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Export* and Ixftbts. —It has been claimed by many persons, that inasmuch as the official publications >f tbo Treasury Department ex hibit an apparent balance of exports over im ports during the three years, 1803, 1864. and 1860, that our foreign trade must at the pres ent time bo in an exceedingly prosperous con dition. It teems, however, that cno very important fact has been lost sight of, viz: that tbe values of exports in tbo official, records are Wrency values, while the import values are in gold. It th-refore becomes necssary, in order to a comparison iretween the exports and im ports, that tbeir differing values should be equalized and conformed to one standard, and the import* being paid for in Europe in gold, the gol<! -tandard is chosen as the most conve nient* Tbo exports in gold values for 18C3, 1864, and 1865, aa shown by the official figures in (be Treasury Department, stand as follows: 1863 $250,152,851 1864 218 326,059 1864 194,867,031 Total 663,346,581 The exports in currency values stand ; . 1863 ~ 332,008,582 * 1864 304,556 874 1866 v 336,697,123 Total 973,262,67 9 Tbe imports are as follows : ' 1863 252 919 920 1864 329,562.895 1805 .221 339,810 Total 816,822,626 Exports 3 years, ofljel tl values. .978,262,679 Imports 3 years official values.. .816,822,625 Apparent excoss of export* 156,440 054 Kxpts. 3 years, actual gold value 663,346.581 Imptw 3years, actual gpld va1ue.810,82‘2,625 Actual excess of imports 153,476,044 This excess of imports is paid for in United States bonds. Reduction or the Public Debt.— We take the ollowing figures from the New York Herald, found In its regular Washington correspon dence. They present a very encouraging stato of facts: II t in computed from official data that since the last annual report of the Secretary of tho T'e.asury, made on the 30th of October last, he h is reduced the aggregate amount of the pub lie debt $20,000,000, and has paid $20,000,000 of currency interest on seven-thirty bonds, and s.'(o 000,000 coin interest on gold-bearing bends, making an aggregate of currency and coin interest of paid. In addition to this he liaH paid all tho current expenses of the Government, and a large amount of requi sitions from tho War and Navy Departments, covering war txpenses accrued previous to this n p rt, not before Included in his statement of the public debt. On November Ist, ids coin bulauce was $34,651,987 15, his currency bal ance $33,800,591 54, making an uggreg he ot $08,355,673 59. On Match Ist. he hail in coin $55,730,192 ft!, and currency $00,282,707 12, pj iking an aggregate of $110,618,959 24 of coin and currency -an increase 6f coin of $21,181,104 97, and an increase of currency of $20,482,175 58—total increase of money fn the Tn usury, in gold and currency, of $47,» 603,180 55. in inlet’, the public debt has been reduced $29,000,000 since November Ist, while there is in the Treasury over $47,000,000 specie and currency more than at the lir* named date, showing an improvement in.the finances of the Treasury, In the debt and credit siate mei<t, of over S7O 500,000. There are still further encouraging lea'ures presented. This reduction ot the public debt is entirely In the shod date obligations, and interest bearing and plain legal tenders—all of which have move or less, au inditing tendency On No vember Ist, the outstanding seven-thirties were $830,000000. On March Ist, they were SBIB 011 ooo —showing a reduction of neaily $12,000,000. Tho increase of compound in tercsi notes during the sarno interval has been only $1,000,000, while tho decrease of one and two years’ legal tender notes has been $24,- 000,000, aelo' plain legal teuders $4,736,196. The legal tenders of all kinds in circulation on the Ist of November were $633,709,611. On tlio Ist ot March $605,981,114 —thus showing a decrease of $27,725,197. A Patriotic Apfkal. —Tho State election In Connecticut takes place tho first Monday in April. Both administration andanti-admin istrplion are at work earnestly. Tho Demo cratic State Committee, in their address to tho people make the anuexed patriotic appeal : Democrats ! As you regard the Constitution of your country—as you houfir aud would pre serve the Union founded by tho fathers—we appeal to you in this crisis, to sink personal and partisan prejudices ; and to genorously aftt with all freemen who"are friondiy to the policy of tho President. The best interest of a common country demand this at your hands Let your watchwords be, “Conciliation and harmony !’’ And to you, Conservative RepubPcans. let us also appeal. Will you not, in view of the dangersugaiust which tiie President has warned his countrymen, divest yourselves of all per sonal and partisan prejmlicv, and act with those who now i onestlv and ordeutly support tho President of your choice, in his patriotic efforts to h&rtnouizj tho ooi.tixtiug interests ot tho country. By your votes only, can you strengthen tho bauds ot Audiew Johnson. It, is only by a combination of ail the frieuds of the President, that he will bo able tocarry out his pcJicy for a speedy and complete restora tion of the Union, against the determined efforts of an arrogant an t radical policy, wlrch is as unscrupulous as it is reckless. The President himself appeals to you, uot for his own sake, but lor the welfare of our common country.— Will you herd his voice? The Democrats, seeking no*office at the hands of the President, will unite their votes with yours to sustain him iu his present struggle to make his policy suc cesslul. Will you fail in your duty, when the institutions of your country are menaced, and its best interests demand the efforts of all true men, regardless alike of past party affiliations, or past political differences? Thr Prksipsnt Si’kaks Again.—lu wply so Mr. Dawson who headed a delegation ot Ken tuckians, to lay belore the President the action of a mass meeting, latefy held at Frankfort, Mr, Johnson said : It was peculiarly gratifying to receive these assurances at this particular time. He truv id that the lasult would show that the couti dence thus reposed was cot misplaced, and should become a matter of regret upon the part those Who gave expression thereto. The result is regarded os a most critical juncture In the affaiis of the natiou—scarcely less so than when an armed and orgauiz.d force sought to overthrow tho Government, and to attack and cause a disruption of the Govern ment by au armed cambination and military forces. Our stand has been taken. Our cruise is marked out. We shall take no steps backward in our purposs ia this regard. We shall endeavor in good faith to make the administration of affairs of the Government copform to the Constitution iu its letter and 4w.rit. Therein is the only guarantees to the liberties of the people. It is hoped by au ad herauce to this rule to remedy ere long all the irregularities and annoyances to which the people have been subjected. Again do we assure you that these demonstrations of confi dence and assurances of support cf the Presi dent by the people are exceedingly cheering to me ; that we as gratefully and properly ap preciate them, and that our most earnest wish • W so to discharge the trust confided to us as to rherit them. Machinery Jfor the manufacture of beet sugar, has just ‘arrived from Frauce, at Chi coco. The of New Orleans have nomina ted John G Monroe for Mayor. G.-v. Harris’ family have applied lor per' mision to join him at Cordova, Mexico. Ttu thousand negro troops are 6<>ou to be musUredout of the service. The skeletou of a giant was fouud recent’y in Missouri. His height was thirty-eight feet, and his teeth ten inches long. SEWS SUMMARY The Internal Revenue Commission hym de cided to report in favor of a redoetionvw the tax on distilled spirits from $2 to *1 a gallon* Heavy earthquakes and active volcanoes are reported in Central America Jhe Ca.nese laborers at the Chinch a islands have risen on their overseers atd butchered many of them. Tbe liot was quelled by the troops. The Supreme Court of the United States sustains tbe President In his view that the Southern States have never been out of the Union. Congress alone assumes the doctrine thaf they have been and are out. All enlisted men imprisoned irrthe depart ment of Washington for des%rtioa have been liberated. Tbe Agawam Paper Mill, West Sjringfield, Mass, has been burned. Loss $50,000. The losseg by fire last year in New York a mounted to $8,000,000. General Fremont, it is expected, will be President of the Southern Pacific Railroad, now being incorporated by Congress. Montana Territory is soon to hold a conven tion to form a State Government Hog cholera is prevailing in Pike county, Ohio. A murder was recently deteoted iu Memphis by photographing the image left on the retina of the eye. Part of tbe murderer’s face is distinctly traced on the paper. Secretary btanton has issued orders to all mili'ary commandants to adopt the most vigi lant precautionary measures agiimt cholera* In Iberville parish, Louisiana, eix fine plan tations recently sold for the original cost of the sugar machinery. ' M. Lauglais, Maximilian’s Minister of Fi nance, is dead. The Department of the Missouri has been subdivided. Prig. General Philip St George Cooke commands the Department of the Platte, headquarters at Omaha, Nebraska General _ Pope’s headquarters remain at Fort Leaven-' worth. Tbe safe of Rufus Lord, of New York, was recently robbed ol bonds valued at $1,500,000. A reward of $200,000 is offered for their re covery.. A negro in Louisville, Ky., recently attempt ed to shoot a watchman, and came near being Aung by a mob. Avery extensive seizure of whiskey distille ries has been made in New York. Chattanooga has voted $200,000 for a direct railroad to Cincinnati. Stringent measures are being taken in New Orleans against the introduction of cholera. There has been quite a serious row in Nash ville between whites and negroes. The Treasury Agent at Ciarkesviile, Texas, is accused of “confiscating’’ seventeen hundred bales of cotton belonging to private parties. ' City Po nt, Virginia, has been broken up as a military post, because of the prevalence cl small pox among the negro troops. Rents are being raised in St Louis ten per cent. John Van Ruren has taken the stump la fa vor of Johnson’s policy. The Government is about to commence the rebuilding ot Fort Sumter. The steamship Margaret, with emigrants for Brazil, will sail from Mobile next week. Mrs Jeff Davis was in New Orleans, March 13th, en route to Canada. Cincinnati Is going to have a grand library aud line art gallery. tfon Edward B ites, of Missouri, is out in an able letter sustaining President Johnson’s yeto. Mobile is taking precautions against the cholera. Hon J F Trotter, a leading Mississippi judge, is dead. Bishop Lynch, of Canada, denounces the Fenians, and warns Catholics against taking part with them. The young men of New York havo taken tho initiatory step toward the foimation of a series ot organizations in support of the President’s restoration policy. * » Blind Tom is performing in Louisville. Daily passenger trains are now ruuniug be tween New Orleans and Canton, Mihs. At Hastings, Minnesota, thare are now in store 325,000 bushels of wheat, and 75,000 barrels of Hour. An extensive woolen mill is about to be erected at Hawesvilio, Ky. A petroleum refinery Is to be erected at Nashville soon. Governor Morion, of Indiana, has gone to Washington. A destructive fire occurred at Jacksonville, Florida, March 11th. The Union newspaper establishment was burnt. The reported Teturn to the Richmond banks of tho one buudred thousand dollars in gold claimed as theirs, bat seized by agents of the Freedmen’s Bureau, as abandoned property, was premature. The coin is still in the treasu ry vaults, and its return to the banks an unde cided question. The receipts from customs at the port of Charleston, S C, for February, amounted to $3,101,871- Dr Thomas Hunt, Professor of Physiology and Pathology in the Medical Department has been elected President of the Louisiana Uni versity. Mr Deßow, of the Review, estimates the next cotton crop at one million five hundred thou sand bales. There is good reason for saying the Presi dent will not fall into the trap set by the Com mittee of Fifteen, and sign their resolutions to admit Tennessee as a State with the conditions annexed. The President has informed Assistant Secre tary Chandler, of the Treasury, that he is op posed to assessing the clerks for electioneeiiog purposes, and did ns* approve of the leaving of their posts to attend elections. General Spinner states that there are to his knowledge only about $23,000,000 lying in the National Banks belonging to the Government, instead of $70,000,000 a3 believed by Comp troller Clarke. Dr. Newland, of Ind., who wounded a man for seducing his daughter, has been held to bail in ibe sum of $40,00Q. ' The Fenian panic in. Canada continues with little, if any abatement. The Dominion and Haytien Republics are again at war. General Curtis, says matters in Texas are growing [worse. An ordinance annulling all State debts con tracted during the war has been reported in the Texas convention Snow is three feet deep in sin, and the stock are suffering very much. San Francisco, according to the directory, has 110,000 inhabitants. In a recent speech in Alabany, John Van Buren nominated Andrew Johnson for the next Presidency. Most of the town of Randolph,'Ky., has been burned. Only four Indian regiments now remain n the service. A Cauada oil well yields two thousand two hundred and fifty-niue gallons per hour. The cost of the new railroad bridge at Al bany is $1,100,000. Tha Gosport, Virginia, navy yard is to be closed. All the ports in Texas are to be quaran tined. there were nine Confederate Generals from Tennessee killed during the late war. Gen. Fremont is to be Presiient ot the South Pacific Railroad. Maximilian keeps 4,000 men at work on the railroad from Mexico to’Yera uruz The peach crop in Southern Illinois has been injured by cgld weather. Affairs in some sections of North Carolina are reported in a bad conditicn. 11 is thought no more outrages will be com mitted by Indians on the plains. The Rhode Island Legislature have prohib.. ited the exclusion of children from schools on acconnt ot color. The Mississippi has cut a channel through Terrapin Neck, in [the vicinity of Vicksburg, thus shortening the river about fifteen miles. George N. Saunders, Jacob Thompson and C. C. Glay, Jr., are now in London. Some think the Fenians really intend to in vade Canada. . _ * Important mollification? in the internal reve nue law it is said will be made. Opposition to the Registry law is threatened in Missouri. There is considerable excitement on the subject. In the seizure of the whiskey distilleries in New York, the detective found in one place brandy being manufactured from old printers rollers for the sake of the molasses, of which they are partially composed. It is confidently asserted that Governor Fen ton will pardon young Ketcbum. NEWS SUMMARY. It is thougnt the Supreme court will pro nounce tbe trial of civilians by the military as unconstitutional. An ex-Reverend named Evan3 recently seduced tbe daughter of Dr. Newland. of Bed ford, 111. The father ferretted out tha viliain, first shot him, and then cut his throat, to make the job a certain, one. The Ohio Legislature have passed resolu tions asking for the admission of Tennessee. Mr Peterson, of Washington, in whose house was sheltered the dying form of the late President Lincoln, has presented his bill of charges at the Treasury Department. The amount is $293.50. Among other items he charges SSO for personal services and $2 for gas. The Secretary of War has ordered the claim to be disallowed. Largo seizures have lately been made of goods being smuggled on the Canada frontier. Measures are now being taken to preclude its further practice. The fractional currency issued on the Bth amounted to $90,000. The murderer of the Joyce children has at last been discovered through his boastings He is a convict in the Massachusetts <State’s prison, and is named Charles Aaron Dodge. Speaker Crosier, heading a committee from the Maryland Legislature, has presented to the President a resolution expressive of their en- dorsement of his policy.* ! Recruiting for the Liberal army in Mexico is going on in New Orleans. [ Freedmen’s affairs in Texas are favorable. James Martin, formerly of the firm of Thomas <fc Martin, Philadelphia, died on the 3d. It is stated that the President will probably veto the resolution for the conditional admis sion of the Tennessee delegation, if passed. The committee on Foreign Affairs will report against tbe bill to guarantee $50,000,000 in Mexican bonds. Capt-James Coleman, so long the manager of the Memphis telegraph office, has teen ap pointed Superintendent of the Southwestern telegraph company, north of Memphis. A lady died a few days ago, near Coal Ha»- bor, Va , from taking an over dcse of morphine, which she supposed to be quinine. Goods are selling in Houston, Texas, at thirty five pet cent below invoice price. The reported abrogation of the deghee mak ing MatamGras a free port, is erroneous. General Thomas was before the Recon struction Committee on the 6th. He express ed the opinion that while the people of Ken tucky, Teuuessee, Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi are anxious to be under the control of the U. S. authorities, they are not friendly to Union men. He advises against the re moval of troops. Trade has relaxed in Charleston. The Lieutenant Governorjof New Brunswick has issued a proclamation warning American fishermen off from the inshore fishing grounds. The remains of Henry Frost Whitney, of Charleston S C., killed at Seven Pines, was deposited in the grave yard of the Second Pres byterian church of that city on the 11. The repairs on tbe Central Presbyterian* church Charleston have been completed. The small pox has disappeared from Jack sonport Ark. Under joint resolutions passed by the Vir ginia legislature, Messrs John Janney, •Wil liam Martin and A H H Stuart have been appointed commissioners on the part of Virginia to go to West Virginia to negotiate relative to the restoration of the State and the adjustment of the public debt. Geu Meade declines being the Democratic candidate for the Governorship of Pennsylva nia. The Directors of the Nashville gas light com pany, have reduced the price of that article. Major Charles W. Squires, of the famous Washington Aitillery Battalion from New Or leans, was lately married at Petersburg, Va., to Mfss Emma'E. Tappery. A copy right ot a book of poems, has been granted in Louisville, to a freedman, named Boyd. Tbe book is dedicated to Gens. Grant, Butler and Mr. Lincoln. By ulHcirtl lei uruci it appears Hint In State of New York there are over $70,000 children between-the ages of five ard twenty one years who do not attend any school. Dr G. K. Bircbett, a well known physician of Virginia, died recently. A tin cartridge box, captured by the father of Rev. Mr. Rogers, of Louisville, Ky., at the battle ot Cowpeus, is on exhibition in the Cou rier office in that cityr .* Secretary Seward has informed tho English Minister that the Fenians will not be permitted to commit any overt act. Gen. Grant has issued an order, urging economy in Army officers. Tt is understood that Archbishop Spalding, es Baltimore, will at no distant day be made a cardinal. Governor Orr, of South (Tarolina, is at pres ent in Charleston. W. H. Cannon and James Mitchell, aged respectively eighteen years, have been arraign ed for trial in New York. Charge, forgery. ; Twenty distilleries were seised in New York on the 9th. Cause non payment of duty. The bridge connecting Cincinnati, Ohio, and Covin i*on, Ky., is two thousand feet long, and has a span of nearly eleven hundred feet, which is said to be the longest in the world. Ge% J. S. Fullerton, late an officer in the Freedmen’s Bureiu, has been appointed pri vate Secretary to the President. Directions have been given to the Depart ment commanders to vacate ail rented build ings as rapidly as the exigencies of the service will permit, and will collect troops remaining in thoir commands into regular military- posts of the United States. A theatre, for the amusement of the insane, is connected with the Utica, N Y,, Asylum. The gold-beariDg quartz, near the Great Falls of the Potomac, is beginning to attract attention. Tho New Hampshire Insane Asylum, at Con cord, will probably get about $200,000 from tlje estate of the late Moody Kent, of that city, the Asylum being the residuary legatee. It is believed that a fiilibustering expedition, on a large scale, against Mexico, is contempla ted by some of the recent officers of the Fed eral army. Flora Temple has been permanently with drawn trotn the race course, and she will trot no more. ’ Dr VVm Thoma3 Brando, the eminent chem ist, is dead. John B Gough is delivering lectures in tho West. The imports of Cincinnati last year were $312,000,000; St. Louis, $235,000,000, and Louisville, $100,000,000. Luther Hunt, collector of the Port of Chica go died on the 9th. Ned Baldwin, the Irish giant, and Charles lies, fought a priz? fight for £IOO, near London, on the 19th February. Baldwin was declared to be vicior. Congress has appropriated fifteen thousand dollats to Miss Barton, who recently visited Andersonviile, Ga. Information has reached the Navy Depart ment that Rear Admiral Goldsborough had arrived at Lisbon, with the flag ship of the Mediterranean squadron. Ex-Governor Graham, of North Carolina, has, it is said, sent a note to the Committee on Reconstruction, asking that in the examination of witnesses respecting the affairs of that State, he may have an opportunity of cross-examin- iug them. Two plantations near New Orleans sold re cently for $125,000. Es-Presideht Fillmore, of New York, and J H Fianner, of Wilmington, N C., were among the Americans iu Paris pa the 15 February. The Weldon, N C., bridge is fast approach ing completion. A great mass meeting to endorse the Presi dent was held in Norfolk, Va., February 6. Tope Pius the Ninth is again reported to be seriously ill. Gen. Fry and Ham P Bee, late C S A, are in Havana. President Johnson Das been presented with a handsome silver-mounted cane by an admi rer from Idaho, the silver and wood both ob tained in that territory. Major General liettv has assumed command on the Rio Grande, in place of Gen. Brown. General James Walker, of the Confederate States Army, is to start for Mexico shortly ds an agent lor a colony from Pulaski county, Vifginia. A. Ward has written a piece, in which he scout; the charge of disloyalty brought against | him, because of a benefit given by him, for i Mrs Davis and children, in New Orleans, i Prince Albert has been gazetted to the rank ‘ of Captain in the royal army. TELEGSAPHIC. Dispatches to Use Associated Press. congressional. Washington, March 17. The House last night defeated the Loan Bill by a vote of sixty-four to seventy. This is a condemnation of the financial policy of the Secretary of tha Treasury. The bill would give h'm very large powesr, and it is supposed that it will be leceived, and passed. The de feat occasioned great excitement. FROM WASHINGTON. Washington, March 11. The British Minister has been assured by the U. S. Government that no violation of the military laws will be permitted by the Fenians. The Canadians are greatly alarmed, appre hending an invasion. t Washington, March 13. Weeks ago, a British delegation from the British Provinces visited Washington, with a view to continue the reeiprccity trade between the United States and British Provinces. A bill was reported for this purpose, and, after everal days’ discussion, the House last night it. Thus the Foreign Tariff Act will now to the British Provinces. ’ * Washington, Marcl\,l6. Tbe Supremo Ccurt has before it cases in volving' the_ constitutiona’ity of the Missouri test oath. THE FENIAN EXCITEMENT IN CANADA. . Washington, March 12. Advices frrm Toronto Oadaua, state that number of volunteers < ailed for by the Gov ernment largely exceeds tbe demand. An official military order has been published de the contemplated Fenian raid, and relying upon the success of volunteers, in case of an attack. THE ELECTION IN NEW ORLEANS. Mobile, March 12. At the municipal election in New Orleans, John T. Monroe, was elected by three hun dred majority. The National Democrat ticket almost entire, was successful. » Judge Kellogg, Collector of Customs, has news that the authorities at Washington have dismissed all persons engag ed in the seizure of property in tha SjuUj claimed as belonging to the Confederate States ; all cotton now seized, to be held tell a full examination be had. BUIINING OF THE STEAMER SAN JACINTO. New York, March 15. The "steamer San Jacinco of the New York and Savannah line, was burned at the dock here this morning. Five hundred bales of cot ton were destroyed. ARRIVAL OF THE STEAMER AFRICA, New York, March 15th. * The steamer Afiica has arrived at Halifaxt with dates to the fourth inst. Cotton was quiet but.steady. Sales on the third, ten thous and bales, of which three thousand was for speculators and exporters- Consuls closdi at oighty-six end seveu eighthc, 1.-i fiiebtv-scven* Five twenties were quoted at seventy and a half to three quarters. Political news was unimportant. " ‘ SLAVE TRADE WITH CUBA DENIED. Washington, March IC. The Captain General of Cuba, in an official communication, denounces as untrue the state ment made by Senator Sumner, that freed per sons from the South have been taken to Cuba and sold slavery. INDIANA DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION. Indianapolis, March 16. The Democratic State Convention has adopt ed resolution strongly endorsing the adminis tration policy, denying the right of secession, and pledging the support of the Democracy of the State to the President. MAYOR MONROE TO BE INAUGURATED. Mobile, March 17. The New Orleans Timeß positively assert that Mayor Monroe will bo inaugurated on. Monday, and that, notwithstanding the state ment to the, contrary—the military will not interfere. NEW YORK MARKET. New Yobk, March 17. Cotton still drooping. Sales four hundred and forty bales at forty-one cents. Gold twenty-nine and a half (29J.) FOREIGN NEWS. New York ,March 11. The steamship City of Boston lias arrived. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET. Cotton had advanced ijd. Sales for four days were 54,000 bales, the market closmg dull. GENERAL NEWS. The rnmored resignation of Earl Russell is unfounded. The military in Ireland will be further aug mented. The English Government has seized two vessels at London, said to belong to the Chilian Government. Arrests continue plentiful in Ireland. london.money market. —Consols 87Ja87J. U.S 6,20’s 71a71|. Cotton Factors’ Embrcglio. —A serious dif ficulty between the Mobile cotton factors and brokers aud the buyers has been settled by a committee of conference appointed by the Chamber of Commerce. The points agreed upon were that the factors should charge ten cents per bale on all • cotton sampled on the wharf; the loose cotton to go to his office and be disposed of for the benefit of the owners.— The cotton is to be sold by sample and the order for deliverv is to be given by "noon the day after the sale. The factors’ fire risk on the cotton is to continue until noon of the third day after the sale,*in case of non-removal; and in the event of its removal, the buyer is to in sure, giviDg imm-diate written notice of the point to which the removal is to take place; also,’ itating that the insurance had been effected by him. The cotton is to be re weighed by the buyer before stamping, and the weights reported on before removal, so as to correct discrepancies in time, 'lhe samples are tn be made economically, find lull payment made to the seller on the fourth day after the purchase; the seller having a lien on all cot ton until the payment is made by the brokers, who are in al! cases to namg the principal. The accumulated gases in a street sewer in Washington, D. C., exploded on Wednesday, and tore up the sewer and street for some dis tance. The report is said to have been as loud as a 32-pounder, and it shook the earth so in the vicinity that the people thought it earthquake. A dreadful stench followed.— Washington Paper. Evidently a mistake *as to the spot where the gas exploded. It was in the Capitol ; and the stench fills the atmosphere of the whole Union. And the explosions are ot daily oc currence. COMMERCIAL. OLsi COMMERCIAL REPORT. Augusta, March 17. THS COTTON MARKET, Cotton—No change to make in yesterday's report. Market extensively dull, THE MONET MARKET. Gold. Buying at 30 ; selling at 32, 6ilver, buying at 25 ; selling at 30. COTTO.Y QUOTATION'S. . New Orleans, March 13. Cotton dull sales of 1,800 bales middling at 42i44c; three days Sales amonut to 11,000 bales; receipts to day 2,200 bales. An increase in receipts four days compared with the cor responding four days last week of 1,100 bales, stock on hand 188,000 bales. Wilmington, March 13. Sales of low middling made at 33c. Mobile, March 13. Cotton more in general demand ; middling 39c. Monto mery, March 13. Market easy, at 30c. and holders more dis posed to hold lor higher prices. Louisville, March 14, Cotton market a shade firmer; low middlings sold at 30a32c. . . Memphis, March 14. Cotton dull ; market weak ; several mode rate lots of middlings changed hands at 32. Cincinnati, March 15. Cotton firmer; closing at 47c for middling. Rome, March 15. Cotton dull, at 18526 e. Savannah, March 15. Coton market irregular. Quotations are as follows ; Good middling, 39a40; Strict mid dling, 38138£; Middling, 36: Low middling, 35; Good ordinary, 33i340. , In Sea Island, but few sales and of small quantities. Fair qualities saleable at $1 15. The receipts at Savannah since the Bih iust, tha date of our last report, amount to 7,196 bales Upland and 179 do. Sea Island, viz ; from Augusta and landings on the river, 1,649 bales Upland ; tcflfji Darien and landings on the Altamaha and Ocmulgee rivers, 862 bales Upland . from Florida, &c., 58 bales Upland, aud 138 do Sea Island ; by Central Railroad, 4,432 bales Upland ; by Atlantic & Gulf Rail road, 180 bales Upland, and 29 do Sea Island; and by wagons, 15 bales Upland, and 12 bales Sea Island. The exports during the same time amount to 5,204 bales upland, and 179 bales Sea Is land, viz :to Liverpool, 1,734 bales upland, and 61 do Sea Island : to New York, 2,805 bales upland, and 63 do Sea Island : to Boston, 130 bales upland* to Philadelphia, 151 bales upland, and 1 do Sea Island; to Baltimore, 384 balcß upland ; aud to Charleston, 54 bales Sea Island. The stock remaining on hand, and on shipboard not cleared, is 20,742 bales upland, aud 880 bales Sea Island, La Grange, March 15. Cotton market continues dull and unsettled, with prices tending downward; middlings sell ing at from 26 to 27c. Columbus, March 15. 4 Comparatively little doing in the cotton mar ket; middlings selling at 29a30c, Macon, March 16. The demand for the better grades continues, and transactions to the amount of 300 bales took place. There is no inquiry for grades be low low middling, aud very .little of the bet ter descriptions effaring. Strict middling quo ted at 31 cents. Atlanta March 16. A slight movement in the cotton mavket ; many small lots are confing in from the coun try, and while therrfseemed to exist a fair de mand among buyers, the offering figures arc still very low Good middling will command 28 cents, aud lower grades in proportion. Covingtoj} March 16. Cotton is selling 28 i3oc. Charleston March 16.* The receipts during the week have amount ed to one hundred aud fotty-two bales of Sea Island aud twenty-two hundred and fifteen bales of Upland Cotton. The sales during the same period have been about fifteen huudred bales. But little was offered to-day. Prices are aa follows ; middling 37c, strict middling 38c ; good middling 39a40c. There is no in quiry for Sea Island, and consequently no quotatiens. COTTON tsTATEMENrS MOBILE GOl TON STATEMENT MARCH 1. Stock on hand Sept. Ist 1865 bales 24290 Received this week 11175 Received previously 330113—341288 3655078 Exported this week 10477 Exported preiovusly 274367 Burned and lost. 3581—>,288425 Stock on hand and on shipboard not cleared March 9 1866 77153 COLUMBUS CCTTON STATEMENT MARCH 14. Stock Sept 1 ! 5,004 Received this week 570 Received previously 23839 —24,409 Total, 29,413 Shipped past week 1,267 Shipped previously 19,312—20,579 Stock March 10 8,34 MONTGOMERY COTTON STATEMENT—MARCH 10. Receipts of cotton for the Week 400 bales. Shipments about4oo bales Stock on hand about 5,500 bales NEW ORLEANS COTTON STATEMENT—MARCH 6, Stock on hand September 1, 1865 83,239 Received since. 564,163 648,695 Exported since September 1.... 456,900 Stock on hand and on shipboard 91,795 MEW YORK PRODUOB MARKET. New Yor., March 14. Flour opened dull and heavy, but closed quiet and rather more steady ; $7 35a7 75 for sound extra State; $8 35a 8 80 for extra round hoop Ohio ; $8 85all for trade brands. Whiskey rather more active at $2 28, and small lots at $2 28J-. Grain—Wheat one cent better and more ac tive at 72c for No. 1 Chicago spring and Mil waukee. Corn in request for export, at advance 1 rates. NEW YORKSPROVISIOE MARKET. New York, March 14. Pork is heavy and lower, but closed more firmly at $25 '60a25 75 for new mess, closing at $25 75 regular, and $25 50a25 75 for old do, and $21a21 25 for prime; sales of 4,500 bo!3 new mess, for April and May, seller’s option, at $25 75a26 25. Beef unchanged; beef hams dull at 37a39e. Bacon quiet; Cumb’d cut at 14|al5c; cut meats steady at lljal2jc for shuulders aud 16Jil8Jc for Tne demand for hogs is inactive iff 12|al31c for city. Lard firm at 16Jal8Jc. Butter is quiet at 28a40c for Uhio, and 35a 50c for Statg. Cheese dull at 22c. • NEW YORK PINA.YAaCIAL MATTERS. New York, March 14. Commercial’s financial article of to day contains the following ; The growing ease - in money has stimulated speculation in stocks, and we have at the present moment the ano maly of a comparative stagnation in the mar kets for produce and merchandize, concurrent-, iy with a strong advance in the slocks of roads, which depend for their revenue upon the activity of commerce. Leading operators in stocks appear to be sorting themselves off into cliques for the manipulation of most every, stock upon the list. Ihe speculative move ment in gold and oil stock continues, It>gold stocks there were a slight reaction from the rise yesterday, except upon Benton which 'rose to 250* The effect of the assessment of 25c per share, by increasin? the amount in treas ury to about SIOO,OOO has the effect of strenthening the stock. Bates & Bixter is Is lesE active but firm al $40a75 ; Consolidated Gregory sold at 23*24. Government securities remain very strong. The demand for 7 30’a remains very active; whether the demand is wholly from private investois or partially, also from treasury agents, is a question upon which there is some diversity of opinion; 5-20's, ’62, rose 10 40’s |; 7-30’s, second series, $. Money is again eaSier; banks are lending mostly at 6 per cent in preference to discount ing any large amount of paper at 7 per cent. Private bankers are leuding on call at s<i6 per cant, and discounting prime paper at 7a7J ptr cent. There is more activity in discounts out side the backs. Gold is a shade stronger apparently, chiefly under tho active purchases to cover short sales. The demand tor customs is moderate. Petroleum stocks are steady. DRYY GCOSS MARKETS. Ntw York, March 16. At the Dry Goods Exchange there is no particular change in tho market to-day, and it may be said that prices are a little more set tled, still buyers do not yet take hold with any degree of confidence. Many still cuing to the opinion that goods must go lower. Boston—The market is moderately active at lowest, quotations. Baltimore—Market very dull. St. Louis—Business is flat. Cincinnati—Market dull. - Chicago—Trade, lair but prices lowered. CINCINNATI MARKET. Cincinnati, March 15. Flour dull and nominal, but there is no material change in the prices. Wheat quiet and in fair demand for the bet ter grades ; $1 73al 80 for No. 1 new red. Corn 13 dulj at 40c tor No. 1 shelled. Oats firmer and In demand at 36a37 for No. 1. Rye dull and nominal. * Groceries null and prices unchanged. Provisions are held with firmness. Mess pork sold at $26 00u27 00 for city. Bulk meats aud bacon held firmer ; bulk shoulders were offered at lOj, but holders withdrew at the ctose. Laid firmer and in demand at 18Jc. * Whiskey firm at $2 25, duty paid. Gold 130£. CHARLESTON FREIGHTS AMD MOSEY MAR KKi. Charleston, March 15. Freights—To Liverpool have advanced ew iag to tbe seaicity ol shipping, and a small brig is filling up at 11 16d --Jd.Mor Upland Cotton, and ld.aljd. for Sea Island. Room is being engaged in a ship to_arrive at -§d. per lb for Upland Cotton. To Havre a schooner has been placed on the berth, and is filling up at 1J cents per lb for Upland, and 2 cents per lb lor See, Island Colton. To New York by steam tor 1 cent per lb on Upland Cotton; by sailing vessel fij cent per lb on Upland Cotton Exchange —Bills on England have declined, and we learn of eales at 6.00 to 6.10 for sixty day Biffs. To New Yor k the Banks are pur chasing Sight Checks at j off; 5 to 10 days 4 off, and 15 days f off.* The Banks are selling Sight Drafts at par. WEEKLY REVIEW NEW YORK DRY GOODS market. Prices have again undergone a fall. The jobbing trade lowered last week their quota tions of cotton fabrics, and yet the market is heavy. A fall in the price of raw material is anticipated to an extent to affect the prioes of goods considerably. There is, however, more activity in the trade, and there is a progress ive movement, too slow, however, for the season and for exprotation. The stock of cotton is very large—a fact which overhangs tbo market in a threatening way. The stock of goods also has accumulated of late. Some sales of prints have beep affocled only by re ducing the price from 1 to 3 cents a yard ; at the extreme reduction there is more activity. Shirtings and sfieetings have declined in like manner, browns fully 2J cents a yard, and prices are irregular. The demand is very sluggish. Cottonadcs ar&very limited request. Donims are steady. Ticks arc scarce PJaids and stripes are in limited supply and prices firm. In woolens there is some improvement in the demand. Fancy cassimeres arfe brisker, but prices are only steady for very desirable styles' Delaines have declined considerably, but the reduction induced freer purchases. Tbe as sortment is fresh and varied. Satinets are very dull and at a decline. In foreign goods there is a large supply, and little activity of de mand. Prices tend downward. Fine black broadcloths and doeskin are the most active, and command good prjf.es. Coatings also are brisk. Lawns, gifthams and Italian cloths are firm. German and British dress goods and stuffs are very undesirable, and sell low. Auc tion eales are increasing, and the large stock of goods will be thus sold in the greater por tion during the spring, lhe anticipated fall in the of cotton and gold is exercising great influence on the trade. Dealers do not buy but for immediate consumption, being afraid of holding stocks— lndependent. PRICE 0 SOUTHERN STOCKS. New York, March 12. s Tennessee sixes ’’9o,Bßf ; Missouri sixe 71J ; North Carolina sixes, 84 ; Missouri six es, Pacific* Railroad issue, 73J. LONDON MONEY MARKET. The London Economist, commenting upon the reduction in the rate of interest by the Bank of Englandpsays : • The Bank of France, which seems never to let slip an opportunity of minis tering to the wants of tire trade has at the same „time lowered ifs charge from 4i to 4 per cent., being still as much as 3 per cent, below the rate current here. Finally, to day’s telegrams from Berlin announce that the Bank of Prussia has moved from 6J to 6 per cent. The ‘immediate motive for the change is, of course, to be found in the highly favorable character of the weekly bank return analyzed below, which exhibits a progressive falling off in the bank’s discount busients, ac companied by a great increase in the bullion and reserve. • Charleston, March 15, Since the 4lh of January, when the advance to 8 per cent took place, the coin and bullion have increased from £13,106,183 to £13,822,- 935—a difference of £716,752 ; but the increase in the reserve (notes and coin) is much larger, being $2,280,597, viz: from £5,979,748 to £8,260,345. Considering these figures, to gether with the continued flow of golu to the Bank, the firmness, thus far, of the continental exchanges, the fall which is taking place in the value of money in all the chief European markets, the absence of demand for silver for tbe East, and the next Indian cotton shipping season is still some months off, there seems good reason to anticipate further relief to our money market. The discount establishments have lowered their rate for money at can from to 5 per cent, for money, at seven days notice from to SJ, and at fourteen days’ notice, from 7 to 6. The joint stock banks now allow 5 per cent, (instead oi ss) for money on deposit. The tendency of opinion with regard to the prospects of the money market is shown in the fact that six months’ bank bills have been aken to-day at a still lower rate, namely, 6£ per cent. It is expected, however, that theie will be some temporary revival of demand to morrow, owing to the extent* to which mer chants have kept back bills rather 6 than pay the high rates lately current. At Paris and Hamburg the rate of discount£ia the open market i3 3| per cent.; «t Amsterdam and BerliD, s|; at Frankfort and Brussels, 4£; at iurin and St. Petersburg, 6, aud at Vienua, 5 per cent. Subdivision of the Arlington Estate —Lt. B. B. Burgeiin, Superintendent of the Freed* men’s village, has been instructed by General Howard to divide the Arlington estate lying east of the road into five acre lots, to be rented on written agreements to the treedmen, the rent to be paid at each harvesting of tbe crop. Fifteen acres on the west side of the road are assigned to be divided and rented in the same manner. About twenty acres are to be culti vated as a gaiden by the Department of the Freedmen’s Village. Tools may be sold or loaned to the freed people by the Quartermas ter’s Department, aud Lt. Burgerin is directed to furnish them with seeds. The estate is not confiscated property, and therefore cannot re vert to tbe heirs at the death of tbe owner, but it waß sold for taxis, and purchased by the Government for the purpose to which it is now being- applied. Hughes’ Telegraph Patent.— Prof Hughes, to whom was recently granted a patent for a new telegraphic apparatus, has so.d it to France for 200,000f., and to Italy for 120,000f., a*id is on the point ot concluding another very profitable arrangement with Russia. In the telegraph office of Limoges, trials having been made with his apparatus to the full sat isfaction of the Imperial officials, the'sale was at once concluded. He will reap a still richer harvest from his invention than Profes sir Morse, who received bnt 400,000f, from the Euiopean Governments for his pioneer ship of the present telegraph system. * Detection of Crime bt Photography.— ln tho Memphis Bulletin we find the following : Some time ago a man was murdered in south Memphis under circumstances which led to un just suspicions directed against many persons doubtless innocent. In fact, the conclusion generally reached"wa3 that the unfortunate descendant put a period to his own existence. Two photographists of this city—Day, whose gallery is at the intersection of Union aud Maine, and Armstrong of the Clay building— undertook the task of applying the art to the purpose of detecting the murderer. On the day of the murder, with the aid of the micro scope, images left on the retina of the eye of the dead were transferred to paper, and curi ous facts were developed. A pistol, the hand, arm and part of the face of the man who com mitted the crime are perfectly delineated. We have been told that a shrewd with the aid thus furnished, has gathered other facts that will surely lead to the identi fication and punishment of the murderer. Accidental Discovery.— A mere accident has just led to important discoveries in the ruins of the old manor house of Cebastro, which stands in the gorge of Uces, between France and Aragon. ’Tbo recent high winds threw down part of the wall of the southern tower, and exposed to view tho entrance to sepulchral vaults belonging to the of Gothic denomination. Excavations wore im mediately commenced, and have brought to light a great quantity of jewelry of all kinds, as oiadems, bracelets, rings and pins. The diadems bear some resemblance to the crown preserved in the Cluny Museum, and onable us to form an accurate opinion as to the arts of the Oisigotbs. DR. AYER’S ALMANAC. • We find- in Ayer’s Almanac, (now ready for delivery, gratis, by all agents,! the remarkable statement that tho temperature of the earth has not diminished m >re than 1.306 th part of one degree Fahrenheit for 2000 years. 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No, 50G Broadway N r ew Yotk* mhl7 17wI8 Georgia, green county— Whereas, Junius Wingfield applies fox Letters of. Ad iLinißtrailon de bonis nor, on the fbttte cf Mrs. Sidney Y* Ingflel't, late of said county deceased : TLese are, therefore, to cite and req ire afl persons concern ed, to show cause if any tr.ey have why said Letters ahou and net i.e granted a’ the Court of Ordinary, to be held m *na for said couhty, on the ft bt Mor day in Mav next Given under my hand at office, in Greensboro, Marih »4tb, L. KING. mh’6 4w13 (Primary. 1 KOKGIA, GKB*oN LOU.N A l T Whereas, Junius Wlnelieki app .to of auminict r a*un de benia nan, on tbe e:ia.eor wu-umL. Daw-on. late ot said county deceased : mn- These are. therefore to tiie and require all pers n con cprted tohhow eva-e, ifanr thev Lave, why pa a l tur3 ehiuld not be granted a» the Court, of Ordinary,, held in and for said c untv, on the first y E. e . r L 14th Given uncer my hW at office 18 Su6 4w13 date application wiii be made *o the 'nd cmnty for leave to sell tre y UnsmK «, (he estnte oi L». lrwelle,lute 01 saul ci-uu.y, DWELLE. sr„ mhl'.So S • Admir. s^tor. "eKNKSTINE AUFKK^N. r xahU Swlß