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ma. ee ee Movements of the Whig Party on the Presidency. ginta. Ricumosp, Va, Fob. 25, 1852. Whig, Politics of Virgenia ant the Sruth — The Pre- sidentixl Questim—Mr. Filomore ia Virginiz, wersus Scott ani Webster—Movements of the Southern Siates--Danger of Scott wpoma Non Com mittal Platform from Seward and the Abili- teomis's Relying upon the New York Heraup as the ta- dependent press, free from party bias and party predilections ; free from the influenoes of party managors, and perfectly independent of all more political parties, North or South, yet open to ali parties, | ask the favor of your columns es the most desirab!s medium for anexsosition of the pro- pont attitude of the noble whig party of Virginia, ‘and of the whole South, upon the Presidential quas- tion. I ask it as a ad of the Union and the Constitution—of the Compomises between the two seotions—and asa Southern man, jealous and dis- trustfa! of the ulterior schemes of Northern abo- litionists against our Southern iastitations. Tho Heravp, too, having been the steady and consis- tent do‘ondor of Southern rights, under the Consti- tution and in the Union, [ ask with confidence the favor of this exposition of Southorn whig politios through your columns. The position of the whigs of Virginia and the South, in reference to their principles for the ap- proaching campaign, is casy of solation. Itis aa- hesion to the compromises of 1850, as a settlement of the iceues between che North and the South on tho slavery question. It is a position of nan inter vention in the uffairs of Europe. Upon the minor questiovs of finance, the tarlil, the publie lands, rivers ard harbors, &s, the Southern whigs are Congervative, as heretofore. The distinct issuo which they will press upon their Northern brethrea 8, & firm and inflexible adhorence to the ala- vory aijustment of 1850, and cspectally to the Fa- gitive Slave Jaw, as a permanent compromise be- tween tho N orch and the South Such being the principles of the Southern whigs, | it bocomes no difficult task to determine who is tho | man they would prefor over all other available men, as thcir candidate for the November election. It | is none other, it can bo nove other, than Millard Fillmore, our present conservative chief magistrate, to whom the country is indebted, next to Honry Clay, for the settlement of those tremendous issues whioh so lately threatened the existence of the Union. The nominations which Mr. Fillmore has reosived from the whigs of Kontuoky and of Ten- | nosseo, is positive evidence on this point—the ge- Beral tone of the whig press of the South corrobo rates this testimony; and a few facts will serve to indicate that he is equaily as much the choice of tho whigs of Virginia as of Tennessee, or Kentusky, | or North Carolina, or Maryland, or any other | Southern State During the last summer, President Fillmore made two pleasure excursions into Virginia. The first was downthe Potomac river to Old Point Comfort; | thenoe, up the James River to Richmond; thence, | by way of Frederickaburg, back to Washington ‘he second excursion was by way of the Baltimore | and Ohio Railroad, to Harper’s Ferry; thenoe, up the beautiful valley of Virginia te Staunton; thence tothe Whito Sulphur Springs, and thenos, by a more southerly route, on his returm to the seat of goverment. In those two excursions he compass- ed the extreme northern section of the State, and tho southern, the eastern, and the western. He passed through the great tobacco raisizg and slavo- holding counties of the tide-water district, whore popular prejudice on tho slavery question is almost as ultra as that of South Carolina—he passed through the great valley grain wing district, where the sturdy German population of Shonan- doah and Rockingham, and other counties, do their own labor, and care v little about ery; he explored the vast labyrinsh of the Alloghany moun- tains, in which, from the smallness of the valloys, slavery is simost totally excluded; but overywhere —on the ceabeard, iathe great valley, and among tho mountains—be was received by the same frank and hearty estbusiaem, by mer and women of ail parties, indeed by the whole populaaon, asa refer- ence to yeur own columas will show. Mr. Web- ster anticipated the President in his visit to tho at valley; and Gen Scott followed close upon Ei heois ag far as the White Sulpbur; but the one Was considered #s the avant courter of his official superior, and the other asthe rear guard of the oommander in-chivf of the army and navy. Cer- tainly nothing was said or done, in behaif of Web- ster or Scott, by the whigs, to weaken in the slight- ost degreo, their marked expressions of partiality for Fulmore. Why was this? The fine personal appearance of the President, his easy, uneflected, and graceful Manners, his unconstrained and fi familiarity with the people, certainly told in hisfavor. Butthe le of Virginia had been prepossessed in hia behalf By is manly and patriotic course on the sane He declined to make any professions to latter or humbug them, bat referred to his acts and the results ef his @dministration, as the stand- ard upon which he was willing to bo judged: and | this covfirmed them. To the people of Virginia, = border State, the Fugitive Slave law is a practical | measure. They felt it at once, and they felt them- selves under obligations to this man, who had thus maintained the rights of Virginia and the South at the risk of being victimized by Seward and the whig abolitionists of the North. a Me Webster was also well received in V irginia; but he cau never be the candidate for the Soath. His reformation came too late, and there is yet in him too much of the leaven of old federalism, of the Hartford Convention, of rigid Paritaniym, of these costive whig principles which result in poli- tical dyepepsic, to make him, under any ciroum- stances, scocptable to the South. No Southern State hes expressed a preference for him; and this will be the cate in the National Conven:ion, unless all the indisations of the times aro deceptive General Scott ia also in 2 bad position for South- orn eupport—extremely bad. Not one solitary State—not one solitary Southern press as far as | W. I em informed—has come out for (eneral | Soott. The reason is very obvious. He is the | ehampion of Seward, and nis whole tribe of whig | abolitioniats. His nomination in Pennsy! aaa, by | the whigs, in their State convention at Lancaster, | last spring, was made in direct opposition tothe compromise whigs of that State, and by the anti- slavery Jobnston wing of the perty. His nomina tion in Ohio was intended also as an abolition con- cession; and though the whigs failed in bota Statos, the regult has not weakened the suspicions of the South. The impression hero prevails that Seward is an able, shrewd, cunning, and dangerous abolition demagogue—ihe ve ve and embodiment of Northern conspiracies sgairst our Southern insti- tutions. We hold that he has an object to accom plish in the election of Scott—an object of personal am- bition and eectional fanaticism. Wo suppose that he will be content to have Scott elected upon the ‘non-committal platform of Gen. Taylor. Tnus the repes! of tho Fugitive Slave law, and the question of aboliehing elavery in the District of Columbia, and | the question of exoludieg ‘ery from the terrivo- rics, will be’left open ior sgitation, and with the ‘ad of abolition fanaticiem and the new and omi nous doctrines of foreigp So heey he may be ble that by the year 1856, Seward himself may Some the ‘all-powerful candidate of the whigs of the North. And as tho North ina National Uon- ‘vention Oto ‘rl So we shall then only ve toaubmit to be dostroyed. q ear, sn marpriond, therefore ifthe whi ‘sof Virginia, and of the whole South, go to the Philade! eee convention reselved upon a distinct understanding or a split'with their Northern brethren. ‘Tho | whige of the Southern States will, predict, unite | upon Mr. Fillmore and the compromise measures of | 150 Oor Northorn brethren may, perhaps, reject | our cardidate; bat let them beware of rejecting | the platform of the compromises. The non-com- | mitta!l platform of Gen. Taylor, appended to tho nomination of Gen. Seott, will be regarded as an | abolition platform, beoaure of the suspicious aflili- ation of General Scott with Seward and his various | organs and tribes of abolition incendiaries. | This movement of the whigs of tho Southern States » ly include Georgis, Alabama snd Missize’ is in pro- | Coes of f original | whig ar jaltimore ver e compromise mea- | sures, ar they are najority of the peoylo of Mi me and Goorgis | may yet be orgax vor of Fillmore, tho | Unior end the Com o6. In any event, let not | the Seward whig o North console them- | that the nomination of Scott ©n a non- committal platform, is an easy game. It | nd the whig convention must ward and turn him adrift, or Belvce with the id ‘San ANLAN. Scott, as he stands, cannot run py Oup Vo NEWSPAPER ACCOUNTS. Delaware. NOMINATION OF GEN SCOfT BY THE WHIG MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATURE The whig members of the Legislature of Dela ware held a meeting at Dover on the 234 of Febru- The mecting was organized by tay apooiat- ment of Levin H Adams as Caairman, aud Jamas H. Hoffecker as Sooretary. On motion, a sommittee of tures was appoiated to draft resolutions Sapient se of the sense of 19 whig members of the Logisiasuce ia regard to tho nomination of a whig candidate for the Prosidenoy of the United States; whereupon the fullo ving gaa- tlemen were appointed said committse, viz : Massrs. Temple, Jump, and C. Smithers, who reported tas following resolutions, which, after consultation aad dobate, wore unanimously adopted :— Resclved, Taat we recommend to the whigsof this State the nomination of Mejor General Wiofeld Soott as President of the United States; beoause, as a scholar and ‘8 statesman, who, in early life, devoted himself to tae study of American jurisprudenss aud the iuwa of nv tions, he is fully competent to the discharge of the du ties of Ohief Magistrate of the United States. His eda. cation and civil qualifications place him in the first rani a8 0 man whose nomination is fitto be made; besause.in every situation in which he has been placed, he has fol- lowed the example of Washington, our first and most glorious of all Presidents, in making military strictly evbordizate to theclyll power. Under ths moa! trying circumstances, his fidelity to his oouatry in this rezard has been fully tested. After he had conqusrad Mexioo, he was ungracioutiy and ungratefully dismissed from his command of svictoriousarmy, with nempire 4% his fost; and though the only reward bestowed upoa him by Janes K. Polk and bis ungrateful administration was @ rozall from the field of his fame, yet still he obeyed tae civil mandate which vainly sought to dishonor hia and o2wad in submission to the laws of his couatry, Because he besrendered more service to his coantry tuan aay other living man fle has foagh? aud woa sare Dattiea than any oiher soldier the nation ever frodasst Oa he tablete cf history stand deeply engraved the glories of the beights of Queenstown, of Ghippswa, of Niagaca, of Vora Crux of Cerro Gordo, of Contreras, Onuruda Molino del Rey, Chepultepes, aud the city of Me ard there they will stand for eysr, Tho nine \agy ms tioned battivs will be rememibared by oar ? children as among the most brilliant of our c victories; and the first on tha list, though i} euoj Winfield Scott to the sufferings of a captive, sadiued b an encrinous disparity of foros, would alone transmit his Dame to posterity asa patriotandabero Having coa- quered an empire with his country’s armies, we b due to his services to honor him with the sa:se office which has been bestoweJ upoo a Washiogton a Jackson, 8 Harrison, enda Taylor. Brcause in ths parformauce of the services which huve filed the mearurs of his coun try’s glory. ond gained him tha reputation absoai, as well as at home, of ons of the most brave and sailful commanders in the world, he has lost more blood aud endured more suffering for his country than any other living man. After honoring foar other military men with the Presidency, neither of whom ever resoirad a wound in battle, though they were often oxposed to ths ghot of the enemy. the pation would justly inoar tha charge of ingratitads, proverbially aaid to hays boen the characteristic of other republics, should it fail to coafer the sume great distinction upon one who, while be is acknowledged by all honoravle men to bea patriot, a sobolar, and an eccomplished gentleman, ts koown throughout the civilized world as his country’s best sol. dier. “And beoaure the principles of humanity and the dictates of mercy ever held such control im his generous bosom, that bis conquered fors exulted ia his clomenay, and every where join in the acclamstions with which the world now greets him, not only ae a laurelled viotor,- but one of the first of living men. For these rearons we commend the support of Winfield Scott, not only to the whigs, but to sll other good men in the State; aad we unberitatingly say that, eo far as wa understaad the opinion and wishen of the proole, be is their first choice for the highest office in their gift Resolved, That we recommend tha city of Philadelphia as the place, and the 17th day of Jaue noxt as the time of meetii the whig convention to nominate a candi date for the office of President of the United States, Tenncssce. WHIG BrATE CONVENTION, At the Tennessee Whig State Convention, hold at Nashville, on the 9th ult.,an address was put forth, declaring that the whigs of Tennessee have had nothing, and will have nothing, to do with oon- ventions in which disunionisis, secessionists, or abo- litionists assemble to concoct their dangerous plans to sap and undermine the liberties of the country. The address thus closes :— The whigs of Tennessee, as a party, palliated and abetted no lawless expeditions, such as were put down by the proclamations of Washington and Jef- ferzon. pay do not lend countenanose to any plots against the lawful suthoritios of their country. They believe in lawand order, as the true elemonts in woll regulated sclf governments. Thoy believe that where the people make and control the govera- ment, they should obey its constitution, | and treaties, as they would retain their self res] and the respect which they claim from the hands of foreign powers. They believo that the present whig administration of the general government hag, in tho recent trying emergencies of the country, by its broad national patriotism, its decision, firmness, moderation, and sound discriminating judgment, fully entitled itself to the confidence and support of the Amerisan people. Therefore, Resolved, That Millsrd Fillmore 1s the decided choice of the whige of Tennessee for the next Presidency; and our delegates to the National Convention are hereby ia- structed to ure al! honorable efforts to secure the nomi- nation of thieabie statesman and distingulshed patriot. Resolved. That we hereby recommend the Hon James i Jones for the office of Vice President of the United tates Resolved, That we have an abiding confidence that the Whig National Jonvention will nominate candidates for the Presidency and Vice Presidency who are sound on the Uniom and compromise measures, and in favor of maintaining their finality.in principle aad substance; and we therefore appoint delegates to aid convention to aid in making said nominations. @he Coal Trade fer 185%, (From the Miners’ Journat } The Ebro sent by railroad this weea is 24,312,.03 tons, an increase of about 2,000 tons over the supply of last week. The usual machinery for depressing prices has en put in operation by the middlemen at Phila- delphia, and dolefal tales are told of the great sup- ply of coal in market. But it won’t do; our opera- tors are not quite s0 soft as somo seem to take thom to be; and oon as those who’ have been victim— ized get fairly clear of their clutches, they will find it out. Wo repeat thet every ton of coal that ean be mined this year will be required by the market; and we gain caution our dealers not to sell more than they can deliver in a woek or two ata time. If the middlemen choeso to sell ahead at low rates, they must take the consequences. There isa legal power bere that oan and will secure fair paying prices to the operators, miners, and laborers es oe in the trade thie year; and that power will be exeroised, if necegeary, in preservation. ‘¢ ask nothing but fair, remunerating—not high— prices; and circumstances have placed it in our power to demand and obtain thoso prices this year. We hope, therefore, that purchasers abroad will come forward carly in the season, and provost thoze’ Moctuations which, under other circumetan- ces, must take place, and which are £0 destructive to the best interests of a regular business; while, at the same time, it will give the prodavers the ability to supply the market this year, which is rather a peculiar year in tho bistory of thecoal trade. The truth is, weare in about the eame position now, that the vagetern country was beforo the pro- teotive policy wes enacted, when stacks ef gathered grain absolutely rotted for the want of a market, and forthe want of means to send it to the seaboard So great was tho lethargy caused by stagnation that in the eame places, two years afterwards, thore was net sufficient seod planted to supply their own wants. * * wae. . The prices on board, at Richmond, which we namedlast week, could not besustained—two of the firms of middlemen refused to co operate with the other portion of the trade—$3 80 for red ash was then agreed upon, and $3 50 and $3 55 for white ash. Ono of the firms of middlemen immediately offered to cell redash at $3 62). Ifthey persist ia this disreputable sourse, we hope that the trade be- low, engaged in mining here, will unite with our operators, avd teach them @ lesson that will not soon be forgotton. Fer severaldays past wo have bad a touch of spring weather; the snow and ice have elmost on- trely di peared from our mountains and streams, and the canal will be ready to paas boats ss far ag Manayunk on Monday or Thesday next, uoless we bave a change of weather. The company are en- gaged in putting in two guard locks at Manayunk, which will prevent any boats pasting that point be- fore the 6th or SthofMarch. We hbeve also been beeninformed that the Delaware and Raritan canal will not be ready before the 20th of March. ie the cage, coal cannot reach New York direct by canal, much before the first of April Theratee of toli, by canal, were not up to our going to press. Freights t is supposed, will open by canal ai men, we think, will find it to their at this rate in the spring, and advance it about tho firet of August, when the trado will boar an ad- vance. This will securo rogularity in tho trade, which is important to all con a promulgated ew York, ib 55. Tho boat. terest to open Whe Two Mississippi Senators. Walker Brooke, Eeq., (one of the mew Senators.) is a native cf Frederick county, Virginia, and atill quite « young man—probebiy not over thirty: vix or thirty-seven years of age. Ho ie a low fp both branches of the Mirsissippi Legisiature, and isa retident of Lexington, Holmes county, He is a entlo- man ef ability avd great energy and decision of charac. ter. Stephen Adams, the other Senator, has served in o South. Nothing would 60 | Congress irom thet State, and has frequently been in the much contribute to cripple and destroy the power | Mirsissipp! Legislature. He is a Tennessean, wo believe, of the abolitioniste as the excommunication of | by birth, and is over fifty yoars of ago. His residence is Sewerd from the whig party; nothing, on the other | Aberdeen, im Monroe county. He, too, is ae by baud, can operate more disastrously to the whige of | Profession, and will prove « udicious aa ee . » South, than tho submission of the Northorn Soorrcing 0 ie SS ppl, the pi wrhige to th rinorn | tore coght to elect another Benator, for w full term of eix whige to the traitorous schemes of this wily mae | ears fies the fourth of Moreh, 1663 (when Br, Jirooke’ ogue. Let Soott be nominated with Soward im will expite); but thie bas been eo firraly resisted by Sangliog st his ekirts, snd the national whig | the majority in the Senate, who refase to go perty w defeated beyond redomption. Lot them | intoan election, tbat It ie considered doubtfol whether Fally wpon i uimore oud we homens pinlivem, HQd | Yale oi~olion Will take Pings Gusing Whe prosyas sessiun, Ifeuch | er by profession, has werved | | coming. Wood here, like everythieg else, is dear, INTELLIGENCE FROM THE ISTHMUS Our New Granada Correspondence. Panama, Feb. 9, 1852. Visit tothe Barial Grommd. Those who are detained hore a dey or two should by all meana visit the burial ground, which is aboute quarter of a mile distant from the city ‘There ho will see evidence of the mannor ia which the natives, of high and low dogros—or at least thoir remains —are disposed of whan they coase oat - ing bananas, filsyhy pork, and beef, by the yard Hore is a theme for moralists and philosophers. Bat let mo tell you how the hombres are disposed of aftor they have taken loave of all subluoary affairs. With all “convenient despatch,” as tho freigat bills eay, the romaias of tho dead are boxed upin @ coffin lined with tin, and deposited ia a vault, ag it is oalled, but which resombles a baker's oven in the United States, more than anything else I can thiok of. In fact, ono would suppose from an inspection fo the oomotery, thatit was a socialist baking establishment. Let me describe it. It is in the form of a hollow square; on the four sides thore are built of brick and comont, threo tiers of holes, about eight feet in length by two and a half in breadth, presenting the appearanoo of baker's ovens. As soonass poor devil shuflles off his mor- tal ooil, he ie rammed into one of these holes, and | the entrarco bricked and plastered, leaving him thore all alone in his glory. 1t is evidont that if the bodies were to remain permarontly in those narrow houses, additional cemeteries must be ooa- structed from time to time to answor the domand. Bat the one cemetery has answered the purpose tor | 150 years, and wil do so for 150 yours more. Aud why? Let me tell you. On Ali Ssinta’ Day thore is a“ genoral jail delivery’—a roal Osor and Terminer, a general clearing outof the bodise ofall wh havo died daring the year, Qa that day the pluisior OVér.tne mouco of at! the baker's ovens is smashed, snd the oofiins contaiaiag the remains aro taken te the cornerso! the oametery, where they aro buried and disposed of. At oash oorner thore is constructed a place for destroying the ooffiay and their contents by means of fira, andoa Saints’ Day, there ie & regular jubilee, the poeple with great pleasure taking a band ia burning the remains of their deceased friends and relatives. A glanoe into these corners cxhibits to view a vast pile of charred | bones, partially cousumed skulle, some with the hair on * as good us new,” and rib and thigh vones aa “thick as leaves in Valembross.” Tho fire, however, docs not alwaye do its work perfectly, for | on locking into.one of the corners I saw what por- hays a timid person like mysolf would notlike to see. | obsorved that the work of destruction on the last Saints’ Day was rather imperfectly done, for there were eix or eight coflias taat bore | no cvidenc? of having been exposed to the fire, One of them was turned upside down io a man ner that | thought was intended to conceal some- thing. { took tho liberty of turning it over, and sure enough there I saw the outline of the * hu- maa form divine,” but in rather a sorry condition These remains, it appeared, were not at all affeoved by the fire. | presume the wood was exhausted, and asthe ‘jail delivery’ must be completed on | All Saints’ Day, in order to commence tho now | burying year with clean hands and empty ovens, | the poor hombre in questioa wasthro wn in, the wood neodesary to consume hig mane; not being forth- | each stick oosiing a dime—an cternal, evorlasting | dime; for everything, from a cambric needla to an | anchor for a74 gun abip, is sold by dimes. It did | not, however, require mach effort to turn tho hom- bre over. The turkey buzzards had done their work. All that was left of the individual were his skin aad | his bones In fact, he was reduced literally to a beg of boner, a term freqasntly applied to people ia the United Siates who have more iegs than brains. saw parts of | bodies in the other corners in tho same | condition Now, consuming the remains of the | deceased by fire ia an old Eastern custom, and is, I think, a praiseworthy one. After the immortal spirit bas taken its flight from ite floshy tabernacle to the great God who created it, it matters little what | becomes of the poor body It is az well to bura it; | but in the nemo of heaven, and out of reepoot to the | memory of the desd, let the burning be complete | In the East the ashes of the deceased are carefully | preseved in urns, and respected. Here in New | Jranada—in the cemetery—in the four oornors I | have mentioned—there are piles of half consumed | ekulls with the hair op, obarred bones, and, as I | have eaid before, full figures, lacking novhing but the flesh, which tho turkey buzzards had eaten. This way appear inc’edible to your readers. We areure thor it isco. We do not want to die on the | Iehmus, but if we must ¢ie here, let us quit this | vale of tears ard valley of woe, in any part of New | Granada but Pavawa. Panama, N. G., Feb 10, 1852 | Solemn Advice to California Emigrants-- Che City | of Panama, its People, its Markets, &c, &c-- | Destitution among Emigrants-—The manner in | which the Mails are Transported, §&c., §¢. Having reached this port on my way to the land of promise and of gold, and suffering, as [ am, un- der intolerable ennui, I cannot, 1 think, spend an hour or so more agrecably, or more profitably, than by writing to the Hera, and giving to those who contemplate emigrating to California, a few words of solemn caution and advice. Let me, in the first | place, warn emigrants, if they value their health, | their lives, their own welfare, or that of their fami- | lies, not to leave the States unless they have “through” tickets. Let me impress this upon | them; and, in the name of common humanity, Mr. | Bennett, repeat the caution in the editorial col- ums of your paper. Letit be circulated far and | near, that no person sheuld leave for California | font time from fifteen hundred to two thousand | persons here without tickets, awaiting 2 chance to go to San Francisco. Some of them are ina state | of destitution, and others aro sick. Some havo been here three, four and five weeks, and tho ox- pense of living has left them pennyless. How they are te reach California, or to return, is more than I can say. 1 do know, however, that many of them will never do one or the other, but leave their bones here. | Panama is, with one exception, the meanest, dirtiest, most disagreeable, and most abominable | place Lever valleds and I have travelled conside- rably. The exception I refer to is Gorgona, on the Chagres river. Chagres, ivan and contemptible aa itis, is a paradise compared to cither. Provi- siore of every kind are extravagantly dear; the water is bad and ecarce. The hotel accommoda- tions are of the most micerable description imagi- nable, and there is no society of any bearable kind. The natives are a (od-forsaken crew, who know nothing andcare for nothing. ‘heir highest ambition is to play moato with tne fow dimes they beg or carn by carrying @ traveller’s trunk, or fetching a jug of water from a neighboring stream. | I took a waik this morning to the market! (save the | mark), and made 9 note of the mannor in which | business is traneacted there. It ia an open space, | bearing the difnified name of Plaza cutside the walls; Panama being, as you aro aware, a fortified | and walled oy There were rcattered, sitting on the ground, about four hundred natives, some of them copper colored and some of thom as black as | the aco pei Each having before him or her, | on a wooden platter, com modities for sale. Some had meat, some eggs, come yams, some pig's feet with the hair on, some roots of various kinds, in- cluding potatoes; others had oysteré, spread | on a leaf in parcels of a dozen, and such oysters! others had beef and pork, cut up into | chunks of about three ounces weight, and others had other things. All tho vondors of these delicacies were as dirty as # tropical climate, a dusty road im the vicinity, and » religious absti- a dozen or 60 of them spparently mado nn attempt to look epruce, in order to tickle the Americanos. ‘Their big feet were cncaacd with white eatin slip- | pers; but the but of a cigar, stuck in the braids of their wool, or behind the ear, as clorks sometimes carry their pena, togethor with their filthy dresses, ehowed conolusively that they foll far short of being neat in their appearance. Let no person, whose stomach is not as strong as that of an ostrich, visit the market of Panama, or Le will euroly dio of starvation. The meat is actually disgusting. If not out wp into pieces, it is into etringe; and you can yarensse eithor as you please, gucesing the weight of the former, by balancing it ia your ond, ortho latter by tho yard. Four picsos, or a yar of beef, is onough for asmalifemily. [ar within bourds when J say, that each picee of becfand pork is handied and weighed by at least tyo thousand | exeong, whoro hands are not over clean, bo- | ‘ore tho delicions morsel reachea the cuisine of the lucky purchaser. In addition to this, tho meat is nasty, from the menner in which it is killed. ‘Tell it not in Washington market; | | publieh it not in Fulton or Contre Market, that tho | | natives of the lethmus of Pansme kill their hogs by | pouring boiling water into their cart, uotil the un- | ortunate apimal gives up the ghost under the inhu- manity. As soon as it is dead, the bristics aro sawed off with a knife, the fat is separated from tho loan, and both out into “chunks,” and gold in the manner | have mentioned. Beof cattle aro slaught- ered in a manner equally novel and ingenious. Tho animal is chased into an open space, as soon as he reaches it tho goientifie butoher hurls at bis hoad a beavy stone. Jf the blow falls to stupiiy him, he | eaddle, willcost say $12, but | know who ho is. without a through ticket. There aro at tho pro- | bi | fan, oftoner than St. Paul or St. Poter, or the other ' pence from washing, could make them. I'o be sure, | formed. e d | Lae en. ' men hore without means to enablo them to reach | | one which occurred yeeterday, roars in his agony eo load, that thenelse oan be heard distance of two milcs, and he attompte to make his scape. The lasso then comes in play, and after 8 obase the animal is caught by the horns. Stones are again hurled at his doomed head, and the slaughter commences. When killed the careass is cut into pieces aa strin, without roference to anat- omy, and with » oxterity that would give a Now York butoher a fitof epilepsy. A chunk is cut from the leg, another from the ribs, one from the neck, and 6o on until the beast is in minco-meat. It is tuen brought to marke: fut into strings, the batchor commences at the leg and proceeds to the hoad, thence down again aad up again, so that if you are very bungry or wish lay in provisions jor & voyage, you oan purchase a hundred ards of beef in ono string. Although tho soil and climate sre favorable in the highest degroe to vegstation, there is a great scarcity of MA Ngee in Panama. In fact,good potatoes cannot be had, and as for salad, celery, and such things, they are not to be progurod for love or morey. Taree diminutive potatoes sell for balf a dime, eggs cell five for two dimes, & yam is worth a dime, aud small outre looking tomatoos costa dime each. A common meal cannot be ob- taincd for leas than dollar. I cannot imagine how the poor people contrive tolive. You may woll euppoée that emigrants who reach here with a hun- dred or two dollars, for the purchase of a ticket to San Francisco, soon besome bankrupt, having to expend all their monoy while awaiting an opportu: nity to reach their destination. At present thero aro three or fourhundredsuchin Panama. Having no money, they sleep outside the walls on the bare round. Thistogether with scanty food, superindaces ‘over and disease, and the consequence is, many die. Some ofthem are lucky enough to reach Califor- nia in ruined health, whero they lingor a fo months. Their deaths are very improperly attributed to the olmate of that State, whereas it ough to bo laid at tho door of Panama; bat, iu the first ia- etanoe, to tho imprudonce of the sufferors, who, through bad advice, or other cause, neglected to provide thomeclves with through tickets 1 am informed tbat the road from this to Gorgona is in excellent condition. If itis in good condition now, 1 would like to ksow how it is in tho rainy | feason. [rode the whole of it on Sunday, and a more yilaiooue track or path | never aay, Lvery bone, sinow abd musolo in my bady is still aching from the exortion of travelling over it lvis novh- | ing but a succession of hills and hollows, and tho unfortunate traveller wishes himself at homo a thousand times while on the way. Aad bere lot na Rive a piece of advice to those who incend to bring their families to Catifornia by this route. As svoa a8 you arrive at Chagres engage a beat to Gorgona, ard have nono with you but your wives and | cbildren. ‘I'nis wiil cost from $75 to $i00 Bo | fure to wake # contract before hand, and engage the man to tako you direct, without staying over night as any of the miserable ranches on the | way, for you cannot get avy acoommodstion, | or any thing fit to eat in them. Bo sure, | too, to provide yourselves with provisions in | Now York or Havana. Proserved moats aro | very good, s0 are Hologne sausages, sardines, and such things. ‘l'ako likewize some claret and guava | jelly or puste, to mix with the river water, for it is bad until you get within twenty miios of Gorgona. Tako this advice, aud you wil: thank the person who givesit. When you roach Gorgona, you will | find the hotel acoomimodations miserable in the ox- treme. Do the best you can and engage mules. Your own mule with that of your wife, with a slde Procure good large animals, if you have to pay $15 or more. If you get poor er email ones, the probability is that they | will etick in the bog holes on the way. Now for the baggage andohildren. Send the formor by ex- press—it wiil be taken to Panama at the rate of Zc. per pourd. Do not encumber yourself with it, | a8 you Will have enough to attend to without it Children are taken by natives with perfect safety in cradles fixed on their shouldors. Tho exponse will be from $5 to $8 for eash ohiid. If you wil! follow this edvios, you will sincerely thank him who gave it, although you may never see him or It 18 @ mistaken idea that bugs ere preferable to trunks. ‘Trunks are much mere convenient in every respsct, and unless very large, can be packed on muics with as much facility 2s bags. Besides this, clothing is spoiled and crumpled in bags. A smart man oan ‘toll beans when tho bag is open,” but no one can fiad an article of clothing in a long bag, unless he empties tho whole of the contents on the floor. All travellers by this route should provide themselves with dimes er ten cont pioces. A shilling will not pass i.r more than a dime, anda gold dollar is not worth more than nine dimes. Ifyou do not take dimes with you, therefore, you will loso ten per cent on your expenditures on the Isthmus. Money is reckoned by dimes altogether. Thus, if you put- cbaéo an article for two dollars, and hand the selier a quarter eagle, hewill give you back two dimes anu one balfdime is change You thus lose twen- ty-tive pts on $2 60 The American Consul, too, (ard thie is very extracrdinary,) will not for portage or feer, alluw the fail vaiue of American gold, but practiceatho dime system, muoh to the anrcyance of such of the emigrants as wish to pre- pay feitors to the Atlantic States. I shall make no comment on this picayune business M hile on my way from Chagres to Gorgona, I bad an opportunity of witnessing the beautiful manner in which the United States mail is trans. ported in there diggings The bags are piled on the backs of mules, there being @ native to every tbree or four apimale. If any of the mules aro overloa€ed, they founder in the mud, and there they remain, sometimes for an hour, and often, [ ai informed, for a whole day, the mule sometimes dying. While the driver returns for another beast the bags are expe:ed, and are liable to be rifled by any person who passes. As I was donkeying my way to this hole ofa place, lsaw one of the mail mules on his back in a gulch, the bags under him, and his feet directed towards the sky, no person being near. Any one so disposed could have taken one ormore of the bags into the jungle, and poa- sersed himeelf of the contents without incurring any risk of dotection. I do not know who is to blame for the way inwhichthe mails are transported hore, nor do J care; but I say deliberately that there is no government but ours in the world that would tolerate such a system fora day. Tho wsy in which the mails are carried here is a disgrace to the country; and the wonder is that one half of the s reach their destination. I row can account missing letters between the old States and Ca- lifornia. There are but few objects of interest in Panama. Tho churches are massive structures, benring the marks of time, and like all other buildings here, public and private, arc ina sad state of delapida. tion and decay. The way in which some of tho tower bells are rung isto me somewhatnovel. Im- mediately opposite my hotel ie a church, in which service is continually peormed The rope which formerly was attached to the bell wore out, and tooner than get a now one, a native, when tho time arrives for mass, mounts the tower, and hammers away at the bell with a billet of wood. When done, he dessends, and assista the padre in his church ministrations. In niches in the walls aro images, aa largo as life, of the Virgin Mary, the | Saviour, and tho Apostles, all of them dressed in | Spanish costume—the Apostles having boards and moustaches of the true Spanish cut. [ should say the Virgin is the greatest favorite of them ail, for ehe is evidently treated to a new frock, anda now apostles, aro to new breeches. J am gorry to sey thore is a great want of picty among the natives, and that they prefer visiting the cock pit, or loafing in tho streets, to attending their churches. I fear the pious monitions of the reverend padres are thrown away on the still neeked andbanana-cating natives. This is to be rogretted, for thero are churches enough hero, and priests enough to save tho souls of all the people of Central America. If rumor does not belie these holy men, the padres themselves sometimes engage in cosk- fighting; and it is ungenerously reported of them that they have the best cocke in the country, as woll as the most dangerous ones. ‘The cock pit of Panama is well worth visiting. I strolled in there on Sunday afternoon, and was muoh interested in what I saw. There wero about two hundred na- tives present, each with bis cook under hisarm. It bore a resemblance to the New York Exchange at *cbavge hour. Such a chattering and era never heard in my life. It was deatening. At length s match was made up, and o ring was The gaffs or spurs wero put on, and the Aight commenced. In about two minutes ono of the birds received tho epur of bis adversary in tho breast.and “keeled over,” doad aaa eae Seve- ral other matches followed, a bird boing killed in The owner of tho victor in every caso re- coived tho carcase of the defeated one as a trophy. ‘The gaffe aro vory formidable weapons. Thoy are made of gf tempered steel, aro about two and a half inches long, with both Md iat as sharp ag thoro of & lancot. Thoy are shaped liko a seythe, and if direoted properly, would oause the death of a man or an ox ag Woll as that of a poor chantioleor. It sometimes occurs that after @ match is mado the cocks will not fight; bus this does not often ave mentioned that thero are reveral hundred Califo, aro nia. Iam sorry to say, that inhuman jokes | fontinually practiced on them. I will relato a3 2 sample. | Some follow posted o written notice in difleront | parte of the town, that a nambor of destitute emi- grants, provided thoy were active mon, would bo allowedto work their pasragos to San Francigco, in | @ sailing verge), and be paid $10 por month; appli- | pation to be made to Captain Martin, at Cocoa Groy hotel about an cighth of a mile from t city. As you may woll su 0, hundrods of tl or fellow# rushed to Cooon Grove to seo Captain artin, and if possible to get a borth. jo man who assumed ke name of Captain Martin, was in attendanco, and received them. In reply to their applications for an opportunity to work thoir pas- }, be said bo would havo none Py ak Lb he should requiro a proof of smartness o! ile wanted thot he should poleet- to B00 how the applicants, he eaid, could climb and directed them to ascond the cccom nuttrecs close by At it they went, forty or fifty monat a time; some falling down when httle way up, and others m: fruit- less efforts with their feet, knees, thighs, and even naila, to reach the top, whioh thoy ceald not possi- bly do, the trees being so inners: fon De weakedaare, the joke would have been woll rel a The splendid steamship Golden Gate, will leave here to-morrow for San Francisco; every cabin end btoorage berth has been taken, and the agents are to-day selling deck passages for $150 and $200. yn City Inceili Kinga County Count or Over avo Lenin, —Before Judge Morse aud Justices Btilwell and Wright.—Samusl Anderson @ colored mau, indicted for burglary in the third degree, was placed on trial, The indictment al- leges that the accused burglariously entered the prem!ses Daniel 8 Arpold,in Cranberry street, on the night of the 10th of Ootober last, and took therefrom # coat and other clothing, together with a roll of promissory notes, the property of Madison Miten, a boarder in the house. Hoe was arrested by officer Larkins shortly afior the com. mission of the offence. in the immediate vicinity of the ince, and under circumstances which et once rendered is guiltapparent The charge ageinel the prisoner be- ing fally substantiated by th@evidence, he was found guilty by the jury. He was sentenoed to coniusment in the State prison at Sing Sing for the term of 10 years and 2months. Job Baldwin, previously convicted of in the third degree, in setting fre to an unoccapied house in DeKalb avenve, in OctOber last, was sentenced to the Atate prisom for7 years and 2 months John Lawler alias John Laytou, convicted of bigamy, was sen- nee years and 3 months imprisonment at Sing City Count —Before Judge Greenwood and Aldsrmen Green 6nd Harteau—Micbacl Joreph alias Michael Joseph Obristopber, was tried on an indictment cbarg- ing bim with essault end battery, with intent te kill, It appears that an attachment was issued against tho defendant for debt, and was placed ia the hands of Cou- stable Mundell for execution When the officer, who wos acocmpanied by Uonetable Bradley, proceeded to meskes teizure of 2 horse aud carc belonging to the deferdunt, they were obstructed inthe performance of their duty by the accused aud bis wife. and were com- Pelled to beat a retreat—one of the officers receiving o tlight ecratoh from # kalfe in tke hands of Joseph ‘he property was aubseq sen iiy taken porseasion of by other Officers. On the trislit was shown that the process by Virtue of which the seizure was made, wns illegal, having been msde nrnabie in two days, wheres not less than six days waa teqaired by law in earer where the defeodaut is resident of the county, 85 in the present instance, An gcquittal was urged, on this ground mainly, by counsel for defence The Court, in obarging the jury, eustained the views of counsel as to the tllegalicy of @he papers, ruling thet & flawof this character was fetal to an in- dictmert. The jury, after a long absence, came into court with a verdict of guilty of assault and battery only; and they ali, individually, recommended the defend- ent to the clemency of the Court, Shortty after the arrest of the defendant, bis wife was taken fil, and died feveral days subsequently, at the Alas House, whtther she bed been taken. Vhis olzcumetance tended to create sympathy for the prisoner, sud several of the jurymen contributed money towards relieving his present neoes- sities In paring sentence, the Judze remarked tbat in consideration of the death of defendant's wife, and the distress he bad already ruffered (having been imprisoned tince the 2d of Februsry), he was induced to inflict as mild a punishment as the nature of the case would admit, and therefore sentenced him to the county jail fer the term of twenty deys. A number of other persons, oon- victed of various crimes at the present term of this court, were also brought up for sentence. The first was Alexander Dolan, a young man about ninetesn years of oge. who was convicted of mayhem, in biting off the ear of Isacc Queen in 8 fight. Btate pricon tor the term of seven years, one month and fifwen days, Bridget Bogarty and Kilen Cummings.con- victed of grand Iniceny, were sentenced to the Btate prison. the former for cwo years and thres months; and the latter for two yeare, one month and fifteen days, Charles Birdsoll, for arsxult und battery upon a police officer, wee sentenced to the county jail for one year. Mery Allen, for petit larceny, to three months’ imprison: ment in the county jail. Patrick Rorke, for keeping a disorderly hense, wos fined $15. and sentenced to thirty ays’ imprisonment; Thomas Black, same offence, was fized $15. Charles Burke, for selling liquor without licenre, was fined $10. Edward Wilson, disorderiy house, was floed $60 John Bullivan and James Heury were fined $20 each, for selliog liquor without license. The following, indicted for siziilar offences, were fined $10 each;—John Kain, John Alien, John Garland, Christopher Madden, Henry Stickerners, John Dillon, and Patrick Malony. John Van Glenn, on two indictments, was fined $10 on each, Oonrad Wolfe ard John Rude, for assault, were fined $10 each, or sixty days’ imprisonment. Court of General Sessions, Before Judge Beebo, and Aldermen Compton and Francis, Marcu 1—This court was opened for the March term, this morning, by the above named members. The Penels of grand and petit jurors were called, and the bumber of the former in attendance being iasufficient to form a quorum, and no cases ready for trial. they were all discharged till Tuesday, (this morning,) at 11 o'clock, and the court adjourne Theatrical and Musical. Bowrry TxvaTae —Bbakepeare’s tragedy entitled © King Lear,” having been so favorably received last eve- ning, by a very large assemblage, at this popular estab- Mehment. it will be repeated again to-night, in which Mr, E. Kady. a very promising actor,and great favorite, Will personate. for the second time, the arduous charac: terof Lear. He will be supported by Mr. Goodall and Mien Fanny Wallack,in the other two leading parts. The concluding feature will be the romautic drama of “Yalentine and Orson,” with Messra Cony, Taylor, Sts vene, Lefflugweil, Mrs Grattan, Mrs. Jordan, and Mrs. Mason in the caet. Mr J P Waldron, the gentiemaniy and ¢filctent treasurer of this theatre. is to take bis benefit tomorrow evening. The bill of eatertainment will be very attrective. We hope the public will give him, what be ur doubsedly merits, a bumper. Baoapway THeaTne —Mr. Forrest. the renowned Ame- rican tregedian.was greeted again lart evening, by an over- flowing house, with the greatest delight and enthusiasm. thakepeare’s tragedy of “ Richard the Third” was the feature of the evening, in which Mr. Forrest played Richard. It will be repeated again thi ning, with the same powerful ceet, embracing the names of Forrest, Conway, Barry, Fenno, Mme. Poniel, Mrs. Abbott, and Miss Orccker. It is produced in # most costly manner. ‘The costumes, military. eusigns, decorations, and ma- chinery, are all new, and the soenery is the most correet and beautiful we have ever witnessed, particularly the ic view of the great battle of Bosworth. The ighable farce styled “Air, and Mrs. P.,” will terminate A densely crowded attendance may be anticipated. all. Burton's TheaTee.—This favorite little theatre was crowded cane, 80 bighly amusing are tho performances ; in is the only thestre in the city where we can havea good | bearty laugh, acd “drive dull care away.” The pisos | apnouneed for to-night are of a bighly entertaini: choracter. comprising Dance’s celebrated comedy enti- tled “The Country Squire,” in which Messrs. Burton, Lester, Johnston, Rae, Miss Mery Taylor, Mrs. Hughes, ard Miss Weston. will appear, and the greatly popular and laughter tec farce, called “ The Toodles,”” | with Burton, Bland, Johnston, Rae, Miss Weston, and | ain last night, which is, indeed, always the | Mrs. Hughes in the cast Burton's personation of Timo- thy Toodie ia alone attraction enough to fill any thea- tre. Go early, if you are desirous of comfortable seats, Natrowa, Tuxatay.—Those great favorites, Mr. and Mra. B. Williams, were most, enthusiastically received | ain, last evening, by a densely crowded house. To-night ey are to appear in two of thelr Cyd fe! Picces:—— | the interesting drama entitled “Ireland and America,” and the excellent drama of the “Irish Jonah; in both | of which they will be supported by several ef the lead- | ing members of the company. The new national drama called the “Old Continentsi,” was exceedingly well re- ceived, and is peoet ‘upon the stage in a very creditable manner, It willbe LaLmpesohaghal with Mr. W.G Jones in the principal character; and the concluding piece | will be the amusing farce of “ Wigs and Widows,” well cust Bannun’s Museum —The great antipodean pedestrien, Protessor MoCormick, continues to attract large asgem- | Diages to the lecture room of this establishment, by his sstcunding feat of walking on a marble slab, at anele- vation of eighteen feet from the stage, head downwards He is announced to appear pgain to-day, ‘Tbe drama of tho “Maid of Croisey ’ will be represented in the after- noon; and the beautiful play entitled the “ Lady of Lyonr,” in which Mr. 0. W, Clarke and Miss Emily Mes- tayer will perform the principal characters, will be given in the evening, Aston Pisce Orrna How ‘The German dramatic company advertise the celebrated tragedy of “ Hamlet” for thisevening. Their representations are generally re- ceived with great velo’ and are worthy of much support, Boweny Oincs.-The pragromme of equestrian enter- teinmente offered by Sande & Vo. for this evening, is ofa more than ordinarily attractive character, and must en- sure, what is generally the case, a crowded house. Mr, Lovett, the great clown. the talented Nathan Family, | Mr, Send and his accomplished pupil, Master Meurive, allappenr. Ail the dancing horses and. trick ponies will be introdneced, and the grand equestrian pageant of“ Bt, George and the Dragon’ will conclude all. Crnrety's Misstners.--This inimitable band of Ethio- jan delineators, who have, for several consecutive years, een performing in this city, with the greatest porsible succers, and wlio continue to be crowned with grester patrenage thon ever, have provided a very elegant pro- gramme of veg! usements for this evening, com- prising ringing, dencing, instrumental pieces, burlerquos, and witticlrme, Of course, the hall will be crowded egain to-nigh Woov's Mi rf, Inte Fellows’ Mivgtrels, we aro happy to peresive, cpen under very favorable auspices tonight, In addition to their already talented and po- pular company, thot inimitable delineator of the Dtbiopean character, Mr. F. Horn, is to appear, He will prove a great soquirition, and will be the means o! very crowded houtes, Mr. 8. A, Wells, the flae d talented performer, will be the director of | amurements, This speaks well for ths nowmansger. — | Brvvvesant Wart, Dnoapway—Mr. J. B. Naglo’s grand tertimenial concert and benefit will take place | tonight, Mi i in to recite the “Maniac” end the “Zale of 68, ich have, on all cocasions, clicited Several other talented persons have fo much ap velunteered, Mr a pancrawa of Irciend, end $s dererving of mush mupport Tur Tensor: or rie, Murs —The mame pleasing per- formances, Which ate ulghtly given at this establishiaont, re to be repeated to-night, i Semieron, the actor, of Consuelo letter menor, Cincinnati, playing an ergegement with Mrs, Par {sin 2, Damaoe ny THE lox wRaR Conumpta, Pa.—It is stated in the Columbus (2a.) Spy, that the recent move Of the ice han done considerable damage between that lacound Turkey Till. At Washington, many persons bea to move out of their houres, and gevoral framo buildings were more or lens injared by being carried frem their foundations, cr thrown on thoir sides, Far. ther down, acme buildings were moved @ distance of eereral hundred yards, though no lives were lost, The Tide Water canal end dom at Colambia have also been Injured, but the bridge is ewfe; and on Wednesday sev ebares of ii# etock fold at $100, being the par vain He was sentenced tothe | gle was the proprietor of the grand | et it | A | Exports domestic merchandise... showing thet the buyors entertain mo fears of its de- atrpowon by Ive, LEE A SSS SS SS SY SSS SSS? SD be ga the result in "52, thoy may r AND COMMERCIAL. PUNANCIAL MONEY MARKE®, Moxvay, March 1-6 BM Quctations for stocks remaio without material altera- Ifit wore not | tion There wes considerable activity in the market to- dey, and the epirit of speculation is again getting ram- Pant. Mest of the purchases on time, are pretty equally divided between buyers’ and ecllers’ option Nearly four thousand shares of Ieading ailrosa stock were sold to- dey at the fret board, and prices were well austal sed tbrovugheut. Brie wes ala quite buoyant. Lt will be sce, in @ few days, what the basis of this loflatios in these stocks Reading and Krie—is. It will be seen thet it is a Wall etreet movement from beginning to end; that only « emall clique of speculators ore invoived in it, and that all the efforts to bring in outside purchasers have failed. If those engaged wish to out themeclves, loose from the bubbie at present prices, thore is very, little doubt but they would do so at once for the advance in prices has been sufficient to tatiafy the most ravenous bull epeculator is the market. ‘This, however, is impossible. The daily purchasers are the largest holders, and we can easily imagine the effect on prices, in the event of their changing from buyers to sellers, There would bes colla;se at once, Blearly every fancy etock in Wall street is sustained in this way. ‘Wail street is full of this wortbless stuff, and holders can not get rid of it, We shall soon eee the beginning of the end of these things. The machinery that keeps all the elements in motion is very intricate, end easily gets out Of order, One of these days some screw will got loose, and there will bee grand smash The bears will soon make their appearance in the street in full force. It might be well enough to give the bulls a little more rope, and then the chances will be increaned, and the margin for e fall extended. At tho first board to-day, Brie advanced 34 per cent; Reading, 1; Harte, {; Neewich and Worcester, : Zino Company, 4%; Edgeworth, 4; Erie Income Bonds. 3g. Virginia 6's, {; Oanton Company, 11x. ‘The receipts at the office of the Assistant Treasurer of this port to-day, amounted to $172,003 61; payments $174,185 49; balance, $2.467,291 62. ‘The Brocklyn and Jamaica Railroad Company have de- clared a semi-annual dividend of three end a half per cent. The Phenix Bank, Hartford, a dividend of four per cent. ‘The receipts of the Housatonic Rattroad Company for 1851 were $320.041, an inorease of $19 000 over 1850, The expenditures were $160.139, showing an exorss of re~ ceipts over expenditures, of $163,%2 Deducting the rents of the Berkshire and Stockbridge Railroads, $74,802, the net receipts are $74,094 ; interest on bonds, $21,000; paid on floating debt, $57,402. ‘The Treasorer of the Mint, Philadelphia, gives the an- nexed official statement of colmage, &o., during the mouth of February, 1852 :— Orenations or TAL Mint, Provapenemia, Fesevary, 1852. 68926 doubl +06 81,378,500 48,686 eagies. 486 680 $3,706 heif eagles 146,710 quarter eagies 296,684 gold doUars.....» 52,001 pieces .......eeeeeee seeneeeeeee coe $2,008,609 BILYER. 143 500 dimes, 83 000 half dimea 902400 three cent picoss. 1,761,401 PICOES. «0. verre corren. 560,888 centa...esereee 2,842,379 pleoes.. Z For coinage from 1st From Californis Other source: seesesesece se eeeeceee 3047/89 85 PULLION DerosttED to 20th Februaay, 1852 inclusive: — ++ $2911,000 SULVER BULLION DEeOsTED, For coinage from Ist to 29th Febraary, 1862..... $21,200 ‘We learn that the Mint holds a large amount of gold dollars and quarter eagles, and that sums of almost any amount above thirty dollars of three cent pieses, cam be een on application at the Mint,in exohange for gold. ‘The snvexed statement exhibits the value of exports from this port during the month of Febraary, distin- guitbing the value shipped to each country :— Vatve or Exronts rrom thr Port or New Yor, Fes- vary 1852. Foreign Merchandise. Domestic Not En'd Enti'd From To Mer'dise. to Deb're. to Deb. War'se. 1,233 979-8 301 t 3639 3i2 88,638 Glargow... + 86.047 «1234 BAIS. Other ports inGt. Br. — 7.460 =_ - — Havre .........000+2. 8494668 836 7,077 6,068 Other ports in France. 15050 2560 | — 1,798 Hamburg..... 111,838 «11810 5253 14686 Bremen. . + 122118 3632 3872 13.433 — 1502 460 UG 3223 14976 406 - - 5974 - _ ara 4,858 4663 250 625 5716 3818 35,258 125 215 F 10,262 Total domestics .... 3,362,043 164,541 62,348 189,316 Do. forel do. Do. ‘20 do, free) , Hie Do, Bpeele ......ss0 ee Total.. sess sesesecsserecsreeerrenee Of the above aggregate there has been a better distri. bution than usual. It will be seen that only a little more than one-half of the total went to European ports. The value of shipments of domestic merchandise to English and Continental ports during the month of February ‘was $2,110,065, leaving a balance of $1.242.878 for foreign ports on this side of the Atlantic, and other than those in Europe. This is a more favorable comparison than we baveever been able to make befere,and we hove no doubt that, in the course of another year or so, it will be still more satisfactory, Our merchants are eto the importance ef the trade with Central and South Amerios: and every effort will be made to encourage and extend it. While our export trade with European nations is becom- ipg of cecondary importance, wo must bear in mind that | our import trade with that section of the world should also be reduced, that the balance of trade between us may be more equalized. It will be seen by the above official return, that nearly one-half of the aggregate ex- port forthe month wasin especie, the shipment of coin averaging nearly nine hundred thousand dollars per week. ‘The annexed statement exhibits the quantity of oer” tain artisles exported from this port during the week «nding the 28th of February, distinguishing the destina” ion and extent of shipments to each place: — Commence at tHe Port or New York — Weestr Rerorr. To London—Naval stores, 8,322 pole flour, 2.601 do.; wheat, 2,648 bush Ibs; lard, 7, do.; menufactured wooden ware, pkgs.; rice, 14 tiercer; 63 do ; clover seed, 45 do.; Clover seed, 18 bbis,; oil eake, 400 do ; calcined bones, 206 a calcined bones, 180 hhds.; staves, 1,000; essence oil, oases. Liverpool, —Oott?n, bales; mg 20,516 bushels; corn, 16,673 do ; fleur, 6,183 bbls.; furs, 5 pigs; ti 300 tlerces; boo! cages; staves, 30,000; mnnufsctun tobaeco, 13,770 Ibs.; eeammony, 1 care; clocks, 63 eases; horn tips, 10 bhde ; 1. R, goods, 11 cases; cobalt, 1 case; pulkey iy oid -¥* miotaly 15,012 Ibs; old ¥, metal, 14 earks. Hovre Cotton, 1,269 bi Ops, 25 do.; whalebone, 17.804 ibs; T shell, L care; wines, 110 gals; Books, We , 2 pkge; rice, Oot t ; pot ash, 306 bote.; pearls, 20,d0.; sponges, 90 baler, ebe |r, ks; eegars, 500, Premen—Tobscco, 380 3; tobacco, 122 eeroons; manvfectured tobacse, 6,290 Ibs.; furniture 1 puckega, pot aches, 21 bbls; rorim, 326 do.; beef, 100 do.; rive, OL tercer; cedar, 200 logs, Hamburg.—Ootton, 476 bales; clover seed, 10 tierees; ahce pegs, 60 bbis.; ex log wood, 100 boxes; Ludia rubber goods, 16 , 3 bales: tobnceo, 37 onces; do, 12 ed do, 13704 Ibs; pimeuto, 609 } Bevel stor cece; F 63 Lids. Comstantinop M; 1,020 bbis.; coffee, 660 baga: far niture, 31 phe 8, 4; clothing, 3° cases; maho- geny, 12 piece bp seed, 100 bags, Spain = Stave 0 Portugal. Staves, €7,600 Made Braves, 20,000; flour, 400 bbis ; blecult, &e 102 pkgs. ' British North American ColoniceFlour, 870. bbis.; drugs, &9., 43 pkgs ; beef, 46 Lois ; pork, 29d0.; hops, bales; tom, 141 pkgs.; brandy, O44 gals; champague, 10 do; Ngnum vite, 4 tons; mabogany, 48 pisses, Mexico ~-Domestioe, 408 pligs.; matohes, 192 gross, Jead, 6,00 Ibs ; bisoult, 200 boxes? naval stores, 69 bbls t Grogs, 21 pkgs; blocks, 8 boxes; linseed oil, 100gattons )1b8.; mavufactired tobeose sina, 300 Kegs; butter, 0 6t0 Tbs.; apersa candies, 1.320 Iba.; paper, 400 renias, hardware, 3 pkgs; perfumery, 1 doe; nails ' 42 keg: aged mali, 1) Ougng Wavviie, OF ve; Guna, 20 Luis,