f ft* f tin. SATURDAY, MAY 6, 1865. We can take no notice of anonymous comma •flH»U»BJi "We do not return rejected manuscripts. Tolantoij «»tt4SJ>eti have found it necessary to carry out a protective policy, to prevent our manufacturers from being swamped by importations from foreign countries, and es pecially from England, which predominates in the production of fabrics from cotton, flax, and the useful metals. Our tariff is ■strictly defensive , as it ought to be. In some Tespects, however, we grant privileges to foreign countries in which our own ma nufacturers are not allowed to participate. Let us instance, for example, the great sta ple of cotton. It may not be generally known, but the fact is indisputable, that no tax whatever is levied upon cotton exported from this to any other country- That is, there is no export duty whatever upon cotton, raw or manu factured, sent out of the United States. Of course this is an immense bonus to foreign ers, who work up the raw cotton into vari ous fabrics, which are sent back to us, to compete with the fabrics produced by American labor and capital. Anxious to give all possible assistance to her cotton lords, England has not put any import duty upon the staple received from this country. On the other hand, see how our cotton manufacturers are treated. First, there is a duty upon every pound of the raw mate rial. Then there iB a further tax upon all products manufactured from this raw mate rial. Lastly, there is a tax on the income or profit accruing from this manufacture. It mast be a very small manufacturer indeed, who does not realize $lO,OOO per annum by his business. On this profit, and upon all profits in excess of that $lO,OOO per annum, an income-tax of 10 per cent, has to be paid. The remarkable resnlt is that the combined duties'amount to nearly as much as the value Of the taw material (ginned cotton), and we may add, what is not generally known, that as much cotton as is put into a factory to he worked up, so much more money is required to work it—namely, for rent, in terest of capital, insurance, machinery, re pairs, wages! &c. The conclusion to he drawn from these facts iB that England protects her manu facturers by admitting cotton, from all parts, duty-free, and that our somewhat hasty system Of internal taxation, which levies heavy duties upon raw cotton, upon manufactured cotton, and upon the profits of the trade, does not protect American industry and enterprise. The manufac turers of Lancashire, Lanarkshire, and Nottingham work up duty-free cotton, and send the results to this country to com pete with our own manufacturers, who have to work up a heavily taxed material. It may well be a matter of surprise how any American mill-owner thinks it worth his while to compete, at such fearful odds, with British manufacturers. Our produc tion of cotton fabrics is principally limited to Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Connecticut, there being a mhch smaller enterprise of that na ture in New York, New Hampshire, New Jersey, and a few other States, but the wonder is that any capitalist in any place continues to work under the burthen of such fiscal disadvantages. That England, which profits so very largely by receiving ©nr cotton without paying any duty upon it should complain of our putting her ma nufactures under a protective tariff is sim ply absurd. There is a strong necessity, as well as a -great deeire, to raise sufficient revenue to meet the expenses of the Government and the interest on the Debt. "Why should not Cotton, now taxed bo heavily At home, also he taxed when it goes abroad, to he converted into manufac tures destined to compete with our own ? The valuable Return on the Agriculture of the United States, compiled by Mr. Kbn nedt, the Superintendent of Census, and just published at Washington, shows that, in the year 1860, there were grown, in all parts of the United States, 5,387,052 bales of ginned cotton, each bale of 400 pounds, which we take to be' below the ave rage weight, usually estimated at 433 pounds. Take it, however, at Mr. Ken nedy's average of 400 pounds, and the whole cotton product of the United States in 1860, the year next preceding the rebel lion, was 2,154,820,800 pounds. Now, sup pose that the duty of 2 cents per pound had been levied on this, a Tevenue of over 43 million dollars would have been derived from this article alone. Or, if all the cot ton consumed at home had been untaxed, and only the exported article made subject to a duty, say of 5 cents a pound, the Reve nue would have been still larger. There were 1,767,686,338 pounds so exported in 1860, and the tar on this would have ex ceeded 88 millions dollars. Before the rebellion, the South, always selfish and grasping, would not have allowed its cotton exports to be taxed. But it can be done now—and it ought to be done, leaving all consumed at home wholly untaxed. It will he some time before we shall go back to anything like the production of 1860, but Texas alone has every capability for cottongrowing, and can produce as much cotton, and at least as good, as all the rest of the world now produces. It is practicable, and would be just for Cotton, which created the War, to pay off the Debt, within a' reasonable time. The Lot of the South. A significant subject for Southern reflec tion is afforded by a paragraph in a late number of the Paris Debata. That jour nal, in commenting upon their destiny, says “ it has nothing so very painful,” and continues thus : "To return Into the bosom of a powerful empire without humiliation, without other saorlSees than those imposed bv the spirit of the times and the very necessities of the war, to return to Industry and the arts ef peace, and to take pan in the great movement of prosperity which always follows civil war —such Is the lot of the South, and this lot far surpasses all the advantages With which, it had been lured by the insti gators of this unfortunate GiiierfWse” This philosophic judgment of an impar tial observer will be affirmed by the van quished when inflamed passions subside and calm reason resumes her sway. Four years of experiment have done much to teach the Confederate States that the North is quite as essential to the South as the South is to the North, and a fair trial of free labor and a large infusion of Northern energy and thrift will confirm this lesson. Pio Mono. Within the memory of living men, two Sovereigns have had Papal Bulls of ex communication fulminated against them. In 1809, Pope Pius VII. thus placed Na roLEON I. under the ban of the Church, and in 1860 Victor Emmanuel was put into the same category by Pius IX. In neither case, however, were the monarehs named, the Pope confining himself to a so lemn and reiterated publication of the penalties decreed by his predecessors against those who unjustly invaded the territories of the Holy See, usurped or vi olated its rights, or violently impeded their free exercise. Excommunication, by the way, is not peculiar to the Church of Rome. It existed in ancient Rome, as well as in. the Jewish Church, where it had three de grees, and the intimate connection of things ecclesiastical and civil under the Jewish polity, rendered it terrible, even as a tem poral punishment. Exclusion from the syna gogue for thirty days was the lowest and lightest ban; the next was not merely exclu sion, but a prohibition to hold any inter course with the individual; the greatest, the terrible Anathema M&rasatha, cast the of fender out of the Church for life, deprived him of all civil rights, cursed him very thoroughly, and left him to the judgment of God. Some centuries ago the excommuni cation of a sovereign was regarded as free ing Ms subjects from their allegiance, but this is no longer claimed. The excom munication, therefore, of any sovereign is little more, now, than a bruiumfulmen-- not a bite, but a bark. Still,'it signifies the Pope’s indignation or condemnation. It is reported that Victob Emmanuel, practically excommunicated, though not individually named, should lately have been the recipient of a letter from the Pope, in which it is proposed that Bishops to the diocese's vacant in such of the Estates of the Church as are part of the new King dom of Italy shall be appointed by the Pope, who will give Victob Emmanuel permission to appoint Bishops to the vacant sees in what was formerly the Kingdom of Sardinia. In the three Italian duchies, and the Kingdom oi the Two Sicilies, now un der Victob Emmanuel’s rule, many sees are vacant, and the question of filling them up is to he left to negotiation, the Pope being willing to receive an Ambassador from Victob Emmanuel to make the arrangement. It is difficult to believe that Jhe Pope would make any such concessions as these, though his doing so would indicate either that he pos sessed a large share of common sense, or that he was not above taking good advice. Aa a temporal prince, he never will appear to,submit to the transfer ofthe Estates of the Church which now form part of the new Kingdom of Italy, though he may have to submit to it. The Sovereign Pontiff, no doubt, will still designate himself master of the Church provinces, wMch appear lost for ever to himself and successors, just as, until the year 1801, some centuries after they had ceased to possess one foot of Gallic soil, the British sovereigns styled themselves Kings of “ Great Britain, France, and Ireland,” and as Victob Em eantjel himself, on the throne of Sardinia, also bore the empty title of “ King of Je rusalem.” Pope Pius, maintained in Rome by French troops, will soon lose that substan tial support. The Convention of Septem ber last, between Napoleon and Victor Emmanuel, provides that, in two years after date, the French army of occupation should be withdrawn from Rome, and it is known that the Pope positively declines to form an army of his own. The Gaselta de Milano, which has the character of being one Of the most trustworthy journals in Italy, declares that the conditions offered by Victor Emmanuel to Pius IX before the Convention of September was drawn up were as follows: ‘ ‘ Entire independence of the Pope in the ecclesiastical affairs of Italy, and the right of nominating the bishops. Abrogation of all laws rela ting to the- suppression of convents and the appropriation of Church proper ty ; the Pope alone to decide on any reforms to be introduced into Church matters. Repeal of all sentences against bishops convicted of political offences. The King of Italy to be Viceroy of the Pope in the States of the Church. Italy to assume the whole debt of the Papal States. The King of Italy to support—that is, pay—and command the Guardia Nobile ; cardinals to rank with Royal princes; all the Pontifical palaces, except the Quirinal, to belong to the Pope; and that palace to belong to the King of Italy only as a residence, and even then to he given up for election purposes on the demise of any Pope.” The well-known Paris journal, Le Siecle, declares, in add!;, tion, that the signing of this treaty would have been followed by the crowning of the King of Itaiy on the Capitol. It is known, too, that Victor Emmanuel does not Wish for Rome as a place of residence, and pre fers Florence, now the declared capital of his Kingdom, and therefore would leave the Eternal City—the Niohe of nations— to the Pope. If such terms were offered to Pjus IX, it must be admitted that they were liberal, but the obstacle to their being accepted was that they wholly avoided the vexed question of territory—faking it for granted, we may say, that the Church provinces -weie to remain under the rule of the King of Italy. In a word, the proposed terms would have simply left the Pope the great spiritual Prince of Catholicity, and not restored to him the means of resuming power and exercising authority as a tern- poral Prince. This is his difficulty: he received, when elected, what is called the patrimony of St. Pbteb, and is persuaded that it is his duty not to leave it at all diminished to his successors. It is a scruple of conscience with the Pope, and it iB impossible not to respect his motives as well as pity his condition. That, under any circumstances, Pius IX will change his residence from Rome, and make a foreign City the seat of the Holy @OB, does not seem even remotely probable. The Church of Rome will retain Rome. No Compensation in Rebellion. Nearly all extensive rebellions have pos sessed some redeeming quality,) but the people of the South obtained no compensa tion, however small, for the ocean of evils with which the slave rebellion deluged them. They lost, through its agency, life, Ijberty, and property, to an extent but little short of the limit of their possessions, and they gained from it nothing-but a few de lusive hopes that served to lure them to destruction. Their Saviour is the irresist ible union of the States. One of the most common objections urged against the enfranchisement of the blacks, and a powerful argument to the minds of the great mass of workers at the North was that the liberated negro would immediately leave the 'scene of his bond age, and enter into competition with our own operatives. This is being refuted every day and in every State where our victorious armies are established. As soon as freedom is attained and security assured the freedman shows Ms willinghess to return to his accustomed labors, in his accustomed place. We are too apt to for get that the South is the land of his birth, that whatever attachments slavery has left him still bind him to that spot, and that the higher latitudes are only his abode by compulsion. A late Richmond letter, from a most competent authority, states that the colored people of that city express a desire to remain, and a confident expec tation of the return of those that have for merly found refuge in the North. When peace is restored and their freedom as sured, the colored, people Will gladly re turn to their old homes and their old avo cations, and even among the long-esta blished and. educated in our own city we hear that many are now looking forward eagerly to the day when they may return to a more congenial climate and a familiar country. ' “The Democracyop Pennsylvania" are to hold a State Convention on the 21st of June, For four years the “ Democrats ” have allowed themselves to sneeze when the sympathizers with Jeep Davis took snuff; to dance to the piping of W. B. Beed ; to bow before the j udicial platitudes of Mr. Justice Woodwabd ; to applaud Chauncby Buee, Jebb. S. Black, Charles, Edwabd, and Hakry Ingeb boll, and to unite in kicking out of the ranks all such traitoTs as John Cessna, not to name the host of earlier h eretics that broke away from the charnel house in 1857. Let us see now if there is pluck enough in what is left of " the party ” to say the right word in strong Saxon next month, and, what is far more important, to act out that word bravely before the people. LETTER FROM “OCCASIONAL.” Washington May 5,18G5. The case of a man who has read his own obituary notice is not more amusing and novel than the comedy acted in some of the English papers, where victory to the rebel arms is predicted in full view of the evacuation of Richmond. The writers for these papers may have deliberately spoken falsely ; and, if so, they only proved their prejudice, which is far more blameworthy than ignorance; but in either case their fate will be ridiculously humiliating. More than a week since they heard of the events tb at succeeded the downfall of the rebel capi tal, including the tragedy of the night of Friday, the 14th of April, and for that in formation they will, probably, take a a new observation, more intelligent, let us expect, if not more gratifying to them selves. I have already suggested to these commentators the sublime lessons they may draw from the murder of the Ameri can President, and the manner in which the American Government moved on in response to the working of our Constitn tion and Laws; but there are other teach ings, growing out of subsequent develop ments, that you must not permit them to lose sight of. They cannot be blinder than the rebel leaders, especially as they must admit ihat, loudly as the British tories have clamored for treason and prayed for its triumph, the rebels Wve left them far be hind in the work of vaunting and falsehood. And yet there is not now a pro slavery chief, from Davis to Mosby, and from Lee to Forrest, that does not openly con fess that the rebellion is at an end, and the national authority impregnably re-esta blished. It seems hard to realize these things, if we carry hack our minds lesß than six weeks; but, as we do so, we also comprehend a new phase of guilt bn the part of these reckless and wicked men. For they knew they were lying at the time they were most earnest in rejecting Mr. Lin coln'e terms of Peace, and in remaining L'outrance in the field. How many graves were filled on account of tMs hellish lie the last dread account will reveal and revenge. Let strangers Who have dwelt on this drama with hope and joy, however, take with them to their homes the stem truth that our United America is fortified forever against all future internal strife; that if we have fonght bitterly,' yet have we suffered together; and that as we. bury our hates out of sight and mind, and banish and punish those who forced and fomented this war, the whole American people, as they swear a stronger fealty and a profounder gratitude to their Constitution and their country, are religiously resolved .to pre pare for the great events which' must sooner or later shake the civilized world. Occasional. Site Post Office Address or Tax Payers. The Commissioner of Internalßevenue has Issued the following special order: Tbbasdbv Dbeabtmb'st, OBEIOE OP INTBBHAL ItBVBNUB, Washington, April 27, 1885. Assessors aro Instructed, in all cases where prac ticable, to eater the Post Ojfice address as well as the residence of each tax-payer In their assessment lists. As soon as the present supply of form 28 is ex hausted, a new column will he Introduced for this purpose, but for the present the old form will be tilled as above directed, and two lines will be used when necessary. Joseph J. Lewis, . Commissioner. Fine Oil Painting or Pbesidbkt Lincoln.— We Invite attention to ihe portrait, palntad in oil, of onr late lamented President, now on exhibition to the publlo In Independence Hall, at the request or a committee of Olty Councils. It Is oortalnly OS© Of th* fineßt pictures of Mr. Lincoln that has yet appeared, the negative from rohloh It la derived having been taken at the White House In February, 1864, by Mr. Wenderoth, or this city (of the firm of Wenderoth, Taj lor, 4 Brown), for the pnrposeof emteillshlDg a Jac simile of the Emancipation Pro clamation, which was then published for the benefit of the Sanitary Commission. WASHINGTON. [Special Despatches to The Press. 1 Washington, May 6, 1865. LOW RATE OF STAMPED ENVELOPES, BUSINESS CARDS, ETC. It is doubtful if the public generally ar9 aware of Ihe low rates at whioh stamped envelopes are fur nished by the Government. A schedule of prices, considerably reduced, has just been issued by the Post Office Department, by which we learn that a package of twenty-five stamped en velopes, of letter also, may be purohased for eighty-Eevcn cents, making the actual cost or the envelopes, deducting postage, but twelve cents, or lees than halCrh coat a piece. Envelopes, o! note slzo, are furnished at two oents less per package. The Department also issues stamped two-cent envelopes, designed for drop letters and circulars, the price of which Is $2.32 per hundred, being at the rate of thirty-two cents for the hundred envelopes, or something more than three en velopes for one cent. These envelopes, of letter and note size, are of superior quality, being made of firm paper and smooth finish. The olrcul&r envelopes are of ordinary quality, but not gummed. Newspaper wrappers, so ooffienlont for use in the sending of transient papers, are like wise sold out at the Sow rate of $2lB pet hundred, making the real espouse of the wrappers but eighteen cents, or less than one cant for five wrappers. There is another interesting .point In the new ar rangement. Any bank, mercantile house, or other concern, or person, who desires his or theljr business card, with a request to return If not oalled for, THE PRESS.-PHUADELPHIA, SATTODAT, MAT 6, 1866. printed on tbs letter envelopes, eon here It done without additional charge u ordered In quantities of one tbonsand or more. MORB REWARDS FOR JEFF DAVIS, It Is believed that the reward of $lOO,OOO, offered for the apprehension of Jsrr Davis, will soon be Increased to one million dollars, as well by Govern mental action as by the liberal patriotism of the people. In Chicago about $30,000 have already been raised for the purpose, and many other prominent citizens have done as well. WHY OULD WAS ARRESTED. The Richmond Whip, of Thursday, aunonnoes the arrest of EOBSRT OpiD, late Of-this city, bat more recently the rebel eammissioner or eiohoogo. it u said that the Government took this course because of certain Information that he had appropriated the money, clothes, eta., sent from the North for our suffering prisoners. On the proceeds of this rob* bery he is said to have fared sumptuously, and bean the most showy man In Blehmond. SHENANDOAH VALLEY EARLY. This redoubtable chief, who distinguished him self so little In the Valley, Is lying sick In Lynch burg, a prisoner In our hands. He went to South, western Virginia, but losing all hope of success and all heart In the war, gave up gracefully to our forces and the rheumatism. ' REBEL SURRENDERS. There is no organized rebel army now left of any Strength. Jjnrr Tamar cop surrendered his army on the Sd of May, and Gen. Eohols- has surren dered In Southwestern Virginia. Eastern Tennes see Is now clear, Basil Does, with all his vaga bonds, having fled Into Arkansas. [By Associated Press.] The rick and wounded troops from City Point are being rapidly shipped to Washington, and the hos pitals at the first-named place will be abandoned as soon as possible. Many of the volunteer officers of the Malvern, late Admiral Fobteb’s flag-ship, now lying here, have resigned, and large numbers of other naval officers are sending In their resignations, seeing that the war is over, and being desirous of engaging at once In olvll pursuits. Steamers are dally arriving up the river, towing chartered vessels, which are brought up to. be dis charged Irom the Government service. " The work of retrenchment goes on in all quarters. Wabhinotok, May 6-9 A. M. Him. E. M. Stanton, Stcretory of War: & Sib: . I have the honor to report that the Score tary of State and Mr. F. Sbwabd are doing well. Very respectfully, yours, J. K, Bashes, Surgeon General. Washiest-os, May s—B P. M. Bon. Edwin M. Stanton, Secretary of War; Sib : I have the honor to report that the Secre tary of State has suffered a good deal from the frac tured jaw to-day. Mr, F. Sbwabd-is decidedly better tonight. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, J. K, Barees, Surgeon General. Two offices have been epened here, and an adver tisement published, calling on all officers and sol diers who wish to emigrate to Mexico, in accordance with the Mexican deerde, to visit them. It Is added that similar offices are to be opened thronghout the North. General Shermab’s headquarters are to ho In Alexandria on his arrival here. RELIEF TO VCROINIA. General Atjoub has given permission for full Sup plies of provisions to he sent Into Virginia. THE HARRIS COURT-MARTIAL. The court-martial on the ease of Congressman Habbis met this morning, bnt In the absence of witnesses from Maryland It adjourned until to morrow. THE ASSASSINATION. Tlte Assassins to be Tried Early THE COUBT CABEPULLY SELECTED ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE INFORMATION OF THE PUBLIC. Waphikston, May 6.—Tie trial of the assassins Will commence Here next week, dnd la generally un derstood on Monday, though olrcrimat&UCt9 may compel a postponement until the middle Of the week. The court will be well selected of gentlemen of superior ability, and the trials will be npldly pushed forward. Extensive arrangements have been made by the Government for their report of the proceedings, no less than six phonographers teirg engaged. It Is supposed that the trial will take place at the Arsenal, at the foot of Four and a-fcalf street, where the assassins are now la custody closely guarded by a regiment of soldiers. THE END OF THE WAR. ABBANGEMFNTB FOB MUSTERING OFT THE TROOPS OF THIS STATE. lhoet In Khcmian's Array to be Dls charged at Ban-laburg. HARBisßtma, May s.—Governor Curtin goes to Washington to-day for the purpose of arranging with the War Department the localities at which Pennsylvania troops, are to be mustered out of the servloe and paid. The Pennsylvania regiments in Sherman’s army, It la now understood, will be,brought*.tb Harris*, burg, where they will be mustered out and paid. The object of the Governor 18 to prevent tho delay and embarrassment which have heretofore attended the mustering ont and payment of large bodies of troopa at this post, and make arrangements by which the men will be able to resell their homes In different paitsof tbe State with the least possible delay. - A MANIFESTO FROM TUCKER AND SANDERS. THEY ASK THE UNITED STATES TO HELP THEM PROVE THEIR INNOCENCE. A Counter Charge Against President Johnson. Special Pleading by Cleary* Another A 1 Montrbap, Mays George N. Sanders and Bev erly Tucker are ont with anotker manifesto to flay, addressed to Andrew Johnson, in whloh they accuse him of a hellish plot to mnrder their Christian (1) President, But give no particulars. They agree to go to Bouses’ Point, or some other place, and be tried on the charge made in the President’s re- Oent proclamation, u the united states Govern ment trill pay ior their defense and guarantee their safety. A LBTTEB pBOH O LEAST. Tobokto, O. W., Ma 4,-Wa. C. Cleary, one of the partieß for whom President Johnson offers a reward, publishes a letter stating that there is not a particle of truth in the statement that he ooncert ed and incited the assassination of President Lin coln, and asserts that he knew nothing whatever of ltuntll it had been committed. COMMERCE WITH THE SOUTH. Regulations of the Treasarjr Department. IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOB OUR MER CHANTS AND CAPITALISTS. The Secretary of the Treasury has issued Instruc tions to the collectors of ports and other oustoms officers concerning the reopening of trade with the South, in accordance with the prool&matlonof Presi dent Johnson. Following Is a copy of a circular embodying these instructions, which has been sent by Mr. McCullough to the different collector?: Tbba&uby DkpARTMBFT, May I,lBtts In order to carry into effect the Executive order ltsued April 29,1366, directing the removal of re strictions upon internal, domestic, and coastwise Intercourse with the States of Tennessee, Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina, and with such parts cl the States of Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana, east ol the Mississippi river, as shall be designated by the respective de partment commanders as being within tae lines of national military occupation, the following instruc tions are issued: I. AU collectors of customs at ports on the Atlan tic coast, within the loyal States, and the collectors of such ports within States heretolore declared in inset? ecticn, as have been, opened by proclamation of the President, are designated as permit officers •unaer Section 2 of the Regulations, Series July 29, 1864, with power to authorize the transportation of needs, other than those specified as contraband ol war in the above cited Executive Order, to all parts within the States and parts of States above men tioned, in such vessels only as are authorised by law to engage in the coasting trade of the united co ji cc tors, and all other permit officers named in said section, are authorized and required to Issue permits for the transportation of goods to such ports In the manner and form required by th* a'om&ld regulations, charging and collecting the permit fee therein prescribed. ■ 3. When any vessel duly authorized to engage in the coasting trade, arriving from any of the ports in lnsnmotlonary States, shall enter any of the pact? referred to in the first section hereof, with cargo duly permitted by the permit officer of any port affected by the said Executive Order, such vessel and cargo shall be treated as upon a lawful voyage, and snail be entitled to all the rights and privileges of vessels and cargoes In the coasting trade. H. MoCULIsOOB, Secretary of the Treasury- The following Is the section referred to above, ae signaling who may grant permitß: * ... 11. The officers of the Treasury Department to m authorized under Instructions from the Secretary t- LC/mit supplies-to be transported to loyal porson’ residing in insurrectionary Stitts or pares of or in restricted districts of loyal States with whtai commercial intercourse has been, or may be license' by the President, under regulations of the Saoreta ry of the Treasury, are the Surveyors of Custom'- at Pittsburg, wheeling, Cincinnati, Madlsop, EouißviUe, New Albany, Evansville, Paducah Cairo, Quincy, St. Louis, Nashville, Memphis, an< Baltimore, the Collectors of Customs at Boston > New York, Philadelphia, Georgetown, Alexandria Beaufort in North Carolina, Port Royal iu b'Utt Carolina, BrtJWnflvDle, and New Orleans. Otae: officers will be designated to grant parmiw, saoalt the public interests require it; and the officer abov« named will respectively grant permits to such ports places or districts only as shall be designated in th* fetter Of instructions from the Secretary of tn< Treasury. The permit fee is that established in the followiet °*«Fees for permit to transport to or from eneli die triot other products, goods, wares or morohanoue three per oentumon the swornlavoloe value those, at the place of shipment." MILITARY AND NAVAL.' THE SEWARDS. EMIGRANTS TO MEXICO. BBEBUAN. Next Week. leged Conspirator. RICHMOND. * Arrest of Commissioner Ould and his Attaches. - PROGRESS OF THE ARMY OF THE POTOMC ON ITS HOMEWARD MARCH. The Generals Surrendered By Johnston. PROBABLE FATE OF WADE HAMPTON AND ACTION OF BRAGG. A Syitem of Conciliation Inangorated— An Amnesty Extended. The Blehmond Whig of Friday furnishes the fol lowing news items: OP RBBBC omCIAM, We understand that Robert Ould. late Gonfedo* rate Commissioner of Exchange, William H. Hatch, his assistant, and several other attaches of the Bu res, have been arrested upon an order from Wash ington, and committed to the Libby, upon a charge connected with the administration of affairs devolv ing upon them as agents of exchange. TBB ARMY OP THU POTOMAC. The van of the Army of the Potomac, Lieutenant General Grant, rcaohed Manchester l&Bt evening, from City Point, en route for Washington. The four yearß’ work of suppressing the great rebellion being virtually accomplished, the grand old army is on its way back to the point from wnenoe it set out in 1861. The different corps will rest In Man chester for several days, girding up their loins, then set out in light marching order through Richmond upon an easy homeward inarch. ” Home again,” Is the song unon ten thousand Ups, and ten thousand hearts respond, “filled with joy to meet their friends osve more.” The heavy equipments and paraphernalia of the army Will go roand by water- QOVBBSO& PfffRPOJfT. It is Intimated that Gov. Pierpnnt, Governor of Virginia, whose seat 1b at Alexandria, may be ex pected to arrive In Richmond within the present week, or the next ten days. It is said that Gov. Pie/pont Is In Washington, and has delayed his coining In order to await the arrival of the Gover nors o! several of the States who are expected to accompany him to Riohmond, WBBBB ABB THIS SUBBBKDBfiBD GOITB! Beauregard, Thompson, Bragg, and Hoke have figured so conspicuously in the robelllon now in process of being snuffed out, as to make their re spective faces mattei s of Interest to all who have cither participated In the late war or watched Its gurglegs and shiftlngs from a safe dlstanoe. Beau regard, Hardee, and Hoke were included to tho.sur render of General Johnston’s army. Bragg I& said not to have been Included, but being somewfcAfle in the neighborhood of tae soene of surrender. It l& ex pected he will come in and avail himself of the privileges accorded to the army. Hampton; lieutenant general, and lately commanding the cavalry of Jonnston's eir&y, was also left out, and there are many rumors and specu lations as. to the cause.. One report is that Hamp ton, Incensed at Johnston’s determination to sur render, forced hlnrselfinto his presenoeand Insulted bio grossly, when the latter shot and killed him with a revolver. Wo attach no Importance to this story. It does not fit the character of either of the men. Seme color has, however, been given to it by the fact that Johnston, when asked what hod become of Hampton, replied: ”1 have gotten rid of him}” •• te will trouble us no more,” or something to that effect. We feel well assured that Hampton is at this time in command of the cavalry escort which at tended Jeff Davis when he left Goldsboro’ for parts unknown; and Johnston's evasive and somewhat mysterious answers are easily accounted for by his unwillingness to throw any light upon the route xf escape taken by Davis and his follow ers. It is far from improbable that Bragg, too, haß gone With Davis. If he has not been willing to Bhaie the fortunes of his chief, he £&& have no spark of .gratitude, Davis loved him as neror David loved Jonathan, and strove desperately and persistently to make a great general oht of him. He failed sadly, but through no fault of hl9, and It 19 the least that Bragg can do to cleave unto him nuw In the day of his ruin. B&TABZJ&BMBKT 09 A COURT 09 OOKOILIATIOW. Major Gen. Halleck, commanding the Military Division of the James, has issued a general order establishing a Court of Conciliation, consisting of three arbitrators, in the city of Blehmond. This court will arbitrate such oases as may be brought before it in regard to the right of possession of property, both personal" and real, and to the payments of rents and debts, where con tracts were made upon the basis of Confede rate currency, which now haß no legal exis tence. This court will take no jurisdiction of ques tions of title to property, nor w HI its decision be any bar to legal remedies when the civil laws and civil courts are re-established. All parties bringing suit in this court and attorneys and agents appearing for them will be required to take the amnesty oath. All alike, white ana colored, will be allowed the be nefits of the jurisdiction of the court, and all pro ceedings will be directed solely to ascertaining and securing exact justice. AMNBBTY 099888D* Gen. Halleck has also issued an order announcing that all persons, without regard to their rank or employment in the civil or military service 0/ the late rebel Government, will be permitted to take the amnesty oath, and wlil receive the corresponding certificate. Those excluded from the benefit of cuch oath can make application for pardon and restoration to civil rights, which application wilt be received and forwarded to the proper chan nels for action of the President of the Unliod States. The fact that tfiCh persons have voluntarily ccrne forward »nd taken the oath of aUcgUnas, will be evidence of tselr intention to resnme the status of loyal citizens, and constitute claim for Executive clemenoy. • CALIFORNIA. A Large Emigration Expected to Idalio. MILITABY MEAStTBES TO PBOTECT THE ROUTE, A Testimonial Fund to Maw. Lincoln. Saw Fbawoisoo, May 3.—General McDowell Is moving several oompanles of troops for the protec tion of the land rontes to Idaho, along which the Indians are troublesome. Stations will be estab lished at central points of Northern California and Nevada, and the oavalry will patrol and protect the roads. A large emigration to Idaho Is expected. Several more arrests have been made, of persons In this State and Nevada for rejoicing at the death, of President Lincoln, and a considerable number of their friends are under duress at Fort Alcatraa. A movement has been started here for a dollar subscription to a fund for a testimonial to .Mrs. Lincoln, It la also propofltd to build a monument to Lincoln's memory. The receipts of treasure at the mint for the last ten days are abont 32,000 ounoes of gold and 12,000 ounces of silver. The Board of Supervisors are considering a reso lution for asking authority from the Legislature to give the Government one of Its city squares for a new mint building. Sailed, (Steamer Constitution, for Panama, with a large number of passengers for New York, and $864,000 In gold, of which $367,000 goes to New York. Arrived, ship Panama, from New York. SOUTH AMERICA. MORE INTESTINE COMMOTIONS AND REVOLUTIONS. Prospective War Between null and Spain REVOLTS IN BOLIVIA AND PKBV-THE CAPTURE OP MONTEVIDEO. Important Brant to the Panama Rail- road Company. New York, May 6.—By the steamer Costa Rica we have Panama dates to the Seth nit. The Panama Railroad Company has secured a new oontraot With Colnmbla, whloh only needs tho sanotlon of Congress to becomes law. It secures perpetual ownership of the road, and no other road Is to be built within 150,000 metres on either side* The Company pays 1500,000, and Issues 18,000 shares of $lOO eaoh. The company is to transport the Gov eminent mails, troops, armaments, &0., gratis, and charge 10 per cent, less for the transportlon of the products of the Republic than for others, In return for which they are topay the taxes. The necessary lands are eonceded. A French company has secured the exclusive privilege to conßtruot a canal aoross the Isthmus. From ChlU it Is lehrned that there Is a prospect of a rupture between that country and Spain, growing ont of claims made by the latter for the treatment of her fleet on Its way to Peru. The reported oapitnlatlon of Montevideo and General Flores to the Brasilian forces is confirmed, and General Floreß has assumed the supreme power in Uruguay under the protectorate of BrazU, thus terminating the war. A new revolution has broken out in Bolivia, headed by General Belter, Who has been proclaimed President of the Republic. President Nuliarego Immediately marohed on La Paz, and aftor a des perate struggle topk possession of the town. Gon. Belier was shot, and peace .restored. The whole southern portion of reru is in a state ol revolution against the Government. There is but little hope that the President will be able to maintain bis position. The United States gunboat ‘WatereoleftAspln wall on the 18th, and the United States steamer State of Georgia arrived on the 18th* ARKANSAS. PLBABAHT PJCTUBB OV TUB STATE 07 AFFAIRS THBBB—LEGISLATORS DRAGOBD OUT OF TAVERNS DRUNK TO ATTBHD TO THBIR DUTIES—DESTITU TION, MISERY, AND WORTHLEBBNBBS AMONG TUB PEOPLE. A correspondent of the Chicago writing from Duvall’s Bluff, Arkansas, gives a great many strange facts about Arkansas, which has just come out of rebellion, and Is in a state of transition. From the members of the Legislature down to the lowest of the people them is » wrt of aemoraUzi' tion which will require a areat deal of time and patience to correct. The writer says that when the constitutional amendment was passed it was as a preparatory measure, very difficult to geta quorum, andwoontlnues: There weie members enough In the city but not at the capitol. From day to day were the houses ad journed until legislators could he dragged from the taverns and saloons , A motleyorowd, is to shape the future of the State. The Legislature met in the large hall of the capitol. A few rude wuoden benches were set out lor seats, and the floor covered with sawdust to absorb the excessive oxpeotoratlons. The state is poor. The revenue she collects is principally, U not wholly, srarrlsoned towns. There trade oentree, and taste alone can the pro* cess of civil oourts be executed. She has the whole machinery of State Government, save authority. A squad of soldiers must still protect the sLetiff and enforce justice. Taxes are levied and floes Imposed. The offloe of coUeotor Is doubt less most profitable. The ounstltuonoy » small. Less than a dozen rotes elected representatives. Scouthcg parties sent into the eonntles opened polls and elected their oandldatee without oppo sition. The refoKees, prolific In dogs and children, still [ponr in. Their narrow strip of land, stretch ing along the base of a hill, and bordering a ri vulet, sustains them no longer.' The plundering habits of the gnerlllae forbid cnltlvatton, and the/ are tbuß forced Dorn their homes. They are ererse to labor, and this Is well exemplified In a charac teristic anecdote told by a surgeon. He wished to hire the services of a boy for errands and Bnoh llko dntles. and offered alad a good reoompense. Bnt he, In great astonishment, broke ont: “ Work 1 why I oan’twotk! I’m white!’- What a burden will they bo to the Industry of the North. They willingly, though not thankfully, subsist on Government bounty. Like IsbmaeUtes they wander without even a purpose. In fholr DigfitloDS the children sicken and die, Mid not untrequvaVly w» see bnt one remaining member of a once large family, They have neither energy nor vitality. Even In oar hospitals the large per eentage of deaths are of Arkansas troops. It was ’a matter of surprise to the citizens that there should be less mortally among our soldiers than there was among the Confederates stationed at like slokly places. The Immorality prevailing among these rerngees Is snr. prising. The negroes, likewise, are dying off. Never berore so beautifully provided for, they gorge end surfeit themselves. Disease comes, and their numbers diminish. When possessed of money, like children, they frequent stores and saloons with that.lndefinlte purpose of buying something that may attract. Few, indeed, have learned, or will learn, the virtue of eoonomy. More Indian Troubles in Minnesota. BOVINA BANDS PKOWLZHO ZSIS MANKATO. St. Pauls, May 6.—A party of six Indians mar dered four persons, named Jewett, In Bine Earth county. A half-breed, named Campbell, was lynched as one of the murderers. In his confession he stated that nine bands of Indians, numbering one hundred each, were in the yiolnlty of Mankato. Plenty of troopa are In the vicinity, and they will probably capture the raldera and prevent farther mischief. Surratt in Canada. The following telegrams appeared in the New York papers: Washikotow, April IS, 1335. The Investigation of the cases of the conspirators Is now In progress. When the time arrives for the publication of the details they will astound the loy al North, and disgust every high-hearted Southern man, by the exhibition of perfidy and cowardly ex pedients resorted to by the leaders of the rebellion. WASBIKOTOir, April 23,1805, Notice has been given by oar Consul General in Canada, that all the criminals oonneoted with the murder of Mr, Lincoln mast be surrendered to tho United States authorities. This has a meaning. Since we last wrote on this subject we have had Information to lead us to tblnk. that the man Sur ratt hoe been in Canada. We are quite Ignorant as to whether or not he Is now here, dot we oan have no hesitation n stating that it la [he duty of the Ca nadian Government and people to use all exertions to afford the Federal authorities aid In finding out the tact, and to afford them every faculty which tho law or treaties, or the comity of nations, may re quire at our hands. This a point too plain for dis cussion. There oan be no seoond opinion respect, log it. Bnt as to tbe alleged oonsplraoy here, among the Southern refugees, we shall require erldenoe before we bellevb It. We attach weight to the statement which Brigadier General Lee, made te ns, as to his ignorance of any such conspiracy; and had there been any of the nature alleged he would likely have heard of It. That offioer, as a Southern gentleman, repudiated sympathy with assassina tion as iadighxntly as ormlil any man who liras. What IS unt’lr, these Are accusations against a class of gentlemen without specification.— Montreal Gazette. Mosbt’s Farewell to his Guerillas and Bushwhackers.—Before running away, Moshy IssueJthe following address to Ms followers; Fauquier, April 21,1885. Soldiers: 1 have summoned you together Tor the last time. The vision we have cherished of a free and Independent country has vanished, and that country Is now the spoil of a conqueror. I disband yonr organization In preferenoe to surrendering to our enemies. lam no.longer your commander. Af ter an association of more than two eventrnl years, I part from yon with a just pride In the fame of your achievements and grateful reoolleotlonsof your generous kindness to myself; and now, at this mo ment of bidding you a final adieu, aooept the as surance r.f my unchanging confidence and regard. Farewell, J- s. mosbt, Colonel Commanding Battalion, Reposted Loss op Jepp Lavra' Specie.—col, Clark, of the rebel army, wbo was captured by one or our scouting parties while endeaving to eioape from Richmond on one of the last trains from tbe doomed city, asserts that he was in charge ol all the specie which was removed from Rich mond: that when his train broke down, and he found it Impossible to get It on the track and off again, and seeing our forces approaching, he ordeied It set on fire, and that all his efforts to save the specie were unavailing; that the soldlers.broks open the kegs, and amid theexcitement and tumult, soldiers and citizens appropriated all there was. He asserts that he knows that no other amounts of specie not In the pockets of its owners were taken from Blehmond, and that this lot was all stolen. He states further that the amount has been vastly over-estimated, and aonfirms the statement hereto fore made by General Grant, that It amounted only to about two hundred thousand dollars. The English Budget. We find In the London Globe, one of the seml-offi oial English papers, tho following comments upon the flnanolal statement of the Chancellor of the Ex chequer : The estimate for last year of the sum lo be re quired for the service of the State, under all heads, was £86,390 000. We have no reason to think that It has been exceeded; and we know that no legacy of liability will be found to have been thrown by It upon 1266 66. The new estimates show a net reduc tion of £316,000 on the navy, and £871,000 (Including a largo Increase of repayments from India) on the army- The total diminution of the cost of these two services will tIIUS be £1,180,000, as oo'mparod with tho past year. The civil service estimates are not all before us; but even If It be au error It is a whdesome one to calculate upon some increase, and, speaking merely upon hypothesis, we think we do not underrate the increase If wo pat It down at the odd £190,000, the excess over a million saued on tbe army and navy. This would be a total reduction of a million, and would leave Mf. Gladstone on the 27th of April with a probable ex penditure of £65 390,0(0 to provide for. Lot us see. what is likely to be the amount at his disposal to enable him to discharge this obligation. Tao reve nue for the year 1864-65 was £70,313,000. Had we made no changes In taxation last April, the offeots olwhlohwill spread somewbat over the year now commenced, were we to make no changes now, and were the state of theoonntryso far stationary that we might not expect a progressively Increasing yield consequent upon former reductions ortho ge neral prosperity, that is at a first view tho snm upon which we might calculate. That is to say, Mr. Gladstone would have an Income of £70,313.089 to meet an expenditure of £65,890,000, or a surplus of £4.423,(06, There nre. however, Clreamstanoes which affect this calculation both ways, in the direction of dlmlnntlon we have to bear In mind that some of tbe changes of 1861 will fall upon the present year. It was expected that the alteration ol the sugar duties would fall upon It to the extent or £28,060, of the property tax to £433,000, and of tbe fire Insurances to £70,000. AU these amount to £631,000. Although this estimate will not be fulfilled—for estimates of losses of revenue caused by reduction of duty are the only ones whloh practical results Invariably contradict—lt Is but right to take the loss at tho full amount contemplated. Again, we must recolleot that a more than ordinary good harvest came In to swell the returns of lest year, and we have no right to atsume that the excise returns of 1865-66 will ex ceed those of 1863-64 by £1,361,060, as those of the lnleimedlate year have done. Bat in the balance Of the account wo may put against this possible, and In figures Inappreciable, loss, the wonderful elastici ty of the revenue generally. The Chancellor of tho Exchequer, with oommendable prudence, does not take such an influence Into his ealoulatlcn, unless as a fair thing to be estimated In softening the effect of reductions, but he may very fairly put It against the effects of a possibly bad harvest, and In the main take 1866-66 to be as good In point of yield. Upon this calculation, therefore, if we deduct the esti mated losses, £631,000—0n the revenue of the pre sent year, oaused by remissions made in 1864, from the £70,313.000 whloh appears to be tbe present rate of annual yield, we shall have a total revenue, of £69,782 000 to provide fora total expenditure or £66,890,000, In other words a snrplus of £3,890.000 Convention between Austria and Mexico. The fnll text of the convention concluded onthe 19th of October last year, between the Emperors of Austria a” 11 Mexico, for the recruitment in the Aus trian States of vold&teerj for tho Mesiean service, has just appeared. Its tenor may be summarised as follows: 1. The Austrian volunteers to be re cruited for the Mexican service shall not, for the present, exceed 6,000 Infantry and 300 sailors. They may consist of persons who have fulfilled their time of servioe, and civilians not liable to military dhty. No expense shall be incurred by the Austrian trea sury. 2. After their six years’ service in Mexico, six months’ leave shall be allowed the recruits iu whioh to return to Austria, or apply to the Austrian authorities for leave to remain in the country. 3. Slates the division of the corps into infantry, hus sars smd Uhlans, artillery, and engineers. They are to be men of good oharacter, not over forty, strong, and professing the Gbrlstian religion. 4. Seldletß and snb-omoers of the Austrian army allowed to enlist among the Mexican volunteers may reenter that army after completing their term of service. 6. Ifeertain number of Austrian infan try, jager and cavalry oadets, will be permitted to enter tho Mexican ssrviea. 0. Provides for the re turn of officers to the Austrian army. 7. Stipulates for their being passed by a commission as fit for ser vice. 8. Declares the; have no claim to raenter the Austrian service if they leave Mexico before the ap lOlcted six years have expired. 9. Slates that they ose all claim upon the Austrian Government if they tail to report themselves to Its agents within six weeks after quitting the Mexican service. 10,13. Stipulate that pensions and wounds, money are to be paid by the Mexican Government to volunteers or all ranks who become invalided while in its ser vice, and that provision shall be made for their widows and children. 13,14. Refer to the position or officers returning from Mexico as to pensions. 15. Anns, accoutrements, and ammunition will ho supplied hy Austria to Mexico for cash paymnsts. 16. Provides for the subsistence or thevpluußers until they leave Trieste. 17,19, State the pay, emoluments, grants of land, *<* , *0 be made by the Mexican Government to volunteers of all ranks alter expiry of their term of servioe. 20 The stipulations* of the oonventlon apply equally to sailors 21. Officers and men shall take the oath of fidelity to the Mexican colors, and acknowledge the Emperor Maximilian as their temporary military chief It is stipulated that the enlistment shall be completed at latest by the 16th January, 1805. and that the ratifications of the convention shall be ex changed within four months from its date. NEW TUBE dll. UfBW TOEKj UWJ 5- GOLD PROM CALIfORNIA. The steamer coeta Kloa, which arrived at thla port to-day, brought *660,000 In gold from San Fran cisco. MARINE. The brig Stiver Cloud, from the Cape of Good Hope on July 23, has on board the orew ol the ship Edward, of New Bedford, oaptured by the pirate Shenandoah. „ EVENING STOCK BOARD. 11P. M —Stocks weak and very dull. G01d,142&. New York Central, 07 ; Erie, 7«K; Hudson River, 110: Beading, 101 s Mloulgran Central, 111 %; Mlohl. nan Southern, 69%; Illinois Central, 114%; Pltts iurei Ttß"Hook ,£sland. 101%; North Western, 30%; ditto preferred. 59% j Canton Co., 39 ; Cum* berland, 47%; Quicksilver, 62 ; Mariposa, 13%. ship naws. Arrived, bark Prtnoess, Alexandra, Ponoe; brig* Export, Clenfaegos. Foil In, April 80th, lat. 36.10, long. 73.30, With tho sobooner N. A. Farnham, of Boston, from Philadelphia (or Beaufort, N. O , In a sinking oonditlon, and took from hor tho oaptaln and orew and brought them to Now York. BOSTON, HUMILIATION IW HAS S AGHUBST T 6. In accordance with President Johnson’s procla mation, the Ist of June has been appointed by GO" vernor Andrew as a day of humiliation and prayer. Opening of Navigation. Aibant, May s.—Boats tire beginning to arrive on the Erie canal. New Pebbobmabce at a Thu at be - In a little tableau performance at Wlnetoad, Connecticut, latalv. vhne ft vouos ibbii was to bold nlmseu add lfps in marble reposi wltUn Wising distance, o: a nnldui’s plump and dimpled handa'no so lat forgot hlnself and the aodlanoo tuat he fell to kiaalog It U unaffected eMMStnewe The auctioned applauded; but there was a different expression benjrzrt the soenes shortly after* THE MARTYRS OF ANDERSQNVILLE. DEATHS AMONG GBR PRISONERS FOB A TEAR, A TBLUKG COMHfKTiBT OH TDK CHABiOrKB OF ggTho editor of the Ibury Herald, Mils., has fur nished to the press a reoord of the dally dehtha at. Andenonvllle from the' Ist of Marsh, ISM, to the loth of Maroh, 1885—a little oyer one.year. The dally record demands more apaoe than ve have jnst now at era disposal, hat a i A paragraph In the his tory of the war, and a proof tl how nrash fiendish brutality onr poor oaptlre soldiers must hare suf fered every day and every hour of the day, we will print It on Monday. Let It be preserved, and, as It Is read, let onr people say how the leaders and abettorß In snob gross, horrible orlme should be treated. We present now the summary of deaths by months. The figures are dull and eold, but they represent more pain, more misery, more awful suf fering than the most lively fancy oan Imagine: dbathb or union biusobukh—suukabv nr e 3-p t S mf f 1854, ill i . W ? ? : g_ t* j February i l March 282 5 15 282 April 47t 34 71 678 May 833 10 65 709 Jnp« 1041 10 150 1201 July 1119 5 614 1738 August 1489 1692 2991 September 1255 .. 1423 2878 October... 1294).. 301 1695 November 494 .. .... 494 Veetmber.. 106 .. 2 168 1865. January 191 .. 8 199 February 147 147 March 100 .. .... 100 Total 8663 64 4161 12878 Hanged In Stockade, July 11,1884, -.- 6 Aggregate ; 12884 g £ 5 1 I ! I § I l i I February...... 1,000 34 1-30 March 4,603 990 10 Apill 7,876 870 18 May.. 13 486 1,197 23 Jane 22,353 1,606 38 July.... 28,689 2,166 68 August.. 32,193 3,709 98 September 17,733 3,026 89 October....* 5.885 2,245 61 November 2,024 242 18 December 8,218 431 6 1865. Jsuuary an 4*63i S&S T February...... 6,196 865 6 March 4,800 160 4 1-8 Total Highest number of deaths In a single day, on the*3dof August, 1864 137 Remaining in hospital 401 Returned to quarter....... 4,178 This table requires not a word of oomment. The Paid l ire department of Hew York. A temporary injunction was granted by Hr. Jus tice Sutherland, yesterday, restraining the Mayor and commonality of the city, and the Chief Engi neer of the Fire Department, from transferring the apparatus and other property of the Fire Depart ment to the newly-appointed commissioners. Tho injunction Is understood to hare been based upon the opinion of the Attorney General of the State that the law la unconstitutional, Inasmuch as It exempts the city Of Brooklyn from It# opera, lion, and leaves New York alone under the oon trol of the Metropolitan Fire Commissioners, viituaily making them city officers, who, accord ing to the State -Constitution, can only be elected by the people or appointed by Such authori ties of the city as the Legislature shall designate. Without attempting to dispute whether this point of the opponents or tho law Is well taken or not, It seems very elear, from the spirit which aotnated the representatives of the Fire Department at their. meeting on Wednesday evening, that the attempt to establish any paid system will meet with factious opposition. Chief Engineer Deoker and his col leagues announced their determloauon, even before the injunction was obtained, to recognise In no man ner the authority of the now commissioners, and to hold tenaciously, In spite of law, the ooutrol of the old department and Its property, threatening with Immediate disbandment any company which might be found favoring the new order of affairs. We eau assure the members of the Volunteer Fire Department that, In yielding to this Improper spirit, they are committing a grave error, which win con demn them before the public, whose good oplulon, In so far as they, as a body, are entitled to it, has never yet been withheld. It Is the well settled conviction of onr citizens that a paid department must displace the present sys tem, whose evils are patent and beyond dispute—to no class more so than to the worthy members of the volunteer organization—and as the reform Is sure to be, sooner or later, Inaugurated, Chief Engineer Decker, and those who are now acting with him, would do well to accept the decree of fato with be coming resignation.—New Nork’ Tima, May 4. A Nonna Woman There Is now living In Charleston Mias Ramsey. She Is a grand-danghter or Henry L&UrtnS, and is connected witn the Pinckney and Rutledge families- Tats lady Is tho owner of the table on which the Declaration of In dependence was signed. When the ordinance of secession was passed In the city of Charleston, by the State of South Carolina, every possible effort was made to obtain this table on which to sign that foul and fatal deed. Miss Ramsey not only In dignantly refused to have it taken from her house but threatened to shoot, with her own hand, the miscreant who should attempt to remove it. We were told these facts by a gentleman on whose veraolty we most fully rely. Good News.— lt may be seen by the following, which we extract from the Boston Journal, that a “fall In heel” Is In prospect In that city: “It will he seen by the reports of the oattle markets, the present week, that the decline In prices has at last reached the beef market, and there Is a prospect that we shall soon be able to get a good steak with out paying forty-five to fifty cents a pound for It. Both at Cambridge and Brighton there were a large number of oattle left over this week. Cattle for which it cents a pound was confidently expected were sold at 14 cents, and butchers bought Tory shy even at this decline. The reduction of the army will take the Government out ofcthe market as a purchaser, and lower prices still may be expected.” A Maw Stabbed bob Dhpkhdiwg the Msso. ry ob ran Latb Pbbbjdbht —On Wednesday af ternoon an employee of the New York and Erie Eallroad Company, named John Salaman, while standing near the office foot of Duane street, In Now York, heard a person speaking In a disrespectful and abusive manner of the late President, and lm mediately requested him to desist, whereupon the stronger, without any previous warning, drew a knife ano Stabbed Mr, Salaman, Inflicting a serious wound. He then made bis escape; The wouhdod man was taken to the New York Hospital. Thb HAitDBL asd Haydn Sooibtv terminated their series of concerts for the season yesterday eve ning, by giving a fine performance of Nedkomm’s Oratorio of “David.” This work, besides being replete with beantlful melodies, Is richly harmo nious. The solo parts were sustained by highly competent vooallsts. Mrs. Monart, of New York, was the soprano of the evening, and rendered the fine music entrusted to her with that ability whloh' has given her snob a great repu tation as an Interpreter of oratorio music. Mr. Gecrge Simpson, also or New York, has a rich tenor voice, and safag the part of David with fine expression. Mr. A. 11. Taylor, of this city, was the basso, and displayed his deep, full tones to great advantage. The chorus, composed of members of the Sooiety, was excellent, and showed marked evidences of skillful training. The Germania 'Orchestra, under the direction of Mr. Carl sentz, performed the Instrumental portions of the work In an able manner. The audl. enee was really immense, every portion of the Musical Fund Hall being closely filled, and the greatest satisfaction was evinced with the whole performance. The season could not have been dosed more sndoessfnlly. Mb. Otto Dbbsbl will give the second of his series of three concerts, at the Foyer of the Aca demy of Music, this evening. A choice programme, selected from the works of the best composers for the piano, will be performed. LAB9B Pebbmptoby Sabb ob Cabpbtings, Mattikgb, Dboggbts, Cabpxt Chain, &.0., this Day.— The attention of dealers Is requested to the assortment of rloh-prlhted felt, snperfine and fine ingrain, royal damask, Venetian, list, Dutoh|hemp, cottage and rag carpetings, 2-4 to 6-4 coir and “ con tract” Canton matting, 10 bales two-ply oarpet chain, &0.,t0 he peremptorily sold, by-catalogue, on four months’ credit, commencing this morning, at 11 o'clock precisely, by John B. Myers & Co., auctioneers, Nos. 282 and 234 Market street. [bob ‘"mnonAi pity nbwb »m bototh pagb.) A matcl-gatne of base mount Park yesterday, be! terlee li. B. V., resulting 1 by tfce following score: ACTIVE. I 1. Bard V* orrell 2,1. v.. 3 2. .T. Beusenderfer, 0.. 4 3. i\ Koibermel, p 4 4. T. Ayres, ss 3 5. E. Hopper 1, b 3 0. A. Her knees 3, b.... 2 7, .Waldo, 1f........ 4 g. j. Simpson, 0f.,,,., a s. A. Watson, rr. 4 Umpire—H, Budd, of tiie N, B. B. C. Scorers—McYay a&d Lewis. L , , , There will be a line game tO'day, at 3 o oloca, on the Athletic ground, at Fifteenth street and Colum bia avenue. Seats reserved for ladles. The match between the'Eagles and Athletics has been post* Soied In consequence of the death of Mr. Andrew Icßrlde, father of the pitcher of the Athletics. Lieutenant General Grant, accompanied by a member of his staff and two other gentlemen, drove around Falrmount Farit on Thursday afternoon The clstlngulshed conqueror was recognized and re celved some hearty oheerß. The family of Blf hop Stevens have reoelved a des naloh from the Hon. Thomas M. Howe, dated at Pittsburg, acquainting them of the ritlon of the Bishop. He was supposed to ba suffer ing principally from nervous prostration, the result 01 over exertion. SEIZURE OF BUTTER. During the past week ninety-live pounds of butter have been seized by the clerks of the markets for net being fQ U weight. Boston, May fi. > . -WAGE ER INsTiTUTE. _ The Wfignw Free Institute of Sdonce will be formally opened next Friday evening, at the hall ol the Boolety, oorner of Seventeenth and Montgomery streets. Able addresses will be delivered, and a pleasant occasion Is antlolpatod. Mr Charles Darnell, who died on Wednesday last, was thrown from his oarrlage on Thursday of last week, and not on Snnday last, as lncorreotly stated in yesterday’s Press. The rebel General Rhett, who has been at Fort Delaware Some weeks, hOB taken the oatb. of alte. gi&noe to the UOvernmont, and has Men released. THE BEBKUIOir. MOUTHS. Public InlsmiimientSi lUIK CITY, ball was played at Fair itween the Aotlve and Sat in avlotoryforthe Actives, SATTERbEE. 1. Grier, p a 2. Mumford, o 1 3. Shaw 1, o 1 i. Armstrong 2, b 3 6. Moore 3, b........... 2 a. Squires, r f 1 7. Cooper, 1f...., 1 :8, Tamer, pf o ». Dickson, as.S PERSONAL. CORRECTION. TAKEN THE OATH. r-— —— city rirm&iy. IMPORTANT TO GffJITLEJCBir.—As the S 6 at hand ibr gentlemen to replenish their „ J? 11 * In Furnishing Goods, we would State that George Grant, sio Chestnut street, has jt» t ' to his superb stook In this department a hiM 1 assortment of new things, Including no™,, ' Shitting Prints, beauttrol Spring Cravats, ble Underclothing, As. Hls celebrate# Medal” Shirt, Invented by Mr. John F. P| h unequalled by any other In the world. Oobfeotionb fob thb season.—Messrs .. Whitman AOo., No. 318 Chestnut street, to Adams A Co.’s Express, are determine# 0,, ™ 5 outdone in their profession. We thought that that genius oould oohohlve or art produce u i way Of choice cpnfeotlonB had long since f ouna ‘ way W tho otnmWW «r these wilMlflftffl m , ou ,■ tnrers. A gl&noe at their tempting trays, however, willoosvlnoothe mostekeptloalttutti,. ore some “new things under the sun,” an# i„. who are wise repair to their store before gsin, their homes to-day, and supply themselves wjt, budget of these delicious and healthfol sdlhiss, Populab Pictures of GsnbeAL Geast—yj thousands of friends and admlreren in this eg, our great military deliverer, General v. s, q,J 5 will be gratified to learn that this peaee miuier yesterday sat to Messrs. Wenders Taylor, and Brown, Chestnut street, below T« 0 for pictures of all the various sizes, The day* auspicious, and tho General was In his host moa for a capital picture. The orders for duplicates h. already coffins BEOCd flowing in lest evening, LATEST NOVHLTIEB I* liAntßS’ BOXHBTB a* Childbed's Hats—A magnificent assortment i Wood A Cary’s, 736 Chestnut street. Hats an# Bor nets renovated at short notice. Thu Bust Fwrnro Shiet of thb abb is up] Improved Pattern Shirt,” made by John c. Aj, son, at tho old stand, Nos. 1 and S North sir street. Work done by hand, In the best maturi and warranted to give satisfaction. Hie stook Gentlemen’s Furnishing Goods cannot be surpisst Prices moderate. A Chance to Mam a Hundbbd Thom»» Dollars.— A flue ohanoe Is offered any enterort lng man to make a hundred thousand dolUrsi bagging Jeff Davis. The Said J. D. may he See, by a bang-dog 166 k, by h« shocking bad s, (| by a very eeedy-looklfig suit or Confederate grv In short, Jefferson D. looks as unlike as po.wii,:. loy&l citizen, clad In an elegant suit from the Bn, Stone Clotblng Hall of Rockhlll A Wilson, Noi, and 606 Chestnut street, above Sixth, The Beauty op the Hair, In Its pristine w and natural oolor, may be preserved to a goo ! ol ago. Its premature deoay and loss may be prang ed by using E. McClain’s Ooooanut OH and (j Oonel, Altoona v A B&pp&rtl, NewtoffO-* T O Evans & son, lIW Orotzer, Lew!.*-' o ' E Brooks, Lanoascer, J H Woodward, N J W H Bannister, ln«l ■R J McKenzie, 0 |S H Aldridge Jas W McFarland, PJ Hon P Johnson, Tbe Uei E Culbertson, Penna T Haws, Knoxville, Tenn Mrs P A Marreit, Mass J G Butler. New York A D Tice, New York J B McClellan, Plttsbnrg Jos H Kuhns, Penna J A Eycter, Peoda a W Walls, Lewlshurg Goo E Weis, St Mary’s C Clarde, Newoastle S llainemann, N Y T Laldley, Pittsburg A Dunnam, Buckstown W H Williams, Pittsburg Mrs Clemens, Salem Mies Clemens, Salem J Enwer, Allegheny B D Moore, Allegheny A Leggatt, Allegheny J G Lombard, N York icvicall, ... N O .Tamos, DoyH'w* H P Rosa, Doylostoin Goo Lear, IloylesM ™ E Rears, Salem, NJ H K Sager, Doylests* l K Lear, Doylestowo J H Antrim, N Jers*f, J H Hullog, Hushs’' 1 ; ft D Wolfe, Lewes, 1“! T I) Kanilali, Me* ¥ ® O M Bunnell, OtW 1 * 1 p Venlno John HeJeck. Lt JDHUtonAI'.V B Oallagbar, Oh! W 0 Alrati Olooker, W«* Ib« Aim W A Atwood, Ponca .Tea TV is el! in oyer Balt J W Williams, N York O A Gomley & la, Feiina Hrs Msj Dorren, Wash das H Moorhead AW Whitehead,Virginia R P MenlKen, Dola-waro w w Aptloy, penna Rlchd Do Obaxmes, Pa Ij L Fred, Ohio O E H-cht, Easton J a williams, USA H Y Gllsson & wf W G Wardle, Pottsvllle J Elmer, New Jersey P T Walter & wf, N York Inton. Isaao Addama, B SISI “ 1 Ohas D Page, O W Oonger, N “*„ a Geo G Plank, P«#»* Griggs Maril>, P«» w O D Brewer.Peun* Job Knlpp, ii seitm, Baliiflipj",, W,F Marta 4 wr, J a £ I. H GoodnougU, > 1 F Holler & sis, Pe» E * The Di T P Hakly, Glnolnnat! 1 J B Eblen, Cincinnati < h o Thomas, Wheeling l B F Errlngten, N York ( Ohas A Mouler i 1a li Dlyklneon, Indiana I S B Cleaver, DelawOT*, , D Caldwell, Hollltlaysb’g: Mrs E Sharp, N Jersey ' Miss J Crouse, N Jersey Henry Winter, Toronto j Jas D Stryker, N Jersey imerdal. P Hoopes, Jr, Vir* I ?'* E B Patterson, P«s J ' H J Adams . Okas Dlogeo, Wfl, J H Halnas, Hane'.fi JB;Holllngssorta,‘' S W Moore, Penes H Whitmore, P»a“* The t'oini Owen Jones. W Virginia ; W O Ford, Harrisburg A J Patterson, Penna B Oreenwood, New York ' G- V Buoklev, Del City . John Bead, Huntingdon . R Ferguson, Chester oo i T H Laid ley, Penna tes Union. A B Felt, New Vet* J A Hooper, Pt® 0 * J Whitehead, vet**, J W Parkinson, P Bo ' J Oarott, insaola H MoKaj, Bal J D Brr.nsom BkU W Wright, Ohio Tire Slat, O H Rich, Baltimore Sergt D Baber, USA H J Gather, Franklin co H Snyder, Danville, Pa D B Harper, Danville M H Haret, Clarion eo H R Rlsson, Luzerne eo N S Brown, Maryland The Bari. W WflocL Fenna 1 P Donnelly, BetMfrfcerh A Watson, Philadelphia ' Ohas Dubree, Buofer, 00 H O Party, Bucks 00 John Riser, Buck's 00 Smith Harper, F raokfoid Timothy Ely, P.aolts 00 J W Orousdtp.o, Newtown The Hi K.B TBj'.or, Bucks co J H Emmons O O Murray, Narrowabg WWW Dorsy, Del B \V Mentken, Del G. H Westoott. Prov, RI CIM BS6!bf, Penaa ley sneajt. >H Haines, Si* Q Otiia IfilfflWtM'ijji M Nloteiooß, K,« jas Palmar, John Farren, (S Henry Watson,»' JMBlolifcBo n i H Billion. J M Moore & I* ',O Job Wtlllamß | W*' J W Brown, W VT Trego, N«®> Jos Kjln, Le* ls | V : I, SMttt'ir 4 it.