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THE NEWS.
ne y. 6eneral Speed has decidedthat the
eatiia no power to appoint Commis
, to adjust the claims of those persons
co:ion was captured in the different
eilies. They must seek redress
.1, the mode pointed opt by the taw in
to raptured or abandoned property.
, w ,,,thint order of the President of the
-'t•tt eg, dividing the country into Miff
i,lops and Districts, and assigning
etliccrs t o commands, wilt be found
repot tt
- -• I in Quebec that the Canadian
lorttt wilt soon he summoned, Lord
• hilynerreeeived important intelligence
will justify him in calling the body to-
Department has sent a letter to
Dahl,ren, thanhinF, him and his ofii
:lid 111011 for tile unlelciit manner in
'Cher rd in blockading the South
.ll ~r e3; o,.:essing the forts, and restoring
111.1.::1:“.3- Or the lams.
t 2,,istnnt Secretary of the Treasury,
n-taan, ynsteralay retired from his post.
ing !Welt alllJOinteinginiSter to Switz-
o!nt. Johnson yesterday granted par.
~ce - hundred and twenty-five rebels,
.I;ve of whom were Virginians.
bur Any, five soldiers requested a negro,
i‘ I::trry, near Washington, to do sonic_
for Mew,. The latter demurring, a sol
trmlf bita With a board, inflicting such a
wornbl that he died shortly after. The
ems were not arrmyted.
be Adjutant Generals' Convention, at
yesterday, statements of the number
.ops inini4ked by the different States
) ,..,:ehted. Pennsylvania sent into the
, mYttl men.
Trade Convention, et Detroit, yester
7e,olatton requesting the Government
• Mut , the Niagara ship-canal was adopt
-1,(2, one approving of the notice
;5s the termination of the neeiprocity
i:esolutions recommending to the Go.
f'lllh:Lt in any readjustment of the bur
' o xation it may De made to fall on the
InNuries of the people, and that the
a ion feels sure that all sacrifices to pay
zgairniftl debt will be cheerfully borne
pap:y r were unanimously* adopted.
.' , .;onination of Dr. Nichols ana Lawyer
touching the insanity of Miss Harris,
Ilea yesterday, in the court at Wash
:. rrhe former said the act of homicide,
•rt,y the conduct of the prisoner,was one
,me violence." Mr. Bradley testified
ht• had a sound mind, but her conduct
i, homicide showed that she had at
in an insane manner.
Ncw York detectives on Thursday
counterfeiter, named Cowsden, at
New Jersey, who had in his pos
rge amount of counterfeit currency,
SO well executed that it would pass
,_the best judges of spurious money.
evening ago, in Washington, a woman
iciccted in the aat of drowning herself
0 r‘marl clintlren, in Tiber creek, near
Kltimore Railroad depot. She said rter
nd was se dissipated that he would not
PI in.r or liar children, and that she had
v of gaining a living.
I;uni',z Museum, New York, and eleven
i join ing it were destroyed by fire
inv. The conflagration began about
ai IWeirc o'cloCk, and defied the beet
of the New York fire department
!I;,t :inn- until half-past three o'clock,
tea to the last-flowing,
volmaes of water. The loss is variously
6t , 1 I,i:A now at from $700,000 to $1,500,000
.1.44.0 e. Of course, M the haste, no cor
-1.-:::“ftte Call be made. We give in an
ail the facts and incidents.
v e silver mine,ll:sve been discovered
fool 01 the tlnOwy' flange, fifty miles
of Den ver City, Colorado Territory.
_rent excitement in consequence.
e! tier* and railway laborers in the Lake
rior region are on a strike. They prevent
• In trains from running over the railroad.
.nst-iron railing in front of Brock's store,
elaware a venue, near Vine street, fell pos
t•. kUiing one man.
remora of the interesting commence
eNvreisei: of the High School will be
•
our local columns.
r liordble outrage has occurred near
The victim was a child, and the
thrvt• young men. The child is in a
11 iition
: . fra.evdtent of Freedmen, at Shreve_
has notified planters that he
,t,! ,,, thero to drive old and Infirm
1:orn their plantationg.
'7:as, it is said, has declared ho would no
appose the Mexican Empire. - •
tiier General Chapman, the cavalry
has been breveted Major GeneraL
• rated meeting of City Councils was
y: - .-terklay. The Committee on Finance re
.l that the additions to the inmates of GI-
College last year increased the debt of
il,-.titetion $lO,OOO, whin, by some careful
which they propose, Will be re
-1111.4 year. A resolution was adopted
thc Mayor to ascertain what is to
the bounty money which is to be
4. , / hr, eamen who had enlisted in Phi
•d:l I , rfor to February, 1:36.5, and who are
A bill matting an ap
,A io,ooo for improving Fairmount
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6(.;: market was active yesterday, mid
an upward tendency. Reading
Pennsylvania advanced 1; Nor
:, and Camden and Amboy closed at
..c was no change in prices of passen-
hysy shares, whilst hank shares were in
•:..niaa<l. At 4P. M. gold closed at 141%.
7Leat market Wag more active yestet—
uthlneed, WlliiSt COM. WINS scarce
1!•an;tin(1. roe prices of cotton were
t , elling at 53L53 cents. The
' whisk; were Eonited, aY $2.13&2.15 per
elo.-c,l in Now York is t night at 142!4
A'TER r. OM "OCCASIONAL.9'
WisniNGTON, JIITy 13, 1865
tinlc create and require new men.
Wulion displaces ordinary elements,
vv,. prominence to novel remedies
"7 - 1:_111,(Z innovations.. Some superfi-
v. - ho note the almost total
4-•srance from the stage of action of
"m:“..rit men, who, with their kin-
matrolled politics from the be-
Government, exclaim " The
1 , 11;o rt bloods is gone." How can
y 1;0 - without the Clrtys,
Cat-
F PolltQ Breckinridgcs
to mention the characters that
;a < years preteAling the war, and
< rebellion itsell; typified in Jeffer-
Pierre Soule, and John Slidell?
must learn to do without them.
h is at kast certain. Neyer
these men be seen or heard of in
•-( ntihirs ; and I confess to a pro
: of joy as Idw upon the filet.
y l • true that the "new men" may
rs re.udy, apt, and cunning as the
<ies they supplant, but they will
:;e calcined to the tasks of Southern
labor ; and armed with the truths
Laze come out vigorous and vindi
i'; . (nu the war, they will proceed in
of reconstruction with a sunerior
oh•ness that, beginlting as theY
foundations of Government,
I ,e enabled to complete it without
e from those who have so long
misruled the Southern people.
t tlds aristocracy so power
their continued possession of
41, ti patramige. In nothing was sla
f-0 chum . crotts and so strong as in the
hat almost the same men were always
in the sonic high places ; so that it was
.nly the minority slaveholders that
?own the millions of poor whites and
crd blacks, but the representative men
minority itself were despots, in the
Unit they were the exclusive oecu
pi the best posts in the gift of the
and the Legislatures. Thus the
Cobbs, Toombses, Davises, Ste-
SPS, Hunters, Masons, Slidells, Wig
came into Congress young and re
-
-el there until they were gray, growing
so fitmiliar with office and habituated
dispensation of Government bounties,
v conceived themselves to be " the
mid were tempted to make the ex
::(-at of defying the majority of the
eollary, as they had defied, dorni
,.. and degraded the majority of the
The men dreaded emigra
. 1 ,11 a: Schools, inventions, and
the secr et ballot. Calling
es Democrats, they were the
o.olerant and proscriptive aristo
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SO Ma
and in practice. In the free
trulla•nt changes in the representa-
Ule People have been produettfe of
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many disadvantages which have been bit
terly complained of, as we compared our
legislators with the trained, easy, and po
lished plotters of the slave States ; but we
can now see how much we have substan
tially gained by our own Northern system,
and how the example of fending fresh men
from the body of the people may be profit
ably and healthfully followed by the en
franchised masses of the Southern country.
There is, indeed, a " Divinity that shapes
our ends." OCCASIONAL.
WASHINGTON.
RETIREMENT OF THE ASSISTANT SEM
" TAMP OP THE TREASURY.
ADMIRAL DAHLGREN CONGRATIILATED ON HIN
PAST SERVICES.
sore Rebels Pardoned Disposition Of
Captured Cotton, etc.
WASHINGTON, July 13.
Retirement of Mr. Harrington.
MY. HARRINGTON - to-clay retired from his po
sition as Assistant Secretary of the Treasury,
and will leave this country on the 9th of Au
gust for Switzerland as our Minister to that
republic. The Assistant Secretaries now are
W. E. CHANDLER and JOHN F. HARTLEY. W. H.
WEE; for many years principal Warrant
Clerk, succeeds Mr. HARTLEY as Chief Clerk of
the Treasury Department, and R. G. ita:rsm
-210IISlt succeeds JOHN A. GailliA.7l as Chief
Clerk in the Register's Odic°, Mr. GRAHAM.
having recently been appointed Assistant Re
gister of the Treasury.
Admiral Dahlgren.
The Secretary of the Navy has addressed a
letter to Rear Admiral DAHLGREN, in which
he says: "The termination• of the rebellion
and the cessation of hostilities, which ren
dered necessary the reduction Of the South
Atlantic Squadron, involved yourdetaehment.
In relieving you from a command which you
have conducted with ability and energy for two
years, the Department takes the occasion to
express to you its appreciation of your ser
vices, and of the services of those who have
been associated with you in the efficient
blockade of the coast and harbors at a central
and important position of the Union, and in
the work of repossessing the forts and re
storing the authority and supremacy of the
Government in the insurgent States."
Pardons to Rebels.
President Jomrsox to-day granted pardons
to about one hundred and twenty-five persons
in the States late in rebellion, seventy - flYe of
whom were Virginians recommended by Go
verner PIEMPONT.
The Captured Cotton
It is understood that the Attorney General
has recently furnished an opinion to the effect
that the President has not the power to ap
point a commission to decide the claims for
the large amount of cotton Captured at Sa
vannah, Mobile, Charleston, Wilmington, etc.,
but that the applicants must seek their relief
in the mode pointed out by the law in regard
to captured and abandoned property andalso
that all property turned over by the military
authorities to the treasury agents must be re
garded treated in the srme manner.
Personal.
A list of Massachusetts soldiers who joined
the rebel service, fifty in number, most of them
to avoid starvation, is being prepared at the
office of the Surgeon General, for transmission
to the War Department.
Admiral Farragut and General Anderson
are to be the guests of lion. A. IL Rice, at his
country residence in Roxbury, during their
stay - in that vicinity.
Colonel John Logan, brother :of General
Logan, is in Washington, applying for the
Marshalship of the Southern District of Illi
nois.
THE ARMY.
THE MILITARY DIVISIONS OF THE
COUNTRY.
Important Order of the President of
the United States.
GENERAL 'OrDERS NO. 111
WAR DEPARTMENT, ADJ. GEN.'S COPPICE,
WASHINGTO'N, June 27, 1865.
The President directs that the United States
be divided into military divisions, and sub
divided into military departments, as follows:
Elax:m
First. The Military' Division of the Atlantic,
Major General Goo. G. Meade—to embrace the
DepartmEnt Of the EaSt, the Middle Depart
meat, the Department Of Virrshxia, the Depart
ment of North Carolina, and the Department
a.
of
. South Carolina, headquarters at Philadel
ph
&cond. The Military Division of the Missis
sippi, Major General W. T. Sherman to corn
mand—to embrace the Department of the
Ohio, the Department of Missouri, and the De
partment of Arkansas, headquarters at St.
Louie.
. Third. The Military Division of the Gulf,
3.lajor General P. H. Sheridan to command—
to embrace the Department of the Mississippi,
the Department of Louisiana and Texas, and
the Department of Florida, headquarters at
New Orleans.
Fourth. The Military Division of the Ten
nessee, Major General 0. R. Thomas to com
mand—to embrace the Department of Ten
nessee, the Department of Kentucky, the De
partment of Georgia, and the Department of
Alabama, headquarters at Nashville.
nidt. The Military Division of the Faciftc,
3lajor General H. W. Halleck to command—to
embrace the Department of Columbia and the
Department of California, headquarters at
San Francisco.
First. The Department Of the East, Major
General Joseph Hooker to coinniamt—to em
brace the New England iztateg, New York, and
New Jersey, headquarters at New York etty.
&frond. The Middle Department, Major Ge
neral W. S. Hancock to command—to embrace
the States of West Virginia, Maryland, except
the counties of Anne Arundel, Piince George,
Calvert, Charles. and St. Marys . ; the tine of the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad in Virginia, the
Statc,S of Delioxare and Pennsylvania, head
quarters at Baltimore.
Third. Tim Department of Wash ington, Major
General C. C. Augur to command—to embrace
the District of Columbia, the counties of Anne
Arundel, Primal Georges, Calvert, Charles, and
St. Marys. in Maryland, and Fairfax county, in
Virginia,. headquarters at Washington.
Fourth. The Department of the Ohio, Major
General E. 0. C. Ord to command—to embrace
the States of Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, and Michi
gan, headquarters at Detroit.
F t ith. The Department of Tennessee, Major
General Geo. Stoneman to Command—to em
brace the State of Tennessee, headquarters at
.Mirth. The Department Of Kentucky, - Major
General dohs N. Palmer to commtmil—to em
braee the State of Kentucky, headquarters at
Louisville.
&math. The Department of the Missouri,
Major General John Pope to command—to em
brace the States of Wiseonsin, Minnesota,
lowa, ?lissouri. and Kansas, and the Territo
riel, of Nebraska. DakOtalt, and Montana, head
-
quarterS Fort Leavenworth,
.E;gth.The department of Virginia, Major
General A. H. Terry to command—to embrace
the State of Virginia. excepting Fairfax coun
ty and the line of . the Baltimore and Ohio
Baßroad, headquarters at Richmond.
The Department of North Carolina,
Naior General J. M. Schofield to *command—to
clubraee the State of North Carolina, head
quarters at Raleigh.
Tenth. The Department of South Carolina,
Major Omeral Gillmore to commuml—to em
brace the Slat e of South Carolina, headquart
ers at - Hilton Maul.
.Eteroilli.. The Department of Georgia, Major
General. James D. ziteedman to command—to
embrace the State of Georgia, headquarten at
Augusta.
The Department of Florida, Major
General John C.:.t ostur to command—to OM
braec the State of Florida, head Quarters at
Thirteenth. The Department of Mississippi,
Major General Slocum 10 command—to em
brace the State of Mississippi, headquarters at
- Vicksburg.
Fourteenth. The Department of Alabama,
_Major General C. 11..W00d to command—to em
brace the. State of Alabama, headquarters at
Mobile.
Pi.fleenth. The Department of I .ortisiana, Ma
jor General I. 'anby to command—to eim
brace the States of Louisiana and Texts, head_
quarters at New Orleans.
Sixteenth. The Department of Arkansas, Ma.
jor General F. T.:
Bevnolds to command—to
embrace the State of :Vrkansas and the Indian
Territory, headquarters at Little Rock.
Seventeenth. The Department of Columbia,
Brigadier General G. Wright to command—to
embrace the State of Oregon and Territories
of Washington and Idaho, headquarters at
Vancouver.
Eighteenth. Department of California, Major
Cenerid Irwin keDOwell to command—to mn
brace the States of California and. Nevada and
Territories of Utah, New Mexico, and Manta.
na, headquarters at Caul Francisco.
111 ollieersthereby assigned will proceed, on
receipt of this order, to take charge of their
respective departments or military divisions.
All officers relieved by this order will, on
being relieved by the proper officer, report by
letter to the Adjutant General for orders.
liv order of the President of the United
Mates. . B. D. TowNsExn,
/Assistant Adjutant General.
Silver Mines Diseovered.
DExvim, July 13.—Extensive and rich silver
mines have recently been discovered, fifty
miles West of this city, at the foot of the
Snowy iholgm timiareds of assays show from
, t , ic to ..SSOO per ton. There is great excitement
limp and in the mountains. Hundreds of Imo-
Pio are out there, and beyond the finowy
Range, on the Snake River.
Chief Justice Chnse.
BOSTON, July 73.—Chief Justice Chase, who is
a graduate of Dartmouth College, will attend
the Commencement at Dartmouth on thelfitit,
WW I ann in 4t.
TRIAL OF MISS HARRIS FOR THE MUR
DER OF A. J. BURROUGHS.
YESTERDAY'S PROCEEDINGS
tßeeteal Despatch to The Press.l
WASHINGTON, July 11, MS. -
The court assembled at ten o'clock A. M.,
Judge Wylie presiding.
A large number of ledies • and gentlemen
were in attendance to witness the proceed
ings, and paid marked attention thereto.
The names of the jurors were called, and all
were found present.
Miss Harris entered the court at twenty
minutes past ton o'clock, in company with
Mr. Bradley and her lady friends.
Mr. Bradley announced that the testimony
for the defence had closed, but that, front pre
sent appearances, _ the arguments would. not
close before Saturday evening next.
Dr. C. H. Nichols recalled and cross-exam
ined. By Mr. Carrington: He based his opin
ion upon the facts and the testimony of the
Misses Devlin and Dr. Fitch as to the periodi
cal insanity of the accused at periods between
her disappointment and the 'homicide e also,
upon the testimony of Mr. Bradley and his en
tire knowledge of the case obtained yesterday;
719 very remarkable incident occurred in his
presence—no incident that would convince
him that she was insane ; at the first and,
Second interview he thought her not in
sane; was very much impressed with her
nervous system, with her apparent candor,
and the probable truthfulness of her state
ments regarding herself; when he called on
her a second time she declined to receive him;
and his recollection was that she declined a
third time; he learned that she was in bed,
sick ; at the fourth call, the second interview,
she said she was much indisposed; she was
suffering with erysipelas, and was nervous and
agitated ; it was on the evening of the funeral
of the late President Lincoln, and she ex
pressed great fear that further violence would
be tried by his assassins, and especially to
her; I think she said murder her; he was
unable to recollect yesterday how he. ob
tained the idea that she suffered from
dysmenorrhoea diephOria? She said that Dr.
Fitch, of Chico o, had attended her. He then
addressed the Doctor and learned the disease.
He would denominate her disease insanity,
periodical or paroxysmal mania. It is called
neither mental nor moral insanity, generally.
The term mania is applied to that form of
insanity which Is produced when the excite
ment is great and general. The term pa
roxysmal or periodical is applied to that spe
cies of mania which occurs at greater or less
interyalseand between whit there is a greater
or les& inter Mission Of the disease. The mind
becomes excited, the understanding more 01'
less deranged, the will more or less affected,
in these excited periods. While under the
influence of these attacks lie supposed the
mind of Miss Harris was so far affected as to
have violent impulses, and to be unable to
restrain them, and also to entertain such
unfounded views and feelings in these morbid
periods, as to make her think her acts of much
importance. His opinion was, that if her at
tention had been arrested, te could have
given a correct answer to any question pro
pounded to her. She would then understand
the nature of her acts. He thought that under
such attacks her acts would be involuntary
and uncontrollable. There is nothing more
uncertain than the duration of these attacks.
Ile heard all the evidence given since Silber
day morning. Did not hear any prior to that
'eller. Walker. Presuming it to be true that a
woman armed herself with a pistol, vowing
that she would have. revenge, pro:mediae to
the Treasury Building and firing a second time
at the deceased, he did think it an act of
insanity. A homicide is an insane act. He
thought it equally due to the science, to
say that a closer scrutiny should be made
where preparation is made, to ascertain
whether it was the work of insanity, lie
thought the will was so affected that she could
not control heraelf, in some instances the
homicide is blind, and in others it is an act
with it motive. Pure revenge is not unfre
quently the cause of an insane act. Where re
venge, hatred, or envy is indicated, the sub
ject-committing such acts should undergo a
more scrutinizing examination. The fre
quency and duration of these paroxysmal
cases are as varied as the cases are numerous.
Question. Is the accused a fit subject for the
insane asylum'?
Judge Wylie decided that the condition of
the prisoner at the time of the act was under
consideration, and not her condition new.
Witness resumed,—]lad no knowledge of the
existence of the disease of dysmenorrhoea in
the prisoner but by hearsay.
By Mr. Wilson : He did not think he could
express a positive opinion as to her sanity or
insanity alone from his own observations; the
Miss Devlins testify to a great and sudden
change in the prisoner's physical and mental
condition, immediately following . the disap
pointment; that Change in invent is a inorbal
olie—is disease ; tile mdsteneo of a changed
state is a disease ethe character of the change
would indicate edner mental disease or sus
ceptibility todisease ; she then exhibited,
front time to thee, what appeared to be symp
toms of actual mental disease ; the symptoms
to which he referred were nervousness, exci
tability, losS of sleep,
.loss of appetite, loss of
flesh Jhange in her spirits,mental depression;
l
Dr. litch testifies to her suffering under a
severe form of dysmenorrhoea shortly subse
quent to her disappointment; at this kage of
her ease he perceived a constitutional sus
ceptibility to mental disease, particu
larly from Certain causes; he found evi
dence of the disturbance independent of
the causes ; the irregidar and insufficient sleep,
the beefily - emaciation, the depression of
spirits and the occasional outbreak of insane
violence. Those instances are the attack oneliss
Devlin, a customer in a store, and her effort
to leave the house. The cutting of the quilt
was very naturally an insane act. Her mrort
to leave the house at Suck an unseasonable
hour, in such bad health, connected with her
remark, would indicate an unsound inind.
These are all of the evidences of, the insanity
between the disappointment and the homicide.
He thought it due to the truth, and to science,
to say to the jury, that so far the facts testified
to did not of themselves prove insanity, but
they were in harmony with acts of insanity.
There appears to have been no effort to commit
the act secretly. The first opportunity was not
embraced to commit the act. which lie thought
aninsane person wouldhave embraced. There
was no effort to escape. There was no effort
to palliate the crime by alleging the provoca
tion. On the contrary, she expressed her sor
row because she had dorm it. She was in great
distress because of the act. He based his
Statements on the testimony - of Mr. McCul
loch' Mr. Walker, and Mrs. Woodbridge. His
view that this is a continuous disease, or sus
ceptibi Lity of the disease, aside of his own oh-
ServatiOLS of the accused, subsequent to the
act, was based upon the testimony of Mr.
Bradley as to the frequency of her pulse, the
manifestation of her mental depression, ner
vousness, her loss of sleep, insensibility to
cold, &c. He would think the prisoner was
actually diseased from the time of her disap
pointment to the time of the homicide. He
also thought that Miss Harris committed acts •
for which she should be held legally and lite
rally responsible. She had committed other
acts which indicated that she was under the
inithenee Of 0 deranged mind, and for which
she should not be held legally or morally re
sponsible. it was due to himself and truth,
porhaps, to say that an insane person to be
nresponeible for acts they commit, must be
the results of insanity. The condition of sus
ceptibility of mental disease still continues.
From the testimony, lie concluded there were
two CallSeS of insanity in Slice Harris' ease.
There might have been many others. His be
lief was, u hat the paroxysms were more likely
to occur at her menstrual periods, but they
might appear independent of this period; it
might be developed at almost any time, from
cold or fatigue.
By Mr. Hughes: In the case of Miss Harris,
beev e s of the opinion the act proceeded from
an insane impuise. On the occasion or seeing
the person who had disappointed her and
wronged her, she would be most likely to com
mit. an insaitee act.
Question. What would be the probable effect
on the mind of the accused at meeting the de
ceased 1
Overruled by the Judge.
James A. Connor was sworn, and testified
that he saw the last pistol fired at the Treasu
r,y ; Mr. Burroughs was about six Paces from
the accused :Mass Harris was very pale, and
Elle wee greatly excited ; her eye appeared to
he wild.
Mr. Bradle - v sald the defence would rest the
ease "here.
W. W. Daunenhour recalled : In July, 1853,
Burroughs came into the Fourth Auditor's
office r where he remained until December,
ltifs • Mr. Burroughs was under his direction,
and had a fair opportunity of learning his
handwriting.
[Several letters were shown to the witness
here which he said were hot in the hand
writing of deceased. The capital "I.'s" were
not like his. The letters shown to the witness
were three, dated September• 8 and 12, 18.83.]
Ile could not see any of the deceased's capi
tal letters in the letters lie had in his hand ;
the records in the Fourth Auditor's office show
that he bad a leave of absence of twenty days,
from the ith of September • on the morning of
the 10th Of September, he relieved Burroughs
left the city ; he left here two or two or three
days after the date of his leave Of absence.
By Mr. Bradley: Mr. Burroughs was absent
about ten days some time in August ;" he was
only back some two or three weeks, before he
had a leave of absence dating from the 7th of
September. [The witness was here shown a
letter dated nth of August, 1863, and signed "A.
3. Burroughs," which he pronounced genuine
letter.] air. Burroughs made his "Ps" and
and "de similar; assuming the hand to be
feigned, the Mkt es of the letters are similar ; in
the figure:: there is - a slight similarity ;
.the
word "Chicago" in the three letters are simi
lar ; the "a' s" 'are very much alike; the letter
dated k'ebruary 1,1,1961, which the witness pro
nounced on a former occasion to he Mr. Bur
roughs' handwriting, he again said was his.
Joseph lirough wan' sworn for the proseen-
I ion, and testified that he had frequently been
called on to exmoine writing; he was engaged
in the Treasury. as engraver.
The letters of the eth and 1:2111 of September,
dated at Chicago, were shown - witness, and the
•mestion asked whether they were ina dis
guised or feigned lewd.
Mr. litighe::; objected to au opinion of an ex
pert, who had not seen the deceased's
writing; they might as well ask the cashier of
4i
a Lank to say whether or not a bank-note was
a counterfeit, when be had never seen the
genuine note; and quoted front section 519,
Greenleaf, to sustain his objection.
Mr. Wilson argued at length to show that the
W.llll e.-ss wm; 4,11. itled, as ainexpert, to pass his
,pllllon on the hundirrithigsllDMitted him for
examination.
Judge Wylie decided that the witness could
not be considered all expert in this parelcular
ease.
John N. Goode, of Chicago, was sworn, and
testified that he was acquainted with the ac
cused ; was introduced in the fall of 1863; he
saw her frequently going to and from
her meals ; on the del or 3d of January saw
her about two hours before she left Chicago,
at her boarding-house ; saw her next in Wash
ington ; he did not see much difference in her
appearance now to what it was when he saw
her in Chicago; she is now much less
mi ileshy,
is paler:l more depressed ; she appeared
to be in her usual health when she bit Chica
go ; there was not hi»g remarkable in her up
:laarmlet! g she was lively; his acquaintance
with her was limited, ald he could not judge
well of her health; sno said she was going to
I;:dthilore, and would return in ten or twelve
flays ,• did not hear beg mention anything about
Burroughs.
Rev. John C. Burroughs was sworn, and tea
tided that he was a clergyman, and:acting us
President of thelUniversity at Chicago since
1.838; Ationlinia J. Burroughs was his brother ;
immediately prior to coming to Washington
his brother resided in Chicago; he had - resided
there from the early spring of 18e0 he sup
posed lie tad seen OA neOutied. before; he
il IAI 'I •, FRIDAY, eTLTLY 14, 1865.
could not identify her ; he had not seen her in
court; two ladies called on him in Septem
ber, 1863, in Chicago, one of whom intro
duced herself to him as Miss Harris; Miss
Harris introduced the other lady to him;
does not recognize the other lady, as he
did not recollect her features; after the
introduction; Miss Harris asked him if his
brother was in town—in Chicago ; it was either
on the 11th day of September or one or two
days afterwards; he replied that he was not;
that he had been in town, but had left for
Washington ; she then produced one or two let
ters, he forgets which, saying she had reason
to believe they or it seas written by his bi,o
ther ; lie askeil if he might See the letter or
letters, ancillie read it for Theta. After reading,
lie knew there was one dated the Bth of Sep
tember. He was shown the letter of that date,
and he said be could not recognize it as the
same one he had seen in Chicago.
The witness here read the letter, after which
be said he identified it by the' general expres
sions and certain' ideas conveyed, as the letter
of the 12th.
On reading
the letter, he informed Miss
Harris that it had not been Written by his
brother. The hand-writing was nut only riot
his, but that be could not counterfeit such a
hand. He said to her that she had been no.
quainted with his brother for a long time, and
that she must know it was not his hand
writing. lie said that at the date of Septem
ber Bth his brother was in Washington, while
this was a letter dropped in the Chicago post
office at the time he was in Washington. He
said he knew that to lie so, as he had corres
ponded with him. lie knew when he left
Chicago and arrived in Washington. lie
thee turned and said, " Miss Harr, 3
wish to know Whether in the long time my
brother bet been acquainted with you he liaS
said anything to you, or made ally dishonora
ble propositions to you in entertaining such
an opinion of hind" She said he had not, and
sbe continued by saying he hail always been
her truest and best friend, and had never said
a word or done an act which Was not in the
highest honor; she much regretted that she
had the suspicion, but that it would never have
entered her mind bad it not been suggested to
her by others ;• she said neither the hanaWvit
ing nor the circumstances justified her sus
picions; she regretted that she had called on
the errand, and requested that he would not
mention the fact to his brother, and promised
to drop the matter; she said Mr. Bur
roughs had violated no engagement with her
as he understood what she said. she disclaimed
the existence of an engagement, but said that
she had bad a large correv . onilenee with the
brother; witness asked her if he could See One
Of his brother's letters, and she showed him
one, which ho said was his brother's letter.
By Mr. Wilson.—He had had ample opportu
nity of knowing his brother's handwriting, as
his brother and hehad written a trial together,
and his brother had clerked for him, and had
written receipts and bills for him; the letters of
the Sth and lilth of 5ept.,.1853, were not in his
brother's hand-writing ; his brother arrived in
Chicago, to the best of his knowledge, on the
morning of Friday, Scrlith.lBo; it takes thirty
six hours to travel ratn. Washington to Chi
cago ; . his brother stopped at different places
in Chicago when he made the visit of the
11th of September, 1563. He left again for
Washington on the evening of the 15th of Sep
tember, 1863, in the six o'clock train; lie did
not recollect of any ladies calling and asking
for the deceased on the 14th of September; his
brother would have been 33 or 34 years of ago
had be lived until the spring of the present
rear; he would state that he had seen Miss
Harris on several occasions befOro she called
to inquire about his brother, and he did not,
therefore, consider her introduction of herself
necessary.
Mr. Bradley asked that the defencebe per
mitted to defer the cross-examination of Mr.
Burroughs until after other witnesses had been
examined, as the detente considered it mate
rial to their case.
The judge deeidect that the examination
eOulti be deferred to the next morning,
The Court here adjourned•
FORTRESS MONROE.
Arrivals of Various Hinds, de.
FORTRESS illormou, July 12.—The United
States hospital Steamer Hero of Jersey, in
charge of Dr. Elliott arrived from Richmond,
with one hundred and twenty-nine sick soldiers
from 'the 24th Army Corps hospital at Camp
Lee.
Steamer Ella arrived from Baltimore, and
Sailed for Cherrystone.
Schooner W. A. Ellis arrived from Morehead
City, and is discharged from service.
1111 the late abandoned property in Norfolk
and Portsmouth iS turned over to tile Freed
men's Bureau, under Gen. Howard. Col. C.. M.
Brown is now the agent.
Cotton is daily arriving in Norfolk from the
interior of North Carolina.
The new side-wheel steamer Hatteras sailed
from Norfolk to-day for New York.
From this date a daily steamboat will tan
between this place and Cherrystone, E. S.,
leaving here at 10 O'clock A. M.
SChooner E. S. Potter arrived. from Hilton
Head, with One thousand barrels gunpowder.
Schooner J. 11.. Ford sailed for Baltimore
CAIRO.
CAIRO, July 12.—Five hundred and twenty
nine bales of cotton, one hundred and thirty
three hogsheads and six hundred and ninety
seven boxes sugar arrived here to-day.
The superintendent of Freedmen, at Shreve
port, gives notice that planters shall - not be
allowed to drive helpless and infirm slaves
from their plantations, as has been practiced•
Cortinas has been in consultation with Gen'
Brown. It is reported that he stated be would
no longer oppose the empire. He had created
much indignation by airing on and capturing
the steamer Belle, which resulted in the loss
of several lives.
The Detroit International Trade Con•
132=1
DETROIT, Mich., July 13.—The reports of the
Transit Committee were taken up to-day. Mr.
ProSser withdrew his report, and moved to
add to the report of the majority a resolution
ticking the Governor of New York to recom
mend to the Legish - dure the enlargement of
the locks in the canals or that State. The resm
lution was agreed to, - and the question coming
up on Mr. Litticjohn's resolution; for the
Niagara ship canal, at the expense of the
General Government, as tt,commercial and
- military necessity, Mr. Mitchell offered a sub
stitute that the canal was demanded, but that,
Indict the present condition of the national
'nuances, we cannot ask for its construction by
the General Government. :This was laid on
the table by a vote of 96 to 59.
Mr. Kennedy moved to amend by striking
out
.the words military necessity, which was
agreed to, and
. Mr. Littlejohn's - resolution, so
amended, was agreed to—yeas 123, nays 22.
The resolution reported by- the Committee
on Reciprocity, that the notice given for the
termination of the reeiprocity treaty meets
with the approval of Ibis COTlVention, was
unanimously, adopted.
The second resolution in the report that the
Convention do respectfully request the Presi
dent of the United States to enter into
tiations with the Government of Great Britain,
having in View the execution of the treaty
between the two countries for reciprocity and
commercial intercourse between. the United
States and the several provinces of British
North America, including British Columbia,
Selkirk settlement, and Van Couver's
upon principles which shall be just and equita
ble to all parties, and which also shall include
the free navigation of the St. Lawrence, and
other rivers of British North America, with
such Improvements of rivers, and enlarge
ments of rivers and canals, as shall render
them adequate for the .requirements of the
West in communicating with the ocean, was
then taken up for consideration. Mr. Mc-
Chesney offered the following as a substitute:
ReeOlred, That in the still unsettled condi
tion of the States from the rebellion, and the
state of fthancos - of the Government, as well
as the immediate state of our system of taxa
tion, any system tending to a renewal of the
reciprocity treaty may wisely and appropri
ately be left to the action of the respective
Governments, by whom it should be nego
tiated.
A lengthy debate ensued upon this substi
tute.
Tremakuo, from the Filthnee Committee,
by consent, submitted a report on the matters
referred to said committee.
The Committee on Resolutions reported as
follows:
Resolved, That it be recommended to the Go
vernment that in any readjustment of the
burdens of taxation, direct or indirect, it may
be made to fall, as far as possible, on the vices
and luxuries of the people, relieving the la
boring and industrial classes.
Resolved, That, regarding the nation's debt
as a pecuniary obligation most sacred in its
character, the Convention declares its convic
tion that all Sacrifices will be cheerfully borne
that may be necessary to maintain the na,
tional credit unimpeached at all times and
under all circumstances; and that every dol
lar of such debt, principal and interest, can
and will be discharged, without retarding in
the slightest degree the Onward progress of
the nation in the career of its prosperity,
greatness, and glory.
These resolutions were unanimously adopted.
The debate on the Reciprocity Treaty was
continued until thc adjournment, and will he
resumed to-morrow.
Plasterers' convention,
Prrrsnuna,July 13.—The rlioterors s Conven
tion, composed of delegates from several
States of the Union, met to-flay. Charles Mc-
Lean, of Boston, the President, called the Con
vention to order. After the examination of
credentials, and an able address from the
Presifleift, the Convention Went into an elec
tion of officers for the ensuing year. Charles
McLean was renominated, and unanimously
re-elected President; Thos. Ho - Mahan, Secre
tasy DaVni Ifithon3 - , of ww,hington city, Vice
President, and Lewib &Linton, of Newal4r.,
J.l Treasurer.
Highly encouraging reports were then react,
occupying the EVSSion up to the adjournment.
The Railroad Strike
CHICAGO, July IS.—The miners and railroad
laborers in the Lake Superior region, struck
for higher wages yesterday. They took posses
sion of the railroads, and allowed none bat
the passenger trains to run. The demands of the
strikers were acceded to by the Marquette and
Mining Railroad Company, but the Peninsula
Company refuse to yield. Considerable ex
citement prevails. Fifty soldiers left this
lemming for the scene of disturbance.
Fire: cst eirseinnuati.
' July 13.-0. S. lifurrayia f , 0111) fac.
tory, No. 7 Genessee street, was clestro3 - ed by
fire this morning. Loss, $8,000; insured for
about $BOOO. Cinsmister'S carriage and wago n
factory, immediately adjoining, was, also da
maged. Loss, s3loo o i partly blatu:o44
IMMENSE CONFLAGRATION IN
NEW YORK.
TOTAL DESTRUCTION OF BARNUM'S MUSEUM
AND MANY NEIGHBORING BUILDINGS.
All the Valuable Collection of the Great
Showman Destroyed,
Curiosities of Every Description, Animal, Mine-
ral, and Artistic, Forever Lost.
TEE LOSS GREAT-TIRE CALCULATIONS VARYING
FROM $700,000 TO $2,000,000.
A General Description of the Fire and the
"Excitement it Created.
CASSOCIated Press Account-3
NEW Yontr, July la--a K—A tire broke 01It
at noon to-day in Barnura , s Museum, extend
ing rapidly to the adjacent buildings on Broad
way, Ann, and Fulton streets.
The Museum. was totally destroyed. The
stores Nos. 12,16, and 18, on Ann street, occu
pied for various business purposes, including
Jones> shoe store, Grootls restaurant, French
& Wheat, and Dick & Fitzgerald, printers, and
others, were burned. The store No. 216 Broad
way, occupied by White, hatter, and Van
Name, restaurant-keeper, were destroyed.
The store No. 214 Broadway, occupied by
Rogers & Raymond, clothiers, and Reeves, bil
liard saloon keeper, and No. 212 Droadway,oc
cupied by Know, hatter, and others, were also
destroyed.
The - firemen were in force and the flames
were here stayed.
No person was injured.
The loss is said to have amounted to a mil
lion dollars, on which there was an insurance
for one-half.
The fire originated over the boiler in the
Museum.
NEW YORE, July I°. M.—The flames were
stopped at the buildings No. 18 Arai street and
No. 147 Fulton street. The property interve
ning on Broadway and Fulton streets was de
stroyed.
Six buildings were burned on Broadway,
eight on Ann street, and five on Fulton street.
The heat was so intense that the front of St.
Faul's Church, opposite the Museum, took
fire, but the firemen fortunately saved it frvm
the flames.
Among the sufrerersbythe fire were Thomas
A. Brainsted, Metzinger, W. Richardson; Bass•
ford, Brosnan, 85 Duane; T. Wright, J. D. Phil.
lips, flattrey 85 Ford, Slater & Riley, S. Brad
ford, James B. Thompson, P. Hamilton, Sterns
n t Beale, and Mr. Swift.
Nottind but the glass steam engine was saved
in the Museum.
NEWSPAPER ACCOUNTS
We condense the following from the eyening
edition of the Tribune and the latest editions
of the N. Y. Evening EsTress and Post:
At half-past twelve o'clock yesterday after
noon, lire was diseovered in Barnum's Mu
seum, New York, originating in the baSentent
in ATM street, at the corner of the building
occupied by Groot's restaurant. In about two
minutes the flames burst out in Jones' shoe
store, Nos. 10 and 12 Ann street, with every in
dication of an extensive conflagration. The
fire companies were immediately on the
ground and promptly set to work with appa
rent success ; but the cm eke was blinding, and
for some minutes the whole Museum building
was completely out of sight. At a quarter to
one o'clock the flames burst out in the second
story of the Museum, just over the restaurant,
and spread with amazing rapidity, fed by the
light and cOmbustible pictorial.
In a moment the fire mounted to the third
story, and at forty minutes past twelve burst
Oet of every window on the Aim street side Of
the Museum. It gave way apparently on the
two lower floors, but raged furiously in the
two upper stories. Part of the roof fell in fire
minutes later, and the neighboring buildings
on Ann street were attacked. The firemen
rallied in great force, but the flames were
fanned by a strong breeze, which swept them
over the roofs of the adjoining buildings on
Broadway, and in a few minutes the fire had
gained a hold in the three upper stories of No.
214 Broadway. This building was occupied b
Rogers & Raymond, clothiers, and by the
hard saloon of Wallace & Reeves. It was
entirely destroyed.
From the Museum the flames communicated
with No. 12 Ann street, occupied by Jones &
Kennard, dealers in boots and shoes; G. Swift,
bookbinder; Groot's restaurant; and Nolan's
sample-room. This building was consumed at
half-past one o'clock.
27;0.14 ATM street, occupied by John Ross,
and others, was nearly destroyed at two r. K.
The flames extended to No. iii, occupied by
John Byrne, tailor, on the first door. The upper
floors were occupied as dwellings and printing
offices. At 2 o'clock the upper floors were in
flames, and were extending downward.
The roof of No. 18 Ann street, occupied by
French Wheat, printers, and Dick & Fitzge
rald, publishers, caught fire.
No. 216 Broadway, occupied by G. W. White,
batter, on the first floor ; and Yen Name's sa
loon, in the basement, was totally destroyed.
No. 214, oecupted by Rogers Raymond,
clothiers, was also consume_,
At half-past one o'clock, No. 212 Broadway
in ,
occupied the basement as the "Live and
Let Live Saloon," and on the first floor by
Knox. the hatter, was on fire °lithe upper floor.
B. 14. Horn, manufacturer of opera-glasses,
the American ArZizan office, and Brown, Combs,
& Co., solicitors of patents, occupied the
upper floors.
The flames Were stopped at No.lB Ann street
and at NO. 147 Fulton street. The property
between those buildings and Broadway, and
that fronting on Broadway between Fulton
and Ann streets, bas been entirely consumed.
Only the walls of Knox's building, remain
standing :
The buddingsldestroyed were as follows:
On Broadwag—Nos.2l2, 211, 218,221) and
OA Ann. street—ST.:2, 4 , ti, 8,1 . 0,12;1 1 1, it,nd 16.
On Fulton strcet—Noi. 151;15i, and 155.
~ r ,. e r ~
The names burnt fiercely. At one o'clock it
became evident that St. Paul's Church, oppo
site the Museum, was in imminent peril. The
flames at that hour burst out simultaneously
from all the windows of the Musenm with such
force and volume, that they soon promised to
spread across the comparatively narrow space
whin divides the church - from the Museum.
A portion of the front of the, church became
scorched, and the columns anti - porticoes
cracked and threatened to sever. The beau-
WM marble statue of St. Paul, in the niche
above the pillars, seemed to become black
with the smoke and fire, and in order to save
the building, several vigorous streams were
thrown upon it for hours. These efforts spared
a building older than the Revolution from des
truction.
At half-paSt one o'clock a cry burst from the
concourse which stood inthe square on Fulton
and Yesey streets, that a woman was being
saved from the lire. Curiosity was on tip-too
to discover the lady, and behold the operation
by which she was saved from a terrible death.
The crowd did not have to wait long to wit
ness the coveted scene of sacrifice - and gal
lantry, for a lady, attired in pink dress, was
handed down from story to story by parties
inside. The form wavered to and fro, as if in
a faint, and the assemblage became more and
more interested in her fate. As it was lower
ed, loud cheers arose from the multitude, who
rushed, despite the efforts of the pollee, to see
the woman. They were, however, doomed to
dsappointment, for the woman proved to be
one of the valuable wax figures which stood
near the well-known form of Daniel Lambert,.
the giant, and the somewhat baby-face of
Lord Byron: The involuntary deception
created great merriment amon„ ,, the people.
The flames soon began to make the whales
uncomfortable in their glass cases, in the last
story, which cracked and fell in pieces from
the heat, and let them out only to expire in a
sea of fire. A tank full of serpents was re
leased in the same manner, and they fell writh
ing upon the floor, and sonic of them crept to
the balcony and fell into the street, causing
great alarm and a rush in the crowd below in;
Which seine twelve or fifteen persons were
badly braised. The notorious "Happy Fami.=
composed of monkeys, rabbits; cats, rats,
snakes, fowls, and other animals and reptiles,
suddenly found their happiness cut. hort, and
many of them, like Elijah of old, passed from
earth in a chariot of fire. Others escaped from
the devouring element, and appeared like the
homeless rebels, wandering disconsolately in
Broadway and Nassau street.
AN EXPLOSION AND A PANIC
About this time an escape of steam, resem
bling an explosion in its Mori:001110d the assem
bled mass with terror, tluiyevidently thinking
that an explosion had occurred in the Museum.
instantly there was a rush and crush for the
Park and adjacent streets. Had a regiment of
artillery opened with grape and shrapnell upon
the people more excitement could not have
ensued. "An explosion! an explosion P , ' 4 Rim,
run !+' were the exclamations which escaped
from ten lb ontsand iremblin. , voices. The jam
Was awful. Women, children
add not a few
Men were trampled under foot. Many firemen
5
were seized with the general panic but soon
returned to their post of danger. We notiecd
numbers of children limp away,. evidently
hurt, and several had to be carried on for
Medical assistance. The loss of hats and caps
was great. Beavers were lying by the hundred
all over the street pavement, but their owners
could not identify them, as they were either
torn to pieces, ruined by the mud, or on the
Beads ox the boys, some of whom wore at least
a dozen at a time.
MIME=
at thiy moment wiv; fearfully grand. Vast
volumes of smoke poured out of the windOWS
on the Broad way and Ann-street fronts of the
Museum Oruge tongues of flame rose from the
middle of the building, and smaller darts of
the caught the transparencies and signs of
Jeff Davis in crinoline,- a great whale, etc. ;
three floors of the building No. 214 Broadway
were a mass of light flame; firemen and pro
perly-owners were springing up and dowa
ladders to remove such portable articles as
(-mad be intssed out ; a tremendous crowd
tilled the Pea; the west side of Broadway,
yeses street, Barclay street, and every other
place which commanded a view of the scene;
while twenty steam and hand fire-engines
poured incessant streams of water upon. the
Miming mass. As the flames gained strength
and volume, the heat became intense, forcing
back the crowd, but subjecting the firemen to
severe suffering.
The walls Of the Museum began to fall piece
meal, at about twenty minutes to two, the
wall nearest to Knox fell with a terrine crash,
and in a few nlinuteA the main walls at the
intersection of Broadway and. Anil, street,
aye way and were precipitated Into the
street. Unfortunately, several .persons were
injured by the falling debris. Owing to the
confusion, their names could not be ascer
tained. Assistance was sent for from the up
per districts, and at about two o'clock several
powerful steamers arrived at the conflagra
tion, and wore set to work on the burning
premises, in addition to the steamers already
employed. This aided the firemen materially
to obtain control of the flames. The flames,
however. continued to burn stubbornly, ex
tending from house to house, on all sides—
threatening, at one time, the offices of the
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af fl uo r d, c e m lcoo e enk tt .
t w H u r e e o;u a g g d o l
t t i r n ' a c m e
fi e f s t r i l a 3„
fined to the space mentioned in the first part
of our condensation. At 4 o'clock a dark mist
of vaporand smoke, mingled occasionally with
flashes of fire, marked the site where Bur
num's 'Museum stood at noon. The streets
were covered with the debris of the ztins, and
vigorous streams wore 'Rayed on the walls and
the scattered bulwark of the building. The
leaves on the trees in the churchyard present
ed the withered appearance which marks
them in the fall, owing to the fire. TM:blocks
extending in a direct and square line from the
Museum to the parallel buildings in Fulton
street presented a mass of clilaintigteit
build
ings •r•the walls alone remaining to show their
character. Now and' then the terrific sounds
of tottering walls were heard, and the people
in the street, warned by the alarm, would rush
to some place of safety.
Although a large number of police were on
the ground, ninny robberies took place,because
at least - fifty thousand people were about.
The - perpetrators were in several instances
caught. Hats and caps from KtIOX'FI store
seemed to be the chief objects, although every
other /110titable article was a favorite.
.G.E.. - xt.l AND INVIDENTS.
Among the hundreds of incidents Of the
eondagration, a few were of great interest.
One fireman was seen emerging from the
building with a stuffed owl in his hands.
Another fastened on one of the wax figures.
Several other curiosities have been saved, and
will doubtless be restored to Mr. Barnum.
Jeff Dayle's petticoats (7) Fere seen hanging
on a lamp-post iu Fulton brreet, soon after the
fire broke out.
The familiarity of the people with the Mu
seum was amply represented by the multitude
who witnessed its rapid destruction. As the
flames spread from room to room, and story
to story, some of the more prominent antiques
and animals in each floor were referred to by
the habitueS of the Museum, and their loss
was the subject of comment and discussion.
When the fire reached the last story, one man
exclaimed, "There goes the llappifFamily,"
and soon after the names marked the spot
where the poor animals last night delighted a
large and admiring audience.
Owing to the rapid progress of the fire, great
haste was required. in removing anything. Ac
cordingly portions of dramatic wardrobes,
which had lmen used in "Camille," and the
various meld-dramas and farces which were
acted daily in the Lecture Room, were thrown
from the windows to the street. In many in
stances the specific character of stage attire
and the roles in which it was flied was noticed
and received appropriate comment. Men, In
every part of the square, before and near the
Museum in Park Row, were seen carrying off
all kinds of articles which had been saved, to
deposit them in various places for safe keep
ing. The burthens taken away were many and
various. Birds,pietures,glass machines, heavy
trunks, stuffed. foreign fowl,and other articles
were seen for a few minutes at all points, near
the AlUsellnl, In the hands of those who had
just left it.
"Ned," the learned seal, was rescued from
the burning building by a Brooklyn fireman,
Mr. C. C. Pearson, of Hose 1. He was dragged
out by the flukes, placed in a champagne bas
ket, and conveyed on a cart to Fulton market,
where a convenient fish-tank was found in
which he was placed, and thus restored to his
native element. He did not seem at ad` to ap
preciate the attentions be was receiving, but
Snapped. at his preserver and all who came
hut reach. One of the passers by was
nearly deprived of his nether garments by a
nip from the sharp fangs of the creature.
A great number of people made unsuccess
ful attempts to enter the Astor House to view
the fire.' They represented they were the
guests of the house; but an "expert," Officer
Devoy, who knewtbe boarders, discovered the
ruse, and thus pre - vented the building from
being crowded. Daring the day wet blankets
were placed on the windows of the edifice, to
prevent them from being fired.
At the "Club House" on the corner of Ann
street, a number of men were engaged in a
genie of faro. No sooner was the cry of fire
raised than they all decamped, leaving the
rooms open for the crowd to enter, who were
not slow in despoiling the sideboardof whisky,
choice cigars, anclwmes.
The Giant was saved, dressed in his full re
galia, and brought to a place of safety, by an
officer of the Broadway squad.
The building belonged to the. Astor estate,
and was held by Mr. Barnum on a lease having
a number of years to run. The contents were
insured for about seventy-five thousand dol
lars in various city offices, whose policies
averaged about two thousand five hundred
dollars each. The engine was entirely bricked
in, and the engine-roomlined throughout with
sheet-iron.
TUC loss, it is estimated, will not fall much
short of a million and a Quarter. The loss
curiosities cannot be replaced, while that on
buildings, stock, and machinery, in the diffe
rent buildings, will reach near one million
five hundred thousand dollars.
EIVERGY.—WhiIe the old Museum was
smoking in its ruins, the prospectus of a new
blusenin Association was issued, with a capi
tal of three hundred thousand dollars divided
into three thousand shares of one hundred
dollars each.
HISTORY Or THE, XIISMIIM
Mr. P. T. Barnum, in the year BM, began his
career as showman by exhibiting the reputed
nurse of George Washington, Joyce Beth, a
colored woman. By large advertising he as
enough to organize a travelling
show. rln 1861 he purchased Scudder's Museum,
New York, pain for it in one year; and shortly
after adding to it Peal's Museum, he formed
what has since been known as Barnuni's Ame
rican Iliuscum.. Here he has exhibited some of
the most remarkable and wonderful curiosi
ties ever brought to this country. Ile has re
alized two colossal fortunes, one of which he
lost by his ever memorable and unlucky clock
speculation. Here he has exhibited all the
remarkable curiosities which money and
enterprise could produce. A model of
Niagara Fal/S, the Feleo mermaid, the
diorama of the removal of the remains
of Napoleon I, from St. Helena to Paris, the
Happy Fatally, the What is It, the' Lightning
Calculator, the hippopotamus, whales, Olio,.
tors, prize babies, big dogs, prize poultry, Tom
-Thumb and wife, the Belgian Giant, CoMmo
dore Nutt, Minnie Warren ; Calvin Edson, the
living skeleton; Julia Pastrana, the bear-wo
man; the (so-called) Madagascar AlbinOes, and
quite a regiment of giants, dwarfs, fat boys and
fat girls, have at various times been the at
tractions of this unique place of amusement'
There was also a large collection of minerals'
shells, and stuffed bird§ and animals, which
were of real value, and cannot be easily re
placed. A series of portraits of men eminent
In the early annals of our history have been
destroyed, Though valueless as works of art ;
they were not without historical calve.
number of Revolutionary and other relics are
also consroned. Indeed; the accumulations of
over twenty years have been utterly destroyed.
Recently, however, the 'Museum, has not
been adequate to the wants of its numerous
patrons.
The wax 'figures and other recent additions
are no great losses; but the conchologiefd,
mineralogical, ichthyological, zoological, and
ornithological specimens wore of genuine
merit, though; of late, visitors had neglected
them for the more showy attractions of the
leatilre-room" and the platform of living
curiosities.
By the burning of the Museum a large num
ber of persons have been thrown out of em
ployment. The dramatic company employed
by Barnum was large, an unusual number of
persons being engaged in the various depart
ments, or living in distant cities acting as
agents for Mr. Barnum. his son-in-law, Mr. S:
H. Hurd, has for some time been his assistant
manager, and has bad charge of the atusnem
Oaring Mr. Barnum's absence.
Convention of Adjutant Generals.
NtTMDER OF TROOPS FURNISHED BY THE STATES
llosTox, July 13.—The Adjutant Generals, in.
Convention to-day, made reports showing the
number of troops furnished by the following
States: '
Maine 66,069
Vermont. 34 4 90
Connecticut 54,468
Ithode Island. 25,355
West ...••.129,012
Massachusetts 53,706
New Hampshire 33,258
Kansas 21,918
...... .. .. ..... 360,000
lowa. 73,318
On motion Of General Waghboroe, it was
voted to petition Congress to deliver to each
State the rebel flags captured by the regi
ments of that State.
The members of the Convention will visit
Rhode Island to-morrow, to partake of a clam
bake on Saturday. They will then make an
excursion to the White Mountains.
Another Brutality.
Bosron, July IS.—A child named Alice Burns
who attended a picnic in Weston yesterday,
was seduced away from her young companions,
and brutally outraged by three radians, aged
from seventeen to twenty-two years, named
Richard C. Baine, Robert Lambert, and John
McGuerney. The scoundrels have been at%
rested, and it is to be hoped will be severely
punished. The Child, after the perpetration
of the horrible deed, was discovered by her
friends in a perfectly insensible condition.
She still remains in a critical state. -
The Canadian Parliament to Meet.
Qi.TEBEC, Julyl3.—A Cabinet Council was held
yesterday. It is rumored. that Lord Monek
has received important despatches, and that
the Canadian rarliament would be, imme-.
ditttely summoned.
THE NEGROES IN Paseasnimo.- , -.The following
was issued by ti.m military authorities. at,
Petersburg, Va., July 6th :
" The Major- General commanding, dip,
Teets that you adopt at once the most strin
gent measures tepre,vent the abuse of negroes
by soldiers. Many complaints arc made of
their lawlessness and tyranny over negroes,
and the practice.must be stopped at every ha
seed. lon will also require negroes to be re
ecectful and orderly on the streets, Com-
Daints are made that they frequently do net
yield any portion of the sidewalk, but crowd
persons they meet, particularly ladies, into
the street. Cause those who maybe detected
in doing this to be promptly arrested, and
break up the practice. It would he well to re
quest all persons having knowledge of these
things to inform the nearest guard or officer,
and in every way practicable to assist the pro.'
per authorities in the detection find preven
tion of such lawlest practices. Order, also, o,
proper attention to decency in the matter or
bathing in the river, and arrest all pemoaa
violating it."
THREE CENTS.
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
The creation of national debts is not a mos
dern improvement, but the ability of a great
nation to provide for a great debt and to make
it the most Convenient and best form of per
sonal property is a modern weirder. The debt
of Great Britain *as begun by raising a mil
lion sterling by loan, in 1892, and when her
great contest with Louis XIV was terminated,
the debt had reached fifty minions. At the
close of her Napoleonic wars, in 1810, when
this debt had been swelled up to the 'enor
mous sum Of Over eight hundred millions ster
ling, or fonr thousand three liundred
dollars„or nearly one-half the entire property
of the United Kingdom, the stoutest heart, the
firmest believer in national progress and na
tional development might well have been ap
palled. Ent in the very face of this mountain
of obligations, to say nothing of her vast co
lonial possessions, the property of the British
nation has been more than trebled, and her
debt is now a chargo of but 1234 per cent. All
that Great Diitain hag done m paying her debt
we shall do, and more, with ours. We have VaSt
territories untouchedby the plow ; mines of all
precious metals, of which we have hardly open'
ed the doors ; a population full of life, energy,
enterprise, and industry, and the accumulated
wealth of money and labor of the old countries
pouring into the lap of our giant and ever-to-be
united republic. During the fiercest and most
exhausting of all possible wars, we 'have de
monstrated our national strength, and all the
wOpiti oyer t national strength is but another
name for national credit.
The stock market was rather more active
yesterday, and prices have an upward ten
dency owing to the advance in gold. Govern
ment bonds are better, with sales of 5.20 s to
notice at 104%@105 5 ,4, the Aatter rate an advance
of IA; Cs of 1891 at 10731, an advance of 3,4; 111-40 s
at lPkOlYi%, the latter rate an advance of Yi ;
and 7-80 s at 99%. City loans are selling at 92
for the new issue, and 92 1 % and 9234 for munici
pal. In railroad shares there was more doing,
and prices have advanced, Reading sold at
56%d.50%, closing at 50%; Pennsylvania Rail
road at 58, an advance of 1; Norristown. at
54 1 .4@)55; the latter rate an advance of %; Cata
wi sea preferred at 25; North Pennsylvania at
Si; Camden and Amboy at 129, and Elmira
preferred at 45 ; 28 was bid for Little Schuyl
kill 58 for Lehigh Valley; 12 for Catawissa
common ; 2214 for Philadelphia and Erie,
and 48 for Northern Central. City Passen
ger Railroad shares continue dull. Heston
vine sold at 16. 20 was bid for Thirteenth
and Fifteenth; 48 for Chestnut and Wal
nut ;15 for Arch-street ; 1034 for Race and Vine ;
85 for Girard College, and n for Lombard and
South; 79 was asked for. Second and Third.
Canal shares are firmly held ; Schuylkill Na
vigation preferred sold at 29 ; Susquehanna Ca
nal at . 7%, and Wyoming Valley Canal at 55; 20
was bid for Schuylkill Navigation common; 55
for Lehigh Navigation; 120 for Morris Canal
preferred, and MIA for Delaware Division.
Dank shares are in better demand at about
former prices, with sales of CoriSOlidatlol/ at
; Farmers' and Mechanics' at 119, and Me
chanics' at 29; 46 was bid for Penn Township,
51 for Girard, 29y for Manufacturers' and Me
chanics', 70 for Tradesmen's; 57 for • City, and
57 for Corn Exchange..
Coal oil shares, as we have noticed for seve
ral months past, continue very dull, and prices
are weak and irregular, Atlas sold Big
Tank, 1; Caldwell, 2@2 MB; Tionesta, 09-19 X
McClintock, 1%; Maple Shade, 1034@1034, and
Dalzell at 3 , %; 3 was bid for Junction, 1.?-4 for
Jersey Well, 1% for Mingo, 4 for Tarr Home:
stead, 34 for Cherry Run, 2 for Adamantine, 34
for Story Farm, and l% for Sugar Dale.
The following were the quotations of gold
yesterday, at the hours named
10 A. M...
11 A. M...
12 M...
1 P. IC..
The subscriptions to the 7-30 loan received
by Jay Cooke yesterday amount to *4103,100,
including one of $150,000 from Third National
Rank, St. Louis'; One of $.500M0 from First Ida ,
tional Rank, Norfolk ; one of $lOO,OOO from First
National, Wheeling; one of $lOO,OOO from New
York County National Bank, New York; one
of $lOO,OOO froth First National, Newark; one of
$lOO,OOO from First National, Baltimore ; one of
$lOO,OOO from First N ationat, Plumer, Pa. ; one
of $250,000 from National Bank of Republic,
Boston ) one of $2000,000 from Merchants' Na
tional Rank, Roston ; One Of $150,000 from
Brewster, Sweet, & Co., Boston; one of $lOO,OOO
from Spencer, Vila, & Co., Boston, and one of
000,000 from Henry Clews & Co., New York.
There wore 2,870 individual subscriptions of
$.50@100 each.
The Commissioner of Internal Revenue has
rendered the following decisions:
Where a party holds an unexpired "permit
to trade," granted by any authorized agent of
the Go-rexliumnt, civil or Military, and is as
sessed fora license-tax as a dealer, collectors
of internal revenue will receive such permits
in part or entire satisfaction of the license
tax assessed. If, for example, John Smith is
assessed a license-tax as a dealer, and in pay
ment presents to the collector a "permit to
trade" which expires April 1,1806, he should
be required to pay but one-twelfth of license
tax assessed in money, the collector receiving
such permit in place of the eleven-twelfths.
Collectors will be charged with the entire as
sessment, but can make affidavit for abate
ment of the amount covered by the permit and
money paid by the assessed party, in form
No. 47.
Applications for the remissions of penalties
imposed in courts of the United States must
be made directly to the Secretary of. the Trea
sury. For further information, parties are
referred to the act of March 3,1797, - first statutes
at large.
Manufaeturera are required by section s;
act of June 30,18e1, as amended, to ynay their
duties on or before the 30th of each month,
without notice. Section Si allows distraint
only on failure to pay within ten days after
demand.
- - -
Where a license tax is applied for, which is
entered and returned upon the annual list,
and is certified to the collector, pending the
reception of the annual list, he may make out
the license and notify the party that it is ready
for him , but he cannot distram until the an
nual list is returned to him and all the formali
ties prescribed in connection therewith have
been complied with. Although; if the party
should retuse to take the license, he might be
liable for doing business without a license—if
a license tax cannot be entered upon the annual
list, but in consequence returned upon a special
list, and distraint follows in the prescribed
time.
In the case of a subscription list where the
heading involves a promise to pay the sums
annexed, the party signing is liable to the
stamp duty required en promissory notes
unless he pay the amount annexed his name at
the time of signature ; in which ease the sign
ing of his name should be regarded as a mere
part of a memorandum. Where the heading
of the list involves a condition on which the
subscribers will pay the sums annexed their
names, then each signature id held to create
an agreement, subject to a duty or five cants.
When in the sale of lands by State or county
authorities for taxes, the purchaser is re
quired to pay expenses of sale and transfer,
a conveyance made to such purchaser would
require stamp, since the expenses thereof
would follow the grantee; but where the State
Or county would be subject to duty on a con
vey:MCC, it is held that such duty is not due,
and no stamp is required.
The return for the Bank of England for the
week ending June 28, gives the following re
sult when compared with the previous week:
Rest £4,231,009.... Increase £lO,OOO
Public deposits. —10,487,984....1ncrea50 908,651
Other d ‘ uttosits.... 13,724,188....increa5e 57,822
On the other side of the account:
GOv't securities.l4o,4Bo,Cf2s....No change.
Other securities. 23,036,075.—1nerea5e £1,285,730
Notes unempl , d. 8,04.7440....Decrea5e 347,250
The Boston Trace/ter Of Wednesday evening
says:
Business is very good for the season of the
year. The money market is overflowing with
currency, and the surplus is so large at the
banks that in order to relieve themselves they
have clubbed together and made a loan of ten
millions of dollars to the sub-treasury at the
rate of five per cent. interest per annum, for
thirty days, or longer,
if mutually agreed
upon by the COntraCtingparties, at the end of
the specified time. The outside rates for prime
loans are live and six per cent., and tint-class
commereial paper is taken by note dealers at
seven and eight per cent. The stock market
is more animated, without much change in
prices for dividend-paying securities or for
he more fluctuating kinds of stocks and
bonds.
Drexel Ft Co. quote:
New 11, S. Bonds, 1691 107' @10754
U. S. Certifs. of Indebtedness, neW.. wig mg
U. S. Certifs. of Indebtedness, old.. 99 , / 100
New U. S. 7 3-10 Notes 99) 100
Quartermasters' Vouchers 96% ei
Orders for Certifs. of Indebtedness. 98 , A WA
Gold 141 @142
Sterling Exchange 153 1 / 4 155
5-20 Bonds, old 1.05 1 4010.5 X
'04N9.10`
5-20 Bonds, new
1040 Bonds
eke, July 13.
Soles of not
THE PUBL:
200 Cow Creek so y
100 Atlas 31
500 do 1)10 31
200 Dunkard...... 815 %
SECOND
SCO Mingo s3O 2
100 Dmikartl s3O %
MO Caldwell
21.011"rn Penn 1731
SALES AT REGULAR ,
Reported by Hewes,
IC ROAM).
900 Caldwell 2
100 do 55
100 punkard 94
CALL.
900. Atlas
100 Dunkard sW , 44
3no Keystone.... b3O. 1 1-16
BOARD OF BROXRES.
, & Co., 50 South Third St.
BOARD.
BEFORD
100 Readingll.
FIRST
5000 ii S Os •91 ep.1073.
2000 If '3 10-400(18 Its •3p 97
3000 11 S5-20bdslts •ep •105
1000 do ...small.ep .194%
1000 Citj 60 muolelp.. 92
1000,
500 d 0.... ...... este. 92
3700 do 10t5.92 •
1990 Ponta R 151 int . ,103
22 c0n500d.t5,....P.k 824
70 Cam £ Am It.lts-120
239 Penns. .... 58
Norristown 5.411
82 Rending R..tranB 5036
12 , do „ 8096
1(X)
mi t ;
100 do 810 50:11..
BETWEEN
200 Reading B. ..810 lO'4
100 830 50.411
100 ....827 50.411
100 • • • 50 ' 56'
100 dO. .„ .Itays 50.551
100...... s°l / 4 1
400 ..... .ab ut 50
Leh Wet
1009.99 Lel Os '7O- 03
1 0 0 Ostawissa pre 1)39 25
15
do .
..........930 2 4 0
200
164 N Feints 11•. ..... 24.
SECOND
8000 CDT 63 Muni. dots 925¢
seo 00 ........ 92%
1799 d0....ne5 4 lots 92
6000 if S 5-20 1)118 11 00 0 100 56
100 Reading R...cisa 00
do %
..... 449 60Sil
400 Sell Nay prep..... 90
100
190 Soso . esi 774
7a
100 do.-- ..... 030 7 / 6
200 'Wetzel 011 14
100 Atlas....
100 Blir • •
100. .. t
MO Caldwell . 6..1300 2 1-10
MO do ...... . ...
200 .... 9 -„„
100 Tionesta ...••
100 '"'
"
St Nicholas Oil.. 94
do•••••. ...... 1
100 do . 91
100 do 94
two d 0.•.• ......... .
04
110ARDS.
100 Venn, P. 21
I I t Medi Itk 119
500 Hestonv 11 Its 1)30 10
Fs 'Nma T. lots 5.
j SORyon Val (I lots 55
00 Id eehantei , Hunt Zt
Illetalutusli 011— 15F.
1100 US 10-20 bas coop 97,,q
2000 11 S Os 1881..eoup 1073¢
500 St Nicholas Oil—. .94
400 (Inv Os dew 92
100 do.. municipal 027
BOARD.
100 Caldwell.-- 2
100 do 2
100 Dalzell 3 4 11
100 do . .. .
WO
200 litaple do ktade
100 TlOSieith .69
THE WAR ,L fl
truishismit) WHICK 1,1 "•)
Tex WAR Pima wilt be seat to subscribers tor
lasulper'suntin ukadvance,)ht....gi. ....
Five eopleis ld ••
To copies . ............
.........................
y.Argrer Clubs thee Tee NT UI be 111“4 M the "31"
8200 per copy.
The =MN MIS always accompany the order, snit
in no inglance can these terms be deviated from. al
they agora per/ Mae snore than Glie cost of paper.
AN - Postriutsters are requested to Act as weir
for Tun WAIX pszbs•
.11fir To the getter-up of the Club of ten or twenty.-
an extra eoPT at the paper win be given.
/MEP.
9 Hazleton C0a1.... 69
1000 City& New 93
30 Elmira Pref 46
1100 N W 7. 94 10082(491100
110000 Maple Shade ..... yzoi
do
SALES AT'T
100 00 d B
o
encl I,ing R...,580
50-44" WM.
1. 10
200 do. b30.50) , 4
100 do 530.5041
The New York Post of yesterday says
Gold is more 'Arm. There is .little busbies*
doing, and the price is 1420142%;
The loan market is rather more active, but
the supply . of unemployed capital continuos!.
to be in excess of the demand. ' The rate for
call loans is 0' per cent., with. a few transac
tions at 0. Commercial Paper is dill! al Vg*
The stockmarket offers no new features of
interest. Governments are Strong; flve-twenty
coupons have sold at 100, and the new issue at
30534 ; new certificates at 98%, and seven-ttdr
ties at 100.
Railroad shares are irregular, Brie and Tort
Wayne being the strongest on the list.
Before the first session: New York Central
was quoted at 75%, kludeon River 1'4,110, Michi
gan Southern at flu% Cleveland and Pittsburg
at 10,4, Rock Island at 108%, Northwestern at
V, Northwestern preferred at 63.
following quotations Were made at the
board, as compared with Vesterclay
Wed. MI, Doe.
US 68 coupon, 1881 10740 10V4 3f, • ..
U 5.20 coupons 1057 10.5 h ,t 6
US 5.20 coupons, new 105 106
S 10.90 coupons 9114 :47.1
118 certificates 98% 08%
Tennessee es 70 71% .. lyj
=WM
Atlantic Mail
New York Central
Erie Preferred 8 '
Hudson River no3j no . 4
Readin
ai g )
central u 10m) 1 101.4 5.1
Nag
Michigan &nitiivrn,„ .. „ . 6A£ ,
After the board there Was no material
change. Erie closed at 78N,New York Central
at 95 3 A, nucleon River at 110 X, Reading at 116
Michigan Southern at 66. Eater Erie sold at
76%.
Philadelphia Marketd.
Rua - 13—Evening.
There is very little, f10111.4 11 a- for shit - moots
but the retailers and bakers are buying morn
freely, and prices are rather firmer, About
1,200 bbls sold in lots at from 60@6.50 for super
fine, *0.75Q7 for extra, $7.25118.25 for extra fa
roily and $8.50@10 111 bbl for fane brands,'as to
quality_. Rye Flour is dull at ssbbi. In Cora
Meal there is little or nothing. doing.
Crawl - N.—Prime Wheat is scarce and prides
are rather better, but there is more offering:
about 10,000 bus sold at 10691700 for fair to pp LIMA
Western reds; 171:61730 for Pennsylvania, do;
165@1eee for new Southern, and 19042210 e bR
for white, as to quality. Rye is selling at 93e
for Penilsylvania, which is an advance. Cora
is scarce and in demand; 3,000 bus Western
mixed sold at 93c hu. Oats are bettor, with
sales of Pennsylvania at 68069 e, mostly at the
latter rate.
.
Bane.—lst No. 1 Quercitron is in demand, at.
$32.50 ton but we hear of no sales.
COTTON.—Prices are rather lower, and there
loss doing 1 150 bales Of Mi(liTinigS sold at
53@55e lilt, cash.
GROCEMES.—Sugar is held above the views
of buyers, and we hear of no sales. Coffee is
- firmly held at former rates, but there is little
or nothing doing.
PETEOLEIIII.—The receipts aro increasing
and prices are rather lower; about 3,000 bbbt
sold m lots at 33Q3We for crude, 51@32 1 /0 for
refined in bond, antl7l@72c gallon for free,
as 10 QUFORY ,
HAT —Baled is selling at MOO toil,
Pnovistons.—The transactions are in small
lots only, the difference in the views of buyers
and sellers limiting operations. Mdss Pork is
quoted at $2819 Mi. Bacon Hams are selling lit s.
small way at lie T 1 11 for fancy canvassed.
Green Meats are - firmly held, with sales of
Pickled Hams at 22c, and Shoulders in salt at
15c it. Lard is selling at 20@204c ift 5 for
Ws and tierces.
.
leather scarce,tfld the sales are
limited ; small lots of Pennsylvania and West
ern libls are reported at 2:1342.15 'f? gal. •
The following are the receipts of Flour and
Grain at this port to-day
Flour..
Wheat.
Corn...
Oats...
New York Markets % July /I*,
FLOUR, &c.—The market for Western and -
State Fleur opened live to ten cents IR bbl het
ter on the low grades, but ore the close thin
improvement was lost. The medium and low-
grades at 15e25e better, and in fair demand at
the close.
Canadian Flour is four to dye cents better.
Sales of 400 bbls at *6.75@7 for 'the low grades
of extra, and $7,0.5@8 for trade and fatally ex
tras.
southern Flour Stt shade firmer and mode
rately active; sales of 700 bble. at $7@7.95 for
mixed to geed superfine country Baltimore,
&c., and @xB@ll.so for trade and family hrambl.
RvC Flour is firm and fairly active; sales of
150 bbls at $5.15@5.50.
Corn Meal is firm and in fair request ; sales
of 550 Ws at $4.75 for Jergey; $4.60 for West
ern ;'55.20 for Marsh's caloric, and $5:15 for
Brandywine, afloat..
GnAix.—The Wheat market is fairly active,
an d, wjui firmness in creiglat and some im
provement in exchatge, prices for sprillit
better, with fair demand for milling as welt
as for expert.
Barley Malt is firm at $1.60@1.65.
Oats are more plenty, and decidedly lower.
The sales are 40,000 bus Western at 6010162 c.
Rye is scarce, and held higher. We hear of
buyers of Western at 950.
Corn opened firmer, but closed dull and
heavy; at the concession there was more do
ing for export. The sales are 77,000 bushels
unsound. at 75rviic ; Western mixed. at 80@83c,
Inside price (65 ordinary; Western yellow au
90c.
Pitovisrows.—ThePork market opened 'firmer
and fairly active, but closed quiet. For future
delivery, sales of 2,000 bbls new Mess at $21.50,
seller August, and *2B, buyer do.
The sales, cash and regular are 7,050 bbls at
W.62 1 /02S for new mess, closing at the. inside
price ; 319Q19.25 for prime, and $21.50@21.75 for
Western prime moss.
Beef IS in moderate demand; sales of 400
bbls, at 18fR1 for plain mess, and 851.01613 for
extra do.
Tierce Beef is quiet; we bear of no sales
Cut Meats are scarce and firm
Lard is moderately active and .flrm; sales
of 1,100 bids and tag at 16 1 ,4(4)18Me for NO: 1; DX
@20 1 ,4e for fair to prime steam; 20},g421e for
kettle rendered.
Coxima.—ltio is lirmlrheld, but themarket.
is not active; sales of 700 bags on private terms.
Other hinds are in moderate demand at for-'
mot piqees.
COTTON.—A. fair business was done :AMC our
last, but prices are scarcely so arm i sales at
5102 c for middlings. •
flora are in moderate request for home
consumption, and prices are well sustained.
The advices from the growing districts are not
very favorable. We quote old and new crops
as follows: 9.014 Ne for inferior mu! common, 25
Mile for fair to choice, and 15@40c for fancy
lots.
l'r;rnoLnrm.—Crude is dull and lower; sales
at 33c. Refined in bond is firm, and in fair de
mand at 5405 e; free do is dull at 72074 e.
SUGAR.—flaw sugars are moderately active
at previous prices ; sales of 1,000 hinis at llyie
12 1 ,.;c for Cuba ; 12 1 ,1A1Ne for Porto Rico; and
125 boxes (Havana 13%e. liettned is quiet.
and unebanged.
TALLOW.—The market is more active and is
better; sales of 130,000 Is at 11@11iAc for West
ern, and 11%e for city.
Wnlsay.—Tne market is firmer • sales of 2GO
bbls at $2.00 for Western, and small 1943
at $2.10.
Boston Market, July 10.
Ftoun.—The receipts since yesterday have
been 3,128 bbis. The demand for Flour con
tinues good, and market firma; we quote %Vest-
ern superfine at 0,75065 common extras at
ii5i,00555,75; medium do. at :WV; and geed and
choice. including favorite St. Louis brands, at
$8.25@12 V barrel. Southern Flour has been
quiet and transactions
Grim:l.—The receipts since yesterday have.
been 18,400 bushels of Corn, and 3000 do Oats.
Corn is quiet, but continues to be ' held pretty
firm; we quote Southern yellow at 8141.05, and.
Western mixed, at 75@020 V bushel for poor to,
good, Oats remain the same ilyr quote North
ern and Canada at 67675 e bushel; Western
at 80c ; and 55@7;2c 3il bushel for Prince Edward
Island. Shorts at 8120@21 30 ton. Fine Food,
i24(c20, awl middlings at $2 - 8(630 gist ton.
Puovisimss.—Pork is selling at $214322 for
prime.; *28&27.50 for mess ; and clear at $35@)39 ,
V barrel, cash. Beef ranges from sl4@lti V bbl
tor Eastern and Western,. cash. Lard at 20e.
it, in barrels and tieres. Smoked Hams, 21@2.3e
11,, cash. Butter ranges front 2.5@30cfil a, as
to onality; and Cheese front 10@lac t 16, for
cominon slid prime.
Cincinnati Provision Market, July U.
Mess Pork was firmer, under the neWS from,
NOW York. and purchases could not have been
made at the close at less than X 26 for city
packed, and holders were not disposed to
sell freely at this rate: Buyers, however, were,
unwilling to pay the prices demanded, and, so.
far as wo coin learn, there were no sales.
There is also an increased firmness in the mar
ket for billk Meals, and shoulders are now
held at Mc, rib sides 14%.815c, and hams 1714%
loose, The only transaction Made public was
a sale of 50 hints shoulders at $13.55, packed.
Bacon Is quiet and nominally unchanged, Tito
figures asked are 1514 e for shoulders,;l6@i6i4c,
for rib skies, 17 for clear rib, and 17 for clear:
A sale of 20 hinds rib sides was made at 1.0c;. -
Hams are held at 21e, 22e for plain, and 1 , 0428*.
for sugar-curce, canvassed and packed. Lard.
could hare been sold at 191 , 0 Inr,prinid elty•
but a further advance was asked In tho tyftet.-
noon.
Narkets by Telegraph.
BALTIMOYM, July 13.—Flour dull,.at S7.X, for
11 oward-strect superfine, $0.75 for Western,
and $7.25 for Western extra. Wheat ackivte
with an advancing tendency; es of
bus new red at $2@2.10; 4,000 bus renua rad at
$1,55@2.
Citmtwx.kmt, july. 13,410tir Pa. loss active.
Wiliskl firm, With Mollol'lllr dettitintl• at. visions firmer . 1,200 bids .11es ',Pork sold at.
$2O; 10,000dbs of bulk meal sold.at 14@10e.
CHICAGO, July 13.—F1 our firm anti unchanged.
Mr No. 1 and 97 1
~4
Wheat Steady at $1:11@1.1 11 4
@oBc for No. 2. Corn dull, and V i cl@ge. lower ;
sales at 55c-for No, 1, and 53,.Abr N0...2. Oats.
dull and declined 2e sales ittetOr i e. ILlghwin ea
dull an unchanged. Frefgh fix* and twt
chan'ged... itegeAPP Vh linnenta.
Flour,lo.os.. ........ 3,000 0,500.
Wheat, bu 5...... . 51,000, 31,0M1
Corn, bus 137,000. W 2,000
Oats, Ins 4,71 X) 100,000
.11}i01(S
W%@ 96
35. tint SW
NEW YORK
The steamer Monting Star-has arrived front ‘
(4-oy-town, on the ut,IL, inst.. with seven, hum.;
dreg wnd seventy4wo pawnE;woo,,, who, to*
San Francisco sit tbk Mt, or Jane,
ARRIVAL OF TON,IFOU'Afkit AMLAXTA.
The steamer Atlanta '' from. New Orle4nEL
brings the 20th New Jersey. cavalry-41s
charged. . . . .
ARIIIV/a OP THE ROVOPIC.
The French steamer Europe. tuts arrived;
here twin Havre, with advioes or June la.
;Irv:NINo lerocx'vzountme.
11 P. 111.—The stock market this ovvialeg was
firm and olive. (31)1(1,142% old Ave-twenties.
106; New York Central tWiy.; Erie, 54 8 14 ; Hud
son, 11034; Item - ling, 101% ,• Michigan outhern.
61PA ; PittehumM4 ; Canton, 41 1 /..; quicksilver.
621/1„
elite move.
July 13:—Artived, IT, S. brig %ilia, frook Polk
sitoola.
Arrived ) bark Annie Barnsley, from kfouto,
video; brigs Cycleno, from thwOomp ; Mry d.
Williams t from rime,
: CURDS,
1000 118 10.40 bonds 07) 973 f
500 CIOy Oho municipal onyi
24 Nonisto w R.— oo
SOO'ow do, Reading ....
MKSO%
4)59
100 do 1:539 5076
.Ifg chosz.
Iteudingß ..... 0201
(I . .. bib
100. d 0.... ...... .100
100 d 0.... ..... .
15851 158
96.34 Se
%VI 7 29 4 Y
11130 bias
8,000 but.
8,500 bug.
4,W0 bus.
Nuw YORK, July IL
of NTUAL • AMElllal.