The New York Herald Newspaper, May 3, 1861, Page 4

4 : _NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, MAY 3, 1861 ra Bs a NEW YORK HERALD. me, Bae OF Cumnmsanee, ‘The Steamship Great Kasten. BS AND COMMIVTERS—REMARKS Cees oF conan. LETTER OF AUKNOWLEDOR- ‘The cteamehip Great Eautere wil be ones for exhibities 1 _.. | © the public for coven ‘Tee JAMES CORDON BEOHETT, | Soventh was going inte camp) the Beventy-frst | MAE Carrica of the pationt im | cial interest will also do comethiag forthe | MENT Fuow un. nwa Sf) NOunl Ine OF SPALL |e snupition will probebiy cranes ce yith hastens * NATION OF NEW will b 4 EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR, still ocoupied tho Navy Yard, and the Bixty-ninth | ! fate! collapse. This fatal collapse to | country—not by giving money to the govern-| samumns, eros - tad cae o teat estat, Tuscturge fo stauawe were encamped at the Junction, where they intor- Virginia will come on the 23d of May, unices, | mont, but by leading it without discount. If] the reguiar monthly meetings tb Chamber of Com | will be Sty cents OFTIOE K. W. CORNER OF FULTON AND MASSAU STS. telah a4 Bal . ae in the meantime, hor secession apasms are | the brokers purchase the bonds at par, they | merce was held at their rooms ne VV llr piven eter GRINNELL, MINTURN & €0., Agoots. graphed to tho Secretary of War for instructions pate ened 24 ul remedial treatment | will lose nothing by the trensection, for the day | “7 Mlernoom, at one o'clock, tie President, Pelatish | Omeiaa Dra: a Peeit, in the cilair, It was also the am "*! meeting of the Patarare Lestenien ane bth ey Reto | Chamber, and the first burinces in ordar @*”%# the election Gages Count —Gursa 108 Beans Uny 2. 1868, of offleers for the casuing your. The cuic.oy ¥° * Frevident 7S, 1b, Ab, 72, 41, 48, 2, 16, 62 “Os, 6 ke fret olaming the amtontion of the members. 11, eet te Te, Teer eg aa ve ales ,, 18, 42, 60, 35, 12, 75, GT, 65, 68, O4, 6. Roya. Praurs rowe and eaid;—it aiords me @m Cieiansemes tae of ony by gure to offer for your guifrages our actual Prostdem’ for i Eo Mammen Te lection. I hope, tadoed Ihave se doubt, see BN fom Edy & 00." vote for him will be unaaimous, ap you all kaow aunemia {ENDO AD wy fecURE sTath LOTR Sie Kewrvosy Esras Ovsss 2—Way 2 1061 mous vote is required. I think there are more than ordi- 2, 6, 48, 16, 29, 64, 34, 74, 69, 13, 39, 72, 2. wr seapearata ee necypm a snonicomain ta office - y oho — pe Pe ise je obgeotion Tc ee ot eet 50, 30, OF bY, “16, 32) 75, 23, 18, 31, 26, a - 7 WOOD, MODE 4 00. ‘ot. Louts, of @ protecting Union army. willcome when these securities will command @ Upon a fair tost, unawed by the prosenco of premium, as sizilar stocks did six months ago, Jacobian revolutionists, aa overwhelming mé- | when our national troubles bad not yet begun. jority of the people of Virginia will vote ot | In this way the patriots of Wall street can show this approaching cleotion in favor of the | their. willingness to support the government Union, as they did in February last. To secure | without sacrificing anything by the operation. them a fair clection, the reign of secession violence should be suppressed at Alexandria, Riohmond, Petersburg, Norfolk and Harper's Ferry, aa it cam be, by the presence of a com- A cont by mal will he int of ths eonder, Wore tea Bonk Seis ttm in Bice York were ordered to compel the train to retum, which ts feo comnts 1, 87 per annem. " ATs 6 yal cocry Baturdany tao Weal, they did by command of Lieutenant Colonel Nu- a Sten oy eats puduges te | BCDt, WhO arrested the . oa Spee mae Se trae | OT om te op te cy Dom Wadnenlay, ot four cots per ‘CORRESPONDENCE, containing émportant a ONO, worth Wf wool, wil be Sor ‘eas Gon Houston Counaaron ye] ‘The Nows. At the annual meoting of the Chamber of Com- merce yesterday, Polatiah Perit, the President, axp Faok- | and ail the other officers wore re-clected. New OR Sprite taken of anonymous corremondencs, Wedons | committees were chosen. A letter was received peanarstas Lay day: ctvertsemnts tm. | from the Secretary of State, acknowledging the Tox Evrecr mw Exgianp of THE WaRr- uxe News vnom tux Umrep Srates.—We are not yet in possession of English fites of a bie objection I cam imsagice eny one could have is, tl ty is Sictin a eco uflory edor han might aio co al = ‘gag + | receipt of the resolutions pasced by the Chamber | Potemt force of government troops, despatohed | date ulterior to the receipt of tho news of | [tains acy such ica wil capone Gt it 80 far as brea oa: haciel ae PRINTING averted wih neatness, cheapness and de | on the 19th of April, and stating that he had de- | these places to repossess certain lots and | the bombardment of Fort Sumter, and camcon- er bag ght Soe rg ro end a al Ha ene Lottery.—Prizes Cashed parcels of federal property and federal rights, therein selzed and held by rebellious combina- tions. The chances of thus saving Virginia to | duced upon the whcle British people. But by the Union, without bloodshed, are worth tho | the uneasiness, alarm and incredulity shown movement of fifty thousand men across the | when they were made aware of the state of Potomac river; for, with the Old Dominion | things which prevailed in this country two thus reclaimed, Tennessee and North Carolinas | sys previous to the commencement of hostili- will be withdrawn from this rebellion without | ties in Charleston harbor, we may form a sequently only speculate upon the effect which the arrival of that intelligence must have pro- wy & Oc % bankers, 16 Wall sizeet, New Tork. Prizes Cash, “4 in all lized Lottert Fass sbroker, antowan The Lada & \ Vebeter Sowing Machine maynow be bad for $00 No. 600 Broadway, Wheeier & Wile W's Im; Sewing Machines at reused prices, Oflon 696 Broadway. ‘Wanted, \tmmedia 1¥, @ fast Steamer to piace. I therefore, the ro-eicction of Mr. Peiatiah Perit as dent for another 5 ear. 4 ‘The motion was unanimously carried, and so Mr. Perit wos chv@en Presicent for the ensuldg year without a dis- senting voice. Mr, Pxurr eaid—Gentiemon, I thark you for the honor you bave just conferred op me. It had been my ioten- otoe Pertiy from considerations of health; but in tho actual ciscumetanecs of tho country I think every m bound © romain in the properly assigned to him, and roperty cceupied rey under apy circumstances, as jar a8 bag the ability todo it, Porited them in the archives of the government, T.e annual statement of the treasurer shows that the receipts during the past year have been $6,981 55, and the expenditure $6,654 49, leaving & balance of $527 06 in bank. The treasurer of the committee appointed to receive subscrip- tions to aid regiments reported that the receipts had been $116,863, and tho disbursomenta $92,883, leaving $22,970, which had been handed over to ) Votume XXVI WINTER GARDEN, Broadway, opposite Bond s:rcet.— Quon Lovtos—/aor Linn, LAURA KEENE'S THEATRE, No, 624 Broadway— ‘Seven BisTuRs, mt —Siursox — - z 2. take the rebels ov t of the oon. © save the Ca aARGLoRE THEATRE, Brwtwar —scarios & 0- | a Tiion ‘Defence Committe, into which ene | @MMenlty, end Kentucky end Mimouri wil | vrctiy correct idea of how they recaived. the | at sb oe ius abu. de i mmewuuiadet jae | as teatime 7 pyc, Prveme a HOLM Pa NEW BOWBRY THEATRE, -—Goruaxun or Mos. | Committee of the Chamber of Commerce has been | C084€ to occupy their presemt equivocal po:i- | ews that civil war had actually begun, and | tt ‘Ghnt he jatar Bagge ies ag a s ana con —Sth28 AND UrRIPa—CORicTs he merged. tion of an armed neutrality im favor of the re- | that Fort Moultrie and the lesser batteries were ont the” whole United, Wo have | .metcheleee\ Bote 81 Rarclay street, BARNUMWS AMERICAN MUSEUM, Broadway. In another column will be found eome corre- | volted States. burling their missiles of destruction against the per Hn Pope ante padllcnn g ee now Saud end sopules at VA A BATOHRIA@?, 16 Bond etrvcs, gad Bvening—Oarirois—Busgs, Sea Lion anv Orugn ('u- RaOsCTins ef spondence concerning Major General Wool. On the 30th of April the Union Defence Committee passed a series of complimentary resolutions, the reception of which was duly acknowledged by the NIBLO'S SALOON, Brosdway.—Luors's Mixsracis om | General. Subsequently he received a communi- Bormsacx, SoxGs, Dances, &c.—Buir Parrensom. cation from Washington , in which General Scott MELODEON CONCERT HALL, No, 639 Broadway — | recommends him to leave New York and rosume Bowas, Dinces, Borizsques, 40. his routine duties at Lis headquarters in Troy. In accordance with this order he will leave this city on Saturday. The battle field having been romoved from | Walls of Sumter, and that Sumter was busy in Maryland to Virginia without a battle (except | reply. with the Baltimore mob), why may it not be The immediate sensation following the ti- transferred from Virginia to North Carolina | dinge that we were on the brink of civil war without a battle? The seasonable presence of | sppeats to have been one of utter surprise, an overwhelming force will suffice to accom | coupled with no slight consternation. The plish this desirable result; after which, we be- | London 7tmes commenced a leader by saying: — lieve, the contest will be reduced to the sevon | “It needa no comment of ours to impress the original Confederate States, And what thent | public with the great importance of the news Why, then, impoverished, exhausted, and tired | rom America. We are anxious to speak with of the military despotism of Jefferson Davis, | caution on this subject, and not cause alarm, and enuffing still more serious troubles in the | Which may posstbly prove to have been unne- wind frora the North, there is every reason to | cc#esry. The two countries are so intimately hope that the Confederate States will soou re- | related in commercial matters that when acon- turn to their only ark of safety, the Union | vulsion seems to threaten one of them the other Tho gain or the loss of Virginia on the 23d | may be suddenly agitated.” The same journal of May will settle the question for a short | went on to say that thero was a wide interval war or for long, bloody and disastrous con- | between bossting and achievement, between flict. preparation and action, and even a campaign Let the government hasten, as it has saved | that has begun might be brought to Maryland, to save Virginia. Let her loyal] close without actual fighting. The people be protected againat mob law, and they | news by the next mail from this country will hold the State in the Union. must have confirmed their apprehensions. The apparent inactivity of the administration for more than a month after the inauguration EncovunaGep’—There appears to be no incon. | had not prepared the people of England for siderable degree of mismanagement, and neg- | the energetic meaenzes which wore after- lect of duty, on the part of the State Military | wards adopted. It was thought that with ail Board, respecting the volunteer regiments, | our threats the two sections would never which have beer raised, at so much pains and | come to blows, and that our differences would at such great personal sacrifice, in this city. | be settled amicably by compromise rather We perceive that several regiments, among | than the sword. The Englisk have seen others the Second regiment of the Scott | by this time that they were wrong in their Life Guard, have pot yet been even re- | conclusions. They now see us plunged into ceived. The individuals belonging to these |.warfare, and they deplore it. They can bodies, have given up all other employ- not, however, but admire and respect us for ment, and thrown themselves, heart and soul, | the energy, promptitude and unity which into the movement forthe restoration of theunity | have made the whole North as one man in of the republic. They have deprived themselves | Tising to crush this giant rebellion, and main- of other means of support, and have, in frequent | tain our national honor and assert our national instances, no source of subsistence, excepting | etrength. We must present to the foreign eye what they have supposed they would be en- | sepectacle of power and patriotism not only titled to, as soldiers in the service of their | unrivalled in magnificence, but unexampled in country. Yet no funds are advanced by the}} history. Where weakness was expected State, which has called these regiments into | strength has been found, and instead of re- existence, and, the burden of providing for | publican institutions having proved a failure, them has fallen upon their officers, who have | the very reverse has been demonstrated. been compelled to hire lofts in which to quarter | In no other country in the world, we may thom, and to defray, personally, their daily ex- | tafely say, could ‘such military or pecuniary pense for food. This is inexcusable. It is an | resources have been so quickly accumulated abuse which should not be permitted to con- | for the protection of the national flag as we tinue a day. have accumulated within the last few weeks. Volunteers should be received by the | And there is no limit either to the number of Military Board, at once. The whole of | the men who are willing to take up arms in the thirty-eight regiments called for by } the nationat cause, or to the amoumé of the Governor Morgan have not been formed, | money which could be*collected for prose- and until these are equipped and ready for | cuting the war in defence of the rights guaran- service, @ble bodied, willing individuals, | teed to us by that constitution for which our should be encouraged in this patriotic desire | fathers fought. to fight the battles of their country. The objec- tion, that, if all recruits are accepted here, there will be no room left for yolunte the interior of the State, is absurd. Many ©. our recruits have come from the rural districts, un- der the impression that they could more speed- ily attain their wish to serve in the city, than in the country. Moreover, there will always be place for every one, from the thousand causes of sickness, casualty, ‘c., which are continually thinning the ranks of every regi- ment. The gentlemen of the Military Board must wake up, or they will damp the ardor of many, Who now burn with zeal to aid ia sup- pressing rebellion. Hull, Entmitaa ‘le Catter’ of Hatr and peed, perhaps tu the bistory of nations, in which Wydlekees, No. 1 Barclay, street Hair Dis 80 conte, black or jacuities and powers of every man are needed to #1 the government. The Chamber of Commerca York, representing the commercial community a BEYANTS' Se, See Hall, 472 Broad- way —Buzixsques, Sons, Dances, &o.—Rugaxn Pata. % E Oristadere’s Hat © W's and Tew of the government. And there are modes ia Astor House, which we can bo especially useful to the . Now York is now the headquarters of finance in this coun- try. The members of thw Chamber are scattered widely through thie community, aad cepecially in those where moucy is largely disposed of. Their influeacocan materinily aid the goverpmont in the negotiation of loans, and 8 loam ts now ponding in which that influence wil be felt. Evory one bore, knows that in any large amount which the city or State of New York, or Staics will be borrowing, there will be a heavy pressure of stock fn the market, and it is very important that the credit of the government be fully sustained, and all ite loans tsken promptly, and taken oa such terms as will bo creditable and honorabia to the government. fhe gov- ernment are well aware of tho value of our influence; aad during our proceedings this afternoon, you will recetve an acknowledgement on the part of the leary decor) of the resolutions which wero transmitted this Poard, when we held a meeting epecially for that object, which’ Is important evidence that the govorument ig gratitied, und feel very muoh encouraged by the reeojutions ‘adopted here, and the measures which fol- Jowed thoze resolutions. I truat, sherofore, that whilat thore will undoubtedly ba a groet deal of work to do during the year, everybody lere will doall in their pow- or Lo aaaist tbe goverLiment. ‘The other oficers were also unanimously re elected, 60 baie ‘the ofiicors for tue ensuing year remain the sane, 4s follows: The Indfan Herb : Doctor, F. Tam! M.D, Crom Guana, may bog Soul free of charse, ef Broadwey. SPINS Ye RT neeiee Delighted = Senutiful © Senpien Sila; the edipitation of et aap ‘roadway and all Grnguiate FINANCIAL AND @COMMERCIAL. Tavaspa ¥, May 2-6 P.M. We mentioned yosterday th at Mr. Chase had called for a fresh loan of neaviy $14,000,000 under the act of June, 1860, That se t expires on the 22d of June next, and Mr. @ hase is doubticas , anxious to exhaust the authority it confers tpom ' him before ita expiration. Itisno t likely that the call will be followed by any pra “tical resiilts. The act distinctly prohibits the § ecrctary from receiving any bid below par, andiat» resent United Btates sixes are at a discount ot 12 per coat. When, after the cxpiration of the usual delay, it is ascertained that there are no bids a& par, the Secretary will then beat lhe rty to dis- pose of his Treasury notes under the , act of last seasion, which he can do without diffica lty. This act of22d June, 1860, will enfey an w ‘enviable faime in the history of American fnance. It will be recorded by the historian that the first \ Negotia- tion under it wae made by the-traiter Q 2bb om the 22d October, 1860, under cironmstances whiole a render it certain that his object was-to break dowm the credit of the government; that the whole amount was nevertholoss- bid for and awarded, but that several successful biddars— emong others Messra. Riggs « Co., Marie & Kang, Lockwood & Co., Thompson Broa, c.—refused to pay up the amount of their bids, on the ground that the rebellion of South Carolina hed liberated them from their contract. He will report that the government took.no steps to enforce the bargaim, Finally, he will mention that on tho Ist of May Mrs Lincoln’s Secretary called for bids for the balance of the loan, with the distinct understanding that it could not be taken. A sorry record. The money market is very duik People are shy of everything but tho very choicest paper, am@ collaterals are closely scrutinized. Rates for paper—strictly gilt edge—are 7a 8; for call loans, 5 a6. 5 In foreign exchange little or. nothing is doing. The leading bankers ask 105, but.wo presume thas undoubted bills could be had at 34 a 24 leas, Very little business was dome to-day in stocka, but the tone of the market was better, and every- thing advanced at the frst board. Government 6's rose %, and Missouris 44; New York Cem- tral, 24; Hudson, *{: Michigan Central, %; Mlinoia Central, 1%; Toledo, }¢; Rook Island,?4. Virginias fell 2%, fewer bear contracts than usual happen- ing to mature to-day. Nothing but the scarcity of this and the other border slave State stocks prevents their falling to a merely nominal price. They are really worthless, as nothing can prevent aconfict which will rain the States which issued them. After the board the maritet was steadye In the afternoon’ prices were gcaenally a fraction better and the market closed vony steady, the following being the Iaet quotations: —United States 5's, 1874, 76 & 7634; Tennessee G's, 46 0 49; Virgi- nia 6's, 45 @ 45; Missouri 6's, 407¢ 9 4034; Canton, 9a 10; Cumberland Coal preferred, 3 a 4; Dela- ware and Hudson Canal, 80 9 82; Pennsylvania Coal, 70 a 75; Pacific Mail, 67 4 68; New York Central, 72 a 7224; Eric, 19°, a 20; Hudson River, _ 3 Hezlom, 12 a 1234; do. preferred, 30% a 31; Reading, 31°, a 3%; Michigan Central, 45 a 453%; Michigan Southern and Northern Indiana, 18. do. guaranteed, 28% a 29%{; Panama, 1013¢ Central, 58% a jalena and Chi~ cago, 67%, 0.57%; Cleveland and ‘Toledo, 22% a 23%; Chicago and Rock Island cago, Burlington and Quincey, 55 and Mississippi, 9a 9%; La Crosse and Milwau- kce land grant beads, 5 a % Mlinois Central bonds, 88 a 89. The business of the Sub-Treasury was a9 Jollows. to-day:— CANTERBURY MUSIC HALL, 685 Broadway.—Soxa! Danves, Buutesevxs, &o. si aieaine wi PANTHRON, No, 659 Broadway.—Me. sux | The Board of Aldermen did not organize last Oows.'s Duawine Boox Concent. evening, ® quorum not being present. It was cur- rently rumored in the City Hall yesterday that Alderman Dayton had a document prepared ten- dering his resignation as representative of the Ninth Aldermanic district. The Board of Councilmen held a brief session last evening, and acted upon a number of routine papers, none of them possessing the slightest general interest. Judge Betts, of the United States District Court, has rendered a decision in the case of Law and Conover versus the government, whioh perpotu- ally restrains the defendants from prosecuting the bonds given as surety for ex-Postmaster Fowler. ‘There are now 8,180 persons in the public insti- tutions of the city. The number admitted to them last week was 1,917, andthe number discharged, transferred or who died, was 2,053. The decrease for the week in the numbers is consequently 136. The regular monthly meeting of the Democratic Republican General Committee of Mozart Hail was held last evening, and a resolution was passed to the effect that the seats of such members as were absent with the military should not be de- claved vacant. The steamship Adriatic, from Galway 23d, via St. Jolns 29th ult., arrived at this port last even- ing. \ telegraphic synopsis of her advices has been published in the Hernan, Messrs, Livingston, Crocheron & Co. will posi- tively despatch one of their steamers for Havana on Monday next—her hour of departure being fixed at twelve o'clock. ‘Tho depression in tho rates of sterling exchange con- ticued, notwithstanding which the market for cotton yesterday was more active. Should exchange take an vpward movement it would likely lead to an increased activity, with o decided improvement in prices. sales were reported to the extent of 4,000 bales, some of which we could not trace, Included in the transactions wero Jes in transit. We continuo to quote middling UBSWORTH’S MINFTBELS, Nordheime: Dasows, Boxiesquas, &c. "s Hall.—80NGs, lew York, Friday, May 3, 1861. THE SITUATION OF AFFAIRS, The most interesting intelligence which reaches ‘us from Washington by the latest despatches is in relation to the vigorous action of the government towards efivoting @ complete blockade of all the Sovthern ports. The Navy Department has made arrangements to have fifteen ships of war put to sea at once for this purpose, and forty more vessels will be in readiness for the wame service within the noxt four weeks, wo that in sixty days from this time every inlet on the Southorn coast, from the mouth of James rivor to the Rio Grande, will be effectually closed. ‘The administration do not anticipate any compli- wation with foreign governments arising out of this blockade, inasmuch as the ports closed are not forcign ports, and, morcoycr, as it is intended to render the blockade effectual, which, according to the decision of the Convention at Paris in 1854, is to be recognized as an actual blockade, It appears that a vigorous blockade is already enforced by the government transports in Norfolk y, no steamers from Baltimore being permitted 4a beyond Old Point Comfort, where they are compelicd to land mails aud passengers. The blockade of the Mississippi river at Cairo is also well preserved, although one boat was, through some mishap, permitted to pass down and land some four hundred Colt's revolvers at Paducah, Ky The steamboat C. Ii. Hillman, however, with £175,000 worth of arms and munitions of war, consisting of powder, cartridges and lead, pur- chased at St. Louis and destined for Nashville, Tenn., was seized by the government troops at Cairo on the 26th ult. § The position oi Maryland, in its adherence to the First Voce Arg Ovr New Yous Vowunterrs Properiy Sccretary—J. Smith Homans. ‘Treasvrea —Kaward C. Bogert. ‘The Parapeny said tho next business im order would he the election of a Chairman of the Committee on Arbi- tration, and suggested the name of George O pdyke. Some discussion ensued between Mosars. Wetmore, Op- dyke and Couklyn, relative to the amendments to the by laws of theChamber, by it is provided teat a member of the Committee of Arbitration shall be electod every threo months, instead of every month, as at_presoat, Mr. Copy Kr prosentéd another series of amondments, intended to take the place of those submitted on the former cecasion, The firsi, ho said, were hastily draft. od, and those he now presented containod merely verbal alterations, while the principio involved was same. Mr. Conxtay thought that, in obedience to the course herctolure pursued, these amendments should be laid over vutil the next meeting; but on motion of Mr. Wet- more, tLey were then adopted as amendzments to the by- lows of the Chamber. The followmg yeatlemen were elected members of the Committee on Arhitration:—George Opdyke, Robert B. shine Waiter S. Grittith, Jonathan Sturges and 8, B, veock. Moses H. Grinnell, Beajunin R. Winthrop and Archi- bald G. King were chosen on bebalf of the Chamber = of the Institution for Savinga of Merchants’ rks. ‘the following gontlomen were clected as the Executive Committee for the = year:—Charies H. Marshall, James 1), P. Ogden, ary A. Smythe, Augustus ©. Ri- chards, Hevry Chauncey William €. Dodge Sheppard Gan- ay James Gallatin, Benjamin R. Winthrop, Nathaniel L. ready. Mr. Pract, at this stage, announced the rece] of the ollowing letter of acknowledgment from Mr. Seward, Secretary of @tate, which was read by tho Secretary:— Dm RTMeNt OF STATE, Wastexctoy, 26th April, 1861. To Prrantan Perr, Eaq., Chairman of Chamber of Commerce, New York. &in—she resolutions of the Chamber of Commerce con- cerning the present attitude of public ailiirs, althougt.. went forward so carty as the 20th inst., lave, in conse- q@ucnee of portal obetructions, bony Bn now reached this department. I haye lost no time in’sul the President of the United States. He directs me to reaobat oat the highest oe latins of the lo} > resolutions with appree! ty, patriotism and liborality of that body: and to dered that they may find a fust place in tho: history of thie, ‘the mort important criei#, save onc, that our country has been caled to moet, I have deposited the resolutions tn the archives of the government. I havethe honor to be, with the highest reepect, your at servi ant MH. SEWARD. ‘The letter was placed on file, Messrs. C. A. Davis, C. H. Marshall, H. X. Bogert, Wil- liam Barton, and J. K. Myers, were clected aa the Gom- raittoe on the Mercantile Library. The Treaeurer presented his annual report, showing that the receipts during ye year had been $6,961 56, ard the disbursements $6,664 40, leaving a balance of $027 06 in bank. On motion of Royal, Proms the thanks ofthe Chamber were tendered to the Treasurer for os presenting the annual report, this being the 7st time, be said, in fourteen years, that the Treasuer’ fnavcial taternent had been received at tho anaual mest- ing. Tho document was placed on ilo, Meeers. Benjamin F. Butler, Manaield Lovell, Poter Marie and Loke T. Merrill, who had been nominated at = foal meeting were then cloctod members of the “ham ber. Troon Drvow submitted his report as Treasurer of the receipts of the Finance Committee, appointed by the Caamber of Commerce on the 19th of April, to receive subscriptions of merchants for the outfit of volunteers. The receipts were $116,802, and the disbursements $02,883, leaving a balance of $22,970, waich was paid over to the Union Defence Committee, into which tho ommnne of the Chamber of Coramerce has beea merged. The pames of the followiug gentiemen were propounded for memberehip, to be elected at the regular meeting ia June:— Henry F. Vail, Henry G. Reeve, Thos. N. Dale, Living: ston Satterlee, S. Dewitt Bloo¢good, Josiah 8. Beugott, William Auguatus White, Chas. Putler, Samuel Wexgore, Samuel Jawdon, Wm. P. Jones, John G. Spencer. ‘The meeting then adjowned. 1,000 bal uplands at 12%. « Mc., the latter figure being an out- {de price. Flour waa more active, but heavy aad irre- cular for common and medium grades of State anil West- rp, while good to choice oxtra family grades were drm. Wheat wns in better request, while good to choice lots of white were scarce and firm. Corn was in fair demand and prices steady, with somo sales for export. Pork was less active and lower, with sales of mess at $17 w $17 12}4, nnd at $19 26 for prime. Tho market was active for sugars, with atirmer feeling, while the sles em- braced about 2,000 bhds. and 74 boxes, at rates given Union, is being daily strengthened by incroased } clsowhere. Coffee was heavy. At the public gale a manifestations of public opinion, as evidenced by res eld segura, Seigy pn con dhygeed the meeting of merchants held at the Baltimore proving satisfactory, tho remainder was withdrawn. Corn Exchange yesterday, where resolutions in | Freighte to English Late axseier ete while engago- favor of the immediate reconstruction of the ee ee English veesela. fridges recently destroyed were sdopted, and a petition to the Legislature to this effect was nu overyon Bayxs xp THe Wan.—Some of the Washington correspondents of the daily papers bave fallen into an error in asserting that ex-Governor Banks has not resigned bis lucrative position as managing director of the Central Railroad in Iiliaois, and tendered his services to the government whenever snd wherever they may be used to the best advaz- tage in the present conjuncture of affairs. Ex-Governor Banks has resigned the position referred to, und now, we understand, awaits orders from headquarters. He enjoys peculiar qualifications to hold a high military position He is a man of cool judgment, a good execu- tive officer, of good social standing, affable Int Treatwent or ve Troovs ox Boanp | manners, robust constitution and tatuitive ux Trixsronts—We have received letters | military abilities of no ordinary merit, While complaining of the bad treatment our troops | Governor of Massachusetts, in 1559, he pro- have received on board the transporis. In | jected and superintended the great camp of the those cases where the owners of the ships have | entire military force of his State at Concord, contracted to supply the troops with food, | which resulted in creating an esprit du corps they have been well taken care of, for ship- among the mflitia of Massachusetts which quail- owners are generally generous mea. But in | fied them to be among the first to respond to other cases the treatment has been yery dif- | the President's requisition for troops to defend forent, and we heard of instances in which | the city of Washington. In times like the five Gents has been charged for a glass of | present we want the right men for the right water. Whatever may be the cause of this | places. neglect hitherto, it ought to be remedied in Loss of the Steamship United States, the future, Could General Scott have been ia as ‘ene sane my hen here as well as at Washington at the same | The master of p Minnie Devin, ot Yerther time, he would have seen that proper pro- | Point, reports the steamship United States, from Glasgow bound to Montreal, on Bird Rocks, Tho boats were gono visions had been supplied to the troops; | oa there was nobody on board. The sen wae making but the matter was necessarily left to por. acomplete breach over the veasel, and she was breaking sons not eo well versed in commiseariat; and | up. the suddenness and urgency of the call for Appointments by the President. regiments may in some degree account for the | 14,4 presidont has made the Tolowing A Maryland Saved—Virginia Next in Or- der=The Duty of the Gevernment. The power, the fixed purpose and the warn- ing voice of the North, touching the right of way to our federal capital through Maryland, have produced a wonderful Union reaction in that State. The Union flag has been roplaced on the government buildings of Baltimore, the federal authorities have resumed their func- tions in that city, and Union meetings are there the order of the night. Nor are the evidences of a wholesome reaction in the State limited to that locality; for they are equally apparent in position, and will permit no troops to pass the proceedings of the Legislature at Frede- over its soil to make aggressions upon the North; | rick, That body, called together for the ex- but at the same timo it demands guarantees that press purpose of plunging the State into the no troops from Illinois shall attempt to pass | abyss of revolution, not only shrinks from the through Kentucky, and enters a protest against } overt act, but virtually confesses it would be the blockade of the river. It has been agreed | an act of self-destruction. Thus Maryland, we upon tat nothing but munitions of war shall be ep hatllas sched 9 wh takias tisk te rr “4 ee . | the mere presence within and near her borders Qur intelligence from the seveded States is of an overwhelming body of Northorn troops, not very full; but we learn by despatches re- resolved, a8 friends or as enemies, upon their ceived from St. Louis at a late hour last night right of way to Washington. that much anxiety exists at Montgomery rela- In this remarkable revolution in Maryland tive to the presont conflict in the border States, | the policy of the government in regard to Vir- especiaily in Maryland and Virginia. The War | ginia and the other rebellious States is mado Department is very active in hurrying troops | manifest. If, ‘under the pressure of that into the field. It has been decided to call out | spasmodic reign of terrorism invoked om Pf by the eecession mob of Baltimore on fourteen more rogiments, in addition to the 50,000 the 19th of April, President Lincoln troops siready obtained. * had ylelded to the very modest request of Gov. ‘The defenee of Washington is amply provided Hicks, that no more federal troops should pass merousiy signed. Delaware has taken a still more decided stand on the government side, Governor Burton having ordered the regi ment of volunteers, raised in response to the clamation of the President, to proceed to W ington for the defence of the capital as soon as they are equipped and ready to march. A conference between the authorities of Ken- tacky and Illinois resulted in the former State guaranteeing that it will maintain a neutral Comvineevtary Concent To SiGNORINA FURWA.—A fare- well concert will be givea to this gifted artist on Wednes- day next, at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. The ar- rangements are under tho direction of a coumittes of influential gentlemen, and it ia expected tat tho affair will be a very brilliant one, Tho following yoouliste and instrumentaliate will azaist Milo, Elena on hia occasion Mise Kellogg, soprano; Signor Brignoli, tenor; Signor Su- sini, basso; Mr. Pattison, pianist; Mr. Appy, violinist, and Mr. Koppitz, the flutist, whore performance caused such a sensation at the last concert of the Brook’yn Philharmo- nicSocioty. Signor Muzio will vonduyt, Mile, Elona leaves shortly for Italy, whore sb) is well known and is exceedingly popular, Tt ls acb improbable that sho may return hero in the fall, negrtintions being now pend- ing to that effect. New Bowsnr Tx Arne —Mr, Wm. Tryon, the olicio Balance... . It is reported that the Ohie Legislature contom. plates legaliaing a suspension of specie payments, Indiana and ocher States will be likely to speedily follow. Seyton & Wainwright have romaoved from No. 1F William sireet to Ingurance Building, No, 49 Wall street. The following are the Hwdson River Railroad earnings for April, 1861 April, 1860 Increase. . for; @ force of 24,300 men is now located in the ‘i _ | deficiency in the arrangements, There ought } James Harlan, A sand Alex Sneed, Mar. $ or; @ force of 24, over the exhausted soil of Maryland, her rebel. not, however, to be any repetition of euch mis- shat, far, ae of ana hy ke ater. and popular trearurog of this establishmont, takes his capital aod its vicinity, all within three hours | jjous secessionists now would be in full occu- march of the city. But a till further reinforcement | pation of Baltimore, l'rederick, Annapolis, the is contemplated, and it is decided that within a few | Legislature and the State, and in full com- days there shall be an army of 40,000 men in and | munion with the armed ee ae ound Washington, to secure the con- | Davis. But the answer of our President, an: of : “ , ‘ unmistakeable determination of our Northern tol of the Potomac and the Chesapeake. people to make good their right of way through At the same time a force of from 10,000 to a be concentrated w@ Cairo Maryland, and through Baltimore, or over ite 14000 men will ruins, to Washington, have saved the State from ood the same number at Bt Louis, t0 | 1. weakness of Hicks and the ruinous anarchy protect the Mississippi river, amd repel avy a } oF mob of vagabonds and savages. “~ © » hich may be made upon exposed points in | The case of Virginia demands the same course linvis, and suppress secession move- | of treatment, only on a larger scale. She has souri and Arkansas. A force of | seceded; she has entered into a treaty, oftensive is to be shipped om transports, | and defensive, with the Confederate States; she ¥ of men-of-war, at tho earliest | ## suffering all the evils of a reign of terror, denefit this evealpy, The bili offers great variety, in- cluding @ ser'g9 of grant Union tableaux, and there will bo doubt Dr an overflowing house. Court of lown, Judge Lane decided that the bonda issued by the city of Muscatine to the Mississippi and Missouri Railroad Company were issued with- out legal authority, and that, therefore, tho city cannot be compelled to redeem them. The bonds hus issued amount to $190,000, and the city hae already paid two years’ interest at 10 per cent, Governor Buckingham, of Connecticut, in hia message to the Legislature, make» the following ; statement of the banking interest of the State:— ‘Thore are seventy five banks of discount in the State, with $1,004,081 CO in specie and a circulation of $6,061,” 989; doposita amounting to $5,023,028 56, and an aggro gate capital of $21,898.029. ‘There are eighty-four thou- and six hundred fourteen depositors in forty-four savings banks, with oa amor Slee, $10,377,670 is. te d poeit, in ®avings banks and in buil The capital of the Reveral rniliond compa MICA Bes cee seve eserves Of which there has boon pai¢ management, and we hope there will not. In this country, hitherto, we have not been in the habit of sending forth large armies hea for E: to battle. The emergency has come suddenly Despite forse NF Mg 2, 1901 upon us, and in the beginning everything may mF Be = Sy at aie ae not go right, any more than it does im othor | Meessges for Furope ea Igy Mr. Gorge Stoker, No. 7 countries, Wo know that almost evorything | Broad street, up 1 four P. M. on Fraday, will bo promptly went wrong In the case of the English troops sent to the Crimean war, though (reat Britain The steamer Unie’, tooontly in tho Wabash rivor trado, ie a first class naval and military Power. But ring at N‘ t a tle mere in a short time regularity will be established | Loss he sey, the ongineer perished to ne; in the transportation of the men, and the brave ate defenders of the Union will probably have Markets, PHILADELPHIA STOCK BOARD. no further cause of complaint. Purapmrata, May 2, 1861. Btocks firm. Pennsylvania Stato S's, 8734; yERNMEN’ — ; Canal, 40; Long Island Railroad, $55; Tax Govensunnt Loay—-The governmont | Rallroad, 16; Morris mst) ae y Er D Sanford, Marshal for Rhodo Island; Loyi J. Kelthlez, Marshal for New Mexico, and Sydney i. ll, Agao clate Justice for the same Territory. Personal Intelligence. Captain HN, of the United States Army, i# stopping at the New York Hotel. Colonel F. ( Parker, F. 0. Tufta, F. Nickorson, F. Wa terman and K. Beverley, of Boston: Dr. Palmer and wife, of Albany; I. I’, Stearns, of Hartford, and B. W. Hor: ton, of Cleveland, are stopping at the Fifth Avenue Hotel Major Brooke, J. C. Davis and G. T. Warren, of the United States Army; D. M Young, of Pennsylvania; P. H, Wood, of Malone; G. W. Mather, of St. Paul; R. Cher- ney, of California: FL. Allon, of New Iondon, and W.R. Whitman, of New York, are etopping s the Metropolitan Hotel. Seam cr Burnt. Lovisviim, May 2, 1861. P, E. Lockwood, of Pridgeport: James F. beta of Mereden; Mrs. J. Anderson and family, of Oregon; H. 8. Mostin, of Middletown; ©, C. Brown and wifo, of Honos- dale; JJ, Reynolds, of Rhode Island, and W. A, Brabin- son, of Boston, are stopping at tho Lafarge House Hon. @, Wait,of Fulton; Hon. D. P. Forrest, of Soho. t, tania it exchange on New | nectad: . N. B. Wilk and fon. J, W. Grimes, of om tie to harass the rebel forces in | With ite forced enlistments, contributions, ex- | have called for fourteen millijns, the balance | York at par & 1-10 per cont discount, tent eter wy Orwregs; Hon. G. A. Grow, ‘The total amount of tion 4 nant ie exhaust thet ios by | Pulsions and confiscations. Dut itis reserved | of the twenty-five million loan, which is now | pyoup arm at 5 02. Whoa frm. redy $1709 0 €1 06; | Pe" Sms er ar Georetown, i Cs Capt ys Pome ef 1,301 062 20 OF energies YY | to her people, in a State election on the 29d of | needed for naval and military oporations, | white, $1 406 $1 60. Gorm wanted. Whiskey, 1740. | suicm: P.’A, Harden, of Troy, and C. Kaidaolek, ’ of ntterthwalte reports sove from point to point, and France, aro stopping at the Astor House. ¥ Captain Simonson and wifo, of Liverpool; 7. Seem, May, to ratify or reject this alliance with Jotf. | Money is the sinews of war, aud without | * Crxcisman, May 2, 1561. The market for Amevican securities remains very firm, advance to the North, The i S oll |; and advaoci #1 008 ‘of iihodo Island; D. T, Vail, Davis, and to determine whether the Stateshall | jt little can be done. ‘This now loan J, Flour jm good demand advancing: spor of Baltimore; B, Buffum, f The market for | crritn remain very firm “oarri ‘ iskey declined to 120. Notining done in Troy: 7.0. Lewis and wife, of Philadelphia; A. M. ist- } Th good demand for fed Ns 4 ’ re a into Africa." | pe joined to the Confederate or shall adhere to | ouglk to be taken at par. The people have 1. Vibcohadge drooping: aight on New York, aad maa, a’ New ampehire; gE Rogen and wife, of Roekes- feauiey for, vrtoee Duala, som a olaaa — lente: United States. Now, with the encouraging | come forwarG to the extont of probably | Por cent premium for KSGWNGKY peret: riot: HE oowegos and Tl. &. Bishop, of the United States | have talon place in Atlante Aud’ Gromk Western, bond ot on eXampl¢ Of Maryland before us, we believethat | forty millions’, (for twenty millions of the Court CalendaraThie Daye a Me went gat the i. Nicholas ag NY FA Tee ete ie vn juave corpa of New Y. . ReraeMe Cover—Omocrrr.—Part 2—! , by thie railroad contince of the game extraordi- 0 P ork fire: | the same medicine Would cure the same disease | amount we ‘havea list of the subscrip- subir aans, $906, 9908, 104, 2106, 9410, 3670, 8067, 90T1, tant comer ty wen & Annapotis, and is ox | verved by this ft. Re wibington law eveulng weight in Virgins. But no time should be lost | tiovs) to arm, equip and (ranaport volum. ! 2961, a6is, peeled to-morrow, Es lait bas imprvy vty