112 Pa Ea PITTSBURGH MARKETS Crying ov Prrraeuncin GantTgr,, 1 Taugsnay, March 25, 1869. I .The fine weather has imparted a better feeling in commercial circles, though as yet, there is no marked improvement in trade, and it is a little discouraging that the Spring has so far advanced without more activity and a larger volume of bu siness. Hopes•are still entertained. how over; that there. w Yet be a good ppring . trade, more particularly in regard± to !Pittsburgh manufactures, though as We inoted, the other day, there is too• much competition for big profits, and beies people must note expect to make m on ey il as easi ly as they did duringthe•war.! ,1 PLLEB carce and in good demand: may be quoted at 1434@t3x. per bbl, as !to quality. quality. • 1 APPLE BUTTER-90®fl per gal. , ' . BUTTER—Is in steady demand, and we can report sales of prime to , strict choice at 45®50. BEANS-1n better supply—may quoted at $3,50®58,75. BULKWI•IEAT FLOUR--Dulli 8®3 1 '.,. - CRANBERRIES—SaIes at s2o® .825. CHEESE Sales' of NeW York Goshen at 24®25. • CORNMEAL--$1,75®1,85 per cwt. CARBON OIL—Is a shade stronger, with less offering, but the market is so irregular that it is difficult to give quo tations. DRIED FRUlT—peaches steady at 14 ®l5 for quarters; 16®17 for mixed and 18;520 for helves. Apples scarce and in demand at' 11®1234 ets. 'EGGS—Hardly so stiff, but unchanged at 27 for fresh packed. • HAY—Beled is dull but unchanged; sales of good to strictly prime tight pressed, on wharf, at $23(j25. HOMINY-$6®6,25. HEMP . —Quoted at ;220 per ton. , PROVISIONS—The market is steady with a fairj ebbing deniand, but/prices are unchanged. Sales of Bacon at 1435® fbr Shoulders; Ri abed SideB, 16X® 17; Clear Bides, 18®18y,, and Sugar -Cured Hams'l9. Steamed Lard,,l93i, Mlle' rendered 20®203¢. Mess Pork 182,50. Dried Beef 21. • * • POTATOES —ln good local demand . with rivuler sales, in store, at 80c per bushel. - PEANUTB...-10 eta per pound. , GRAIN There is no improve. " ment in Wheat and prices are nominal. at ,$1,40®1,421 for ' No. 1 Spring and 1 / 1 55@1.60 tor !Winter. Oats-saes on track at 05®136 and 68®70 in store. Cern is dull' and • irrtigultr; sales of White at 70612 and prime Yellow at 75®77. Rye • is still quoted dull at $1,40®1,48, Bar. ley dull and unchanged at $2 for prime State and Ohio. SEEDS—There is a very fair demand for. Clover, with sales at $10®10,50, and Thnothy at $3.50®3,75. Flaxseed quoted at $2,45®2,50. . • SALT—Is quiet but steady, and is still quoted at $2 by the car 'old. , SORGHTMI-60®65e. • FEATHERS—A shade firmer, and we now quote live geese feathers at 80 to the trade, and the usual advance in a retail way. ONIONS—DuII; S4VS per bbl. FLOUR—Is quiet and unchanged; sales in store at $6,75®7,25 for good to ohoice Spring Wheat brands and 87,50 ®B,OO for Winter Wheat; Rye Flour • $7,00©7,25. The following are the Pearl Mill -prices for their brands of flour made of the,best wheat: Pearl Mill three star gren brand, in barrels, $9,90 in sacks 80,60;* doable eXtra'.'in bar-, rale $9.00, and in sacks at 18,90; Pearl Mill family in barrels, $8,40, and in sacks at 58,00, Spring Wheat brands in barrels $7,30, and in sacks $7,00. The Pittebnrgh City Mills prices are as fol lows: Choice White Winter Wheat Flour, in libls, 19,30, and 'leeks $9,00. choice Red Winter Wheat Flour, in bbls, $7,75, 'and in' sacks $7,50; choice Spring Wheat Flour, -in bbls, $7,30, and in sacks, 17 per bbl. GROCERIES--The'market is reported a little more active, and Sugars, under the influence of late advices in regard to to the Cuban insurreetion, are consider ably excited and higher, refineds, having advanced from a half to three quarters of a cent per pound. Molasses and Syrups are also stronger, while other articles re main unchanged. Si:resits—Crushed, 18; “A" Coffee, 17; "B" 16%; El. "C," 16%; Cuba, 13®14%; Porto Rioo, 13@15; New Orleans, 131518, as to quality. MorassEs-:-New Orleans, 75@85; Porto Rico; 68®78. Sylitrps--White Roney Drips, $1,25; Bay State, $1,15; Silver Drips, 11; fair to medium, 75@95. • Comex—Fair to Good Rio, 20®22; Prime, 2435®25; Choice. 28®2834. - Riot —Carolina, 11 to 11)ic; Rangoon, good, 10c. Tzsa—Young Hyson, .11,10 to 1,85, G. P.. 81,10 to 1,90. Imperial, 11,40 to 1,80. Oolong, 86 to 11,45. Son Chong, 900 to 81.50. • STAitmx—Pearl,734; Silver Gloss, 12;ic, and Corn Starch, 13c. _ CONCENTRATED LYE-48,00 per case. "Fauns--Layer Raisins, $4,00 - J,er box; Matt do, 18,28; Prunes, 15 e3 umnents, Smmts—Madida, 900; Cloves, 45w grain Pepper,' S 6 to 88c; 'Allspice, 88c;;Nut mega, $1,50. • 1 • ReatLkan-'-12Xo; Shot, $3,50 per bag. BoArs—mßabbit's," 12c; glOakely's," 11 c; Rosin,' sto 7c; • “Dobbin'og,"lsc; W,ix; 10c; Chem. Olive 914 c. Cthamus—Mould, 16o; Star, 25c. Br CARE SODA -47,50 perloo. WirLSlCY—Highwines very dull; may be quoted in a Jobbing way at 92@)93. LARD OIL—We now quote No. 1 at, 11,65, and N 0.2 at $l,BO. Markets by Telegrapti. NEW Yonir, March 26.—Cotton _firm; sales of 400 bales, at 28%@290 for .mid dling ,uplande. Flour; recelPla, 5 , 305 bbls and .2,01 bags; market 10(1026c bet ter; low grades scarce; sales of 8,500, bbls, at $5,66(48„10. for Superfine State and weitterig ;6,2068,70 for extra State; 116,20@ 7 for extre-Weidentis7,lo@7,Bo for w hits:Whettlithir_l6,l3so6,74 for Round NedrVOldel 17;00@8,60 r for extra St. Louis; and A00(§)12,00 for good tat choice : 1 1o4eltaing - Rye' flour steady; sales bf $OO bbls, 'at' OW, cash: • Cora Meal quket;4,ooo ~bbls Brandywine ' wers sold last evening.= private terms. WhialU e ldet; sales 01-650 bbls western, at: os e.' ..Wkeatirecelpts 22,000bneh; market quiet for spring and without de cidedchatigerali price; sales of 23,000 bush No. 2 sp at $1,40, in store, and 51,48 for very 'choice delivered; sales of 2,000 bush ' White Mich ! g. an at 81,80®1,00; Aloe 61,000 bin& white California at ;1,69 'Meer , $l,BO. Rye heavy; sales 0,000 tooth western at 1482. Barley quiet, with small sales at previous prices. Barleo , Malian% Corn without • decided changetirof ;681 bush; sales 6 4,000 bush at Xo Tor new mixed western duo= at kg" good :paresis, Awl 05 IW gqie for yellow western. O w e more sew tive and IleoldlicUy firmer, with a good speculative demand; sales 86,000 bush at 7334@74340 for western in store, and 75 3 quo far de afloat. ;Rice firm at By@ 9340 for- Carolina:). Coffee quiet and firm.:" Saw Arm; sales 610 iande Cabe at 12;it, Molasses dull, , Petroleonx ac tive and higher at / 0 31@20.3 for crude, and 88c ter refined bon ed. flops steady at it@ific for American. Linseed 011. ;•;,-•••• zr• - rx,,, - , " •, • •••,. j"-'1 ltfAßell 26r 1861 steady 481,01©1,03. .Spirits Turßiatine quiet at 52@5230. Pork 'firmer with a moderate demand; sales 1,150 bbls $3 1 ,- 75®31,87 for new mess, 131®81.25 fur old do,. 126,50®27,25 for prime, ;28,75®30,00 for prime mess, and $3l for thin do; also sales of 500 barrels new ineski, seller for May, on private terms. Beef dull, sales of 125 barrette at s@l6 for new plain meta, sl2©lB fornew extra mess. Tierce Beef dull; sales of 80 , tierces at s2s®3o'for prime mess, 127®33 far India mess. Beef Hanle quiet ; sales of 180 barrels at /25© Cut Meats steady; sales of 172 pack ages at 10 (gi1O 1 4 for shoulders. 16mig17 for hams. Dressed Hogs dull at .1334@ 18% for western, 133,®14 for city. Mid. dies firm and in moderate demand; sales of 50 boxes short ribbed at 16%. Lard unchanged; sales of 700 tierces at 17Xig _ 19, chiefly 18% for 'ateami 1915191, for kettle rendered; also, sales of 750 tierces of steam at 18%, seller for March. Butter quiet and steady at 30(4)40 for Ohio, 40© 58 for . State.- Cheese steady at 38®22. Freights to LiVerpcpl lower; with en gagementer for 15,000 - bush of wheat and corn per steamerat 4d. Latest.—Flour closed a shade firmer for low grades and quiet and steady for me dium and better kinds. , Wheat steady for California, with a good milling de mand; other kinds nominally unchang ed. Rye drill at $1,32©1,33 for western. Oats firm, at 74Mci In store. Corn dull at 853468634 c for new mixed western. Porkquiet and firth, at 031,75 for new mess, cash and regular, and - $32 seller for May. Beef .steady, with a fair de mand. Cut meats quiet and Unchanged. Bacon in limited request at previous prices. Lard didl at 18%3181,‘ for fair to print°. Eggs steady at 2760. • CHICAGO,' Maren _ 25.—Eastern Ex change firm at 1-10 premium selling. and 1-10 off buying. Flour dull at $5@)6,25 for spring extras.' Wheat easier and @ lower; salei No. 1 at $1,18©1,16, No. 2 ;1,093;@1,1034 for• regular, and ;1;11® 1./2 forfresh receipts, closing at 11 1 , 1 0(.0 1,10y,,c; sales No. Bat g1,030L04, and re jected 95©96c; sales No. 2 this afternoon at sll,lo l ‘@l§lo34. Corn less active and a shade weaker: sales new at 54 W4) 5 5e, and no grade 523‘©54c, closing at 54%© 54 1 c for new; sales' No.' 1 at 67@6730 seller, last half or April, and .65c seller, May; No. 2 59e, seller, May; unchanged this afternoon,but Aulet at 53®54c cash, and active at 630 :tidier, the month, clos ing at 53c cash, fair demand and No higher at ;1,20©1,2134c for' No. 1. Barley ully small. aales at 11,70 for No. 2, and 11,50 for rejected. Highwines held at 8934@£409.. :Ideas pork quiet and atealr,fit /31. Lard quiet and stefdy at lTd. 'Sweet 'pickled hams 'in fair de mand at 15 c; for Country, and 163443 for city. Meats fir d ore active; shoulders, 11Xe, mer loose; Cumberland middles, 1534 c, boxed. - -Grease quiet; yellow, .1.2 1 /c. Dressed togs in light supply and nominally unchanged. New Orleans Sugar 14@16c, for common to choice. Molaeses,,Bl®l,os. Receipts for the past twenty-four hours-9,513 tibia flour, 13,588 bush wheat, 20,250 bush corn, 21,048 _bush oats, 5,823 bush rye, I,6lsbush barley, 489 hoes. Shipments —7,937 bbls flour, 10,464 bush wheat, 36,162 bush c0rn,5,830 bash oats, 3,394 bush rye, 2,770 lan barley, 4,409 hogs. CINCINNATI, March 25.=Cotton firm; sales of 460 bales at 27%e for middling, 2614 c for low middling. Tobacco more" active and the_supply better; sales , of 164 •hhds at ;4,44 to 27. No change in prices of Soar. Grain quiet and unchanged. Whiskey in demand at 91e, bnt not of fered very freely at this rate. There was a firmer feeling in the market for provis ions, though not much demand. Mess pork was ~held at *32; no sales. - Bulk. meat was not offered to any extent below 12% ®1434c for best; there leas no demd and quotations are nominal. Bacon an is dull and unchanged. Lard firmer; sales of 300 tierces at 18y,c; holders ask 18;4o at the close. Sugar firm; there was a fair demand at full prices; New Orleans at 14 demarara at 16q11614c. Molasses firm; sales of New Orleans at 80Ca85c. Coffee steady; sales of 310 bags at 20@25c, the latter rate for prime; choice held at 26c. Butter firm; sales at 40®45c. No cheese in the market. Eggs at 24©250., Clover seed at $L5N(4)15,4. Timothy dull at 412®2,10. Linseed oi l dull at 131011,02. Petroleum quiet at 33®350 for refined. Gold 181 buying, exchange firm. Sr. Louts, March 25.-Tobacco steady and•unchanged. • Cotton—low middling sold at 2635 c. Hemp—nothing doing. Flour entirely flat, buyers holding offfor lower prices; sellers refuse to make con cessions of 10©15c on fall, which holders would not agree to; „there is , very little done, with small sales No. 2 spring ,at 88©10. Corn " firm at" 66@69c. Oats steady at 56@59. Barley—nothing doing; market at $1,99©2 for prime lows and red epring. ; Rye. dull and lower at $1,25©1,27. Whisky, nominal at 90c. Sugar; market better, at 14@18e fir Louisiana. Molasses unibhanged, at 75® 900 for plantation. Coffee. week, but not quotably • lower. Pork quiet. and , changed, with jobbing sales; heavy mess 882. Bulk Meats better: , 100,000 pounds_ loose clear sides sold . at= 16c, "and 150,000 pounds Cumberland and Chicago, deliv ered, at 1530. Bacon very quiet; sales of shoulders at 14c clear rib sides at 17c; clear, Bides- at- 17/e. , Lard; nothing do ing; grime to choice lots held 4f/ •18@ 18hc; kegs 20®2034c. • Tor.xno, March 25.—Flour dull; low grades a shade • lower ; sales of extra at #8,20. t Wheat opened It 'shade better on amber; sales at 11,42 X 'for No. 1 white Michigan; do closed with an advance. Corn market 54@10 'better andquiet; sales' of No. 1 at ;38@;;39c; No. 2, 84,.(c; no • grade, -64 c• • Michigan, -66 c. Oats quiet and nominally unchanged. Rye firm and 1c better; Baldest 51;31 for Michigan. Barley steady at 81,85®1,88 for No. 1 Stet!) and 12,25®2,28 for Canada. Dressed hogs doll; nothing doing. Clover seed active at 18,00. Receipts; 2,100 bbis flour, 8,100 bus 'wheat, 18,000 bus corn, 4,100 bus oats, and :800 bus rye. 'Ship ments: 1,800 bbls flour, 8.000 bus wheat, 1,600 Corni.and-7,000 bits oats. . . , BUFFALO, March 25. Flour; spring in fair demand; Western soring and bakers, • $6@7,12; low' gra de white Western, SR,OO. Wheat neglected. Corn easier: sales 20 cars gew; on track at 78077 c, closing weak. ,`,Olts dull; sales 1 car on track at 650. Bye neglected. 'Barley lower; sales 5,000 bus State, deaVeted, " at $2,. and 800 bus Canada bagged and . delivered at $2,01: 'Seeds quiet. • 'Pork, heavy at 881,50. Lard dulLat 19c. Righwines; ales yes terday of 50 , bbla at fla - No, , . . . , „ , IsTYKlLlA')iiiarob ;26.—Eiales of 181 hhds tobacco, , common Ingo to cutting lair at .4 ®1.7_,0:, Cotton, 28,ic, 81ep.8,. pork, ' , - 14ar$1, ' 18% 5 19c. Bacon--; ShOUld '/ILD;vI rib sides 17c; ;clear , 4 sides, Vl' (i;' hid -shoulders,. 18o; clear rib'sides,,lBc; clear - sides, - 181.0..'-. Flour, $ 5 , 50 E00. Wheat, $ 1 ,65@11" COrO;; al @Bic. Oats; ` „83@e50. Sugar Now Or leansfairlopriirn 15V534c. M ola s ses -,New'Orleani3, 80@85c: Whh, pk) , Vc. . , . - hfirmanans, March 25.—Plonr . rm; choice, Minnesota r55,62@5,64 „do., Wis consin • and lowa • 55,8708,87. Wheat is= quiet at 11;13, pr,,/slO. /, anit.sl,oB3; foi N 0.2.. Corn steady at 600 for new. Bye hinter • at ill 14®1,16 for 1.10, 1. , 1 51 1 11 1eY. , nominal at t1,70aD1,75 for. , No. 2. Ra. , ceipts-2,000 bls flour, 14,000 bus wheaty 400 bus corn, 400 bus rye, 100 bus barley. Shipments -200 bbls flour, 300 bbla pork, 500 tea lard. _ - . PHILDELPHIA, Mare 25 .-Flour Is in better demand ; northwestern extra family, 88,50@7. Wheat is quiet; red, 11,6051.05; amber, ;1,7051,75; white, 8480@1,85. Rye is steady at, ,1 +5O. Corn is quiet and yellow sells at 87@88c. Oats are steady; western; 734@i75c. Pe troleum: crude is nominal at 20c; re fined, 8114 c. Provisions are unchanged. Whisky, 98®98e. .BAnrutonz, March 25.—Flour active and firmer at previous quotations. Wheat firmer and advanced be. corn ' firmer at 80@81c for White, and 84®85c for yellow. Oats firmer at 65@72.3. Rye steady and unchanged. Mess Pork quiet at132,50@ 33,00. • Bawl" active; rib sides 17c, clear rib 18c, • shoulders 15c,> hams 20@21c. Lardquiet at'2oc. Whisky quiet and firm at-94c. DETROIT, Mareh 26-Fiour dull and unchanged. Wheat , very weak, but no quotable change in prices. . Corn quiet sales at 67c for No. 2. Oats dull and Un changed. • `. CrmiamAnn, IMarch 25.—Petroleum inactive and unsettled; - holders asking 29©30c for refined, Ibuyers not Will ing. to pay over 4'34(g) 4c. T. DORIS, March 25.—Caltte Market.-- There was only:a local demand, and prices remain unchanged, though choice qualities are stiffer. IMPORTS BY RAILROAD. .r.l.Truntradtz, FORT WAY2O3 & CET 'moo KU:moan. March 25.-42 cars metal, Nimick & Co; 4 do do, Br•yan & Can hey; 3 do do, - Union Iron Mills; 2 do J do, Jas Wood, Stnz - & Co; 100 bbls flour; Seghmy er & Voskamp; ,100 do do. owner; 3 bbla onions, 6 dd apples, Woodworth & Dayison; 36:tio • do, Volgt, Mahood' & Co; llbar lumber, Slack & Sholes; 8 kga lard, 24 bbls apples, - 5 kgs butter, 6 bbls eggs, H Rea Jr; 30 bgsoats, John Hinkle; 29 bbls apples, W G Miller; '3 'pkgs pro- duce, L & J Blanchard; 8 hf doz brooms, S Lindsay Jr dr. Co; 34 bbls apples, 2 do beans, W H Graff & Co; 13 do apples, Morrison & Devol; 1 car barley, Pier, - Da_ nasals & Co; 1 bbl eggs, 1 box butter, J &A Dietz; 2 bbls beans, Shomaker dt Langenheim; 1 car - feed, J & W Fairley: 1 car corn, Scott it Gisal; 2 bbls onions, J J Pettit; Bhf bbls butter, J A- Graff; 15 do do, Vaigt, Mahood & Co; 2 bbls onions, S P Sluiver & Co;. 12 bxs oil, Harris .& Ewing; 1 Car lumber, Hammer dt Dauler; Icar steel, Hussey, Wells & Co. LLEGICRTIT STATION. March '25.-404 s , M B Suydam; 100 oil bbla,' Hutchinson Oil Co; 31 sks rags, 3 W Pat- Orson; I car oats,- M Steel & , Son; 'B2 ske cloverseed, Joseph Craig; 3 bdls Lappe at Weise; 2 cars lumber, Frazier. Bro; 1 do, dd, McCurdy & Ilicalthiss; 11 rolls leather. J Callery; 60 slug rags,: B' Joneg Broils leather, 5 aks flaxseed, C Bustle; 19 bblsapples.•John Herbert; 25 hdlg hides, Stnekrath & (b; 50 bbls flour, Jas • O'Hanlin; 1, car oats, J B McKee; 29 bxs soap, Moon Bre; 12 do do, Mercer & Robinson: 94 aks corn, Geo Stewart; 1 brrley, Gilmore, Straub & Co; 2 cars metal, Spang, Chalfant de Co; Ido do, Superior Iron Co; 1 do do, Lewis, Bailey & Dalzell. • ALLEGE:EMT VALLEY RILIRO March 25.-50 aks oats, Moreland & Mitchell; 29 do rye, 2 bbls eggs. A Kirk patrick & Co; 1 car metal, Lyon, Shorb & Co; 1 do do, M'Knight, Porter & CO; 17 bgs rve, Godfrey & Clark; 2 bxs but. ter, Little it Baird; 25 bbls-vinegar, Van °order & Snepard; 30 sks rye, Knox de 0; 72 do oats, Bricker & Co; 18 do rye, 13 do oats, Scott & Gisal; 21 pkgs leather Flacons k Son; 5 bbls eggs, J 11.ohen, 2 do do, A Ross, 2 do do, J Scott, 60 bbls oil, Johnston & Paine; 326 do do, Jas Wilkins; 360 do do, Fisher it Bro; 1011 I no do, Standard Oil Co; 800 do do, Eagle Oil Works. CLNVELAND AND rirrestritall RAIL ROAD, March 25.-10 cars gray warm: ore, Shoenberg.er. Blair &. Co; 50 bbls oil, J Spear; 460 idle hides, Graff. 11c- Devitt •=cic Co; 7 caddies tobacco, E Me graw & Co; 60 bra oil, G•A Kelly. 10 bbls" beans, W H Graff & Co; 8 bbls wire, J R Taylor & Go; 3 do iron, I do grease,l bdl tails, B Ptiatfun; 9 aks rags, J A Graff; 1 bbl eggs, R Peet; 2 do do, Haworth & Dewhurst; .24 bdls chairs, 6do rockers, Bedford Chair Co; 7 bbls eggs, 1 do flax seed. 2 do apples, 3 bxs cheese, Voigt, M & Co; .1 bbl eggs. 3 kgs lard 1 - bbl but- ter, 3 aks rags, S do CMiCullough. RIVER NEWS. The weather vesterday Was mild and Spring like, though towards evening it became cloudy and indicated rain. Bier:. curt' at noon had risen to be. The river continues to recede slowly, with scant six feet in the channel by the Mononga• . hela marks last evening. The arrivals airici the date of our last report include 'the Kenton from Porta. mouth and the Armadillo from St. Louis. The Kenton departs again at 4P. M., and Capt. Kerr contemplates going clear through to Cincinnati The Glendale departed for St. Louis with an • excellent trip, and the Tom Farrow was making preparations to leave for the same 'point when we left the -wharf. • The Wantilta, fkom New Orleans, is among the first boats due. —The R. Gray, Capt. Isaac Whitta ker, Is announced for Arkansas River forthwith. , . , --Capt. 3.8 . Doyle has taken command again ef the Minnie at New Orleans, and is loading for, the Arkansas. • —The St. Marys, has arrived at Cincin.. nati, and will again try the Pittsburgh and Cincinnati packet trade. —ahe Cuba No. 2 sunk in Red river, is a total loss, having broken in two. She was , owned by Captain Geo. E. Wil kinson, and,was not insured. —The Silver Lake No. 4, Pittsburgh to St. Louis, arrived at Cincinnati on Tues day. Adam Poe arid. Thomas Kinsey piloted her , down to that point: ,-The-Kate Putnam, was to have left Cincinnati for Pittsburgh on Wednes; day. She received 1900 eke corn,, and 200 bbls lime from the Leonidas. ..-The'ldti"Reei No. 2, Cept.Thoinpson, Js annotufeed for Missouri River clear up to Pori Betiton, as is also the new steamer Collossal, Capt..* A. Cot. • —The high headed Emma No, 3, Capt. J,'ll; Marratta, Is filling up steadily for memphts and New Orleans. Passenger! and shippers: can rely en' the Emhaa ;m -ing through; • • —The MollieEbert, Capt. G. W. Ebert is 'announced 'for 'St. Louis • and , Missouri river, forthwith. The • • Mollie is a new boat, having Made but onetrlp, and is in excellent condition for , business. -The - Directors of• the Little •Eanal wha Navigation Corn - pally have awarded the contract ;to, , build four .locks and dams in that stream, to General Powers, • of Basyer, county, Pennsylvania, , • - .—The.Lorena, Cant. Sam Shnmati, one of l tftel best. boats ,in the .trade, mill be the Oil boat oat, for St. LOUIS' and the Upper , Capt. J.. M. Ton! dergriff still retsina charge of tile oflice. —The New Albany. Ledger, of Monday, says: Captain Dryden,. rails. pilot, has sold his'property in Jeffersonville, where he - hat lived tWenty;eight years. He will• remove to this city - about the;lst of mat and make this his headquarters hereafter. , • r. . The - B. E. Lee has made her last trip for the season in the New Orleans and Vicksburg trade. The Frank Pargond, in connection with her bend trade, will 811 the Lee's place. The Lee will under- go slight repairs, pre_paratoryto entering the New Orleas and Louisville trade. -We clip"the following from the, St. Lents Democrat of Tuesday: Mr. Jas. Kerr has come up from the south, and will be employed this season in thp • Kountz Benton line of packets. Jim, before the war, was clerk of steamers Crystal Palace, City of Memphis and Alec. Scott. Be came up on the Bis marck from • New Orleans. Jim spent three years in Georgia and South Caro lina keeping hotel, and got fat in the business. -The Louisville Courier-Journal, of Tuesday says: The Kate Robinson, from St. Louis to Cincinnati, with a full trip, attempted to ascend the falls on the Kentucky alde r yesterday, with the as sistance of the towboat Falls Pilot. She, was drawing nearly all the water there' was, and-handled badly, and got out of the channel andstuck fast on the rocks just above the cement mill. The Falls ilot took a barge down to her, late last Eivennligi and she doubtless succeeded in getting off last night. —Capt. - I`. C. Vanhook. of the new low pressure Carrie V. Kountz, writing March 20th, near Maysville, Ky., says: Will be at St., Louis on or about Thurs day, fog permitting. Onr yeenum is not better than what you saw. It varies from 3to 5 ponnds, I think we are run , - ping .as fast as we did light, on trial trip. We can get 140 pounds steam easy with clean fires, using our blowers. We are getting along finely, coniidering the' amount of freight on board. We made ten miles an hour right ahead. Have 040 tons freight on boa4d. Good boat for any , river. Crew all well. —Our court report, some times ago, gave the particulars of the case of the owners of the St. Cloud, against'one of our insurance companies. This was the second trial in which the insurance com panies have been worsted.' We under stand that the owners