The New York Herald Newspaper, January 18, 1853, Page 3

ie | @Pembers from each branch of the Common Council, NEW YORK PROVISION MARKETS. wood Annval Supplies of Meats, Vegetables, Fruits. What it Costs to Feed the Great Metropolis, die., Bien, hee ‘Washington Market. ‘This is one of the oldest markets in the city. It ‘was established over fifty years ago, in Greenwich street, # short distance from its present site, and at that time did not contain more than seventy or eighty stands, It was, then, probably the largest in New York, and® transacted what was consi- dered a most extensive business, Now, it may be waid to be the greatest in the world, for there is, per- haps, no other whose aggregate yearly sales are ag large. Many of those who keep stands or stalls there receive, in the course of their business, between one and two hundred thousand dollars yearly, and some of our wealthiest citizens have made their fortunes ia it, commencing with a vegetable or poultry stand. ‘The ground on which it stands was taken in off the river, at different times, until it extended over an area of at least four acres. This inciudes the market building it-elf, which is bounded by Washington, Fulton, Vesey and West streets, and the sheds erected within the last five or six years on the other side of West street. The market proper, in which all the retail businesss is done, is about one hundred and eighty feet by two hundred and fifty, ‘and contains about four hundred stands and stalls of all kinds. The ordinance in relation to public mar- kets fixes the daily rent of these as follows :—-For a stand for the sale of vegetables and fruits, out of the country market, which is situated between West street and the river, one sbilling per day; for every stand for a fisherman, six and a quarter cents; for every stand occupied by a countryman, bringing the produce of bis own farm to market, six and a quar- ter cents; all woman hucksters, twenty-five cents per day, and all men hucksters, fifty cents. The or- dinance provides that no person shall occupy any part of the street, within three hundred yards of the market without having first paid the re- gular tees, ander a penalty of twenty-five dollars, ‘There is no fixed rents for butchers’ stalls, the amount being regulated by the quantity of meat sold. ‘The market rules are very stringent ; but, like many others, they are dead letters, for they are seldem or never carried into execution. It would indeed be next to impossible for any clerk, or even a half: dozen clerks, to perform all the duties re- quired of him. There are at present two clerks in the market, whom the ordiuance says shall collect the rents of the stands, exclude from the market all persons engayed in combinations to raise the price of provisions, cause all the dirt and filth to be removed daily, see that all the laws and ordinances relating to the public markets are complied with, and report all violations of the same to the District At- torney. This is a herculean task, and any two clerks who could perform it, would he entitled to four times their present ralary, which amounts to five hundred dollars a year, each. ‘The Market Committee is composed of three of the and forms the judicial tribunal by which all offences are tried ; but we have never yet heard that they were ever called upon to exercive their legal fune- fons. To them is entrusted the entire control, di- rection, and regulation of all the markets in the city, and they have the power to grant permits to as many persona a3 they think proper to occupy standa, and also “to demand such sum for the same as they may deem proper !’”” The market has been enlarged at various times, to meet the demands of the constantly increasing busi- neas, but still there is not euflicient room to accommo- date all the applicants, Every morning West street, Yor several hundred yards, on both sides of it, is erowded with wagons loaded with vegctables and other marketable commodities, while the docks iu its vicinity are thronged with boats freighted with pro- eluce of various kinds, to be disposed of to the whole- sale dealers. In view of the limited accommodation afforded by the present building, a proposition was made to erect another, three stories high, upon its site. In this way, it was argued, the market room would be increased to three times its present area put it would not do; the dealers were opposed to the project, and the Common Council, who had the matter under consideration, and had even entered into a contract for the erection of the proposed \d- ing, were forced to abandon it. The market people ehjected to it mainly on the ground that, while in process of erection, it would cause a suspension of business, and, a3 a nataral consequence, a great loss to themselves and the community. It was also urged, that even when completed, its form would render it ansuitable for market purposes, as the removal of the produce to the upper stories would necessarily incur a great amount of expense and labor. Since the design wae abandoned, another and a | the market. Letter plan has been adopted, which meets with general approval. A spuce of abont four or five acres is to be taken in from the river, and when the | work is completed, a market one story high is to be erected on the ground. This work is at present ‘ander way, and nearly one half the space is already Aled in. It will be about two years be ed. Various suggestions have been made in relation j in. to its form and size, but so far as we could ascertain, | nothing definite is known about cither. Some are in favor of constructing it entirely of iron. as the most | durable, and of having it lighted by an immense dome of glass in the centre of the r Yhatever } may be the plan, there should be no delay, for the | present market is in a most dilapidated and filthy ; vondition. The floor, where it is made of wood, is ab- solutely rotten in many places. and perforated with | innummerable rat holes. Cart loads of decayed ani? | mal, vegetable, and cther matter might be taken from under the stands, and in wet weather the streets | are several inches deep with mud. The market peor | ple, despairing of the Common Council ever repairing | the thoroughfare between the sheds, raised the ne- wessary money themselves. and hada plank road con- | 4 structed. It this improvernent were extended to the ather parts of the market, its business wonld not only be greatly facilitated, but a large saving of mo sey effected. Until the new )uilding is erected, how ver, it is not likely that this will be done. ‘There ave only three or four markets that “ pay,” and of these Washington market yields the largest revenue. Last year, we were informed by the Superintendent of Markets, that it amounted to thirty-three thousand dollars: amd this year it will provably exceed thirty-tonr thousand, The small sums paid to the Corporstion, in rents, for the stands, are no criterion of their value to the persons renting { @ them. Some of the large dealers would not dispose of their right of possession for five or six thousand dollars, and it isa very poor stand, indeed, that is | sot worth three hundred. ‘There ia very little buriness, of any kind, trans acted in the market after one o'clock, the hour at | which the ordinance rays it must close. Some of the dealers, however, do not leave before tour er five | o'clock. These, however, are principally engaged in the wholesale trade. alter six o'clock, the whole soncern is entrusted to the charge of two or thr watchmen and their dogs, who keep guard over it till four or five o'clock in the morning. about which dime the business of the day generally commences. ‘There are at kast three thousand persons constant, ty employed inthis market, including the lers, porters, cartmen and others, and we were informed that there are not less than 20,000 persons who ave «lepeadent upon the business done in it for a sub- sistance. These facts alone are sufficient to prove its | x importance. To wive our readers, however, a | more extended view of its business and general char- | | acter, we have carefolly prepared the following de- failed account from information which we have ve ceived from: the dealers themselves: é HE FRUIT TRADE. Tho fruit business ix not so regular and se perma neat aa other occupations in this market; hat white p lasts, there age perhaps a larger nugaloe of porsons i te ave more generally bought ) and part engaged in it. The fruit dealers, generally, oconpy the lower part of the market fronting on West street, and many of the sheds between that thoroughfare and the river. Some of these atands are temporary, and a large proportion of the dealers sell upon com- mission of from five to ten per cent. A few belong to companies of two or more persons, who, when the fruit season is over, engage in some other department of market business. STRAWBERRI 885. These are the first fruit that make their appear- ance in the market. They generally begin to come in from the country by railroads and boats about the 25th of May, and continue arriving till the 1st of July, when the strawberry season terminates. The early strawberries are received from the country around Baltimore, and are packed in boxes, As the season advances, they are sent in immense quantities in baskets from Monmouth county and the lower part of New Jersey, where they ripen sooner than in any other part ofthat State. In week or less, great quan- tities are received from Rockland, and other counties, by the Erie Railroad. Those from lower Jersey come by steamboats, in barrels, each of which contains from one hundred and twenty-five to one hundred and sixty baskets. The Baltimore strawborries sell for seventy-five cents a box, each box containing about two quarts, and the first arrivals from Jersey are as high as fifty cents a basket. The price, how- ever, undergoes a rapid diminution, and sgmetimes in {ess than a week is reduced to one shilling a basket; and in two or three weeks after, they may be pur- chased at five and three cents. The number of dealers in strawberries is from twenty-five to thirty— some seasons more, and some seasons less, according to the supply. All of these dealers transact an ex- tensive business, and one, we wore told, disposed of one hundred and sixty thousand baskets in one sea- son. This year the whole number soid is computed at two million two hundred thousand, which, at an average of five cents per basket, gives the total re- cepts at $120,000. RASPBERRIES. ‘The next fruit in the market isthe raspberry, which begins to arrive abont the end of the strawberry season. Monmouth county generally sends in the first supply, after which they are received from Orange, Dutchess, and other counties, in New York- When scarce, they sell for ten cents a basket, which is reduced in a few days to five cents, and finally to three cents. Raspberries and strawberries are mainly sold upon commission, for they are such perishable articles that very few dealers will buy them from the producers. The commission never exceeds ten per cent. Of all the kinds sold in market, the Autwerp is considered the best, and often brings twenty cents per basket. Last season a considerable quantity was received from Connecticut, and this year, it is ex- pected, there will be an extensive trade with that State. There are seldom more than a dozen persons engaged in the sale of raspberries; and the supply received last season did not exceed five hundred thousand baskets. The season ends about the Ist of August, CURRANTS. ‘The cultivation of this fruit has been for some time | past in a very backward state, and but a limited quantity is sold inthe market. The sales for the last season is estimated at about thirty pounds, and the total receipts to twelve hundred dollars, which is an average of four cents per pound. ‘The price, how- ever, at the opening of the season, which generally oc- curs in the carly part of July, is tive cents, and at the cloze which is about the end ef August, three cents. ‘There is no regularity whatever in the arrival of this fruit, and there are some days in the season on which none whatever are received by the dealers. The trade has not yet attained sufficient importance to render this a matter of much moment; but it is said | that the farmers are begii in their cultivation. Fast Jersey, where the s favorable tor their growt! counties, it is ¢: siderable supply. ning to take more interest is particularly the case in considered remarkably , and the North River APPLES. The trade in apples is more extensive than that in any other fruit, the quantity received in one year amounting to about one million of barrels. ‘There are A Brat MANY varictic, of which the following may be mentioned. The fall pippin, the spitz berg, the greening, the Newtown pippin, the gill flower, the seek-no-further, the Roxbury russet, the bell flower, the phoenix, the egg-top, the Baldwin, th ‘allman sweet, the pound sweet and the permin. those we haye enumerated will suffice. Of these, the fall pippins, . the spitzenbergs, or, a they are familiarly called in the trade, th and the Newtown pippins, are considered the best and are denominated the “standard apples.” They are raised in the western part of this State, com- mencg coming into market about the beginning, and contimue to arrive in large quantities till the close of navigation in winter, when a limited supply is trans- ported to the dealers by railroad. The rate of freight 1y the boats is from thirty-seven to forty cents per barrel, but by the latter conveyance it is from seve ty-live cents to one dollar. “The apples are, asa gencral thing, sold to dealers iu the market, and, unlike some other fruit, but a very small quantity is disposed of on commi n. ‘They are ought from the farmers by persons whose extensive business ope- nations deservedly entitle them to the name of apple merchants, and who sell them again to the dealers in The merchants the canal boats, 2 fad provide for their transportation to this city from Albany, eth are trausfer- ved from the ci by agents especially employed for purpose. The quantity of Western apples sent to market last year was about five hundred thousand barrels, and the same supply of other kinds, making, as we have stated, « total of about one million barrels. It would be a great however, to snppese that all these are Ito other places. During the present season, e told,an_ average of twenty five hundred issent to England by each steamer; besides which, a considerable quantity is shipped for Charles- Havana, Baltimore, Philadelphia, Richmond, Norfolk, and other Southern ports. A very limited quantity is shipped in the extreme cold weather. ‘The number of persons engaged in the apple busi- | ness is about titty, but most of them are employed, when the seas ver, in the sale of other kinds of ure considered the generally » A large quan- the winter, when they n advance of This pays for y loss that may be he average price nt xx per barrel, for ers, by grocers consider- i greater tity are kept on storage dui sell at three dollars a barrel, which is bout one dollar on the usual pi the storage, and makes up for med by ret or accident. s sell is fifteen shi hought from 1h f Last se: it from Jersey, in that State, during the present season, was hardly ficient for ome consumption. The russets are id to he the best spring apples, aud the greenings whieh app which they 4 able qui su PRACH The peach season begins g of July, aud ends about the tenth of October. they first arrive they cost three dollars a} the average price is sixty cents, and au scription can be purchased for three shill number of baskets received in Washington market | last season is cstimated at four hundred thousand, | the total value of which was about a quarter of a inillion of dollars. y, which also furnishes the largest supply; but a erable quantity is obtained trom Delaware, and are toised in this State for the market. Daring the past son the most extensive peach crop was raised in Monmouth county, which is more tertile in | agricultural resources tha any other part of Jersey, Harly produ eof truit. !rom one farm, we were informed, thirteen thousand baskets were sent to Washington market, the greater part of which was purchased by one dealer, who, during a single season, sold ‘tifteen thousand baskets, which ix about the produce of two ordinary About one-half the pe: 4 xold in the imgton market are disposed of on commission, and the inder are purchased by dealers on speculation. iderable risk is inenrred by those whe sell on their own account, as theve is no fruit in the market which is more subject to fluctuation in price. Some days they will y two or three shillings a according of new supy four or five 1 t ies will not keep more then and when the weather is very vs, warn two or three days are sufficent to rend them wifit for sale. Of the four hundred thousand bushets received in this market, one-half is shipped to Comecticnt, Massnehosetts, and other States, er to Troy, Albany, and othe river. ‘The vemainder are bought up by ers wid other dealers, to be vetailed throughout the city, As carly as three o morning West street and the piers in ded with carts waiti licions trait. There a we that are most familia the Malukatoons, the rareripes, the Honest Johns, the mixens, the troughs, the Morris whites, the white heaths, wud the smocks, PRARS. Tha heat description of pars are the Ub loo and the Bartletts, bot of winch aol! as bigh as fif{gen, y varieties, but ily Crawfords, pected will henceforth furnish a con- | There are other descriptions; but | iin spits, | bushel, but they sometimes sell at seven shillings, and w York, for a litthe more than one-half are | the crop | The best peaches come from Jer- | sket, | y ig increasod by the arrival places on the North | i that the market is princi- pally supplied. The aggregate sales of pears in this get ina single season do not exceed titty thou- sand dollars. corenima, ,, The cherry season lasts from the middle of June till the end of July, and during that time the prices vary from two to twelve cents a pound, Scoring 2 the supply in market. ast season six tons of ¢ ries were disposed of daily by retail and wholesale, whioh, at an average of five cents per pound, makes the total value amount to between twenty-five and thirty thousand dollars. ‘This is, perhaps, too great an estimate; but the season before, we were asgured, there was twice the quantity sold. ‘I'his year, it ap- pears, there was a great failure in the crop. QuiNces, There are only two kinds of quinces, the pear and the apple, of which about five thousand dollars worth are sold in the season, from October to the beginning of December. The average price is twelve shilli & barrel, and they can be purchased at any of the fruit stands in the market. The principal ‘supply comes from New Jersey. CRANBRREIES. There are only four persons in the market who transact a large business in this fruit, but in its im- mediate vicinity there are about twenty dealers. ‘There is always a supply of preserved cranberries, but the season for the fresh fruit commences in Sep- tember and continues till March. Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, and Jersey, produce large crops of cranberries, which grow wild in the mea- dows. A small supply is sent from Michigan. ‘The amount sold in the market during a single season is estimated at four thousand barrels, the average price of which amounted to $12 per barrel. Cranberries are preserved in water-tight barrels, ang in this condition cau be kept nearly a year on storage. oxarrs, There are a large number of dealers in this fruit, but of these a very few are employed in the whole sule business. The greatest quantity sold last season by one dealer, did not exceed four thousand dollars and the total sales were about ten thousand dollars About the early part of September the first supply ar rives, and the season terminates about the mid o October, Gee there are some for sale as late as December ‘and January. The best grapes come from Croton Point, and they are considered superior to any other, by those who deal in them. At the last | two or three annual fairs, however, the premium was | awarded to some Jersey grapes. PLUMS. ‘The aggregate sale of this fruit during the season, which lasts from August till October, amounts to about twelve thousand dollars. There are only five or six extensive dealers, but there are a considerable number of small stands, which retail plums and other fruits. In fact, there are none who engage exclusive- ly in the sale of this fruit, for the profits would hard- py reney’ them, The largest supplies are received m the counties along the North river. There are about fifteen different kinds, of which the green guage, the blue guage, the magnum bonum and dainson, are considered the best for eating. When searce, they will bring five dollara a bushel, but when there is an abundance in market, they may be | bought for one dollar and a half. WHORTLEBERRIES. _ About ninety thousand dollars worth of this fruit is sold during the season, which commences in the latter part of July, and ends about the middle of September. The ‘average price is three dollars a bushel, but when they first arrive they are sold for Tour dollars and « half. New Jersey sends the largest | amount, and a small supply is obtained from this | State. Whortleberries grow wild, and are sold by the berry pickers for a trifling sum to persons who sell them again to the market dealers, at a consider- able profit, or who dis) of them at a commission of two shillings a bushel. Last season, one dealer, we are told, sold one hundred bushels in one day. BL ACKBERRIKS. As this fruit ripens about the same time as the whortleberry, there is little or no difference in the | Season, They are both sold by the same dealers, of whom there are about thirty altogether. The price per bushel varies from two dollars to four and a half, | which is about the same paid for whortle- berries. There is, however, double the quan- | tity sold, the sales during the season amount- | ing to about one hundred and eighty thou- | sand dollars. About ten or twelve years ago, | the greatest quantity sold in one season would not | exceed one hundred’ bushels at the utmost, and the | profits realized would hardly defray the expenges. | VIS UMY Weta te Tact five Or SIX Ve hat the | business has been permanciiti Sthetiene eet frnit has become such a general favorite tite Rute ne | equired tor city consumption has nearly doubled ch season. Nearly all the blackberries sold in the market come from Somerset, Mercer and Middlesex counties, in New Jersey. GOOSEBERRIES. for this fruit has diminis | siderably during the last three or fou i much reason to fear that the cultivation of it will be abandoned to a great oxtent, at least in that part of the country from which the market has hitherto been supplied. The average price is twelve shillings « As the demand | | | | in the beginning of the season for twenty shillings. ‘the yearly sales do not exceed three thousand dol- lars. | THE VEGETABLE TRADE. ‘There are more dealers in vegetables than in any other department of the market. The stands are scattered throughout the market, but those who deal in green vegetables are more numerous on the side of | Vesey strect and on the other side of West street. | There are a few in the centre, and two or three very extensive dealers near the principal entrance on Washington street. Some of these, it is said, h reilized Jarge fortunes, and the business is gen ly regarded as among the most profitable in the market. ! A large proportion deal only in potatoes, cabbage and turnips; but those sell wholesale almost exclu- vely, while the retail dealers deal in nearly every lescription. There are vegetables in market all the year, but only of some kinds. From the beginning of November till the end of Mareb, about one hundred and twenty-five cart loads rive daily. Each cart contains about twenty-five | dollars worth, making the aggregate value of vege- | tables in one season about half a million of dollars. In May and June all kinds of vegetables arrive in | | greater abundance than in any other month, some ys exceeding four hundred wagon loads. The | daily average number of wagon loads the whole year | round is estimated at two hundred and fifty, and the aggregate value of all is computed at two million doliars and a half. Buta small proportion of these | } are sold by retail in this market; they are chiefly | ' bought wholesale by the dealers in the other markets | in this city, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, and Jersey City. | | The kinds brought in by carts or wayons are pars- | ley, turnips, leeks, onions, spinach, radishes, beets, cauliflowers, artichokes, celery, and a few othe | well known to housewives. Celery is the mosta dant vegetable in the market at present. As it would be impossible, within the limits of a newspaper article, to give a description of evch kind of vegetable, we must content ourselves with « brief } | notice of the most prominent. | ij CABBAGES. Of this vegetable there is over one hundred thon- sand dollars worth sold yearly in this market alone. There are three kinds—the savoy, the red and white cabbage. red cabbage is generally pickled, and is not so abundant as either of the other kinds, PUMPKINS. The season for this vegetable commences about the | Ist of November, and lasts till January, during which | time there is about three thousand dollars worth sold. | TURNIPS. \ | There ave turnips in market in all seasons, and the | yearly sales amount to about ten thousand dollars, TOMATORS. ‘The tomato, or, as it is sometimes called, the “ love- | apple,” makes its first appearance in the early part of September, and is most abundant during that wonth and the next. It may be bought in market as late as the end of November, when the season ends. There are about twelve thousand dollars worth of tomatoes soll during the season. They first come from Bermuda, in small boxes, each of which, con- taining abont six quarts, is sold for about two dollars ‘and a half. In one or two weeks after, they begin to wrive from Jersey and Long Island, when they sell at from two shillings to one dollar ab et, according to the quality and the supply in market, | SALAD. | Of the three ov four hundred dealers in vegetables, | which, at some seasons of the year, either occupy dis in the market, or seil their articles from the | ons in which they are brought from the country, | there are none who do not deal in salad. It is most abundant in Joly and August, but it may be bought | as early as March, and there is always some in mar- ket throughond the year. The price'varies from one | dollar to eighteen cents per dozen heads, and the | average is three shillings. The amount sold yearly | is estimated at over one lnndred thonsaad dollars BEANS There are ondy three kinds of beans—the Lima, tun | thousand dollars. Those butchers doing business in | Those dealers also sell poultry, fruit, and other ar- | ticles on commission, but their profits are not so large | are sold on commission of five per cent. \ the string, and the cranberry beans, The first sent | to market generally comes from the South, but Lon: Island and ¢he country about New York furnish ‘iy principal supply. The season commences in stay, and tormiuates some timo ia November, during which time about one hundred thonaand 4 41) p0 worth ia old. Tho average price pee 'puxhol ia fonr 4 bhillings. 7 abundant © Large shipments are made for Charleston, New Orleans, —— Philadelphia, Baltimore and other Southern The new toes make their first Pe yap about the of June, when they sell at $2 per bushel, but the average price tag the season which ends in the latter part of August, is six shil- lings. The daily arrivals for that period do nut ex: thousand bushels. ceed two t! Riegpiaad appr Yom about one-sixth of the whole quantity of all kinds sent to the Washin, market, The begins in the latter part Weatern States, barreis of sweet lated, are sold wholesale an: during the season. Neariy ail the throughout the city receive their supply the dealers here, some of whom sell over seventy thousand bushels yearly. ‘The best potatoes come fom Virgi- nia. The number of persons dealing in potatoes ix reckoned at fifty, but that is considered alow esti- mate. These principally sell on their own account, oe : few sell on commission of two cents on cack bushel. many of the dred tl THE BUTTER TRADE. ‘The batter business of Washington market i« trans acted by about forty dealers, whose yearly sates amount to abont tweive thousand dollars; eight of these sell over thirty thousand dollars worth each in a year, and one, we were informed, sold one huadred thousand dollars worth. ‘These are chiefly wholesale dealers, however, for but « very small proportion of the butter is disposed of at retail. The butter which comes from Orange, Chernung, and Cortlaudt coun ties is considered the best. Ohio supplies a large amount of excellent butter, but what geverally comes from the Western States is of au inferior bys n. nel There is a considerable quantity received from in sylvania, and some comes even from Canada, but it is not so good as that procured from the West. The highest wholesale price which has been paid for but- ter during the last four or five years, was thirty-four cents per pound, and the lowest eight cents, In the summer it is cheaper than at any other season, but about the tirst of September there is generally an ad- vance on the price. The best kind is that inade in the spring and fall. THE HONEY TRADE. There are only two permanent stands in the mar- ket for the sale of honey, and these, with one tem- porary stand, transact all the business in this article. In the fall, which may be called the honey season, fifty thousand pounds are sold, at an average price of cighteen cents per pound, making the total amount of sales nine thousand dollars. As honey can be kept in storage fora whole year, there is always a supply in the market. The cheapest description is that which comes in a liquid state, in cans contain- ing from four to eight pounds each. This descrip- tion may be purchased for ten cents and one shilling per pound, which is about one-half the pee paid for the comb honey. The three kinds of honey sold in this market are the white clover, the basswood, and the buckwheat. Of theserthe white clover is the lightest in color, and the buckwheat the darkest. The retail business is very trifling, more thau three- fourths being sold hy wholesale. ‘The wax is sold by the denlers tor thirty-one ceuts per pound, and a | great proportion of it is manufactured inty candles. THE MEAT TRADE, ANC uvarwse se ‘er he nlaced under two heads—the wholesale and retail dealers, OF the | former, there are about forty, and of the latter, seven- ty-five. The retail dealers occupy that portion of the market fronting on Washington street, and the two | wings extending half-way down Fulton and Vesey streets towards West; and there are a large number who have stands in the centre of the market. The sales of cach of those engaged in the retail'trade may be estimated at an average of thirty thousand dollars yearly; but there are one or two individuals whose receipts during the same period exceed one hundred the centre of the market should not perhaps be called retail butchers, a3 they sell only by the quarter. We class them however, under that head to distinguish them from thove who sell by the carcase. The meat trade includes not only the sale of beet, but of mut- ton, lamb, and veal, which are all to be purchased nearly of every butcher in the market. The wholesale dealers sell only on commission for others, who pay them at a rate of five per cent. on the beef, and about tenpence per carcase on mutton. in proportion to the sales as those of the retail dealers. ‘There are about forty altogether in the lower part of the market, extending on both sides of West street, whose aggregate sales amount to about two millions of dollars. The persons tor whom they sell on commission are butchers, who buy cattle on specu- lation, and kill and dress them for market. They are a kind of middlemen, between the dealer in the mar- ket and the farmer. The total yearly sales of both wholesale and retail dealers may be estimated at about five millions of dol- ; Jars. This, however, should not be regarded as a strictly accurate estimate, for without a thorough in- spection of their account books, which would require more time and labor than could be profitably expended upon it, it would be utterly impos-fble to give that. PORK. ‘The total number of wholesale dealers in pork is about twenty, and the average sales of each during the season, which begins in the latter part of Sep- tember and ends in March, are computed at ten thousand dollars. Of this, a little over three-fourths The price per Ves ranges from seven anda half to nine and a half cents; but pork in hogs has been sold as high asten, and as low as four and a halfcents. The market is supplied from New Jersey, Ohio, and Pennsylvania. VENISON. As the season for venison luv’ dle of October until about the first ol are no permanent stands for the sale of it. ‘The mar- ket is supplied by Canada, Pennsylvania, and. this State, and the price at which it ix sold varies from ten toeighteen cents per ponnd, according to the quantity in market. Only the hind saddles are sent, and of these about five thousand were disposedof last season, The best venison coimes from St. Lawrence county, in this State, and is sold at from fous to five dollars a saddle, About two-thirds of the whole | amount ix sold on commission. The aggregate yearly | sales amount to about $45,000. THE POULTRY TRADE,, ‘The poultry business should propeety he consid: ered under two heads—domostic and game. Under the first may be raaged all kinds of domestic fowl, turkeys, geese, gninea fowl, tame ducks, pigeons, chickens, and hens; and, under the secoudt, snipe, wild duck, prairie hens, woodeock, quails, wild pigeous, partridges, &c. Thera are from. eight to ten regular stands in the me,rket, but in the proper seasons there are a still larger number of temporry ones established. Some ‘ef these dealers sell on a commission of from five to ten per cent, but the most profitable business ‘6 transacted by the regular dealers who sell on thei own account. The yearly receipts in the business ig estimated at one million of dollars in this mar «et alone. , DOMESTIC FOWL. The market is supplied with domestic fowl from Long Island and, other parts of this State, Rhode Island, Connect",eut, Massachusetts, Vermont, and a limited supply js received from some of the Western States. They are sent by railroad and steamboat, iut the latte conveyance ‘is the least expensive, and ix, of conr ge, gen 'y preferred. In the fall and winter they are sent “dressed,” which moans they only from the mid- f April, there | of packing to the dealer is from one dollar to one hero it is either shot or enared in thewoods. What is taken with the anare is most perfect, and brings a ps Be and may be |. In and woodcocks arrive then t great abundance: THE FISH TRADE. Coder this head, we include the business tranaacted in fresh, salt and abeli fieh, for the sale of which there are forty-four stands in the market. These are insaf. of May. e during the year does Dugng the shed season, which commences and ith the ing, there are about forty thonsand dollans worth of that fish sold by wholesale and retail in and around the market, The first shad sella for two or three dellam a pair, but in the coarse of a few weeks they may be had for two or three shillings and sere limes bom Mackerel generally begins to come into market at the cod of the shad season, The sales do not ex- ceed tweaty thonsind dollars in a single season. ‘The «ales, of al! varieties of fish, during the year is estimated at a little less than five hundred thousan dotlam, which allows about forty doilarsas the amoua of Ue average daly sales of each dealer. Sk Taa, ‘There are four regular stands in the market for oysters and lama, of which one hundred and forty thousand dollars werth are sold annually. The man- ner of taking the oysters and preparing them for market is both peculiar and interesting. In this State and Virginia, whence the most abundant sup- plea are obtained, there are a large number of ex- tensive beds in the bays, inlela rivers. Before r ing, (as it is called.) a bed of oysters, the size of the bed i# marked out with stakes. This ia al- ways done in the snmmer, when the oysters are con veyed in boats, aad thrown overboard, within the preseribed limits. ta the following winter, they are taken up, “culled” off, or separated into four sizes denominated “ extras, large. cullings and bnahels,” and lnid on the shore or in the waters of came exes | for the purpose of romoving spawn with whic! 4 portion of the shell ix covered. When they are freed from the spawn, they are considered fit for market, and are brought by schooners and sloops to this city. ‘The oysters reerive their name from the river or bay from which they are teken. One or two of the dealers transact a large basiness with the western part of New York, to which they send the oysters in cans. The total sales of clams in one year dives not exceed twenty thousand dollars, aud the greatest quantity is ob from Jersey Although lobsters and crabs are termed shell- them | fish, it would be a great error to © ‘b come | with oysters, clams, and other moliusca, under the sune general and undiscriminating title. | The nice distinctions of natura! history, however, are | of little account with fish dealers, the majority of whom probably never heard of such men as Cuvier or Agassiz. heir Only solicitude is to sell their fish and make | the most of their profits, in which essential business | jualities they are far abeod of either of the great ‘rench savans. As we are, therefore, giving an account | merely of the business in shel! fish, and not writing a | natural history, we must be guided by the dealers | themselves in our classification. The trade in both lobsters and crabs is very limited, not excceding eight thoasund dollars yearly, of which between six and seven thousand are paid for lobsters | alone, Crabs are more generally used for bait than | for eating, and there is only one stand that deals in them to any extent. Lobsters, on the contrary, may he bonght of any of the fish dealers. The principal supply comes from Cape Cod and Massachusetts Kay, and some are taken in the waters of New York. | Formerly lobster fishing waa raore extensively pur sued by New York fishermen, but it has turned out to | evo that it has been aluwost entirely | it his, nd. AM usteun wae ainue, comer y <sre apy to revive it, but it was attended with sach poor sne- cess that it was given up aa losing speculation. THE TRADE, / ‘This ix a business that lasts the whole year; but doring the spring there is a greater abundance than in any other season, Aboot thirty thouswnd barrels each containing from sevyeutydive to eighty dozen, | are received during this period; and during the whole year the supply is estimated at eighty thoa- sand barrels. The market is supplied from Philadel- phia, Ohio, Wisconsin, Michigan, and « considerable amount comes from Montreal. There are two kinds of cgg*—the preserved and fresh. The latter come during the spring. the former at other seasons, The eggs intended for storage are preserved by steeping in lime water; but it is said by seme that momentary immersion in boiling water isa much | better method, Either process destroys the vital principle in the egg. Fresh egus will bring three cents more per dozen: the average is about eighteen cents per dozen; but last season, on account of the great scarcity, they sold at the rate of two and a half for a shilling. Three-fourths of the supply re: ceived in this market are consumed in New York the remainder are shipped for other places. In the winter, when the supply in the Philadelphia market is deficient, considerable shipments are made for that city. The ‘number of regular dealers in this article doing business in and about the market, is fifteen; bot when there ix a great abundance tl mber is increased to seventy or eighty. The if the most extensive dealer in the market ave- rages five hundred dollars per do. About one-third of the Meet ra is disposed of on commission of r cent, but a greater profit is realised by those dealera why buy and sell on their own account. The | eggs are packed with oats, in barrels, each barrel re- quiring from two to three bushels of oats. The cost dollar and a half, but he sells the outs at an advance of about ten cents on the bushel. Estimating the , number of barrels sent annually to Washington mar ket at eighty thousand, and the number of eggs in | each barrel at nine dred and sixty, we have a | grand total of seventy-six millions cight huudred | thousand eggs. . THE NUT TRADE. } This is an insignificant business, i comparivon | with othere—the aggregate sales of hickory nuts and | chestnuta not exceeding fifteen thousand dollars | yearly. There are other kinds sold by retail dealers, such as filberts, cocounuts, peanuts, and others: but these are nos, strictly speaking, market articles, and | must therefore be exeinded from the list. Hickory | nuts and chestnuts ave generatly sold wholesale in | Washington market, to retail dealers. who vend them | stores. The propes season for chestnuts is from the- tober to. December, hut tiny may be found in market during a great portion of the year. ‘The saune may be said also of ivekory nuts. The average price of the former is twelve shillings a bushel, aud of the OF ALL, KINDS 8 Pte Ke AN kinds of vegetables, in Luding potatoes. 17 500,qp0 Egg trade 1.000,000 Nut trade 15,000 Total + ‘ $24,452,000 Tesrenancs Mextinc.—The graml State to be held for three sie temperance demonstrat! an cessive days, will commence to-day at Albany. the railroads leading into the capita minating at places within a reasonable distance of the city, have resolved to materially reduce their fares to all persons desiron’ of perticipating in the demonstration. The roads from this city have given notice that they will carry passengers to Albany and wre kill ed and denuded of their feathers, but in the sumMP yer, owing to the heat of the weather, they are sere alive. Chickens, and all kinds of domestic fowl, * © most abundant in the fall and. winter seasons, The following are the prices at which they general}, Y ys, Ihe. per 1b. chickens, Use. per tb; Ke Te. to We. pex th; fowl, (which is the market nome for hens,) 48. to 6a, a pair, and docks of various kinds range from #1 to §1 60 per pair, WILD FOWL, OR GAME. A large Ly sg, of the game conaumed iv this city 4 gat from Congectiqns and Rhode Liland, hack for two dollars. Natrona, Cononrzarion tional Colonization Society w ing to-day in Washington City. wesident, to succeed the Ho Bob part of the duticw of the society al its present meeting. af Poworoarcan, Convantion.— The Samological State Convention of Penaaylvapia, will assemble ¥ day at Dprriaborg in the streets on casts and stands, or sell them in | | comprise the perforwances at this theatre Lester, Wi and those ter OUR WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENCES Wasarnaron, Jax. 6, 1666. ‘The following beautiful effusion if trom the pan @y” & lady, written for the inauguration of the equesiaian statue of General Jackson, which takes piace today, 1 have procured, and send you 8 copy for publiesiigny in the Hana.p, in saticipation of its appearaaes @ any other paper. we Loud shrieks the angry bird of Jove; On iron-tike pinions borne, he oars aiar 2 Barat or slara of var is "4 noma through wes (oreats COPE. Swift at the ery, ne Tee eeete in gonerous ire, wi ee la vad ¢} They seize their arms, With deadly ‘lara Their rities ring—with glory’s sting ‘They sigh, they burn, y Pant for war's alareas. ‘Their wives, their babes, they press with manly quiet, ‘Then fearless turn towards their patriot chief. As Misslesippl's swelling food Rolls ardently to blend with ocean's breast, So rons bei ease sweezions ob tap Wout, - All self forgetting ‘ir country’s For every baluy breeve from Soethera alles” * aden with Sabeanes of bright orange Is wing’d with maids’ and matrons’ frantic cries, 2 For hop id help they call, and court tee ; ‘Their snowy arma, ‘Thoy suppliant wreathe, Their stainless breasts, With terror heave; To their pare cheeks rises shame's red gtow. What hero shall avert the impeadipg wot The gory fiend of war, Fresh fom his hellish tai, Glares fiercely on New Orleans’ crosocat pate, Not for generous conquest armed, All glorions Mars, with beauty’s myrtle oreqmed,, Hy the sweo in classic song Vy love and fame, and noble — Worthy to clasp bright Venus by his aide, ae hen foul fe of lust and rapine, Leepitt uv Seythia's barb'roua gloom, all drear foun, With Pakenham be oceess Fach roll of Albion's drums, Thunders proud prans to the here's peadae ; And stalwart Britons’ hearte, Black with his venom darts, Know not of righteous Heaven the various wage. ‘The patriot chief's undaunted eye In solemn hope is raised on high ; He hears fair woman's plaintive wail, “Ob! heaven,’ he cries, ‘can freedom Cadl ‘To serve and save when beauty’s charms Call ‘hus for aid from Rapine’s arma” ‘The hero's breast in warm devotion, Vrophotie swells, with valor's stern easotion,, Never, never, shall he see Savage toes with brutal power, ‘Teach Columbia's sons to tee Ne'er shall come the hideous hear When the dive dend who marsbals Albion's caake Shall scatter Font 4 parce on ay Orlenas’ tamted- On bis strong soul the comi jUDE | wtrommy, Mirror'd by virtue’s and by valour's poly With ull the holy light of inspiration’s dream. All wild with fears, The dove eyed Creoles lift their (onder glance Yo qroot the Chid's advance. 7 Dieiting, be views their tears, © angie of their souls he hastens to cemere, tb ail a patriot’s tove. ruthless foe from foreign land, sdall desecrate your native strand, Nor shall (be matron’s pride, The trembling maiden's bloom, an hog aa Thea sink, abhorrent io Never abail kingland’s pride “ Rault in conquering might, On Orleans’ humbled plight; shall Pakenhain's victorious of the glorious Went ( freeman's eyes, Re closed in Death's dark rest."’ Swift, by his post assured—his generous Gee ‘Their dire presaging thoughts retire; ‘Their smiles, their prayers tho guardian bere blisag w Full of his country’s Soe. rescons Pager hi es to obey ved command, While Fame enrolls his name with ber imaertel pemle- News o'er New Orleans’ What meteor light Sw throngh the sky'—Strange lingerer of (he aight, Yon lurid glare! Thus doth the morningsua | Stoal throngh tho mist, proslaiming day The flery eyes of war thus restless gleam— ‘Thas fiercely strive with heaven's all-cheering beams. ‘The biss, the crash, the canuon's echoing reer, Roll sallen over Misstssippt's shore; ‘The dying soldier's groan, the dreadful shriek, Tell where ube of garnage fiercely wreak Man's hate on man! The Fiend of end tala Amidst the foe; bis vened, outrageous ho: Inspire their beavew-contemning rage. Weauty and booty,” is his cr, © Beauty and booty,’ they rej For ‘hese, inaatiate, the contest wage, Giowied >) madeous Lopes to tate's sterm glowing pages Thos the fend b's watchword gives, And, beneath bis wings Sascided, Pakentan still lives— Hada bis band with fearless mien; Nit hore the gaidiag demon quails, ‘Tr mbles and comers; Thus hell-ab fury folie. He sees fair Froedom » fayorite advame, Wormed ond cheered by Wisdom's glance; Sees the god of patriot war High sented tn bis thundering car; And where Jove's daughter leads he hurts his golden laneay Compelied = Vainly the chert battle ery he calls— Ne lomger cam he his favored soa— oir Paward ‘alls, wad Freedom's fight ie wen ‘oy to the fair: from rapine’s power, Retieyod (a valowr's glorious bovet Joy to the brave! Let beauty’s amiles Neward thelr cares and crown thoir tolls. Let rosy lips their welgome breathe, And snowy hands their wine-cup wreathe; Here let (he war worn sobtior rest— Here his wars. his conquests blest.'” Thus cong the daughters of the South thetr lags; ‘Midst «miles and tears they wove the here's baga; Now snatched from @arth, yet deathiess in owe sve, We gather here our filial care to prove— Hore comscerate anew our Jackson's name. ne, whieh to his fame, Chom too, (he artist hero's prond renown, Avo sok» (rom woman's lands the civic crows. Kownny ‘The beautiful romeatie drama, adapted from the French, entitled the sican Brothers,” with Mr. the twim assisted by Messrs, ncea, and the grand equestrian spectacle called “Mazepps.” will terminate the amusements of the evening. Broapwar Madame Afin Tararar,—The great omphes in oper to-night Teomeini’ “1! Barbiere di Seviglia Rosia, being represented by her, that of the Count of Alme- viva by jovanni; Bartolo, by Rovere; Figare, by Coletti,and Don Basilio by Baril, The Spanish ballet of *Giralda” will conclude the eater- twinnents, Berros’s Turarar.—Massinger’s comedy &f & “New Way tol’ay Old Debts” commences the agase- ments of this very prosperous and popular extalliaa- ment. Mr, Dyoit, a! ith but & member of stock Company, vet posessing more talent thea, of those man calling themselves stars, will the charueter of Sir Giles Overreach, pears ax Marall, Miss Weston as on an dyott as Lady Allworth. The entertainments clude with the farce of the “Eton Boy.” Navronat Tararen.—Mr. J. R. Scott, favorite actor, who has for years me ery theatre, and was always best stock actors in the city, ay to ‘Leantifal play called the « iltow Copse,” in ractor Like Mg Miss Do Forest will sag vienwe.” and the orchestra y “La Bayadere”* and other beautiful pieces of music, The serioas poatomime of “Philip Quart” will conclude the ea- tertamments Warsack’s Tanaren.—The excellent cabed Two can Play at Game” and i ili 2 § 1 eet fer aicott, and Mixs Laura Keene, in J i Blake, Lester, Brougham, Walcott, vura Keene, Mrs. Bloke, and other artists of Ht latter one doilgr. An abundant sopply of both kindy ja the other leading characters. There cam be s obtained {vam this Sinte and New Jersey | little goatt but that the theatre will be crowded im RECAL ATION | every Inpartment, os Watlack bas an excellent com- oe - nant of comedians, who are every night received YABLH RXRABIVING UD: AGGRMGATE YRanLT saops | BANS eatteniedtin caer, ow ow V anuprims.— The entertaia- Wrere's 5 tur q A100) hide fy 4 ruents which re given here last evening, Butter trade Sn0.000, | proved -asvecomsful, aro announced again for 4 Honey trade " ec hey cousiet of “All that Glitters is not Gold, Fish trade 648.n00 | “Roogls Diamond,” and “Perfection. Poultry trade. 1000006 Awrnc as Mrene- appear agvin this afternoun and evening. stawary, The dew TAMA Om same as we Ef | Cynces The atimetive performances anol | the Bow ery ary hithestre . the Howery aie tae, lest week of Willams, te wn oy Oreo. More Christy's popular head of lay inn performers have provided another goat programme far Uris evening. | Woeow's Mocormrns advertioe 9 well selected Ga | of otertalngaews for fonyeht, consisting of eocal ome inolvmeutal peces aad dances. , ove Hiri n centiones to dei ght aad asteuiair | crowds by his dexterous feats, ve Toy Lass | Banvany’s Paxonaua © be cxulated again this evewing atthe Georsme. r~4 vaintine i» far eoperive to anything yet presented his city Roauay’s Tuases is greatly adusired. Tt io euhllte ited Kgbhy, ab 406 Broad victad of the murder of day io Lowlyille Ky