Duckard— \% 300 do —Jd™ 46*
100 Mineral.—-. —. 2 500 KV uga es*
100 SUpparyßock—. 6H ISM A^eme
200 Siam- 13-16 MO Maa-ton —.l
2W WftEu® Isld.V—*; 600 Atu—l i 5
sales at thb bboulab board oP BEdKsag*
Reported bp Reims, Miller, A 00.. Mo. 50 Hr euferSK!
BBEOBB BOARDS.
300 Dalzell. b3O 8K ( ICO Atlas.....— , v
PIBBT BOAKD. ,
26COOWS0 20*hAld.l.cc.l08 200 Corn Planter...biOr SB
2000 UBlO-40 b’ds.reg- 94J4 903Caldwell..lot®.bM i*
UOH) do,. lot».eonp MX 200 do——- gw
1000 City ft new....—- 93 600 Koyal Fet—.bSO'* g*
acoghyl »#v6oieg. m 1200 DA B
2COO Pe&naß latxoort.lo3 60 «e
30BaiikolH'entiiekyl(7 100 Great .2-
60KeR4iBg 6Sh£ 209 Escataior Io«g r \*£
dOwjA.e™— tz 109 do.. e.~Jb!*S£
looCatiiWisaaßyref.’26 100 Fnuilelm.«., sk
20 Spruce & Flne-ei E 26)4 SiO HeOiiatoclE.. .e*Bh s*
GanaJ»...e- 1)£ d0..ae.....*.53ft, g
100 Adainaßtlite 0H... <t t »)0 HcELhenyOil.. .b* gjc
70C Atl»BaMaa*l<W*«’l3.l6, SOO do - —.—lots>b39 fi
• SCOBJ* Ta»&totoe.w.loto 4ki X
100 dOt»M-eM.eat.43 16 100SeoecA /5
3to do»**e»«*»-a«*lJ3o 45f| 600 WalnutfelAnd.... 1%
100 4% 400WmB«AJi OU.iete t
100 Crescent'City. — l#f v
' BOA2DB.
inOOSearyFarm....lot. * .
ICO Sugar Creak...... iaf(i
.100 do- •**»*bs Ifii&l
•00BeadisjrK*.«.ouJi SSi I-*
IHbfioyai 0i1.%
M2IIJ
}oo|tHl«lM>l*B...CMll %
1008gb5rmi......... 3i£
100 Mutual Potioletun .«
BOAST).
600 Caldwell. bSO M I 300 Tionetta..
TOO do— .... 5% 600 oilCr*k&Cß.b3S
600 d0.....>10t8.b30 551 192 State 5s gj 4
3£o Walnut lsl'looo do..Yarlon«ctf« 83
60 Atlas... .... ...... I}J 600 do la 2ctfs ST
2000 Sehttyl Bay 0< >ffl. Jg 100 Dalrell 0K...™ jti
100 Big tank.. 451 100 McClinto.k " &
1000 oSfis 'Bl <ak oouplCgJi 100 City 6s old 90
aCOPeuuaE -biO 66K 11200085-30 b.o.lts.eolMAC
12 68 '
ASTER
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5 Academy of Haste. SIH 1
300 Big Tank™.. b3O 4&
600 do *loto 43 36
700 do-.. -lots 4%
400 do -*~4>lo 4«
300 do -b3O 4H
900'« do'.— m
goo do*—- **—*- 4J*
3100 Great Eaatem.lota 2
HO Jersey Well'—b& 4#
1600 ITS 6*99 fcg.lofci.i*wloB
fOGatawitsaprof..*. V>%
45U Bch?! Hoy prof a 5 32&
SSCOBD ]
2£o 2)unkard~..
}o?> Catawiesa B- pref 25 I
£OO d 0..... -lota USD 26tfl
2CO do~2dys- 35#
6CO Bruner 1.
IflOStShcblasOil.**.. 4
250 Wm Penn. 4
goo McOimtocfc Oil—. A%
goo do ..1)30 6
50 do.v~«««™ 6
50 Sugar Dale-~...~~. 4#
60 Sugar Creek....... 15
Drexel & Co. Quote:
Slew United Bates Bonds, 1881.
*‘ “ Xertit of indebtedness—.. SB#® 9854
Quartermasters* v0ucher5.....—.........94 @ gj*
..... •.*•»*-» 164 AI(K
Sterling Exchange— .—.... Stri
Rye-twenty •»•«•»*• »■«♦*.loB @loSia
Ten* forty 80nd5......... I —'. IT. IsHIIUI7. .
The Slew York Evening Post of Saturday says-
The loan market is easy hat more active at seven per
cent. The capitalists have some difficulty is placlar
their surplus funds on first class securities at the
highest rates.
The stock market opened with an improved feeling
Governments are better, and the speculative lie t shows
a slight improvement.
The foUowing Quotations were made at the hoard,
compared with those of yesterday afternoon:
Sat Fri. Idv. 2tah
United States 6s, 1881. coupon-.loB# XCBjd # ..
United Bates 6-20coupons.. —108# 108 # „*
UniiedStates6-20couponB,newlO8# 107% #
United States 10 40 coupon*.— 94# 9*# y.
United States 8s 1-year cert **♦. 98# 98# 34 ~
Tenne*eee6a.—s6 66
Missouri 55..63 €2% #
New Tork Central——.—.,lo6# 106 # ’I
Erie «# 66 g
Erie preferred. Bo 80 ..
Hudson Elvers.«... —li9# 109#
Reading.. ~ —lG6# lid# .. %
After the hoard, the stock market was unsettled, and
prices were lower. Erie fell to 65#, and Northwestern
preferred to 64.
Philadelphia Marhets.
Maech 18-Evening
The'Produce markets, as we hive noticed for aereral
days past, continue very dull and unsettled, and prices
of the leadlni articles have a downward tendency.
Bark is rather lower. There is very little demand for
Flour and prices am drooping. Wheat, Corn, and Oats
continue very dull. Sye has declined In Groceries
there is very little doing. Seeds ate without change.
Whisky continues very dull.
There is little or no export demand for Flour, and ths
market is very dull and rather lower. The only sales
we hear of are in small lots to aupply the retailers and
bakers at from $8.25@9 for superfine, $9.00 @10.25 for
extra, slC@ll,for extra family, andsU.s3@l2?bblfor
fancy brands, quality. Sye Flour is ra
ther dull at about former rates. Com Meal is also dull,
and we hear of no sales.
GRAIN. —Wheat continues dull, and there is Very
little demand; red ie offered at from 23002850$ bns,and
white at from24C@2s£c ? bus,according to quality. Rye
islowerj small sales of Pennsylvania are making at
160 c ? bus. Com continues dull; 3.000 bus BoidatlSta
? bnsln store and in the curs Oats are also dull, with
sales of about 5,600 bus at 88c? bus.
BARR.—Quercitron is dull and lower; Ist No. 1 is
C 1 i«limited and themariet con-.
tinues Tory doll. Small sales of Middlings are reported
ateCcfllb, cash. _
GBOCEHIBB.—’there Is very little doing In either
Sngar 01 Coffee, and the market connnncs dull.
PBTROLhUM continues unsettled. We quote crude
at§6@4oe, refined in bondat6C@69c, and free’at from St
*° , „ ... ;
WHISKY.—The market is Ter. dull, and the demand
is limited; Pennsylvania and Western hbla are offered
at $2.25 gallon.
BEBDfc.—Flaxseed is selling in a small way at $3.50
¥ bushel. Timothy is doll, and quoted at $S@9 60 $1
bushel! Oloverseed loin fair demand, with sales of 200
bushel, at $16.6G@16.60 "% 64 lbs.
PBOYISIOMS--The market is very anil, and there is
very little doing In the way of sales.
The following are the receipts of Flour end drain at
this port to-day:
...... 1,600 fcbls.
Whoat.—~ —* - 4.000 bus.
3.000 bus.
Oate 3,600 bns.
Hew York Marhets, March 18.
Be*AUSTtTPrs. —The market forStataand Wester*
Flour is dull and Bales 4,000 bbls at $9.60®
9.90 for superfine State, ,slc@lo.2o for extra Btate, $10.29
@10.30 fer choice do., *9.?0@10!or superfine Western,
fie.15ff110.36 for common to medium extra Westeru,
$10.60310.76 for common to good shipplnc brands extra,
round-hoop Ohio.
Corn Meal is lower. Sales 800 bble Brandywine, at
* Wheat is dull and declining. 'Sales 7,000 bushels good; ■
wintern red Western at $1 98
Oats are dull and nominal, at $llO mr Wes atm. -
The Corn market is firmer; sales 7.600 bus yellow
Pennsylvania and Southern at sL96@l 57.
Pbovisioks—Tne Pork market is lowon sales 4,100
bble Bt «51,76@32 62)4 for new mesa, $29@29-25 -for
1863-4 do, cash and legutar dosing, at $2B 75s
SS7 £O@!S for prime, and $3O 60@31.60 lor prime mess.
Freights —To Liverpool, 69 hbds tobacco, at'private
termß and per steamer; 200 bXB bacon and 160 fos.lard
at SGs; 300 pigs butter at 25c, and 79 bales cotton at 3&L
Wbiskt Is heavy ; sales 200 bbls Western atHll.kf
LEITEK BAUB.
at the nnnoxAirrs’ nxcousoi, yxinAnnursu.
Bhip Kecovery, Stoddart...... ....Liverpool, aeon
Brig ST Merrick. Borden —Havana, coon
PHILADELPHIA. BOARD OF TRADE
Job. C. Gbcbb, >
Eextod £ Committee op 7*g Mouth,
MARIHE INTEIXIGESCE.
pom or PHHAnm’HiA, mabcjel ia«
gm Kibes....6 0| Bus Sets—6 01 EtohWater.-.Bls
ARRIVED.
Brig Hattie, Cilkey, 9 days from,Ssiua. with. molas
tes to 8 W Welsh rvesiel to J B Buley * Go.
Bchr Wings of the Morning, Mormn. 8 days trpm Ma
tanzas, with motacsec to Harris a Stotesbury.
Bark White Wing (Br) Wple. front Porto Cabell*
W i%^i6mn,fer i
BSykMaW&ACDuteb) caUad from PorteT&beUo teb
last, uitt «0%, aai oa Bth. s*w ker
«.vam an tkft oust «nd of Bosmolsltad.
BarkßriSlant, Colbort, 13 days from Hew Orleans.
h bfc^ o r®leTrdays from Fortran Monroe.
Monroe. i»
* Sy * tnm portß| ° T^
baUast to B S Quartaraa^t^^
« HdHTork.
Srii Malto jaryU, Bapia la Grande.
Brig JAB titowlsj, CijovlWtAflJ*®^*
Selri Mar* Augusta. Wroten, Norfolk,
lehr NaaSlus. Pfllsbury, Portland,
gchr S J Aiken, Godfrey, Mew Orleans.
Schrßl Pickup, Bowen, Fortress Monroe,
Bchr Ciemußerrett. • do
Bohr MornlngSur. Lynch; Goorgstowu. D«.
Bchr Extra, Tsjlor, Borfolk.
Bchr Artist, Marsh. Balttmore.
Sehr A L Massey. Donnelly, Btlneioee.
Bchr Exit. Howett, do
Steamer Foote, Thomas, Washington.
Steamer Joe Hall, Molloy, do.
Steamer R Willing, CnnSiff. Balttmom.
• gtean er New Tort. Davis-Washlniten.
Steamer Bristol, Charlez.ljew York.
Steamer May Sower. BoWneon^Mowßgr.
Bteamer M McDongal.James, flew, lore.
MEMORANDA.
Park Thomas h ****' T ? t ’
Sth Bit, omatped
MOOJJnionCimalM*.. IB
B.—.«s 53
000 Big Tank..-..10ts AK
joconeo, i88i... Tiota i«»
SOOMcCroa &CKb3O 1%
‘SXKforset Well 10ta43 16
60 McCli n lock Oil .... «
1000 Bajal OU —..lots LO4
100 Jmic-.ion —~2dyB s)4