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THURSDAY, MAY 25, 1865.
FOBNEY’S WAR PRESS,
*o* vn max mmra SATURDAY, VAT 27,18«fc
L POBTRT—“ Abraham Lincoln* ’' from the London
j*ua»h—"To Mn. Lincoln, 11 by M»ry A. Dwniwu—
••Tictojy.*' by Kn GUr* L. M*ch*m— *’ An ln«i
dent of fort Warner,” by Phoebe G*rr—" Oar P*r
liWf.”by Ooylord J. 01*rte-“onrSoMier.'* byQw.
Cooper—” Let xu Hake the belt of it. * * by 0. P. J>oa
phy.
U. •• OWSB LEAVITT, ” an original Roreletlet con
tinued- _
111. EDITORIALS. —Organization of »«• Conspiracy—
Tb« War la Texas—JToble Compliments— Dealings with
Pirates—AcrJonltoro the Great Field for Labor—Booth
and Atxerott—The “Blunder” of Grime-Pennsylta.
nla and Virginia— i he Last Bay aof the BebeUlon—Lin
coln and the Common People. Ac.
IV. LBTTBBS FBOM “OCCASIONAL.”
V. THE GBAUD REVIEW AT WaBHIHGTOf.-The
Army of the Potomac in Line— Official Order of the Pro.
cation— fplendld>pp«arance of the Troops—Descrlp
tWe Letters from “Occasional,” and oar Special Cor
mpotdent.
YI. TBB OAFTOKE OP JEFF DAVlS.—Stephens,
theßebel Vice Frerldent, also a Prisoner—Their Arri
val at Fortress Monroe with their aulte—Description of
the Party.
VIT. TRIAL OF THE ABBABBIHS. —’The Proceeding*
daring the Week—Summary of the Evidence—Descrip
tion oi the Conspirators
VUI- CITT IHTBLLIGBNCB-Burnioi of Herrick
A Sors’ Machine Vhop—Arrest of Bark Bobbers, Ac
IX ** OTJB FARMING,” an ORglnal Sketch, by
knmaFKxleEon.
X. GEEBBAL NEWS—Proclamation by the Presiden
t Opening of Trarfe Legalized—Adjournment of the
Committee on the Cocdnct of the War—Besnme of its
Report—The fellow Fever Plot, Ac.
XL FINANCIAL. COMMERCIAL, AND AGRICUL
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National Debts.
A. proposal, in the Hew York Herald ,
to'pay off the whole of our National Debt,
}>y 150,000 persons contributing $20,000
each for that purpose, Which would yield
3,000 millions of dollars, may at first ap
pear impracticable, but a little considera
tion will show that it can be done. Only,
instead of allowing 150,000 persons, how
ever wealthy, to effect this liquidation, it
would be more equitable to include persons
of all means—so as to distribute the pay
ment throughout every circle of society,
from the highest to the lowest. Let Capi
tal contribute its thousands by all means,
but let Industry also take its part iu this
national achievement. It would not be
any very great sacrifice for each person,
whose labor yields any compensation, to
bestow one week’s income, earning or sa
lary, to wipe off the entire National Debt.
The united efforts Of Capital and Labor
can easily do it.
If this were done, this country would
Stand as free of the world as she was in
1836, when her whole National Debt was
extinguished. If this were done, we should
stand as the only people which, in modern
time (National Debt is of modem creation),
had paid off its whole indebtedness. In
addition, we should wipe away, “at one
fell swoop,” the enormous taxation now
required to pay the interest on the Debt —
a taxation which has so awfully increased
the cost of living, for where the tax is one
cent the advance on,the price is two or
three— a taxation, imposed in ignorance of
all proper fiscal principles, and to collect
which an army of tax-gatherers must be
kept up at the public cost. The Debt paid,
collectors, assessors, deputy assessors,
with their brigades of clerks, would go to
the wall, at once, for their occupation
would he ended.
It may be assumed that, in round num
bers, our debt amounts to 3,000 millions.
This is exactly $lOO per head of our
whole white population—not such a very
large amount for each man, woman, and
child. Take the debt of the other great
Powers, and estimate how much per head
each really is. England’s debt amounts
to $l4l per head of the whole population
there. On the other hand, England, hav
ing gradually reduced the interest on her
national debt, her inhabitants pay propor
tionately much less than must be paid in
this country, annually, where, in our anxi
ety to raise the wind, we fell into a double
error—first, of promising to pay a very
high rate of interest for what we borrowed,
and then, as if determined to reduce the
value of our greenbacks, to pay that interest
in gold, which was as good as saying that
tesanPOM to pay
an extensive sum, by way of interest, it
clearly would be most economic to make a
bold, national, united effort to liquidate the
Debt at once, and have done with it. Low
prices—of rent, clothing, food—cannot be
calculated upon until Internal Taxation is
ended, and ended it cannot be until there is
no further demand for annual interest. Let
us pay off our national debt, and thereby
show the world a double novelty—first,
that without borrowing a dollar from abroad
■we could raise $3,000,000,000 to conduct
an unexampled contest to its successful ter
mination ; and, next, that when the war
was ended we had the means, the pru
dence, and the patriotism to unite and pay
off the debt, rather than leave it, as other
nations have done, a burthen on posterity.
We ought to make any sacrifice to do this,
and it can be done at a very small sacrifice,
indeed, for our resources are moie elastic
and expansive than those of any other na
tion’in the world.
It has been recommended that our Go
vernment “may Tapidly fund its debt in an
American consol drawing but four per cent
interest, free of taxes and deductions of all
sorts —that is to say, one per cent, in gold
or its equivalent quarterly, or $l,OOO inte
rest every three months on each $lOO,OOO
invested. This will reduce the burden of
our debt to $120,000,000 annually; for we
are confident the principal will not exceed
three thousand millions when all just claims
shall have been paid. This interest we can
meet, this debt we can gradually extin
guish, without exhorbitant or oppressive
taxation.” We say, go beyond this, by
paying off the debt and clearing the national
estate at once of its mortgages, for which
there is the annual drain of money to pay
the interest.
No country except the United States has
ever paid Off its war debts, m did it in
1836 ; we may do it before 1866, if we are
so minded. ’ Other countries, with few ex
ceptions, have gone on increasing their
debt. At the end of 1815, after the pacifi
tion of Europe had been effected, by the
defeat and captivity of Napoleon, the
National Debt of England was $4,205,000,-
000. In 1854, Mr. Gladstone tells us, it
had declined to $4,119,670; and on the
31st March, 1865, it stood at $4,041,410
its present total, of course. It would ap
pear, then, to shallow observers, that the
■whole reduction in the National Debt of
England, in the fifty years between 1815
and 1865, was only $164,590,000. Bnt it
must be remembered that, in 1834, Eng
land bad nobly disbursed $100,000,000,
which she borrowed to pay the West India
proprietors for their slaves, emancipated
"by act of Parliament; that, in 1847,
the sum of! $35,000,000 was also added
to the National Debt, and was given
to the starving .Irish; that, in 1855-56,
it was necessary to add $80,000,000 more to
national burdens, to pay for the cost of
the Crimean War, and that, from 1859 to
1865, a still further sum of $62,000,000 was
added in, to defray the expense of increased
national defences. Taking these items into
account, the real reduction of England’s
National Debt, between 1815 and 1865, is
not $104,500,000, but actually amounts to
$440,590,000. In the laßLsix years, (Mr.
Gladstone tells us,) the reduction of that
Debt was over $88,000,000, or $15,000,000
per annum.
We can do more than this, and we onght
to do it. We can pay off our National
Debt, Which is about three-fourths of that
■of England. We can do this by a simul
taneous, but'not very exacting co-opera
tion. If we doit, we shall stand alone among
the nations of the earth, as having bor
rowed the taaaeyfrom ourselves and repaid
it ly ourselves. England never will pay
Off her Debt, but stagger under it for ever,
With it hanging round her neck like a mill
stone, weighing her down to the dust.
Emancipation In the West indies and In
the United States.
Emancipation in the West Indies was
followed by such an immediate decrease of
exports, and so great a neglect of all agri
cultural pursuits, that fears have been, and
still are entertained by many thoughtful
persons, of the result of the sudden enfran
chisement of the blacks in the Southern
States. The history of those unhappy
Islands might well lead many to doubt the
practicability of establishing and maintain
ing industrial avocations among liberated
slaves, but there are some very important
and essential differences to be considered
before instituting any comparison between
the two cases. A mere glance at the sta
tistics of the slave populations will exhibit
a dissimilarity of condition from which we
may draw a most favorable augury. It is
calculated, from a careful consideration
of well authenticated data, that two mil
lions (2,000,000) of negroes were imported
into the British West Indies during the
continuance of the “trade,” yet only
660,000 remained alive to be manumitted,
that is, but one person for every three im
ported. What a story of suffering do these
silent figures utter to the ear of the intelli
gent reader ! The planters themselves
struggled hard and long to maintain the
slave tirade, convinced that their system of
labor could not be continued without the
addition of a constant foreign importation
to supply the fearful yearly waste of life.
This constant diminution in the number
of the slaveß, and their comparative value
lessness, rendered the remuneration of the
masters feasible. Great Britain could
easily afford to pay twenty millions of
pounds to free herself and her unfortunate
colonists from the desperate predicament.
No need of applying to humanity, unless
to round a period or emphasize a speech,
when the fact simply stated was that
the purchased laborers, worth so much a
head, like any other cattle, had been dying
off and diminishing in numbers at more
than one per cent, per annum for fifteen
years. Let us now turn to the Southern
States and see how the result will vary.
The imports of slaves, carefully counted,
cannot be made to exceed more than 380,-
000, while the total slave population, in
1860, amounted to very nearly four mil-,
lions—an increase of ten for every one im
ported. If the blacks in the West Indies
had fared as well as in the United States,
they should, at the period of emancipation,
have amounted to nearly twenty millions,
and, if our slaves had fared as ill as those
under British rule, they could not have
counted, at the commencement of the re
bellion, 150,000 in total numbers. Such
is the story of the transplanting of the
tropic African into these two countries.
Although the West Indies were most
suitable to the constitution of the ne
gro, the climate resembling that of his
own country, and the abundant native
fruits, such as he had lived upon at home,
yet the unaccustomed toil and severe treat
ment destroyed generation after generation,
until hardly one was left. But in the
United States this fertile race has increased
with marvelous rapidity, and has SO flour
ished and multiplied on our soil, that not
withstanding the privations and servitude
to which the negro has been subjected, and
the many disadvantages under which he
has labored, he may be considered as a
native of the land, and bound to it as to the
country of his birth. He is literally an
“American ot African descent.” How
different then must be the character of the
two classes at the period of emancipation.
Almost every slave manumitted in the
West Indies was a native savage, tom from
his African home, his memory still fresh
with all the dreadful details of his seizure,
the separation from his kindred and friends,
of the fearful voyage in the fatal slaver,
and of all the harshness and severity by
which he had been constrained to hated
drudgery.
The fact that the mountains were made
fearful for years by the presence of run
away slaves, who carried terror and deso
lation into the very centre of the plains by
their sudden depredations, shows that the
savage love of freedoip and desire for ven
geance was still burning in their hearts;
while the formidable character of the Ma
roons is proven by the treaty of peace made
with them after forty years of warfare.
The native negro characteristics have
so littlejnodifhyl islands“is a
strange medley of the various tongues of
their various masters with a predomina
ting admixture of African dialects. What
stability and industry could be expected
from a population of savages fresh from
their native forests, unused to labor, un
skilled in any trade, with all their natural
disinclination to agriculture and contempt
of menial occupation, with the addi
tional repulsion gained from com
pulsory labor beneath the whip of
a taskmaster ? Under such circum
stances it can be no matter of surprise, that
in the years following the emancipation,
the crops fell to one-half and often some
what below that; it is rather more to be
wondered at that in Jamaica, such a popu
lation for many subsequent years raised
from 32 to 50 thousand hogsheads of sugar
per year, while for eight years previous to
the emancipation, with very favorable
seasons, the crop had not averaged above
82 thousand per year. Savages as they
were, with none of the cultivated necessi
ties of civilization, the abundant fruits of
the islands were enough to support their
simple needs, while a very -little labor
would return them an abundance sufficient
for all their wants. With us the conditions
are very much more favorable. Through
the whole broad extent of the South there
has never been a repetition of the fearful
ravages Of the Maroons, and but rarely
even an individual case that could be fairly
compared to them. Notwithstanding all the
manifold injustice and the oppression inse
parable from the institution of slavery, the
negro is in fact a resident of the land, and re
gard s himself as such. In many cases he has
been kindly cared for, he has been healthy
and happy, and has seen healthy and hap
py offspring grow up about him, while
children and children’s children have
played at his knee. Many a black at the
South at the present time has never even
seen a native African ; he hag no recollec
tion of former freedom, and none of that
immediate sense of outrage and oppression
that would be felt by a savage even after
years of bondage. Perhaps, the plantation
has become his home, and contains all his
nearest attachments as the place of his
birth, and the home of his grandfather and
great grandfather before him. In addition
to all these strong distinctions another can
be added of Btill more importance to the es*
tablishment of the system of free labor—that
is the diversity of education and employ
ment given to onr blacks. Many of them
aTe even now tradesmen and mechanics,
and the moat able and reliable in all
branches of industry have already Been ac
customed to work for themselves, or at
least to have some share and advantage in
their own skill and industry—a very fair
training for the right acceptance and wise
use of freed om. Intelligent labor can only
be obtained from a man by that cultivation
and liberty which gives him the use of his
faculties and the desire to train them. No
hopeless bondsman can he prompted to
rise above the necessities of his daily task
work into the requirements? of a higher
avocation—in his eyes sufficient unto the
day is the evil thereof— without the sorrow
of retrospect or anxiety of prevoyance.
When we find that the slave at the South
has not only been the farm-hand and the
house-servant, the cook and the mil
liner, but also the mason and the miller,
the carpenter and the cordwainer, the
cooper and the cabinet-maker, the tan
ner and the tailor, the saddler and the
smith, we must draw the only fair inference
in the case, and that is, that such intelli
gent and diversified industries necessarily
elevate the operative far above the stolidity
of the field hand, or the ignorance of the
wretched laborer in the rice swamp. Such
men must have acquired some knowledge
of the necessities, requirements, and ad
vantages of organization in labor, and con
sequently of stability and organization in
Societary relations. When freedom is be
stowed upon them they will not utterly
abuse its advantages; to them liberty will
not mean license, and enfranchisement will
not cause them to decline again into the
savage freedom of the barbarian. Men of
such training, education, and habits are bo
numerous in the Southland the work of
that portioiyef the Union has been so com
pletely in their hands, that we may safely
rely on a large number of freedmen to
assist in the organization of industry so
abiy planned by our Government and 80
strongly endorsed by our President. Their
co-operation will be freely given, and thei r
assistance intelligently directed.
The Correspondence of Davis and Thompson
It is not often that the warnings uttered
in the heat of a political campaign find an
emphatic confirmation after its close. New
issues arise to distract public attention, or
the opportunities for testing the truth of
prophetic utterances are in some other
way destroyed. But the intercepted cor
respondence between Thompson and Da
vis endorsed the soundness of the argu
ments of the Union journals and orators
during last September and October as
clearly as if it had been specially written
for that purpose. While we, in common
with our cotemporaries, contended that the
election of Lincoln would ensure the
downfall of the rebellion, Thompson was
admonishing his chief that it would over
throw all hopes of recognition, and de
prive the Confederacy of the valued
aid upon which it relied mainly for
final success. While we were declaring
that the most effective advocates of Mc-
Clellan were the rebel armies, and that
the invaders of the North were his most
reliable campaigners, Davis was urging
Thompson to colonize more voters, and
assuring him that Longbtkeet would go
far enough northward to “assist the Re
publicans in collecting their ballots.” The
nation has now more reason than ever
to rejoice that the wishes of the malignant
enemies of our country, of the conspira
tors who, after protracting a desperate war
fare in the most inhuman manner, invoked
the aid of all the weapons that the arsenal
of crime could furnish, were not gratified,
by the action of the American people at th!h
polls last November.
The people of the United States wiH be
assisted materially in beariDg the burden
of the national debt by the freedom from
heavy taxation, which they enjoyed for a
long period previous to the commencement
of the war. European nations of a popu.
lation and wealth approximate to our own
have been maintaining standing armies of
from 300,000 to 500,000 men during the
last half century, while we have been
called upon to support but a few regiments.
When we were at peace we had no bur
densome peace establishment to consume
our surplus earnings. Our expensive Ti
tanic warfare was preceded by the most
rapid accumulation of national wealth that
has ever been known, and we were in a
better position to maintain our credit,
despite the heavy drafts upon our treasury,
than any land of nacient or modem times.
The Union Soldiers at the National
Fireside;
[From the Washington Chronicle, Hay 24th. 3
The heroes who have rescued the political metro
polis of the Union from the hands of rebel barba
rians are now gathered around It like children who
duster, after a hard day’s work or a long absence,
to the comforts of fireside and home. Nearly two
hundred and thirty thousand of these citizen soldiers
are quartered on the fields and hills and along the
streams that environ the proud capital that boars
the name of the Father of his eonntry. It Is Byron
who says that “Dear is the creature we derend
against the world.” Trne as this Is of aU
other things, how snhllmely applicable It Is
to the fervent love awakened for this noble
city, In oonsequenoe of the Incalculable sacri
fices necessary to hold It securely to the Kepub-
Ho and to protect It from the vandals. We noticed,
as Meade’s massive columns rolled, wave after
wave, through the main artery of the oity, how the
veterans composing them brightened and oheered
as they looked upon the unsnlUed and unbroken di
mensions of the Capitol building itself, never more
beautiful than on that orlsp May morning, when
smiling down npon them as Impregnable and unsha
ken, and as white—though not as cold—as those
eternal hills whloh wear their crowns of snow and
seem to look nndazzled Into the very eye of the tropi
cal sun. So, too, as they swept by the Treasury
Building, the Department of State, the Presl*
dentlal mansion, and beheld in the near distance
the architectural beauties of the Patent and
the chain of hills, brlst
ling With fortifications, yet blooming with the pro.
mire of a peaceful and plenteous summer, and with
quick glance tracing the broad Potomao upon whloh
the wings of a renewed oommerce are preparing to
extend Into a trade beyond all former example—
they might well say, "If all these things have been
saved to our country, it la we who have done
the work. If there are peace and harmony
here at the the very heart and hearthstone
of the Republic, it is we who have pro
duced them, if the national family Is strong and
Irresistible against domestic foes, and respeoted and
reared abroad, It Is because the members of It have
adhered together, and no longer quarrel among
themselves. If there Is welcome to bed and board,
to feed those who have fought, and magna
nimity to forgive those who have dlsobeyod, It Is
because our armies have been successful—bcoause
we have neither feared nor faltered—and beoause we
return from triumphant fields without a stain upon
our escutcheon, or a recollection that we regret or
recall.” Never before has there been such a family
meeting. Elsewhere, In other nations, the conquer
ing armies are treated to a row holidays, or driven
back to harder service, or permitted out a
miserable existence with no more lot In the affairs
of their country than so many monkeys or savages
of the islands of the sea. Bat here the soldiers
oome back not only to rejoice over what they
have done, but to reflect upon what they are
to do; not simply to answer book the grateful
applause of their fellow-citizens, bnt to adjust
themselves to the increased responsibilities of
civil lire—to throw off the uniform of the army
and to put oz| the habiliments of Industry—to
leave the battle-field for rthe field of labor and of
art—to go back to eduoato their ohlldren, and to In
stil Into them those great principles for whloh they
have fought, and those Invaluable lessons they have
learned In the hard straggles of the war. May God
protect the lives of the bravetheroßS of the republic!;
and when they depart from the heart and hearth
stone of the nation, may they feel that however far
they wander, their affeotlons will always be, after
their allegiance to their families, first for that coua.
tryand that Government which then have saved and
preserved.
Harper’s Magazine for Jane.
Harper U gettlrg into years, for It enters npon Its
thirty-first volume with the present number, whloh
contains forty-ionr fine engravings on wood. Twelve
of these illustrate 11 Washoe Benslted," by Boss
Browne (a new and livelier series than the first);
ten refer to the remarkable journey from Teheran
to Samarcand, performed, in 1833, by Dr. Armlnlns
VSmbdry, the Hungarian philologist, to whom,
within the last three weeks, the Boyal Geographi
cal Society of England voted a testimonial, vqlae
$2OO, for his published account of this very tour;
seven In Napoleon Abbott’s “Heroic Deeds of He
roin Men,” including portraits of Generals MaOalt,
Helctzelman, and Kearney; a couple of Delmonleo
hits; a superb likeness of Gen. Grant, and platos
to “ Armadale”, by Wilkie Collins,and “Our Mu
tual Friend,” by Diekens. Among the letter-press,
In addition to articles already noticed, we think
highly of the oloslng paper npon the University of
Oxford, a subject whloh could have borne a third
paper; Personal Becolleotlons of General Grant,
and some Impressive and touching elegiac poems,
short lyrics, “trivia), fond records,” by K H.
Stoddard, on the death of a beloved boy called soon
to God. These poems are touohlng, beoanse true.
No one can fairly estimate them who has not tasted
of that enp of bitterness. The Monthly Record,
Editor's Easy Chair, and overflowing Drawer are as
good as usual. We have received Harper from J-
B. Llpplnoott A Co.
Among Harper A Brother’s announcements are
the two -concluding volumes of Carlyle’s Life of
Frederick the Great; the Lite of Joslah Wedg
wood, the Staffordshire Potter, by Eliza Meteyard;
Dr. Livingstone’s Zambesi and its Tributaries; Dr-
J. W. Draper’s Civil Policy, being Thoughts on
American Civil Policy; Miss Mackenzie, a novel by
Anthony Trollope; Colonel Brackett's United States
Cavalry; Carry’s Confession, by the author of Mat
tie, a Stray; the Atlas to Napoleon's Life of Osesar;
Belial, a novel; Denis Donne, Os Guard, and Theo.
Lelah, a leash of novels by Miss Annie Thomas;
The Heiress of the Blackburnfoot, a Soottlsh story;
and Hand and Glove, a novel, by Amelia B. Ed
wards, whose latest tale, entitled Hair a Million of
Money, Is now In course of publication In Harper’s
Weekly. _
Extxnsivb Positive Sale op 600 PaOKAOBS
a»d Lots of Euuoi-uau act. Domestic! Dsv
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tion of the trade Is requested to the large and
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American dry goods, on four months' oredit, em
baclng about six hundred packages and lots of staple
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Sale To-day—Law library of the late Hon. John
Sergeant. To-morrow, executors' sale of floe wines,
&0., at th« auction store, and elegant furniture, 131*
Spruce street.
The superior and elegant furniture of Mr. Hen
kels may be examined on Friday with catalogues.
THE PRESR.-PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, MAY 25. 1866.~
The Doylesteini Democrat states that petroleum
has been found In Boots county on a farm in Sole
bur; township, situated m a valley through which
tt e immense stream from the Orest mgham spring
flows, aid rising on either side of It are large hills,
giving It the obaraoter of the oil lands of the West.
The deposit Is described as a dark oily substance,
with a strong odor of rook oil. Portions here boon
analysed and pronounced petroleum. From recent
examinations It is believed that petroleum exists
there to a large amount.
Our Rtate exchanges, without exception, speak
of theprospeots of the coming crops as remarkably
flattering. Wheat and rye promise a most abundant
yield, and the season has been favorable for onto
and corn. So far we have heard of no oomplatnts
that the fruit has been Injured by the Irost. The
prospect Is that the orop of fruit will bo a full one.
The PhaMs says tbat two seals have b£an seen
in Black Bock Dam, on the Sohaylklll. It is sup
posed they esoaped from a menagerie. The largest
is judged to weigh from 200 to 800 pounds. One of
them has been shot. The story may be true, but It
looks bogus.
In the neighborhood of California, in BookhlU
township, Bncks oounty, the hell storm was so
great on the 9th Inst, as to destroy all the growing
rye orops. The farmers are' cutting It off and food,
lug it to the cattle. The wheat not being so far ad.
vaneed was not Injured SO ffraoh.
—The Rev. Asbury z. Boring, who was tried,
convicted, and sentenced at the February term of
court at Doylestown, to six months’ Imprisonment
In the oounty jail, was pardoned by Governor Oar
tin, and left prison on Monday.
Tbe thirteenth yearly meeting or the Progres
sive Friends will be held at Longwood, near Himor
ton, Chester oounty, on Fifth-day, the Bth of Jane,
to oontlnue probably throe days. :
Mr. Richards, the now proprietor of the Ham
burg Advertiser has added to its title. It Is now
oalled the ” Weekly Herald and Hamburg General
Advertiser.”
—Hundreds of convalescent Pennsylvania sol
diers are dally passing through Harrisburg, on their
way to their homes.
—Tbe camp for mustering out the troops belong
ing to Central Pennsylvania wIU ba located in
York, or Cumberland oounty.
Strange to say, a theatre Is In operation in
Lancaster, Pa.
—The Richmond troops speak in flattening terms
of tbe Pennsylvania troops on duly In thatolty,
Tbe publisher of the T.ambertvlUe Beacon has
procured a oalorlo engine to drive his printing press.
A new iron foundry has been established at
Qnakertown for casting all kinds of work.
—ln tbe town of Portage, Livingston eounty,
New Yolk, ODe night last week, a burglar entered
tbe house of Mr, Dneny, and as he rose up In bed,
shot him through the Head, hilling him Instantly,
The assassin then threatened the wife of the mur-;
dered man, unless she delivered up what money
there was in the house—after obtaining whloh the
sconndielesoaped. '
One of the persona nnder sentenoe of death at
Indianapolis, for treason, Wn.A. Bowles, Is au old
gray haired man, who was colonel of a regiment In
the Mexican war. His wife Is now In Washington
Interceding for a commutation of her husband’s
sentenoe.
The sixty days allowed to deserters from the
Colon army to return expired on tbe 10th Instant.
Tbose who have failed to avail themselves of these
terms are outlaws, aooordlug to the laws of Con
gress.
The Jersey City aldermen, eighteen la number
have voted 237 times for a president, but haven’t got
one yet. They stand nine to nine, and not one of
them will budge an Inch.
The Boston Provident AlSOfllatlon expended
$14,121 last year, and received $ll4 more. The pre
sident is Robert 0. WJnthrop, treasurer, Edward
Jackson, aid seotetary, Samuel Wells, Jr.
Tbe propriety of exchanging the damp, under
ground depot, at New Haven, for one out of doors,
In a different locality, is undergoing a lively dis
onssion.
There will he a Commercial Convention at De
troit In July. All the leading Boards of Trade In
tbe United States and the British provinces will be
represented.
The Minnesota people are clamorous for the
annihilation Of the Indians there. The', Indian
troubles are no sooner over than they bleak out
afresh. ]
Thera is not a single unpaid requtsltlqn In the
Treasury Department, and all the ascertained and
audited claims have been paid, except tie pay of
the army.
The receipts of treasure at the mint lu Sau
Franclsoo In ten days, were lately about 32,000
ounces of gold and 12 000 onnoes of silver.
Hundreds of officers and soldiers of onr army
are going into business In towns along tbe railroads
radiating from Memphis.
The prospect of a union between the Presbyte
rians of the ” Old School ” and those of the ” New
School” are not so favorable M they were last year.
The army of paymasters Is depleting. Several
scores of those offiolals have boon dropped from the
rolls.
The average pay due eaeh soldier Is $250, and
the Government IB ready to pay off and discharge
every man of the two armies now In Washington.
General Banks, It is said, was not removed
from command for any political consideration what
ever.
Strawberries, new potatoes, peas, and beans
have made their appearance in liberal quantities at
Cincinnati.
Tbe rapidity with whloh President Johnson
despatches pnbllo business is remarked by all who
visit the Executive office.
The salary of a New Tort Common Council
man la $2,000, bat his « pickings ” are Illimitable* .
Some ol Ike sheep at the oana» y 55 '‘® snow
•ere rn.inaia-~ > - > ---»«"—■» *«*manwouldbpahorn
-4JS&sff£firthem.
Jeff Davis was bom In the same year with
President Johnson, bat will probably die some yean
sooner.
The New Haven County Bank, at New Haven,
has voted to beoome a national bank.
The price of wood Is still on the deoline In Bloh
mond.
New York expeots to have clean streets soon.
She Is to expend $300,000 for that purpose.
The Nashville race 00013. Is being prepared for
the June sporting season. *
The San Francisco publishers Intend to use
Chinese paper.
E— M. Aspln, formerly editor of the Courier des
Etats Unis has recently deceased.
A somber of Rnsßlan soldiers and Polish
peasants meeting near Oonln, a Cossack boasted be
was snob a good shot that be could strike a man’s
esp witboot touching tbe bead. A peasant accepted
the challenge, but tbe moment tbe ball strnok be
fell dead. Tbe soldier was condemned to a month’s
Imprisonment for bis imprudence. In bis deienee
he alleged that tbe fault was the peasant’s, and to
prove It, he would repeat the experiment with the
judge himself; only be would advise him not to pull
bis cap too far over bis eyes!
—A matrimonial union is announced between
two great champagne-growing families. M. de
Werle, whose father waß formerly managing part
ner In tbe femons bouse oi Cliqnot, is about to mar
ry Madlle. Matblldo de Montebello, a daughter of
the duke, whose vine has almost eclipsed tbe laurels
of bis family.
Eecent returns to tbe English Board of Trade
state that outofforty-seven'thousand seamen daring
tbe twelve years ending 1864, no less than twenty
thousand died from drowning, and more than two
thousand from varlons accidents.
Tbe Brazilian squadron wa3 still at Monte Vi
deo and Bnenos Ayres, and the land forces concen
trated In Monte Video were being marohed back to
Bio Grande.
K— Another specimen of British ignoranoe of Arne'
rioan affairs IB furnished by a colonial newspaper
referring to tbe venerable Francis F. Blair as tbe
“Nestor of Whig polities in tbe united states.”
A photograph of Wilkes Booth was offered by
a “ female relative” of bis to a photographer on the
Boulevards, at Farts, for reproduction, at the mo
dest price of two thousand francs.
There is praotleally perreot religions liberty in
Paris. In 1630 there were only three French Pro
testant places of worship. Now there are thirty
five.
Monslenr Saint Benve was offered a “ Brevet Of
Senator” to write a kindly orlttclstm on the life or
Ctesar. The bribe, some twenty thousand francs a
year, was refused. s,
The Empress Eugenie is said to make a charm
,-lcg Regent. Her demeanor in council a desorioed
as quiet and dignified,
An Australian j<srnal, in February last, com
plained of the exeaatlve heat during, (ka present
season.
Paris is enjoying five trade’s strikes—the look
smiths, tailors, carriage builders, hatters, and
dyers.
English sportsmen now name many of their
race horses after the famous battle-fields of otfr civil
war.
—An arrest bas been made In Paris of some work
men, wbo are accused of idle occupation ol their
time, and being polltloal Jlancurs.
—Antonletta Saochl, a young poetess of rising
fame, bas just published an Italian translation ol
Byron’s “Don Joan.”
Major General Walpole's report to the British
Secretary of War strongly compliments the volun
teers. „
Poles Of the Grand Duehy of Posen, aoonaed of
high treason, are now being tried before the high
criminal court of Berlin.
The Brazilian Government was refused per
mission by Bnenos Ayres to march its army through
the Argentine territory.
The Turin journals state that the King of Italy
would formally take np his residence in Florenoe on
the 28!h of April.
Queen Victoria is offended, because an exten
sion oftheßraemer Bailway, in Scotland, is con
templated, which will pass In sight of Balmoral.
A letter from Munich announces the death of
Franklin Webster, United States eonsnl.
The “ Faust ” and the “ Tudor” are the names
ol ladies round hats this spring in Paris.
Bishop Whipple, of Minnesota, is reported very
sick at Jerusalem with the Syrian fever.
Japan has sent a sample of sugar cane to
Washington lor inspection.
Sweden, Switzerland, and Franco annually
produce small quantities of silver.
Lecture and Addresses.— From an
advertisement elsewhere it will be seen teat a lec
ture (tor the pecuniary benefit of the Religious
Union Meetings now being held at the Laurel Hall)
will be delivered at American Mechanics’ Hall,
corner <-f Tenth and George streets, by the Rev. J-
W. Barnhart, A. HI., on this (Thursday) evening,
his subject to be The National Present ” Addresses
will also be delivered by BeVS, Win. T, Eva, J,
H A. Bomberger, D. D , Joseph E. Smlttt, T. A
Fernity, and Ex-Guvernor Pollock. A national
anthem will be snug by celebrated vooalists. The
occasion will doubtless be one of more than ordl
nary interest, whlcb, together with its praiseworthy
object, cannot fall to secure a very luge attend
ance.
Lincoln Monument Fond.— Yesterday
ihe Mayor received a contribution of $5 from Raoacl
B. Richards for the Lincoln Monument Rand*
s»Ta»k rmsu. -
BOMB ITEMS.
FOREIGN ITEMS.
THK CITY.
Eiuhtt-fibbt Convention of the Pfttt-
TXBTAHT EPISCOPAL OHUBOH—SWOBD DAY—
Mokhiko Snaeioir.—The Convention reassembled
yesterday morning at nine o’elook.
The proceedings were opened with the usual de
votional exercises. They were conducted by Bov.
Dr. Duobaobet to the end of the seoohd lesson; ths
remainder was read by Rev, Eaton W. Massey, of
St. John’s Oburoh, Norristown, and Rev. Blohard
Smith, of MeaovlUo, Crawford oounty.
The regular sermon osf.iro the Convention wae
preaobed by Rev. B. A. Rogers, of Downtustewn,
from 2Tth ohapter Isaiah, 2d and 3d verses: “In that
day slug ye unto her, a vineyard of red Wlue; I ths
Lord do seep It; I will water it every moment lest
any hurt It; I will keep it night and day.” Tue
reverend speaker compared the Ohuroh to the red
nine referred to ID the text. The nursery of tbe
Lord on earth Is the vineyard of the Lord In heaven.
Tbe vinedressers and their duties In connection
with the present seed time was impressively dwelt
npon. Tne speaker touchingly referred to the ab
sent bishop.
The benodlattou was pronounced by the assistant
bishop.
The regular business was then taken up. The
names ol delegates who failed to answer to their
names yesterday were oalled.
The proceedings of the previous day were read
and approved. ■ Rev. E. N. Potter, of Bethlehem,
read the address of Ms father, Bishop Potter. The
address, owing to physical Inability, only embraces
a little over nine months of the current year.
Thus far death has deprived tbe oburoh of but
two ol the olorgy, via: the Rev. Richard Henry, Leo,
of Washington, and tbe Rev. George B Allison, of
tblß city.
The Bishop has officiated, since the last Conven
tion, on one hundred and thirty-two occasions, on
foriy-one of which he administered tbe rite of eon-
Situation- He conseorated four oburobes and open
ed one wbloh bad been greatly enlarged. Ordained
font deacons and seven priests, Instituted oce rec
tor, and received Into the diocese ten clergymen,
ana dismissed from it seven. Tbe number or per
sons ootnrmod two hundred and nlnety.flvo; bap
tized nine; solemnized four marriages, and admin-.
Isrered tbe Holy Communion on eigbteenocaaslons.
The address states that tbe oburtb has cause for
tbapblMness and to devoutly bless God for the
cbarlileslthas organized. More than $300,030 had
been raised for a hospital by tbe fret-will offerings
of churchmen throughout the diocese. Au equal
or a greater sum has been contributed to the Di
vinity School, which, tbongb not an Institution of
tbe dlooeßo In its structure or government, still owes
to tbe people ol this State more than two- thirds of
Its endowments. ...
The Burd Orphan Asylnm, founded and endowed
by a godly, woman of sst, Stephen’s obnreb with
hair a million of dollars, and the Obnreb Home ror
children, these are bnt a lew of tue efforts wbloh
lave boon made throughout the diocese to honor
God with the substance wbloh bo has given to Ms
people. The enthusiasm which during the last few
yean had animated the mlnlstere and members of
our communion In this Commonwealth, In behalf of
our bleeding and sorely afflicted eonotry, and In
behalf of tbe noble obubo to wbloh It has freely
given Its sons, will lorm a page In oar history never
to be forgotten.
The address In relation to tbe future says: “ Man
Is not only mortal, be Is weak In power, erring in
wisdom, and often recreant to high duty. Thera Is
no safety for onr country or for the Obnreb of Christ
but in looking supremely to Him who Is over all—
Ibfinite In all perfection, &nrt knowing uo variable
ness or shadow of turning. In the longings for a re
turn of peace, and for a reunited nation, we most
turn from them whose breath Is In their nostrils, or
rather, we mnst remember whose they are, and bow
powerless in armß, or feeble In coudoll they may be,
if lelt to the Inspiration of eartffly and oarnal pas
sions ”
The addresß commends more prayer, that the
Spirit of justice and meray, of patience and magna
nimity, may prevail over every measure, and tbat
Hewbo alone can make men of one mind mayinfase
tbe sweet Influences of Ms love and of bis presence
In all hearts. “ If this be troeof t»;e State, bow much
more, I nerd,hardly say,” the address continues, “ Is
It true of tbe Chnrch of the Reedemor. Hewbo
bought the Church with His own blood dloth no
more—death bath no more dominion over Him. His
nearness and aU-snfficlent agency wait upon the
prayers and labors of the humblest of those who love
and serve Him.”
The address concludes: "The benediction of the
sanctifying Spirit and of a gracious Providence rest
npon yonr persons and your families, and yon shall
own that God,oven our own God, Is yonr refuge and
strength.”
The Rev. Dr. Hare moved that St. John’s Chnroh,
Franklin, Tenango oounty, should bo restored to
its connection with the Convention, and be per
mitted to send Its delegates irom and after the time
of tbe rising of this body, and that the delegates
now present be admitted to tbe sittings or the Con
vention. Tbe recolntlon was adopted.
The Rev. Mr. Maxey read the statement of the
Assistant Blßbop’s labors. Allusion was made in
It to three other deaths, viz.; the Rev. Edward O.
Jones. Missionary to the Blookley Almshouse;
Rev. F. H. Smiley, of New Castle, and Rev. J. Wll
lerby Jones, of Altoona.
Mention was also made of the deaths of Bishops
Brownell, Doans, and De Lanoy.
Tbe loss of olorgy In the diocese has bean by death
8, by removal 9. The gain has been, by ordination
9, by removals from otber dioceses 13. Daring the
year tbe assistant bishop has performed the follow
ing official labors: Sermons preached, lei; ad
dresses delivered, 194; confirmation serviocs, 105;
confirmed, 1,258; ordinations to the dsaeonate, 2-, Co
the priesthood, 7; churches eonsoorated, 2; corner
stones laid, 3; churches re-opened, 6; infants bap
tized, 14; burials, 3; institution of ministers, I;
marriages, 4; miles travelled, 8,000.
Luring tbe year 30 parishes have paid off their
entire debt, amounting to $200,000
The address also pays respeot to the memory of
the late President.
Rev. Dr. Howe moved that that portion of the as
sistant bishop’s address, which referred to the ab
sent diocesan, be referred to a committee of five.
Adopted.
A motion prevailed, to refer to a committee of
three tbat portion of tbe address relative to mis
elons.
On motion Of Horace Blnney, Jr., the following
preamble and resolutions were adopted unani
mously 1
Whereas, Tbe ohuroh In this dlooese has for
years prayed that God would turn from us the
Judgments which we lelt, and the yet greater judg
ments which wo feared; would shod npon onr rulers
tbe spirit of wisdom, moderation, and firmness;
would unite the hearts of onr people as tbe heart of
one man in upholding tbe supremacy or law and tbe
oanse of justice and peaee, and would hasten ths
return of unity and ooscord to onr borders; and,
Whereas, In the late eventful months, though we
have been bowed down with grief, under a great
national bereavement, yet much has been granted
In answer to these prayers; therefore, -
Resolved, That while In common with onr fellow
citizens, and with all good men, we deplore, and
have expressed onr sorrow for the death of the late
CMel Magistrate of the United States, we render
devout thanks to God that Ms life Was made to at*
i,ai.L uo muuii ef the-pwbHo.confidOnoo, and that Ms
Very death, producing among our countrymen a
common horror, has wrought so marvelously
towards uniting the hearts ol onr people.
Resolved, Tbat we fervently and devoutly acknow
ledge the goodness of Almighty God in having at
length crowned with signal success the efforts of our
country to suppress tbe late wicked rebellion, and to
restore once more tbe blessings of Union ana peaco.
Resolved, That In tbe same spirit In whloh, two
years ago, we pledged to the oonstltntod authorities
of the land onr cordial sympathy and support In
tbeir efforts to suppress the then existing reoeillon,
we would now reverently Invoke for Prosldoot John
■ son, In the performance or the duties of the Mgh
office so suddenly laid npon Mm, the protection and
blessing of Almighty God, in whom he has pnbllely
declared his trnst, and the grace and favor of that
Saviour lor the bestowal of whoso ascension ho has
given * public token of his respect
Beeolved, That in the fact that a rebellion, intended
for the perpetnatlon ol negro slavery, is made to
prepare the way lor its speedy extinction, wo recog
nize tbe special providence of the Mobs* High, who
oanseth the wrath of man to praise Him; and wo
acknowledge It to he the manifest duty of the Chris
tian Church to labor for the instruction and eleva
tion of thefreedmen of the colored race among ns,
so tbat they may be gathered Into the fold of the
Chnrch, prepared for all their duties, and seoured
in ell their rights as onr fellow-men, descended Horn
the common lather, and redeemed by the common
Saviour of mankind.
The Rev. H, B. Swope, of Pittsburgh moved that
the consideration of the division or the diocese be
mode the special order of business at six o’olook
this eyei-iDg.
Mr. Win. Welch moved that a committee of three
clergymen and three lay me a be appointed, who
should examine documentary and other testimony
in regard to the practicability of a division of the
diocese, and report to the Convention after the
regular order of business this morning.
Agreed to, and the Convention took a recess.
EvawiKO Session.—The Convention reassembled
at tve o’ole oh, and was called to order by the assist
ant bishop.
He announced the following committee on the
division of the diocese : Rev. Dts. Morton, Hare, and
Clare, Judge Cunningham, Horace Binney, Jr.« and
Samuel V. Merrick.
The following committee on the Yates Institute
was announced : Hot. Dr. Howe. Ren. Fnilltps
Brocks, and Messrs. Aldrioh, Sohoenbtrger, Q-wlnn,
and Booth. This Institution was specially referred
to In the assistant bishop’s address.
An election of delegates to the General Triennial
Convention was then gone Into. Revs. Watson,
Clanton, and Abel were appointed tellers upon the
part of the olergy, and Messrs. John D. Caylor,
Richard Montgomery, and Charles Robb to receive
the lay vote.
An election for the Standing Committee was next
gone Into. Bey, MeBflrB. Miles, WeaUburne, and
Goddard were appointed tollera to receive the cleri
cal vote, and Messrs, Haalehurst, Ashton, and
White to receive the lay vote.
The chair announced the following gentlemen as
trustees of the Christmas fund: John Welsh, Jas.
S. Newbold, Thos. Robbins, Edw. L. Clark.
The tellers announced that Rev. Drs. Howes, Hare,
and Goodwin had been elected clerical delegates to
the General Triennial Convention, and Wm. Welsh,
Horace Blnney, Jr., and Felix R Bruno had been
elected lay delegates. There being but three cleri
cal and three lay receiving a majority of the votes
oast, an eleotlon for one clerical and one lay delegate
was then gone Into.
Rev. E. C. liOunsbury then read theannnal report
of the Dloceeian Missionary Society. From It we
learn that during the year three of the. missionaries
of the board died, eight resigned, and ten new ones
have been appointed: There a-e at present twenty
eight missionaries and fifty stations. Several or the
parishes have Shown marked Improvement. Of
these, Downlngtown, Doylestown, and Bethlehem
are worthy of special notlooß. The parish at Down
ihgtown has been greatly enlarged. The enterprise
at Bethlehem was begun only two years ago, and
already an Episcopal Churoh has been built and
paid tor.
The treasurer’s report shows that:
Daring the year sixty eight country
chnrchea contributed $2,087 11
Thirty-seven Philadelphia churches con-
JtrHnited..... ••«.•••••»• 6,698 17
Contributed at anniversar j meeting 61 16
Contributed by Individuals 180 00
Total . $8,026 44
op weigh wb»b:
For general purposes. $1,093 10
For missions of the 80ard........ 398 34
For missions not of the 80ard.... 636 00—8,026 44
Balanoenn hand at last report... 2,184 86
Total $10,211 so
Notwithstanding that the sum contributed last
year was larger than ever contributed for this pur.
pose before, yet the average is less than 40 cents for
each conraranloant In the dloeese, while 110 pa>
rlshes—more than half the whole number—did uot
contribute one cent, Twelve parishes contributed
year whioh never did so before. Of the $B,OOO
received by the Board, a single parish (St. Peter’s)
contributed one-seventh of the whole amount, and
two parishes (Holy Trinity and St. Mark’s, Fran.fc
ford) nearly one-fonrth. Twenty-tour eity and
elghty-slx country churohcs have had no part in the
work. - • :
The trustees of the Christmas Fund for the relief
of disabled clergymen, and the families of deceased
clergymen, reported that the collections on last
Christmas day amounted to $5,467.18. and from in
terest upon temporary Investments $289 97, making
the total leeelpts applicable to the purposes of the'
trust $6,747-76. To the fund 126 parishes have con
tributed, a larger number than in any previous
year, and the amount contributed is muon greater.
Aid has been extended to eight clergymen and five
widows. Six (Clergymen and five widows are now
upon the list as permanent beneficiaries, a smaller
cumber than for some years past. The report was
accepted.
It was, on motion, agreed that the trustees of the
Christmas fund be authorized to increase si lpends
to ministers and their families, upon the recommen
dation of the bishop and the approval of trustees of
the fund, provided that no stipend exceed $6OO la
one year.
On motion, the sum of ten thousand dollars was
placed at the disposal of the Bishop to employ a sec
retary.
The tellers announced that the Bev. Drs. Morton,
Vaughan, Newton, Goodwin, and o. D. Oooper, and
Mobsth, John Bohien, W. F. Griffith* Thomas Bo
oms, B. S. Smith, and OharM E Hex, Esqrs., had
been elected members of the standing committee to
serve for the ensuing year. , . _
A committee, appointed at the last Convention,
to report where the sessions or the Convention
should be held, reported in favor ofPhiladelphia.
After severol ballots, the Bev. Thos. O. Varnall
was chrsen as the remaining olerloaldelegate to the
general Convention. The laity failed to elect.
On motion, the Convention adjourned,
... Fourth of July.—This day is more
doubly dear to the American people. It eat.noo
back the mind to the dais of ’7B It Is made more
glorious by tbe victories of Vicksburg and GefcW*
burg Id *6S* The forth-oomlDg anmvcrsMy will
probably be a day of very great
United States, to auoh an extent that It Will have no
parallel In tbe history of national holiday*! If there
29 to be **y public d- monetratlon, tbe city authori
ties should confrstnoe at once. Fourtn of July
without pyrotechnic displays would be tamo* tne
union League, oompoaed of a body of enterprising,
valuable, and prominent oltlsens, will, in all proba
bility get up a fine display in front of thoirnew and
beautiful building on Broad street. Whatever
Is to be done should be done quickly. Orders for
fire worts, and the programme of pieces should
be arranaed at occe, so that time may be given to
to fulfill them without fcurry. Pro
fesfior Jaokeon has had his establishment exploded
on occasions, because of delaying the
issuing or tbe orders to the last moment, thus hur
rvlfiff film ID the performance of tne work. He has
already arranged some new ftDd bSftUtltul pieoes
suited to the Victorious age In whloh wo live, hat as
It is evident the demand will be very extensive, the
orders ot societies, 'corporations, Union Leagues,
&0.. should be made at o&ce. ,
Stopping awhile at Chester,a few days since, we
found the Professor busy In making cartridges for
the General Government. Everything here worts
with precision. The building used is located on the
river front. It is an did stone structure, built in
the year 1720, as we observe on a tablet. The old
fashioned brass bnooker on the door contains the
name D. Porter. This place was once the mansion
of Commodore Porter. It Is surrounded with au
old-fartloned piazza, and plenty of shrubbery.
Daring the recent rebellion It has been occupied as
one of the most extensive cartridge*malting eatab'
biifehments lu the country. Professor Jackson will
devote a portion or bis tins®—having secured the
best artists la the country—to the making of such
pieces as may bo ordered. Several thousand pounds
of the material have already been prepared to meet
the great emergency incident to the great national
holiday. From present orders already received,
there will be a pretty general display of first-class
fireworks, by private parties. In some neighbor
hoods, tbe residents have commenced the collection
of funds, among themselves, for grand exhibitions.
«Italian aune,” the " danoe of the serpents,” and
u magic rings,” seem to be among the most popular
of the smaller range of pieces.
Apfbal to the Charitable.—Patrick
McGufpan, private of Oompany A, 29bh Regiment,
P. V., was badly wounded in the leg at ftesaca,
Georgia, May 15th, 1894. He Is an Inmate at the
Nicetown Hospital. This soldier is just able to
walk on crutches and too ill to be discharged. He
has not received any pay since February, 1804, near
ly sixteen months since. His wife and two cnlldrea
are of course in distress. She reoelves $5 per
month from the relief committee, bat pays $5 50
rent. She has received some work from the arsenal,
but Incessant application at the needle has caused
her health to decline. Application In her behalf
having been made to Paymaster Taggart, this gen
tleman gave her the following note to the editors
of The Frets: ”By order of the Paymaster Gene
ral we have to retain all funds for the payment Of
muster ed-out and discharged men. These require all
our time and money. 1 trust lu a abort time we
shall be able to pay all.” The ” Olty Pastor” has
visited this woman and recommends h»r to the
sympathy of the people. Persons desiring to ren
der any assistance may Bend their contributions to
him at his residence, 1341 Lombard street, or may
call upon the family. No. 9 Earl street, between
Twe&ty-fourth and Twenty.fifth strests, and Green
and Coates Streets. Wo have beard of numbers of
solders Who have not yet received their bfldlf pay,
but Unole Samuel will soon make everything right.
Until that period, however, private assistance 1* ne»
ccßE&ry,
How a Street was CLEANSED.—Yes
terday morning Mr. William M. Cooper, president
of the Cooper-Shop Commutes, employed a man,
liorse, and oart for the purpose or having Otsego
street oleatsed. This was considered Imperative,
as the public scavengers had not paid an; attention
to that well-shadod thoroughfare. The women
general!;, residing on the street, tamed ont, and
applying their brooms In a most lively manner, the
street was speedily made unexceptionable la regard
to cleanliness. Soldiers are expected to arrive
there in the coarse of a few days, and many seenes
of congratulation will take place. A proud welcome
home awaits the victorious veterans.
Ascension Day.—To-day will be the
solemn festival of the Ascension, and It will be
duly observed in onr Episcopal and Roman C .tln-
Uc oburobes. At tbe oathedral of St. Peter anil it.
Paul on Eighteenth street, there will be Impressive
services.
Lecture at Concert Hall.—Master
Alfred Taylor, of East Tennessee, has consented to
deliver a lecture for the benefit of the Ladles Asso
ciation for the Belief of Befugees. The young gen
tleman is an entertaining orator. Tae leotare wIU
tnke[place on Monday evening next, at Concert
May Festival.— The annual festival for
the benefit of the St. John’s Orphans 1 Asylum, wIU
take plaoe this afternoon on the grounds of the
Asylum. There will doubtless be a very happy
time. It Is a noble charity, one that appeals at
once to true sympathy.
The Soldiers* Return.— Laurels are
being collected by the Union Volunteer Refresh
ment Committee for decorating their saloons, and
for presentation to the soldiers upon their return
home.
Bov Drowned. —Thomas Welsh, aged
five years, reeding in Gay street, Manayunk, was
drowned in the oanal at that place yesterday after- 1
noon.
THE. COURTS.
United States District Court—Judge
Cadwalader.
CHAB6B OV-BHTIOING SOLDIBBB TO DHSRRT.
The United States VB. Clark, Ramsey, and Mai*
lin. Indictment for enticing a soldier to desert, and
harboring and concealing deserters. Before report
ed. The defence in this case was the hitherto gene
ral good character of the defendants, and the ques
tionable character of the witnesses for the United
States, upon whose unsupported testimony a con
viction wae asked. The veracity of these witnesses
was attacked by the defence, and it was shown that
one of them, Michael-Graham, had been convicted
In Schuylkill county of stealing, and had been sen
tenced to the prison of tbe oonntyfar four months.
It aleo appeared that at one time during the rebel
lion he bad been In the rebel service.
It was also shown by the admission of White,
another of the witnesses for the United States, that
he likewise had been in the rebel service. It wab
contended for the defence that such men ought not
to be believed, and that It would be unsafe fora
jury to convict upon their testimony. The testi
mony closed at a late hour yesterday afternoon,
when, alter the argument of counsel on both Bides,
the cate was given to the jury, under the instruc
tions of the court. They had not agreed upon a
verdict when the court adjourned*
District ConiWndge Hare.
George Hall vs. Henry P. M. Btrklnblne, John
Blthlnblne, and Henry Stewart. This suit is brought
to recover from defendants, who are officers of the
Water Works at Fatrmount, for burning a oanal
boat belonging to plaintiff, which had got loose and,
floating down, had lodged upon the dam, where It
remained, with one end projecting over, for several
days. Plaintiff complained that the defendants
caused his boat to be burned without having first
made an effort to ascertain who Its owner was, and
without knowing whether be was or was not making
arrangements to have It removed from the dam. He
olsimed that he had made arrangements to have
the boat removed, and was only awaiting a fall in
the water to commenee operations.
The defence was that the position of the boat en
dangered the safety of the dam, and that after
waiting a reasonable time, three days.for the owner,
who was unknown to them, to remove the boat, de
fendants thought It their duty as public officers and
as custodians oi the works upon whioh the city re
lied for a supply of water, to remove the threatened
cause of danger to the dam. The only way to do this
was to destroy it, and they accordlnglv ordered the
boat to be fired. Negllgenoa was also, charged upon
the plaintiff in not having properly scoured his boat,
and It was shown that It had not been fastened for
several days, but having broken loose or been un
loosed, had floated until flooded off by high water,
and thence down to the dam. Ic was also ia evi
dence for the defense that the plaintiff hid given
but $6O for the boat a short time before.
Judge Haro lnstruoted the jury that if the de
fendants believed the dam in danger by reason of
tbe craft resting upon It, and that on account of the
stage of water she oonld not be got off. then they
were justifiable in setting her on fire. If the con
trary, plaintiff ought to recover. Jury out. Earle
and white for plaintiff, Selles for defendant.
THE POLICE.
[Before Mr. Aldermen Toland 1
DISTUBBANCE IN A TAVERN.
William Eokbrlne, Alfred Crawford, and P. Baker
were arraigned, yesterday, on the obarge of Inciting
to riot- It is alleged the party went to the “ Astor
House,” on New Market street, above Willow, and
engaged in a disturbance, daring which a man was
very badly beaten. Tbe prisoners were arrested, on
board an oyster boat in the Delaware, about fonr
o’clock yesterday morning. They were committed
to answer.
COUNTRRPEIT OUERENO7.
James Andrews and Joseph Trnmbull were ar
raigned before the same magistrate on the charge
of passing oounterfelt fifty-cent currency. Nearly
twenty dollars Of tbe Bpurlous paper were fonnd
npon the aoonred. The prisoners were committed
In default of $2,000 ball to answer.
[Before Mr. Alderman Settlor.)
MURDEROUS OCCUBBBNOB.
Philip Thomas and Charles Burke were arraigned
yesterday on the obarge of beating a man In a most
violent manner. It Is alleged they knocked him down
in the vlolnlty of Second and Walnut streets, and
kicked him. He was badly li-jored. The prisoners
were bound over to answer at court.
[Before Mr. Alderman Paichel. 3
STABBING OAJSB.
-John Lynoh was arraigned yesterday morning, on
the charge of stabbing a man able danee house, near
Seventh and Lombard streets, at an early hour yes
terday morning. A general disturbance occurred,
during which one of the belligerents was stabbed.
Lynoh was committed.
CITY ITEMS.
THE GB3ATEBT M AHUPACITtJBING SBWING Ma
chine op the Age.— We have already taken occa
sion to notice the celebrated new large-size Shuttle
Sewing Machine recently Introduced to the public
by the Grover & Baker Sewing Maohlne Oompanyi
and would here state that we have examined its
work and seen it in operation, and that nothing
eould be more satisfactory in Its results. The bold
and substantial manner in which it performs the
most difficult and laborious sewing, and tbe faolUty
with whioh it glides from the lightest work to the
stitching of even threefold heavy leather, without
change of tension or thread, is most surprising.
The maohlne, moreover, operates more noiselessly
than any other manufacturing in use, ana is cer
tainly destined to supersede all others In use. The
maohlne referred to may be seen at the agent’s
warerooms, No. 730 Chestnut street, where opera
tors are taught without charge, whether they wish
to purchase or not. We advise all who desire to see
a perfeot piece of mechanism to call at 730 Chestnut
street.
The Best Fitting Shiet oe the Age Is 11 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,
add warranted to give satisfaction. His stock of
Gentlemen’s Famishing Goods cannot be surpassed.
Prices moderate. ■
GHBAT Hbddotior in PeiobS.— WOOll & City,
726 Chestnut street, in view of the advanced state
of the season, are now selling their entire stock of
trimmed hats and honnßts, and fancy goods gene
rally, at coit. Their stoak of these goods is the
best in the oity.
Ast.— Among the paintings to be sold this eve
evening, at Scott’s Art Gallery, 1020 Chestnut
itreet, we notloe subjects by Paul Bitter, E. Mo
ran, Merle, Yon Jeben, Naysmltb, Carrabaln, Ben
nington, and othejs, all worthy the thorough exa.
a.iiiatlon by connoisseurs. Sale to oommenoe at
7 % o’clock.
Mbs S. A. Allen's wobld’s Hair Ksstoheb
Ann Dressing have no equals, and should be used
at this season, my2s-thmBt
Ladies' Sundowns.— We have received another
lot el Mackinaw straw Sundowns, and advlso ladles
wanting a novelty In sun hats to call at onoe.pn.
Charles Oakford It Sens, continental Hotel, my2o-6t
<■ AnßAjuwJd2loai.lt ab A FATHaß.’’—From the
original plotnre, presented by Sir. Lincoln to G.
Gumpert, Esq., of Philadelphia.
COPT BIOHT BBOUBRD.
The attention of the pnbllo Is oalled to this very
admirable Photograph of onr lamented President,
and his son Thomas, familiarly known as "Tad.’’
The original of this Interesting picture was pre
sented by Mr. Lincoln to Hr. a. Gumpert, of Phila
delphia, and is generally regarded aa the best pic
ture extant ef our fatten chief. The faithfulness, as
a likeness, of this, the original plotnre of President
Lincoln and ran, is endorsed by Bey. Edward 1 D.
Neill, private secretary of the President; Bey. Dr.
William H. Farness, ex-Gowemor Pollock, Hon.
William D. Kelley, Thomas w. Sweney, Etq.,
United States Eevenue Department, and by all who
were brought into frequent Intercourse with Hr,
Ltneoia. *
ALSO, JUST BBADT,
a now and very char&c terlstlff plot ore, termed
“ I WIBH AM BTH« TO BB 7BBB,"
ropresontlng Mr. Lincoln In a sitting posture, on.
gaged In reading. The features, position, to., of
this Iplolmre are the same as In the one above de
scribed.
{These, the original pictures, have the titles “I Wish
all Men to be Free " end " Abraham Lincoln as a
Father," autograph of the late President, and copyright
entered by G. Gumpert.)
ABBAHAH LINCOLN AT BOMB,
This beautiful plotnre, 24x20 Inches In elxe, repre
sents Hr. Lincoln at his home, In Springfield, 111,
His two boys are with him, Willie sitting on the
fence, and Thomas, better known as Tad, standing
beside him. This plotnre was taken hat a few days
before Hr. Lincoln left Springfield for Washington,
on the occasion of his first Inauguration. Also, con
nected with this work of art, and most beautifully
executed, Is Hr. Llnooln’s farewell address, de
livered February 12,1891, to his eld friends and
neighbors, and whloh has proven so prophetlo.
Every friend and admirer of our lamented Presi
dent should have a copy.
Ohaelbb Dhbilvbb,
Publisher,
1229 Chestnut street.
Also, for sale, fine pictures of
President Johnson,
General Grant,
General Sherman,
General Sheridan,
Panorama of Btohmond,
Views of Libby Prison,
Views of Castle Thunder,
Views of Tredegar Iren Works,
Baker Planning the Oaptore of Booth,
together with a well-seleoted and extensive stock of
interesting pictures, views, photographs, Ac., con
nected with the rebellion.
Frames of every description supplied. Send for
oatalogue. mj2s ths2t
Mbs. S. A. Ambn’b Wobld’b Haib Kbstobbb
and Dbbbsino give life, growth, and beaut; to the
hair, myat-thmSt
Froh Nbw York AUOTIOJf Sale.—Most do
elded bargains in Dress Goods.—One lot of 2,000
' yards of beautiful Plaid Lenoes, at 29 bents per
yard. Dress Goods In great variety. Splendid styles
In Frenoh Lawns, 39 eents.
Alpacas,
Mohairs,
De Lalnes,
Valencias,
Grenadines,
All reduced In prloe.
Linens, Table Linens, Towels.
Napkins, Dollies—bargains. *
John Bubnb, 247 South Eleventh street,
. above Spruce.
Mbs. S. A. Aura’s Wobld's Haib Bbbtobbb
aud Dbbbbikh for restoring color and natural
beauty. my29-thmst
Chbhkt.— A Chinese tiller, having stolen a mis
sionary’s watch, brought It back to blm the next
day to learn how to wind it up. The missionary
gave the scamp some good advice, recommending
him to leave the country, and told him that ir ho
wanted to look like a gentleman while acting like
an honest man to get his wearing apparel at the
Brown Stone Clothing Hall of Boekhlll & Wilson,
Nos. 608 and 60S Chestnut street, above Sixth.
Mbs. S. A. Aura's Wobld's Haib Bbbtobbb
ahd Dbssbibg : the people appreciate them In this
country and Europe, my2s-thnBt
Attbrtiob Is called to Faotory and Hill property
at a sacrifice, under real-estate heading. my 29 st*
Mbs. S. A. Aura’s Wobld’s Haib Übbtorbb
add Dbbssimo act upon the roots, producing rapid
growth and new life. my2s-thmst
Eva, Ear, and Oatabbb, successfully treats,
ky J. Isaacs, H. D., Oculist and Aurlst, 619 Pine at-
Artificial eyes Inserted. No obarge for examination.
Mbs. 5. A. Allbn’b World’s Haib Bbbtobbb
abd Dbbssibs for restoring, invigorating, and
beautifying the hair. my2S-thmBt
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL,
The reoent proclamation of the President raising
the blockade of the Southern ports marks the coal'
meccement of a sew era for the South—an era of
probably greater commercial prosperity than has
ever been witnessed before. It may be two or three
years before that prosperity is fully developed and
exhibited, for the old-fashioned machinery of the
Son them trade is considerably out of order. Since
the fall of Blohmond no leas than fifty-two vessels,
exclusive of Government transports, left New York
for Southern ports, eighteen of which cleared for
Blohmond and the James river, six Tor Charleston,
six for New Orleans, lour for Mobile, six for Wil
mington and Beaufort, and ten for Savannah and
Fernandina. All these vessels took oargoes largely
composed of foreign goods, the owners of which wish
no better than to barter them for Southern pro
ducts. The Journal of Commerce remarks that the
official opening of the Southern ports will not laud
to an active trade unless some steps an taken to
supply the South first with the necessary currenoy,
and to Increase the floating eapltal available
there Tor business purposes. An early settler In Ar
kansas onoe remarked thathehad seen the day when
a whole seotion of land In hts neighborhood would
have been exchanged for a good pair of boots.
When asked If he did not desire the land, he replied
In the affirmative. “ Why did you not buy it thon 1"
said tbe questioner. “ Beoause,” he replied, "I
hadn’t the boots!" This will apply to the South.
Those who look only at the Southern need, have
visions of an Immense demand for (supplies j and so
far the prospect is wide enough. But when we
look for tho ue&ns of payment, the enumeration 13
more simple, and the view narrows to an Infinitesi
mal point. A few capitalists heretofore identified
with Southern trade, and having funds In England,
have drawn for them, and taking the proceeds In
greenbacks, have gone South to open business ne
gotiations. But there must be more of this pioneer
work before the trade can he aetlre. The needy
are spread over the globe; bnt mere want does not
create commerce. The means to purchase that
which Is needed Is the motive power which sots the
wheels of Industry In motion and attracts tile enter
prise of the merohant.
Tie StOCk market was steady and quiet yester
day. There was little said in Government bonds,
tho market generally being quiet for this descrip
tion of securities. The only bonds that appeared
to he in demand were the five-twenties, whloh sold
at 103—a decline of x. State loans wero firmer.
The war-loan sixes sold at 101 x, whloh is an ad
vance of IX- City sixes were unohanged; the sew
sold at 94X, and the municipal at 94X- Company
bonds were In moderate demand, with some slight
Improvement In prices. The share list wa9 general
ly better; Beading closed at 4f, an advanced X>
Pennsylvania Ballroad at 65X, an advance of %;
and Philadelphia and Erie at 20X, an advance of
X; Catawlssa preferred and Camden and Amboy
were weak, at lower figures. The oil stocks were
generally dull.
The Board of Directors of the Maple Shade Oil
Co, bave declared a dividend of four per cent, on
the capital stock of the company, clear of State
taxes.
Stamford Sc Houston is tho name of &[new firm
who bare just opened a stock and exchange and
general banting noose at No, 25 South. 7)11(1 street.
Both of the gentlemen thus associated are compe
tent and Intelligent business men. Mr. Houston
was formerly of tbe firm of Howes, Miller, A 00.
The following were the quotations for gold yea
terday at the hours named:
10 A, M
11 A. M.......
.12 M 13d;,'
IP, M ISSJf
DP. M 134J4
*P.M 134 X
The subscriptions to the seven-thirty loan, re.
celved by Jay Ooohe yesterday, amonnt to *1,078,-
600, Inelndlng one of *176,000' from Philadelphia ■
Oh* Of *lOO,OOO Iron* the First National Bank, St,
Paul) one Of *lOO,OOO from Hanns, Hart, & C 0„
Pittsburg; one of *50,000 from the First National
Bank, Allegheny; one of *OO,OOO from the Second
National Bank, Cleveland, Ohio, and one of tine,-
<OO from the Seoond National Bank, St. Louis.
There were T 56 Individual subscriptions of *so@*ioo
eaoh.
The following were the closing quotations for the
principal oil stooks:
Bid. Sak. Bid. Ask,
Alleg £hrer~-<* 1 •> HeCllntortOU.. .« 3
Ail« ATMeoufce. 1 .. Mineral OU.'. M «. x; .
Big Tauk~*> IX 181 Mingo. 2>£ 2^c
Bruner Oil K Mcßiheny Oil..** .. sy.
Bull Ur««k...~~ H ll-16 McCrea&Cherß. 11.16 .
BriggsOil....♦*•* •• 2% Hoble & Delam.. 3
Burning 6pg Pet •> 2 OU Creek 5.... i}l 0
Continental Oil-. • % Organic OU.**.,. m X
Greneent City.**. 68 1 Olmstead 0i1..-.. .. ij{
Cuitin....« 6 Petroleum} Cent. •« 2*i
S. .iPhiUibil Crk
Coin Flanter~«»
Caldwell.-..—.. 2X S/4 Rook oil— 2)4
Dow Crook. ...... H .. Ratbbone Pat.... ik ..
nifcrry 80n...,. 2)4 231 Sherman %
Dnskard oil.. 1 m Story Farm ou.. Ti .91
Iluntcard CrkOll k k Seh&OUGrk X ..
Densmore oil— IK 2 8t Nicholas...... .. 2)4
DnlzeilOll..— 4K 4XStory n entre..... • • 8
kxcelsiorOil..... 69 X Sua.r Cra0i...... 6 8
Erben.... 2K 2K Sugar Dale IK • •
Bi doradok y. Sunbary ..<.—*« •- K
Hlbberd Cll % .. Terr Hmnestead. .. tX
Hyde Farm- .... 2K • Onion Petroleum .. k
Jnuetlon....—,. Sk 4 Venango Oil 66 X
Keystone OH—.. 2 2K Walnut Island.. IK IK
Maple Shade Oil. .. IS Watson ■■ S
Sir. E. Cooper Shapley, Jr., of til© Philadelphia
bar, has prepared with great oare and accuracy a
pamphlet under the title of a “ Legal Guide for Oil
Companies and stockholders, Inducing a Digest of
the Mining Laws ol Pennsylvania.” The booh Is
Invaluable to persons interested In the mining and
petroleum interests and business men generally.
All the eats Of Assembly relating to the organiza
tion of mining and oil corporations are, given at
length, with numerous decisions by the Supreme
Court of Pennsylvania, showing the rights, powers,
and liabilities of corporations In general, with the
liability ef subscribers, stockholders, *o. The
pamphlet Is published by Messrs. 1 owler & Moon.
The First National Bank ol Phocnlxville has re
solved to Increase Its stock £50,000. This will en
title each stockholder to one additional share for
each two now held. They must be taken by the
stockholders before June 8, or they will be offered
for sale to other parties.
Dreiel A Co. quote -
New United States Bonds, 1881..., 108tf@109
“ “ ■* Oertir. of Indebt’ss. 99 i'-iffi 99 jr
Quartermasters’ Veuohers 97 q 99
Quid @lB6
Sterling Exohange ...UB @ll9
6-29 Bonds, old 10S)i@lU3V
“ “ new . 103tfil033i
1W080nd5,,,,,,.8J1w 94
MN or Htoefea. Mmy 84,
THI PUBLIC BOABD.
100 Keystone—.-blO. 5X 100 J4;nt*omsry
800 do—.— s9o. 2 lOODaaksrd—,K
100 do. ——.bid XXi 200 do
100 do—2l-Wj 100 Atlas Oil— !Jj
100 do— 2 I 8
BBCOKD CALL.
IBOOGIty Os—94H 100 WeKeaACR..M, „
IWObMrj U«» 2X 800Mingo— W !i
IPO Barbara IX 100 do "g
ICO d 0...—. IX 100 d0.—...510w, B ji
son do—too. 1 M 200 Oil Cr A C R -TVs' B «!
,M 0 do. bM IX WO Walnut Hlanl “1 ,**
1000 do IO3X 000 do J'll
2M do—— IOSSi M 0 Oil Greek A 08. .8
100 Hcßta Sc O B IX luO Atlas s $
100 do— MolB'l6 TO - oral Ji
100 do b». IX' 600 Winslow
200 d 0....—. 1316 100 Pocahontas ...tin* 1 "
100 do MO. IX 4.0 do —.. S' }•§
100 do —MO IX wo - 8 31
THE PEOPLE'S STOCK KXCHAHGB.
200 Dank «ri ....
*OO K>w«t<hn* oil. .u*4 Ji
SMSf Nichols*...y. «
100 dQ»++*«aeet*bi<t ni
SCO AHw ,oi,h: l 'jj
E BOABD OP BBOEEBS.
. 4 Cb.,Ob. 00 S. Thirt a
BOABD.
100 Maple Shade u
2LO Cherry 8u5.~.b30
116 Keystone Oil. .bio. 2X
6.0 do —,30 2
100 do——— bl 9. SX
1(0 do.,
100 Montgomery H
}ool>anfcftrd»*** 1 3?
]CG %
lCOKejßtoj«o!lecoMc 8
BALBB AT THE &lOUL£
Reported bjt Bemt, Miller ,
BEPOEB
100 Reading 4^l
200 City 6>
4000 Alta coeoopoa ob.. 73^!
lIBOTBOABD.
«gBS::fia *
SS**aS“Bg fi
SO2dA 84-« t 8..~.. 77 100 Jersar W.uV .*&
SOXJpion Pb*». 20 100T7ppsr EdUnd..*. ,5J
KOBeadieilß..iown 46» 809£vk«>. ->H %
IPO. do—.♦—»*»ls 488 lOQlfcTllntock OH
200 00 caah 4B* 350 M)D*o **
MO Corn Planter S« 500 MoOr.a &0 R. .t,™
200 Cherry 8un....... 2.31 100 Oil Ore ah a q 'J® Jg
12TO do bfi. lots 231 100 do S 3
6CO do——— 2% 500 St Nicholas .i O U
600 Caldwell Oil.—* 3% ,w “ 2 *
BETWEBI
4 Cam & Am B.—-127
100 RoatdiJßrß—.ttW 46%
SCO do.— - 47
SOO do *3O 46%
SCO do. ——. 47
200 do..— - 47
100 d 0.—47%
TiO 1t5..b60 47%
200 do— It6.2dy» 47
ICO do—2dye4B%
era os 5 20 fids 105
KlOli do cih.103%
60 Corn Planter...... 3
SECOND
loro City <8 umi 9i?{\
610 B * B T 3d m Bde 8j
GfiO do—. ■»* 80
2CCO doe—... latmt 90
4 Penna B— mx
110 Catawprf.—..b3o 24%j
APTBB BOARDS.
ICOBcWe& vßel .-M. ft% 2000 Cltr 6a old Manl., an-
ItGOSehuyJ Jaarda ’B2. 78 200 d 0.... whl
109 Beading K—‘.eSQ. 47 70»Dctakard \t?
ICO d 0..... eft). 47 100 Jersey Well ..id
SMAltest &Tidet6o 11 16 100 d 0.... fa3o 3
10U Oil Gk ACh Ban-• 2% 300 St Nicholas 0i1.... Ji?
KOOCarr&Am snort 6s 100 400 Royal 0i1,.. fi*
m do In KiOs.lOO 60 U S 5- 20 bonds
7COOClly6s old Mont. 94% IWO State WarLoaa6s.l3l%
SALES AT THE CLOSE.
SraCataw<om—b3o- 13 2HfO TT B 5 20».
ICOAtiaeOil .6$ 10 0• do -- iS|S?
100 do*. ——* .W iO®Jer«*yWell,...... is
100 CO#»»»f» ——•-8 a l<iO Head lac R..,.cqrt ,Ift.
2) cxjUßs 20n .....lfxili 6000ITS# ZOs cmppns.lMt
The New York Post of yesterday says;
Gold Ib more active, and the quotations an
higher. The opening prloewas 132Jd, the highest
130, and at the dose 133% was bid.
The loan market la easy and abundantly Buppliei
at 6 per cent., with Aransactlons at lower rates,
Commercial paper pales at 7@9 per cent.
■ Before the board New York Central was selling
at 81%, Erie at 73% Reading at 93%. MlchWja
Southern at 60%. ana Rock Island at 95%.
The following quotations were made at the Board
as compared with yesterday:
Wed. To. Adv. Das,
TJ. 8. Oa.aonpon, 1881—.«...108% 198% .. ..
n. g 6-it «mn0»,.~,....~..108% 103%
TJ. 8. 6.20 eonpons, new.......1',3% 103% ..
TJ. 8. 10 40 eonpons . mn 94% ..
V. 8. Certificate*—99% 99% *.
Tennessee 6e...—34 64 ..
Hlieouri 6*.66 65 .. ~
Atlantic Mail .146 144 2
Near York Central. —— 9'* 91 %
Brit —73 g 73 X
Erie preferred.—..—.. 83 82 1 ..
Hudson Biver—.—.—lQO 98% 1%
Beading.—.. 93% 92% X
Michigan Central. •■*— 107 109 1
Michigan Sontfeen—. —.6o% 69% l
imnoie Central .117 116% X »?
BOABOS,
100 Goutlbeutal.. n,
ICO Maple Shade lotsi-li'
00 Pesnaß i i
iron SehHarOrOl... . ?/'
00 MeR AB.k Land ‘I
to Pttlla & K 8...030 21V
-210 flew Greek J
100 Caiaw B i 4
!00 Walnut laid
too McQ &Gh 8...h30 0
1000 Oita 0* new ml
ItKO
BOABD.
100 Citawprf...
CO Sch Nav'nrf 171 J
to i*M«h Baa Slock 11 ‘
SOO *1 Dorado •,, ] 1111,
460 OCk ACIIB..IOS B>i
After the hoard the market was buoyant. Erie
rose to 74K, cloßlng at li*{ ; Now York Control
closed at $2 ; Hudson at 10(J14: Beading at 9'! y. ;
Michigan Souihorn at eojjr. Later, Brie sold at 73 %,
Philadelphia markets.
May 84—Evening,
The Flour market Is rather firmer, but the de
mand 1b limited, and the sales are oonfioed to the
wants of the retailors and bakers, at from *6,259
6,76 for superfine, *6,8737.25 for extra, $7 M@i,6o
for extra family, and *9@lo $ bbl for fancy brands,
as to quality. Bye Flour and Com Bteal oontlnue
dull, and we hear of no sales or either ,• 100 bbis extra
Flour sold at *7, and 800 bbls extra family at *7 ooa
8 50?) bbl.
Gkaim.—Wheat i« ratter seatse, and prime Is In
demand at foil prices; about 6,000 bushels sold in
lots at 166@i650 for fair to prime Western and
Pennsylvania reds, and white at l76@*ooe « has,
as to quality. Bye Is better, 1000 bqs Wes ern s>ld
at 800. Corn Is firm, with sales of 3,000 bu3het3
prime yellow at 78@80o ¥i bus la the oars and In
store; at the olose most holders ask more. Oats are
scarce and In demand, with saleß at 65e « bus.
Bask.—There Is very little domain Quercitron,
bntflist No. 1 Is firmly held at »so $) ton
Cottok.—The market Is firm at fully former
rates, but the demand is limited, and the sales are
In small lots only at 85@600 ft lb cash for middlings.
h'KTKor.KIiM continues dull; small sales are re.
ported at 36c for etude j 60@610 for refitted 111 bUDII,
and Tree at from 70@71e gallon, as to quality,
Gbooebieb.—Sugar Is in fair demand at abont
former rates, with sales of 300 hhds Cuba at Tram
BK@o%t 9 fli, in gold. Coffee Is scarce, and we
hear oi no sales worthy of notice.
Sbbdb.—Cloverseed is very dnll, and we hear of
no Sales, Timothy IS alee dull and quoted at s4@
4.36 bo. pioaseed Is selling In a small way at
from ti 6«@2 65 $1 bn.
Pnovisioss.—The market is very dull at about
former rates, and the sales are in small lots only;
Bless Fork Is quoted at s2s@2f bbt; Bacon Is sell*
tug Is a small way at 20@28c $1 lb for plain and
fancy canvassed Hams. Butter Is very dull and
prtceß are rather lower. Eggs are selling at 2s@2?o
dozen.
Hay.—Baled is selling at $20@23 V ten.
Whisky.— There Is little or nothing doing In the
way of sales, and the.market Is very dull, Pennsyl
vania and Ohio bbls are offered at 205@20g0 y
gallon.
The following are the reeelpts of Floor and Grain
at this port to-day:
F10ur.....
,.1,420 bbls,
3,800 bus,
3 000 bn*.
3,200 bus.
■Wheat...
Corn
Oats
Mew Terk Harkets, Hay 154.
Bread£tufpB,—The market for Stats and West,
ern Flour Is 10@15o better; sales e,ooo bbla at (6a
020 for superfine state; to 59@6 65 for extra State;
*6 70@8 86 for eholee do ; *6@B.2ofor superfine West
ern; *6 50@7 for common to medium extra Western;
*7.C6@7 26 for common to good shipping brands ex*
tra round-hoop Ohio.
Canadian Flour Is 10@15o better; sales 500 bbls at
ss.so@aso for common, and (7@B 75 for gond to
aholce extra. Southern Flour le nrmar, sites 700
hbls at $7.2(@8 20 for comma, a«d *8 SG@IS.S6 fIP
faney and extra. Bje Flour la dull.
Corn Meal is Arm. Wheat Is 2@9e better; sales
14.000 bushels winter red Western at *1.45. Eye Is
quiet. Barley Is. dull. Barley Malt Is dull. Oatl
are dull and drooping.
The Oorn market Is 2@30 better, with a limited
supply; sales 7,500 bus new mixed Western at 820.
Pbovisiohs.—The Pork market Is lower; sales
6,£00 bbJs at *21.76@22 37 for new mess; *2o® 20.60
for 'O3-s do. cash and regular way; t18@18.50 for
prime, and slo@ls.so for prime mess.
The beef market Is dull; sales 300 bbls at About
previous prices.' Beef hams are steady. Out meats
ate qolet; sales 175 pkgs at 13@14 for shoulders,
and io@iB for hams. The lard market Is a little
firmer; sales 100 btup at I9@iB?j.
Whisk? 18 dull and nomtnal »t *1.95 for WelteM.
Tallow Is Arm; sales 174,(00 Its at io@io.if.
Chicago markets, Hap a».
There was a more active inqalry for Floar. owing
to advices from New York reporting the decline
there to have been checked, but there was no visi
ble change in quotations. We note sales of 1550
bbls at $9 for white winter extras; $5@e.62, l .£ for
fair to fanoy spring extras, and $455@4 75 for spring
snpers.
At the morning session of the Stock Exchange
Vo. 1 spring Wheat sold at $1,16%@117 for “spot,”
a decline of }&@?4o on the closing price of yester
day, but on the “curbstone” there was a good In
quiry by “ short sellers,” and the market sold as high
as $llB, at which figure It opened on ’Change.
There was a good inquiry for Corn, and the offer
ings being light the market ruled unusually buoy
ant, and an advance of 6j070 was obtained on No. l,
c@4c on No. 2, and 2@30 on rejected, In store.
Canal Corn was quiet, and in 11# bt supply. The
sales foot up 73,000 bushels, at 62@680 for N 0.1,43
@460 for No. 2, and 42@430 for rejected, la store,
atd 52c fcr No. l. canal, afloat—the market oloslng
quiet at the outside figures for corn in store.
Under an active speculative demand, the Olt
market was quite firm and buoyant, and we note an
advance of s@4o buthel, with sales of 224,0 m
bushels at37)£@4oo for No. I—mostly 3BW@4Qo —and
3e@37c for No. 2, In store.
LETTER BAGS,"""-
AT THB MERCHANTS’ BXCHANOB, PHILADBLTHIA.
Bark Roanoke, Cooksey,Laguayra & P Oabello, soon
Brig Ella Reed, Tuzo Havana, soon
Brig Emma, F0u1ke...... Port Spain, soon
PHILADELPHIA BOARD OF TRADE*
AKDRBW WBBBLBR, )
Edward Y. Townsbnd, > Com. of thb Month.
Horaob J. Smith, )
MARUVE EVTEIiUfiEarCE.
POKT OF PHILADELPHIA, MAT 94.
Sum 8ibb5.4.41 I Sun Sbtb.7.ls | Hioh Watbk. .2 43
ARRIVED.
Brig Julia Ford, Burgees, 6 days (Tom Port Royal,
In ballast to oaptaln.
Schr Four Sisters, Sheerer, 6 days from Hattoras
Inlet, la ballast to oaptaln.
Sour O A Stetson, Somers, from Newborn, In bal
last to oaptaln.
Sett LAndenrled, Compton, 4 days from For
tress Monroo, In ballast to oaptaln.
SehrJUkry D Ireland (new), Ireland, from Egg
Harbor,lAbsllaet to oaptaln.
Sota S A'Taylor, Dnltes, from Washington, In bal
last to oablant.
: Schr CraJeester, Perry, from Somerset, In ballast
to L Andhnrled ago. _
Schr Jasß Watson, Little, from Weymouth, N O,
ifi ballast to oaptaln*
Sehr Jas Bnehaloo, Adams, from Norwich, In bal
last to oaptaln. ,
Sour Alexander, Bowen, ftom Washington, lu bal
last to oaptaln.
Sobr iiacbal Stiller, Baker, from Washington, la
ballast to oaptaln.
Sobr A. D scull, Scull, from Fortress Monroe, in
ballast to captain.
Sobr J Clark, scull, from New York, In ballast to
° a |teamer Rotrglea, MoDormott, 24 hours from Now
York, with mdse to W P Clyde.
Steamer 1) Utley. Davis, 2t hours from New
Fork, with mdse to Wm M Baird St Co.
CLEARED. .
Steamship Tonenr*nda, Teal. City Point
Bark Victoria <ttr), Christian, Port aa Prince.
Brig BaTmah, Sherman, Sasraa.
SebrSJ Bright, Van Glider, C|ulnoy Poln&
bchr H P Simmons. Helm, Newoorn.
Sctar Bee, Hearn, Washington.
Schr J 0 Hemy, Love, Beep Creek,
F« r »rson, New H»vw»,
l C E r K o ' Pwt». Now Bedford,
Sobr Golden Eagle, Kelly, How Bedford,
bebr Joseph Warren, Wiley, Boston.
Meaner R Willing, Oundltf, Baltimore.
Steamer New Yorh, Davis. Washington,
bteamer Bristol, Charles, New Yorlc;
Steamer Princeton, Nickerson, Waßh'jpgtcm.
_ . „ MEMORANDA.
Sobr Sarah Orowell, Bowman, fK>bb New York
for Panama, was spoken U6tk March, lat 28 6i> Hi
lon 34 60.
Sobr Join Sanderson, Oarroil, kenee at HallFa*
161 b Inßiant.
Sokr Boxer, Oonrler, from New York for B isjon-
Wltll a coroo or ooalj went «*«> o« Oosben Res*
on Sunday evening, beat wr, and sunk 111 aonnE
lour fathoms of water, two miles S 3 W from New
London llehibouse. All bands saved,
-Ship Monsoon, lost on Howland’s Island, mas
tered 1,0091 ns, rated Al-, was built at Ne«“!»“'"f
Maine, in iB6O, and owned br l Nlokerson & Co, *1
Boston,