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As- - ETELMBOLD’B FLUID EXTRACT «-X XCTOHD la yleuaat la taita aid odor, freefrom 41 Injurious properties. and luadiataU its sstiou. BLARE BOOKS. K&unfMturen of Doußsno %\t f rtss. MONDAY, MAY 8, 1865. R. A. Stoddard’s “Abraham Lin- coin.’’* For the most part, our elegiac poetry is not good. The grief which is “ too deep for tears” seldom has the power to “ wreak itself into expression” in verse. Yery few monodies are of a nature to touch the heart. Miltoh’s “ Lycidas,” and Shelley's “ Adonais” are among the best, but there is not any general interest in the death of a private friend, nor even in the untimely loss of a young poet of great pro mise. The most touching grief-lyric that we know of is Charles Wolfe’s, com mencing: If I had knows thou conld’st hava died, I might not weep for tbee— But I forgot, when by thy side, That thou could’at mortal be i « but the lines, so sad and tender, were wholly imaginative, their author having declared that he had been crooning the Irißh air “ Gramachree,” in the dim. Bi lence of twilight, until its sadness'brought tears into his eyes, and the stanzas in ques tion came into his mind impulsively. As yet, very little worthy of the deep and horrible tragedy of last month has been published. Our great poets, appalled, have hitherto held back; and, indeed, the awful ness of the subject is enough to paralyze the minstrel’s touch. The authors of “ Thaumatopais ” and of “ The Song of Hiawatha” might have done justice, in suitable song, to such a world’s blow as the terrible death of the martyr-President, but have not yet spoken. However, Mr. Rich ard Henry Stoddabd (whose fine poem of "The King’s Bell ” we had occasion to eulogize some two years ago) has done what they and others had left undone, and his execution of the self-imposed task places him, in the foremost rank, among the great est poets of the time. In “ Abraham Lincoln, an Horation Ode,’,’ he had adopted the measure of the Horation Ode of Andrew Marvel 11 Upon Cromwell’s Return- from Ireland;” but the theme of the original was triumph and congratulation, while Mr. Stoddard’s is grief and horror. The measure is well chosen, at once simple and compact, and expressly adapted for expressing the digni ty of deep, deep sorrow. Mr. Stoddard has produced a grave, grand poem, worthy of the man and the times. ' We shall show its quality by a few extracts. It opens thus: Not as wben some great Captain falls In battle, where his Country calls, Beyond the struggling lines That pash his dread designs To doom, by some stray ball struck dead: Or, In the last oharge, at the head OJ his determined men, Who must be victors then 1 Her as when sink the olvle Great, The safer pillars of the State, Whose oalm, mature, wise words Snppressthe needorswordß ! With no such tears as e’er were shed Above the noblest of our Dead Do we to-day deplore The Han that Is no more 1 Our sorrow hath a wider scope, Too strange for fear, too vast for hope)— A Wonder, blind and dumb, That waits—what Is to oome 1 #.** # * * * No Cesar he, whom we lament, A Han without a precedent, Sent, it would seem, to do Bis work—ahd perish, too 1 Not by the weary cares or State, The endless tssks, which will not wait, Which, often done In vain, Must yet be done again: Not In the dark, wild tide or War, Which rose so high, and rolled so far, Sweeping from sea to sea In awful anarohy, Four fateful years of mortal strife, Which slowly drained the Nation’s life, (Yet for each drop that ran There sprang an armed man!) Not then; but when, by measures meet, By victory, and by defeat,— By courage, patience, skill, The People’s fixed ’* We mil Had pierced, had crushed Rebellion dead,— Without a Hand, without a Head - At last, when all was well, He lell— O, hew he fell 1 The time,—the place,—the stealing Shape,— Thedo ward shot,—the swift escape,— The wife—the widow’s soream,— It la a hideous Dream 1 The poem goes on, itself a solemn, lyrical procession, to allude to the sad pageant which so lately traversed the land. The multitudes of solemn men, WHO speak not whoa they meet, Bat throng the silent street; The flags hair-mast, that late so high Flaunted at eash new victory ! (The stars do brightness shed, Bat bloody looks the red I] The black restoons that stretch for miles And torn the streets to funeral aisles 1 (No house too poor to show The nation’s badge of woe!) The cannon’s sudden, sullen boom,— The bells Chat toll of death and doom,— The rolling of the drums,— The dreadful Car that comes! The finest passage, however, is that which shadows forth the character of the murder ed ruler: Cool should he be, of balanced powers, The Baler ol a Baco like ours, Impatient, headstrong, wild— The Man to guide the Child! And this he was, who most unfit (3o hard the senseof God to hit 1) Did seem to fill his Place. With such a homely face— Such rustic manners—speech uncouth— (That somehow blundered out the Truth!) Untried, untrained to bear The more than kingly Care! Ay! And his genlns put to scorn The proudest In the purple born, Whose wisdom never grew To what, untaught, he knew— The People, of whom he was one. No gentleman Ilke-Wasblngton— (Whose bones, methinks, make room, To have him In their tomb!) A laboring man, with homy hands, Who swung the axe, who tilled nis lands, Who shrank from nothing new, But did as poor men do! One of the People! Born to be Their ourlonß Epitome; To share, yet rise above Their shitting bate and love. Common his mind (It seemed so then), HiAthoughts the thoughts of other men: Plain were his words, and poor— But now they will endure 1 No hasty fool, of stubborn will, But prudent, cautious, pliant, still: Who, Blnoe his work was good, Would do 11, as he could. Doubting, was not ashamed to doubt, And, lacking prescience, went without; Often appeared to halt, And was, ol court e, at fault: Heard all opinions, nothing loth, And loving both sides, angered bath: Was—not like Justice, blind. But watchful, element, kind. No hero, this, of Homan mould : Nor like our stately Bites of old: Perhaps he was net Great— But he preserved the State 1 The conclusion, with its earnest appeal to those whom his humane policy made free, is a noble peroration, and in keeping with the well-maintained dignity of the whole poem: And you, amid the Master-Baoe, Who seem so strangely out or place, Know ye wno cometh ? He Who hath declared ye Free! Bow while the Body passes—Nay, Fall on yonr knees, and weep, and pray! Weep, weep—l would ye might— Tour poor, blaok faces white 1 And, Children, you must come in band?, With garlands in year little hands, Or blue, and white, and red, To strew before the Dead 1 so, fiwodtly, sadly, sternly goes The Fallen to his last repose: Beneath no mighty dome, Bat In bis modest Home; The ohurohyard where his ohlldres rest, The quiet spot that suits lilm best: There shall his grave be made, And there his bones be laid! And there his countrymen shall oome, - With memory proud, with pity dumb, And strangers far ana near, For many and many a year 1 For many a year, and many an Age, While History on her ample page The virtues shall enroll Of that Paternal Sonl! We have quoted liberally from this noble poem, but it renders scant justice to the author to ask the public to judge it by extracts, however copious. It is so thoughtful and compact that it should be considered in its entirety, and not by fragments. It is worthy of its lofty sub ject, which is saying much, and stamps Mr. Stoddabd as a poet of the highest sank. The Ode can be purchased, we pre sume, at any bookstore in this city. * Abraham Lincoln. An Horation Ode. By Blch ard Henry Stoddard. 12.pageBj8vo. New York; Bunco 4i Huntington. PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, MAY 8, 1865. PETERSBURG. Passage of Soldiers Tlirongb the City—A Bali at tbe Headquarters of Major Ge neral Perrero—Amusing Scenes, [Special Oorrespondenee'of The Prose. 1 Pbtebbbubo, May 5,1865. THB FIFTH COSTS. The dull routine or the civil andjnllltary admi nistration was relieved yesterday and the day be fore by the passage through this olty of tho 25th Corps, (colored) under Major General Godfrey Weltzel, followed by the sth Corps, under .Major General Gibbons, and the cavalry under the victo rious Sheridan. The. negro troops have been camped In the vloinlty of this place, bat are now gone to a point on the James river, about two miles below City Point. There Is no remedy so ef fectual la chilling; the warm blood of the South as to put arms In the hands of the negroes. The in fluence of this element upon the F. F. Y’a—Fleet- Footed Virginians—hue ever been of a demoralizing tendenoy upon the rellos which may In part ex plain why It Is they are kept so far from these large towns. The sth Corps elicited, as It deserves, general commendation for tbe good order and discipline which it preserved while passing through. The re-‘ cord of the sth Is good, and one of which both offi cers and men maybe justly proud. SHBBTDAH’S CAVALEV. Sheridan’s cavalry was the observed of all ob servers. The men and horses wero In a fine condi tion. THB BBCOHD COBPS. The 2d Corps bas already broken oamp at BarkesT vine, and is moving In tkla direction. It wIU pass through the olty early this morning, following the sth. . A HALL. On last night a ball came off, in good, If not grand style, atdbe headquarters of Brevet Major General Ferrero. Among the guests were Major General Hartsuff and lady, Brevet Brigadier General Mo- Ktbbln and lady. Colonel Sewel and lady, Miss Cole, of New York, and Miss Hylo, of PhUadelphla. The music was furnished by tbe bands of the 21 Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery and the' loth New York Regiments. The evening was spent In the highest state of enjoyment. Thg ladles moved like fairies over the floor, and the gentlemen with an ease which the rough experience of martial cam paigning had not affected. None bat loyalists were present. AMCSIKO SCENES. Amusing scenes are daily witnessed at headinar. ters and at the provost marshal’s office, In which former slaveholders are the principal actors. Those which exolte the greatest mirth are the demands of the chivalry for an order to make their man Jim or their girl'Hannah work for them. Caps. E. O, Brown, A. D. C., on the staff of Gen. Hartsuff, after hearing the complaints, explains, In a very courte ous manner, the relationship whloh'thls former species of chattie sustains to the chivalry and the Community, and winds up with ft commendable amount of posltlvenese, that suoli reauests will not be granted. Tho rebels, not a little excited, gene rally want to know If the negroes are to be put upon an equality with them. The Captain, who always preserves his amiability as long as this Mass keeps within the bounds or propriety, meets these flings by informing the parties that military authorities never discuss their decisions. The gray ooated gen try Invariably evaporate. LADY visitors. The bearing of the Union officers and their lady relatives who are visiting them, towards the rebels in this city, is eminently worthy of the loyalty which they profess. Their conduct, while It Is Bquared by every degree of propriety, evinces a consciousness Of that indte respeotabllity and social standing which could not be Improved by rebel condescen slon. The Independence of officers and Union la dles, and their manlfestindtfferenee to the existence of the chivalry, have the effeet of convincing this delnded people that there are some persons from tho North who are unwilling to be patronized by disloyalists, and who actually refaso to tolerate an association with persons who are the avowed ene mies of the Government. Such a dignified course Will have groat Influence. THB CITV. Tbe olty Is very quiet and more orderly than It has been at any period daring the rebellion. The patrol duty Is well performed, and the oltlzens are enjoying a degree of security as to their persons and property which they did aot experience In Seoesh times. Brevet Msjor General Ferrero commands the city, and hls regulations for the good of all are Upon a basis of justice and Impartiality, All citizens are inquired to ba in their houses at ten o’olook, unless they have the proper pass from tbe authorities authorizing to remain out later. The dJfflonltiea to locomotion after that honr are name, tons, and are encountered at every few steps In the attitude of a gentleman In bine, standing at a " ready,” commanding yon to “ halt.” After a few questions yon are ordered to. “advance,” and after ah inspection of your credentials, If fonnd to be all, right, yon are permitted to pass until you are halted by the next sentry, which Is about a square farther off. The same formality Is repeated at each halt, whloh Is exceedingly perplexing to civilians, but Is absolutely necessary for tbs security of the city. Bollin Tbe JPlnceless. “Thera are fifty applicants for every vaoaney, and no more will be received,” was placarded on the post office door on the lnangnration of onr new postmaster the other day. In any large city there are a dozen applications, yes, a hun dred ! within half a day after the publication of any vacancy. On the Incoming of a new Gover nor or President, the “ place ” seekers are num bered by hundreds, thousands, and tens of thou sands ; and sometimes the “ outside pressure ” is so resistless, that the very highest officers In the Government feel themselves obliged to favor persons who are strangers to them, In preference to men to whom they are under special and par senal obligations, and whom they know to be fully qualified for all the duties of the station. Public men who have offices in their gift often feel them selves compelled to bestow them on persons whom they know are not the best: adapted to the position, as rewards for past political servloes r for present political lnfinenee, or for those conciliations or op posing parties which seem to them are Indispensable to the situation of affitlfS. Yet opposed to those ac cepted applicants ate men or Integrity undoubted, of refinement, of a cnltnre, and of a once social position, which onght to guarantee success, brought to this suppliant attitude for “plaoe” by slokntos, by accident, by pecuniary revulsion, or by the perfidy of men, against which no human foresight could provide. Recently a high name la this com munity. which five years ago wielded the wand of power in financial circles, was handed In lor a “place” of trust and profit. Grey-headed-and bald and bent, he craved the “influence” of Influ ential men with hot tears; and after weeks dud months of such debasement, and of agonizingsus- I tense, he failed of his object, the poor-house look ng himself and helpless family full in the-face. Young men and young women, within a week of this writing, have been driven into suicide In New York city, having vainly sought “ places,’ until on the verge of starvation, and to esoapa It, took tho rope and the poison. Why all this! Be cause they grew np without a positive occupation, without haying been Instructed in any handicraft. Thefe’S truth fnrnmkllc’s saying, that the “parent who brings up a son without a calling, teaches him to be a thief.” Let that father then, who wishes to he assured that his* son Bhall not languish In a • penitentiary, or perish on a gallows, give that son a trade. Let the jnother who desires to make it certain that the daughter she so much loves shall not pine away In some oheer less hospital, ay, some Insane asylum, teach that daughter a perfect use of her needle, or, better, the skillful handling of a sewing machine; and, more, how to keep a tidy house; how to prepare a comfortable meal; how to spread a well-appointed table—to do all these things with thoroughness. Such a young woman can never oome to want; can never fall to find a well-paying place In this oonntry. There are a thousand families In New York any day who would consider teemselves “ fortunate” In having snoh seam stresses, house-girls, nurses, and cooks at twenty per cent, higher wages than generally pre vail. A good mechanic can always find work for his “ victuals and Clothes,” with Increasing wages as his fidelity ana Skill booortt known, and tints prevent that distressing sadness, that debasing cringing, that eating ont all life’s gladness, which wither the heart and waste away the health, nntll the friendly grave ends the torture.—Hail’s New York Journal of Health . ■ The State on Euv it. —Every oho Is aware that Egypt Is in an exceptional state jnst now. In eon sequence of the emergencies of the great Amertoan war it has become a vast cotton field, Instead of being, as In all former times, the granary of the East. This sudden transformation la not unlikely to bring vast political changes with It. Multitudes of the fellahs and small holders of land have been deprived of the present and previous Viceroys of their land on account of Its Increased value as a cotton-produoing soil, They are, of oourse, dis contented with the Government, and not well disposed towards the Franks, for whose sake they know the cotton Is grown. -in addition to this, the murrain among the .cattle has, during the la3t two years, swept so many away that dlEtant parts require to be scoured in order to proviso moat for the Cairo market, when the supplies fall for several days, as has been occasionally the case, means on ly to be had at famine prices, and the scramble be fore the butchers’shops is a sight not to be.forgot ten. In one of these scrambles several children were crushed to death in the crowd. In addition, It Is a well-known tact that over the whole Mahome dac world just now thereare floating rumors and predictions of a coming ascendenoy, during which the Crescent is to stand above the Cross, and the faith of the East Is to revive again. As the igno rant populace cannot reason or look to the futore, they think the shortest way to accomplish these de sirable results Is as in Syria and Hlndestan, to mas sacre the Christian populations of the land. The late insurrection In Upper Egjpt was partly poli tical, for the reasons assigned above, and also part ly religious. The rellah joined with the bedaure. Mlnleh was the headqnarters of It. An-Eagllsholer man, a friend ol the writer, who nasatSloot, saw steamers with soldiers come In only just in time to save the bulker the ChiJBtlSW population or the dace. -At the same time that this was going Ob In Upper Egypt the population of Cairo were In a most excited state; B,COO soldiers were suddenly but quietly introduced into the olty, and as soon as the intelligence eame that the Inßnrreetlon at Minleh was put down the mind or the people seemed to flow back Into Its usual sullen, apathetic course again. But who can say hew long this Is to last, and would l. not be advisable that England should, as well as Franoe, inerease a little her number of ships of war at Alexander and Suez, and lot the ruling Powers here know that they would he called strictly to an account for any fatal consequences that might be the result of want of due precaution on their part with regard to the security of the European noon latlon of the olty t * * p -Jr™* Hurting in Aroians.— a letter from Bbtna. In the Independent, or ConHtan'ln:,. J,[vea some details of toe recant exploits of MM, 0111388- lng and Bembonnel. Having learned that a horae had been killed by wild beasts, they proceeded to the spot and concealed themselves in some brnsh wood elese by In order to wait until the animals re turned after sunsot to devour their prey. The night was dark, and no moonlight was to be hoped for. The hunters had not been long at thetr post when a magnificent lion approached the horse. The two friends touched each other with the elbow to show . that they had seen the beast, and Ohassalng, firing both barrels, sent the animal roiling to the bottom of a ravine. There had not been time-to reload -when a second lion appeared. Bombonnel passed his gnn to his companion, and Ohassalng sent the - new comer to join his roars ol pain with those of the preceding. A third and fourth Hon appeared suc cessively, and met with the same fate, Bombonnel, loading eaoh time and passing the fire-arms to Ohas salng. The situation of the hunters was, however, now becoming critical. Thebellowlngof the wounded and dying animals was likely to attract tuoir tor lows to the spot, while the darknesß rendered tbe task of avoiding them difficult. The hunters wero, besides, trembling with cold, for they had not taken the precaution of putting on warm clothing against the night air. They therefore decided on regaining their tents, where they fonnd their companions fast BBleep, not having even heard the reports of the gnns. The next morning the party prooeeded to the soene of the night’s adventure. Two of the lions were lying, dead, bat the others had disappeared. They appeared to have lost mnob blood, but the dryness of the ground rendered their traces difficult to follow. Presently a general scamper among the Arabs who were aiding in the search showed that something hsd been discovered, and It turned oat to bo a large lioness, which had taken refuge at the bottom of a ravine. (Jhassatng, Bombonnel, Gount Karolyl, ay M. Delohman advanced together, and all fired. But e veil alter that volley Ehe again raised her head, when a ball beneath the Bhoulder from Bombonnel finished her. The other wounded ani mal could hot be found. THB HiSTOBV OP THE Rbihand Oawbonb The court-martial on the brigand chief Carbone termi nated in Rome on the 10th ultimo. The prisoner was finally condemned to ten years of seelnslon, with the loss of all civil rights, and two years’ Im prisonment for the expenses. By a majority of four to three, the tribunal rejected the accusation of hls .having commanded tbe band, or of having attacked the French, The trial presented no interesting features of a personal character, bat at least It showed the wild and disorderly state of the population In the dlatrlots, and the compara tive lloense granted them by the local authori ties. Carbone had been leading hls wandering life for upwards of two years, mixing freely with a people by whom hls occupation was known, and mixing with them on friendly terms. He had been a member of a band commanded by a Spalnard, Col. Sarragantl, and when this was disbanded ho was a member and sometimes the chief of several other bands, which nnited or separated as olrcilQl stanoes dictated. These are stut oa tuo frontier, is was in evidence that “he did not tvlfili to d: any karat In the FonMflolal-States, where the people were all good, but only In the Regno, where it was bis Intention tb capture, to get ransoms, and to obtain food.” Of one of the bands with which he was connected there are related among their earlier antecedents, the ninrder of a man, thev hating fired at several others, the capture of two persons, the burning of a house, the cap ture of five other persons (ransoms of course balng obtained), the carrying off or sixty sheep, Sea. These are trifling Incidents in the life of Carbone and hls friends—incidents such as have taken place in a widely, extended country for four years, and whioh are taking place dally. In 1863, however, when the Pope visited Ceprano, this pious son of the Ohnrch most needs be present; he worked, in fast, several months hear that city, and at last obtained a carta di sicurM fromi the Pontlfiolal authorities. Tho French could only take cognisance of crimes com mitted against themselves, so that a handrail amiable delinquencies go unpunished. One of the highest Pontlllelal authorities said: “Wo are muoh disturbed by the progress of brigandage ; the French troops are Indisposed to fight against them, deeming it a degrading service, and by an agree ment between tbe French and Italian commanders, tbe Italians are permitted to onrsne the brigands in tbe Papal States.” The Government may be well disturbed by the evil genius whom they themselves have raised, for what is to prevent the Italians from pursuing those thieves and murderers to the walls of the olty from whence they oame, and to which they constantly return 1 It was only last Monday that five well-known brigands were recognized la the Church Of St. Paul, and it is notorious that they hay* been and may still be seen in the streets of Rome. We will now compare with the state ments of a Papal mlnlsler those of French offi cers : “It is trne that . our soldiers are Indis posed to the service, although they always do their duty under onr flag; bat as these things now are we'oan really do nothing; the service is most dlsconrsglng; we pursue those fellows, bat wc mav hot break-down doom.” “What do yon mean 1" “When pursued the brigands fly to asylums, and there are thousands of them—there Is 1 the Oimpo Morto.’ consisting of three hundred hectares of 1 ted, bttwesn Velletri and Veroll; there was the Oomhn, suppressed, Indeed, by a Papal brief last year, and where more than one hundred and, fifteen brigands gathered together In safety; there Isjthe monastery Of Casa Marl, and another near Oaatrl, besides miny others where they (aha tlielf wounded, gather tuoir arms, and find refuge. We cannot pursue them.” Tima while ehe inviolability of the frontier has hitherto impeded tbe progress of the Italians, the seantlty of the asylum has Impeded the French, and under the Papal banner thieves and murderers have laughed In the faces of their pursuers. A Scientific Pkoblbh.— The Suez Oanal Is not yet by any means finished. The two ends of the oanal, that is to say, the works required for the entry from the two seas remain yet to be built, and It Is exactly these which the English engineers de clared to be the most Important and impracticable part of tho enterprise. There never was any doubt m any one's mind that the ditch throngh the level sands of Egypt could be dug from one end to the other, If the money was provided to pay the work men, nor even that water enough could be found to supply it; this, In faat, has been accomplished, and it is only to see this central dltoh, with three or four feet of water In It, that M. de Lsssop has Invited de legates from all parts of the world. The ends In the two seas are yet to be bnllt, and the practicability of their serving as entries is yet to be proven. A Lons Silence.— Forty years ego Miss Susan Blackley left her home at St. Stephens, New Bruns wick, and worhed at Portland, Maine, the first year. Then she married Daniel Watson, of Farmington, N. H., and moved to that town. She left at St. Stephens three brothers and one sister, whom, for the last thirty-nine years, she haß never heard one word from directly or Indirectly. Meantime sheAas raised up a family of children and lost her husband. A few weeks ago she sent a letter to her long-on heard-from brothers, and soon received from them a letter stating that all three of the brothers and sletefffOjm alive and Well. Reharkable Works on Hunan Labor,— Ninevah was fourteen miles long, eight miles tylde, and forty,six miles round, with a wait 100 feet high, and thick enough lor three chariots to go abreast. Babylon was fifty miles within the wails, whloh Were seventy-five feet thick, and 100 feet high, with 100 brazen gates. The temple Cf Diana, at Ephesus, was 180 feexto the support 01 the roof. It was 100 years Is bunding. The largest or the pyramids was 481 feet in. height, and 863 on the sides. The base covers elevep acres. The stones are about sixty feet in length, and the layers are 208. It employed 880,000 men id building the labyrinth la Egyat, and It contains 300 chambers and twelve halls. Thebes, in Egypt, presents ruins twenty-seven miles around. Athens was twenty-five miles aronnd, and oontalned 360,000 citizens, and 400,000 slaves. The temple of Delphos was so rich in donations that it was plun dered of $60,000,000, and the Emperor Nero carried away from It 800 statues. The walls of Home were thirteen miles around. Gubious Bequests.—On Good Friday morning after divine service, at the Church of Allhallows, Lombard street, the quaint gilt or a penny and a packet of raisins to eaohjpf sixty of the younger scholars of Christ's Hospital was made, In accord ance with the will of Fetor Symonds, dated 1580. Peter Symond’s carious gift of pennies and plums is paralleled by a bequest made to the parish of St. Peter, Cernhill, Tor the purpose of buying faggots to burn hsreties, Now-a-nays heretics and their irlendß object to being burnt, SO ths gilt la not ap plied, like Symond’s, in the way originally de signed by the donor, but is pnt to a better use. The parish books of St. Peter's record « yet more ourlons gilt. It Is, we believe, In the shape of a rent charge on certain property, to be applied to the destruction of lady birds In the parish. The Spot would appear to have been infested with these Insects once upon a time. Hence a premium for their annihilation was given. At Allhallows, In addition to the gifts to the bine-boys, «d eaoh was given to children of the Langbourn Ward Schools, who attended the ser vice, and a shilling each and a loaf to a number of poor persons —English paper. Aw Ihtbbbbtino Eblio.— On Taesday, a Ger man engaged in digging a ditch In Harrison town ship, Gioncester county, N. J„ at the depth of two feet discovered a medal composed of copper, and gilt heavily with gold. On one side there is a boss rclitvo of Lord Cornwallis, with the Latin Inscrip tion, Car. Marchia Cornwallis Strategies Accerimus , encircling It, the profile and features being exqui sitely modeled. On the reverse is a- representation of the seene where Cornwallis received the hostages of Tlppo Saib, alter his defeat In 1792, theflguras all being in fine relief. Around the top Is the Latin legend, Fas sit Percere Hosli, and In the lower oor ner the words Sultana Tippo Derviclo Obsidesßecipit, MDCCXCII. It Is a myßtery how the medal ever got Into the plaoe where It was found, and where It must have laid for over half a century. Some old soldier of the Marquis, who probably emigrated to this country, may have lost it while hunting in the neighborhood. Thb Human Cobt on Wak— A letter from St. Petersburg, dated April 14, contains mnoh addi tional information respecting the removal of the bodies of French soldiers to the cemetery prepared for their reception. It was probable that tho exhu mation would he continued tor a long time, for up to the date of the last accounts operations had only taken [place on the land of M. Braker, In whloh more than 2, 000 French soldiers were Interred. Ac cording to the 115(8 In the hands Of the Freneh offi cer, Captain FllgOS, who conducts the operations, he will have to disinter 48,000 of his oountff men J an enormous number, bat which by. no means repre sents the total less sustained by the French army, for, besides all those who died in tho Russian hospi tals, and those at Kustendjte, Varna, and Constan tinople, the bodies of many others were never nfcnd, having been devoured by voracious animals. Those killed at tho Alma are also not included In this number of 48,000, whloh only comprises the Franoh burled under the walls of Sebastopol, and of whom, an exact list could be drawn up. Discovery on Roman Coins at Falmouth.— On the isth alt., while a laborer at Pennanoe Farm, Undock, was engaged in removing some earth, he discovered, about two feet below the surface, on a foundation or floor of stone, a quantity of second braes Roman coins, of tho roigns of Constantine, Diocletian, and Maxlmlanus. There are about twenty different types of tho above reigns, but the Genio Populi Romani type of Maxlmlanus Is greatly in excess. There are several varieties of the reign or Constantino, among which may be noticed the Prlzclpi Inventor!, the Prince standing between two standards, and one type with F.L H.ln the exergue, struck in London, There about eight or ten third brass, some of which are attributed to Galllneus. The Beeond brass are In excellent con dition, and are beautifully patlnuted. Inundations on thb Rrinb.— The Courier du Bos Bhin mentions that the heat has oansed the snow on tho mountains to melt rapidly, and the Rhine has consequently risen considerably. Below Strasbnrg, towards Mentz, and on several other points, inundations from tho overflowing of tribu tary streams have occurred. At Erfurt and Wurz burg several streets .were under water; at Cassel considerable damage has been done by an over flow ol the Fualda; at Frankfort measures are being adopted in expectation of an Inundation of the Maine, and near Leipsie nearly 23 head of deer had to take refuge on a piece of high land, where they* were surrounded by WBt*r as If oa an island. Food was sent to them In a boat, Ratio Passage.—A passage has just been made from Liverpool to this port by the screw-steamer Sldon, the rapidity ol whloh well deserves reoord. TheSldonlelt the Mersey at u P. M. on thellth lust., and arrived here at 8 A. M. on Saturday last, tte 2Hh, thus making the voyage In 13 daysT hours; or, deducting 26 hours detention at Syra and Gain poll, In 12 days 6 hours net. The run from Liver pool to Gibraltar was made in 4 days 21 hours; that thenee to Malta in 3 days 18 hours; thence again to Syra In 2 days 7 hours, and from Syra to the Bos photos, exclusive of detention at Gallipoli, In 1 day 8 hoars and 28 minutes. This passage Is, we believe, the fastest ever made between Liverpool and Con stantinople.— Levant Herald . What Bscomiw o» mbxioan Silver I—We find tnA loUerries pertinent particulars touching this inquiry In the True Delta of New Orleans : “The question Is asked, Where do all tho specie dollars go from Mexico 1 The receipts at New York are very trifling. We, however, can give some Information on the sutyect, The British West India mall steamer, the February packet, landed at Southampton with about $1,095,000 early in Mareh. The greater part of this was Mexican dollars re ceived from Vera Cruz. We also observed another shipment of nearly one million of dollars a short time since. England reallzesfeill the profit and ad vantages from her cordon of mall steamships rami fylng in every quarter of the world, under subsidies lor mall service. The steam marine of Great Bri tain is monopolizing the passenger and carrying trade of the wotld.” STATE ITEMS. Seven thousand six hundred and thirty-six fnl) barrels of crude oil and over thirteen thousand empty barrels, wi'lOh floated away at the time of the fiood at Plttsbmjr, have been collected by a com mittee appointed at that time. Perry township, Berks county, raised $80,439.14 bounty tax, lnoludlng some $9,000 received from the county, and paid ont for bounties to volunteers and expenses the sum of $80,685.53, The amount or the bounty debt of said township still unpaid Is $9,686.25. Wm. H. Trlnnlek, M. W. Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fel lows of Pennsylvania, met the brotherhood of Lan caster county at the Odd Fellows’ Hall in Lancaster olty, on Saturday. The citizens of Pittsburg propose to SOU the drapery with whleh the olty has been olothed for the paßt three weeks for the benefit of the sanitary and Christian Commissions. Colebroohdale township, Berks eounty,expend ed $1,075 68 for Sohool purpostefor the year ending April Bth, 1865. The various country resorts throughout the State are being prepared for the oomlng warm months.- The Reading papers demand new markot houses. Flue shad sum selling In Easton for twenty-five cents. The shad fisheries in the Delaware are said to be unusually productive. * The police foroe la to be Increased In Lancaster city. _ HOME ITEMS. A boy, while playing In tbe garden attached to hls father’s house in Fayette street, Boston, a day or two since, found just below the SUlfaoe of the earth what proved to be an English guinea of the time of Charles the Second. Tho coin was In a good state of preservation, and the data—l 676— could be distinctly seen. The fatberwas offered $36 for it by one broker. Another, a friend of the boy, told him he would readily give him that price for it, bnt advised him not to dispose of it at present, as it was a very valuable coin, and was worth muoh more than the sum tendered to him. The soarletina maligna, a terrible disease, Is raging In Contra Costa county, California. From the time of the attack bnt one or two days Inter vene before the death of the patient. The bodies of those dying of It beoome bluish after death, and spotted with brown and red spots. No onre has been fonnd for one attacked. A bounty jumper recently escaped from Gal • lop’s Island, Boston Harbor, after having unac countably unfastened hls irons. It was subsequently discovered that a young woman who had bean per mltted to come and see him, had a key In her month fitting the lock of hls felters. On parting she kissed him, and in the operation transferred the key Grom her month\to bis. A cold-blooded attempt was made on Monday morning to take the life of the editor of the New Jersey Volksman, at Newark, N. J., by shooting at him while In hls sanctum. Two shots were fired, but neither took effeet, and the would-be assassins made their escape. The Navy Department compels ovary one who takes passage on a Government steamer to pay hls share of the table money, whether he is an officer or a civilian; but the War Department Is more liberal, and no charge is made for tho good cheer served to those who obtain “ passes.” Oregon papers mention the hanging of fifteen horse thieves and highwaymen In Walla Walla and Bristol oountieß, by lynoh law, witbln a short time. The vigilance oommittee had a list of one -hundred and fifty, to be driven ont of the country. Arizona advices mention a fight with Apaches, In which twelve Indians were killed, and 089 sol dter.was killed and one wounded. Gilbert W. Hop kins,member of the Arizona Legislature, was killed by the Indians. —A. W. Mack, president Of tho Chloago Repub lican Company, has given notloe that a new Re publlcan dally paper will be commenced on the Ist of Jane. It Is to be In quarto form, and of the size and style of the New York Tiroes. The large shield-shaped silver-plated doorplate or Alexander H. Stephens; late Vice President of the late so-ealled Confederate Stateß of America, is now displayed in tbe window of an oyster-hoose on Washington street, Boston. A German butcher to Utloa sold head-cheese made of deoomposed meat last Saturday, and fami lies who bought it were poisoned thereby. Much Buffering was oansed, bnt no deaths. —Mr. Rlohard Perry, aged eighty-five, a soldier of 1812, died suddenly of heart dlseaso at Manches ter, N. H., on Wednesday, while sitting In hls ohalr< He was wounded at Tippecanoe. A butcher of Somerville, N. J., recently made > into mutton a very large sheep, raised at Branch bnrg. The live weight of the animal was 210 Sis., and when dressed It weighed 183 fts. There Is a great rush of travel to Europe, and the steamers go out full. Tho closing up of the war, together with the decline iifgold and sterling exchange stimulate this form of pleasure-seeking. The annual business of Chicago Is estimated at $206j)C0,000, of whloh one-fourth is flour trade, and one-sixth hog. Taxes lest year, $8,617,338.67. In crease In value of property! $11,692,937. Mobile bay was cleared of obstructions by means of torpedoes and a galvanic battery. The torpedoes were let down among the obstructions and then exploded by means of an electric wire. Among the new counterfeits are Ss upon the Bank of New Jersey, New Brunswick, altered from is—vignette, oval portrait of Columbus. James A. Foley, of Hartford, who has beoome “ Slg Fob ” since he went abroad, Is engaged as prlmo baritone at her Majesty’s In London., Among those who took the oath In Richmond on Monday was Dr. Garnett, formerly of Washing ton, and lately physician to Jeff Davis. —Seven barbers were arraigned In New Haven, Conn., on Wednesday, for violating the Sunday statute. Tho number of suits brought against tho city of New York for damages during the riots of 1863 is 1,690. The amount olalmed Is about $2,500,000. [Si General Gilmore was serenaded In Savannah on the 24th nlt., ho addressed the assemblage. General Littlefield also spoke. , Counterfeit twos on tho people’s Bank, Rox bury, Mass., have made their appearance, —lncendiarism is besoming quite frequent In Georgetown, D. O. The enlistment term of about 4,000 Mississippi sailors expires early In the summer. Flour fell twenty-fire cents on a barrel in New Bedford last Thursday. Col. Yohe, provost marshal at Savannah, Is now on leave of absence, at his home, in Salom, N. J. According to Parson Brownlow, John Bell is not dead, but still In the land of the living. Max Maretzek is rusticating on Staten Island. FOREIGN ITEMS. —The Ironmasters off Wolverhampton, England, report that most of the men- have resumed work throughout South Staffordshire. Relative to North Staffordshire, It was maintained that, but for the holidays, the men would go to work, and It was added that some of the puddlers had said that they would resume if they could get their under-hands together, hut that these remained away. Other masters were of opinion that It was toe near hay harvest for the men to resume at present. All, however, agree that the North Staffordshire men will gradually resume their labor. The official journal of Rome announces that, according to the laßt receipts of Peter’s pence, a sum of 5,&76,c00f. has been paid into the Pontlfioai treasury. The total amount received slnoe the month of September, 1869, np to the present time, is 43,0i0,400f. At no time have so many foreigners been seen In Rome, This immense concourse fur nishes a proof of the constantly-increasing venera tion of the Catholics for Papal Rome. The Russian Government has ordered the forest to he cut down which extends the whole length Of the frontier from Folangen to Tauroggen, lu order to destroy the retreat of smugglers, who seek refuge in the woods when pursued by the frontier guard. The trade In timber with Prussia Is In consequent most aetive, the oheapnessot the artlole having attracted a large number of dealers. —A singular instanoe of activity la official Ufa is reoorded in the French papers. An English Go vernment effioial arrived here on Wednesday and left again on Sunday. Ho dined ont four went to three theatres, was present twice at Long champs, and back at his green-baize table at ten o’oiock on Monday morning. -Suoh Is the energy or the Briton. The Emperor of the French has presented a copy of the first volume of his “Hißtory or Julias Caesar” to the library of tho gymnasium at Augs. burg. The autograph standing on the fly M$ re veals the fact that tho Emperor’« hand has become so unsteady as to render the writing hardly legible. King George cf .Greece is engaged to Prinoess Olga, the daughter of the Grand Duke Constantine of Russia. The Princess Is only fourteen, and the nuptials will net take plaoe for two or three years. The alliance win have muoh political significance, and Important results In Increasing the lnfinenee of Russia. The Emperor and Empress of the French, as a Parisian Jenkins tells us, recently went to St. Ger mains, and, after paying their fares as ordlaary mortals, got Into the oarelage where there were ordinary mortals seated. The estimated population of Victoria on the 3ist of December last was 604,858, shewing an In crease dating jh« year of 3P,627. The lnorease by arrivals over departures wai H,577, and by CISeSf of births over deaths ia,i6o. The Patria of Naples says: “The priest, Giuseppe Perno de Galliano, has been killed by a band of brigands, while marching at the head of a detachment of soldiers to attack them.” Tne Emperor Maximilian has sent home orders to have his chateau at Miramar ready by Soptem btr; but a London paper states that Miramar will be let to the ex-King of Naples. The Davenport Brothers have retired from the rude gaz«j Impertinent inquiry, and rough hand ling of the Biltiph public, and are preparing to visit Paris. The first representation of “ L’Afriealne” has teen fixed for the sth or May, tho day before the Emperor leaves for Fontamweou, • —M. Bouliiand, the French physician, whose rare [kill saved the life of Mr. Vincent Wallace, has re futed to take any pay from his patient. „ The French Iron-dad squadron was tp proceed on April 23 to ManeiUes, where the Emperor em* barks on the 26th Inst, for Algeria. The dub whloh will be established by the : eccders from the Garrick Is to be called the Palla dium. The amount received for the Pourtates 001100-lon -lon of pictures, In Paris, was 2,820,900 f. FOUR CENTS. ••The Army Invalids”—Ho. 3. To the Editor of the Press. Sib: Pm-suing thesubject uponwhichlofferedIoffered you a few suggestions some days since, permit me to soy that the measures to be adopted nj the Go vernment mutt be oommesßarate with the vastnoes of the necessities. The system mast embraoe overy oceapatlon of life that has Its representative In the national soldiery. Hence the olerJtshlps, public and private, relinquished or suspended beyond the great war, snperlntendenelee, and workmanship of every grade aid variety—vacated for the noble and sub lime purpose of defending and preserving oar coun try and Its Institutions In the hour of peril—not one of these can be omitted In the arrangements meat for the occasion. Whilst the pnbHo will have claims upon all of these, capable of fulfilling the duties of the positions to which they may be called, the numbers of these outweighing tho places would give rise to jealousies aid animosities almost inseparable to the rivalry. “ notation in office" would be the fitting corrective, with reference to their "appointments to- public place.” But this mutation 1b tho condition and pros pects of the weary and hoavy-laden invalid would be Inconsistent with that quiet and serenity so de sirable to him in the few remaining years of his life. Besides, the life of a mere politician, so dif ferent from that of a true patriot, a comparison which he would be eonstantly drawing byhlsasso* olallon with them, would prove bo distasteful that he would he forced to Feel, If not to exolatm, ' 1 Oh I for a lodge in some vaßt wilderness, • Some bonndle-s continuity of siiacUl” Henoe, I would shield the sufferer from all this vanity and vexation of spirit, furnishing him, how ever, with every necessary comfort and luxury, through himself, but under Its patronage, that a ge nerous and grateful Republic could bestow. Preliminary to any sjstemlzatlon, the registries at the proper quarters must be consulted as to the various data, essential to the foundation, as mu as the details—to wit, the whole number of BurvlvofS, the number to be disbanded, the number disabled, the nature of the disability, the olaeslSoatlcn of these in reference to their respective vooatlons of life,etc. There Is no reason why any surviving soldier (and In my oommunloations 1 always lnelude the sailor under the lormer term), should not colonize with bis brother soldier, disabled or not disabled in the terrible ordeal, and find a oongenlal refuge In such a community for the remainder of his days. Thb Japasbsb Sonnißßs. —This army Is com posed of two distinct elements, comprising: 1. The troops maintained by the lendal ohlefs termed Dai mles, for the purpose of defending tholr domains ; and, 2. The troopß maintained by the Tycoon, which constitute the Imperial army, properly spsaklsg. The number jot the Dalmlos having troops In their service, Is SCO, and these troops form an effective force of 370,000 Infantry and 40,G00 cavalry. These constitute the federal army, and are placed at the disposition of tbs' Tycoon whenever the Indepen dence of the country Is menaeod. The Imperial ar. my usually maintained by, the Tycoon was supposed to be xoo.ooo Infantry and 20.000 cavalry, hut its effective force did not in reality exceed half that number. The present Tycoon has, however, re organized it. It will henoeforth oomprise 80,009 men—infantry, cavalry, artillery, and engineers. The Infantry will be divided Into regiments, they will manoeuvre ithe our soldiers, and will also-be armed ala Frangaise, A certain number of Japanese officers and subalterns have been instructed by us at TeKohama, and are now going to Instruct their countrymen. Aetheaoitb Goal—The Miners’ Journal of Pottsvlllo says: "At present prepared coal cannot bo sold In quantity at 13 a ton, and much of the article cent to market unsold will not net the pro ducer $2.60 per ton. Much of the coal going to market not sold to the Government is being piled at Fort Richmond, and in a short time it is anticipated that the wharves will be completely filled. This will have a tendency, of course, to keep prices lower. To sum up, the trade !b prostrated, and rothlng but a redaction all round In prices can in fuse into it again renewed life and vigor.” FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. The country will hear with pride, as well as sur prise, that the voluntary subscriptions of the peo ple to iihe seven-thirty loan, for the six working days of last week, amounted to the enormous sum of $40,387,100, The amounts dally subscribed throughout the country, and reported to Jay Cooke’s agenoy, were as follows : May 1 $5,175,900 Maya 5,231,100 Mays 7,201,300 May 4. 6,103,250 Mays 7,457,159 May 6.. ... 9,168,100 Those who hare watched the taking of this loan with political Interest, will get confirmation of their faith in their country’s future, from the fact that the number of fifty-dollar, hundred-dollar, and five htmdred-dollar contributors to the above amount Was 28,240. The dally subscriptions of working men ana women for the week were la number as follows: May! 3,025 May 2 3,682 May 3 6,081 May 4 4,271 Mays 5,210 MayO 6,401 The largest single subscriptions on Saturday were: From Philadelphia, $700,000; Banlt oFthe National nepublio, Boston, $350,000; National Metropolis, Washington, $300,000; Fourth National Bank, New York, seoo,ooo ; Providence First National Bank, $140,000 j Second Now H»V9B National Bank, sioo,- 000, and First National Bank, Baltimore, $lOO,OOO. We have heretofore called attention to thefaet that this form of loan served the people as a perfect substitute for Havings banks. Every one who has a earn of fifty dollars, or any multiple of that sum, saved from earnings or profits, can. find In this In vestment a perfectly safe depository for hls funds, ' which returns regularly an Interest of one cent each day on every fifty dollars. Every person who oan thuß lay hy a small sum, will find hlmsolf In process of accumulating a large oapital that, If kept on hand In oash, Is SO prone to slip away without bring* Ing any substantial equivalent In return. The stock market on Saturday continued dull, with limited sales. The 525 loans were weak at 105, and the 10-408 at 96. A lot of one-year certificates sold at 99 j 4. State loans were without ohange. New City 6s were steady at 93, and the old were not In quired for. The market for railway bonds continues depressed, end prises are moving steadily down ward. Barge holders are Withdrawing their mosey from this form of investment afid placing it in the Government 7-30 s on account of the higher rate or Interest. Schuylkill Navigation 63 of ’B2 sold, In a small way, at 80>4, a decline of li, and Susquehanna Canal bonds at 53, on time. The share list waß like wise dull, and prices were generally off, Fennsyp vanla Ball road declined 34. and Beading }(. Cam den and Amboy sold at 128, Norristown at 57, Le high Valley at 64, and Catawissa preferred at 24‘4, the latter being a slight advance. In Catawissa common 9 was the best bid, and for Philadelphia and Erie 10 was bid. The oil stocks are exceedingly dull, and prices weak. Passenger Railroad securi ties attract a moderate share of attention. Sales were reported of Green and Coates at 30, and Gi rard College at 26; 72 was bid for Second and Third, 20 for Spruce and Pine, 40 for Ohestnnt and Wal nut, 0 for Arch street, 04 wail asked for WOSt Phllft 1 delphia, and 8)4 for Baee and Vine- Bank sh&fSS were without any material ohange- xbt was bid for North America, 30 for Commercial, 47 for Girard, 27>4 for Manufacturers’ and Mechanics’, 70 for Bank of Commerce, 67 lor City, 36 for Consolidation, and 45 for Commonwealth. A sale or Com Exchange Bank was reported at 55. Canal stocks are mode rately active, though prloes show no Improvement. There were sales of Morris Canal at 85, Susquehan na at 9)4, Sohuylkill Navigation preferred at ii’i, and Wyoming Yalley at 60 >4- It Is stated that Mr. Harrington, Assistant Secre tary of the Treasury, Is about to proeeed to Europe, and while absent will negotiate a foreign loan for five hundred million dollars, principal and Interest payable abroad. Under these circumstances It Is expected that a four, per-cent. loan may be placed at about eighty fit cent., which point it is expected the five-twenties will exceed. This lft&fi may be placed at London, or divided between that market and the continent. The proceeds of this loan will be need to pa; the expenses or our European and Brazil squadrons and the foreign representatives, besides providing means to pay off the entire Boat ing debt of the United states- A case of Interest to gold brokers was decided In tbe Supreme Court of New York on Friday. Peyton Hendon, a broker, sued H. T. Moore, a oustomer, for loss on a short sale of twenty thousand dollars, gold, made at 149 and 146 and covered at 173, The action was brought to recover the difference and Interest. The defendant moved for a non-suit, on the ground that the plaintiff had closed theoontraot without notice, and also that the legal tendor aot . recognized no price for gold. The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff for the amount claimed. The income returns for the year 1664 are now be. Ing made to the United States tax asaiSScrs, Wi understand that much greater care is being ob served than in making the returns for 1863. A goodly number of the tax-payers for that year were awkwardly placed before their neighbors, beside being brought under suspicion with tho Government officials, by the publication of lists of Incomes some months ago. We have reason to believe that even a more general notoriety will be given /to the lnoome returns for 1864; and being thus ferewarned, no tax-payer need hereafter eom plaln that hls private affairs or mercantile or bank ing credit are Itcel; discussed on the basis of the Income whloh he returns under oath to the Go vernment. tetters from railway managers report a moderate business (IttflDg the past month from a variety of causes. The break a gold, and the consequent fall In prices of grain, has checked sales by rarmers, Who are also In the midst of planting. Through out Illinois the death of the President has oheoked business sensibly. The grain orops are reported as very promising, and, so far a! quantity Is concerned, the North, at the close of the next harvest, will have the usual abundance. The following Washington despatch, relative to the matter of trade with the insurrectionary States, Is said to oome from a high source : Tho matter of trade regulations and permits, whloh Is attracting so much public attention, is also the subject of grave consideration on the part or tne Government. The President’s late proclamation removing all military iMtrtotions upon commerce Is lndloatlye of the desire to throw open th- soutn oTio?o n „ d oowag’lng, will l/e changeifor « far simpler proven, THB WAB FBBBS] (PUBLISH*!) WISELY. I To Was Paxss will be seal to mbecrlben tr noil (per annum»a e*vMwe> at-*.._..*.*_M m Plvaeoplee 10 0# Tea eoploc HO H Larger dobs (hU 7 To the aetter-pp of the Club of tea or trrewty. eW extra eopr of the paper will he siren. by which the products of the States may be brought to market, and the people supplied with food and clothing. The permit and purchasing system being established by act of Congress , must of necessity re main in force for the present. But Booh modifications cf the regulations from the Treasury Department Will soon ho fid opted as will loosen tho fottors of (ratio Tory materially. The fallowing were the fjaotations for gold on Saturday at the hours nabied i 10 A. * 1 P, M MS 8 P. M. ........................M2« 1 P. M .. H 2% Tho Pennsylvania Ralftoad Company will p*y» 30th of May, a dividend of fly# per cent,, dear of taxes. The following % a condensed exhibit of the earn* logs and expentsß, together with net earnings of the Pennsylvania Railroad, for each. month during the year 18M: Grots- .) Wet Months. Ei-roicas. Erpsnsat. Etrnlnu*. January...*.. *885.49698 »7,2,2 p Bot *lwr239M February *••■ 074 741 97 714.191 38 260,660 6# March..,.*.*. 1,198,669 87 783,nr. : «l- 404,4419# April*™., 1.268.(7* 78 7(4 841 45 498 229 31 May..,.*™.*. 1,298 994 35 769.0,4 34 610.980 02 June.*.*...*™ 1,178 813 7# 850 06(1 60 303,7811» July..**.*... 1.131,722 48 818,080 CO 573 MS W August *..... 1,340.878 49 £64.907 99 476,468 60 September... 1,!47.m 71 990,160 94 351.501 7» October.™**. 1,419.116 88 , 920,324 21 498.791 « November... 1,996.698 84 1 213.315 31 181,373 60 December™*. 1,846.226 14 1,2(0,(99 07 114,6*7 69 T0ta15....(914,769,(67 66 $10,693.914 19 $4,065,113 « Drexel & Co. quote: Mew United Stales Bonds, 1881 ...110 @llO% •' « “ Certlf. of Indebt’ss. 99%@ 99 Jf Quartermasters’ Vouchers 96%$ 98 Gold.. .I*2 @149 Sterling Exchange, 6-20 Bonds, old H “ new 10-40 Bonds. Bales of Si THJ3 PUBL SCO Bif Tank 0... Wo 2 3- ip 200 d0....*~. m 100 d 0... b 5 2% ion 2# KOAtiM 0n.......... * SOO do.bSO * SCO H ICO do.**.m 69*100 600 do,«*. .«*«.caeb S 100 do*«-~*« «»«*»• 69 liu 110 do .b 6 69*t00 200 Sugar Creek. ...... f # SAXES AT THE REGULAR BOARD OF*BBOKBBfc Reported by Bewis, Miller., A Oo. t No. 00 S. Third Bt, FIRST BOARD. SWOUUS 20»ethc npICSX lt>o Dtmkard.~*~.... I, JR tto d0.........c0ap1M SOODalzell Oil bBO 6K 1000 U 8 10-408... codp 93 300 Jersey Well ...lota ljf 8(0 City 6a... new lots 93 t-0 d 0.............. IJ£ 10 Dorrietown B 57 1(0 Maple fchade.. .b 3019 f.aSchu*lßaT...pref 2&>£ 00 d 0.... Is4£ 100 _ do 100 MtofO..~ S.VW Vsl.fhlfli&Fav filk 69 STO Big Tank-......... 2 10 WyocaJpg Ya 1.... t 0& 2100 Us A ORu&...bs 3 ICUBrlrgH Oil-.,.,-... IS acO do b 5 3 . ?COCcrn Piaster..lets 3 HOOStPiobolae ...*b3o 8 200 d0.44.... : * r: b®_3 J ICO do. V 6 ICO fit Nicholas -, .1)30 S fICO do~.-~~-.fe3o 3 100 do*~~~. 3 01 ICOO do - fes 3 200 d 0..... fc3o 3 1000 do~ bSOS M 6 37 Corn Eat Bask loti 05 ICO Junction 0i1..~ 4% 100 0 ok&C£nn.~. sfr 300 do.lota 3 WOCherry Bun.—— 2% 600 = do.. s% SO Beading B-, bSO 60% SgflOMD BOiHD, SOCOfutqCan Bee b6O {.l I 92Olra’d Col R !oH. is HOReedtncß........ 60%. Ht-nCml W 400 EtMiotola. . bSO 3 1-15 68W) BchMiy6d'62 W. 80% 10C0 Feb Nay 6a '82..b6. 80 X 000 McC;l»tocV..2dr«. 841 9MBtflleto]a«...lotß. 3 38M011 Ok&0 8..b30. 8% ICO Bmq Canal—.l3o. 9% 100 do , 8% 20 Dorris Canal.lota. 86 100 Maple Shade 18% 60Tloneata 1 100 d0..........b3J. 10 180 Gr. en & Coates.— 30 BPennaß...«—. 60 60 lehlih Valley.... 04 Tie Now Yotk Post of Saturday says: Gold is dull, tie olilof transactions being at 1430 143%, Tie loan market Is aotlre, and the supply of capital Is bo much In oxoess of tie demand that feeders are w»!lps to accept, in certain eases, four and fire pMf sent. Instead Of the Current rate, which Is six. Tie tendenay at present seems to bo toward! Increasing ease. The stock market IS dull, and offers no new feature oflmportanoe. Before tie first session New York Central was quoted at 07%, Erie at 78%, Hudson Slyer at 109, Michigan Southern at 60, The following were tie quotations at tie Boardi as compared with those of Friday: ' Bat. Frl. Adr. »««. 17, B. 6a, coupon,'Bl...™. 110% 110 % M V. B. 5-20 eouponr .....105}? 106% .. K tJ. 8. 6-20 eonpona, new.—lo 4% 104% % 81. 6. 10 40 c0np0na............ 90% 06% .. % U. 8. CerUflc&tet 09% 09% .. .. Tenneaeee6s 61 62 >. 1 Atlantic Mall —— 140 * $40,387,100 PaclBel!all—— .805 S 3 .. t Sow York Central..— ..90% 97 % Erie— —: ——, 79 78% % 1 Erie prefarred 84 85 .. 1 Hudson Hirer—............... If 9 109% „ % Reading ... 100 100% .. X Michigan Central....— .110 111 .. 1 Michigan Southern.. —.63% 69% % Alter tie board thnre was bat little change. Erie sold np to 79% east!, closing at 79%. Hew York Central closed at 97 1 Hudson at 109%; Reading at 109%} Michigan Southern at 00% j EaterTEria closed at 70%. The following were the closing quotations at 8% o’clock on Saturday: mu. ash. _ Bta. Ask: U 8. 6a ’81—119% 118% Pacific Ha11.*...806 SlO. U. B. 6 28>e—e.l0f% 106% M.Y. Central .. 97% 97% tJ B. 610 o. newlB«% 104% Krle— 79% 79% U. 8,10.40 a co.. 96% 96 Hudson Hirer. ..Ks% ~73 U. B.CertlOeatee 09% 00% Reading...—...loo% Zook Tenneir.e Gi.... 61 61 Mlcb. Bouthsrn. 69% 69% Mlatouriea—... 67 67%:F»t«bar*....... 73% 74 Tbe Pottsvtlle Miners’ Journal of Saturday says : 11 We understand the Government has a supply or coal for the ensuing six weeks, at least, and as tho wharves are generally well stocked with coal, tha market In its present condition la not likely to gaffes In consequence of till! Steppage. The Beading Rail road company have agreed to reduce the toils an & transportation one dollar per ton, provided the prices of wages and ooal is redueed In a correspond ing rate. The reduction on the canal will be sixty cents on tolls and twenty osntß a ton on freight We have sot learned whether the Delaware and Barit an Canal Company have reduced their tolls and tonnage as yet; If not, we presume the; will make a corresponding reduction.’’ The coal operators have already reduced the pries of ooal $2 per ton from the rates oharged last fall, and we presume when the trade starts again it will be at a reduction of about $2.75 to $3 per ton from the highest rates, whloh is as low as it oan be sold without a positive loss to producers, even at tha reduced scale of wages. With these reductions tha trade will have reaahed bottom, and consumers abroad need not hold book any longer with the ex pectation of obtaining ooal obeaper. These reductions will make the toll and freight from Sohuylkill Haven to New York as follows, by canal; . ■ Toll on Sohuylkill UaS3!,,M“‘ 80 Freight, 4c., t 6 New Y0rk,,,..,,,..,,,8 SI $4 24 With seven cents additional from Mount Catbon and Port Carbon. The rates by railroad will be from Sohuylkill Haven to Port Blobmond ,$2 fid Present freight to New York I 7S $4 2* With eight cents additional from Mt. Carbon and Pt. Carbon. To Philadelphia the toll by oanal will be $1 30 Freight............... l 25 Business eontinnes very dull, and prloes ara dropping. Flour is unsettled, wheat, Corn, and Oats are duii, and ffiihee lower. Cotton ]g firmer. Sugar and aoffee continue quiet, at about former rates. There is very little doing in Whisky, and prices have fallen, off. The demand for Flour IS limited, both ror shipment and home use, and prices have a downward tendency. Sales comprise about 160 bble condemned at $6; 300 bble choice Pennsyl vania extra at $8 60 ; 200 bbls low gradeextraffemlly at $8; 200 bbls Northwestern do at $8.25, and 400 bbls oholoe Pennsylvania and Western family at from s9@o 26 bbi. The retailers and bakeis are buying in a small way at prloes ranging from $7O 7.60 for superfine, $6OB 50 for extra, $9@9.50 for ex tra family, and $10010.60 ft bbl for Taney brands, according to quality. Bye Flour and Corn Meal continue dull; we quote the former at $6.60 ® bbl, and the latter at from $5 75@6 bbl. Grain.— There Is not mnoh demand for Wheat, and PMCM aye unsettled and rather lower; about 10, CIO bug sain at ISO®!??* .W bu for fair to prime Hds, and white at from 2i6@2Md $ bU, SS CO quality. Bye Is selllDg at 125 c f! bu. Com Is less active, and prloes are lower; small sales of prime yellow are making at 1330, and white at 1220 V bn. Oats are dull and lower; 3,000 bhs sold at 800750 fl bu. closing at the latter rate. 660 bus Barley sold at 1050 snn. Bark.— ln Quercitron there Is little or nothing doing, but holders are very firm In their views t buyers offer $2O %1 ton for lßt No. 1. Cotton.— Prloes have advanced 1020$ ft, and the market Is very firm, hat the sales are in small lots only at 600 fi ft, oash, for middlings. Groceries.— There 1b very little doing in either Sugar or Coffee, but prices remain about the same as last-quoted. Molassos Is rather lower. S»EDS.-Oloyersesd Is very dull, and there la lit: le cr nothing doing, the season being about over t we quote at $16017 t 3 64 fts. Timothy Is also dull at $4 250410 fi bus. Flaxseed is selling In a small way at $2.6002 58 fl bus. Provisions.— There Is very little doing, but prices are without -ns material ohange: we quote mess Fork at $3O w bbl. 846611 Hams aro selling in a small way at from 19024; W ft, ror plain ft&d lanoy canvassed, Butter Is very dull i sales of roll are making at from 100236 V) ft, an to quality, Whisht.—’The demand Is limited, and there I* very little doing In the way of sales | prices are on settled and lower. Small lots of Pennsylvania and Western bble are reported at from 21302170 ft gal lon. The following are the receipts of Flour and Grain at this port to-day : , F10ur......,,,,.,. 1,030 bblT, Wheat ..... 7,100 bus. Corn •>••• 8,000 bus. Oats ... 4.000 bus. PltlsLnrg Petroleum Market, May 6- Business in tho oil way oontlnnes brisk. Tha ■ market contained numerous buyers. Holders had matters pretty muoh their own way, and were dls oosed to ask »t’other advanoe. The heavy trane aotions as ad* on WsdfiMfl*y occupied a considerable portion ofthelf attention, hen!! 441*? Sally negicoted for the want of time. Oil thO AUe iheny landing business appeared brlsk. Holdere ask just wbat they please, »® d _ **•“£!***»?**?« illffflrftnt whether TOU puTOhBSO or not. .At tho month ift flftf2B 60 wu the ruling price $ wh&t thty will be to-daf IS another matter. At the wells prtees ranged from $7 6007 75, according to location. b“ms were plenty, and holders were well aware, of the fact. In our own market hoffiers were not offering their stocks; they prefer waiting. The receipts by river were 2,626 bbls ernde and 1,131 do. refined, making a total of 3,760 bbl!. The only operations were tbe following: Cams On,,—The market was firm, with a large speculative demand. In Thursday's report the Better dropped a cypher, hence the report read 100 bbls Instead of 1,000 bbls of bnlk, at 240, delivered, sales ofjoobbie at 2ij4o, packages returned; 200 do Hot!! ereek, heatV Oil, at 830, without P. aol fWs * 25 do Greene 56UBty nil at «ao, packages Included. This oil Is now held at 450. At the olpai tl the market buyers were offering 81 f-o, and holders were BBkISK 24@24WC» Beeinkii Oil —Market firm with a good demand, and considerable Inquiry for further delivery. Slice of 1,060 bbls bendea; June delivery, buyer’s option, at 490. 1600 do, do., deliverable tho 16th of .Tune, at 490; 600 do do, JellveraMe J»ly lit Mjjjjtg 60c, Free wss held at 670700. We did not heat Of any transactions. ♦ 165 @167 lo4&«|loSJfi .....104X01M mm «■ :h*i Slay I. IC BOARD. 20QE^«t~—MO *MT 1W § 100 d0.»M.* < ...,b2' 3 IOOSt J»iatiOlas.,..b'9o 3 1(X) JoDkaid...*** 100 BRaco.*****....... SJ? 101 do —bd 8* 100 do w . 100 do ......»~.*bs Btf 100 oj Ioti 1000 Montgomery.... «♦!ifl- BETWBBK BOARDS. iro Heading riff SO 200 Com Pimtw.MO 8 I U 100 Haple bhftdd..ibs6 Ift 1 Cud ft A a bJB K 8 900 bont'aeiLtai'«*«++«/’])£ 100 McCUntock 0i1.... 8 £ 101 aatawtua -..pref 34 £ 12000Uhl'jrcertif..., 99@ [ 2,'OBiar Taak...Hoflat 2 I 4PO Olty 6a........ aew 93 1U) Dafaeli Oil BJf ; SCO Dfcnacior* m****i« * gj£ AFTF.H BOaBDB. Philadelphia Hnrhels. Mat 6—Evening.