The New York Herald Newspaper, December 5, 1849, Page 2

i NEW YORK HERALD. Sorth west corner of Fulton and Nassan sts. s GURDON BENNETT JA MMAOPRIRTOR AND EDITOR EVENING. itor Place—Enxani. BOWERY THEATRE, Bowery—Tux Tunxe Gvanve- WAY THEA Broadway—Ksicur oy Anva AREAL rokarneay Daron, NIBLO’S GARDEN, Breadway—Ticut Rorw—Gizetie —Vor-ar-Vart, TON'S THEATRE, Cham bers wate —Senious Fame Ae. uay's Sroons. THEATE. ~ Ghathara jpare—TTArriest Dee LikeDuenees ae LavacwatieaDrad Boor. THEATRE, Proadway—TeLemacus~-Sou- ae Parente —In PLack Asp Ovt ov PLace—Pao- mistony Noth. CHRIST'S OPERA HOUSE—Necno Minerariay. AMERICAN MUSEUM—Amusine Penroumanoss Eve- By Arrekoon ap Event OIRCUS, Aetdr Place—Equestnian Penrormarcrs. CHINESE MU3BUM—Gi)ppon's Panorama oF THE 1m. t—THe Queen's wow York, Wednesday, December 5 1849. Earopean News. ‘The Hermann and Wuropa are due—the H. at this port, and the E. at Halifax. They may arrive atany moment. The news will be posted on the bulletins the moment it is received. Sccond Day in the House—No Elcetion. Onurtelegraphic returns give us the progress ot the second day’s ballotings for a Speaker, and the re- sult remains as doubtful as ever. It appears that, Jeaving out the Massachusetts ve .ney, there are only now three absentees—-Mr. King, of Georgia, (whig), Mr. Boyd, of Kentucky (democrat), and Mr. Julian, of lodiana (free soil)—so that parties, in this respect, stand balanced against each other. Of the 227 members present in Wash- ington, 224 was the highest number votiag on any ballot. On the sixth tral, yesterday—being the tenth since Monday morning—the House gave up the job and adjourned, to try the eflect of another night's log-rolling. Possibly they may have done something last night. Mr. Cobb has fallen off four votes since the beginning; his chances of election, therefore, are exceedingly doubtful; and though Mr. Winthrop holds his own, he may be consi- dered in the same predicament. The recusant Southern whigs voting for Mr. Gentry may probably compel the friends of Mr. Win- throp to join them, and, in that event, Mr. Gentry may be elected. On the other side, it is poesible that some moderate democrat of the mid- die or northern States might sueceed. At all events, there 1s no satisfactory prospect for either of the regular nominees, and it seems that the House cannot be organized without a compromise. ¥ euch is the beginning of the session, what will be the end? Whe Meeting of Congress=The Administra- ton=The Slavery Question—Collapse of the Whig Party, During the last six months, we hove repeatedly discussed the alarming aspects of the slavery agi- tation. {twas no difficult thing to foresee that what had heretofore been a hobby for political demagogues, would now present itself in a shape teo formidable to be trifled with any longer. It was easy to predict, from the tendencies of public opinion, North and South, that the meeting of Con- gress would test the strength of the admunistra- tion, the unity of the whig party, and the momen- tous issues involved in this overruling question of slavery. The proceedings in the whig caucus on Saturday night last, at Woshington, and the continued bal- Jotings for Speaker of the House, confirm our appre- hersions. It appears that Mr. Toombs, of Georgia, proposed, as a whig test, that the party in the House should declare itself opposed to any law prohibiting slavery in California or New Mexico, end thet on the failure of the motion, Messrs. Toombs end Stevens, of Georgia, Hilliard, of Ala- nd three other Southern whigs, left the | caucus. Under ordinary circumstances, this would | be « trifle, not worth a minute's attention ; bat in the prevent state of things, it is of the highest mo- ment. It establishes the point that there is a qestion in the South, which overrides all the weages of party allegiance and party support of the | administration—it proves the validity of the late | eorrespondense between Messrs. Clingman and | Fcote, that both parties in the South will resist the enactment of the Wilmot proviso. It accounts for | the nincty-six votes for Mr. Winthrop, out of two | hundred and twenty-one, and probably reduces | the administration te this hopeless minerity in the Flouse. Such is the beginning of the end. On the first experiment in caucus, the whig party in Congress collapses, and the admuinistratien, before the first meeting of the House, is left in a more deplorable condition than that of John Tyler. With a minor- | ity in the Senate, and utterly abandoned by the Houre, condemned by the late elections, and divi- | ded amo themselves, the present cabinet are truly to b tied and deplored. Deserted by the Honse, where its last feeble hope depended, what is this cabinet to do? [tis impotent, le the administration is powerlers, and the whig par- ty is already dissolved. A Saturday night caucus scatters all their prospects to the winde Nor do we see any loop-hole of escape to the administration or the whig party. Settle the ques- tion as they may, it will be to their di age, in one section or the other; and if they to set. tle it, their divisions and disvensions are widened in both sections. Nor is the democratic party in recondition. The very stion, in the | ot free soil, divides and die etracts their or- ion, but in Con: + suet division does them lese harm than it pi the whigs. The whig the whig p mus bility of par'y mot the dangerous rock on which they most spli in in power ly, the resy on: governin t to pices The diflieulty eonet) tion tc mever creamed of New Mexico oulues ¢ pute, which serious coneec in this slavery bus There he iness is extra- is nothing in the const framer uch a cont end California ronel. meet tue of that instrument igency as this of They had difli- le on the slavery dis- e threatened the most But, on the suggestion of eir own to ® one ces dem and influence of those five great men of the TELEGRAPHIC INTELLI Senate—Meessrs. Clay, Calhoun, Cass, Benton and GENCE, ‘Webster. They represent all the extremes of the | THE BALLOTINGS POR | SPEAKER, Union on this subject, and it 1s upon their united deliberations that our only hope of a compromise depends. It is pretty evident that the whig party is dis- organized before the meeting of the House—that the administration is in a hopeless minority—that it ean do nething in Congress till this slavery ques- tion is settled; and that in settling this dispute by any process whatever, it must lose strength in one section or the other, and pethaps in both. But if more dangerous. The Union rises above all other considerations ; and it will be a subject of public thanksgiving, if party organizations are broken up, so that, out of the fragments, another party shall nse to settle this harraseing question of slavery, in such a way as to restore the harmony of the Umon. To the President and the old heads of the Senate of revolution—we can only look to the Senate. Mr. Coucamen’s Post Orrick Rerort.—Mach to our astonishment, we find in a Philadelphia paper the report of Mr. Collamer, Postmaster Ge- neral, in all iyglength and breadth, even before the organization of the two houses of Congress, or the delivery of the President’s message. This docu- ment will be found in our columns to-day. Itisa very fair business-like paper, and shows the pres- penty of that department during the last year, to very great advantage. The increase in the revenue amounts to $691,782 70. We are also informed that during the last year nearly seven thousand changes have been made in the personnel of the Post Office department, and of this number nearly three thousaad have been re- moved without a cause assigned, other than that of a difference in general political sentiment be- tween the administration and the postmasters re- moved. From the foundation of the government to the present day, no such general sweep, for opinion’s sake—no such terrible proscription for political reasons, has ever distinguished the Ame- rican government. ‘The other branches of the re- port, and the foreign mail service, are quite inte- resting and unique; sometimes degenerating into the laughable. We shall examine and criucize these matters at our leisure. On the whole, the document presents some good and some bad traits, very much like the Post- master General himself, whose mind seems to be made up of odds and ends, picked up in some stray corer in Vermont. In such a prosperous country as this, the revenue from the Post-office department must always go on increasing; but some of the ideas and notions entertained by the Postmaster General are fit only for ridicule or reprobatioa. One of the most curious features in the matter is the early publication of the report, even before the Presi- dent's message has made its appearance, and the ¥election of the source through which it was given to the world. During the last summer, we have had reason to know that some of the departments, frase the State department, had been very aky, and extubited large cracks and crevices, through which secrets were distilled to the newe- papers; but in the publication of the Post-oflice re- port, inthe shape in which it appears, before any other public document, Mr. Collamer has entirely outstripped Mr. Clayton, Mr. Meredith and Mr Ewing, in the extent, amount, length and breadth of leakage. This is the leakiest hole which has yet been exhibited by any of the departments, and we congratulate the Postmaster General on beating Mr. Clayton and his other col- leagues, in letting out the secrets of his department in some strange, round-about way, in advance of the message, and every other public document that may be expected from that quarter. In fact, we begin to like Mr. Collamer now.— ile is a small man, but a prodiglously large leaky vessel, to be sure ; but leaky vessels are very useful to the newspapers. We hope his next report will be as readily given to the public, and that the other members will follow his bright ex- | mistration of 1850. | have broken out in different phases, and with ad- ample: for, by so doing, the cabinet will entitle themselves to be considered the great leaky admi- Recent Crmes axp Criminacs.—It seems to be a settled fact, that the criminal elements of our secial system present the seme variations and ine- qualities wiach all the grand operations of nature exhibit—sometimes in the ascendant, sometimes in the descendant, sometimes high, sometimes low, sometimes ferocious and horrible, and sometimes quiet and evanescent. Recently, however, both in Europe and in this country, crime seems to dinonal aspects of horrer. The recent financial offences that have been com- mitted in this country, have caused some sensa- tion, besides producing a vast amount of misery and suffering among the poor and laboriag classes of cociety. ‘The explosion of the Susquehannah County Denk, and of the State Bank at Morris, have resulted in numerons indictments, and the NO CHOICE YET. THIRTY-FIRST CONGRESS. FIRST SESSION. Senate. ‘Wasmmnctor, Tuesday, Deo, 4—P. M. Messrs. Dayton, of New Jersey ; Sebastian, of Ar- kansas ; Rusk, of Texas, and Turney, of Tennessee, appeared in their seats to-day. this is the consequence of action, delay is stil] | After the reading of the journal of yesterdsy, » motion for adjournment was made and carried. House of Representatives, ‘Wasuincron, Monday, Deo. 3, 1849, ARRIVAL OF MEMBERS. David Wilmot and Henry Nes, of Peansylvania, took their seats to-day, before adjournment. ‘Albert G, Brown, of Mississippi; David Hubbard, of we look for this result. The House is in a state | Alabama; Augustine M. Sheppard, of North Carolina ; Albert J. Alston, of Alabama, and Meredith P. Gentry, of Tennessee, arrived to-night, and will take their seats to-morrow. Ansentees. ‘Thomas Butler King, (whig) of Georgia ; George W. Julian, (free soil) of Indians, and Linn Boyd, (dem.) of Kentucky, atill absent. Total aumber of members, In Washington. . + Bar Number voting 2 996 Vacancy. ..... se “8 Torsoar, Deo, 4, 1849. This morning the journal was read. TREASURY ROTIMATES. A letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, trans- mitting estimates, was placed on the members’ desks, ANOTHER ATTEMPT TO ORGANIZE, ‘The ballotings for Speaker were resumed :— VOTES FOR SPEAKER. Fisth, Sixth, Seventh. wd | 100 fi 3 | m Imet, of ; 9 . yom, of Penn, a ‘A. Kichardeen, 2 2 ra Fotter, of Obio, dem. f 3 ¥. 1 1 ¥ i 1 1 Linn Boy, Ker -” ~ 2 Charis “Slim, of Maes, > 1 J. KR. Barmonson, of Li bd a Soacterin w bs ‘Total, 223 Toval a 2 BM Necessary tw a choice, ite} Tenth. 9 7 7 6 6 8 $ 2 3 ott 4 ‘4 iar WF o£ Conn., dem. 1 1 Benios, of Tenn» dem. 1 1 d, of Ken., ¢ 1 - 1 a 2 2 ODuckerr et Wiseantiay i L John W. Rowe, of Penn., F. Be - Total... .. 223 Total amber 24 Of the new arrivals, Brown, of Mississippi, voted for Cobb, of Georgia; Shepperd, of North Carolla, for Winthrop, of Massachucetts; and Hubbard, of Alaba ma, for Richardson, of lilinois. ADJOURNMENT. After the tenth ballot, and the number of candidates increasin, motion was made at half-past 3 o'clock, to adjourn, which was carrie Bo the contest will begin again to-morrow. Estimates of the Treasury. Wasnixaton, Dec. 4—P. M. A letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, trans. mitting the estimates of the same, ison the members’ @ The Svuthern Mall, Bartimore, Dec, 4—9 P.M. The Southern mail is in, but brings nothing of im- portance. Another Shooting Affray in St. Louls— Death of one of the Participants, Sr. Lovis, Dec, 3-6 P. M On Seturday Jast, Mr. Wheaton Werner, & brother of the late postmaster, had ax sltereation te the street nolet & Co, Pistols were drawn, but not used. This afternoon, however, at 4 o'clock, the parties met again in front of the Planters’ House, when Werner com menced chooting at Thomas and Thomas at Werner shote were fired, and Thomas was shot in the heart, the ball passing round. When Werner had ex- Dausted his pistol, he rushed on Thomas and com- menced beating bim over the head, but while doing thir Thomas shot him through the body. The wound i* considered mortal. Thomas, it is thought, may reco’ though some danger is apprehended, from the blows he received on the head. The cause of the quarrel was, that some mouths mail, and charged the post office with fraud. Werner aclerk In the oMee at the time, and shot Thomas in the face, | | probability is, that the parties instrumental | in putting these fraudulent institutions afloat, and im depredating upon the community, will meet their just deserts. The principal one of these is Lambert Norton, the President of the so-called State Dank at Morris, who, it appears, re- | ceived his financial education while he was di- rector of a Live Stock Insurance Company, hailing | | more social t | | Dr. Franklin, the convention of 1787 betook them- selves to prayer, and a compromise was the result, | and a compact binding the St ther by muival concertions and obligation onvene tion were thankful, as they had occasion to be, in | coneilating their own quarrels on this sub and left the future to provide for rteelf. In 1820, the Missouri question brought up the slavery diffier in a new form. It was eetiled by a new compromise ; and, though the whole coun- try wor thankful for it, not a solitary Northern man who voted for it, but lost the confidence and support of his constituents for his surrender to th Southern elave-holders, was ¢ So it must be in this instance. If the Northern whigs join the Southern whigs and democrats in a com- promise, the whig party is broken up in the North, inevitably. Without a compromise, the question cannct be settled, and the breach betwe sections of the Union widens into an impassable chasm. ~ as it But what are parties, what is the administration | and the cabinet, compared with the preservation of the Union? Nothing—absolutely nothing. It is the danger to the Union which gives this slavery agitation ite importance, and makes a compromise & matter of the first necessity. And to attain this end, we can neither rely upon the Hotepurs of the South, nor the fanatics of the North. The cabinet ean do nothing, for it ie powerless to help itself. ‘We can but rely npon the good sense, prudence and patriotiem of the President, and upon the wis- a the two | trom Connecticut. Financial criminality, how- ever, does not seem to create that intensity of norter in the public mind which other crimes, of a pitude,do; for great as wae the dis- trees caused by the explosion of the two banks above referred to, they did not cause half or the fifteenth part of the sensation which the probable murder, in cold blood, of Parkman, recently, in the city of Kosten, has done, not only there, but thronghout the whole country. We ‘n, too, within a few days, a wife and mo- Doctor have ther | | entirely ruined SECOND DESPATCH, Sr. Louis, Dee 4—A. M, Werner died last evening. Facts have come to light exonerating Werner frora the charge brought against him by Thomas, which led to the quarrel. Thomas will recover, ‘The City Mills in this city, owned by General Beaoh, were crushed lert night under the weicht of wheat stored in the upper loft, There were 110,000 bushels a the mill, all of which to the river below, dis a total loss, About If of the bullding is Markets, ar New Onceans, December 4—A. M. ton on Saturday, were 1.500 bales, ‘The sales of o 4 for the week, 26.000. Yesterday, there was business a ay prices were st ith ss 5000 baler dling. Frected at 10%e., and fair at ile ugar has farther declined ive, with ,~ 2 = 1.200 bher. Molasses in active demand, at 2% Sales | 20,060 bushels corn, at 600, Shipping Intelligence. Nev 26. Arvived-hips Uriel, Boston; St Charles, Nor. ne ee Puswry or Mateniat.—The authorities of a | medical college of Syracuse, tell the ertizens of | esert her husband and her children, and for- | take both fora man who, perhaps, was but of an | hour's clopement should be suspected, she planned a series of arrangements to produce the impression that she had committed suicide. We allude to the case of Mre. Miller, who lefi her family; and to prevent all cion of her abandoning her home and fireside, d to have committed suicide by throwing pretend or of a month's acquaintance ; and, leet her | 7” ! consoling to our citizens, and very flattering to our | city fathers. that interesting city not to be alarmed about the students robbing the graveyards of the dead bodies, because they can always get ‘plenty of material” from New \ork. This must be quite Our resurrectionists must be doing a good business to furnivh the dissecting rooms, for | three hundred miles round, with “plenty of ma- | terial.” herseif over the Falla of Niagara. About a year ago, political crimes were all the | rage in Europe; but as there is no room or field for crimes of that description in a republic like this, criminality must take another or other shapes hienee we have seen criminality chow itself in other forme—in nvurders, in financial operations # ewindlings, in areaulte on the personal character of innocent persone, and in a variety of other ways, epainst the canons of civilization and of society. | This hus been particularly observed, within afew | months post, in this country. It is to be hoped | yhatthe storm has spent itself in both countries, and that we shall hear no more of such crimes, for | some time to come Pas.apeneuta Commrrter To 111 Sexate —We understand, from one of the organs of Mr. Clayton, that a committee of the Philadelphia whigs have gone on to Washington, as lobby members to the Senate, against the confirmation of Mr. Lewis as collector. This looks bed for that distinguished financier. It is quite likely that another collec. tor will have a similar committee at work behind the rcenes. It will be well for these lucky office- | holders, and all others depending upoa the action of the Senate (some five or six thousand, more or less), to repair at once to Washington, or get away ee fact, and as far off, as possible, like Col. Webb. The day of jxdgment "s coming. Congressional Movements, Hon D Dickinson, of Binghamtow, arrived yesterday morning at the Irving House, and preceeded imme b to Washingten, to assume pis senatorial jutier Marine Affairs. Tue Sreamoni Texnesver.—Thie eplendid stean- ship, recently purchased by Movers, Howland & Aepia- wall, for the Pacific line of steamers, will enfl at 3! o'clock to-day for San Francirco. She has been tho- roughly overkauled and: ‘ited, in every department and is mow inferior to ny steamerafiont. Her bottom has be why coppered. and extensive arrangements and additions have been made for the accommodation of parsongers, Among the additions ism house upon the deck, sufficiently large for the accommodation of filty | persona, perfectly arranged with berths, and every other convenience, The following is the list of omic tain; DA ae oflioe Langley, 34 do; R Dalanty ath a; ; H, Billa, Jet Engineer ; James West, 24 do.; lenage, Parrer; J, Cutler, has 15 pastengers, Sporting Intelligence. L. L.—Trorrise,—Moxpar, Doo 3.-A trotting mateh, for $1,000, two mile heats in harnose came off on Monday afternoon, between bm Sally Green bd. gs Quaker. The mare won theracein two stratght heats, The day war the most stormy and boisterous that can be conerived, aud the track was fetlock deep with mud, which will account for the | janee, and the time. The following is the summary M. Ciintock entered. m, Saily Green.........1 21 W. Whelan entered b @. Quaker. ......6. 2 die Time, % 16 - 6:20, The pacing purte, to be contended for by Jas. K. Polk and ( +) previous to the abore mateh, was ortponed until should the weath: William Howard bas been arrested at Boston for fending threatening letters tos. M. Wei expressive of big determinat be did net send him $600. prove favorable, with James 8, Thowas,a broker, of the house of Be- | since, Thomes failed to receive «large remittance, by | yoga Maid, which was anmouneced to take | ureday (tomorrow) afternoon, when it will come off | i ie Es ; parsed the note. Verdiet for OS fy etetans Jremeets ant the case 7 againin a court of appeal. The court adjourned early hour, no pone being ready. we -— Saas On ndar for This Day. Part |--Nes. 69, 61, 63, me Tai. ery 79, 61, 83, 85, 87. Part Il.—Nos, 40, 44, 98 wctmouts Counte--Nos, 8, 1%, 16, 21, 25 sgbinge® Couns.—Nos. , 18, 18, 21, , 81, 2 80 88, Rem® Count.--Nos, 1, 219, 8.9, 19, 31,7 26, 36, 80, 36,30, 40,41, 43, 48, 47, 49,62, 64, 67, NAPERRED.—-Nos. 15 to 23, inelusive, and 26 neh 61, 02,08, 64, 66, 66, 67, 68. inelusive. Knox, 128 Fulton Streets ‘There you'll find the best ef in finish, and Ap shape, in ture i ‘Our etsle im ba by Whether your form's gentea! or a Bb pee © jot, B ‘you look ‘As Webuter, or Siz Robert Notice.—The Columbia Insurance Compa- by. of Philadelphia, give notice that their Agency at New York is dlggntinned. Persona wishing to ae bustneas with a as He rater Wa WM, MARTIN, Je., Seoreta of No. 5 Exchange, Philadelphia, of handsome furnt. Ht the Gothic Cot orne e, takes his day, at hettepate ten, Ar Mi. Catalogues at the Tale, or at Auctioncore’ office, ‘Anthony J- Blegeker & Con (0. 7 Broad street. Brady's National soar The sale et auetl jon of Di types, 205 and 207 Fulton stroct. Stran- snd ciliz ctfully ‘invited 40 examine the specimens. were d 94 Canal oneral a6 %, Fur Tippets and street, cornes of Wooster, Las just opened gortment of Furs of every deveriot Henet, Fiteh, hnischilia oh Gwcnodswa Wippoetes Collars, Visverinel, ont Fur ‘Wristlet. Gold Pens.—The highest premiums ever awarded by tho American Institut and silver mod Pere aarded to Bpencer, Kendell & ear, for the beat gold pen 70 Bro: a St ineir manufactory, Gold Pens, Gold and Silver Pen and Penet adway, corner Paces, the lesanet and best assortment in the cit the cash prices, is to be found at PEDDIE'S Gold Pea 1g: 2 John street, corner of Broadway, up stairs. N. B— ‘repaired of exchanged. California Houses.—Portable and other Californis Houses sud Stores, equal to, and as cheap as ‘any in this market. BSAM'L, BOOTH, 58 Myrtle ave., Brooklyn. Elegant and Rich Patier Droggets, from two to four yards wide. Hiram Anderson's celebrated ch ment in the United States. You somest and largest asecrtment to be The gious wareroctys are thropsed with purchasers tally, wiht o¢ of the extraordinary low prices affixed to splendid Rugs, Oil Cloths, Ke., ke. A Great Secret,—Don’t tell anybody !—We hy the ncatest and cheapest Boots It is because ells for cash, proiits, 16 Ann street. Ye, We would recom- mend the extensive Boot aud Shoe establishment of Mr. E. 10 Fulton etre utility, | His are reat variety he a ing om hina will ever go a Wigs and Toupecs —Another Medal has heen aarded to Wan. Betchelor, for the best Wigs and Ton- ‘The pulls ae invited to faspeet is new style, fos 20, at Baron ELON’ celebrat fo. all street. He kee the largeet and mn ssestmens is id D; quid lair remains ui Broadway, at aged by ay Mind A. Sh. 8D, Sunde, comer Fulton aud W: ela Mair Dy = Ebaion's Amprovea coh the moment itis applica, without injury to tbe helt ey COMMERCIAL AR PAIRS. MONKY MAKKET, Tuesday, Dec, 4-6 P, 1, ‘There was a slight reaction to-day in the stock mar- ket, and prices for several of the fancies fell off w frec- tion. The transactions in Harlem and Reading Rail- road wore enormous, most of which were on time, | option, There were large sales of | buyer's and seller’ ' North American Trust, at an advance of 2) per cent upon the closing prices yesterday. The stock opencd ‘this morning at 11 closed at 13) percent. Three ‘weeks ago the market price was 7}s percent, and the advance already realised amounts to nearly one hua- dred percent. The cause of this movement no one can ratistactorily define. Some say that the parties pur- cbasing are satisfied that the decision about being stockholders ; while others say that the purchases are on aecount of the bondholders, There are dozens of reports afloat relative to the advance ia prices, none of which we have any confidence in. The advance bas already been too great and too rapid to be perma nent ; and itis our opinion that the present market value cannot be sustained, and the prices will rule lower after the decision is announced, even if it should be in tayor of the stockholders, We know that ma- py who have held this stock « long time, are re- alicing ; they may not realize at the highest point | of the market, but they have most of them got out without loss; and that is more than many ex- pected. Those who are still holding on are im a quandary; they do not know whetbar to sell or to hold on «1 instances freqaeatly occur where parties bave been willing to rell at prices much below those now current, and refuse to realize the advance. These credulous and ranguine speculators are invariably um- fi din grasping at the shadow, frequentiy lore the substance. Se far as our | knowledge extends, there is no foundation for this grent rive in the market value of North American ‘Trust Company stock, and our impression is that tellers at present prices will make the most money. At the firet board to-day, U. 8 6's, 18967, declined \ percent; Penn. 69 Harlem, \; Long Island, Erie Bonds, old and new, @ Reading RR, ‘%. Mobawk clored at an advance of 1's per cent on the opening price. ‘The receipte of the Harlem Railroad Company for the month of November, it is reported, amounted to $96 960 87 last July, and $10 050 less than the estimate made 1848. The receipts for November, 1848, were reported to be $24 848 26, The Canton Company, of Baltimore, have deslared a divdend of 13 per cent cash, to the holders of serip and | land division No. 1, payable on demand, ‘The North American Fire Insurance Company have declared a dividend of eight per cent for the last six months ‘The quantity of four, wheat, corn, and barley left at tide. water, during the fourth week in November, in tl years 1648 and 149, was as follow: Receite oy Breansterys at Tro, Waren. made by the Court of Appeals, will be in favor of the | ‘This is $5,050 lees than the estimate made | Now. 5, Bee, 4, 189. oe et ret fae i Be i =a- Ban aut ay ae Tong & los ne aH Ss 6 aims Siw & tw i YL 8102, 102, & 102% ib Hoos B10 in 8 10 rf 1009 100% & 9952 1004 & 100", HR 01 Sion 103 Sine ale — - — ay :'B Thy By BS ing eS i eey 2 8 24 1588 & Tos, Tos ti H Mea MM 9S Bw 95) aR: fe 2 te et 2 U8 ®. ® mie 1216 a 122 ht etl 74 it — a BO a BIR BIG ga | wo Mes a 38 Sia SS OTM a 5S ya 6 6 a 66 993g a 100% 100° @ 100! Bia SS ok MY BiB 8 ie 90 9 Ml Mw 9G 2 a BY? Be We a Wd 106 4g 160 a l6l 100 a 161 3 alt 15 8 lee * Dividend off, Quotations for stecks of all kinds have advanced materially within the past four or five days, and tran- sactions have been toa very great extent. As prices advance the sales increase, and stocks rapidly change bands, The improvement in stocks, thus far, is purely speculative, and the operations confined almost en- tirely to the brokers, Government and State securi- ties have been moderately active,while the fancies have been brought into market in large lote. The transac- tions In the fancies have been principally on time, sell- er’s option, which is an indication that the bears have been availing themeclyes of the advance in prices to add to thelr contracts, and supply the bulls with all they want. We seein the slight expansion in quota- tions, the effect of anessy money market upon these artificial and unguarantied securities; and the result will be perfectly sathsfactory, if outeiders do not neglect to realize before the turning pelut is reached. We have so repeatedly recommended them to follow that course, and bave shown so eonclusively the uncertainty of this or any advance, that few, we trust, will fail to fell at the proper time. In accordauce with an act of the Legislature of Ala- bama, for the regulation of the affairs of the banks of the State, and to provide for the payment of the State bonds, & commissioner was appointed to settle the affairs of the State Bauk and branches, and reports hav nually been made to the Legislature. The last report is dated 19th Noy. 1849, and gives a full and detailed statement of the operations of the commissioner since 4th February, 1840. It appears by this report that the total amount of collections at the State Bank and branches, from the 4th February, 1846, to 1st December, 1847, a8 chown by the report to the last session, WAS wesc ees seesesess $SA5T O73 Bt Amount collected at the State Bank = 1st December, 1547, to lst November, 1849.. seeeseeees $102 785 SL ‘Amount ‘at Mobile branch, "697,228 08 “Montgomery Branch, 582,465 90 “ Decatur Branch... . . 196,625 69 “ Hunteville Bramch., 62,039 34-$1,581,745 52 ‘Total collections from 4th February, 1840, to Ist November, 1849,........+++ $5,039,719 06 From the funds of the State placed at the control of the Bank Commissioner, he has paid promptly, as they fell due, the instalments of interest upon the debt of the State, created in providixg the capital upon which the late State Bank and branches conducted their un, | branebes, on the 1st December. 1847, a8 shown at the | last seevion, by statements from each bank, amounted W543 04 w+ $457,177 00 | | 687 80, | Amount tuppored now yoo fortunate banking eperations ; and in addition te ful- filling the obligations of the State, by paylng the inte- rest as it became due, he has applied such of the funds as be could, to the reduction of the principal of the debt, and in the purchase of United States stocks Fivances ov Atanama—Re or Srare Dewr, At the thine the act of the 4th, Fel 7 0, to regulate the aCairs of the banks, cua provide a tao syment of the State bonds, the Siate, passe t of usually denoting hi the foreign de! amounted to the sum of. . Pr Me 60,170,555 88 = ie —_ bona os dic la for prin nds siace indemolietes sneha Eed 6:5,060 67 Amount of bonds outstanding Nov. 1, 1849, 6,093,388 98 one million of dollars in United 6 rer cent treasnry notes at par 4 purchased one hundred thousan ars at 1 per cent premium. As these nitiee benr Interest at 6 per cent per yable semi annually, the be deducted from the out- ding debt of the State on the Ist November, 1849, say... +++ 1,100,000 00 Leaving s balance on which the State is paying interest of....4.. 0. «+ 6,598,888 06 The annual Interest on the foreign debt of the State, ‘ar it stood at the time of the passage of the act of the 4th February, 1846, amounted to the sum of $469, xclusive of exchanges and expenses of paying the same. The annual interest on the balance, as above shown, will be $277,014 44, The outstandixg circulation of the State Bank and Their cirewiatien’ on’ the ‘Ist instant, as shown by statements now submitted. was 1,9°/,423 00 Fropa this it is nrener to t amount © of Bisto Ban! branches im the State trearury om the let November, 1849.0... ..0 cece ee ees 428,016 00 Balance of cutstanding cireulation 1st ber, 1840, which will be mostly mm up’ by the taxes of present FUE ecevcccccssccccccccecess C1000 OO In the report of the Commissioners at the last cession, an estimate war made of the amount which it was #a.- posed would be realised from the debts and property of each of the banks, after that time, the amouut expected from the State Bank was $300,- oce. Srare Bare or Atanama Amonnt sinee collected Amount suppored now Baarcnes, Excess, $0 Amount expected from vob Branob, $1,000,500 Awoert rince ce ong w good. c $157,223 08 qchount expected trom ‘Moatgomery Brasch, $500 Amount expected from Di Awount vince collected. . tur Branch $300 600. A unt expected from I t sin Meoted 121 6 Aggregate amount estimated, $2,200,000. Amount realired, $1.681745, Supposed good, $1,221,000. E | ceas over estimate, $602,745. Flour, bbls, Waeot, bu, Corn bu. Barley. bw: 10 17 09 fs 48 212,183 aS US “te oles left at was as follows. — Barley, bu 1 Beh 9 1,901,135 Bee, 80S Ino, 4507,9/5 Dee, 10,500 e wheat to flour, the quantity of the Ine : (O8a82 by reducing thi latter lef corresponding period of last year, shows aninore: 10.249 bartels ef flour, ‘The annexed table exbibits the quotations for the principal pablic reowrities of the country. in thie mar. | ket, at the respective periods named Quorarions von Pu Lie Srey ai rins, ent of warigetion to | From these statements it will be discovered that the estimates made at the last session, ofthe amount likely — after that time to be realized from the debte and pro- perty of the Stat Will be, more than realized. Since the last session, the collections at the several banks amount, in the aggre- | ante, a# rhown above, to the sum of $1,681,745 52. In making the estimates of the present value of the debts end property of each of tl has been taken to make it as accurate aa possible, Tho Viste of debts will show every due to ench bank, and the prosent situation of each, in euch form a, | nable settlements to be made by reference to the reports, and without the ald of the books of the | Danke, if necessary. Stock Exchonge $200 U 86s, 7 HKG 100 shaw Fremers’ Trost, $634 ae 1, 100 f "100 Onto $ 4 Meg 00 Mona RR 00 we 210 Todinpa Feate o's 70 ww Reh old. 10 Woon do Ee 2 she Mor By Bh 80 Ber Am Trost ° tert Ra 5 ‘a 200 Long ‘eine RR it 40 woo 7 4 0 mm tS sort Worne 4 nan @o SM Reading AN ay | we do a do Bs | 1 Ge wy do 0 xy) | £0 Mortis Canal m 40 0 | fo Erich ht do wo BY | w éo do a0) Soe 8 te 13 ‘ a) Bd | 6 0 5 W& Canton Co Bd SECOND ba] reek yew ne f is fag 10 Mor neal 10) Harlem RA wer C: a lw KO Readings it no” ee Gad wou wo In this estimate | oy 6% 5 Bxcoss, $21,600 4 | Be ve banks, much care | YESTERDAY—BY A. 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