y (VjA free lat>or follow ’with, all its blessings, and
111 ;|Y A fIA 4* A |£? ££ the deserted, wo'rnout lands will become
\> Sly X' X' WD + more productive than they were in their
Q v , ,>#r 1 primitive richness; the broad rivers will
become lines of trade, Instead of stagnant,,
pestilent, fever-breathing marshes, and the
untold treasures hidden beneath her soil
will become a source of boundless wealth;
Nature has bestowed upon Virginia many
of her choicest gifts,' but the folly and mad-'
ness of her own inhabitants have almost
wrought her ruin. Four years of desolating
warfare have done her great‘but not irre
parable injury, and we hope soon to see
the day when,'with renewed life, and
vigor, she shall at last show herself worthy
of her blessings. Then that sad and sor
rowing country, lying now desolate around
the fatal field of Manassas, shall> equal l in.
abundance that lovely and luxuriant land
to which it has been compared in its native
fertility, our grand old Pennsylvanian
county of Lancaster.
SATURDAY,,. MAY 20, 1865.
*®-We can take no nojloe of anonymous commu
nications, We do not return rejected manuscripts.
MSf Voluntary bo»esppndence Is solicited from all
farts of the world, and especially from our different
military and naval departments. 'When used, It will
.JfSjpaldror. : v
'Organlzationof the Conspiracy.
■ The testimony before the Military Com
mission is systematically -explaining, the
••machinery and organization of the great
-conspiracy as distinctly as a skilful profes
sor unfolds the secrets of science to his'
■pupils. The intimate connection between
the four selected assassins of the four,lead
ing officers of our Government is daily be
coming more and more apparent. We see
how closely Booth, Payne, Atzerott,
and O’Lauohlin were bound together by
a common purpose, and how, when absent
from each other, they habitually exchanged
important and significant communications.
In their intercourse, however, it is evident ••
that Booth was the master-spirit. His dia
holism was displayed in the constant pres
sure he applied to his confederates, as well
as in his success and their failure at the
fatal moment of final action.
Mrs. Suratt was the Lady Macbeth of
the tragedy, ever ready to supply
“thoughts black, hands apt.” She ha
bitually harbored blockade-runners on the
one hand, and sought contraband informa
tion from the War' Department on the
other, thus binding herself by a double tie
to the leaders of the rebellion. Furnishing
in her son a ready agent to ply between
Washington and Davis, at Richinond, or
to visit the rebel agents in Canada, when
the ordinary . channels of communication
were interrupted or not sufficiently trust
worthy, she also made her house the
council chamber, the, arsenal, - and the
asylum of the conspirators, and seduously
endeavored to render the road that led by
her old home at Surattsville a safe avenue
for flight. .
The feelings with which Jeff 'Davis
regarded the people of the North, and the
character of the means he was eager to use
in the prosecution of his desperate warfare,
are indicated by the letter found in the
archives of the Confederacy. His endorse
ment, dated February 30, 1865, evinces his
anxiety to overcome “ the difficulty here
tofore experienced” in the. execution of a
nefarious project to employ agents in the
North to burn our towns and shipping.
This is a virtual confession of his direct
connection with the scheme" to burn, the
hotels of New York, and indicates his tem
per at the .period when Booth’s plans were
about being matured. The letter of the re
luctant Confederate, Arnold, shows that
on the 21st of March last he begged the as
sassin of Mr, Lincoln to seek advice from
Richmond. If this was done then, or a
short time before or after, it is manifest that
a man intent on schemes of arson that
would wantonly destroy, without a mo
ment’s warning, thousands of innocent
lives, would hot -be. constrained by any
scruples of conscience, to refuse assistance
to a plot for the murder of Northern rulers,
whom he regarded with intense hatred. '
That devoted-sympathizer and confede
rate, Dr. Mtjdd, in the heat of argument,
after the surrender of Richmond, indig
nantly denied that its capture secured the
overthrow o£ the rebellion,' because, he al
leged, “ the whole cabinet would be killed
Within six or seven weeks, and every Union
man in Baltimore,” and on account of this
diversion “ the South "never would be sub
jugated.” Though this theory, in the
light of recent events, appears as ridicu
lous as it was.wieked, if was probably the
animating motive of the conspiracy. The
baffled, enraged, and sinking chief of the
rebellion may have clutched at this bloody
straw as eagerly as his humble advocates
and admirers.
Penns;lrania ; and Virginia. :
The difference in the effects produced by
free and. slave labor are well exemplified;
by the relative position of Virginia and
Pennsylvania. The former had the prestige
of early patronage and royal favor. A fair,
new land, abounding in both vegetable and;
mineral resources, with mighty mountains'
and grand rivers, and with a long line of
sea-board opening her wealth to the ap
proach of the whole maritime world, she
•was deemed worthy of having grand old
Queen Bess for a godmother.
The settlers bore many of the aristo
cratic names of Great Britain, and the
most honored titles of England are still
impressed upon her loii, and adorn the
long list of her comities. Such was her
lofty beginning and her magnificent
prospectslet us see what she has accom
plished. ; i . .
Pennsylvania was settled under .very
different auspices, by bands of religionists
seeking' liberty of conscience and of wor
ship, and •by companies of laborers who
■craved only liberty to labor and enjoy its
fruits.' 1 '
The gentlemen of Virginia naturally de
sired slaves and servile attendance, and
gathered around them men of like habits and
feelings, but the more self-reliant Penntyl
vanians manumitted their slaves at an
early date, and soon won into their borders
the earnest, conscientious, industrious, and
religious seekers of liberty from all northern
and middle Europe, and became their most
liberal representative. •
Virginia, with her extensive territory and
brilliant prospects, has claimed a very im
portant place in the sisterhood of States,
and boastingly styled herself “ the mother
of States and of statesmen.” But her
career has not answered adequately to her
opportunities by that real success which is
only proved by - the wealth, security, and
freedom of the population. •
1n,1790 Virginia contained nearly twice
the population of her neighbor, but in
1820 Pennsylvania nearly equalled, and in
ten years later excelled her, and in 1860
was more than twice as populous. These
numbers; represent the total population,
notwithstanding Virginia contains 70,000
square miles, and Pennsylvania only 46,000
square miles of area. :
In hog and hominy, the food of her
slaves, Virginia exceeds' Pennsylvania by.
the census reports, hut the cash value of
her farms is but little more than half that
of her freer competitor. Ia those grand,
natural products, coal and iron, in which
both States abound, the difference is still
more strikingly in favor of free labor.
In the, yeaT ' ending:: June Ist, iB6O, -Penn
sylvania mined coal to the value of
$14,700,000, and Virginia but : $690,188.
Pig metal, for the same period, was valued
Jn Pennsylvania at' $11,437,000, and in
Virginia at $51',000. . ..
If we even turn"aside from the manufac
tures,which may be considered! as unstated
to slave labor, and, therefore, not legiti
mate -subjects of comparison, we find
Northern superiority maintained, for the
Value of lumber returned by Pennsylvania
for the same period was millions, and
that of Virginia but ;2£ millions of dollars.
The parallel instituted is absolutely just,
for Virginia, although a slave State, has
none of the crops, peculiar to tdiat portion
of the Hnion exeept slave men, and; they
•are the only exports in which she has ever
resembled them. Bice has been cultivated
to a small extent, hut has declined; so that
the yield of 1860 was not half that of 1850.'
In the .same decade cotton rose from three'
to twelve thousand hales, hut there Was not
a pound of cane sugar returned,: and mo
lasses fell from 40,000 gallons in 1850 to
only 50 gallons total return for iB6O.
Virginia, in spite of all her stupendous
advantages, her great area to her mineral
wealth, has been falling behind in the race
for many years. Her soil; has been worn!
out by careless 1 cuitivaftonjt her mines
neglected, and her gradual Impoverishment
Steadily progressed even before her insane
rupture of the old bonds that connected her
with the Union and its prosperous fortunes.
What has been her fate since then, no pen
can adequately picture, but let peace again
visit her vales and people her hilltops; let
Another Napoleonic Empire !
The Paris correspondent of the Morning
Herald—ika.% remarkable daily which is
familiarly known as the Mrs. damp of the
London press—has lately taken to the trade
of making news when it cannot fin'd it.
Thus, in a spirit worthy of a notorious
New York special, who used to send over
all sorts of platitudes, in letters signed
“ Manhattan,” he lately declared that the
surrender of Lee and his army wortld be
Of decided advantage to the “so-called
Southern Confederation,” as it must draw
Jefferson Davis himself, into the field,
when, as the best soldier living,- he would
rout the Union forces in less than no time,
take Washington by storm, garrison Balti
more and Harrisburg with gray-coated
troops, place Philadelphia and New York
under martial law, and bunt' Boston to the
ground, unless its citizens bought them
selves off by a prompt payment of fifty ,
million dollars in gold. , .
That same Paris letter-writer has since
instructed the select 'few who read the
Morning. Herald that, Louis Napoleon’s
particular object- is visiting Algiers, contra
ry to the advice of his Ministers, is to sur
render all the French territorial acquisi
tions in Africa, on the simple ground that
“it does not pay” to keep them up, and
to convert that colony into an Arab empire,
under : French protection, with Abd-el-
Kader at its head. There can be no doubt
that Abd-el-Kader, a year older than
Louis Napoleon, has been a remarkable
man, who, in Ms day, fettled, with great'
ability and varying fortunes against legions
of France ; but eighteen years have passed
since he surrendered himself to General:
Lakoriciere and the Dac d’ Aumale, and
he has rusted, in inglorious inactivity, all
that time. Besides, it is doubtful whether
the Arabs, once so proud of him as their’,
leader, would submit to receive him as
their sovereign, from the hand of France.
Nor is it very likely that - Napoleon.
will ever jeopardize his popularity in
France by surrendering Algeria to Algerian
nationality. It has cost France too much,
to say nothing of the disgrace of parting
with it,, to justify its being 5 surrendred,
even if Abd-el-Kader would accept it
and the Arabs accept him. To part with
Algeria would fatally wound the amour
propre of France. As we are on the sub
ject of newspaper canards , we take leave
to draw attention to the fact that the late
; statement in the Morning Advertiser, in
London, that Napoleon had proposed to
Lord Palmerston to make a treaty “offen
sive and defensive” between France and
England against the United States, which
we denounced.at the.time as a sheer-false
hood, has never since been heard of. It
evidently was, as we said, a bold trick to
get an obscure newspaper quoted by Ame r
rican journals, and took in the correspon
dent of our very useful Associated Press,
Agency at Liverpool.
LETTER FROM “OCCASIONAL.”
Washington, May 19,1885.
Major General Howard, to Whom is en- •
trusted the great work of organizing the
mass of people freed by the proclamation of
the President, the acts of Congress, and the
progress of the war,- has a stupendous task in
hand. Upon this subject much enlightened ,
reflection has been bestowed, and if
the plan does not work well, it will not be
because the details have not been care
fully considered. Experience and the prac
tical working of these details, however,;
will be necessary to its easy operation and ’
its ultimate success. -Many difficulties;.
•stand in the way of immediate system and •
satisfaction ; but they will be triumphantly;
surmounted. Let those who doubted the;
ability of the negroes to fight for their
country, and who predicted that, if set
free, they would rise in insurrection and
cut the throats of their Southern owners,
and overflow into the Northern comma-;
nilies to monopolize labor and deprive the
white Workingmen of , the means of sup
porting their families, study the warning
taught by the complete wreck of all such
doubts and fears. : The negroes have fought
long and bravely.- They have not carried
havoc and rapine into the plantations of
the South. And they have hot only not
interfered with! white industry *ih the
free States, but have not ‘gone there
in sufficient ' numbers to supply, the
loud and solicitous appeal for la
bor from the farming, manufacturing,
and other great producing interests. Ge
neral Howard’s, task is not, therefore, an
; impossible one, supposing him to , be ; fit to
■ undertake it; and I presume he would ne
ver have been appointed to it if he were not.
; He will be greatly assisted by circumstances..
The owners of the great productive planta
tions .will be among/his best, even if for,a
time his reluctant agents. At last they
feel that, as they began and
: aided to fire the people to fight for it, they
have , lost nearly all 'l>y the experiment,
and they can only save themselves by com
plete submission, and by paying for that
toil which they ham heretofore told. Prom
, this - alternative there is not only no
escape, but it is the only path for
the rescue of the owners, as it is the best
practical and permanent redemption of their
dormer slaves. I have conversed with a
number of officers who have observed the
progress of emancipation, especially since
■the defeat of the rebels was first anticipated
by them selves, and subsequently
plished. The negroes never had a doubt of
the sincerity and of the determination of the
General Government,,but:they feared that
their old masters would make every effort
to secure something like their practical
re-enslavement. In no one ease has a
slave, sincerely desired to remain with
his former master or mistress save in
a condition of absolute freedom; and this
will be accepted by many former owners
who are attached to these faithful people,
particularly in view;; of , the mysterious
relations existing between some of the fa
milies, white and black. It is, .however,
difficult for the aristocracy, the to
understand that their great prop has been
taken from them ; that hereafter they must
work themselves, or hire; others to do so
for them. It ■ is the severest of trials for'
them to know that they can issue
no more decrees to their chattels; can
employ no more merciless overseers to
oppress them ; frame no more bloody
codes; rule, no longer. The commanding
hand that' strnck'olf the fetters from-the
slave’can also strike down the lash, or kill
the' bloodhound of the late; slave-owner.
The wild passions born of this infernal sys
tem must give way to obedience, subordi-.
nation, and industry. But if these things;
are expected from the “Chivalry, " there are
certainties where the few lived in idleness
and in pride, and the many in a state of
compelled drudgery and degradation. , And ;
wo .to'-any.: of these .tyrants if they forget',
this profound .truth and relapse into their ■
habits of cruelty to the colored man. They -.
will then keenly feel that the promise of
liberty carried with it is indeed twinned
with the promise of protection; and that the
responsibilities, devolve upon the colored'
race, now that they are about-.to enter
upon a new experience. .They are on the
threshold of a mysterious future. . . They
are the masters of their own destiny which
they can make or mar. Ab their example
is good or bad, their posterity will be equal
to a higher rank, or fall into a lower
one. In four-years of war fifty years
of prejudice- against lhe --negro have been
destroyed. And in another generation,
if what has been acquired is not
lost, wonderful advantages to the colored
people ■will be secured. But the men and
women of the present time must bear An
drew. Johnson’s counsels in view. I refer
to his practical remarks to the colored
preachers, a few days ago, when the latter
called upon him. Freedom is not licen
tiousness. It does not mean existence
without toil. It is a guarantee of complete
relief from the vassalage of man, but it is
a solemn covenant with the rules of so
ciety, the laws of the land, and the eternal
maxim that all men must eat their bread
in the sweat of their faces.
Extract from President Johns on’s Kopiy
to the Colored Clergymen, May lltli,
ises, :
Washihoton, May 11,1865,
President Johnson to-day gave an audience to a
number or colored men. They were Introduced by
Bev. E. Turner, D. D„ the president of the National
Theological Institute for Colored Ministers, the
centra of whose operations were In the city of Wash.
Jug ton. He said In the oourse of his address that
some of them were members of the Institute, and
pastors of churches, while others had been preach
ing to their own people In different sections of Vir
ginia, ooming in oontaet with a colored population
of probably not less than two or three hundred
thousand souls, thus exerting a healthful inn nonce
on their social and moral condition. He gave to
the President a copy of the resolutions passed by
them with reference to the assassination of President
Lincoln, and expressive of their gratitude lor the
Emancipation Proclamation, and their loyalty to
the Constitutional authorities, etc.
President Johnson, In response, remarked that It
was scarcely necessary: for him to repeat what his
oourse had been in relation to the colored man, as
everybody within the reach of Information had
already been made acquainted with It. It was
known that, though he was born and raised In a
slave State, and had owned slaves, yet ho had
never sold one, and they have all gone free.
There- was a difference In the responsibility
which persons who rosfde In the slave States have
to take on the subject of emancipation from those
who reside ont of them. It was very easy for men
who live beyond their borders to get up.a sympathy,
and'talk' about the condition, of oolored persons,
when they knew nothing about it. Their great
sympathy was not reduced to practice. It was
known that there were men in the South, notwith
standing the two classes once occupied the position
of master and servant, who felt a deep Interest In
their welfare, and: did much to ameliorate the con
dition of the freedmen. He repeated that It would
be unnecessary for him to make a'professiqn ofwhat
he had dole on the subject of emancipation, for
which he met with taunts, frowns, and jibes, and in
ourred all the dangers to property, lire and limb.
He claimed no merit for this because he was only
carrying out the principle he always entertained,
namely, that man could not hold property In man.
And he was the first who stood In a slavo communi
ty and announced the fact that the slaves of the
State of Tennessee had as much right to be free as
those who claimed them as their property.
When the .tyrant’s rod is bent: and the, yoke,
broken, the passing from one" extreme to the’ other,
from bondage to freedom, Is, difficult, and In this
transition state some think they have nothing to do
but fall back upon the Government for support In
order that they may be taken, care of In Idleness
and debauchery. There was an idea which those
whom he addressed’ ought to lnculoate—namely,
that freedom simply means liberty to work and to
enjoy the product of a man’s own toll, and how
much he may put Into : his stomach-and on his
back. He meant this in Its most extensive sense.
Gentlemen m Congress and people of the. North
and,, South talk about Brigham Young and
debauchery of various kinds existing among the
Mormons, tmt it was known that four millions
of people within • the limits of the South have al
ways been In open and notorious concubinage.
The correction of these things is neoessary to com
mencing a reform in the social condition, and in
this thero must be a force of example. He would
do ail In Ms power to secure their protection and
ameliorate their condition. He trusted In God the
time may come when all the colored people may be
gathered together In one country best adapted to
their condition, If U should appear that they oould
not get along well together with the whites.. He
expressed the hope that the efforts for tholr social
and moral Improvement would he successful, and
in this he promised his co-operation j and In con
clusion ho thanked his audience for tholr mani
festations of kindness and the evidences of their
friendship.
SECRETARY STANTON.
HIGH COMPLIMENT TO HIS ABILITY IS THE
: CONDUCT 0F HIS DEPARTMENT.
Favorable Testimony of Generals Grant
and Meade.
' WABHiHGTOiq May 19.—-The following testimony
has just been elicited before the Committee on the
Conduct of the War!
TBSTIHOST OF MAJOR GBNBRAT.-MEADE.
Q. You have been in the army almost since the
war commenced, and had as Intimate connection
with and knowledge of the Army of the Potomac as
any general I know. For that reason I desire to
•■place or. our record your answer to the following In
quiries : In what manner has Mr. Stanton, the Sea
- retary of "War, performed his duties In regard to
the supply of the army, and the support of the mili
tary operations under your charge 1 : -
A. So far as my knowledge extends, and I have:
had any relations with the War Department, I oan
say most cheerfully that everything! have required,
or that I thought ought to he done, has been prompt
ly attended to by Mr, Stanton as the head of the ''
War Department.
Q. What do you say of the talent and ability with
which Mr,-Stanton has conducted his Department .1
■ A, I consider that the Department has. been-oon-,
ducted with very great ability. There may have
been some matters to which I may have differed.
with Mr. Stanton, and might have oritloised his
operations.
Q. I speak or the general management of the ,
War Deportment 1
A. As to the general management of the War
Department, I consider It has been conducted with
great ability.
■J.BSTIMOMY OR niEUTENASP GEKBBAIf GRART.
Q. You have been lieutenant General, coni
raandtog the whole army ror a year past or more 1
A. Yes, sir. ■■■■.■
Q. I wish you to place upon record your answer
to the following question: In what manner has Mr.
Stanton, secretary of War, performed his duties to
the supply of the armies and the support of the
military operations under your charge ?
A. Admirably, I think; there has been no com
plaint to that respeot, that is, no general complaint;
so far as he Is concerned I do not think there has
been any ground of complaint to that respect.
. .Q. Has there been any misunderstanding with
regard to the conduct of the war, In any partloular,
between you and ’ the Secretary of War, since you
have been Jn command ? ' - : ■
, A, Never any expressed to me; I never had any
reason to suppose that' any fault :was found with
anything I had- done; sc far as the Secretary of
War and myself are concerned, he has never Inter
fered with my duties, never thrown any obstacles
to the way of supplies I have-called far phe has
never dictated a course of campaign to me, and
never inquired what I was going to-do; he has al
ways seemed'satisfied with what I did, and has
heartily co-operated with me.
Shooting' Affray at Pittsburg.
On Tuesday nlgfit, about ten o’olook, a serious
affray occurred, at. the tavern of John. Hartman, at
Wood’s run; whlof resulted in two men named John
Quinn and John Flnkertou being shot and severely
Injured, The night police were summoned, and
Hartman was arrested about 12 o’clock, and con
veyed to the mayor’s office. He made the following
statement: That Quinn and Pinkerton came Into
his house In the early part of the evening and called
for beer; that they took one drink and then wanted
another, but were refused, as they had raised a dis
turbance with some raftsmen who were In the house;
and he was anxious to get them away. They left
'soon after, and spent some time at another tavern.
At 10 o’clock Hartman closed up and went to bed.
His wife, a' short ; time afterwards,’ went down
stairs for water. While she was down, Quinn and
•Pinkerton oame to the bar-room door and demanded
admittance. She refused to let them Jn, when they
burst the door open, seized her by the throat and
dragged her toto.the street. She screamed “ Mur
der, they’re killing me,” etc. Hartman seized a
•large Colt’s navy revolver, whtoh he said did not
contain anything but powder and; wadding, and
fired two shots, thinking - that he might frighten
them. They did not leave, so, seizing a club, he
beat the men severely, rescued hla wife, and left the
men lying onthe road. - - .
At Bine o’Oloqk on .Wednesday the friends of the
Injured men appeaied'before Mayor Morrison, and
made an information-against Hartman, charging.
him with assault and battery with Intent to kill. A
young mahwho witnessed the affray waß examined,
and gave quite a different version from that of Hart
man. 3 He states that he saw the men rapping at
the bar-room door, which was opened so suddenly
that they fell inside. He thinks that It was to this
fall that they tore Mrs. Hartman’s dress. She cried
for assistance, when Hartman fired a shot from the
window above, which took effeot to Quinn’s body,
The next’shot struck Pinkerton. Hartman soon,
after came'rushtog.out where: they lay, and deiiba
rately shot at Quinn, the charge hitting somewhere
to the body. Hartman then seized a club; and beat
the two men severely, while at the same time Mrs.
Hartman and a servant girl came out with weapons
and assisted to the beating. Hartman was held .to
ball to answer a further hearing.
- Our Pavements,
To the Editor of .the Press:
■ Slit : Cannot you save us from the terrible In ; ,
diction of pavement-way hi og after seven o’clock 1
The poltee are much to blame for not stopping it.
Nor Is the Mayor* quite excusable. This year, as
In. former years, he ought to have published to
the world that there, is , a city. ordinance! not only
forbidding the olienco, but visiting it with a fine,
very easily recoverable. The Press is tho only pa
per which took up this subject and persevered, sot
son alter season, until Councils stepped In, and
passed the ordinance. To The Press,' therefore,'. I
naturally apply.! At Sixth and Walnut, and also 1
at Broad and Walnut, the pavements are used as
chimneys, to carry of the gas and not Arabian' odors ,
from the eating-houses. The. southeast corner' of
Seyenth and Chestnut Is used as a carpenter’s shop,
tho pavementholng taken to work on. P,
! EABGB Pkebmptoev Sat.k op Cauphtikos,
nnutioETS, asb Mattings, This Bay,— The at- *
tentlon of' dealers 1b solicited to the large assort
ment of rich-printed felt, superfine and fine Ingrain;
royal damask, Venetian, list, cottage, hemp, and
rag carpetings, 2-4 to 6*4 coir mattings, bales
feathers, carpet tacks, &0., to be peremptorily sold,
by catalogue, on four months’ credit, commencing
thlE morning, at 11 o’clock, by John B. Myers & Co.,
auctioneers, Nos. 232 and 234 Market street.
lextea Baugh Sale Beal Estate and Stocks,
Tuesday next. See Thomas & Sons’ advertisement
and pamphlet catalogues.
the PBESS-PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, MAY 20, 1866.
From Little, Brown, & Oo,,; Boston, appointed
publishers of the Laws of the United States, we
have an Byo volume containing the Statutes at
Large'and Treaties of the United States, passed at
, the second Session of the 38th Congress, 1861-1855,
carefully collated, with the Originals at Washing
ton. It Is the authorized, edition, and evidence*
therefore, In all courts of Law.
‘ From T. B. Pugh, wo have a neat 12 mo. volume,
entitled “Our Great Captains,” containing the
biographies, with very good portraits of Generals
Grant, Sherman, Thomas, and Sheridan, and Ad
miral Farragut, Well written and well printed,
Uilr volume yot has one prominent defect—lt does
sot brisg the life of Grant beyond the surrender of
Lee, nor that of Sherman to the close of his last
campaign. The publication (p, 162), 0f the. Gran
t anecdote is in bad taste, besides being
untrue. Published by Charles B. Blohardson,
New,York. ■'
From J. B. Lippineott & Co., “ The Graver
Thoughts of a Country Parson, ’’ being.the second
series of a thoughtful and ominentls ,: senslble' , B6dE
It contains eighteen discourses, which probably were
delivered from the pulpit as sermons, bui readmor#
as the inner thoughts of a singularly gifted man
who is religious without pretence, and wishes to
train the minds of others Into a proper Christianity.
We believe that Mr. Boyd’s writings have, done
much *for true religion, and rejoice to find them
widely circulated here. Published by Ticknor &.
Fields for the author. :
Occasional.
The same publishers have brought out an “Ills
torleal View of the American Revolution,” by
George Washington Greene, whose “ Historical
Studies,” and other well-written books; won him da*
served reputation several years ago.- He has been
engaged for some time In editing the papers of his
grandfather, the well-known General Nathaniel
Greene, of the Revolution, and his general stu
dies have also prepared him for, the author
ship of the Historical View of the American
Revolution now before us. No subject, at the
present crisis, can be more important than this
taken up by Mr. Greene, and he treats it in the
clearest 1 manner, equally avoiding diffuseness and
obscurity. Speaking of tho Revolution, he con
siders Its causes, phases, Congress and State Go
vernments, finances, diplomacy, army, campaigns,
foreign element, martyrs, prose'and poetical litera
ture. On the subject or finance, he names Robert
Morris only once. To Franklin, as a diplomatist,
be dees full justice, also to Washington and La
fayette, but over-estimates Steuben, who entered
the Amerioan army on the pretence of having-been
a general officer In Germany, and really was an
adjutant and drill-master. Tho 1 chapters on the
literature of the Revolution are among thebest in
the book. Tho Appendix, which contains a chro
nological outline and several useful tables; ought to
have been properly rounded off with a good index.
This may be added in future editions, which will’be
certainly called for, if the reading public estimate'
this book of Mr. Greene’s as highly as we do.
“ A Woman’s First Impressions or Europe: being
Wayside Sketches made during a short Tour in the
year 1863,” by Mrs. E, A. Forbes, Is a readable book,
more readable than tourists' memoranda usually
are. The author arrived at Liverpool on August 2,
and left it on November 21, 1863, and within four
months travelled through large portions of Eng
land, Wales, Ireland, and Scotland • saw'a groat
deal of London! visited Belgium,;Prussia, Gar
many, and Switzerland ■ crossed the Simplon: went
from Milan to Yenice; passed thenoe to Florence,
Leghorn,'Rome, Naples, Genoa, and Turin: saw a
great deal of Paris and its suburbs, and finally re
visited London. Now and then we notice errors—
the effects of carelessness of imperfect Information.
But the author places vividly upon paper the im
pressions which foreign travel made upon her mind,
and, woman though she be, has .manfully resisted
the usual temptations to preach moral lessons on all
■occasions. Moreover, she has eschewed what Is
palled “fine writing.” The result is—a pleasant
hook, to be read with advantage by those who have
visited Europe or think of going there. Its pub-
Ushers are Derby & Miller, New York, and ft is sold
here by Ashmead & Evans. !
“ The Beacon,” By a writer who bag tho Initials
M. D. anfl LL, D. alter Us name, Is a g.naoiilaß lit
tle book. r At tho conclusion, another-book by the'
same double Doctor Is advertised, with ten lines of
oology as from The Press. Assuredly, Buck an edito
torlal opinion never was given to this journal.
The June number of Peterson’s Ladies’ Magazine,
completing the forty-seventh volume, Is rich, as
usual, in engravings, fashions, and belles lettres. ;
The Ladies’ Friend, completing its second volahse,
Is neatly Illustrated, and has a good deal of reada
ble matter. \ ■ ,
, Pcblioatiohs Received. “.Toniml of the
Franklin Institute,” for April; “ Annual Report of
the Managers of the Apprentices Library Company
of Philadelphia“ Funeral Address on the Death
of Abraham Lincoln,” delivered In the Church of
the Covenant, April 19, 1865, by the Rev. C. Ml
Sutler, D. D.j dmeriewn Exchange and Review, May,
1866; Hunt’s Merchants' Magazine, edited by We
B. Dana, May, 1885, with excellent portrait and
good biography of President Lincoln,
From T. B. Pugh, oorner of Sixth and Chestnut,
we have received the June numbers of the Atlantic
Monthly and Our, Young Folks. The' principal con
tributors to the former are George Bancroft, John
• Weiss, Mrs. Stew*, Ik Marvel, Rose Terry,,and
Anne M. Brewster. It was most fitting that Mr.
Banoroft should write about “ The Place of Ameri
can Lincoln in History,” which he does in a digni
fied and earnest manner. Mrs Stowe Is becoming
somewhat; didactic, but “ The Chimney Corner”
exhibits a good deal of plain sense. Ik Marvel is
quaint and humorous, as well as occasionally touch
ing, in “ Dr. Johns,? 1 and Rose Terry's account of
“Dely’s Cow,” simple as it ls, Is so true that it will
bring tears into many eyes. Mr. Weiss writes, sen
sibly and obsorvlngly, about England. In “A Prose
Henricede,” Gail Hamilton discourses in great de
tail about laying and hatching eggs and rearing
chickens, but, In the spirit of. the Hew Englander,
who suggested that to speak of the naked eye was
Indelicate, when she has to mention cocks and hens, 1
names the male bird as a Rooster, as if the hen did
not also roost. We must protest against the affec
tation of such Indelicate delicacy. There is an In
structive article here, by Samuel C. Clarke, on
“The Great Lakes” and, In “ needle and Garden,”
a strong appeal for women who make clothing being;
paid more than starvation prices. There is a gra
phic sketch of John Brown’s Raid, by John G. Ro
sengarten. Upon the whole, the new number of
the Atlantic Monthly, Completing the fifteenth vo
lume, Is entitled to" very high Commendation. *■
Of Our Yczcnu I'ulks, which has twenty-one neat ;
wood-engravings, we oan also speak very appro- 1
•singly. Mrs, Stowe, Captain Mayne Reid, O, C.
Coffin (“ Oarleton”), Edmund Klrke, M. T. Candy,
J. T. Trowbridge, Edward; Morris, Gail; Hamilton,
and five or six anonymous writers have made up a
• first-class, number—by lar the best yet published.
The question, however, Is whether It Is quite proper
that young folks should be supplied with snob a
long-winded bit; of circumloontion as “A Business
Letter,” by Gail Hamilton. Its object la to ten;
people that letters for a magazine editor or for am
author should be sent In care of the puoilsner, Who--
ever he may be,- and four pages or small- type are;
expended In telling this I By the way, the Lesions
in Magic here and the amusements “Round the
Evening Lamp” are very good. We recommend
Our Young Folks to persons of. all ages. Its design
is admirable and Its execution generally excellent.
MEBIIK6 Off THU IJILLIAUI) OONBBEBB —THE CHAM-
- non cub. .
A special meeting of the Billiard Congress has
been held at the billiard manufactory of Fhelan &
Collender, In Crosby street, New York, for the pur
pose of determining on the ownership of the cham
pion cue. It.will be remembered that the cue and
slakes, to the amount of $l,OOO, were to have been
played for by Dudley Kavanagh and Louis Fox:
but Kavanagh, to oonseqnbnoe of sickness, failed to
put in an appearance, and Fox, therefore, claimed
the cue and the states.
v Among the gentlemen present at the Congress
were Louis Fox, of Kochester; John Seerelter, De
troit; Dudley Kavanagh, New York city; Yiotor
Estephe, Philadelphia; John Deery, Washington:
■William Goldthwalte, New York city; Michael
Foley, Detroit.
In the absence of the president, Mr. Philip Tie
man, o! Cincinnati, Mr, Seerelter was appointed
chairman, and Mr. D. E. Gavlt, of New York city, 1
secretary. , ■ ■”
Mr, Kavonagh objected to the Congress taking
any action tome matter, and suggested that the
decision ofthe question should be left to the stake
holder, Mr. George 'Wilkes. This being agreed to
by Mr. Fox, the matter was thus disposed of.
A resolution was adopted that in alt future
matches lor the ohampionshlp Messrs. Fheian &
Collender be the authorized stakeholders.
The Congress then adjourned.
;«I»*BATIC AND TUKiTKICAI MOTES.
[HO3!B AMD BOJIBIHN.I
Mile. Theresa, who Is to appear at the Boufl'es-
Parlslens, will oome out in au operetta entitled
11 C’est pource Solr,” by Mr. Belot, author of “ Be
Testament do Cesar Girodot.” The subject ofthe
piece is, Mile. Theresa herself Invited to sing in
some drawing-room or the noble Faubourg.
Balfe has finished a now soena for Mr. Sims
Reeves, entitled •• Lady HUdrod.” ;
Charles Halid, the classical pianist, Is giving in
London a series or musical matinee, ohleily from the
works of Beethoven.
The rehearsals for the Boston Music Festival
are progressing admirably, over five hundred singers
being in regular attendance. GeneraJ Rosoerane
having attended one rehearsal,' was formally -intro
duced to the singers, and made a neat little speech
An extraordinary Spanish dancer Is expected
to visit London this season. She Is the daughter o'
Andalusian peasants of the lowest dlass, yet native
genius and beautiful legs have brought her to the
highest pitch of fame In Madrid, as well as to con
siderable wealth. . . . '
i The receipts of the Brooklyn PhUharmoalo So
clety last year were $17,182 28; the expenditures
ji12,875.13. It has 'invested In United States .Bonds
*4,807.15.
*. Miss Bateman was to apper on the Bth, at the
AdelphiTheatre, London, as Bianca, in “Fazio.”
She was only to play this part four nights a week,
aud'will shortly appear in; a new play whioh his
been written expressly for her. ’
Joseph Lalor, a blind man, who Is pianist to
the blind King of Hanover, has given a matinee In
London, to..
■ On h!s,way to Algeria, Napoleon 111. attended,
at Lyons, In Franoe, a special performance of Da
vid’s cantata, “ The Desert.”
The work of rebuilding tho Surrey Theatre,
London, has begun. ,
Aptomas, the harpist, is giving “recitals” at
his Harp Conservatory, In London.
. The oompany this season at Her Mijesty’s
Theatre, London, besides Miss Harris, Includes line
do Murska, the Hungarian bravura singer: Wool
rath, a young basso from Prague, who Is said to be
as great as Formes in his prime; Foil, the Amerloan
baritone; Madame’ Harriers Wipperns; Tltlens;
Santley, the baritone; Trobslil, Dettlehelm, and
Grossi; Contraltos; and Joulaln, Gardonl, and Giu
glial, tenors.
A Sriov Complihbmt.—We take' leave, for the
present, of our City Fathers, with an earnest 1 aesa-,
ranee that the stealing majority of either Board
lnoludes some smarter scoundrels than we had pre
viously supposed ; and we offer this Report [the re
port of the Finance Committee of the’Boara of Al
dermen on the tax levy ror New Tork of the our
rent y ear.— Eo. PKBss.jla evidence that this Is so
—New York lYitiune. : -
New Publications.
BOSTON MAGAZINES.
The Billiard Championglilp,
BX4TK ITEMS.
John Lenox was arrested In Parkersburg, West
Virginia, charged with murder. It wlli be remem
bered that during the political campaign last fall,
. an affray occurred -in the borough of Washington,
Fenna;, in which two men were killed, ono of whom
-it is ailegod was shot by Lenox. He managed to
elude all efforts for his oapture until last week. He
was found hid in a haymow, and the first word he
uttered when confronted by the officer was, the offer
.of a bribe to let him go and say nothing about his
crime.-
—On Saturday afternoon a prisoner In the AHe
gheny-connty jail, named Adeline Grishaber, alias
Ada McDowell, hung herself in - the corridor of tho
part devoted to the female convicts. She was con
fined for stealing.
; --The laborers in the* coal mines of Blossburg
have formed an armed resistance to the serving of
warrants upon those of their number who have ren
dered themselves amenable to the laws. .
Under the Constitution, a State census must be
taken once In ten years, and this 13 the year in
which It is to be made. The work will be done in
June, v
The late nor Brown, of Georgia,
who was recently arrested by the Union forces,
passed through Harrisburg yesterday morning, en
route for Washington.
A man In Pittsburg, on the 16th ult., while
laboring under an attack of delirium tremens, com
mitted suicide by jumping from a third-story wln*
dow. :
Taylor F. Randolph, of Mead township, Craw
ford county, died on Tuesday last, iff the eighty
sixth year of his age. He was one of the earliest
settlers of Western Pennsylvania.
Two oolored men had a difficulty in one of the
streets of Pittsburg on the 16th instant. Knifes
and pistols were drawn, hut the belligents were ar-'
rested before any damage was done.
Twenty-five female oonvlots from the prison at
Sing Sing have been transferred to tho Erie County
Penitentiary..
1.- Travelling mail oars between Pittsburg and
Philadelphia will be placed upon the Pennsylvania
Central Railroad during this week,
Tho two monitors, Sandusky and Marietta,
lying at the Allegheny wharf in Pittsburg, are
nearly completed. ‘
The Pentecost meeting of the Church of God
will commence in Lancaster on Saturday of June
next.
A woman was arrested in Pittsburg on the
17th Inst, for stealing from the altar of a Catholic
church two candlesticks.
The railroad accidents throughout the State
are rather on the inorease.
A new paper, oalied the Era , has boon started
in Blftirsvilio.
The amount of freight on the Philadelphia and
Erie Railroad is increasing rapidly.
KOHB ITEMS.
—■ Mrs. Lincoln has given to Senator Sumner a
palmetto cane wiiioh was presented to Mr, Lincoln
Borne months ago. The, head of the oane is an ela
borately carved pieoo of ivory, representing an eagle
shielding with her wings a nest containing several
esglets, and in the abt o'f drawing up with her beak
the folds of an American flag to protect the nest
and her young from the insidious approach of a ser
pent,' , ■ :: ■„ :
The last words of John WUkes.Booth spoke on
the stage, were in Spiel’s tragedy of “ The Apos
tate.” He says, clenching his dagger; “Traitors
and slaves 1 ha 1 that thought. This, this is left me
still within hay grasp,’! elutoh it like a fierce and
desperate joy! Look here I look here, vile Moor!
despite of fate I still shall triumph o’er thee.” He
is then stabbed and dies.
A Northern lady visitor at Richmond writes:
“ A friend and myself went to St. Paul’s Church.
During theprayer for the President of the United
States, several young ladles to front of us rose from'
their knees, and sat bolt upright ) but when that
prayer was finished, down they went on their knees
again.”
The recent General R. E. Lee and his family
are now supported by Government rations, supplied
to them by the proper authorities at Richmond.
They are said to be entirely destitute.
Two large reservoirs at East KUltagly, Conn.,
built to supply water to several cotton mills, gave
way one night last week, causing damage to the
amount of $30,000. ■
The Connecticut Legislature propose to vote
themselves, their successors and assigns, free tickets
over all the railroads to the State, to be good for
.oneyear.' <■' '...
The first cheese factory to Illinois is to be to
operation this season, to the vicinity of HalneaviUe,
Lake county; • ’
Corn planted before the late protracted rains
has extensively rotted, ana the cutworm Is making
havoc with such, as escaped. .
Frederick A. Aiken, one of Mrs. Suratt’s coun
sel, was fonnerly editor of the Burlington Sentinel,
and always a bitter pro-slavery Democrat,
The postmaster at Lowell, Mass., gives public
notice that letters for Jeff Davis‘should be directed
to Washington—care of Jack Ketch!
A certain Sophia Gibbons recently died in
Ohio, who, although for twenty-five years known
*as a female, proved to be aman.
Only three'or tbe.twenty. three members of the
40lh Mass. Regiment,' captured at Olustee, lived to
be exchanged. .'
Counterfeit- five-dollar bills on the Bangor,
(Maine) Bank are in circulation, and fives on the
Worcester County Bank of Massachusetts.
Speculators at Richmond a few weeks since
found real estate selling at prices three times higher
than before the war.
~ I Ex-Governor Foote, of Mississippi, had to either
stand trial for treason or quit the country. He chose
prudently to go, and departed for Canada.
Major General Oliver O. Howard Is said to be
selected as superintendent of-the new Bureau of
Freedmen’s Affairs. ; ' .
Fifty or sixty persons were simultaneously poi
soned, at Webster, last week, by seme deleterious
substance ln.milk.
Orders have been received Suspending a large
part of the work on vessels at the Portsmouth Navy
Yard. .. i
The Boston stores have commenced to dose at
2 o’clock on Saturdays. i
Booook, lately Speaker or the rebel House of
Representatives, Is to Richmond,
—At one of the Boston fish depots 5,000 .lobsters
are boiled and sold every day.
Snow fell at Rutland, Vt., Friday, last week,
the bills remaining white several hours.
The body of an unknown man was found float
ing In the water at Boston on the 17th.
• The Government has already paid $180,000,000
of Its debts the present month.
EOB£ieS ITEMS,
Schamyl, who expeoted that the Russians
would put him to death on his surrender, Is now’
comfortably settled at Kalouga with a pension of
12,000 roubles a. year from the Russian Government,
his wives and family having soon after followed him
from the Caucasus.
—ln the village of Longenrieden, to Baden, the
dogs have been found to he Infected with hydropho
bia. By order of the burgomaster, the whole of the
animals In the village wore collected and put to
death.
Mr. Edwin Arnold, M. A,, of London, suggests
that, in view of the glorious achievements of Gens.
Sherman and Grant, Englishmen should testify
their admiration and sympathy by presenting those
gallant officers with swords of honor.
Large additions have been made to the Shaks
perean collection, at Stratford on Avon; and among
other things, a portrait ol Shakspearo has been pre
sented by the Bishop of Fly. •'
Samuel Canard, the founder and chief proprie
tor of tho Canard line of steamers, died to London
on the 28 th ult. The management of the Une now
devolves on his son, Edward Canard, of New York.
—ln the Royal ; Cigar Manufactory there are
6,000 women worktog'to the manufactory and 5,000
crinolines hung upon hooks; .there are also scatter
ed around no less than 2,640 babies.
Boueioault acquired an American copyright
In “Atrah na Pogue,” by an American friend
having written '5O lines of the play In order to make
it dangerous to pirate the work In the States.
Charlotte Cushman hastaken to the turf. A
horse other’s took a prize at some races recently in
the vicinity of Rome. /Another ofher stud oame In
second in another race.
The Prussian Government has proposed to
Austria to convoke the national representation of
Schleswig-Holstein,* to deliberate on. the future
destiny of the Duchies. ;
In Poland and Lithuania, such is the depreola.-
tion of real property,that estates are offered for com
paratiyely’next to nothing, and yet fall to find pur
chasers/ - .■ , .
Some leading Manchester men, In view of the
end of the American war, purpose to start a jolnt
stcek company for the erection of calico and linen
mills In various parts of the west of Ireland.
The King of Italy Intends sending to the Inter
national Exhibition at Dublin a topaz weighing se
veral pounds, and eight or nine Inches long, having
: on it a beautiful engraving or “ the Last Supper.”
CITY ITJEGMS.
J. W. Pnics’s Dmrao Saloons, southwest comer
of Fourth and Chestnut streets, have become as in
dispensable to gentlemen who dine “downtown”
as passenger railway oars have become important
to gentlemen who reside “up town.” The fact is,
Mr. Price has so thoroughly comprehended the neces
sity of our city for a first-olass establishment of this
kind, and so completely met Its requirements, that
ipersons whosS business engagements demand their
time in the central part of the city until after their
home dining hourheed lose none of the pleasures of
a good dinner, so far as. it concerns the variety and
excellence of the viands, or the superior and In
viting manner in which they are served by com
petent and attentive waiters." The frequency with
which gentlemen now invite a coterie of friends here
to dinner or supper, and- the soolal position of the
parties, have placed Price’s Saloons In the van of
all others In Philadelphia. The “first or the
season,”-of everything good In the eating line, Is
always found at Price’s, the one question of cost
being apparently as little objeot to the proprietor
as It is to his patrons. “Determination not to be
outdone” seems to be the ruling principleot his
establishment, and that spirit directed in any popu
lar enterprise can never fall .or suooess. To those
of our readers who have not yet made an experi
mental acquaintance ..with Mr. Price’s lining
Saloons, we wouldsay that they have still a gusta
tory pleasure In reserve which they ought not fall
to Improve.
Important to Gehtlbmkn,—As the season is
at hand for gentlemen to replenish, their wardrobes
in Furnishing Goods, wb would state that Mr.
George Grant, 610 Chestnut Btreet, has* just added
to his superb stock In this department a handsome
assortment of new things, Including novelties in
Shirting Prints, beautiful Spring Cravats, seasona
ble Underclothing, 4to. His celebrated " Prize
Medal” Shirt, Invented by Mr. John F. Taggart,
is unequalled by any other In the world.
EBHLBMAN’S PATENT ObAVAT HOLDBBB will
save wear and tear, time, trouble, and half the silk.
No tying or untying. Price, »l each. For sale
wholesale and retail, at 701'Chestnut street. Also!,
men’s wear of every description.
Corsets— Ann <Jkaobs and Prices.— A large
assortment of both the best and common grades of
Corsets will be opened to-day at Mr. John M. Finn’s
stand, southeast corner Arch and Seventh streets-
Prices as follows:
Amerioan corset $l.lO per pair,
French oane 00r5et....... 1.50 “
Oann Statt oorEet, good article— l.7B
Oann Statt oorset, finer grade 2.00 «
Embroidered-top corset 3,00 “
Embroidered-top corset, finer grade..' 4 60 “
Embroidered-top and front corset.... 6.60 “
The $1.76 kind above are warranted whalebone,'
There is a very large sale for these goods, and the
reader will do well by examining the stock.
Besides the above there has just been received a
fullline of white goods, veils, laae edgings of beau
tiful designs, handkerchiefs, fans, stockings, brushes,
combs, and small-wear articles, all of whioh are of
the best fabrics, and selling' at the lowest market
rates. Remember the stand, ;
... JohnM. Finn, ■
Southeast corner Arch and Seventh streets.
Great Stock of Confections,—Messrs, E. G,.
Whitman & Co,, No, 316 Chestnut street, are deter
mined not to be outdone in their profession. We
thought that all that genius could oonceive or art
produce in the way of choice confections had long
since found Its way to the counters of these well
known manufacturers. Agianoeat their tempting
trays, to-day, however, will convince the most skep
tical that there ere some “new things under the
sun,” and let all who are wise repair to their store
before'going to their homes to-day, and supply them ■
selves with a budget of these delicious and health
ful edibles.' ’ ■ :
The Best Fitting Shirt of the age Is “ The
Improved Pattern Shirt,” made by John C. Arri
son, at the old stand, Nos. 1 and 3 North Sixth
street. Work done :by hand, in the best manner,
and warranted to give satisfaction. His stock of
Gentlemen’s Furnishing Goodscannot be surpassed.
Prices moderate, •
Great Reduction nr Prices,—Wood & Cary,
725 Chestnut street, in view of the advanced state
of the season, are now seliing thelr entire stock of
trimmed hats and bonnets, and fancy goodsgeneral-
Iy, at cost. Their stock of these goods is tho best In
the city. '
No Upholsterers so prompt as those of W.
Henry Patten’s, 1408 Chestnut street. Orders po
sitively attended to on call. : -
Delicacies. —Ono of the special delicacies of m>
dern times may be accounted Speer’s Samburg.Port
Wine, which combines, with rare purity and. ninety
of flavor, the good qualities of port and olaret; it is
neither insipid nor bitter, but hits the happy me
dium most to be desired In a constant beverage ortn
a drink for the sick. For Invalids it is Invaluable,
by virtue of Its tonio qualities, and particularly its
absolute freedom from all adulteration. Actual trial
will show that the Hamburg Port Wine has excel
lence of its own unrivalled by any other wine in tie
market,—New Yorker.
The Fashions in Richmond,— Says the Blah-,
mond (Va.) Whig of the 13th: Everybody that goe3
North comes hack equipped from the crown of his
head to the sole of his feet In the latest Northern
fashion of gentlemen’s wear. Tho dingy gray cos
tumes before the evacuation are giving place to the
elegant garments made at the Brown Stone Cloth
ing Hall of Rookhlll fit Wilson, Nos. 603 and 605
Chestnut street, above Sixth, and things begin to
wag.along comfortably again.'
Richardson in Pottbyillb.—Wo soo that our
talented and ; distinguished young townsman, Mr.
N. K. Richardson, will give one of his inimitable
readings in Pottsvllle this (Saturday) evening.
Tbe citizens of that town have in store a most de
lightful treat. Mr. R. is a young manor the highest
respectability, socially as well as artistically, and
many a hundred dollars has his readings brought \o
the poor soldiers and their families, whioh alone
should give him a hearty welcome anywhere.
Lambs’ Stodowhs.—We have received another
lot of Mackinaw straw Sundowns, and advise ladies
wanting a* novelty in sun hats to call at once on
Charles Oakford & Sons, Continental Hotel. my2o-55
: Bey ant, Steatton, &. Bannisthu’s Natiovat.
Commercial College, Assembly Building, S, W.
corner of Chestnut and Tenth streets. Call or seqj
for a circular. my2o-2t
Gebat bbeuction ie peiobs of light Cloth
English Jackets, J. W. Peootoe & Co.,
' S2O Chestnut street.
, Great bedpotioh at rich Silk Basques,
Baequlnes, and Circulars.
J. W. Frootob & 00.,
Now Open— A large arrival of rlei Paris Lace,
llama, or “ Yak ” Hair Shawls, Squares and
Cloaks, which wo snail sell at gold value.
J. W. Pkootok & Co.,
020 Chestnut street.
This Bbatjtt oh thh Haze, In Its pristine vigor
and natural color, may be preserved to a good old
age. Its premature decay and loss may be prevent
ed by using E. McClain's Ooooanut Oil and Quince
Seed, prepared by W. E. McClain & Co., N0.,334
North Sixth street. ______ mj6-stt
E>'B, Ear, and Catarrh, successfully treated
by 5, Isaacs, M. D., Oculist and Aurlst, 619 Pluo sti
Artificial eyes inserted.. No charge for examination,
FINANCIAL AND COMMEBCIAL,
The business of the oountry oannot fail to receive
a new Impetus upon the reopening of the Southern
ports to trade and commerce. As the article of
cotton has heretofore been the great staple com
modity for export, not a little curiosity is felt to
ascertain, il possible, how large a quantity is held
In the places of production. There have been nu
merous estimates made and published from time
to time, ranging from one million to two million
bales, as there Is no reliable record or how much
has been raised during the past four years of war,
or what quantity has run the blockade. It Is known
that a large amount of the ootton grown the other
side of the MlsslSßlppruver has passed to the' sea
board through Mexican- territory, and other con
siderable quantities have gone out from Mobile,
Savannah, Charleston, and Wilmington. In a
number of the States since the rebellion the culti
vation of food has been substituted for that of cot
ton, the change having been encouraged and made
necessary by the state of the times. After the re
storation of order, the Government will no doub t
Institute measures for ascertaining the actual um
ber of bales on hand..
There was. rather more activity prevailing yes
terday at the stock board,: and prices Bhow more
firmness. There was little said in Government
loans, and the sales were at about former figures. ,
State loans continued Inactive. For Olty loans
there'was a goo’d demand, but at no change in the
rates ; we quote the, new at 01, and the ola at BIX,
The municipals sold at 94K> which is a decided ad
vance. The sales of railroad bonds were very
limited, In the share list there was a renewed
speculative movement in Heading Batlroad, and
the closing sale, which was at about io%, showed
an advance of % on the closing figure of the. pre
vious day s Pennsylvania Railroad was also a shade
better. ' There was a good demand for the oil stocks,
and prices are looking up. Maple Shade advanced
3. Bant and'passenger railroad securities were
very quiet. ■
; The following were the quotations for gold yes
terdayat the hours named:
10 A. M.. .............131
11 A. M ...................................laijr
1M M ...130%
1 P. ffi. ; .131
3 P. Mi. i.v 130
4 P. M 130>f
MarketdulL.
The subscriptions to the seven-thirty loan, rei
celved by Jay Cooke yesterday, amount to $782,500,
Including one of $300,000 from First National Bank,
Philadelphia ; one of $20,000 from 1,. Bull, Quincy,
Illinois, and one ofslod,ooo from Farmers’ National
Bank, Lancaster, Pa. There were 550 Individual
subscriptions of $6O and $lOO each.
The Commercial A dvertiser states a very prominent
fact very forcibly In the following language:
There are people to whom every thing seems easy
of doing when it has been done. But Mr. Fessen
den, alter trying the experiment of placing the first
7-30 loan through the hanks in vain, was obliged,
In the Interest of the nation; to recur to the expe
rience and enterprise of Mr. Cooke. It Is ascer
tain as anything well can be, that Ho loans has ever
been placed, by any European Government, at
nearly so small an expense to the Government as
ours have been, and whatever may be said of the
general policy of the Treasury, the skill and practi
cal tact with which the loans have been handled be
fore the people, beyond all cavil, demand a proper
recognition rrem the good sense and justice of the
nation, '
The following were the closing quotations for the
principal navigation, mining, and oil stocks:
Bid. Ask.
y* %
Krotzsr-V2*w
Maple Shade Oil. 18 18
MeGlintoek Oil.. 2.51 3
Mineral 0i1.. % 1
Mingo.—.—. 2%
Mcßlkeny Oil— 3}£ 4
MeCrea&Cherß. % ..
Koble & Delam .2K .*
Oil Creek —..... 4 5
Organic 0i1.—.... K
Oimstead Oil.— IK .. *
Penna Pet Co— . IK
Perry OU
PMla&OilCrk.... 1
Bathbone Pet— .. IK
Sherman—-—. .. H
Seneca, 0i1.v..... .. 4K
AU« icTideouta. .. 1
BigTabJt~~ 1# ■ 1%
Bianden Itl&zid • * '.. 1%
Boil Creek. «»-*—-» K ••
Ooxa Planter—*.. 2& 3
Caldwell—.*W.. 8.44 4
‘Cherry Ran. 2}£ ..
Dnnkard Oil—. IJ4 *»■
Dnckard Cra Oil M
Denfiinore 0H.... IH 2
DalzeiiOil* 4*4 ♦•„'
Egbert*.—*— 2££ 2%
Eldorado-—.. ?5
Fairel Oil—— 2C
Germania*—*.. .. $s
Globe Oil ... 95
Story FftrmOll .. *- 1
St Nicholas * 2 %, »•
Story Centre .. 4>£
Sue*r Creek. fl 8
Sunbtuy « K
Walnut Island.. % 1
Howe's Eicy.... 1
Hibbard Oil ■ • 1
Hyde Parm..—.. 2 . 3
Jersey Well.— 15 i
Junction .. .*••. ■ 4 :1%
Keystone Oil-t.. ■ • : 2K
Tlia following quotations show the prices ol grain
and bieadstuffs at New York on fcha 6tk oi Septem
ber, 1863, and the 12th or May, 1866, at which periods
gold was Belling at tire same prloe:
Sept, C. 1863. May 12.1565,
Price of xold. —... ISli,
SupsrfireFlour®bbl.—-sj.oo@4 60 S6.CO© 140
Extra State-...- —.... 4.i0@5.80 6 BO® 7.00
•Extra Indiana and Michigan. -4 1§|7.00 6. 60<§ 376
Extra Ohio- - .... 6,1007.00 7.25® 960
Eitri-Gertßee 6.4017.ffl . J-0%19.»
Extra Mssouri.—6.6o® 8.60 8.83@11.5Q
Superfine nr extra Southern.. a;M@S« . 7d§12.50
’ByeFlonr.—.— ...... S.4C@5 30 {OBO 600
.Com S 3 eel. 4.OQ@-t. 60 6. 7'5C10 *3 00
.‘.White.Wheai, ®btt-......... 1.2501.40 1.85§ 2.16 -
Bed and amber Wheat........ . 5301.37 l.K@ 180
Hixed Western Corn.™..— 78®. 75 1.m@116.
Yellow Corn.—. 76® 78 1.000 120 :
WMte 7&S> • X 00_
Oats.6l® 68 48@ 6214
. in provisions, the excossivenesß of present prices
Is. even, more striking, as will appear from the fol
lowing comparison, on the same basis: , : V
Sept. 6, 1863. flay 12, 1865.
Price of go’d—— .13114 • l:)ik
Sets Pork ® bbl *11.37)4® 13.62)4 *2B 06 @25.50
Prime Berk ®bb..--. ‘ 10.50 .0:0.76 '23 CO &i
Hams® ; MS@V «X'i , 163f@ . 19 .
Shoulders. ® 1b....... -6 @ 6* .14.® IS
Bacon ® lb——- 6 @ 8 14 @ 17
Lard®■ 9>S@ 1014 IS if 1814
Plain Meesßeef ® bbl 10 60 @13.50 12 00, @lB 00
Ohio Butter® ft-—..':,14 @ .18- 14 @ 25 .
State Butter ®lb 16 @ 24 23 @ 38
Chaste®® 8 @ 1214 14 @ 21
Total of price*.s33.o4fl@3B 75K' 559.UK@5t.8214
Av* total of prices.. , $35.90 . _ $6O 47
: The following Important decision has just been
announced: ■ . ■ ■■ • :
■ " TItBASDBY IIsPAItTMEST,
OkPIOU OS' iNrKKNAL RkVUNOS,
. Washibotob, May 12,1865.
Sib : Your communication of May 8, in relation
to the.application of the brokers to be relieved from
the tax upon the sales of their own stocks, has been
received and examined. •
It does not seem to me to be necessary to take up
and consider your several: positions in detail, bat I
will endeavor, as briefly as possible, to state my
views upon tbe question at issue. ;
Section 99 imposes a tax upon the sales of
brokers and bankers doing business as .brokers.
It dees not undertake to define what is meant by
♦he term “brokers.” The tax is imposed upon
tie saTes of merchandise,. proaace, bulUoii,
stocks. excbauffOi notes," &c., and therefore, by
Its terms, embraces at least three classes of
brokers .the distinction between whom te well Wlder
stood. r in executing tile act we must seek the mean
ing of the term “’broker,” and laiso doingwe should
naturally look first to other parts of the same aot
to see If the term Is therein defined. I am not
aware that we are confined toany partlcuarpor
tlon of the act for this, but lr suoh deonltlon la
aiven. -the Legislature Incorporated It Into tha.
part of the law which is the most conyenlent, hay
ing regard to the:,subject matter. In the present
law we find, under the several subdivisions or sec
tion 79, the term specifically defined, and_ the
several olasses accurately distinguished, and hav
ing found this we need look no farther. Congress
having made the aot Its own interpreter, we are
not at liberty to go outside of it for a defini
tion. I cannot admit that the act-Is made up
of several disconnected parts, independently or
each other. If your first ; division, sections 1 to 02,
Inclusive,waß stricken out, all the rest must fall, be
cause there would be no organization, and no officers
to execute 16, and If that were to stand; and the ba
lance were stricken out, there would be nothing for
the organization or officers to execute. The amend
ment to the act, Inserting in the definUlon ol “a
broker,* 5 as given' lor the old law, the words u for
themselves or others,*’ and striking out the provi
sion requiring an oath averring that the transac
tions were made for a commission, is suggestive*
But I understand your argument to / rest mainly
u pon the position that this definition 'has no appli
cation to section 98. In this I cannot concur; but
must hold that the definition given in paragraph 9,
section 79, above referred to, must govern, and that
the tax must be collected upon sales of stocks, &e„
whether made for themselves or others.
Where a party is doing business as a commercial
broker, and also sells his own merchandise, he acts
In two capacities, and if he makes it a business to
sell or offer for sale goods on his own account, he Is
a dealer, and liable to the license tax, graduated
upon the amount of hts sales. , Upon his safes as a
broker he pays the tax Imposed by section 99; upon
his sales as a dealer ho pays the license tax imposed
by section 79, paragraphs 2 and 3.
Bankefe are not required to take license as
brokers; but If they do business as brokers they are
liable to the tax Imposed by section 89, and at the
same rate as brokers, and the broker who should
'throw aside bis license as, a broker and take a
banker’s license would find htmselt in no better
position than before. He could not In that way re
lievo himself from a single liability under this sec
tlOßr ' " '
The proposition to tax sales, to which you refer,
and which did not pass Congress, was a tax upon
the sales of merchandise, and old not affect the sales
of stocks and securities, and therefore has no hear
ing upon the present question.
Without pursuing the argument further, I must
hold, as I have done in an analogous case, that bro
bers must Include In their returns sales of stocks,
&c., made for themselves, as well as those made for
others. Very respectfully,
Joseph J. Lewis, Commissioner.
Hon. W. F. Allen, No. 63 Wall street, New York
city.. ■' .
Coal tonnage of the Heading Ballroad Company:
Same wefck last year 67,115
For the present week..,........;........,.... 14,572
Decrea5e.................................. 65.213
Coal tonnage of the Schuylkill Navigation Com.
par.y:
Same week last year . 21,031
For thopresent week....-..,,;......,..,,..,. 6,412
The following is the amount of ooal transported
on the Delaware, Lackawanna, and Western Kail
road for the week ending Saturday, May 13, 18G8 : '
WHBK. YJSAB*
Tons. Cwt. Tons. Cwt.
~.. 6545 02 68 566 19
...23,325 07 278j234 04
Shipped North
Shipped South,
For corresponding time last year :
Shipped North 7,839 15 95 558 16
Shipped South 12 577 16 339,046 05
Decrease....
Brexel & Co, quote;
New TJ. S. Bonds. 1581..w..............108>^1C9
New.TJ. S. Certificates of Indebtedness. 99 @99
Quartermasters’ T0ucher5............. 97 @9B
G01d............................. ........130 @lBl
Sterling Exchange. .143 @us
Old 5*20 Bonds .103,2£@103X
New 5*20 80nd5...................... ...IG3J4@IG3X
10*40Bonds... 95
Sales of Stocfes, May 19.
THE PUBLIC BOASD,
TIEBT CALL.
2COOO U B 5-20 b— .. .—103% I
1000 do.——lo 4 S'
IGOO Atlas 0i1—... GS
|2O0 Big Tank. .. 2
200 d0..........-be 2
600 do L 94
fCO d 0...... ©2O 1.94
200 do—.—blO 2 '
6CO Cherry Bun—.blO 2.44
2CO Cord Planter. 2 66
200 Deußmove....—-c 1%
500 Stinkard ———. 1H
1(0 do.-... .bIQ 13£
2(0 do——l%
700 Win510w.......... 3*
SOO Egbert — b2O 2.94
200 Keystone 0i1...... 1%
200 d 0... . l.<&
6CoMlnco.*« 2 81
- SECOND
200 Oil Cic & Cher Sun 3%>
lOOitlas— %\
KO Big Tank—~ 1-81
SCO do.—.w m
ICO Excelsior bSO -Si
4' 0 Keystone.-.-.*.... - ■]%
'SOO d0..*.-: ...444- 1.69
100 do. .blO m\
9,0 MeCrea & Cher B. 1
SOOMinyo.™-....... 2 fill
5(0 do~*.-slB 2.til
ICO do..*—b?o 3 i
SAXJSS AT THE BBOUjQA
Reported by Stunts, Miller ,
: BEFOBE
920 Chestnut street.
200 Egbert Oil..———
FIBBT ]
525CQ US 5-20 s Jots coup 103
2600 do....newcoui»lo3M
7000 U S 10-'4Cs dots coop MM
6000 do *-*-.lotscotip 94%
400 City 65.-.*.*... .-old 91%
69C0 do— .newlots 94
1200 do.new csh lots 94
2CCO do—, .newlots MX
1000 do— municipal 94%
4CCQ Penmaßlst m0rt..102%
11 Penna B * -lots 64
£OO Catawlssa- prflot© 253£
.200 do -lotsbSO 2534
260 EfiCe & Vine E. lots 8
100 Beading 8~. - cash 46%
100 do—*—* b3O 47
100 do—*.i*—s3G 46%
fiCO doJots 47
ICO do—. •—slG 47
600 . d0......J0fc5520 47
ICO d0...——b30 47%
ICO ■ do—..B2own 47
SCO do—:jotae&l47
£OO do—.—~ 47%
BETW2SE,
1700 Oil Ck & G Slots- BH
200 do——~.bs. 3%
SOSitSclmjl S SO#
40CO Alleg’ y co coup Ss - 72#
IGO Beading B...caih.' 47
2CO do —lots. 47
ICO do.™—b3o. 47#
100 .do-™.slDwn- 47
200 ' do~—bBQ. 47#
SCO do—~b3o. 47#
200 do™~—b3o-47#
ICO 630. 47 j
SECdxrb
1420 Lebifb 6s ’7O- —.., 90#
18 W FMIaB....lotS. 63 i
7PennaE.—™. 54#j
' ATTBE BOAKDS.
JOOTair Eomertead.. 5 1200 dertin CU...-M.. 754
100 Bace& vino, 8 W 0 Egbert 0i!.... MO.. sf
mPIMa E.....™. 54% 1200 Kaadioe 5...10t5.. 47
200 Cherry Bun. .MQ... 25s 300 McClintock Oil-™. 3
V V SALES AT THE CLOSE.
100 Catawls:a prof—. 26Ji 500 Cherry 8nn..b30.. 23#
100Bapl6Sh»ae.,bS.. 18 200 doe.™.™.® . M
iRS oxl - * -be.• 94 100 Mar.le Shade.Ko.. iss
?rSSr C ri 1 i! ntc,!k '**”’" ? M Beading 46%
ICOMcliheny.. 4 ioo do j, r - ,q
K>o Cherry Bnn..Mo 234 100 -.. do .w™„.v..;is 69
Tie New York Post, of ytsterday, says:
; Gold Is dull and Inactive at 180-k@130%.' Ex
oliauge is fim at 109%@110, with a fair demand, ap
proved bills being scarce. The loan market Is easy,
and the demand-ls small at 0 & cent. Commercial
paper is without change, and passes at 7®9 !#.
The stock market opened dull, and after a slight
Improvement In quotations, closed steady but ex
tremely Inactive. ‘ Governments are quiet and
■ratter lower. Sixes of 'lBBl are offered at 10854,
coupon five twenties at 103%, tea-forties at 91%, and
sixes ol 1867 at 112. Eallroad shares are inactive
and without much change, Beading being the
strongest on the net. s
Before the first sbsslou New York Central was
quoted at 90%, Erie at 72%, Hudson Elver 7 at 99,
Beading at 03, and Michigan Southern at 81.
The following quotations were made at the Board
as compared with yesterday: -
_„ ■ ■ Pri. Thnrs. i.4r. De«.
n. S. 6s, coupon, 1881—- 10S% 1085£ „ y.
H. S 6-EO •onpoa».~«.-.™-«lO3M' :10SK ... n
U. S.'6-20 coupons, 89W.«~.103Ji 103J4
11. g. 10 t0c0ap0M............ 94J4 MX ..
6- S. Certificate*™........... 99 99M ..
TeniK,f.:,e,'j6„......... ......,-I>4 ■ 65
ilissCTiri ............... MU 66 ..
Nes? Tori Central..9o 903 C ..
Srie .................................. 721.1 73
Krio preferred. 82 82 ..
HndKQn E1ver—..............1eiir
Readimi. ..... .............9j 93 „
sti(3]i'.in 9cmtiiern-,... 611.0,' 60 .. Id
Later, Erie sold at'7lM@HX
■ After the hoard ffew Yorfc Central closed at 90%,
Erie at 72%, Hudson at 100%, and Heading as 94%.
Weekly Review pt the Pbllaaelpbla
Business during ttio past week lias been very
dull and prices of most of the leading articles have
fallen off, Tlour closes dull and 25@50c ft bbl
lower. Wheat has declined iso ft bus. Corn has
declined 20c bus. Oats are In demand at the de
cline.- Cotton Is rather dull but prices are firmT
Coffee Js scarce at former rates. Coal Is very dull
and prices unsettled, fish and fruit are without
as; material change. The Iron market continues
dull, Naval Stores are dull and prices lower. Coal
Oil is less active and prices unsettled. Linseed oil
Is in demand. The Provision market Is dull and
prices are rather lower; the difference la the views
of buyers and sellers limiting operations. Sugar Is
more active and large sales are making at about
framer rates. Seeds are dull and rather lower.
The demand for Whisky is limited and the market
is dull. Wool Is very quiet at about former rate 3.:
The Flour market has been dull and unsettled du
ring the past week, and prices have fallen off 25@
:50c bbi, but at the close there is more doing, at
the oecllne. Sales comprise about 12,000 bbjs, part
at s7@B 50 for extra and extra family, and part on
terms kept private! The retailers and bakers are
buying In a small way at from $8 25@8 76 for super
fine, *7@7.50 for extra, $7.75@S 60 for extra family,
and *9@ll ft bbl Tor fancy brands, as to quality.
Bye i lour Is dull, and offered at $5 25@5 50 ft bbl.
Corn Meal Is also dull, at *4.75 for Pennsylvania,
and *6 60 bbl for Brandywine, : : .
Bid. &sk.
Ji .i*
Grain.— Wheat continues dull and unsettled at
the decline, with sales of about 30,000 bushel 3, in
lots, at from 150@lG5c for fair to prime rods, and
white at from 176@2000 fl bus, according to quality.
Bye is dull and lower; sales. are making at 90e ft
£j? s ' ul V an<l P rlceB have declined about
2Qc tf* duS) with sales of-37,000 bus yellow &t 99fl&S0a
& has for prim© yellow, in atore and afloat. Oats are
in oemand, with. Bales of about 20,000 bus at som2a
bus. ■ ■ ■ **
The following are the receipts of Flour and Grain
at this port during the past week: '
near..vgsobbig.
Wheat:.. 1.1. ,25,a00 bus.
com 60,600 bus.
Cat 5............ ...'....21,450 bus.
Fbovisionb.—The demand is limited, and prises
.have fallen off; small sales of Mess Pork are.
snaking at from $25@20.f! bbl. Mess Beer ranges
at from $20@25 %t bbl for country and city packed.
Bacon Is rather, soaroe. Small sales of Hams are
making at 20@23c :<£ a for plain and fancy can
vassed. Sides at lSK@lOc, and Shoulders atlTo W!
tt, cash. Green Meats are also scarce at about
former rates. Sales of Hams In plokle are reported
at 19@200, and Shoulders In salt at lsjjgioo ft a"
Lard Is scarce and dull; small salesßLbbls ani
tleices are making at 18}£@19e fl ft, Butter con
tinues very quiet; sales of solid packed are tuaklnsr
at 14@26e. 801 l at from 15@36c, and Glod«sat2l
@23c ft tt. New York Cheese Is. selling in a small
dozen 1 18 ® 20C ®* Egg 3 aro selling at 25@260
Mbtaxs.—Pig Iron continues very dull, and 1 snn
tons Anthracite sold on private terms. Scofc-hPiV,
Is quoted at 543@45 ft ton. ManufeJtured Don i!
Mull.’ P 068 Me ttMBtUe<l
- Is little or nothtno
wayot sales; Ist No.l Quercitron fs SSSF^gS
a»°=l7f^a“S r ,s Jo l e S » ““
-St>
C<W,,~Tkere is very little doing la yw way of
...................21,160
Decrease...,
......20,870 :09 . 316,801 03
T0ta1.,.,..,
T0ta1.,............,...20,417 11 434,605 01
I 200 OH Ck & Oka? Ean 354
[lOOO do.— 3X
£OO do-......w. 3.66
603 do—~ —3 55
1000 d 0..... 3^
2CO d 0...... —.... 3%
3CO do-.
500 McOrea St Cherry
. Hua..— .L 15.1 1-18
•sto d0....—b.0 11-16
100 St Nicholas—. — 2%
ICO do-——b3o 2J£
KOTlonesU .......b3O 1*
300 do....—bSQ 1 l-i 6
6SO Walnut Bead 4H
200 Mineral..-.—.... %
KO do— %
lCOSoyal*....-.—.... 1%
SCO Oil <sk& Cher B- 3%
3CO d 0... ..65 331
100 d 0.... .......... 369
700 Sherman .......... V
100 Bt Nicholas ™.bls 2K
600 d0™.... ; m
SCO d0...........b30 Z>|
200 Story Firm..22dys 1
300Tan.Homestd.bl0 5
260 Western Pa ™.bjo IK
100 Crescent City. ™— %
B BOARD OP BHOXBRS.
, * Cb.; No. 50 AYTMrd St
BOABD.
300 Eicc'liua 11 caalt 171*
HO do —47 K
600 do™. .47.31
: 60 : d 0...... ........ 47 if
100 do 5 4734
300 - d0.........?5'r:i 1731
100 d 0....™ 4734
100 do . —.ss 4734
100 d0™,™......; 46K
iSOO do ™ .™~lota 46*
200 , d0....10ts sswa 4734
ICO ! do 4744
2CQ do. b3O 17 X
1000 u Creek Coil..lots S
11(0 Clr y iiuu..lotsbol 2;1
300Dankard —.-lots uj
400 Egbert 0i1.....10ts M
7CO Biff Tank...b6 lots 2
100 Maple Shade. -s3O 17J£
.180 d0..-...™u.b20 IS
400 McCrea&O Straits 1
2000 0 a Cherry Ran. 4
2QoTarrHoroest'd.b3o 034
100 Walnut liland.... %
BOARDS. ,
.100 Mii1tt0.............. 2 81
33 Soya! Oil-™~™. IK
ICO Tioaaeta- %
57 Race 6i 11.... .lots. 8
200- do ™.b3o. SJ£
200 d0.......™™. SK
MOO U 810 40s.— 9JJ£
2000 Penna K Ist mt .eh 10i}J
10 Densmore Oil™.. \%
600TarrHome’d..b30. 634
200 do™*.™ &
BOASD.
300 Oil Ck&Cb.r Ban. 3 69
766 Dankird Oil.. .b 5. IJ£
markets.
gales, and prices nnchanged, afaw cargoes hay e
been sold at *6.6007.50 ft ton, delivered on board,
Cakdubs.— Adamantine are dull; gates of sl ses
are making at 250263 and . Hotel at 270290$ a.
Tallow Candles are dull and rather lower.
DnnGSArtD DvES.-There Is very little doing i a
the way of sales andprloas .are irregular. Bengal
Indigo Is quoted at $21002 29 $ ft.
Fish.— There Is yery little.doing In Mteiterel.and
prices are unsettled; sales from store are maM 0 g
at *25026 ft Obl ror shore ,Is, *l5 for;bavdo, Jts r ar
shore 2s, *lB SO for bay do, fi bb! for
large and small No. 3b. FleMed Herring are quoted
at *6@lo ® bbl. ' Codfish are selling at 8c $ ft.
Fbuit.—All kinds continue scarce. Oranges and
Lemons are selling at *io $ box, Pineapples at Its,
and Kalsins at 14 8505.10 fl box. , pried Apples are
quoted at B@loo fl ft Drled Poaobea are dull;
halves are held at 28030 c, quarters ,at 20@2»0, and
pared at 300400?®. ,
Fbathsbs are-rather dull; good Western are
selling at 60062 c f! »■ , ' . „ ~,,,
Fbeigets.—To Liverpool there Is very lltUa
doing, and the rates are without change ;_heavy
goods are-quoted at 12015 s
freights are rather dull; a British ves.et was taken
at 40c on sugar and *3 50 on molasses. Coal freights
are very dull at about rormer rates.. _ .
Guaho Is rather scarce j small sales or Peruvian
are making at *175 and lelmhoe at 160 ton.
Hat.—Baled Is selling at, *20023 y too.^_-i
Hides.—The domestic hide market seems dull
and depressed, though the accumulated stock in
dealers’ hands Is less than hejdgx Tra
ilers axe not anxious to lay away hides, even a- the
present low prices, and are often holding their
leather in preference to working their yards. The
Philadelphia Association an holding their selected
heavy and middle weights at l2Ko„ and are selling
few hides. We notice small sales of cow hides at
■BHo., and some lots of steer hides at 9%0 & ft. Wo
nuote • Butchers’ weights at e@i c, aftdout of salt
at S®loc; green calfskins at 13014 c; out of salt at
■fl lf p|w South American hides, are In dealers’
tends, and are worthlrom aos to !BC in gold.
Hops are rather scarce. Lastern and Western
are seiiizsir in lots at 30@45a, s>B to qa&lity.
Lumbbl.—There Is very little demand, but pr.oej
of all kinds are steady, and the.*®®® , P^ n ®f
Leather.—The market continues (lull and *u»c
fcive. Nearly every description of stocks are acea
nmlating, thought the looal trade a 5?. bl U“£
what liberally lor present wants.
demand has been much curtailed, and curriers h&ye
been working but little stock. Holders are anxious
to sell, and prices neither steady or uniform..
Si/Acghtbr Sous.—Ssles of small quant!ne3 of
country tannages are being made at 3d@4M, wlta
some strictly prime at 42c. The market
stocked, and quotations for any considerable quan
tities cannot be given. - - ''■*
. Spanish Sole.—Prices In dry-hide leather are
gradually declinlnarr Sales have been madndunn?
the week at 56@58c for prime Buenos Ayres., wa
quote beßt at S3@ssc j inferior at 48@52c
:,Ezmlock Solk.—Dry-hldehemlockiatttrmerand
under fair sales at 3S@37c for best ; 33@36c for in
ferior, We hear of no sales of slaughter hemlock.
Corbie d Lbathsb.—There is/very little demand
for harness and bridle, wax and grain leather are
also dull at 25@500 foot., . . *.
UCCohAssrs.— There is very little jjptog, .owing J®
the firmness of holders ; 200 hhds Cuba Muscovado
sold at 38c in gold and 48c in currency. .
: Ifavax Stories are dull and rAtherlowor;
sales of Ilosln are reported at $16@25 bbl. Spirits
of Turpentine is rather lower; sales are making at
• $2.25@2.'T5 gallon, cash, closing at the former
Small sales of Rangoon are reported at
10 Oi?b°—Larifoil Is rather dull, and we hear of no
sales; No. lis held at *51.600165 f! gallon. FWb
Oils are dull. Linseed Oil Is telling at froip *1.220
1.25 sa gallon. There is more doing at about former
rates; small sales of crude are making at 35036 a.
5 000 barrels refined in bona, sold at 500333, and
ffoe at from 70073 c fl gallon, as to quality.
The following are the receipts ol crude and re
fined at this port during the past week:
Crude 2,520 barrels.
Helloed .......3,180 “
Sai.t.—l,ooo Backs of-Liverpool fine has arrived
to a dealer, and 900 sacks sold on private terms;
2,000 sucks remain unsold. ,
Seeds —Cloverseed is very dull; small lots are
reported at *BOl2 $ 64fti. Timothy Is also dull at
*404.50 f)bushel. . Flaxseed 15 selling at *2.50@
2 55 W bushel. J ■
Sfibits.—There is very little doing In Brandy
and Gin, and prices are unchanged. New England
Bum Is held at *2 3002.35. Whisky Is very doll,
and the demand Is limited; small sales Of Pennsyl
vania and Western barrels are, reported at from
*2.1202.15 f! gallon.
Sugah.—There Is more doing In the way of sales,
and the market Js firm psales reach about 3,500
hhds Cuba at Horn 7X09X0 ft in gold, tua latter
rate for choice. ,
Tahow.-'There Is a fair demand, with sales or
City rendered to notice at 10010 t£c sp ft.
Tobacco.— There is very little doing In either
leaf or manufactured, and prices arc without
change.
Viwegae.—Com Vinegar is selling at 35c gil«
lon in bids. ' ■
Boots axd Shoes —The Shoe and Leather Re,
porters ays: There are numerous buyers In market,
In fact more buyers than goods. - The near-by trade
continues active, while dealers from several of the
Southern cities arc making their appearance, some
to buy goods, others to. renew acquaintances and
arrange old indebtedness. The city manufacturers
are actively, employed, and in very,- few oases are
there any goods remaining In store. Buyers are
offering to pay for tbe goods when giving the orders,
to secure early”delivery. ; Jobbers are making
ample sales, and the stocks of light goods are re.
duced very oiten wfiere it is,lmpossible to replace
the shoes. The quantity: of Beasonalo boots and
shoes ofierlng for sale has rarely been so small as
at present.' No one can expect any material giving
way in prices nnder such a condition of the market.
It is true that .the materials are gradually de
clining in price, l but the shoes are not mads up, and
for once the manufacturers ara having the matter
in their own way. -
■Wool. —There Is very little doing In the way of
sales, hut prices-are without any material change;
small sales of mixed fleece are making at 650T38,
and tub at 80085 c f! ft.
87,803 18
Hew York Markets, May 19.
Brfattftufff.— The market for State and West
ern Flour Is dnll. and 60 lower; sales 5,200 bbls at
*6 76@5 95 for superfine State j $8.15@630 for extra
State ; $6 35@6.40 for choice do; $5.75g5.95 for
superfine Western; $6 20@6.65 for oomtaon to me.
dlum extra Western; $6.8507.10 for common to
good shipping brands extra round hoop Ohio.
Canadian Flour is s@loc lower; sales 300 fibl3 at
$6.25@6 80 ror common, and 6.65@8.25 for good to
choice extra.
.Corn market Is dull. Wheat Is RUiet and without
decided; change; sales 14,000 bushels No. 1 Mil
waukee Club at $1.35, and common winter red
Western. Eye is dull. Baxley lS RUlet. Barloj
Malt Is dull. -
r Oats are l@2e better at 4S@soe for Western.
The Corn market Is rather more steady; sales
46,000 bushels at 85@72e for new mixed Western.
Pbovxsiobs.—The Pork market Is firmer; sales
8,900 bbls at $23.62@24.25 for new mess; $2l-50@2l 75
for ’63-4 do, cash and regular way, closing at $21,50 ;
$21.25® 21.50 for prime, and $19@20 for prime mess.
The beef market is dull; sales 450 bbls at preylons
prices. Beef hams are firm. Cnt meats are dull:
sales 370 pkga at 13«4@14X for shouldars, and 15@’
1834 for hams. ~ The Lard market Is heavy; sales
1,360 hbls atls@lBc.
Whisky is dull and lower; sales 120 bbls, at $2 04
@2.05 for Western. -~
Takkow Is more active; sales 167,000 its, at 10,®
10J4o.
Boston Boot and Shoo Market, May 18.
The Shoo and Leather Reporter says the prospeotS
of the boot and shoe trade continue very good. Ma
nufacturers ?! goods for summer wear are straining
every nerve to keep, up with their orders. -Those
who make heavier work for rail trade are preparing
to get up an ample supply, as there Is every prospect
of a heavy demand. The Western markets are now
very poorly supplied with seasonable goods, and the
South must come in" as a customer for boots and
shots during the next’ fall and Bummer. Manufac
turers must recollect that with their facilities, ma
chinery, &c., they can easily overstock the market.
It will not be advisable to commence too early, espe
cially on heavy goods which will not be wanted be
fore the last of the summer, ' . -
' , , CLEAR ANGUS OB BOOTS ASH SHOES.
Philadelphia, Fa...... zoo Pr0vince5.............. 4
Hayti.. 3
Total shipments by soa, 207 l caseg.
Arrival end Bailing or Ocean Steamer*.
■ ■ ■ TOABBIYB. t
SHIPS . . PE.OM wnw - ; niws
Looisiaua .......... Liverpool 9
ScctlaDdvv-w..^..—ltiverpool --.-.JNjbw TorTr M»y g
BEDBa^-...... **-..Son.tl:ainpfconTfrew York-. .Mar 10
BritoEuia... Glaejow Hew York.™Miy 10
Edfnbnrsh Liverpool Hew Fork.... May 10
Moravian -....Mveipool. Quebeo..™, .May 11
Liverpool. ....Boston—™. May 13
Liverpool, ...Hew York™. 'May IS
'S*L7«S» ™.™,...Liverpool.....Hew York™.May 16
ifeutoxda^-..Sornhampton.Bfew York..,.May IT
1 ! : TO DBPjIET-
Montezuma™ .Hew York—Kingston, Ja. .May 21
Asia......«*****.***,Boston.Liverpool ***..May 24
York.. *. Harrs.... **♦* May 24
Wa.t>kbj*toii **** York~Havr*». 21
Co]EmMa w ,..— S%v? York. - -Havana .......May 24
5axGn1a«........«.-Mew ¥ork**.*Hamtoiir*. .~*May 27
Kvenne Star™**.sreir York«..fiew Orleans -May 27
Ocean Qneeii.*~*.-ffewY ork . Aapinwall - •.., Jtute %
K
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AT THB MBBOHABTS’ KXOHAKOB, PHttADHtTHIA.
Bark Hoanoke, Cooksey ,1-aguayra &P Oabello, soon
Humbold Mo Janeiro, soon
Brig Ella Keed.Tnzo. ....Havana, soon
Brig Agnes, Anderson....... Martinique! soon
Brig Emma, F0u1ke.............,.Eort'Spaln, soon
PHILADELPHIA BOABD OF TBADE.
Asur-aw Whrelee, ,
Bdwabs Y. Townsend, > Com. on she Moxte.
Hosacb J. Smith, J
POKI Q3F PHILADELPHIA, MAY 19.
May 19—Evening.
Sph Kibeb.4 49 | ;Smt Sbts.7.ll j HighWateb.lo 13
AKBXTED.
1® from Clan"
U oh™ E W 3,r to Madeira & Oabarta.
lsft to Splash 7 ’ ?. to ys from Baltimore, to ba!-
s%*Ssg#' 2 days from FaU
''ysS£tS : iSs2KP i * a * 3 days rromFallElvar '
v Schr Sarah Selsey, CarroU, from Georgetown, to
ballast to captain.
lastto Mpt^ lffS,ms, ? lasl>n ’ *»“ WertMi, tebat-
Johnson. 2 days from Itt
oian.KJver, Del, with grata to .Tas x, Bawlev * Go.
,*"»«. Nickerson, 5 days from City
Point, to ballast to captain. J '
T.,?. C 77™i 51 , Iv ? r Magnet, Perry, 4 days from Point
Xjookout, Id ballast to eaptalEL -•
Steadier Chester, "Warren, 24 hours from New
Tort, with mdse to W P _qiyde & Go; - *
£i|bon <Br), Dimock, Matanzag.
Schr D B Steelman, Smith, Lynn.'
Sckr Leonora, Spafford, Ipsvrieji.
§®?J£ X aria O'' ri *%!£ llb y> Richmond, Va.
?c£ J^lsaSsraSaSßSr* Va *° n
§SH Noal * ■Weaver, Boston]
Scto A. Hammonfl, Paine, Boston.
, Schr Bicotrio Flash, Ayer, Boston.
Sshx George L Green, Rich, Boston
Schr Piicece Wilson, Keenrfelchmond, Va.
„ St* Suggles, meDermott, VS *
‘ Str J S Shriver, Dennis,Baltimore
1-Steamtog Triomph, Bacon, Richmond. Va
gStr Monitor, Jones, New York 1 va ‘
Str E N Fairchild, Tiont, New York
„ MEMORANDA,
Hark Minnesota, "Watson pinama
loans Bth Inst, for kew York at &6W of
■iSSaS?* Wa,teon > 'Watson, nonce at Boston
lnftrtfE6Mic^a! ,a ’ ilOnOo at ? ow ° rlesns ni
teSfaf. lE3aO Uarver ’ sl ™to, honco at Boston yes-
MfSLasMSfjSt.’ Buokman ’ to was at
m § r n , f&lSfs S i2T&° n * fOT tUa **■ r6 ‘
tenHsft olBMBa at Fort "
; p„__ . KOTKJE TO MARINERS.
Hajrbobu—Tlio second
and mS? rod and ball, painted red
?5?J5l a v* stripes* marked O A in wUta
adrift from OldAntkonyor Va-
SSLi«* ,'«J?*%cehß*suppliedwltkfcsecond
c“nf Ron Non Buoy, with-corresponding marks.
. ine - second-class wooden Nun Buoy, painted
black and red, horizontal stripes, and marked C R
m white letters, having none adrlit from Oorwln
Kook, a second-class Iron Nan Buoy, with oorres
pondlng marks, has been set to mark the danger.
The Spar Buoy recently placed on Taylor’s Reef
has been removed and a third-class iron Nun Buoy*
painted black, marked T R In white letters, has
been substituted In its place.
By order, of the Lighthouse Board;
■ Samhep RocKwoon.
■ ■ , „„ Jjlkhthougo Inspector, Ist District.
Portland, May is, ISES.
OonoMßo, March 4 A rook, with. 24 feet of wa
ter on It, has been discovered in the southern part
of Colombo Roadstead, whloh will be marked In fu
ture by a red buoy. Vessels are requested to giro
the buoy a clear berthof hair a oaole’a length, aa
thorn is foul ground for some Otetaaoe are audit,
' LEI’TEK BAGS,
MARINE lIVTELEIGESCE.
OLEajRED,