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city of Harrisburg, on SATURDAY, MARCH
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Speech of Hon. William A. Wallace.
We invite the attention of our readers to the
speech of Hon. Wm. A. Wallace, of Clearfield
county, published on our first page. It is
able, logical and eloquent, and embodieB sen
timents that every truly loyal man will approve
and endorse.
GREAT DEEOCRATIC VICTORY.
The election of municipal officers, which oc-
cured yesterday, was one of the most hotly
contested fights we have ever passed through
in this city, and resulted in the election of the
entire Democratic ticket, by majorities hand-
130 Me.
We have beaten the nigger -heads by a hand-
some majority, though they nominated a man
who had heretofore acted with the Democrats,
and thus combined with their own party all
the discordant elements in our own. They
made the most desperate efforts, resorted to
every knavish device, and poured out money
furnished them by the plunderers of the public
treasury like water, and yet the indomitable
Democracy, in their majesty and might, spurn
ing their bribes and turning a deaf ear to their
sophistries, came manfully up to the work,
and have routed the enemy horse, foot and
dragoons. Therl,is hope of the country yet.
The Union, the Constitution and the Laws shall
yet be triumphant.
General News
A dispatch from New 'York, March 20, says;
Our Newborn corr‘sikazdence states that on
the 13th the rebels appeared, in heavy force;
between the Trent and Neuse rivers, and
drove in our pickets. On the 14th they made
a demonstration against Fort Anderson, an
earthwork on the North side of the Nense, on
which no cannon were mounted. They com
menced bombarding it and demanded its sur
render, which was refused. Gen. Foster had,
by this time, sent forward reinforcements,
and, when the rebels attempted to carry the
works by assault, they met with such a mur
derous fire from oar gunboats, and 20-pound
howitzers on shore, that they were forced to
fall back. The action lasted three hours,
when the rebels finally retreated, having lost
heavily, while we lost but one killed and two
wounded.
The cable across the gulf of St. Lawrence
was broken by the ice near the shore on the
12th inst. The break is now repaired.
The brig Emily Fisher, recently reported as
captured by. the pirate rebel Retribution, has
arrived at New York, having been released on
giving bonds for the payment of her value.
A special dispatch from Columbus to the
Cincinnati Gazette says that a resolution has
been offered in the Ohio House of Rgpresenta
five expelling Alto Dreasel "for offering resolu
tions disloyal in sentiment and insulting to the
country." .
Advises from Vicksburg represent the health
of the army as improving, and the troops as
enthusiastic at the prospect of a speedy engage
ment. It is thought that lake Providence canal
opposite Vicksburg will be succeseful. There
has been a large movement of transports and
gunboats up Yazoo Pass, as the capture of
Vicksburg depends on the movement.
The Atlanta Southern Confederacy contains a
detailed account of a brilliant and successful
raid in North Alabama by a Federal brigade
under Col. Corwin. The expedition was ao
companied by five gunboats and reached Tue.
cumbia on the 22d of February. The gunboats
destroyed two ferry-boats at Tuscumbia, and
another at Florence, afterwards dropping down
the river below Tuscumbia. Soon after dark
the advance guard of the Federals dashed into
Tuscumbia and dispersed the rebel cavalry,
who fled to the mountains. CoL Corwin occu
pied the town and issued an order levying
assessments on the wealthy rebels. On the
26th he proceeded into the interior, taking
with him considerable plunder. The same
paper complains bitterly of numerous atroci
ties committed by the Yankee troops.
The oil factely of Merchant & Co., with sev
eral other buildings, at Lockport, N. Y., were
burned yesterday. Loss $25,000, wish littl e
insurance.
[Communicated.]
' HE S YRACUSAN AND THE U. S.
SENATE.
STRANGE AND STARTLING COIN
OCIDENCE.-`
On the Friday night before the adjournment
of Congress Edwin. Forrest. acted the part of
Damon, in Denial's play, entitled Damon and
Pythias, at the new Chestnut street theatre, in
Philadelphia. In the second , part of Act 2d
the scene lays in the Syracusan Senate, where—
the Government having - been exhausted by
war—it is propoeed to reinvigorate it by ma
king Dionysius King, with unrestrained
power, and Damon rises to oppose it, when
the friends of tyranny, having one of their
own party in the chair, declare the motion
carried. -Here is part of the scene:
Damon. * * * * * * Ilyrammena!—
But no ! I will not rail, nor chide, nor cane ye !
I will implore you, fellow countrymen,
With blinded eyes, and weak and broken speech,
I will implore you-- Oh ! I am weak in words,
But I could bring such advocates before you!
Your fathers , sacred images; old men
That have been grandsires.; women and their children,
Caught up in fear and hurry in their arms—
And those old men should l#4 their shivering voices
And. palsied hands—and those affrighted mothers
Should hold their innocent infants forth and ask
Could you make slaves of them?
Philistine. I dissolve the Senate,
At its own vote and instance.
Damocles. And all hail ! '
Hail, Dionysius„ King of Syracuse !
Dionysius. Is this the vote?
Damon.• There is no vote! Philistine
Hold yeti your seat i keep in your places, Senators
Dionyeins. I ask, is this the vote?
.Plrilistias It is the vote,
My gracious liege and sovereign!
Damon. I say nay !
You have not voted, Naaillus, nor Petera--
Nor you, nor you, nor you—
Philistine. In my capacity
As head and organ of the city council,
I do asseverate it is the vote !
Hail ! all hail!
Dionysitia I thank you, friends and countrymen, I
4thank ye ! •
Damon. Oh! all the gods, my country, oh, my coun
try !
Dionysius. And that we may have leisure to put on
With fitting dignity our garb of power,
We do now, first assuming our own right,
Command from this, that was the Senate housi,
Those rash, tumultuous men. who still would tempt
The city's peace with wild vociferation,
And vain, contentious rivalry.. Away !
Damon I stand,
A Senator, within the Senate house!
Dionysius. Traitor . ! and dost thou dare me to my
face? • •
Damon. Traitor! to whom? to thee? Oh Byractule
Is this thy registered doom? To have no meaning
For the proud names of liberty and virtue,
But as some regal braggart sets it down
n his vocabulary? And the sense,
The broad, bright sense that nature bath assigned them
In her infallible volume, interdicted
Forever from thy knowledge; or if seen •
And known, and put in use, denounced as treasonable,
And treated thus? No, Dionysins, no !
lam no trsitor! Bat in mine allegiance
To my lost country, Iproclaim thee one !
Three nights later the following scene
Occurred in the American Senate. The Presi
dent having been already, by the ConseriptiOn
and Loan bills, given almost despotic power,
military and monetary, it is proposed to pass
a bill to indemnify and authorize him to sus
pend, at his pleasure, the habeas corpus act in
States not in rebellion, thus placing him abso
lutely independeit of the civil judicial tribu
nals, and giving him unlimited power over the
life, liberty and property of every citizen, and
the power, if he possesses the inclination, to
become the most absolute and unrestrained
tyrant the world ever knew. Bayard, of Dela
ware, is opposing the measure, when he is
induced to yield the floor temporarily to allow
a motion to adjourn to be made. This motion
diva not prevail, and the Chair, seizing the
opportunity, placed the bill to indemnify upon
its passage; and after putting the motion to
that effect (if at all) in so low a voice as not
to be heard by any Democratic Senator, de
clares it carried. Powell, of Kentucky, not
having heard the real or pretended vote on the
bill of indemnity, proposes to go on with its
consideration, when the following scene takes
place. The dullest perception will see the
resemblance between it and the one before
quoted. It only needed that the President
should have used the ample power just given
him, for the purpose of dispersing the Senate
or arresting the Democratic members, to have
rendered that resemblance complete. The
speedy close of the session of that body ren
dered that step unnecessary and inexpedient.
We quote from the Philadelphia Press of March
4th:
Mr. Powell. I hope that the Senate will
proceed with the consideration of the report of
the conference committee.
Mr. Grimes, (Rep.,) of lawn. That bill is
passed.
Mr; Powell. Oh, no! the Senator from
Delaware (Bayard) is entitled to the floor.
Mr. Trumbull. I call the Senator from-Ken
tucky (Powell) to order. lam .on the floor, and
I moved to take up another bill, and that mo
tion has been carried.
Mr. Bayard, (Dam.,) of Delaware. Neither
the manner nor the language of the Senator
from Illinois (Trumbull) will cause me to yield
my right to the floor, to which I am entitled.
Mr. Powell. Do I understand the chairman
(Pomeroy) to say that the bill is passed?
The Chair. The bill is passed.
Mr: Powell. By what kind of jockeying?
Mr. Trumbull. I call the Senator from
Kentucky to order.
Mr. Bleyard. Does the Chair decide the
report of the conference committee to have
been adopted by any vote of the Senate ?
The Chair. I understand that the report has
been adopted.
Mr. Powell. Did I not most distinctly state
that the senator from Delaware (Bayard) only
yielded the floor to a motion to adjourn
The Chair. I did not hear the Senator from
Kentucky say that the Senator from Delaware
yielded the floor for any particular purpose.
Mr. Trumbull. I believe that lam entitled
to the floor.
The Chair. The Senator from Illinois (Mr.
Trumbull) is entitled to the floor unless he
yields iL
Mr. Powell. I desire to ask the Chair—
Mr. Trumbull. Ido not yield to the Senator
from Kentucky to ask any question.
Mr. Bayard. I desire to appeal from the
decision of the Chair. I desire to ascertain
whether the minority have any rights remain
ing here.
The appeal was not allowed to be put.
NINETEENTH SENATORIAL DISTRICT.
HARRISBURG, March 20th, 1863.
To the Editors of the Patriot and Union:
GENTLEMEN : The meeting of the Demo
cratic Conference in the 19th District, was
called by Wm. Roddy, Esq., of Somerset county,
the conferees of which had been instructed to
support him for Senatorial Delegate. He
published the call in the Somerset Democrat
without consulting any of the conferees cf ei
ther Bedford or Huntingdon. Huntingdon
county had instructed for. Maj. Petrikin, and
a short time before the day axed by Mr.
Roddy for the meeting of the conferees
Maj. Petrikin received from him a private
note, stating the time and place of meeting.—
Maj. P. replied that the notice was too short,
and wrote to that effect to other gentlemen in
Somerset. Other days were suggested, and
earnest efforts were made to postpone the meet
ing. No reply came to hand until Monday
night, preceding the conferene-, which was
called for Wednesday, when a letter was re
ceived from Mr. Roddy, stating that he was
sorry he had called the conference, bat that it
was most too late to change the time.
The Huntingdon conferees then immediately
started for Bedford, where the election of
delegate took place on ViredketOtty evening, in
pursuance of Mr. Roddy's notice, and with the
result as published in the Democratic papers
of the district.
I have bat to add that the Democracy of the
district have reason to be proud of the unani
mous choice of the conference. Maj. Petri
kin's constant devotion to the Interests of the
party and his labors for its success, eminently
entitle him to share its honors.
Very respectfully yours,
R. MILTON SPEER,
One of the Conferees from Huntingdon co.
Port Hudson.
We shall probably soon hear of a land and
naval attack upon Fort Hudson, or that the
contemplated attack has been abandoned, for
the present. The rumor published yesterday
that our fleet had been driven off with some
loss, the burning of the Mississippi and the
crippling of the Hartford, will soon be confirm
ed or contradicted. Gen. Banks left New Or
leans on the 7th, with his stall, for Baton Rouge,
to superintend and command the movement.—
A correspondent of the N. Y . Evening Post says :
He left with most of his staff and General
Grover, by the river steamer Empire Parish,
with the intention of not returning before he
witnessed the reduction and occupation, by the
national forces, of the formidable batteries and
fortifications frowning upon the Father of
Waters at Port Hudson. General Auger is al
ready at Baton Rouge. "There is with 'him a
force of some twenty thousand men, all told;
though many of them are not yet in the highest
state of efficiency, if thorough acquaintance
with drill is needed to make soldiers truly effi
cient in action. a _
4 Troops h eve been forwarded to Baton Rouge,
for some time, from this vicinity. Some,
mainly from the 176th New York and 38th
Massachusetts Regiments, have been sent up,
within a few da', from Carrollton, one of the
suburbs of New Orleans. A portion of the
forcedetaßed to accompany the proposed move
ment' into Teche county has also found its way
to the whilom State capital. For three or four
weeks means for transportation have been
quietly accumulated to a large amount up the
river, and it is hoped that delays, the curse of
military action in this department, will not in
terfere to defeat the objeotin view.
Whether the Mississippi is to be opened to the
trade of the loyal West this season is a ques-
tion to be determined very shortly, perhaps
within a few days.
The situation of Port Hudson renders an at
tack on the front by a land force an impos=
sibility. Troops must be landed below to move
on the enemy's works from the rear. Bom.
bardment by the fleet will be attended with
the disadvantage encountered at Island No. 10
and Vicksburg, from the height of the bluff on
which the defences are placed. But prepara.
tions have been made that the bombardment
may be made as effective as possible.
The principal vessels to be engaged, besides
the mortar boats, as far as I have been able to
ascertain, are the Hartford, Richmond, Mis
sissippi, Monongahela, Gennesee, Eine°, Itasca,
Essex, and Sportsman. In fact, all the vessels
here, with the exception of the Pensacola,
Commander Morris, which will remain station
ed off the city, and a dispatch-boat to commu
nicate with the fleet from New Orleans—will
find something to do in this most important
undertaking.
The force at Port Hudson is variously esti
mated at from seven thousand to seventy
thousand men. Perhaps fifteen thousand is
not far from the truth. The position is
naturally one of the strongest on the river.
Permanent barracks and fortifications have
been constructed at Baton Rouge. Eight
heavy guns are now mounted, two thirty-twos
and six thirty-fours.
DUKE OF WELLINGTON ON NAPOLEON.—EarI
STANHOPE'S volume of " Miscellanies," just
published in London, contains the following
interesting memoranda of the Duke of Wel
lington on NAPOLEON 1., referring to the val
ue of NAPOLEON'S presence on the field of bat
tle, and correcting the popular version of the
Duke's opinion:—"lt is very true [observes
the Duke] that I have often said that I con
sidered NAPOLEON'S presence in the field to be
epual to forty thousand men in the balance.
This is a very loose way of talking; but the
idea is a very different one from that of his
presence at a ahttle being equal to a reinforce
ment of forty thousand men. I'll explata,iny
meaning. I. NAPOLEON was a grand koinme
de guerre, possibly the greatest that everappear
ed at the head of a French army. 2. He was
the sovereign of the country as well as the mil
itary chief of the army. That country was
constituted upon a military basis. All its in
stitutions were framed Or the purpose of form
ing and maintaining its armies with a view to
conquest. All the , offices and rewards of the
state were reserved in the first instance exclu
sively for the army. An officer, even a private
soldier of the army, might look to the sover
eignty of a kingdom as the reward for his ser
vices. It.is obvious that the presence of the
sovereign with an army so constituted must
greatly excite their exertions. 3. It was
quite certain that all the resources of the
French state, civil, political, financial as well
as military, were turned towards the seat of the
the operations which NAPOLEON himself should
direct. 4. Every sovereign in command of an
army enjoys advantages against him who ex•
ercises only a delegated power, and who acts
under orders and responsibilities. But NA
POLEON enjoyed more advantages of this de
scription then any other- sovereign that ever
appeared. His presence, as stated by me more
than once, was likly not only to give to the
French army all the advantages above detailed,
but to put an end to all the jealousies of the
French Marshals and their counteractions of
each other, whether founded upon bad princi
ples and passions, or their fair differences of
opinion. The French army thus had a unity
of action. These four considerations induced
me to say generally that his presence ought to
be considered as forty thousand men in the
scale. But the idea is obviously very loose, as
must be seen by a moment's reflection. If the
two armies opposed to each other were forty
thousand men on each side, his presence could
not be equal to a reinforcement of forty thou
sand men on the side of the French army, nor
even if there were sixty thousand men on each
side, or possibly even eighty thousand men on
each side. It is clear, however, that wherever
he went he carried with him an obvious ad
vantage. I don't think that I ought to be quo
ted as calling that advantage as equal to
reinforcement of forty thousand men under all
possible circumstances."
Ix 11 . 0011019 " Up the Rhine," poor Mr. Mark
ham, who is an invalid at Coblenta, occasion
ally amuses himselt with the attempts of his
wife to cumunicate with the Germans they meet
in their travels. You must know, he says, that
Harriet took it into her heat' that as I was an
invalid I could eat nothing but a boiled fowl.
The only difficulty was how to get at it, for our
maid did not understand English, and her mis
tress cannot speak anything else. However
Grettel was summoned, and the experiment be
gan. It is one of my wife's fancies that the
less her words resemble her native tongue the
more they must be like German. So her first
attempt was to tell the maid she wanted a chec
king or keeking. The maid opened her eyes
a qi mouth and Shook her head. "It's to cook, '
said the mistress; " to put in an iron thing
—in a pit—pat—pot—pet." " Ich understand
icht," said the maid, in her Coblentz patois.
It's a thing toast," said her mistress; "tor din
er—for deeper—with sauce--soase—sowse."
;till the maid shook her head.
"What on earth am 1 to . do?" exclaimed my
poor Harriet, quite in despair, but still making
ne laet attempt.
"It's a little creature--a bird—a bard—a
leard—a hen—a hone—a fowl—a fool; it's all
overed . with feat hers—fathers—feeder si"
"Ha, ha," cried the delighted German,
at last
•etting hold of a catch word—"Ja, Ja! adders
woh rand away went Grettel, and in half an
:onr returned triumphantly with a bundle of
stationer's quills.
PENNA. LEGISLATURE.
• SENATE.
FRIDAY, Much 20, 1863.
The. Senate met at 11 o'clock a. m., and was
called to order by the SPEAKER.
PETITIONS
Mr. CONNELL pressented the resolutions of
the Board of Trade of Philadelphia in favor of
the consolidation of the State loans; which
were read.
Mr. REILLY, four remonstrance from
Schuylkill county against granting corpora
tions- power to hold lands for mining purposes.
Mr. GLATZ, the petition of 446 citizens of
York malty for the passage of a law to ex
clude negroes and mulattoes from the State ;
also, a petition from York county for, the in
corporation of the Philadelphia dental college.
Mr. M'SHERRY, the petition of 88 citizens
of Fulton county for the. incorporation of the
Philadelphia dental college.
PETITIONS POE A NATIONAL CONVENTION
Mr. LOWRY, from the Committee on Federal
Relations, to which was referred petitidins in
favor of a constitutional call for a National
Convention, submitted a long report adverse to
the prayers of the petitioners. The Committee
recognize the right of petition, but are cori
strained to believe that while these petitions
have been signed by many loyal men, they
were printed and circulated , by men having no
sympathy with the government, but are inten
ded to embarrass it in its efforts to suppress
rebellion and inspire its enemies with courage.
They believe that the request of the petitioners
should not be granted. The Constitution pro
vides two methods for making amendments,
either of which is a slow process. The report
then proceeds to point out the impossibility of
Congress taking any action before December,
1808. There could be little hope of convening
a convention until the summer of 1864, after
which the proposed amendments would require
the ratification of the States, anti they could
not be adopted before the year 1865. Before
that time the attempt to suppress the rebellion
will have culminated in success or been aban
doned in despair. Amendments to the Conati
tutiou are not necessary. This struggle knows
no compremise. T he sword and not the pen
must do the work. *
The report proceeds at length to discuss
peace propositions in terms of the strongest
condemnation, and to denounce the proceedings
of the Legislatures of other States.
The Committee were discharged from the
farther consideration of the subject, and it was
ordered that 4,000 copies English and 1,000
copies in German of report be printed for the
use of the Senate.
FINAL ADJOURNMENT.
The Senate proceeded to the consideration of
the resolution from the House providing for a
temporary adjournment of the Legislatute from
the 27th of March instant to the 27th of May
next.
Mr. HIESTAND Inured to amend by striking
out the 27th of May and inserting the 6th of
April.
Mr; CLYMER moved to substitute the 14th
of April. Not agreed to—yeas 11, nays 19. .
Mr. PENNEY then moved to strike out Mr.
FTIRSTAND 7 B proposition and provide for the
final adjournment of the Legislature on the 9th
of April. Agreed to—yeas 17, nays 13.
Tne resolution as amended was adopted.
AGUICULTURAI, COLLEGES.
The bill accepting the grant of lands by the
Government of the United States to the several
States for the endowment of Agricultural Col
leges, came up in order on second reading.
Mr. JOHNSON moved to restore the section
stricken out by the Senate Committee, which
provides that the interest of the fund derived
from the sale of these lands shall be applied to
the support of the State Agricultural College,
which was agreed, to.
Before the bill was disposed of the hour of
ene arrived and the Senate adjourned until
Monday evening at 7i o'clock.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
FRIDAY, March 20, 1863.
The House was called to order by Speaker
CESSNA at 101 A. M.
CITY PASSENGBR RAILWAY.
Mr. COCHRAN asked leave to offer a reso
lution, Which was, in effect, that by a joint
resolution this House ask of the Governor that
he return, without his signature, the bill re
cently passed, entitled "An act regulating pas
senger railways in the city of Philadelphia."
(This has been published in full.) It relieves
the passenger railways from paving the streets,
etc., and states the amount of money each
shall pay in lieu thereof.
ADJOURNED SESSION
On motion, the House took up the bill rela
tive to final adjournment. Some time was
consumed in its discussion, and finally it was
carried, that this House do adjourn on the 26th
day of March to meet again on the 27th day of
May, 1868.
THE PAYMENT OF BOUNTIES
The bill, entitled "An act relating to the
payment of bounties to volunteers," which
was under consideration yesterday, was again
taken up and discussed at length.
The House adjourned at 1, p. m.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The Senate not having concurred with the
House concerning the temporary adjournMent,
a committee of conference was appointed to
confer with a similar committee from the Sen
ate with reference to the proposed adjourn
ments.
BOUNTIES TO VOLUNTEERS
Thd House again went into a further discus
sion of the bill relative to the payment of
bounties to volunteers ; Mr. Rzx having the
floor. The whole of the afternoon session was
consumed in discussing the numerous amend
ments and provisos, the purport of which was
to exclude certain interior counties from the
general provisions of the bill.
The amendments are so lengthy and nume
rous that they cannot welt be incorporated in
the regular legislative proceedings, owing to
the lateness of the hour of closing the session.
The hour of five having arrived. Mr. BAR
GER made a motion that the bill be recom
mitted.
On motion, the bill was postponed until
Wednesday next, that it be printed, and that
it be made the speoial order of that day.
BXCHNNGE OF BALL CIVILFFIEB.-A corres
pondent writing from before Vicksburg, says
that the rebel officials in that city recently
sent an invitation to Gen. Grant, Admiral Por
ter and other Union officers to attend a grand
ball to be given in Vicksburg. Our officers
were assured that they would be treated in the
kindest and most generous manner, and that
no effort would be spared to render the occa
sion pleasant and memorable. They would be
introduced to the most fascinating belles of
the Mississippi, and subjected to the dangerous
fire of their bright eyes. Our officers declined
the polite invitation, as they had little heart
for banqueting with those to night whom to
morrow they might meet as foes.—N. Y Com.
LATEST BY TELEGRAPH.
Resolutions against arbitrary arrests were
defeated to-day in the Legislature by the cast
ing vote of the Speaker.
Mr. Jay Cooke, subscription agent, an
nounces the conversion of two millions of
legal tender notes into five-twenty-year six
per cent. government loan in the last nix days.
.
The flag of truce boat State of Maine arrived
this morning from City Paint, having on board
all the political prisoners who have been in
prison at Richmond, 190 in number, and also
190
. privates and seamen.
The following is a list of deaths at the mili
tary prison hospital, Richmond, from Feb. 8,
to March 18, 1863: Feb. 20, S. M. Sbipling,
private, 101st Ohio ; Feb. 23, Levi Kenner,
private, 1421 Pa. ; Feb. 24, M. Murray,
steamer Columbus ; Feb. 28, P. Rice, citizen
of Franklin county, Pa. ; Feb. 28, V. Larosa,
teamster Seventh U. S. regulars; March 8,
Hans Burpping, citizen of Stanton, Pa. ; Rich
mond, Va., March 18, Jno. Wilkins, Post Sur
geon.
The conscription officers have been quite
busy for the past few days in Fredericksburg,
hauling in nice young , men.
The steamship Norwegian, from Liverpool,
with dates to the . sth, and advices via London
derry to the 6th, arrived this afternoon.
The steamship Europa arrived out on the
3d inst., the Etna on the 4th, and the North
American on the 6th.
• The steamer Cityof Manchester was to leave
Liverpool on the 7th, as an extra steamer for
New York, and the steamer Iris was to leave
on the same day.
The, Spanish Ministerial crisis was over.
Polish affairs unchanged. •
LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET.—SaIes of 28,000
bales for the week ; quotations for American
fd decline, and .I@d d decline for other descrip
tions.
Breadatuffs steady, except corn declining.
Provisions quiet.
Political news unimportant.
The flour market continues dull; prices
rather drooping ; sales of 1,500 bbls at $5 87+
@6 for superfine, s7®7 25 for extra, $7 50
@8 for extra family. Supplies come forward
slowly ; nothing doing in rye flour or corn
meal. The 'demand for wheat is limited at
$1 65@1 67, and white at $1 80®1 90; rye
sells on arrival at sl@l 02. Corn is in active
request, and 6,000 bus yellow sold at 89@90.
There is a spirited demand for oats, and about
10,000 bus Pennsylvania sold at 75c by *Weight
and 48c by measure. 3,000 bus Western bar
ley, sold at $1 55. Coffee quiet. Cotton de
clined to 81c for middling. Provisions move
slowly ; sales of mess pork at $l6 ; 50 tierces
pickled hams at B+@9, and lard at 11+11111
Whisky moved slowly at 50c.
Stocks are lower; Chicago and Rock Island
Off; Michigan Southern 107 k; N. Y. Central
1161; Milwaukee and Wisconsin 10011 Missouri
6's 89. Quicksilver 47/ Gold 55. Treasury's
107 f Coupons 1881, 104. One year Certifi
cates 99i. Exchange on London dull at 10f
for Gold.
Grain Receipts—Flour 7,807 barrels; Wheat
2,687 bushels; Corn 805 bushels.
Cotton quiet and unchanged. Flour un
changed; eight thousand barrels sold. •Wheat
dull and nominal. Corn dull; thirty thousand
bushels sold 90®91 ; unsound, 80®89. Pro
visions quiet and unchanged. Whisky dull at
46.
Flour dull; superfine, $7. • Wheat steady.
Cern dull for yellow at 56c.; white in better
demand at 91@92e. Whisky dull and nomi
nal. Sugars more active ; 400 hogsheads gro
cery taken for the West at 11 @nfo.
CORRECTED DAILY PROM THE PHILADELPHIA. DIAL
GOVERNMENT SECURITIES.
New York Prices
U. S. fig, due 1881, Coupon 102% l' 3%
Do .... due 1881, Registered Int. off. 102% 103
U. S. 7 3-10 Treasury Notes .. 106 106%
One year 6 per cent. certificates 993 303
U. O. Demand Notes, old issue. 55 55Xpr
Market steady.
SPECIE QIIOTA.TIONS.
BANKABLE CURRENCY TER STANDARD.
GOLD. BILYRR.
American ......5311456Xpr Amerian„ prior to
Do (dated prior 1852 $1 62 a 1 54
to 1834) 60 a 62 pr Do Quart , s....l 52 a 154
Sov.,Victoriait. 750 a 7 55 Do Dimes and
Soy., old 745 a 7 60 Half Dimes. 146 a 147
Napoleon, 20fre. 555 a 5 60 Do Halves and
10 francs 2 75 a 2 85 Qrt , s(new)l4s a 147
Prns. Doub. Fr. Dollars, Am and
D'ors . ... Ps "ft Mexican,,,, 1 ORB.",
Doubloons, Sp..= 00 a 24 50 Do Sp.,perfect 154 a....
Do. Mexican... 22 00 a 24 00 Do sardine .. 154 a ....
Do. Costa Itica.2o 00 a 22 00 Do S. Amer... 184 a....
Bars 900 fine— .. prm Do Norwegian ... a ....
California, $5O Five Francs 140
and $2O pieces. 53 prm Franca . 28
California, $lO Guilders. 34
and $5 pieces.. 53 a Prussian Thalers... ... 80
10 Guilder Pie- German Crowns, 117 a
ces .... 570 a 5 75 French. —do.. 114 a
Ten Thalers ... 9 00 Eng. Silver p. I, 700 a 715
20 Mille Reis, Spanish and Mex. Sm.
Brazil 21 25 all 35 silver, per as 170
Bare, 11. B. assay, p. oz. 189
rhs 5 dwts. 23( grains.
*A heavy Sovereign we!
Discount.
New England X
New York Oity.. par
New York State X
Jersey—large, At'
Jenny—Sit/all N
Penneylvaniii Currency. X
Delaware par
Delaware—small %
Baltimore X
Maryland . ...... .... X a 8
Dis. of Columbia X
Virginia..... 85 a 40
PENNSYLVANIA COUNTRY BANE NOTES
AT PAR IN PRILADSLPRIA.
NARK or BANKS. WHIMS RXDBEMBD.
Allentown Bank, Allentown Manuf. & Mech. Wk.
Bank of Catasanqua . Farm. & Mech. Bank.
Bank of Chester County ...... ....Farm. & Mech. Bank-
Bank of Danville Bank N. Liberties_
Bank of Delaware County_ Bank of North Amer.
Bank of Germantown Farm. & hiech.Bank.
Bank of Montgomery County...... Western Bank.
Bank of Phmoixville.. Manuf. & Mech. B'k.
Doylestown Bank, Doylestown.... Philadelphia Bank.
Easton Bank, Easton Bask of North Amer.
Farm. B'k of Bucks Co, Bristol_Farm. & Mech.Bank.
Farm. & Mech. Bank, Easton Girard Bank.
Farmers' Bank, Lancaster Mechanics' Bank,
Lancaster County Bank • Western Bank.
Mauch Chunk Bank. - Girard Bank.
Miners' Bank. Pottsville.. Bank of North Amer.
Northumberi'd oo. ll, k,Sharnokin t Dorn Exchange B'k.
'Union Bank, Reading Bank of North Amer.
PENNSYLVANIA CO
AT DISCOUNT IN
Allegheny Bank .
Anthraciteß'k,Tamaqua
Bank of BeaverCo.prem 50
Bank of Chambersbnrg. x
Bank of Chester Valley,
Coatesville ....... X
Bank of Crawford Conn
ty, Meadville X
Bank of PayetteCo.prem.s . l
Bank of Gettysburg....
Bank of Lawrence C0...1
Bank of Middletown.... X
Bank of New 0a5t1e....1
Bank of Pittsbn'g,prem. 50
Bank of Pottstown
Citizens B'k, Pittsburg, X
Clearfield County Bank.. X
oolumbis, ipti - Columbia 31(
Downingtown Bank
Bxehange Pittsb , g. x
Farmers' B'k, Potteville
Farmers' B'k, Reading.. x
Farmers , & Drovers , B'k,
Waynesburg
Franklin D'k,Washing,.. 31
Harrisburg Bank
Honesdale Bank
Iron City B'k, Pittsburg, x
Adjourned
NEW YORK LEGISLATURE.
ALBANY N. Y., March 20
GOVERNMENT FINANCES.
PHILADELPHIA, March 20.
NEWS FROM THE SOUTH.
FORTRESS MONROE, March 19
LATER FROM EUROPE.
PORTLAND, March 20
MARKETS.
FLIILADBLPHIA, 'March 20.
NEW YORK, March 20.
BALTIMORE, March 20
MONETARY AFFAIRS.
17NOURRENT MO
NY QUOTATIONS
Discount.
Wheeling - 2X
Ohio par
Indiana par
Indiana—Free lyg
Kt/tacky, par
Tennessee 10
Missouri 2 to 20
Illinois 2 to 60
Wisconsin 2 to 60
Michigan /X
lowa 1,1(
Canada Drm bp
NTRY BANK NOM
I=lll
Jersey Shore Bank X
Kittanning Bank. x
Lewisburg Bank X
Lebanon B'k, Lebanon.. X
Lebanon Val. B'k, Leb..
Lock Haven Bank x
blecit'a Big, Pittsburg.. x
Mechanicsburg B'k, Me.
thaniesburg . . ....
Merchants' & Mannfact,
.
Bank, Pittsburg . . ...
Mifflin Conntyltqc, Lew
istown
Milton Bank, Milton,... X
Monongahela Bank,
Brownsville . .......
Mount Joy x
Octoraro Bank, Oxford.. X
Petroleum Bank, Titus
ville ...... ... . . . ... X
Pittston Bank, Pi t ts ton, X
Stroudsburg Bank
Tioga County 'Stink.. •• • X
West Branch Batik, Wil
liamsport X
Wyoming IPlE,Wilkesb%
York Bank, York X
York County B'k, York, X
RATES Of DOME
Discotult.
oston-- par a 1-10prm
ew York... 1-10prmi
lbaky ...... Xa X
tlttmore... Xp s‘ .
aehingt , n,D.o X I X
ittaborg
etroit l Mich.. X a X
exington, Ky.. 2 a ..
ilwaukie.Wia , g a X
New SZtuertioemento.
AIETY MUSIC HALL,
5 WALNUT STREET, BELOW THIRD.
THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH 28,
I GRAND COMMENTARY BENEFIT!
Tendered to
J. ANDRIA. JARDELLA,
ty his Harrisburg friends, upon which occaselon an
ENTIRE NEW PROGRAMME
311 be prosented, in which Mr. .FRAf X (JARDINE;
he great Banjo Soloist, will make his Sr.t appearance.
Come one and all, and hear J. Andria Jardella play
Is greai ORIGINAL NATIONAL PIANO SOLO, and
le entire New Troupe of Gaiety Stars in new Songs,
Juices, Burleeques, &o.
dow,ssloN TWENTY-FIVE CENTS'.
808 EDWARD/, Sole Proprietor.
War H. 8R0WN61.1., Stage & Business Manager.
ciT v
v HARRY WILLIAMS,
•
CLAIM
.AGENT,
402 WALNUT STRICET,
PH T LADELPHIA.
Oeneral Claims for Soldiers promptly colleeteS,Ntate
Claims adjusted, &e., Ate. mar2o-dlm
N OTICE TO CAPrTALTSTS.
A VALUABLE INVESTMENT OFFERED.
The undersigned offers for eel. FIVE HUNDRED
AND EIGHTY THREE ACRES of ezeellent COAL
LANDS, containtig the entire Allegheny coal mines.
situated in W Abington 'township, Cambria county.
A vein of fi nr feet'in thickneLS bag been opened and is
now being worked in three places. The Pennsylvania
Central railroad runs through the tract and along side
of these openings. Samples furnished on application
to the prrprtetor. Reference as to quality may be had
by
: applying to 0. W. Barnes, Philadelphia, John W.
Wooster, Duneannon iron works, or in Cleveland, Ohio.
Tittle indisputable—terme ey
EM as IA .
JERH M - GONTGLE,
Hemlock P. 0.,
Cambria county, Pa.
mar2o•dl2t-wtf
1863. 1863.
VIIILADELPHIA & ERIE RAIL
", ROAD This great line traverses the Northern
and Northwest counties of Pennsylvania to the dry of
Rae, on Lake Brie.
It has been leased by the Perwrspleaniu Rail Road
Company, and under their auspices is being rapidly
opened throughout its entire length.
It is now in use for Passenger and Freight business
from Harrisburg to Driftwood, (Second Fork,) (177
miles) on the Eastern Division, and from She f field to
Erie, (78 miles) on the Western Division.
TIME OF PASSENGER TRAINS AT HARIR/S-
BURG.
Leave Northward
Mail Train.— 2.30 a. m. I Express Train.. 3.20 p. sn.
Cara run through without change both ways on these
trains between Philadelphia and Lock likven, and be
tween 'Baltimore and Lock Haven.
Elegant Sleeping Cars on Rapress Trains both ways
between Williamsport amkßaltimore, and Williamsport
and Philadelphia. •
For information respecting Passenger burliness apply
at the S. E. eor. 11th and Market etre.te.
And for Freight businees of the Company's Agents.
S. B. Kingston, Jr, cor. 13th and Market elands,
Philadelphia.
J. W. Reynolds, Brie. _
J. M. Drill, Agent N. C. R. 8., Baltimore...
H. H. HOBSTON,
• Gen'l Freight Agt.,
LEWIS L. ROUPT,
Gensl Ticket Agt.,
JOB. D. POTTS.
Gen , l Manager, Williamsport
MeZs.dy
MILLINhRY AND STRAW GOODS
5;)We have the pleasure of-.laforming yawned
we are now prepared to offer, at our Old Stand,
No 1(8, 105 and 107 North SECOND St , Phila
delphia, a well selected stock of
MILLINERY AND STRAW GOODS,
in alien , variety, of the latest importations, and of the
=went and most fashionable styles.
oUR STRAW DEPARTMENT
will comprise every var•ety of Bonnets, Bats and Trim
mings to be found in that line. of the atest and most
apprtyved shapes and s•yles. Soliciting an early I
remaleyours, respectfully, H. WARD.
mrl3-2wil
A BOY WANTED-,About 14 years
Li of age—to sot as servant to a Captain in Virgil!".
Reasonahle wages will be paid Call at No. 31 south
Front street, on Lieutenant W. H. WEAVER.
turi9-3:d*
SALE OF HOUSEHOLD FURNI
TURE,—The subscriber-hes for sale a lot of house
hell furniture, coneiming of emirs, settees, carpets,
rocking chairs. bedsteads, mo., &c., which will be dis
posed of on favorable terms. Apply to
L. MAIM ABD,
Cor. Walnut and Fourth sts.
Inrl9-St
0 A. DAVIS, B; LL POSTER
Circulars, &a., carefully and promptly distributed.
Er Residence, south above Second street.
L'OR SALE—A House and Lot on
Sixth street . , near State. Enquire at the Exchange
Office of O. A. WOIILLOOH,
28 Mai het street,
Where the highest price is always paid for GOLD and
SILVER. febl2.dtf
A EPLENDLD ASSORTMENT
OF
LITHOGRAPHS,
Formerly retailed at from $8 to $5, are now rffered at
50 and 75 cents, and $1 and $1 50 --piXilhed by the Art
Union, and formerly retailed by them.
Splendid Photographic Album Pictures of all distin
guished men and eenerals of the army, at only 10 cts.
For Buie at SOEIEFFEIVEI Bookstore,
18 Market street, Harrisburg.
NEW PATENT CORN SHELLER-
Cheapest and most complete ever invented. Par
mere end otters please call and see it at WIKOPIPS
Cigar Store, Market street, 2d door below Third.
County Rights and Machines for sale. teb2.
GttINIEN CORN.--WINSLOW'S fresh
(keen Oorn jut received by
MINCE PIES ! •
—Raisins, Currants,
Citron spices, Lemons, Cider, Wine, Brandy and
Ram, for sale by Will. DOCK, jr., & Co.
BROOMS, BRUSHES, TUBS AND
u BASKETS of all descriptions, qualities and prices,
for gale by WM. Dam, JR.. & CO.
A MILNISMATOE'S NOTICE.
Whereas, letters of administration on the estate of
JOSIAH LENTZ, deceased, lAte of Upper Paxton town
ship, Dauphin county, having been granted to the sub
scriber, all persons indebted to the said estate are re
quested to make immediate payment s and those haying
cleans or demands against said estate will make known
the same without delay.
feb26-6tw* JESSE ATJOEIMIITY, Administrator.
vIECUTOR'S NOTICE —The under-
Riened, executor of the estate of ROMA PEACE,
teemed,. late a %U ,
rsa township, Dauphin county, Pa
, erebrgrves notice to all persons having claims against
Lid estate to present them for settlement without de
w ;. and to all those indebted to said estate to call and
'tile their accounts or they will be handed at once to
tie proper authorities for collection. •
•
Jefferson township, Feb 12, JAO.I3,,RTTINGER.
18138401w*
ASTRAY.—Came to the residence of
John Fauber. in dacirgon township, Dauphin co.,
A, on the 191. h of February, a BLACK HORSE, with
out left foot part white, and white star on Forehead,
bout 16 hands high, between 6 and 7 years old. The
caner will come forward, ptoye property, pay charges,
otherwise he will be sold according to law.
JOHN FAUBER.
Jackson Township, March 9th, lB63—tril2l3tw
1003000 BARRELS of the LODI
MANUFACTURING CO.'S
POLTDRETTE.
130 South Warms, Philadelphia, Pa.
This company, with a capital of $150,000. the most
ttensive works of the kind in the world, and an expe
elm* in manufacturing of over 23 years. with a repu
.tion long established, having also the exclusive control
f all the night soil of the great city of New York, are
•epared to furnish an article, which is, without doubt,
.8 Cheapest and very best ferthiser in market. It
neatly increases the yield, and ripens the crop from two
. three weeks earlier, at an expense of from three to
ar dollars per acre, with little or no labor. Also
[STY TONS OP BONE TAFEU, being a mixture of
me and night soil ground fine, at $45 per ton—a au
dor article for grain and grass. Price of POUD
VTR, $1 60 per barrel. Seven barrels and over
vered free of charge. A. patrplilet containing all
eessary information, may be had free by addressing a
tter to the subscriber.
BANES T. FOSTER.
Care of the Lcdi Manufacturing Company,
fe',/9-wSia G 6 Coactland et.. New Yoik.
•TIO EXCHANGE
Discount
St.Loais. X
Louisville ..... ..
Cincinnati..... g a g
Cleveland... ... . 3 g
Chicag0........ g a par
Dubuque, lowa, 1 s
Davenport, do.. 1 a
st. Paul, Min.. 1a ..
Montreal. Can.. a..
WM. DOCK.Js , de CO