THE PBBBB, ■jjpalil) DAILY (SUNDAYS EXCEPTED) m " BT lOHH W. FORNEY. ■ or rici *o. m sooth iodkth stbeit, I THE DAILY PRESS, ■ our Saburtbon, is Tbs Doj.t.abj re* ijnnrif, te or Twesty OsJtts peb Wbks. p»y*bU to Um ■ t r. K»llo4 W SnbMribors onto*U>» «tty. Hum K»I rm Axxxmi Tons KotiAsa ash Ymr Cana ■-ix Mosthb i Two Bobbabs ■d ros mw eomisb, UT»rtoWy is tinaw lot |l| orimd. ■ AdTortl»«m«it» imwrtta At Mto mreU Mu. TOK IW.WEDKXT PRESS, to I'm Dolxjjss *s& Awrcw, 1a }•*. a & BBT COOPS JOBBERS. Spring 1865. ,'LLOWELL, GARDNER, & C 0«, )5. fX STREET* JATHE’B HABBJUS BVEUNSO, WHOLESALE DEALEB3 IK B AHD FANCY DM GOODS, Haw aow In itotk an awortmant «l ifji Aim COLOSED DBBBS BILKS. S ,K ASD COLOBSD HODS. OB LAUfBS. 3-4 j_t!b 5-4. iCK ABO OOLOBBO ALPACAS. \n MABBTZ, BABBOB HEBMABL SAHBMKJB, TOIL OB HOBD. ms FBIBTBD ASD PLAIS JAOOHBTS ABO OROABDIBB. SIFIO LA"WJtB AND OBOABDIBB. tWI.B. ItABTLBS. a«. Sim 1865. ® p ™- (AS, B. CAMPBELL & CO., •OSUEH U 9 iOBSBRB 01 BH GOODS, >37 CHESTNUT STREET, . OITEB IO ‘I C&BH BUYERS AT WHOLESALE gS'.tMM UMrtmMt Of *b0l«0 fabrl« ia ?m ABB AMSSBICM BEY GOODS, M tuaiM merltek»»«». k,lr rtoft U i ally »pl>«J«1»«a irtHi Hi* raort a»- , .Stria*. of this and oteor sultM. It will >. not* wortir of lnipwMoa. WHOLESALS BOOMB TIP BTAITO, RING, 1865. ILOB, BAIRS, & ffiELLOB, («. M ua «> itobts raiKD stbsit. MPOBTEESOV HOSIERY, SMALL WARES; *an> WHITE GOODS. OCTOETERS AND JOBBERS;: PRY GOODS, , 333 and 841 Worth Tiiird Street, FHIUDSIiFHU. ;i. Prints, Detainee, B3M, Alpacas, t. Fanoy Dross GWOM, >n&des, Brown ana Bleaohed Sbeetlnge, 100, Brown and Bloaokod SUrttasS, «, Ornish Ohambraa, its, Ornish Tweed*, turns, Flannels, era, XOnens, FURNISHING GOODS; si goods. xoTions, am.. *•. MS-am \HFKTg ASrP OBL-CLOm , d 5. BPRIN«f. eLBIf ECHO BULLS, M’CALLUM Sc CO., iNUFAOTUBERS AND IMPORTERS OF CARFRXINGMS, [L CLOTH* MATTINGS. <6o. WHOLESALE DEPARTMENT, •09 CHESTNUT STREET. RETAIL DEPARTMENT, 819 CHESTNUT STREET. WOOD, RALSTON, & CO., rarAosurara a*d oommbbxok hbboha*tB. CABPETEVGtS, >tt, cloths, mattings, bugs, so., *o. oi9 CHMTinnr sns**r. . WTT.4BIiI.PHIA. MJUfrIM MERCHANT TAILORS. •WARD P. KELLY, JOHN KELLY, tailors, 8 CHESTNUT STREET, jura stow at non COMPLETE iSSOETMEST OF nf SPRING GOODS. |ENfcS» FIJIIOTSHIJfe GOODS. HE SHIRT MANUFACTORY. I The -subferihisrs wonld inTlle attention to their IMPBOYED OCT OF SHIBTS, la Olc, make a specially la their bastosis. Also, |?OIELTIBs'§OB GBNTLBMBB'B WBAB. J. W. SCOTT & CO., _ I GERTLBMBB’S FCENIBBIJia rtoeb, I onnsMwu. oaKSTHTJT Basel. [if Four o oops oar tha_OoatligjUg|»_ lOtSE>FGUUBHiN& GOODS. I befrigerators WBi 6 00 ■ IBOHIMG-TABLHB, BTgp , lltl)Dlil^1 IJID’BFATENT imfroyeb steam ■ I AND ■ Lteß-HEATIMG APPARATUS IWABHIHO and VBHTIL ATMO PUBLIC BTJILB- I IR<5B and PBIVATE BESIDES CBS. I UAKWAOItrBBD BT THB IXIOH STEAK AJTD %ATEB-HEATING I COMMPUnr / I OF PENNSYLVANIA. IDIES P. WOP® Ad CO., I 41 Scuth FOURTH Street. I tofn B. M. FELTWEtL, Sap’t. IseUBH BROWN stout, ” I SCOTCH AT.E. I IK BXOm AXB CLASB. I ALBERT O. ROBERTS, . I DIALS IB PIS GEOCBBIBS, ■M-tt Comer of XLBYIBTH and VIBB Sta. OTEL CAUDLES.—IOO BOXES - TWBLYIF, Adamantine Candles Id store. „ „ . WAaHIHOTOIf BETTOHEK & 805, I3.erfm3t« 140 and 148 B. FBQgT St, jHILDRBN’B CARRIAGES, EH i TIBBX.Y IBW STYLES FOB THE SPBISfG pl>E. —A Superior lot .inu r.oeivad, and jor sale by L. , A'!.'’?. EtJsroir. & oo„ pis. If 1 IST and 159 North THIRD Street. H. GARDEN & CO., NOB. 600 AND ‘ 003 MABKBT Street, Mannfsetnrers or and f'otelellealerßln HATS, CAPS. FOBS, BOHUBTS, Aw GOOM. AKMPia}ALPLOWISBd, BtlCassl [ dc. The lamest and most complete etock. and the L l «as. Country Merchants and the Trade sap. P* ianl»3m l’ illiam Evans, jr., L, , 333 SOUTH .FBOHT STBBBT, BeUii Dealar in L w WRITE LEAD* ZING* AND COLORS,, „„ ADD FOBBtaN WINDOW* GLASS* a— -OF ALL DBBOEIPTIOLB. * " 5I * foi*AT»BT &LABB LBT 'mM 3mfp OFTHERTY THOUSANP ■ WT *M»rfc£u ««*»»»»• ' • »- - "’ s . •• VOL. B—NO. 238. «IIRTAJ^jBOftDSL J i B. WAIiRAVEN, MASONIC HALL, - *l9 CHESTNUT STREET, SPRING STOCK WINDOW SHADES, OP ENTIRELY IBW DfelGNB, lACE CURTAINS, nr new Ann rich fatteens. NOTTINGHAM CURTAINS. IKTMTDED ESPECIALLY FOB SLEEFIITO BOOMS, BELOW GOLD BATES. apSfptt 1026 OHESTNUT street. 1026. CURTAIL STORE. CURTAINS, CORNICES, AND SHADES, C. M. STOUT So CO.', to l6>ftnir4tt L _ , BBjTAJEL PRY 06*0i>g. “JJARRIS" FINE CAB3IMERES. OASSIMERES FOB BOYS. BLACK FRENCH CLOTHS.: LADIES’ ZEPHYRBAOKINGB. FINE FRENCH COATINGS. NEW LOW PRICES. COOPER Sc CONARD, S. E. Cor. Ninth and Mar&et Sts. loaicassm cibtseet. E. M. NEEDLES, 1034, Chestnut (Street;. Has '“rednsed” Ui "entirestock” to eom ■pond with the recent heavy ** DECLINE IN GOLD,” ape sow oswsns msec, rassa oy WBTTB GOODS. LACES. EMBROIDERIES, HAHPKEKCHIETS, VBILB, SIiBBVBH, - COLLARS. SETS BARBES, Bto. Also, a great variety of Flqrtes, shirnd, puffed, striped, plaid, flamed, and other fancy Muslin*, salt able for WHITE BODIES. Jnst received, a very large lot of Choice Styles needlework, Edgings, andlncertlnga, yerylow. AIM, Duehe**, smpreaa, Quean Best, and other new style* Collar, and Seta. to** chestnut street. UROM AUCTION, A 1.000 yd*. 4-4 Bleached Muslin, 1,000 yd*. i 4, Bleached Muslin, Oaly 20 Gent*. Only 30 Cents. Pillow- Cue Muslin, 28 Cents. Pillow-Case Muslin, 28 Oats. They will all go In a eonple.ofdays, aprftf J. h. storks, TQa arch st. T UPIN’S BLACK DOUBLE-WIDTH -Li WOOL DBIiAItfES^Sl andffl3-ne*riyold yrlas! Lupin’s 3-4 Black Wool Delaines, SI eta. Lapin’s Mode Wool Delaines, 62 cts. Black Alpacas, 60,66, 76,88, $1,&«. Llnht Cota* Alpacas, to cl«>f-abare*la. Auction lot Plaid IBohalrs. W eta. Beet American Print*. 26 and 25 cl*. WhiteCambrice, &«.. White and Buff Pique. DOMESTIC GOODS. _ Terr lowest market prices for onr full and UvelT Stock. COOPER A OO9ARD. aplfrtf , &-B. cor. HISTH and MASKHTSfreata. 1865. CTILL GREATER REDUCTIONS IN kJ PRICES. 1 We have made sweeping reduetionsin tie prices of ’DOMESTICS, and our entire Brook of Fancy and Staple Dry Goode, eo ae to meet the last fall in gold, aad plaoa Die pricee of all our Stock lat below the laiaett market pnCe BILKS. avery variety, at reduced prices. DBSSB GOODS at reduced prices. ' MDSMWS. all the be»t make*, reduced. CALICOES at greatly reduced pricee. Our entire Sprint Stack at redncwLgtawL mhs3-tf Nos 713 and 715 fforth TENTH Street. CPRING DRESS GOODS, OF NEW O STYLES, OPBNISG DAILY. . Spring styles Valencia*. Spring style* Poll'll e Chevre*. Spring itrlea of Poplins. Summer Poplins. Splendid Organdies. . percales, in great variety. Sew styles or Hquee. Spring Colors deLaines. Sws^aTfD^^s^to^reatTariety. 0,1,0. tf 36 Fonth SECOfIP Street. PRTOS AKP CH-EMICAjLS. SMITH, wholbsals Drug, Faint, and fllat# Bealers, Proprietor, of thePomaMrlTaalaralat and Color Work*, Kaaafartnreriof BEST WHITE MEAD, BEST ECHO, PUEE T.TBBRTY DEAD, OinnuMd tot miteneo*. Pino Gloss, Durability, Pirmness, and Brennan, of SaifaM. PXTBB LIEBKTX LEAD-Wair&nted to «T« mor, taxßm lot ••at walaht than air other. **r a, ASTO TOO TOI HAT, XO OIBSXI PURE LIBERTY ZINO, BalMiad Zinc, rronnd la Seined Unnod Oll.uueanaled la anility, tloui the aama. TUBE ÜBIB IT ZOIC. Warranted to do more and better work at a siren toot thma any other. Eton ud Office—'So. 137 Sortl THIED Street. mhlß-Sm* JJOBERT SHOEMAKER &CO., W.E. Corner of roTJBTH and BAUE streets, Philadelphia, WHOLESALE DRTJQG-ISTB. QKFOBTKBS AMD IIUIKB IX FOBJHQX AXD DOMBBTKI ' • WINDOW AND FLATS GLASS. KAXTWAOTOBBBS OX wwrsi lead axd hho paints, rum, *o. AOUNTS XOX THB ONLBBBATHD FRENCH ZING PAINTg. Huim and naiutn strolled at felQ Sa TBST LOW PEICBS *OX CASH. rjHE “jaCELSIOB” HAMS ABB THE BEST f n THE WORLD- J. H. MICHENBR & CO., QEXBBJJi pbovibiox DEALERS, KB mis* Of 111 OHIBUIIJ * ‘ EXCELSIOR ” bugak-otjked hams, tongues, and BEEF, Nos. 143 and 144 N. FRONT ST., Between Arch and Baes streets, Bhllada* m» jnitly celebrated "BXOKLSIOB” HAMS, are mred by J. H. H. S Co. (in a style peculiar totham .elves), sxpressly foi FAMILY 08B; at.of driiri™ iATor: free from the trapltM&nt taste of eaitj end ar« oronottnced fey epicumsuperior toaaybowofferedfor , mfc2fhfxawSm WHITE VIRGIN WAX OF ANTIL of lsw» Tiriin Wax ! tense theex ’thakomely kmadaome. the handsome Street, two doom atooYt Street,^ahoy. gPECIAL NOTICE TO BUSINESS Ttoudenlined insert advyrttosjjgjjj* *|ftutrarm ■ate. in the newspapers of H»rri»bMA £B“on«, deeding. Lancaster, Chambersburg, PatoW“,«oma jdwn, West Cheater, Doyleitown, Trenton. Satom. ■Srideeton, Wilmington, and of every other rtty and ***»*• < w^ t i , T K M°s 4‘‘2, Ho. Oil OHKBTXHT Street, (Moond doar), • philad«lpnia. CTELMBOLD’S U. BDOHB la pleaai 01 UluJoot ftwwttw HAS OPENED HIS BBT Til BEST I PHILADELPHIA FLUID EXTRACT FRIDAY, MAY 5, 1805. KEWJB OF LITERATURE. [Prom the American Publisher’s Circular, ] It is said that the French Emperor sent a pre sentation oopy of bis “ Life or Otesar,” with an au-‘ tograph address, to M.Thiers and M. de Lamartine. The Russian publisher who Is to bring out the Rus sian translation of this work gave $l,BOO lor the copyright. It will he translated by Prof. Stassule. yitoh. The first printed copy was given by the Em peror to his wife; the second to the son, with this address : “To my son, an evidence of my lively tenderness. Napolhom.” M. Rath, a publisher of Testli, has given *1,200 copyright to publish It In Hungarian. It Is said the author wiU make this division of the proceeds of the copyright : one quarter to himself, to defray expenses of publica tion ; one-quarter each to M. Alfred Maury, the well, knows antiquarian, to M, Raimbant, the son-in-law of the late M. Moqu&rt, and who collected-the au thorities, and to Oolonel Stoepel, who made surveys and explorations of all of Oseaar's camps.— Paris Correspondence. M. db Tocqubvtuvb's correspondence with Ms wife, which has been read since her death, is said to be Inexpressibly oharmlng. It will be published In tho collection of his works now going through the press. Ws will have ere long the complete correspond ence of Mmo. Du Defiand, but unfortunately they will cot be In one collection. Messrs.' Mlohel Levy Fidres have in preßs one serieß of letters containing all which have appeared in print, and one volume or letters whioh are entirely unpublished (this col lection will contain notes by M. do Salute Aulatro). M. do Leseure has brought out an edition of all the known old letters in two volumes, and he has an nounced that he has discovered a volume of her unpublished letters addressed to M. de Bernstoff, M. Saladln, and to M. Soheffer, wMoh he will shortly bring out, and he Msts that this volume and the one promised by; Messrs. Levy are far from ex hausting all the unpublished letters current. Thu Prinoess Marie Bonaparte has published a collection of sonnets in praise of Corsica. Aeago’b bronze statue was oast here this week; It la to be erected at Estagel, In the Eastern Pyre nees, where he was born. • . * Thb first edition of Cornells, printed at Rouen * (two small 12mo. volumes, bound in calf), were sold recently here for $210; they oost sixty cents In 1835! Cabdihal Wiseman.— The concluding paper In the Comtiill Magazine for April, entitled “ A Remi niscence of Cardinal Wiseman, by a Protestant,” Is attributed to Lord Houghton, the biographer and editor of Reats, the poet, and himself well knewn os a lyrist, when he wa3 plain Mr. R, Monokton M lines. Two biographies of Cardinal Wiseman are promised. One by his friend tho Rev. Dr. H. E. Manning, who advertises for manuscripts, letters, facts, &c.; the other by Mr. John Francis Maguire, M. P., author of the amusing “ Life of: Father Mathew.” BBV. OHABLBB Kinqslby.—This author's latest publication is a small volume containing fonr ser mons on “David,” which he preached before the University of Cambridge. The weakness, strength, anger, and.deserts of David are severally discussed. The Late Chaulks R. Leslih, R. A.—Some time before hia death, Mr. Leslie, the eminent painter, was known to have made some progress In a work to be called “ Life and Times of Sir Joshua Reynolds, with Notices of gome of his Contem poraries,” It has been continued and concluded by Mr. Tom Taylor, who ha 3 added muoh to the facts collected by Leslie, and produced two very readable volumes. Kies, the Scuilptok.—ln his 63d year, August Kies, professor of soulpture, has died at Berlin, HU principal works are a statue of Frederick the Great, St. George and tho Dragon, and the fine group of the Amazon,, which was the marvel of all who visited the World’s Fair, at London, in 1851. Ha was bom in Silesia, received his early training at Gleiwitz, and was a pupil of Rauoh at Berlin. . The Invalids of *n Army. To the Editor of The Press! Sib: What shall lie done for the Invalids 7—the disabled, the deformed, the footless, handless, arm less, and otherwise mutilated Invalids, who survive tho terrible havoc of this stupendous, this monstrous rebellion 1 Onr hospital provisions will me3t the emergencies Incident to their sick and suffering condition lmmo' dlately consequent upon the active strife of the bat tle-field. But when medical and surgical skill have done their utmost, and relinquish the patient to the humanitarian, how shall he and Ms fellow-suffering soldier be rendered oapable of helping themselves— that is, to procure some added oomforts .beyond the absolute necessaries of life, which the “Pension system” wlll*but barely supply. Our ration has been brought to the very brink of dissolution by miscreant tagrates. Hope often took wing, and despair as oft hor place, on this Wittering scene of dismay and woe i Yet the loyal soldier of the “Stars and stripes,” impelled by his patriotic sense of duty would “ fight on, fight ever”—leaving the issues of the struggle in the hands of Him who was fulfilling Ms own desigps In permitting the great carnage. When the smoke of the battle-field Is wafted away —when the sick and wounded are separated from the dying and the dead—the dead, whenever possi ble, receiving solemn burial, and the dying soothed with the cup of water, assured that the last word shall be sacredly carried to Ms mourning relatives —the sick encouraged and relieved, and the wounded conveyed in gentle ambulances to the nearest hospi tal, to find there awaiting Mm Ml the kind offices of generous and self-devoted nurses,.till by Bklll and tender [attentions his wounds are healed—then it becomes the solemn duty of those for whom, and for whose, all this has been suffered and enduroa.to make Mm hereafter as comfortable as it it possible to render Mm, ever keeping in view Ms characteris tic, manly sense of personal Independence or self dependence. What measures should he adapted to tMs end l Let ns consider that almost every pursuit of Ufa Is represented by the national soldiery. It will not be difficult to bring all those of the same or similar occupations Into one or more organizations, to be conducted under snob rules and regulations as they may themselves adopt lor their mutual benefit, ' The patronage of the Government should always be first due to these associations, and it would never be considered by loyal citizens just to enter Into sharp competition with them. They should be re garded as the children of the notion, which they haa helped to save by such personal sacrifices as their forlorn condition indicates. These Institutions, befeg judiciously located, would eventually become self-sustaining, and relieve the Pension Bureau to a great extent. Colonized by themselves, surrounded by their famines and connexions, they would be saved much of the Irksomeness Inseparable from the conscious ness of losing any of our natural fair proportions, when viewed by the world—a world who might not know, or, care to know, In what a noble cause they, had thus Buffered. J. B. H. The Defalcation at the Commercial Bank. To the Editor of The Trees: Sin: I hope you will do the Commercial Bank the justice to correct the errors in the article,.ln re lation to that Institution, that appeared in your pa per of the S& instant. After mentioning the dis appearance of the teller on Monday last, it says: «The Board of Directors met and declared their semi-annual dividend.’’ This was not so. The Board had met to make the preparatory,examfna tion. The dividends are never declared until the morning of the next day (Tuesday.) The proposed dividend, however, had, been spoken of and agreed upon. (Be it remembered that nearly the whole amount abstracted by the teller was taken on the day, the DU rectors met,] The article further says: “The festive board usual on ench occasions was spread, with the good things of life, Including champagne, hock, and the other etceteras, calculated to encourage sodality, and make life gay and happy.” Thisis entirely incorrect. No one acquainted with the gentlemen composing the present Board of Directors will believe they would permit the money of the bank to be wasted in snoh .expensive enter tainments. The refreshments famished on such occasions have always been plain and unexpmsive ; no such luxuries as champagne, hook, &c. The remaining part of the article Is fair and just, as will be seen by reference to the official notice in your advertising, columns of to-day. Yours, very respectfully, Jos. Jonhs, President. COKMBIKSIAI NATIONAL BANK, PENNSYLVANIA, May 4, isos. PoniTioai, Mblohy,— Thera exists, or rather ex isted, in the ancient town of Narbonne an old ohoral society, whose banner was decorated with tie arms of the town and five gold medals. It was suddenly discovered by the sab-prefect that tbis musical as sociation bad not the formal authorization or the poliee, mad it was oalled upon by that funetlonary to take out a regular license. It applied for the license through the Mayor, who received the follow ing answer from the sub-Protect: ' “Mobsibcb in Mains: You have.transmitted tome a demand from MM. Conrat, G-nyot, and others, the objeot of which is to obtain a legal per mission for the meetings or the choral soolety oalled the Orpheons of Narboirae. The demand has been fuhmltted to me by the Prefect otthe Ande, who informs me in his despatch of the 11th of February that the authorization solicited cannot bo ocoordca. <* Receive, &C.) Pseaiw, Sab- Prefect- ’• People were at first unable to make out wkat could ba the reason of Its suppression, partloulariy as similar societies .wars {tolerated lajjotherlplaces or tho same department, The mystery wasasoon cleared np. M. Oonrat, barrister by profession, and president of theOrpheons of Narbenne, had com mitted the offence of offering himself atf an Opposi tion oandidate at the last general elections of the A.ude. Cardinal Maaarln used to say that people might sing when they pleased, provided they paid the taxes. The sub-prefeot is not of the same way of thinking, and evidentlydoes not love music. It now seems to be ruled that an Opposition oandidate In departmental elections Is by that very fact dis qualified for the office of president of a musical society. Ikpbovbmbitb 1H Pabis.—The alterations go ing forward In tie Twelfth district of Paris hare completely changed the appearance of the enclo sure of the Abbaye St. Antoine and the ancient val ley. of Fecamp, which were cultivated as kitchen gardens, and have now disappeared to make way ror new streets. Although these new streets are not entirely.lined with houses, the roadway Is paved aad no trade remains of the vegetable gardens, ft was near the olronlar ground of Ramboullet that neaoe was signed »n the29th of October, lies, which put an end to the'fieagne, a peace or which Louie XI. eluded the onerous conditions. This spot was for a longtime oalled the. 11 Field of Treachery,” in recol lection or that tfaaty> " The remains of a crnota* £»dlsoo7eredlS theyear‘ “ffiSVrSJStSSS engraved these woWfcV. The language or treachery, was need here In tfte-year I 48 6; aoonreed bo those who need It," , PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, MAY 5, 1865. Onr Relations with Porfngal. A LETTER EBfilt THE DHITKD STATES MINISTER TO JHB EKITOB OP THU LOiIDOX. TIMES. As nearly all the telegrams and statements sent out irom this city in regard te a reeant-oorarrsnea In the Tagus which have been published In tho Times and other newspapers, while professing to, give an honest version of that event, red cot lit the most unjust and unworthy manner upon the con duct and alleged purposes of tho United States ships-of-war Aingara-and Sacramento,-1 ask the privilege of stating the exact facts, iu order that they may be compared with those which have been drawn from morbid imaginations. The ram Stonewall came Into tho Tagus on Sun day morning, the 26th of March, and moored at the anchorage assigned to ahlpS of war. A notice was; soon afterwards served by bis Majesty's Govern ment, requiring tho ram to quit the port within twenty-four hours, which ’limitation expired on Monday, the 87th,.about 2 P. M. The; vessel re mained In the Tsgas until 10.80 A. M. on Tuesday, the 28th of March—that Is to say, some twenty hours beyond tho time fixed by the notice. There was no pretence of force mejettre to warrant-this de lay, for the ram Md just issued from the port of Ferrol alter a stay of seven weeks for repairs, had made the voyage between the two plabss with re markable speed, and the weather was fine. The tinned States ships Niagara and Sacramento entered the Tagus on Monday evening the 2Hh of March, five hours after the time for the departure of the Stonewall had expired, and cams to auohor.at 7 . o’clock, about three quarters, of a mile above Belem Castle, which marks the conventional line of inner entrance to the port, and la some two and a half miles below the regular anchorage of ahlps-ot-war. Fort St, Julian guards the outer entrance at the bar,five miles beyond Belem Oastlo. His Majesty’s guard-ship Sagres was mooted above Belem Castle when the- Niagara and Sacra mento entered, and a subordinate officer of that ship came off and conveyed, by means of a parson called an interpreter, a verbal request to the effect that as the presence of the stonewall had excited much anxiety. If was desired that the two ships should remain near - the Castle, and should not go out for twenty-four hours after the Stonewall. Commodore Craven, commanding the Niagara, at once accepted this verbal message, as if ft ha-i been a format communication, and voluntarily gave his adhesion to both conditions in token of respect to a friendly Government, tuougtt neither of taem was obligatory for two reasons—first, because he Was entitled to go, in the absehcC'.of a specific of fence, to tho regular anchorage or ship 3 or war; and next, because, as Portugal had never deolamd neu trality or conceded belligerent rights: to the insur gent communities in the United States, such a re striction as that proposed was not applicable to the o»se. No official notice of any kind was given to Commodore Craven, orto the Minleterof tho United States. . , The Stonewall started out on Tuesday morning, tho 28th of' March, at half-past ten o’clock. Wnen all alarm was supposed to have subsided, orders wore given at a quarter past three P M , nearly five hours afterwards, and when the idea of pa- uit vms absurd, to move the ships to the usual moor ings, for convenience to the city. Owing to: the state efhhe tide, the bows of all the shipping In penh’ were pointed towards Belem castle. The Ni agara and Sacramento were under the exclusive direction . of Portuguese pilots, wearing the uniform and other insignia of his Majesty's government. The Sacra mento never advanced an Inch from her first posi tion, but backed and turned. Owing to the great length of the Niagara, the Portuguese pilot did net see fit to attempt a similar movement, but with a sweep in the river desorioed the arc of a circle, to carry her to the now anchorage ground. In execu ting that movement pawed near to hlg Majesty’s ship Sagres, then lying between the Nia gara and Belem Castle, from which ail the verbal messages had come, and which is charged with the special duty of enforcing the regulations of the port, and all orders of the government relating to foreign ships. No objection or opposition of any sort was •Intimated by the Sagres, and that fact was plainly visible at Belem Oastie. As the Niagara was pro * eteding on her wag, and at no time within several hun dred yards of the conventional line of exit from and entrance to ike port, Belem Castle , without warning, inquiry, or precaution, opened a fire against ike ship of three shotted gum in quick succession. The ttag of ■the Niagara was immculately dipped in sign or ac knowleosment. The firing ceased during the space of a few minutes, and was then suddenly resaiaeJ, when the flag of the Niagara was hoisted at the peak, notwithstanding which, and while her bow was actually turned to the city, the firing continued, ore hall striking the “ port quarter,” and two others elsewhere. While the firing was going on an offi. cer of the guardshlp Sagres presented himself on board the Niagara to express hegtet for this vio lence, stating at the Bame'tlme that It must have originated in some strange mistake, as his ship had received orders to permit the Niagara ana Sacramento to proceed to eea at two p. fil. that day—an hour and a quarter before they boga-a to move at all—if such was the desire of the Commodore. By a providentlonai interposition no life was lost, and no injury was Inflicted. Commodore Craven, with rare self command, in the face of such marked provocation, did not return the fire of the Castle, and to hie dlsoretlon alono may be attributed the happy exemption from causes of mourning, whioh every friend of humanity will appreciate and re joice at. He’ considered and treated these repeated acts of hostility as proceeding from an : exbess 'of zeal on the part of a commandant, Who either ig nored or misunderstood his duty, and he testified Ms friendship for and Ms confidence in the justice of hia Majesty's Government by refusing to take the rsdtess In his own hands. This Is not the proper place to spsak of the dlplo matte action which followed, but it may he said, as an answer to much misstatement, that the repre sentation was confined to the facts, and that ex planations and reparation have boon accepted. The manner of proceeding will be leftitothe judgmont of candid and enlightened men when tbs cor respondence should he allowed to speak for Itself. Pains have been taken to excite prejudice against the United States In this matter, by stirring the em bers of a much regretted incident at Bahia, The authors of this injustice ooneeal from view with characteristic intentions the reparation which was promptly and honorably made, by dtsavowlng.and apologising for the reprehensible act by a o urt martial of the offending naval commander, by dis missal of the Consul, and by a salute of the Brazi lian ffag. ~ It is not expected that journals which have been Sb quick and esger to distort and misrepresent the facts which are here presented, and whose unworthy vocation it is to inflame the bad pas: ns oi a kin dred people, will in any way correct the errors that they have culpably circulated far and wide. But this “plain, unvarnished’tale”.-win servo, at lesst, to inform those whose good opinion and good will the people ofthe United states have cherished through a prolonged period of sad strife, and whioh they respect too much to be wilting to forfeit by any omission of candor. Jambs E. Habvby, United States Minister. LIBBOH, April 14,1865. Doralion of Life. The average'deration of life of man In civilized society is about thirty-three and a third years: This is called a generation, making three in a century. But there are certain localities and certain commu nities of people where-this average is considerably extended. The mountaineer lives longer than the lowlande*; the farmer than the artisan; the tra veler than the sedentary; the' temperate than the self-indulgent; the just than the dishonest. “ The wicked shall not live ont half hisdavs, 1 " is the an nouncement Of Divinity. The philosophy of this is found in the fact, that the moral character has a strong power over the physical; a power much more controlling than is generally imagined. The trae man conducts himself in the light of Bible precepts: is temperate la all things'; is “slow toanger;” and on his grave is written: “He went about doing good.” In these three things arethegreatelements of human health: the. restraint of the appetites; the control' of the passions; and that highest type of physloal exercise, “ going about doing good.” It is said of the eminent Quaker philanthropist, Joseph John Qurnoy, that the labor and pains he took to go and see personally the ob jects of his contemplated oharitles, so that none of them should ho unworthily bestowed, was .ofitself almost the labor of one man, and he attended to his immense banking buslnesSsbesldes; In fast he did too mnch, and aied at sixty. The average length of human life, of all countries, at this age of the world, is about twenty-eight years. One-quarter of all who die do not reach the age of seven; one-half die be fore reaching seventeen; and yet the average of life of “Friends,” in Great Britain and Ireland, in 1860, was nearly fifty-six years, just double the average life of other people. Surely this is a strong induce ment for all to practice for themselves, and to Incul cate it upon their oblldren day by day, that simpli city of habit, that quietness of demeanor, that re straint of temper, that oontrol of the appetites and propensities, and that orderly, systematic, and even mode of Uie, which “ Friends’ ” discipline inoul cates, and which are demonstrably the means of so largely Increasing the average of iroman existence, Seasoning from the analogy of the animal crea tlon, mankind should live nearly an hundred years; that law seeming to be, that life should be . fire times the length of the period of groirth; at least, the general observation b, that the - longer persona are growing,- the longer they live—other things being equal. Naturalists say s • A dog grows for a years, and lives 8. An ox “ i “ if- A horse 11 8 “ 11 88. • A camel “ 8 “ . “ 40. ' Man ' “ 20 “ shouldllve 100. But the sad fact Is, that only one man for every thousand reaches one hundred years. Still It is en couraging to know, that the science ofi life, as re-- veiled by tbe InvesUgations.of the physiologist and the teachings of educated medical men, is steadily extending the period of human existence. The distinguishedAlstorlan-Macaulaystates that, in 1088, one person fin twenty died each year; fin iB6O, out ol forty persons, only one died.’ Ituptn. says, that from 1778 to 1813 the duration oMife ,in France increased fifty-two days annually, for in 1781 the mortality was one In twenty-nine; in 1843, - one in forty. The rich men in France live forty-two years on an average; the poor only thirty, Thosb who are “.well-to-do ln-the-world” live aboal eleven years longer than those who have to work from day to day lor a living. Remunerative labor ana the diffusion of the knowledge of the laws of life among the masses, with temperance and thrift, are the great means of adding to human health aud lire; utthe more important ingredient—happiness—is only to be found in dally loving, obeying, and serving Him “who gtveth us all things richly to enjoy,”— Hall's Journal of Health. Ihe Busslan Pestilence. A long “ effioial report ” on the Russian epidemic has just been received from Bt. Petersburg. It lain answer to a series of seven questions put by the English Ambassador to the Russian Administra tion, The general tendency ot the report is to show that the epidemic is merely a form of tho old re lapsing fever, Involving contagion to a osrtain ox tent, and difficult to treat. The mortality had been considerable, but was greatly decreasing. The number of cases admitted into the hospitals during February, 1865, was twice' as large as that of the patients In February, 1864, The- mortality also* was much greater. A Berlin correspondent says that news from St. -Petersburg represent the state of the oity to be getting worse and worse. The number'of coffins dally, or rather nightly, carried away, already exceeds ISO, and-the malady, instead of being confined to the lower classes, is spreading in the upper ranks of sootety also, IMS important to note that all this alarming Intelligence does not come from direct Information obtained on tho spot. Sir. Simon, the medleal officer of the Privy Oann ell, has reported to Lord Granville the result of the effioial Inquiries made respecting the epidemic In Russia, and the disease which prevails in North Germany. With respeot to the former, he says: “ As regards St. Petersburg, the epidemic prevail-' log in that oity consists of two forms of fever,'known in ibis country as relapsing fever and typhus. Of relapsing fever (commonly called famine fever) we have had no large experience in this country since the years 1846-48, when the disease first bsoame epl demio In Ireland, and next raged 'in Liverpool, and many other of our chief towns to whloh Its oonta glon was brought. Typhuß, on. the olherhand, is probably never absent from among us. During the last two or three years there has been an almost unprecedented amount of it In Lon don, and, as yonr lordship is aware, inquiries relating to .very large epidemics of It in Liver pool, Greenock, and Bristol, having during the last few months been required of the Medloal Depart ment of the Oouncil Office. In times when relaps ing fever prevails—and alwaya they are timoß of national scarcity—typhus always, or nearly always, co-exists with it. It was so at Liverpool in 1847, it 1b so at St. Petersburg at present. The mixed epi demic, wherever it occurs, testifies to the miserable state of a starving and over-orowded proletariat; and there seems reason to believe that if tbe St, Pe tersburg epidemic is of more than common severity, this is only in result of extremely aggravated condi tions ol privation, over-crowding, filth, and dlßlrlet unwbolesomeness, operating on large masses ol the lowest population. It is probable that the re ' lapsing fever has caused particular alarm in St. Petersburg, from the fact that the disease had never before prevailed there, nor Indeed been much known anywßcts l» Russia. But it tt g dls ease greatly less dangerous than typhus. Toper sefis whom they respectively have attacked in tliis .country, typhus has been seven or etght times as fatal as relapsing fever. Bath typhus and relapsing fever are communicable, and tho danger of such contagion acquires Its utmost 'devalepment when masses of UFfed population are crowded to gether in places whioh are insusceptible of ventlli tlon. It seems probablo tho favors now prevailing In St. Petersburg are not only extensively diffused, but in their respective binds are or stilly average' severity. The relapsing fever Is causing more than Us usual proportion of deaths, and is-notably at tended wlih those Inflammatory swellings which are known ,by the name of buboes. Although the re ports whioh are before me do not state tho relative Irequency yet from tholaot of ir belnijf mentioned in a very general reporton the epidemic. 1 infer that itlias been mure than commonly frequent- anil duubt lesk It was from this oifyumstanoe that there arose the rumor of plague Iff there ore eqSilo to men tion that buboes ore by no means exclusively oharao teristia oi plague, that severe typhus in thls oouutry isnotver un c uentlyattenje by them an that also iu our other lonns in lover they arb sometimes, though far lessefrequestly, observed: The great importance, however, o! tho question Involved was a main reason lor thinking it aeslrablo to ha ve an English phystoian's report on all the. elements of the St. Petersburg eph emlc: and It was therefore that i instructed Dr. -Whitley to process to at. Petereourg lor tne putToro oi mailing personal ex aminations In the matter.'-Ho arrived at at. Peters burg on. auf ay nig la t anl his tele ram,, which I reco ed on 1 Bad y informs mo Iff p i tive termß that noshing, resembling plague has been observed.” . The alseaso In-North Germany ho describes as having no dependence da the Russian fever:. ‘-Tin seaee ( LoNo h German j onoorwhlch hitherto r.Bgjanrii bos bad no 'general experience. Even-in foreign medical literature the. knowledge which relates to. .jt, is-,‘lncomplete. It is a fahrila nervous affec ion f a vory p loful an vory i- f crons kind. By us. for practical purposes. It may a regarded as a new dlicase: but. in troth, it has f0r.28 e rs been p eVAlii z very extensively in su u ecssive small epidemics, both in Eurcne and in .America, throughout the enure breadth of tog north temperate zone. 1, • - . |)r -Sanderson was instructed to visit those places about the Lower Vistula, wnors this s ngatar disor der prevent, and has renorted that he finds "no reaEofi ict rrgarcisg the disease as personally com murdosblcthat he has "met no singlelnstanoe in which more than oneimember of the same ramiiy nas been attacked: non has there been any diffu sion of the ulsease in qny of the hospitals.” Mr. Simon nuns up his report as follows: “ From the loregoisg statement vourecrdshlp will have gathered that, neither as regards tho foyers which are presentln £>t> Petersburg, boras regards the nervous dleearo which is occurring In North Germany, are the- eiraumstanoos such as have on former occasions led to the adoption of > quarantine by tMs country: that. 4s rogarus the lmnortabluty oi tho nervous disease, our danger la communi cating with the Baltic ports—unless there were grment of masses of iniecled population—is ap ntly nothing, or ,next to nothing, ana that, as rds: the Russian epidemic, our danger in o m teatiog with St. Petersburg is onlv the same of danger as the several parts of the United Sifigdorn have often occasioned to one another an ard even at the present time, as regards the worst known forms of fever, daily and abundantly occa sioning.” , The Dead Sea Last year the Duo do Luynes started on a scientific.exploration of the Dead Sea and the-adjacent country, and it was stated at the time, that he had caused an Iron-built vessel, the Segar, to be transported thither piece by piece on camels. TMs-boat, after doing excellent service, was entrusted to the dare of a sheikh, In the hope that she might be serviceable to other tourists, but during a stormy night she broke&om her anchorage and struck against a reck, which caused her so much damage that the French sailors who had had the management of her towed her far into the . Dead Sea and sank her, that she might not be broken up and then destroyed bv tha Bedouins. This and the following details of the expedition WO ha'vegleinod frem an able article on thesubject by M. Halliard- Brdholles, in> the Bevm Contemporainei The Dac de Lay nes, Who had reserved the are'imologloal de partment for himself, had seieoted M. Larfet, a geolo gist attached to the Musoninot Natural Historv at the Jafdln des Plantes, Dr. Oonjbs, and Lieut. Vigoes, French navy, to aW Mm, each In thelrreapacttva ca pacities. A few caverns, situated sear Bbyroth, were explored In the hope of finding antediluvian remains to them, and, Indeed, several flint instru ments were dug up as evidence of tho “ago of stone ”to these ports. The expedition visited Ma sada, the last stronghold of the Jews, of which Josephus relates that after the fall of Jerusalem 900 men retreated to tMs spot and held out against the Romans asilohg as ttero wars any, hut that, finding themselves unable to resist anylonger, they appointed ten of their number to be the exeeutf oners of theft comrades; and that these, after performing tMs horrible task, slew each other, so that only two women and a few ehildren remained to toll the tale. TMs stronghold is a rock accessible only by two narrow winding paths, leading over frightful preci pices. There are still some ruins visible at' Masada, besides the trenches of the Roman General Sliva, who besieged the place. From the-surveys tsdgen. by Lieutenant Ylgnes, lf’appcars that the ueaiFSos Is of an ovotd form, with the narrower end towards tho south. XUS 46 miles long, and its greatest breadth does not exceed 12. -Tho density of the waters of this Inland sea varies between 1,160 and I,23o—that of pure water being 1 000. The larger figure repre sents the density at the bottom, which shows, that the waters of the affluents do not descend to the lower strata. The bottom cooslts of a bluish mud mixed with crystals of salt: For further particulars we must refer the reader to this article, which Is vory interesting. Tdekiss OotroTSHii’s.—When parents wish to find a wife for theft son, some old woman is em ployed to make inquiries, and having discovered a lady with a fitting portion and beauty (i e. very fat, with a round, fiat, pasty face,) the mother of the In tended bridegroom pays a morning, cxU. - The fair, iminiMg “ Kharmfn” hands the coffee tothe visitor, iu dpirg whioh, as she has to walk the whole length of the room,'it can be judged whether she is lame or has any evident personal defect. If the matter pro ce«is,isSk.has generally an ■opportunity given her of seeing the-yontt through .tho keyhole or the crack of a door, or even from her carriage on the public promenade; but the nnfofttunato man has no resource but to submit to the judgment of others, which is decidedly a risk to matters of taste. And we conclude, among ourselves, that the natural ob icotion to “ buying blindfold” is, perhaps, one rea son why so many men, even of the highest rank, merry their slaves, and place them at the head of theft establishments. Thb Duty ov a Modbhn Lady’s Maid.—A writer, signing herself “Abigail,” writes as follows to the FoB Moil Goxeffe of-London: “There is yet another Important- part of a finished lady’s maid’s duty, which is commonly thought to be a novelty, but it is, in fact, only a revival: She must be a competent'artist in pastel painting, on (not from) the fife; and a proficient in the use of ooamatios, paints, and dyes; so general is - the use of rouge for the cheeks, kohl and antimony for the eyelids, pastel for . the eyebrows, belladon na todrop into the eye to lncrease tß* size of the pupil, bistro to stain the eyelids, fUue- for veln ng the temples, bloom of Ninon and Jfiano de perle for,tbe general skin, and various acUf dyeß to dis charge the natural color of the hufr*and turn it of the fashionable ‘patma vecohio’ reddish yellow. Most of these beautlfiers need a skilful hand to ap ply, and are by no means safe when employed- Yet so frequent is the nse of them by ladies, young as well as old, that a finished maid is expected' to know how to put them on and how to get them off again, which last Is not always so easy.” A Faymastbb’s Cash Box ov thb Tims ov Con&tahtinb.— A lot of treasure trove has turned up In French Alsatia, at the' little village ol Ed, which was long since ascertained to have been the site of the ancient town ot Helvetus, and of a Ro man camp. Under a slight covering of earth some farm laborers have just found a .mouldering ooffer containing no less than seventy-five hundred bronze coins Bom the mint of the Emperor Constantine, the great ruler of the empires of the East and West. Ills supposed that this was the. military chest of tbe Eighth Roman Legion, known to have been quar tered at this spot, not long before the middle,of the fourth century, in order to keep in- oheck the vast' German tribe of the Alemannl, The legion had evlcently made a retrograde move for some strategic reason; but, confident of resuming Its position, the: paymaster or adjutant had hastily covered up the week’s pay for his rank and fils, to be dug up on the return of the forces. - But the Alemannl advanced in such strength that the legion was out off to a man, and it required all the energy of Jultan the apostate, who'marched thither from Paris, to drive back tbe intruder from tbe Gallic side of tbe river. All traces of the cash box were, of course, lost with the destruction of the 111-fated legionaries. It Is not often that a discovery of hidden treasure so clearly explains Its own history.' PbDESTBIANISM—PBOOBBSBOXTHB&BNTT.BMA.N who IS Walking paoti B'oSt&n to Washington— Hb abeivbs at New Havbn. —H. Heynoman, the gentleman who la walking from Boston,to . Wash ington, because he promised to when Richmond should fall, arrived In this oity last evening at seven o’clock, bearing the flag presented to him by Mayor Lincoln, of Boston, In the name of. the city; also a letter or lntroductlon-from Governor Andrew to the President. He walked 38 miles yesterday, and Is in prime condition. He is a German, bnt has lived in in this country 28 yeara,— New Havsn Palladium, May a, ... - .' Nbgbo Suppbagbs.— 'The Express, Opposing ne gro suffrage, says: “ Equality and irateinity ine vitably lead to amalgamation.” Guess not. There are more negroes in Canada* or In New Ragland than thore ever were in -Mobile or Natchez, under slavery, while In Canada and In most of Now Eng land blacks and whites are porlaotly equal before the law; yet, nothing can be surer than that amal gamation was far more common In Mobile and Natchez than In Canada or New Esgland. Blacks and whites are alike in tbe eye of tne law in Jamat ca, which was a slave colony forty years ago; yet, amalgamation is not so frequent there to-day as it was in 1825. The Express has got its facts wrong end foremost. It is slavery,' not freedom, that riots In amalgamation,—New York Tribune. Rohan Local Politios.—The “ colors of the riders ” question has somewhat calmed down, the Go vernment having given in, or, rather, as Is the cus tom here, having adopted what is called a “ mezzo (ermine." The term of-twenty-fonr hours originally given to Mr. Spiers, who had worn the ostraoized colors, for leaving Rome, having been nominally ex tended toa week, with the understanding that It may he Interpreted as one of the Prophet Daniel’s weeks. At ail events, Mr. Spiers will not leave till 'it; suits his convenience. Captain Brandlnl, an officer In the Italian army, who rode a horse at the hurdle-race, was, however, sent away the next day. Thb Papal Robb.—There is some curiosity as to the person to whom the Bose of 1865. will be given, though some speak of the young Queen of Portugal. Tbe Pope, however," is not limited la his choice, aud may bestow It on any man eminent In dignity, though not of a royal home, or to a church of the Old or New World, in the fifteenth century conse crated rcses presented to the Pope were placed over the confessionals-at Rome, to .denote secrecy, the rote being the emblem of silence. Hence the phrase, “ Sub Rosa,” whtah Is almost universal. IMPBKIAL ATJTHOEBHIP.—The Eloper Or, LOulß Napoleon, having been Informed that tome monu ments exist in Roumanla-whiolrwe not-to be found elsewhere, and especially some Jbranze plates given to'the Roman soldiers to prove that they were'ab sent from their legions on leave, eonßidered that they might be useful to him In preparing the “LUC of; Julius Cassar.” Prince Oouz* having been In formed of the Emperor's wish to possess a specimen of these antiquities, has forwarded to Louis Napo leon a plate in a state of perfect preservation, aud bearing an inscription on it in legible characters re counting the services rendered by a Roman officer In Dacia at the period of its conquest. Fatal Accident in thb Obntbal Pash, N. Y.—Tuesday forenoon Mr. J. T. Wright, ortho Everett House, and Mr, J. T. White, an Importer, ot No. 19 Walker street, were.-ridtog through the southeastern entrance of the Central Park, when the hingh pin or tholr carriage broke and they were thrown to the ground. Parkkeepers Lonsdale and Jump took them to St. Luke’s Hospital, and Mr. White died shortly after admission to that Institu tion. Mr. Wright was very seriously injured, but was able to ride to the Everett House. iA Stbangb Coinoidbnob —The steamer Aus tralasian. which carried to England the news of the fair of Riohmond, arrived off Qrookhaven at half past eleven o’olook on the night of April 14 th. and thus, by a singular,coincidence,. the people of Eu rope in general received the newS of the fall of the rjsbel capital at almost the same hour that this country waa thrown Into consternation by tho an nouncement of fee assassination of President Lin ooln. STATE ITEMS. The Reading Daily Times, speaking of county advertising, says: “The Norristown Herald has been offered by the Commissioners or Montgomery, twen ty, fvc dollars for advertising the County Statement, wMoh, according to its regular rates, would have amounted to $163.19. SeMpal other papers received' at the hands of the Commissioners $75 for the same job. We hove no sympathy with printers who eon sent to work without pay, but in a County where the treasurer receives $12,000 a year, we consider tho above a very small piece of business.” . —The most extensive glassware factories In tho United States ore looated at Pittsburg, to that city are fifteen bottle and vial factories, doing »■ business of $2,180,000 per year f fifteen window-glass racto tories, averaging 400,600 boxes of glass per year worth $2,600,000; and fifteen flint-glass factories, do ing an annual business of $2,000,600. Total value of theft business nearly $T,000,000. The body of an unknown man was found float ing in the Allegheny river, about fourteen miles from Pittsburg, tho other day. The deceased was about forty years of age,-five feet nine toohes In height, and Wore a white flannel shirt with vest buttons. The coroner’s jury called returned aver diet of “ found drowned.” The body of an unknown man was discovered in the forest neat Titusville, on Sunday lost. A coroner’s jury was summoned, but wo have not learned the verdict. The impression Is that heoams to his death by delirium tremens, and that he had lain theresonie weeks. Tho stockholders of the Easton Bank are to meet oh Monday, the 15th day of this month, to decide on the question whether or not the said bank shell be converted into and carry on the business of banking under the laws governing ■ the national banks, . -i.;The District Attorney of Franklin county has prepared bills of inflietmonl against Ganeral Me- Canelsnd, Harry Gilmore, and other rebel officers’ for pillage, arson, and murder, committed to that cennty during the invasion that resulted In the burning of Chambersirarg. ' Oolonel Thomas A. Scott, Assistant Secretary or War under Mr. Cameron, and Vice President of the. Pennsylvania Central Railroad, was married, at Pittsburg, to Miss Riddle, on the evening of the 18th ultimo. - . too county tax for 18S5 to Montgomery county has been fixed at four- mills, on tho dollar; bounty tax. two per cant., and- per* capita or head tax $1 to oa oh person. Lost year the bounty tax in this county was three per cent. The gross eamlngsorthe Pennsylvania Central Railroad for the last year wore $14*,759,665, and the expenses $10,693,944, leaving a balance of over four nutLvJS. . . The post office at Spring House, Montgomery county, discontinued some time ago bythe Depart, meat, has been re-established, and'David- Dunnet re-appointed postmaster. —ln Backs county for 1855 the tax, Including bounty and county, is two oents to the dollar. New two-dollar counterfeit bills on the Far mers’ Bank of Lancaster are in circulation. Over eight thousand steam- engines aro em ployed In boring for and pumping on in tMs Stale. —K. F. MeNeii, Esq., has sold Ms papcr,'tho Bedford Inquirer, to Dnrborrow A Lentz. HOME ITEMS. —A fatal accident ocourrad In Alexandria;.Ya., a few days since- A hundred-pound shell had been found by some of the soldiers of the 186th New York Regiment, and taken to tholr camp. The charge was withdrawn by one o! toe officers. On last Sun day a young reorult emptied the powder,from somek cartridges into the shell, and malggg g. tr&tor applied a lighted match. The shell' exploded: shattering the arm, hand, ana heel of the rash ex perimenter, while two other soldlors, lying In theft tents, were also badly injured. Applications were made to toe Legislature of Rhode Island, at' its January egasruu, w lneurpo rate forty-six coal, gas, mining, oil, and other com - panics, embracing an aggregate capital of upwards of fifty millions of dollars, whioh would cover more than one-third’of the entire real and personal wealth of toe State. The fine side-wheel steamer Santiago de Ouba Is bring put to complete' repair, at Washington, preparatory to taking several officers of the Navy Department, and others, on a tour of inspection to the various navy yards during the coming week., A Cincinnati paper has the following: “ Daring toe funeral ceremonies to the city of New York there was not a single arrest made by the police.” The editor could not have read the New York papers the morning after the ceremonies.- They only want forty more convicts to All toe Clinton State Prison to Us utmost oapaolty. The Clinton above mentioned we suspect to be in Ohio, but as tho paragraph was taken from a New Jersey paper, it may, perhaps, be in that moral State. The greatclock that stands on toe walk in front of too Fifth Avenue Hotel; New York, mid which has not stopped since toe building was erected, is now motionless, and the hands Indicate 22 minutes past 7—the point of time when Mr. Lincoln died. The Massachusetts Legislature, at toe Invita tion of Collector Goodrich, paid a visit to Fort Warren on Thursday, Senator Wilson addressed the company. • Horace Greeley contributed a love Story to toe last number ofthe leader. This may be taken as a sign of toe times. The reality of the war Is about over now, and so Mr. Greeley has taken to romance. —W. B. Jones &Co., merchants at Richmond, have written to a firm of this city,' with whom they had doallßgs previous to toe war, proposing to pay both the principal and interest of their debt to gold, p;— The gunboat Primrose, wMoh haß been on the railway during toe past week, has been thoroughly repaired, and was launched on Tuesday, at Wash, togton. A .grand review or Sherman’s army and toe Army of the Potomao will take plaoa shortly In WasMngton,the greater portion ofthe troops of these commands now being on theft way there. Signor Biaohl, Mrs. BlaoM, (better known as Mies Sulzer, the contralto,), and Adelaide Phillips, are engaged for Maguire’s Opera House; San Fran cisco. • —postmaster General Dennison has re-established the office at Newstead, Christian county, Kentucky, and appointed Dudley Jeffries postmaster. —The post office at Jonesboro, Washington coun ty, Tennessee, is reopened, and Elbert N. Griffith appointed postmaster, A seal five feet long, and weighing one hundred and fifty pounds, was captured at South*Amboy, N. J., last Saturday. Three men and one woman have been arrested forwflful defacement of the tombstones and grave stones in Wobarn (Conn.) Cemetery. New Orleans papers announce the arrival there of 88,000.000 to pay off the long arrears of the War Department in that section. The Navy Department has already commenced to reduce expenses more largely than any other branch ofthe public services. Ex Senator Blight, of Indiana, has purchased a farm near Carrollton, on tbe Ohio river. —Two hundred and six shad were caught by ang ling in one day off Saybrook, Connecticut. —The Chief Engineer of the New York Fire De partment is to be paid a salary of (5,000. —Mrs. Barber, insane from religion, hung herself in Westerly, R. L The sale of liquors either to soldiers or private citizens Is prohibited in Richmond, It is eald that Rarey, the horse-tamer, now travels with a olrous. —j. Hemp, a noted guerilla, was hung at St. Louis on Monday. “ SimUia simVibus curantur.” —Baltimore is Indulging in strawberries from Norfolk at 75 cents per quart. Fear trees are already in bloom in Boston—a rarity so early in the year in that latitude, It is. estimated that there are 100,090 more wo men than men In Massachusetts. —Gottsohalk, Signor Muzlo, and Mrs.Muzlo (nSe Hiss Lucy Simons) have arrived In California. FOBEieS ITEMS. Mrs.Thlstlethwaite, a lady-preacher, is now the sensation, in -London* A London paper says that Bho speaks, dresses, and altogether demeans herself to good taste. A black silk dross, withplain white collar and oufiS, her hair neatly arranged, and an earnest, thoughtful countenance, combined with the evident sincerity of her motives and the dignity of her movements, forbid anything like levity on the part even of a large, miscellaneous congregation. She speaks fluently and.persuar. slvely, without any note, and with considerable rorco and elegance. _ According to a shorthand writer, M. Thiers is, with the exception of M. Dupto, the most difficult public manto take down, from Ms great rapidity. The latter utters 24 lines ofthe Montteur per minute, and the former 22, those quantities being considered immense. After them comes M. Ronher, with 18 or 20 lines; M. Jules Favre, 15 ; and M. Joles Bimon, 14. other speakers do not exceed lo or 12, The Emperor’s secretary has just sent the first volume of the “ Hlstoire de Jules. Cassar”- to M. Jules Demasnres, holding a subordinate situation on the Northern Railway, at the station of Valen ciennes, and who last year forwarded to his. Majesty some observations relative to the battles of Caesar In Gaul. ■ •—Prince Gortsohakoff, to a note addressed to some of the continental courts, expresses Ms regret that, owing to the continued revolutionary activity of foreign emissaries to Poland, he cannot abolish the military rigime. In this note tho qubstton is de olared to he one of internal import only. —The Viceroy or Egypt la -to a state of nervous depression, whloh excites the gravest apprehensions. He is afraid of assassination or poisoning. He sees scarcely any one but his mother and sister. His mother cooks for him, and brings Ms coffee toa locked ooffee'pot. The French are to the haMt of asserting their infantry to be unsurpassed. But as marksmen, confessedly, no troops are worse. One of the Paris journals states that, at Solfertoo, It took not less than fiftesh mililonsof cartridges to “knock over” ten thousand Austrians, X ' - Francesca Vuolo, who has long mountains above Oasteliamare,. has just been murdered by one of Ms own band. Ha was formerly a eorporal to the army, and has been engaged in brigandage since iB6O. Tho Viennese are going to take up what they have dropped to England—namely, the system of street railroads—having granted a concession for thirty years to bisect the streets to all directions. A few days ago the firat sod was removed ofthe new Berito-Goriltz Railway line. The ebncesslon has been given toTJr. Stronsberg, to eonjnnetton with airamber of English capitalists. Captain James Anderson, of Dumfries, Seot , land, has been appointed captain of the Great FOUR CENTS. Eastern for' tie laying down of the trans-Atlantic cable. —ln Italy tie Government naa confiscated a Florentine newspaper which published extracts from the Italian translation of “Labienus.” The latest hit ofitterary gossip is that the poet laureate, Tennyson, has been made a Fellow of the Boy al Society, Madame Scribe demands forty-five thousand francs for the right of translating the libretto of “The African” Into German. ' Mr. Plant, the weather-prophet of Blrn&ng ham, says the summer fit England wllf he tho hot test theyhave had Blhca 1859. . The Prince of Wales is president of a spatial committee for oonduoang the English department at the Frcnoh Exhlbltlon for 1887. —An English paper states that itdllo. Moura vieff has left the stage upon receiving a large sum of mosey from the late Governor General of Poland. Ihe total sum paid Into the Pope’s coffers for Peter’s pence, since 1859, Is forty-three millions of francs. Going to the Legislative Assembly Is now the fashionable thing for the ladles of Paris. —The King or the Belgians has mnoh Improved In health, and is able to take wanting exercise. The London Lancet pooh-poohs tho importation of the Russian epidemic. Louis Napoleon demands five million dollars per month for his troops In Mexico. A strike of rather a serious nature has taken place at Lyons among the silk workers. - CoKsts»rrTK>» or Fuel on thb PxirareTi.vi.wia RiinsoiD.—The fallowing table of the consump tion of fuel on tho Pennsylvania Railroad, during the year, 1864, we believe to' be accurate: Cords of Wool, get tone Coal. Philadelphia Division 8.813 25,9T8 Middle “ ........15,839 15,141 Pittsburg “ ...11,805 65,227* T. and O. &B.E. V. branohes. 710 4,892 : Consumed by locomotives. ~.36,836 171,233 “ at shops, stations, &c ' 13,476 T0ta1.......................36,886 184,712 Steak ok Common Roads, —Tho London Engi neer thus speaks of the causes which have prevented the practical use or steam on. common roads: Amateurs have rushed In where engineers fear to tread. Those gentlemen,- with the best In tentions, no doubt, combine an astonishing amount or ignorance with an audacity now and then bor dering on the sublime. In the attempt to do every thing they achieve nothing. Moderate speeds are regarded as ridiculous. The weight which is ren dered absolutely necessary by> the necessity for a considerable heating surface, is quietly set down as being excessive. Machinery is contrived without any consideration for the strains to which it is ex posed, and, as a result, a very few miles of indiffer ent road suffices to render the engine helpless. A tenth part of thepractlcal skill which has done so much for other lorms of steam machinery would suffice to render asteam passenger o&rriage a ma chine which could bo built with profit, and worked after a fashion whloh would quiokly return fair di vidends in countries or dlstrlots where an opening of the proper oharacter exists for the display of its power. A New Fum..—An invention has been patented which consists In combining petroleum and oil waste, or raw petroleum oil, cow-dung, coal dust, and water to form artificial fuel, the proportions of the Ingredients btlng varied according as the fuel Is Intended for domestic or locomotive and marine purposes. It is believed that this new fuel will give far greater heat with less expense than any other fuel now in general use, and that it will also be in the highest degree advantageous for steamers going on long voyages, and for engines in confined places,' such as mines, from the fact that so much heab pro ducing material may be packed In a small space.— Petroleum Journal, ■ Exodus to this Country.— The The leibh tide of emigration shows no sign of ebbing. On the 12th hundreds of people of all ages, from the gray , headed grandfather to the child In arms, poured liim_i\Qeenatpwn for embarkation In tke National r 4, .pahyjs fine steamer Louisiana, en route from giiri-erpcol' ror New York. Hundreds more were ex - peeled to go by the Inman steamer next day. Emi gration from Ireland to America has totally changed its aspect. The Cork Herald says that’* when the tender leaves the pier with Its human freight a hearty cheer breaks from the emigrants, which is generally responded to on shore, and a moist eye or sorrowfußfkce is seldom seen among the throng”.— English Journal. A Gbbhak “ Sensational.”— A cattle dealer qf Prussian Silesia was murdered and robbed some twelve years since, and no trace of the murderer could bo found. A year later the murdered man’s daughter married a master butcher, with whom she has lived ever since. A few days back, while pre paring to remove to another house, the woman found, among her husband’s effects, a small puree embroidered with sliver, whloh she herself had male fer her father, and which had disappeared after the murder. A horrible suspicion took possession other mind, and havlngtoxed her husband with tho crime, he made a full confession, and has consequently been arrested and committed for trial. FDUNCUL AND tOJIMERCUI. The stock market continued doll yesterday, ex cepting only for Government loans, which were In good demand at higher figures. The 1881 s sold at lio and the 10 40s at 9«%—the former an advance of }<, and the latter an advance of %. The 5-203 were steady at 105 - State loans meet with little or no inquiry. City ss were very dull—the new at 92% end the old at 91%; the former Is a farther de cline of %. There Is very little movement In the bonds of railroad or other companies. We note a further Slight Improvement In first mortgage Penn sylvania Railroad; Lehigh Valley bonds were steady at 97; North Pennsylvania 6s at 57, and Le high 6s at 95. There was little said In railroad shares. A strong “ bear ” combination la Reading succeeded In depressing the figure to 50 %, at which there were sales at the close.* Pennsylvania'Rail, road likewise declined, rolling down to 69%. Lo. high Valley Railroad sold at S 3, and Little SehuyL kill at ss%. There was very Utile movement In the oU stocks, prices continuing very low. The" only sale of coal stocks reported was Swatara Falls, at S%. Canal shares are very dull. Lehigh Navigation brought 59, and Schuylkill Naviga tion preferred For Morris Canal common 85 was bid, and 9% for Susquehanna Canal. City Passenger Railroad shares are without change; 71 was hid for Second and Third; 44 for Tenth and Eleventh; 21X for Spruce and Pine; ll for Arch street; 29 for Green and Coates; and 10 for Ridge Avenne. There was little said In Bank shares. 1%) tras bid for Farmers’ and Mechanics’; 83 for Com* merclal; 28 fox Mechanics’; 110 for Southwark; 43 for Penn Township'; 25 for Manufacturers’ and Me chanics’ ; and 65 for City; ISO was asked for North America, and ISO for Philadelphia. The foUowlng were the quotations for gold yester day at the hours named: ..142« 10 A. M.. 11 A. M...„ 12 M 142 1 F. M.... i .....143# 2J4F.M U2tf 4 F. II ..142 The subscriptions to tlie 7-80 loan, received by Jay Cooke, yesterday, amounted to *6,103,250, In cluding one of *600.000 from Cincinnati, one of $200,. ooofrom Cleveland, one of *700,000 from Ninth Na tional Bant, New York, one of *500,000 from Boo ton, and one of *300,000 from Washington. There were 4,271 Individual subscriptions of *so@loo each. The difference between the price of gold and greenbacks most be measured to a great extent by confidence; henoo, It confidence In the Government la complete, then gold and greenbacks onght to be alitein value. There Is nothing to prevent this; Indeed, there can be nothing. There can be no worthless currency, because the currency Is as good as the Government; and the amount in circulation can never become burdensome, because there will Always be a safe way to Invest It profitably. The Board of Directors of the Pennsylvania Bail road Company have declared a semi-annual.divi dend of fit* per cent, on the capital atookoftho company, clear of National and State taxes, pay* able on and after May 30. The following were the principal navigation, min Bid. Aa¥ „ „ _ Bid. . Ask. BchlHav 24 Farrell OH— 1 SsnlHavpref— 29 29K Germania .. K Sc hi.l Cftrfti 9 10 Parrel Oil—— 1 Clinton Coal - 3. Germania.-... .81 Conn Minin 1t..... .. y, Globe 0U........ .. K Fulton coal i K i% Howe’s Eddy Oil .. IK Feeder Dam Coal 86 31 Hibbard Oil. 1 Green Moun’nCl 3 Hide Farm-•**.. 2K 3 Keystone Zinc, .. 1 Keystone Oil—. IK ■■ JX Car bo ml ale Cl. y i , Broker... 1 Hew Creek Coal. ■ • K Maple Shade Oil. 18 -- Atlas —. 63 31 MoCllnloek Oil .9 3-18 S 3 Iff Alls* * ffldeonte .. 13i Mineral OU.— .134 Big Tank- ... 2 21 ; 16 Mlmo-—.. SK *3K Beacon 0i1....... .. 1 ||hi[*henyO!l—— SH Bruner 0i1—...... HI 1-16 McCreaiClierß. Y/i ig. Bull Creek--.... IS 1-81 Oil Creek--—.. .. 6K Crescent City-. 1 OlmsteadOll——, IK .• • Curtin.—— .. »K Fenne Fetro Co. 2 Corn Planter 8 SK Phils S TUeoat. .. 2 Caldwell——■ 4-SI •• I Pope Farm Oil I Cherry Bun— .. S, 'PhilafcOll Ck— Ji . 1 Dunkard Oil IK IK Rock Oil 2 3 Duskard Creek 0 31 1 Sherman—..... K .81 DeuemareOil.... 2K 3 Seneca——. 4 4K DalrellOil—. 6 6K Story Farm Oil.. 1 134 Excelsior Oil— K 94 Schl 4O Ck K .81 Elbert—-.—. 2K 3 StHlcholas.. 3 Eldorado.—.... % Story.Centre— 4K The following semi-official despatch, from Wash ington, map be regarded as Interpreting the some what vague statements in the recent proclamation relative, to the removal of restrictions upon .trade with the Insurrectionary States: A good deal of anncyanoe Is occasioned by a mis apprehension of the President’s proclamation of the 29th ultimo, ordering that all restrictions upon oommeroial intercourse be discontinued in such parts of certain States as shall be embraced within the lines of the national military occupation. Is will be observed that the President’s order only re moves the military restrictions, and expressly ex cepts such restrictions as are Imposed by the acts of Congress, and regulations In pursuance thereof, prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury. The President has not declared that the Insurrection In the States named has oeased or been suppressed, and oommeroial Intercourse with those districts cannot be carried on except by permit from the Secretary of the Treasury. A Washington telegram states s “ Mr. Eisley, speoial agent of the Treasury De partment, is now lnßlehmond for the purpose of getting suchfaots as will enable him to determine what amount of goods and supplies are required per month to famish the cltleens of that plaoe and the country Immediately around It. Having obtained this inhumation, the agent udll fix a limit to. the commercial lntercourge in that region, and grant permits accordingly, under the act of Congress and Che Treasury regulations made in pursuance thereof. In granting these permits, wounded sol diers have precedence when applications are. made by them; next, those who have honorably served In the army two yearn : and next all loyal appli cants.” The free banks of Indiana are rapidly retiring their circulation. Nearly one hundred thousand dollars of their scrip has been burned at Indlanop. polls, at the State Auditor’s office during the past week, and It is expected that the free bank issues are destroyed. The blank notes never Owned will also be destroyed, together wlthtne plates, prepara tory to the complete winding up of their business as banks oflssue. Prexel & Oo* quota: Now United Stales Bonds* ls&L •*••*«* .210&3111 Kew urateu oertlf ; of jndebt’ss. 99K§ »9K 1142 K SterlingExobango •"•?!§ B}J£l 6-20 Bonds, old : ••• • Wf ©IM dosing quotations for the ring, and oil stoofcs: THE WA» FBVaea CPDBLISMD WU83.T.1 Tm Wa* PaiKg «rUI t» oext to (BtMrftanlr mail (per unziiLm i„ »t„*. •■..<■■■■•.«» Tlto ..IQ M Ttl fflyffltiiiii m inm i 11 tri.i inm i ii i iflft Ml JSSS.SSHtSs?*' *• <amtaM The money mu*t alieavs accomnann o. a ,<- - ih no instance can these te f&ett afford vert tittle more than the cost of naexf »■ rimtiautm era hwmk to mi uuaUM TmfWxiTsxm. . we *»■ To tt»ien«r-n* «tho tnab of tin or twenty, «■ extra copy of" the pent will b« itven. * iebB) Saf fa galea er St« THE PDBI SOOPHlakOilCraeh. 1 H JsnsyWdiV.'.nr. jjg 100 do———!i 1-1 C 500 do .—.21-16 400 do—— —.2 MS 500 do——..*lo 3 100 Jo- »M 2 m/JleghT Eiv...l>lo I*4 1M ~.blo l 2 SOG'Atla* ..... * 4CO . JO a 400 ...... 81 100JfMetlon,b6 4Jd ICOKcSraaACIiBISO ig COO Wje» P«un.«*-« -1)80 2 I SCO SECOND ,IC BOABD. 500 Mingo.— 3 IS .400 d0....—.eM.55.1S 100 do ——.0503 3^l* 101 do.—. —fes, tg 400 do..— s3owr.3 3-l5 400 do— 3*4 100 do— bISSSt 690 Cow Creek —, b3O % ■ 150 MontKomery * •••.* Bf SCO Winslow—.r—c M -300 Excelsior—— i. ®6 60S 5xb5it......... p3O 284 600 Adaron 400 NawtoaOllOrk IM > CALL. COO Jemy "Vitale— *SG i& ICO Cherry 2% IQO Jei«y IW, * I. £6 SCO do*>Hi*«**«*.*. 3i CCO do.™™. bis J£ lOGßieTaak,™.. 3 103 d0.,..~~.b15 21-50 100 do.* -..810 2 200 a0«..-..,8302M6 lff KO Jersey Well. lit 300 s do >Sr l 4 10CO do~*+~ ’OOK BXOHAHGB. THS PEOPLE’S SI 100 Jtrsey Well 2 4ij 100 m\ KO AiUa.™.~~.b3> %\ K 0 do— MO Jl\ 100 Stfeert..2% I A*?BRRO< Io3Atl&a~™ b 6 K: 140 dO.HIMMMM*. %i COO do .... £! BALES A? THE BEGTTLA Reported By Bewes. Miller , >H CALL. 100 Jersey Weill 1 4* 105 do —sß- I*4 2CO Phiia A Oil Creek. .** H BOARD OF BBOKBB&. , & Oa rt NO, 50 8, Third Bt* BOARD. BEFORE ICO Je«ey’Well....Bio 23<l ] IOCO U£ 6a ’Bl....eouplir*4: 6*o do- rez.mx UCO ITS 10 46 Ms-Its.cp 88*4 £BO9 City 6a; new...-Its 93 2009 PenaaElatmrt.ae.VmK fiO P.ODft K Ida sb>* 100 Beading R sIG 5134 800 do..—‘lfa..fe3o 6>>4 200 do—-tot* 5 *4 ICO d0........—.1.5 61*4 SCO do 10t5...30 61 ICO do. —blo 61 ico do.™-.;...b3a 6i« 100 Swatara Falls.— b‘A rfoo Caldwell . ....4 S is %> do;—-,. MO 4*4 KOSalsdlOil—. 6*4 eOOEnreka—gf 100 Egbert Oil—.— ®£ 4CO do • M'MefSSIIH 2 94' 100 do toe*SH.4M.M 2 Si -400 do * m d0~~e..«..4>30 S ICO d0..e....—e 2%, 4% 103 40>>»»«..e.nesti4 4A 200 Maplefhade b30.1s 18 . ■SIO di) m «.M>p.iote2B 30 > SfcCliatotk Oil >»*. 2% 100Oliuafraftd Xfe SOOliojaiJ'etroleQjn.. I*£ 100 Oil Czeek f 509 McCreaA Ok Baa 1 3-jtf BOARDS. BBT WEES 1000 City 6s old 91*4) 8000 do 9l*£ cWMIigoCU... 8« K 0 0n..... .1)30 S>{ KO d 0...... ta KOBigTank— 21$ 20C0 Lejfigh 6 cash 9* 400 d 0....— 95 2CO Bead Inc-. sswn 61*4 I S£- 603 North 87 !20no D 66-20 Ms..c*!h 1100 703 do » ■l*«44es 200 BaskAH >■•<*. •««» l JflL : JCOJerSerWtil.esee.. 1.81, 100 ljg lOOßaLsell Odi^ee... BO ABB. SECOHD 6C00T5 S 6 20 Ms. coup. 103*4 1000 do*—-s6 coup.lOSli 60T78M.40tds.coBP 96*4 10000 Lehigh V Ms. tots 9? loco City Smew- 9274 7 Far & Mesh Bk. Its 120 21 Lit Schuyl B. iots 38*4 lCO&ehuyl Havnref.. 2P*4 2DO do fed. lots 29*4 SCO do— b 0 29*4 KO Beading B.lots.slO £1 3(0 Balxtll 0i1....... fJ4 600 Great Basin....fe3o 2 AVTBK I 2(0 Caldwell O—b6o 431 2 Pesna B —. 6**4 60 do— *SyBSS*s ICO Maple Shade... bsol9*4 KO do.——-feSO IS* 10 Lit feck B—bS>b 33*4 6 do——. .Etva 3r *4 WOO Cam & Am mt 65.. 96*4 1000 Cam & Am mt 6r.. 9S3C -5T LeMgkTal 6$ SOLO TJSitMDßSs.e.e.* 99X CHS CLOSE. f 100 Atlas m 20D0 0 86-205^. 100 BLcUil&iock.ee.ev. SBB KG do.. 3S-M SALES AT 1 200 Beading B—.slO 60*41 100 do. .b 6 60*4 ICO do.—— 60*4 The New Tort Port of yesterday says: Gold is stronger to-day. . The opening price way 142, and at the close 143*4 was Kid. Honey Is a lit tle more easier, the current rate, however. Is e per cent., with transactions at 4@s per cent. The stock: market opened doll, and after considerable excite-- ment closed firm, with an upward tendency. Go vernments are rather lower. Coupon sixes of 1881 sold at 110*4 $ five-twenty coupons at 105*4, and tear forties at 07*4. Batlroad shares are excited and fe verish, Krle attracting the olikf attention. Before the first session Kow York Central wan selling at 96J4, Eric at 80*4, Reading at 102*4, BO ohlgite Southern at 70*4, Cleveland and Pittsburg The following were the quotations atthe as compared with those of yesterday: Yh. Wed. Adv. Bee. U. 8. 6a coupon,’Bl. .110« 11054 - X tr. S. 6-20 coupons——lo6*4 105*1 - if U. 8. 6-20 Conpons,-new.—-105 105 X X U, 8. 10 40 coupons—— 86*4 96*4 K C. 8. Certificate*—9S*J 99*4 - TeanesseeBsi-.-v— 64*4 M*4 54 Missouri «t —66 65 1 Z Atl&ntlcMall—— .145 140 B - Pacific Mall —SO) & 0 Ks «■ York Central 98*4 99*4 *4 - BrieBo*4 73*4 I*4 Erie preferred.— 87’ 87 . Hudson Ktver— lU*4 lU*4 - & Beading 102 lfii*4 - % Michigan Central...— iU 112 .. 1 Michigan Southern———. 7074 70*4 *4 - Pblladelplila HarkeW. ]HAx4—Evening. The Breadstuffs market continues very tall, and the Bales are In small lots only at about format prices. In Floor there is very little doing, tha demand both for export and home use being limited. Bales comprise about 600 bbls extra at $8.37,600 bbtt extra family at $8.50@0.25, and 200 bbls fancy West ern at $lO $1 bbl. The retailers and bakers are buy* tag In a small way at prices ranging from $7.25@T.7S for superfine, *9@B 50 for extra, sS.7s@o 50 for extra family, and s3#@ll # bbl for lancy brands, as to duality. Bye Flour is dull. Small sales are making; at $6.60 $ bbl, Gom Meal Is unchanged. 1,000 bblg Brandywine sold on private terms. Gbaiw.—There Is very little demand for Wbeatf and the market is dull at about previous quota tions ; 4,000 bus sold In lots, for milling, at from 200@205c for prime reds, the latter rate for and white at from 2i5@230c ft bu, the latter rate for prime, Kentucky,Bye is selling, In a small way, at 125 c. Corn Is scarce and a demand at full prides j. small sales of prime yellow are making at 133@13te per bu, afloatand In the oars. Oats are rather dulta sales are making at from 82@83e per bu. 3,700 boa Barley Malt sold at from 18Q@185o per bu. Babe—Quercitron is in demandat $25 per tea for first No. 1. Comas.—Holders are very firm in their viewflf and there Is a fair demand; about 75 bales of mld» filings cold at from 48@50c S», cash. Gkoohkjbs There Ib very little doing In either Sugar or CoHte, but prices remain about the saun as last qiiotecU PBraoimra.—'The market continues very quiet j small sales are making at 350 for crude, 54@58c for refined In bond, and free at from7s@77c fl as to quallte. , Sanns.—There Is very little doing In any kind t small sales of Flaxseed are making at from $2 56@> 255 p bushel. Timothy Is quoted at $404.50 ft bushel. Cloverseed, Is very quiet; small sales ate making at $16@17 ft 64 ft. WaiBKV.— I The’ demand Is limited, and there Id very little doing In the way of sales; small lots of Pennsylvania and Western bbls are reported at from $2.14@215 %1 gallon, as to quality. Provisions.—Prices remain abont the Same as last quoted, and the sales are in small lots only; Bacon and green meats are selling at abont former rates; 500 packages Butter sold atfrom 18@230 ft b as to quality. The following are the receipts of Floor and Grata at this port to-day: Flour .....1,700 bbHb W beat................4,200 i.ui. Com 2,400 bust. Oats 3,600 bus. New Terk markets, May 4. Bubadbtupfs.— The market for State and West ern Fleur Is dull and unchanged; sales s.ooo bbla at *6.60@6 70 for superfine State : *6 75@7 for extra State; $700@7.55 for choice do; *6.65@6.80 for so-, parfine Western; $S9O@? so for common to medium extra Western ; *7 7t @7 90 ror common to good ship ping brands extra round-hoop Ohio. Canadian Flour Is dull; sulob 380 bbls at*6.85@7.80 for com. mob, and *7.56@9 for Rood to choice extra. Southern Flour Is dull; sales 660 bbls at *7.90@9 for common, end *9,10@12 for/fancy and extra. Bye Flour la quiet. Com Meal is scarce and firm; sales 700 bbla Brandywine at *6.75. Wheat is doll and drooping; sales 0f14,060 bus at *1.55 for Milwaukee Olub, end *1.75 for amber. By® Is quiet. Barley is dull. Barley Malt Is quiet. Oats are 2@3c lower, at 60 @7lo for Western. Com Is quiet at $1.46@1.48 foe new yellow. Fkovisiohs.— The Fork market Is lower; sales of 7,800 bbls at *27@57.75 for new mess; *25025 59 for ’064 do cash and regular way, closing at *2458 @25.25 for prime, and $25 so for prime moss. Tbe Beef market Is quiet; sales 400 bbls at about previous prices. Beef bams are quiet. Cut meats, are steady; sales 300 pkgs at 14K615KC for Bhoul* tiers, and 17K@ 19 K for hams. Toe Bard market IS- Steady;sales 1,200 obis at 16@18K- Whisky.la steady; sales 160 bbls Western at< ®Vlxlow is heavy; sales 90,000 Bs at 10K@U3£e. Boston Markets, April S. COFFbb.—The market Is very quiet. Small salea of common St. Domingo at 280, and Caps 803;, Singapore 33, and Java 350 $ ft, cash. Cottoh.—The market la very unsettled and. prices are nominal. Small sales of middlings at 42 @430 $ ft. Drugs. —There have been sales of IS casks Cream, Tartar at 38c gold; Argols 27@30c gold. Fhorra.—The receipts since yesterday have been. 4,633 bbls. The market la dull and prises tend, downward. Sales of Western superfine at *7@750 ; common extra $7 76@8 25; medium do #8,6009.25 r good and choice do *9 50@13 60 $ bbl. Gsaih—The reoetpts smee yesterday have been 3,872 bushels. Corn, 190 do Wheat, 6.870-do Oats, 3,C00 do Shorts. Corn Is dull, and Ufa demand Is quite limited t sales of new Western mixed- and Southern mixed at *1,5p@1.55 ft bushel. Oats are dull; sates of Northern and Canada at 720763-; Prince Ed ward Island 65@680 f) bushel. Bye Is dull at #1.26 @1.30 V bushel. Shorts, Fine Feed, and Middlings are dull at *4os ten. Pittsburg Petroleum market, May *• The market yesterday opened and dosed la a very unsettled state; holders advanced the prices very materially; this pnt a check on transactions, hence the sales were very limited, aa buyers weronotffip posed to take hold; they preferred waiting to see what turn the market mijrht take* Oa the otasc hand, holders say they- will further advance the rates The receipts by tbe river were 2,2*4 barrels; the sales will fell far short or that amount. From OU Oltv we learn that the market was firm, with a good demand ; the prices of oil being as follows : On Cherry Bun, *6 6007 9 bbl, according to loea tlon; on the oreek *7,50 was demanded. At the mouth of the oreek *8 was the ruling figure. OnuDß On..—The stoek on the market, outside of what Is held by speculators, Is not large. Helder* have the advantage, and that they will make good, use of the same we have no doubt. Bulk oil was most fancied. Certain dealers am pot offering: their stocks. Sales of 200 bbls lighten at 23Ke. paekagte returned; 141 bbls do at 2So; 120 bbls of 35 gravity at 250, packages exchanged. A lot of 700 bbls was disposed of; the terms were withheld. BBeiDuojr.—The market has been Inactive. W« note sales of 75 bbla at *8 25@8.50 » bbl- Bbfimbd Oils There was considerable Inquiry for this artlole, bonded and free. We note a sale of 600 bbls bonded, for June delivery, at 480, ana sales of 600 bbls for present delivery at 470. TM* would be equal to 680 for *toe, June deHvuryj Holders of refined were Ann fa tbeir vlewa, and were disposed to ask a further advance. wo ieuv tko market In a vary gpeattlefl state* New Bedford OU r m wu The market continues quiet. Asaleorwooma whale, ror manufacturing, Is the ouly trausaouoa d into the, UnUeaStaKatoi^theweekendli^a^^ Total for the wejk.. — * 34072 ; «t',6»o Previously reported 8.386 °* u< * __L— From Jan. Ito date *£g® m'jm ganeUnelatt year 100 Juncfcioa e W e*.i9o 4 6® Keystone. 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