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OUR EASTERN RELATIONS. — Coma, Campbell's Report en the Fisherica; Gom. Campbell, commander of ber Majesty's steamehip Devastation, whose report to the Admiral 9p dated on the 10th of last November, states that fom the 20th of May he had visited the priucpal fiahing stations in his ship. Up to the middie of July, be ways, there was no encroachment by the Americans upon the fishing grounds —no inducement existing until the commencement, about that time, ofthe mackerel fishiog; and although there is no part of the Gulf where fish of all kinds is more aban- ant than on the shores of Prince Edward Is!aad, yet @aring the summer months not more than twenty | Doate will be met with, until arriving off the north point, where a considerable fishery has recently been | ewtablished, which he hopes “will be an encour- agement for enterprise on other parts of the coast, | as it ia to be lamented that so much wealth should be | lost to the island,” which he attributes to the people | being engaged chiefly in agricultural pursuits—_ Prince Edward Island being very properly termed the garden of North America—who seem to over- look the greater advantage of a coast teeming with fish, which, if sufliciently appreciated, the wealth of the island, through its fisheries, would be great, ‘Phe fish, he states, are only to be taken close along | the shore, so that if the Americans do not encroach, | they must be unsuccessful from the first of August to | Al of . of the witert> nae ‘4 , the capital ey ee than those of provincial vessels, bait being more plentiful, and coomeueptiy the “cateh” greater, and each man having his own catch. The remedy Com. Campbell considers as siinple—merely to kee; the Americans off according to the hewn 2 this he considers a8 an important consideration, for, he adds, ** it cannot be deniable that so many young men shouki be empIyyed on American vessels, and if they are, it cannot be supposed that their loyalty will not be shaken when they hear republicanism #0 loudly applauded. Again, it is obvious,” he cou- tinues, * tif the fisheries are protected, and arieh harvest secured to the colonist, (though he be taint- ed by such pernicious intercourse.) he knows when he becomes a citizen he loses it. The effect on the man who looks to self-interest alone, is therefore nt-—he does not gain by being a British nd has nothing to lose on pm citizen. Iu short, I respeetfally sabmit that the protection of the fisherics forms the closest bond of union between Great Britain and the United States, ave been deeply impressed with this on duxing my intercourse with the people, and feel it a duty to represent it.” Commodore Campbell concludes his interesting report by suggesting that ten or twelve serviceable entters, or large whale boats, should be stationed at different points along the shores of the Galt, aud ex- presses his belief that, with ten or twelve beats, well manned, and iw charge of ollicers possessing energy and zeal, the Americans might be kept entirel: the fiehing grounds of that part of the coast on which the Devastation was stationed, and which he is satis- Our’ Cogrespandenec. Additional Particulars of the Fearful Accident by the Falling ofa House at Glen Cove—One Person Killed and Several severely Injured. Thasten to inform yon of a fatal and melancholy accident, which ocearred in the village of Glen Cove, Queen’s county, Long Island, on the afternoon of the 7th inst, by which a number of our most estimable citizens were severely injured, and one fellow being hurried into eternity, It was oue of those calamities which ocour #0 often, from the insecurity of modern buildings. There was a trial in progress against a person for selling liquor without a license, and, as he had been tried and con- victed several times for the same offence, there was considerable excitement manifested to hear the case of persons had assembled in a room formerly owned and occupied as a store by Mr. William Harrold, Jr., but now owned by Mr. Richard Kirk. The store is built on a side hill, the north and main entrance being level with the street, one-and-a-half story high; but the office being in the south end of the building, wasin the third story from the ground. The first room below, in the south end of the building, was used as a cellar, the next room above was used for | storing molasses and other groceries, and the third | floor was used for an ollive, in which these persons were assembled to hear the cause tried. The room was crowded, and several persons stood upén a shelf, the better to see and hear. The shelf being unable the month of October. In fine weather, you cannot, | fied would not he resisted by the American fishing | to gupport the weight upon it, came down, andin an he vays, ran down the north shore without seciug | ne bundred to one hundred and fifty American fishing vessels, which carry, on an average, five hun- | dred barrels, worth at least ten dollars per barrel; | and supposing they fill up once—although in former years they were in the habit of taking two, and sometimes three, cargoes from the Gul!—the smallest | posible value taken annually from the coast of that | Ad@and alone ix $500,060. Mature has provided that during the spawning sea- wen the mackerel do not take bait; but from the | seiwing and other means adopted by the Americans, | i # it had not been checked, the fish would, in a few years, have been exterminated. Owing to this in- | terruption, smal mackerel, about three inches long, have already become abundant, which is attributed to the protection thus afforded to the spaw! fish Quring last spring. It seems, . Camp- | bell adds, to be a clearly established fact that not only is the mackerel valua n itself, but where that fish is plentiful th is also abundant. He then describes the fishing establishments in the Bay of Chaleur ‘The people, he says, ull of Wrench extraction, and speak the langu: They sell their fish to the Jersey houses, of whom they Joudly complain of grinding them down in semmer aa to prices; but in winter they a tion by advances made by those h pear, however, to be a most i thoughtless people. The islands wan, and the mai pi- flosked there, capturing offal thrown over by ther erel, prevents th be protected.” ‘There are two considerable fishing cstablisameuts at the island of Miscon, at the mouth of the bay; on Shippigan Island, up the bay, there are also several; and higher up, on the main land, there are one han- dred and fifty boats engaged in the fisheric on Miscon being connected with Jersey hous on the north side of the Bay of Chalcur, at P: two of these have large fishing establi: ‘whose vessels amount to about three thousan which asstinblo in the spring—d the crews dispersed among the curing establishinent« till the a return, fitout, and load their v the South American and Mediterranean ports. Owing to tle interruption which the American fishermen experienced Jast year, the mackerel have again appeared close in shore; and great resulis are expected, if the former are kept away in future. At the fishing establishments of Perce, Point St. Peter, and Gaspe Bay, chiefly connected with Jersey houses, | they have been more successful, with fewer men em- ployed, than for many years past, which is attributed to the Americans being kept off by a boat that wa: | stationed at Point St. Peters, by the Adriral’s orders; and Captain Campbell suggests that one be kept there during the season in future, from which ‘the officer in command can see a great ut of the most important fishing ground in the gulf. | Along the coast of Labrador, between Cape Whit- te and the beautiful bay of Seven Islands, which | abounds with mackerel iu the early part of the sum- mer, which the Americans in former years were in the habit of frequenting very much, and where, in 3861, one hundred sail resorted, committing depre- @ations on the Hudson Bay Company's agent, only geven or eight appeared last year, and only for a few days, the Arrow tender being there at the | time, and subsequently Com. Campbell was cnabled to keep the coast pertectly protected—for which a | boat's crew in future would, in his opinion, be suifi- | elent. The cod-fishery along the coast is good, but is enly followed by a few vessels [rom the neighbor- img province and the Magdalen islands. | Around these islands the fisheries have been very | e, upon which the people depend. The | and mackerel Saber in June, at which time | ‘the Americans arrive; vessels from the British | ces; and as the fishing is carried on by nets in g, the number laid down is enormous. The fish time are- making for the neighborhood of | the shore, to spawn, which renders the tishery every Jess productive; and Com. Campbell ob- year serves, it is only wonderful that the tish are notex- | ed. Nimrod E. Benson, to be Receiver of Public | terminated |; to prevent which, he recoramends that the spring fishing should be confined by law to cod | “ The people of the islands,” he says, “do not ly complain of the ‘Americans; on they receive them more warmly than the pe | of them and pay them well, while they buy their farm produce, and also their fish, and bring articles free of duty. During the late season, | Lag came to an agreement against seine fish- on the shores of the isiands, but the magistrates | doubtfal whether they could enforce it against , provincial and American vessels.” In Bt. G fe Bay, Newfoundland, the principal fishery is the ‘ing, commencing towards the end of April, and lasting about three weeks: during which ‘time, last year, the enormous quantity of twenty-one thourand is were canght and cured, owing to the cool weather at this season of the year. Au in- dostrious man, from herring alone, c.n realize from $250 to $350; but the codfishing is but little follow- ed, and scarcely at all for exportation ; a great many eels , are caught and smoked for winter 0 ELE id Agric is becoming to be more followed ¢ ron ta to the shertness of the fi-hing season not | fering with that pursuit. | * Throughout the Gulf,’ Com. Campbell ste * there is no fishery so valuable as that on the Cape | Breton shore, from about the first of October to the | end of the season, where the mackerel being very | Mamerous, and of the first Mammy # draw to a point | all the colonial and American fishing vessels, the | former, during the last season, running great risks to evade the treaty, which were in the habit of anchor- for the night close to Wolf island, one bnndred | at a time, and weighing the neximorning, throw- | ing their bait over and drifting off shore, thas kor), ing the fish attracted for a considerable di boat trom the Devastation soon put a stop to this prac- tice ; and by the twentieth of the month, the Amer- jean flag had disappeared—at least a imonth eariicr | than in former years.” Com. Campbell here enters into a satisfactory ex- | planation of cause of his detoining sever! ovte sibly British Vessels, which was noticed in. the | HuRarn at the time of ite occurrence. That officer, | suspecting frand, took the jortanity. when a ne ber of therm had anchored ia Hind, to exainine their igor He found it a difficult matter to ps- | eertain their true character, and which occupied his | gz a wel. at the expiration of which, j having taken a description of each vessel and the _ Particulars of her illegal popers, he liberated them with exception of the Creole, which was | turned over to the Admiralty Conrt, and two vessels | without certificates of registry, which were after- | The'preservation of th: ion mackere!, Com. Campbell considers the ion of all the Ane asberles— | Giret, because it is the only cause of foreign encroach- ment; secondly, they afford the best bait, of which the colonial fishermen have been deprived hy the | ander an aj Americans, and the ood fisheries hive been ratned | others more by the offal thrown -overhoard, and third Pr mackerel can only be taken within thr t pr wertbed by treaty, 1 the Phore is prote vee, 1, | Message of Governor Lan interesting class who | for monopoly of roads, Htreets, wun a vessels. of New Mexico, ernor Lane to the From it we extract sof the ondition We lave the message of Legislature of New Mexico. what might not be inaptly called “ both picture,’ in relation to the peepee an he new territory. The Governor say: “Weare very distant from the States access—and surrounded by barbarians of faith. The face of the country is mountainous, and of great elevation, with an appearance of sterility, from a scarcity of water. The population, which much exceed sixty thousand souls, is widely through distant valleys, over av area so that twenty companies of the United States tro ve insuflicient for its wtion against Indian © so badly armed that they perty from depredat sing, the two great int of the territory, are depressed for the waut of a certain market for the produce of the soil, and for the want of protection for tlocks and herds. Your min bandoned, and their products, (gold and. silver »pted,) will not bear jon to mark “ hiways are (av indis- mment) is mongst is overrin white thie’ Your pri- | upon the priucipies of the civi sud- deuly overthrown, and a de mass of new laws (to upen th of the common law) have been subst! imperfect Laws ax following extract:— eased, pt ld by improved acequ by langues. Besides, at a cost within your reach, s May be ca ried upon ; a into ¢ thereby effordin for machinery % 8 ity of is more app cellent well water has been invariably valleys at depths from fifteen to fifty fe et, and Tam much mistaken if good well wate ot We procured at practical depths, even upon the Jornado del Muer- to, and at the Mesas—inciuding that extraordinary table land, the Liano Estacado. Your tac stock-raising are uneguailed; and a well or volnuteer militia force will protect your stock red thieves, and a penitentiary will rid you of white thieves. Your rich wines or gold, silver, copper, lead and iron, and your abundant supply of common salt, coal, gypsum, marble re aud soda, only re- ire time, capital and indastyy, with good roads, to available as great sources of public and private wealth.” Pourricar Court was a defeated dem Chief Justice of Wisconsi fore accepting the nomination sent his resiguation of the office of Circuit Judge to the Governor of the —Judge Larrabee. who andidate for the office of State. Governor Farwell, who is a whic, kept the Be take withont a formal decision, until after the result of the election was known, and the defeat of the Jndge announced, when he very generously re- tarned him his letter, telling him that the inter the State would be in the office. The following is Judge Larrabee’s re- Ply to the Governor's note:-— Manieo: To His Excrureycy Lroxann J. Fa GovEnnol Sin—I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of our letter of 26th inst., inclosing my letter of resigna of ihe office of Cireuit Judge, and have given it the consideration its importance demands. While T ain rauoh gratified by this bigh mark of yor confidence, I am still not a little embarrassed in deciding upon the proper course to pursue. I had abandoned entirely all idea of again occupying a judicial position in our State; aud had formed my plans for the future accordingly, and in view 1853. it of this determination, application hae peed made, with | my assent, to the President elect, for an official position under the coming administration at Washington—a stey | [should not have permitted to be taken had I suppose I would so soon be called to resume iy position on the | cireuit bench. t step cannot now, in honor, be_retr: a, in ing to your Excellcney’s request. I place myself fn a sition Ihave always condewned—that of holding an ce under our [State gove , and at the same time be recking a federal appointment. Thave always thought it the duty of a public oficer to serve out his term, and not make his position # teraporary stepping stone toa bigher one—the ovly exception being where promotion is sought in the same department of government. With this understanding I shall cheerfully assent to your request, joining with you in the hope that the public interest will be subserved thereby. Very re- spectfully, your obedient #e1 vant, CHAS. H. LARRABEE. Presipy yie APPOINTMENTS BY TRE with the advice and consent of the Seuate.—John L. Barnard, to be Register of the Land Office at Leba- non, Alabama, vice Sampson Clayton, resigned. Obadiah W. Ward, to be Receiver of Public Moneys ut Lebanon, Alabama, vice Peter J. Walker, resign- Moneys at Montgomery, Alabama, his term of service having expired. Don Alonzo Spaulding, to be Sur- veyor General of the Public Lands for the district of Illinois and Missouri, vice M. L. Clark, resigned. Phillip H. Pendleton, to be Surveyor of the Customs at Port Royal, Virginia, vice William Gray, deceased. the provinces, as the former employ @ uam- | William Maxwell, to be Surveyor of the Customs at | Sunbury, Georgia; reappointed. Benjamin Stiles, to be Surveyor ofthe Customs at Hardwicke, Georgia; reappointed. Tur Late SHoormnG Avvaik ix WASHING Jas. W. Schaumburg was brought before the Crimi- | nal Court of Washington, on the th inst., on a writ of habeas corpus, in order to have the question of an | application for bail decided upon, the app tion having been made on the ground that Mr. Fuller ‘was now considered out of danger. The Judge, after patiently hearing all that could be urged, deemed an upizion at the present time as to the survival of Mr. Fuller altogether premature, and therefore remanded Schaumburg to prison. Deatn rrou Friaut.—Mr. Moon, a gentleman. trot ri during a trip from New Orleans to la lle, died, as is supposed, from sudden fright. ‘The floor of the cabin of the steamboat caught fire from the stovepipe, and the ery of fire was given on the instant, which greatly alarmed Mr. Moon, who rashed to his state room, and caught up his tru and while in the act of stepping out of the room, li fell headlong to tae floor, and almost instantly ex- pircd. Im ments ln pity. 10 THE EDITOR OF THE JienaLn. The Bowery extension he gees to be fully and heartily appreciated, thoug! paying the owners the highest estimate for p taken perty The indispexsible nece-sity of relieving ndof providing easy and rapid convey- idreds of thousands to pass up and down irow island, and to aud from s' r all time to come, leads to opin' there must be, and. wil avenuer both on the Both are practicable ane delay them? Op 4 prising, liberal minded, judicious, go-ahead citizens who buildup the city, participate in. its prosperity, and In the benclts which reach ci classes, ry rich man opposes any alteration of streets, because he is opposed to it, anil because he would leave all the streets as he found them. If people are crowded on Broadway, let them go off where they pleaze—it is not his business to inake room for othere “Why nut go back to the Indian trails and cow path+? Others entertain the erroneous opi on that oppo- | sition will increase their allowance, or diminish their asse-sments, Then comes the common enemy, that all public megsures, Mat benefits may result to n to themselves. Such men as these oppose all general laws for general good, and long yine and ral ANOCE BR, Kase The other is presented with | thousand | at the last election, be- | tof | subserved by his remaining | theatre, appears to-night in the beautiful opera of | pou; assisted hy Badiali, and other | t—By and | estimates meke the | | immediate benefits more than double the the oppo , county, N. | master. Stephens’ fills, Steuben county, instant the whole flooring gave way, and one hun- dred persons or more fell tumultuously | about ten feet to the tloor below. ‘There was then amomentary pause, but the work of destruction was not yet complete. The next flooring gave way, causing them to fall another ten feet into the cellar. Abont this time a part of the*chimney, with the grate full of red hot coals, gave way, and rolled down on some of the persons below. Those who were so fortunate as to escape unhurt from their pe- rilous descent, immediately made every exertion to rescue those who were injured, and fastened under the broken timbers, and amid the burning coals, The following are some of the names of the injured persons:— ‘ress | Mr. Perry Mackey, fatally injured, and died ina | short time after being removed. Mr. John 'T, Williams, son of Richard S. Williams, ot New York city; head severely injured and burned; recovery very, doubteal. 2 | Mr. Edward Bain, arm broken, and severe injury | of his head and face, besides being badly burned. Joshua T. Wright, leg broken in two places. illiam Mudge, leg broken. r bone bro d, and other- wise injured. Mr. Samuel Frost, leg broken. Mr. Balding, lower ‘aed broken in two places. | Mr. Miller, arm broken. | Mr. Sukley, leg broken, Mr. Meritt, severe injury of the shonlder. A number of other persons, with broken bones ud severe burns and bruises, were taken to their es immediately after the accident, before their » inhabitants of the ity, seemed to vie doing all in their power to uffere he physicians of 1 i no! names could he a ce. er Peter A. Stoutenburgh held an inqnes' morning over the body of Mr. Vi key, deceased, who came to his death ies received from the falling floors of the building ich he was at the time of the accident. The jury rendered a verdict in accordance with the above facts, i sare an- brated with or this ey Hed th unced | drama, ca “Last Days of Pompeii | Deux” by Miss G. Dawes and Mr. Fletcher. The equestrian drama of ‘‘Mazeppa” will conclude the i performances. | Broavway Turarne.—The excellent composition of Sheridan Knowles, entitled the “Love Chase,” will cominence the entertainments, with Mr. Con- way, an excellent actor, as Master Mildrake, and the | accomplished avtre i | This will be followed | the Question. Niexo’s Garnen.—The distinguished Medame Sontag, who has been delighting the v taries of song for some time past at Niblo’s splendid “La Sonnambuls,” | eminent artists. No doubt the house will, as usual, | present a brilliant arrey of fashionables, { perons theatre offers, as usual, an entertainment which cannot fail to drawa large audience. The first feature is the excellent drama called “Paris and London ich embraces nearly all the talented ar- tisys of the theatre. The entertainments will con- | clude with “Nicholas Nickleby.” A fair programme | for one night. aie titled “O'Neal the Great,” with Mr. W. G. Jones as Donald Moor O'Brien, and Mr. N. B. Clarke as Shan | O'Neal, together with the comedy of the “Rough | Diamond,” with Miss Mitchell as Margery, comprise the amusements to be given at this popularestablish- | ment to-night. Watiack's Tuxatre.—Nothing can surpass the enthusiasin of the visitors of this theatre. The beau- tiful piece called the “Lady of Lyons,” which abounds | with the most refined 1 » is being performed every night, and it would seem, from the great | crowds, that the people are as anxious as ever to see it. It will be repeated to-night, with the “ Review.” AmenicAN Musrva.—The amusements announced | for this afternoon and evening at the Museum com- prise the farces of the ‘Dancing Barber” and “Lime- rick Boy,” together with the new and successful drama of the “Old Folks at Home.” Curisty’s Orrra Hovse.—Christ) whose performances are the delight of { ‘s* minstrels, crowded as- | semblages nightly, offer a very attractive selection of | | vocal and instrumental pieces for this evening. Woop's Mixstreis.—-This popular band of mirth- provokii features for this eee Horn, Brig; Newcomb, and Campbell will appear. Baxvarp's Panorama OF THE Hoy Lanp con- tinues to attract crowds to the Georama, Broadway. The admirers of the beautifulin art should, by all means, gee it. Rosert Herter has provided another rich pro- | gramme of diablerie for this evening, at his beautiful hall, 589 Broadway. Ristey’s Tuamrs.—This beautiful panorama is being exhibited nightly at 406 Broadway, with great success. 8, Brower, The Turf. CHartesion (3. C.) Races.—Wastuxoron Courst, Feb, 4. | —Jockey Club Purse $500, two mile heats. B. €. Gamble, by Sovereign, dam Celeri B. g. Lawaon, by Wagner, out of | Chet Betty King, by Boston, dam imp. Glencoe. 4 | Ch. g. Jat, by Hero, out of Phenomenon, ruled out for weight | Boe. B.f. by Glencoe €. €. by Boston Ce. Tempert. "8, 1) Ibs, time, year! tried again. In consequence of this a large number | together, | James Kirby, dislocation of hip and shoulder, | ry | n- | | Mr. Eddy us Arbaces. This will be succeeded by a | favorite song from Miss Hiifert, and a grand “Pas de | iss Fitzpatrick, as Constance. | ww two grand divertiseincnts, | and the entertainments will conclude with “Popping | vocalist, Berroy’s Tuearre—The manager of this prox | Natroxnat Turarre.—The new Irish drama en- | darkies, advertise several of their best | THs eourT. Before Han. Judge , SEOOND DAY, Fre, 10.— The Umited Statesvs. Elisha M. Pitch.— Nicholas Zimmerman, examined by the District At- torney, deposed that he was a cartman; in July, 1862, dock axay ise os fre caske from the Rashi H y jaor i m from the rand pang one "St tie ontaers of the pos ordered him to take them away; carried them to No. 141 Sullivan street; don’t know who kept the lace; Mr. Brogden the took one cask from the ship to the corner of Broadway: from the place and 3 took some-casks on & former occasion ‘shi Westiogba: don’t remember the — ai Mr. Bartlett, the keeper of the Washing- n hotel. ’ Cross examined—It was in the middie of the day he carted the goods; it was openly doue; no attempt at concealment. Henry Bhi de; |, he keeps a porter house | at No. 11 Wait street; there were casks of brandy brought in the morning from the Washington, and two more left at my door about dinner the same day; opened them, tasted them, and found they were brandy; it was not sold to me, bat treated with Mr. Brogden for it; this was the summer of 1852;"the brandy was taken away the same day; saw Mr. brog- den at my store the same day; I don’t know where it was carried to. m Christopher Het rdepored 1 keep, Castle Ga er Heiser depored—I keep je Gar- den; in the summer of 1852 1 bought two casks of brandy; five were brought there at different times from the steamship Washington; { bought them all from Thomas Henry; he is steward of the Washing- ton; I paid him by checks payable to the order of Thomas Henry; | bought some of them from Mr. ~ Pac was steward of the ship uuder Captain Floyd. The witneas was not cross-examined. ‘The witness Cooper recalled by District Attorney, deposed that Capt. Floyd commanded the Washing- tonin August, 1501; Mr. Fitch (the defendant) was chief officer; Mr. Adams was purser; there was a quantity of gin besa on that voyage; it belonged to Capt. Fitch and Mr. Adams; it was brought to New York, and sent ashore here; it was purchased in Bremerhaven by me, because i spoke the German language, by the orders of Mr. Fitch and Mr. Adams; the papers produced are the bills of the gin; I paid the money for it, which Mr. Adams gave me; Capt. Fitch was present, and we were all talking about it on the deck; I know of two casks of i | | | brandy being brought out in the Washington, in May, 1862; they belonged to Captain Fitch, and were carried by Mr. Zimmer- man to the Washington Hotel; in July, 1851, there were four casks of gin belonging to Mr. Fitch brought from Bremerhaven to New York; I sold some of them to Mr. Bushing, who keeps a store in West . Adams paid for the four last casks of gin I speak of; Mr. Fitch was present; I got the money for them here, and gave it to Mr. Adams; the casks were all discharged in the day time; segars were brought in the ship every voyage for the last eighteen months; in June, 185], there were five or seven cases; | know they were segars, because I bought them for Mr. Adamsand Mr. Fitch; they went toa Mr. Sturgie, and afterwards to Ashland & Davis, Beaver street. [Aa case about the size of a large tea chest produced.) That is one of the cases, the boxes of segars were enclosed in the cases; every other voyage, for the last eighteen months, we brought segars; in May, 1852, there were two cases, they be- longed to Captain Fitch; #e told meso; he told me to take care of them, and I stowed them away; in July, 1852, there were eight cases; they were as large | what became of them; they belonged to Mr. Adams. Cross examined by Mr. Cutting—Capt. at Bremen; he was not on board at any time when | cargo was taken in, To the Court—Bremen is sixty or seventy miles from where the vessel la, To Mr, Cutting— oil him: Capt. Fitch was sometimes ashore and sometimes on board; don’t know whose duty it is to r cargo; generally saw the mate do it; never the captain do it, except the mate was absent; 2s far as I have seen, a captain pays no attention to the | cargo; I always have seen the mate do it, and yet [ do not know whore duty it is; I never made complaints to the owners or to any body else of the smuggling in 1851, because I did not know then that there had been avy smuggling until I was told of it in 1852. It was last July and August I made the complaints; the last voyage that | made it was told to me by Mr. King that there had been smuggling ; he wanted me to smuggle the ten casks of brandy; that was his first voyage. Q.—Then how could know there was smuggling in 18517 When King asked me in , 1862 to smuggle the brandy, I inferred that all they ; carried in 1851 was smuggled; I judge from that ; in the complaint I made in writing,| did not put in any charge of smuggling, but that of the last voyage ; I stated in it all the smuggling that I knew of, but I | ex] payee King asked me to smuggle the ten casks. The witness was cross examined at much length as to the possibility of his identifying the cases and the | segar box preduced] ; he knew them because he ht them, and the box has the Bremen mark; 1 did not make application to Captain Fitch to allow | me to purchase goods; I didn't swear to have revenge because he refused to advance me money; I cannot say if I complained that my credit had been , ivjored in Bremen by his not advancing me money; I don’t know that they threatened to arrest me; Adams did not refuse to advance me money; I not tell him I was in danger of being arrested. To the District Attorney—The two casks ot brandy , brought outin May, ’52, were delivered to Mr. Bart- lett at the Washington Hotel. Rudolph Striker Cae lh eg in the summer of °51 he bought four or five cases of se; from Ans- ler & Davis; er went with me; 1 had seen one lot of the segars before; they came to my store, 101 South ong from the corner of ented an South streets; the case produced is one of those I bought; | it contained twenty-three or t i segars. | Erosexamined Cooper left upwards of 60,000 segars with me for sale; he said they belonged to Mr. Fitch; when he came back he asked if I had sold the day the ship sailed boughs them, ana pela per | the iP em, and pai | in onah for them; he came’ back ad a | Adams was not satisfied; I did not take a receipt | from him; Cooper took the rest, about 20,000, away | with him; that was in July or August | . Gerrad S. Stagg, tees Gee | House, in the bd tet ie of the Coll 3 | Mr. Hall to prove by the witness, that the | manifests contained contents of casks, and that | Rone of those on board the W: , in the July voyage, were stated to contain brandy. Ir. Chace Tessie and the Court would not ex- clude them, but would tell the jury that they were not evidence, in a ertminal prosecution, of the con- | tents of the casks. | Witness proceeded—Those are all the bills of lad- | ing that I could find belonging to that voyage; I find oes ae marine ud on oe except ee consigned euchtwanger; it appeare the manifest that there were two: x. casks, Hat the officer returned one of them as a keg and the other a case; in the entries of the May voyage, | find they correspond with the word cask, with one exception consigned to order; there is another exception, pur- porting to be a » but was returned by the officer | to bea case. [Two free permits and six eutries of goods by the May voyage, produced. ] Cross-examined—I have not the most distant idea how many entries there are on aa manifest; the six entries are made by different consignees, and the two permits are different 8, 80 that | have in court only six entries and two permits out of the one hondred and fifty or two hundred entries that are on this manifest, and I can’t state what the description | of the remainder of the consignees’ goods was; [ did not bring into court the entries of packages or cases; there are about two hundred, or over that, of different consignees on the July manifest; I have not the most distant idea of the number of cases or packages on that voyage. Mr. Franklin recalled, and identified three other manifestse—June, July, and September, 1861—inade | by Captain Floyd. Mr. thee J Cy cet to their being received in evidence against Cay Fitch. Mr. Iiall offered them to show that there was no entry of gin or brandy on them; Mr. Fitch waa then first officer. ‘The Court ruled that the District Attorney had a right to put them on file, to show that on the face of g Day.—Poststake a r or ren o eae, te Pamonkey, out of — | jn rid was no entry of any articles of this de- ‘are shington, ByC@re.....seseseeeeee sevens Po ¥ Mr. Binkler’s ch. g. Lot, by ore; ost of Phenomenon, . Lewis “arctan 8 deposed that he bad one cask Gyears.. rf imported by the Washington; it contained nikel. ina, by Bosion, out of Mr. Bacon's b. in. wr of ty ippl ages in the college at Her- , ecently fell trom the tender of a railroad between Charleston and locomotive on | Memphis, when the wheels of the whole train passed over his right arm, crushing it in several places. He has since ‘died. . Rape axp Porsontxe.—On the Ist inst., a free | negro, named William Henry James, residing in | Henrico county, Virginia, was arrested and com- Initted to jail, charged with having committed a rape upon the person or a free girl, named Frances Ann | George, and with afterwards administering poisoh, | which produced death. Post Ovrice Operarions.—Established-— Swaineville, Alle; Y., J. Doyle, ras G. Stepher8, postmaster, — Discontinued —- South Franklin, De:sware county, N.Y. Name changer, Richland, Geweag county, N.Y., changed to Po- | Nem, Fe es ‘ohn Macnally, seaman on board the Washington, in the May voyage—Saw one quarter cask of brandy on the homeward voyage; I know it was brandy, }e- cause Iwas down in the hold one day, when Mr. Bragden and the Captain’s steward came down and tapped the cask, and gave ua some to drink; there were other casks there; I saw some eight casks on board in the July voyage. _ David Buel, Inspector of Customs, seized segars in the store of Ansler & Davis, on the 16th Septem- her, 1852, by the order of the Collector; there were ae quarter boxes. icholas Busey deposed that he bought giv from Mr. Cooper; Bee! of bnsiness is 42 West street; it was in 60 or ’61 I purchased ity there were three casks; I can tell the year by loo at ny books; I never bought any gin from him but once. Cros#-examined—C came alone; J bad known | him four or five years; I paid him cash; I don’é know that I took'a receipt, but I think I did; if 1 find the receipt, I will produce it, Con to me. To the “Lag vd delivered the ‘To Mr. Cutting-—I ht some woollen socks and stockings from Cooper also; I couldn't say how many, but there were somewhere about a handred dol- lara worth; they were pot cp in a package three or four feet long; t paid him rash: I don't think T took | ® receipt ip thet jamiynee. h was | again as the case now produced; I do not know | Capt. Fitch came down with the | ; When the ship was at Southampton, | ive the | saw the | t that all the rest was smuggled, and I expect | aid | wenty-four boxes of | in the Custom | lector. District 1B, de eae riverine ho meen of) . sp oc, ‘extined by posed—Y saw Mr. Bragden in ago; I issued a sulpane for in court; I issued a s for McCabe, the fourth officer; 1 think 1 saw here this yesterday; I have never seen Capt. Floyd in our office to my knowledge; have seen Hendry, and sub- panacd him. Mr. Hall said, if this testimony was to show that the District Attorney bad faile produce those witnesses, he would prove that they bad stated to him, in the presence of witnesses, that they knew nothing about it. = a The case was then adjourned to Friday morning, at 11 o'clock. FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. MONEY MARKET. Tuurspay, Feb. 10—0 P. M. All the leading fancies continue in active demand at steadily improving prices. The bulk of transac’ tions to-day was for cash. At the first board Nica. ragua Transit advanced 3 per cent; Potomac, 4; Cumberland Coal, j; Harlem, j; Hudson Rail- road, 2; Northern Indiana Railroad, 1; United States 6's, 1862, 2; United States 6's, 1867, }; Con- tinental Bank, 3. At the second board the market was not so buoyant; and at the close, the tendency was decidedly downward:—Nicaragua fell off } per cent; Cumberland Coal, 4; Parker Vein, 4; Pho- him; I Erie Railroad, }. Harlem advanced j per cent; Michigan Southern Railroad, 4. The coal stocks appear to labor under the greatest depression, but the probability is that it is only temporary. The New York and New Haven Railroad Com- pany have declared a dividend of three and a half per cent; the Watertown and Rome Railroad, five , per cent. Mr. S. Draper will sell at auction, at the Mer. | chants’ Exchange, to-morrow, (Friday,) after the adjournment of the board of brokers, a number of shares of stock of the Michigan Southern, Northern Indiana, Erie and Kalamazoo, and Oswego and Syra- cuse Raiiroads, Astor Bank,and North American Insurance Company. Also, $11,000 of Ashuelot railroad bonds, and $2,000 California sevens. The advices from California, via New Orleans, by telegraph, are not of a very satisfactory character. ‘The semi-monthly shipment of gold dust from San the circumstances, it is, perhaps, as large as could have beenexpected. Prices for provisions in San the latest date, had not produced a corresponding bly bring more favorable accounts, and a larger amonnt of gold dust. The steamer Ohio, with the several days. The receipts at the office of the Assistant Trea- surer of this port, to-day, amounted to $185,175; payments, $8,701 84—balance, $4,177,272 84 The earnings of the Norwich and W ster Rail- road Company, tor the month of January, amounted to $18,426 15, against $15,583 55 tor the same month in 1852, showing an increase of $4,842 60. | The importations into this port to-day, (Mebyuary 10th,) have been as follows: — Coal—100 tons. Coffe os per Statira Morse, . Drogs—0 cask soda as! casks 28 casks cream tartar, 165 cases gum, 100 cases licorice root. Fruit—2,490 boxes oranges, 906 boxes lemons, 5 casks 67 cases plums. Hemp—i,655 bales. Iron—581 tons pig. Lead—073 pigs. casks black lead, 20 kegs yermillion. 9, Spelter—9,729 plates. ‘Tea—11,85% are The discussion in the Wisconsin Legisiatare, about the Fox avd Wisconsin Improvement Twelve per cent bonds, payable at the office of Simeon Draper, arose in consequence of the application for the ad- mission of this scrip as a basis for banking purposes. ! The importance to the State of the work for which this scrip was issued, and the character of the secu- rities pledged for its redemption, are well under- stood and appreciated by the Legislatare, and there is every expectation that they will come to a favor- able decision on this question, which will add to the value of these every way desirable securities. under date of the 4th inst., as follows:—“I have taken out of the Paxton mine a barrel of most ex- cellent specimens, such as probably were never taken out of any mine in ,the world at o similar depth— say thirty-five feet from {the surface—and would be very hard to beat by any mine, at any depth. I think we have a most astonishing vein of ore at the Paxton mine. It is now over four feet in width, two feet of which is solid copper, and the balance is strongly impregnated with copper. It appears to be steadily increasing in size as we godown. I believe, and the miners at work are confident, that in sinking a few feet deeper, we shall have at least four feet of solid copper in the vein. The specimens I have se- lected are a fair average of the vein, and were all thrown out at one blast.” It is estimated that ore from this mine can he transported to Baltimore at the low cost of $1 50 per ton. We learn from the ,Centreville Sentinel, that on Monday, a report having obtained circulation relative to the solvency of the Farmers’ and Mechanica’ Bank, at Chestertown, Md., quite a severe run was made upon it; but up toa late hour that day every dollar that was presented at the counter was paid off readily, in just‘such funds as the holder demanded. The pro- visions of the charter of this bank restrict ite issnes to double the amount of capital actually paid in. For any excess beyond this sum, the private property of the directors is liable. The Cincinnati Nonpareil cautions the public against the notes of the following Indiana Banks, as it has learned, from good authority that they are not received on deposit by the State Bank of Indiana:— State Stock Bank, at Logansport; Plymouth Bank, at Plymouth; Government Stock Bank, at Lafayette; Gramarcy Bank, at Lafayette; and Poblic Stock Bank, at Newport. The last annual report of the Morris and Essex railroad company, made to the legislature of New Jersey, presents the annexed exhibit of earnings, expenditures, &c. :-— Morris AND Exsex RAILnoan. Capital stock. . Funded debt Contingent fu a Newark and Hackettstown Cash and bills receivable... Income from passengers, freight, and other souree:— Passengers. ..seeee Freight, Mails... Rents and sundri 988,418 27 49,073 77 Paid for repair, right of way, motive po and contingencies . Interest... tees $8 tb 7,921 14 Company for the month of January, 1853, was $129,- - 348 59, of which $101,819 49 are from the main stem, and $27,529 10 from the Washington Branch: ‘This shows an increase of revenue as compared with January, 1862, of $37,190 04 on the main stem, and $3,528 11 on the Washington Branch, making 9 to- tal increase of $40.719 15. The transportation east- wardly into the city of Baltimore,*on some of the principal staples, has been as follows:—-Bark 35 tons; coal 12,475 do.; firewood 3 do.; flour 73,746 barrels; grain 1,078 tons; granite 765 do.; iron 480 do.; iron eve and manganese 803 do.; lard and butter 18 do.; leather 48 do.; lime 63 do.; Ilve stock 1,804 do., viz: 6,206 hogs, 446 tons; 1,473 sheep, 84 do.; 189 horses and mules, 86 do.; 2,416 horned cattle, 1,190 do.; meal and shorts, 283 do.; pork and bacon, 113 do.; tobacco, 1 hogshead; whiskey, 678 barrels; miacella- neons, 423 tons, ‘The Secretary of the Navy, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, reports that the total quan- tity of coal contracted for the present year, is thud clapeified:— Anthracite, 19,182) tone; American bitu- incar, 3005) tone; Engtieh biturinape, 5807 tans, excéye’| For parposesafioat (stam 2; Montgomery Mining, §; Long Island, 4; | Francisco in January was not yery large; but, under | Francisco had depreciated largely; but this, up to | decline in the interior. The next steamer will proba- | mailto the 15th of January, will not be along for | . | greater extent than our own, both as a bighway t The agent of the Potomac Copper Company writes | Balances... ss sseesseseeeeseeeseseegeres $51,881 37 | Dividends for the year amount to $28,492 98, payable in cash. The revenue of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad | 1 ca ), anthracite, 9,376 tong; American bitamirions, 4,999 tons; English bitu- ininous, 5,857 tons. A new bank has been established in Knoxville, Tennessee, under the free banking law. A project fora sbip canal, connecting the waters of the Chesapeake and Delaware bays, is now befare the Maryland and Delaware Legislatures. The bill before the Maryland Legislature provides for the con- struction of the canal from some convenient point on the Chesapeake bay to the Delaware line; said cana | to.be at least 100 feet wide upon its surface, and ¢o | feet wide at the bottom, wherever practicable. The capital stock of the proposed company is to be | #2,000,000, ‘The Florida legislature, at its last cession, passed a Jaw for the establishment of free banks in that State. They have now no banks there, nor have they had for some years, nearly all the notes circulating in the, State being notes of Georgia and Carolina banks. An effort is about being made in Boston to place | the financial affairs of the Vermont Centra) Railroad in ajsound position. It is believed that, by efficient management, the road can be made productive to all parties interested. An increase of 50 per cent only) on the receipt of last year would be a gain of ; $813,000, making the total income $938,000 for the | present year. his, it is thought, will be enfficient, | under the new tariff, to pay expenses, $469,000; rent, $100,000; interest, $245,000; deterioration, $24,000; and leave a surplus of $100,000; which is | equal to $1 per share on the whole capital’stock, ot, which 90,000 shares only have yet been issued. In | August last, when the company’s affairs looked much | less prosperous, the stock declined to the very low | price of $14, but it has since gradually advanced over ; 50 per cent, “and sold yesterday at from $213 to-$21¢ The first mortgage bonds have also risen from 85 to | 96 per cent.; the secong mortgage from 73 to 83 per) cent; and the Canada Railroad—which the Central] | hires at 8 per cent.—from $93 to $108 per share. | ‘the accounts of the Bank of France for the past] month, again present unsatisfactory indications; but not to the same degrce as the preceding returns. The bullion has experienced a further decrease of| £1,200,000, making a total decrease of about £4,200, | 000 since the middle of September. The advances on stocks and shares, however, instead of having in-| creased, as heretofore, have each experienced a small diminution, amounting in the aggregate to about £450,000. To the bills discounted, which increaséd' £1,000,000 in October, £800,000 in November, and £1,200,000 in December, there has been a further addition of £1,700,000. The annexed table, from the" Albany Argus, exhi- bits the relative amounts of tonnage which reached tide water by the Erie Canal, from this State and from Western States, in each of the past seventcen years :— or im Erm Canat. Western From thie State. ms. fons. v4 TONNAGE P 966,993. 1161,978 492,721 The Western States use the canal to 4 much market for their products and for the retarn of their merchandise, and consequently contribute propor. tionally more towards swelling the canal revenues. The difference in favor of our own State has stea dily increased with the gradual diminution of th | Cost of transportation, a diminution in no appreciab! degree the result of what has been done toward: the enlargement, but owing almost entirely to reduc tions in the rates of toll and to the improved con‘ struction and increased capacity of boats. An enlarged canal, by cheapening transportation would draw to it an immensely increased tonnag¢ and business from the Western States, and would a” | largely augment their contributions to the cana! | revenues, and towards the payment of the State debt The entire tonnage arriving at tide water, in 1852) via the canals, it is preper to add, was 2,234,822 The tonnage cleared from tide water was 521,527 The total movement of property, 2.756,349 tons, A new class of boats is now in the conrse of con struction along the line of the Erie canal, which wil’ increase the tonnage transported another seasor very materially. Most of these new boats are ninety six feet in length and nearly seventcen feet wide Their tonnage, by custom house measurement, wil be a little less than 130 tons, but they will actually carry about 220 tons. It is estimated that one ov these boats will carry 1,250 bbls. of flour on 5 draught of three feet. This will be a cargo of some thing over 132 tons, which can be increased at Alba. ny, before coming down the river, about 750 bbls. or eighty tons, making 2,000 bbls., or somethin, over 213 tons, pital sees TIbAc oo ehh Min 560 32 12014 200 do... OO 34 | 10000 do....b10 100 11000 HudRR NewBds 06 1000 Pa Coal Co Bds, 101 10 shs Ocean Bank.. 20 Chatham Bank., 10 Metropolitan Bk, 20 Cee 30 Continental ( 500 do... 530 100 Nor & Wor Rit... ¢ 600 do., 255 Cary Im 160 Portsm’h D 100 a 475 Flor & 200 do 100 - do, 100 Nie Transit 450 Phen i ae i 26 Phoenix din! 400 do.. . 8 50 aid 33 SECOND BOARD. do... $2000 ERR CvtBds'71 983, 50 shs Mont Mining. — 4', 6000 Erie Inc Bd... 983¢ 50 N Ia BR. 2 260 shs Nic Trans Co. 250 Potomac Cop Co... 100 Brung Gity L’dCo. 100 Fagowerth Ld Co 60 Vlor & Keyport. 20 do S Cary Impt Go. bi0 Parker Coal Co... 50 do | 900 Phoenix | 260 wo ‘Taurspay, Feb, 10—6 P. M. Aun males have been made of 39 bbls at full prio. | at $5 1894 a $6 8734 } good Canadian at $5 313, | ry to faney Western at $5 4856 & $5 6234; common ta | good Southern at $5 682¢ a 85 873g, with other gradee in proportion. Fine rye flour commanded $4 60, and Jersey meal $3 50 per bbl. The cales of wheat were confined to 400 bushels Genesce white at $1 20, and 90) bushels Long. Island red at $1.12, Ryo, barley and oats were unaltered. Corn continued to depreciate. “The reached 25,000 passe new Fouthern white and yellow at 63c. a G8c. per ehel. SR ne en tes Rio were taken at 9346. a° 97,0, per Ib. Corron.—The sales were about 1,300 bales to-day, — very unequally disseminated, Prices cannot be called firmer. Fraants.—Rates were heavy, with ta of rt in Galk "and post y 32,000 bushels grain, fd.; 14,000 bushels wheat, on private terma; bblé. Hour, at 2s, 6d. ‘To Glasgow, 2,000 Dbla. flonr were | engaged, on private terms, ere was nothing new to Lonion or Havre, To California rates were steady, at previous quotations—700 bbls, flour were e for Avatratia, at $2 50, Vw here have been sales made of 250 koxes Maucy.