PER MARE-PER TERRAM. Whilst gulls glint white against sleepy skies, Will looks of those loving bright-brown eyes have become predominant in activity through His telligible to the youngest comprehension-even to 1848, and have also obtained both from private sources power." Whether Boards of School Commission- that of children, as he says, not older than seven. and from the artists and importers, original modern works, American and foreign, of great beauty and ers are to exact this additional qualification from value. It is expected that the exhibition will open teachers whom they may appoint, and by what test Among the books and pamphlets received dur-early next week. they are to measure a teacher's gifts in this respect, ing the week, of which we defer a notice until our does not clearly appear. If we are not mistaken, next number, we single out one of the latter for a there is a covert Infidelity underlying the whole of passing word of commendation-the Speeches of the author's system, which, while pretending to Hon. S. S. Cox in Maine, Pennsylvania, and New O pretty pet with the tangled hair, be spiritual, is really material-an infidelity which York, during the Campaign of 1868. Mr. Cox was Going to muse by the summer seais more to be dreaded than the avowed disbelief of one of those gentlemen who gave no lukewarm or O dimpled darling with cheek so fair, men like Volney or Voltaire, because it borrows equivocal support to the Democratic nominees dur- Tell me, O dearest, when you get there, the mask of Religion and conceals itself under the ing the recent canvass, but did yeoman service wherWill you think of me? use of Sacred Names. In the appendix which fol- ever he went, on the Democratic side. The canvass O sweetest sweet, when the salt breeze sighs lows the main body of the work, Mr. Hecker un- has closed-but not so the popular interest in all Midst silken locks ever flowing free, folds his religious system, if such it may be called, of the questions involved. The same stubborn which consists in the rejection alike of the author- facts in regard to Radical misrule and extravaity of Church and Scriptures (page 225)-which gance remain undisproved; the financial difficulproposes to make men holy "without the interven- ties and necessities of the country are the same as tion of Church or priest" (page 204)-which ar- before; the same necessity exists for Retrenchment raigns the Apostles for having violated the Divine and Reform in every department of public exorder and introduced endless confusion in the penditure. To any one who wishes to understand world "when they resorted to lot to choose one to the facts and figures in regard to these questions, be of their number, instead of relying upon the we can say that the information can be found in the wisdom and insight to be given by the Holy Ghost" shortest compass and presented in the most intelli-and which declares "the Holy Spirit manifested gible shape in the little pamphlet under notice. in man to be the only real subjective standard of A reason, perhaps, for this posthumous publicaTruth"-setting up, therefore, a sort of Private Il- tion, as it were, after the close of the contest, may lumination, which is only another word for each be found in the fact that Mr. Cox is freely talked man's vain crotchets and fancies, to be the true rule of as likely to be the Democratic candidate for the Your moist lips tremble-you can't forget of Faith and Life and Action. This is the book which Speakership of the next House of Representatives. The sun sometimes through the rain shines, petMr. J. N. McJilton last December lauded in his report to the Board of School Commissioners of this city, basing upon its crude theories an official recommendation for the establishment of a Professorship of Temperaments! In that body, it will be remembered, there will be Ah, laughing child, when your eyes beam bright, To tender music in minor key; Will you dream of me? When you weep for me! News Summary. FOREIGN. GREAT BRITAIN. -The news thus far received of the progress of the plied in his selection-should such be determined British Parliamentary elections shows a large Liberal on-altogether appropriate. A Fourteen Weeks' Course in Descriptive As-tary experience, would render the compliment imtronomy. By J. Dorman Steele, A. M., Principal of Elmira Free Academy. New York: A. S. Barnes & Co. 1868. A New Manual of the Elements of Astronomy, Descriptive and Mathematical. By Henry Kiddle, A. M., Asssistant Superintendent of Schools, New York. New York: Ivison, Phinney, Blakeman & Co. 1868. NEW BOOKS RECEIVED. majority in the new House of Commons. The Liberals have elected 238 members, gaining 60 seats, and the conservatives have elected 125, with a gain of 30. Mr. Through Messrs. Cushings & Bailey and Henry Gladstone has been returned from both Greenwich Passages from the American Note Books of Nathaniel Fields. 1868. Through Cushings & Bailey: A Few Friends and How they Amused Themselves. A & Co. 1869. The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott, Baronet. ComThese two little books are really admirable in-plete (Diamond) Edition. Boston: Ticknor & Fields. troductions-they do not profess to be more-to 1869. one of the most delightful and interesting of scientific studies. They are calculated to create a taste for astronomy, and a desire for further information-that which they do impart being presented in a clear method, made clearer by the aid of excellent cuts and illustrations. In this department we note a great improvement over similar works published even a few years back. The best illustration, however, to accompany either of these little manuals, and lead the young student to realize the truth of astronomy, can be had for ten cents on Baltimore street any star-lit night. A visit to the telescope-man, who usually has his stand at the corner of Calvert street, and one peep through his instrument at Jupiter and his moons will do more for a boy's imagination than all the pictures in the book. Across the Atlantic. Being Letters from France, Swit- The Morrisons. A Story of Domestic Life. By Mrs. 1869. The Entertaining Story of King Bronde: His Lily and and Whitby, and it is supposed from Southwest Lancashire also. Among the other prominent Liberals elected are Mr. Bright, Mr. Goschen, Mr. Layard, Mr. Kinglake, and Sir Roundel Palmer. Among the candidates who have been defeated are John Stuart Mill and Anthony Trollope. The Liberals intend to run Mr. Mill in Greenwich, where he will be elected. Lord Stanley is elected from Lynn Regis, and W. H. Russell, D. D., (Bull Run Russell) Liberal, is defeated. Serious election riots took place in Bristol, Bolton, Birmingham and Belfast, and in the latter place the election was postponed and the town occupied by the troops. -Lord Stanley in a recent speech to his constituents said the mutual jealousy and overgrown armaments of France and Prussia were a source of uneasiness, but he believed if peace were maintained, France would become reconciled to the union of Germany under the leadership of Prussia. He feared Turkey was in danger, but from internal causes. He announced that the difierences with the United States were so far settled that the arrangement made only awaited the ratification of the Government at Washington. -The announcement is made in the London journals that Archibald Campbell Tait, Bishop of London, has been appointed Archbishop of Canterbury. The Rev. John Jackson, D. D., Bishop of Lincoln, has been The New Eclectic, Putnam's, Lippincott's, Harpers' and promoted to the See of London, and Archdeacon First Lessons in Geometry. By Bernhard The Atlantic, for December; Hours at Home, The Amer-Wadsworth is appointed to succeed the Bishop of Marks, Principal of Lincoln School, San Fran-ican Journal of Horticulture for November; De Bow's Lincoln. Dr. Tait, the new Archbishop, was born cisco. New York: Ivison, Phinney & Blakeman. and The Edinburgh and Westminster Reviews for Octo- in Edinburgh, in 1811, took high honors at Oxber; Leonard Scott Publishing Company's reprints; ford, succeeded Dr. Arnold as Master of Rugby, and November, Chicago. Our Young Folks for December; The Art Journal for has been energetic in the pastoral work of his diocese. -The corporate authorities of Brighton will give a banquet to Reverdy Johnson and George Peabody today, 21st inst. 1869. FINE ARTS. The object of this little book, which is designed for beginners, is to make the elements of Geometry as easily taught as the rudiments of Arithmetic. Usually, Geometry is not taught until after The Art Committee of the Maryland Historical So- -Baring Bros., bankers, drew £1,000,000 from the the higher branches of Arithmetic and the ele-ciety are now arranging for exhibition a collection of Bank of England on the 16th for the Russian Governments of Algebra have been mastered, and a boy is Paintings, which promises very far to surpass in value ment. It is said this was on American account, and considered sufficiently advanced to enter upon ever held in this city. The committee, we underand importance any public exhibition of works of art the money was in part payment for the Territory of Euclid or Legendre. This, the author thinks, is stand, have obtained from the owners in this city a all wrong, and hence his attempt to supply the choice few of the valuable old works which formed means of making the principles of Geometry in- the chief attraction of the memorable exhibition of Alaska. -A dispatch from India announces the death of the King of Siam. The King was a person entitled to more than a brief notice. He was an intelligent, edu cated man, speaking English, French, Latin, and Sanscrit, and possessing a thorough knowledge of the modern sciences, and particularly of astronomy, information he acquired while an inmate of a Buddhist monastery during the time that his claims to the throne of Siam were contested. He was born about 1805, and upon his accession to the throne in 1849, important reforms were effected. FRANCE. were entirely destroyed. Many lives were lost, and WEST INDIES. -Some of the most influential inhabitants of the -It is reported that the Kansas Senate will be unanimously Republican, and there will be but six Democrats in the House. -The coin now in the Federal Treasury is reported at $87,000,000, of which $22,000,000 is in gold certificates. STATE AND CITY. -The following is the total vote for members of Congress in Maryland: city of Puerto Principe and vicinity, including Mr. -Rossini, the great Italian composer, died in Paris on the 14th, aged 76 years. For some time past Rossini's health has been exceedingly feeble. He had retired from active life for over 30 years. Rossini was born on the 29th of February, 1792, at Pessaro, in Italy. -La France newspaper finds fault with Lord Stanley's recent declarations in regard to European and American affairs, and asserts that the general impres-Santiago de Cuba. sion produced by that speech is not reassuring either as to the result of the American negotiations or the prospects of peace in Europe. -The prosecution by the French Government of persons who promoted a subscription for one of the victims of the coup d'etat of December, 1852, has resulted in the conviction of several journalists and others, all of whom have been heavily fined, and additionally punished by suspension of their civil rights. The decision of the Courts in these cases caused much popular indignation in Paris. -It was reported that a conspiracy to overthrow the existing order of affairs in France had been discovered by the Ministry. -Baron James Rothschild, the head of the house of Rothschild, bankers, died in Paris on Monday, November 16th. SPAIN. -There was an immense demonstration in Madrid on the 14th in favor of a monarchial form of government for Spain. Addresses were made by Alazaga, Martos, Serrano, Prim, Topete and others. No less than fifty thousand people were present, and much enthusiasm prevailed. -In Seville and Cadiz the Republicans are said to be gaining. A band of malcontents, who had held possession in the former city since the revolution, and refused to obey the orders of the National Government, were disarmed by regular troops after a sharp conflict. -All the Spanish Colonial ports have been declared free, and anchorage duties have been abolished. The Papal Nuncio at Madrid continues its relations with the new government. Civil marriages are now of frequent occurrence in Spain. The formation of a Protestant Church in Madrid has been sanctioned by the Provisional Government. CANADA. -Lord Monck, late Governor-General of Canada, has sailed for England. -The Episcopal Synod of Canada, which had assembled at Montreal to elect a Metropolitan Bishop, was unable to agree with the House of Bishops on a candidate, and the Bishops postponed the matter until May. The Synod adopted resolutions censuring the House of Bishops, and then adjourned until next May. -There is a financial panic in St. John, N. B. The cashier of the Commercial Bank is a defaulter to the amount of $90,000, and several banks have suspended. The excitement has been very great during the past week. ITALY. First District-Hambleton, 12,750; Torbert, 3,672Democratic majority, 9,078. Second District-Archer, 12,671; Ensor, 5,796-Democratic majority, 6,875. Third District-Swann, 13,056; King, 5,667-Demomajority, 7,389. Fourth District-Hamill, 12,239; Weisel, 11,053-Democratic majority, 586. Fifth District-Stone, 9,924; Albert, 2,176-Democratic majority, 7,748. -Two colored men, sentenced to be hanged in De-Mount Vesuvius is in a very violent state of erup-cember for the murder of Captain Johnson, of the tion. The streams of lava ejected by the eruption schooner Brave, escaped from the jail at Princess have filled and overflowed the Fosse Vetrana, follow- Anne, Md., on Tuesday night last. ing the course of the eruption of 1855. On the night of the 16th inst. the upper cone discharged columns of ashes, occasionally illuminated by flashes of flame. The spectacle is magnificent, and many persons are going to Naples to witness it. PRUSSIA. -Count Von der Goltz, the Prussian Abassador at Paris, has resigned, and Von Werther, the present Minister to Austria, has been appointed to fill the vacancy. Count Von Bismarck will resume his seat in the Prussian chambers in December, and declarations of the peaceful disposition of the Government have been made through Von Heydt, Minister of Fi nance. DOMESTIC. -A complimentary dinner to Hon. Wm. M. Evarts was given on the 17th inst. by the Bar of New York at the Astor House, and among the guests were Generals Grant, Schofield and Banks, Admiral Farragut, ExGov. Clifford, A. T. Stewart, Judges Sutherland, Daly, Davies, and leading members of the New York Bar. General Grant, in reply to a toast, said from no other community would he have more pleasure in receiving a demonstration of regard than from the citizens he saw present. -Mayor Hoffman, of New York, has sent in his resignation, in order that his successor may be chosen at the approaching municipal election. The resignation will take effect on November 30. Mr. Hoffman will be inaugurated Governor on January 1. -The new Episcopal diocese of Easton, which comprises what is known as the Eastern Shore of Maryland, was to have been formally organized on the 19th inst. The clergy and lay representatives were to assemble on that day at Easton to make choice of a Bishop. -Thomas Armstrong, of the firm of Armstrong, Cator & Co., the oldest active merchant of this city, died Saturday, the 14th inst., aged 79. -The regular annual convocation of the Grand Royal Arch Chapter of the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of the State of Maryland and District of Columbia was held in Baltimore this week. The Grand Lodge of Masons was also in session, and John Coates, Esq., was elected Most Worshipful Grand Master for the ensuing year. -Mrs. James Starkweather, of Michigan, aged 61 years, was run over and killed by a railroad train, at the Relay House, Maryland, on Monday night. She was traveling westward from Washington with her husband. -Among the fatal occurrences in Baltimore during the week were the following: Josiah Gordon, shot and killed by Michael Kehoe, keeper of a restaurant; James Glenn, engineer of Crichton's Holliday street distillery, found crushed to a shapeless mass among the machinery; Mrs. C. Tragesser, in a fit of insanity, killed herself by jumping from a window. DIED, After a brief illness, on the 3d inst., at her summer residence, Pagebrook, Clarke county, Virginia, Mrs. HENRIETTA E. PAGE, of Edenton, North Carolina. -Reports from Arkansas state that a part of Gen- the State. -A collision occurred between two ferry boats in a slip at New York, on Saturday, 14th inst., by which two persons were killed and a number injured. One of the boats was crowded with passengers, most of whom had congregated on the forward part of the boat. The crash on the boats coming together was fearful. -The difficulty between Governor Reed and Lieutenant Governor Gleason, of Florida, remains unsettled. The Governor claims that his subordinate is ineligible, not having been a citizen of the State three years. A wordy proclamation war is going on between the rivals. Wm. N. Sanders, colored, is running as an independent candidate for Congress in Florida, and his claims are urged by a circular from a committee styled the "Unterrified Tigers." -It is understood that the Attorney General has rendered an opinion that under the recent law of Congress all employees on Government work are entitled to the same pay for eight hours' work as they previously received for ten. -Four distinct shocks of earthquake were felt in Elizabeth, New Jersey, Sunday night. They continued about twenty seconds. -The Supreme Court of Missouri has decided that National Bank shares were taxable, like those of other corporations. -The Mexican Congress is about to try Gen. Mejia, the Secretary of War, for misappropriation of public moneys. Several other prominent personages are also to be tried, and Minister Romero has been accused by a Congressman of illegal acts in various ways. The Congress had approved the contract for the Vera Cruz and City of Mexico Railroad. -A terrible storm devastated portions of Northern Mexico, from October 15th to 18th. The city of Alamo, in Sonora, and several towns in Lower California, on November 3, -A case is to be made up in Alabama to test the legality of the present Legislature of that State. The law orders an election for members of the Legislature BALTIMORE MARKET, For the Week ending Thursday, Nov. 19, 1868. [Our quotations are invariably Wholesale, unless otherwise expressed.] ALCOHOL-The market has been entirely bare, while a fair inquiry has prevailed. We quote 95 per cent. at $2.20 gallon, and Cologne Spirits at $2.25. APPLES-Are still in fair demand at full prices. We note sales at $5a5.50 barrel for New York State, and $4.50 for Western. BARK-Quercitron is still dull and irregular in price. We quote No. 1 nominal at $35, and No. 2 $24a25 ton, without sales. cents. BEESWAX-We note sales prime yellow at 10a41 BLACK-EYED PEAS AND BEANS-Are in fair demand. We quote Peas at $1.25a1.40, and Beans at $3a4 bushel. BUTTER-The demand is confined to the wants of the trade only, and the market is consequently dull and inactive. 'Limited sales at 40a42 cents for choice dairies Glades; 37a39 cents for good do.; 30a35 cents for common do.; 32a35 cents for Western, and Roll 35a38 cents b. CHEESE-There has been a good trade demand, and we quote the market very firm. We note sales at172a 18 cents b. for Eastern and Western. COTTON DUCK AND YARNS-We continue to quote No. 1 Duck at 56 cents; No. 2 at 53 cents, and No. 3 at 50 centsyard, and Yarns at 38a40 cents b. for low numbers. CHEMICALS-Demand moderate at unchanged rates, viz: Soda Ash 2a234 cents; Caustic Soda 5a54 cents; Sal Soda $1.90, and Bleaching Powders 31⁄2 cents, gold. COTTON-There has been a good inquiry from shippers during the week, but at prices below the views of sellers generally. The sales have been at a decline of 1 cent b. on the closing rates of the last week. We quote Middling at 23 cents, and low do. 22 cents. COFFEE-Prime and choice qualities of Rio are in demand at full prices, while medium grades are tull, and a concession would be made to effect sales. There have been no sales from first hands reported this week, and the transactions have been confined to supplying the wants of the trade. We quote choice Rio 17a18 cents; prime do. 174a171⁄2 cents; good 15a16 cents; fair 14a15 cents; and ordinary 13a14 cents. Laguayra 16a17 cents, and Java 23a24 cents, gold. CANNED GOODS-The demand for the trade and for shipment has been quite good since our last report, and prices continue firm. We quote: 1 b Cove Oysters, per dozen cans........... 2 tb 66 46 2b Peaches...... 2 ib 66 Brandy Peaches, quarts.... HIDES-The demand continues good and prices are firm. We quote: City Association, Steers, 14a 15 cents; Cows, 14 cents, in dry salt; green slaughtered, 12 cents for city; 13a13 cents for green slaughtered New Orleans; and 18a182 cents for dry do., and 22a22%2 cents, gold, for dry Buenos Ayres; $1.75a2 each, currency, for Calf Skins. HOPS-Are dull of sale. We quote Eastern at 20 IRON AND NAILS-There has been very little .$40 00@$41 00 38 00@ 40 00 46 ..$0 00@1 50 ton. Pounds and Half Pounds, Twist, &c. 85 @$1 25 Good bright.. 75 @ Medium sound. 60 @ Common sound. Mottled. 0 00@4 00 Unsound.... 50 @ 35 @ 45 00@ 46 00 0 00@3 00 Navy. Fine....... 45 @ 90 00@ 00 00 Fives, Tens, and Twelves. 0 00@3 25 0 00@3 75 Common......... 85 00@ 00 00 American Sheet...... 6 50@ 7 50 3 25@3 50 0 00@4 00 English Hoop ..135 00@200 00 0 00@4 00 Flat or Boiler 58 @ 50 @ 95 00@110 00 0.00@4 50 American Railroad Bars... 0.00@4 00 English Bar 16 Rails Boiler Plates-Refined.. Chesapeake.. Best flange... 46 Fire box... 80 00@ 86 00 46 WOOL-There is still very few transactions being made, and we quote market dull and nominal: Unwashed 30a33 cents; tub washed 48a52 cents, and pulled 38a40 cents lb. WHISKEY-The market has ruled very firm but b. not active. The sales foot up about 1,000 barrels at $1.05a1.08 gallon for free, included in which was 200 bbls. Western sold, to arrive in a few days, at $1.03 a gallon; closing with prices in favor of buyers. We 0 00@5 00 DRIED FRUIT-There has been very little done since our last report, and we quote the market nominal, viz: Unpeeled Peaches, quarters and halves, 8a13 cents; Peeled do. 25 cents for prime bright; Apples 6a8 cents b., and Cherries, pitted, 38a40 cents. FLOUR-The demand has been more active this week, and we note a slight advance in some of the finer grades. The sales include about 8,000 bbls. How-ited to the wants of the local trade, and we note but ard Street and Western Superfine and Extra, and 3,000 bbls. City Mills, all within the range of quotations. The market closing quite firm in feeling with a fair enquiry. We quote: Howard Street Super.... NAILS-Duty, Cut 11⁄2 cents; Wrought 2 cents; Horse ONIONS-We quote at $5a5.50 bbl. It is strange to see with what carelessness some invalids attend to their health. They will procure a box of PLANTATION BITTERS, which ought to be used up in a month or six weeks, and upon inquiry it is found that they have used only two or three bottles. Some days they have used it actouched it. The whole trial has been irregular, cording to the directions, and others have not and of course a less favorable result has come from their use. If it be true that "what is worth doing at all is worth doing well," how emphatically is it true in matters relating to the health. A few bottles of PLANTATION BITTERS have often wrought wonders, while in other instances disease has only been subdued after weeks of resistance. MAGNOLIA WATER.-Superior to the best im OILS AND CANDLES-Are dull and inactive, but ported German Cologne, and sold at half the price. 7 75a 8 50 9 25a10 00 10 25a11 00 prices are not quotably lower. 6 00a 6 50 Sperm Oil, winter.. 7 00a 8 25 Patent 6 75a 8 25 Lard Oil....... 8 75a 9 25 Whale Oil................... 10 25a10 50 Coal Oil....... 12 75 West Virginia Lubricating Oil, 29 gravity.. 14 50 12 50a13 00 Linseed... 12 00a12 50 Sperm Candles........ 7 50a 7 75 5 50 Patent Wax Candles. do (12 oz.). do FEATHERS-Are in good request, with sales of prime Live Geese at 70a75 cents; fair do. 60a65 cents, and common mixed at 40a42 cents b. FISH-We have to report a very quiet market for the week, the demand being entirely confined to the retail store trade. We note the arrival of a cargo of Labrador Herrings, but there have been no sales from the wharf. From store we quote: Mackerel-No. 1 Bay, per barrel.. No. 1 Shore (new) No. 2(new) 46 No. 3 (large, new) 46 No. 3 (medium) 44 Hakefish, 100 lbs.. Cod, large, 46 Cod, small, 100 lbs.. .$23.00@24 00 50@40 50 Labrador Herring... Paraffine do $2 40 to $2 50 1 35 to 1 40 1 40 to 1 45 Holloway's Pills.-BILIOUS REMITTENTS.-That 120 to 1 25 unruly member, the Liver, is more than usually un30 to 31 governable in the Fall. Remittent Bilious Fever is 50 to 55 especially a Fall complaint, and its first symptoms 100 to 1 05 should be promptly met with a few doses of HOLLO00 to 1 03 50 to 53 WAY'S PILLS. In all stages of the disease, as well as 62 to in every species of bilious disorders, from the mildest attack to confirmed jaundice, this admirable vegetable aperient and alterative is the very best medicine that can be administered. Sold by all Druggists. 65 17% to 174 192 to 20 33 to 35 34 to 36 and inactive, with sales at lower prices. We quote POWDER-We continue to quote Blasting at $4.50, RICE.-Sales this week of Carolina at 84a84 cents. GRAIN-The supply continues small, and we note SEED-Clover is still in light supply, and generally a firm market for all descriptions, with a slightly up- held above the views of buyers. We quote prime at ward tendency in prices. The receipts for the week $7.50; Timothy is held at $2.75a3; and Flax $2.55a2.60. are comprised of 45,000 bushels Wheat, 60,000 do. Corn, SHINGLES-The market is steady under a firm deand 40,000 bushels Oats. Wheat, since the close of our mand. We quote No. 1 Cypress at $11 per M. last report, has ruled active, especially prime and SHOT AND LEAD-Baltimore Drop is selling at 11% choice qualities, which continues scarce. The offer-cents, and Mould at 12 cents b., and Bar Lead at ings have all been sold at prices ranging from $2.35a 10 cents. 2.40 for choice samples of white and red; $2.25a2.30 for SUGAR-The demand has been limited to the wants good do.; $2a2.10 for fair do., and $1.60a1.90 for common of the Grocery Trade. Refiners have done nothing for to medium do., closing firm at these figures. Corn the former. We note sales of about 200 hhds., in lots, has been in active demand, and our figures show a at 11a13 cents for Cuba and Porto Rico. We quote slight advance on the close of the last week. We note refining grades at 11a11% cents for Cuba and Porto sales of old white and yellow at $1.15a1.18; dry new Rico. white 88a93 cents; do, green and out of condition 70a75 TOBACCO-There is no material change to notice in cents; new yellow $1.05a1.08 for dry, and 85a95 cents the market this week, and we continue to quote it for damp. Oats are in fair demand at 68a71 cents. dull and inactive, viz: We quote Rye at $1.30a1.45 cents bushel. Maryland frosted to common........... Sound common........... Good common..... Middling...... Seven per cent. Interest in Gold. Bonds of the Rockford, Rock Island and St. Louis Each bond is for $1,000, or £200 sterling, and is convertible into stock at the option of the holder. The coupons are payable Feb. 1 and Aug. 1, in New York or London, at the option of the holder. The Road runs from Rockford in Northern Illinois to St. Louis, a distance, including tracks to Coal Mines, &c., of about 400 miles, and traverses the finest district of Illinois. The Bonds have 50 years to run, and are a lien of $21,000 per mile upon the Company's Railroad and franchises, its coal lands-of which it has 20,000 acres, containing A HUNDRED MILLION TUNS OF COAL-Its rolling stock, and property of every sort. Stock of the Company, furnishes a large part of the A subscription of $8,800,000, at par, to the Capital means required to construct and equip the road. Nearly half of the entire length of the Road is graded and substantially ready for the iron; the rails are now arriving upon the line. The first division, giving an outlet to the coal, will be in operation in days, and track-laying will from this time be prosecuted with the utmost energy till the last rail is in position. The Company intend to have the Road in readiness for the Autumn business of 1869. The Bonds are for sale at 97% and accrued Interest in currency, and may be obtained through bankers ..$3 75@ 4 50 and brokers throughout the country, or at the office of 5 00@ 5 50 6 007 00 the Company, No. 12 WALL STREET, New York. 8.00@10 00 10 00@15 00 Justin Bonnafous has recently established a in this city, where he offers to Gentlemen and Ladies all the market affords. Having gone to much expense in this trial of French Cookery, and hoping at least a trial from the citizens of Baltimore, a call is respectfully solicited. No. 58 Fayette street, opposite the U. S. Court House, and adjoining Rennert's. Coffee and Chocolate (just received from Paris) served in the French style. BALTIMORE & OHIO RAILROAD. N AND AFTER SUNDAY, 13th Sept., 1868, three Wheeling and Parkersburg, as follows: MAIL TRAIN, for all way points, will leave Baltimore daily (except Sunday) at 8.45 A. M. FAST LINE will leave daily (including Sunday) at 5.20 P. M. EX. PRESS TRAIN will leave daily (except Saturday) at 9.45 P. M. These trains connect at Bellaire and Parkersburg for all points West, Southwest and North Mr. BONNAFOUS (for many years Instructor of Fene- LIFE INSURANCE West ing and Sword Exercise at the Naval Academy, Annapolis,) has devoted a chamber to these exercises, where he will give lessons at hours and prices to suit pupils. For further information apply at the "Maison Bonnafous." Juniper Tar Soap is a certain cure for chapped hands and all roughness or irritation of the skin, caused by a changeable temperature; Eczema, Ringworm, Salt Rheum, Pimples, and all other cutaneous affections, rendering the skin soft and smooth. Manufactured by CASWELL, HAZARD & Co., New York. Sold by Druggists. The purest and sweetest Cod-Liver Oil in the world, manufactured from fresh, healthy livers, upon the sea shore. It is perfectly pure and sweet. Patients who have once taken it can take no other. Ask for COMPANY OF NEW YORK. "HAZARD & CASWELL'S COD-LIVER OIL," manufac- F. S. WINSTON, tured by Caswell, Hazard & Co., successors to Caswell, Mack & Co., New York. Sold by Druggists. The light straw-colored Cod-Liver Oil is decided by physicians to be far superior to any of the brown oils. HE ATTENTION OF PERSONS DESIRING to invest money in a safe and remunerative man- CASH ASSETS, over.. ner is invited to the facilities offered by the Monumental Permanent Building and Land Society, which is now in successful operation, under a liberal charter from the State, and officered by well-known citizens. The par value of shares, $400 each, may be paid up in full at once, or in weekly instalments of $1 each. The funds are invested by loans upon mortgage on Real or Leasehold property for from one to ten years, at the rate of six per cent., with a bonus additional, making in all a return of nearly nine per cent. The security, ample in itself, is made doubly good by the weekly repayment of PRINCIPAL, INTEREST, and BONUS, which, with other weekly receipts, are loaned in the same manner. Thus the funds are compounded (weekly) again and again to the great gain of the Society. No salaries are paid; no money kept idle. WINCHESTER ACCOMMODATION TRAIN leaves Baltimore, daily, at 4.10 P. M. (except Sunday.) Leaves Winchester for Baltimore, daily (Sundays excepted,) at 5.00 A. M. Connecting at Frederick Junction with train for Frederick, and at Hagerstov Junction with train for Hagerstown. The ELLICOTT'S MILLS TRAIN leaves Baltimore at 6.20 and 9.50 A. M., and 1.20 and 5.20 P. M. Returning, leaves Ellicott's Mills at 7.30 and 11.10 A. M., and 2.30 and 6.30 P. M. FOR HAGERSTOWN. Leave Baltimore at 8.45 A. M. and 4.10 P. M., connecting at Hagerstown Junction with Washington County Railroad, arriving in Hagerstown at 2.45 and 9.20 P. M. Returning, leave Hagerstown at 5.10 and 11.00 A. M., arriving in Baltimore at 10.25 A. M. and 4.45 P. M, FOR WINCHESTER. Leave Baltimore at 8.45 A. M. and 4.10 P. M., arriving in Winchester at 2.55 and 9.35 P. M. Returning, leave Winchester at 5.00 and 10.35 A. M., arriving in Baltimore at 10.25 A. M. and 4.45 P. M. FOR WASHINGTON. Leave Baltimore at 3.45, 7.00 and 8.40 A. M., and 12.30, President. 4.30 and 8.25 P. M. ..$28,000,000 Invested in Loans on Bond and Mortgage, and United States Stocks. Issues every approved description of LIFE AND ENDOWMENT POLICIES The owner of one house borrows with it for security On selected Lives, at moderate rates, returning all to build another, the rent of which will pay his dues. The Builder of his first house borrows while building, receiving safe instalments until the house is erected, Surplus annually to the Policy-holders, to be used having previously given bond against Liens. The Society has had no suits, no default. The earnings for the first year will probably justify a cash dividend of 25 per cent. We have abundant applications for money, and confident that we are aiding in the improvement of the City, we wish to increase our facilities still more. Shares may be withdrawn at any time without loss, and Borrowers may obtain a Release of Mortgage when desired, upon payment of the amount remaining due, and a Release fee of $1 per share. Certificates of paid up shares ($100) bear dividend interest from their dates, and where weekly payments have been made, dividends are paid upon the amounts. subscribed, properly averaged for the year. Dues are received at the office, corner Second street and Postoffice avenue, daily, between the hours of 9 and either in payment of Premiums, or to purchase additional Insurance, at the option of the assured. 0. F. BRESEE, GENERAL AGENT, 4, where the Board of Directors meet on THURSDAY PROF. F. DONALDSON, EVENING of each week. For further information inquire of the following OFFICERS: No. 21 South Street. Medical Examiner. Marine and Fire Insurance. [ERCHANTS' MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF BALTIMORE, CHARTERED 1846. Marine Insurance in All its Branches. GEO. B. COALE, Secretary. ALLEN A. CHAPMAN, 58 EXCHANGE PLACE. CEO. B. COALE, President. Fire Insurance Agent and Broker. 183 A. SIGMUND, . FROM WASHINGTON FOR BALTIMORE. Leave Washington at 7.00 and 8.00 A. M., and 12.30, 4.20, 5.40 and 8.30 P. M. FOR ANNAPOLIS. Leave Baltimore at 7.00 A. M. and 4.30 P. M.; leave Washington at 7.00 A. M. and 4.20 P. M. Trains leave Annapolis at 6.30 A. M. and 3.45 P. M. SUNDAY TRAINS. Leave Baltimore for Washington at 3.45 and 8.40 A. M., and 4.30 and 8.25 P. M. Leave Washington at 8.00 A. M., and 4.20, 5.40 and 8.30 P. M. For further information, Tickets of every kind, etc., apply to J. T. ENGLAND, Agent, Camden Station, or at the Ticket Office. JOHN L. WILSON, Master of Transportation. L. M. COLE, General Ticket Agent. Philadelphia, Wilmington & Baltimore RAILROAD. COMMENCING on SUNDAY, September 13th, 1868, Passenger Trains will leave President Street Depot as follows, viz.: Way Mail Train for Philadelphia and Way Stations at 7.25 A. M. This train connects at New Castle Junction with train for all Stations on the Delaware Railroad. Express Train for Philadelphia and New York at 9.35 A. M., connecting at Perryville with the train for Port Deposit. Express Train for Philadelphia and New York at Stations on Delaware Railroad, between Wilmington 2.25 P. M. Connecting at Wilmington with Trains for and Harrington. Accommodation Train for Port Deposit and intermediate Stations at 5 P. M. Express Train for Philadelphia at 7.25 P.M., connecting at Wilmington with the Express Train to the principal Stations on the Delaware Railroad, daily except Saturday. Express Train for New York at 10.40 P. M. For Philadelphia at 7.25 P. M. and New York at 10.40 P. M. Through Tickets may be procured either at Presi dent Street Depot, or at Ticket Office, No. 125 Baltimore street. Persons purchasing Tickets at Baltimore street Office, can have their Baggage checked at their residence by Union Transfer Company. WM. CRAWFORD, Agent. FAMILY DRY GOODS HOUSE. 183 IRISH LINENS, Manufacturer of and Wholesale and Retail Dealer in FANCY FURS, 183 WEST BALTIMORE STREET, Shipping Furs Bought-Repairing and Altering done. LINEN AND COTTON SHEETINGS, SHIRTING MUSLINS, OPERA FLANNELS, White and Colored Flannels, Canton Flannels, MERINO UNDERWEAR, BLANKETS, QUILTS, CLOTHS and CASSIMERES, which they offer at the lowest rates for cash. Housekeeping Articles, OF EVERY KIND AND VARIETY. The largest stock in the country, unequalled in quality, newness, style and cheapness. BALTIMORE AND LIGHT STREETS, Invite the attention of purchasers to their large and elegant stock of Diamonds and other Rich Jewelry, SILVER WARE, ARTISTIC BRONZES, CLOCKS, and VASES, SELECTED PERSONALLY IN EUROPE. Agents for the Celebrated Patek, Phillpipe & Co. WATCHES. CENTS WILL BUY A CENTURY WRITING Paper, 6 Envelopes do. 6 Sheets Ladies' Fine Gilt 6 Envelopes, do. 2 Indestructible Pens, 1 Pen Holder, 1 Lead Pencil, 12 Motto Seals, a guaranteed Receipt for Rheumatism (Ingredients purchased at any Drug Store); also, an Article of Utility and Fancy, to suit both sexes. Sent by mail on receipt of price and three red stamps, or C. O. D. by Express. 50 CASE, containing 6 Sheets Commercial Note A $100 U. S. Money Packed Daily in these Cases. AGENTS WANTED-SEND FOR CIRCULAR. H. H. WOOLDRIDGE & CO., Cincinnati, O., AMERICAN WALTHAM WATCHES. 350,000 ing for themselves in the pockets of the OF THESE WATCHES are now speak people-a proof and a guarantee of their superiority, and furnishing the best reason for their great popu larity, and justifying the preference uniformly shown them by the public. N EXPERIENCE of nearly fifteen years has fur Anished the AMERICAN WATCH COMPANY the opportunity of thoroughly testing all really valuable inventions in Watchmaking; and it being the sole aim of the Company to produce Watches which as time-keepers would bear comparison with the very best made anywhere, they now confidently assert that the WALTHAM WATCHES have every improvement which time and experience have proved valuable. THE AMERICAN WATCH CO. desire specially to remark that having had the refusal of all the contrivances designed to prevent damage to the train by the breakage of mainsprings, FOGG'S PATENT CENTER-PINION was adopted for that purpose as the best, and faultless. WALTHAM WATCHES are now supplied with Patent DUST-PROOF CAPS, protecting the movement from dust, and greatly lessening the necessity of frequent cleaning, &c.; an improvement of very great value to watch-wearers whose watches are exposed to rough usage and constant wear. An Agent wanted in every City and Town in the THE DIFFERENT GRADES OF WALTHAM WATCHES have frequently been submitted to the severest tests to determine their time-keeping quali ties, and have invariably been found thoroughly rellable and accurate, receiving the strongest endorse ments from railway engineers, conductors and expressmen, the most exacting class of watch-wearersand a USAGE OF FIFTEEN YEARS HAS SUFFICIENTLY PROVED THEIR DURABILITY. THERE ARE MANY KINDS, GRADES, SIZES, and Descriptions of Watches made by the WALT HAM COMPANY, adapted to the tastes and means of all classes; but the Company's written guaranty ac companies every Watch that bears the Company's name, and should be required of every seller. No Watches retailed by the Company. ROBBINS & APPLETON, Agents, No. 182 Broadway, N. Y. RUP CURED RUPTURED DR. J. A. SHERMAN, Artistic Surgeon, respectfully offers his services in the BEDDING, etc. application of his Rupture Curative Appliances, at his office, 697 BROADWAY, corner 4th Street. The great experience of DR. SHERMAN, resulting from his long and constant devotion to the Treatment and Cure of this disease, assures him of his ability to relieve all, without regard to the age of the patient, or duration of the infirmity, or the difficulties which they may have heretofore encountered in seeking relief. Dr. S., as Principal of the Rupture Curative InHavana Segars. stitute, New Orleans, for a period of more than fifteen years, had under his care the worst cases in the coun try, all of which were effectually relieved, and many, to their great joy, restored to a sound body. None of the pains and injuries, resulting from the use of other Trusses, are found in Dr. Sherman's Ap pliances; and, with a full knowledge of the assertion, he promises greater security and comfort, with a daily improvement in the disease, than can be obtained of any other person, or the inventions of any other per son in the United States. BALTIMORE. Prices to suit all classes. It is the only, as well as ANTED-AGENTS.-$75 to $200 per month, everywhere, male and female, to in- the cheapest, remedy ever offered the afflicted. Pho troduce the GENUINE IMPROVED COM-tographic likenesses of cases before and after treat MON SENSE FAMILY SEWING MACHINE ment furnished on receipt of two 3 cent stamps. This Machine will stitch, hem, fell, tuck, quilt, cord, bind, braid and embroider in a most superior manner. Price only $18. Fully warranted for five years. We will pay $1,000 for any machine that will sew a stronger, more beautiful, or more elastic seam than ours. It makes the "Elastic Lock Stitch." Every second stitch can be cut, and still the cloth cannot be pulled apart without tearing it. We pay Agents from $75 to $200 per month and expenses, or a commission from which twice that amount can be made. Address SECOMB & CO., PITTSBURG, Pa., or BOSTON, Mass. MOSS, CAUTION.-Do not be imposed upon by other parties palming off worthless cast-iron machines, under the same name or otherwise. Ours is the only genuine and really practical cheap machine manufactured. |