THE PUBLISHED DAILY (SUNDAYS EXOEPTEB) BY JOHN W. FORNEY. OFFICE 80. 11l SOUTH FOURTH STREET. THE DAILY PRESS, To City Subteribers. is Tbj» Dollars psa Amnra, la advance; or Twbhty Cents i>er Week napabie tothe Carriar. Mailed to Knbrcrlb rs out t.f the etty. STtita Dollars perAhnuk; Four Dollars and Fifty Cents fob Sib Monthb : Two Dollars ahd Twenty- five Cbhts for three Months, layarUbly la advance for the tine ordered. JtSr Advertisements inserted at the ureal rater. TB® TKI-WEEKLY PRESS, Stalled lo Sabrorlheii, Fiyb Dollars per Aaaviii la advenes. graft fc PRY GOODS JOBBERS, gPRING. 1865. ItS. B. CAHTBEU, « CO., IMPORTERS AMD JOBBERS 07 DRY 00008, Van CHESTNUT STREET, OFFER TO CASH BXIYEES AT -WHOLESALE JL% fiXtotkiyi kMoztmeui of choice fabrics in rOBHieS AHB AMEEICAI J)BI GOODS, Ai and under market rater. Ar their etoek tr deity replenished with the most de sirable offerings of this and other markets, it will always prove worthy of inspeotlon. WHOLEBI LB ROOKB UP STAIRS. mbs am jgFRING—IB6S. EDMUND YARD & CO., 017 CHESTNUT AND 614 JAYNE STREET, HAVB NOW IN BTORB A FOLL STOCK 1 SILKS AND TANDY DRESS HOODS, AMERICAN DELAINES, BALMORALS, SHAWLS AND GLOVES, ■WJIITE GOODS AND LINENS, Whish W 6 offer to the trade at the lowest market krioM. ; mhl3-2mfp- gFRING, 1865. HELLOS, BAIM, & MELLOS, Cm. «o and 4» north third street, , ntpoßTßEa or HOSIERY, : - SMALL WARES, ASP CTHItE GOODS. ' KAN UP A £!T UR KR9 OS MIS tm SHIRT FROSTS : JAMES, KENT, SANTEE, & CO., IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS DRY GO ODS, ■M< CM and Ml North Third. Street, PHILADELPHIA. OlfltM, ■lntunetfc Jeans, Uottonadee, Denims, Stripes. Oheeks, Binghams, Diapers, Prints, Delaines, Alpacas, Fancy Dress Goods, Brown and Bleached Sheetings, Brown and Bleached Shirtings, Omlsh Ohambras, Ornish Tweeds, Flannels, Linens, FURNISHING GOODS. WHITS GOODS. NOTIONS. &«., Ac. r«24 Sm BKTAU DBf «OOI»S. i£T RETAIL. JAMES R, CAMPBELL & €O.! Van CHESTNUT STREET, Offer at Popular Prices: i-MEMT a A M ■»'U" fiaSYTT .TJTsa BSJLX-Al.ih.RS In (teat rariety, ineluding the heat goods im ported. Royal Armures, Gro Grains, Lyons Taffeta, Farisiennea. Drap do France, Dra, de Lyon, diode Rhine, Gro d’Afriaae, So., ho. COIiOHED SILKS In deilrehle shades, plain and corded colored Taffeta and Taffetae Farialennes,Neat Foulards and Golden Brown Groe Gralne of magnificent (inanity. BFHING DRE6B GOODS. Lupin's choicest fabrics, stasis and doable Width. Hone de Laines, new shades. 8-4 Her iunl’a Orepe Hareiz. and Tsmartines, Stem colored Kohalr Poplins, Rion Mohair Valencias, French Jaconets, Organdies, Percales. Ac, IcTXPEN'S BOMBAZINES) Tamisa. iau— r.oiTiaH fl-4 Hernant’S Ho- Lain, Alpacas, andotherblaoa-avoaa »r a™-.,, ly rodused rates. WHITE GOODS. Nainsooks, Jaeonets, Cambrics, Swiss Malls* Taney Cheeks, and other popular White Goods at low prices. XINEN GOODS. At ire&tly reduced rates. lnrtudinc Shirtlnc. Sheeting, Hi Pillow Linens. Damasks, Diapers, Napkins, Ac., I'laweatTailety. __ GREAT REDUCTION IN OOTTON GOODS, r Bleached Muslins in popular brands at and below market rates. OOTOVOIBIES’S CBLEBBATED KID GLOVES. FBIKZBD LIKEN GAMBBIO DKSSSBB. Oar prices an marked In plain Scores, bom Which we do not dsriate. WHOLESALE ROOMS UP STAIRS. mhlß'lm A LARGE LOT OF BLACK BILKS, rfttet^So^L b |A°ND CSI KI?AXL. onw ” ALBBBTJOir. , 71* aRCH Strant. »M3-«t« CTILL GREATER REDUCTIONS IN FJBUOEB . We have made sweeping reductions in the prices of DOMESTICS, and our entire Stock of Faso and St tple Sry Goods, so as to meet the last fall tn cold, and pUce Qts prises of all our week for below the lowest-market ®” Se BltKB, everyvariety, at reduced prices. BKBBB GOODS at manned prices. MUSLINS, all the best makes, reduced. CALICOES at areaUj reduced prices. Odr entire Spang Block at rednod price., fc T ADIEB’ SPRING CLOAKS. .Ad OftnlM daily, new Cloaks, ranch Giofch. Cloaks. Aeerlc&n Cloth Cloaks* mUi-pMof Cloaks. . . In addition to Aiood stock of ready-mada tarmenif, !a make to ordtr Cloaks et newest ent, and encase lem to 4t andvlease. Lai** stock of CLOAKING LOTUS, at whofesale or retail. Ladles can select their poods sndOlder dus, certain tobe wbll.suited and with Shimateh. COOPER & CONARD, mkß-W 8. L eerner NINTH and MaBKRT Bte OPRING I BBSS GOODS, OP NEW S 3 styles, omihg daily. Spring styj* Valensia*. Spring atj® roll deCheyTM. Spring stvSof Poplins. Summer wllna. Splendidffgandles. Angles, lanat variety. Hew styiebf Pique*. Spring CeEr* da Lainss, ggh«-tt m South BfiQOND Street. INVENTION OF THE AGS IK F SKIRTS. IY’B Hew Patent DUPLEX BLLIP ■BIJTG SKIRT. i. If. BEJ| KC (or doubli LEY A CASY Cate J. I. A J. O. PRIETORS and MANUFACTURERS, md TO and 81 HEADS.Btieets, Hew WESTS’ El West), SOLI I t/% CHAMBER S this imn unto Steel B SumiT toisttt Best FLEXIBt seed. They s iprings, and J BBAUTIFUD SS THE woimaj WUTABIJKK to a Skirt will be ASSBICBLISa, . Qhuroh Pew* S>KEea. as the , yr a small pb A Lady hi neat conveul Btbrl Bparaq arardwUllns StiBSEB, and OK sonslsts of Duplex (or two) Bn as. Ingeniously braided tightly and ( idgb te nnua, making tne toughest. i slabtio, and durablh Spnma ever I,m bevd or break, like the Slagle I equeutly preserve.their pebpbot aad twiob as long as any other Skirt a FLEXIBILITY and great comport and ladt wearing the Duplex Sumptio inrlaneed partisnlarly in aU crowded bas, Carbiagbs, Railroad Cabs, mohairs, for Pbomesadb and House it sen he folded when in ns. to ooou a.Sly a.a BiLE or Muslih Dress t enjoyed the pleasure, comfort, and e of weabieg tn. Duplex Elliptic bt for a sihglb DAT will never af ar* ssanse with their use. For Children. Sta Ladies they are sufebiob to all sit quality In eyerypsrt.’andnMnos liajT, most DESIKABLB, COMPORT ABLE 1® thlscltr.aui ITwTTKD STATES* HAVANA I>B UUBAa liSfoA. and ihe'WssT Indies t b foi£ the duplex BLLIPnq Monably the: had BCOHOKK FOE SALK Hmmghout t Kaxioo. Soot .TENT IMPROVED STEAM [BATING APPARATIIS WAT] «G AND VENTILATING PUBLIC IS AND PBIYATB EBSIDBNCBB, FOE Wj . BOIL KAKUrAOTUEBD BY TBB mx Aim wiTEB-naiTOG COMPAST JEN NSXt»>y ARIA, pioir! 9 p. wodp Ac CO., « south FOtBTH BTBEBT, L Me FEIsTWBLIa. sup-t. .WILiIAH EVANS. JR., . iTV y asa SOUTH FRONT STREET, .—cilOTßfVw SPRING. <T FOR 1865. ' ■ • > L ''• ' : : ’ • i . ' VOL. 8. —NO. 205. FINANCIAL. u. s. SEVEN-THIRTY LOAN. By authority of the Secretary of the Treasury, the undersigned has assumed the General Subscription Agency for the sale of United States Treasury Notes hearing seven and three-tenths per sent, interest mrf annum, known as the SEVEN-THIRTY LOAN. These Nets, are issued under date of August IS, IBM, gnd tn payable three years from that time, la eur reney, or are eonvertible at the option of ike holder Into U, s. 6-80 SIS FEB CENT. GOLD-BEARING BONDS. Thoee Bonds are now worth a premium of nine per sent., including gold interest from November, which' mskes the actual profit en the 7-80 Loan, at currant rates, including Interest, about ten per sent, per an num, besides Its exemption from State and municipal taxation, which adds from one to three per cent. mm'e, according to the rate levied on other property. The Interest Is payable semi- annually by coupons utiiehed to each note, which maybe cut off and sold to any bank or banker. The interest amounts to One cent per day on a 950 note. Two cents per day on a 8100 not*. Ten cents per day on a $5OO note. Twenty cents per day on a >l,OOO note. One Dollar pm day on a *O.OOO note. Motes of aU the denominations named will be prompt ly furnished upon receipt of subscriptions. This is THE ONLY LOAN IN MARKET now offered by the Government, and It Is confidently expected that its superior advantages will make It the GREAT POPULAR LOAN OF THE PEOPLE. Less than 8200,000.000 remain unsold, which win pro bably be disposed of within the next sixty or ninety days, when the notes' will undoubtedly command a premium, as has uniformly been the ease on dosing the subscriptions of other Loans. In order that eltf sent of every town and aeetion of the country may be afforded facilities for taking the Loan, the National Banks, State Banks, and Private Bankers throughout the country have generally agreed to re ceive snbssriptlona at par. Subscribers will select their own agents, in whom they have confidence, and who only are to be responsible for the delivery of. the notes for which they receive orders. JAY oooke; SUBSCRIPTION AGENT. NO. 114 SOUTH THIRD STREET, PHILADELPHIA. 7-30. 5-20. 10-40. CHAS. HALLOWELL, STOCK BROKER, NO. 89 SOUTH THIRD STREET. (Room No. 4.) GOVERNMENT, STATS, AND OTHER LOANS AND iISTOOKS BOUGHT AND SOLD OH COMMISSION. U. S. 7-30 NOTES FURKISHED AT FAR. SPECIAL ATTENTION GIVEN TQ OIL STOCKS. mhli-lm’fp JHE NEW 7-30 U. e. NOTES FOB SALE,’ nr sums to suit purchasers; BY DAYHS HHOTHIES, BANKERS AND BROKERS, MRS DOCK STREET,' DIALERS nr GOVERNMENT SECURITIES GENE RALLY. mhifi-lm • 7.30. .5-20. 10-40. “AiXATMS 38C KEYIS^ No. 805 CHESTNUT STREET, BANKERS AND BROKERS. All hinds of (JOTEEKMEITP SECURITIES A2TD STOCKS BOUOHT, SOLD, AND NEGOTIATED. GOLD AKB SILVER BOUGHT AND SOLD. pedal attention given to OIL STOCKS. mbB 3m BBWABD ROBINS. HORACE S. PEARSON. ROBINS Ac CO., STOCK AND EXCHANGE BROKERS, HO. 47 SOUTH IHIBB SXKEEX, PHILADELPHIA. All kihdb op BASK HOTFS, GOLD, SILVER, STOCKS, BONDS, AND GOVERNMENT SECURITIES, SOLD. Collectloua made ou all parts of the oountry.... Depoaite reeeiyod, subject to sight draft, and Interest allowed. . mhl-ijm gECOND NATIONAL BANK, OF PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, (LATE IRON CITY TRUST CAPITAL. $300,000.'" BANKERS’ AND MERCHANTS’ COLLECTIONS promptly attended to on the most favorable terms. G. E. WABHEB, President. JOHN E. PATTERSON, Cashier. fe2S 3m CHARLES EMORY. ALEX. EERSOR, JR. QHARLES EMORY & CO., ■m STOCK AXD EXCHANGE BROKERS, No. 15 South Third street, PHILADELPHIA. All kinds of nncuwnt fonds and Hold and SUtsy konffM and sold, and Colleeiions mads. Particular attention *iven to tbs ynrcbasa and sals of Governsnenta&tate* and other Stocks and £toana on com mission. no2i- 6m H& LEECH & COMPANY, C BAIKERS AND gTOCK BROKERS, fro, 54 FAEQ.OHAE BUILD INOS, (WALNUT ST.. BELOW THIRD), " pTfTT.dB'RT.PgtA. Gold, Government Bondi, OH and HlneUanaoua gtoeka, bought and sold on Commission at the Board of brokers. Dealers In Foreign Exchange. Letters of sre dit Isintd on London, Paris. Antwerp, A*. Js23 3a gPECIAL ATTENTION PAID TO the purchase and sale of OIL STOCKS. SMITH, HAHDOLP2 & CO.. Ift South THIBB Street. - mM-lm 5-20 COUPONS ~ DUB MAY Ist. BOUGHT AT HIGHEST MARKET PBICS, BY ' BREXEL & CO., No. 34 SOUTH THIRD STREET. o A MITEL ALLEN, O STOCK BROKER. „ . „ 80. 130 South THIRD Stroet, PHIT.MIEI.PHIA. mhl6-lm« o* &c '* Biok«. Mo. 18 Sooth THIRD Stroofc ~ 's&ssr- A READY AND CONCLUSIVE TEST A of the properties of HELMBOLD’S FLUID KX TBAOT BUCHnrwill be e eomparlsott -with, those Ml forth, laths United State* DUpejuatory. JO THE PEOPLE. NOW READY, A WORK BY DR. VON MOSOHZISRBR, Of No 1087 WAtNUT Street, _ BKTITUBB A BOOK FOB THE PEOPLE, _ _ _ Oh the following Diseases: EfE AND EAR diseases, BIShiSUS IH OESRRAL CLERGYMEN'S AND PUBWU SPEAKERS’ SORE - ■ THKOaT; DISEASES-OF TBB AIK PASSAGES, (uaryntitie Bronchitis,) . . ABtHMA ABT*» OAtAßita. The fe&ok U tf> *adofW.U. & A. MABTIEB. Iff*. 606 uHBsTAUX Street, aid at all BooksaUera*. Price* One Dollar. - Ihe author. Dr. YON MOSOHZBKBR, can bs e»i* £U led ob all these maladies,anda l NSBYOCTB AFFfiO xl< ‘NS which ho tre&'s with the surest surcaas Offico, iDayWALNBT Street - - j«95 fim OIRTAIIV GOODS. OARD. /* I WELL OFFER MY ENTIRE S*TOQK OF WINDOW SHADES, LACE CURTAINS, PIANO COVERS.; AS. SO PEE GENS. LESS IHAI Old ihportion prioes. I. E. WALRAVEN. MASONIC HALL, NO. 719 CHESTNUT STREET, mhifi-fplf . *- rr .. rrr --.MILjLINLHY; r» NEW SPRING IMPORTATIONS, now OPEN, A FOLL LINE OF SPRING BONNETS, HATS, AND MfUISERI GOODS severally. Merchants, Stransers, and Residents pur chasing BOW HATS will find every variety to select from, at the ' WHOLESALE AND RET Alii MILLINERY SHOW ROOMS. 720 AROH STREET. mhls-l«fp* , . . : B. P, GILL & CO. CAKPETg AND OIL-CLOTHS • gPRING 1865# SPRING CARPETINGS. AECH-SIBBET CARPET WABEHORSS. NE W STOCK, AT REDUCED FRIGES. JOS. BLACKWOOD, tthO-thßtu2ni • No, 833 AROH Street. QARPBTINGS, OIL CLOTHS, MATTINGS, 5 PRICES REDUCED. REEVE L. KNIGHT & SON, 8»7 CHESTNUT Street mhß-tnthsmlSi ■ ■ RALSTON, & CO., MANUFACTURING AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS. CARPETINGS, ' PHILADELPHIA. ‘ ” HthS-SUI & SMITH, WHOLESALE Brag, Paint, and Class- Dealers, proprietors of the PennsvlT ania Point and Color Works, Manufaoturem of best white leas, best zinc, PURE LIBERTY LEAD, Unsurpassed for Whiteness. Tine Gloss, Durability, firmness, and Evenness of Surface. FUSE liIBEBTY LBAB-Wairanted to OOVOr more surface for same weliht than any other. lEY IT, ABU TOD WIH. HAVE BO OTHBBI PURE LIBERTY ZINC, Selected Zinc, around in Seined Linseed Oil, unequaled . in quality, always the same. FLEE UEEKTI ZINC. Warranted to do more and better work at a riven cost then any other. GET THE B3SST! glare and (Office—No. 13T North THIRD. Street, PHILADELPHIA. mh]3-Sm* ROBERT SHOEMAKER & CO., It. E. comer of fourth and race Streets, PHILADELPHIA, WHOLESALE DRUGGISTS. tMFOBTERB AND BBALEBB IN FOBSIGM AND DOMESTIC WINDOW AND PLATE GLASS. KA2TO*A<tTtnenSß o* WHITE T.nan AND ZINC FAINTS, PUTTY. *O. Assure sob tbs. oblsbsatbo FRENCH ZINC PAINTS. Dealers and eonaumem supplied at fett-Sm ■ VEST LOW FBICES FOB CASH. WATCHES AMD JEWELRY. SUBSCRIBER, HAYING SUCCEEDED W. P. DTJBOSQ & SONi "V -A- 19*8 Ckeitnnl Street, Seepeetfully inform, hi, friend* and curtemera that he u* for (ale a large and varied atoek of BATCHES, JEWELRY, SILVER, AND PLATED WARE. Alas, eenctMtly « hand, a I arcs and well-assorted took*! »BAKL JEWELRY. JS. WLXTXXXSS, Late of the Bra of LEWIS LADOHUS A GO. WATCHES and JJWELBY GABEFULLY BEFAIBED. BOLD, SILTS*. and DIAMONDS BOUGHT. feS-Zm MERCHANT TAILORS. JjVDWARD P. KELLY, JOHN KELLY, TAILORS, 613 CHESTNUT STREET,. have now nt biokb A COMPLETE assortment of SPRING GOODS. mhs-tf ROYS’ CLOTHING. JJOYS’ OLOTIIING. SUITS, SACKS, &C., MIN'S; CLOT HI NG, MADE TO OEDEB, COOPER Sc CONARD, mh2Stje9 8. B.COBNEB NINTH & MARKET STS, The science of medicine should atand simple, intn.maiestie;-bavin* fact for its basis. Induction for Its pulai. truth alone for its nsltal. 80 eland HELMBOL o’S GSSnjljn| PEEP A* MTIOHS, estahilshedover w ■ PHILADELPHIA. TUESDAY, MABC • Bfl TLAL » LOTBHNG BOIJSS. JgETTER AND SAFER THAN OIL STOOKSI P0,600,€8a Bpeni Anmially la FhHaflel- phia for Clothing! FROTKGTIVK UiNION OBTAINING CLOTBING AT COST I PEOPLES MUTUAL ULOTHHG HOUSE OF PHILADELPHIA! TO BE INOOR PORATfiD BY AOI OF LEOISLATURE 1 OF 1663. CAPITAL NZ0CE,.,., v ........i.»,5350,006 DIVIDED INTO 85,000 SHARES, AT SIO EACH, FAR VALUE. SUBSCRIPTION OF FIVE SHARES, $4Ti OF TEN SHARES, $9B; OF XWiNTY SHARBs! $175; OF FIFTY SHARES. 8485; OF ONE HUNDRED SHARES, se»Si OF TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY SHARKS, $8,000; OF FIVE HUNDRED SHARES, $3,750- PAYABLE IN EQUAL INSTALMENTS OF 85 PER CENT. OF THE WHOLE AMOUNT SUBSCRIBED. The object of ihla Company is not so much to make money as it Is io bays it, and give eaeh one of the Stoekkoldars their Clothing at -cost, besides making them partners and joint owners in the largest Clothing House over established in this country. The business to be conducted strictly on the cash principle. The great advantages to be roallzedby the Stockholders are Ist. Each and every Stockholder will be entitled to receive at any time he may choose to select an amount of Clothing and Gents' Furnishing Goods, each and every year, corresponding with the amount of Stock he may hold. Persons holding a single Share of Stock will .be entitled to sloworth at cost, five shares $6O worth, ten snares $lOO worth, ana in the same ratio for 1 any nattier of Ehares. A person owning *ay-|en.- Shares gtoek'ln tils Company will save not lees than s2oeaohyeu- In Clothing, betides participating In the half-yearly cash dividends. - 2d. By doing business on a cash system this -Com; -*>««r_Wili save from five to ten per cent, in bavin*,' and will li§imaszssmiSMS£SKlm-MffJt Will semrea very .targe .class of eustomors tbet are not Stockholders. Those that are Stockholders, of coarse. beta* partners in (he business and-participants la all the profits, will use their influence in recommending; THE PEOPLE'S MUTUAL CLOTHING HOUSE. This will enable the Company, under the management of experienced clotbins min, to declare a handsome semi- annual cash dividend to the Stockholders, in addition to tho dividend in Clothing and Furnishing Goode, which can be bad at any time. Sd. The very best material will be purchased direct from the manufacturers and importers, and none bat first-class workmen will be employed in the custom and mtsnnfaotnrtag department, so that easterners may at all times depend on getting the best material m^de In the latest styles. 4th, The bnclneßS to be thoroughly systematised, - Holes and regulations to be adopted and strictly adVf hered to by all the employees under the supervision of -. the Board of Directors, who win be chosen at a meet ing of the Stockholders, ef which due notice will be* 6th. All Stockholders who do not wish to order the goods to which they are entitled at cost, may transfer their sight to their frienfic. The net profits of ail each sales will be paid over to each Stockholleri, indepen- dently of the half-yearly cash dividends to which they are also entitled. 6th. There cannot bo the slightest doubt of the suc cess of this plan for obtaining Clothing at cost. It is. cure to become popular with the great mass of the pee-. • pie. The plan proposed for this Company Is similar to that adopted by the BBOAI> MOUHTAIH COAL COM FAST, all the stock of which that teas offered was subscribed for within a few weeks, while the stock was advancing to double Itß first value—from $lO to $20,. So popular has this system become of oheapsning coal, , that three other companies have lately been organized andare in tuftessful operation, It is a well-known. fact that there are in this city five times as many per) sons who are compelled to purchase Clothing as thert are who purchase coal, to say nothing of the vejjf* large class of country people and floating population who purchase their wearirc apparel in this city. sides, there are Vtgusarais upon thousands pf hoym wlto mutt all he clothed. In consideration of the#/ facts, and that Clothing affords a larger profit ting coal, each Shareholder will become, a* it an advertising medium tor the Mammoth Clothilig House ef which he Is one of the partners, and the handsome dividends whloh will be realized eannotfail to enhance the value of the stock beyond Its original u I cost to subscribers. K. B.—lt Is the Intention of this Company to ereci a suitable building for conducting tho business on the site of ihe STATES UNION HOTEL, ■ ‘ j Bros. 606 and 60S Market Street, this property being very desirably located for the Fuel- ness, having an extensive front and'depth on Market and Sixth streets. Subscriptions Committee are: j ' G.tG. ETANB, 630 CHESTNUT Street, Borneo Sewing Machine Booms. j . J. M. BLOOD, Watch and Jewelry Store. 603 CHIBTHUT Street. ; G. B. JOKES, « South FIFTH Street. : j ym. BAILEY, 531MABKET St.,Dry-GofesHeusa. H. HBFF, SAISOM Street, above Sixth! Star * Baird’s Office. f WM. G. HEHBY, Banker, 54 Senth TH»D QFFICBBS PEO TEM. | WH. BAILEY, President.: f . r • - G. B. JAKES, Secretary. _ . H. NEFF, Treasurer. S. BUBBLE SMITH, Soltidtet. Porous living at* distance can secure stock la this Company by.enrtosing Immediately fen-per cent., of flie ; »mouat wanted to 'the fcusi'p, 601- ' SANSOM Street, office of King S BaUd, - ' '', ; .• 3mA-tuifcs»4t>. - " : I ‘ - <! ' I FOR THE ' TUESDAY, MARCH 1865. - REBEL BARBA! STOEY OF AN JSCiPED On* Soldiers filnrderfed by erndating Martyri The Pood They Receiveth( ■the Clothing—The Slave to the Suffering, “Jamt* V. Wai CSpecla! Bespatebes i® The Pre»«.: 3 IfBWBBRtI, ft. On the fith. of April, 1861, a Moor®, entered the service of ti» aprlvatelntbe'Sth Regiment Innteora. This lad Was a ieah His gervlae duly explrl the 8801 'Perißsjiyania Eegimi Wards lie took adv&ntkge ortkr £tess- for that purpose, and obi Battery M, of the M U. S. Art of Jnne, ISM, Mo'ore 'being wf •in -tfceveDeyof 4be Shenando; - tlie rebels near Richmond, Fi Bad jfcilßtirjf ot privation and pregnant with adventure, and 1 relation ofhumanoruelty toilet by human endurance—far snrj and bitter realityTuiytMng wUt has prpduoed, Eatlierthan exjn : expertenped'; Buffer what Mo'ore few' men who would dot euibrar • - After bis captnrehe wag taki iail a* -.Gharlotteviile, ■Virginia, Upt we be was dressed' In' thd ordinary t l neat uniroyn of a soldlsrof the Unli ioney * and alwatch,, .When he entaret > ■ was radelj deprived ofjrts suit of' mdej-t clotting, Hla "watch had alri to the pocketofa Secessionist,.then with; Bteady.tloks thentunbeiftdihcur unent to wbloh Its puilolner bad swt ; and' afl that was percentile of bis lit tonay, : whleh hehaiearned hardly, by llion,' ..and wblob was carefully saved r< >ther, bad taken to itselfwlngs, under lira of aOoDfederatebumanitarlan, an< yatch; ■ : Of hisfow personal possessions ittung was he allowed to keep, save ar .nd a pair of drawers?" These* were hds protection for months from rain and atm, beat aad cold, files and pestilent Insects, No, blanket! was allowed him, to shield him from the weatharjaa he slept. While.these frail garments bang toge§ier he waß allowed noothers, When theybeoanieniere shreds . and patches he was clothed by.the charity of a com mon soldier,'.who, though he .wore tko'yebel gray, bore a heart whiohachad at the deeds of wrong to wards helpless and suffering men whtyh that uni form has oovered./ - Of the:treatment which Moore received at Ohsr lottevllle, r Ylrglnla, he has tlnoe. made no com plaint ;hts subsequent suffering has! been so much worse that he regards Gh&riottevffle, spare as was the clothing he wore and stinted as was the food ho was given there, as the one bright spot In the great picture of darkness and despair which covered blßexlstence for the sent -nine months-: It was a small, bright spot, however, for after lived ays’ stay, ' be commenced making a round or the rebel prisons, and his misery In them was only varied by present ing somewhat - different features is eaolu from , Cbarlottevllle he was taken to the infamous Libby prison, where so many of our gallant men at arms have been slowly persecuted out Of their llvas. White on his way to Libby ha had a slight foretaste of what he was afterwards to suffer. Luring these two days no food was furnished him, and upon the day of his arrival be got no food; This made three days without food, and two of 4hom travelling in a shirt and drawers. Upon the'fourth day a ration was doled out to him- This consisted of four ounces of corn bread and three spoonfuls of bean: soup. This was the food for a day given to a man who had eaten nothing for three days. His dally faro while he remained at Libby was similar to this. After four days’ experience of Libby treatment he was removed to Andersonville, Georgia—a plaoe which will go down to posterity burdened by the iniquity of a thousand crimes and no virtue. Its name will - be forever linked In the memory of man with tho black hole of Calcutta, and it will be ever stigmatized as the complete realizatlomoF a hell upon 'earth; The joufhey from Libby to his new place of confinement occupied six days. To allay the pangs of hunger during this time he was given ■two days’.rations. Those rations amounted to two thirds of a pound of baoon and eight ounces or corn bread. For two days after arriving at Anderson ville Moore had nothing to eat except a small piece of corn bread which he bought with, five cents of -wacbotnTs'nioneywhs due to hisshrewdness'ahd . good fortune. While on the tray to the Oharlotte vjffo prison,- knowing that he Would be searched for money, Moore managed to kick off the heel of hls shoe, and In fastening it on again secreted in Itift. twenty, dollar bill and a five-cent note, which he had succeeded thus far In concealing. Escaping the first search at Charlotteville, this money was afterwards conveyed to a safer hldlng-plaoeinan old brass-button, which ho always carried carefully with him. At Andersonville he received a pint of .meal dally, and every other day an addition of four ounces of pork or beer. There being -no facilities for cooking, he ate his meal raw—corn meal raw for dally food. Moore lived four months of this lTe, and then he was taken to Savannah. He was five days on the way, and during this time had ton crackers to eat. At Savannah ho remained twenty days. Here tho rations were ap portioned by a rather more liberal hand. They consisted of three ounces or firesh meat, a half pound of com meal, and a teaspeonful of riee- Thence he went to Mlilon. For his journey there he Was supplied with one day’s rations. He was two days In going. To support life at Mtllenhe was given one-third.pf a pint of meal, a spoonful of rice, and a spoonfhl of beatw—all raw. He had no meat. By this time suffering had told fearfully upon .him. He wao then pale and emaciated, His mind wandered, and his memory passed away for a time, and hew long he remained at MUlen he does not hffbw. Salisbury, N. 0., was the next resting place for his missry, and it was the worst of all. Here he had nothing bnt a pint of meal for his daHy fare, and no means of cooktag-lt. Memory sttU failed him, and he does not remember how long he stayed at this odious place. He was next carried toßaleigh. There the üßual modicum of meal was assisted every other day by a third of a ponndof bacon. Prom Baleighhe and four others formed a plan of eßeape, The prison In which they were confined, like all other prisons he had been in except Libby, was merely a strong stookade, and waß but an out-shelter from a storm. By six weeks’ steady tabor these five melt succeeded in undermining the stockade, by a hole sufficiently large to allow them to pass Into the open air. To dig this hote they used the half of a canteen, it was all done after; the shades of night had wrapt in darkness theta abode of wretch . edness. The day time was used in steadily carry. 1 tag cut the dirt In a hat, and depositing It where It would not be noticed. The aperture at the mouth of theta little cave was very snugly-hidden from scrutiny. One night, these men, braving rebel bullets and bloodhounds, crept through their exoa ' vation, and found themselves once more free men, though beset by incalculable perils. Morning saw them twenty miles away from their detested prison. - They had made good nse of time, and now took ootw ■ - sel together in relation to their future course. : They differed as to the proper course to he pursued. The Western men naturally wanted to make, their way to the army of General Sherman, but Moore was wiser than to attempt such a j ourney. He told them that South Carolina, through which they wbuld havo to pass, was fuU of blood-hounds, who wbuld hunt theig down, with unerring scent, whether they hid’ltfswamps or sought shelter from, friends. Their chances of escape by this route he told them truly were miserably small. But they persisted Ja . theta determination, and he, resolving to take a different course and strike for Sohofield’a army, of whose advanoe ho heard the rebels talking, they shook hands with the depth of feeling which men who have endured suffering and escaped from it in company can alone exhibit. After parting with his companions, Moore toiled for two nights amid swamp, and iular, and mud without any food. By this unusual exertion with a starved body, he became so weakand.utterly help less that he laid down to die In. a swamp. The negro Is the benefactor of Union troops In more shapes than one, and one of this race saved Moore’s life. Accidentally eoming across this then emaoiatod spectre of a man, and learn ing who he was, he administered unto his wants (kith homely but substantial food. Until , by this means he got strength to start again upon bia 'perilons journey, he lay in the swamp. Then he pushed ahead once more uptu he reached the railroad between Kinston and Goldsboro.: Here . he learned to his dismay that a bloodhound was kept .near where he was, and bad been very active in hunting down escaped prisoners and runaway ne groes. He knew that the morrow would probably .find this hound on his scent. Moore was now a des perate man, desporate enough to pluck the jewel, safely, ftom the cannon’s mouth. He resolved to slay his enemy. Going to the farm.house where the s dog was kept, by night, he' enticed himfortilby' . means of a piece of meat furnished him by the friendly negro. Getting the dog’s head through a rail fence, he let down ono of the rails upon ; the animal’s neck, and procuring a spade, stunned him by repeated blows, and then out his throat with an old knlfo. Halting again oh his journey, he .lay, the succeeding day, after accomplishing twelves miles, in another swamp. Here he again attracted the attention of a Slave, who, having no food , ; near by to give him, told -him where lived a widow, ' who dwelt alone, and with whom he could lodge for a little while, By this time, by collecting tho dif feient -garments ftom friendly negroes whom he met, Moore had procured a full rebel uniform, and now presented himself to this widow as a rebel J esc*??® from a North*, 7l prison. She treated him very kindly, a2d when he agar* went forward he had food to last Mm for. thraJ. days In his .pbokets. Going sixteen miles further, hi; contribution upon the feathered creation, and sle w yhioti ha had booked in s aegro hut tbrsß f told Wm ow 28, 18H5. . 9 ; g>- .. • forces wets coming to Kinßton, and ths-rabols ware coining in large foroe to oppose them. The hat la which ha was was only Btxteen miles from Kinston, wsd he followed the advloe.of his colored counsellor and went farther away. Outside of Kinston he lay for nine days In a swamp, and was fed by the ne groes. On the Uth of this month a 'iiegro told Urn that our troops were -In Kinston. This he 'would not believe, .and it was nbt till two journeys of this man had convinced him-of the troth of the report that he ventured from his hiding-place and came to the town, and was again among his friends, after, nine 1 months or starvation and persesutlom He Sad been six weeks en his why from Raleigh to’ Kinston,'journeying by hlght,and lying by in a swamp by day. 'When he was captured he weighed one hundred and sixty-ftve pounds. When he was regenerated from starvation he wolgtod ninety pounds. Three days ago I took down this narratlve from the lips of Daniel Mooret pale, wan; and skeleton-like, and I give it to you as a plain, Unvarnished vale of suffering, actual as ; terrible. • . INJiETITI.- slow, ®x-. ihelter and Friend 1 ' tPrein the Waßhinitan Chronicle of yesMrdfty.j There is'good ronton, independently or the edl -toriel-endorsement of the New York Urtbune, to believe th sit the letter from that journal whloh we : eopy this morning .'ls substantially oorreot. We, hear that this information bss been for sometime In the'hands of the Government, and has been withheld pfllyfrom prudential motives. Whether - this be true or not, it Is oertain that the facts are - rather undoretated than otherwise. it may seem strange to many that wUh so large an arhiy ah Wei have we do not quickly crush the ■ pbr-y force opposed to ns. It must be recollected, . jhowever, that our operations require a large army, .for ,wa have an enormous-amount of territory to “ occupy and guard. The serles of operations now in -progress is certain in the end to effect the objeot de --ilred; hut- tho plan which has taken so much time. ! to" cuimisatc o&nnet be'hastily carried oiit. The - rebel armies are. losing more by this long Inaction . than, they, would to a great battle. ;AB»SSATK>N. CW CANADA—CAED MtOH HON. 808--' latory la'ltfl irpos9 onulty > veils t: Moore ?e:ftre , Washington Citv, Karoh 25,1865. To the Editor of the Washington Chronicle: ■Bin: The Mew York Herald of this morniAgoen tains an article from the Montreal (Oanaaaj S» aviso, of the 22d of this month,, In whloh, among otbfr asEertiODs In regard to myself, all of whloh are utterly unfounded, the following aUegaUonis made; “ Trin »BW AHWKKATIOK BCHBila, . “A statement appeared In this journal so mo time since annoudoing the presence, in. this city of a Fade ' rej lxtoriimissiOner engaged in stranding theviewe of Ca nadians relative to union with toe Uaired : States, aud empowered to assist an annexation movement with Teoeral money 'to the extent of *108,000,000. This statement- wae dented and ridiculed by the Globe, although Its proprietor, as a member of the minis trypwns'poriecjly aware, from other sources of in formation, of its entire truthfulness, and the machi nations of tho commissioner had been the subject of grAve debate In the Executive Council. The parson referred to urns Iheßon.R.J'. Walker” Sets. i old not visit Canada as a *- Federal commls . sibber,” for any purpose whatever; nor do I know the Opinions of the Administration as to. tho an nexation of Canada to the Catted States. I have always favored the project myself, but never exeept with the full consent of England and Canada. To makeHn urjust war upon Canada vrltha view to Its ! annexation, or upon England to secure suoh an ob- - ’ jeet,. would he an atroolous crime never contain plateij by me. —- Ido cot know Lord Monck, the Governor Gene ral of Canada, nor his private secretary, nor any of the Canadian ministry! nor did I visit Q,neoso, where: tho Canadian -Parliament and ahtnorlties are now-assembled. . ’ Thls-laßt visit was my fifth to Canada within the ISBt few years, and gave no just ground for any animadversion upon the eubjeot. ■ I depart irem my usual course in noticing this newspaperar tide, booauso the evident object of the Montreal Gazelle is to embroil'the United Stator, with England on this question, in aid of the Southern rebellion. The Gazette 1b a'violent Tory paper,-aud ol course bitterly Uostilo to the North, and favorable to timSouthern rebellion. I was-treated with great hospitality and kind nets Canadian gentlemen, and am quite enre that the Canadian Government and most of the Canadian people are-favorable to the United States in our present struggle. The Canadians are Ame ricans, apd,tfco St. Lawrence and the lakes, with their fertile valleys, are onr joint Inheritance, We aris one ey geography, by mutual intercourse and interests, nor do I doubt but that we shall have a common destiny. If It was deemed expedient hereafter to present my views on, this subject, I should not deem it necessary to ask the prior assent er sanction of any Administration; but it certainly is not my purpose to embarrass the Go vernment at this critical period by any discussion now of this question-^ All editors who have Inserted In their columns the article from the Montreal Gazette will oblige me by publishing this contradiction. Yours truly, B. J. Walkbb, ■ ENGLAND AND THE UNITED STATES. DEBATE m THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT, Peace Co be Preserved, and the Canada question A long debate took place in the British House of Commons on the 13th Inst., occasioned bv a call for information concerning the defenses of Canada. Mr. S. Fitzgerald, called attention to the report of Colonel Jervols upon this subject, and suggested certain possible contingencies which might lead to and ugainft which England oouiano.,. „„ >HUF „„„ tiereyes, nor disregard.* certain proposal made daring the recent conference between tae Confede rate'agents and the Federal authorities. Under these clromns tances it was of Importance to look to the defence of Canada, upon which, in the event of war, the first blow would fall. Mr. Forster expressed his belief that the fears of hostilities on the part of the United States were un reasonable and utterly groundless, and he drew from some of the facts referred to by Mr. Fitzgerald' conclusions consistent with pacific and friendly feelings oh the part of that Government towards this country. Why, then, he ashed should there be this extraordinary suspicion of America 1 it arose, he said, from the «gts of two classes—one con sisting of Confederate agents and.sympathizers; the other of disappointed prophets. Mr. Disraeli said: “I am not hers to-night to impute, and have never imputed, anything against the conduct of the Government of the United States throughout this great struggle; but, on the con trary, I am now prepared, after farther experience, to repeat what X 6aid two years ago , that* under cir cu-msiances of almost unprecedented, difficulty, that Government hoe conducted itself with great energy and discretion. [Hear, hear.] lam not of opinion that In the event of the termination, of the Ameri can war we should be placed In any Immediate danger of coming into collision with that Govern ment owing to our connection with Canada. Ido not believe that the citizens of the United States of the North, even if entirely and completely vic torious, will feel Inclined to enter immediately Into another struggle with a Power not Inferior In de termination and In resource to the Southern states of America. [Hear, hear.]; I form that opinion because I believe that the people of the United States are eminently, a sagacious people.” Mr. Bright followed. He thought Parliament should understand that there Is no power whatever in the United Kingdom to defend sacoossfully the territory of Canada against the United States; but denied that the American Government entertained any Idea of attacking that province. lie remarked: “If there comes a war in which Canada may he made a victim, it will be a war got up between the Government or .Washington and the Government In London, and It becomes ns to tociairo whether that is at all probable.. Is there anybody la the House In favor of suoh a war 1 And I will take the liberty of expressing this opinion, that there has never been an Administration in the United States, since the time of the Bevolutlonarylwar up to this hour, more entirely favorable to peace with all fo reign countries, and more especially favorable to peace with this country, than the Government of which President Linooln Is the head. [Hear, hear.] I will undertake to say that the most exact investi gator of what has taken place will be unable to point to a single word he Lincoln) has said, or a single lino he has written, or a single oat he has done, since his first accession to power that betrays that anger or, passion or ill feeling towards this country which some people here imagine influ ences the breasts of his Cabinet. If, then, Canada is not for war, if England is not for war, if the United States are not for war, whence is the war to-come ?’ Lord Palmerston denied that the people of the United States had been tll-treatedby England, and added that the admission of the belligerent rights of the South was “ the result of heeoislty and not of choice.” He continued as followsj . _ • “The honorable gentleman (Mr. Brighty says there exlstsln this country a jealousy of the united States. Sir, I utterly deny that assertion. [Ohaars.] We feel no jealousy of the United States. On the contrary, lam sure that every Englishman must fed proud at seeing upon the other side of tUo A.t> lantlo a eommnslty sprang from the same ancestry as ourselves, rising In the seals of civilisation, and attaining every degree of prosperity—aye, and of power, as well as wealth. [Hear, hea»] I there' fore entirely deny that there has been in this ooun try any leellng of joalonsy as regards the ■ United States. * * The North wished es.to declare on their side; the Sonth wished ns to. declare on theirs; and, as we maintain a perfect EcutetUty between the two, some slight degree of irritation arose on both sides against ns. [Hear, hear,]; Bat I am equally persuaded, with the honorable gentleman, that among the great bulk of the people of the United States there are feelings, deeper than that Irritation—feelings of goodwill towards.the Coun try with which their ancestors were connected [hear, hoar], and I am satisfied that when this un fortunate eon test shall nave oeased, whatever its termination, the natural feeling of goodwill and re lationship whioh ought to prevail between the two nations will take the place, of any temporary irrita tion which the war may have occasioned. [Hear, hear.l “Jam quite satisfied) also, that England will not give to America any just cause of complaint fithat war will not proceed from,ns; and if war loss not proceed from our side, and if] as the honorable gen tleman thinks, it doos not proceed from theirs, then we may have a well-founded expectation that, In spite-or adverse appearances for the moment, and in s jSlte of the prognostications of many, the friendly relations between this oountry and the United States will not Incur any real danger of interrup tion. Nevertheless,” Lord Palmerston continued, •‘the honor of England demands, and our duty as a Government binds ns.to do everything—moreover, that we shall have the sanotton of the British na tion in doing everything—that we can to defend our fellow-countrymen in Canada,” £ Astiqpitv as Papes.—The Birmingham (Efts.) Post chronicles the discovery of some very ancient specimens of paper by H. Tonlmtn Smith, It says: “ We have not yet learned the full details, but we believe that In examining some writs to sheriffs of various:counties, bearing dates at.the endof the fourteenth century, Mr: Smith found they were writ ten on paper, and not on parchment, as üßnal. No paper mill seems to have been established In Eng land before the end of the sixteenth century, and, whether of English or foreign mannfaotnre, this re cently-discovered paper is very curious, and still more so If It proves to be English made, and proba bly a century older than any previously known. The discovery has excited much Interest fit the Be cord Office.” Thu Sakdwioh Islahds,—The Honolulu Adver tiser publishes the annual commercial statistics of that port, prepared hy the Collector General of Customs. During 1864 the exports Increased sixty per cent, and the imports fifty per cent, over the previous year. The Increase was mainly attributa ble to the rapid development of the sugar Interests of the islands, Mibsoubi Oil Springs,—The St. Louis Republi can announces the discovery of several oil springs In Lafayette county, Missouri. A company has been .organised, and the lands purchased, with the design of immediately developing their resources. Fanny Kemble Is giving dramatlo readings in London. Significant; BET J. WALKEO, not a Cause of war. FOUR CENTS. PEB3OML Atfil POLITICAL. A Nevada paper describes a curious scene In a tbeatre In Virginia Glty, in February, where the performance of two actresses were bo .well liked, that the audience rattled down open the stage a Shower of gold and stiver pieces. The actresses picked up tine hundred and forty seven dollars from the boards. Even the male performers were not . slighted. They.plcked up halves and quarters to the amount of from three tofive dollars each; to say nothing of jack-knives, pocket-combs and tooth, picks. The yoUDg ladies were so often forced' to return to gather the silver showers that they ap peared several times on the point of giving It up. One of them,.having finished gathering a bouutirul harvest of halves,'was making a hasty retreat from; , the stage, When there suddenly fell about her such a glittering and overwhelming shower of- silver, ■ that In despair ate sat down and oovered her face with her hands. The pockets of another gave out, end a torrent of silver rolled about the floor, in every direction/ All this was, of course, fun for the the young ladles found it quite as, profitable as funny.. , —A commissionnaire has just died in Paris who might have been seen not many days since standing. at the comer of a street ready to execute any com uiltiion entrusted to him. It Is said he amassed, .during a long Ufa, a large fortune.by great eoonomy, and that he died worth 250,000 f. (Xio oooj in Go ’ vcrnment seoarltleg, and 160 floor. (£6,000) In rail way bonds. A grocer’s assistant and two Savoy ards are his heirs. The three on the decision of In heriting this fortune resolved to Indulge themselves with a dinner, and they repaired to a miserable eat ing-house In the Butte St, Booh, where they spent; 11 sous each. The /adage Parieien has created so. : great a competition in the execution of commissions that It will ba dlffloalt hereafter for a sttoet comrr.is • sicnnaire to realize a fortune. '-Wot longslnoo a married couple In Farming ton, Van Boren county, lowa,.early one morning found a cow and oalf l'n iheir lot ! the cow had a collar oh with h note attached, requesting that she should be token oareof till called for. Some nights afterwards a basket was- found at their .door containing an infant, about a week old, and a'note Baying that the baby was this owner of the ? COW. : ' . . • The Cleveland PlaindecXer, the oldest Demy oratlo paper In Northern Ohio, and the only Demo cratic dally In that section of' the’ State, suspended publication some days ago. The Cleveland Herald understands the suspension to be final. It died for the want of breath. Compositors In London receive SB shllllnge a week. In Paris the rates are somewhat less, ave raging aboubfour francs a day. FINAMIAL A AII OMMERCIAL. The following is a comparative statement of the con dition of the Philadelphia Banks on Monday and on the previous Mondays March SO. March 57. Capital etock.«.——w..sH,!»s,BW $14.603 010 boAßfe 48 876,880 - 60.5ffi.20l brawie.............. .... 1,824*74 1.8W1.864 U. 6. leral-tender . Ifi,7f6 733 - 16,86<,148 Deposits 88.t«,8te . 50.1t7.J58 Circulation 6,6.0.876 6,736,660 ■WEEKLY BANK BTATBMEHT. The following table shows the average condition of the Banks In Philadelphia for the week preceding Mon day, March 27, 1866: - 5» & prs- ’ &v ( !ar‘osig *»g.g »{*-} Sg 5 S r *.&§• z 2 S-es ** ere* 3*53® S’fir® &* • i g| s s|SS AaS ! f ggg?:g£7'S.®S : : £«lg , “.§r&S-fRfSB» : &rE: r::: £>t*: o*lo=e; a : .z . 11:; z *■?: ch&.» . s i HI! r iliilNiMffliM I I)} jjlj jm 11 llfjiHß tg|l § llllgilgigiMiiilmilsiliii | o poc®co<*«oooooooho"oooooooo *-* 8 SgBSS£SSSgiSsSBSBSBBSBBSBS '■ P^£spsigpgip|ppsp|l«iWf.l §g§iiii§isi§ii§§£gsi§g§g|g t** ■ S i»l Hi ?: :- s ! 8 in 11;: I §: g: g§l: Sggsiiilll 5» os \ bSM? S ii§llg|§illlgi£il§liil§ll§ .sgß*spSs£|aAag|s||l6i^.B^l i§iiig-ilissgllSiBlssll§Sgi i o =Bo,SlllBasass§g|lga,£ssg|£ll ooco^coeoo^mKewowawcoooootao l-t » H to liis§Sii§l§lg§§il£lg§i§gll I „fl2|R§gSl|S ? gslsgpSg3lgll VgQOO— l ‘"-aoogPMaso»^S6igg—*C>SPgg O ocooccoooaiwaoPOOlSeßtlOgOuqQ- Clearings. Balances. March 20.$7»(>*<,m 07 $851,7-2* 76 *» 21..™. 7.940,061 06 • 605 872 13 6.7*3,167 84 743.8.5 63 “ 23 7.717,709 21 491,770 86- “ 6,198,799 82 676,396 26 . “ 20. 43 4S9;18618 $43,669,463 93 $3,661.803 92 One ofthe most gratifying facts connected with, tlio ye. cent decline in prices and panicky feallnc is the con’ tinuousand extraordinary amount of subscriptions to the seven* and* three* tenths loan. The prospective value of this loan seems to have been increased rather, than decreased in popular estimation by the general want of confidence and pressure of sales in. other securities, with . their consequent decline in market price. The com paratively small decline in all Government bonds com pared with railway securities, and the ease with which loans are obtained on them, am disposing capitalists and others more and more to employ their surplus funds in purchases of the various kinds of Goverament sectiri tiee.- At present the popular current of favor seems to have set most strongly on the ne w loan. The stock market was considerably unsettled yaster-* day, but, under good news from the armies, prices were generally firmer. Government loans continue in demand, and priocs were better, excepting for thslSSls, which were X lower, selling at 10424. The 10-40* changed hands at 91, and the 6-208, at the clobb, sold at K 6&, which is an advance of X on Saturday’s rates. Certificates of indebtedness were also firmer, selling at 9724* which is an advance of X State ffs advanced X, with salesat 87. We note a similar improvement in City 6s. The new advanced K* selling at 88, and the old 5, with sales at 85. The ssles of company bonds Were exceedingly limited, being confined to first mortgage Pennsylvania B&iiroad bonds at 1(2, Cam den and Amboy mortgage 6a at 98. and ITorth Pennsyl vania 6s at 85. A lot of Alleghany Company coupon 5s brought 72. The share list showed some improvement. Sending dosed at 48, an advance of X, and Pennsylvania Sailroad at an advance of lk; Camden and Am boy was steady at 180; Minehill at GBXi and Lehigh Valley at 60. Canal shares ware op.iie neglected Schuylkill Mavliation preferred only sold in a small way at 283£. Bank and passenger railroad securities meet with little favor. Of the coal stocks, there were sales of Bwatara kails at 6, and Green Mountain ah 8. There was less inquiry for the oil stocks, and holders were more disposed to sell at lower figures. Maple Shade sold at 39, a decline of X\ Cherry Bun at 25.' a decline of 7, and Sugar Creek at 9, a fall: of 2: The other stocks show a similar course, with one* or two exceptions, Theidlowing were the quotations of gold at the hours named: 10 A< 1634 A. M«wmw> »wnw-», www,,*-»««..*.15234! IX A- M. WW. ~»»».» 12 1 4 P. M« MW The subscriptions to the 7; Z3 loan verelvsd by Jay Cooke yesterday amount to 9fi.175.9Q0, including jta of $200,060 from Chicago anyone of ?150,C00 from Syra cuse, New York. Then won 1,625 indiyidail sub scriptions of tWand 100 each. The folloTvinr were the closinr for the principal navigation, mining, and oil stocks: Hid. Asi. _ Sid. Ask. Schl Nav— 25 Hihherd Oil.™.™ 1.81 IK Sohl Hav prof —28K SO Hose I.land 1 .. tasq Cana1....... 9%, WH Hyde Farm.™™. .. 8 H Big Mount Coal™ ™ 4K Irwin Oil-,—™. 7 Clinton Coal & Keystone Oil™™. IK \% Conn Mining™™. K Y Krotzer .. IK Fulton coal.,™ I, 1 ? 4K Mspleßhada OU. 19K .. FsederDam Coal™ 1 MeCllntockOU™ 4K 4K Keystone Zinc... 1 IK Minera1.......... l« 2 6X & Middle™™ .. 7K Mingo.™.™.™.™ 355 Sf& KCarhondaloa. IK SK Hcßlheay Oil™™ 4 4% New Greek G0a1..... K McCrea&Chsrß. T/i 2Si SvataiaFalls. Ci- IX 6 Noble & 8e1..... .. Sfi At1a5.......™'..-.. IK 18-16 OilCraek. «K 8K Alien & Tidcwato 1.44 Organic 01i,.™.. .. - % 81gTank......... 3 3A Olnm teal 0i1.... IK 2K Bilges 0i1™..™., 2 3 Fensa Petrol G 0... 8 Crescent City.... IK IK Phila & Tideomo ■. 2 Cnrtin 9 11 (Pope Farm Oil 1 Corn Planter™,.. 4% 8, iPet Centre....™. 2K J9£ Caldwell™..™.. *K *K Eoherts OU -.. 2 Cow Croak.. % liLßock 0i1... 3 Cherry San.™... 24 26 1 Hath bona Pet™.. ~ 2 Duikard Oil IK [Sherman™™..... JK IK Bnnkard Greek™ K 1 i Seneca Oil ——. ~ 4 lensmoreOU.™. SK 891 Story Farm Oil™ IK IK Balsell Oil 6JJ 7 I Belli * o‘Ck..™™ IK .. kseolsiorOil—lll* IK StNicholasi.. 8K Egbert..™..™™™ 3 SKißnnbnry ....™™. « % Eldorado.™™. lKiTarr Farm-™,™. .. 2K Parrel OU 1 Tarr Homestead. .. 4X Franklin 0U.... 144 2 |Union Petrol™™. % 1 Germania—™.™. K ISIS, Upper Economy.. .. 1 Globe 0i1™...... 1 Venango (Ml™™. X 1 Howe’s Eddy O. IK IK'Walnut Island... 1.44 IK The New York Post of yesterday says: The loan market is easy and not vary aottveat 7 per cent lenders have more confidence.,and the brokers have no difficulty in obUinins all the accommodation they require. Commercial paper is dnU at 6@12 and little is offering. The hank statement shows the effect of the panic last week in an inmease of one and a half millions of legal tenders, with a decrease of IK millions in deposits, and' of 4 miliiont in loans. _ ■ - ' The stock market opened with an improved feeling. Oovernments an Arm, with .an advancing tendency.’ Bank shares are quiet, end-railroad bonds steady. Baiirot d shares are active, New York Central and Hud son boiig the strongest op the list. Before the first session New York Oontral was quoted at 90 Erie at-65K, Hudson Biverat 99, Beading at 98K. Michigan Southern at 64, Bock island at 88K, fort wayno at 81, Marlpo-a at 10K. , , . The foUowing quotations wen made at the board, compared with those of Saturday afternoon; a Mon. Sat. Adv. Bee. United States Be, 1881, coupon.. .106 K IMX K, United States6-20coupons...—1S5K 1»K K ™ United States 1040 coupons.™.. 9'K file K -* United States Certificates..™™ |7« 97K K •• Tenneeseeds.™.™. M ,oo •• -• Hew, York Central™™™ sl* 8K K Elie '.S''’ S* Badaon Elver.™.™™™™™——l”},, . g * v Beading™™™™- —— " —? Hales Of Stocfcs, ShM - *!* 87, 1885, THK OEKBf . w M IMFasderßun * :.fgSgSpat fS KODalzeU ino WmPftiip, 2 K 100 Pope Fim vv*£-H* 100- fio —v*.,...b3Q S§ W 100Winfield.™.™™- IK 100 ao-™ CALB. 400 Feeder Bam™™ »5 g !29 Ko^8 1 " "" Mj ao El Dorado..™ «-™ lK 1™ do—™„..™.. B| ICO Hyde Farm $X „ do^. - ; ,b30@10 3 TjiUBB * teeee******* ’tM WD MdijillltOdCs.s.eetd 4X SKO JCiPgO ««-*****•+*+ * «» IsUßd«** lit 8)0 60Q XI£E WAB FBBSS. CPOBLIBHBD WEEKLY.) Tub Was Pbbss wUI be sent to ea6»orib«r» by mail (per annum Lia advEacd) 6t YWa .ll() QQ p( 88 . r.. Q§ J“* 8r Clnta than Tea will be dialled at toe naa rate, ta, oo per copy. - * . i**® * w « e » *nwt alioayg dctemxm)/ the order, atul ra. no instance can three terms he deviated from, at they afford wry mie more man the <xnt of payer. T BtWAnTtasat 1 *** reaneBt4i to “* *»*&»** &t JST of 3? Ch* «tjMt «t twenty, «t extra copy of too paper will be aivae. SALBS AT THE BEGULA] Reported try Rems, Miller , FIEBTB ICfIOHSS-MsoW Ito cp.lOSJf tflCO do newconp.lMJi 1! 00 D E Ga 1881...c00p 105 SCO d 0.... ...-conp-lEir?i 1000 TT g 1 year certif. . 91% loco D 3 M.4o»—>je*. 90K 81000 Co...lots.coup. lUX 2(0 d0........c00p. 91 ~JS6O State 6«. ilßta. 87 lriO do— .in 2 ctfa. S6H fOCO Gig 6a.Eew.sBwxr. 88 lCOEcadß «6wn- 47% iro do...—.cask. 47% 1(0 do—-«..b!0-47% SO d0...........b0, 45% 33 Cam & Am B lote.lSO' 131 Mta.Mll B—lots, S 3 2 Baetdf BAmer 191 ’ *0 Maple Ebade.loto. 19 , K 0 Oawson’a Bnn— 2K 2foHcCiea& Cherry B 2% , BETWEEH ' 4CoRdyal Oil .**— VA COO do .4—* lg SSOOBorrh Penna6’s.. 85 SOO Caldwell— 5% ts 8K SOO JlcCrcß & th Bun %A SOO so.* —.bSO 2% 600 do **W* fcs. 2X SCO *bs 2H KO Walcut Island. .b 5 l% 100 do • 4,-bso i ee lift Green &oautajn. ~~ 3 ; lOFennaß—*.T—♦ 64% SECOND •400Ciiy6saew~—-SS SCXO do old ts KOPenimß.—. 66% IcOkcyUPetroleum.* 1 H 7(0 Tarr Boor- b6loie 4 IQQSui&r Creek—.bs 9& AFTER I 2CO Briggs OIL— 2%- SCO do—.b3o 2% 7to Starr Oil.—. ..lot* 1 KGCaldwcll—b3o 6% ioo a 0—...... 6% &00 City ,6s 01d...-lota 85 a 00 BS C-2'J Bordelow. IDSJ£ J2OCO do. 12.505&'006.106^ 3500 do.—-lota-..10^ ; SALES ATI JCO Royal Oil—*.* 181 300 do.— IX SCO do— —.lole. 1%. 700 do—* lofs.bSO. 1W: 400 Stoiy FarmIE SOO do.; lots m KCSwatara Falls..— 6 JOG AtlaeOil.**—.... IX 300 do.——2dy». IX IDC So jar Creek . 8 aoo d0...—™., o ICO Caldwell OH..— 6% Drexel A Ga.quote: KewU. S. Beads. 3681.....*. •• “ Hew Certifs, ofl Quartermasters’ Vouchers.. Gold.* Sterlin* Exchange——* old •• Bonds, new—......... 30-40 Bonds ———. fhlladtipaia Barhets. . March 27 —Evsnfug- The demand for Flour is limited both for export heme ute, end the market eontittnes’dolls sties com. prise atom 500 barrels superfine at CBl5O 9 barrel. The retailers asd,bak*ra are buying ina small way at from sB,tt@S.76for superfine ; s9@9 75far extra; slC@il fee extra family; and sll6€@l2 9 barrel*/or facoy braaisw as to quality. Bye Flour is dull, at about former rates. Corn Meal is also duflj small sales are reportsl at $7& 7.259 barrel; OhAlF,—The receipts and stocks of Whf&t Iltht;. email sal- s' are* making at from ZrtfateTOe far prime reds; wb Ua 'ranees at from 9 bus. us to quality. Byeis selling ia a small way at 156 c 9 bc&, Corn 1* tmebanijed ;abom fi.PfO busheis yellow 13 f @140c9 bur,ln store and * float. Oats are ehf at 4.W0 bushels &(dd at 35c, in store and afloat: LMB bcshs-ls wsgteni Barky sold at 185 c 9 ons. BA»»K.--Qoerottrott bas declined; about 35 hhds 1$ Bo lt-old at»32.5G9 ton - . COTTOfll.—The market is dnU, andMhere Is little or nothing doing In the way of sales; midoilcgg are quota! at Si, cash. fEEPS r-Fj&x*ebd is selllnff at $| fQ 9 bushel. Tim»* thy iadnU and quoted at $5®5.5U 9 bash*l. niorec* m.d ta in demand; small sales are making at sl7@i7.&t 964 lbs.. GROCERIES.—Eugarand Coffee continue flnfTj au! we hear of no sales of either worthy of-notice PKOVlglQJfrS.—Therein lietleor-nothing doing In ite of sales,- an d price* eontfnne unsettled. ' VHIFKET —Prices are unsettled .and lower, wllfc raljaof lOObbls Western at 213 c 9 gallon, cash; out homers ask more. * -iVa The following are the receipts of Flour and Grain ag this port 10-day; MM, r I,SSO blfls^ Wheat™*—.....'.™.—-.—.—.... 4.2X1 Corn—*.**-**-...-««*6.700 bos.' Bbiladelplkia Cattle Market - March 27—Srenin*.' The arriTals and sales of Beef Cattle at Phillip’s Ara* sue Drove Yard are very small this week, only reach* Inc about 700 head, the market. in const quence, is year firm, and prices have advanced 2@3e 9 lb, withealea of extra at 2£@2sc; fair to good at and common at from l£@l7c 9 lb.* as to quality. The market doeoft very firm within the above range of prices; 400 head soi& to Mew Fork, eariy in the day* at from 13X@13X$ 9 fb gross. Shirp are scarce and pricesJusher; 2,000 head as« rlveo aedaoid tt from 12@14c9 lb gross, as to quality. Cows are unchanged ; about iOi head told at from $9l @s6for fcprißfere, and s3s@Bofor Cowand Calf. , E<y( L B „^?r, < l^i- Bi ? d^ siier I . lower; 6 * 700 head soldak from 00 the 1(0 lbs net, Tbe Cattte on sale to-day axe from the foUowlßS. States: . . 450 from Pennsylvania, 156 from Ohio. 100 from Illinois. - ' The following is an account of the sales ; . 43 P. Hat ho way, Lanca<ter county.’ SM£329, 32 B.'Patdwia, Che*ttrcounty, X^ai. IC3 P- MdFitlen, Lancaster county. 2-,©2%%, 20 H Chain. Pennsylvania. . 87 Martin Fuller A Co * L&ncauei county, 99®3Sto . ES Chandler&Co., Cheiter county, 18@J3L , 68 M. Wemtz, Western. 18@2t 38 Christy & Bro , Western, 12 B. Scott, Chester county, 18@20. . 18 Jones McClese, Chester county, 19@fl. 25 & 8. McFillfeu, Lancaster county, 20@25. SO J.4l—wt»w f "•*!?!)tr. S)@23M.t —.S-w koau,. omo. ie@jb. -rr . 5 05 Dryfotm OUv,, rtimarlX anlH7Tfl@2?. 14 B. Knox, Lancaster county,-16@23. . 16 H Miller, Lai caster county. is®22. S 3 B. Hood, Chester county, 18(§ft2. » 30 Gust Sbamberg. Western, 20®^. Cows.—The arrival* and tales of Cows atPhttliptf' Avenue Drove T;rd reach about laO head this week. Springers selling at from and Cow and Calf afc from mo upjo $lO 9head according- to quality. BHEEP.—fhe arrivals and sales of fcheep at Phillip? Avenue Drove .Yard are very smaU>this week, oaly . reaching about 2.0G0 head* the market in consequent* .is very firm and:£riecs have advanced 2@2c 9 lb. with: sales of common to good to notice at from 13Sl8c 9 lb* and extra at 18&@14c9 3b, arose.' as to quality. Hogs —The arrivals and sales of Hogs at the Union and Avenue Drove Taids are large this week, reaohlsr about 5,700 head. Tim market is du«l. and prices ham declined, with sales at sl£@lB.so tbe 100 Tbs net, as t» ft sold at Henry Glass’ Union Drove Yard at from *l7@m tO the 100 lbs set. .. 9S l| 1,7(0 bead sold at Phillips’ Avenue Prove Yard (& from sl£@lB.6o the ICO lbs u«t. Sew Iwk Markets, March 27. Bbeapbtufss.—The uaaiket for-State and Wester* Plour is quiet and without decided change: a»i«sof 4,aobbls&ts&26@9 40 for superfine State; $9 4S@9 60 Jorextra State; $9,6?@9-75for choice do: $9.3U@9 superfine Western: $9.7&(<|1Q.25f0r common to mediauz extra Western; $9.&@10 for common to good shipping: brand* extra round hoop Ohio. Canadian flour 1b qui«t; sales 310 bbls at $9,6091 75 for rommon, and S9,K@IL for-ffood*to chniee «x:ra- Southern flour is dull: eales 400 bbls at $lO 10@L0.75 for common, and $10.7j@13 60 for fancy and extra. Bye Fiouris dull. ComMesiis quie*. , Wheat is dull vsale* 7,OOo.bcahels vrtnter red Wetleitt at SL6O. Bye is auiet. Barley is dull. Baxley Mat la dulL 99c@sl for Western, and 91 for Canada The Com marfcehi« quiet and scarcely so firms sales 7,600 bushels sew yellow Southern at $1.66. Provisions—The Pork market is firmer; sUes 3.10> bbls at $26 58@25 for new mess, $23@26 25 for ’63-i d<v cast and regular way, closing at 60; $23 for prjae, piimebiaeES. The Beet market is quiet; sales dOObbis at about pre* Moub prices. Beef hams- are du;l. Gut' aieats arer qT»Ut; -sales pkgs at for slioulders, and l£@l6>ic tor bamß TheLaTdisazketisfixm; sales 1,350 bbls’at 16@193tfC. Taixow Ib heavy \ sales 67. 000 lbs at 13X@\2Xc. "Whisky is firmer; sales 683 bbls at $2.16@2.17 fop Western. ' UiTfEB BAGS, AT THE SnSBGHAKIS’ JSXOKAXQE, PffTLA3>BliP3ffrA. Ship Hecovery, Stoddart,.*., v.... sooU»' BrlgSurea. Collins. ,w,k*.,HaTan&, boos* Sctr pMpla t , Y«>cB.w^.w. W 4 W H>M...H*T*B&, soon. PHILABELPH LA BOARD OP TBADE. EPWAHP-O. BIDDIkS ) - Samuel B- Etoke 3. > GoMarrrTEE op the Hosts. Georgs M. Tathah, ) « MARINE lIVTEIXIGEIVCE. PORT OF PHILABEIPBIA* MUBCH 27> Sun 491 Sun U i-High Water...3ls ABHIYBrO- Sleamehlp Borman, Baker, 43 hours from Boston* With mdee to H Winsor 4k Go. __ Eehr Central America, Phinney, 3 days from MelP 1 ork, in ballast toWorkman JSt Co. ' - Bohr B L Crocker, Presbrey, 3 dais from T&untoiW with m 6 se to Twells A Go . Bchr Problem, Tyler, 3 days from Baltimore, in baL~ last to J T Justus. . . „ . .. Schr Pavid Beeves, Gann, 30 homte from City Folft£ in bailast to U S Qr Master. _ , Bchr Delaware, Bostic, 1 day from Smyrna, Bel., wi£& corn to Jnmea fehr Sarah A Mary, Morris, 1 day from Dover, LeL* with oats to James Barratfc Bchr Lucy, Morrow, 1 day from Brandywine, BeL» with corn mesl to B Jll Lea. , fichr Jas L Beveric, HoHingsworih, 2 days from Litft ile Crook Landing, BeL, with Crain to das L Sowtar ft Co. • . _ ~ * Echr Col Lester, Perry, 5 days from Few Bedford* M ballast to Caotner, Btlckney, ft Wellington. Echr M&ry, Hendriakson, 1 day from Odessa, with grain to Christian ft Co. Sohr Lancet, Bayard. 1 day from Christiana, Bel* with grain to Christian ft Co. fet’r W G Pierrepont, Bhropsblre, 24 hours &omßew York. With mdie to W M Bair oft Co. ” _ St'r Beg gle*.' Moßermott, 24 hours from Jfew with mdse to W P_€lyde. - - St’r Alida. Lenny, 24 hours from 3sw York, with mdse to W PClyde. St’r B BUey, rhlllips, 24 hours from Mew York, with mdse to Wm MBaird ACo, * ; _ BtjrßF PhiJHM, Brown. 24 hours from JTew Yodc* with mdse to Wm 31 Baird ft Co. . itn.ow Barks TUlie Tan STaae and Hunter, both from New York, and a vessel suppoeed to be the U. 8. Lrigste Sa» bine. ■* CLEABBB. BrigTiborius (Br), Johnson, Clenfuegou. Brig J Biokmoze, Tracey, Boston- Echr Jas Logan- Smith, Fouress Monroe. Eehr Mar, F Hndson, Hudson, ForbfsasMoßHW. Echr D 8 Mcrshou, AUeu. Alexandria. Eehr J B'Clayton, deyton. Be.ufert. Sehr Oisim. Chase, Boston Eehr Kite, Hoop-r. ««orgetoTO. Sebx Eldorado. Parks, WMhlsgtea. SchrTD Wilder. Darrah. Port Boyal. Sehr Col lester. Perry. Pall mvex, m - st’r B L Saw. Bex. Baltimore. ÜBKOBAHDA. ■ , . . Skip OMrlngo, Card, foxthiapoxt, entered ont at LL* T siKpEm«a?d. Klckell. c 0 ™ p°™ rHJaI 16th Init ' P stlp^ 9 i S lph“‘ol^ H V^ ro bom Ba»- “lllp BM at X,ondonl»H I DiinsiocK.Haywaxd, tom SanPrauolseo; T.M OB Quefu.town 14th lutt. SteamshipVixsinia, Lewis, deaxod at Liverpool ISua i*at for Bew York. _ StramsUp America (Brem). Weasels, from Bremes 12th last and bo'uthaiDpton 16th,ai Sew York lyesterday with 617 pa* senseis. 16th inst, SPM. off Sjiliv IGands* passed steamship'S&xonia, from Mew York for South.- Bveninc Star, t^lnipenhT,from Mew Yorts, 1 at New Orleans 16fch inst. ** Steamship Britannia, Perrier, from aew York, m G which was on shore in the Till and abandoned, haft beta hauled, into Cuxhayen 10th inst. after discharging h lßif| r p W Bing, McLean, dearecL at Port Boyal Slsfc 1 x W^t?am, Wylie, sailed- from Port. port; Fly, Cheesmoo, and f 3 Bright, Shaw. J viaSsce O. Hew York Sunday •Bn'ttnforWllmlnitom.Dei, satis-, ffn. .. Sebrs M Bpiith, Smithy Treleey; Hen? May* Gftlytr. Tajlor; » ”«;i l gin,i. Saekeit; a* port, aS New York Sunday. iB BOARD OF BROKERS. t &Xbet I? 9. 60S. Thirt*. BOARD, 50 do—.— s$ 50 do— —M3. 2Shf .£0 do 28 400DalzaU 0i1...10t5. GK BDa_ do—•>.—hSQ. f ecOMlagd 3% Noble & Delsmster 5 10 Lehigh Valley.... 65 IOOOiI Ck&JherSbS) 4CO Royal Petr. lots. 1% Creek.-loks. k) » 'do.-v—, vfc 400 Sfc Miqholas OU.bS 3% 1(0 do.————. 8»k 200 unioii Petroleum. 1 2(0 Bbw Creek— .& 200, Organic %. BOARDS. ira3o Egbert OilSds.loto % 100 Crescent City. —* IX 100 MoClihtoekOtl..bs 4M lao Cant A Aob M 6’s 98 109 DaJiell Oil .—ss o%f 400 Petroleum Obutre %%L 3T<6 Ragle Rock-.b5 %% 130 neadiug Railroad- Vyg 100 do—*— M Greatßastem.*.., BOARD. 2PQ Sugar Greek—bs 9 400 do lots 9 700 MeCrea A Chß.lts 2 & ICObtarrOii—— —I l H SCO St Nicholas OUm** m. 200 Royal 0i1..10t5..& JU IGOWm Penn Oil—*. * SOPenaaß.-— S’iX 58 - do-~-b3 -.iota 65>£ ICOO MeCrea &• h Run. % 450 Bchuyl Bav p!.b3o 28K 100 -T*ra/y Weil ifO Black Diamond Oil $ 201 slcorn Oil ... 3d i s U£ 60Reading S—4s^ ’HE GLOSS. I 100 Cherry Run«< *•*««■« R ! 100 gtur 100 McCJiatock ..4—. {% ■■ 100 Cherry &au*«b3-3. M ' 3H)VmjPe&a.4 3¥ 100 Mingo 0i1... 3% 100 Walnut Diana..., l£ 600 do iota, jyj : 300 Ftanaiken 0i1.... 1 iro st . 3% 3000 PetrnUt m art 10] 10u Onlo?; Petroleum. ,H .444,1*4«44m...M*0:t @t}Slf 97K# 9$ 84 @96 >*M4l**4*M«*,4tM.tsS (SIH 4*4*».»ll***♦.*■*»„ 165 4 .* **—.irsK^'esx * 105* ante#
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