The New York Herald Newspaper, May 1, 1869, Page 8

8 FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. Prapay, April 30-6 P, M. ‘the speculation which is now prevailing in Wall street was characterized by another sharp upward turn to-day in the Vanderblit stocks and, sympathetl cally, in the general list of railways. Telegrams from Albany announcing ® report from the Senate Ratiroad Committee in favor of the New York Cen, tral scrip and the consolidavion bills led to 0% @ vance in Central to 178, the highest figure ever touched, 158 in Hudson River and 152 in Harlem, imulsaneously reports were in circulation that the plav for a consolidation of the roads had been re- wived and that a grand corporation between New York and Buffalo, with @ capital of one hundred mnillions, was to be formed from the union of the ‘three roads. One report had it that the Harlem was to be omitted in this organization, but was to bethe trunk of a through line to Montreal via Ben- nington, Rutland, Burlington and St, Albans, An- other report said that Mr. Vanderbilt contemplated a censolidation as far even as Chicago, Whatever the exact nature of the pian on foot is it is certain to vembrace the New York Central and Hudson River roads, The story isno new one, Wall street has been “milked” by it a dozen umes already. But where there is so much smoke there must be some fire, ‘The scrip dividend was talked about for ayear, but it came at last. The two roads are a vir- tual continuation of each other, Their consolida- tion would lead to a great economy in expenses, while competition with the Erie would be more easy. The capital of the New York Central is nearly thirty mil- lions. A scrip dividend of twenty per cent is spoken of in addition to the present eighty per cent This would make a total of sixty millions, ‘The capital of the Hudson River Railroad is about mixtcen millions. A scrip dividend would increase B to thirty milhons. The capital of Harlem is six millions. A similar dividend would increase it to ten millions, which would make the ag- gregate of one hundred muilions. If Harlem is to be emitted, then, as Hudson River is just half the length of the Central road, the consolidation could be effected on the basis of thirty-three millions of the one to sixty-six millions of the other. It may be that all these rumored projects, of which the above ls a mere outline and over which the stook speculating community are wildly excited, originate im the fertile brains of those who would speak for Mr. Vanderbilt, and who are using them to operate wpon. But there are certain speculators who blindly follow where Mr. Vanderbilt leads, and he has inya- Nabiy proven a reliable friend. Of course, as this mmmense capital of one hundred millions must earn money enough to pay dividends, it is questionabie whether such @ vast power would not be wielded to the prejudiece of the public who would have to pay ‘the extra percentage of earnings. While on the one hand the giant corporation threatens to become an imcrease of taxation to the travelling community and to tiose who will be compelled to use ila freighting facilities, it will be, on the other hand, an enterprise which must stand or fail, according to the jadgment of the public who could give or withhold their patronage. The laws of business and the ferce of competition would compel a redress of grievances should the scheme be attended with any. Conversely to the advance in Central there was a further “break”? in Erie, which at the close had sold down to 28%. This was one of the few exceptions to the buoyancy of the market. St. Panlroge to 79% for the common and 8744 for the preferred, Fort Wayne held its own at the sudden advance of last night. Rock Island was heavy and jJower. The Express stocks were dull and neglected. At the last open board the market underwent a sharp decline under the pressure of sales to realize the prevailing high prices, but recovered later in the afiernoon, but not to the best figures of the day. The money market was without any newyfeature, and rates on call were still quoted at six to seven percent. Foreign exchange was doll but firm on ‘the basis of 10974 for prime bankers’ sixty day ster- Ing bills. The course of gold, despite the sale of govern- ment treasure and the payment to-morrow of about twenty-five millions for the May coupons, had an upward tendency. Indeed, checks for an amount variously estimated at from five to ten millions were issued to-day. Of the whole amount of interest not Jess than fifteen millions is payable at New York. The lower price of bonds at London had something to do with the advance, which was to a point one- quarter per cent higher than the highest of yester- @ay. The range of price is shown as fol lows:— wP. M. 14% 5 P.M : +134 ash gold was heavy in the early morning and six per cent was paid for carrying. Toward Clearing House time, however, loans were made “flat.” The range in the afternoon was from three per cent for carrying to fat. The report of the Gold Exchange Bank is as follows:— Gold cieared.. Gold balances. Currency balances The falling off in the specie reserve of the Bank of England seems to have been followed by a lower quotation for consols and for our government securi- tées in London, which latter declined to #04. Pri- vate despatches say to 797%. Doubtless ~~ rise 10 gold yesterday and to-day has also been infuential in effecting this decline. Ali these causes resulted in @ yielding in the home government market, the 67's showing particular weakness and sell. ing as low as 116%. The following were the closing street prices this evening:—United States sixes, 1881, registered, 118 @ 118%; do., coupon, 118% a@ 118%; do, five-twenties, registered, 113% & 113%; do. do, coupon, 1862, 121K a M1%; do. do., coupon, 1864, 117 @ 117K; do, do., coupon, 1865, 119; a 11954; do. do., coupon, new, 1865, 1164 @ 11634; do. do., coupon, 1867, 116% @ 116%; do. do., coupon, 1868, 11644 a 116%; do., ten- forties, registered, 107 a 107%; do. do., coupon, Wi & 108%; currency bonds, 106 a 106\. In Southern securities the features were the Ala- bama eights, which advanced to 103, and Louisiana levee eights, which touched 90, The old Louisiana bonds were in good Gemand on foreign account. ‘The North Carolee were better and Tennessees Meaty. Prices ciowed.—lennessees, ex coupon, @ a 0%; do., Dew, 07% a O84; Virginias, ex cou- Pon, 55% 069; do., new, (2% a 69%; Georgia sixes, S14 & 83; do. sevens, 96 a 96);; do. do., interest pay- able in Georgia, 94 a #6; North Carolinas, ex coupon, G1 @ 61%; do., Dew, 55% @ 55%; Missouri sixes, 98% @ 88%; do., Hannibal and St. Joseph, 90 a 90; Louisiana sixes, 74 3 G0., levee do., 72% @ 73; Go. do., eights, 90 a 9054; Alabama eights, 103 a 104; do. fives, 70 a 71. ‘The following were the closing quotations of the last regular board:—Canton, 62% asked; Oumber- Jand, 30 0 33; Western Union, 45% a 434%; Quickail- ‘ver, 20% @ 21; Mariposa, 19 a 2114; do. preferred, 4314 Wid; Pacific Mail, 93% a % New York Central, 177 177%; Hudson River, 16714 a 158; Reading, 96% a 96%; Michigan Central, 129 asked; Michigan South. @rn, 103'¢ @ 108%; Mlinoia Central, 144 bid; Pitts- burg, 93 a 93%; Northwestern, 867% a 87; Rock Isiand,139 asked; St. Paul, 78 a 79%; do. preferred, 87 a 87): Wabash, 1347354; Ohio and Mississippi, 3334 a 33%. ‘The following were the closing prices on the call ‘at the last open board:—Cumberland, 90 bid; Adams Express, 61}4 © 62) Merchants’ Union, 15% bid; Quicksilver, 20% a 21%; Pacifle Mall, 03% 95%; Western Union Telegraph, 43 a 43%; New York Cen- tral, 1763; 9 176%; Mariposa, 19% bid; do. pre- ferred, 43% a 44%; Hudson River, 157 @ 157); Harlem, 15134; Reading, 96% a 96%; Chicago and Alton, 160 @ 161; Alton and Terre Haute, 39 a 404; Go. preferred, 68% a 69%; Toledo and Wabash, 73% *79)4; Columbus, Chicago and Indiana Central, 48% 8 45%; Milwaukee and St. Paul, 78 a 7814; do. pre- ferred, 87a 87%; Ohio ana Mississippi, 3336; Fort Wayne, 140% & 140%; Michigan Southern, 108% a ® 103)4; Tiinols Central, 144 a 145%; Cleveland and Pittsburg, 99; Lake Shore, 102% a 103; Rook fsland, 337% & 19734; Northwestern, 86% @ 86%; do, pre- ferred, 08% a 98. The receipta for customs and the receipts, pay- mente and balances at the Sub-Treasury in thi for the expired portion of the week Rave been ss follows:— ‘ Oustom House. ————91id- Treasury.-——__, Receipts. Receipts, Payments. Balances, April 96,. $986,676 $1,254,639 $2,707,518 $87,142,090 Aen Sites a.ketias — GonAT | AaasonD April 20.. 924,459 1,364,477 6,911,443 82,888,047 + $78,179,000 2,137,960 2,883,228 April 90.. 372,000 8,300,441 2,438,718 88,754,776 Up porbahums the of Ary wopda as puis por for "WBW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, MAY °, 1965.—TRIPLE week ending April 29 comp we oe: A-amall lot State was sold at «ate with the previous | A small lot State was 135. Beth barley and barley nomtoal. Fisv.—With an active demand and a continued light stock Prices were higher, these prices there were ‘fully 3,000 lackerel were still in light supply, ket was higher—the sales ont 600 bbls. ‘& fair demand, the sales bein for scaled and 35c. a Sic. fer No. 1. Labrador Oo ere dl and nomisalrat G8 25 for ecale fferings being light The chartering bust- rt and bbl. "Pickled fish we id B6 FRE1GNTS.—The market wi and rates were without im ness continued to rule di Liverpool, per steamer, 27,000 bush vox. 500 bales cotton at d$d., ‘urg per steamer, 4,000 boxes 'e: bales cotton at ‘4d, and To Antwerp per steamer, hhds. tobacco at 88s. 6d e ate 3 were :—A bark 409 i 2 ae orders, with 2,200 bbl troleum, at 4s. 94., and 6d. off if to a dfrect port; a bark from Pictou to Montreal, with coal, at §: x river Plate with 340,000 feet lumber, 20) tons, and a Danish bri; and an American bark, 1, it 5 & 3 a BLASe2Eg es TIRANA’ = S RO SRK ee zEfE3 ee go 53 Pe Pe op ce Pay 290 tons, to Cadi ‘bia. to Nicaragua and back, but weak in price, “ ES. — Bags were in t l6ige.a Ve. Sale as sought after to a fair extent and high being 700 bales on private terms aud 00 do. at 21, ed at the close. Hpk CUTTINGS.—Matamoros were hermes non but little activity See gaesezeaga ) = "Sere $s £85 es 01 im the market, the de- foll x 3g ntes. 21 a 28 }be., We. a I a We.; Orinoco, 20a 22 Ibs., 21 a 160. ag they run; Ba 5 10) Ohio & Misa RR. ors I de 1000 ©, CAT CSA. 5000 N'J Cen, new bi 1000 M & St Plat... 2000 Toi,Peok W Int, on a3 a ige.; Maracaibo, 20 auila was in active demand, ehiet, and the market was decidedly higher, closing al The sales were about 2,00 bales o arrive here and in Boston at 13c. a 1 for aemalllot, Jute was quiet. Sisal was dull and nominal at 0 Be. A IGe., do., in bond. The demand was without iny was light. Prices were heavy, lower, ranging at from Se. a 18e. for htiferior to choice grades. 100 H &St Jos RR pre! 913g 300 Col, C IG Rit os Dg> & Sioux C.. Querter-past Twelve o’Clock P. M. 814000 US 5-20, ¢, Segrrsee gold—the latter rovement, ani the hough not quotably InoN.—Seotch pig was in: demand, and, bein; stock, was held with firmness at former prices, There were arnock, from ship, on private term: and 25 do. Coltness, in yard, slemand, but sparingly Haif-past Two o’Clock P. } Quickstiver Min, sales of 300 tons Glen, 100 do, Eglinton, do. at ‘American’ was in 1 at $10000 Tenn 6's, ex cou. e demand being only for however, at 70c. a 1 ‘@ $1 10 for Ma- in value. Sales 50 tons jar was quoied at lyc. Fiemlock sole was in moderate demand from manufacturers, and STREET QUOTATIONS. Half-past Five o’Clock P. M. but dull for other kinds. Hough Was dull aud prices were Reavy. Wi Baya g RG) ‘St Paul pref.... Mich Southern. 1 western pf 98% a a a dbo. Ye, a 26c, Poor damaged, all kinds gb light, 37c. a 40c.; middle and heavy, Receipts and Disbursements at the Office of the United States Assistant Treasurer at New York for the Month of April, 1869. March 31, 1869, by balance. Receipts during the month: = & ABc. . Ave. 42c.a4ic, 39c, a 4c. MOLASSFs.—The market continued to rule quiet, but in Prices of most kinds there waa considerable steadiness, By auction 40 bhds. Demerara at 5c. a Sic. a and mixea Cuba muscovado, Cuba muscovado, Heavy Bellies, 22c. a Me, seeees $87,695,447 Internal revenue ..... ‘Three per cent certificat Post Omce Department Navat Stonns.—Receipts, 7 do, rosia and 200 do, tar. quiet. ‘The demand being light and with fair offerings prices y's quotatians, viz. :—47c. a 48c, Kotin-Sirained was freely sought after, and with light offer- ther brands were quiet, but bbls. spirits turpentine, 800 Disbursing acc me Assay Office....... were rather heavy at yeate: strained and low, No 2, at $2.65 “a. $2 Bic, ' Wo No.2, $270 a $3; No. $5 60; and extra do., 86 38 her; 135 bbls. Wilmin 100'do., thin, at $3 25, and quoted #2 75, on private terms. -AKE.—-Weatern was dull ans 50 far was in active demand, chiefly at $255 for 900 do., Washington, 1d nominal at 847 50 8 a $1 05 i. Bete | Balance to Cr. Treasurer U. Do. disbursing accounts Do. Assay Office Recetpts for customs in April, 1869 Receipts for customs in April, 1868.. Seal ofl was firm at 67c.. gold in “ new do. at 65¢., and to be delivered in Boston ran dil ad heavy at gt a * rude sperm, tan 2, uu ben 30,006 old process at G0c., $0, do, at 67e.-—all gol York. $1 1, blenched winter 1 90, and new bleached do. at PROVISIONS.—Receipta, 424 very quiet, there Increase in 1860... do, Tne market for Y Sins at Gal for ol 81 12S . al ‘at $31 for old mess, $3125 for new do. and $2625 for ext ime. x ere rted fe very. city being quoted I2\c. a n “Bel: ic. a Wan fuiets but $18 for extra do, Statement of Business at the United States Assay Office at New York for the Month Ending April 30, 1869. Foreign coin.. Foreign bullion. United States bul Sales 75 bbls. at these prices. Beef after and still stead: Cut meats were atil ama were more sought Sales 175 bbie. at slow of sale and heavy at 18. for dry salted and pickled shoulders, 154c. for smoked do., Ic. @ ickled hame and . & Wisc, for smoked and Bacon continued for Cumberland cut, 17\e. for suerte do. and United States bullion (Nevada)...... rime steam and kettle rendered Payable i COIN. .....+.++00+ Gold dara stam ace Transmitted to United States Mint, Philadel- phia for coinage... COMMERCIAL REPOR Frrpay, April 30—6 P. M. BUILDING MATERIALS.—The market for most articles coming under this heading was quiet, but prices were quite steady. Eastern spruce was in fair request, and, with a light stock, prices were steady at $21 s @25 for common to choice schedules; sales 400,000 feet, Latha were steady fat 83, with moderate sales at that price, Rosendale cement was selling freely at @2 per bbi., while lime was unchanged, being in moderate demand and steady at $1 for common and $2 for lam Nght demand, and prices were beary at of activity in the mar- ‘Orange and Sussex, fresh elsh tnba, falr to good, 34c. and State and Weatern, common, was in moderate demand and'stead: at'the following qnota- fancy and Cheddar shaj Yair quality, 2c. a 21¢.; farm do., quality, 220, « 23¢., aud do., fair to good do., Prrroveum.—Crode in bulk was doll at 17) some bolders demanded 17%c. a 18e. No sales were repo fined was only mod suite steady at yesterd ‘here were sales of 500 bhis. 120 test) at 38c., 500 do. for the |i lo. for the last - May o1 Bares ly sought after, but ular, closing ate. N4¢., and 1,000 do. for the last at 324) 1000 do. c. ‘ Mine Rick. —Carolina was quiet and firm at 83g. gpon.to prime. ‘There weresmall ales within Lay Tn Boston we heard. 0 in value, clover $4.0 84 60, and’ rough SKINs.—For both goat and mwa. was in adic. No sales of Corton.—There was a fair ket, the demand being ebieft more steady, particularly for the 2,044 bales, inciu specniation and beard of no sales, We eae the current quotation: ‘plandaand Mobiie and continued in demand and firm, and sales Seakate at 82 duty deer the market was ... Rio to rule firm, thoi no further sales, Ceylon wasin demand, Sunnyeide were sold on private terme. waa considerable inquiry, and 3, were Kept private. Other kinds, though quiet, & Ske. cu >} SUGAR.—There was ® fair demand for raw, pri sales were to a 1 & for Cuba, and Ilige. = Ie. for Porto Rico and Eni 70 boxes Havana at 13%¢. a 13%¢. ‘fame, Bion, Ve. fined was rather more active and more steady in value, jn 5 varket gold, duty pal At ad steady rican, é snd we heard of ws reported. Prices were Grange in bond and LORDAGER. ~ Mani continaed Ye, Tarred wy at ITKe. a 18ige, Within there were 8 few small sales. was dull and lower, 2 tons were sold ge of these SreLree —Silesl at 86 27g, gold, MAORTI—Refined was steady at 45c., at which price . though quiet, wae steady at 18jge. 4c. No sales of moment, demand was fair, and with » light stock prices were steady and firm at Itgret arantiont ot lots consumms i fand the market wanshrm at E3ie. 0 2s. f w moat all’at the sg oe to oa Samal price—and Hise. for June, and Sige. for July delivery, “| Dykwoons.--Logwood waa scarce and firm at about #25, [¢ Domingo, and 97 do. for Jamaica. Other kinds Ft AND GRAtn. —Recel corn meal, 10,214 bushels corn, ket ruled quiet but steady. Lo beld firm. oats. The dour mar- YH wanted +, er pot lowing day of the Fear in the Hour trade, while to-mortow te moving da} lier than they would have been. healthy tone. California aged: The sacs in but itttle de ‘The sales were 126 TALLOW was in active demand for export at about former The sales were fully 060,000 ibs., almost all at 11jge. | kinds pig were slow of sale, the, demand were generally steady. were 4 ROld | Hanon, S53¢0. & Be, do. and alien ‘wore tone of the, Intier st Bier & were general , fur was inoderavely active and bbls. Corn meal wae steady, with ations, We qnote:— ~Kentucky continued in active request and the xed, Tho enles were abun 94h 08 were about de. Seediesf was gh ‘Mge., 100 do. new Ce 1d Ohio on private terms, Spr business was ini Stour quotations, “We casa nnesota. 180 do, old do, and 40 Round hoon Ohio, lah was a Round noop Obto, trad #t, Louis low extra... ule straight extra. je choice double extra. Louis choice family... thern choice and family Southern superfine and ext ant.“ Manufactured was auiet, ex- ang im tolerably active demand * aateRateressacsecs 2) SessSsssessessssee & was rather more {i 5 Massachusetts filers jowever, we ich was pot paid. inter wheat was dull aud cmap on s a Wray . Pennay! So aa Ohio fillers. nage mon, Aige. & tc. ; good, ites ‘he. & We.; two cul, $1 02 a $108; aver ite do. and #8e, for The salen were about a were Bela eta cage okene Duabels at flee ¢ medium, Me, Bin da ak work—Common and medium, 16c. a 2¢.. do, and good and fue, Ste. a Sue, do. MONTULY STATEMPNT OF THE NEW YORK AND BROOK- LYN TOBACCO INSPECTION WAREHOUSES. ‘New York inspection :— .. Ohio, Md, a a nw ee » © Mie ios > 4 3.015 7% 0 6 Die Hl ri 3,90 ile 6,543 e lea of moment. WHALEFOOTS,—Bleached and unbleached were steady at 10c, a Lic. respectively ; the former were still scarce, WHALEBONE,—All kinds were dull and nominal, Woot.—But little demand prevaila for fleece, and that is almost exclusively confined to small lots to supply the im- mediate wants of manufacturers, who cannot be induced to buy to any extent, except at some reduction from present prices, consequent upon the continued duiness and depres- sion in the woollen goods market. Holders are anxious to Tealize, though generally indisposed to grant, any conces, sion in prices. to effect sales, in view of the smallness Of the stock, Pulled is sought after ouly to a moderate ex- tent, but withont change in value. Texas is slow of sale, but being in light stock is held at full prices, Callfornie is qulet, but steady for spring, which 1s in light. stock, but dull and beat in fair supply. Foreign wools are still “ne |. Mestiza and medium wool are scarce, while Cape and descriptions are in fair supply. We juote : leece— Ohi ae and Virginia—Choice ony, 6c. a H6e.; X and XX do,, 48c. x Se. ; common and blood do., 47e. & Sic, New York, Michigan and Indiana and above, 46:, a Sic. ; common and % do. 47c. 0 0c, nols, Wisconsin and Towa—X and above, 6c. $ mon and 3 do., 47e. ; tub washed, ofc. a Medium to iine, 82c. a ; burry to common, 2e. fornta—Fall clip and lamba, 2, We. a 25c.; Hoy Mle, w 246. wae. 8. Sy 25e. tra pul California, 30c. a len, and, low do, 24c. a 30c, d0., Ble, m B8e., ‘The are 150,000 Ibs, fleece at 4c, a Bhc., incitiding 3,000 Western at 4¥c. a 50c, for fine, 20,000 Ohio (mostly X) ‘at 52c., 25,000 X and XX Ohio at Sic. « Séc., 3,000 common do. wt 50c., Indiana on private terms, 2,000 scoured at 72c.; alfo 45,0) Iba. pulled at dic, a dBc. for super and 43e, a 48c. for extra, Inc 10,000 Canada at 60c., 5,000. Ibs. Texas in lote at | and small lots California at prices within the ra: quotations above. Of foreign we have no sales of signifi- cance to report. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE, Operations at the Philadelphia Navy Yard— Sron-Clads Getting Ready for ServicemThe Working Force Largely Increased—Recon- struction of the Navy. PHILADELPHIA, April 27, 1869. The navy yard im this city has also been invigo- rated by a budget of orders trom the department at Washington. Buta few weeks ago the business of the yard dragged sluggishly along. The force of operatives had been gradually diminishing, the din and clatter of the workshops slowly waned until silence had almost taken possession of one of the largest construction yards in the navy. A small detachment of workmen was employed on the hull of the Omaha and in re- pairing the Brookiyn. With the incoming of the new administration and appearance of the “speck of war” that was raised by the foolhardy Spanish authorities in Cuba new life was infused into this almost degerted yard. Several hundred additional hands were at once taken on, and the ves- sels ordered to be refitted were brought up from the naval station at League Island. ‘The vessels now undergoing repairs here that are destined for service with the North Atlantic squad- ron would make a formidable fieét,. without includ- ing those under orders for that station that are being prepared at other yards. The iroa-clads were first visited by your correspondent, as they naturally seem to be first m importang¢ whenever the neces- sity arises to test their capabilities, The one nearest completion 1s the Canonicus, a veteran of the monitor class, which met with some hard knocks at Fort Fisher, She bears @ maltitude of honorable wounds, nearly all of which are located amidships, on the sides, on the turret and on the smokestack guard, Several of these shot marks bear indications of having been made at short Tange, and yet the greatest injury inflicted is an indentation in the fron plating about four inches deep, forcing the iron plating a littie more than an inch into the oak planks. The Canonicus is armed with two fifteen-inch guns in the turret. The od gans have been taken out and new ones substituted, which are sixteen inches longer than the oid It was thought that the latter had been too long in service to be safe, and, moreover, it was desired that the guns should be longer, so that che muzzies should roject further outside the turret. Her machinery Ras been thoroughly overhauled, and a large force of workmen Is now eng in putting it together, She is being scraped an ited and the interior wood work is being repaired. It is expected that she will be ready for sea in about three weeks. Next in order 1s the Miantonomoh, a splendid specimen of the monitor style of iron-clad. This vessel has two turrets, carrying four 15-inch guns. She has never been in action, but she has won something of a reputation as a fast steamer and an excellent seagoing vessel. The Miantonomoh, it will be remembered, ied Assistant Secretary G. V. Fox to St, Petersburg, and astonished the Kus- sians with the wonderfui improvement in naval architecture produced by the experience gained in thus country during the great rebellion. She is being entirely refitted. Tne machinery is to be put in good running order, alterations are to be made de, the botwom 18 to be repaired, and she is to be tt painted. Asteamer is expected to arrive in New York in a few days to take her to the Brooklyn Navy Yard, in order to put her in the dry dock. Both of the dry docks here are unavailabie, one being occupied by the sloop Brookiyn and the other being too small for the Miantonomoh. When ready for sea she will be commanded by Captain E. R. Calhoun. ‘The third iron-clad being repaired is the the longest monitor in the navy, with the e: of the Puritan, now being built at Leagui She is 318 feet between perpendiculars, 50 feet beam and 21 feet deep in the hold, She carries two 15-inch Dahigren gans. The Dictator has never been tried under fire. She was finished near the close of the war and was stationed for a few months at Fortress Monroe. Th ppearance of all these monitors is much the same—iong, low hull, lower amidships than at the bow and stern, decks slightly convex and plated with iron, notiing showing above the deck but the turrets, pilot houses, smokestacks and ventilators. The machinery, however, is different in each vessel, both that for propelling and that for revolving the turret. Each of the engines ap; to be built on @ different plan from the others, the prin- ciple only being the same—that of Ericsson's original monitor engine. fhese are ail the iron-clads that are being fitted out here, at least these are ali for which orders have yet been received. There are a number of others Sine Island, some of which are expected to be up for repairs when those now at the yard are completed. The Juniata, steam sloop, is also being fitted out for service, and the work is being hurried as much as possible, a4 she ie under orders for the North At- lantic squadron. When her duty inthe West Indies is ended it is thought she will be sent to China. The Juniata is 205 t long, 38 feet beam and 16 feet in the hold, She will carry six 9inch Dahigren guns, one 11-inch pivot, one 60-pounder Parrott rifle and two boat howitzers. She served in the North Atlantic squadron during the war and par- ticipated in the engagements at Fort Fisher, but since the latter part of 1867 she has been lying here. The machinery for the Juniata is betng constructed at the machine shops of this yard, and she is ex- pected to be ready for sea in about five weeks. ‘The steam sloop Brooklyn 1s now in the dry dock, and a strong force of workmen is employed in get- ting her ready for service. She is undergoing a gen- eral reconstruction; all the defective tmbers are being replaced by sound ones; her planking will be entirely new. Her machinery is in the shops, bat few men are work! on it, the orders juiring that the monitors shall be fitted out first. She wiil probably be ready for duty in about four months, Be ha shed, and on the stocks, is a half finished hali of the hage monitor Shakamaxon. This vessel ‘was commenced toward the ciose of the war, and work was suspended on her when the rebellion ter- minated, She is 332 feet in length between ‘pen- diculara, 66 feet beam and 18 feet depth of hol All her machinery and the iron work for plating, tur- 7 houses and everything ne to com. plete her are stowed away under sheds, waiting for some contingency that will render it necessary to resume her construction. In the large ship house the unfinished hull of the steam sloop Antietam stands on the stocks. This vessel was commenced near the close of 1466, and work was #1 ded on her in 1867, She is beauti- fully modelled, jong, deep and narrow, and intended to be a fast veasel. Her length is 312 feet, her beam 46 feet and her depth of hold 21 feet. The ship house had to be I hened about thirty feet for her accommodation. She i# pierced for twenty-one ns, one @ pivot gun. ‘The other ship house is occupied by the steam sloop ich is so far forward that she can be for launching tm from three te four months. The a is 260 feet long, 38 feet beam and 19 feet deep in the hold, and will carry es Ft Jon gun to be mounted on a pi: is led A boned to the Ant doubtless prov a vessel. The only other vessel at this yard is the Potomac, used Bg recetving ates and commanded by Com- modore DeCamp. Her crew at present te c but a orders have recently been given for recruit ing it is expected that in afew weeks she will be filled to her greatest capacity. ‘The Ordnance Department at thts yard is merely a storehouse for the issue of supplies. No manufac: ta of arms or ammunition is carried on, and the rend ! the ae wasn are only used for mar. rT opal len gun carriages. Tne ne alone worth a Finit to this A large Pe ad small arms, cutiasses, pikes and sabre bayonets is kept on hand. They are ranged in racks along the sides and tn the centre of the room. fon of te amalier kinds, symotouls: atrsnged Es jon of 8, a circies, squares and other figures, Ali Sho Workshops are now in full operation, The and will rt buzzing of the saws, the jJoud shriek of the planing and the rattle of machinery betoken the activity that prevalis and makes cheerful mi to the ears of the me- chanic, Wo nae veanan to resoice over tbe brighten- ing Prospect that is opening before him. hg FG og oe rw: on ty Pn gr lore J. B. Marchand, ant; lurray, executive officer; mander f, ©. Harris; Commander W. P- Mecann, Mate M. K. Henderson; Commodore J. &. Goldsbor- ugh, inspector of ordnance; Commander A. Pen- assistant ‘tor of ordnance; S. M. Pook, aval constructor; T, D, Wilvon, assistant naval con- structor; A, Lawton, chief rgineess A. Adamson, frat semetans, eaemeer §. W. Robinson and C. A. Uber, assistant engineers; W. G. bitloery Lieuten - Pe aR 5 ir W. N. Watmoug! of Poreminn Si J. McClelland, Passed Assist- ant Surgeon D, Bannon, R. Given, lain; Ee Kenney, boatswain; W. perpen George L, Albro and ©. Dugan, gunners; H. M. Griffiths, carpenter, Ow! to the fact that this yard 1s wholly occupied shops and collections of material, the surroundings of which canuot be kept in very neat order, it is impossible to keep the yard m the same neat and cleanly condition that is seen at naval Posts used more as stations tian as depots of con- struction and, repair. The store houses, grounds avout the officers’ quarters, the camp and barracks, and the marines themseives, are as neat, however, as an excelient state of discipline can make them. ‘The Iron-Clad Fleet at League Island—The Chattanooga, Hornet and Rebel Ram Ata- lanta to be Sold. PHILADELPHIA, April 28, 1869, Having given some description of the vessels now being refitted at the Philadelphia Navy Yard for duty in Cuban waters, 1t may be interesting to know something of the great fleet of iron-clads stationed at League Island, in the Delaware river, about four niles below the city of Philadelphia, The prolonged and animated discussion in Con- gress over the purchase of this island for a naval station must still be fresh in the memory. Nume- Tous arguments were used bf those whose interest Jay in defeating the measure, to the diparagement of the place, nearly all of which, expe- rience has shown, existed only in imagina- ton. League Island is about three and a@half miles long and three-quarters of a mile in width. The only defect to be found in the station whieh seems to be of any consequence is that the island is very low, being at its highest point but slightly elevated above the level of the river. A large portion of the island, therefore, 1s swampy, and will need a great deal of work to make it thoroughly dry and serviceable. A levee about four feet high at present protects the island from being submerged in its lowest parts during an unusual rise in the river, Littie or noth- ing has been done towards converting the island into the commodious naval station it is expected, in the course of time to become. Tae commandant of the station resides in an antiquated mansion, situated near the centre of the island, while the other oficers on duty are obliged to content themseives with nar- row berths in the ward room of the old steam sloop: St. Louis, which is anchored at the dock, and roofed over to protect the occupants from the weather. A few hundred yards from the dock is the spot where the steamer New Ironsides was burnt near the close of 1868. The government sold the wreck to an individual, who had an eye toa ricb speculation in old irom, for $50,000, By surrounding the wreck with water tight cribs, connected by heavy chains, which were passed beneath the wreck, at low water, and by drawing -0b the .chains, the old hull was gradually liited trom her muday bed as tne tide rose, and carried up the river. By short movements of titis kind the wreck has been carried about three- quarters of a mile up stream, the object being to get her into shoal water, Thus far the purchaser has recovered avout $30,000 worth of iron. Orders were received at the island yesterday tosend the steamer Pushmataha, which has been lying up here, to the navy yard to be fitted up for sea. She is to have a light spar deck, some alterations are to be made in her keel and her machinery 1s to be over- hauled. phe is to be ordered on duty as soon as finished, and it is thought that the duty wili be with the West India squadron. . The other vesseis on the eastern side of the island, in the main channel, are the following: finish her or turn her to avy account, ‘The s:eam sloop Chattanooga, one of the vessels of the Wani- panoag class, ‘These vessels were built with a view of securing the greatest rate of speed to be attained by steam vessels, and the matter ol expense Was not taken much into consideration in their construction. ‘They were intended to make sudden dashes out to sea in cl of fast vessels used Cig eo war for run- pronounced failures, principally because they are so taken up with machiaery, and consume so 1arge a quantity of coal that it has been found impossible to carry in 8’ fuel. ‘Che Chatta- nooga is called by the officers a “box of ma- chinery,” im ridicule of the vast space taken up by her engines and boilers, It is believed that ali this ning the biockade; but they have them more than five or six day: class of vessels will be condemned as useless and #0! Alongside of the St. Louis lies the old rebel ram Atalanta, which was builtat Savannah, Ga., with the | some of jewelry contributed by the ladies of the gus confederacy. it seems that she did not realize the great expectations indulged du her construc- tion, She 18 @ powerfully built vessel, but was <is- abled by the very first shot tired ather. The shot entered the pilot house, disablimg the ram and Kill- ing and wounding seven men. An offer of $40,000 has been made to the government for her, and it is thought that a board of officers will meet here to appraise her, after which she wilt be sold. ‘ne vessels stationed here which are most interest- ing to the visitor are the irou-ciads lying in the back channel, on the western side of the island. There are monitors enough, lying in line, to stretch over haifa mile. They touch each other at the ens, and the men stationed on them as watchmen pass from one to another by means of narrow wooden bridges. in our tour of these iron-chads we walked for more than half a mile in a straight ime over the iron-piated decks of monitors. At tne western end of tie line is the Hornet, sidewhee! steamer—a beautiiully modelled vessel, Sue was built in England for running the blockade, and was noved for speed, steaming eusily seventeen knots an hour. When engaged in biockade running she bore the name Lady Stirling. She was capiured near Wilmington, N. C., by a tugboat, and wus fitted up as asteam yacht lor the use of President Lincein. Offers are now being made to the government by pri- vate parties for her purchase. All the monitors irom this end of the line to near the middie are veterans which bave seen the rougn- est Kind of service, and are thickly covered with shot wounds, The Passaic 1s literaily battered from stem. and yet not one of the many shots that struck her injured verso much as to disable her, The following monitors bave been in action, have each one turret and are armed with two gu 1é-inch Daighren and one 11-inch navy a tucket, Nahant, Catskill and Sangamon. The Nahant and Sangamon are in very good order, having re- cently been repaired; but the others show their age, hard service and exposure quite plainly. The tron nd on the decks, too, is rusting rapidly away. ‘hese vessels would needa good deal of work to get them ready for service. The Lehigh and the assaic each Carry one 15-inch gun aud one 150- pounder, Parrott. They bear more bruises than any of the other vessels, aud will need more iavor to refit them, ‘The rest of the iron-clads are light draught vessels, known as the Steiner model. fhey proved to be total failures, inasmuch as when they had their fuel, men and guns aboard, their decks were under water, They have since been altered by raising the deck in the centre twenty-two inches, which has cured the defect. They are all in excellent order and can be ready for duty in a few days, it being only necessary to overliaul and oil the machinery, They are named as follows:—Koka, Suncook, Cohoes, Yazoo, Tunxis, Waxsaw, Squando, Nausett, Modoc, Nanouc and Napa. The three jatier have been fitted up as tor- pedo boats, These vessels have no turrets; the gun, @ Parrott, is situated on an open platform on the be > forward of sg pilot Latta League. titend, The government, in purchasing e Islan 80 bought the right to 300 feet of the mainland on the northern shore of the back channel, inside of which line no citizen 19 to erect @ building. An ave- nue isto run the whole length of this reservation, from the Schuylkill to the Delaware river, to be called Government avenue. Broad street runs across the island, and a bridge connects the isiand at this point with the mainiand. It is ho) that an eee will soon be made by Congress, so at Work may be commenced at thé earliest possl- ble day to make this station valuable to the navy as @ harbor for ironselads, The naval station at League Island is at present under the command of Commodore 0. 8. Glisson and is officered as follows:—Commander G. M. Ran- som; executive oficer; Commander, E. W. Henry; Lieutenant Commanders, G. B. White aud C. Huntiogton; Master, W. H. Jacques; Passed Assist- ant Surgeon, T. N. Penrose; Paymaster, Arthur Bur- tus; Chief 4.Q. A. Zelgler; Firat Asalstani Engineers, W. Buehler, Hatd Plots; Second Assistant Engineers, Edward Stiles and Joseph Thomas; Chaplam, 0. R. Hale. ‘There aro sixty civilians and about sorty-five en- listed men employed on the island, Affairs at the Charlestown Navy Yard. Boston, April 29, 1569, The Boston Navy Yard, as itis termed, is not in Boston. It is, in fact, a mile or thereabouts outside the limits of the “Hub” ana upon territory coming under the shadow of Banker Hill and within the municipality of Charlestown, the most populous and enterprising of all the surrounding suburban cities of the New England metropolis. The appointments of the yard, as is well known, are as numeroas and excellent as those of any other In the United States, nd during the days of the rebellion it gave to the naval service more assistance than any other naval station under fhe control of the government. The Agnangs made upon st gave employment ty thou- ‘The Pari- tan, intended for a monitor, but which 1s at preseut in @ half finished condition, without turrets or ma- chinery of any kind, The Puritan is the longest of a the iron-clads, but no effort is being made to sands of men, and its facilities for turning out iron-clads and other vessels were nearly tripled to what they were before the attack on Fore Sumter, It is safe to state that nearly all the mon- itors and other craft which were notable for their efMficiency during the war were constructed at thie yard, although there were of course equally good Vessels furnished by other yards m the country, Since several months preceding the settlement of, the late misunderstanding between the North and South there has been a lack of activity in al) the departments of the yard. Where there were s thousand men employed six or seven years ago therg gre but g trife overs hundred now. Nonew essels have been built, and work upon several which were commenced during the last days of the war has been suspended im part or tm whole ever since. Some of the shops entirely closed up, and in others work is carried 0: more for the purpose of keeping the machinery spoiling than anything else, The total number of men employed in the yard is less than 800, bat indications for the past day or two it is possible that this number may be soon increased. There has. been considerable dissatisfaction of late on account. of the working of the eight hour law, and as there ig now a prospect of this difficulty being satisfactorily settled it is reasonable to anticipate that the gangs - of-workmen will be increased, and that the unsea- worthy vessels will be put in trim in accordance: with instructions from the Navy Department. The steamers Ticonderog& and Shenandoah, which arrived at the yard yesterday, went out of commission to-day, and oMcers and crews were paid ot and the crews discharged. The boilers of both are said to be defective, and there are other repairs which wil require several months to complete, but the instruc- tions of Secretary Borie are that they shall be pushed lorward immediately and the steamers got ready for S68) Again ae: 800 ‘ag possible. The leonderogs went into commission at the Philadelpiua yard November, 1865, and has been employed in European waters ever since. She left Lisbon on the 10th of March last, calling at Madeira and Bermuda, and ary rived in Massachusetts bay on Monday, although she did not come up to the navy € irpyce last even ing. She carries nine guns, and is officered as fole joWs:— Captain—R. H. Wyman. e grea a Commander and Executive Oftcer~Ae P. Cooke. ‘Lieutenant Commander and Navigating opicer— Alfred T. Snell. Paymaster—Aarthur J, Pritchard, Surgeon—Charies Martin, Engineers—Chief Engineer George F. Kuntz; Passed Assistant Engtheer, F. G. McKean; Second Assistant Engineer, W. A. Windsor; Acung Third Assistant Engineers, W. B. Bailey, W. H. Platt and John Bb, Burchmore. Leuenant Commanders—George H. Wadleigh, Henry Whiting and A. R. McNair. Assistant Surgeon—F. W. Wunderlich. Second Lieutenant of Martnes— M. C. Goodsell, Ensigns—W. W. Gilpatrick, Hugh W. McKee, W. = McGunnagie, Eugene H. CO. Leatze aud Henry C. unter. Boatswain—Robert McDonald. Captain’s Clerk—Edward R. Seager. Paymaster’s Clerk—J. W. Dailey. ‘The Shenandoah satied from Hong Kong, China, November 10, via Batavia December 8, Cape Town February 7, and St. Helena February 25. Her oM- cers are a8 follows:— Captain—H, Febiger. Lieutenant Conmanders—Chester Hatficid, Smith W. Nichols, 8. A. McCarty, C. S. Coiton, kt. S. Chen, C. G. Sigsbee and 1. @. B. Glidden, Ee ibigeed M. Thomas, . Longmecher and M. B. Bufo! Engimeers—Chief Engineer, R. M. Bartiemang First Assistant Engineer, . Turner; Second Assis- tant Engineers, H. Snyder and J. W. Patlerson> Acting Third Assistant Engineers, John S. Kingstey, C. B, Nichols ana W. H, Fouchton. ‘Surgeon—A. U. Rhodes. Acting Assistant Paymaster—C. M. Guild. First Lieutenant of Marines—R. L. Meade. Mates—M. H. Cleaves, G. W. Pratt, F. W. Cotton, |. W. Cooper, E. B. Bradbury, James Oliver, H. H. Johnston. Captain's Clerk—B, Johnson. Paymaster’s Clerk—Jacob Harden. The gunboat Seminole, which has been fitted out: here during the past few weeks. pulled away from the yard this morning,-and will sail for Hampton Roads this evening. she carries 111 men, besides @ nae guard of about a dozen, and 1s oiicered as folhows:— o Commander—Elias K, Diven. Lieutenant Commander—Chariles E, Clark. Lieutenant—Edaward 8. Keyser. Masters—Wilitam H. Brice, Eugene W. Riberer? Edward F. Strong, George M. Book (promoted t heutenant). Marwe Opicer—Lieutenant E. R. Robiason. Surgeon—Jobn J. Gibson. Assistant Surgeon—W. 8. Willes, Paymaster—Jerry Linsley, Jr. Engimeers—Ciief Engineer, Philip Inch; Assist- ant Engineers, Joseph Triliey, W. C. Monroe (dee Le before sailing), J. A. B. Smith and Charles H. lanning. Acting Boatswain—Jonn Hale. The receiving ship Ohio, which bas for years been identified with this yard, is manned by a crew of about fifty, and is also furnished with a band of about a dozen pieces. She has only forty-four ree cruits on board at the present time; but inasmuch’ as orders to recruit were received to-day it 1s likely. the number will be rapidly increased. First class sailors are wanted, and no naval apprentices wiM be received, although a few boys may be received for general service. The following are the oficers of tne Ohio:— Commander—Andrew Bryson. Executive Officer and Lieutenant Commanding— Weld N. Allen. : Lieutenant Commanders—James D. Grabam and Lewis Clark. Lieutenan!—Thomas F. Wade. Ensign—C. B. Gill. Surgeon—Join 3, Kitchen. caymaster—J, 8. Smith, The Pompanoosuc 1s still on her stocks, and the pont ee are that she will remain there for some me, The Manitou has been launched, and is now ree ceiving her machinery, The tugboats Lyon and Palos are still retained at the yard; but there is very little for them to do, The Quinsigamond (tron-clad) is still on the stocks, and work on her is progressing moderately. ‘The other iron-ciads at the yard are the Agamenti- cus, Shawnee and Wassuc. The old line-of-battle ship Virginia has been on the stocks at the yard for thirty years, and the prospects are that she will remain there thirty years ie The Alaska is being fitted for sea, and the Nantas- ket will come up from the Portsmouth yard in a few days to be prepared for service. and the Algona will go down to Portsmouth for the same purpose, ‘The old Niagara is lying quietly at the yard, and also the Kewaydian, the Amonoosuc, the Wyom and the Wabash, the wo lacter laid up in ordinary. ‘The old ship Supply 1s still used as the storeskip of the station. Commodore John Rodgers is the Commandant of the yard, Captain Foxhall A. Parker the executive oiticer, John Madigan and Edwin E. Potter the com- mander and heutenant commander, H. C. Keene the acting volunteer lieutenant, F, W. Morris the master and Commander W. K. Mayo the Po officer. Captain D. McN. Fairfax is at the bh ot the ord- nance departmei Samuel W. Pook is the con atructor, Elbridge’Lawton the chief engineer, Cap- tain J. C. Williamson the equipment onicer, L. Davis the paymaster, J. B. Rittenhouse the in- spector of provistous and clothing, William Joknsog the surgeon, and the commander of the marine bar- racks is Colonel C. G. McCawley. GENERAL NOTES, ‘The falls at St. Anthony, Minn., are rapidly wash ing away. In the California State Treasury there is $1,400,006 lying idle. The Cashmere goat is being extensively introduced in Utah. ‘The sugar season in the West has been a very pro-« fitable one. ‘Thi across the Mississippi at St. Louis is tq peas one bene wat New Jersey has some eighteen establishments en- gaged in the production of slik goods. The Ratiroad Subscription law in Davenport, Towa, has been declared unconstitutional, It ts reported that excellent nutmegs are found in the Sierra Nevada Mountains tn California, The grain movement in New Orleans is m with great success in the matter of subscriptions. General Thomas 8. Haymond, of Richmond, Va., i¢ dead. He was formerly s prominent politician of the Old Dominion, Arkansas negroes, it is said, deserve praise for the way they ate working and the interest tia: a great many of them manifest in trying to obtain an honor- abie living. In Nevada there ts a Ruby Valley, 60 colled on ac- count of the immense number of rubies (ound in the sands of the mountain streams pewing unror It. These gems, though very beautiful and porte too smail to be merchantable, the largest vemg the size of a pin head. At the present time not one acre out of 500 acres Of the cotton idnds of Texas 1s wader cultivation, and there Is one-third more cotton pianted than ever be- fore. Cattle are so abundant that they are slaughtered by droves merely for their hides, whic! are sent to San Antonio, while their carcases re main on the prairie, oun fact that thore are Bo pooh Aged dg unker beggars, is ow! matic arrangements miaife by these sects for care of their posr. Jewish synagogue has @ committee of the most respectable members, whose business it is to become acquainted with the’ condi- tion of every Hebrew in their district, and, if neces. sary, to afford assistance. Homtcrps i Havennit., Mass.—The Lawrence American states that on Monilay evening two per- sons entered the liquor saloon of N. H. Banfleld, 5 Haverhill, both of whom were under the influence liquor, and demanded drink, but were re‘used by Mr. Banfleld, and sent away. They aiterwards re- turned, and, being refused admittance, one of them endeavoring to force his way in was forcibly ejected, and in the melée Mr. Banfleid struck him, seal him against his companion, who was so intox! 4 not to be able to withstand the shock, and he feil, striking hia head against some projecting object, ine