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VOL. B.—NO. 247.
%\t f ttiS.
TUESDAY, MAY 16, 1885.
Agricultural Prospects of the
In considering the agriculture of the
heretofore slaveholding States, the whole
subject must assume a new aspect, for
between the future and the past there lies
the great, the incalculable difference be
tween free and Blave, interested and unin
terested labor.
The effect of the “ peculiar institution”
upon agriculture can be seen in the dimin
ishing value of the land in many of the
States, in the vast plantations surrendered
to crops fitted for rude and unskilled arti
sans, and in the steadily increasing depend
ence of our Southern neighbors on the
manufactures and varied occupations of
foreign peoples.
The simple thought that the laborers
must rejoice over a bad crop, and mourn
at the prospect of a good one; that all
work escaped and all responsibility evaded
is a positive gain to the operative, will
give us some slight idea of the inefficient
quality of the work done. Relying, as we
do, for our great successes upon the inte
rest of our assistants of every grade, and
upon the impulse given to their co-opera
tion by the certainty of being sharers in the
result, we may well imagine, but hardly
realize, the change effected by the with
drawal of such a provocative to action.
Where the laborer is confident that atten
tion, ingenuity, and skill will earn its
money value on the spot, he, in fact, rises
from a workman to a partner, and the sum
given for better work or an “ extra hour”
gives the poorest shop-boy a real “ interest
in the concern.”
If the vast districts of ill-tilled lands
throughout the Bouthern States were
placed under such a system of cultivation,
the sum-total of their great staples, of
which they have so long boasted, would
fall into utter insignificance before the huge
crops of sugar and rice, com and, cotton,
raised by the exertions of free men.
Imagine the difference between a planta
tion scratched by the hoe of the slave,
perhaps Insufficiently fed and driven to his
work by the whip, and the same land un
der the culture of a skilful farmer, with
all his knowledge of soils and manures and
his entire paraphernalia of implements.
. Not exhausting the land by had tillage and
the workmen by overwork, not mortgaging
the coming crop for food, clothing, and
luxuries in a far-away market, but accom
plished in all’ the self-sustaining arts of
our Northern industry. Then, indeed,
may the country be truly .called “the
sunny- r South;” then its immense re
sources of agricultural and mineral wealth
will at last be adequately cultivated, cities
and manufactories will he erected, rail
roads built, and wealthy farmers, with
moderate-sized domains, will replace the
poor plantation-holder, whose boast was
that he must ride ten miles to visit his next
neighbor. While the staple commodities
will thus be multiplied in value, it is to be
hoped that the exports cwill no longer be
confined to raw materials, and that the
Bkill for which our nation is distinguished
will find new fields and an additional im
pulse to exertion in the direction of manu
factures.
1865.
The commodities on which they have
hither to relied are not the only products to
be hoped for. North Carolina has already
found a fortune, among her pines, and bet
ter educated labor will increase it. But,
in addition, the climate and soil are fitted
to other cultures. Even in the present ne
glected condition, the oranges- of Florida
are considered the best in the world, and
the cultivation of that tree would find a
ready return, for our own country alone
annually imports the fruit to the value of
one half million of dollars. Other States
besides Florida can raise the orange abun
dantly.
Wine has been made from the earliest
times of colonial enterprise, and with suc
cess, as regards quality, in every State of
the South; silk has had the same story, the
same success, and the same fate—neglect.
It is perhaps fair to infer that the success
was due to the soil and climate, and the
failure subsequently to want of skill and
care in tillage. A gTand vesta for enter
prise is opened by the many untried pro
ducts. What may be produced in favora
ble spots of situation and soil in their sub
tropical climate is a matter for future con
sideration and trial, but it has already been
demonstrated that the Chinese tea-plant
readily adapts itself in South Carolina.
For speedy remuneration to trifling out
lay, both of labor and money, the culture
of garden vegetables offers an enticing
prospect. How little attention has been
paid to this matter, notwithstanding the
extraordinary fitness of the soil, is seen
in the fact that when the census fixed the
value of market gardens in the North at
twelve millions of dollars, those at the
South were stated at but three millions!
And all our readers who remember how
in the old times of peace we welcomed
the Bermuda potatoe in the early spring,
and how Southern peas delighted our
palates long before they could he perfected
in our own vicinity, will know that a
ready market awaits such products in our
cities.
New Publications.
‘•Tbs Martyr President,” published by G, W.
Carlton, New York, Is an unusually feeble poet
ical attempt to express grief, Indignation, and
horror at the ioul deed whteh-snatohed Mr. Lin
coln away from tMs lire, at the moment when
he had beaten down miserable rebellion—the sta
tue with front of brass and feet of clay. It Is
from the pen of Mr. K. H. Newell, of 'New York,
( ‘ Orpheus O. Kerr”), who is capable ofmuoh better
things. His selection of a light, danolog metre, for
an elegiac poem, is singularly injudicious. Be
cslved frcm G. W. Pitcher, Chestnut street.
“The Game of Croquet, Its appointment and
laws, with descriptive illustrations, by E. Fellon,”
Is a small volume published by Hurd A Hangh
ton, New York, which, we presume, will be found
useful by Croquet-players, if any there be in this
country. Beceired from Ashmead A Evans.
“ What to do with the Cold Mottos; a Book of
Edchauffd,” is an economical cookery-book, which
has obtained immediate and extensive popularity
lu England, and Is republished here by Buuce and
Huntington. It will be found very nsefol In houae
■ holds, where, in consequence of the present unjus
tifiably Ugh prices or food, It has beoome actually
recessary to study economy In living. Eeoelved
frrm Ashmead &. Evans.
The May number of the United States Semite
Magazine has for its frontispieces* fine portrait of
General Sheridan, engraved on steel, by O’Neill.
There is a memoir accompanying the llkenoss*
-Among the other noticeable articles are two—upon
‘Grant and Hichmond—one editorial. But perhaps
the very beßt Is an account of Sherman’s Georgia
Campaign, from Atlanta to the sea. It Is gratifying
to find this well-condnoted periodical succeeding be
yond all expectation. It has become a necessity in
the military and naval services. Eeoelved from T.
B. Pugh, sixth and Chestnut.
The Sortkern Magazine, published and edited by
Frank Bellow, has reached Its fifth month, and de
serves to bo well known and highly valued. Mr.
Bellew, who holds the pen and pencil equally well,
takes care that the engravings are all of the best
quality, and the letter-press Is equally good. There
la something to snit an ages. One poemlet entitled
“Amontillado,” by T. B. Aldrloh, ought not to have
.been-admitted hero—except to show how absurd
Cockney rhymes are, Eor example, in.
Tawny flower of Spain,
Empress of the larder,
Keeper of the wines
In this old poeiuln,
to make the rhyme right posada must be pronounced
po ser-der, and a little lower down. In the quotation
Thank yon, Breath of June!
Sown; heart beats freer j
Kisses for your band,
Amlglta mis. -
The last word, to snlt-'What It Is meant to.a yund
with, must be called miar. Mr. Aldrich !a|gnoriint.
of rhyming, the first and easleskpart f
a feixb s^oftT. —Tho Vermont ’
ed at Brattleboro, Vermont, .
dollars for the best original siorsv tO-lbe fjaiplstiod (
previous to August Ist. Compelling it£§i|e: prize *
should address the proprietor, Henry. .wp“<t, for
particulars. -
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South.
RICHMOND.
ESCAPE FROM LIBBY OF THE BRDTE TURNER,
ITS LATE KEEFER.
Aflnirs Among the Colored Troops---Arrest
of Ex-Senator Hunter.
A Disappointed though IorlB( Couple—
Auction of War-horses*
[Special Correspondence or The Press. ]
Philadelphia Pebbs Bureau,
Richmond, May 13,1805.
AWASDIHG OP PRIZE MEDALS.
The Secretary of War has awarded beautiful
prise medals, for gallant services performed on the
memorable 29th of September, 18S4, at New Market
Helghthe, to Ist Sergt. Edward EatoUff, do. O, ssth
U. S. O. T-; Corporal Miles James, Co. B, 38th U.
s. O. T.j private James Gardner, Co 1,36 th U. S.
0. T.; and private Wm. Barnes, 00. C, ssth U. S.
0. T. These testimonials have been received by
General Draper, commanding the brigade of whlott'
these regiments are a part, and through whom they
will be presented to the brave men, who have faith
fully earned this acknowledgment from the Govern
•ment. Major General Weltzel, commanding the
Corps, has been ohosen to make the presentation
speech.
TBE NEGRO TROOPS.
The colored corps Is now posted near City Point,
where It has gone Into a camp of Instruction. The
36th and 88th Beglments have done good service,
and the Government manifests Its appreciation of
their worth by foreshadowing a policy which Is like
ly to continue all negro troops In the service until
their term Of enlistment expires.
THE REGULAR OFFICERS,
Those who are lieutenants and eaptatns in the re
gular army, but who have been brigadiers and ma.
jor generals In the volunteer service, do not like the
Idea ot coining dawn from their greatness; and, In
order to avoid such a mortification, many officers
who heretofore manifested nothing but oontempt
for negro discipline and valor, and especially for
those who commanded them, have signified their
willingness to accept positions In the sable military
establishment. It is hardly to be expeoted that
the brave war-scarred gentlemen, who have made
the negro a soldier under such perilous circum
stances, will be mustered out to afford tbe officers of
the tegular army commands equal to their rank in
tbe volunteer service. Officers who refused, as they
declared, from principle, to enter the colored oorps,
should not, for the Bake of position, be permitted to
compromise with their prejudices. There are many
persons of the regular army who have commissions
In the negro servloe, who have contributed greatly
to Its present efficiency, who, as an aet of justice to
'hem, and all others engaged in so difficult a task,
should be continued as long as they are worthy of
he positions.
RBOAPB OP RICE TUBKBR PROM LIBBY.
It Is not without considerable regret (hat I an
nounce the escape of the notorlonß Dick Tnmcr from
t'-« Libby Prison, on night’before last, by breaking
or removing one of the Iron bars which separated*
him from the street. This man was one of the un.
der-strappers or keepers of Libby In rebel times, and
exoelled all tbe other barbarians In lnfllotlng the
most brutal and murderous treatment upon Union
prisoners. It Is hardly possible for an Individual to
achieve as much Infamy ln.a similar position as has
fallen to the share of Tomer. His place or confine
ment was under ground—his feed bread and water,
and a sentry was posted before his door to prevent
such a misfortune as has taken place. As no guard
was In front of the building, on the pavement, It Is
possible that some assistance was famished by sym
pathizing friends from .the outside, who afforded him
shelter and food. The Libby has recently been used
as a eamp of distribution, and with tbe exception of
Turner, Judge Onld, and Captain Hatch, the Hebei
Co'&mlßsloners of Exchange, no other persons are
confined there.
OABTLB THUNDER.
Castle Thunder Is used by-the authorities as the
military prison, and affords a securer place for
criminals than Libby, having been fitted np for that
purpose. It is dne to the authorities to state that
since Dick’s escape, a sentry has been posted In front
of his place Of confinement. He has not been ar
rested yet, nor Is there much likelihood of hls recap*
ture where he has so many hiding places among the
rebels of Virginia.
ABRBST OP HxmTRR.
R. M. T. Hunter, ex-U. S. Senator, was arrested
a few days since In Essex county, by a guard scut
to look him up. It Is not known whers he Is eon*
fined or whither he has been sent.
GOVERNOR PIBRPOHT.
It Is now understood tbat Governor Pierpont will
arrive in this city on the 18th Inst., when he will
immediately locate hls Government here.
Bolliit.
[Special Correspondence of .The Presa.l
Philadelphia Pkbss Bureau,
Richmobd, May 11,1866,
SALS OP QOVEBBMBST EOESBB AirD-KULES.
Yesterday a large number or condemned horses
and mules, belonging to the Government, were dis
posed of to the highest bidder. The number of anl*
mate sold and the eoarolty of the legal-tender com
bined to afford excellent bargains to those who were
prepared for instant settlement. The war has de
prived the farmers In Virginia of nearly, If not en
tirely, all their stock, and the Government Is giving
them suoh opportunities to commence anew as are,
within the ability of the humblest tillers of the soil-
Mules and horseß were knocked down at very rea
sonable rates, and the citizens were generally satis
fied that they had good bargains.. A good deal of
private Btock was also sold at satisfactory figures.
THE POHTOOH BRIDGES,
The pontoon bridges which span the river between
this city and Manchester were washed away early
yesterday morning by some heavy pieces of timber
coming against them, which the sudden rise from
the recent heavy rains forced from their moorings
on the Richmond shore. - Not much, If any, of the
bridge was lost. The engineers soon rennitedthe
struoture, and uninterrupted communication was
had with the village of Manchester. The rapidity
with which this breach was repaired Is but another
evidence of that enterprising spirit In the American
army, which has ever been equal to the emergency.
A COMICAL HABBIAGB.
Quite a large concourse of persons were assem
bled at the Colored Episcopal Ohuroh, on Third
street, last evening, to witness the marriage of a
loving couple. The groom and bride, with a long
train of delegatfid.attendants, in all the parapher
nalia of fashion, came In carriages, whloh attracted
no little attention as well as created some sensation
In the neighborhood. The groom, with a light step,
leaped from his seat and assisted out his smiling
bride, who had, bo doubt, long prayed for that hour-
The long retinue of groomsmen and bridesmaids
followed tbe happy pair down the aisles to the altar,
where Bev. Mr. Gladman was waiting to perform
the ceremony, in the presence of a large concourse
of friends and spectators. The minister oleared
his throat, arose with solemn oonntenanee, looked
complacently upon the couple who stood before
him, and asked for the license from the military
authorities. The groom Immediately replied he
had it, and putting his hand qulokly into one of
his pookets, and then in another, until huge drops
of perspiration began to ooze forth, and a gloom of
the most unpleasant forebodings began to settle
upon the bridal party. All eyes were now turned
towards the groom, and every moment they
expected to see the magic paper oome forth,
but, to the utter astonishment of every onei
he at length found voice enough to Bay
that he had left the license at home. There
was a general murmur of merriment at this Intelli
gence, which the groom pretended not to notice,
and started In person for that Important document.
The Interim was spent In laughing over the inci
dent, and on bis return every one expected to see a
happy Issue out of this affliction, but was somewhat
startled when he Informed the parson that he oould
not And his license. Amid the suppressed amuse
ment of those assembled, the bridal party were
obliged to return to their carriages and their homes,
with many regrets that the military authorities
require the observance of certain restrictions. Ge
neral orders No. 4 contains the following extract
pertaining to matrimony:
fIBKBBAL OBDBB 80. 4.
V. No marriage license will be Issued until the
parties desiring to be married take the oath of alle
giance to the United States, and no clergyman, ma
gistrate, or other person, authorized by state laws
to perform tbe marriage ceremony, will officiate in
such capacity until he himself and tbe parties con
tracting matrimony have taken the prescribed oath
of allegiance.
VI Any person noting In violation of these orders
will be arrested, and a fall account of the case re
ported to these headquarters.
By order of Major General Halleek:
J. O. Kbltoh, A, A. G.
A DISLOYALIST XGKBSTaD,
John G. Watkins, an inhabitant of Powhatan
connty, yesterday avowed the most disloyal sen
timents. The renegade w%a soon- arrested by the
prevest guard, whose authority he was a little dis
inclined to respect, but a couple of persuaders In
the form of six-shooters, had a most exoellent effect
in convincing Watkins that discretion Is the better
part of valor. Be was lodged in Castle Thunder,
where better men for a nobler cause have suffered
and died.
A public ball is announced to oome off next Wed
nesday evening, 17th Inst., under such military pro
tection as will Insure good order. A pleasant time
and a large crowd are anticipated. Tickets are sel
ling at two dollars each.
connmoH op teas post oppicb.
The post office here has not yet got Into regular
working order. At present It is but very little more
than an army concern. The malls, with the ex
ception of these for Washington, are all sent to
Fortress Monroe, where they, remain for twenty
four hours before they are forwarded North, it is
to be hoped that Dr. Sharp, |the new postmaster,
.will soon be able to put tbls office lu regular run
ning' order, so as to Insure the prompt and early
forwarding of the mails to all points of the North.
Dr. Sharp Is a native of Cumberland eounty, Penn
sylvania, though reoently he halls from Missouri.
ABRUPT OP A UHIOK SCOUT,
Chas. A. Phelps, who has been a Union scout,
was detected some time ago in several oases of
htri'e-steallSgi and sent to Castlo Thunder. He
escaped several days ago, but on yesterday morning ‘
was rearrested and sent to his old quarters, His
oj Brattons were ohlefly In this city. Bourn.
PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, MAY 16, 1865.
Tbe English Parliament on the 1 Assss
siuntton.
SrBHOHBS BV BABL RUSSELL, THE EARL OP DBEBV,
SIB G QBUT, AND MB DIBBABLL
[House of Lords, May I.]
Earl Russell rose and said: Mr Loans : I rise to
ask yoer Lordships to sddress her Majesty, praying
her Majesty tbat In any communication she may
be pleased to make, expressing her abhorrenoe of
tbe great crime which has been committed In Ameri
ca by the assassination of President Lincoln, her Ma
jesty may at tbe same time be pleased to express tbe
sorrow and Indignation felt by ns at the great crime
which has recently been committed. My. Lords,
her Majesty bas already directed me to express to
the Government or the United States the shock
which she felt when tha Intelligence reached this
country of this great crime, and also ot her sympa
thy with tie Government and people of the Uniced
States. Her Majesty also has been pleased to write
a private letter to Mrs. Lincoln—[cheers] —express
ing her sympathy wlih her on her great and sadden
bereavement. I think your Lordships will agree
with me In saying that In modern times there has
hardly been any crime of bo horrible a character
committed ” Earl Russell tbon proceeded to give
a warm and eloquent enlogium on the private
and publla character of the late President Lin
coln. Aftei this he continued as follows: “At the
beginning of this war the House will remember
President Lincoln declared that he hod no right
'by the Constitution to interfere with slavery. At
a later period he made a kind of decree, as com
mander In oblef, In which he proposed tbat In cer
tain Slates the slaves should be entirely freed.
But at a later period he proposed that which he
was constitutionally qualified to propose—that
there Should be an alteration of the Constitution
of the United States, by whloh the holding of
Jiersons to labor by compulsory means was to be
orever hereafter forbidden. Many persons were
eager for the Immediate abolition of slavery.
But I remember Lord Macanley once ob
serving, tbat although It would have been a
great blessing if the penal law against Roman
Catholics had been abolished In Sir R. Wal
pole’s times, yet he would have been mad to have
proposed such a measure. So with regard to
President Lincoln. Whatever might have been the
horrors of slavery, he was peneotly jnstlfied In
delaying the time when that great alteration in
tbe law should be proposed. Bat whatever we
may think on this subject, we must all feel that
the death of President Lincoln deprives the United
States or the man who was the leader on thlß sub
ject, and the man who by hls temper would have
oeen disposed to propose such measures as might
.make this great change aoeeptabie, and who might
have preserved the peace of that great Republlo
under an entirely new Constitution- My lords, we
nnst all feel sympathy with the United States on
this deprivation, and hope tbat he who suoceods ac
cording to the American Constitution to the powers
of the President may be able, both In respect of
mercy and lenity to those who have been conquered,
and also In respeot to those measures to be adopted'
for that new organization tbat the abolition of
slavery requires; we mnst all hope that the new
President may succeed In nveroomlog those diffi
culties, and In restoring the Republic to Its pristine
prosperity. I bad, at the commencement of tnls con
test, occasion to say tbat I did not believe that that
great Republic would parish In the oontest; and my
noble friend at the head of the Government Shad
lately occasion to dlsolalm any feeling of animosity
or envy at the greatness and presperity of the
United States. The coarse which her Majesty's
Government pursued during this civil war has
been one of neutrality. There have bean dlßloul
ties which have ooonrred to us, and whloh have
occurred, to the Government of the United States,
In maintaining the peaceful relations of the two
countries; but these difficulties have always been
treated with temper and moderation on both sides
of the Atlantic. I trust that temper and modera
tion will continue, and I can assure this house that,
as we have always been aotnated by tbe wlsb tbat
tbe American Government and the American
people should settle their differences without any
Interference of ours in the conflict of. arms, so,
likewise, we mast refrain from any kind of Inter
ference or Intervention, and frost that the ef
forts to be made for that purpose will be suc
cessful. I have notting, of course, to say of tbe
successor of President Llnooln. Time must show
bow far he Is able to conduct these difficult matters
which the wisdom of hls predecessor was so well
calculated to bring to a satisfactory result.. All I
oan say Is, tbat in sight of this great calamity, In
slghtof this great orime, the crown, the Parliament,
and the people of this country feel not only the
deepest sympathy with the Government and the
people of the United States, hat that our relations
of kindred with them Induce us to feel the misfor
tunes of the United States more than we should the
mlsfoiinnes of any country on the face of tbe globe.
The noble lord conolnded by moving that an hum
ble address be presented to her Majestyrbxpreaslng
the sorrow and Indignation of that House at tbe as
sassination of tbe President of the United States,
aid praying her Majesty to communicate these
sentiments on thepart of that House to the Govern
ment ol the United States. [Hear, hear.]
SFBBCH OV THU BABL OF DKRHY.
The Earl of Derby—My lords, when ihe noble
Earl announced hls Intention of bringing forward
this motion,-1 ventured to express my nope that her
Majesty’s Government had well considered Its form,
so that nothing would Interfere with that unanimous
assent to It It was desirable tbat 'this house should
give. It would have been more satisfactory to my
tnlnd if the noble Earl had Intimated to us upon
what grounds they had proposed this unusual
oenrse of addressing the Crown to convey to a fo
reign Government the. sentiments of Parliament
wltn reference to this event. The more regular course
would have been to have moved a resolution of this
House, in conjunction with the other House of Par
liament, expressive of those feelings whloh it is pro
posed to place In the form of an address to the
Orowß, But lam SO desirous thereehallnot’appaar
tbe slightest difference of opinion upon this SUbjeot,
that I will not (hear)—hesltate-to give my assent to
this form. [Hear, hear.} In expressing onr sor
row and indignation at the atrooioaß crime
by which the United States have been
deprived of their ohlef magistrate, yoar lord
ships will only follow the universal feeling ot
sympathy expressed from one end ot the country to
the other; and If there be In the United States any
persons who believe that there is an unfriendly
feellngln this country towards the citizens of the
United States, I think they could hardly have a
moreccmplete refutation of that opinion—[cheers]—
conveyed-In what I hopewlU be the unanimous
declaration of Parliament. [Cheers.] Whatever
other mlslortnne may have attended this atrocious
crime, one good effect may have resulted from it—
that the manner In which the announcement' of It
has been received In this country win satisfy the
United States tbat her Majesty’s subjsots, one and
all, deeply oondemn the orime, and deeply sympa
thize with the feeling of the United States la the
deprivation they have experienced. For the
crime Itself no palliation can be offered.
There may be a difference of opinion as to the
merits of the two parties who are contending, hut.
there la and can be no difference of opinion as to
this—that the holiest and purest of all causes Is
desecrated and defamed by any attempt to promote
It by a measure so Infamous. [Cheers.] If It were
possible to believe the Confederate authorities en
couraged, sympathized with, or even did not ex
press their abhorrence at this crime, I should say they
bad committed worse than a crime—a gross blan
der—because a cause that required to be promoted
by the crime ol'assassination loses all sympathy,
and alienates every kindly feeling toward Itself.
But I am well Satisfied that this detestable act of
assassination Is so entirely alien to the whole spirit
in which the South have conducted this war,
[cheers.] that, apart from the error of judgment
involved In sanctioning such a orime, they cannot
have been guilty of so great a blunder, and at the
same time must feel that no step could have Inflicted
so great an Injury on thelrown oause. I will not ven
ture to follow the noble earlinto the slight discussion
originated with regard to the Internal politics or the
United States. I will not even express any opinion
as to the question whether the late defeats, appa
rently fatal to the oause ol the South, are likely to
lead to an early termination of the war. In what
ever way that war may be terminated, It la the de
sire of every Iriend of humanity that It be termi
nated soon. I not only lament the loss of a man
who certainly has conducted the affairs of that
country, under clroumstances of great difficulty,
with singular moderation and prudence ; but I also
agree with tbe noble Earl that the death or suoh a
man, in such a manner, and at each a time, is not
c-nly a snbjeot ol the deepest abhorrence, bat that
It is a serious misfortune. Tnerorore I say, not only
In the fact of the president of a great country being
suddenly deprived of life, but also In the oireum
stancea under which the crime was committed, I
see the deepest cause for lamenting the occurrence
that has taken place, and I am quite sure that, In
dependently of all poutleal motives, we are express
ing no less the Individual feelings of the House than
oi the oouniry at large, In viewing with horror, de
testation, and Indignation, the orime by which the
President of the United Btates has been deprived of
life. [Load cheers.]
The motion was put and carried nomine con tradU
emte.
SPEECH OF HB. DISBABLI.
(Ix the House of Commons, M&y l J
Mr. Disraeli. Sir: Ttere are rare Instances when
the sj mpathy of a nation approaches those tenderer
feelings that,generally speaking, are supposed to be
peculiar to the individual, and I think this is one of
them. [Hear, hear.] Under all circumstances we
should have bewailed the catastrophe, at 'Washing
ton. But In the character of the victim, and In the
very accessories of his almost latest moments, there
is something so homely and so Innocent that it takes
the subject, as it were, out of the pomp of history
and the ceremonial of diplomacy. It touches the
heart of nations, and appeals to the domestic senti
ments of mankind. [Hear, hear ] Sir, whatever
may be the varying opinions of this Honse and
country generally, of the pollay of the late Presl.
dent ol the United this all mgst be agreed,
that In a trial which, more than any other, tested
the moral quality of the man, heperioraed his duty
with simplicity and strength. [Hear, hear.] Her is
ic possible for the people of England to forget that he
sprang from the same fatherland, and spoke the same
mother-tongue. [Hear, hear.] When crimes of this
character are perpetrated the pnbllo mind is apt to
lalVluto gloom ana perplexity; but assassination has
never changed the history 01 the world. I will not
refer to instances of remote antiquity, although au
accident has made the most memorable example of
those times familiar at this moment to the mind and
memory of most gentlemen present. Whllelseoond
the address to the crown, and express upon my own
part feelings of unaffected and profound sympathy
with the citizens of the United States, I would not
sanction any sentiment of depression. I would
rather take this opportunity or expressing
my fervent hope that frem these awful years
of trial the various populations of North
America may come out elevated, chastened,'
rich in immaculatlve wisdom, and strong lu that
disciplined energy which a yonng nation oau only
acquire in a protracted and perilous struggle!
Then will he open to them not merely the same
course of power and prosperity which they have
heretofore pursued, but they will pursue that course
of power and prosperity for the general sappiness
of mankind. [Hear, hear 1 It Is with these feel
ings, sir. that 1 now second the address Co the Crown.
[Loud and general eheering ]
The motion was then put by the Speaker, and
carried unanimously.
[From the London Times May 2 ]
The American residents In London yesterday did
fitting honor to the memory of their late President.
Mon in their position are more than usually sensl
■’ ive to patriotic Impressions. When people live at
home, seeing few but oountrymen, dtstraoted by
party politics and engaged to some extent in every
public transaction, patriotism, though a strong Is a
quiescent feeling. But abroad their country Is too
'ar away to be ever out of their thoughts. The pre
sence ol a strange nationality leads them by eon
irast to dwell upon their own; association and mu
tual friendly sendees bind the little community to
gether by a bond of whloh national feeling supplies
’-tielinks, and anything that’ affects the common;
country finds them united and almost unanimous.
What wonder, then, that the Americans In Lon
don should have been prompt to mark the sense of
the bereavement which their nation has snstalnedl
It was hut natural that the United States Minis
ter should see lu Mr. Lincoln the representa- i
live Of the country—the servant, Indeed, rather ;
than the leader. Mr. AdamS'has been engaged
amlliariy In the transactions of this'war. He has
known the Ideas with whloh It was begun, the
changes whloh came over men’s minds as it ad
vanced, the new views taken by politicians of all
parties In his own country, and the effect which the
Tremendous succession of events produced at home
and abroad. He may, then, fairly oonslder Mr.
Lincoln the embodiment of the national resolu
tions, as a man through whom the Bepubllo spoke
at each crisis of its fortunes. But this oertunly
does not detract from his merits. If the North has
achieved anooess, It has been mainly by his means.
If it spoke through him, it was only bacansa his own
feelings were those of the gTe&t mass of his seotlon
of the Bepubllo.' What ever fame belongs to a sue
ceesfnl statesman Is his, for from the first days of,
his assumption of offloe he devoted himself to the 1
policy whloh has now triumphed. He dooiarod nts
Intention of retaking the forts and property of the
United States; he called out 76,000 volunteers, and
then hundreds of thousands; he Issued thoprDola
mai ion emancipating the slaves; he boro up against
all the discouragement produced by two years of
constant defeat; and In ail this he Is said to have
taken hls own Hue, and to have been In reality, as
he was in law, the head of the Government.
Tbe Trench Corps I-eglslatiCT.
6PBBOH OF THE MIHISTBB OF STATE—H. DBOUTZT
DE L’HUYS TO M. MONTH OLOK.
Pawb, May 2 —The Oorps Leglslatlff met yea
terday, M.Sohnelder, Tice President, In the chair.
Vice President Schneider called on M. Rouher,
Minister of State. M. Rouher said:
An odious crime has plunged a friendly nation
Into profound Erie!. Tie news ol the assassination
of President Llnooln has produced a sentiment of
Indignation and horror throughout the olriUzed
world. Abraham Lincoln bad, during tbe painful
struggle whloh distraoted hls country, displayed'
that indomitable courage and energy which belong
only to Intellects of a blgh order. Generous, mode
rate, and conciliatory— [applause]—he was pre
parleg, the day after tne victory, to roatoresploudor
and presperity to America. [Renewed applause.]
The proofs of sympathy mantiested throughout Eu
rope will be received by the American people as a
consolation and encouragement. The Emperor’s
Government has sent to Washington an expression
ot its legitimate regret.
M, Rouher then read the despatch sent by M.
Drouyn de l’Huys, Minister of Foreign Affairs, to
the French Minister at Washington.
Paeib, April 80.—Sib : The news of the criminal
attack on President Lincoln has oansed the I tnpe
rlal Government a proround sentiment of Indigna
tion. Hls Majesty Immediately charged one of hls
aids-decamp to wait on the Minister of the United
States In Paris, to request him to transmit to Mr.
Johnson, the- present President, the expression of
bis sincere condolence. I wished myself, by the
despatch I addressed to yon- yesterday, to make
known without delay my palnrul emotion, and-to
day,-conformable to the Emperor’s Intention, I ren
der a well-merited homage to the memory of the
great citizen whom the United States deplore. Ele
vated to theflrft rank in the Republic by the suf
frages of. hls fellow- citizens, Mr. Lincoln used the
power Intrusted to him with that firmness for which
he was distinguished, as well as foi the elevation of
hls principles. Thus ■ hls vigorous soul never sank
under tbe trials reserved for hls Government. At
tbe moment when an execrable orime hurried him
away from tbe mission which he was executing with
the religious sentiment of duty, he had the consola
tion to know that the triumph of bis polloy was effec
tually secured. Hls proclamation, though stamped
with moderation, showed hls determination to re
organize the. Union and establish peaee. Tula su
preme satisfaction was not granted to him, but tnia
last proof of hls wlEdom, generosity, courage, and
patriotism has placed him among those most ho
nored bv the country. I transmit this despatoh by
orderjßthe Emperor to the Minister of State, to be
communicated by him to the Senate and Oorps Le
gislatin'. All France unites In feeling wltn his Ma
jesty. Deouvk nEL'Huvs.
The reading of this despatch was followed by Im
mense applause.
M. Rouher added that this despatch requlred.no
comment. The Emperor, the public bodies, and all
France, were unanimous in their reeling of reproba
tlon of the deteßtable crime, and In their ardent
wishes for the re-establlshment of harmony and
concord In the great and patriotic American nation.
President Schneider said he would be tbe inter
prefer of their feelings In publicly expressing the
grief and Indignation whlon they all felt. They
had associated themselves with the feelings and
sympathies which had been manifested by tue Go
vernment [Cries of ’• Yes, yes,” "Tory well.”]
Galled on to direct tha affairs or the country at au
over memorable period of artels, Mr. Abraham Lln
ooln proved himself to be eqnal to the difficult mis
sion. Hls last act was tbe orownlng of tbe life of an
honest man and of a great oltlzen. France ardently
desired tbe re-establishment of peaae In that great
nation, her ally and her friend. May our prayers
be heard, and may Providence put an end to each
palatal trials! [Unanimous approbation.]
It Is, therefore. In the highest sense of reprsenta.
tlon that Mr. Llnooln represented the Northern
States during the present oontest. Every Amerlaan
may be eontent to see In him a bold leader who did
what thousands would have shrank from, what no
toriously SOISS Of the most experienced politicians
In tbe country shrank from. But there U a port of
his character nhich at this time will command even
more admiration than his firmness and courage . He
teas not only the most determined in policy, hut he was
the least swayed by passion of all the leading stated
nunof his party. There is no utterance to be record
ed of him which could offend the Government of any
other country or could shock humanity , He was no
ver captious, nor defiant, nor menacing. Any tndis
cretion of his military or naval subordinates he
promptly repaired, and, as far os he could, 'he ended
vorea to keep peace with all the world. But it is his
policy towards the vanquished Confederates which will
chiefiygiveMm honor. He has been, beyond all doubt,
oneofihemostmoderatemen in the United Slates in
his ideas of the treatment which the South should re
ceive.
* * *- *' • * r
For the present we can only join the Amerlaan
community In their regrets. They do not require
to be told how deep Is tbs sympathy of the British
r ation. Prom the Queen to the humblest oltlzen
there has been bnt one voice. O ver the grave of
Abraham Lincoln all differences are bushel, and
the two nations mourn as one the high-minded and
good- natured magistrate. -
lbs Lefter of Slidell on Abe Assassloa-
tlon of tbe President
In onr foreign news it Is stated tbat Slidell de
clined attending services In the Protestant Chapel
at Pails, given in honor of our dead President. We
give the whole correspondence between him and the
pastor. It reads;
. “My Dbab Sib : I trust you will agree with me
that Southern Americans should take every oppor
tunity to reprobate the late assassinations, and it Is
chiefly with a view to do away with angry reelings
that I have proposed to hold a solemn service, to.
which both Southerners and Northerners are In.
vited, at 12 o’clock on Saturday. There Is to be no
sermon, onlplltany, penitential psalms, Ac., as a
tribute of sorrow and regret. Perhaps you will be
good encuahJto acquaint others with this olroum-
uiS ladles ot your own family, as
this Slay afford them a coveted opportunity, and
" there o»n be nothing to compromise any one In suoh
a move. Believe me your most obedient falthfal
servant, “AbohbbGubhby.”
“Pabis, April 28.
"My Dbab Sib : No one oonld have heard with
greater horror and regret than I the Intelligence of
the atroclons crimes perpetrated at Washington.
No one oould repudiate with sterner Indignation the
idea that the assassins had received prompting or
encouragement from friends of the Oonlederate
oause. Perhaps no two "prominent persons of tbe
Federal Government: eonlanave been selected who
excited in bless degree feejlngs of personal hosti
lity and vindictiveness tban'.Prealilent. Lincoln and
hls Secretary or State. lam much obliged to you
for Invltlnjfme and my family to assist at the so
lemn servm which yon propose to hold to-morrow
at your chapel, and, oonld we be present simply
to manifest tbe feelings which I have briefly ex
pressed, we would not hesitate to kneel with yon In
prayer for the souls of the victims. Bat reflection
will, I am fore, satisfy yon that onr presence on
the melancholy oocaslon would be subject to vari
ous and not unnatural misconstructions, received on
the part of some as a hypocritical display of a re
gret we did not feel; by others, as a virtual acknow
ledgment of the Injustice of tbe oause in the defence
of which so many noble martyrs have fallen, and as
a tacitly Implied acquiescence In the course of poli
cy pursued by Mr. Lincoln since hls accession to
power on the 4th of March, 1861. I will take plea
sure, in compliance with your request, to let any
Confederate friends whom I may see to-day know
of the Intended ceremony.
“ Believe me very sincerely your friend ana ser
vant, “John Slidbli, ’’
THE DEATH OF BOOTH.
WHY HE WAS SHOT—OOBBBTT’B VBBSIOM OF XT.
The Boston Journal of the 13th says: We are In
debted to a Iriend in this city for the following let
ter, written by Boston Corbett, the soldier who shot
the assassin Booth:
Lincoln Babbaokb,
Washington, D. 0., May 11,1865.
Dear Bbo. B : I thought It high time to Reap my
promise and send you a letter, and at this time It
might oe desirable bb there are many false reports
lu the papers charging me with violation or orders
In shooting Booth. But my commanding officer
of the expedition not only clears me irom alt
blame, but recommends me to the attention of',
the Oommandlng General for my exertions lu
bringing the murderer to justice. He was a despe
rate man, and fully determined to die rather than to
be taken alive, and it was only when actually neces
sary that I shot him. When I first saw him by the
light of the burning hay, he turned toward the fire,
either for the purpose of putting It out, or else of
shooting the one that set It on fire. I was on that
side, and then be was quite sear to me, and I had a
full front, breasivlew. It would have boon much
easier to have hit him then than when I did; but 1
waited till I was satisfied his purpose was to use his
arms and try and fight his way out of the door
through which Harold had just been taken. Then
I fired on him, and he fell; and when I saw where
the ball had struck him, in the neck near the ear, It
seemed to mo that Clod had directed the ball, for
apparently It was just- where he had hit the Presi
dent. ' .
I do not know how-scon I maybe allowed to re
turn home, hut hope to do so soon.
Yourstruly,' Boston CJobbbtt,
sergt, 00. K, 16th N. Y. Cavalry.
CAPTURE OF OKB OF BOOTH’S AOOOHPLIOBB IN
OHIO—THB MANNER OF HIS CAPTURE
We learn that Carroll, the man who procured the
oanoe lu whloh the assassin Booth crossed the Po
tomac river In his flight from Washington, was ar
rested at Delphos, Onto, on Tuesday afternoon last,
by Major Burns, a Government detective. Major
Burns Is a cripple, having lost the left leg In the
army, and after the assassination was employed
as a deteotlve to assist In ferreting out the
guilty parties. How it happened that he se
lected Carroll as his "bird” has not trans
pired. Dressing himself as an Indigent sol
der, with his crutch and cane and a paper from a
Government official, requesting provost marshals
along the route of travel to afford the “ posr sol
dier” sooli assistance as he might need, Major Burns
started on the pursuit. He first learned Of Oarroll
at Alexandria, and then slowly hut surely followed
the track until he learned that the accomplice had
a relative at or near Delphos, Ohio, when the
Major went directly to that place. There his letter
of recommendation secured him much attention
from these able to lend him pecuniary aid, and
enabled him to look about town without exciting
suspicion that he had any special business. After >e
malntng there a few days he caught slghtof Oarroll,
and, with assistants, lollowed him into a store or
saloon, and arrested him. Oarroll, taken bv sur
prise, wes completely overcome. It Is stated that
he wept bitterly, and wringing his hands, exalalmed,
“They will hang me! they will hang me!” and by
other expressions evinced hts tear at the approaoh
uf jus tics. v
When the gentlemen who brought this news to
the olty leit Delphos, Oarroll was lu jail at that
place, awaiting the arrival of the guard to oondaet
him to Washington, the Government having been
Informed of his arrest Toledo Blade, Hpy 11.
National Dbbt and Taxation.—A statistical
volumejust Issued from the Foreign Offloe, complied
from official returns, gives the following account of
the revenue and public debt of various countries,
stating the revenue as estimated In the budgets, and
■he expenditure also; but It will not be necessary to
mention this last, exoept where It differs materially
from the revenue: United Kingdom (1883), revenue,
£2 ss. 2d. per head ol population; debt, £2B 2s. 51.
per bead of population. Frauoe (1864), revenue,
£2 OS. 4d. per head; debt, (1863), £l4 os. 4d. Russian
Empire (1862), revenue, 12s. 7d ; expenditure, IBs. 31.;
debt, £3 11b. Id. Austria (1862), revenue, 16s. 81.;
expenditure, £1 os. Bd.; debt, £6l2s. Id. Prussia
(1868), revenue, £1 2s. 4d.; debt, £2 3s. ad. Italy
(1863), revenue, £l4s. Ad.; expenditure, £2 Os. 5d.;
debt, £6 18s. Bd. Belgium (1803),revenue, £l6s Id.;
debt, £6 78.3 d. Holland (1B68), revenue, £2 59. Bd.;
debt, £23 11s. 2d. Sweden (I 860), revenue, 6S. 7d.;
expenditure, 11s. 6d.; debt, 14s. 4d. Norway (1863-66),
revenue, 18s. 4d.; debt, £1 is. 6d. Denmark and the
Duchies 11862), revenue, £lBs. lid.; debt, £4 is 3d.
Empire of Turkey (1864), revenue, 7s. #d.; debt (1862),
£1 ss. Id. Spain and Balearic Islands (1862), revenue,
£l6s. 4d.; debt (1861), £e Bs. 6d. Portugal (1863-64),
revenue, 17s, Id.; expenditure, 18s. 10d.; debt (1862),
£8 7s.ld. Greeoe (1861), revenue, 16s. 3d.; debt (i 860),
£3121. Passing to the New World, we have the
United States to the financial year 1860-61 with a
revenue of Us. per head, an expenditure of 11s. 3d.,
and a debt ori2s.; and in the year 1868-64 a revenue
of £4188.8d. per head, and expenditure of £7 3s. Td.,
and a" debt or £ll os. 3d. Brazil (1861), revenue, 15s.
Bd.; debt (1881), £2 10s. Bd. Chill (1860), revenue,
179, lOd.; debt (ieei), xi ie». ia. p«ru (1881), reve
nue, £ll3s, Ud.; debt (1863), £8149. IQd,
I
STATE ITEHS.
Both branches or our State Legislative hare
passed enact declaring that If any employee of a
railroad company shall violate any role of snob
company, and Injury or loss ef life shall thereby re
sult, the offender stall be Immediately arrested by
the prosecuting attorney of the city or county where
the accident happened, andTf found guilty, shall be
convicted of misdemeanor,.and punished, at the dis
cretion of the court.
Governor Curtin has arranged that whenerera
Pennsylvania soldier Is killed' or dies while In the
service, transportation shall be furobhed for one
person from bis home to tbe place where the re
mains of the soldier may be, and also for the free re
tain of the remains and tha person In charge.
A monster snapplng-turtle was lately captured Is
Green-lane dam on the Perklmen oreek, in Marlbo
rough township, Montgomery county, by a party
of men, one of whom was bitten In the leg-
The monster weighs 326 pounds.
John M. Kirkpatrlek, Esq, of Pittsburg, de
clines to be a eandtdate for renomlnatlon for Dis
trict Attorney, and urges hls friends to supportL,
Bird Dull, a wounded soldier. '
A number of oolUeries have stepped work near
Ashland, Schuylkill county, on account ol the high
rate cflabor and tbedociiue in coal.
There was a severe frost In Pittsburg on Thurs
day night last. The grape orop Is said to be most
Icjnred by It.
A young woman was shot and seriously In
jured by her cousin, In Danville, last week.
From five to fifteen thousand Pennsylvania sol.
diets are expeoted In Harrisbnrg In a few days.
A number of aooldents boomed In Harrisburg
during tbe tornado of Thursday Isßt.
The Pittsburg papers are still complaining of
the high price of provisions In the oity.
HOKE ITKHB.
A judge out West recently decided It might be
insanity to sign another man’s name to a eheekln
place of yoar own; bat when yon draw the money
on the eheck, and spend it, there Is a great deal of
sanity in the proceeding.
The New York Central Railroad Company are
constructing an embankment of earth, to take tbe
plsoe of the bridge or trestle work on the Niagara
Falls division of their road from Smith' street)
Rochester, to the Erie Canal.
George Delaney, reoently fined 870,000, and Im
prisoned for ten years, for recruiting frauds, has
swindled the Government out of a half a million
dollars. He was at one time a hook driver in Nor
wich, Ot.
Sergeant Joseph Cameron, on duty at Fort
Washington, near Washington City, dates hls ser
vice from 1606. Hls promotion has eertalnly not
been rapid.
A few days ago a den of black snakes was found
m tbe town of Ramapo, Rockland county, by a
party of men, Who, after threo days, killed eighty,
six of the reptiles.
The Gomroon Connell of Boston, on the 12th,
passed an order to open the Public Library on Sun
day s.
The costs of a oase recently decided In a Con
necticut aourt, relative to the ownership of a grind
stone, lie between 83,000 and 84,000.
Mr. Charles BaTtlett, paying teller of the
Massachusetts state Bank, died la Boston on the
12th.
Large and enthusiastic Union meetings have
reoently been held In the prominent towns and cities
of North Carolina.
—A Catholic Chnroh was lately organized in Utah.
Gen. Connor has undertaken to secure religious
liberty In the Mormon territory.
Savings banks of Massachusetts pay all taxes
on their deposits, so that depositors are not taxed
by the Government.
General Lee, who remains very quiet In Rich
mond, is said to be engaged In writing up a history
.of bte closing campaigns.
The Commissioner of Internal Revenue has
decided that soda from fountalnsls snbjeot to an ad
valorem tax of six per cent, on the amount of sales.
A band of robbers operating In Fntnum
county, Indiana, were surprised on Tuesday. Six
of tbe gang were taken.
Great stagnation in the New York horse
market Is owing to the cessation of tbe army de
mand.
They are haying a great sheep shew at Oanan
dalgua, N. Y.
Work has boon resumed on the new fortifica
tions at Fort Ontario, Oswego.
The fire-alarm telegraph in Chisago will bo In
working order In a few days. .
Mrs Jolla Dean Hayne, at last accounts, was
about to leave California for Oregon. - -
jyj, ptitnsbli the rtAllon Minister,tieß married
Mrs. Bass, of Mississippi.
Freight has become very soaroe for Arkansas
river. Boats osn’t get full cargoes.
The citizens of Memphis Intend to bund a new
theatre.
Tbe New York policeman don the new summer
uniform of blue flannel on the lßth of June next.
The Kentuek; Legislature will' reassemble
next Tuesday. •
_ The MoMle and Ohio Rallrpad Is oomploted to
Moscow.
FOREIGN ITEMS.
The French Government has sent M. Edmond
Dntblot,.a well-known architect, to Asia Minor to
takedrawlngs of the ancient monuments and works
of art. existing at Asses, on the Bosphorus. This
town is of great antiquity, Its walls and gates still
remaining being at least as ancient as the time of
Alexander the Great.
The French Government has received official
Information that the land cultivated with cotton In
the province of Bona, Algeria, has Increased within
two years from 160 to 1,260 aoros; 912 quintals of
raw cotton wore sent from that province to France
previous to the 14th of Maroh In tbe present year.
Two biographies of Cardinal Wiseman are
promised. Oce by hls friend the Rev. Dr. H. E,
Manning, who advertises for manuscripts, letters,
foots, etc., the other by Mr. John Franols Maguire,
M. F., author of an amusing “Life of Father
Mathew.”
The total Charge for the English post office de
partment packet service is this year estimated at
£841,867, being a reduction of £18,409 on the previ
ous year. This Is not, however, the whole expendi
ture, as half of the salaries and allowanoeß Is pro
vided by tbe admiralty.
Madame Ludwlka Lesnlowska, editress of the
Polish journal, the News of the World, has just been
liberated by the Austrian Government, after haring
passed three months In prison for an offence against
the laws of the press.
Three Circassian slaves, varying from 12 to 18
years of age, were last month publicly sold m Alex
andria. The lowest prioe was k l,3ool.—the highest
2,000 r.
A new edition ol “The Newspaper Press Di
rectory ” has been Issued la London. It is a very
useful work, with Information as to the London and
provincial press, to the latest dates.
Lamartine seems to.be in the grip of dlrO ne
cessity. Day after day humiliating advertisements
in Paris announce that he will sen copies of hls
works at a rednotlon of 120 francs.
—The French Empress has acoepted the title of
Patroness of the Central soolety for the Protection
of Shipwrecked Sailors, recently founded at Paris.
Parts of Dublin are In a deplorable condition,
and worse even than the poorest portions ofVienna,
Berlin, and Paris.
When the French Minister to the Italian Court
transfers his residenoe to Florenee, the French Con
sul General, will take up his abode lu Turin.
—The manager of the Diritto newspaper. In Italy,
has been sentenced to three months’imprisonment
and 1,000 francs fine for libel.
A new comic opera, called 11 The Marriage of
Don Lopez,” has been successfully produced at the
Theatre Lyrlque, Paris,
Arrangements have been made to rebuild the
Theatre Boyal, Edlngburgh, lately destroyed by
fire.
Alarming Inundations have oeonrred In Spain,
the city of Tortosa and the adjoining district being
flooded.
. -( Two houses have been taken at Bonohurch for
the Empress of Austria, who Is ordered to the Isle
of Wight for her health.
—Lord Palmerston has had a sharp attaok of
gout In the right hand, but Is now nearly conva
lescent.
—Mr. Ernest BCnan has left Smyrna on a visit
to the Seven Chnrohes, to obtain materials for hla
four volumes on the apostles.
—Two Arab Spahls have been sentenced to death
by the military tribunal of Algeria, for murder and
desertion.
An Imperial manifesto has been published at
St. Petersburg proclaiming the Grand Duka Alex
ander Altxandrowitoh heir to the Crown.
The trench Emperor was present at the first re
presentation of Meyerbeer’s ’’ L’Afrioalne,” at the
Grand Opera, Hue Lepelletier.
The opera season at Her Majesty’s Theatre,
London, commenced on the 22d of April.
Arsenic Is prescribed by Homceopathlsts for
those attaoked by the new Busslan epidemic.
—The Paris Prone states that the Pirate Adml.
fal Semmes has arrived at Havre.
—Since 1800, Catholics have expended £5,000,000
lit Ireland in building their churches.
Louis Napoleon, born in St. Cloud, In April.
1808, has just completed his fifty-seventh year.
The London University has reoelved the muni
ficent bequest of £40,000 from Mr. Edmund Yates.
—General MonTavleff will return to Poland, and
Is not to be snperseded, as was reported.
Intelligence from Santo Domingo says that the
Spanish troopß aie now evaeoatlng the country.
In South Australia there are at present two
hundred post offices.
Bsobuits fob Maximilian in Mbxico.—A
Beilin correspondent writes: The hoßt of emigra
tion agents who for years have been Inviting the
German villager to take a trip over the world, and
settle In all possible lands of the globe, have had a
novel speolea added to tbolr number. “To Mexico,
to the land of the Gorman Emperor,” Is the latest
ory In the advertisement ot the class. There seems
to be an intention to found a large German colony
on the peninsula of Yuoatan, and make it the nu
cleus oi a more solid oouceru than the empire of the
4 z toes has been till within lately, Poles, too, have
wen urgently requested by the Emperor Maximi
lian to come and aid him In the execution of his ar
duous task. These, however, are chiefly required
as soldiers, and promised a new country—as the Em
peror Is said to have expressed himself—' 11 as glori
ous as tho old.” --
Thb New York Timet says that "the Police
Cfturt records exhibit a shameful and rapidly en
larging catalogue of robberies in the dens which
flourish In the Fourth, Eighth, and Fourteenth
wards, and yet they do not reveal a tithe of the ac
tual number of such oflenoes, not one man In ten of
those who suffer being willing to make known the
fact of their having entered these places,”
four cents.
FINANCIAL AND CO9UHERCIA&
The following shows tlio condition of the Phila
delphia banhß on Monday last, as compared with
the previous week:
' Mays. Mavis,
Capital Stock...., *14.442,18(7 . yi1.442,290
Loans 81,172 347 62.878, U 8
Specie 1,297.668 1.286,404
u. S-. legal-tender........ 10,(76,916 20 800,826
KepOMte. 46.168,284 47.695,971
dictation 9,430,712
WEEKLY BANK BTATEMBHT.
The following tabla shows ararate eondUlcri'i of
the Banin in Philadelphia for the Week preceding tta a*
dap. Mar 10. I 860:
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.. ' Oleartuxe. Balanses.
May 8—........ 93,833,762 89 9826,776 71
•; ..6,147,669 63 690,9 8 07
10........... 6,469.998 61 671.474 14
” 11-.-. 6,633.619 61 671,330 76
. H— .... 6,746,469 83 446.614 04
13.-M4M.—*. 7 666,893 64 711,406 03
939 283 818 22 93,830,449 83
The great event or the past week, financially, was
tho absorption of the first series of the onrrency
loan of 9000,000,000, authorized at the last session of
Congress. The terms of sale of the seoond series,
amounting to 9230,000 .000, were made known to onr
readers yesterday, and, though probably not as fa
vorable to Investors as the previous Issue, It will
doubtless meet with general approbation, and the
whole loan will be absorbed within sixty or ninety
days. That Hr. HeOnllooh expeots an early return
to the specie baslß Is evidenced In the faot that he
reserves the privilege or paying the Interest of the
ECCOBd eerlOß In gold at six per cent., rather than
In ourrenoy In seven and three-tenths. The Govern
ment and people are alike Interested In the speedy
return to the speele standard, and, under the present
able management of the national finances, that
event may be expeoted as an event of the not far
distant future.
The stock market oontlnnes exceedingly depressed
especially for all the fanoy and hitherto exolteable
stocks. The oils are espeolally dull, and to effect
sales, a luge concession In prloes must be made.
There Is a general anxiety to. get rid of present
stocks, but purchasers fail to come forward under
any inducement. As to the petroleum business Itself,
It Is said to be In fair condition, and much activity
prevails at the wells. The present dally yield ortho
Venango region is estimated at five thousand bar
rels. Over five thousand wells are In oourse of dig
ging or contracted for. These wells will cost an
average of 98,000, whioh will Involve an outlay of
950,M0,000 But It Is not likely that the market win
receive any considerable additional supply, from
this source, under three months.
The following were the iiuot.allons.-fc*_»-M
'..w*
11 A. H 130
12 M 13011
1 P. M ....ISO#
3 P. H 130
4 P. M 129}f
The subscriptions to the seventy-thirty loan re
ceived by Jay Cooke yesterday amount to 94,751,800,
Including one of 9300,000 from Fourth national
Bank, New York; one of 91,000,000, from Henry
Clews & Co., New York; one of 9100,000, from the
Frankling National Bank, Colnmbns, Ohio; one of
960,000, from Farmers’and Mechanics’Bank, Buf
falo, and one or 9100,000, from First National Bank,
Cincinnati. There wore 3,416 Individual subscrip
tions of 960 and 9100 eaoh.
From this time It Is estimated that the imports
will yield more gold than will pa; the Interest upon
the nations! debt, Including all the seven-thirties to
he funded. The expenditures are decreasing, the
taxation daily more thorough, and In a short time all
the direct and Incidental expenses of the rebellion
will have been funded, and the aggregate be an
nounced at a figure which will not startle the na
tion for whose benefit It was made, nor will' it hurt
our eredlb In the eyes of capitalists out of the coun
try. The home value of the national credit Is best
shown b; the demand for seven-thirties from small
Investors, who are to be taxed In future to maintain
It. No national debt ever had so sore a foundation,
and large as It Is will be paid In full, while the debts
of England, France, and of the Continent generally
will steadily grow hopeless of any payment.
The advloes from England are rather unfavorable
In regard to the grain crop, and It Is not unlikely
that during the summer months we shall have an
export demand for breadstuff? at moderate prices-
Many balanees are returning from the other side,
and the May Interest in a large number of oases Is
being Invested In our securities. This will even
tually eanse a further decline In the premium on
gold.
The Treasury Department, according to a Wash
ington correspondent, is in recelptof official advloes
from onr Consuls at Beilin, and Frankfort, stating
the elreumstanoes under which the rumor got Into
circulation of there being counterfeit United States
bonds upon the European market. It seems that in
addition to the usual public stocks on the German
market, there was a new Prussian loan being put
off by the bankers—or rather strenuous efforts were
making to shove It upon the market, but so muoh
greater was the popularity of the United States
bonds that nothing could he done In home stocks,
and the olronlars Issued with, the insinuation that
there were fraudulent bonds in olrcntatlon, was a
mere brokers’ dodge to aid the sale of horns secu
rities. The Imposition was Immediately exposed,
and had not the slightest Infinenoe upon the sale or
market value of our bonds. There are now held
In Germany alone above *300,000,000 of our Five
twenty bonds -, and so large a balance has this
enormous demand for our securities given us in
gold exehango, that, for weeks past, exchange has
been one half per cent. In onr layer. The United
States 6-20 loan Is admitted to be the most popular
of all other loans upon the European markets.
Large orders are constantly made upon the Lemon,
Paris, and London bankers for them, from Norway,
Sweden, and Bnssla. The joalousy whloh this con
dition of the market naturally exoltes, added to the
growing apprehension of English financiers that
the drain of gold will Inevitably turn toward the
United States In such quantities as to eerionaiy dis
turb their own monetary system, fully accounts
for all the unfavorable erltlelsms of the Eu
ropean press upon American securities. It Is a
source of gratification to our Government that those
European capitalists who bad faith In our cause in
the darker days of our struggle, have lived to see
the securities they purchased freely at 46, rise in the
London market to S 3, netting them a profit on their
earlier Investments ef nearly CO per cent.
The following Is the tabular statement for May 1,
Issued by the Hon. Freeman Clark, the able Con
troller of the Onrrenoy, showing the clronlatlon of
the national currency by the banks In the several
States:
States. Banks. Total circulation.
Maine 42 $3,031,660
New Hampshire 25 1,407,000
Vermont** **. 17 1,656,700
Massachusetts 176 81,513,730
Rhode 151and,*......,..... 21 1,317,660
Connecticut 48 6,848,600
New York IT2
New Jersey. 25 3,738,720
Pennsylvania .182 25,100,590
Maryland T 1,4X7,600
Delaware 3 287 500
District ol Columbia. 6 748 400
Virginia.... 2 181,500
West Virginia 4 203,000
0hi0.....:. 125 10,545.670
Indiana 60 6,048 430
Mlelilgan
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Kansas... J 19.000
Missouri I 826,880
Kentucky 8 666,2p0
Tennessee 4 800,010
Louisiana 1 100000
Nebraska Territory I 27 000
Mississippi 1
Colorado Territory l
Total.. .....1,092
Opened and wound up.,,. 3
Total Is aotlve operation .1,089 9123,690,080
The following clrenlar haa just been leaned by the
Hon. Freeman Clarke, for the pnrpoae of adjusting
the circulation of the National banks:
TBBASUBY IIEFARTMHNT,
OBBIOH OB THB COKBTROIIBB OB THB OOHBUSOr,
Washington, May e, 1805.
Sib: You are requested to ment ’ “
indicated In the inclosed form. eihlbltlng
IHral. The amount of your olronlatlon as a state
bank outstanding at the date of the oonveralon of
yo S‘ t Th« e amou onta'ir?ro“'olroulAt. 0 nt a 'ir ? ro“'olroulAt.n K notes
ontetandtag Mayl6,lB»- VouTrogulir
monthlvreport*he P amountof State bankoiroula-
Snn SntsuSdlng at tho date of suoh statement.
Th?« Sformatlon Is neoessary In order to determine
the amount of national ourreney that may be Issued
.. Muvrbankwithout exoeedlng the ratio prescribed
t™ theMnendment to section 21 of the ouirenoy not,
passed Maroh 8,1866. In future It will be requisite,
in order to avoid oonfuelen or misunderstanding, to
«nd with each order for national, ourreney a state
ment of the amount of notes of your old bank out*
standing at the date of the order.
F. Olabkh, Comptroller of Onrreno'/.
This eiroular is Jntendod to apply to oon
WAB PBXiBS]
(PUBLISHED WEEKLY. I
To Wan Puss wUI he tent to lutwrlbert bv
mall (per annum In ad van m) at-^-..»-.^.„,i a w
Five copies.... si
Tel copies ••
Larger Clubs than (d Will he dsiM at the UXI
rate. 9&. OO per copy.
Th* money mutt alicaue accompany the order, sad
ih no inttanet can that term be dentate* from, me
then aford vent UttU more Hum the eoet of paper.
0* Pestmasters are reuusstod to ast as agents tOf
Tvs Was Pus*.
Ear to Ih* letter-np or the Club .1 tea or tweaks. M
extra copy of the paper will be xlrsn.
verted from the State to the National system, and
also to National banks organized to take the plan
or State banks. In some States the banks have re •
celved and issued much more national onrrenor
than they were entitled to.
Drexel ft Co. quote:
New U. S. Bonds,lBBl -t..... M» f tMJtf
New U. S Certificates of Indebtedness. 99 0 9954
Quartermasters’ Vouchers . 87 @OB
Gold.. 128 @l3O
Sterling Exchange
Old 6-20 80nd5.,... 103X@104X
New 6*20 Bonds... .10354 @164 >4
10-4080nd5... 06540 08
Bales of Stocks, JHar W>
THE PUBLIC BOARD,
eCOOCHy ...... 92V
£OO Dafzell Oil &
200 Itansroore ***.*, l%
SIB Keyuoxt oil i;|
2W
200 <jo-~- m
aco d 0...... \%
200 do
200 on C’k a ch k, ig
200 do
6OO Eeadint B Wwn
*•■*♦*—• *26 100 Catawlwifi Pref.. 35
SECOflj) CALL.
200 Kbcnaan. bl 6 % WBacb&Ylnftßv... ovc
100 Howe-8 Eddy lS 800 A&a“.T???. *£ss &
100 WJtofo***. 2-81 iroiabart
]4ioßpjal--*~..10U % 1(0 Btf Tank*—..!. i%
lfOTloueata..... &j 10J da.....* .ifi
100 Walnut Island..*. K 100B*yal K
HOOUO’k &C & 1)16 969 400 Keretone.*** *tg
SALES AT THE BEGtJLAK BO ABO OF BHOKSBS.
Reported by Rewes, Milkr, # 00., J 7&. 60 ft Third fit.
2500 U 86-20 Bond- lole >tn .tljc, new..lo*B
7100 U 86-20 Bdl.ltß-c.104X VO Eeadtopß.... sTO 458
1010 Stsleoe—.— sc ■ ion d 0...... .sSO 46k
auooiryeeß —. 9-X 2C<I do ..... a6...1t> 468
400 5° 9)8 700 do 1t5..b30 468
1800 do—.new.-1U 93 200 do bBO 4r.X
,-JOO _ “W 028 200 do .........bSO 46 M
1000 Fence Bid not— 89 100 do elo 148
ICOO Lehuh Val Bdß.. 9( SOO Bit Mountain— »M
2 Own hxßank 46 200 heDemoreOll.—. 1 d
,5 wy* 200 MoOlintoskOil— JX
10 PnllaA IrtiE... 20 200 eoßlheny Ht
100 Beading B-.... b 6 4(8 Mo M»p Bhadß.lti.bW 168
300 d 0...... ......BS 468 800 Pir.yOtl 18
1(0 d 0.... 438 800 Ao.ial Petro....lts 9
ICO do 0B>h4(8 10J Datrell OU—cath 48
BETWEEN BOABOg.
SfOdtJaß..cash 8 210 Maple Shade 15
40 Puma B lon 648 100 Ou Crack el Pic
203 McElhsny 88
lOOFhiia AErle 8.b30 20 300 Mien.—. —lota. 28
6 gk N diner..... 66184 60.0 tJB6 20« old-1018
IOGOPbIiaA Sub 7b.... 95 1009 d 0...... wiB
6018th* 16thSt 8... 19 4900 d 0...... 10*
2200 City 6e——new 93 8600 do lot
100NPsnni B.— b 5 248 200Beadtof B.lotktfO 468
300 do b 6 24 600 do. ——. 418
•“«, ° s . lO -40».~ 968 100 do b3B 4S r
10(0 d 0........ ...... 86? g COO Keystone Oil 18
10 Maple ghade.— 16 400 Bit Tank...—.... 18
SECOND BOARD
03p
v «
n
21(0Cliy6B— new 938 100 Besdto* K —..... 46X
1141 4o newlo.aOl 100 do.. 468
7(2)CHj 6b 26 ICO do ..
SHOO Beadles Bb, >7olots 99 900(1 Wal Beni..blOlte 1
SJOiiard O. nk 40 10Q Maple Scale .. 168
SOOPhlla 4 EB.blO Its 20 200 do lots bSO 168
BCOOB 6 208 conploBB 400 do lotabßO 158
20,0 d 0.... ....coop 104 650 Corn PiatteT..lots 28
1000 USIO 10b ....oonp 958 203 Tttt Homsst'd-blC*Bl
new 01X 90 do .............. 48i
1000 North Penns 6b ... 66 100 nil Creek aSwn 314
lnOßeedlniß eM 458 SOuOhsrry Bna,“— 2*
luo de—... —..e30 458
AFTER BOdBDS.
26PennaB 638 IfOHaplo(hade..,b33 168
3„ d 0.....— 6381 10uCr<ioentOitr..i>i6 8
JpoErbert Oil. b 6 28 ltuo D d 10-40 Honda re 9S
aOßapleghado.. 1681 KOBeAdlix.lt.—..,3o 46
6dI.ES AT THB OLOBB.
KlOBohnNav prof.... 268 660856 20l.—„.11)1 •
lOOßsbert 0i1... 28 6(0 do ............104
,ICO Keyetone Oil 18 1C0McE1beny......... 88
1 COO US 6 100 Keadlnc .1)5 448
The New York Posf of yesterday say*:
The loan market exhibits bat little change. The
acoamalatlon ot unemployed capital continues, the
demand tails below the supply, and the rates vary
from 606 per cent. Commercing- paper passes Bit
6@B per cent. The stock market opened dal! and
in egular. ht the dose there was more animation.
Governments are rather lower, and railroad shares
feverish, with an npward tendency. Bo ore the
first session New' York Central was quoted at 90,
Erie at 77Xi Beading 92, Mlohlgan Southern at 62.
The following quotations were mad* at the Board,
as oompared With Saturday;
„ „ Bon. sat. ddr. D««.
S. 6s, coupon..— ...1(98 1098 .. ..
8. 6-20 tonpone.—..lo3B 1048 « 8
8, 6-20 coupons, now. ...IDS* 1048 « X
S. 10 40 c0up0n5...,..... 968 968 >• 8
S. Certificates—......... 99 99* .. ..
Tenneeseeds 64 64 ..
Missouri 6t—— 658 668 •• X
dtlantlcMatl—......l4s 140 6 „
Pacific Mall——.— 800 9(0
New York Central. 898 BBX X ..
Erie.... ..........768 76 8 ..
Erie preferred.— 86 86 . , ..
fiudHon River—.——,...lol 1028 ■ ■ 18
Beading. —.• 91 908 8 ™
Miohlgan Central—.—...mt.loB 108
Michigan Southern.—. 618 60X 8
Illinois Central... —.....114X 1148 8 ..
After the Board New Y
Erie at 768, Hudson at
Mlohlgan Southern at 62.
THE STOCK
sscortn
1000 U B 61 ’Bl res. 109 1
10(00 Of 5s ’Bl 0.1C981
2000 US 6. 6-208 104
UOOO do 1048
800(0 _da.u.,.ji.ir».-P»"
ltWFß6riA4oa..tp. 938
21(500 AM Cer 27
MOW VCoaICO —.. 40
100 Canton Co *.... - ■ 87
200 do.— 378
800 Comb Cn pf.. 408
60.'- Mar Min Co—. IS
ICO Qnieksilyer 678
ICO d0.—......»10 678
100 do.—.. ....blO. 678
3(0 do.. 678
6CO do 07
PbllndelpMa Market*.
Mir l»—Evening.
There la very little demand for Flour, either for
shipment or homo use, and prices are rather lower.
The only sales wo hear of are In small lots to the
retailers and bahera at from *6.1007 for superfine;
*7.5007.75 for extra; ¥BO9 for extra family, and
*9.60010.50 $l bbl for fancy brands, according to
quality. Eye Floor and Corn meal oontlnue very
doll, and we hear of no sales of either.
Gbain.—Wheat continues dull, and prices have
again declined; small sales of reds are making at
176 c V bu, at which rate It Is freely offered. In
white then is nothing doing. Eye Is offered at 1000
ft bu. Corn IS more plenty, and dull, at a further
recline; 8.000 bns sold at 1000 $ bn, In the ears add
afloat. Oats aro rather firmer; 4,000 bus Peanayl
vanla sold at 50@620 fl bn, In the ears.
BABK.-Queroitron continues doll, and wo hear
of no sales: Ist No. lls held at *3O per ton. <
Cotton.—Prices remain about the same as last
quoted, with a moderate demand; about 80 bales of
middlings sold at (Tom 600610 ft, oash.
Gboobbies There Is more doing In Sugar; 600
hbds Cuba sold at from 8@9&o f ft, In gold, the lat
ter rate lor choice. Coffee continues scares: small
lots of Bio and Laguayra are reported at 200220 V
ft,_ln gold.
Provisions.—The market Is very dull, and prices
are unsettled and rather lower we hear of no sales
worthy ol notioe.
Whisky.—The demand Is limited, and the market
Tory dull; small lota are reported at from 210Q2150
gallon, the latter rate for Oholoe Western,, _ ,
The following are the receipts of Flour and Cruft
at this port to-day :
Flour... 1,600 hhlt.
Wheat O.COO bus.
Corn 14 600 bus.
0at5........ 4,600 bus.
Philadelphia Cattle Market.
May 16-Evening,
The arrivals and sales of Beet Cattle at Phillips’
Avenue Drove Yard roach about 1,200 head; the
market is very dull, and prices have declined l@lo
sn. Extra Pennsylvania and Western are selling
at from I7oiB>fo ; a few choice at 208, fair to good
at IB@l6e, and common at from ll@l2c HI It, as to
quality. The market olesod very dull, within the
above range of prices,
She up aro more active, and prices ratber better;
5,000 head sold at from 8c to lie V ft gross, for
•beared and wool Sheep. . . .
Cows are dull, and rather lower; 106 head SOid at
from 427 up to 880 <jR head, at to quality.
Hogs oontlnue very dull; 1,600 head sold, at the dif
ferent yards, at from tl2@i4 the 100 Sts, net.
The Cattle on sale to-day are from the following
States:
eoo head from Pennsylvania.
250 head from Ohio.
140 head from Illinois. , ,
The follwowing are the partlonlars ol the sales:
136 Jaa. MoFlUen, Western, 16@l8o
85 Marlin Fuller & Co., Western and Lancaster
CO,, 16018 KO,
65 J. S. Kirk, Lancaster county, 16@l8ffo.
81 P. Hathaway, Lancaster county, 18@lB}fo.
60 Owen Smith, Western, 16018.
62 Christy & Bro., Lancaster county, 160180.
100 P HoFlllen, Lancaster oounty, 16018 c.
20 Johaß McClese, Chester 00., 160170.
7 B. C. Baldwin. Chester 00., 180.
so A. Kennedy, Chester oounty, 15017.
26 H. Chain, Pennsylvania, 120160.
20 J. & J. Chain, Pennsylvania.l2olo.
65 Onst Sbamberg, Western, 160180.
2io Mooney & Smith, Pennsylvania, 17@200.
48. Ullman & Bachman, Western, 17018.
Cows.—The arrivals and sales of Cows at Phil
lips’ Avenue Drove Yard roaoh about 105 head this
week, The market is dull, and prices are rather
lower. Springers are selling at from ¥27060, and
Cow and Calf at from ¥36 up to ¥BO V head, as to
quality,
Shbbp.—The arrivals and sales of Sheep at
Phillips' Avenue Drove Yard reach abont 6,000
bead this week. The demand Is better, and prices
have advanoed about lo 38 it, with sales of Sheared
at B@9o, and Wool Sheep at from 10K@1I9 V lb,
grosß, as to quality.
Hogs.—The arrivals and sales of Hogs at the
Union and Avenue Drove Yards rsaoh abont 1,500
bead thlß week. The market is very dull, and prlaes
about the same as last quoted. Sales ate making
at from ¥12014 the 100 fts, net.
1,070 beau sold at Henry Class' Union Drove
Yard, at from ¥12014 the 100 Sis, net, the latter rate
for prime corn fed.
460 head sold at Phillips’ Avenue Drava Yard, at
from ¥12014 the 100 lbs, net, as to quality,
Hew York Merkels, Hay 2S<
Bbbabstubbs.—The market for State and West
ern Flour Is dull and 6010 centß lowerlLKiS,’-!??!!
hbls at ¥OOB 20 for snperflDe State j *08606 60 for
extra State; ¥8.5606.06 lor eholoe do; ¥606 20 ITor
superfine W estern; ¥6 4006.80 for common to me
dium extra Weßtern; ¥707,30 R»
shipping brands extra round-hoop Ohio, Canadian
Flour to dull and 60100 lower; eaIMMO bbls at
♦6.6006.80 for common, and ¥0 0008.26 for good to
. choice extra. Southern Flour to lower; sales 700
bbls at ¥7 2608.26 for common, and ¥8 80012 for fan
cy Sud extra. Eye to dull. Corn Meal to quiet.
'Whfi&t 15 dull ftßd pomin&Uy l@2o 1 offer. S&I0B
40 000 $.l Milwaukee Oittb at ¥lB5, Bye to «uIL
Barley to ddU. Barley Malt to flu}}. _
flats are firmer at 62K0650 ror WeStern.
The Corn market to firmer; sales 21,000 bus at 080
for new mixed Western, and ¥lO5 for' »*w yallow.
PaovißiONß.—The Pork market tojowertiale*
6,700 bbls at ¥28023.60 for new mess t MI6OOM for
03-4 do oash and regular way; ¥21.60022 for prime,
RB Theßeef'wMl<itoady; Bales46obbls at about
previous prices. Beef bamß|qre firm. CM mea’.i
are anlet; sales 300 pkgs at 14a15 for shoulders, and
17010 for hamß. The Lard market Ip a Shade
lower; sales 1,600 bbls at 16&018.
Whisht to quiet; sales 800 bbls Western ¥2,000
2.10.
6,285,260
1,201,000
1,017,000
l,80a;400
Taiiow Is heavy; sales 63,000 hi afclo}«'@loJf,
lionlavllle Tobacco Market, Mar U,
Market aetlve, and prloea were higher to-day,
The sales comprise 174 hhds, as follows s 4 at ¥ll}
04,18 at *605.96,81 at ¥600.06,17 at ¥707.00, 7at
*808.80,0 at ¥000.70,6 at ¥10,36010.75, 7at *UO
11.76,10 at ¥12@u,76,0 at *lBOlB 60,7 at ¥14014 0,
10 at ¥15015.60,8 at ¥l«@to 76,6 at ¥17017 76, oat
♦lBOlB 76, 6 at ¥19010.60,3 at ¥2O 26020 75. 2 at
*2l 26021,60,1 at ¥22,2 at ¥23028.60,1 *» W 0 26. 1 «
$BB, and 6 hhds stems and trashy lugs at ¥lOl6O,
¥2 88, and ¥803.40 100 fts. Bids on 14 hhds were
rejected. -
Baltimore Merketo, May IS.
Flour dull and nominal. Wheat dull and declined
60. Cora declining and heavy; yellow ¥10l.9».
Provisions quiet; sales of 30,000 fts of lool¥ BMOA
Sides at i7Ko, whisky dull.
I aOCRt Vioholu lit
1000 Tlonwla .blO X
1000 AO X
' l</0 Tenugo •.... >6
6CA *444 3f
200 ££
«0 do M
100 K&ceATln* •_«** 8g
BEFORE BOARD.
WEST BOA.BD,
'ork Central closed at sev,
t lOOii, Beading at 01#.
. Later, Erie sold at TO#.
EXCHANGE, *
BOARD
I KOITOnI
1300 do* 90\
400 do .-M. SI
300
nS
90a dOMM.M.MS®. 74
ioo d 0.... .M,M B io.;tfX
000 Hudson Blt B .M.loi
300 dOixiH
800 Beading. Bu
1000
300 d 0..... WO. IS
200 d 0.... WO. Wi
400 M S & IT I..mm ... 63
100 dO.HIH.HI *H4 tin
an do.~~ ....... «j*