FRIDAY, MAY 10, 1865. Dealings with Pirates. Is it not full time for Mr. Ewaiid Card well, the Colonial Secretary of England, to take some steps to carry out the principle of neutrality which has been solemnly pro claimed—not on a single occasion, but re peatedly—in the name of Queen Victoria ? '■The persons holding authority in the Bn tish Colonies under the Queen appear either to have received indefinite instruc tions how to act, in certain cases, or, if so instructed, to do precisely what seems best themselves. The manner in which the Shenandoah has been received at Mel bourne, and the Stonewall at Nassau, illus trates this point. Tie Shenandoah is a pirate vessel of the Alabama class of buccaneers, which never yet cast anchor in any “Confederate” port, but hoisted the “Confederate” flag while robbing and burning United States merchant vessels. Last January this ves sel entered the port of Melbourne, gone to the South Pacific Ocean with the purpose of picking up a few outlying Ame rican merchantmen. After such a long voyage this pirate wanted coal and provi sions, and also required to be repair ed. The officers and men, spending their ill-gotten gains very freely, were well received on shore, but were not visited by the British officials, nor invited to partake of their hospitalities. The pi rate was in no haste to quit her moorings Slid Mr. Blanchard, the United Stateß Consul at Melbourne, became impressed with the idea that the buccaneer was only dallying there, with the secret purpose of watching for a chance of pouncing upon some of the many “Yankee” traders bound for Australia, and also of shipping some of the Melbourne “ roughs” among his crew. The latter conjecture was cor rect. A British subject, known as “ Char lie,” was shipped on board the Shenan doah, as an able-bodied seaman, and this being a violation of the Foreign Enlistment Act, a warrant was obtained from a ma gistrate for this man’s arrest. The com mander of the Shenandoah refused to allow that vessel to be seaiched, denying that he had enlisted “ Charlie” or any other man, (though, at the very moment, he was being taken to a hiding-place onshore,) and de nied the right of the police to hoard aad search the vessel. This denial was based on the assertion that the Shenandoah was a ship of war be longing to a state in amity with great Bri tain—that such vessels have an immunity from ordinary municipal jurisdiction—that a ship in commission is as sacred as the house of an ambassador on shore, and that he, (the captain of the Shenandoah could not renounce his public character and pub lic rights by allowing a policeman on hoard with a search-warrant. The Go vernor of Victoria (of which Melbourne is the capital), did not much respect or re gard the pirate’s special pleading. He de nied that Great Britain had recognized the Southern Confederation as a Slate, and forthwith issued an order that the Shenan doah should receive no further assistance, as to repairs, in the Government dock yard, and should forthwith put to sea. The pirate-captain had to obey, but on his de parture buried at the Governor the terribe denunciation that he (the captain) would make a complaint of him to President Jef ferson Davis, and that the awful conse quences must be on the Gubernatorial head ! The conduct of the Governor of Victoria is said to have received the approbation of the British Cabinet, of which Mr. Edward Cardwell is a member, as Colonial Secre tary, but the Lieutenant Governor of the Bahama Islands, who has pursued quite a Contrary COUTse during the last four years, has neither been reproved nor removed. He it was who, when Semjiks, the pirate, first visited Nassau visited him on board his ship and made much of him and his officers, as favored guests at his own table, in the Government House. Now, a new pirate, the Stonewall, having crossed over from Europe, “with the avowed pupose of preying upon American merchantmen, has been “harbored,” at Nassau, by the said Lieutenant Governor, who permitted her to take in coal, while at her maingaff float ed the Confederate flag—stars and bars on a white ground, though the “so-called Southern Confederacy," from which her commander pretends to have received his commission, is as much extinct as is the old empire of Assyria. Therefore, in the eye of international law, all ships so commissioned are pirates, and liable to be treated as such in each and every neutral port. It iB believed that this case will be brought before the British Government, and, if we have the facts truly, the ing functionary ought to be dismissed. Ought to be, but probably will not, for the Lord Chancellor of England, who is one of the Bristish Cabinet, has lately given a judgment that blockade-running, even when the munitions of war are attempted to be conveyed is not an offence against in ternational law. The notorious John M. Jlapfit assumed the command of the Stonewall on her arri-' val at Havana from Nassau, on the 11th' inst. It is said that the Captain General of Cuba (the Marquis de Castellflorise), would not allow the “ Confederate ” flag to be saluted, desired to limit the pirate’s stay twenty-four hours, and that totake in coal only; and would have seized her had his instructions permitted. But the Spanish General Marina had visited the Stone wall, with his daughter, and one of the Captain General’s aids, with several other Government officials, had done the same.. This is a new and peculiar way of discoun tenancing the pirate. It may be that Spain, as well as England, may require some ex pression of American opinion on this pi rate-harboring subject. Davis in a New Vocation- Had not counter-considerations impera tively demanded that tlie arch-rebel, Davis, be speedily removed to other scenes, and made to play his role in other grave trials and responsibilities, now that circum stances, over which he had no control, have so wholly relieved him of all Presidential duties, he might have had quite a new and unique career opened before him. He might, for instance, have been suffered to locate permanently at Irwinsville, and in the flourishing region roundabout, and there became,the honored and illustrious head of a grand Millinery and Mantua mazing Establishment, with sundry branch es in divers other Southern towns and cities! What with his recent enlarged experience in the mysteries pertaining to that most useful and respectable depart ment of human enterprise, and his evident predilections in that direction, who so well qualified as he, from the aforemen tioned Irwinsville and vicinity, to issue periodical pictorial bulletins, with suitable explanatory notes, containing the “Fall, Spring, atid Summer Fashions” as they prevail down there, having regard, of course, mainly to mantillas, cloaks, hoods, Brocks, veils, et cetera, not to specify the many other fantastical devices, wherewith wives, daughters, and sweethearts are in the habit of decorating themselves. He might even have-become a regular con tributor to that portion of "Godey's Lady's Book" set apart to this particular thing. And, furthermore, with a manufactory of these wares he might have combined, on a larger or lesser scale, a retail store for the sale of mice and rats, cateracts and water-falla, hands and bracelets, wimples and ciisplng-pins, and such like articles Of domestic necessity, fit for ornament and' service. Yea, it was possible for the fallen hero of Becessia, in this way, albeit on quite a different theatre of activity, to have retrieved his damaged reputation, and, withal, 11 put money in his purse,” a com modity, if common fame belie him hot, he by no means under-estimates., AH this fine prospect, however, we fear, has been hope lessly spoiled by the naughty conduct of riffise unmannerly Wolverine cavalrymen, who, even without the fear of that glitter ing scimetar before their eyes, persistently declined to “ Let the President alone," Well, as Bubns has it, “ The best laid schemes o’ mloe and men, Aft gang aglee.” ’Tim veiled Prophet of KitorassAN, Whose infamous career has been immorta lized by the genius of Moose, in “Lalla Rookh,” must have been, to some extent the prototype of the captured chief of re. beldom. Like him, he gathered a brave and devoted army, ready to perform deeds of valor for a cause of counterfeit freedom which he secretly knew to be a mere “ ral lying sign of fraud and anarchy When about to fall into the hands of captors, who were justly incensed by his crimes, Mo kanna, after poisoning his adherents, mocked their credulity. He withdrew from his face the silver veil which he had worn during the successful portion of his career, on the pretext that it was necessary to hide its splendors from weak and perverted man, a gratification, he had previously reserved for the period of regeneration, when “glad dened earth” would “bask in the glories of Ms countenance,” and its removal dis closed— *> Not the long-promised light, the brow, whose bear- ing Was to some forth, all-oonquerlsg, aU-redeeming, Bat features horrlbler than helLe’er traced Un Its own brood.” Davis, to gain adherents, not only pro fessed an ardent devotion to a spurious freedom, but throughout his career he wore a mask of chivalrous courage which the world never penetrated until he exposed his deficiencies as fully as Moore’s liero, not, indeed, by removing a veil, but by wear ing a petticoat. The revelation which this act of cowardice makes of his whole cha racter will insure the contempt not only of his enemies, but also of his followers, who may be not inappropriately apostrophized in Mokanna’s language: 11 There, ye wise saints, behold yonr light, your star. Yon would be dopes and victims, and ye are," Here, however, the parallel ends. Jus tice to the Asiatic enemy of mankind re quires the statement that he bravely met bis fate by a “ bold plunge” into eternity, while the modern bane of American society resorted to a disgraceful stratagem to escape the ministers of justice. Yesterday’s New York Express gives the following extract from Victor Huso’s letter to the United States minister at Lon don, of which it says: “No tongue but the French can do this sort of thing “Re tonnerre qul a delates A Washington a ibran’6 le monde. II y a do css obsonrolssements dans l’hlstolre. Apres les anrores, les tendbres. Mals Ie penple amerlcain est nn colosse de bronze; les traitres penvent l’dgratlgser; Us ne sanralent l’abattre. SI la lilerte tombalt en Amfcrique, 11 y auralt nn etfondremest dans l’humanlte. cata olysme effroyable!” TVe subjoin a translation, humbly opining that the Americans, English, Germans, Poles, Russians, Hindoos, Spaniards, Ja. panese, Italians, Turks, and Chinese may possibly do the same sort of thing equally well: “The thunderbolt which has broken on Washing ton has shattered the world. Darknesses of this hind occur In history. After the dawn the night. Bat the Amerioan people Is a ooloasns of bronzo. Traitors can scratch it, but they know not how to destroy It. If liberty should fall in America, there would be a shipwreck In humanity. Frightful de luge.” M. Victor Hugo writes French very powerfully and ably, and it may be open to suspicion whether the editors of the Express can completely follow the vigorous idea of the great French author. . FINXS ARTS. FHOTOGEAPHtO VIEWS OP RICHMOND ADD CITY We have recently seen a remarkably fine series of photographs, which have been the result of Mr. William Hathaway’s artistic journey from City Point up to Richmond, Immediately after the fall of the rebel capital. They are in all, somewhat more than four hundred, and contain every remarkable point connected with our army and the rebel capi tal, These views are generally admirable In their artistic selection, besides being those literal repro ductions of natural fact which the Sun la alone ca pable of giving. Perhaps the most Interesting series oi these views consists of seventeen, giving a oomplete panorama of the state la which Richmond was left when onr army entered the city, whloh had been partlaUy destroyed by the Incendiary torches of the fiylng rebels. These 1 are very clever and clear photographs, doing grdat credit to the Son and Its able assistant, Mr. Hathaway, as well as rendering every prominent point of interest with fnU and complete solar exactitude. Next to those we have the photographical renderings of those, foul and unchristian prison-pens—Uastle Thun der and the Libby Prison—ln which our gallant soldiers were Immured, and left to starve and rot In the crowded and filthy condition Imposed upon them by the brutes who had the audacity to claim Christianity as their religion, while they were : outraging every dictate of It by their treatment of the men that the chances of strife had placed within their power. We believe that no American who has had a friend or relative Immured within these Bastilles of the “Southern Chivalry,” and still less, no American soldier who, In his own per son, or those of his comrades, has made acquaint ance with them, will fail to become the possessor of tbs likenesses of these two Infamous localities. We have also a view of the house of Jeff Davis, in which the arch rebel has lived for the last fonr years. This is a remarkably excellent photograph, and with a view looking across the country from the same house, s-e two of the finest examples of photography which we have recently seen. Another curlously-suggestlve subject Is the only locomotive that was left In the city of Rtohmmond at the time onr army occupied the city. A good view of the street in which the rebel General Lee’s house stands is another Interesting street-scene, histori cally considered. We have also three views of the rebel Capitol. But It would bo Impossible to mention in the brief limits wo can allow ourselves In this article, a tithe or the subjects In Richmond, which Mr. Hathaway has with such untiring Industry col lected during the time he occupied lu transcribing the principal points In the rebel city. We will con sequently only allude, before concluding our pre sent artlole, to the views which Mr. Hathaway has also taken around City Point, many of which will scarcely be inferior In Interest to the topographical points which he selected In Richmond. The views of General Grant’s headquarters possess a very prominent attraction for the purchaser, and there are also two Remarkably clear photographs of the Sntler Fleet, which was collected in that locality. But, as wo already said, we have too little space to do even a tithe of justice to this most Interesting and valuable collection which will demand from ns a speedy return, on the score both of Its abounding value audits great artistic excellence, Political Prophecy,—ln 1856 sir G. C. Lewis, an English baronet, wrote Urns of the assault of Brooks npon Sumner: “ People here speak of the outrage on Sumner as a proof of the brutal man lois of the Americans and their low morality. To me It seems the first blow In a civil war. It betokens the advent of a state or thlngß In whleh political differences cannot be settled by argument, and oan only be settled by force.” The PORTRAITS OP THE LATE PRESIDENT POE Chicago -ond Cincinnati.— Mr. F. B. Carpenter, who palates the 11 First heading 01 the Emancipa tion Proclamation before the Cabinet,” has received commissions from Chloago and Cincinnati for full length portraits of the late President. Boberfc Lin ooln sajs, In a letter to Mr. Carpenter: «My mother and myself have always considered the por trait of my father the best and mo3t natural that has been made, and its value to us would be Inesti mable.” Mb. Eisfeld has received a splendid talon of ivory and gold, as a testimonial from the Brooklyn Phllhaimonlo Society, whoso concerts he has con ducted, with a very few exceptions, during the eight years which have elapsed since It was first estab lished. Mr. Elsreld leases New York, next month, for a year's sojourn in Europe. Close attention to business, and his duties as conductor of the two Philharmonic Societies, Mew York and Brooklyn, have rendered It necessary that he should have a year of rest and recreation. John B. Mvees & Co., Auctioneers, Nos .238 and 224 Market street, will sell this (Friday) morning, at ten o’clock, 13,000 dozen German cotton hosiery, Paris kid, Berlinjsjjk and ootton gloves, travelling shirts, hoop skirts, suspenders, patent thread, no tions, umbrellas, &0., by catalogue, on four mouths’ credit, to which the attention of the trade Is re guested. . ~ Lassie Sals OP Household Furnitubb, Piano Fobtzs, &c.— Messrs. Birch A Son, No. mo Chestnut street, will sell by auction, this morn ing, 800 lots of superior furniture, Including ten piano fortes, four melodeons, one harp, fine carpets, and every variety of pallor, ohamber, and kitchen furniture. Sale of • Blooded Stock.—The Philadelphia Agricultural Society’s sale will take place on Wed* nesday, the 24th inst., at Herkness Bazaar. This will be a favorable opportunity for persons to dispose of their surplus stock, as well os buyers to procure rare specimens of desirable breeds. Important Sale of New Carriages.—Mr. Hetkness will bold a very large and important sale of new carriages, at the Phccnlx Coach Works (late Dunlap’s), on Tuesday next, the 23d Instant. See auction advertisement- . Statue of Senator Benton.—The citizens of Missouri who were wont to admire and extol Sena tor Benton, regarding him as the great ohleltaln of the West, and the equal of Olay and Douglas, or dered a bronze statue to be oast In Europe, which has recently been received to St. Louis. Miss Har riet Hosmer was chosen to design the model, the execution of whloh Is said to he very happy. The Senator Is represented In the attitude of address ing his great audience on the oooaslon of the begin ning of the Paotflo Hallway. It is tenfeet high, and was oast in the royal Foundry, Munich. The mecriptlors on the pedestal are two passages from his eloquent speech: “There 1b the East j” “ There 16 India.”— Boston Journal, RICHMOND. Hotels for Bent and Sale, but no Bidders— Arrival of Part of Governor Plerrepont’s Suite—Rebel Uniforms at Auction, liptclal Correspondence of The Press. 1 saaUi Philadelphia Prbss Buheau, Richmond, May 17, 1805. HOTBIB OFFKRBD FOR BENT AND SALE. Yesterday an effort was made In a publlo manner t.o tease the Exchange Hotel, but no one be found with sufficient amount of cash to undertake the business. The Ballard House Is also for sale, but It 1b hardly probable that any person In Richmond disposed to engage In suoh an enterprise, has come out of the wreck of ruins with euflioleat available financial ability. These hotels are every way supe rior to the Spottswood, but were obliged to close, during the war, for a want of the amount of patro nage' necessary to keep them In running order. They are directly opposite each other on Franklin street, and were conduoted as one hotel, being con nected by a passage running across from the first story. Some enterprising Yankee has an excellent opportunity here to make a grand bargain, or begin a successful business. MSTINQUISHRD PERSONAGES. Colonel G. H. Hart, one of Governor Plerrapont’S suite, has arrived. The Governor la expected to morrow. Hon. John S. Mtlllson, ex-member of Congress from the Norfolk district, 19 Is the City. James M. Ford, a Rlchmondlte, was arrested by the military yesterday, and sent to Libby upom charges not yet known to the public. ~ AUCTION SALE OP BBBZL UNIFORMS, At auction, yesterday, rebel uniform jaokets were, knocked down at ten cents each, by the box full. This may be regarded-as an evidence of the respect whloh the people here have for the eolors In which traitors delighted to shoot down patriots. Nothing nan he more gratifying than the consciousness which Is herein evlncod that the hated gray is morally contraband. Rebel offl'jors who have the means get out of It as that as they ean, while boys and ne groes may be seen sporting snlts of rank with a wonderful unconsciousness of their infamy. THE FREEMEN OF NORTH CAROLINA. A PETITION FROM THEM TO THE PRESIDENT. (I those good enough to fight, good ENOUGH TO VOTE.” Newbbbn, May 10.—For the purpose of encou raging emigration to the South, and restoring the lost dignity to labor, which has been the chief obsta stacle in the way, and for ether reasons, the follow ing important petition Is being extensively circula ted In tbls Staff-: "“*■ To Hi s Excellency, Andrew Johnson, President of the United States: We, the undersigned, you petitioners, are OOlOrCd men or the State of North Carolina, of the age of twenty-one years and upwards; and we humbly ocne to yon with our request, and yet In great confi dence, because you are occupying a place so recent ly filled by a man who bad proved himself indeed our frltnd; and It must be that some of his great and good spirit Ungers to bless his successor; and then we are assured that you arc a man who gives kind attention to all petitions, never turns a deaf ear to any one because he (may be! lu poor or hum ble circumstances, In many respects wo are poor, and greatly despised by our fellow-men ; but we are rich lu the possession of the liberty brought us, and our wives and cur little ones, by you noole prede cessor, secured to us by the armies of the united States, and pronlsedgo be permanent by that victo rious fisg which now files In triumph In every State ot the Union. We accept this great boon of freedom with truly thankful hearts, and shall try by ou lives to prove our worthiness. We always loved the old flag, and we have stood by It, and tried to help those who upheld it through all this rebellion, and now that It has brought us liberty we love It more than ever; and In all future time we and ou sons will be ready to defend It by our blood, and we may be permitted to say that such blood as that shed at Fort Wagner and Port Hudson Is not altogether unworthy of such a Service. Some of us are soldiers, and have had the privi lege ol fighting for ou oountry in this war. Sinoe we have become freemen, and boon permitted the honor of being soldiers, we begin to feel that wo are men, and are anxlons to show our countrymen that we can and will fit ourselves for the creditable dis charge ol the duties of oitlzenshlp. We want the privilege of voting. It seems to ns that men who are willing on the field .of danger to oarry the mus kets of Republlos, in the days of peace ought to bo permitted to carry Its ballots; and oertainly we can not understand the justice of denying the elective franchise to men who have been fighting for ttlO oountry while it Is freely given to men who have just returned from four years’ fighting against It. As you were once a citizen of North Carolina, we need not remind yon that up to the year 1835, free colored men voted In the State. and never, as we have heard, with any detriment to its interests. What we de sire is, that preliminary to elections In the returning States yon would order the enrolment of all loyal men without regard to color. But the whole ques tion we humbly submit to your better judgment, and we submit It In full belief In you Impartial Integri ty, and in the fond hope that the mantle of our mur dered friend and father! may have fallen upon you shoulders. May God bless and ever protect yon and ou be loved country, from all assassins, shall be the con stant prayer of your falthlul friends and humble petitioners. . ; NEW ORLEANS. Siulsißg or tbe Mississippi Stiver Bank at Algiers. It'wns at night, about 9 o’clock on Tuesday, that the whole river bank, on wbteh - wore the works of the Government dock yard, sank suddenly Into the river, carrying with It ail the material on the suface. A schooner on the ways fell at the sinking of the land Into the Mississippi, and was filled with water. The oakum work-houses sunk into rains— the whole understrata upon which they were built giving way—water bubbling up in Its stead. The whole river bank, fora space of about 400 yards, oaved lr . Materials used by the workmen at the yard, tools, and other implements, sank down with the land, and were lost. The steam engine and the erase used at the dock yard, destroyed by the cave-in, still stand, but are In a precarious position. In t hoit, all the works in the Government yard, as well as part of the yard formerly occnpled by Kydo & Maokay, melted away and gave place to water. A portion of the Orleans docks in this vicinity, which throe or more years ago sank, with allthe works upon them, In a manner similar to the above, rose to the suface as the above portion of the bank fell—so it Is Bald—but sank again as before, leaving all a wreck. The office at the yard sank in a one sided sort ol way, leaving In an unsteady position three corners ol It above the surface. The plies of lumber lnl he yard were wafted by the waves on and beyond the lerce proper like a straw before the wind, the water for a time flooding the streets. Probably this Is the first of such oconrrences, which have been quite incidental to that part of Algiers, that has taken place without loss of life. Messrs. Vail St Connor arc, besides the Government, the principal losers. But the great majority of work men at the yard have lost their tools with the sink lng ot the bank—a loss not easily repaired. Fami lies from that section aro moving over to the city all things valuable, expecting another such occurrence, which is not llkoly to happen. 'Workmen were busily engaged making repairs, and were endeavor ing to stay the progress whloh the Innovative Father Mississippi hes made Into their affairs. Burglary at Heading. Reading, May 18.— The burglars broke Into the dwelling of Isaac Ganser, a farmer In Exeter township, Berks county, last night. After a severe struggle, George Marx, a son-in-law of Ganser, stabbed one of the party, who was found near the house this morning. The man killed has been iden tified as P6ter Schiller, a desperate character of Reading. Some women, who ware in the house, were severely beaten with clubs. Southern Agriculture.—'The Agricultural Census Beport of 1860 is full proofs of Southern productiveness or food. Many of our readers will be surprised to learn that Virginia raised more wheat in that year, and Alabama more swine, than Pennsylvania; that South Carolina produced more than 4,000,010 bushels of sweet potatoes, and that several oi the other Insnrgent States exaeeded that amount; that Georgia and South Carolina yielded more than 170.000,000 pounds of rtoe; that there were 15,562,867 swine In the Sonthern States, 14,435,- 316 in the Western States, and only 2,614.236 in the Mlddlo States; and that the product In the Middle and Southern States ol the great staples of wheat, rye, and eorn, was as follows : PRODCOT Ol 1860. No. of bushels to Middle States. No. of bushels. each Inhabitant. Wheat 30,502 909 3.69 Bye.. 12,217,' 300 Corn 75,318,465 Total 118.068,674 14.29 No. ef bushels to Bonth’n States. No. of bushels. each inhabitant. Wheat 31,441,826 350 r Kye 2,203,052 2.66 COM• .262,626,773 31.49 Total 316,271,656 35.24 The inhabitants ol a country that has made such additions, and others of almost equal importance, to its vast products of cotton, sngar, and tobacco, however much they have suffered from the ravagu. of war, cannot, In a mild ollmate, where compara tively little shelter or clothing are required, have, a dark future, unless they have entirely lost the In stinct of self-preservation, and all power to exert a self-sustaining energy.— The Washington Chronicle, REBEL IDEAS OF EDUCATION. A CURIOUS GEOGRAPHY FOR BEGINNERS. The New Bedford (Mass.) Standard, of Tuesday) says: “ The managers of the ‘ late ’ Southern Con* lederacy took all pains to Imbue the rising Confede rate generations wlih a due spirit of nationality and sense ol the importance of the position of the OoB‘ federacy among the nations of the world, not to say in the universe at large. Among other means of promoting this feollng they caused to beprepared a series of school books, ouo of which Is of a ’Palmet to series,’ being a geography for beginners, by the Bev. K. J. Stuart, with a vignette In whloh the Pal metto is the most prominent object. It purports to be printed In Bicbmond, and Is very neatly printed ana Illustrated with maps and engravings. After the preliminary definitions, and some lessons In phy siol geography, we come to what Interests us most, political geography, and we learn that “ The division ol mankind into nations la as fol lows : 1 1* America.- The Confederate States, the United States,’ &0., &c. “ Turning over a page or two we find Blohmond, Ya., placed next to London and Purls among the cities or the globe, and as 1 remarkable Tor the ele gance and refinement of Its people, who, like the citizens of Norfolk, are as hospitable as they are in telligent and noble.’ In referenoe to tbe history of the Confederate States, we learn that ‘ when Vir ginia adopted the Federal Constitution In 1788, the Commissioners of the State were directed to annex the condition and reservation of the right to with draw from the federation at will,’ and, that in the exercise of this reserved right she withdrew from the United States In 1861, and also refused to allow the troops oftho Northern States to pass through her territory to subjugate the other States whloh had already seceded, and that she became the prin cipal seatorwarofSouthern Independence. The first collision of this war, welearn, occurred at Charles ton, and was occasioned by the President, elected by citizens of the Northern Stateß, attempting to seize, provision and occupy the forts in the harbor, and turn their guns on the oitythey were designed to protect. We also learn that 'every effort that human Ingenuity eculd contrive, by Immense re sources of money and vast armaments on sea and land, was made by the Northern Government to capture the capital and other important places, and break up tbe political organization Of the Con federacy ; but that ' by the eonstant, evident, and acknowledged aid of the God of battles and King of nations their efforts have all failed; and at vast ex pense of Buffering and blood the people of the Southern States have fought their way to political Independence, and the respect and amity of the great nations of the world.’ , “ Then we have several pages devoted to the pro dnotlons, flora, scenery, launa, and manufactures of the Confederate States. In reference to Great Britain, we learn that Its common law Is embodied ttm the great principles of the book qf Leviticus, THE PRESS.—PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, MAY 19, 1865; and that theorown 1 derives Its authority from the acknowledged Supremo Ruler of 1 the univerae, by Divine right,’ a statement which Is confirmed by quotations from the prayer booh In a foot-note. The Emperor of Francois highly eulogised as a brave general, humane and wise governor, and sagacious statesman, 1 who, without interfering with the reli gious and spiritual jurisdiction of the Papal court, and the Mohammedan divan, has gradually eman cipated the people who were under their political thraldom.' •‘ln a note in referonoe to the Dead Sea we learn that It wbb explored by an American exploring party under the command of Commodore Lyneh, of the Confederate States navy, leaving It to be in ferred that the expedition was inaugurated by the Confederate States. , . “ Passing over to the United states wa loam that there are bnt nine of them, besides what remain or the original thirteen, and that lu the Fear 1861 ‘ the Federal Government of these States, by a eeeJonat minority of ono million seven hundred them,and (out of a total vote of five millions),.attempted to subjugate the Southern states by military ocOupv tlon,’ which occasioned the final separation of those States, and the formation of the Confederate States of Amerioa as an independent Government.” Geological Distribution of Silver. The highly profitable results which have reoently attended certain silver mining enterprises in the Pacific States and Territories, has attracted much attention toward Investments of this nature, and probably the most Inviting field Tor the employ ment of oapltsl now offered to the pubilo consists in the development of the vast argentiferous wealth of this new part of the country. In view of the Inte rest which now seems to he centering In these ope rations, It may not be amiss to glanoe at the subject of silver mining In general, including the geological ana mlneraloglaal occurrence of the ores of the me tal, and their geographical distribution. Silver Is nne oi the most widely diffused Of the metals, as itooonrs ln.varlousgeologleallormatlons, and In a great variety of mlneraloglaal combina tions. This remark must be qualified, however, by the statement, that although tho metal is so widely diffused, its workable ores are comparatively limited in their extent, being confined to a few well known localities, where they ooour In such quantities as to amply repay the miner for fits toll In extracting them from their veins. 'As an evidence of the general diffusion of silver, it may be stated that minute traces of It are contained in sea- water, and in the ashes of plantsflt 1b almost Invariably found lit ores of load, and frequently oocurs In them in snob quantities as to pay tor its extraction. The pig and sheet lead of commerce, litharge, sugar of lead, and various other compounds of lead, are seldom or never entire ly free from the traces of silver. Native gold has never been found wholly unalloyed with stiver, and until recently nearly all the latter metal produoed' In this country was obtained from the native gold of California and other parts of the Union. The geological distribution of stiver ores Is wide, and embraces a range extending from tho azoio rocks to the orstaceous ’ln the argentiferous regions of this country—especially those now attracting so much attention, Nevadai-and Calltornla, fur lustauce —the ores of silver are found lu the aide and older pafeeozoio rooks, In welSdefined fisßuro veins. The celebrated mines of Mexico, whloh have been profita bly worked for centnrles.'are oi the eame geological ages, and the latter have been found to produce ores of great richness and greatfljfpths.. The ores of Freiberg, in Germany, and KMtgsberg, in Norway, are likewise found In the older crystalline rooks. In bouth America the silver-bearing lodes are met with under somewhat dlfferent'olrcumstanoes. The renowned mines of Potosl, in Bolivia, ns well as those In Peru, occur in rooUf which have been classed as carboniferous, while in Chill '.the sliver oocurs in stratified rooks belonging to the cretaoeoui formation. Rollin. As above stated, silver occurs In a variety of mlneraloglaal combinations, among whloh may be mentioned the following t Vitreous, or Silver Glance, consisting of sllyer, 87.04, sulphur, 12 96. Stephanite, or Brittle Sulphuret of Silver, consist ing of silver, 70.4; antimony, 14.0; sulphur, 16.6. Ruby Silver , or Pyrargvrile, Is an ore of some Im portance. It consists of silver, 6898; antimony, 28,46; sulphur, 17.66, Telrahedrite, or Fablers, Is att ore usually called gray copper. In many Instances a portion of the copper is replaced by silver, when It may oontain from 25 to 3D per cent, or the latter. Horn Silver, or Cltorid of Silver, consists Of Silver, 75.33; ohlorlne, 24 67. - Besides tho above-namedifinlneralß, there are many other forms In whloh silver occurs. The metal is alto found native, and likewise In combination with meroury In the form of an amalgam. Sliver has been known from the earliest antiquity, and was called by the ancients the noble metal, be cause beat alone would reduceltfromlts compounds. Te are li formed by reliable authorities that Spain, which still produces more Bilver than any other Eu ropean country, was celebrated In remote ages for the quantities of this metal mined wlthlnlts borders. The Phoenicians and Cartheglnlans, and the Ro mans in the time of the Empire, were engaged in silver-mining in Spain; and according to Pliny, historical characters of no less renown than Vespa sian, Hannibal, and Oato. aaaemulated Immense amounts of the precious metal In their operations. Since these early times silver-mining lu Spain has experienced many vicissitudes. In the sixteenth century Philip the Second made some attempts to revive mining enterprise; and slnae his time simi lar efforts have been repeated, but with little or no success until In 1825. a spirited reaetlen ensued, and from that time Spain has produced large quan tities of silver. The party of delegates from various chambers of commerce to the Suez Canal, assembled in Alexan dria. Egypt, on the 6th of April. They set out for the Isthmuß the next day, and returned on the 18th. At the dinner given by Mr. do Lessens on the 6th, wore present lrom the United States, Mr. Hale, the Consul General, Mr. CjruB W, Field, delegate from tho Chamber of Commerce of New York, and Mr. Washington Ryer, of California. The accredited persons of the party numbered eight; five, Horn fourteen different countries. There wereten official representatives of Governments; while sixty-two chambers of commerce and eight other'societies or organizations were represented by their delegates. The following Is the report made by the delegates, and bearing their signatures : •• We, the undersigned, delegates of the chambers of commerce to the oanal of Suez, after having ex amined the works already done, and having taken Into consideration the possibility or the enterprise, report: “We started the 7th Instant from Alexandria, by railroad, for Cairo, where we remained until the morsliig of the 9th. We then prooeododjiy railroad to Zsgszig, where we embarked at 9 o’clock A.M. In boats drawn by mules and oamels, on the fresh,water Canal made bv Mebemet AU, and arrived the same, day st Tel-ei-Koblr; a station of the company. The loin, In the morning, we continued our journey in the same manner, and at noon we entered upon the Ireeh-water canal made by the oompany. At five o’clock P. M. we arrived at Ismallla, the central sta tion on the Suez oanal. The 11th we remained at Ismallla to examine the works there, as well as those of Seraplum, the most elevated point of the lsth mns. The 12th we started from Ismallla by the sea canal In boats of small draught, drawn n; mules and camels. We arrived at Eantara at 4 o’clock P. M., havirg visited the Important work-shops and WOlkS of El Gulsr and El Tordan. From this point, in many places, and for a length altogether or sixty kilometres, (about 36 miles), the canal is already ex cavated to Its full width. The portion previously traversed was only about one-third of the width pro posed. The 18th we left Kantara In the same way lor Port Said; twenty kilometres (12 miles) bsrore reaching this place, we found five small steamboats, whloh brought us to the Mediterranean, There we examined the piers In course of construction. The 14th we remained at Fort Said to visit the Impor tant buildings, HgtMhops, and materials whloh the oompany town. The 15th we re turned by boat To Ismallla, and the 16th, In the morning, wo started for Suez by the fresh-water oanal. In boats drawn by mules and camels, arriving at Suez in the evening. The two looks Intended to connect the sea oanal with the fresh water oanal, in course of construction at Ismallla, are not yet finished, and a transhipment here Is now necessary. •‘ Our passage from the Mediterranean to the Red Sea was accomplished In twenty-seven hours, as follows: eleven hours from Fort Said to Ismallla, and sixteen hours thence to Suez. A telegraphic wire extends the whole length of the oanal, comma- Bloating with the wires of Cairo, Alexandria, and Suez. During our voyage we had opportunity to observe the excavators and other machines Us6d for digging the oanal. All the works belonging to the oompany appeared to ns built and equipped In a solid and permanent manner. In our opinion iha construction of a ship oanal across the Isthmus Is only a question of time and money. We are In formed that the company has already made con tracts with various oontraotors for the completion of the ship oanal by the Ist of July, 1868, without exceeding the aetual capital, including therein the indemnity duo by the Egyptian Government under the award of the Emperor Napoleon 111. “ Daring the whole of our trip wo received the greatest hospitality from Mr. do Lessops and the engineers of the-company, and these gentlemen answered freely all the questions which we put to them.” PaTBOLEUKin Abia.—lt seems almost surprising that petroleum shGßld have been known so man; bundled 7 eats without being turned to some prac ticai aooount by human enterprise, Natural oil springs nave been Known In Asia and some parts Of Europe from a very early period; bat the Idea Of boring Into the earth, and reaching the reservoir from which they wore supplied never occurred to any one till the extraordinary development of the Pennsylvania oil region by American energy. And now, Btrangely enough, a citizen of the united States Is the first to call attention to this Important source of wealth In the Old World, and under his direction such results have already been secured as promise to create a petroleum fever In Europesome thing akin to that wo have experienced hare. 001. Gowan, of Boston, who, It will be remembered, had the contract for raising the Busslan ships sunk in the harbor of Sebastopol, accidentally stumbled last year upon some oil wells in the Sea of Azof, wbioh he bought, and the company formed by him, and now operating them, has juet paid- a handsome dividend. He has also purchased fifteen acres of ground on the island of Samos, Including the Iden tical oil springs spoken of by Herodotus 150 years before Christ, but wbioh no one from that day to this thought of turning to use. The fact that this spring still flows would seem to Indicate that the supply of.petroleum whloh maybe drawn from the bowels of the earth la praotloally inexhaustible. It IS'Not unlikely tbat, deposits of petroleum sire to be found much moregenerally distributed through the earth than ha&hKhlrto boon supposed. —Petroleum Chronicle an&'MibingGazette,. . v ' Flobbnmb Hospitality.— as part of the com pensation tube given to Turin for. her decapitali zation, a number of Turinese workmen were pro mised employment In the oomtrtmtlon and ohanges rendered necessary In Iloronce by the transfer of the capital, very unpleasant reports are ourrent concerning the reoeptlon given them by the Floren tines, which la described as most Inhospitable and unfriendly, not to say even worse. - It Is not easy to get aocnrato information, because the journals, act ing upon the deplorable system, too prevalent In, Italy, of “making things pleasant,!’ and keeping disagreeables la tbe background, systematically suppress them. It Is certain, however, that Pied montese artisans have received lnsultß and ill-usage at the hands or their Tuscan comrades, and a well authenticated account has reached me of areoeat affray in whloh an Italian military officer, Inter fering to protect some Piedmontese from 111-treat meat In the streets or Florence, was hltnseir brutally murdered. Poeteait on Tennyson.— The admirers of Ten nyson have been disappointed In most of the por traits of him, as failing to express the refinement of sentiment and depth of reflection characteristic 0! Ids mind. At last a satisfactory likeness may be welcomed. It was executed by an intimate friend 01 Mr. Tennyson, and as a labor of love—two con ditions whloh account for the remarkable success achieved. This painting la the work of G. L. Watts, an artist of high rank, and a man of wealth, whose object la undertaking It was to present to the English nation a permanent artlstlo memorial of their greatest living poet. It Is a grand head—the broad aud lofty brow, the long, dark hair, the flow ing beard, and the loving, deep eye, are all expres sive of the poetlo character, while the likeness Is pronounced bv Tennyson’s friends by for the best. Mr. John Module, wbo Is aware, from bis long resi dence In tbls country, of the great popularity of Tennyson, has purchased the plate of an admirable line- engraving of this beautiful portrait, by J. Stephenson, of London, and will soon publish It by subscription.—field York evening Post, Tuscan Hats The hats and bonnets of palUe. d’ltalle, whloh enjoys such favor In the fashionable world, are all manufactured In Tuscany, and, ao cording to official returns, their annual value is about eleven millions of jnnes. Toscany is the only part of Italy whloh produces straw fine enough for those bonnets, and the finest of all is grown in the immediate vlolnlty of Florence, The attempts made to grow the same straw in the -Marches, Ro magna, and Naples have met with little snooess. The'straw is the produoe of a particular kind of wheat, the stems or which never exceed u or 10 inches inbcrght, and bear very .small ears, Contain - Ing but juet enough seed for resowlpg. All the wo men In the district are straw-plaltters, and the finest specimens ol the plait are frequently seen In the hats worn by the peasant women, Who have made them for their own nse, and refuse to soli them at any price. The sewing or jointing! of the plait Is a diffi cult and tedious operation, ad a hat to bo perfeot must seem to be of one piece. At Florenoe the number of these hats made yearly is about 630,000. In certain localities, aiat Impoll, for Instance, a, OOO women and girls are employed at this work, and at Sesto there are about 2,000, The Suez Canal. eta tv, Irens. A magnificent car has just been plaoed on the Northern Central Railroad of Pennsylvania, In tended for the exclusive use of the officers of the road. A hew locomotive, of the most approved make, has also jußt beenoompleted for the same pur pose. The ear is furnished with sofas, lounges, oard table, sleeping apartments, and the floors are se vered with the finest Brussels earpat. The State Treasurer, at Harrisburg, is modern izing the interior of his department, by putting down tile in place of the old common brick floor, and by changing the entire Internal arrangements of the rooms of his offloe. Judge LlaOk, or this State, and bis associates, have purchased 40,000 acres of land in Gilmer .oounty, West Virginia, for the sum of $OO 000, The title of the land Is In dispute, henee, probably, tho low price. A number of $2 50 gold pleoes were found In the cellar of Mr. A. H. Embloh’s dwelling house, in Le banon, last week. They looked very tempting, but unfortunately proved to ba bogus. Tho oltlzens of. Washington county, Maryland, have held a meeting, and resolved that no one for merly resident oi that county, who joined the re bellion, shall now return and dwell among thorn. An Irish servant girl in Venango county, who can nelthrr read nor wrltfahas fallen heir to an In come of three hundred thrasand dollars, Suoh is oil. —Several thousand cigars were seized on Wed nesday la Norristown, Montgomery oounty, by a special treasury agent, on aceount of the owners having given fraudulent tax retains, Hon. John Cessna has been selected as the re presentative delegate, from Bedford county, in the next Union State convention. The Harrisburg papers Imagine that the-traltor Davis will poes through that city. President Johnson has been made a life director of the Pennsylvania Bible Society. An effort is being made to consolidate the Cum berland Valley and Franklln.Railroad Companies. A new railroad depot Is In process of erection In Erie. Apow-wow >'dootor”hasboenatworkln Lebanon. HvsiE items. During the guerilla robbery on the oars at the North Bend, Missouri, recently, a gentleman and his wife cogitated upon the best mode of saving their valuables. Finally the lady hit upon an idea. She nnrolled her hair, plaoed her fine gold watch, rings, earrings, and $2,900 therein, and rolled the halt up again- The “ conductor” came round, and all that oouid be found on them was a 18 ff dollars in small change. —The American Numismatic and Arobmologloal Society ofNew York have In preparation a bronze medal, designed to 11 commemorate the life and per petuate the name of Abraham Lincoln.” It will bo three lnobes In diameter, and will bear on the ob verse a bust of the late President, and on the reverse an Inscription. —A reward of one thousand dollars has been offered. by the New Jersey Railroad for the detection and oonvlotlon of the person or persons who have been placing obstructions on the rails, and a similar re ward will be paid for the deteotlon of an; person who may hereafter be guilty of suoh aots. Jeff Davis commanded Johnston not to sur render, but to disbanded his Infantry, spike his can non, and witn his cavalry and mounted artillerists, to cover the sight of the remnant or the Confede rate Government, but Johnston refused to obey the order.. Elijah Perry, who was oommltted as the mur derer of George Moore, In Frankfort, Me., has dis closed that hts brother, Seth Perry, was the mur derer, whereupon Seth Perry was arrested and Is In jail awaiting trial. Monday being the thirtieth day since the death of President Lincoln, the flags on the pubilo build ings In various cities, for the first time since the melancholy event, were raised to full mast. General Johnston is eald to be at Charlotte, N. O. He made application to the United states authorities to be permitted to go to Canada, but was refused. iiwiDßviiie, near which Jeff Davis was cap tured, Is a small village In Irwin oounty, Georgia, containing a court house, tavern, and some half dozen stores. —The Yonkers and New York Railroad Com pany, much to the inconvenience of many residents on North Broadway, have withdrawn their oars from that route. The Nashville Press learns that General Forrest was recently killed by Captain Walker, of the rebel army, in revenge for the death of his son. Three men were'Strrested In New York, on Wednesday, for passing fifty-dollar counterfeit greenbacks, Mayor Lincoln, of Boston, refused to sign the order authorizing the opening of the public library on Sunday. The charges against Garnet, recently appointed assessor for Virginia, Will be sifted by Secretary McCulloch before he can act offlol&lly. The Coos Republican says the reeent incendiary fires so prevalent In Haverhill, N. H, are believed to be the work of rebel emissaries from Canada. An old man, living In Chester, Vt., named Jo seph Glynn, has been sent to jail to await trial for arson and killing his neighbor’s oattle. . A detachment of cavalry Is said to bs In pursuit of Governor Magrath, of South Carolina, who was last heard Horn when about leaving Spartansburg. General Franz Slgel announces lu the Balti more Wecker, of May 16th, that he has beoomo the edltorand co-proprietor of that paper. There have been over fifty railway accidents la this ognntry since Jammy, maiming Marly six hundred people, and ktfilng over sixty. since the first of January, twenty-one persons have been drowned In the Ohio river at Cincinnati. Three of the number oommltted snlolde. Connecticut has a spring eruption of lead mines. —The New Haven Court is dlvoroing at a brisk rate. A homeless and hopeless soldier committed suicide in the streets of New York last week. Five hundred and twenty-three persons were arrested during the month of April, In Cincinnati, The Providence Gas Company Is now reducing prloes. The tongue, brains, and liver of porpoises In San Francisco are considered choice eating, Three hotels in New York, one morning last week, breakfasted an aggregate of 2,500 persons, Ten million of hides are tanned In tMs country every year. Tho drought of last summer almost rained the trout-fishing in Green Mountain brooks. —From Chicago we hear that Grover’s opera has not been very successful. The Yonkers (N. Y.) papers complain of the rather too frequent use of pistols In that locality. Hon, George Lunt, several years editor of the Boston Courier, has quitted that paper. Messrs. Tloknor & Fields, of Boston, will soon open a branch of their establishment In New York. Til# blockade runner Denbigh, in eleven voy ages, wanted $1,200,000 for her owners. Thera are sow 338,000 muskets in the Spring field arsenal. FOREIGN ITEMS. The manufactory of St. Gobaln, Alsne, France, has been employed six years in fabricating a lens two foot In tbiokness, which It has given as a pre. sent to the Observatory of Paris for the large tele scope now being manufactured, the power of whloh will exceed that of the most powerful instruments known. The cotton market at Havre continued firm. The prices fixed by the brokers are—Louisiana, 190 f. j good ordinary Egyptian, 175.; Peruvian, isor.; Brazilian, 185.; Sawglnned, llof.; Broach’ I2of. j Dholleiab, 120 - i Madras, ISOf.; Tinovelly, nor.; salnde and Kurrachee, sor. j Bengal, ssr.; China, 116 f. The position of the Bank of Franca is more satisfactory. Though the cash In hand has dimi nished by nearly 2,ooo,oo on Hemlock Creek, but gives very tew par ticulars. If true, It will doubtless cause the land 3 on that stream to be sought afterwltligreatei avidi ty than ever. The report of the board of managers of the Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company for 1865 has been published. The canal was opened for business abont the middle of March, 1864, and the last shipments of coal were made 7th December. The total amounted to 753,087 toss—at Meuch Chunk, 446,718,12 tons; East Mauch Chunk, 192,496.18; at Hazleton and Black Creek re gions, 158,298.05 ; Buok Mountain, 25,718.05; Wyo ming region, 9,314.04 5 Mahanoy region, 7,193.00 5 sundry operations, B,633.ol—being an increase or 58,530 tons over'last year. Insufficient boats and shipping kept the quantities down. These have been enlarged. The rates of toll were advanced Item 1% oents perjSta per mile to 1%. The total freight transported was 946,217,090 tons. The total product of the company’s mines was 517,180.03 tons, within 100 tons of 1863. The total of gross profits was $1,560,582.02; net do., $1,322,276 69—over thirty per cent, on the whole stock. The liabilities amounted to $8,397,683.07 at tho end of 1884, and the assets Increased $1,777,409.31 In 1864. The report goes very fully Into details, which are of a satisfac tory nature. The Lehigh Valley Railroad have reduced the rates of transportation twenty per cent. The other roads, of course, have made a corresponding reduc tlon. The following were the quotations for gold yes terday at tire hours named: 10 a. bi 11 A. M... 130 ISM 129 X IP. M 129?,' 3 P. Bl 130 i P. H 130 The eubsoriptlcns to the 7-30 loan, received by Jay Cooke, yesterday, amount to $1,301,800, Including $lOO,OOO from A. Ives S Son, Detroit; $50,099 from First National Dank, Indianapolis; 50,000 from First National Bank, Ohloagoj $109,000 from H. Clems & Co, New York s $lOO,OOO from Fourth Na tional Bank, New York; sso,ooo from First Na tional Bank Baltimore; $50,000 from Hanna, Hart, A Co., Pittsburg; $50,000 from A, Dong, assistant oashler, Pittsburg, and one of $50,000 from J. B. Li vingston, Pittsburg. There were 961 Individual subscriptions or seo@ioo each, The following were the closing quotations for the principal navigation, mining, and oil stooks: Bid. Ask. Bid. Ask. Schuylkill If&v.. .. 24K Hibbard OU * Behlfr&Tprer.**. .. SO Jersey We 11...... 144 .. Sorq Canal.fija .. Junction4,Y Green lit Coal 3 Rrotzer....*. h 1 Keystone Zinc.« .. I M»pleBh&de!OU. 167? .. Adamantine*—.. 1 Meoiintosk Oil.. 37s 3 Julas V, .* Mineral Oil*.«*• 7s 1 Alleghenyßiver, l .. Mingo* *~~..~** 2ft 2 H Alls ATldeoute. .. 1 Meßlheny Oil.*.* 3>S 4 BigTank-*. 156 2 MeCrea&Ch«r B. % I Bxandenlsland*. .. 174 floble& Delam , ,2ft .. Beacon Oil *. .. 1 Oil Creek —hi 4ft BronerOtt H % Organic 0i1...... .. 34 Bull Creek,*—-» .. 1 Olmatead Oil—. 174 Ift Briggs Oil.*. .. 274 PefciOentre—f l . Continental Oil*. *. 13* Phila&OilCrk.; 61 61 Orescent City,**. 74 *• Kobsrts Oil.—♦ 1 Corn Planter.2 H •• . Bock Oil .. 2\i C&)dwell***>*+«*. *• 374 Sherman-**—*. *. ft Cherry Etm.— . 274 2ft Seneca Oil ».. 4; s Dank&rd OU—. 1 Ift Story Farm Oil.. ft 1 Bnnkard CrkOll 74 *• Bt Nicholas«►*— 274 974 Densmore 0i1.... 131 174 SagsrCreek**— 8 § Dalzeil Oil « >mhi 444 4 69[t | 'U£AriXtalo ».<«. 2 8 Excelsior Oil 14 ** ganbnry ——* *• 44 E*bert. —— 27» 8. Tarr %meslead. 5 .. E1d0r5d0......... k .K galo»Petrol H oil .. F-. (TpDer economy. .. f£ Sviittri .. .. «< vSb»mo 0i1,.,,. « •• 08nDui!& , ....«.i •* M Wall.lit Island,, a J. Globs Oil— 1,, Watson...... Z Bov/e'b Eddy.... ..IX The Cincinnati Gazette, of Monday, says them IS now a sharp competition for railroad freight, the supply of rolling stook being In eaoess of the de< mand, consequent upon the stagnation In business and the falling off in Government traffie. There Is now no regular schedule ; that Is to say, sohedule rates are not adhered to. The figures made on Sa turday were, to Hew York, Ith class, 75@800, and flour $1.50 barrel. The rates to other points and on other articles were In proportion. Travel has also fallen off on all the roads, bat tbls will Increase as soon as tbs nsnal pleasure travel sets In. The latUr promises to be heavy this SSaSOS, Railroads are now cnrtalllng their expenses, Chough to mace up In this respect what they lose in profits on earn *ngs. Matters are rapidly revolving toward their normal oondltlon. Drexel Ji Co. quote: Hew TJ. S. Bonds, IOBXOIC9 Hew TJ. S. Certificates of Indebtedness. 99 & 99 ;i Quartermasters'Voueherss. 97 @BB Gold 130 @l3l Starling Exchange. 142 @144 Old 6-20 Bonds 103 >71104 Hew C-SO Bonds 108 «®IOBX 10-40 Bonds 94,'Jl 95x bslee of Stocks, May is. THE PUBLIC BOARD. KMT CAlIu 2CO Eabeit .*••»..*=**- 2H 200 McCrea& 1 ICO do —<*• 2 H 700 do.»..‘*‘«*»~?s 1 2CO do *•••••*•*•*••; 3 400 Minga-****.‘**-.slQ 2K KCO do».«*»**»****W 8 600 d0».H.~ ♦** 2ft ICO do•••«'.-...caeli 8 ICO Demmore.••»-***• IX SCO do.— blO 3 500 011 Ok * Cherry £OO do **4.1)10.3 I*l6 Ban..* M 2.69 £OO Atlas***.*.*** 66 400 Boyal.*..****24ye IX SCO do —*~«~**« .56 200 fitor 56 100 Corn .Planter.*..-. 2X ICO St Nicholas.. ***** 2% 200 Dalzell .** **.. 4X 100 Bruner..<«....*♦** .66 ICO Dnnkard..*...**** IX 100 Waleut Wand... X ICO Howe’t Eddy.*’... IX "400 Bl« Tank—.*.. 1.66 100 Junction 4M 200 do.***** \% 100 UcOllntock—blO 2 69 SECOND 200 Boy&l ♦*•*..•*».**** IX 800 Blc Tank l-fg 100 Bumer*.*.»***v;i ;*? 600 Jersey Well-.blO Ift 100 do \K 100 Janetlon.***»-•*•»» ilo Den»jnore-.*•« 600 MoUr«»* CB~*« 1 400 Mlnfd.-»MM«mrr 2* 200 2ft SALES AT THE BBGOLA Reported it/ HeuxSjJfilkr, 100 R0ya1..,.. ™..b10 Vi 100 d0...........Ji0 200 Oo™. ...1,31 100 ’ do .... blO ISI 200 Winslow.™.. bBO !i 100 do bis V. 100 81aTaek.....™,. m 100 Walnut lel™.blO 3 J9O Egbert. rk B BOABD OF BROKERS. a cb.. So. tos. rated SI. BOARD. BEFORE 100 Heading 8..e6»n. dSk, 4(0 oo 700 d0.....10t«..e50 45J1 I geo de..~~™..1130 45?4i 2CO Maple Shade..lots IS 100 Keystone Oil 1!i SOOHUgo ..loti 2 t)l lOEazrttoaOo*!...., is »• FIRST B 4000 FP 61 ’Bl. 1t8..Cp.105?i 16COO US 5* 90 Ba Its. Cp. 103 SWDtslO Coup****’ 63% fMO do~..*e.e Coup fl*ss ICOOCltjr 0S Kew Gm. 91* 6(0 dOewwee* ~..0 4 91* 600 do***- Few 08* 900 do .....tfew.Us 98* SOOOC2t«s&D6l04~~ 91 1000 90* ’OOO G & A Mt 6« ’OO. its Bd* 1000 Pblla & Brio 08 lGCam & 4znbß.l2B lOOCatawlsis PrfbSo 25K 400 Feadm* BsOth-ltd 45* ioo do bso me 600 do loU.iSO i>% iOO dOee««vl»kll.i'>o 45* 800 do *l6. lots BET WEB ST 100 Liltlo f?chnr 31 I BCKO Fa info McCraa & flher R. 1 23 TraebtostoaOaß , 22 200 MirgoOlU.ves.bft. 2* 20 Cam & Am K.,1)5,123 ! ICOOUB6 20Bonds—10v 2 ' ICOQ SECOND 2600 US 6.30 8d5..0p.lO r 4*! mOO do*— cp.,103 JOABD, - iffi! JS 4! »« it . BOiP.ti “ i ‘ : 2000 City 6s lioo dn 1000 Caro & Am 6s ’B3. ft V & Meet Bk .it 8.116 ,900 Oh.r r - W 0 * l »l lOPenuaß 64 6(0 BU> ,W 10 B*«-« 6634 Oil7h’?V— -60 PMUftSttoß**.. 20>4i400 ttoijf) ~o ik APTBB BOaBDR 200 Ft-bert Oil.lots 3 llOOTirrn. 100 „do bg.9 1-18 4W Hoof'C*im«»’B3 lot. 8»«l 2W 000US6-20boade...,,10jjt SMn.ff iro Junction Oil *i|. rhlr ' 11 "- 2000 Penna Bln jnort.JOtl 1™ B rd '!- BALES AT THE CLo . ‘ lt o»Be*dlng.—....eSB Mjri irr) luOSldorado $ im s”* 1011 irOßscel«ior.~.„.„. T.O 4» TbeNeW York Post orveetordav s*v Gold Is quiet at fivJk?/'’’' ttve, and is held at io4lmo Thn loan market Is eaty at r , r s: “1.,, toilets Save difficulty in empiowL t ; randsattWsrate. Commercialpaper . The stock market opened ami, b e «a m . • closed wltt a Might improvement??,’ are arm. Railroad bonds steady, , active. Railroad eltaree are lower’ln. lees pressure to sell. ' Before the board New York Central 89 icprofdri , od»H4HMM444MH< fit g» Hadsoa'Bive!’**** ♦•****.*.. w . og*{ jm Readlnr**.. 9ij£ fi|?; -iHtchlian Centra1. .,.,105 ■ 17 Michigan Southern****.*.,.**. BOX' sw Illinois Central. ulMAX 111)' At the second ealt tnHtirts a eutri c jnent. New York CKtotWfVald at Hudson Elver at Koadine sc W gan Southern at 60. Hater ErUj-BoK at 7y PltllßdelpUla nwiidti, There Is lect doing la Flour to-iay, ,i very little demand either for shipment, c , r and prices remain about the same a: i a! ljtoo bbls extra family sold In lots at f? to good, and $8.25@8.t0 bbl for choice do, Including 400 bbls fanoy at tui p t, M toilers and bakers are bnylng In a f t . prloes ranging atfromse.2s@B.:s for 81 @7,26 for extra, t“.togs.GO for extra fiv, @ll f! bbl for fanoy brands, os to rpr, flour Is dull, and quoted at *5.25@6.50 -y meal Is also dull at $1.7505.50 bbl, tte for Brandywine. Grain.—Wheat It rather firmer and ti offering: small sales are making at lit lair to prime reds; the latter rate for and white at 17602000 $) bn, as to qtuli! dull and offered at 900 $ bu. Ooro it r material change; about 7,000 bus sold the former rate for fair quality. Due mand, with sales of 0,000 bus at 620 $1 be, doing In Barley or Malt. Bask.—lst No. l Uneroltron Is olfert; ton, bnt we hear of no sales. Cotton.—Brices are rather firmer, bnt bet is dull, and sales are In small lots of to@5lof)» cash, for mid clings. GsoonbibSi —Coffee continues very s' We hear of ho tales worthy ot Mattes, . without any material ohango; 1100 hliC? f, at from W ft in gold. Hat.—Baled to selling at $20@22 $1 ton. Natal Storks continue dull at stir rates; small sales of Bosln ara reported ■ bbl. spirits of Turpentine is selling 2.80 $1 gallon. Shuns.—Flaxseed 19 selling In a sms: from *2 6002.66 f> bu. Timothy is dull, a at $404.50 sp bn. Clororseed is also yerv we hear of no sales. Paovisioiis.—There Is very little dob way of sales and the market Is dull, owl; firmness of holders ; Mors Pork is anotel. bbl, Bacon Hams are selling In a son ie@23o %) ft for plain and fanoy bagged, Whisky continues very dull; Peha’jl: Western bbls are offered at 2i0@1120 $ m The lolloping are the receipts of Flour at tW3 port to,day t Fleur .... Wheat *..»».»» Corn Oats.) Sew York Markets, Mnj- BRBADSTUFFe.— The market for St£:e era Floor Is dull and declining; snb< s 1 s3.7s ern at $2.03. Tallow Is heavy; sales 60,003 pounds cl cents. Boston Markets, Mat Y!> The receipts since oor last have beetle Flour, 3,782 bus Com, 13,300 bus Oats, V Shorts, Flour dull; sales ol Westers rati' $6.25@6.60; common extra at *7.25 07 15! a do at sB@9; good and choice st. l,ouii «' 13.60. Com Is dull,TrlthsmuU sales of net' :■ yellow at $1.20101.25 $ bu, and Western to $1.10@1.15. Oat s dull: sales of Northern ns. da at eo@sBo f! bu, and of Frlnoe Edward la 150520 on bu. Bye Is selling at *1.20 ?Mt ■ arc selling at 28@S0o $8 bu; Fine Feed at l Middlings at $370138 & ton. Provisions-, eteaov; sales of prime at $26@27.26 ;meesi 30, and clear at 53r@10 bbl, Beef Is (lUtet or Eastern and Western mess and extra an @2l sfj bbl, cash. Uard ts to fair demand: 0 bois at IB@ia>is fl it, cash, HamS &f# i (l Jf @l9*lo 7(7 ft, cash. Buttor li Silling ai » ! ;, good and choice quality. Cheese la selllnft 23c $1 lb for common to good quality. Ship Connecticut (Br), Lucas, 32 'tuys ’ verpool, with miles ts Tbc.s EicbaMmi • Towed up by steamtug J H Hammett M' lat 19 K, long 29, first officer (J 0 Smltu’i * ol New York city, died of heart disease . Schr John A Griffin, Foster, 9 days W»- with sugar to S &W welsh. Sohr M S Lunt, Brown, 6 days from F.'” ' In ballast to oaptaln. „ „ C|S Schr M Tilton, Frltzinger, 6 days from w‘ N O, In balloßt to captain. , „ « Schr Levin Lank, Hayes, * days from - Del, with lumber to J W Bacon. ... Sohr Mantua, Maxon, 1 day from Frei.w-’ with grain, to Jas Barratt. * „ Schr Delaware, Bostic, 1 day from Sniy® With grain to Jas Barratt. sohr Mary, Bloords, lday from Oam«’ with grain to Janies L Bewley & 00. Sohr Mint, Fowler, x day from Lelpsti grain to Jas L Bewley & Go. Sohr Vandalla, Morris, l day from Smp ! with grain to Jas L Bewley & 00. Sohr Mary, Handrloksoa, X day from 0~- :l With grain to Ohrhtlafc St 00. Steamer O. Comstock, Drake, 21 hour; Yoik, with mdße to Wm M Baird & do. ~ ■ Steamer Louise, Austin, 38 hours w#* drla, In ballast to U S Qr Master. .. . Steamer Frank, Shropshire, 21 horn- York, with mdse to Wm M Baird & Go. , Steamer Mayflower, Hobinson, 21 holt.*'. York, with mdse to w P Clydo & 00. BELOW. M . Brig A a Cattell, Watson, from Oiwu** CLEARED. ' Scbr W M Wilson, Brown, Sohr Morning Star, Lynch, V* asWn^- 3, Schr Mary Johnson, Phlnner. Boston. Sohr Oso JStfWfrrda. Weeks, Boston. Schr Jallft- Newell, WISH, Portland. Schr Fountain, UarlS, Norwich, Schr Minerva, J.fferaoa, Fatl Rif 6 -, Schr J Oadwalader. Steelman, Sohr Northern Light, Irelan, Boston; Sohr W Kennedy, Christy, PeteraM;*' Sohr Olotllde, Stokes, Rlohmond, St’r Louise, Austin, Wilmington, I>* l, St’r Bristol, Charles, New York. St’r K Willing, Onndlff, Baltimore. [Correspondence of the Philadelphia Lbwes, Del., May ■» ,; ; d The ship Connection!, from Liven ■: this morning and proceeded up the,;;,yfti| Houston and Denoy, both, from rt“ J ' uti Port Royal, went to. sea this altemoo": upl' Humming Bird, from Philadelphia Vft Petrel, do tor S&gU&j OSB«al fort; eohfS Laconia, Tor Saoo i JsaM ' ,a. Cape Henry, and several others, hoiw- j-, fore reported, remain at the Break**jj double-ended gunboat Oonemaugk « » ~jj. side of the Breakwater, bound to CM?' ms* SSE. '■ J. HiLl.vt.B-’ » MEMORANDA. [,S Ship Stadaoona, Stewart, sailed deny 46th ult for this port. Ship* Robert L Lane, Amldon il yf* w «4 Keszle; Coburg, Gibson, end Oolu® t . ct loading at Liverpool (Sth Inst forth|J 1 a ,i o< Steamships Bosphorus, AlovanooL ". yt for Boston and this port, were lead* 3B .. Sth Inst. froS • Brig A H Curtis, Merryman, so«e J ess Bth last for thlß port. frnniN^ 6 ' Brig Essex, Lawronoe, sailed Welsh, Jr, Flfleld, hence P Emery, for till? pori, tanaas Sth mat. Tj».h«dJ* a* 1 Brig Kuuigunde (Brem), Id«r. M “ gos 9th Inst. „ Sohr Bay State, Meservey, saiwoiw Inst lor this port. . , tie* 6 Sohr s w Saunders, lienee at Thursday.