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TEMPORA rIITAN'FITR!
1f as was said, eeinturies ago, by a re•
speetable old classic, " the times are
changed, and we suffer change with them,"
assuredly that great trans-Atlantic organ,
the Times itself, has also passed through
remarkable mutation. We freely confess
that it did not enter into our expectation or
belief that this famous journal, whose
-talent, wealth, and audacity have made it
a power, lime given it a world-wide influ
ence, ha - ve ffen egablighed it as an alltllo
- particularly whore the English language
is spoken and read,would or couldhave taken
a fair view and made a just estimate of the
trial at Washington, which ended in the
conviction of the parties charged -with being
accessories with WILKES BOOTH, in the
base attempt to murder President larteout
and other eminent members of the Execu
tive Administration of the United States.
The Times, on July 17th, having announced
the COnviCtion of these criminals, com
mented on their sentence with unusual
good sense. `"Justice has before this been
executed on the chief accomplices of BOOTH,
the assassin of President LINCOLN." Thus
the Times opens, and goes on to say :
They have been convicted at last by a
Court-martial, after a trial so protracted as to
exhaust the patience of the American public.
"Whatever may be alleged against the Jurisdic
tion of this military commission, its proceed
ings were certainly not too summary, for they
lasted over many weeks, and are said to be
ernbodied in four - thOueand three hundred
l'aigeS of tedious manuscript. No less than
three hundred and sixty-one witnesses were
examined, and it is to the credit of the Gorern
meta that the expenses of those called for the de
fence hare been defrayed out of the public funds.
Of course, until the evidence ispublished, we
can form no opinion upon the fairness of the
'Verdict, but nothing that has yet transpired a!-
fords any reason for impugning it. It was hard
ly doubted, we believe, by any competent per
.son in America, that the charge of conspiracy
had bet% brought home to all the pl . - isomers ; the
question was rather as to the various degrees
of their guilt, and the proper apportionment
of ptudshment."
The same authority proceeds to say that,
with President JOHNSON'S approval, the
convicted criminals had been divided into
three classes: the first including PAYNE,
HAROLD, ATZEROTT, and Mrs. &MATT, to
be executed. Three others (MUDD, AR
NOLD, and O'LACGIELIN,) to be impri
soned for life, with hard Tabor; and
SrAriior.En to have penal servitude in
the Albany Penitentiary for six years.
"Against the severity of these aellieHeM
not a word can be said," is the grave de
-claration of the Times, which adds : " The
Zives of BOOTH and his fellow-conspirators
sces.e moat justly forfeited. Human judges
can recognize no excuse for assassination.
tyrannicide can ever be justified (IS an ap
peal to a higher law, it must be justified be
fore a higher tribunal than. any earthly
judgment seat." Thus no excuse is offered
for the female criminal. No plea for her
pardon is put in on the ground that she was
a woman. The broad fact that she had
unsexed herself by becoming a conspirator
to murder the President and several of the
members of his Government alone is
taken into consideration; and the opi
nion of the great newspaper of England,
congratulation that " j ustice has been
executed on the chief accomplices of
BOOTH, the assassin of President LIN
COLN," may be accepted as the opinion of
England upon the crime and the criminals,
the trial and the punishment. There is
not any expression of sickly sentimentality,
but an honest, bold out-speaking, which
has its promptings in a plain sense of justice.
In connection with this subject, or, more
Properly, with the great crime itself, we
have published numerous expressions of
opinion from various foreign countries.
The latest we have seen has reached us
froin Calcutta, which is so distant' that its
earlier arrival could scarcely have been
expected. It appeared in a letter from
Calcutta, published in The Times of July
18th, and informs us that the Bengal
Chamber of Commerce, the justices of the
peace who form the municipality of Cal
cutta, and the American residents, had all
separately passed resolutions expressing,
in the words of the Chamber,
"The horror - with which they, in common
with all ranks and classes of Her Majesty's
subjects, view the assassination of the late Mr.
Lincoln; President of the United States of
America; the deep sympathy) which they feel
for the people of that country under the great
national calamity which this event has brought
upon them; and their earnest hope that the
war from which they have suffered so severely
niey soon be brought to a close, and be followed
by peace, lasting and prosperous?,
In these sentiments, so kindly and cor
dially- expressed, there surely is that "touch
of Nature," which the great poet tells us
4 ' makes the whole world kin."
OUR MERCANTILE MARINE.
The assistance rendered by the ship
builders and ship-ow - ners of Great Britain
to the parties engaged in fitting out pirati
cal cruisers against our commerce, served a
double purpose ; it gave aid and comfort to
the rebellion, and it helped to cripple and
destroy our noble mercantile marine.
While the Sumpter, Alabama, Rappahan
nock, Shenandoah, &c., were nominally
employed solely to advance the interests of
the Confederacy, they were really engaged
in serving the interests of British ship
-owners by making the vessels of their great
American rivals too unsafe to be entrusted
with the carrying trade of the world. It
was no mere sentiment or sympathy for
the South that prompted the shameless
violation of the British neutrality, laws,
but a desire to advance British ship : .
ping interests in the most infamous,
disgraceful, and dishonorable manner,
Every pirate fitted out in an English port,
to war upon American commerce, contri
buted directly to swell the premiums for
-war risks on American vessels, and thus to
give foreign ships an immense advantage in
securing freights. If our losses had been
confined to the comparatively few ships
that were captured or destroyed by the pi-
Tates, they would have been comparatively
slight ; but, as the risk of capture had to be
encountered by all our vessels, immense
sums were spent for insurance, and many
of our best ships found safety only under
the flags of other nations. It is sup Posed
that by the sales and transfers thus ren
dered necessary we have lost one thousand
vessels and nearly half a million of ton
.
nage. The New York Dilpune gives a list
of 608 vessels, with a tonnage of 328,605,
sold to sail under the British flag alone, in
n period Of about eighteen months, and it
estimates that several hundred more were
sold or transferred during the same period
to citizens of Brazil, Spain, Italy, and other
minor powers.
The numerous blockade-runners captured
by our navy form only a partial offset to
- this fearful list, in a national point of vieW,
and as an aid in swelling American ton-%
nage ; but they were valuable enough to .
make their owners severe sufferers in this
illicit modern war upon American coin-
Merce. Indirectly, their desperate scheme
•
has, in one of its ramifications, recoiled.
Though the damage they disponorably and
interests
secured
inflicted upon our shipping
secured temporary profits and advantages,
those who invested such ill-gotten gains
in blockade-breaking enterprises, eventual
ly lost a large share of their prOfits by.
the vigilance of our cruisers. How the, ac
count of all the transactions connected with
British shipping interests, as affected by the
rebellion, if footed up in dollars and cents,
-or pounds, shillings, and pence, would
stand, Will probably never be known. But
the profits have been" materially lessened by
the numerous captures made by our gallant
navy, in a strictly honorable and legitimate
manner, of ships caught in the act of vio
fisting our laws and in yielding direct aid to
the Confederacy. And it will not be easy
ior America to forget or to forgive the men
who, in the hour of our National peril,
formed what was virtually an alliance, de
. fensive and offensive, with our dOniestic
- foes, and who supplied them withguns, can
non, munitions of war; elothing,and piratical
ahii4,!*ith.the UndersttMOlng that:they, in
turn, should zealously endeavor to destroy
our mercantile marine, so that " Brittania "
might once mere "rule *6: waves."
WEST;-POINT.'
. .
The Board of : Visitors, - appointed to at
tend the recent annual exffinination of the
United States Military Academy, at West
Point, have recommended several important
changes, among which are the following:
That the Corps of Cadets should gradually
be increased to four hundred ; and that the
age of admission should be extended to
twenty-four years, in the ease of applicants
who have spent two _years in our armies
during the late war; that the standard of
admission should be raised by adding pro
ficiency in grammar, geography, and Ameri
can history, to the present requirements;
that no student under seventeen, or more
than twenty-two years of age (with the
exception given above,) should be re
ceived ; that legislative provision should
be made for competitive examinations
of applicants for cadetship in the States
or districts in which they reside ; that
the practice of "hazing," which is the
West Point type of the " fagging " that pre
vails in English schools, be broken up, and
that a first assistant professor of the Spanish
language be provided for. Whatever may
be the faults or failures of our great military
academy, some of its graduates have re
cently rendered such vitally important ser
vice that the nation will gladly assist in ex
tending the sphere of its usefulness, and in
educating within its portals new generations
of young heroes who are to lead the future
armies of the Republic.
' I 0 DAV SN i 1
The friends Of JEFFERSOIsT DAVIS, in the
city of New York, taking broad issue with
Mr. Justice JAMES Tnomreox, of this State,
who decides that the rebellion is at an end,
have held quite a respectable rebel meeting
in support of their imprisOned leader, and
are evidently preparing to make a neW
demonstration in favor of "the indepen
dence of the South." See the account from
the New 'York Evening Post of yesterday.
THE BRITISH Snip -owls - Ens having done
their best, during the rebellion, to destroy
our shipping interests, and to prevent us
front doing even the bulk of our own car
rying trade, now, since the war is over, a
systematic attempt is being made by British
manufacturers to destroy our -manufactur
ing establishments, by inducing usto adopt
a free-trade policy. If we would relapse
into a purely agricultural and mining na.
tion, and supply England with gold and
silver, grain, provisions, and cotton, taking
in exchange for our vast treasures of wealth,
manufactures of all kinds brought here in
foreian ships, and allowing foreign merchants
to fix the prices alike of our imports and ex
ports, we would please our English cousins
exactly. Year by year they would grow
richer and richer, on the profits of such a
traffic, and we would degenerate into a state
of hopeless and helpless dependency upon
them. We could devise no better system
than this to fasten a new British yoke upon
our necks, which, in the end, would become
as galling and oppressive as the one our an
cestors threw off by the Revolution of 1776.
The late war for the Union showed hOW
invaluable the manufactming genius of the
North was in a military as well as in an in
dustrial and financial aspect ; and this les
son, added to the numerous proofs of the
covert hostility of European nations, will
make the American people more anxious
now than ever to secure an independent
position by enabling our own citizens to
supply, as far as possible, all our own wants.
Death of Richard ilildreth, the Ma
torian.
The following letter from Mr. Hunter, de&
ing Secretary of State, conveys the sorrowful
intelligence of the death of Richard Hildreth,
the well-known author and historian of the
United States:
"DEPARTMENT or STATE,
WASIUNGTON, 2S, 1865.
"Hon. Chas. Sumner, Z.T.S. Senator, Boston,Mass. :
" SIR: It is my painful duty to inform you
that this Department has received intelligence
froln Mr. T. Bigelow Lawrence, United States
Consul General at Florence, of the death, on
the morning of the 11th instant, in that city, of
Richard Hildreth, Esq., late United States Con- -
sul at Trieste.
_
14 I will thank you to eonnuunicate this sad
intelligence to the friends of the deceased. No
further information regarding theynelancholy
event has been received at the Department.
" I have the honor to be, sir,
"Your obedient servant,
"W. HUNTER,
"Acting Secretary."
The event was not uneXpeeted, as Mr. HR•
dreth had long been in enfeebled health but
the blow will lie felt none the less severely. -
Richard Ilildreth was born at Deerfield, on
the 28th of June,lBo7, and was graduated at
Durward College, in 1829. He began the study
of the law at Newhuryport, and was admitted
to the Suffolk county bar in 1830. He began
practice immediately at Newburyport, remov
ing subsequently to Boston.
His literary tastes began to manifest them
selves at an early period. While pursuing his
studies he was a contributor to various maga
zines throughout the country - . His legal .ca
reer was brief. He had transferred his resi
dence to Boston, when it was determined to
establish the Boston Atlas, and Mr. Hildreth
was secured as an editor of that journal, which
was started in July,lsll. 111 health compelled
Lim to resign that position in October 1834,
and he passed a year and a half on a planta•
tion in Florida, where he wrote his anti-sla,
very novel, "Archy Moore," which was exten
sively sold, and afterward republished in this
country, and again in England. He resumed
his connection with the Atias in May, 1835, and
until .ICovember, 1539, was its Washington cor
respondent.
At this time he took an active interest in
polities, and sustained the leading measures
of the Whig party.
About the time of President Harrison's ad
ministration-appeared Mr. Hildreth's work on
"Despotism in America." The enbrmities of
the slaveholding power, the outrages perpe
trated under its auspices, such as to systema.
tize robbery Of the United States mail with
the approval 01 the General Government, the
atrocities perpetrated upon individuals, and
the riots ii, Northern cities at the instigation
of Southern leaders, were all rebuked.
His health again giving way, he left this
country and resided for three years in the
province of Demarara, British Guiana.
The great work of his life, the "History of
the United States," was next undertaken; and
the first three volumes appeared in 1849,
covering the period extendingfrom the dis
• covery of the continent of America to the
organization of the Government under the
Federal Constitution ; the next three volumes,
extending from that period till the end of the
sixteenth Congress, in 1821. The whole work
was then revised by him and published in a
new edition in 1855.
He published a volume, carefully collated
from .Lord Campbell's Lives of the Chief jus
tices of England. It has the title Of "Atro
cious Judges ; Lives of Judges Infamous as
Tools of Tyrants and Instruments of Oppres
sion?, In this volume the circumstances of
the Williamson case were set forth with for
cible comments.
. -
At the accession of President Lincoln he
was appointed Consul to Trieste, in the Austri
an dominions,and held this post at the time
of his death. Mr. Hildretli was fifty-eight
'years of age.
The Celebration of the Fourth of July
in Geneva, Switzerland.
A LETTER FROM GENERAL AVCLELLAN.
The Americana at Geneva, Switzerland,
celebrated the Fourth of duly by a dinner, and
an excursion on the lake. General McClellan
haVing been invited, sent the following letter
to the committee :
HOTEL BYRON, LAICE GENEVA,
Tuesday, July 4,1865.
Mr DEAR Sin: I have received your very
polite invitation, on behalf of the citizens of
the United States of America, who are in Ge
neva, to Mrs. McClellan and myself, to join
them at dinner to-day.
I regret that it will, not be in our power to do
ourselves the pleasure of meeting with you in
the celebration of this most interesting anni
versary of the most sacred day in the Ameri
can calendar. Although I cannot meet you in
person, I hope that you will permit me to ex
press the intense joy and pride with which, in
common with all Americana , I look upon the
recent glorious successcsof ourgallant armies
under Grant and Sherman.
As these victories have 'finally crushed the
armed opposition to the General Government,
and have brought back the whole of the na
tional domain under the folds of our flag, I
- *rust that this anniversary of our nation's
birth-day will be the opening of a new era in
our history—When brotherly love will again
prevail between,the people of the once con
tending sections—when all the causes- of the
I ate war shall have disappeared—when the idea
of secession shall be regarded as a thing en
tirely of the past, never again to be revived,
and during which we shall become a stronger,
snore united, and more prosperous nation than
7e..i. before.
• -.
I roost Sincerely unite with you in the feel
ings of sorrow and indignation which have
been so universally expressed for the Coward
ly murder which deprived the country of its
Chief Magistrate, and in the desire to afford
the most loyal ;support to his successor. I
trust, too, that you will unite with nte in the
hope that, since we have completelyvindicated
our national strength and military honor by
tile entire defeat and ruin of our late enemies
Our. people will pursue a magnanimous and
' merciful course towards a fallen foe—one that
will tend to soften the bitter feelings inevita
bly caused by a long and earnest war—and to .
restore the confidence and kind feeling . that
should exist between those who owe allegiance
to . the same Government and belong to the
same people,
,B eg ging that. you win Convey to the com
mittee and to the gentlemen they represent,
My sincere thanks for their very courteous in
vitation, I am, -my dear sir, very truly and re
spectfully yours, Gkollek B. MCCLIMLAN.
pHs JOY or THE PICOPLB AT Tint entenRATION.
The New York Times , correspondent, after
describing the dinner given, says
When the dinner was finished the guests em
barked on the steamer . William Tell, which
was waiting for them at the quay, in front of
die hotel, and steamed away down Lake Le
man.
We Americans abroad do not know whether
the moon shone that night on Monadnock,
ltoStOn harbor, and Lake Michigan; lint we do
know that the blu&lights on the .bows. ,the
iimillaunie Tell :burned Pale in the eilver eine=
of Lake Leman, and that 'Mont Diane bare hip
diadem of anew in a silver light, as , brigbt'att
- fancy words could paint it ; and the sail 491111
the lake drew people together with a rapidity
and closeness nearly allied to spiritual affini
ty. Indeed, aro' have reeclited several confi
dential disclosures that the:ot.eyage would be
the cause of seYeralotbera Valle future.
As the vessel came around to return to Ge
am; she commenced burning_ blue and rod
lights and throwing uri rockets. Presently the
guests caught sight of-answering rockets from
the town. Then they saw one villa after-an
other illuminated. As the 'boat reached the
harbor it was found that most of the largo_
hotels fronting the lake had been ; illuminated
in sympathy with the occasion, and that the
quays. the bridges, and the houses were crowd
ed with thousands of peOplei:'
Then it was we felt that we were in a re
public, and, in the words of one of the Swiss
speakers at the table, that the hearts of re
publics beat with one pulse. As the boat
reached the quay, the last rocket from shore
answered the last one from the boat. The
crowd divided so as to form a narrow passage
to the hotel, and, amid cheers from the people
and the music of the band, the celebration
ended.
TEXAS PAPERS—No. 2
NATLIDAL DIVISIONS
The State is naturally diVided into six great
sections, not marked oir by distinct dividing
lines, but gradually running into each other,
and imperepptihlyaliding from the one to the
other. Still, each one, after passing its neu
tral" or rather, mutual grounds—its mixed
bOrderS, spreading out into 'a great seetion
clearly distinctive urnd individual They arc
the sugar and cotton lands ; the cotton and
corn lands; the corn and grain lands; the
grain and grazing lands; the
_. grazing and
waste lands, and the sterile wastes.
PRODUCTS
And upon each of these divisions are, or
May be grown, all the trees, shrubs, flowers,
grasses, grains, fruits, and vegetables distinc
tively peculiar to their corresponding . lands iu
other parts of the world. For instance, upon
the sugar and cotton lands grow the wild cane
brakes, the large magnolia, the pomegranate
orange, and fig. Upon the cotton and corn
lands the sweet potato, peach, and persim
mon. Upon the grain lends the peach, apple,
and potato. Upon the stock lands the mesquit,
cattus, and great prickly pear. And upon the
unwatered plains, or waste lands the stunted
shrubs and scattered reedy grasses peculiar to
such lands everywhere, while over the Whole,
excepting the barren plains, grape vines are
common, and neatly all garden vegetables are
grown.
OTHER DIVISIONS
The State is also naturally divided into the
flat or coast level ; the rolling, the mountain-
MIS Or hilly, and the high plateau country.
Again, into the bottoms and the uplands, and
the prairie and timbered lands.
The coast level lies along its entire gulf
coast, from the Sabine to the Rio Grande, a dis
tance of some four hundred miles ; being al
most upon the gulf level, and scarcely broken
for the whole distance; and extending back
inland for different distances, a good deal de
pending upon the curvature Of the Coastline,
in some places but few miles, in others sixty
or seventy and perhaps still more. Then the
rolling lands are reached and continue in in
terspersed prairie and timber, crossed also by
a wide belt of sandy post oaks (in some places
any miles wide, as upon the road between
Washington and Austin,) till the abrupt,
mountainous., or billy, country is reached, be
hind which and far away are the elevated pia,
teen lands of the Llano Estacado, or staked
plains, bordering New Alexia°.
GOINO WEST
The traveller going west from Galveston
would first strike the hilly country, with its
crags and gorges, and cedar-brakes, fitted
mostly for sheep walks and goat ranges, just
in the rear of the city of Austin, and in reach
ing them he will have passed over almost two
hundred miles of level and rolling country,
of which the rolling is two-third.
One hundred and thirty of the counties of
Texas lie entirely east of the 23d degree of
west longitude, with only three west; and yet
more than a third of her territory lies west of
that line. These counties, however, embrace
by far the greater portion of the State that is
really inhabitable; and within their limits
are comprised the several natural divisions
I have named, even to a portion of its sterile
plains.
DOWN THE WBSTEEN COUNTIES
A traveller, well mounted, starting front the
Red river, and riding down the western line
of the western counties in a direct line south
to the Rio Grande, will find fifteen hard days
ride in making the trip; and will only seldom
touch civilization upon the journey; a lucky
hit, in fact, if he- sleeps under roof a single
night, or finds either bread or meat by the
way.
On his journey he will ford or swim the head
waters of the Brazos, the Colorado, and the
nieces, while all the other great rivers of the
State (excepting one, the Pecos,) the Sabine,
the Trinity, the Oruadalo . upe, the San Antonio,
and the Arkansas, with their hundreds of tri
butaries, some of which are theMselVeS long
and important rivers, he will entirely head
travelling far west of all their head waters;
and yet, still west of his line of travel lies a
third of the territory of the State; and east
six hundred miles of the Brazos lie between
it and the Gulf; and be will have crossed the.
great Mexican road about midway between
Fulton, near which it enters the State, and EL
Paso, where it leaves it. Along the northern
end of his ride he will find land that by and by
"Will add its annual treasures of corn and grain
to the agricultural wealth of the State; but
through all the Southern half, he will only look
upon a country forever destined to the restless
tramp of cattle, and from whose wild plains
shall yet he gathered the beeves with which
to supply the stalls of the butchers of NeW
York and Boston. Nature has been bountiful
with her soil and sun, but withholds her
showers; as if dieted - Mined that neither the
adventure nor the cupidity of man should
ever tempt him to mar with fields and fences
the natural beauty of the great pastures she
herself has prepared for the ceattle.
THE SUGAR COUNTRY;
Entering the State from Louisiana, near the
mouth of the Sabine, and travellin—along, the
coast southwest towards the mouth of the Rio
Grande, one finds rivers, creeks, bayous, and
lagoons everywhere crossing his road—some
times to be ferried, sometimes to be forded,
sometimes to be swam and sometimes to be
turned (gone around,) for bridges are neither
natives nor Settlers in Texas—but every
where nearly the same level through it all.
From the Sabine to the Neuces he travels
either through cowbrakes, sugar lands, river
bottoms, and hogwallow, cotton lands, or flat
prairie stock lands ; and from the litieces
to the Rio Grande he crosses a magnifi
cent sweep of low-coast cattle range Spot
ted with the salt springs and lagoons from
which nearly all the State was supplied
with its salt during the whole rebel
lion; while all along the coast are nume
rous little oblong islands, upon which sea
island cotton has profitably been grown for
Many years, Upon, this coast trip one sees
very little of beauty or variety, and its dull,
flat sameness soon become tiresome beyond
expression; and, though actually crossing the
sugar district of the State, with all its capabi
lities for tropical wealth and beauty, fruits
and flowers—though every river bottom is
crowded with rich treasures of cane and cot
ton, and alive with negroes and mules ; and
though its occasional stretches of deep, black
hogwallow give promise of liberal crops as
long as man will but plough and plant, still
the great fiats of seemingly worthless lands,
covered with hedge, and looking wild and
drear, give a cheerless, comfortless aspect to
the whole that impresses one who has never
seen the uplands of the State with an unplear
'sant and erroneous idea of it all. But were he
to enter the State
A HUNDRED MILES TIAOK
or north of the route just travelled over, and
follow about the same direction, he wouldfind
himself riding over a country so entirely dif
ferent from the coast route, that he would
hardly be able to imagine himself in the same
country. It is a picturesque, rich, rolling
country of interspersed timber, prairie, and
bottom lands, covered with cotton, corn, and
cattle. This road traverses the highly culti
vated and wealthy counties of Trinity, Walker,
Grimes, Washington, and Fayette, the garden
of the State, mostly inhabited by large plant
ers, whose negro cabins are everywhere seen,
and whose cotton crops are a bale to the acre•
Along this road the traveller finds the eastern
Portion less desirable than the centre; but,
continuing on over the Colorado, he is soon
struck with the decrease of plantations ; and,
after crossingthe Guadaloupc,though the coun
try continues rich and beautiful—more beau
tiful even than ;before—cultivation almost
ceases. He is again in the domain of the cat- .
tle. Nature in her anxiety, lest man shall for
get his necessity for meat in his worship of
cotton, and sacrifice his stomach to his pocket,
has here locked up her showers again, and so
forever divided =the fields of man from the
pastures of her own.
The traveller upon this road going south.
west, when -be reaches the Colorado, has seen
a long belt of the great cotton and corn sec
tion, and most probably noticed that, if ho
wants a small farm, andintends to labor in his
own Yields, be had better still go a little higher
up, where fewer negro cabins and smaller
patches are found. Along this road he will
miss the bayous and lagoons of the coast, but
will still find bridgeless creeks and rivers,
aCTOES which he must ferry, wade, or swim.
They are, however, clear rapid streams run
ning between bold banks, over which the fer
ryman's rope is usually stretched, and his
boat working its own way from shore to shore,
UPON ANOTHER ROAD,
lying parallel with this, but yet far enough be
hind it to leave the great belt of post oaks be
tween it and the gulf—say entering the State
anywhere between ShreVesport and Fulton,
and running southerbieo as to hit Austin and
San Antonio—a traveller will find 'himself
riding over a country { still more rolling than
the , last; like it, interspersed with wood,
prairie, and bottoms, but covered with grain,
as well as corn and cotton—cut into smaller
farnlS, grazing more `cattle, horses, and sheep,
and having a cooler and more bracing atmos
phere.
This is a portion of the great grain section,
and is the home of Northern men and Euro
peans, who need go no farther to find their
'farms and build their cabins.
—A note from Jackson, Miss., contain the
following expression recently used by Gov.
Sharkey, of Mississippi, who, being asked if
he had any objection to its publicity, said he
had not, its it truly stated his sentiments : " I
have lost all the negroes I had, some' seventy
or eighty in number, but, so help Me God, I
would not oast emote to restore the institution
Of Slavery."
' • =NOM , I ' AUGUST 2, 1865:
4 4. •
PASSENGER RAILWAY TRIPS-NO. X
GIRARD-COLLEGE ROAD.
THE CRAVE OF FRANKLIN.
APT'JMON7_'ICDS 2 I,ll3ll,Ait'Sr.
CAMP CADWALADER, OR CAMP DISCHARGE
The Girard College Passenger Railway is a
double track arrangement, on Arch street and
Ridge avenue, the intervening sections be
tween these two thoroughfares being Ninth
and Tenth streets. Arch street possesses a
few features worthy of public remark. The
firs tof these may be introduced as
Franklin, the statesman patriot, philoso
pher, was the first man to introduce the elec
tric telegraph. It is true that his method was
by means of a kite raised among the thunder
clouds, but, since that period, other improve
ments have been made, other machinery has
been brought into use, and amore perfect sys
tem established. Franklin, it may be said,
grasped the bolts at the forge of Jupiter, and
brought them harmless to the earth, It was a
bold undertaking. While thousands of peo
ple turn their heads away from the reflection
of electricity, as it dashes front cloud
to cloud, often taking the earth in its
momentary circuit, Franklin stood in the
open field of Nature almost like an. Ajax.
True, he did not defy the lightning, but court
ed it. In doing this 'he entered the undevel
oped regions of ethereal science, if it may be
called such, .and taught: the world that so
Subtle an agent as electricity could be made
subservient to the uses of mankind in various
ways, because, at least to some extent, It was
not beyond human control. This great man—
the wonder of the age in which he lived—ar
rived in Philadelphia a wandering youth. His
ration at one time was a single loaf of bread.
He attracted the attention of a "ladye faire II
standing on a door-step, on Fourth street,near
Market, and in due time she became Mrs. Debo
rah Franklin. Franklin was a genius. Re was
the student of nature, and an apt scholar. He
roamed on the banks of the Schuylkill; drank
inspiration fresh from the natural fountain
of the Wissahickon; established a printing
press, and through this medium illuminated
the world. He was the contemporary of
Washington, and finally arose to the lofty po
sition of an Ambassador abroad—for, by the
light of history, we see the same man unos
tentatiously standing before the Court of
France, in• all the primeval dignity of an
American citizen and representative. The
mouldering:remains of this great man repose
in the corner of a secluded cemetery, at Fifth
and Arch streets, within three hundred yards
of the first scene of his courtship. A. broken
flat gray marble slab is all that speaks of the
illustrious dead. On this stone is the follow
ing simple inscription:
There is plenty of room on the slab to in
scribe the epitaph that Franklin, no doubt,
desired to be placed upon his tomb-stone.
In the year 172,9, he had a severe attack of
pleurisy, and during Wornness, it was thought
that he wrote the following epitah. Its style
and sentiment were adopted by other writersi
in England, who borrowed the idea, and ap
plied it to different subjects. The following is
a true copy of the Franklin Epitaph ;
The Body
of
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN,
Printer, _
(Like the cover of an Old book
Its contents torn out,
And stript of its lettering and gilding,)
Lies here food for worms ;
Yet the work itself shall not be lost,
For it will, as he believed, appear once more
In a new
And more beautiful edition,
Corrected and Amended
by
The Author.
At the head of the broken slab, is a half
falling stone, containing the following
FRANCIS T.
Aged 4 years—son of Benjamin and Deborah
Frankl— died November—
This stone is so much defaced, neglected and
broken, that the entire inscription cannot be
decyphered very readily. It seems a great
pity that one, who, in life occupied so much
public attention, whose example s was so illus
trious and worthy of emulation as Franklin,
should be left to moulder in neglect and ob
scurity. But for the energy of a few gentle
men in this City, the people, of Philadelphia
would have known nothing of the spot where •
Franklin was buried. A small portion of the
long blank wall, on Arch street, was removed
a few years since, and an iron railing erected
to prevent invasion. Though these rails the
passer by may look upon the neglected gritve
of one of the great men of_ilzwyrica Or days
long ago.
APPRENTICES' LIBRARY.
A Quaker-looking brick building, so far as
its drab color is viewed, located at the south
west corner of Fifth and Arch streets, that
many citizens, doubtless, have supposed to be
a meeting-house of the Society of Friends, is
the Apprentices , Library Company. This in
stitution was Minded, we think, in the year
1821, and the managers fora long period occu
pied apartments in Carpenters' Hall. The li
brary contains at least fifteen thousand vol
umes, and is open on alternate days of the
week, Sundays excepted, for apprentice boys
and girbs. In former years, a large number of
apprentices, instead of loitering around street
corners, or running with the fire companies,
used to avail themselves of the great benefits
of this institution. Some of the best citizens
of Philadelphia, men of affluence and influ
ence, fOrmed a taste for reading in the days of
their apprenticeship. - TLC' institution is, per.
haps, seldom thought of among the great body
of apprentices of the present day. Our insti
tutions of popular education are more nume
rous now than ever, and, therefore, the rush of
apprentices to the building at Arch and Fifth
streets ought to exhibit a ten-fold increase as
compared with thirty or forty years ago.
This beautiful temple of amusement, since
its recent enlargement, has become one of the
most popular theatrical establishments in
Philadelphia. It is very well managed by
Mrs. John Drew. It has a marble front, and
may be Considered an architecturai ornament
to the vicinity in which it is located. At the
time the proposition was first made, it met
with universal resistance on the part of the
Quakers or Friends who resided on that an
thoroughfare. They conSidded it an
invasion of their rights of conscience, but
their efforts to stay the. hand of "desecra
tion,?" as they regarded the project, were una
vailing. The almighty dollar and progress
were too powerful; the theatre was built, and
since that time other improvements in busi
ness have been introduced, and Arch street is
no more considered the Quaker thoroughfare
of Philadelphia.
There are a number 'of temples of art on
Arch street. Each year new stores are added,
so that those who were familiar with the
street only thirty years since would be a
stranger there now. The car turns up Ninth
street, into Ridge avenue, and then pursues a
northwest direction until reaching the depot,
at Columbia avenue. This is one of the oldest
thoroughfares in Philadelphia, and on its en
tire route there are many magnificent scenes
of nature and art; but these are beyond the
depot, and access to them by rail is under the
control of another company. Therefore, a
change of ears is necessary.
The large four-story brick building of this
company Is located on the east side of Ridge
avenue, above Vine street. It is surmounted
by a pretty large steeple, from which an ex
cellent view can be had of the city of Phila
delphia. Those who are acquainted with the
prominent locations can approximate very
Closely to a fire by the light in the night or
smoke in the day time. Steeples On angina
houses now-a-days are more ornamental than
useful, because of the local telegraph, which
extends to almost every part of the city, and
by which lire alarms are communicated as
quickly as meditation on the wings of thought'
From this point there seems to be
an almost
endless array of steam mills, fire-brick facto
ries, stove works, wood-turning establish
meats, extensive iron-railing works steam
marble works, and a great variety of all kinds
of places of industry. It is doubted whether
there can be found any one street in Phila
delphia that presents so much enterprise,
such large places of prosperity, as this ave
nue. Some of the prettiest iron-railing and
sculpture-marble monuments to be found in
the country may be seen on this ancient ave
nue.
A very pretty pressed brick building, known
as the Green xill Market, commands atten
tion. Tido edifice is a short distance above
Washington Drove Yard. It is three stories
elevation, and a great convenience to the
neighborhood.
This famous institution is loCated to the
west of the rail track, but the interior of the
entrance cannot be seen because of the long,
ugly, blank stone wall that Intervenes. How
much better would it be to reduce the wail,
and erect an iron railing thereon. As it
stands, the many strangers, who pass and re
pass that place every hour in the day, may
suppose encloses a prison. The main build
big, which looms up on the horizon, from
almost every distant point surrounding the
city, is one of the most magnificent strue
tures hi the city. It is a great ornament, and'
its beauty should be displayed, s mach as poi
slide. Its founder, Stephen Girard, a very
singular man in many respects, had an eye to
beauty as well as strength. His bank build
ing, on Third stieet, is some evidence, from
its architectural ksign, that he was far ahead
'of the times in the beauty of improvementi,
between sixty and seventy years since. We
may say that, on this part of, the route, the
country is more open, but there are no scenes
or natural grandeur. The depot te heated
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sT. JAMBS
Mswiai
GIRARD COLLEGE
BY "OHMS."
THE ORAVE OF. FRAIYKLIN.
BENJAMIN
Ara FICAIifi:LIIT.
DEBORAH
FAIRMOUNT ENGINE COMPANY.
GIRARD COLLEGE
Columbia avesme. A skut, diaroce north
of this place is focatetr*
• CAMP OADW,ALAIIMM,
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hn.M. •
at the preseM.tithe as'cathatiOrseharge.
fiejr(•the soldieri , Wro' fully discharged from
service, and, spoll'iilaching'the Outside of tip),
Camp, are ,immediately" beset , by ' gangs
sharpers,..Xendy:3o ,rob. them whenever an
opportunity -offeas. The soldiers generally
have bad soraffimperience, and sonackspf them
have profiled by it. We stood afihortlistance.
from the Camp, and observed a few : lsharpers
around as many soldiers. The latter were
New Hampshire cavalry men, and, being
strangers, did.not know the direct route to go.
They found they were 'being misled, and one
of them gave a flourish on his bugle, and the
straggling members of his company came
from all directions and congregated about
him. The sharpers received some attention
in the shape of pugilism incident to the ele
vated regions of the " Old Granite State.”
They "went to. grass!! in less time than it
takes to write about it.
The route which extends out the Ridge from
the depot will make the subject of an interest
ing sketch in a few days.
COUNTRY RAMBLES—No. 9.
BY CITY COUSIN, JB
A NIGHT ON THE RAIL—A CONTRABAND CONCERT,
AND A ROW WITH A SOLDIER—Emmy:3s, moßnas
lANA, AND FORDHAM—THE COTTAGE op EDGAR
A. POE—AT HOME WITH Tan BABY—THE HAR
LEM BRIDGE—THE BRONX—A NEW YORE BULLY
—A STROLL ON FIFTH AVENUE—FAIRMOUNT
PARE--VISIT TO CENTRAL PARE, ETC., ETC.
FOEDHAM, WESTCHESTER CO., N. Y.,
July PO, 1.96.1..
How swiftly the chariot-wheels of old father
Time carry us towards eternity. We are merely
babes of an hour and children of a day. Such
were the thoughts that presented themselves
to me on receipt of a pithy despatch from the
companion of my boy-hood, announcing to me
that a near -relationship had been sprung
upon him by the advent of another little
stranger on life' s pilgumage.
A NIGHT. ON THE RAIL
It is nearly midnight. All around, the sta
tion is bustle and confusion. "Show you're
tickets I" "This way In "Cars for New York Pt
and such expressions greet the ear as the liv
ing stream of beings poured in at the small
gates. How they Jostle one another, andmake
rapid strides towards every vacant position!
With what evident satisfaction they take pos
session of two seats, having a good nap in
prospect from an improvised bed made of two
Millions placed lengthwise How nicely the
baggage is disposed to dceeive the unwary
into the idea that they are already occupied
But it won't work. Some of Uncle Sammy's
boys come iu, and soon every available space
is occupied. It is now but a few minutes of the
time of departure. The gong has already
sounded, and stragglers are running for dear
life to get onboard. Slowly the long train winds
itself out or the depot, and passes the rear Of
the old grave-yard on Frankford road. The
bell rings out its notes of warning, while the
steam-whistle and safety-valve lend their aid
to the general confusion. But the Reading
Junction is soon pasted, and we are fast
leaving the built-up portion of the city be'
hind us.
What a democratic institution is a steam
railway car. Here we find the millionaire,
with his careworn countenance, in close prox
imity to the celebrated razor•strop man; while
an Meer, With guady trappings, is hemmed
in by a motley crew of bounty-jumpers and
pick-pockets. The soldiers and sailors sit
Sociably side by side ; clerks and business men,
waiters and washerwomen, Congressmen and
bootblacks—all reduced to a common level.
CONTRABAND CONCERT
Everybody is getting into position for a
nap—we follow the example, and are soon ob
livious of all things around and about us, but
are suddenly aroused by a horrible din about
our ears. Imagine my astonishment to find
the two seats immediately in front of me
filled with drunken negro wenches, singing
with very cracked voices, and at the highest
pitch, verses of all the songs in the catalogue
amid the plaudits of a half-dozen tipsy soldiers
and sailors in different parts of the car. Of
course sleeping amid such a racket was entire
ly Out Of the question. We near the beautiful
city of Trenton, cross over the Delaware, and
feel greatly relieved at the exit of the dusty,
cracked female voices, who wind up in hor.
rible style with "My True Love is a Soldier,"
and "We won't go Rome 'till Morning."
On we go, at the screech of the whistleomtil
New Brunswiek is reached. Sere we are
obliged to wait for nearly an hour.
A ROW WITH A SOLDIER.
We are again startled from our equanimity
by angry words at the rear end of the car. A
soldier has entered, and used opprobious epi
thets to a civilian, who is occupying a whole
seat. Ile also endeavors to pull him oil. Civil
ian naturally becomes enraged, jumps up
and seizes the soldier by the throat " Let
that boy alone P , shouts the soldier's friends;
and "Break his jaw shouts the, civilian's
friends. A grand rush is made towards
that end of the car. The two combat
ants are speedily separated, and soldier boy
takes the coveted seat, regaling the passen
gers with very indelicate language, not at all
complimentary to our sleepingyassenger, who
was disturbed in his dream Of feigetfulness
by the cowardly poltroon who would skulk to
there= in the hour of battle. The night is
wearing away, and the day is beginning to
break in the east;
" Night's eanales are burnt out,
Anti jocund. day stands tiptoe
On the misty mountain-top."
Newark, with its numerous factories, plea
sant walks, and drives is soon left behind us.
Jersey City looms up before us, and we are at
the ferry. .
ARRIVAL IN NEW . YOlia.
A short ride across the river, and we arrive
in New York, tired and hungry;in time to take
a promenade with the newsboys and paper,
carriers in their daily morning walks. The
street cars have already run one or two
trips—we take a short walk along Broadway
past the ruins of the old Museum Build"
ing, and jump on board of, a Third Avenue
car, and are soon traversing the route at a
line pace. On we go, block after block, till
One Hundred and Sixteenth street has been
passed, and we finally reach the Harlem
Bridge.
mum HARLEM RIVER BRIDGE
This is an immense structure, built entirely
of iron. It spans the Harlem River, and con
nects the county of Westchester with New
York. It is not yet completed, and a tempo
rary wooden structure is the only outlet of
the immense travel on
the road.
We here change cars, and enter those of
another company, marked Morrisiana, Tre
mont, and Fordham—they go slowly over the
bridge, and a flue view of the river is ob
tained—Mott Haven, Morrisiana, and Tre.
mont, with their beautiful wooden cottages
and - flower gardens, are soon left behind us,
and - the cars stop at Fordham.
FORDHAM,
This a beautiful village, in Westchester
county, twelve miles northeast of New York.
It is situated on the line of the New York and
Harlem Railroad. A large Catholic College
with its stone cupola, at first attracts our at!
tention. I believe they occupy or own about
one hundred and forty acres of land in this
vicinity. The grounds are handsomely laid
out with trees and shrubbery. Chapel and
school buildings are erected, and the institu
tion is said to be in a very flourishing condi
tion.
The Dutch Reformed, Episcopal, Me
thodist, and Presbyterian denominations are
well represented, and worship in neat and
handsome buildings. We take a stroll through
the numerous streets and lanes of the village.
EDGAR A. POE'S COTTAGE
Now we turn up the road that leads to the
High "Bridge, and there, up on the rising
ground, we see, peeping through the surround
ing foliage, the small white cottage of the late
Edgar A. roe, where that beautifully mourn
ful poem of "The Raven' , was composed
Open here I flung the shutter, when, with many a
flirt and flutter,
In there stept a stately raven of the saintly days
of yore;
Not the least obeisance made he; not an instant
stopp"ti or stay'd be;
But, with mien of lord or lady, pereh'd abohe my
chamber door-- -
Pereh'd upon a bust of Pallas, just above my
chamber door--
Pereli'd and sat, and nothing more.
And the raven, never hitting, still is sitting, SUMS
sitting,
On the pallid bust of Pallas, just above my cham
ber door
And his eyes have all the seeming of a demon's that
is dreaming,
And thur lamplight o h m streaming throws his
shaerow on the floor;
And my snail, front onethat shadOW that lice float
big on the lioor,
Shall be lifted—nevermore: •
The building is made of wood, is a story-and
a-half high, and seems *to be trying to hide
itself with the green mantle which Nature has
so kindly bestowed upon it. We pass the
cottage of John Savage, and instantly his lines
on "The Bronx" rushes to our memory... little
further on, and we reach the beautiful and
pleasant home of Hon. John B. Raskin, one of
blew York's gifted• sons, who, it is reported,
will be the ne•Dernocratie candidate for Go
yernor of the State.
We pass along, through shady lanes and
pleasant grovesi until the waters of the Bronx
are reached. This is a small stream, about fifty
feet wide, which flows quietly along through
green fields and flinty rocks, and finally emp
ties itself into the East River. The pleasant
walks and shady , groves along the banks make
it a •favorite resort for pleasure parties to
while away a summer afterllool3,
Stone fences are the prevailinrstyle all over
this section of the country, and some of them
present a very neat appearance.
We have now reached our desired haven, and
rind the object of our search enjoying the fia
-vor of his cigar, under the cool shade of the
trees on the lawn'; of course, he is surprised to
see us, and 'We are invited at once to go and see
the little stranger. We are taken to a small
ante-room on the second floor, and requested to
wait a few minutes, when the young represen
tative of genius Will be introduced into our
august presence. 'We hear a little cry from a
little throat, a little coaxing, and a little talk
ing ; and, finally, the' door opens and there
stands before us the young father with his.
young offspring, his face all aglow with plea
sure. He assures us, time and. again, that'
it is but three days old and weighs but
ter) pounds; Ire is • evidently proud of the
' little cabinet of love that has been en-
trusted 'to his keeping, and
~ we smile
a r t his sorry attempts to appear unconcerned. -
And such a baby 1 He is full of life and looks
'up Into your face with that peculiar smile.
which seems to invite you to love him and I
take him to your heart. We feel very, very
much tempted to raise the little morsel in our
arms and "kiss him for his mother,l , but the
argus eye of the nurse is upon us,and we must
forego the pleasure. Little baby'bOy has' is
rnairitd oirf long enough, and Awn Ue stowed
aWay,rigairf:pre..a stray breath ShOuld disar
range'his_rather delicate structure. We leave
the shrine . of innocence and parity ; and walk
iinwn iiie - lanettrthe short patch Of woods on
the brow of the hill. The different chilleh
bells are sending forth their horitationfar and
tide and request oar attendance.
A DUSTY RIDS
After whiling away a pleasant afternoon
amid a circle of friends, we take the cars again
for a dusty ride to Harlem Bridge. What a
crowd of people take possession of them as
they hurry on their way ! As we near the
bridge, we see the bosom of the river filled
with pleasant parties sailing around the Stone
House on the desolate isle, or rowing up and
down upon the river's bosom. The ears are full
to overflowing, and we secure a standing posi
tion on the front platform. We pass through
Harlem and Yorkville until One-hundred-and
sixteenth street is reached. Oh, how tired we
are I and over a hundred blocks to ride yet bó
fore we can find rest. The ear stops—a Man
and boy gets on the platform beside me. lie
is somewhat inebriated, and takes a seat on
the front dasher, with his feet hanging over.
The conductor warns him of his peril, but re
ceives curses from the bully for his pains.
How the sidewalks are lined with people in
holiday attire! Tile policemen, with their blue
military uniform, Panama hats, and white
gloves, are seen at intervals amid the throng,
preserving order. At last we reach Seven
teenth street, and are soon kindly taken
care of.
A STROLL ON TES AVENUE
After being refreshed, we take a stroll
along Fifth avenue, with its palatial residences
and the old Worth Monument. Vast nnmbers
of carriages of all descriptions, public and
private, are going to and from the Park. We
think of our own beautiful Fairmount Park,
with its pleasant drives and leafy shades, its
fountains and delvers, and the beautiful mur.
"Alluring Schuylkill winding its way around it
and tbrongh it—the pretty boat-houses, and
their pretty crafts, together with the grand
concerts given daily, which draw thousands of
visitors to its pleasure-giving embraces—what
Fairmounrrara is to our city, Central Park is
to New York, And now fch,
How majestically Nature and Art hare com
bined to form an earthly elysium ! The drive
over the macadamized roads is one of the
finest in the country. The grass, trees, and
Shrubbery are taken care of in the best man
ner. We reach the marble arch, and stroll
underneath to the fountain; we ascend a
flight of steps, and come to the music-stand.
It is a pretty piece of workmanship, and seems
to have been erected and decorated regardless
of expense. little farther on, and we reach
the Alhambra—a pretty, unique building,
whore refreshments of all kinds are served up,
at a nominal rate.. We retrace our steps to
the lake.. The white swans sail proudly and
queenly on its bosom. The miniature boats,
with their tiny flags, are anchored in the
centre and the whole forms a very pleasing
picture. The Ramble is reached at last; the
path is laid through thick woods and over
864 d pieCes of rock, and far up in its laby
rinths a rustic arbor and rustic furniture in
vite the passer-by to rest nnder their friendly
shelter.
But higher, still higher, says our guide;
and we are soon on the point of a rock,
where a beautiful . view of the surrounding
Country is obtained; we make another steep
descent, and reach the Cave. It is some
what dark, but we feel our way through;
we reach the opening, but the path seems
to be broken. It is not, however; jagged
rocks stick out from its side, and we tug
manfully until we reach the summit. We
cross over this natural bridge until we reach
the highest point next to the basin ; here we
obtain a magnificent view of the city by gas.
light. The sky is beautifully grant in its va
riegated evening robe; the hum of the busy
multitude reaches us in our lofty position,
and we instinctively murmur, Godyeigns over
all.
We retrace our steps, and are at a loss where
to make our exit, when a friendly policeman
comes to our assistance, and kindly escorts us
to the ontside. By the aid of an Eighth-avenue
car we are soon at home, well-tired and well.
pleased with our short trip to Fordham and
the Park. •
Election Mobs
CFrOin the Londort Times.]
We have noticed on former occasions the
exchange of acerbities between two of the
candidates for North Wiltshire. Mr. Roebuck
and Mr. Foster have signalized the election
for Sheffield by an amount of personality and
invective which reminds us how dark are
the shades which are necessary to bring out
the brighter and more attractive coloring of
the picture. As a specimen of the violence of
a mob we may instance the Circumstances at
tending Mr. Brand's [Appearance at Lewes.
The scene mightmost properly be described as
a series of single combats between the two
parties, for which the business of the orator
seemed to be to furnish a succession of pre
texts. Every politlealproposition that he laid
down was immediately submitted to the ordeal
of battle,. and it was only after judgment thus
invoked had been given that he.ivW. emaA. l *.d,_ 6 0; -
x,rckaawl_tc , a furtinv; statement, the validity of
Which was immediately decided in a similar
manner. At Grantham, so formidable a riot
arose that the poll was adjourned to the fol
lowing day. At Nottingham the riot act was
read, and troops marched into the town to
prevent more serious consequences. But the
Paint of barbarism and brutality seems to
have been, reserved for the little agricultural
and railway borough. of Ghippenhain. The
Liberal candidate having been defeated, a
mob of five hundred persons assembled, and
amused themselves for three hours, with
little interruption, in destroying the windows
and furniture of the Conservatives. The
house Of the rector was assailed with tomb
/tones torn out of his Own churchyard; and
a sick person, who COMA net be removed.
from a front room, was protected by his ser
vants,- who stood round. his bed holding up
boards to kee off the stones. A butcher's
'shop was plundered as well as wrecked., in the
beat of the moment, by patriots who did not
forget their own domestic interests in their
fury.; and to quell this riot, which had been
foreseen long before it occurred, there Were
only twelve constables present! According to
the usual practice; after all the mischief was
done, a detachment of the Guards was tele-
graphed for from Windsor, two hundred spe
cial constables were sworn in, and fifty fresh
policemen obtained. At Cricklade a desperate
fight took place, and many persons were in
jured. At Rins Lynn Mr. Walpole was
wounded in the lace, and an unoffending par
tisan of Colonel Berkeley was shot dead at
Cheltenham. It would seem as if riot and
confusion had migrated- front their old seats
in the larger towns, in order to take up.their
abode in secluded agricultural districts.
Public Entertainments.
On Thursday next, the Conference of St.
Vincent de Paul, attached to St. Joseph's Ca
tholic Church, will Make an excursion to At
lantic City; the proceeds of the entire excur
sion to be devoted to the wants of the poor.
ABCII-STRRET TngAmim.—Oar readers should
not forget that Hooley's Minstrels close their
engagement at the Arch on Saturday night.
On Friday evening N. J. H. Budworth takes a
benefit. Mr. Budworth is a fine performer;
but his imitations of several of our great stars
are truly great.
.AUCTION NOTICIL—We would] call the early
attention of bv.yers to the large and attractive
sale of 1,500 cases boots and shoes, to be sold
on ThursdnY morning, August 80., by Philip
Ford & Co., auctioneers, at their store, Noe.
525 Market Street and 622 Commerce street,
commencing at 10 o'clock precisely.
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL,
From present - indications there is no good
reason to doubt that the Oil business will
speedily recover itswonted prosperity. Every
one interested in the oil trade will readily re
call the vicissitudes through which the trade
has passed since its inception in 1859. In 1850
there were great flowing wells in Venang,o
county—such as the Sherman and the Noble
Wells—whieh yielded from two to three thou
sand barrels` per day. ..The oil became a drug
in the market, and sold as low as twenty-live
cents per barrel at the welle. As the uses of
petroleum were rapidly discovered the article
increased in demand and value, and specula
tion in lands became extensive, until in 1883
and 1864, it became almost a mania. Early
in the spring of this year, disastrous freshets
overflowed a greater part of the most
valuable oil territory along the /Ulegile.
ny river, Which caused a great reduc
tion in the yield by the filling of wells
with water. This - put an end for the time to
speculat iokMial but the owners of oil lands have
not beene. New wells have been struck
almost daily on the various tributaries of the
Allegheny, in Venting° county, and the yield
is now almost equal to that of the most pros
perous era. Old wells that were overflowed,
and others that were thought to be exhausted,
- have been resuscitated, until now the supply
equal to the demand. Boring for oil and the
transportation of the Same has been a great
expense to operators, from the scarcity of
labor and high prices of everything. This will
in some degree, be remedied in a brief time,
from the increase of labor now beingfurnished
from the army. The cost of sinking wells will
not be so great, and small capitalists will soon
be enabled to:enter the field. In fact, the MM•
cations are strong that we will have this sum
mer apd fall such an activity in the oil traffic
as we have never had before.
The stock market was less active yesterday,
and prices were unsettled and rathor lower ;
Reading was in fair demand at the decline;
about 3,sooshares sold at from 5114' 2 @52 1 A, closing
at 52; Camden. and: Amboy sold at 123%, and.
Pennsylvania Railroad at 57Y,; 29 was bid for
Little Schuylkill; 55 for Mine Kill; 59 for Lehigh
Valley; 12 for Catawissa common; and 25 for
preferred ditto. In City Passenger Railroad
shares there was very little doing. Ilestonville
sold at 15. '
20 1 4 was bid for Spruce and Pine; 9 for
Race and Vine; 13 for Ridge Avenue ; and 23 for
Union; 72 was asked for Second and Third; 55 for
Fifth and 'Sixth ; and 48 1 1 fOr Tenth and Ric
youth. Government bonds are very quiet, and
tbere is little or nothing doing; 105% was bid
for 5-205,107 for Gs of 1881, 99 1 / for 7.305, and 904
for 1040 s. City 104119 aro without change;.
sales of the new 1139110 are making at 87, Bank
shares are firmly held, but we hear of no sales;
150 was bid for North America; 182 for Phila
delphia ; no% for rarmers' and Mechanics';.
29 1 /1 for Mechanics' ; 45 for Penn TOwnship ;51%
for Girard ; 2934 for Manufacturers' and Mc:-
chunks' ; 573 a for City ; and 38 for Consolida ,
tion. Canal shares aro in fair demand at the
late advance. Delaware Division Sold at
31i4, and Schuylkill Navigation Preferred at
3W :1 ',4331%; 22 was bid for Schuylkill Naviga,
tion common, and 8% for Susquehanna Canal.
QOM 040114'es' as life have noticed for several
-
days past, are the most active on the list, and
prices are firm, with the exception of Maple
Shade, whichlistrigain declined. It is reported
that thir;CotOttiikwell has stopped flowing.
About .2,400 shares/ sold at from 7@i6/ 2 '; Big
, Tank at 114; Cald Weill at 2.1004 ; Dal z ell at -1 1 ,1• 3
644 . -0 m -latter rite an advance of g ; Corn
Planter at 2 1 4' ; McClintock at 2.44@2.6 9 ; Perry
at 1; and Densmore at 1316.
The following were the quotations of gold
yesterday, at thri hours named :
10 A. M
11 A. NI
At a meeting of the stockholders of the At
lantic and Ohio Telegraph Company,held July
20th, the following named persons were elected
directors to serve the ensuing year: John
Derbyshire, J. H. Wade, Anson- Stager, John
IL Briggs, A. C. Wilson, L. de la Cuesta, E. N.
Wright, David 4grOoks, H. H. Shiningford.
Recent letters from Virginia state that, since
the opening . of the James river and Kanawha
canal, a considerable quantity of tobacco in
hogsheads has been shipped from Lynchburg
to Richmond. The farmers are bringing it in
from the country to the various boat landings
in small lots for shipment.
Very little is offering in the warehouses at
Lynchburg. Some few hogsheads common leaf
sold recently at from $7.50@10. One lot loose
lugs brought *3.30.
Considerable tobacco is still held by the far.
Men, away from the lines of transportation,
which will not he got to market for some time
yet. The latest reports from North Carolina
represent that there is a good deal of tObaceo
in that State, awaiting the means of transpor
tation. Agents have been sent North to de"
vise means of getting it to market, anti if pos
sible to effect a sale of it.
The Raleigh Standard, July 22d, says;
The crop of wheat was generally very light.
It was much affected by rust and smut. Very
limited crops of cotton and tobacco have been
planted in the State.
But from every section we hear the most
gratifying reports of the prospects of the corn
crop. There is not a portion of the State in
which the coral is not most promising. The
crop 'will be more abundant than it has been
in several years.
It is not easy to estimate the blessings to
:North Carolina that will be consequent upon
an abundant crop of cheap corn. Cheap and
abundant corn makes cheap and abundant
bacon, and when abundant, each is of the best
quality. No man ever saw an inferior quality
of corn of a good crop year.
Bence it secures to all our citizens who will
work,. plenty of good corn and a plenty of
good bacon. dioth articles of food will be plen
tiful, and will be within the reach of . who
are willing to do a moderate amount of labor.
If the corn crop fulfils the present expectation
of farmers, no poison in the State need suffer
for a sufficient supply of healthy' food.
The crop of fruit is very excellent and very
abundant. We know no country that surpasses
D]iddie and Western North Carolina in the pro
duction of an extra quality and quantity of
apples and peaches. Every year the orchards
produce abundant crops, and their fine flavor
is not surpassed by the fruit of anzoountry.
The following letter of the Comptroller of
the Currency is published in - the St. Paul
journals
" TELMASITP. - r DP.4.A.I2TMENT,
OFFICE OF COMPTROLLER OP CURRENCY,
WASHINGTON, July 1945.
" IMAir Sin : Tour letter of the 19th ultimo,
enclosing resolution of the Bankers , Associa
tion of the State of Minnesota, is received.
6, I and here represented one or more banks
in place of which National banks have been
organized, others to whom promises have been
given for the organization of National banks in
their stead. It somehow seems lobe the object
of these gentlemen to convey . the Idea that Min
nesota has not received, and was not obtain
ing, her just and fair proportion of the na
tional circulation. Such is not the case. Site
already has more than her quota under an
equitable apportionment. It is true that her
banks, being mostly small ones, have not been
able to avail themselves of the privileges given
to the State banks by the law of the last ses
sion, to absorb circulation largely in excess of
the amount due to. the State; but she has as
much as in my judgment her bankers will wish
to have when the system of redemption now
beinginaugurated shall have gone into opera
tion.
" If I mistake not, there will be in the future
an opportunity for the organization of more
banks, if they are required.
"When all the banks are called upon to re
deem their circulation, as rapidly . and often
as it shall return to the commercial centres,
the matter of circulation Will adjust itself,
and many banks will find (perhaps some of
those in your State) that they have more than
they require, thus giving an opportunity for
the organization of banks in places where
they- may. be needed.
"Banks have already been organized in the
northern States sufficient to absorb more than
all the circulation to which the North is en
titled. What little there is left must go to the
South.
Very respectfully,
• , P. ()LA:EMU, Comptroller.
"Hon. Ignatius Donnelly, St. Paul, Minne
sota:,
The Boston imports for June were $2,812,431,
and the exports $2,293,151. Theamonnt of mer
chandise withdrawn from warehouse for con
sumption is $1,102.65, and imports entered for
consumption, *688,292, showing the value of
merchandise thrown on the market to be
$1,790,357.
The following were the quotations of Ameri
can securities in LOndOn on the 18th of July:
United States 5-209, 6 %9 Cent 71%@72 1 4
Vi Do rginia; 5c en wi cent 45 1 A @50.50
~ 6 t 38
Atlantic lß
and Great Western, New V 3934
York Section, Ist m0rt.,1880,7 Vi cent 73 @75
Do. 2d mort., 1881, 7 7fl cent 73 @75
Do. Pennsylvania, Ist mort., 1877.... 76 @7B
sd-alort., 1.099.... 71 7 S _
Erie Shares, $lOO (all paid) 54 UV,
Illinois Central, 6 cent, 1875 75 81
Do. $lOO shares Sall paid') 883.‘ 894"
Marietta and Cincinnati Railroad
Bonds 7is cent 68 @7O
Panama' Railroad, 2d mort., 1872, 7 qt7t
cent .103 @)105
Pennsylvania Railroad Bonds, id
mort., el 9 cent., convertible 82 On
Do. 880 shares 30 ORO
A further sum of £16,000 was drawn from the
Bank of England on the 18th ult for Egypt.
The Boston Evening Journal, July 31, says :
" The loan market during the week has been
quite steady. There is certainly a diminished
supply, espe,cially with the National bank de
positaries, aStroVernMent belanees are drawn
down quite close; but the demand is moderate,
and speculation in Government and other
stocks are not to any great extent. In dis
counts the market is well supplied with first
class and good business paper, which. sells at
seven per cent. and upward."
The following are the comparative earnings
of the Michigan Central Railroad for the third
week in July
Increase
Annexed are the earnings of the Detroit and
Milwaukee Railroad for the fourth week in
July :
1865
1864,
Increase
The following is the amount of coal trans-
ported over the Lehigh Valley Railroad for
the week ending July 29,1005:
Where shipped shipped wmitc. LY. TOTAL.
from. Ts. Cwt. Ts. Cwt. Ts. Cwt.
ijazXt°ll 5 491 91 9 9 , 79 07 ., 93,9 5 1 "
- _
East Sagar Loaf 2 330 12 50,626 18 61, 957 10
Mount Pleasant 651 09 11,446 15 12 ,098 04
Jeddo 2 67309.53,415`12 56,059 01
Earleigh 1 309 10 28,967 16 30,277 06
Ehervale Coal Co 1,272 08 13,599 02 14,87140
Stout Coal CO e 4570 19 zit 935 OR 22,009 05
Council Ridge '1'622309 51,60 3 1 17 53,285.06
Buck Mountain 7 118 07 31,242 07 32,360 14
New York and Lehigh... 1,270 10 24,731 18 26,002,08
Honey 8r00k.... 2,566 13 52,272 17 54,839 10
German Penna.COal Co. 739 00 21,604 15 22,343 15
Spring Mountain 1 BV.. 18 40,032 10 42,765 08
Coleraine 813 05 19,882 12 .20,67917
Beaver Meadow D. W... 21.5 03 1,031 32 1,246 15
Lublgh Zinc Co 385 05 6,614 06 6,999 11
John Connery 126 10 1,99717 2,07413
mananoy„„ ~„ ~,,, , OS 04,040 18 83,873 09
Baltimore C0a1.... ....... 1.,238 14 17,436 16 18,075 10
Franklin • .... 25 06 14,052 03 14,077 09
Consolidated 19,808 16 19,808'16
Audenreld 213 16 11,559 08
. 11,772 19
,___ _ ,
Lehigh and Susq'hanna. 788 12 15,471 14 16460 06
Landruesseris 277 19 6,148 15 6,374 14
Wllkesb'e C , l& Iron C 0.1,043 13 6,359 00 8,302 13
Lehigh Coal & Nay. Co.. 164 07 164 07
Other Shippers 214 00 224 00
- Warren Run 10 10 22 11 33 01
Total 36,021 04 700,380 10 741;108 04
Correspend'is week last
year 31,195 17 841,176 CG 875,372 03
Increase 3,82517
=MEM
Drexel a Co. quote:
New United States Bonds, 1881 106 3 r107
U. S. Certifs. of Indebtedness, new.. 97 4 4 9TX
U. S. Certifs. of IndebtedrieSS, 01d... 99401100
Quartermasters , Vouchers SS§ 57
Orders for Certifs. of Indebtedness.. 98 1 A 99
Gold 144 145
Sterling Exchange..
5-20 Bonds, old
5-20 Bonds, new
1040 Bonds
ks. Angast 1.
Sales of Stoe
SALES AT THE
FIRST
100 Dalze 30411 8
100 do 436
100 Swatara Falls 2
100 do blO 2
100 West Penna.
200 Dunkard 011 961
1(0 do
ÜBLIC BOARD.
CALL.
100 Atlas 011
100 St Nicholas I
,100 do b 30.1 44-100
100 Win Penn ....cash 1 36
100 do cash 13 , 6
',300 do cash V
100 Story Farm 56-100
OARD OF BROKERS.
& Co., 60 B. rhird OtOttt.
WARD.
AT THE REGULAR
Reported by Hewes, Miller
FIRST
2700 City 6s new.. .lots 52
30 Sus() Canal Scrip. 44
20 Cam & AMUOy R.12.1K
23 Penns R....10t5.. 5734
100 Del Division 311¢
100 It R.....5a0
0 51%,
2 s2O 51.1i1
100 00
do 1110 141
200 do s3O 51%
100 do
a3O 21%
0 1)10 51N
100 do cash 51:4
200 do x3051%1
t do 51%
200 do lots bio svi.k
200 do cash 215
100 do 8319 Mk
100 (10........05W11 51;4i
200 d0......10ts b3O 52
100 do ~blO 52
100 do 010 52
100 do b3O 5234
160 Readlng..casb. 52 3-16
500 Ilig Tank b6O
200 Map Shade Its 810 7
100 do 510 734
Mg
100 do 1310 do lots 735
103 do 610 74
mob
500 fio
Caldwell 011...b5 2. 7
44
200 do 44
400 do lots 2.
2‘i
600 Dalzell b 5 414'
500 do 1/5 434
200 Excelsior . . .
50 Corn Planer....
2 2 00
'McClintock 011. b3 .
3,4 2.,%
dO 4
200 do 2.44
200 do b 5 2.44'
100 Oil Ck & Cher R. 1,4
500Donsmore 13.16
11ETWEE
1000 Dalzell 011...1)3.4 3-16
6000 Pittsb , g ep 65.... 71Y1
100 New Creek..—. 94 .
me 41 Sun 55... 05
youHostonville R.... 15
do /mg,
1200 City 6s new 02
2000 oo
100 Dawson , s Min.. 52 2 %
100 Royal Oil
BOARDS
100 Read1ngt11....b5.52 1-16
100 do 52%
100 do 521-18
4 00 0 do
00 do 1,30. 5
522
100 Maple Shade-1310. n M
4
200 4 7
100 BleC11 do 0.1( 011.1)50. Z 66
100 Story Farm gi
BOARD
SECOND
300 Read R..1t5..830.
100 do .410. 52
& Amb ..123X
("1100 City Oa neW..1t510 2
100 McClintock 011.. 2 441
-100. - Mizell 011....1.>5. 41 , 6
100 Curtin
AFTER
200 Sold Nay pre f-b6O 31X
BALES Ar I
100 Reading R.... 530. 52'
100 do tdo- 52 ,
10 00 0 ft
raer . ,
52 50
100 !daDle Shade 8.,.4
100 do
100 do st
moo titate. 5200 .
300 Locust. Mtn _IMO: 44
200 Schy 11 pfbs,.%int 31N
100 1/011karcl. 011 99&
100 Maple Shade 0
100 Perry 011 1,
, .
: OARDS.
200 Datzdil 011 b 5 4%
'HE CLOSE.
100 Sugar Creek .b3O. 0
100 Tie: Whig H..2(13 . 5.5 2
100 40 55
100minkard 011
50 Curtin 011 3
100 Haze Lt. Vine 10
The New York Post of last evening says : •
Gold is firm but inactive at 144 1 4@14% The
transactions are inconsiderable. At the close"
114 0 4 - 4 was bid.
Before the first session Erie sold at, 89 1 ,4@
sw,.; Hudson River at 1104, 1 Reading at ies!kil
Michigan Southern at ; Cleveland and
Pittsburg at 68 ; Northwestern Preferred at
60 1 4; Cumberland Coal at 464, ; Quicksilver
at 55 M.
Atver the board the market was heavy mid
Rat, quotatione being 14. M. ;o we ,
at 8730 and tilehigan Sotiihern at UN'.4,.
York Central at DW I ; Reading at 103';`',4.
burg at 68; Northwestern at 26 , 4;
ern prefered at 159!",; Rock Island at lev e :'•, ,
Wayne at WA; Ohio and hitssissipp'''
Later, Erie sold at,Erly..
Semi-Weekly Review of the Phil
WA Market& 44p',
AUGUST I...E wn ,
Ereadatuffs are less active, and p ile
,°;
drooping. Flour is without any. , 4 , 4. 4 !
change. Wheat, Corn, and Oats have (t„, t
Park is in demand. In Cotton there ,
doing. Coal is in good demand.
Fruit are without change. Pig Iron is h,
ter demand and prices are looking
Oil has advanced. Petroleum is rethoi.
The Provision market continues lira
advance. Seeds are scarce. WhibitykAt,tr'.
held. Wool is in fair demand at about t„;;'.
rates.
The Flour market is rather (mkt
former rates ; sales comprise about 441'.';'
in lots, mostly to the retailers and
from ifaia7.2s for StiPallide) f o ' r
*8.02 1 ,4@5.75 for Old stock extra fatally a'l
for fresh ground do, and s l o@ii
fancy brands according to quality. II v )
i s swung at $5.50 Uhl. Cornmeal csiti.l)*
quiet, and we hear of no sales.
,•
GRAln.—There is more Wheat calsi ,
prices have declined, with sales of
bushels at 200@215e for_prinle old rob,
at the former rate, and .200 c per
do. In white there is nothing doin g
selling in a small way at 105@lise,
for new and old. Corn is lovver ; b
yellow sold 100@105c, closing i t ; tho
figure. Oats are rather quiet; 3,0, 4 ' 1 ,': ;...
sold at 55c for new, and 700 per bushel
i
PROVISIONS,—AII kinds continue searrp''L
prices are firm at the advanee.
Mess Pork are making at 44525;;; 3ft 1, 14 :
Beef is selling at sl2©lB 9rt bbl. liaN s
are scarce, with sales plain and f lu ,
vased at 24Q300 5, skies at
shoulders at 18 1 1/fßie 311 it. Grecs
also scarce ; sales of pickled hams an; is•Wr
at 2952.5 e, shoulders at 17Q17 1 ,4c, and
MC I ih, Lard is firmly held, with saleN,;(i,3
and tierces at 22@24c qi It. Rutter t. ,%
dull ; sales are making at from
solid-packed. New York Cheese is seIC.;
small.way at 15@latr:c lt. Eggs areh,
and sell at 24@26crf'dozen.
METALS.—Pig Iron is in domain], tent itr,
are better, with sales of Anthracite at 1 , ;;.
for No. 1 ; No. 2 at X 33, and Forge at $2;. t ', 1 1
ton; most holders ask more. Scotch
firmly: - held at ucen 1 ton. faanufabti;
Iron is more active at full prices.
Berar.—lst No. 1 Quereitron is scarce eq ;t
good demand at 3x12.50 V ton.
CANDLES.—Adamantine are selling in a L:O 4
way at 22@22 ,, (c lor Os, and 25e 12 ih
low Candles are unchanged.
COAL.—The receipts are inereasine,
there is more doing-, both for shipment
home use. CargO Mica are making from
Illelitnolid at from iitoogri f ton
COTTON.—The market is firm, and thq,,,,
more doing in the way of sales.
000 bales of middlings sold in lots at free, 4s
40c IS it, cash.
COFFEE continues very scarce, and the
are limited; small lots of Rio are
from 2.2@22 1 4., In gold, and 32(0,Ti0 ?,4 1, i n or.
reney.
Film—Mackerel continue sales fto
store are making at $22@24 for Shore :co. 1:
*l4 for Bay do l4 for Shore No. ; *23
yr
Bay do, and *ll@lo bbl for large autism,'
No. 55. Codfish sells at Sc
riturr.-Dried Apples sell at s@eell
Fruit is coming In freely 1 Apples sell at iirM
qp bid, as to quality. In foreign there is
or nothing doing.
MOLAl36Es.—Priceb are firm, bat the gale=
limited at about former rates. '
NAVAL STORM—There is very little ki;
Small sales of Spirits of Turpentine ai;
making at from *1.50@1.55.Ail gallon, 'l'm
quoted at SV7 qft bill, and Pitch at 51175 lq
Rosin is selling in a small way at $.3611
Oits.—Lard Oil continues scarce • small
of No. 1 are making at $2.0.V22.10, which kip
advance. Fish Oils are without clump.. b.,.
seed Oil is selling at 6+1.18@1 •q 0 gql 1%,
troleum is unsettled; sales reach about t0., 1
bbls in lots at 32@38c for crude, ,11.65.4;!,,f,,,
relined in bond, and free at from 70f6:v
gal, as to color.
Rice is firmly held, with sales of Rum
at 9],4@5%c 91 it, and Carolina at 10@l014e,
SZ,EDE3.—AII kinds are scarce. Clover 1 , 1:
demand at *15618 WI bus. Timothy is inn it,.;
at *50.25 '4l/ bus. Small sales of Flaxm,,l 4 i.
making at 62.46 V bushel,
SPIRITS.—In foreign there is no tauttrix
change to notice. New England Ruin suit,! 7
a small way at $2.30@2.32 Wiihky
in better demand, and prices hare atlvanc::
with small sales of Pennsylvania and {Vesta
bbls to notice at prices ranging from $2,25
Si:MAR.—The market continues very unit
full prices, with sales of about 1,200 hints t
at from 8 1 /49 1 ,4c sib in gold,and Porto Rio/ al
150 0 It, in currency.
TALLOW is firmly .hold. with sales of offs'dared to notice at 11VAI2e, and country
lie 'ill .14.
WooL.—There is a fair demand at about in
mer rates, with sales at 700,75 c for :nail i tun ;a:
fine fleece, and 67@75e ib for tub, as to qualit-
The following are the receipts of Fleur an
Grain at this port to-day:
Flour
Wheat aloha
Corn s,otk , ha
Oats s i t ro tat
BREADSTUPPS.—The market for State .n
Western flour is dull and 51510 c lower onr•ii:
mon grades; sales 6,800 bbls at Se(f - P1.50 for
perfine State; M 3.7003,80 for eXtIM. Stale
66•90 for choice do ; s(i@6.so for superthin
ern; $0.75@7.30 for common to medium ett tt
Western ; and $8.15@8.30 for common to guy!
shipping brands extra round hoop Ohio.
Canadian flour is b@lec lower ; sales :;(in
at 1116.76@7.10 for common, and $7.15Q9 for gwl
to choice extra. Southern flour is dull al;
drooping; sales 500 bbls at $7.0.5Et5.50 forcer.
mon, and 48.68@12.25 for fancy and extra, hp;
flour is quiet. Corn meal is dull.
Wheat is dull heavy, and nominally , 11 , 3
lower . ; sales limo bus at $1.45 for Amber 3E.
wankle, and $1.90 for amber Michigan. Rye a
dull. Barley is quiet.
Barley Malt is dull. Oats are dull at GM:
Western. The Corn market is very firm, WU
only a limited supply ,• sales 36,000 has at
for unsound, and Weal for Sound mixed
ern.
WHISKY is firmer; sales 150 1)111ft Wegtern
$2.10(§2.20.
TALLOW is steady; sales 130,000 Its at 11 1 ,(AT.
PaovisioNs.—The Pork market is Lowe
sales 7,000 bbls at $34Q34.87 for new mess;
30 for '63-4 do.; $2.5(445:25 for prime, and
27.70 for prime mess.
The beef 'market is quiet; sales 400 nbli.
about previous prices.
Ilea hams are quiet. Cut meats are ilen
sales 550 pkgs at 15Q17e for shoulders, mid
23 1 Ae for hams. The Lard market is aim :al ,
1,400 its at 10@,24:yi.
Pittsburg. Petroleum Market, July 31
The crude market has been minutia
quiet for some few days past, and, whib•
general feeling and tone of the trade is trot'
ness and depression, there has been no matt
change in prices. We continue to quote at
bbls returned, and 25@26 bids include
and these may be regarded as the extreme ,
the market. The only sale reported to t
was 400 bids at 25, on the spot. The balk oft
sales above noted were at 44@45 for Iminellia
delivery on the cars here, and 53.3.4@52, delhe
ed in Philadelphia. The only sale report
to-day was 200 bbls for immediate delivers,;
45. Free Oil is quiet and unchanged. Notht
doing in Naptha or Residuum—no dent
whatever for either.
873,359
58,022
BALorniont, August I,—Flour quir,t•, li
grade Southern declined 00C. Wheat, lotsc
Corn dull, and 2c lower. Provisions sick , '
Coffee dull and inactive ; 1ti0,.50(422e, in goV,
Whisky firm at 225 c, and very little offering.
CLICCINNATkAIigust I.—The Flour market
unsettled, offering at $7.50. Whisky item
$2.20. Nothing was done today in the Pro
Bien market.
- .
tircisoo, August I.—Flour is dull, and II
declined 10.225 c. Wheat quiet; sales at CA'
1.21 1 / 4 ' for No. 1, and $1.011@1,08 for No. 2. Corr:
active at 88@e8 / 4 e, for No. 1, and 87@87%c
No, 2. Oats dull; sales at 42c for No. 1. l'i
visions are quiet. Ilighwines quiet.
Receipts. Shipmen
Flour, barrels 8,800
Wheat, bushels 37,000 27,0
Corn, bushels 110,000 . 100.0 1
Oats, bushels 20 000 531
Freights have advanced 14(i/Ic.
Ok) ,ar.tmefa tki atm wrei*l47l
PORT OF PHILADELPHIA, August
SUN RISES 5 6 SUN SETS
HIGH WATER
Bark Victoria (Br,) Christian, 12 slats fa,
St, Marc, with soiree, logwood, &c., to ha.
Wattson 4.4, Sons.
Bark 0 E Maltby, Bray, 6 days from Italie
ton, in ballast to captain.
Brig Evergreen (Br,) Nelson, 11 days It!
st Croix with sugar and molasses to ra.
Bros (% do.
Brig Nellie Move, Bailey, 15 days from
John, N B, with laths, &c., to AL Trump, Ns.
co.
_ .
Schr Sarah N Smith, Disney, 25 days fro
Glace Bay, with 316 tons coal to .N
Works.
Schr Sophia Wilson, Nowell, from New 1 . 01
in ballast to Castner, Stickney, ht `l""clliugt"
Schr J Rienzi°, Lake, from Salem, in ball ,
to Van Dusan, Lochman, & CO.
Schr A Falkenburg Sipple, from Provident
,
in ballast to Caldwell, Sawyer, it
Schr S J Vaughn, Vaughn, 'rola Trey - mon!
with mdse to captain.
Schr A Tirrell, Higgins, from Welltlcct, nit
'incise to Crowell &
Schr W Gillum, Dickinson, from Counactic
River, with stone to captain.
Schr N B T Thompson, Endicott, from Si'
Raven, in ballast to captain.
Schr W B Thomsa,WinsMOre, from o , r v*
dance, In ballast to J B ToullinSOn, , „„
Schr John Dorrance, Rice, from l'royitw , -
in ballast to Westmoreland Coal Co. -
Behr Thos Borden, Wrightington, from tr
River, in ballast to Castuor,Sticknen "'
lington. ,„
Seim C A Stetson, Stevens,. from Peoria
town, with mdse to Gieo B Kerfoot ,
Schr Garnet, Kalinin, 2 days from LAO , "
with mdse and passengers to captain. ,
Schr Coreda, Thornton, 4 days front Cliint.
teaguo, Va., with grain to J W Bacon.
Schr 'l. Crocker, Prosbrey, 4 days from Taw
ton, with mdse to captain.
Schr A G Pease, Harne,2 days front Portiss
Cohn, with stone to W Gray.
Schr N GoUld, Crowell, 9. days froan Bo°
with mdse to captain. r N ,
Behr Jesse Williamson, Winsmorc,
from Bostominballast to Sinnickson A ba,:
Schr M Reinhart, Hand, 6 days front Bo4L"
in ballast to JGAGS Repplier.
&Iv C W May May, 4 days from Boston,
hemp to Fitter, 'Weaver,&
137,789 113 133,983 19
150114157
10P105%
104 104 1 /
96% 960,
Cleared.
Blip Castilian, Chryfstal, Quebec.
Brig E P Swett. Chadbourne, Idarscil
Brig Mecosta, Dunbar, Boston. 0
Schr Planet, (Br,) Walker, St John, N
Schr IVI Reinhart, Hand, Salem.
Seim Jesse 'Williamson,
Schrift L Vaukirk, Vankirk, Now loco
*am I.'dw Ewing, Bennett, Hartford.
Schr Soßhfa IVIIBOII, Newell. Boston.
Sehr J Marvell Hastings, Geovgeical l ,'
Schr Amos Falkenburg, ProrliliSt •
Schr Gilbert Green, Weaver, Newbetu
Schr Coreda, Thornton, Accomac.
Behr W B Thomas„:lVinsmore,
_Boston. t
Schr Win Gillum, Dickerson, MithlictOW i
Bahr S Rienzel, Lake, Salisbury.
Winsmor ei
Schr ,john Dorranco Hewitt, Prorititn•
Sehr
Prankorden, Wrightlagteni,F4/1
.Schr Pierce, Taylor, .Wastioree n.
Steamer R. Willing, Cundiff, BaltimoN'
Memoranda.
Steamship Governor Chase, Tuttle, or
lizew Orleans 24th ult; at New York 3•0 6 t e '' -
with cotton.
Ship COntinental %Liman, Sal
Liverp Hesperus, for Calcutta. , 019
Bark Waycott, from Neu
April, at Buenos Ayres—no date.
Brig Johanne, Diedrickson, from
7th May, at Pernambuco—no date. • , e
oil •
Sehr War Steed, Cash, clearhd at Bosi
ult for this port.
.
Bohr George Edward, Weeks, hence at
deuce 29th ult.
A
Sohn B F Reeves , Doughty;
Shourdsi Wm P Cox, Houck, aud frd ,;
Minnie Parsons, for this port, sailed
Ptovidvice 29th uit.
Few York Markets, August 1
Birarkets by Telegraph
Arrived.