PUBLISHED DAILY (SUNDAYS EXCEPTED) BY JOHN W, FOBSKT. ORICI MO, IXI BOOTH FOUETH STBHST. IHE daIIT FBSSS, To City SabMrUKM. 1* Teh Doi.i.ass pa* Amnc. la odYuioo, or tpMTT Costs tss Wsm. p,y,U, to th. Carrlsr. JtalM to Sobnorlborj outoftho alty, Bias POMiMMB PBS ASTPK! FOUS HoSItASO US FIFTY CKKTFT to* Six MosTßa - - TWO Doluks a»d Twbhtt-pjt* Oama to* t»u Uoxine, InTtrUbly la adriUM for Uwtlauonlwni. Agr* jdTortiomoats inserted at tha usual rat,* !T»t* TKI-WEEKEY PRESS, V»u,d io SabMdboM, Fits Douabs pa* Aaro*. la SILK. & BRT GOODS JOBBERS. 1865. HALIOWELL, GARDNER, & CO,, SPRING 1865. eiß CHJESTJVTJT BTBEET, MTSII>B HUBBUB BtfXLBXKa, WHOLESALE DEALERS IK mM AND FANCY DBY GOODS, Hare sow la itook an AMortmeni at BLACK ASS COLOEED DSBBB BILKS. BLAOK ASS QOLOBBD MODS. SB LAIHBS, 3-4 ASS 8-4. BLACK AMS COLORED ALPACAS. CHAPB MAJBBTZ, BAEBOB HEKHASI. MOZAMBIQUE, TOIL BE SOBS. PABIS PBJKTES ASS PLAIH JAOOEBTS 'ADD OEOASDIEB. PAOIPIO LAWJTB ASS OBOASBIBS. b a AWLS. MABTLBB. Aa. gpKise. . 1885. 8E>RI »«- JAS. E CAMPBELL & C 0„ EKrosrruw **» jobbxbb of ui boodb. 737' CHESTNUT STREET, QFFBB TO DASH BUYERS AT WHOLESALE /u uttaulyo suoitia.nt of «apl«s isbrln la rOEEIGH iin) AHBBIGAH DBI GOODS, Si mi aador awikat rate*. it tbolr rtotk li daily MpUnlshti wHb th« moil d»- oßorlnc* of Ibis and oti.r markol*. It will tlwoyo pioto woittT of laoseottoa. ah 7-» WHOLBSAIiB BOOKS OF ST AIM, gFBING, 1865. fgLLOR, BAXSS, & MKLLOR, ■m M And 4» SOUTH THIKD BTSSfe' nttOßTEsa on hosiery, „ SMALL WARES; axb •WHITE OOOI>S. HAirttFAonjiffijus er oMO-lm BHIKT JEOITS. gPBING—1865. EDMUND YARD * CJO.; Cl? CHESTNUT AND HW JAYNE STREET, BAY! SOW Of STOSS A POLL STOCK S SILKS AND FANCY DRESS HOODS, aubbioan DELAINES, BALMORALS, BHAVLB AND OLOYES, WHITE GOODS AND LINENS, WM«k w* «*« to tt* trad* *t ti* K>W*rt ttWi«t srtM* JJJSES, KENT, SANTEE, & 00., IMPOSTERS AND JOBBERS.: PBT GOODS, fisa. MS and Ml Worth Third StroeJ, PHILADELPHIA. atoiM, Prints, C»ißiman»i Delaines, s»«»et*, ■ Alpacas, jeans, Fancy Dross Goods, SoMonadee, Brown ana Bleached Sheetings, Valina, - * Brown and Bleached Shirtings, Stripes, Ornish Ohambras, usuaira, Ornish Tweeds, ginghams, Flannels, Slapers, Unens, FtJKNIBTHING GOODS, sthiti aooPB. KQTioas, &«■, a«. feg-am >f?W——iMMW—— M—MMMI CABFJBTi ASP 011.-CX.OTaB. # RI * G 1865. CARPETINGS. SRCH-BTBEET CARPET WAREHOUSE. NEW STOCK, AT REDUCED PRICES. JOB. BLACKWOOD, no. Bsa aroh Streaf. SPRING. 1865. COjXSN ECHO MTTjTiS, 4865. GERMANTOWN, PA. M’CAIXUM «Sc CO., MANUFAOTUBEKS AND IMPOBTERS OF CARPETINGS, OIL CLOTH, MATTINGS, &o. WBOU3UIS DEPARTMENT, 909 chebthut street. RETAIL department, >l9 CHESTBUT STREET. TWOOD, RALSTON, & 00., ADFAOTURIMG AND COMMISSIOH KBEGHAJfTf OA»i»jaj , n3S'€te, on, CLOTHS, MATTINGS, BUGS, Ho., mo. 019 cHKs¥jnrr strbet. txxuaaana a. mMO-lm MERCHANT TAILORS. ‘DWARD P. KELLY, JOHN KELLY, TAILORS, 518 CHESTNUT STREET, bats vow nr arOEi COMPLETE ASSORTMENT OF I SPRING GOODS. CENTS’ FURNISHES® GOODS. 'INS SHIRT MANUFACTORY. The wtMf Nib they maka a ayealalty In their bnsineet, AUo, r'KO^ranKS 1 W GBNTLSHKBf’S WEAK J. W. SOOTT & 00.. OBHTLBHBH’B FDKKISHimj STORK So. 81* CBBSTMUT BTBEIF, Four doors bolow the QoctluetitaL [IIOUSE-FURNISHING GOODS. (]ft REFRIGERATORS, WATEB COOLERS, L ARCH, - JHILdreN’S CARRIAGES, En" iJISSLy NEW STYLES FOB THB SPBI9C .Sartor ffi." 1 * pd f IST and 159 North THIRD Swart. VIRGIN WAX OF ANTIE kljt, ~A new French Gosmetio for heantifying and yn’®,* fba complanlon. It U the moat wonderful Nt ?e? a i . a f<w oreservinit the akin, matin* Li V?,? th ’.{ alr l and tranessrent It make) tha old ta v.nvLH ?**’■« comply timdßoina, the handsome DJto 1 S5 d **“ goathaantlfnl divine Frioee Prepared only by HUNT & 00., Far- Bonth BIQBTH Street, two door* above and 133 Sonth SEVEHTH Street, above L- : apMja POLAL NOTICE TO BUSINESS [; Ptttl^rf If)Salem" End JiicfcrDOud.) AdveTtUior at- Is ° T * k <,ffloa - Gil CHESTHUT Street, (ueond floor), Aii£_ Philadelphia. a ; GARDEN & CO,, NOS. 600 AND .... J: * MARKET Street, Mannfaetnrara of and ia HATS, oafs, fobs, bo beets. i. G , O(! M, artificial flowbbs. ruches, and moat complete etoek, and the S Country Merchant* and the Trade «ra»- mhl-Sm EVANS, JR., 3 fl» BOraa MdStT BTBHBT, . £;?. Si K*taH JDesler la AWD COLOBB. -«.j *Bi! y«susiair wirdow glass. . ... *T LnwfsVSgSai'rM. FLUID EXTRACT **4 lMiadiat, U it* Mtioa. VOL. B.—NO. 237. CURTAIN GOODS. I > B. WALRAVBN, MASONIC HALL, ¥l9 CHESTNUT STREET, SPRING STOCK WINDOW SHADES, OF BNTIRELT FEW DESIGNS, LACE CURTAINS, IN NBW AND RICH FAtTBBNS. NOTTINGHAM CURTAINS. INTENDED EBPBCIALLI FOB SLEEPING BOO£^, BELOW GOLD KATES. apB-<jpfcf BGTAIL DBT GOODS. <«ff ARRIS” FINE CASSIMERBS. OASSIMBRES FOR BOYS. BLAOE FRENCH CLOTHS.: LADIES’ ZEPHYR SACKINGS. FINE FRENCH COATINGS. NEW LOW PRICES. COOPER Sc CONARD, 6. E.. Cot. Ninth and Market Sts. . »p!9-tf E. 21. NEEDLES, 1034 Chestnut Street. Has “reduced " hie “ entire sleek ” to cone nposd With the recent hoavy " DECLINE IN GOLD,” Airs now OBSssa ram lutes or WHITE GOODE. LACKS. EMBROIDERIES, HANDKERCHIEFS, VEIL 4, SLEEVES, COLLARS. SETS B ABBES. Eta. Also, a*reaty»riely of Planfia, chirred, puffed, striped, plaid, Ssured, and otherfauey Hucllas, suitsblefor ■* WHITE BODIES. dust recclTed, a very large lot of choice styles Needlework, Edgings, andlnsertlnts, very low. Also, DncLess, Empress, Queen Bess, and other new styles Collars and Sets. ! 10)1* CHESTNUT street: ~ ahl3-2mfg 17R0M AUCTION, I 1.000 Tin- 4-4 Bleached MußUn. 1.000 yd.. 4-4 Uwdhad Kndln. Only 20 Coots. - Only 20 Casts. Pillow-Cate Maslia, 28 Casts. Pillow-Csse Muslin, 28 Csuts. They will mil io In » conple of days. »pl4-tf J. H. STOKES, TOa ARCH fit. t upin’b Slack double-width JU WOOL DELAINES. «1 snd »H3-n«*ily old srtcal Lapin’s 8-4 Blatk Wool Delaines, 62 ct». Lupin’s Mode Wool Delaines, 82 els. Black Alpacas. 00, 00, 70, 88, $l, dee. Lifcht Colors Alpacas, 62 els —a bars tin. Auction lot Plaid Mohairs, 37 ets. Beet American Printc, 90 and 20 els. White Cambrics, Ac., White and Buff Pique. DOMESTIC GOODS. Very lowest market prices for oar fall and Urely Stock. COOPER & OOKaKD. cplß.tf B. E. cor. NINTH and MAKES 7 Streets. STILL GREATER REDUCTIONS IN O PRICES. Wo bay* made eweepin* redactions is tho pi Ices of 80MESTICS, and oar entire Stock of Fancy and gtipld Pry Goods, so as to meet the lest fell In cold, and plaee h. prlcet of all our stock far below the lowest market iTices. SILKS, every rariety, at reduced prices. DRESS GOODS at reduced prices. MUSLIM, all the beet makes, reduced. CALICOES at creatly reduced prices. •Our entire Sprlni Stock at mh2B-tf. Hoc. 710 and 715 North TENTH Street. ■ SPRING SPRING DRESS GOODS, .OF NEW O STYLES, OPES 190 DAILY. Sprint styles Vai.s.iv,. . prtn* style! Foil deChevrW. print itvUsof FopUns. Bummer Topline. , Splendid Ornandiee. Fareaiaa. in neat variety, few etyle* of Konaa. Sprint Cedents d* Latnee. SirinrOolanrallohaira. ewnylaaof MffQgfafipftM. nht.tr *0 Sonth BBCOMD Street. BPRING STYLES PHILADELPHIA * WALL PAPERS! HOWELL & BOURSE, N. a OOR, FOURTH AND MARKET STS., PAPER HANGINGS WINDOW SHADES. jnhs3-fb*ta 2m DRUGS AND CHEW CALS. & SMITH, Drag, Fulnt, And Glass Dealers, Provrleton of tha Fenneylv aula Faint and Color. Work*. BEST WHITE LEAD, BEST ZINC, Uneurpaesed - for WMtenese, Fine Clogs, Durability, Firmness, and Evenness of Surface. FORE LIBERTY LBAB—Warranted to sever more anrfaee for same waivht than any other. *BT IT, AUK ion Win HAVE SO OTHSSI PURE LIBERTY- ZINC, Beleeted One, around In Reined Linseed OU.nneonaled FURB MBEBTY ZINC. Warranted to do more and better work at a Uvea eoet than any other. Store and Offiee-Ho. 131 Horth THIRD Street. mbit- Sm* ROBERT SHOEMAKER & CO., m. B. Corner Of FOURT#ana E&OE strati, fbxladblfhia, WHOLESALE DRUGGISTS. IMFOBTESS ADD DIALERS XJT FOBBIOR ADD DOMESTIC WINDOW AND PLATE GLASS. uixxntAxmnsxßA o* TOT« liBAD 4JTD ZSMQ FAJJTPS* 70777. ftO. ASKNTB FOR THB OBI.BBRATBD FRENCH ZINC PAINTS. Dealer! and eoiunmen tnpplled at fefO Bm VERY LOW FRICKS FOR CASH. Q.OLD’B PATENT IMPROVED STEAM (fATEB-HEITING APPARATUS FOR WAXMIMO AND VsMTHpATIHO FOTLIO 8DILDI»08 AMD FSIVATI BSSIDEHOBS. ' innos sba» aid water- bxatekg commot OF PENNSYLVANIA, JAMES P. WOOD Ac CO., at Sonth FOURTH BTBBBT. . ■ B. M. FELTWELL, Snp>t. IhULAa-lb gNOLISH BROWN STOUT, SCOTCH AXiRi nr STOJTB AJEO OLAB& , ALBERT O. ROBERTS, DSAIB nr JUST! GHOOKBIBS, Oom», at KLBVBBTH «nd VIM StA rTPWARDS OF THIRTY THOUSAND «gWMtM «ia MMeuasadstoiy letter* hare !>••» of eslmbold’B as (fOIKB PBBP/.KATIOBS, ruaiijr of which an froß ib* ti*ba«t eonnee, lnAadla* eminent etateamaa, <l*4* jxmaa, foraraori, State iudaaa, A*. HAS OPENED HIS ioa» oi WALL PAPERS. MAOTFACTDEERB 07 Uamifutiiien of PUKE LIBERTY LEAD, In quality, always the wn. OBT THB BEST! PHILADELPHIA. ÜBmotvKU bt m THURSDAY, MAY 4, 1865. Napoleonic Authorship. It is well known that,’though more by dictation (for which he had a great talent) than by the pen, the first Napoleon was a voluminous author. It is not so generally known that his nephew, the reigning Em peror of the French, of whose “ History of Julius Caesar” the first volume has ap peared in ten difierent languages, has also written and published largely. He ap pears, therefore, as competitor for literary reputation, not as a novice, but as a prac ticed and even.popular writer. In due course (for it is not a book to be rapidly read or lightly considered), we shall have to determine and declare what Manner of historical biography he has written, but, in the mean time, are disposed to think that our readers may thank us for telling them what and how much he has previously placed before the world. The thj-d Napoleon, chiefly educated in Switzerland, was a somewhat motive less person, until a few months after he had completed Ms tweniy-second year, while he was leading the life of a quiet student, in the chateau d’Arenenberg, on the banks of Lake Constance. The tocsin of Revolution, loudly crashing the silence in Jnly, 1830, told the nations that the Bourbon dynasty had again been pros trated—told England, wMeh had ex pended millions of treasure and legions of men, during a twenty years’ war, for the sole purpose of restoring these Bour bons, that all had been useless, for France had cast them ont for the third and last time. But, though France refused to per mit a Bourbon to remain on her soil, she was equally averse, (or her new rulers were,) to the return of a Bonaparte, The request of Loins Napoleon, to re enter France, where he was horn, being sternly refused and repulsed, he wandered through Italy, where he endeavored to raise a revolution, his elder brother perish ing In the vain attempt; thence he visited England, and eventually returned to Ms mother’s habitation close by Lake Con stance. <• The death of Ms cousin, ,The Duke de .Rbichstadt, (only son of the great Napo leon, by Mabia-Louisa,) in July, 1832, placed Louis-NAPOLEONinthe condition of legal heir to his uncle*"’s imperial dignity, and not having the opportunity of using Ms sword, he resolved to influence men’s minds by his pen. His works belong to two classes—professional, having been trained as a soldier, and political—his aim being to enlisf public sympathy in his' favor by uniting the democratic and the imperial parties under the same banner, and holding it out as the oidy one which could restore liberty and glory to France, In July, 1833, Napoleon’s first book was published, known as Les Ueveries Poli tiques (“ Political Reveries; consisting of a Constitutional Project; Two Words to M. de Chateaubriand about the Duchess de Berri; and Political and Military Thoughts upon Switzerland.”) TMs work-showed thought and knowledge, and Alison praises the skilful combination wMeh it presents of much that was real, with every thing which could be figured that was alluring, in the maxims of the imperial Government. . In 1830, thanbeingcaptain m an artillery regiment of the Canton of Berne, Napo leon published a Manuel d' Artillerie, which at once obtained commendation from com petent judges. Armand Carrel, writing about it in Le National of Paris, spoke highly of its author’s Mgh ability and elevated character, and said that his writings showed that profound insight into these subjects wMeh denoted the grave stndies-of a great-intelligence of the time. The attempt at Strasburg—wMeh was a failure, though very nearly a suc cess, at one time—to get up a revolt against the Government of Louis Phillippe, -for the purpose of restoring the Bonaparte dy nasty, in the person of Lours Napoleon ; the subsequent deportation of the leader to South America; his residence, for some time, in the United States; Ms return to Europe; his demission from Switzerland, at the demand of Louis Phillips, and his seeking an asylum in England, occupied his time too much to allow him to write much. But he was able,- in London, to produce his Idees Napoleonienv.es, a book which is dated “Carlton House Terrace, July, 1839,” and very skilfully represented the incessent wars which were , the cMef reproach against the memory of the great Napoleon, as a temporary and painful effort - to secure that general and lasting peace, wMeh was the grand object of Ms desire. “Napoleon,” it was said, “was always the friend of peace ; he was the protector of commerce and industry: it was for this he waged war with England, the eternal oppressor of both; he was the civilizer of the world.; the most pacific and liberal sovereign that ever reigned. It was for the interests of real freedom that he suppressed the Tri bunate, its worst enemy, and chased the deputies who betrayed it through the win dows, of St. Qloud. if he went to Moscow? it was that he might conquer the peace of the world in the Kremlin ; if he sacrificed millions of soldiers, it was because that peace could be purchased at no lower price.” The object of Pee Idees Napoleoniennes undoubtedly was to revive an interest, in France, about the Imperial dynasty, and Louis Bonaparte also wrote a great deal, to help that object, in a jour nal called Le Capitole, published in Paris, to extend his opinions and populari ty. Not many months after the publication of his' book, Louis Philipps, at the sug gestion of Thiers, Ms minister, (who pro bably wanted to roundoff his History of the Consulate and the Empire with grand scenic effects,) requested England to sur render the mortal remains of the first Na poleon, that they might be placed in French soil—to use the words in his will, that they might repose on the banks of the Seine, among the French people, whom-he had loved so well. Between the concession by England and the interment in the Church of St. Louis in the Hotel des Invalides at Paris, (December, 1840,) Louis Napoleon had made a second attempt to try what the magic of Ms name might effect, agaimst the rule of Louis Phillippe, who had be come very unpopular. TMs enterprise, wMeh had Boulogne for its locality, during a few hours of the 6th of August, 1840, was a failure, and the end was that Louis Napoleon was arrested, tried, convicted, and sentenced to perpetual imprisonment, in the fortress of Ham, where he was con fined in the same apartments occupied by Prince Policnac, some years before. Louis Napoleon was thirty-two years old when he entered Ms prison, where he lived for six years in strict, almost close captivity—the same time, precisely, that his uncle had been in St. Helena. He was not Ml solitary—General Montholon and Dr. Conneau being Ms fellow-prisoners. He accepted Ms captivity-with a mixture Of resignation and anger, but hever aban doned hope. He conversed, through books, with the illustrious of all times. It may have been a fortunate calamity which took Mm away from action, and" for a Beason chained Mm to thought, study, and reflec tion. His mind became disciplined, and better fitted for the future great role he was to play upon the world’s stage. Beranger, the lyrist of liberty, writing to the illus trious captive, prayed that “he might one day be in a situation to consecrate to their PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, MAY 4, 1865. common country the fruit ,of the expe rience he bad acquired, and would yet at tain." Chateaubriand, the royalist, re specting courage in misfortune, wrote to; him (June, 1844), congratulated him on haying, in his misfortunes, studied with as much sagacity as force the causes of a re volution which,in modern Europe,had open ed the career of royal calamities. “ 'jour, love of liberty,” he said, "your courage,; and your sufferings, would give you every claim to my support, if, to be worthy of your esteem, I did not feel that I ought to' remain faithful to the misfortunes of Henry V., as I am to the glory of Napo leon.” . The captive of Ham escaped from his; prison on the 25th May, 1846—but tins event created little sensation in Paris.: Lotos Napoleon, while in Ham chiefly devoted himself to the historical, political, 1 and social studies. In 1844, he carried his democratic principles so far, that he em braced and strenuously supported those of the Socialists and wrote many articles m the Journal du Progres du Pas de Calais, enforcing their views, which were after wards collected in a pamphlet entitled Extinction du Pauperisms. His style, as a writer, is dignified and clear* Hts princi pal productions, at Ham; are Am Manes, de VEmpereur, in 450/ Mote sur Its amorces fuliminantes et sur les atte lages f in Bvo, 1841; Fragments Jhstonques, on which the fall of the Stuarts is com pared, with that of Louis Philippe, then generally predicted; Analyse de la ques* tion de Suisse , which, as an Helvetian citi zen, lie thoroughly understood ; Bcponse ft M. de Lamartine, the poet having written verses attacking Napoleon ;] Quelques mots Sur Joseph Napoleon Bonaparte; Du Systems Electoral; V Union fait la force, which is .the motto of Belgium ; Nos Colo nies dans V Ocean Pacifiqw, on the pro posed annexion of thfi Marquesas Islands to France; Analyse de la question des Sucres, in which sugar and politics are discussed; Eludes maihematiques de Napoleon; La Traits des Negros, strongly calling for the abolition of Slavery; Opinion de VEmpe rexvr sur rapports de la France avec les puissances del’Europe, which treats of the relations of France with other great Pow ers ; V Opposition, a severe attack published in April, 1848, on the family policy of Louis Philippe ; A quoi tiennent les destv, necs des Empires, an episode of the Hun dred Days; La Paix au la Guerre, in which it is contended the peace and the cultivation of its arts is the true policy of France; Des Comerisuieurs et Espartero, indicating that the “ peace-at any-price” policy is not worthy of any na tion ; Letlre a M. Chapuys Montlaville, be ing a reply to a letter addressed to the same person by Lamartine,, and contains an ad mission that the 18th Brmnaire was a fla grant violation of the year 111,, but that it saved the republic, and was imperatively necessary. A few pamphlets of. small im-. portance may be added to this list, but being only newspaper articles, It is not necessary to name them here. The last work of im portance emanating from Louis Napoleon, while at Ham, was the Extinction du Paur perisme, written in 1844. ; The enumeration of his writings, which we give here, has been compiled from a list, corrected by Napoleon himself* which we have had the advantage of consulting". The works of Napoleon 111, (however, not including some named above,) have, been collected and appeared, in. 1804-186?, in tour oototvo volumes. Another volume, comprising especially his publications, with some previously inedited fragments, on Ar tillery, appeared in 1856. It will be seen that Napoleon is a vo luminous and practised writer. Familiar with the living as well as the dead lan-' guages, his favorite studies have been histo rical, and he has devoted much of the small leisure that the cares of Empire have given him to writing that life of Julius (Lesar the first volume of which (translated into English, by Thomas Weight, by the au thor’s special appointment) has been pub lished by Hakfeb & Brothers, as our read ers are well aware. We have yet to notice ’ the book.itself—from its subject, its' author, and its evident purpose, the most curious, as - well as important and interesting, ever written by a monarch. J ABRAHAM LDSCOLS, BSMABKS OV BALVH -WALDO BMEBSOS AT THS FUUBBAi SBBVIOBB OF THB PBBSLDBKTj IM COW COBD, APBIL 19,1866. Wo meet under tie gloom or a calamity which darkens down over the minds of good men in all civil society, as the fearful fid tugs travel over sea, over land, from country to country, like the shadow of an unealonlated eclipse over the planet. Old as history is, and manifold as are its tragedies, I dcutt if any death has caused go much pain to mankind as this has caused, or will cause, on its an nouncement ; and this, not so much because nations are by modern arts brought so oloaeiy together as because of the mysterious hopes and fears which, In the present day, are connected with the name and institutions of America. In this eonntry, on Saturday, every one was struck dumb, and saw, at first, only deep below deep, as he meditated on the ghastly blow. And, perhaps, at this hour, when the coffin which con tains Che dust of the President sets forward on its long march through mourning States, on its way to Mb home in Illinois, we might well be silent, and Buffer the awful voices of the time to thunder to us. Yes, but that first despair was grief; tho man was not so to be mourned. He was the most active and hopeful of men; and his work had not perished; bnt acclamations or praise for thetaskhohad ac complished burst out into a song of triumph, whleh even tears for his death cannot keep down. The President stood before us a man of the people. He was thoroughly American, had never crossed the sea, had never been spoiled by English insularity, or French dissipation; a quite native, aboriginal man, as an aeortr from the oak; no aping of fo reigners, no frivolous accomplishments, Kentuckian born, working on a farm, a flAtboatman, a captain "m the Blackhawk war, a country lawyer, a Repre sentative in the rural Legislature of Illinois—on such modest foundations the broad struoture of his fame was laid. How slowly, and yet by happily prepared steps, he came to his place. » * * * * * * A plain man of tho people, an extraordinary for tune attended him. Lord Bacon says, •> Manifest virtues procure reputation: occult ones, fortune.” He offered no shining qualities at the first encoun ter ; he did not offend by superiority. He had a face and manner whtoh disarmed suspicion, which Implred confidence, which confirmed good-will. He was a man without vices. He had a strong sense of duty which It was very easy for him to obey* Then he bad what farmers call a long head; was excel lent in working out tko sum for himself; In arguing hia case and convincing you fairly and firmly. Then it turned out that he was a great worker; had prodigious faculty of performance; worked easily. A good worker Is so rare; everybody has acme disabling quality. In a host of young men that start together, and promise so many brilliant leaders for the next age, e aoh falls on trial; one by bad health, one by oonoolt or by love of pleasure, or By lethargy, or by an hasty temper—each has some disqualifying fault that throws him out of the ca reer. But this man waß sound to tho core, cheer ful, persistent, all right for labor, and liked nothing so well. Then he had a vast good-nature, which made him tolerant and accessible to all; fair-minded, leaning to the claim of the petitioner; affable, and not sen sible to the affliction which the innumerable visits paid to him, when President, would have brought to any one else. And how this good-nature became a noble humanity, in many a tragic case whioh the events of the war brought to him, every one will remember, and with what lnoreaslng tenderness he dealt, when a whole race was thrown on his com passion. The poor negro saia of him, on an im prcßelve occasion, “ HTaEsa Lincum am ebery. where.” * * * * * * * * His occupying the chair of State was a triumph of the good sense of mankind and of the pubiio con science. This middle-class country had got a middle class President, at last. Yes, in manners, sympa thies, but not in powers, for his powers were supe rior. His mind mastered the problem of the day; and as the problem grew so did his comprehension of it. Rarely was man so fitted to the event. In the midst of fears and jealousies, in the Babel of coun sels and parties, this man wrought Incessantly, with all his might and all Ms honesty, laboring to find "bat the people wanted, and how to obtain that. It cannot be said there Is any exaggeration of Ms worth. 11 ever a man wsb fairly tea ted," he was. Thera was no lack of resistance, nor of slander, nor of rldloule. The times have allowed no State secret*; the nation has been In suoh a ferment, such multitudes had to be trusted, that no eeorot could be kept. Every door was ajar, and we know all that befel. * Tien, what an occasion was the whirlwind of the war. Here was place for no holiday magistrate, ho fair -weather sailor; the new pilot was hurried to the trim In a tornado. In four years, four yoara of battle-days—hts endurance, his fertility of resources, his magnanimity, were Borely tried and never found wanting. There, by his courage, his justice, his even temper, his fertile counsel, his humanity, he took an heroie figure in the centre of an heroic epoch. He is tho true history of the American people in hie time. Step by step he walked before •hern; slow with their slowness, quickening Ms msroh by theirs; the true representative of this continent; an entirely pubiio man; father of Ms country, the pnlseof twenty millions throbbing in his heart, the thought of their minds articulated by Ms tongue. *»***: The ancients believed in a serene and beautiful Genius which ruled In the affairs of nations; which, will a slow, but item justice, carried forward the fortunes of certain chosen houses, weeding out single c (fenders, or offending families, and securing at last the firm prosperity of the favoritesof Heaven. It was too narrow a view of the Eternal Nemesis. There Is a eerene Providence which rules the fate of nations, which makes little account of time, little Of one generation or race, makes no account or disas ters. conquers alike by what Is called defeat, or by what is called victory, thrusts aside enemy and ob struction, crushes everything immoral as Inhuman, and obtains the ultimate triumph of the best race by the Aacrlfioe of every thing which, resists the moral laws of the world, it makes its own instru ments, creates the man for the time, traifis Mm In poverty. Inspires his genius, and arms him'for this task.; It has given every race its own talent, and ordains thatoßly that race wMoh combines perfect ly with the virtues of all shall endure. Fortran or President X-lneoln, One of the most interesting photographs that wo ever saw, is entitled “Abraham Lincoln as a Father,” and has just been published by Mr. Charles Desflveri 1229 Chestnut street. The ori ginal was presented by the Martyr-President him self to G.; Gumpert, Esq., of PhlladelpMa, and. therefore may he considered, if only on that aooount as a portrait approved by its Illustrious and lament ed subjeofe. Independent of this, it is recognised as a pleasing and accurate resemblanoe by ex-Govor nor Pollock, the Rev. Br. Furness, Thomas W. Sweeney, Esq, and, indeed, by all familiar with late President who have had the opportunity of ex amining. it. The position Is singular, easy, and na tural, Mr. Llnooln, seated in a massive arm chair, supports a large volume, apparently a photo graph album, on Ms crossed knee, and, with his head slightly declined towards tho book, and wear ing a light pair of spectacles, is examining it, with an - air of Attention and thought. By his side, also occupied ]h looking through the volume, stands Ms yonng son Thomas, familiarly called •< Tad,” now so fearfully orphaned. The lad’s face Is foreshort ened, as no bends down, but -Mr. Lincoln's Is given In boliLprofile, and is entirely effective, both In pose. antaesemblanco. This family group is even touching In its truth and simplicity, and Mr. Desil ver may be congratulated on having thus produced tho most-interesting trait of the illustrious dead. It has tbt&advantoge, too, of being exactly the size which adapts it for being framed as a oabinet Pic ture. Afacsimile or Mr. Llnooln’s autograph gives a finish to the whole. . bnrgicel Analysis of the Cause of tbe : AssasslqUhoih’s Death. To the bditar of The Trees: Sin; Booth’s wound and death were so psouliar that they, deserve notice and attention. A post mortem examination was made, but tho »buH has not been publisled; yet sufficient is known to on. able us to state what were tha parts injured, Ms Eulieiinga-and Ms painiul, horrid death. The baif from the cavalry revolver entered on the left slue, back of tbe head and below It, and passed out on the right side. He fell a helpless mass, un able to move, exclaiming: “ I am finished l” He was carried out of the burning barn and laid upon the grass, and survived the wound four hours. He requested several times to be turned or moved from side to side, on Ms stomach, and asked to see his hands. When raised, he gazed upon the helpless dead mombere exclaiming, “ Useless—useless,” and asked more than once of those about Mm “to kill him.” thus to end Ms pain and sufferings. From thole statements from those who were about him. and witnessed the “fnssy doctor” probe his wound, we know that he had a wound of the spinal cord, about the Beeond cervical vertebim, which was doubtless fracture S seh a wound would produce complete paralysis of the arms, legs, and lower portion of the trunk, wMle respiration curd the action of the heart would continue, as tho nerves which proceed to those organs pass off from the cranium, and rot from the spinal oord. The mind waselearand undlsturoed, save from the shook of the wound and pain: hut the brain was Uninjured. It was a living active mind, with a dead, helpless bo v with tho most excruciating, agonizing pala that a human body ean be subject to. We ones saw an offioer With a similar wound, lower down in the spine his suffer ngs were terrible, and he prayed and implored all about Mm to “kill him,” and end his misery.: In Booths case thenmves of organic life, rcspL ration and ciro lotion wore uninjured; and the only muscles over whioh he oould exert any volition were those of the head andface. From the moment tho ball struck him he was dead and helpless, with ’a mind dear, In intense suffering, a living witness of his own just punishment for Ms atrocious deed. Was there not the avenging hand.of God upon him fr< m the moment he e wlaimed, upon the stage of F< rd’s Theatre “lam avenged!” In the leap upon ■ the stage theffbulse. the small bone of the leg, was fraotnred. -For ten days and nights the forests and swamps were his homo, with pain, .and dread, and anguish. Wnon discovered the barn was fired; before him a sea of flame, ready to engulf him; bevond Ihe grave a still greater sea of flame await' Mg him ; and at that instant he rcodved his pecu liar, his wonderful wound, which we have described, Oould the end of such a life have been more painful* more dreadful, jporo appalling 1 Was there not in It all tho hallos of an overruling Providence t - JV Mbdious, A Fl>llSK".«rip£iis» Cavalry Regiment. The following aßbounlfof the pursuit of Lee by our cavalryyup to tho surrender of the rebel army of Northern "Virginia, on the 9sh of April, ip sent us by a yopng printer formerly employed on tMs pa per, but nowta member of Company H," bth Penn sylvania Cavalry, and though not a news letter, gives a connected narrative of events which will be interesting to the friends of IMS veteran regiment In this city, where it isbeat known as Freidman’s Cavalry, bnt has been for a long time commanded by colonel West, and is composed mainly of Phila delphians: [Coriffipondenee of Tie Press. 3 Camp 6th PamrA. Cavalry, Nbar Riohmokd, May 1,1865, The regiment broke camp on the afternoon of the 28th of March, near New Market Heights, and crossed the James and Appomattox rivers, halted for the night In the vicinity of the Wells House— the total strength of regiment 21 commissioned offi cers and 640 enlisted men, under command of Lieut. Col. Kleinz. On tho-moming of the 29th we marched to a point on the left of Petersburg, where we halted until evening, when we again took up the march, and, after six hours’ marching, bivouacked in the rear of the army of the Potomac, and re mained doing picket until the morning of April Ist, when we started at daylight and marched to Din widdle Court House, and here we came npon the rebels. The 11th Pennsylvania Cavalry advanced on the right, and were attacked. Colonel sp»ar was wounded, and Major Munro killed, and several others slightly wounded. We then threw out a. strong skirmish line, and they were ad vanced and drove the rebels, when, the lead horses coming up, the men were all mounted, and tho sth Corps advancing, we charged down npon the flank of Fits Hugh Lee’s and Picket’s 'divisions of. o&valry and Infantry, and routed them, with a IoS3 of about 6,000 prisoners and a large number of killed and wounded. We changed through a thick woods, and created suoh a panic in their ranks that they Shrew their aims down and tried to get away as fast as possible; bnt we had them entirely sur rounded, and the men of the sth Corps gathered them In. No loss In the regiment. Alter the fight we marched in the rear of the sth Corps and bivouacked about six miles beyond the court house. The; nert day (Sunday) we were or dered down to Gravelly Ford, in possession of the enemy, when companies I, H, and C were ordered to advance, which was done, and they drove the enemy to the opposite side of the Ford, where they had rifle pits constructed. About noon the regi ment wbs dismounted, aad ordered to the support or the companies at the Ford; bnt owing to the nature of the position, whioh allowed but a few men to operate effectually, did not succeed In driving the enemy ttom their position. It was here that Silas Hough, of M company, was killed, and Pat-' terson and Beltings, of K company, wounded. The command to - which the regiment is attached was then ordered to report to General Merritt, marched acre's the Soutbslde Railroad, about two miles above Ford’s Station, and halted for the night about four miles above the railroad. On tho morning of the 3d, we started at daylight, and marched to Leonard’s Mills, on the Appomattox, for "the purpore of gathering np the enemy, who were reported to be roaming through the woods In a demoralized oondltlon. We then re turned, joined the main body, and marobed to Beverly Bridge, across the Appomattox, whioh we found to have been destroyed by the enemy, and encamped for the night. On tho morning of the 4th we started at daylight, and striking the Amelia Court House road, marched in indirection of the court houso until wo came to Deep Creek, whore the enemy disputed oar advanee, but were forced to give way. Resuming ourmaroh, we reached a point within a mile of the court honse, where the enemy again made a Btand, and, alter a skirmish, finding them in strong force and well posted, we withdrew a short distance-and encamped. We remained in camp until the afternoon of the 6th, when tho 2d Brigade waaordered to erosß the railroad, the enemy having been reported to have retired. Our men ware , forced back again, thelst Maryland Regiment losing i fifty men. We then fell back some three miles find . enosmped for the night. Tho next day we rejoined the division of Gen. Merritt, and started with him In the direction of Danville, when we were ordered to teport to Gen. Ord, commanding Army of tho James, at Buikesyllle, which place we reached at. nightfall, and encamped. On the 7th we marched to Prince Edward Court House, and oharglng into the place, captured twenty of the enemy. Then ad vancing some five miles beyond the Court House, we encamped. TW started at sA.M. on the morn ing of the Bth, and struck the Lynehburg Eailroßid, passing through Prospect, Famplin, and Evergreen stations. At the latter station we assisted In the saptnre of font trains filled with commissary and quartermaster stores. We went Into camp at mid night, In the vlolnlty of Appomattox Court House. Started at daybreak, and marched In tho direction of the Court House; took np a position at a farm' honse, and threw out a line or skirmishers. The enemy came out of the woods in our front in three lines of battle, and the oommand was forced back. In the afternoon wo advanced again, and, tbe sth, 24th, and 25th Corps coming up, we drove tho enemy from the position they originally held, when they displayed a flag of truce along their lines, and at four o’clock In the afternoon General Lee surrendered his entire army. The oommand of cavalry under General McKen zie, consisting of the sth ana lith-Pennsylvania, Ist Maryland, and Ist District or Columbia, had the ho nor of opening the fight in the morning, and helping to wind up tbe rebel Amy in Virginia on the after noon of April9th, 1806, It would take up too much room to mention in detail the officers of the regi ment, the majority of them being ftom Phlladol pMa, but their braveiy and gallantry Is unquestion able. Colonel West, who oommanded a brigade nhen we started, resumed the oommand of tho regi ment on the sth of the month, and well did he com mand It and eondnot it through the campaign, through which he was so ably assisted by the gallant Lieutenant Colonel Kleinz, and Lieutenant George Smith, of “ G ” Company, who was acting adjutant of the regiment. They all belong to PhlladelpMa. J. 8, S. HOME ITEMS. Five men of the crew of the ill-fated steamer Snltana arrived at St, Louis on Sunday. One of them had been badly soalded on the arm, and re* talned so vivid an Impression of theterrible calami ty, that he became so excited wMle speaking of the rapid spread of the flames, that he ran twenty yards,shouting, “She’s on fire! fire! fire! she's burning! o, she’s all on fire!” These men were arrested by the military, the charge being that they launched the yawl and saved themselves, without making an effort to save any of the passengers. One of them stated that out of sixty men composing’ tho crew, only twenty-eight escaped. Captain Robert Lincoln, the eldest son of the late President, arrived at Baltimore, on Monday afternoon, and was met by President Garrett and Superintendent William Prescott Smith, or the railroad company. He Is en route for Springfield, Hi,, and is travelling alone. A yonng man while trout-fishing I%Roehester, Mass., caught Ms hook In a bone of a human arm. Search was immediately made and askeleton found, wMch was identified by shreds of clothing and but tons to be that of Gilson Cushman, who left Ms home In a state of mental aberration February 13, 1858, and has never been heard of since. The gypsum manufacture Is carried on largely at Grand Rapids, Michigan, where ore immense beds of that mineral. The business commenced about sixteen years ago, bnt tho Emmet Mill, built In 1856, and Eagle Mill in 1857, have carried it on to a great success. General Conner, commanding in Utah, cele brated the inauguration of President Lincoln with great parade an the 4th of March. Brigham Young wae obliging enough to offer to loan him his taber nacle, as it looked like rain. They are getting $27 worth of gold par ton from quartz dug from Baker’s Mountain, In the town of Mosoao, Maine. Some $22 In gold and $2 in niokel have been obtained from a ton of rock taken from a ledge near Norwich, Conn. —The old sign of the Libby Prison, Richmond, has been brought to New York. It is a plain, unoraa merited board, and bears the Inscription: !‘L. Libby & Son, Ship Chandlers.” What use Is to be made of this relic Is not stated. In a general fight on Monday night, on board the sMp Neptune, in the East river, New York, Thomas Mnlligan and William Price stabbed and probably mortally wonnded each other. They were 'taken to the New York Hospital. Mr. James Terwilliger, clerk of the Now York State Senate, has been presented with a dinner service worth S3EO, as a proof of the appreciation in whioh Ms services are hold by the body with which he has been associated. Rev. Dr. MoClintook, of St. Paul’s (New York) M. E. Church, having Eignified his intention to re tire from the pulpit,(was made tho recipient on Mon day evening of a purse of *2.090. The bodies of the “ first martyrs of the rebel lion”—Ladd and WMtney—were deposited under the monument at Lowell on Friday evening last. At» meeUng\of the coal Dealers’ Association, on Monday morning, in Boston, it was voted to re duce the price of ooal from $l4 to $l2 a ton. At the late inundation at Sorel, in Canada, thirty-five lives were - lost, and property to the amount of $83,000. A Loyal League of about fifty members, was formed at Manchester, in Ocean county, on Monday week. The amount of tolls received on tbe Delaware Division Canal, for the" week ending April 22d, was $6,690, ogallet $3,441 the same week last year. Seventy-six rebel flags were presented to the War Department, on Monday last, by General Gib bon, commanding 24th Army Corps. The Mobile News sells for twenty-five cents per copy. We quote this as an instance of the increase In the value of Information in the South. * *■ It Is said that Jeff Davis has rented a house in Porto Rico through an agent In that city. Steamboat navigation has commenced on Lake Winnipisaukee. The deposits In the San Francisco Mint during the last month amounted to $2,225006. .—Payne, the assassinator of the Seward family, has made a full confession of Mb crime. There were 437 deaths inNew York during the weekending May I.' STATE ITEMS. Benjamin Haywood, Esq., President of the Palo Alto iron Works, PottsviHe, denies the state ment recently made that the workmen of his com pany stopped work on aooonnt Of non-payment of their salaries. Ha states that only a part of the hands stopped work, namely, the puddlers, not on Account of not being paid, but because they were notified that on the 19th of last month their pay would be reduoed to correspond with tho price paid at other mills. On Saturday morning the up-train, whleh left Easton at 9.80 o’oloofc, ran off the traek about three miles above Easton; The engineer and fireman jumped from the engine, and in doing so feU. The engineer received three severe- wounds in falling one in th& head, one in the hand, and one In the knee. The fireman’s wounds are of a more serious nature; he has lost a leg,-two fingers, two or three of his ribs are broken, and a dangerous wound In the head) As'to. G, W. Moore, a private in Battery Ist Pennsylvania Light Artillery, was seated at Ms dinner, in Montrouse, Susquehanna county, on the 19th ult., one of the guards of the same battery came along, and pointing Ms gun, In a piayrol manner, at Mr; Moore, it was accidently discharged, the ball striking the unfortunate man in the, right cheek. He was quite seriously injured. He was taken to the hospital. His recovery Is doubtful, —Pennsylvania would not allow the Government to defray the expenses incurred while transporting the president’s remains through the State. Gov. Curtin maintained that we oould at least do so much to show our respect and love for our departed ohJef, and the whole expense was paid by the State Treasury. —There are In the vlolnlty of Plttsbnrg some twelve opal companies, the most extensive of which is the Pittsburg Ooal Company, wMoh employs two hundred hands, and mines an average of seven thousand buEhels per day. —The Pittsbnxg and Steubenville Railroad has been completed to witMn five miles of Pittsburg, and It is expected that trains will be run from the borough of TomperanoevUle to Burgettstown, Washington county, within six weeks. The oonduotors on the Pennsylvania Railroad, who have been heretofore running over the entire distance between Philadelphia and Plttsbnrg, will hereafter only run the length of one division of the road. The grand Inquest for the county of Northamp ton, during their sessions of last week, passed thirty hills. Among the number was one to Incorporate Bethlehem South into a borough. —All the olerksemployedln the provost marshal’s office in Meadvllle, with the exception of three who were kept to settle up the business, have been discharged. , The Pittsbnrgers have commenced the erection of a fine building to be used as a permanent “Sol diers’ Home.” Its eost will be about $12,000. a large number of tavern-keepers have been ar rested In Fittsbnrg for selling liquor on Sunday. FOREIGN ITEMS. in the year 1861 467 immigrants into British Guiana returned to their own oountry, and took with them, or had remitted home for them through Government agency, $69,696. TMs Includes £l,OOO, the estimated value of the jewete on their persons, and a draught for £494, which one ooolie took with Mm. From British Guiana alona the amount thus taken homo by 6.879 returning ooolles in the last 22 years has exceeded £BB.OOO or $440, 000. The total number of Immigrants and liberated Africans ar riving in the West India eolonies in the 22 years has been 178,666, and In Mauritius 313,538. The return of 76(878 from Mauritius is recorded, and of 10,403 from British Guiana, Trinidad, and Jamaica. The Prussian Consul General, John William Schmidt, at the port of New York, has received in formation that Guldenfuss, the merchant forger, who was extradited under the order of our Govern ment in January last, has been tried by jury in Halle-on-the-Saale, Prussia, found guilty, and sen tenced to Imprisonment In the State prison for twelve years, and to pay two thousand dollars damages, and In case of the non-payment of snoh damages his term of Imprisonment is to extend two •years longer. The Italian papers announce the death of Theo dosia Trollope, wife of Thomas Adolphus Trollope, at his villa in Florence, She is known to English readers by her translation of “Niooollnl’s Arnaldo do Brescia,” and by her “ SooiaX Aspects of the It#- lian Revolution,” a work whioh originally appeared in the form of letters published by the Alhenesum, to which she was a constant contributor. She has also written a number of articles npon the modem Ita lian poets in the CornhiU Megasine, and was engaged is completing the series at the time of her death. They are playing rather a qnalnt operetta at the Bouffds in Paris. The whole action takes place on the top of the Column Yendomo, to whioh lofty elevation Hector de Lafienas has.resorted for the purpose of settling in ihll with his creditors by taking a sensation header into the Palace below. A yonng “Amerloan miss” appears on the top of the column, a flirtation ensues, and Hooter, Instead of being mutilated, is only married! —The Marchioness de Lavallette Is aOonneotl out lady, and keeps her husband straight on the American question. She Is a strong Union woman, and takes a deep interest in the straggle for the preservation of the Union and the abolition of slavery. The entry of the Marquis Into the Oabinet of the Emperor Napoleon-may, therefore, be regard ed as an acquisition to the Union oaußa. —The Russian Czar was to arrive in Pads on the 20th of April, with the purpose of proceeding to Nice, where the Czarewiteh Is now lying exceed ingly ill. The nature of the Illness is stated to be an attack of cerebral meningitis The new bridge over the Seine at Point-dn .Tour, near Antenil, which, when finished, will be one of the curiosities of Paris, is advancing rapidly towards completion. , —William Henry West Batty, known in drama tic history as the Infant Rosclns, now lies danger ously ill. It is nearly half a century sinoe'he last appeared on the stage. The case of Mr. Coleman, Blondic’s secretary, was again before the London Court of Bankruptcy on tho 20th. The accounts showed a deficiency of £19,947. The cheap edition of Mjr. Dickens’ works pro raises to bo a very great success. Between 20,000 and 30,000 of the “ Pickwick” have already been sold. —The French anthorities have adopted a new mode of persecuting authors. A pamphlet, by one FOUR CENTS. M. Lenasron, Ms net Men condemned, but an order has been issued that no placards announcing Us publication are to be permitted to remain on the walls. ' —Another heavy failure has taken place In Eng. land. Charles Joyce & CJo., East India merchants, London, have suspended. Their liabilities amount to £1,100,000. —The dispute between the seamen and the owners of the Unohee timber traders at Toole has been set tled by a compromise, the seamen having consented to go to sea for $lB a month. The challenge given by the Boyal Horticultu ral Society for a competitive exhibition of fruits and vegetables, has been favorably received In almost overy country, of Europe. A new paper Is shortly to be published In 'Fads, entitled Les PariHermes, The prlos Is to be a sou, and the contributors are to be exclusively women. . A lately received English journal contains an advertisement for a plain cook, In which It Is stated that “one who oan neither read or write will "he preferred.” The Emperor Napoleon has given orders for an of the P Hole Francis, ot ohartl of the Frencl^aast. —The the late Duke do Morny’s platnres ana other objects of art Is to take place la June next. it is stated that the Queen of Spain will visit Fans this summer. —An ordinary ball, dress in Paris costs $5,000. What must M the value of an extraordinary one! FIIUCUL INS COMMERCIAL. The stock market ruled very dull yesterday for almost everything on the list. Government loans shared the general depression, prices having fallen off materially. The 1881 s declined % ; the 6-203, X i and the 10-403, ‘{. State and city loans were like wise dull. There was nothing said in the former. Old city os sold at 91 x, and the new at 93X—the latter being a decline of J£. There was a fair amount doing in Company bonds. We note an ad vonce of 1 In Ist mortgage Pennsylvania Railroad bonds; the second were steady at flO; Union Canal 6s sold at 20; Reading 63 at 96; Lehigh. 63 at SSX > Long Island Os at 87, and Camden and Amboy as at 8 9%. The railroads were very dull. There was some, movement la Reading, opening at 49X, and cloßlng at 6lx- Philadelphia and Erie deollned 1; Norristown and North Pennsylvania were steady at previous figures. The coal, mining, and canal stocks were very dull, and there was Uttleornothlng said in bank or passenger railway securities. There was a fair demand for the oils, and considerable do ing, though pricesshownolmprovement. The recent depression In the oil stocks has given holders am op portunity of examining into the true Character of the ell companies, and selUngaut suoh as give no promise of future results, and Investing the prooesdg in companies where a good strike may enable them to retrieve their losses. The street is full of rumors of recent strikes and wells of good shows or oil, and we may confidently expect some heavy wells soon, from the number down so near the depth at which oil 1b usually found. The fact or crude oil maintain ing its price In the face of declining gold Is evidence that, so far as regards oil stocks, the bottom has been touched. The Consolidation Bank yesterday declared it B semi-annual dividend of five per cent. In addition to the list of dividends published yesterday, we ap pend the following: Philadelphia National. a per cent. Mechanics’ National ; 6 “ Penn National. 6 « Girard National. 6 11 First National 6 “ Fourth National 8 « Sixth National 6 « ■Seventh National 4 “ There was no new development yesterday regard ing the defalcation of the absoondlng-payiag teller of the Commercial Bank. The due-bill for over $200,000, said to have been given by a prominent merchant of this city to Mr. Clarke, is said by the former to be a forgery. We understand the bank intends to have the matter Investigated in the courts of law. The following were the quotations for gold yester day at the hours named: 10 A. M 141 K 11 A. M „..14lx 12 M ; lilht The following were the closing quotations for the principal navigation, mining, and oil stocks : Bid, Ask Bdtl IfftTi s e •• * Seal Efavpr»f~~, 29 28% Bin Sfcmnt Coal.. 4 Feeder Dam Goal T . % Green MoTm I nCl 3 JTCarbondaleCl. 1% Jf«v Greek Goal- .. % Sw&tara.Failed .. 3% H H AHejr&Tldeoate-. ' 1% BigTankl942R§ Brauden Island-• .. IK Beacon .. 1 Bruner Oil X 1 HpU l# \% BrigfifcOil*.*.***-. .7* 2% Ccnunental Oil-. X -v. , Sid. A-sk. Eiao»do.*^r ti S’ranlciln 1% 2 Btowe’ft Sddy Oil 1% Hibbard Oil. X 1* Hyde Farm 2 2J£ ItwittOU .. 8 Keystone Oil l*4 2 srotzer .. 1 M*ple Shade Oil. is JSsullfitoehOU.. 8% £.44 MtoeraiOii.V*.*. : ., Klnco. s 3m McKilienyOU.—. .. 4 McOea&Clier K. 3£ Jtoble&i>6l.~»»* %}& .« Organic Oil u % Olmstea.4 Oil..**. 1% 2 CreecenlrCity.—. - 1 . Curtin*~~ 7 S$ Cora Planter.-..r. 2% Caldwell—. . 4% v. Cherry Ban. e. .. S Daukard 0i1..... IK 3% Dunkwd Creek O 1 Densmere OU.wra« 3 Dftlzeil 6 CK Excelsior Oil ~~ % \ Egbert. >.. 3 I Penne Petro Co.' •• 1% ■Perry 0i1—;.... <„ 2* i Pape Perm Oil 1 Pet Centre—... .. Sir Phtla&Oil Ck... .. 1 IgtorTFeraOll.. IK 1% Seh 1 & O Ck ***.»* 1 St Kfcholas ■....» 2K 3 ■ Venanyo 0i1...,. kT .. Tbs subscriptions to tbs 7-30 loan received by Jay Cooke yesterday amounted $7,281,300, including one of ,$160,C00 from Cincinnati, one of $lOO,OOO from Detroit, one of $60,000 from Sandusky, Oblo, one of $75,080 from Lafayette, Indiana, one of $500,000 from Second National Bank, boston, $1,032,900 from Ninth National Bank, New York, and $1,001,800 from Disk & Hatch, New York. There were 5,081 Individual subscriptions of $5O and $lOO each. The Bondon Times city article of April 22 has the following: “ The advices from Frankrort mention that inst before the receipt of the news from Richmond American bonds were very dull at 62, or five per cent, below New York prices, whence they instantly went to 85%, 0.7. d subsequently f 069. The transactions were extremely heavy, and there were buyers even on London, Brussels, and Betlin account. The leading capitalists have availed themselves of the oppor tunity to sell large sums, but small Investorland speculators, with less knowledge, have taken them up. Money continues abundant in Frankfort. Aus trian stocks are firm, and those payable in currency have improved, as the exchangeon Vienna has risen to 108%, being, at tbe present rate of silver, only six per cent, below par. Still there Is not much doing In them, os the dealers on the Bourse are ab sorbed in American transactions.” A correspondent of tho Cincinnati Commercial, whs has lately traversed and personally Inspected almost all the oil regions of Southern Ohio toWestVir gtnia,atates the results of his observations. The annual yield of the former, allowing 300 barrels as the aggregate dally product, he estimated at more than $2,000,000. West Virginia Is estimated to yield an equal amount, but the product, being less valu able, 1b put down at $1,314, 000 per annum. The writer says : It Is simply Impossible to state exactly the num ber of engines that are being scattered along the streams, this spring, In these oil regions, or to say how many new wells will be bored during the pre sent summer; but by judging from particular locali ties an estimate can behnade that will approximate the truth. In Ohio the estimate win run somewhat thus: Meigs county- Athens county. Morgan county Washington county.'... Noble county- Other counties..... 20 ......... 40 5O .......... 70 Total In Southern OMo This disparity between the number of engines and the number of wells Is owing to tho fast that very many wells are being put down by spring poles, that being quite as economical for the first 450 feet. In Virginia very few wells are being sunk without en gines. 'Without enumerating the counties In Vir ginia, I would estimate the number of engines there at 500, and the number of wells at 600. Toe average cost of engines Is not far from $2,004 while the boring tools and other outlays for putting down a well will amount to *3OO for each well, with a grand total of 770 engines, and 1.170 wells In pro gress m these oil regions. We And that exclusive of the cost of the land, there is a capital of *1 ; 810,000 invested In engines, and *361.000 In other necessary outlays, making in all *1,891,000. With this as a basis, and remembering that the cost of the land Is very many times greater, the reader caa' have some Idea of the Immense amount of capital and the great number of men employed In the business. The shipments of coal by the Pennsylvania deal Company were Tons. By rail for week ending April 29 13,m 12 Previously lor 1865. 119,919 10 T0ta1.... ~132,15115 To Same date 1861 69.686 01 Increase 62,463*11 Tbs following Is a statement of coal transported on the Delaware and Hudson Canal: Week ending For the April 29, . season. Del. and Hud. Canal Oo 33,029 Iran Pennsylvania Coal Co 5,187 5,187 Total togs 38,218 83.661 Tie customs revenue of the United States, for tue fisoalyear,nowdrawing toltseloae,was estimated by the Secretary of the Treasury, In his annual re port to Congress last December, at seventy.turn mil. liens in gold. He had then only the actual receipts Of the first quarter of the year—July 1,1861, to Sap tember so, 1864—as the basis of his calculation. Ac cording to the-Hew York Times, these receipts were $19,000,000, which, multiplied by four, would have authorized an estlmate.of $78,000,000 for the year, as against SSB 000,000 gold interest charge for the year on the funded pnblfo debt. But Mt. Hessen den made more than due allowance for the appre hended falling off through the second and third quarters, and even for the last quarter. As ten months of the fiscal year have now elapsed, producing at the port of Now York $45,160 617, equal, on the proportion of 72 per Cent of the whole, to a total of $63,140,000 for the ten months at all the points, we are justified In believing that the Secr etary’s estimate for tbe year ending June so mill be exceeded by from six to eight millions. In other words, the Customs receipts. In gold, of the fiscal year 1884, will be from $78,000,000 to'sBo, ooo,ooo. The immediate Improved look of the import trade, and the prospect of a farther Increase as the pur suits of peace are restored to the Southern States might authorize even a larger calculation. The fol lowing are the Customs reoelved In gold, ana gold interest paid out at New York, the office orthe Treasury, sinde the beginning of the eurrent fiscal year to the Ist May instant: Gold lateral! Fat* July. 881,000 ......... 2,100,784 September.....* 3,118,699 0ct0ber...... ••• 1,895,086 November...... 4,032,550 December....... 4,168,406 January........ 2,449,290 February 913,429 March. 2,009,665 *pzll 163,187 Customs Received Ju1y.......... ~13,685,848 AURUSt 6 1 237 564 September...... 4 084*494 00?0™r.3.670.188 November 3,485166 Maxch"!::::::: $SK*i AprS:.'. «.38». 5W m nlal $46*60 617 Total %22.728,022 finance carried into May *22,732,595 Tn fftlp ip l add at least, *12,000,000 for May ond ji ot No* York, or, for all tiOporS, *16,- s “or°tke preceding fiscal year tlie gold interest TaxWAnPaßss wnibe sentto«ubi*riberßl>r m«il tear annualn advance) at—............. Ml— Bn»litlM~^, >mm ,,,,.., wwww ..j|) w ,, . m. mu M 7811 wake **rwd at t£e mm ntei IH.OO per copy. „*** alitsage accompany the order. am* f* M t y t ? nct c ?* the * a term > «* dentate* from, at (bet afford very little more than the east of paper. ■W-FoetaMtore an reanectod to ac« u . f <* Tra Was Press. JU- To fh* gttter-np of (he Club of ton or twenty, m extra copy of the paper will be given. Charge npon the funded public debt of th* United States will be $64,016,631, while there is every rea son to Believe that the eastoms revenue for the year unit eemtiierabty exceed one hundred miUtons in gold. It was thejear before the present en » lower scale of tariff duties, and with trade with the Southern States then & Insurrection. Bfexel & Co. quote: New United States Bonds, 1881 110 @lll “ “ “ Oertlf. of Iridebt’es. 99^ Quartermasters’ Touchers..... os @ or Gold.. Sterling Exchange....... 6-20 Bonds, old “ “ new 14M0 Bonds Buies or Btoi THE FOBL] 300 Clinton Co el % 500 Atlas Oil- jS 6TO d 0......... ~k3O * aoo do 2 m do——...mo n 600 . do J 33 Jf 600 Bi* Tank. b3O 2* fOOßcilCieek .hS m SCO Egbert. 3 too Jersey Well 2X too Key.tone.... —, IK too d 0.............. if' 400 do ~.bBo US BECOHI 000 Organic...... ..... XI 600 Keyttone «10 166 f.fO At1a5......—. .830 U 2000 . do b£o % 10C0 d 0...... 81 Bto do. sIJS si ICCO Bit Tank is9o 2 ICO Caldwell,.-...510 4s£ SCODallell r, 100 Hyde Farm 2X SCO Eraser X 100 Jersey Well ‘ill MO. do s3O 2Jj 200 Junction... 4 M $OO do b3O 4}( SCO Key,tone if SCO d0.....«....b2fl 1 87 - :■ THE PEOPLE'S ST 100 Big Tank., 2116 100 Packard '. Mo ISI 100 Jersey Well.. .bio 2 60 SCO Winslow--..b50.11-16 100 Big Tank 2X SAIBS AT THE EEGTOA Reported 6y Heims. Miller, BEFOBE SCO Dfllzoll elCwn. 6 100 Beading E. bSO., fflX 200 do. *. 43 ts 100 d0......—M0. 10% jFIBBX fcoTJ s 5-2Cto-lls.coap.lWi 2CCO do— 280 Q City 6s nev.. .lots. 93tM | ICCO Cam* A mb 8* *B3. 6CO Beading 6a MB—... @5 000 bon* Island 65.... 87 2QBecaaß... b 6. £3& 10 IfiOArck-siß ..... JIH 4Ch€s & Bel Canal. 6&H ICO Beading 8.-aOwa. 48% ICO d 0...... 510.49 44 100 do-..—..eswh4PJs 3001 d 0.... 49& 100 do—so 100 d0.—60/4 BETWEEN S2dft3d>st£B 73 I .200 Caldwell ~~~ ™ <3X IFOO 4# 3CO ** *%< m do w ~bs 4% } 600 Lehigh 6s~„ . 9s«|{ ItOO U £ 63 1S8I«...^1!0 £CUtJBIO-40« mi 4CCO Union Caaal 65..*. 20 60C0 do..— b3O 203 f fiGQO do—. 20 6000 do»*«.**K«» •«« 20 ICOOO Beadipg 6s 43 80s. £6 JOQ Reading R. ...™. mi 4&B0 d0.« 1 .....55wn co& ' 10!) do»hm, do<6%' ICO do tSufict 400 d0....10t5... 810 51 100 do ™™~ SI EBCOKD 10C0 W S5-2)g™...c<rap,losX 100 TJ F 10-40.... coup. S 6 6S Fulton Coal 138 Wa,Marlon Gas.. 21 200 Walnut Islands... 1 KOStßieholasOil™. 3 loostn x 100 Jersey ‘Well 2H 200 Biff Talk . 2 1- is 300 Maple Shade ..lots 18 AFTES I 100 City 6s.—,—..MW S3M 1000 do...™™.™. 81% 2CO Mingo 0i1... 8)4 ■lOO Seneca ~..™™ 434 ICO Dalzell Oil bo 6W 25 Phila A Erie K.— S 2 ICO McCltnt’k OU-bM 354 ICO Reading B-.-.slO 5114 ' SALES AT 1 ICO Heading K.—.™. 5!34 20OOU B 6-208 —ltfili 500 d0.™!..—.„..10ex ICO Sell Navpfd. J>S9 5914 100 Headings -s$J>U4 M 0 'do.™—™..t6 BIH The Non- York Post of yesterday says: The loan market is more active at 6 per sent. But the Eopplynf capital seeking temporary in vestment is sun in excess of the demand. Lenders are disposed, in consequence, to accept'spar cent, in certain cases. There are, however, lower trans actions at lower rates. Commercial paper la dell at7@9. The stock market opened (tail and closed with more animation. Governments are less active and quotations have receded %@% per cent. Certificates of indebtedness are scarce, but dun. Forty millions of these certificates were redeemed to April at the Treasury at Washington. The pay ments of the Government ate now very large. One - handled millions .will be appropriated to paying of our discharged troop 3. Bank shares are firm, State stocks Improving, railroad bonds firm. Railroad shares ore feverish, and Irregular. • Before the. first session New Turk Central wa a quoted at 98, Erie at 74><, Hudson Elver at 109, Beading at £9, Michigan Southern at 68. Cleveland and Pittsburg at 72, Northwestern at 30, Fort Wayne at 96K, Ohio and Mississippi at 29, Cumberland Goal at’46 X' After the board there was an Improvement. Erie rose to 76K, New 1 ork contralto 98)4, Hudson to lllji. Beading to 101%, Michigan Southern to 683£, Bock Island to 101. , . ' lister, 10,000 shares of Brie were sold bp a nroml* neat firm at 76, and the price rapldly-rose to TO, PbHattelpbla Harßen. Mat B—Evening. The Hour market continues very doll, and the sales are limited at abont former rates; 20Q bbls ex tra sold at $B, and 800 bbls high grads Western for mlly at $9.5000.75 ft bbl, mostly at the Zatter rate. The retailers and bakers are buying In a small way at from *707.75 for superfine, *B@B do far extra, $8.5009.75 for extra family, and *lOOll ft bbl for fancy brands, as to quality. Bye Floor and Oora. Meal continue dull at about former rates. Gbaih.—There Is very little demand for Wheat, and prices are rather lower; 6,000 bushels sold in lots for milling at 2000205 s fl bo for reds, mostly at the former rate for prime, and white at from as® 235 c ft bo, the latter rate for prime Kentucky. Rye is selling at 125 3fl bn. Com is scares, and In de mand at an advance; 2,500 bos prime yellow sold at 132@1330, and 1,500 bus white at 12201253 fl bn. Oats are rather dull; 1,800 bns sold at 82s, afloat, and Pennsylvania in store at 83c fl bn. Babs—ln Quercitron there is more doing. 60 hhds first No. 1 sold at *25 f! ton. • Cotton.— Prices have advanced, and there 18 more doing in the way of sales.. About leo bates of middlings sold In lots at from 43050 c f) % cash. Groceries.— Sugar Is In fair demand at abont former rates. 400 hhds Cuba Sugar sold at from. B%@loc fl a, in gold; the latter rate for choice gro* cerles. Coffee 1b scarce, and we hear of no sales worthy of notice. Sheds.— Flaxseed Is selling in a small way at from $2.£002.55 ft bus. Tlmothv Is dull, and wo hear of no sales ; holders ask *4@1.50 fp bus. Oh>» verseed Is very quiet; in the absenoe of sales wa quote at *16017 #64 as. Petroleum.— The market 18 dull, and prices ara unsettled. We quote Crude at 34035 c ; Refined ; ia bond at 54055 c, and free at from 750770 38 gallon, as to quality. Tallow.— Sales of city rendered are reported a* lie fi a. - * Provisions.— The sales are in small lots at about framer rates, and holders are firmer In their views. Bacon and Green Meats are telling at former rates. Bard Is rather dull, with sales or bbls and tierces at from 180198 f) ft. Butter continues very quiet, and prices are weak and unsettled; small sales aro making at from 14028 c for scud-packed,and 170288 |) ft for roll. New York Cheese la selling at 200248 Whisky.— There is very little doing In the war of sales, and prices are. unsettled. - Small lots of Pennsylvania and Ohio bbls are reported at front *2,140215 ft gallon. The following are the receipts of Flour and Grain at this port today: Flour 1,640 bbls. Wheat ...4.500 bus. Corn.. 2.700 has. Oats s,rjJ bns. Enilaes. Wells. Bbbabsttjees,—'The market for State and West ern Flour ie dull and 5010 cents lower j sales 7,009 bbls at *6.8503.75 for superfine State, *8 8507 for extra State, *7.0507.25 for choice do, *6.8506 80 for superfine Western, *6.9067.05 for common to medium extra Western, *7 7507.90 for common, to good shipping brands extra round-hoop Ohio. Canadian Flour is 10016 cents lower; sales 409 bblg at *8.8507.30 for common, and *7.3509 for good to choice extra, Southern Flour la dull and lower; sales 6t o bbls at *7.90® 9 for common, and *9.1001175 for fancy and extra. Rye Flour Is duU. Com Meal is quiet. . . Wheat Is dull and heavy and drooping; sales 4,0901 bns winter red Western at *lBl. Rye is quiet. Barley Is quiet. Barley Malt Is dull. Oats are doll and nominal at T4@7sc for Western. The Corn market Is very firm; small sales of new yellow at $1.4701.50. Provisions.—The Pork market opened heavy and lower; sales 4,400 bbls at *27.63025.12f0r new mess; *25025.50 for ’63-4 do, cash and regular way, closing at *25 25 for prime, and *25 50026 for prime mess. The Beef market Is steady; sales 600 bbls at about previous prices. Beef Hems are steady. Cut meats are firm; sales 570 packages at It J4@ 1534® for shoulders, and 17019 c for hams- Tbe Bard market Is steady; sales 1,200 bbls at 163401834 c. ’ T Whisky Is Bteady; sales 200 bbls Western at $2ll. Tallow Is heavy mid lower; sales 100.000 lbs at 1034011 c. • Chicago Markets, Hayl. The demand for wheat was purely speculative, and at the opening of the market No. 1 spring waa sold freely at *l.lB,bat it gradually declined, and £OlB6 sales were made as low as *ll6££, tfae manec closing, however, very qniet at *1.1734* No. 2 sold to a limited extent at *lo6@Ui7. . There was but little done In the Flour market, and the whole range of prices for -£f2PF was from *6 3607.25, and from $8.5009.60 lor white active speculative market advanced folly le from the opening prlWb The market opened at tßofra No. 1, oliosedat 430. No. 2 sold to a limited extent at 40340. The com market aid not display much animation, in nnuMouefiee of the reluotenoe of holders to mah* sufficient concessions to stimulate business. A slight redaction In prices was acoeded to by holders, hut 16 was not sufficient to Induce the transaction of* larse volume of business. No, 1 sold at 65066346, closing a trifle above Inside figures; No, 2 sold ah 60062 c, and rejected at 68060346. There was little done In canal corn* Bye was neglected, and Barley very dull, with sales of Old No. 2 at 860.- Seeds were in poor request; and, aside from Timo thy, the transactions were trifling. Choice Timothy sold at *4; oholoe Hungarian at *1.80; Flaxseed sold at *5, and millet at *1.75. High wines were dull, with sales at *2 01. Cincinnati Provision Martset, Hay 2. The market was quite dun after the news from New York, and buyers Prices nominal before the news; 30,000 »s bulk shoulders sold at 14c; 10,000 do Sides, heavy, at ISO; and 100 tos Hard There Is a good demand, and the mar* ket Sitead7lt 350408 for prime ’to choice Ote tr g£»S e »rfo er !£ady »t 21022 - for W S-Fof P ri™ d i5 B "pPBrB’ «««»*. 320230 fo dozen is obtained. •KXXXT WMJBt FBBBSJ (PBBLIBHXD WIKKJ.T.I 152 @164 ....MSjdflOß lO5 @1063£ 95 @Bl mho, May 3. iic BOARD. KOKcClmtock.™.... SJf 209 ifcCrea A Cherryß m 209 do b 5 13S 2Morsanie Si 200 -it Kl.holm S .600 Walaut Mmsd— 1 lnoo d0...™_,b19 1 600 Win510w.......™ 1 100 d0...™™..... .96 ; soo do..™—i i MO great Eastern.™, Ui , 910 Sberraaa.... ™bs % 600 do™™.-...830 .94 V CALL, 100 KeT5t0ne.......... 165 200 do. ....b3O IK 100 fcß ft Cherry R-. 11l 500 do— iso IJf soo do m 2CO Montgomery Oil., fg 100 McK& Cherry E..IM 100 Junction —4% 103 Mingo™...™,.. 38-JS 2M „ do MO S SI go Keystone o™.elo 1 65 SCO do.. .h2»l«a 500 Bull Ck....530@t0 13S 100 Winslow„.. bio 11-16 501 Hide Farm.—.b3» 2& 100 Mingo.™-..™..351S :cck exchange. 103 Atkeajs*v ******** l£ 100 SI IflOKit jo. .*.*♦,..,,,* s«£ IWWlxißltw 1 lWJanciiufl w ....... 4&£ ■S BOAED Oy BBOKKHB. , &Vo.;m. ms. mini at. sojjtn. K 0 Keadin.i B.„,bS). 49% MB'; dt>.~.~.,..bi0 4BK .600 Blk Tan1c..~..«.2 Mi BOAKJ>; [ 200 Ke&ain*E~~lots. USK so d 0.... em 4UoFnlionOo&l..Jotfl. 4?fi ICOJ Biff Task ~~lote.S I-1S 100 Bcaner 011. 9i m ßullOieek...lota. I2£ SO do.l 81 fcO CJierrT Euc...m«, 9 SOODalzeli,Oil....lots. 6 100 HcEih»»y..., ..... a XOWBoyaimroleam.. 1 SI 4MMcDr6i&oJsu:l.. IK $OO Shermaa .g| 100 St Kicholas Oil. -S 1-W ICO 9 100 Caldwell 4K. BOABBS. i 800 Ecbart 08. ~**.b33 S££ I 200 da»».......8 SCO S * 200 Jonckion 0i1■...» «£ 6000 Peaiia R Ist Mort.HJS ,8000 PJUia & Oil OxbSO 1 j 100 1 303 |0......»»,h30 1 2TO domuMin <m-»« 2 do-»♦»-.«« i>i»bs 2 ICOO JS S 2-20 a ....~~»105& 1000 do .*»»*». »»i®x 200 Slippery E0ek..... s>£ 2111 d 0........ ...... gtc. MOHortk PenaaS... as 6*J d0....10te...fc60 2SJ4 603 d 0... a «o d0....i0i».. mo mt 6000 City 6s, new...lots S3£ BOAED. 200 Maple SI ale. ..Mol©£ 100 Coraplanter 3 600 Bibert Oil b3O S£ 000 d 0.3.3 300 Wewtcwn 01; Ck. - 154 SfJOMcßea&Ob B Its l 5 SjOOslz.U Oil ....... Sf V 0 m d<r .....M 634 ICO Wm Penn 0i1..... 2 30AKDB. 230 Kedllorß.-Ue.eOO si 100 d0.™...... b 39 61 60 do «swtt 61 MO _ do sSO-.flat 60J£ 15 Hwrirt'fl JK aSira 67 6010 H SIS 40 Bonds.. 9534 ,600 2 S 5 208d5.H8W.106 4000 Pennaß 2imts.. 69 CHS CI.OSS. 10C Eeadine E........ eye ICO do -«-s3oSij2 IKO Sth& OilCk..bS) If 100 Byde Parm. ....... 2* 100 do . sg 40 Bbrt&ora C0n..... |g New Torts Hartcets, Kay 3,
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