The New York Herald Newspaper, February 19, 1853, Page 6

AFFAIRS IN MEXICO. Important Document of General Arista, The latest news from this distracted republic com- prised the coup cle min of the ad interim President Cevallos in dissolving Congress at the point of the bayonet. He will rule as supreme dictator until the assemblage of « national convention, convoked by him for the 16th of June, for the modification of the constitution. Private accounts received by us, de- | scribe Cevallos as a man of considerable energy, | talent, and address. He was president of the Supreme Court, and by virtue of his office Vice- | President of the republic, when the resignation of | General Arista, and the consequeut action of the | Chamber of Deputies, placed him at the head of | Mexican affairs. In person he is a man of middle height, rather thin, with an intelligeut countenance. | He is supported by the partizans of Arista, and re- tains in office the persons appointed by his predeces- faithful of itp Seno ental ae is it, and 1 obey it, up to the moment, ning, in z with ite dispositions, the chief tracy which the nation has conferre] upon me, canse the name and the prerogatives are a very-heavy load and a_ barren title when they are accompanied neither by the power nor the respect which are inhe- rent in them. % i As to the political motives which justify bd resig- nation, adding to them the injuries which my health has undergone, both require that the resolu- tion adopted be efficient, aud be promptly real- ized. Yo be briefin that which concerns myself, [ inform the angust Chambers thet | have commanded his Excellency, the President of the Court of Justice, to take charge of the government until Congress supply the vacancy, conformably to the constitution. If L were the only bstacle, that obstacle is removed; and, as a last favor, [request the Chambers to con- stitute themselves into a permanent session until they accept the renunciation which I here renew of the Presideney of the republic. Manrano ARIsTA, Mexico, January 5, 1853. NEYMAN PRINTER.— A Wixprann ror a Journ Bor, by which matters are kept somewhat quiet. | 4 “letter received yesterday by Augustus B. Me- Capt. Mejia, son of the general of that name, who been one of Arista’s aides-decamp, and had left the city with him, has returned, and been ap- ted to the same post near the person of Ceval- As the official document in which General Arista gave his resignation has not been hitherto published this country, we give our readers a translation of that important and interesting paper:— GENERAL ARISTA'S VALEDICTORY. Called by the vote of my en, t» occupy the chief magistracy of the ve; , | have, in the time and forms prescribed by luw, solemnly sworn to consecrate inyself entirely to its service, by strictly 1 ernin; maintaining the institutions goy- the nation. In the hope that the applica- thece institutions would suffice to heal its : ra which have led ati Gireoted all my eff. ‘ of confidence and of good conuections between the y efforts towards the re-establishment local and central authorities; convinced that union | and harmony alone rive strength and stability, and that political associations such as ours can only be peed by concord among those who are charged | watch over their common interests. ? Federal institutions—as the globe which we in- babit—are maintained only by the intimate cohesion of the les which compose them. Ln this convic- tion, I have administered the aflairs of the republic | in peace. Printers lead a ¢ the two years which a few days will com- Sustained by it, I have conscieutiously sworn no means, no effurt,and even no personal @, to reach the end which I had proposed to . In the same sentiment, | address myself to- the representatives of the nation, to restore to the power which they have placed in my during Wine to fF In taking a resolution of so extreme a nature, [ am siaiing neither to the events which threaten the ni Sich they present, still less to sentiments to which, by Divine favor, I have ever been a stranger. I yield Ohi to the total want of means to govern events, and par- ticularly to the iegal impossibility of acquiring those means. The facts which at this moment place the nation ‘on the edge of an abyss, have announced themselves since m; crisis, and the Selig ea whic! As jl spirit, have succeeded recently in overthrow- Pe Prcthing, even to the respect, dignity, and moral power of authority. Desirons of relieving and remedying the effects of the grave error committed on a point of legislation, and of the most vital importance for the maiuteaance of the institutions of the country, | have decided, asa last and extreme measure, to implore the co-opera- tion of those who should have the most interest in Ba them; but the government has met, there, only bitter irony, which has prepared the general The opposition, as usnal, had taken for pretext, the minisury, which it made the object of its attacks. ce, I stripped m prerogative of filling all vacancie persons exempt trom party pre, cedents were honorable; conse myself, in con- junction with them, to the pure simple acts of - administration, and avoiding any theoretical ques- tions which might re-awaken party passions. This ———, disappeared under the same influences, and Yter if succeeded, with an alarming rapidity, pro- eg of portfolios, interims, and vacancies. with- it the bility of finding means to surmount the avi je resistances Fhich have at length paralyzed rca same tod government, while, from day to day, were increasing in number and fortilyin, ‘The life Mt hTh ~* ifficulties which Thave thus rapidly glanced at might leave some iope of remedy, ip Greate with which I endured’ events—exhaust- ing measures of kindness and pradence, to avoid the scandal and the consequence of a rnpture ;_ but hope tnd the aigaity of the ity first magistrate of the nation ‘Were vilified and violently attacked without the cul- soffering a salutary and deserved chastisement. was an end, at once, not only to its power, but to the government itself, for, when attacks of such a nature are directed against the person of the Presi- Sent, they neccesarily strike the executive powel which is an institution, and the keystone of the social edifice. The efforts of the enemies of the government, and of my enemies, have had for their principal design to heard from. and institutions, nor to the dangers | advent to power, through the treasnry Tennessee .. ‘rom that crisis have sprung the opposition | carefully operated upon | lost from the day in which the person | Donald, a journeyman printer in this office, iaformed him that his great uncle, Marshal McDonald, who re- cently died in Paris, at the Hotel de Ville, seed eighty-two, had left him by his will a snug little for- tune. McDonald was wealthy, and was a Marshal of France, appointed by ero age The printer will start for the cast Semper, with the inteation of going to France forthwith. He has realized many of those strange vicissitudes which printers more fre- quently mect with than any other class. He was a sailor in the British navy, and received a peasion in consequence of & wound in the leg received at the sincerely and | bombardment of Canton. He fought in the Mexican war from Vere Crug to the city of Mexico, and was wounded in the ankle at Vera Croz. He bears tho mark of a severe wound in the neck, which he re- | ceived at the gates of Mexico, and secured a pension from the United States. His brother, ArthurjMc- onary régime, | | Donald, was 9 surgeon in the British navy, and was on board the Terror in the expedition of Sir John | Pranklin, since’ when, of course, he has not been heard of. Augustus is the person spoken of recently in an evening paper, whom we interested ourselves in releasing from jailon Sunday last. We mention the fact, because the circumstances of his arrest and imprisonment were not discreditable to himself, and to give a more striking illustration of the ups and downs of life. We hope that he will secure his legacy without difficulty, and enjoy it for the rest of his days log’s life, and it does us good to record a bit of luck, when the recipient of it is an old typo and an old soldier to boot.—Mil- waudere Niws, Feb. 5. Hogs Packep ww oraz West.—The returns from the far West, viz: Missouri, Illinois, and fowa, have not yet heen reported to any considerable ex- tent. Below we give the aggregate of all the re- turns received up to this date, not deeming it impor- tant to publish any further d until we are able to present the full statement :— 1851-52. 1852 . 564,962 In ‘ 464,833 Illinois .... 108,703 Kentucky. .... 333,300 Towa....... 22,500 Missouri 52,080 87,000 10,000 32,000 Total 1,230,850 TRDORIE. 55k ios wh icind ahaa kchetae Wiscoyst re Pris The following table is from the Commissioner's report to the Legislature of Wiseonsin :— The number of convicts in the 1852, was... Received since, w prison, April 1, eae | 3 , to December 31... 16 31 Whole number imprisoned during that time. . Discharged by expiration of sentence........ 3 Escaped in September....... acd the number confined Dec. 31, 1852 ber, two are females. Lowkin Liqgvor Agexcy.—The amount paid cut for liqnors to supply the agency in this city, from the time of its opening last summer to the 1st January last, or about six months, was $4,164 67. The receipts from the sales durlng the same period, for medicinal or mechanical purposes, were gt The expenses of the agency were and thns the aggregate amount paid out exceeded the aggregate receipta by the sum of 2454 OL. There was, however, & stock of liquor on hand on the Ist of January, worth $962 1s. The agency would seem to be doing a good _busi- nes#—that is, disposing of liquor for medicinal and mechanical purposes at the rate of nine or ten thon- sand dollars per annum.—Lowell Courier. Hatimvr Fisuery.—The Gloucester fishermen are again prosecuting the halibut fishery on George's | Bank with renewed vigor. There are now some seventy-five sail of vessels in the flect. Notwith- standing the creat loas of life and property most every season experienced by our Gloucester friends in this business, they seem never to and we regret to learn that at this time fears are en- tertained for the safety of two vessels—the Franklin Pierce and Racer. These vessels left the port of Glou- ster some three weeks ago, and have not been Both were new schooners, and together embroil the supreme authorities. Ihave negleeted had about twenty men on board.—Boston Traveller, no means of warding off this result; I have neglected to remedy the evil which had been done in iting the government to choose hetween two extremes equally dangerous, to escape from the vio- lent situation in which it was placed : either the re- signation of the President or revolution. { would have immediately adopted the first of these measures, if [ had nut considered it is honoring for any person, and as a fatal attempt, as a Fib. 12. Excimyxe Locomorrve Racr.—A few days since a raee came ef between the two trains of cam on the Jeffersonville and Medison roads. The two mailroads are laid side and side for ten or twelve miles, from Columbus to Taylorsville; and the trains being very near together, the Madison train in the lead, the passengers threw out banters for a race. litical precedent. Before whom truly should fly | This was accepted by the Jeffersonville train, drawn e first magistrate of the republic? Before the un- chained cry which pursued him since his inauguration —that is to say, since the moment when he received from the coniidence of the nation a public and une- nivecal evidence, by virtue of which he occupied the t . _It were, therefore, an act of vile cowardice to draw back ‘ were, at the same time, the greatest i could be done to social order ; for if Pre: to abandon power at the first manifestation of the of the contemptible interests which here usurp the name of public opinion, presidential pe riods would be reckoned by days, and even by hours. Consequently, my honor and my «uty required that 1 should preserve my power until the impossibility of governing were manifested legally, and in an open and invincible manner. 8 T have said “legally invincible,” because the adop- tion of revolutionary measares has never entered into ny principles, preferring rather to he sacrificed to hem, as J am to-day. Cafumny, which has lost no \pportunity of pre= aK me under @ false light, upposes that I have still the pretension of aspiring p absolute power, in attributing to me the remote atention of making what is called, in the new politi- al language, a coup d’ état. It is certain that I ‘ave been stimulated to make it—that I have esti- tated all the resources and elements peqcang 4 to such a step, and that a thousand Dep ave occurred of realizing it, without difficulty or 3 ance; but it is equally certain that this measure has never obtained my eonsent, and that, if it has not taken place, it is due only to my single will, and to my desire of putting an end to revolutions. I wished *nothi but legal order, and in its interest I have de dd to continue, following the path of pri tions, of sacrifices, and of humiliations, which were lied inst. the government, and against the President, to nullify its power, and to lower his before such obstacles; it wy which Oeitlea the discredit of authority comes still the | revolution, which attacks it in its weakest point, or under the pretext which appears to it the most plausible. hh the anarchy which destroyed the fede- ral and State powers, everything and every person bad fallen into the lowest contempt, and by the fine locomotive Clarke, and away they went at real “railroad speed,’ when the Clarke passed Madison “under way,” Ii great delight of the passengers on the trait gursville Courter. Action ror Dawa: J Company.—An action for di for $10,090, was commencee yesterday in the Superior Court against the N ns Telegraph Company, by a Mr. Ran- dail and wife gethat Mr. aud Mrs. R. have become cripples for life, by the carelessness of the company in pe the ground in Athens county, and as they atter ed to drive over it with a horse and baggy the horse took fri injory for lif interest —Cincinnati Gael) sRAPH The case is elic’ , Feb. —-The New Orleans a Swedish silver coin of 1852, under king O: a very large quantity of which has been recently brought into that city, and now floods the market. Their intrinsic value is six cents; they are of the size of a dime, somewhat thinner and mach lighter. There is a possibility of these coins being passed off as dimes. tects the difference. Norrn Caroriva Senator—From Raleigh we have telegraphic information that the Gover: of North Carolina has pea at the Hon. James Dobbin to the post of United States Senator, in place of the Hon. Willie P. Mangam, whose terat will expire on the 3djof March next. This is one of the cases in which the validity of the appointment will be contested, as the Legislature erteayiied to ing considerable Swepisn Srv Picayune noti elect, but failed to do so—Washington Republic, “ ie Feb. V5. sz Tax on Banks ry Onto DNconstirterroyar. Judge Rates, of Ohio, on the 5th inst., pronounce? the law of that State, under which the banks have een taxed double the ammount of other property, to be unconstitutional, and has granted an injunction conse- restraining the Treasurer of Franklin county from quences of such a state of things were not long in | collecting the taxes claimed to be due from the arriving. Civil war broke out; and, strange to say, ite object was not cither to overthrow the govel ment, or to drive from its post him who exercised bd ‘and his most immediate protection were sought. I have done everything that I could do to avert it, it were leas, we solicited, ve insisted, fae re trate I hay licited, I hay I have prayed, for the concession of the pour and of the resources which I needed to subdue it by force. The revolution, as was natural, ayenged itself on ‘me, and turning combated it thus, ; r ter, seeking its allies in rival communities, and in the passions of those who will be victims of their own animosity. ¥ The government, far frotn being discouraged, felt its ardor redoubled, for it hoped that a common danger, and one so imminent, would oj of the people to show the necessity of concord anc TF It did everything that it was ible for it to to attain this design; but all its efforts only ended | Sea isphysical and m he elements of for = proportion. A system was created for it, by of which it could neither conciliate differences fr bar the _ithout a eas of civil war. Ithas thas striven, ought of abandoning its post, until the Far from that, his most earnest sapport | a dog belon, | Franklin and other banks. — Man Doo Kn.ren.—We learn that on Monday, to a family residing in South Troy, while sei: ith an attack of hydrophobia, bit seve- | fal persons, and also a dog, bit was shortly after es him who disdained it and | , it changed ite drift and its charac he ©: j ed and ot | Dunkirk Journal. i still greater loeses in the elements of | al power, at the same time that | t its enemies increased in an | moment when it has seen all its resources exhausted, | and when it bas lost all hope of re-creating them bt imate means. I have heen able, and f have felt it my duty, to face the ob which the reyol tionary masses have oppoed ; but Teannot and ought not to‘cross the barr’ h la opposed to ma by the constitution, guar gatas, President of | blood to be shed; and when my ef- | wards killed by one of the neighbors. The dog that waa bitten was also killed. @ persons who were injured by the dog, were immediately put nnder care ‘a physician, and nothing serious is apprehended — Troy Budget, Feb. 10. | Porvtation or Duygmme.—The School Trus- tees of this village having had occasion to take a school censna, extended their labors so as to enume- | rate the entire population. Mr. Thomas Fttzgibbons has furnished us with the result of their labors, which fixes our present population at 4,741. This is an in- crease ef over 1,000 during the last twelve months,— Peacu Trees is Biossom.—The editor of the | avannah Morning News, was,on the 6th inst., shown several twigs taken from peach trees on Hutchinson's island, opposite the city, which are fuil | of buds far advanced, and some of them entirely open. Many of the trees on that island are uearly covered with blossoms, The mild we rfor some days past, bus caneed vegetable zdom, in the livery o ing. many instances, to ass Crvemati—™ cinnati. for cul i : 1 nerease ve up the ship; | ing their wires to be down on | ht and ran away, doing them both | The slightest examination de- Domestic Miscellany. mulch in that place on the 10th inst by hanging on ” himeelf in his barn. He was forty-nine years of age, and is spoken of as having been a very worthy and ! respectable citizen. Among the peculiarly new features of the new liquor law which has just passed the Rhode Island jouse of Ropreseatedtunn is the appointment of complainants, at the annual election for town and city officers. | No less than seven ms who have held the office of Governor in New Hampshire, have died since the commencement of the year 1849, namely : David L. Morrill, William Plummer, Samuel Bell, Isaac Hill, Samuel Dinsmore, Levi Woodbury and , WilNam Badger. There are four hundred and eighty-two persons at present contined in the State prison of Massachusetts. William R. Snow, formerly landlord of the North Adams House, has received the appointment of stew- ard at the White House, from Gen. Pierce. The ren is $1,000 per annum, besides the living of the alnily. A "iroyman named David Kennedy was acci- dentally backed into the river at Cincinnati, on the 7th instant, and both horse and driver were drowned. A man named Adam Eberle was killed at Pitts- burg, on the 7th instant, by the tackling attached to a hoisting apparatus, on board a steamer, falling upon his head. A man named Curtis Hendrickson died of hydro- hobia, near Dundee, Kane county, Iliaois, on the 2d inst. There has been a general slaughter of dogs throughout the county in consequenc Samuel Roberts, of Richmond, N. H., in a fit of intoxication, attempted to force an entrance into the house of his brother, when the latter discharged a heavily loaded gun at him, 80 badly wounding hin, that Le died ina few days. The deceased was fifty years old, and leaves a large family. The brother who committed the violence was _protecting{the ine- briate’s wife from the assaults of her husband. A laboring man named Burns feil between the cars of a gravel train on the Canandaigua and N. F. Railroad, near West Bloomfield, on the 12th instant. He was so badly mangled that he died in about two hours. He was a resident of Penn Yan. At Charleston, Va., last week, Miss Jane O'Daniel recovered a judgment of ten thousand dollars of Vin- ton Z. Copen, because he said he would marry her, and then wouldn't. George Post, of Sparta, Livingston county, com- Fhe suicide at Castile, by hanging himself, on the 13th inst. Query Anne's Forest Timper.—The Smyrna (Del.) Herald gives an account of a huge poplar which grew on Mr. John G. Black's land in Queen Anne’s county, near the Delaware line, which made ten saw logs—one ten, and nine 18 feet long—the smallest end measuring two fect in diameter. This tree, when sawed, made 7,262 feet in plank; 5,826 feet sold at the mill for $24 pe thousand, yielding $166 68, or $73 25 clear of all expense for hauling, | cutting and sawing. The keel of the U.S. ship ter diage was taken from the same tract of Jand. FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL, MONEY MARKET. Fnipay, Feb. 18—6 P. M. There appears to be no let up in the depression in the stock market. With very large transactions, | | prices continue to settle down, and there are half a | dozen sellers where there is one buyer. The general dispos is to sell. At the first board to-day, Morris Canal declined } per cent; Canton Co., 2; Edgeworth, 3; Nicaragua Transit, 3; Penn. Coal, 4; Cumberland, 14; Parker Vein, 2; Phoenix, 1; New Creek, 3; Chesapeake and Ohio, 15; Erie Railroad, 3; Harlem, 4; Norwich and Wo: r, 14; Reading Railroad, 1; Hudson Railroad, }; Sixth Avenve Railroad, 1}; Michigan Central Railroad, 4; Long Island, 4. There was a small sale of Llangolan Coal Company at 5, seller 60 da; This is a new stock, not having been in the market but a day or two. At the second board there was not much change in the market. There were large lots of nearly all the leading fancies offered, but the sales were not very large. Parker Coal fell off 1 per cent; | Cumberland Coal, J. All others closed at prices | | current at the first board. The receipts at the office of the Assistant Treasuz- | er of this port, to-day, amounted to $100,072 10; pay- | | ments $162,808 28—balance $4,719,332 34. | | Phere was an active demand to-day for foreign exchange, and the market closed firm at our quota- tions. We quote bills on London at 10 a 104 per cent ! premium; on Paris at 5f. 124c. a 5f. 114c.; Amster- dam 41ic.a 4ije.; Bremen 80c. a S0jc.; Hamburg 36jc.a 36jc. The steamer will take out about four | hundred thousand dollars in specie. | The auction sale of stocks to-day, by S. Draper, went oft with considerable spirit. We annex a list of | stocks sold and prices obtained:— | $2,000 Bufaloand State Line RR., Ist mortgage... 98 | | 10,000 do do income. 86 | | 10,000 Exie Railroad convertibles, 1871... 9634 ‘avilleand Lexington it ss | in 7's, 1870. st | ion Mutual Insura: 80 | do aH | | do B | | do wm | do 70% | | 140 Mercantile Insurance Company, 1861 and $2 100 | $10,000 New Jersey Central Railroad bonds.........100 | shares Pacific Mail Steamship Co., $1,000 ea 1104g | | " do do do. Ft HO. | | Buflalo and State Line Kailroad 15 | Cleveland and Pittsburg Railroad. 10034 | | New Jersey Central Railroad. 82% | Catawiesa, Williamsport and Evie Rit, 50°" | | Hudson River Railroas So a | | Fast River Insurance Compan, | do O85 a 943g Republic Fire Insurance Company... 91 Howard Life Insurance Compan Knickerbocker Fire Insurance Co. tigre es Je Fire Tnsurance Company. York Life Ins. and Trust Co York Equitable Insurance Co tna Fire Insurance Company do do a 10 Washington Insurance Company... ..100 | 6 do National Fire Insurance Company... 159 | 20 do are and Hudson Canal. Ls | 52 do Gas Company | 46 do Company, | | The importations into this port during the week ending February 18, 1853, have been as follows:— 0 bales utter—230 firkin: r—I, 06 Brick—25,000 fire. Coral— Coal—4,675 tons. 2 O04 casks. Cement—4 casks. e 2,000 Ibs. logwood. Dyes—i10 casks madder, 8 indigo. Drags—40 tons brim: , 18 casks gam, 241 1 antimony, stone, 21 casks argo! copal, 14 bbl s8 gum v0 68 cusks cream tartar, rrels eoperas, 60 casks, . 216 tierces soda ash, 54 bi , 100 boxes borax, 10 ry goorls—6,818 packages. ’Flax—~i8 1i bales, Fruit—984 bbis. pranes, s, 100 quarter boxes, 118 bales aces fruits in brandy, 200 barrels frait, ases citron, 20 boxes, 00 drums, ! 20 boxes oranges, 12 boxes lemons. squills, 125, bs sulphate bales. F . Honey—18 hhds., 168 tierce bales. ‘India rubber, 114 bbls. vad, 69,128 bars, 16,864 bundles, ndles sheet, 60’ tons pig, 6%4 bunil p. W cases copper. Marble—206 blocks, 7,000 tiles. s8es—609 hds., $7 tierces, Oil—290 casks linseed, 21 casks rape, 19 casks, 562 boxes, 499 baskets olive oil, | Paint—e4 cacks verdigris; 60 cacks paint; 100 bbls. red | leed ; 20 firkins, 26 cases, 84 casks colors. Pea nuts— | 8.188'burhels. Rags—062'bales, Steel—621 cases, 1,572 | bundles. Soap—200 boxes. Seed—253 bags homp ; 11 | fennel ; 28 caraway; 141 anniveed: 15 canary. Spirite— | | 50 casks, 424 half pipes, 608 quarter do., 500 bbls. bran- dy ; 50 bbls. cordials. Salt—10,851 sacks. Starch—155 sacks potatce starch. Segars—$51,700, 698 quarter box- es, 100 tenths do., 46 cases. Sardines—-88 cases. Salt petre—i05 bags. Sugar—1,876 hhds., 5 tierces, 129 bbla., 28,618 bags. Tapioea—100 bbls. Tobacco—t,232 bales. Tin—10,620 boxes tin plates ; 2,450 do. terne plates slabs. Ten—0,504 pkgs tea. Tiles—1,600 floor tiles. Wool—001 bales wool; 128 bales woollen waste. Wine— 1,279 cases, 49% hhds.. 396 half do., 181 bbls., 64 quarter casks, 200 barkets, Wood—289 logs, 228 pieces mahoga- ny ; 7 logs cedar, The Bank Commissioners of the State of Maine have made their annual report to the Legislature for 1852. The Commissioners report five new banks as haying gone into operation during the year, with an aggregate capital of $300,000, and the sixth, the City Bank at Bangor, with a capital of $50,000, was to commence discounting in a few days. The old banks have added to their capital, in the same period $219,950, making the increase for the year $569,350, | and the sum total of the banking capital of the State | $4,470,000. The circulation has increased within the | year $1,078,488, and is now $1,772,431 larger than at | the time of its highest inflation in 1835, and $2,656,- | 005 larger than at its lowest depression in 154°. There has been an increase of $270,147 63 in the apo 508 | ater by $651,456 20 than in the ine banks in 5. Tncloding the People’s Bank at Damariscotta, + Wistyou gow banks have goug inte operation withig | Do. Mortgage Ponds, 1 aie ed To. do. do. ‘1 ate | | | Erie Railroad Bonds, 1st N6 alléss | Do. do. do. 2d 109 1091; | Yo, do. do. 3d the last two years. In the same time the capital stock has been increased $1,220,000. The circulation in the same time has been in- creased $1,507,473, or nearly sixty per cent of the whole circulation of 1850; and the present loan ex- ceeds $8,000,000. The Commissioners express an opinion that a sufficient amount of banking capital is already created, and recommend that no more charters be granted. The Augusta Jowrnal on this subject remarks :—‘ The indications now are, that our banking capital is to be increased the present session in a far greater amount than the Bank Com- missioners contemplate as expedient or safe. The present banking capital of Maine, although it has been largely increased within a year or two, is still much smaller in proportion to population and busi- ness than that of many other States. It is smaller by nearly @ million than it was in 1838. At that pe- riod it amounted to $5,458,740—it is now about $4,500,000. The circulation, however, is now $4,- 152,543, while it was then but $1,700,000. The loan is now $8,056,941; then it was $7,552,933. The specie was then but $246,720 ; now it is $836,50L—a larger proportion to the circulation than at the for" mer period. The annexed statement exhibits the quotations in this market for the principal public securities, at the- respective periods named:— Qvotanions voR PuBiioc Sacunrrms. Feb. 4, 1853. Feb. 18, 1853. U.S. Loan, 5 ++.100%/010033 , fo. «+105 Do. Do. Do. per cent. 1853. lo. 4yg 46 Ohio 6 per cent, Do. 6 do. Do. 6 do. 1870. Do. 6 do. 1875. Do. 5 do. 1856-66 Kentueky 6 per cent Do. 5» do iWinois Int, Imp. 1847 10, lo. Int stock. Indiana 234 per cent, Do. State Fives... Arkansas 6 per cen Alabama 5 do. Do. 6 do. Pennsylv'a 5 do. 5 6 do. Maryland 6 do. { Do. 5 do. | Teanessee, 5 do. | Lo. 6 do. | Mass. 5 do. case bate ¥ | Michigan, 6 do. 1888... .. a... Virginia,’ 6 do. Hadoxyatid N. ¥. City, 7 per cent, 1857.. .. @ .. Do. WaterLoan, 5 pr. ct, 1858. Do. do. do. 7 | Do. Fire Loan, Brooklyn, 6 pr et. 1865:57-58 Beltimore 6's, 1860-70-90 Philadelphia 6's, N. Y. Life and Tr Farmers’ Loan and Trus Ob’o Life Ins. und Trust Co. Bauk of U. §., in Penn, Hartford and New Haven RRv1. . @.. we New York aud New Haven RR..1i6 alid3g Wixatide Hudson River RR. .... 2) 68342 69°” 65a 66 New York and Erie RR 00%fa OL 88a 884g ‘Albany and Scheneciady RR//(114 “alld4g 1430115” | Utica ‘and Sebenectady RR....150 al6i coats ¥ 4 Syracurcand Utica RR... ee Bee 1 wk | New Jersey RR...... te. Oris | Rochester and Syracuse RE 189140130 New York and farlem KR Norwich and Wereester Rit Reading RR......... 88 + 8 Erie Income Bonds...... 98 iga 9856 98 a 98° Erie Convertible Bonds, 1871... 98 a 99 < Do. do. do. 1862.... 99 a100 99 a 993g Balt. & Ohio RR Bonds, 1854-56 .. a .. a. Do. Div. Bonds. or A Baltimore and Ohio RK 90 Hudson River RR Bonds, 104; Po do. 9iga100 99 Del. and Hudson Canal Co,.....127 012734 126 * Ex dividend. The annexed statement exhibits the classification quantity, and value of foreign dry goods entered at | this port for consumption, for warehousing, and the withdrawals from warehouse, during the week ending the 17th day of February, 1853: Movxwents in Forriax Dry Goopa, Pls. Fal. MANUFACTCRES OF WOO! MANUFACTURRS OF SILK. Woolons, Bilks........« 238 $280,015 | i wSehiwk Plush. . Braids & bds. Braids & Yarn.. Carpeting .... 120 Other manuf. r — —.— | Total...,,.1,202 $105,801 5 $602,513 | MANUTACTURES OF FLAX. . 661 coTtoy. 7 $202,104 16,966 $14,450 Hose, B 24 2 Gloves. 67 §,250 Spool , . 83 146 Tapes. 7 2 Other | MANUFACTURES OP SILK. Silke... Ribbons $40,251 cOrnON. $14,841 4506 i — Straw goods... $4471 945 Kid gloves. 1 1876 | Total... 169 $91,400 Total... 38 95,047 | Enteral for, Warchousing. | MANUTACTURES 6 MANUPACTURSS OF WOOL. oF COTTON, 4 $7 Woolens rere) 159 $24,901 me OF SILK. $526 395 4,207 25 $2,010 11,489 SPOT, OT M430 660 4 807 $17,904 Total....... 18 $5,227 RECAPITUL ATION. ENTERED FOR CONSUMPTION. aS ——1852—-— Manifrsef Phkge. Value. Phage. Value. ‘Ol eee oa 224, 8° 1,202 $406,801 236, 2,725 487,455 400,57 HOD, O4S 70,5 83,556 74,95 $6,888 Total.sss seve 3,201 $1,007,533 2 $1,726,250 WITHDRAWN FROM WARENOU 196 5 EXTOENED FOR WARRHOUFING. Wool 176 = $45,089 | a handsome return upon their investments. | woollen and worsted goods find ready purchasers at fall | allthings info con-ideration, we may sa Cotton , 9,714 oilk., 54,403 io 23,847 % Totalassssveees 9908 $110,673 wes 900,218 Total value are om market to 1852. 1853. ‘3d weekin Fob. inclusive., $12,422,112 $15,281,409 All branches of the dry goods trade display inereased animation. Domestic fabrics are comparatively tho most active. Cottons and woollens find greedy buyers among the merchants of distant cities, who are still pretty na- merous in our market, and the loeal trade, who are be- ginning to extend their purchases. Prices continue to bo maintained and, if anything, are tending upwards. Brown sheetings and shirtings are in fair requost, at fully previous quotations. Bleached goods are more in- quired for and rule very firm. Denims are scarce and wanted. Drills are extensively dealt in, at well sustained prices. We quote them at 8c. for browns, and 8\{c. for bleached, and 9c. for blues. Ginghams do not move very briskly at 1034c. for Manchesters, or 1c. for Glas- gows and Lancasters. Lawns are rather more sought after. Prices are steady and uniform, Osnaburgs are in very light supply and good demand. Holders quote Width. Price, 31 Ts James Rivor .... "4 Lowell, A 30 in, 8% ‘one 104; 1235 81 ay 1534 Boston Duck Co, 16° No 1,18 0z.....22 28 1M No. 2) 17 oz... 27 84 No. 8, 16 02.....22 26 934 Nos. 4 to 10, weight and 4 prices same’ proportion. 11 Cayadutte ......58 UL 9 Conestoga... 10 814 8% Ws 8% 1034 10% 1: 9 1% 133; Southern Lowell.30-++* 824 Ettrick 9 Swift Creek .....00 8 Do. d 11 “‘Tusealoosa 84 James River ....2 614 Thistle duck . 10 Printing cloths are saleable and firm. Prints sell quickly- atfair prices. Stripes are scarce, and neoded, at pre viously quoted rates. Ticks have not varied in price, but have become very rage, and been more sought after. ‘The following is a comparative atatement of the exports of domestic cotton goods from this port between February Ist and 16th:— 1852. 1858. Increase. Cotton goods—packages .... 2,880 4,019 1,139 Woollens are a little more active, but, in consequence of the lightness of stocks and the firmness of factors, they lack the briskness and vigor which were previously | expected to prevail at this period of the year. Blankets are nearly out of market, and hence remain very quiet, though being much required by jobbers. Plain and fancy cassimeres are readily taken at full prices. Cloths are moving more freely, but are not yet generally inquired for; they are in meagre supply, and very firm. Doeskins attract considerable attention, and realize full prices. Flannels are without essential change. Linseys are in moderate request, and firmly held at 17c. a 20¢., accord- ing to quality. Mousselines de Laine meet with free pur- chasers, and fetch very Yair prices. Jeans are saleable and firm, nets have become quite scarce, and are in very gooddemand, at full rates. ‘weeds aro in good sup- ply and steady. Foreign manufactures elicit more notice; the recent heavy importations have added to the general stock, and augmented and completed the assort- | ment, hence, factors are more able to meet the calls of their customers, who are now disposed to purchase la: quantities of goods, s0th to renew thoir own supplies and to perfect their assortments. Continental fabrics are in fair demand. Desirable dress goods are eagor- ly taken at current rates, So, likewise, are millinery goods, of which thereis an ample stock. Cloths and dov- | skins are especially active, as, from the scarcity aud en- hanced value of domestic’ makes, buyers are Torced to purckase tho imported articles’ with freedom, British productionsgre actively sought after, and yield importers All kinds of prices, while ginghams, lawns, nia, and other farorite cotton goods, sell very freely an i J" eatisfactorily, Taking fely affirm that, despite the large importations and tho araple now in tharket, there will be very little, if a season's zoods remaining on hand at its close, reasonably anticipated demand for consumption the next two months shall have been «atistivd. Factors generally entertain this opinion, and consequently evince fa reluctance to press their stocks upon the market now or to part wi’h them under current prices, as they expect that these will be thoroughly supported, if not elevated, during the spring’s progress. Stock, Exchange. | $1000 US 6's, 62,,.. 11 700 shs Cum Coal Co, 60 | 5000 T S 6's, 767..83 120 100 do, 0 50% 500 Ohio 6’s, '60..., 10934 1000 Kentucky 6’s.:. 11034 1000 Erie Ist Mt Bds. 11044 1000 Frie Inc Bds,... 98%, 1006 Erie Con B71... 97% 6000 Hud Ist M Bds. 105 2000 Mich SRR Bds.. 10214 20 shs Bk Commerce 109 110 Ocean Bank 10344 100 New Creek OC. Big 200 do.. 102% 10CK&OST&MCo. 1715 6 Nassau Bank.... 100% 100 Lang Mg Co.n60 5 26 Continental Bank 100 60 Mich SRR 14 20 Ohio L& Trast.. 105 1885 Erie RR. 100 Morris Canal 250 100 do 200 100 do. 50 200 do. 200 650 do. 100 100 do. 390 21 6950 50 People’s Ins Co... 97 50 150 Canton Co.,.b10 123 100 do. 50 do......810 123 = 200 Har! 100 .#3:122 400 0 Edg ted Co. oe lon’ 500 N Jersey Zinc.b3 5 4 600 do...,...83 1: 200 b10 bet lor ort. . Bn doserens 1100 Nic Transit Co,. 100 do. 560 50 150 Cumb 50 100 do 100 do, 100 do, SECOND BOARD. $2000 Frie 24 M Pds.. 110, 250 shs ComCC,.b60 59 sto 100 shs Mor Canal 200 do 100 peer 10 N A Ins Co, 100 Montgomery Mg, 100 Phoenix Mg Co 5 Romo & Wat RR. 103 Lot 200 Eric Railroad, €5 Mich Central F +. 60% CITY TRADE REPORT. Fripay, Feb. 18—6 P. M. Asnes continued inactive, The sales embraced 40 bbls. at $4 62 2 $4 68 for pots, and $5 75 for pearls, per 1001bs. Temswax,—Yellow was needed at 28¢,, and held at 29¢. per Th. Paeaververs—Flour was prejudicially affected by the America’s intelligence, and seemed to be more freely offer- ed, and less in demand, ata reduction of 12)4e. per bbl. ‘The business included 10,800 bole., sour at $4 4324 0.$4 50; superfine No. 2 at $460.0 $462);; ordinary to choice State as $4 8714 a $5 061{; superfine Canadian, in bond, at 88; mixed to fancy Western at $5124 a $6 3714; mon to good Ohio at #6 3514 a $5 43; fancy Genesee and Ohio at $5 3144 a 35 8644; extra Western at $5 62); a $6 1234; extra Genesee at $5 50.4 $6 25; mixed to good Sonthern at $5 373¢ a $5 62)¢; favorite do. at 85 62 873g; and fancy do. at 90. $670 per bbl. Wheat was dnl! and nominal. Sales have been made of 4,000 bushels rye t 89e., and, (ne rumored,) 20,000 bushels barley at Tic. a Te. per bushel. State and Western oats were freely tendered at 4fc. a48c. per bushel. Corn continued to droop. The operations reached 38,000 bushels, at Sic. ‘50e. for damaged, and 60¢. a 640. for ordinary to prime Southern white and yellow, per bushel. Corrox.—The America’s very favorable advices seem in- efficient to stem the declining tendency of the market. The sales to-day, which were bales, exhibited no im- provement. Caxpirs.—A fair demand existed, at 12014. for mould tallow, 22¢. a 27. for adamantine, 8c. for plain sperm, and 32¢. for rotent do., per Ib. ut 100 bags Java were taken, at 11440. Comme — Ib. Fink Cracrers.—Some 500 boxer Canton, 40 packs, were procured, at $1 65, on six months time. Freicuts.—Rates to Liverpoolgwere steady, with engage- ments of 10,000 bushels wheat at 8d., in bulk, | 1,000 bbis. flour, at 2. 2d., and 100 bbla, beef, at 4+. ‘To Glasgow, 2,000 bbls. Hout were engaged, at Js., 100 tons logwoot, at 35s., and 50 tons bark at 40s. To London, 1,000 bbls. spirits turpentine were engaged at6s., and 2,600do, flour, to fill up, at 2s. Od. Rates to California wore steady, at bbe. n , and for Australia, at $350 a $4 for four, and 50'a 80. for measurement goods, per foot. Fien.—We only heard of the disposal of 1.500 quintals dry cod, at #375 per cwt. Other kinds remained ihe same. Frvrt.—The operations comprised 1,000 boxes bunch raisins, part at 8280; 500 baskets fige, at 5c eases pial at 75 a 80c.; and 160 bbls. currants, at 100. a Oo. ¥ was extremely quict and languid, at $1 a $1 12! per 100 Ibs, vi sig ; Hors were in slack requost, at 19¢. a 21e. per Ib. Ikon —Large speculative purchases of Scotch here and to arrive, have been ejected within « day ox to, at from $32 to $36, the article being held this evening at $38 and over, per ton, usual credit. Larn.—Kaptera werg greatly needed at $2 50 por thousand | | $512)6, $3.60, $3 87, | sheep, and 1,270 swine. | fair supply a” market, and a smailadvance was vealizod, | $6; third $4 Leap.—Sales of 126 Spanish have been made at $7 37; 9 87 50 per 100 1bs, 6 Laatuen.—There is lators, in sole, but o it was difficult to ob’ very Jame poset, and holders decline selling ahead. Light and mi weights hemloek sole, best tannages, sells at 1c. six months; ordinary denenges, 18 py erat ae Sole SEB ses reels toarrive, at figures above esont selling rates, End no heavy purchases could be mals cnden Son tear rive. Over weight, hemlock, sells at 123¢ to 17e., rpracew 4 to the hide, pees and A go dar hor brings 144, to16¥e Oak tanned leather is scarce and rellf quick, particularly over weights. We quote slaugh- ter at 22 to 2¢e.; dry hide, 20 to 24e. Calf skins, sheep skins, and upper leather quite scarce and high. Wequote calf in rough, 40 to Gle ; fininbed calf, 55 to 80¢.; upper, in rough, 8 to 20c.; sheep skins, in rough, 28 to 350. Prowect is highly favorable to higher prices in all dex- criptions of leather, predicated ina great measure upon the reat increase in the export of boots and shoes to the California and Australian markets, and also the ino pa eet ion for machinery purposes, and an extra- inary falling off in the imports of hides. We may re- mark that Buenos Ayros hides are selling at 18c. six months: being abont five cents over the prices of this time Inst year and that there isevery probability of theie going still higher than present rates. limt.—Rockland was searce and wanted at $1 06% for common, and $1 60 for ump, ver but. . Motasses.—There were 600 bbls. New Orleans disposed of at 20 a Sle. per gallon, Nava Srorss.—Crude turpentine was held at $5 per 280 Ibs. 1,000 bbls, epirits turpentine were purchased to- day at Te. per gallon—an advance; and 2,090 bbls. were being shipped from first hands. A 1 of 400 bbls, common rosin realized $1 65 yer bbl. O18.—Faetors of erede claimed $1 35 for sperm, and ‘7c. for whale, Fad gallon. The day’s transactions em- braced 300 quart baskets olive, at $4 12% a $4 25; 250 two doven pint do., $5; and 5,000 gallons linseed, at Tic. per gallon. Provizioxs.—Pork moved to the extent of 400 bbis., at $15 50 for new prime, and $17 a $17 2% for do. moss, por bbl., an improvement. Dressed hogs and cut meats were uvaltered. Lard seemed less active; 300 pkgs. ciseese hands at 10 910¢c. por Ib. Beef ied little; the consisted of 250 bbls. country prime at $5 6234 a $6 25; city do. at $7 a $7 25; country mers at $9 76a $11 25: Batter was abundant and city do., at $12 87340 313. and dull, at 1234 a Ihe. for Ohio, and 16 a 20c_ for Western New York, ner ib, Cheese appeared in good request, at Bae. per Ib. Srars—150,000 Havana changed hands, at $28 a $35 per thousand, SvGars.—Sales have been mado of 200 bhds. w Or- Teang, at 5 a 53Z¢.: 150 muscovado, at 5a 5¢.; and 160 boxes brown Havana, at 53, a Gc. per Ib, Toracco.—About 76 bales Havana were taken, in part at 280. per Ib. Winsiry.—The sales of the day reached 750 bbls., at 245 24'c, for Jersey, and 24)¢ a 24540, for prison, pec allon. : ‘Wixrs.—Some 400 eases claret were procured at $2. Woor.—Speculative fesling still runs high. and prices are a shade advanced on foreign clothing qualities. have been made of about 350 bales fine African, at 35c. a 40c. per Ib., six months, Carpet qualities are not im active demand, and being a moderate supply on hand, no advance has taken place in pricea. The stock of domes- tic ls very light, and sales are necosrarily limited. 20,000 Ths. pulled and €0,000 Ibe. fleece were disposed of, at 40c. to Wc. per Ib., cas! Family Provision Market. The markets are abundantly supplied, and prices @ shade lower. There is a large supply of butter on hand, and the promise of anearly spring and flne summer, with an almost certain prospect of a plentiful hay crop, will kcep'the rato of this article pretty stationary for some time to come. If the city rents boreany fair proportion to the prices now prevailing in market, the working classes would be very comfortable; but, unfortunately, they do not, and May day is at hand. PRICES AT FULTON MARKET ON FRIDAY FEB. 18. MEAT MARKET. GAME. Beef, roasti Woodcock, pr brace 74. a 8% Abedesee English mipe........4 a 68. Beef, corned POULTRY. Turkeya, ench. Turkeys, hen Fowls, pe Spring eh 50, ea ks, per pair’. Tame pigeons,cach 30 a ic. ¥RUIT AND GARDEN VEGEIA- BLE, per bus Mutton. Veal ef per ar Calves head & Tt. } Calves haslets, each . Smoked beef. Beef tongues, each..6 Bacon, yor Ib........1 Porter house steal Potatoes, Beans, BUTTER MA quality Orange Co, per It Turnips.p Do. best pail Turnips, per Cheese, yer Ib. Apples(z00d) prmea al English do Citron melons. per doz. Fags, per Pears, per measure. gf Dates, per Ib,.,,12 Halibut, per lb Lemons, per hun Sea b Oranges, per doz, Plums, per quart, Raisins, per Ib. Parsley, per bunch. Ieeks, per bunch, , Onions, por quart ._- Cauliflowors, pr.hd.25e. Artichokes, each .. 1 Rhubarb, per bunch., .16c. Asparagus, per bunch, , 16¢. Cresses, per quart... .5e. Salad, per hundred, 6a. Spinach, por half peck. .3e. Potherbs, per bunch... .3¢. Radishes, per bunch... ,19. Watermelons; each 12 @ 25c. Cotton Trade. The annexed statement exhibits the movements of this staple in this country, up to the latest date, in each of the past three years:— Movements o# Corroy iv Tae Usrrsp States. Receipts at ports since Sept. 1, 1852, Corresponding dates last year .. ’. #3 ead before. Fxports from United States sines Sept. 1, 1852. 1 bean dates last year Fxports to Great Britain nce Sept 2 to Grea’ since a ee dates last year... M4 4 year before Stock in New York and ports of regelp See dates last year. Yo. year befe Receipts at this port since 000 bales; exports, 5,000; taken by spinners, 12,000; taken on speculation, 2,000; stock in first hands, 30,000; amount on sale, 15,000. In relation to the movements in this market and the new crop, the circular of T. J. Stewart & Co., of this date, says: We issued "our Jast cirenlar on the 5th inst., for the steamer Baltic. We nlloded to the want of spirit at that date, which was but I changed by the receipt of the Canada’s favorable advices and subsequently those of the Niagara, on Monday, the Mth inst. The sales for the first week under review were 7,000, bales, ex- Libiting at the close on Saturday, the 1; a decline of fully yo. on all grades. Under ordinary circumstances, 1 have advanced after the raceipt of the advices brought by the last named steamer; bat aa our roceipts have conti increasing, instead of a diminish- ing senle, ay we notice you bad been led to believe con- fidingly, and as you place stress on it, as a bass om whieh you enc © ua to look for a decided fmprove- fearful on this side that you ly your present by on compared to the ed in obtaining, Consignees have ‘therefore been desi of realising at prices daily easier, amounting to a further concession of ' to 3g0. up te Thursday cvening, Yesterday morning we received the America’s advices to the evening of the 5th fnst., from your market. The sales closed at 900 balos, without change in the cepre; ono, making for the week 8,000 bales, at another \,¢. lower, to which our quotations are reduced. We confirm our last remarks on the subject of the crop, as entertained by the trade Lere—who, it will be noticed, are fast coming upon the platform erected by us on the 2ith December. Our views were much canvassed at that time, and we were considerel ultra by many for whose opinion we entertained high respeet, and who had noted the daily changes and diverse reports of its progress from plauting to harvest. A diminishing receipt during this mouth, and particnlarly the next, had been acted upon by shippers as a fixed fact, until it commenced to he believed that the exeoss in receipts at the close of March would not exceed 350,000 bales; whereas now, itis not probable they will fall under 500,000 bales by that riod. But for the fact that planters are not drawing reely against their deliveries, we would soon anticipate prices on a parity with the Liverpool market, and would therefore eaution you against low limits,‘and advise dis- cretionary orders, satisfactory rates, wh planters lay ‘The closing qnotations in this market were as an- nexed:— LIVERPOOL CLASSIFICATION, _ Uplanis, Flovide, Orleans, vie: N. vie: growths of N. Alabima d: Orleans, Texas Adantic ports. Ten'see grithe. — and Mobile. 84a 8% Br 8 Sia Big 28h a 9% Ka 9 9 w 012 9% 010 10 910% 10 alo = 10% aL Wal, = Mt a dig None. 12 al2y None, Nominal. None, Nominal. None. Nominal. ‘ dip one aMBeDGR Cate Marikr, Feb. 16—At market, $14 cattle, all becves, and mo stores, consisting of rather ‘ oxen, cows and calves, yearlings, two and three years old.’ Prices—Market beef, extra, $i a $7 26 por ewt. fist analley $6 50 @ $675: second do., $575 a $6 26: third do., $6 60; ordinary, $5. Hides, $475 a $5 per ewt. Tallow, $7.0 $760, Pelis, $1 «$150, firm. Calf skim: 10e. per Ib., firm. Veal cal #5, $6 a $8, in demand. Barrelling cattle, $6 a $6 per_ewt., le Stores—Working oxen, $76, $51, $86, $92, $101 a $120. op a $41. Two Cows and calves, $24, '$27,' $90, $2, yearacld, $19, $21, $44, $24 a 87. ‘Thro years old, $25, 28, $01, $0 80 8 $51. Sheep and lambs-—1, 428 marke’ aalit, ; many ‘er 85 50, $5.45, $0 ant, $0 74, 81% $0 Sor te ‘ot o #40475, Swine—743 at market; wholesale, hard fat hogs, 63¢c., and soft fat hogs at 60. shoats, 614 a 6)¢e. per Ib, BuGnton Market—Feb. tle, 10 pairs working oxe calves, 1259 ttle—About & and we average our quctations to eorrogpond, vig: xt: 870 $7 60; first quality $4 25a $6 88, second $5 609 5a $5 25. Working oxen—A few sales onl: uoticed ; $75, $65, aud $119. Cowsand calves—Sales ¢™ 5 £28, $2, $37, $42, and $65, Sheop—Salos $3. 84, $4 75, $5,'86 16, $6 50 and $7. Svine—A lot of Ohio hogs, od quality, 6 and 7o,, and several mall lots 64 a The. at hogs 614 4654. At aetall from 7 40 8o, ¥