The New York Herald Newspaper, April 21, 1852, Page 6

The Seame:'s’ Mission Society, Thissooiety held (i'r ighth annual celebration, on Sunday evening, « it George’s Church, Stuy- vosant pack. Notw ding the stormy state of the weather, the aticniance was very good. Dr. TayLor, of Grice church, presided, and Dr. Vinton, of Brooklyy, ro» the annual report, by which it appeared that (i ciety were, or would, on the Ist of May, be indebted in four hundred dol- lars. The receipts from April 21, 1851, to April 12, 1852, were $4,141. ‘Ihe'r cxpenditures being $4,175. The expenses thus } sareely amounted to ten cents cach of the forty ‘!ousand seamen landing and remaining in our por's ding the year. Connected with this mission ar: ‘wo chapels—that of Our Saviour and the Ho'y sforter. In the formor, the number of baptisms .1i, » thin the year, beon, in- fants, 57; adults, mations, 7; admitted to the communion, 1! iages, 26; funerals, 13. They had distribu: 1.500 bound volumes and twenty thousand pag ! tracts, upwards of two hundred bibles anc adred prayer books. In that part of the H« orter, the infant baptisms had been 23, and the , 1; confirmations, 17— of these, eight had | amen and two seamen’s wives; admitted smmunion, 12 (four seas men,) and the pro unber of communicants was 60; marriages | | within the year wero 16; funerals, s i divine services, in- cluding those at ( ‘iome,”” were 204; bibles distributed, 109; pr ks, 123; printed tracts, 46,860 pages, and 2) other religious books. The; had = moree ablished, independent of thee two churc ‘missionary at large,” from whose labo calculated on great and cheering result had assisted and foster- ed according to the and the Company « presented them gry the burial of thei ed their obligations Bishep Porrrn.« ble and some what I teking bis text fro: vers the Seaman’s Home— greens Cemetary had with a plot of laid, for hich they acknowledg- teat, then made a forci- 1 for the society, ith chap! f St. Mark—"And he cainto teach by the sea side.” Upon this ti d gentleman enlarged, ing ably that s she to be instructed in religious worsh rt x out the anomaly of sending one mission: n ved seamen, (who e in the habit of port that we montion cases w risen and driven ont the could the natives f A colle stood, to some abouts; and a prayer wud ed by Dy. Taylor, conclud ming God’s naine,) into i with. Nay, he could * Christian” seamen had * and what idea ‘ep t Tur Ci method subject of considerable talk for given rise to the invention ¢ rifling cost, in 8 to be year for this purp last stssion of of Aldermen a petition was presented request- Common Council a trial of a new machine for the streets, The inventors declare that the pachine will do ite work in a very short time. without sprinkling or raising any dust; that it is particularly adapted to the Rus avement, but can, with satisfac- tion, be employed in paved with cobb) and that it will deposit from a half tothree-quarters of a ton of mud in the carts at atime. They further a-sert that no stoppege of the travel will be asioned in the streets during the time it is in operation, The itself was referred to the appropriate committee, whic is hoped. will report as seon as possible in favor of submit- ting this invention to a fair trial. In connection with this subject. we notice that the preliminary steps have heen taken for the formation of a company, to be called the New York Street Sweeping Association, with a pro- posed capital of $100 600. ‘The machines to be employed by thir association will be similar to those now used in the capital cities in Britain, where they have long super- seded the old method of street sweeping. It is a remark- able and notorious fact that instead of baving to pay an annual tax of nearly $200.000—as is the case in New York —the cities in the old country. where these new improve. ments and inventions are in use, actually derive a coa- siderable revenue from their street manure, or mu This circumstance alone ought to arrest at once the at tion of those likely to be interested. as it opens a fine field for speculation Pricapvecenia Hose Comraxy.—It ix stated that the Weecacoe Hose Company, of Philadelphia, propose to visit New York in June next. to participate in the demon- stration of the Fire Department of this city. The gentle- manly bearing of the members of this company entitles them to a cordial weleome and kind reception from their brethren of thiseity. We understand they will be the guests of Eagle Engine Company, No. 15. Fartar Raitroan Ac hile the 10 o'clock Har- lem train from the city w ping on Monday at Ford- bam. one cf the passeng 1 mame we could not asceri. his baggage from the ba whistie of the New Haven train sounded. He jumped; but before he could elear the track t frame work of one of the cars of the New Haven train struck him on the head, fracturing the same and inflicting injuries on other parte of his body. He was picked up in # state of insen- | sibility and conveyed to the neighboring tavern. From | the serious character of the injuries he had sus! was at once seen that he could not. by any pr survive for any length of time, He died about 4 0'¢ in the afternoon, and was all the time insensible. We un- derstand that the deceased had been living for some years past. and was going to Fordham frome time with his brother, who is residing at It is said that no blame can be attached to the conductors of either train, as all the necessary precautions had been resorted to Roun Over my Broapway.—William M. Lord. residing at No.7 Phompron street. while in the act of crossing Broadway, atthe eorner of Anthony street, about half past nine o'clock on Monday morning, was knocked down andrun over by stage No, 102, L ius and Wilkins Fourth avenue line, driven by Joseph Wallace. The | stage passed over the left leg of Mr. Lord. fracturing it in two places. He was immediately picked up by two of the Sixth ward police. and taken to the New York Hospital, where he waa placed in the care of Dr. Allen. After driving over Mr. Lord, Wallace parsed rapidly down to the South ferry. where he placed another driver on the stage and sent it back on its route. He then walked leisurely up Broadway. but was recognized and arrested by officer BicMagus. whoconveyed him before Justice Osborn. Le waa committed to prison to await examination. Fatat Accipent.—Yesterday the Coroner held an in- quest at a dwelling in Sixth avenue, between Forty- fourth and Forty-fifth streets. upon the body of Patrick ‘Trainer. a lad ten years of age. whose death was caused by a fracture of the rkull. It appeared from the evi- ‘dence that, on the 10th inst. the deceased, with several ther boys. was engaged in picking up chips in front of a new ‘building in the course of erection in Sixth avenue, near Thirty-sevemth street. The end of some of the timbers of the builaing projected beyond the wall, and a laborer was engaged in sawing off One of them. which, afSer being severed. fell upon the boy's head. causing « fracture of the skull, of which he died on Sunday after- noon. The jury returned a verdict of accidental death, as no evidence was addueed showing that the laborer, whore name has not been arcertained. was aware at the time of the failing of the end of the timber. that the boy was underneath. Fine —About three o'clock yeeterday morning a fire was discovered by officer Elder. of the Twentieth ward police. in the cellar of house No, 549 Sixth aven Thirty- fecond and Thirty-third street store, owned by John D. Boyd. and 42 were early onthe ground, and soon extinguished the flames with irifling damage. It is supposed that the Premises were set on fire by some unknown person Axotner Fine.—A bout half-past three o'clock yesterday morning the sloop Orion. loaded with lime. lying at the foot of Sixteenth street, East caught fire and was completely destroyed, with 150 barrels of lime. tain ond Renistan’ Captain of the nth ward, wi section of men, were at the fire. ‘The loss is estimated at about $1,200, No insurance. ‘Aw Unkxows Max Drowsrp —The body ofan unknown man was found floating in the North river. yesterday af- ternoon. at the foot of Charlton street, The body peared to have been in the water some time, Coro Ives will hold an inquest on the body this day i Suppen Deatn.—Coroner Ives yesterday held an in- uest. at the Seventh ward police station. on the body of James Crowe, aged 50 years, a native of New Jersey, who was found dead, on Monday night. by the § pth ward police, in analley. a 8 Governeur street. The body of deceased was examined by Dr, Liddell, and the jury ren- dered a verdict, that deceased came to his ¢ fiammation of the lungs. The deccased. it see known in the city—he conducted the ere ime it was built ecame very intemp pught bim to his Court of Oyer ané Before Hon, Judge Edwards Loy’ Avni. 19 of Try wr Terminer. Aldermen Oakle having killed hy NL of the back premis rning in January la def wav ot. that idiot w in the y one m ing i The Judge rey rested with the Goverr ’ The juror said, wha war. would the Court coneur in the recor ‘The Court refured to ay t would r for them Th the recommen the Governor Apert 20.—The jury not bay ight Oncoming into court this mornin there was no likelihood of their agrecing ‘They w gain kent back, and at two and-a-half o'clock. being stilll unable to ngree. were divcharged, 't i# raid that they #004 nine for conviction and three for acquittal. and that two of the mine would have acquitted her if the majority he deeded The Distriet Attorney announced that he would put bbe poovoes op (rial again ou Mondsy THE PUTNAM BIVORCE CASE AN, Ite Supreme Court.—Circult Before Hon. Judge Roosevelt. MARY ANN PUTNAM VS. THEODORE BE. PUTNAM. 8RCOND DAT. Arnit 20.—James C Watson, who had been watching Mr. ‘deers — Koy Woodhead. Jr., was examined od great length, but his testimony was merely c of Mr, Woodhead’s; the witness. on cross-examination, said he was an Eng! residing in this country since 1836, and that Mr. Woodhead. Sr., was also an Euglish- man. many years resident in this country; he said he was not employed to watch Mr. Putnam; he did it as an act Of gratitude, either to confirm or dispel the donbte that were in Mr. Woodhead’s mind. ‘Two witnesses (Messrs, Roberts and Southwell) deposed that it was from their house, fronting Fourth street, that Mr. Woodhead and Mr. Watson watched Mr, Putnam's movements; they also testified to seeing him rej ly in that neighborhood, so often as to attract their atten- ti jon, The case for the plaintiff here closed. The Court asked if there were any special issues to go to the jury. Mr. O’Conor replied that the jury could find on the whole issues The Court inquired, would the jury have to find onthe marriage, when it took place, the condonation, and the residence? Mr. O'Conor—Tho marriage is conceded. It is ad- mitted on the pleadings. The Court—Can we take the admission of the partios? Mr.O°Conor's opinion was that the whole case was before the jury. The brother of the plaintiff proved the mi de fqcto. The parties are proved to be residents of this State. They would, however, prove the marriage by Dr. Spring. Some discussion then took place between Mr. Hoffman, on part of the defendant, and Mr. O’Couor, about the way in which the issues were sent to the jury in the Forrest divorce case, ‘The Judge said he thought the jury should find spe- cifically on the issues, Mr. Wright opened the case on the part of Mr. Put- pam. Jeannette McAdam, the alleged particens criminis. a | very good looking young woman, was the first witness called for the defence. She deposed—My presont resi- | dence is Yonkers ; I am twenty-seven years of age; in 1848 I resided at 109 Fourth street ; my occupation at that time was a teacher ; Iam acquainted with Theodore E, Putnam ; [knew him about two years prior to the visit of Mr. Woodhead, Sen'r, to our house, in 1848; it was about the year 1846 I became acquainted with him ; Iwas born in Cork, south of Ireland; I am here about seventeen years, or rather more; as nearly as I can recollect now, the members of my family were fathor and mother, a younger and older sister, and an inva- lid aunt; I don’t remember the date I first. walked with Mr. Putnam; I may have walked with him about the of October; I went with him to the foot of B: street; I may have gone down to the foot of the pier; I don't remémber how long we stood there; we stood for a moment nd of the pier, look- ing out on the river; ft the pier before dark; the sun had just gor could see entirely across the river from the end of the pier; [have no recollection of seeing any pile of lumber there; I sawa person on the corresponding pier; [ don't know who it was; I think the tide was high, and it raised sloops up to the edge of the pier, and prevented me seeing him dis- tinctly; I observed Mr. Putnam looking intently in that direction, and I noticed the man, and asked Mr. Putnam if he knew him; I don’t know what the man was doing; he seemed to be dodging about; I saw him first as we walked on to the pier, and spoke about bim juat before leaving it. Q—While you were on that pier, wis there any improper ‘freedom taken with you by Mr. Putnam? A.—Not at all; no im. proper liberties taken by him at all; Iwenthome and parted with Mr. Puinam near the house; I to tea, and we generally took tea at six 0 lect walking with Mr. Putnam about T ingday ; we had a married sister on a visit with us at our house, and the aeked me to take a note to a man in Bleecker street, and to ask him to take a note to a younger sister, who was on a visit at Staten Island; my “married sister was going home next day, and she wanted to see her be- fore she Went; my younger sister had not contemplated returning; I took the note, and found the gentieman was out; Lasked the servant if she knew when he would come in; shesaid she was not sure; I asked her if she knew if he was going to dine at Staten Island that day; she said she thought not; I then thought I would take the note to the boat myself; I did not know the hours the boats went. and I went into Broadway, to a store. to look at a er. but did not find the information I wanted; I into an apothecary’s store, and there I found a spaper With it in; the hours were one, and I think, -past two or three; I knew it was too late for the one o'clock boat; I concluded I would have time to perform another errand which my mother had given me, at some distance on the east side of the town; I observed some of the churches dismissing, and wished te see some of my friends who were at Doctor Bellows’ that day—friends who lived up in the direction I was going, and whom I | wished to accompany me, and from whom I also thought I would get Information of that morning's dis- course. as Twas unable to attend church that morning; domestic duties prevented me; I walked up and down, perhaps three or four times, opposite Mr, Bellows’ church, until it was dismissed; I missed my friends in the crowd, and walked down a block or two be- low the church, and was overtaken by Mr. Putnam and his little boy; he asked me where I was going; I toldhim Iwas not exuctly sure myself; he asked mo if I was go- ing up or down town; I said up, thought; I thenturned and walked a little distance. when Mr. Putnam proposed to take an omnibus, as his little boy was not able to walk; Iwent up as far as Eighth or Ninth street; I did not tell him where | was going. a4 I was not sure myself; when we got out of the omnibus, he said he had a letter which he wanted to show me; it was either the original ora copy | of a letter to Doctor Dewey. from his congregation, when | he was about to leave; he said. if I could possibly return | the same way, he would show me the letter, as he heatiwoe before dinner to take a walk; I went up Ninth street | to Tompkins square. to Avenue A or B; Tfouud the num. | ber I was in search of was ver} I exeented the | errand and came out; park. [mot Mr, | Putnam; 1 then rec errand which Thad | to perform; instead of going down Ninth street, we went down Second or Third avenue towards Houston street, crossed the Bowery, and I went into a house where my errand ; Mr. Putnam did not go in with me; I re- mained there about ten minutes; it was a matter of do- mestic business; Mr. Putnam asked me howlong I should be there, and I told him; I suppose he waited for mo. for he was there when I came out; we went up Broadway; he left me at the corner of Fourth street and Broad- way. and I went directly home; I think it was between three and four o'clock. ‘when I got home; Mr. Putnam, during that walk. invited me to take his arm, which I deelined; he laid his hand on my arm when he asked me todo so; it was about two o clock ; I have no recollection of being out later with Mr, Putnam than between six and seven; our tea hour was six o'clock. and | have always been home to tea, with one exception, in October or November, when I had left the house rather late in the afternoon to go to Doctor Dewey's house, to procure a sermon which I wanted, sud on my way home. | met Mr. Putnam. he then joined me; [stopped at the house of a friend in ‘Troy street on my way beck. he left me at the steps, and ashe did, I remarked to him that there was a man at the opporite side of the street him rather curiously, and I asked hi knew him; he said he did not; I think I said also that I had noticed the same man ibefore; the man | wore a glazed cap; the time I noticed him before was on thankegiving day; I eaid [ thought was a maa who lived next dhor but one te our heuse, whom I had ob- served leading rather an idle life in our neighborhood und who used to be ing about. watching me and my sisters; Mr. Putnam left me at the house in Troy street; I remained there half an hour. and went home alone; I again saw the same man sitting on the curbstone at our house; I never, at any time, in these walks, met Mr, Putnam by appointment; there wasn guilty orindelicate | conduct between Mr. Putnam and me; he never took any indelicate liberty with me; there never was any adulteous or upchsste intercourse between him and me; I have ha interviews with Mr. Woodhend. the fainer of ¥ nam, about three times before t A after the interviews with Mr. We A there wasno re- | newal of those walks with Mr. Putnam; I went to Europe in October. 1650, for the improvement ot my health remained there about six months. with different relat T remained with one in Belfast. north of Ireland; thy ture of my ill um general dep i aured f ty of mind. in conseqaen charges that b 5 4 I went in the in th in any dweller my own) with Mr. Putnam; I have t Union with | flerent Limes two or three he never proy oure with him; be poke of introducing me to his emined by Mr. O'Conor —I was formerly exe amined in thir case: it was taken down in writi that ¢ ain jon tT left the State of New Ye tame afternoon; I went to Philadelph A sta. some three or four weeks lelphis a time, prineipally with my mi at the time f was examined | intended to h him: when 1 firet. beanie uted w lid not know he was a married man. { hurcls of the Messiah; Tean't ray | in the Church of th with him; it may have boon during that period I was av church; he was an habit and gentlemen weve noticed on us ally with hb not a child 8 may have hoen a | month, three m ix 1 I beear " quainted with him that T hed : he may hay I cipal tople of the « wm. in theiy wath jou, om which he (Mr ns —I reeite in Rank s now the pi dd ow the pier, bat the w corporation don't let us kee piled slong the bulk head t rtreet; we generally gare | Up work at six o'clock; I don't think ‘we could work #0 | Inte as that in October or November; I don't recollect whether the 17th of October was a cloudy day or not | for the defence | ciation | he gave her, were valid | had acted in good faith. an it there long; it ie generally | and no the year; I had a conversation that evening with his wife. Mrs. Putnam; it was partiou- larly about a difficulty between her and my brother; it was in relation to his acquaintance with Miss McAdam; ly satisfied that my brother had not been guilty of adultery with any one; she said so herself, and naid she had felt satisfied with my explanation, F having first had a conversation with my brother; she seemed perfectly happy, and said that the house was being inted at her request; she expressed herself perfectly appy; 1 saw her in my brother's bed subsequently to that ‘time ; that’s the best evidence I have that thoy lived together afterwards as man and wife ; [don't know how long afterwards; I did not charge my mind with it, as 1 thought the business was all settled; the way I came to see hor in bed, wasthrough being her physician; she was unwell, and my brother culled for mo, on his way to the store, to go and see her. ‘Croas-e3 ined.—I called at the store of Mr. Wood- head, Sen., leaving my brother outside; I did not tell him that my brother was outside; I do not recollet that my brother was afraid to come in; I never told Mr. Woodhead that my brother was afraid to come in in consequence of the charge about that woman; I do not recollect that I said my brother was a bad fellow; Mr. Woodhead told mo that my brother kept a mistress; Iwas very much ex- cited; I did not say that my brother Tarrant said that if Theodore did not alter his course he should quit the firm; Imay have said so; I had known Miss McAdam for ton years; I may have met my brother in Broadway with her once or twice, on his way up from his store; I have met him with other ladies; I saw him once with her in University place, just opposite to my other brother's house; I did not know that he was in the habit of walking in the vicinity of this lady’s house; I may ce remarked to Mr. Woodhead that if I had seen my brother walk with a strumpet I would have knocked him off the dock; I did not know the name of the female was McAdam; my knowledge of Miss McAdam was seeing her in church for ten years; I had no other knowledge of her than of any other lady'I would sce in church; I did not know her name; at the time I visited Mra, Putman | in bed her complaint was not much; I gave her no medi- cines; there was a time after that that she slept apart from her husband; I made the remark to her, * that's a pretty way for a separation. sleeping in your husband's hed,"* and the next morning I went up she was in another m. ‘To the ‘Court.—After my conversation with Mrs. Put- nam everything went’on a3 usual; I got them tickets for places of amusement after the’ amicable adjustment; everything went on as usual. but other people made it crooked after I had straightened it, (Langhter.) Counsel for the defence *aid they had merely a few wit- neeses as to the character of Miss McAdam, but they were not thenin court, Counsel for plaintiff said they would have one or two more witnesses, but the time they should occupy would be short, Adjourned to 10 o'clock Wed- nesday (this) morning. (Mrs. Putnam, accompanied by herlittleson—a delicate looking but lively child, of about 8 years—her father and brother, were in court. Mrs, Putnam listened with intense anxiety to every word that fell from the lips of liss McAdam. Mr, Putnam was also in court all day.) Common Council. BOARD OF ALDERMEN. Arr 19.—This board met at the usual hour. Mr. “ompton, President, in the chair, ‘Ihe minutes of last meeting were read and approved. TIONS REFERRED. Of the Magdalen Society, for grading Kighty-cighth strect, between Third and Fifth avenues. For well and pump in Fifty-seventh street andin Seventieth street. Of Board of Representatives of the Fire Department, for a new fireman’s hall, To fill in and grade 123d street, between First avenue and Avenue A. Of Silas Durgin, asking an appropriation for building a machine for sweep- ing Broadway. without sprinkling or raising any dus giving permission to use said machine for six month without charge, by the inventors and proprietors, Jones, Rowland, and others, Front street, between Peck slip and Dover street, rafsed. Remonstrance of John M. Brown and others, against the construction of a proposed sewer in Con- tre street. between Grand and Broome streets, Of Hook and Ladder Company No. 12. for a new hook and tadder truck. Remonstrance of owners of property in Wooster street, against the railroad in said street. Of William Amerwood, A. P. Maybie. and others, for a branch of the Sixth avenue railroad to run through Wooster street. Of the trustees of the Bethseda Baptist church. in Christie street, that the assessment be remit- ted. Of Hose Company No. 54. and Hook and Ladder Company No. 11, to have the about being erected them, built according to plans submitted to the Com- missioner of Repairs and Supplies by them. Of John Ma- dinger for injuries done to his stoop by 1i0se Carriage No. 4. Of E. Reilly and others, to have Eleventh avenue re- gulated an dgraded. between Twenty-fifth and Twenty- seventh streets. Of John F. Flaashe and others, to delay the opening of Fifty- first. street. Remonstrance against sewer in Pearl street, between John and Fulton strects, Of Daniel Douglass. agent for the National Washington Monument Association. for aid in the prosecution of the work at Washington. Of the Atlantic Hose Company No. 14, to purchase the lot of ground known as No. 5 Eliza- beth street, in the Sixth ward. and to have a three story house built thereon, for a location for their hose carriage, COMMUNICATIONS. A mersage was received from his Honor the Mayor, nominating Dr. W. N. Blakeman for the office of Health Commissioner, in the place of Dr. R. 1, Marion, who has. resigned. Laid on the table. Another. nominating Dr. Ovid P. Weeks for the office of Resident Physician, Laid on the table. or to have the grade of REPORTS ADOPTED. Of the Committee on Sewers, in favor of building sewer in Grand street. from Suffolk to Exsex street, and appro- Priating therefor the sum of $3.00. Of Committee on Streets, in favor of concurring with the Board of Assistant Aldermen, to repair and flag East street. between Grand and Rivington streets, Also, to flag the southerly side- walk of Eleventh street. between avenues B and 0.” Also, to repair sidewalks of Chambers streets, Also. in favor of flagging sidewalks of Thirty-first street, between Sixth and th avenues, Also, in faver of annulling the t made with William C, Perrine. to paye Broad- m Canal to White street. RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED, That the tea room in the City Hall be covered with oil- cloth. That the preamble and resolution which were adopted by both boards of the Common Council in 1849, in relation to the gold box which was presented to Gen. Andrew Jackson by the city corporation, be taken from tho files of the Common Cotincil, and referred to a joint specinl committee, to ascertain and report who is the person entitled to the said gold box, according to the terms of the will. by which it was devised to the city. That the Comptrolicr report to this board. at its next meeting. the amount allowed by the Commen Council for remission of taxes and donations. That the Comptroller withdraw from the list of sales of docks and slips about to be sold. the pier and bulkhead at the foot of Wall street, Fast River—the same having been applied for for the pur- pose of building a ferry. That the counsel to the corpo- ration be directed to inform this bourd if an injunction is now laid upon the Ferry Commissioners; and if 80, what action may be taken relative to removing such injunc- tions, RESOLUTION CONCURRED IN. ‘That the Street Commissioner give the neceseary notice to the owners of St. George’s Church to have their wall Cliff street taken down and rebuilt; and if not complied with. then he to have the same done at the expense of the owners, in pursuance of the law in such case made and provided. After referring sundry papers from the Board of Assist- ant Aldermen to the appropriate committees, the board then adjourned, to meet on Wednesday afternoon. Court of General Se ons. Before Judge Beebe and Aldermen Westley Smith, and Barr. Ari, 19.—Acquittal----Manslaughter.—John Moloy. whore trial had been hefore partly heard and again placed at the bar. The testimony bi was. by consent. read to the jury, (the Ri still ccnfined to his house by illness) The only evidence exiled by Mr. Jonas B. Phillips, fe ‘ut to establish the character of the ac- jury. after a short consultation, retarned dict of not guilty. ne Court then (some priseners having pleaded guilty of petit larceny, and becn sentenced accordingly) ad- Journed Avni. 20.—The Benefit Soci indicted for o ported. was e given, corder being ing and represi yonsible benefit associ- Protecting Asso- cf membership, which “ The German Mech: and that the certifi others to benefits when wick. It fendant. who had but recently of an association in Broadway. and conceived the idea of starting one on his own he lie persuaded Mrs, Beck to eubseribe for herseli 1 other members of the family, and her the certificates. signed in the name of the President. André, who appears to be only an imaginary | Perron, The documents were numbered some 6,000, re- | precenting a flourishing amount of business, and the hooks containing a few entries only. were commenced in the middle. The defence set up was that the prisoner that there were responsible seoncerned, who had authori: of their the aseumption of that of A y for ovary purpore. ‘The jury. 4 a deliberation of » weCs 1 guilty. but ae- trong rec lation to tence was ri ars the Crier of this U1. Vantassel, of the x is stead, court. 1 Hleventh ward. was th! Hefore Chi Arn. 2 inex 'T ond Le oO & boot and shoe bers, an tefendant amount of yuilding into uises of next Oshorne, t, who is all due accident, and Sealed verdict thi njuites the rior Court—Part Second. store I Aston and ney note. made by on the Ist day of months, ‘The can was Korworth, and the jury fence itv ntonded that the firua of Asten, Spark. & Co., was diwolved before the making of the note m quertion.—Verdict for the defendant ona prom » the plaintifi at three before Jud Superior Court—Cireutt. Before Hon, Judge Roosevelt In the ease of Relay vs, the Harlem Railroad Company, for cauring the death of plaintiff's child, the company did not offer Mr. Relay $1.00, in order to avoid the Iaw ruil, as stated yesterday, No offer of settlement was ever made to plaiat il ents, entitling hor und | COMMERCIAL AFFAIRS MONEY MARKET. Tursvar, April 20—6 P. M. ‘There was not 60 much activity in the fancies at the first board to-day, but prices were well sustained. Rail- road bonds were in demand, and the transactions larger than usual. Harlem, Reading, and Norwich took the lead to-day, but the purchases were principally on time. Bank stocks continue active, Reading Railroad advanced 14 percent; Norwich and Worcester, }<; Nicaragua Transit Co., 34; New Jersey Zine, 34; Canton Co., 34; Edgeworth, 44, At the second board, Erie Railroad wont up \ per cent; Reading Railroad, 34; Phoomix Mining Co., 3; Nicaragua, 34, with large sales. The market closed firm, | with an upward tendency. There was a sale of Dauphin , Coal Co. at the second board, at 47 per cent. There wil bea peremptory sale at auction, to-morrow (Wednesday), of 380 shares of this stock. It will be seen by our quota- tions, from day to day, that all tho really good bona fide mining stocks are steadily working up, while those pos- | seasing no value appear one day, and disappear the next: never to be heard of again. This isa favorable feature, | and should be strengthened and extended as much as possible. The California gold mining companies got upin | this country should, by all means, be avoided. They | are sickly, and will be short lived affairs. We have mines of coal, iron, copper, sinc, and lead in our immediate vicinity, of incalculable valuo, to develope, which will require all the capital that can be raised for that purpose. If these mines are properly worked, and properly managed, they will yield immense profits, and those interested should be particularly jealous of every movement made calculated to check the gradual, but steady, return of public confidence in these investments. Mining is yet in its earliest infancy in this country, but it is destined to employ more capital, and give more pro- ductive returns, than any other local interest in the Union. The mines of Great Britain are sources of enor- mous wealth, and there is no reason in the world why our mineral resources should not be as extensively deve- loped. All that is necessary to turn attention of capi- talists more generally to this business, is to condemn at once every attempt to palm off upon the public the stock | of fictitious companies, or the stock of companies that have no basis, By putting down at once all these specu- Iative movements, and encouraging none but real bona fide actively operating companies—those which have ex- hibited something in return for expenditures made—it will not be long before an impetus is given to the mining interest of the country, which must be attended with most favorable results. The receipts at the office of the Assistant Treasurer to-day, amounted to $95,216 40; payments, $192,602 94; balance, $3,427,029 97. The demand for foreign exchange to-day was quite active, and the supply sufficient to keep down rates. Remittances by the steamship Africa to-morrow (Wed- needay) will be large. We quote bills on London, at 9a 91 por ct. premium; on Paris, 5f.25 a 5f. 20; Amster- dam, 403; a 4034; Bremen, 7734 a 7734; Hamburg, 3514 a 36%. ‘here will be no shipment of specie by this steamer. ¥ The Erie and other State canals opened this morning. They are reported to be in fine navigable order. Boata have been loading in the different sections for severa days past; and the entire line will soo” be in active ope- ration. This will give a great impetus to business in this city and throughout the West. The receipts of the Albany and Schenectady Railroad Company, for the months of January, February, and March, 1852, amounted to $44,318 11. against $35.049 14, for the corresponding months in 1851, showing an in- crease in the first quarter this year, of $9,263 97, equal to 26 per cent. The business for April thus far has been very large, and will show an equal increasc, The com- pany have $200,000 of their old bonded debt due and falling due in June and December next. For $100.000 of this amount the road was originally mortgaged. A sale of $200,000 of new bonds, at par, has just been con- cluded, the funds of which are to be applied to liquidat- ing the above debt. The new bonds bear seven per cent interest, payable semi-annually in this city, first of May and first of November; the principal payable here in fif- teen years, or convertible into stock at the pleasure of the holder. A bill has passed the Pennsylvania House of Repre- sentatives, and is now before the Senate, which provides for the surrender to the Delaware and Hudson Canal Com- pany, of the right claimed by the State to resume the Pennsylvania section of the canal, at the expiration of thirty years from the 13th of March, 1823, that is, on the 13th of March next. The Utica Insurance Company haye determined to issue no more policies, and to wind up its affairs, This has been caused by recent heavy losses at the West. Navigation on Lake Erie is still much impeded by the immense quantities of ice. It extends nearly one hun- dred miles above Buffalo. A few steamers got into Erie afew days since, during a strong southerly blow, which drove the ice from the south shore, but adverse winds have since drivenit back again. The Louisville Journal remarks, upon the reduction of Erie Canal tolls on cotton, tobacco. pork, bacon, lard, &c., that the result will be heavy shipments of those articles by the lake and canal route, instead of by New Orleans. The Buffalo, Corning, and New York Railroad Company are in the market for the disposal of four hundred thou- sand dollars of the first mortgage bonds, bearing seven per cent interest, payable semi-annually at the Bank of Com- merece, principal payable in 1867, These bonds will be sold at auction on Thursday, the 13th of May, at the Merchants’ Exchange. They are a part of one million authorized to be issued, for the purpose of completing this road, and are secured by « first mortgage on the entire road and its franchises, by deed of trust to John A. Stevens, James 8. T. Stranahan, and John A. C. Gray, as trustees, and are convertible into the stock of the company at par at any time within five years from their date. The road extends from Corning, on the New York and Erie Railroad, to the city of Buffalo, a distance of 134 20-100 miles, and will, when completed, form, in connection with the New York and Erie Railroad, one of the most important and direct thoroughfares between the cities of New York and Buffalo and the Far West. and will connect at Corning with the Corning and Blos- burgh railroad, now being relaid with T rail, which ex- tends to the rich iron, coal, and lumber regions of Penn- sylvania, The cars are now running on twenty-five miles of the | road west from Corning, and it is expected to have the | rails laid by the 90th instant, for twenty miles further, | when the cars will run forty-five miles. The road is un- der contract to Batavia; and it is designed that the cars | will be running over the whole road in all of the present year, The mortgage provides that only $400,000 of bonds can now be issued. and the balance as consecutive portions of the road are completed. When the whole of | snid bonds shall be issued, the amount of incumbrance | on said road will be something less than $7,500 per mile. | The amount of the first issue, $400,000, will constitute an | incumbrance equal to $7,150 per mile. upon the fifty-six | miles of the road, which are now nearly completed, being lose than the value of the iron and land. By this ar- rangement it 1s believed that the bondholders will be | made secure beyond a possibility of doubt, the property «f the Company being at all times amply sufficient to indemnify them against any loss. | The annexed statement exhibits the quantity and value | of certain articles exported from this port during the week ending the 17th inst., distinguishing the destination | and extent of shipments to each place:— Commence or THE Port or New York—Werkty Exronas, DON. Quant Flour, wise Oil cake, bbls Beet, bbls, . Do., ti Quantit ibis le ‘4 N. stores, } em bale: ) Paint m' | Panacea, Cotton, bales 8.211 $310.986 Flour, bble Wheat, burl 81.150 Corn bush 750 Naval stra, bbls. 674 2.490 Fustic tons,.... 25 Total... Thuy ete none Nvl stirs, Whls, 4,200 $15,667 sto | WOM ess seeversrsssecccvayees GLasGew Cotton, bales, .1,046 $40,988 Klonr, bbls,..1,815 $8,308 Horn scraps. bes 58 “102 Cttle hoofs.1ba 9,2! 176 Act'te of Ime,cks 80 700 Sperm oll, gale..15 200 Muf'd theo.lbs 7.080 1,045 Total... $61,022 navi at Cotton, bales ,2.118$108.908 $5,120 | P.stnes&jwhry.cs 2 6.800 1,465 | Books, case..... 1 70 Ow 202 | Rice, ter. 0 1,065 109} 2974 Hops, bal +10 632 80 Toots, bales.... 3 182 Gloves, case LV 462 | Pot ashes, bbis..125 9.561 Chrme ore, bbls.100 1.400 | Fieh roes. iy iW fd Drugs pkgs.... 3 3 | Ivory nuts, bas. 15 | Gum copal, css, 0 G19 Totady.sss e444. 6199000 Cotton, bales... .609 HAMBURG, $22,130 N. stores, bbls... 50 18 3g LEGHORN. Tobacco, hhds..100 $9,770 N. stores, bbis..586 Chrome yellow a8 AMSTERDAM $821 Total .......... $11,622 Cotton, bales.. 597 $20,545 Pot ashes, bbls. 1,009 $2,684 Btaves.......+ ove 000 336 Ryo, bush... bir 4 hrm Cotton, bales. Candles, bxs, , logs... Staves. + 18,000 970 Whalebone, ll Rye, bush...25,409 18,915 Wheat, bush Tobacco,hhds 1 Bark, ceroons. ‘Total, bs. 2,036 998 1 4310 4,310 180 96 14,400 ),000 336 Fustic, tons.... 45 500 247 «6,516 Qu’rcitr’n b'rk.hhds53 1,002 Coffee, bags... 506 4,854 —- Sugar, bxs... 456 6,206 ‘Total... ++ $66,741 ITISH NORTH AMERICAN COLONIE: Flour, bbl: 976 Pork, bbls......300 $4,800 Beef, do.. 630 Naval stores, do.130 235 Oil clothis 575 Bi 2,000 80 M. tobac, I 612 Rice, tos........ 27 510 Snuff, do. Clover seed, bbls 2 36 Boots & sh’s, 200 Hats, cases,. T 279 276 Wood ware, pkgs 5 ‘#0 , 469 Driedapplesbbis 15 144 10 51 Hie goods, pkgs. 7 602 Burn’g fluid,bbls 6 116 Ship |, bbls. 20 80 Corn meal, do.. 50 166 Cheese, Ibs... .600 50 Starch, bxs . 20 44 Rye meal, bbls..100 S44 Vinegar, bbls... 12 27 Axles, doz.. 13 100 Saleratua, kegs. 20 2 Clocks, cases, 3 800 yi 42) RK. sugar, lbs..2,759 179 221 Tea, do...... 560 78 Totalecs. see eeee $3,209 coun. Shooks .......8.700 $5,174 +++ 83,000 $1,678 Machinery, pkgs 4 233 Flour, bb 70 815 Rice, tes........ 38 784 Cheese, I . 107 Hay, bales 1,118 Dried c’fish, ewt.. 480 675 Furniture, boxes 2 131 5 4,000 304 536 861 Havas, lbs... 252 Brandy, gallons. 80 120 Beans, bbl: 103 Beer & cider,doz.134 281 Beer & cid., bbls. 260 Wicking, bugs.. 19 1,462 Acids, &e., pkgs. 13 60 Corn, bushels. ..715 501 Domostics. pkgs. 7 682 Hardware, pkgs. 51 398 Silks, case Grass cloth, cas. 6 871 { Cassia, cases Crapes, cases..., 40 26,300 Champogne. bxs.550 pee ‘otal. so eeoenees $05,018 Corn meal, bbls.100 Ditto. hhds.....111 Ship bread, bbis 85 Ditto, kegs... .220 "Plaster. bbls Onions, bbls. 125 Hamas, Ibs. . I 1,738 Butter, Ibs Cheese. Ibs. 3808 M.tobacco, Lbs. Potatoes, bbla.. 50 125 D. codfish, owt. Candles, bx: 1,202 Tobacco. hh Shingles, bdls 447 Lumber, feet . Hoops 306 Machinery, pkg: 721 Furniture, pkgs. 4 BRITISH WEST Coal, tons ......808 $1,357 Pork, bbls ......244 Tobacco, bhds., 20 Flour, bbls......301 Corn meal, bbls.259 Pails, doz 2, 1,306 Ditto, bxs... 801 Corn,bush 66 © 99 Hay, bales... 614 1476 150 203 Total...t ..... $14,804 ‘Tobacco, hhds.160 so Pork, bbls 52 $531 ‘obacco, hi . re ‘ork, see eeeee Do. poses 9p $10,690 Hams, lbs.......652 75 Do. ma. 1's.546 68 Lard, d 140 110 Pickled fish, k's 39 50 Beef. bbis. 57 894 Naval stores,bls.20 38 Lumber, f 385 Domestics, pks.23 1,245 8. bread, bbls...121 407 Flour, bbls....190 853 22 204 BRITISH 6 $595 6,000 2,700 Cot. matting, y 100 Oats, bush... } 1280 erm, do. Lard, do Paper, reams. ..7 Candles, bxs, . 1,500 75 $544 Flour. bbls 750 100 350 Rice, tra...... 8 200 «61 Saddlery. cases 2 a 60 Butter, Ibs.. 5 Beef, bbls....... Corn meal. bbls. 4 Red sugar, ibs 3,627 E Brans, bbls... | 80 Fireworks, case 1 80 Woodwork.p'gs 3. Hardware.&epks 20 203 Hats. cases 2 Pepper. Ibs..... 4.480 404 ‘Tea, Ibs....... 440 Ess. oil, cases 2 104 Total ......465 vr. Pick'dcod, bbls 400 Dried codfish.cwt 428$1 $1.94 Flour, bbls...... 750 3.595 Potatoes, bbis.. 12” | 30 ¥ 1 1,052 5 10 2.460 Ship bread, bbis 100 48 . | bxs 100 260 ++ 8,821 116 700 56 Soap, bxs. 631 : 100 370 Gunpowd 120 40 2141 Drugs, cases... 3 152 25,000 300 Lumber feet.-40,000 474 Coffee, bags 2% 22 Total...........$17,577 TENEZUELA. Flour, bbbls....575 $2,772 Oakum, bags. $55 Machinery, pe: T, 99 Candles, Ibs. ....60 119 Nuval stores, bbis 25 605 Brooms, dozens, .35 68 Paper, reams...750 214 Hams, Ibs. 78 Lard, Ibs. 93 Man.tob'colbs. 250 830 Hops, bay (aa 36 Firecrack’sbxs 141 242 24 Furniture, bxs..44 702 Soap, boxes 100 Domestics.pkgs..50 2,002 Drugs, pkgs.....77 1,538 — Varnish, cases....4 ‘188 Total. ...... 444+ $9.972 arExiCo. Oil (whale) galm413 $260 Domestics, pkgs... $108 Naval stores.bbls.60 "127 Ale, bbls ees” Paper. reams..111 216 ‘Tee, tons. 375 Furniture, pkgs.85 449 Wire, casks. 450 ‘Tin plates, bxs..20 176 Lumber. feet. 212 Hardware.pkgs.106 696 — Total .....4.44. $3,116 NEW GRENADA, $2,530 Pork, bbls...... 1,140 8. Bread, bbis.. 50 125 Potatoes, bbls.. 20 Rice, half bbls 288 Eggs. bbis...... 10 Onions, bbls 2 40 Lard. Ibs 6,050 Beans, bbls. 4 23 Hams, lbs... R, Sugar, 1bs.12,700 1,133 Mf. tobacco, Ibs..448 Butter, lbs 10 222 pu 225 C88... 21 50 Hardware, easka, 1 Soda water and Wine. cases, 32 Wood, cords... 40 200 Shipments of cotton and Grand total. count. and of no particular importance as ls About the usual division is reported in the distribution of Great Britain takesabout one-half, and the rest of Kurope about one- merchandise exported as regards vaiue. third. leaving the balance from all other parts world, $1000 U 8 6" 5000 5600 US 9000 US 6's, 1000 U Se, 500 Ohio 6's, 000 Kentuel 10060 Penn St 1000 IHL Int Imp 2000 do. 1000 Erie RR 1M Bi. 1 21000 Erie RR Certifi., 200) Erie Income Ba 000 Erie RCn Bd, OO doy "62... . bi 4000 Nn 10 RR Bi 100) Mich SRR Bu 4000 N J CLR Bde 100 Harlem ExCs h60 he Del & Hud Can, 100 North River Bk... 1 10) Chatham Bavk, Exchange, 150 shs Kilgw Land Co, WONT 100 doe. Zine Co 8 300 10934 100 125 Nic ix 50 Erie RR 4 150 do. nOARD 10617 shs $1000 T 8 6's. "05... 00 Erie RICCn Bis, 62 96 150 000 Erie RR M Bas 105 wo 2000 Mich $ RR Ba 7% 50 100 shs Ports D Dk, 190 7% bo 600 Nie Tranaie Co..b10 4h) 100° do. : ir 50 120 Manu. tobac. Ibs 2,550 cece es $81,480 sevens $7,514 $1,225,054 breadstuffs. comprise more than one-half of the aggregate value of exports from this port last week. Flour has been quite active lately, the demand having heen unusually large for foreign ac- In other articles the amount has been limited, +, 8,500 6,610 $3,375, 156 310 value, of the ‘Tveapar, April 20—6 P 5 Ty Mi Another of weather has ‘Asurs retailed at $6 for -< a pots, and $625 for pearts, but American yellow brought Brsxawax.—A lot of 800 lbs. 2634 cents, cash. Buxapsturrs.—Flour favored her grades, entirely for export; ing ‘stocks of tholr ourlles purchases, will not bo under necessity of buying for Bev. months, Caxpuxs.—Very little plain or patent sperm have been Girsen of since our last, at 42 a 60c. per lb, Demand Coav.—Liverpool orrel was in better juest, and American anthrocite at $5 25 a $5 0--aul terms, Corree.—100 bags Java realized 10% a11%c.; 160 Rio 030; and 860 Bt. Domingo at 8% a Bice. Market uoyant. Correx.—Old and new sheating were actively enquired, for, at 19 and 2234. cash, per lb. sf 93 Fine Onackens.—Some 1,200 boxes Canton, 40 packs, have been sold at $1 70 a $1 75, 4 months. Freicnts were inactive. Cotton was at 3-16d. a 7-32d,; flour at 1s, 9 13d, 750 bbls. rosin were engaged at 1s. To London flour was at 18. 9d., and turpentine at 2s. To Havre, cotton was steady at }¢c. To California, rates were inactive, at 40c. a 60c. To Glasgow, 5Q,boxes to- bacco were engaged at 2s. 6d. Fisu.—Nothing new occurred in cod, mackorel, or box heerin . 100 bbls. gibbed herring were taken at $3 8756 per bbi. Fruit.—Excepting a sale of 500 boxes Malaga raisins, at $1 65, we have nothing to report. Hay.—There were 500 bales bought for shipment, at 57440. a Oc. per 100 Ibe., cash. Hors,—Eastern and Western ruled quiet but firm, at 5e. & 32c., cash, per lb Tnon.—We heard that 800 tons Scotch pig found buyers at $20 50 a $21,6 months. Demand active. Latus.—Some cargo sales ot Kastern were reported this afternoon, at $2 124¢ per thousand, Movassrs.—There have been 100 hhdas, Trinidad taken at 19¢.; 60 Cardenas, at 173¢0.; and 750 clayed Cuba, at private bargain. Market steady, Navat Stoxrs.—About 800 bbls. white rosin were pur- Naas $2 26 a $4, with 150 bbls. spirits turpentine at ie a 50c. O11s.—Over 6,000 gallons American and English linseed changed hands at (o.—the previous price. Provisions tended downwards; the business embracing 450 bbix. new prime and mess pork, at $17 and $18 75a $19; 450 bbls prime lard at 93/c. a 10c.; 250 bbls. prime and mess beef, at $6.a $7 25, and $10 a $13; with sundry lots new State butter, at 23c. a 29¢.; and fair to choice cheese at 6350. a Se. per Ib, Rear Estatr.—Sales by auction:—Iouse and lot on 'y-fourth street. $4.450; house and lot on Fortieth street, $1,375; one lot on Sixth avenue, 50 by 52 feet, $745; three story house and lot on Twenty-first street, between Second and hira avenues. $3,900; four story brick house and lot. with a three story brick building on the rear, 405 Twelfth street, $5.950; house and lot T14 Broadway, 25 by 157, $30.500; one lot on northwest corner of Third avenue and Kighty-ninth street, $800; one do, adjoining, on the avenue, $540; one do. do., $520; one do, do.. $515; two do. do., $1,010; one do. do, $500; one doone hundred feet trem the northwest corner of Nighty- ninth street and Third avenue, $430; one large gore ad- joining. $750; one do. on Kighty-ninth street, and one lot adjoining, $120 each, $380; one lot north side of Ninetieth street, $250; one do. adjoining, $320; one do. éo., $305; one do, do., $285; one do. do.. $26; two do. on Fitth avo- nue, between Ninety-second and Ninety-third steeets, $440 each, $880; three do. on Sixth avenue, between Se- venty-thira and Seventy-fourth streets, $395 each. $1,185; one do, on the northwest corner of Fifth avenue an Nineticth street. $485; three do. on the avenue, adjoine ing, each $375, 1,125;' two do on the street, auljoining, each $200. $400; one do. on the southwest corner of T! avenue and Ninetieth street, $790; six do. adjoining, om Ninetieth street, each $300, $2.340; One do do., $315; one lot on the couth side of Seventy-firat street, $100; one ae, adjoining. $270; one do, do.. $260; four do. do., $250 each, $1,000; one do. do., $253. 150 boxes red mottled Castile were purchased O\¢e., usual terms, Srinits,—Buyers were procured for 400 bbls, Ohio and Prison whiskey, iu part at 22%%c., cash, per gallon, “Mar- cet firm. transactions we noticed 600 hhds. Muscovado, at 454 a 5. er lb, Demand brisk. Tatiow.—A sale of 5,000 ibs. city rendered prime, waa effected, at 8c. per Ib. Topacco.—The past three days’ o} tions amounted te 40 hhds. Kentucky, at 5a 8%4c.; 6hhds. Mason county, at 8 a Gc.; 32 hhds. stems. at Lal 34c.; 200 bales Mayence, at 2037c.; 114 Yara, at 37¢ a 37 4¢c.; 89 Havana, at 36; 83 Sagua, at 33c.; 60 Iguany,at 22'c., and 6 Varthageua at 10c. per Ib. Prices unchanged. Foreign Markets. Hovxorutv, Saxpwicn istanps, Feb, 25.—Business dur- ing the past month has shown no change for the better, and our trade still remains in a most dishearten! ing and unhealthy state. Prices show scarcely any c! » With exception of a still greater downward wtf ;8 ee speculrtive feeling (owing to a scarcity in California), evinced iteelf in certain descriptions of lumber, and spe- culators from San Francisco have mostly monopolised the stock on hand, as well as a large cargo just received, at 1emunerating rates to sellers. There is also a slight on- quiry for brown drills, tickings, bread, gunny bags. and a tew other articles, at prices barely covering charges j and several lots of these articles have changed hands the paat fortnight. There is also an exfalry for coals for shipment to San Francisco, and one lot of two hun toms changed hands at $16. Money is very scarce. and com- mands usurious rates of interest on unexceptionable col- lateral security —mortgage security not taken, owing to, the impossibillty of disposing of real estate, Buivpinc Matentars.—Arrival of 250,000 feet lumber assorted. Stock on hand very light. Shipments of well arsorted invoices, if laid in very low, can now be safely recommended. Buicxs.—But little inquiry, and stocks Bist Boors ap Siors.—Our masket 13 completely glutted. We note sales of large invoices at leas than home cost. Breapsturrs.—Stock of navy and pilot light ; and as there is a continucd demand for these articles, we see no reason to apprehend a depression from former rates, Corton Goons axp Crotnixe.—But little inquiry, with exception of brown drills and tickings. which command about home cost for reshipment to California, Forced sales at auction. in small quantities, of all other descrip- tions, at from 10 to 50 per cent below cost, Frovr.—Sales of American, 100 bbls Haxall. at $1150, with but little further inquiry, as large quantities of Chili and Australian are on hand and ‘daily expected. Of American, half barrels are preferred, of Haxall brand. Seca nore rales, at less than cost, of all nds, Moxassr3, Sucar, anp Syrur.—The stock of these ar- ticles is very large, and still accumulating, and as it finds no outlet, we can attribute only to this cause the univer- sal depression thronghont the islands in all branches of trade. Our planters formerly worked off large quanti- ties of staple imports in connection with their planta- tions. and depended upon the sles of their produce to meet their payments. At present, there being no sale of any of the productions of the plantations, they are com- pletely cramped in all outside operations, having atl their available capital sunk in stocks which must lie on hand till there is a demand in California and Oregon, thereby iving them an opportunity to once more obtain a sure footing. Many of them. depending upon a continuation of the former ruling prices, speculated beyond their depth. and have either to hire funds to continue their plantations, or have to employ every dollar for that pur- yore. Pere oiied light, with but little inquiry. Tonacco.—Scarce, and advancing; sales of favorite brands at 620, Liquors any Wines.—Good Otard and Martelles brandy. rells slowly at $250 a $275 in bond. _ Of the poorer des- criptions we have no sales to note. Wines in large sup- Bly, Byas’s ale sells at $3 50 per doz, Paints anv Oiis,---Stock heavy and demand light. Lin- seed oil (boiled) bas changed hands at auction at 980, Excuaxcr.—Bills scarce. Rate par, to 234 per cent discount for 30 day drafts, Exchange on England 49 a 61d. tohard dollar. Goro Dust.—None offered. In conclusion we can only recommend to shippers ia the United States, the utmost circumspection in the se- lection of merchandise for thix market. They should have a double object in view---selecting merchandise suitable for the San Francisco market, in preference to many of the old staples, which have, in many instances, been replaced by forced sales of articles of new styles and inferior qualities. The communication hence to San Francisco is so frequent, and is shortly to be still more so by the introduction of steamers, that we are supplied from that place with almost every article not in demand there; and in exchange, whatever goods will find sales there. are bought up. and shipped. The vegetable trade, which formerly amounted to a large ainount, bas entirely ceased; and this is another cause of the ruling depression. Unless some speedy ac- tion is taken soon to provide an outlet for our exports, our planters myst be ruined; and the islands, instead of keep- ng along with the onward march of improvement in the North Pacifie, must retrograde, and become a mere call- ing place for ships. instead of becoming to California—ns they are fully competent to do, from thelr climate and sgrioulvaral advantages—the garden of the Pac Vain or Goin ano Sinver Moffat’s coin, $4; $5; twenty frane pieces. thaler picee dollar, $1 62; five frane piece $4; tem ¥ pie Spanish dean dollar, $1 02; Per ; 1 ‘ oly Varranaiso, Crier, Feb, 25,—In the trade of this month. a deekied improvement, in extent, compared with the ope- lerable erations of last month. has taken place; eons sales have been effected in white ebirtings. prints and staple articles, all for internal consumption. With the exception ht demand for Salta and Bolivia there hae been little demand for export, Prices tally epenking very low. and a continue money is felt added to some want of IL exists, on the part of the pri rade continuing britk—the ¢ as it otherwise would ha’ bubiners is 1 and the ge themsclve undoubtedly re not only actitaily want of room to do= posit the goc els now discharging, But one favoruble feature presents iteelf, which is the certainty that for rome months to con he imports will be very trifling, partly owing to the unfavorable advices sont from here, and also to the unsettled state of the country, of which information has reached Europe at the end of last ye dd we have no doubt that within a moderate period a more healthy state of trade will exist, The atock by the last sales has’ been somewhat reduced, and Santiago bought more freely than for some months past. Ntiow industry, both agricultural and mineral, is vigorous again-and public enterprise replaces elvil war, ‘Bho San- tiago railway, for which the Prosident is expected to the first stone in Valparaiso, tho telegraph from V: Tako Lo Saatiogo, and othey public Works, propaise to