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Our Madria . Mapnip, Jan. 6, 1853. Inigresting to American Merchants—Suspension of Importation Dutres of Certain Articles in Santt- ago de Cuba. An announcement appeared, 4 few days since, in the official gazette of the capital, by which it appears that Her Catholic Majesty, taking into consideration the calamities which have lately fallen on the city of Santi- «go de Cuba, bascommanded that flour and all other articles of food of prime neceasity shall be admitted into the port of Santiago free of duty for the period of six months, and that building materials, such as boards, lumber, &¢., shall also be admitted free of duty for | | anxiety among bis friends and partisans within the , the period of twelve months. i A royal order to the foregoing effect has been ad- dgessed to Captain-General Canedo, and has appear- ed this morning in the official guzette. 1 forward you the slip containing it, taken from that journal, | in order that your merchants may have the earliest notice of the measure :-— [Translation of the Royal Order.} Yo fie Excernaycy THY Govnkyok CArraAly-GENeRAL OF THR Sirwlor Majesty th : hs ir— jr ¢ Queen—whom God protect—hay- ug learned with Tha Most profound sorrow the contents of your Excellency’s letter of the 8th Dee. ult., in which an account is given of the recent earthquake which eccur- red in Santi de Cuba, on the night of the 26th of the previous month; and being desiron= of supplying some re- ef to the misfortunes caused by (his reitersted ealariity, d, in conformity with the ber Majesty has been please: t ition counsel of ber ministers, and according to the propo~ of the Minister of Ultramarine, to orfain— First. That for the period of ono year, there shall Ye admitted free from all importation duties, lumber, planks, ‘window frames, tiles, and every class of building wood wad materials, as well as nails and other objects or pieces of iron applicable to building purposes. Second. ‘ibat a like exemption from duty is conceded ‘ar the term of six months to Indian corn and its flour, to beans, potatoes, and rice, and to salt Gish, such as cond, de. Third, That the periods assigned in the two preceding | articles will begin to reckon from the day on which the | royal order i+ received and pablished in Santiago de Cuba, by the authorities of the island: and from the date of the permission conceded temporarily by the junta ot | the: ties. im reapect to any articles, fourth, and last. That these advaniages shall not extend except toithe city in question, and those towns of the same Pi whieli may have 30 sustained havoc in conse- quence of the earthquake. euperintendence of the island shall dictate the necessary measures, £0 (hat no frauds or abuses may be comnitted, ‘n conformity with the Juuta of Authorities, and ace ngto. what has been practiced in previous analogous cases. ‘© your Excelleuey, for “ COUNT OF ATCOY. * Signed by the Madrid, January 3, 1863. New Territory of Colum! In which view the treasury | ‘The following memorial has been sent to Congress, | from a Convention beld st Monticello, in Nortuern Uregon, on the 26th of November last, asking for a division of the territory of Oregon, giving the vorthern part a separute organization, under the uame of Columbia :-— MEMORIAL. To the Honorable the Senate and House of Repre- sentatives of the United States, in Congress assem- bied.—The memorial of the delegates of the citizens of Northern Oregon, in convention assembled, re- spectfully represents to your houorable bodies that it | is the earnest desire of your petitioners and of said citizens, that all that portioa of Oregon Territory ly- ing perth of the Columbia river and west of the great branch thereof, should be organized as a sepa- rate territory, under the name and style of the ‘Ter- ritory of Columbia.” Iw support of the prayer of this memorial, your petitioners would respectfully urge the following a mnany other reasons :— ld 1. The pecans Territory of Oregon, containing an area of 341,000 square mules, is entirely too large an extent of territury to be embraced within the limits of one State. 2. The said territory possesses a sea coast of 650 miles in extent: the conntry east of the Cascade Mountains ix bound to that on the coast by the strongest ties of interest—and, inasmuch as your pe- Sfnatts believe that the territory must inevitably be divided at no very distant day, they are of opinion that it would be unjust that one State should possess so large a sea beard to the exclusion of that iu the mnterior. i 9 %. The territory embraced within the said bonnda- riea of the propoved “Territory of Columb twining an area of about 32,000 square miles, is, in the opinion of your petitiouers, about a fair and just medium of territorial extent to form oue State. 4. The proposed ‘Territory of Columbia” presents natural resources capable of ‘supporting a population atleast as large a» thatof any State in the Union possessint an equal extent of territory. 5. Tho-c portions of Oregon ‘Yerritory lying re- spectively north aud south of the Columbia river, must, from their geographical position, always rival each in commercial advantages, and the! spective citizens must, as they now are and al bave been, be actuated by a spirit of opposition. 6. The southern part of Oregon Territory, having a majority of voters, have controlled the Territori:! Legislature,and Northera Oregon has never r ed apy benetit from the appropriations made by Con- uress for said Territory which were subject to tle di ition of said Legislature. . The seat ot the Territ situated, by the nearest pro tance of five hundred mil the citizens of Northern y 8. A’great part of the legislation suit p the south is, for iocal reasons, opposed to the interest the north, and inastauch as the south has a majority of yoters, and representatives are always bound to reflect the will of their constituents, your petit?iners ona entertain no reasonable Le that their leyisia- tive wants will ever be properly regarded ander the present organization. 4 ; 9. Experience has, in the opiuion of your peti- tioners, wellestablished the principle, that in States ii ed territory t! made known their repre- jess danger of a conflict between sectional inte , and more prompt and adcquate jegislation can always be obtained. im conclusion, your petitioners represent that Northern Oregon, with great un- tural resources, presenting such unperalleled induce- ments to emicr. ith i polation, coustentl uration, is of suf point of view, to n gress; and ity in are so and +o entirely di-tine their character as to de- mond the attention of # separate and independent 1 Legislature ix now rable route, at a di ge portion of Legislature. Wherefore. your petitioners bumbly at your honorable bodies will, ot a law or. ganizing the dis eribed un- der a territorial he * Se ritery of Columbia. The Fisheries. The Mira ii Gleaner > blishes & report of fishery mecting held in the Court-house, Newe: onthe Sth , the High Sheriff in the ch ‘The following resolutions were passed Whereas the coa heries of the British North Ames. lean colonies are « 4 i tanee. and are Her Mo, -y ¢ thie mecting has learned wi 7 cord, "as weil ly Hor Majesty’s royal specen mentaa by the President's message some measure is in ce in these fisheries to our Resolved, That, in just he given up, in whole or without the consent of the Resolved, That while this system of reciprocal trea’ extabliched betweea ited States and the British colonies, they are of opinion that «uch question should not in any way in% fere with the colonial ficheries, because free trade wil greatly increase the demands of these eclonies for the manulactures of the Cnited States, and confer upon th country advantages equivalent to, if not growier than any that the colonists can hope for h y foreign power ting anxiously desires to National Clay Monument. The Bxecutive Committee of the “New York state Auxiliary Clay Monument Association’ by heon lo employ agents to procure subseriptions in this city and State to aid ‘n the ercetion of the National Clay Monument. t is desirable that the combine addyese, intelligence, an’ in . Each agent executes a boud of $500 for the fi ce of his duties. he remune tion is ample. Applications, stating qualificati and ret 8, will be addressed to the chairman or secretary, New York Post Office. By order. Ropert Sayru, Chairioe N. Cannonr, Secretary. £ Tux Cartrot, ov Ore,—The Buckeye State is erecting the most mognificent State Honse in the Union. When finished, it will cont $1,000,000. The to be put on doring the present year, and the be completed in the course of three years. it been 4 long while in building—having been commenced in 1834—with an appropriation of only $10,000, but the work was <oapouded, on account of Our Parts Panis, Jan. 13, 1353. The Emperor Laboring Under a Dis- case— Now Facts Regarding the Ball at the Tutle- ries—Ambassadorial Coolness—Changes in the French Diplomatic Corps—Palaces for the Im- perial Family—Contemplated Visit of Louis Na- poleon to Algiers—A Roman Compliment—M. de Lamartine and his Turkish Property—The Count de Chambord—France Forbidden to Re- fugces—Foreign Items, $e. Politics are dull in Paris, and the only capital point | | | | of the gossip is the disease which is threatening the | life of Louis Napoleon, and which has caused mach last two weeks. The Emperor has had several attacks | of this complaint within the above-mentioned period, and suffered a great deal. The physicians who attend | him, and particularly Dr. Conneau, entertain mach fear of this unforeseen evil, and no one can tell what | wil! be the immediate or delayed result of Louis Na- | poleon’s sickness. Despite the intolerable sufferings | to which the Emperor has been subject, he has not ceased one day to appearin public, to meet with bis | ministers, and to go to the operas and theatres in the | evening. But, nevertheless, the face of Louis Napo- | leon betrays the sufferings of his body, and though [ was somewhat acenstomed to his appearance and to | know the paleness of his complexion, I was partica- | larly struck with it last night, at the grand ball given at the Tuileries, where the Emperor appeared like a phantom, the face as pale as that of a corpse, and | having the resemblanceof a wax figare. Every per- son present at the ball made the remark that the Emperor was not enjoying very good health, and all those who made the remark guessed right. This grand reception—the first official one of the reason—attracted a large concourse of flatterers, of all ranks, all nations, and all ages. The courtiers of the rising sun were congregated in large flocks around the Emperor, who spoke to many, and smiled | at all the ladies. A large number of foreigners, of all | ranks, had been invited to this ball, and though Tmet with a few Americans, J must say that our country: men were not very numerous, owing to the partiality | with which the invitations had been distributed by the secretary of the legation, among the few belong: | ing to the codfish clique, with whom he is mixed. Many comp!aintshave been made for a long time of this anti-American partiality; but I have neither the wish | northe power at present tosay more on the subject. As | a matter of course, the uniforms of all ranks of the French government, those ofthe diplomats and foreign ofiicers, were in great number; but many black coats | were seen in that crowd of gilt and silver clothes, | und their simplicity offered 2 great contrast between true modesty and true pride. I dare say that these republican dress coats were not much appreciated at the Tuileries; but never mind, they showed much in- dependence, and proved that there were some ple ill alive, not caring much for the vanity and fa lly of this world. Before the ball, which had becn delayed in hones coed of the non-presentation of | the credentials of the German powers to the imperial | | court, several ambassadors had been received by | Louis Napoleon, among whom [ shall mention the Baron Sebach, Enyoy Extraordinary of the King of Saxony; Vely Bashaw,the Plenipotentiary Ambassa- dor of Turkey; Mr. W. C. Rives, our Minister, who. | by the by, was very politely and courteously receiv- ed by the Emperor. The chief of the State told our | representative that he was much pleased to sce how | prompt the government at Washington had been in | sending to Mr. Rives the acknowledgment of his new dignity, and that he felt great pleasure in assuring him of the friendly feelings he entertained towards | the American nation. Mr. Rives had been taken to | his house in great gala, by Mr. Bacciochi, the intro- | ducer ofthe ambassadors at the imperial court, in | one of the handsome carriages of Louis Napoleon, | and he was taken home with the same ceremony. M. de Rumpff, the resident minister of the Hanseatic cities, also offered his credentials to the Emperor, as well as M.de Wendland, Envoy Extraordinary of this | been | materially defective, determine | sion street and Kast Broadway, and taki: | whose “ priya’ CANAL AND WALKER STRHETS—BBPUGALOF IIR COURT TO CONFIRM THK COMMIGSIONRRS’ BBPORT. Seinen by Hon, Judge Ro a Decision by Hon. Roosevel JAN. 31.—In the Matter o. Canal and Walker streets,—It_ is now nearly five years since this pro- , in its original form, was commenced. In- volving, a3 it does, interests ® great num- ber of persons, and amounting in value to more than a million of dollars, objections, well or ill founded, and more or less numerous, might naturally have been expected. The dejay and embarrassment, however, even with explanation, seem unprecedented. They have attended with the usual consequence—a great accumulation of expense. On the 16th of June last, for reasons then stated, and to meet the wishes of the objectors, who then appeared, the Court referred the estimate and assess- ment | nicsbeeyeg made to entirely new commission- ers, admitted to be satisfactory by all parties, to re- consider the whole subj they have done so, and now present an amended and supplemental report. The counsel for the city move its confirmation; and to this motion it is objected that he pareiee have not had the opportunities of examining work of the commissioners, and preparing themselves to oppose its confirmat which the law allows. By the act of 20th April, 1839, the commissioners are ere “before they make their report to the court’’—that is their first or original report—‘to deposit an abstract So congo bi aeepany rhe Canad’ Sal Herren, for at , and to give al y days notice by ad ment and handbills of the time and place of its ntation to the court. ‘This, in the case of the report now made, it is con- ceded, has not been done. ¢ act say3,and upon that provision the Corporation Counsel relies, t! “of any supplemental or amended report,” a notice « of at least twenty days’ shall be given. He has given forty. Is that enough /—not enough reason- ably and conveniently, for it is beyond the province of either the counsel or the Court to make the law— but enough within the letter and true intent and meaning of the act of the Legislature. Is this, then, a supplemental and amended report? A bare in- ion shows that it is. But that is not all that is required. Is it a supplemental and amended report merely? Or is it not, in part at least, a new report ; and not only a new report, but a report on new an distinct matter involving new and distinct interes and affecting parties who had no concern in the pre- vious awards and assessments ¢ After the order of the Court, already referred to, made in June last, the Corporation, deeming the im- provement of Canal street, as originally contemplat- ed (not the proceedings to ane it into effect) to be to make several im- portant changes, extending the new street, among other alterations, through the block betweea Divi- ing pane of several houses and lots not before embraced within this change, that they applied to the Court in it. So material did the Corporation consider August last, on the full notice required in origi- | nal applications for a new appointment of com- missioners, to be newly designated and newly sworn—the same persons, it is true, but new commis- | sioners—thus clearly aud, I think, very properly treating the act to the extent of the exchange directed by them, as a new and original pro- cceding; and what ground is there in reason, sup- posing the words of the law to be in themselves du- ious, for denying to the owners of lots in question, property is now to be taken for the public use,” the same opportunities for investigating and objection, in respect to the “compensation” to be awarded to them, as were allowed, and necessarily allowed, to all the owners of lots embraced within the lines, as originally drawn? And the same ques- tion may be raised as to all the owners of lots, newly | assessed, and more heavily assessed, in consequence of the added cost of the premises now to be taken. ‘The constitution permits the taking of private pro- perty for public use ; but on the other hand the in- Jonction is imperative that it shall not be taken with- ‘out just compensation. Neither the Common Coun- cil nor the Court, nor the Legislature itself, can over- ride this provision. And, accordingly, the whole | scope and tendency of the amendments, from time to time made in the street laws, have been to guard more effectually the rights of individuals whose pro- perty may be taken under them, either directly, or— | which in effect is the same etd means of partial and heavy assessments, charged upon it. ‘he safeguards in their general spirit and aim spring from the constitution itself, and participate to a degree in the sacredness of that instrament. The | the King of Bavaria, and Baron de Wettcher, Am- | Court does not feel disposed, even where no actua wants of the | K respectfully | i wsent large po- | | Jembert was | Austria, Charles Fe ) | ! against the Turkieh province | twe countries, | lish fleet has been ordered to € the monetary pressure in Ohio, from 1540 to 1448. | ‘The money expended to the present tine amo: M5. The Buckeyes ¢ cnn of their money in ha Jutely more imposing than the tol of thy It Coyers nearly the same area as the Ca) Waabing ton. (oc and the Obio State House 56.1 and library rece are such |i i The next lorgest State its to pect to vet the fall State House abao- | nation. ter covering 61 see, which cov $2,400 aquare feet. of Now \ wnsylvania, Virginia and Maaaaciu ~etta, only avorege about 10,000 square feet ench. A capitel five tines larger than the State House at | rect. Albay wii oact New Yorkers into the shade, | ‘ensive, and one of the polltest mea of the age. bassador of the King of Wurtemburg. | Yesterday morning only, though they had notified | the Emperor on the tirst instant that they were ready | to present him their credentials, Count of Hatafelit, | Minister of Prussia, and Baron de Hubner, Minister tria, were admitted into the presence of Louis | 1 Their interview with the chief of the French vation was as cold as possible, thongh not insulting, on the part of the Emperor. But there was, no doubt, a desire on the part of 1 leon, to show to the ambassadors of Aust Prussia that he uad not heen pleased with the un- called for delay of their kings in acknowledging him as Pinperor of the French nation, The same son contributed to the sroall distribution of invi- tations by the superintendent of the Tuileries, for the bull of lust night, to the Prussians and Austrians tin Paris. The new apartiaents at the ‘h admired by al present, and the y of the illumination offered a faigy coup Louis Napoleon retired at half-past eleven o'clock to } ate apartments, aod the party only broke up ai three o'clock in the morniug. Several changes are on the eve of being made in the diplomatic corps of France. M. His de Buten- epresent France at Brussels, and Count de *, nephew of the late Connt d'Orsay, will go to Turin. Count de Beara will replace the late minister to Stuttgardt. The members of the imperial family of Louis Na- poleow are to be furnished with new lodgings in the imperial palaces; and I know it isa certain fact that tie Princess Mathilde will go to the Pavilion de Mar- sun, formerly oceupied by the Dutchess d’Orleans M Adelaide, sister to Lonis Philippe. Ex- me goes to the Palais Roy ith his son ; and Prince Murat to the Elysée, which is to be en- tirely renewed for him, as the Palais Royal has been » Jerome. proposed journey of Louis Napoleon to Alters n the tapi, and, according fo the running re- ave asstued that the Emperor wonld direct self, in May next, an expedition against the rebel f Af Ara It is also sp that us soon as the fine weather will | spring seasou, the Emperor will arn to Paris by the route of the neces, Which is to say, Rocheforte, Brest, Morlaix, Cherbourg, Havre and Boulogne. ‘The following departments, Basses Alps, Cotes-du ) Gard, Hle et Vilaine, Mayenne, western pro’ ‘d, Eure et Lo i; in, are called to make their elec tions on the 30th inst. The deputies to the lezista- tive body, which they had previously elected, having been named Senators, must be replaced by others, Louis Napoleon bas received from the Canons of St. John of Latran, at Rome the title of honorary prebendary of their order. Last year M. de Monta also named honorary sexton of the church of San Peter. M. de Lamastine, who had been presented two by the Turkish government with a large | land in Asia, near Smyrna, and who was rm that property by himself, has formed lo French company to propagate agriculture sronnd. But the Turkish yovernment not f English and French a, has redeemed that aamuartine by giving 9,000 francs a year. jeut for the hero of to assemble in t d, and hes se ust & tithe for an income of ii that som of money be siifh ation of 1548 to live or Chai th mbord is at Vienne, and has been re he governor of als, and all the resent in the old Venive, iatic sea. The Archduke of d nthe heir of the Bourton family, ond offered him all the services he could render him. The people of Venice seem to profess the most friendly respects for the Count de Chambord. | It has been decided between the Prench govern. ent aud the other powers of Knrope, that no refu- from any part of the Old World would for the fu- e be received in France. Even the ombaseador | will ne longer deliver any passports for the French | land, which formerly was the refugium peceatorum of all poli exiles, The United States, the land of the free, ia the only territory open to refi for it d that England will soon follow the exaia- ce that Surope but Everything leads to suppose thet a war will soon break out between the In the mean we receive the intel! Mehy armaments are made no operations conld be directed in case of a war. also said that anarchy is still existing in some parts of Hungary, where the life and property of the citizens axe always threatened, despite the proc tion of the martial Low. BH A Manomepan Neoro my Stavery.—A native African called “Uncle More,” resides in Wilrair N.C., eighty-three years of age—forty-five years a slave. His time is chiefly occupied in reading the Scriptures in Arabic. He writes the Janguaye with remarkable accvrecy and beauty of jy The above, says the Wilmington, N. U., cial, bas been handed to 7 wrreapondent has appeared in several of ti orthe some inquiry is made as to its verity : know “Unele More” very well—-‘Prince,”’ as he is usually alled here, on account of a ramor that he is the son of an African King. We believe the fact to be that he was a school teacher of the Arabic in his naiive country, and the above statement is doubtless cor. Prince” is a general favorite, being very inof- 1 | days, and notice of the fact duly given bi wrong may have been done, either to overlea| overlook them. ‘The parties to be affected by these strict proceedings are first to be heard by the Court in the naming and appointment of the commis- sioners; they are next to be heard by the commis- sioners, in making their awards for dai 3, and | their assessments for benefit; and they are eo fom e be again heard by the Court, before the doings of | commissioners are confirmed. Yor these purposes ample time is to be allowed and ample notice to be given—time and notice ni left discretionary with the Corporation, or withthe Corporation Counsel, or with the Court, but fixed and | { prescribed, in their manner, and in their minimum | duration, by the law itself. Such opportunity and 7 notice, so far as respects the new parties and new interests introduced in this case by the change in the een given, and the report, therefore, at the present time, cannot legally fe confirmed. The abstract appears to have teen deposited for inspection in the Street Commissioner's office for the period of seared ie full period of ten days. But as new notice of resenting the report has to be given for sixty days, it would be safer, without involving any increased delay, to deposit the abstract de novo for the full period, and repeatthe ten days notice for objections to be presented to the commissioners, incorporating it, as usual, in the same advertise- ment which notifies the parties of the final hearing Wefore the Court. 1 have arrived at this conclusion with reluctance, | on account of the increased delay and expense, but withont hesitation to the true construction of the Jaw, both in its letter and in its spirit. Rea- sonable doubts, however, would alone have required a new notice. Assessments of questionable validity, in acase affecting so many distinct interests, must inevitably lead, as past experience shows, to tedious and expensive litigation, hurassing to the parties and onerous to the city. evening Hofer,” and the “Writing on the Wall.” Nea Il the talented ar- tists attached to the Bowery will appear. The or- stra will play several popular airs. Geoapway Turarre.—The dramatic company i in two pieces, “Married and Settled” and venta,” artists will display their wonderful feats ey, tumbling, aud various other amusing ted Chine: of neerom, perfor ve drawn immenuse houses to appears this evening as Amina in the beautiful cpera of “La Somnawbula,” assisted by Badiali ond Pozzolini. Berron’s Turare of the “ Ser crowded ho this even The very attractive comedy which has always drawn Barton's Aminadab Sleek is 9 treat in itself. The performances will close with “ Nicholas Nickleby.” Navionan THeatee-—The same entertainments as last evening are announced for to-night. The first piece is the drama of “Harry Burnham,” after which ferr Cline, the celebrated tight rope dancer, will ppear in a variety of feats, All will close with the “Jilgrim of Love.” Warracs’s Tiacarne.—This beantifal establish- ment is nightly crowded by very fashionable an- diences, and the entertainments are always witnessed with enthusie-in. The selections for this evening are Bulwer's splendid piece called the “Lady of Lyons,” and the concnding p is“ The Review.” All the tars will appear, Wurrr’s Tanatre ov Vanierrmes.—The bill of entertainment ofie e tbis evening at White’ will be a repetition of last night's excellent per: formances. AMERI Old I AN Muerve.The new piece, styled the ks at Hon 3 to be + ig-otge again this Two amusing farces will be given in the Cine 3 ~The equestrian amusementa to be given this age vive sa, tie tana are unusually at- tractive. Mucfarland, the tight-rope performer, will niake his second appearance, bi m Curisry's OPERA Horse. —Ch have provided a very excellent p evening. 's Opera trowpe wmme for this ince a varied and at- ve programme for to-night. Tho lecture, and new song, will be repeated, Rovrer Heriur continues to be witnessed by large assemblages. Risiny’s Tuawes avy Bayvann’s Horry Layo are exbibited nightly with great si Madume Bichop will give a series of o sncert n Washington ety during the present week, Heveral of the tickets for Ole Bull's coueert in Norfol old as high as $8 pet corn: 4 $5 andl $4. TriowenorM appeared in the ( ment over the si Harriet N. rdiner (Me) Transcript an aure vatures of a F. Shaw Howard, other as long as they lived, or could live in harmony enstaining the conjugal relations. The people in Gardiner demurred to the transaction, and threatenod & provecution, in consequence of which the following paragraph appears :— Maniarp. —In this city, on Thursday morning last Frekiel Waterhouse, Esq , Ben, riet N, Howard, both of this ¢l y peanin ¥. Shaw to Miss Wye ty. aniry.—-A few weeks since there | proposed imprevement, have not, in two respects, | t i Between the pieces the celebra- | | “, will commence the entertainments | | | to be of a superior character. | desire to force the stock at the present market value, | having, doubtless, fall confidence in its future pro- | against small notes. it they began to appear so abundantly in New York, ond er cl the Empire State, as to excite the of the New York Hrra.p, and some ue them private blown up, and their notes among the poor, who are always the sufferers by the failure of * shin 8,” to the great profit ofthe issuers. This cal at the seat of the federal government, roused Con- ee to the m of a little prohibitive legis- lation on the subject; and a bill is now before the House, which ibits as felony, the issue or receipt of any note under five dollars, by any ae doing business under license in the District of Columbia. @ eastward bil prepostero and an ward,"’ pronounces’ pre} , am regards as ‘‘very extraordinary” the wish of anybody to suppress the circulation of small notes particularly, because ‘they are just as good as large, and v: more convenient for the general purposes of tra and travel,” and because ‘a nig eet against them, simply because they are small, is absurd.” He adds that attempts to sup) small notes in one State or district are idle, while they are tolerated in other States or districts; and it Washington needs “good, sound ie paying banks,” like those issued under the free "Panking laws of New York, with au- thority to issue three dollars in paper for one dollar in coin. Wondering at ‘‘thelack of brains” disclosed by this bill against the small notes, he advises the Committee on the District of Columbia, who have re- ported ae pi. cit hese npr go s the ie of bp matter,’ by est ing ‘good, sound, specie-paying banks,” aa described above. Whoever will go to “the root of the matter,” will penis that paper beet expels coin, and hat, wherever paper supplies all the necessities of exc) con disappear. We, of Pennsylvania, tried that to our satisfaction and our sorrow during the suspension of 1837, by violating our own laws against the ition of small notes. The whole country tried it in 1813, in the general suspension of all banks, and general iasue of ‘‘shinplasters”’ in all the States south of New England. New York tried it effectual, York has tried and is trying it extensively under her “‘free banking law.”’ Our cotemporary says that all attempts of any State or district to suppress small notes will be nu- gatory, while they are allowed we adjoining or neighboring States or territories. We, of Pennayl- yania, have found no such difficulty, though adja- | cent to New Jersey and New York, both of which are inundated with small notes. ‘olumbia ‘good, sound, specie paying banks, like those established under the free ing law of New York, to issue three dollars in paper for one in coin.” in the suspension of 1837. And New | We think that the best banks for the District would | be no banks at all, with penalties: against the circu- lation of paper from any State. Then the District wonld have coin in abundance, and could transact any business as profitably, and oe assafely, as any | adjacent State. A circulation of r for one of coin, presupposes a few things. One 8, that the price of everything is enhanced by this | excess of money, which is no money at all in a revul- sion; and a sudden decrease in snch prices when the revulsion comes. Another is, that a ‘‘shock to confi- dence,” or a foreign demand for coin, drives all this paper paGienly home, and produces the very scarcity which, according to its advocates, it prevents. Does our cotemporary remember the revulsions of 1427 and 1839? We do, and would refer him to our co- Inmns of those days. We are fur from being in love with the free banking laws of New York, for they render banking quite too free for our tastes. Those free banks, founded on Federal or New York State stocks, sometimes suspend; and though their notes are ultimately redeemed, if the stocks are worth the money, and if not, not, these notes are always dis- | creditied during the suspension, the loss always falls upon the poor, and the gain always goes into the pocket ofhim who buys the notes at a discount, and MAO BUAS, be, and sometimes is—the owner of the yank. Washington AND Wasaincton Irvina.—The following incident, says the Buffalo Courier, occurred recently at a breakfast table in Washington city, where Mr. Irving is at present on a visit :— F _ Mr. Irving that he remembered Gen. Wash- ington perfectly. He said there was some celebra- tion—some public affair going on in New York, and the General was there to icipate in the ceremony. “My nurse,” said Mr. L, “‘a good old Scotch woman, was very anxious for me to see him, and held me up in her arms as he rode past. This, however, did not satisfy her; so the next day, when ‘ing with me | in Broadway, she espied him in a shop ; she seized my hand and darting in, exclaimed in her bland Scotch :-—‘Please your Excellency, here's a bairn that’s called after ye !’ General Washington then turned his benevolent face foll upon me, smiled, laid his band Vier my head and gave me his blessing, which,” added Mr. Irving, earnestly, “I have reason to believe has attended me through life. 1 was but five years old, yet I can feel that hand upon my head even now!” A Rete or tHe ~Past.-A large crowd col- jected on the corner of Olive and Third streets on Friday last, to witness the digging up the corner stone of the old St. Louis theatre. On removing the cap, a bottle was discovered, which, on being opened, was found to contain a five cent piece, two rasty copper coirs, and a roll of parchment wrapped in paper. servation, the ent had rotted, so that it was impossible to read what was originally inscribed upon it. This bottle has been buried for some eighteen years.—St. Louis Intelligencer, Jan. 34. FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. MONEY MARKET. Monpay, Jan. 31—6 P. M. There was a very active market this morning. All the leading fancies were in demand, and the pur- chases appeared to be in unusnally large lots. A moderate enquiry existed for government and State stocks, for railroad bonds, and bank stocks. At the first board, Morris Canal advanced j per cent; New | Jersey Zine, }; Niagara Falls Railroad, 1. Florence and Keyport declined } percent; Nicaragua Transit, 4; Reading Railroad, 1; Panama Railroad, 2}; Phoenix Mining Company, 2j; Harlem, j; Hudson River Railroad, 4; Brie Railroad, j. There was no material variation in quotations for bonded securities. | At the second board there was considerable activity, Nim0's Ganpes——Med. Henrietta Sontag, whose | at improving prices. Morris Canal went up j per | cent, with large sales; Nicaragua Transit, $; Har- lem, }. The coal stocks were not so buoyant this | three dollars in pa- | While the paper was in a good state of pre- | afternoon. Phoenix fell off | per cent, but closed at | an advance of 3 per cent on prices current at the first board. Cumberland Coal declined 4 per cent. A new stock, called the Deep River Coal Com- pany, made its appearance in the street this morning, and opened at fifty-five per cent, The mines of this company are located on Deep river, in North Carolina, and the coal is represented It is highly bitumi- nona, and suid to he excellent for steam purposes. | There was « sale atthe second board to-day, of North This is the firat | American Trust, at 21f, on time. for many days. Brunswick City Land Company was pretty well sustained to-day, with moderate transac- tions. Parker Vein Coal Company is only occasion- ally offercd, in small lota. Holders evidently have no ductiveness. The large passenger business of the Nicaragua Trust Company has had a great intluencg H on the stock, and it is steadily moving up. There | wis sale to-day on time, buyer's option, at one | per cent above the current cash price. Harlem Railroad has lately touched very low points. We cannot satisfactorily acconnt for this. It is one of | the most depressed railroad stocks on the raarket. pledging themselves to each | | The receipts at the office of the Assistant Trea- surer of this port to-day, amounted to ¢ payments, $10, 77—Walance, $8,473,721 3 The amount of specie entered at the Custom House of this district, during the month ef January, 1853, wos $5,549,548, against $2,801,000 for the same month Jast year, The imports in January, this year, | comprised $16.799 of silver coin; wold coin, $49,5895 gold dus 753,000, The Manhattan Bank ha: da semi-annnal dividend of four per cent; the Connecticut River Railroad, two per cent on old, and four per cent on stock; the Spring Valley Steel and Lead Mon- new fi A 1 that notes of the denomination of ten City Bank of Colurabns, fives and tens on Bank, and tens on the Clinton Bank of Colambas, of the genuine plate, but with forged signatures, are in cirenlation uring Company, thee » half per cent. lore counterfeit 0 fa Cincin ‘the Leh ment of Register saya the proposed establish- » now railroed route from New York to 502 02: | | Washington city, by way of Baston, to Allentown, | ing houses, shutes, &c., 80 that the coal may be dis- | ing upon it, besides its ready access, is adjudged to Our cotemporary recommends for the District of | Reading, Columbia and Baltimore, meets with great favor by the citizens of Allentown and along the pro- route. In fact, it has aroased the people to action, and petitions are already in circulation for signatures, praying our Legislature to grant a char- ter. We trust our members and those of Northamp- ton, Berks, Lancaster, York and Adams, will give the matter their utmost attention, in order to carry the project through the Legislature. It will give us a direct Southern railroad connection with New Or- Jeans, at no distant day. The Water Commissioners of Chicago have dis- posed of $400,000 city bonds, bearing an interest of six per cent., haying twenty-five years to rua, interest payable semi-annually, The Journal aays the net amount realized by the sale of theas bonds is $361,280, Manufs. of wool, Do, cottos value of tea and coffee imported last week was equal to nearly one-half of the aggregate importations Railroad iron baa not arrived in large lately. quantities ‘The quantity and value of foreign dry goods en- MOVEMENTS IN Do. Do. ilk flax. Miscellaneous dry goods.1,033 tered into this district for consumption, for ware- house, and the withdrawals from warchouse, during the week ending and including Thursday, Jan. 27, in each of the past two years, were aa annexed:— Forman Dry Goons, | . Yatug, | Pigs Value, $249,268 1,165 $367,865 217,769 1,400 400,217 526,431 "768 639,08 81,951 775 147,10 10,086 3,004 00,208 Total........++0¢++4,12681,161,602 7,800$1,564,342 Withdrawn from warehouse and thrown into market during the same period:— equivalent to a premium of $3,000. inthe Chenery 700 T1807, ‘The business of the York and Cumberland Railroad | "yn" Sotton"" "7° an “agama 2hz *aha00 indicates a healthful increase. During the past two | Do. Piel . eS ee bes end months the revenue has been upwards of $9,000, | miscellaneous dry goods 230 6.617 1,071 29,269 showing an increase over the corresponding period . SE eye 4 aoe 11,246 $282,771 1,613 $156,857 of last year of $2,663 99. The completion of the | qq cata for cous fio’: 138-1161, 002 7/899 1,654,343 “Susquebannah Railroad,” which is practically a _ prolongation of the York nd Cumberland road, | ™.tego™™ °PO" 1; coo gy aug ord 0,61261,718,199 must throw a very large and profitable trade and Entered for warehousing during the same period :— Manufs. of w 35 $21,604 100 $23, travel on the latter. The Oswego Times says some contracts are being negotiated for freights on the opening of navigation, at rates, we understand, below those paid the past season. There is a prevailing belief that lake freights must rule low next season, on account of the large amount of tonnage to come out. The New Creek Company, whose peculiar position within the gorge formed by the Potomac in its pas- sage through the Alleghanies, gives it the most ready access to the lowest, a3 well as the highest, veins in this coal region, receives most satisfactory reports from its mining engineer, relative to the im" proving quality of the coal as the openings extend into the mountain. The six feet vein, upon which the company is now working, lies within a few hun- dred feet of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, and at a convenient height for the arrangement of its dump- charged directly into the cars below. | This vein be- ing one of the lowest in this coal field, and having almost the entire weight of the mountain mass rest be of the most compact and superior quality. The arrangements of this company are now so far com- pleted that as soon as the turn-out connecting the mines with the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad is finished, we may expect ample supplies of their coal, and the holders of stock may then look forward to remunerating dividends at as early a date as the most favored companies of this region. The Assistant Treasurer of this port furnishes the Totalent’d at the port.4,608 $ Total put on the market first foar weeks i January, 1852 Do. do. in 1868, Increase in four weeks in 1853 138 8,106 $1,014,194 Ly , $7,011,616 1,288,577 eee 832,717 This is quite a moderate increase; and this rate throughout the season of importation would not swelt the aggregate to a very alarming amount. This ani- formity in receipts of foreign dry goods is a very fa- yorable feature in our foreigntrade. The importa- tions of these articles compose such an important itent nthe total value of imports into this port, that it Stock $20000 U86's, 167, U3 120 8000 US 6's, '6$,...120 6000 Ohio 6's, °60,..110 4000 Kentucky 2000 Virginia 6’ 1000 California 7's. 5000 E €000 Erie Income Be .102 2000 ER RC Bs, 71. do, 33 102), 102 2, 90 serves as a criterion of the movements in this branch of our foreign trade, and is, therefore, watched witl: a great deal of interest. Exchange. 100 shs Dauphin C G a3 60 Cum) Coal Co, bso 160 cr 50 Parker Coal Co. 50 N Creek Coal Co, 3 75 Deep River Coal Co 55 60 Panama R R,.690 134 Sixth Avenue RR 120 “f Dig MG following report of the receipts and disbursements in 108 34 his office, during the month of January, 1853 :—- hn trie) ance cere ii ot ASSISTANT TREASURER’ Orrick, JANCARY 31, 1868. 6 Continental Bank, 102 860 OL Tinuary 1, 16ld-elanee ssc cen # Jeo tys 4g | 26 Corn Fchange Bk100 p30 O11¢ Receipts. 5 Cryatal Palace... 3 OLE On account of customs. $3,542,002 69 260 Morris Canal... 63 ee “ patent fee 4.353 65 400 d TO “ post office d 3,368 70 200 ts n “« i DAATT 823,424,200 3 7 miscellaneous... 4,477 4 ee eauion 6 Roped 37D 400 Edgeworth andCo 63; _ 60 Roe S$ WR. .127 45 EERE TA | 700 Cary Imp Co, ..000 14 4g 460 Long Island 1 9844 Treasury drafts, 35 £00 New Jersey 200 d0.-eeeee0 63 B84E Fost office draft 135,749 13 do 60 Nor & Wor RR.s30 61% 250,000 00—2,284,777 48 60 a Transfer drafts January 31, 185%—Ralance........ + oes B8/473,721 86 January 1, 1850—By balance of funds to pay hess and cor 25. rr 360 85 5 satya 325 Hudson i Rik. .-33 70 Total. 300 ». 36% 50 do... 860 70 Sxzevsens 100. do 18602614 50 Roch L & N# RRS ek 10 Penn Coal Co. ....115 January 31—Palance, SECOND BOARD. By receipts from customs Do. do. Increase in January, 1853. $732,480 36 $1600 U S 6's, 67.....120 3000 Indiana State 5's,101%% 1000 Frie Income Bas.1023¢ §20 shs Chatham Bank1023¢ 200 shs Nic Pran Co.s3 862% 200 i ; 2 It appears by this that there has been an increase E set ea 4 22 = si ie ie : in the amount on deposit, during the month of | 65? 2 N Indians 2 1b January, of $1,190,422 28, "The increase in the re- | 229 cement tet te nti ceipts from customs, in January, 1853, compared with | 100 au the same month in 1852, is equal to an additional im | 5) x a trust io portation of about three and a half millions of dollars. | {00 Bruns © LCo 100 In January, 1852, the value of dutiable goods import- 1 Poangr tani CCo. 6B 100 ‘ ed was $8,589,311. In January, 1852, the total must | 00 ’hanix Min Co.. #01; 200 do 2 4 have been about twelve millions. 100 er 680 bed a tS pe ab A ee a Application has been made to the Legislature of | 100 do i sf 100 Krie Railroad. 530 O1¢ Massachusetts for the charter of a new bank at South | 100 do. Ory Boston, to be called the Broadway Bauk. The amount of duties paid on foreign merchan- dise at the port of Boston, for the quarter ending Dee. 31, 1852, is $1,425,943 50. The amount paid the corresponding quarter of 1851 was $1,182,427 87. Tucrease ef 1852, $243,515 63. The annexed statement exhibits the quantity and value of articles other than dry goods, imported into’ this district during the week ending and including | Friday, Jan. 28, 1853 :— CommERcs OF Mx Port oy New York—Wiskty Inporrs, Brimstone... 250 Bronre pwis 2 Camphor,.. 216 | 4 Carb, awon 4 20 | 3 | Fes, bergam 4 Fi. sulphur, 15 Granill 5 Gum Arabie. 39 Do. Saudia 5 Rapeseed oil Roda ash... 4 Succory..., 0 Sugarlead., 10 Vermillion. |. Other drogs. Lyewoods— Foustic, tone 20 Tgwd, 1b .194,000 Farthenware Eanory . ® is tools 0 ay Se x= Mahogany. 2, Rosewood, , Willow. Wool... Flocks Imports sluded voce, OF for ngliet 13 au Value of merchandise put on market fourth | cok in Janvary Vesuinesieees $1,018 Ho2 Valu dry goods put on market fourth week In January 1.718.190 Total, tenes $2,751,861 The principal items of import during the past week, Colfee, $228,703; undressed aking, | $40,595 ; hardware, $21, d, $22,296 ; stecl, $24,448; sugar, $39,067; tea, $256,114; wool, $31,989. There appears to be a greator variety in the importa tions last wag than we have noticed for some time | previous, With the exception of the articles of tea | and coffee, there was heen no important item, The were as follows : h ‘The 98, p | the sorts Inst -eason. | purelinved at $1 J | bogs were in better ab 194 114) per th | coneisted of 300 bbls. 0. mens, $4 7 a $11 New York proper Fifty-first street vaddo, nt 494 00 New Jersey Zinc 200 Montgomery Zine. 415 OPN, ay, 200 Nic Transit Co. <0 6 CITY TRADE REPORT. Asnrs.—Some 50 bbls, Broapstvrrs.—Flour co at from $22 50 to $30 to River Bull's Head.)—Offer E3;6 for common; Se. $e. for extra: 20 cows and ealy prices ranging from $25 a 7.000 sheep and lambs » to $6, and of the la to our market, whigh all less. The sales to d: any improvement in pric from the highest pe Hing, induced by price: i tinue to pour out thelr s: that our ports are alr peet fo sustain prices abroad day's anles reached 11,700 A¢; superfine No. 2, at $4 933¢ choice State, at $5 43: ern, at $5 56% a $5 8114; mixed to favorite Southern, at $57) 9 $5933; fancy Genesse and Ohio, $6 68% 2 $5 7# 4 ,extra Wester $6 874 @ $6 3714; extra Genesce, at So '684f a $d Monnay, Jao. 31-4 realized $4 6234 9 $4 6) pots, and $5 75 for pearls, per 100 Ibs. yntinued ingood demmnnd,and firm. bbls —sour, at $4 81% a $£ $5 0617; ordinary 81. Pkgs. Val. Instruments— Phys. Fal, | faney Southers, ut $6 a $725. About 1,000 bbls, Je oe $1,584: Mathemat’l, 1 458 | meal were taken, ot $3 50, cash and 60~days credi 4 9.222 Musical 39 | Wheat, rye, and oat; were unchanged. There were 2,54 474 Optical 4 | bushels ¢ owed barley bought, at 72c. per bashel. 8.773 Ivory nuts Corn tavo factors. * business comprised 38,509 5282 Jewelry | bushels new Southern white and yellow, a! 6c. a 72! cc. 262 Leather, 3 per bushel. 1.528 Boots & shoes 2 Washington Drove Yard—Offered, 1,500 16,825 Dressed skius 14 Sonthern and Western, the remeinder 1,387 Undressed do. — steady at from fe. to 9c. per Ib. M: 645 — Pat, leather 2 with about 100 head left over 258,798 Liquors— v Bull's Hend 100 shee} 1,164 randy. cold at $2 to $3 io $6; 150 extra gold at, Lumber— from $7 to Cows and ealves—40 offered and all sold $45. At Chamberlain's (Hudson 00 cattle; all but HOxold at good fair quality, offered, and all so to $15, as in quality; scales of the former bo were effected at 8 offe at Aviees have given some activity last week remained almost lire- y, were 1,700 bales, butdid not show cs, which continue to rule fo. to »int. ‘The receipts continue ap 4 two cents higher than ruled «il f our planting frieads will con- supplies so recklessly, considerin ¢ dy overtoaled, they inust not ex- We know if ia diffleult to abstain from realizing,as the first cost from the abundang corn crops is less than that of last year's ; bubit is the . Keep i only sa eep it on duce th avy atocks, willreap your haryeet. tof sight until the trade can ra- or shipowners aud speculators Frstiris were steady, and to Liverpool $00 bbls. four wore ongaved at 8s, 64, for grain 11 cd. was bid, and 12d. asked, 1.000 bbls. flour were engaged by the steamship Andes at 2s, 6d., 300 to 400 bbls. lard at 40s, per ton, anct | abont 500 bbls. pork and ix no change to notice last week's prices. beef atds. Sd. per bbl. Therw in rates for London or Bavee ‘There was a good dewand for Australia and California, ut Frore.—The day's operations were confined to 360 hoxs+ HAy.—A sale of 200 by 100 Ths. | punch raisins at $2 $0; 20 casos sardines on private teri, and 10 citron at sles was veported at $1 124% pec Hors wore tess abundant, and held ab 2226 0 26 ¢, por iD. ensh. Lowk.—There has been 1,000 bbls. commou Rockland NAVAL S1onr.—Rosin MoLassrs.—Sales were 30 4 802e. per gallon, Ous.—We haye no sal per Wht, and crude turpentine were un- sitered. 200 bbls. spivits turpeutine brought 74)4 a Toc. per gallon, masle of 300 bbls. New Orleans at Nes to report, excepting of 5,000 gallons lined, nt Tie. per gallon. Provisions.--Pork was lower and more active. Tho sale« nied to 700. bbls.— old mess, $18 87) us plenty and cheaper; 27 About 100 bbls, beef hamy Tras, Bevan. t ux, $1.6 Ldo. o seventh atreets, 2ox 100, : 1do. ry brick house and lot #14 wml treet, trond street $580 1 house an nd Sevent 103, with Frau Beef was unchanged. eouulr nm Second sven ction of Fast Broadway, 16 10x of 260 tlerees were made at old prime at $15 8734; new, $16 and new. $18 87'4. Dressed wst, at 8a 816 perth. Lard was UUls. ordinary to prime were sold Tho salew rime at $8 624 0 $5 and city mess at $12 76 0 8 + fotched $15 26 5. Auction :—iy A. J. Bloocker--- ‘ales We —L lot on Third avenue, corner of $2,000; 1 do. adjoining, samo $1,575; 1 do., with cottage on, between Fifty-sixth amb 1,185; 20. adjoining, amine 100, », $1,160; brick house and lot 75 Variek stcoet, J; Wick house and Jot 77 Varick street, $6,200; two ie and Wash- Jayenue, be - 4x7, $1,5705 Third and Fourth avenues, 125; three wlory briele , TL feet from West story rick house No. 5 corner of Grea a; 1 lot on 4 100 feot from Fourtte jainsbarg property ~ rT x 100, each, Lot bh steer ard (hat 600 bbla. J ined at Wye. and - +s movements have been confined to 50 phds, Now ¢ enh an] 50 bhds, masea TALLOW wes dull and ne