TILE P9EMSS. , v irEp DAILY (SUNDAYS EXCEPTED) By JOHN W. FORNEY. oFFICIC. NO. Ifl SOUTH FOURTH STREET. THE DAILY PRESS, Cosy subscribers, is EIGHT DOLLARS P SB .cr ,j, in advance; or FIFTEEN CENTS FEE payable to the Carrier. Nailed to Sub- C ri ,;;;- aid of the city, SEVEN DOLLARS PEE 1112112 DOLLARS AND FIFTY CENTS FOR P'xooss ; ONE DOLLAR ARO SEVENTY-FIVE 0 ,...rs TOR TIME MONTHS, Invariably 111 advance cce time4rdered. F a' t• at the usual le t inserted rtiaelne Tax TEI-WEEELLY PRESS, rates. plied tO 'Subscribers, FOUR DOLLARS PER AN ey in advance. r t 'it rtzz+ '' T . I'CBSDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1865 THE NEWS. ~tellig,enee has been received from Hayti otn. On the Gth President tieffrard ;In address to his troops at Gonaives. : ;t atol that he had been detained there, on w ay to Cape Haytien, in improving the : gory department of the army. He urged „oops to muster courage and persevere, sas there to learn of misrepresentations. 'e rebels still hold out at Cape Hayden, further advantage has been gained The American consul at Cape Mr. Folpeen, had arrived. : .:company OT Cavalry known as 2.43 d corn ,- of the Veteran Reserve Corps, which is t,cting as President Johnson's body under conummd of Captain Hill, has transferred to the eii regiment of the and will hereafter be designated as „ ti any A. The men of the former Company e been transferred to Company E, and :lOW doing duty at the Executive Mansion, !,ee of 1 lie Duet:tail - Regiment, which has mustered out. ,wannittee of Virginians having sent to _i.ient Johnson a letter requesting his ~fen its to whether the test•oath prescribed ;. , I:! , ress for its new members will be in. ,1 upon at the coming session, Attorney ; end speed, in behalf of the President, re tough unofficially) that he has no means what action Congress will take on osth. He also expresses the earnest wish of Escrutive that only those will be elected unobjectionable. raster General Dennison has ordered fell owing : agency,ate Philtulclphia to Altoona, Pa.— point Moses Thompson an additional route (IL this line. "p r onuments totill vacancies created. by re mdiea Ilenderson, rostmagter PeCIRGEL, Lan• ;er county, vice harry L. Uhler. ales Bolich, postmaster Mount Carmel, •humberland county, vice Abraham Leich. S. Koch, postmaster New Ringgold, skill county, vice J. IL Pile. o.:11 Carolina's convention did not care to upon itself the responsibility of abolish .4avery in that State. The amendment was adopted states that the United , having abolished slavery, it shall never ro•established. The ordinance repealing ordinance of secession has been ratified. e proposition to make the basis of repre salon rest upon the whole population, (k end white, has been rejected, Washington the garrison under command 6cncral Dent is composed of the 7th, 9th, nithosth and ‘24th Regiments Vete . reserve Corps; lanh and 911th Pennsyl• h ; 105th Ohio and 10th U. 3. Infantry, Last 111 , s inspection report shows that some of companies could not muster over ten or r :ce men fit for.into, and the entire garri, will not now number over 9,500 men. They ihortly go into winter quarters. eleven minutes past live, on Tuesday the Winooski stopped her engine, II! , at that moment 25 pounds of steam, : counter showing 81,540 tarns for the PG rrs or au average of I4F-4 revolutions per :11 . te, or one-third less turns than she ought made to be up to the prescribed So say the New York papers. citizens of Cherokee county, Alabama, ivtft arrested by company D, 12th Ohio on the 2lst of August, charged with I :ifrr. Federal soldiers in the discharge of :a duties, have been released, after May. rood lecture trom Major General Gillem. ..pfticer, who has been on duty, but who captured prior to his muster, can have his rp to the time ho returns to the loyal' and if afterwards, he is on duty with :regiment, to the date of his discharge. Tithin the past week quite a number of M :Uli adjutant generals who have been doing in WitShington have beeu mustered out Ferviee, including 'Major A. A. Slipper, of Gen. Augur's stall: , F:Taulding, who was found guilty of .'in g with the enemy during the wax, and :kneed to three years imprisonment, has unwonted portion of his sentence re order of the President. erol the removal. General Palmer and Brigadier Gene tri•bin have been indicted in Louisville slaves, Rua iu other ways inter .;rl; with the State law at Kentucky. .I , :(..itructire fire occurred at Poughkeepsie, York, yesterday, destroying eighteen _:.aide horses. Three boys who slept in the ;:re suppool to have been burned, I. done 3 5 who was reported as having been :;(.11 to Washington, from Accomac county, .:mder arrest, is in that city only as a wit- T., lie is not confined in the Old Capitol. :.ilionery is no longer to be purchased by 'react for the Treasury Department ofWash _,:lou. It is thought that it can be bought er in the open market. ihtmaster General Dennison has made ar :.:Ements to have a monthly mail between country and St. Georges, Bermuda, and ~ f qo de Cuba. • ififw days ago one hundred and - fifty arti, In. anti factory hands (men) arrived at New from England. They seek employment New England factories. • rn.inotlorc W. liadfoi - d, recently command ';:he South Atifintie Squailrom has been Etp nleti commandant of the Washington NaVy A Nxihrille despatch says that thirty or Zy guerillas are committing murders and :'',erica in Robertson county, Tennessee. EN. E. J. Lincoln is not in Paris, as re :tea, but is quietly pursuing his law studies country- I; is reported that Howell - Cobb has been ar. tt.l, charged with complicity in the Ander. :.vine outrages. 11cIligence received from San Domingo that, by the submission of Pimental to all danger of civil war is averted. Thi cc civilians, sentence' to imprisonment, =l - e been released from the Old Capitol on The oath. ilpmecipts of internal revenue yesterday i!fs , l:nted to $1,052,4.56, and since July let, $BO,- lie Tali New York iOlunteers, known as the :4 Legion, is to be immediately mustered. of :•ervice. 1-'e there were eighty-eight establish in the United States for the inanufac of Wu .switre. 'i'ven post offices were yesterday ordered e reopened by the Postmaster General. ••:1_ twenty-eight prisoners remain in the Capitol. t have now through railroad communiea . v:fth Richmond, via Acquift creek. •ht:re was considerable excitement at the ,1 z board yesterday, consequent !upon fur. - r 1 . 1,:e in prices. Reading advanced 1, and ki'dieculative stocks proportionately. The , lecks were very lively, and in the course tay there was an advance of lX on New :I; ualMiddlele Coal fields. Passenger rail •!- tut- still in favdr. The buoyancy of the market was well sustained. ZTTER FROM " OCCASIONAL." WASHINGTON, Sept. 27, 1865. 11 . e recent insurgent States, in their Y - ciive conventions lately, and soon to . la session, are evidently controlled by who are determined to comply with icquirements 'of the Executive and the expectations of the great body of t . Northern people, on the, important `:lions of the hour. It is a singular dull whenever any doubt or dispute as to the proper steps to secure the ` ` )l of the Government, despatches are to Washington asking information counsel. The action, therefore, • these conventions will be in a 1 degree shaped by the expressed and ;';'owed wishes of the Administration. I ;'.ready referred to the absence from ''` l l,l of candidates for Congress of many Lave been prominent in the rebellion, lrr an examination of the Southern I am disposed to believe that very this class will present themselves `"`li the reformed and reconstructed As Will ask admission into the halls of Legislature. The message Governor of South Carolina, pub ::":"! at length in your columns ; the q] filatttions and addresses of Go ,;Il'or Marvin, of Florida ; the several appeals of Governor Holden, of r til Carolina, Governor Sharkey,' of Governor Parsons, of Alabama, ( '"vernor Hamilton, of Texas, show l l'ese men are fully impregnated with ``'Potions of the President, and are re .'lll to carry them into theirown actions, to embody them in the decisions of c caventions and their State statutes. will be seen that many active agen at work in the Southern States, that much will have been accom ~'etl le the way of change and reform '' re the meeting of the two houses in ictieber next. The two subjects upon eh ihe Northern mind. is intensely agi "' A Project their shadows , upon all pre ral future operations. 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That which will undoubtedly produce vigorous legisla tion is the fear that when the late insurgent States are rehabilitated, and when their Senators and Representatives are introduced into the States from which their predeces sors retired, and attempted to break up the Government in MI MI., there will be no rescue, no refuge for the negroes in the South, under the new systems that may grow up under the inspiration of the strong and increasing hatred of that class by the former slaveholders. The difficulty of pre venting this tyranny is one of the worst ob stacles in the way of reconstruction. For my own part, I believe that the South ern .people can be trusted even with the interests of those who have lately been theft slaves_ It would be monstrous if under all their new, daily, and vo lunteered professions of fealty, and after all the exhibitions of clemency on the part of the President and the people of the free States, the moment that reorganization took place in the South and the States were represented in Congress, their local tribu nals would be managed in the very worst spirit of intolerance, and plans adopted by which one wide rule of injustice and ruin would be enforced upon the freedmen. To make this confidence in themselves general, to break down the suspicion of powerful Northern leaders, and to prove inture fidelity and future loyalty by present humanity and present mo deration, should be the study of those now asking to take part in the future go vernment of the country. But if these counsels should be disregarded, and if they should mistake the President's philanthro pic and comprehensive action for a desire to revive the tyrannies of other days, in a new and yet more revolting shape, and to give influence to the men who assisted to hurl their country into civil War, in such a contingency the coming Congress will be arrayed against the Southern peo ple—the reconstructed states will be kept in a long probationary suspense—and the good and liberal man at the head of the Ad ministration will find that he was mistaken in the hope that by treating them kindly, and by reposing full confidence in their professions, they would justify him before the great and controlling power of the loyal States. OCCASIONAL, WASHINGTON, • INQUIRIES MADE OF THE PRESIDENT AS TO THE CONGRESSIONAL TEST OATH. HE:RAS NO MEANS OF KNOWING WHAT CONGRESS WILL RO DI THE MATTER. He hopes, however, no, Objectionable Men will be Elected. HOWELL COBB REPORTED TO BE WIDER ARREST. ALLEGED COMPLICITY IN THE ANDERSON. 11) . ,LE ATEOCITIFS THE CABE. [Special Despatch to the Press.] WAsHmoTox, September 47,136,3. The First Colored Regiment. Secretary STANTON this morning granted use of the celebrated Campbell Hospital (now vacated), at the end of Seventh street, near the city limits, for the reception of the let Colored Regiment of the Disirict of Columbia. They are expected to arrive on Saturdaymorn- Jug, and it is proposed to give them a hearty and Significant greeting. These brave colored men have been in eighteen battles, and come back greatly reduced in numbers. They were the first colored troops raised in the war, and were followed by another black regiment of equal strength and courage. It is a fact that speaks volumes that, although Washington sent out several, certainly two, regiments of white troops, no such testimonial as this was every extended to them by our people on their return from the battle-geld.. It is unnecessary that I should speak of the celebrated cavalry of Colonel BAKER, which did so much service against the enemy, nor of the noble men who - fought in the other organizations. It is re served for the colored people to set an exam ple to the whites in first greeting their own brothers. I believe Colonel BIRNEY (not the lamented . and beloved General of that name) organized and got the first colored regiment to the field. New York Politietanc Quite a gathering of New York politicians are on the ground this morning. I notice lions. JNo. CoeNu.ANII, S. S. COX, Joint STEM, and other of that stripe. They all profess to be great Jonrisox men. The Union men of New York arc also on the ground in force, and say that they have not the slightest fear of carrying the State by a sweeping majority. Soldiers , Bounties. . The Second Comptroller has decided that in Order to entitle a soldier, when discharged from wounds, to the whole of his bounty, as if he had served out his full term, the wound or wounds for which he was discharged must have been received during the term of enlist ment which he was serving out when die charged. A discharge for a pre-existing disa bility, or for a wound received in service un der a previous enlistment, does not bring the soldier within the intent of the law. Manufactures. t:rom the returns received at the General Land Office, we are informed that in 1860 there 'were eighty-eight establishments in the United States for the manufacture of glass and glass ware, with an invested capital of $6,02 1,566 ; costing, for material used, L 52,817,021; male bands employed, 8,617; female hands employed, 240; annual cost of labor, $2,838,621; annual value of products,B,sol,3os. - • -- Internal Revenue Decision. Yesterday the Commissioner of Internal Revenue made the following ileeisiOn! "A dealer is a person who sells or offers to sell any goods, wares, or merchandise of foreign or domestic production. The fact that he has no Warehouse, store or other fiscal place as a Web his saleA are made, in no manner releases him from his liability to license-tax as a dealer. . . ~T he dealer selling on commission for his CM/signors is a factor, a general bailee charged with the legal custody of the goods, able to sue and liable to be sued, responsible for the fulfilment of the contract, and is the recipient of the price. Therefore, every person receiv ing consignments of merchandise, in ships, boats or cars, and effecting sales and deliver ing the same directly from such vessels or cars, is liable for license as a dealer, which license; should cover all his sales.uf Sentenee Remitted. President Jciexsox has remitted the unexe cilia part of the sentence of c R -PAULDING, who was some time since found guilty of trading with the enemy during the late war, and sentenced to three years confinement. The prisoner has been set at liberty. Stationery no by Longer actto be Purchased Contr. Secretary McCum.octr, of the treasury, has, after a consultation with the heads of the different bureaus, deter Mined to abolish the present system of purchasing stationery, etc., by contract. It is claimed that;by supplying the department with such articles as may be needed from time to time by purchasing in open market, Ste expenses will be materially lessened. Financial Affairs of the Freedmen's Bureau. The Commissioner of freemen , affairs has established the following regulations forthe government of the financial affairs of the bu reau: All sub -agents or ollicer.s on duty under the assistant COMMissioner will turn over to him, or a bonded Officer of his selection, all funds now or that may hereafter be in their hands, taking his reeeii..ts therefor in tripli cate, one of which will be forwarded direct to the commissioner at Washington, the others to be retained for the settlement of their ac counts at the treasury. These receipts should specify, if possible, the source from which the money has been derived. All sub-agents or ofllcers requiring.funds will make a monthly estimate in duplicate similar to form 9 regu lations quartermaster's department, and for ward the same through the assistant commis. sioner to the commissioner at Washington for approval. If such estimate, or any part of it, is approved, the assistant commissioner will be ordered tcr turn over the' it444§ to poi agent or officer, holding him accountable therefor. No money will be digbrirged except it has been drawn in this manner. internal Revenue Receipts. Receipts from internal revenue to-day amounted to $1,053,456. The receipts since July lit, 1865, reached nearly 130,000,000. Treasury Decision. In consequence of the many inquiries on the subject, the Second Comptroller of the Trea sury has deeided that an officer commissioned and properly in service, being captured before muster, is entitled to pay to the date of his return to the loyal States, and, if afterwards he is on duty with his regiment, to the date of his discharge. Post•otTices Reopened. Postmaster General lisionsow this morning ordered the reopening of seven post-ounces in Counsel Asked of the President by Virginians. The President has received a letter from Virginians in Albemarle county, Va., in which they ask his counsel concerning the casting of their votes for candidates for the next Con gress, all their candidates having been conser vative men before the ,war and opposed to secession, but some of whom countenanced the Southern cause during the rebelkion to such an eXtent as to prohibit them from taking the oath prescribed by Congress in lint The following is the correspondenee on the sub. ject : CHARLOTTESVILLE, 1 . A., Sept. —, 1365. To his Excellency Andrew Johnson, President of the United States; DEAR SIR: We, the undersigned citizens of the county of Albemarle and State of Virginia, and friends of your administration, prompted" by the difficulties which surround us in relation to the approaching congressional election, do appeal to you for counsel and advice as to our proper course of action. In this congressional district, for example, three gentlemen are soliciting the suffrages of the people. They were all conservative men be fore the war, and opposed secession. Two of them admirthat they countenanced the South ern cause during the war to an extent which prohibits them from taking the oath which was prescribed by the Congress of the United States in 1861 The third says that he can con scientiously take it, and the question presents itself, How shall we votol Some of us prefer one candidate, and some another; but, being wholly uninformed as to whether the test oath will probably be repealed or modified so as to admit Southern members, we have thought it possible that you might enlighten us on the subject. Our first wish is to send men to Congress who will give the most efficient support to your administration, whether they be of the one class or the other. Should it be your opinion that the Oath will most probably be insisted on, and that our object will most likely he obtained by voting only for those who can stand the test, then we are disposed to relinquish our individual preferences, and east our suffrages for those who are qualified to take the oath. If, on the Other hand, you should entertain the opinion that men whose antecedents have been conservative will be admitted, notwithstanding their inability to take the oath. then we may vote otherwise than we would do under a different state of things. We truly and sincerely desire information on this subject, and Should you be able to spare the time from your other duties, and see nO impropriety in complying with our request, we would be greatly obliged to you to furnish the information asked for. Our main purpose is to pursue that course which will be most likely to sustain you and your policy in the administration of the Government. Very respectfully, your obedient servants, THOMAS WOOp, IRA GARNETT, V. SouurAr.r., Ti. T. W. DUCE, JOHN L. COCHRAIG 7 GEOLLOE CARR, PEYTON S. COLES, WM. T. EARLY, JAS. C. SOUTHALL, I WM. F. GORDON, JR. J. J. BOCOOK, The following is the reply made to the above letter by Attorney General SPEED, by request of President JOHNSON: ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE, WASHINGTON, Sept. :13, 18”5. Messrs. WOO, F-Tohn. Cochran, and others, Char lottesville, Gi:wri.nmna : The President has referral to me your letter, dated Charlottesville, Va.,,Sep• tember, 1135, and I am instructed by him. to say that he has no more means of knowing what Congress may do in regard to the oath about Von yen inquire than any other citi zen. It is his earnest wish that loyal and tette men, to whom no objection can be made, should be elected to Congress. This is not an official letter, but a simple expression of indi .yidual opinion and wish. I alu , gents, very respeetfally, Your obedient servant, JAS. SPEED, Attorney General. My Associated Press.] Postal Affairs. The Postmaster General has concluded an arrangement with Messrs. WADDELL & Co., of New York, for the transportation of the L'llite[l States mails monthly by steamship be tween New York, St. Geo‘rges, Bermuda, and St. Jago de Cuba. The steamer Fah-kee will leave New York with the mails for Bermuda and St. Jago de Cuba on Tuesday next, Octo ber Bci, 1865 ; and thereafter a Steamer mill leave New York regularly on the first of each. month. The United States postage charge on letters transmitted by this line is ten cents per single rate, prepayment required. Post masters will send letters for Bermuda, etc., intended for transmission by this line, to New York. New 'Cork Troops Mnstered Out of Ser- General Vas - Wye': yesterday obtained an order from the War Department for the im mediate muster-ont of his regiment, the 50th New York Veteran Volunteers, known as the 10th Legion. The General left for New York to-night Cars Running Through. Trains now run through from Washington to Richmond, by way of Aquia creek, without change of, cars, all the bridges having just been completed. Time, eight hours. Released. Three civilians, sentenced by military com mission to imprisonment for one year, have been released from the Old Capitol on taking the oath, each sentencebeing fully remitted. Appointments. The following appointments have been made of Pennsylvanians : Postmasters—A. C. 1-lExtmasow, Pequea, Lan caster county, vice limns . L. UHLER; CHARLES Bomon, Monnt Carmel, Northumberland comi ty, vice ABRAHAM LEIGH; CHARLES R. liocx, New Itingokl, Schuylkill county, vice J. H. PILE. Howell Cobb Reported Arrested. It is believed here IWO the rebel General liowELL Conn has been arrested on charges in. volving the Andersonville cruelties. Aproiutment. Commodore. Wm. RADFORD, recently corn mandh3g, the North Atlantic Squadron, has been appal-Ma commandant of the Washing. ton navy yard. Personal. The counsel for Wiuz intend to put ROBERT OULD on tke stand in his defence. Onun is here. MOSES THOMPSON has been appointed addi tional route agent from Philadelphia to Al toona, on the Pennsylvania Central Railroad. VIRGINIA. VIEWS OF SOME OF THE CANDIDATES 'FOR CONGRESS Proposed Meeting to Sympathize with Davis not Allowed. BALTIMORE, Sept. 27.—Richmond and Frede.. rieksburg (Va.) papers of this morning have been received here. A majority of the forty odd candidates for Congress in Virginia appear to be very out spoken in the avowal of their opinions. The Fredericksburg Ledger gives an abstract of the views of candidates fora seat in the House of Representatives, from the Fredericksburg district. Three candidates, Christian, Dou glass, and Curtis addressed the meeting at Lancaster Court-house. Mr. Christian discuss ed the question of his eligibility, and spoke of his efforts in favor of the Union as a Bell and Everett elector in 1860, of his foresight of the evils of secession and disunion, and the warnings which he then gave to the people. lie then spoke of his services in the Senate, during the war ; how he did all in his power to sustain the State and the Confederate go verninentS during the struggle through which we have just-passed ; quoted the Constitution of the United States, to show that he was not disqualified by anything he had done. He spoke of the test oath, passed by Congress in 1862 as:unconstitutional, and thought that oath would be repealed. Mr. Douglass stated that he believed in States-rights as the great fundamental princi ple of our Government ; stated that he was an original secessionist, and showed that seces sion was not the work of the politicians, as had been charged, but the spontaneous rising up who forced the Virginia conven toir h o l ii, e e p ot e n o l l i e o l sed of more than two-thirds of the Union, to carry the State out of the Union at the time they did. Ile also spoke of eligibility, and showed that he stood upon the same plat form as all the other candidates, except Mr. Curtis, none of whom could take the test oath. Mr. Curtis next addressed the people and said he had always been opposed to the here sy of secession. lle served in the convention mclunoudi in 'Ma, and voted against the or dinance, but nuder the instructions of his con stituents had voted for its ratification. lle voted at the polls againstlit, and had always opposed it Since the days of nullification in South Carolina. The Lynchburg Virginian says: We are re quested by General Curtis to say that under general orders issued at Richmond sometime since the meeting proposed to be held this morning to make arrangements for getting a petition to the President in behalf of Jeff. Davis cannot he allowed, and it Will, there fore, not be held. The General appreciates the natural sympathies felt by the people of the South for Da'vis in his misfortunes, but does not think it prudent that public meetings in his behalf, or for other puiposee ealeulated to excite and inflame the feelings, be held. Be sides which, he acts under %dere vaLigb, are palpertitiYe• PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1865. THE STATE FAIR. Thousands on Thousands Gathering to See its Treasures. A CARNIVLT, FOR THIEVES AND PICKPOCKETS. THE GENTLER SEX VICTIMS, WITH JUDGE GRIER OF THE SUPREME COURT. 'UNLAWFUL HANDS ON EVERY BODY'S PURSES. THOUSANDS OP DOLLARS STOLEN. Col. Davis Speaketh a Piece to One Hundred out of woo Visitors. SENATOR COWAN ADDRESSES MORE THAN FOUR FIFTHS OF THE THOUSANDS, THE PAIR EXPECTED TO BE A GREAT, GRAND, OORGEOIIB SUCCESS, [Special to The Press.] Immense crowds have been in attendance at the State Fair, now being held in this place. All day, so great was the rush that though the gates were not advertised to open until nine O'clock, the committee were compelled to have them opened before seven. The streets and avenues have been thronged throughout the whole day with. a perfect, mass of humanity. The hotels and private houses are filled to their utmost capacities, and yet every train brings thousands upon the ground. Many being unable to obtain any accommodation whatever, last evening went to Lock Haven, Blinbitry, and other points, even - Hay miles distant to obtain lodgings, Great crowds Axe expected to-morrow, but where they will be stowed away it is impossible to imagine. Thieves and pickpockets, ever on the lookout to ply their nefarious calling, are here in al.. most incredible numbers. Probably never be-, fore have so many of these rascals assembled at. a similar gathering. To-day hundreds, yes, thousands of dollars have been stolen front the visitors. The Philadelphia detectives Would have been of great value here, as the local police force is worse than useless. The whole fault lies with the Williamsport Coun cils, who were too niggardly to supply the detectives. It is reported that Judge Grier, of the United States Supreme Court, is among the losers. The number of entries to day has greatly increased, and now the dis play is indeed magnitieent. The delay of the trains, caused by the unusual number of travellers, has kept back much stock, but that which is already here has been pro perly stabled. The . display of fruits, partion larlY apples, is very fine. Seldom have I seen a better collection. The proceedings today opened with a truly grand cavalcade, which was very creditable. The cavalcade was fol lowed by a parade of stallions and horses, and subsequently by jacks and mules. The horses and stallions were all noble animals, and pre sented a line appearance. At noon to-day a general trial of speed took place. This was of but little importance, as no horses of re• nown.were entered. The afternoon was gene rally occupied in the same manner. A race took place between a pair of grays from Ta maqua and a pair of bays from Harrisburg*. The grays were declared the winners after a well.contested run, in three minutes and twenty seconds. Thus far fortunately 110 accident has occurred, to mar the pleasure of the occasion. Good order generally prevails, but now and then is interrupted by the comi cal endeavors of the county police to ferrit out the whereabouts of some expert city thieves, who have robbed some unwatchful Mortal of a portion of his earthly treasure. On Tuesday noon the annual address was de livered by Senator Cowan. The address was attentively listened to, and evidently pleased all who were fortunate enough to hear it. No fault whatever can be attached to the Senator, 'who spOhe in as clear and distinct a voice as possible; but lie would be more than mortal who could have made his voice heard by all in the dense crowd that was In attend. tame. Many distinguished gentlemen are here. Among them I noticed GeneralS Ord, liartranft, and Owen.:, The prize dis tribution takes place on Friday. Many wish for the day, yet, at the same time, dread its approach. Quite an excitement was occa sioned yesterday afternoon by the accidental catching fire of the private gas-works which supply the Herdic House. The works were :almost completely destroyed, but, by hard work and indefatigable energy, gas has again been procured, and is burning to-night. Portu nately, no other damage was done by the flames. A notable feature of the fair is that about one-half of those present are of the gentler sex. Many of the fair creatures have come from a great distance, and, to judge from appearances, take much interest in what is going on. This evening Professor Allen, principal of the Agricultural College, centre county, delivered an interesting and learned address upon agricultural education. The address was made in front of the Herdic House, to a large concourse. Last night, Da vis, the candidate of the Democracy for Audi tor General, and editor of that traitorous sheet, the Doylestown Democrat, spoke at the court-house. The whole &flair was a com plete fizzle, notwithstanding the multitude in the town, only about one hundred and fifty people, were present to hoar the illustrious Davis " speak a piece!' - The principal topics were negro suffrage and the United States and the taxation of Government bonds—which lat. ter the speaker chose to consider, from the present exemption, unfair to the poor man. In his opinion, 21.6 W bedida should be issued. The whole tenor of his remarks on the subjeci sounded greatly like repudiation. No enthu siasm whatever was displayed, but in the midst of the remarks of this f 100300 Maple Sb'e.l4o.bs do 00 7 , f t 1 do blO 300 00 HebtonY B.10.1)30 24 000 moclintock olLti 00 15 . central„”, x. 65 45, 104 Lou Nov Kock...lts 00 la Markets. EPTEMBER 27—Eyestng, Philadelph The Flour market continues ii•na., Mid. Pigfifig gra well maintained. 400 buds Northwestern extra fami ly sold at 4.902,37 ; 1,200 bids Pennsylvania and. Ohio do. at s3o.oe@ll ; 1100 bids fancy do, at ga1.500 12.50, and 100 bbls superfine at *7.50 .14 big. The re tailers null bakero'atc Dpytog within the above range of priees,a sto Wand and (panty. Rye lout is selling at stkit'e Uhl. Corn Meal is quiet, and we hear Of no sales, GRAIN. —There is a fair demand fur Wheat. at, about former rates, with sales rtf '§ t o(o bus at silica. 216 e for new reds, 7.550227 e for old do, tie iattei for amber, and white at from 210(dr2e0e bus, as to quality. Rye is selling at es@iak , Al bus for Dela ware and Pennsylvania. Corn is dull and droop ing; 1,000 bus sold at 00c, not prime: prime lots are afilified at Re. Oats are without elmilgr; 41 0 9 sold at 520 for prime, and (inns for ' afloat. BARlC—Querettron Is without change; Ist No. isuoted at 02.50 i toll. COTTON.—Holders are firm In their views, and there 18 more doing In the way of sales. About FTB bales of m1(1(111110 sold at from .1:110Wo!Vi GROCERIES.—There is very Iltt e °hag to Cithait Sugar or Coffee, owing to the firmness of holders, NEEDS.—eiceerseed Is rather scarce' sales are making at from 4,7.7568 25", i, w lbs. 400 bushels prime Thaotliy sold at kits. - Flaxseed is selling to lots at, W1p5,50 11 bushel. it selling at from 41100120 lA totti PETROLEUM.—The market is excited awl pricea looking up; sales are making at 30a17,16e for crude, efesnle for relined In bond, and SO@Ble It gallon for free. to cede ! . bi /1 - 1611)10.—All hinds continue scarce and )1 , ems are looking lini liO bble Mute Nrkaylk.. f,34.501 4 bbl. HAMS are quoted at 2sEaale but we neural no sales. Prime tierce Lard is lint at 30j:raleQE lb. Butter is scarce; sales are making dffasOellih for good and choice lots, WilibliY is Itroilyheld•lio whls Pennsylvaula aka Western 10111 at Mlle gailutlr. , The following are the receipts of dour mud it CUM. at this port to•day; ..P . A9ur. 1,300 bbls 26,500 IMS. 4,750 bus. "it iu t iiiiiiii 111111111111/ 0,199 Imo, Pittsburg Petroleum Market, Sept. 26. Business in the oil way was active, with a liberal deMand for the various descriptions. A further ad- Illeo War cited in both crude and refined, The re ceipts slam:loth. host MANS fair, amounting to 4:1183 barrels by the river. The principal portion was, however, disposed of some time since, hence but a. limited amount remained for sale. Otir latest front the wells, and the oil regions generally, report a firm - market, towers anxious to Incest, whilst sel lers are equally deNirtigs of holding Mr to see if prices will stillgo up. Hence the operittibtla Were. not of a very extensive character. Oil Matters will no doubt become more settled he the last of the pre sent week. The advance t! tit IAI 81 v 4 .1 yesterday was funs , two or three Polito par gallon till Mtge; lit fact it is doilbtftil whether holders would close cowman for bevy lots at the outside figures we have maned. We left the crude market with the advantages on the stile of the holders, and If there is any set of merchants that know how to make the proper Use of said atiTtilliige, the oil men are those newsons, Cuing Ott..—The market ohelled WITII spirit. thin first sale of crude reported being 2,000 bbls. bulk, at 25e; this lot was purchased by one of our most shrewd dealers, and is the highest price paid for that article for many months. Buyers were nume rous, and disposed to take hold. The supply on hand would net admit of any other lots of that size. The other sales were 200 bblsi 24. 1 0 4 Whilinit ages: SOO do, 24c, same conditions; 40e bbls and 240 bbls, at 2113 e, packages Included. ld'intiCATlNo (Mts.—There was a better demand for small parcels. Sales 10 bids Eureka, A. $1.03: sales 20 hhis 11 at 75e, and 50 Inds C at 60e 11 1111114 Holders don't WM inclined to set the figures.-Tice only operations were: Tree 011—Sales2.50 bids, In lots, at 74,74e--ait advance, Sales 40 Mils Champion at7lc. .Bales 500 tibia bonded, October, delivery on the spot, at 52e. 4ew 'York MlLVkatfi, Sept 271 Asrixs arc quiet at itS for pots, and 40.87, 1 08 for pearls. BIIEADSTIMPS.—TIie Flour market IS heavy and. dreoping for common, and Very lino, With fear de mud for good grades. finirs fi,fifo Mita at 5t7.60,p7. 7s for superfine State; $ *7.9000S for extra dot .10@8.2.3 for choice dal .5W.60 for superfine IS esterfit sB@tl.Bo for com mon to medium extra Western, and $8.65@8.92 for common to good shipping brands extra round-hoop obi°. Canadian Flour is heavy for common: sales sod 1,1,k At $208.40 for common; that 0441145 for good to choice extra. Southern Pinar is quiet and firmer: sales 450 hurls at *3,60010.50 for common, and *10.60014.50 for fancy :inn extra. Wheat is 102 c lower for spring. and very firm for Western• sales 61,000 bushels at :31.5001.65 for Chi go Mid Milwaukee eltth t 81111 1, 0& for AM bet Mllwaiikee, and if 2.1602.27 for nets - ennTrStlte. Rye is dull. Barley is Barley malt is dun, thita a shade firmer, and heavy for unsound: sales at 484 520 for unsound, and 590600 for sound. The Com merlin le raw pre steady: sales 1,000 husheis at 87020 e for onsuou, 61:10110 Mr sound mixed Western. PuoViPIONA--Tile Pork market Is Inner; sales 2.ceo hbls at $31.25(1141.60 for new mess, closing et 41.00 1 4 oath! *31031,30 for 13311141 6'iito4e4d, 2s for prime. and *30450 fOr prime mess. The Beef market is firm: sales 160 Idds at 30012 foe plain mess, and 4125515 for extra mess. Beef hams re :nlet. Cut meats are item: sales 200 pkgs at 1534010!io for Shoulders, nail re.,!,a,4i for hams. Bacon is dull. The Lard market is (inlet; sales 200 hurls at 2700312. Butter is active at 28013 e for Ohio, and 4000520 fur State. Cheese Is steady at 72@1edie. T..i.t.t.dw Is henrys sales 55.000 It of 14,,bb1e. , WilisitY is steady; sales 400 bid s estern itt $2.293te2.30. COTTON is rather more active; sales 1,400 bales at 44,f.R.16c for middling. SAILINO OF OCEAN orEANEZOO TO ARRIVE. SITIPS rdeom Bellonu ..London via Biavre. liospitarita Liverpool,,, Virginia Liverpool..., Etna Liverpool.... Aleppo Liverpool.... City or Cork ...Liverpool.... Cuba Liverpool.... Britaniiiit oblame ..,., Scotland I IVerpoel.,. tlerinaula Solithanip*n Edi»burg.. , . ... Liverpool.— Belgian Liverpool... TO DEPART. Kangaroo NOW York....7Averpool , &Sept 21 Asia Boston Liverpool Sept, 27 Monterey New York.... New Orleaue.,.beDt. 27 Columbia New York....Havaua. . Erin New York...Liverpool' Sept. so City of Boston. New York ...Liverpool Sept, 30 061.111111113. --NEW YorktitenoMbilrg Mr .804. 30 Guiding, Star., ,New York.,,,New OrFeaus—gelA. SO New York New York,..,Aspluwall Oct. 2 Cof New York. New ..... Oct, 4 Australasian ..I.New York.— Liverpool.. ..... Om. 4 Northern bight New York... New Orleans... Oct. 4 • BOARD O} 'TRADE. D. C. MCCA3IIIIOIV, women. Buxom:it, lCommittee of the 3tonth. joim I,W..}.ITHERILL, MARINE INTELLIGENCE. PORT OF PHILADELPHIA, SEPT. SS. Gx R151N..6 7 I SUN SETS.. IA limn IVATIgn.B 25 Arrived. Steamer Minnetonka, Balch, 4 days froth Stevan nub. with cotton,Se.,toti A tiouder & Co. Passen gers: 0 H Lewis. C rs S A Hodge, three children and berraut, C It Thompson, .1 it Ayres,. child and servant, Mrs E R Fa -114 Mrs G ThornPo" , ligart, ana c. "lle N tin In gt e t'u lTlVtUrs from Washing bteamer ion e ton with mdse wr P Clyde ,t Co. . St.canier H Stout, Clyde's;ld24 hours from New Y o rk, with noise to W P Co. Steamer 1.4 Onzlev ;. Stone, 24 hours from NOV York, with pulse to 85 pi r Clyde & Co. York Roanoke (110,Cookser, froth Porto Mello ; 15th lust, with coffee Jo Hallett & Sou. Lefrbrlg Harry Lt'Aubery, for New York In a few 1103'56 Sept 24th, off Hatteras, passed brig John Welsh, Jr. hence for Sagna. Brig Ella Reed, Tuzo, frOM St Jar de (Tuba, 14tit lust, with sugar to Lieu W Bernudon A lien. Let! bark Alverton, from Baltimore; brig Fanny Lin coln, and schr Jeannette, from Boston. discirg; brig Water Witch, for Baltimore in two days. Schr Son of Malta, Baynurn, 2 days front billion, Del , t' Bird, gidridge, with grain to Christian & Co. Sear Bird, day from Odessa , Dolt With grain to .1 L Bewley & Co. Steatu.dug 1 A Solder, Harrington, 3 hour' from Bombay Hook. Brought no ICIa Reed. Passed ha the buy brigs S V Merrick. from New York; Kate Stewart, from do; Egota, front St John ~..N Et - J g Deneo r 4 from fylgua, and schr Ocean ware, front Sondwero. . . Arrived 25th,- eJohn Price, Nickerson, 5 days from Boston, with mdse to captain. Cleared. Stenmer t H lout Borden, New York. Steamer Buggies, McDermott, 2.lew Yea.. Steamer Attila, Lenn_y, New York. Steamer Mayflower, itobinson, Steamer A 0 Stimers. Knox, Washington. Steenter* Willing, Cued lie, Baltimore. Steamer orelty, - EllaW, New York. Brig Anna (Br). Morrow. Barbadoes. Brig Hiram Aida% Tibbetts, Boston. Brig Timothy Field, Wiswell, Boston. Selir Algoma. Salem. gehr E Eta t , tver, Wilmington, Del. Behr Fannie ancejlarMia. Behr Adele Trude% Timmins, Boibilry. Seitz. Isabe l jlieke , Punier, Bast Cambridge. Sehr Amos Falkenburg,Siople, Jersey Ctty. Seim J Klenzle, Lake, Boston. - , Sehr J Foster, 8009 11 . ' •rl FOR DATE. .New York Sept. 0 ~8081011,..11.11 ibopt, .New York Sept. lz .New York Sept. 10 & .Y.Sept. 10 .New York Sept. 10 .New York Sept. 10 ,Now York but. 10 ~New York,,,,,.sept. ID .New York Sept. 20 ..New York Sept. 20 ,Quebec..... 21