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in amount of £78,000,000; in 1842 they were aly f 7,000,000; and in 1833 they were £36,000,000. In the twenty years, therefore, they have more than doubled. In the first six ae Penioers ee our exports are nearly £10, vance 1862, and it is therefore @ very moderate calculation to aseome that the exports for 1853 will reach at least the Temarkable amount of Sala Lap oe Our imports have also n large, can be said in the same properthn, taking commodities only, and leaving bullion out of the calculation, the oka of most articles being consiferably reduced. So far as commerce is concerned, itis @! t, there- fore, at first sight, in the face of ‘these facts, to sup- that the balance of trade is Us, $0 as Tena to the unfavorable state of the foreign exchanges which now exist. It is true there has been a 8 im of foreign grain; but, on the other hand, there bas been of late a very extensive re export both of wheat and flour,and especially to so mnch se that many of the direct steam vessels have re- cently been aatenly: laden therewith. There is, re, apparently nothing connected with the bi trade to account for the present state of the ex- changes. In Reecsition, however, with our general com- merce, there is a consideration which at this partic- ular moment may materially affect the exchanges, h there may not in the long run be a balance ug. itis obvious that the exchanges must be affected only by the actual amount of paymentsto be made at the time, in whatever way those pay- ments arise, and not by the value of exports and im- ports, except so far as it affects the amount of pay. ments to byes Remittances ee for A purpose of buying railroad stock, or for the paymen' of railroad calls, have as much an effect on the ex- changes as for the payment of a balance of imports. Remittances to England during of conti- nental discredit for investment‘in our funds have as much the effect of making the exvhange favorable to us for the time being as if remitted for a balance of British goods exported. Whatever, in fact, affects the amount to be transmitted from one country to another, whether re Sagal the payment for pro- duce, or capital to loaned or invested, equally affects the exchanges at thesime. It is the state of the mutual pagan & be made or received, and not the state of the exports and imports, except as they affect the former, that determines the state of the exchanges. In connection with'this consideration there is a fact peculiar to the trade of England which it is all-im- nt to bear in mind, and which may be of some aid to us at the present moment in accounting for the adverse state of our foreign exchanges. _It is this. By the o1 course of trade England gives credit to all the world, and takes none; on the contrary, in ee taking credit upon the produce imported, e capital of ne is employed frequently, not exly in rearing the produce, but almost elways in Keeping it, even on foreign account, till required for consumption. This is an interesting and important fact in connection with our trade, and, as we shall show, may exercise at the moment least expected a remarkable influence upon the exchanges. What sre the facts? First, take our exports. Take the markets of our entige colonies; take the markets of India, of the States, of South Ameri- ca—in all, a lengthened credit is given upon our exports, In many of these markets the goods petcrgat for thew supply are held on consign- ment with British capital; and even when sold a long credit is given, and the proceeds not finally re- mitted to England till the expiration of that credit. Take, as an example, a transaction in Brazil or in India. A cargo of Manchester gocds is consigned to Rio de Janeiro. The agent receiving it supplies the market from his store, as the goods are required. It may be six, itmay be, and more nently is, twelve months, before a closed accouut of sales can he farnished. But the goods are sold at a credit of foer, six or nine months, and it may therefore be frem twelve months to two years before the funds are all in hand and ready to remit. Of course, re- mittances on account are made at earlier periods for @ part, but twelve to eighteen months would be a fair average. Well, the funds are in hand, and if bills are abundant, and can be had on good terms, the rest of the operation is quick enough; but, as it more frequently happens, the funds have to be in- vested in a cargo of coffee or other produce. This done, the next question is, where is the best market? The veseel sails from Rio with instructions to call at Cowes for orders. The owner in Manchester, upon inquiry, finds that his cargo will be best dis- poced of in Hamburg. The vessel is ordered on, the Coffee sold within a reasonable time, and finally the funds remitted to Manchester in bills drawn, per- haps, upon some Yorkshire firm for German wools, abi by the same steam vessel that brings the re- mittance. During the whole of this ee the capital which had been expended in cotton, in labor, in ar- tistic style, in dyeing, &c., some months before the shipment was actually made trom England, has been employed abroad virtuaily in conducting the com- merce of foreign countries. Less or more, the whole of our foreign export trade is of this character; that with the Continent least so. Nor is this fact in any way altered because manufacturers who make these consignments themeelves receive advances upon them, sometimes even from the first day of the ship- ment. If they do so it is always from British mer- chants, and in any case it is British capital that is throughout represented in the transaction. Let us, then, examine the different character of our import trade. England takes credit from no | other country. We may fairly assert that none but British capital is engaged in British trade. The pro- duce of the United States, of India, of our colonies, | of South America, required for our consumption, is | either purchased on the spot with British capital, or it is consigned to this country for sale as required. Bat inthe latter case, though held on account of the foreign producer, it is invariably held with British capital. A cotton grower in Georgia, asugar planter in Cuba, the owner of flocks in Australia, the pro- ducers of indigo in Bengal, or the coffee growers in Ceylon, msy,gonsign, and often do consign, their re- yr pedi prodtctions to this market for sale, either | rect to our merchants or through their agents | abroad, but in all cases the bill of lading is accom- panied by drafts to nearly the whole value of the | Consignment, and almost from the day the goods en- ter our warehoures, or very shortly after, our mer- chants are in cash advance upon them, and continue to be so until they are finally sold and paid for. The practical effect, therefore, is, as we have al- ready said, that this country gives long credits to all the world as regards our exports, and takes no credit as regards our imports. It is hence obvious that the relative amount of our exports and imports at any | ple moment may not represent the exact re- ive amount of the payments to be made and re- ceived; and this chiefly at times when our trade is waderpoine, any important change. Thus, during a period when it is ga expanding, even though our exports may still considerably exceed our im- | hong yet as the payment for the former is, as we we shown, deferred for a long time, while the payment for the latter is made by us at once, and as it isthe amount of payments alone that de- fermines the state of the exchanges, and not of ex- ports and imports, it may be, even in that state of our trade, that the payments to be made by England freatly exceed those to be received by England, and it the exchanges may be adverse for a time, while the immediate relation of exports and im- ports is altogether satisfactory. And just in pro- Beals as the inerease of our exports is rapid and e is this likely to be the case. For example, the exports of the present year are likely to exceed those even of 1852 by about £15,000,000. While, there- fore, we are receiving payments for the exports of 1851 and 1852, measured by the lesser amounts of there years, (in 1851, £74,000,000, and in 1852, £78,000,000,) we are producing and shipping the er amount of about £93,000,000; and for the itiona) raw material and other articles which we import, in order to enable us to produce so greatly an increased quantity of goods, we are paying either in advance, or at latest on their arrival. Our Teceipts are measured by the transactions of 1851 and 1852; our payments by the larger transactions of 1853. The balance of ce iteele in the meantime must, therefore, be against the country. This, no doubt, can only be foratime. In the natural course of trade the payments for the exports of 1853 will come round and the whole accounts will be adjusted. In like manner, when our trade is contrasting in adverse times—when our exports are diminished—it is always observed that, abi that fact, the exchanges frequently turn strongly in our favor. That is obviously caused by the reverse of the facts which we have just been cons'dering. The payments due to us and in the course of being receired are upon a larger scale than the ayments to be made for our immediate imports in’ respect to our dimi- nished trade. Thus, suppose the present year of ex: | tensive trade—the most extensive beyond all com- | parison ever known —were, from any cause, to be succeeded by one or two years of very adverse trade, then in thore years the payments which we should | require to make for our imports on a lower scale | would be much smaller in amount than those due to us for the extensive exports of the present year, a | large portion of which would then be in course ‘of payment; and in that case the exchanges would be favorable to England in spite of a great diminution of exports at the moment, It is thus that events, which have often appeared as puzzling anomalies, are satisfactorily to be ac- counted for—viz., that frequently in the face of greatly increased exports we find the exchanges ad- verse, while in the face of diminished exporta, we have a most favorable state of the exchanges, they being regulated solely by the balance of paymenta, % ¥ hatever account they are to be made, and not V the traneaetions of the mar ont “The remarks which we bave here made may also ‘ ah Piven | demand for capital, and again to a greatly increased domestic trade in their expenditure. It would not be exactly correct to say that the exchanges and the rate of interest directly affect each other, bat it is certain that they are both influenced by common causes—that a low exchange ts usually accompanied by a high rate of interest, and a low rate of interest by a favorable state of the exchanges. Markets. Loxpon Mongy Manuer, Sept. 6, Two o’clock.—Since Saturday, when there fell due such # large amount of commercial bills, money has been somewhat less in de- mand, but it cannot be stated that discounts are obtaina- ble on lower terms. Gold is still required for the Conti- nent and the immense quantity of cora available for England in the Danubian provinces is enough, it is said, to freight upwards of one thousand ships, owing to the acenmulatio@ and the delay in the exports during the Eastern crisis. At a moderate calculation we shall pay in part with manufacturbs, but it is to the United Staves we must look as the best berter customer. At the latest date cash was more plentiful in New-York, and the imports of specie from California were large. Here we have fatis- factory arrivals, but the amounts leave us almost as soon as they come to hand. The silver by the Daedalus has found Ear buyers for remittance, not only to the East, but likewise to bro’ and Amsterdam, partly io ge for gold. There is acarcely a more debateable point just now than that of the probable future value of money. Some think it will be yet dearer this year, while others look for s reduction. Much evidently crpenels upon the state of the weather from thia time until the harvest is secured, for although the past deficiency can- good, further loss may be prevented, so et unhoused. The English stock moarket was very flat at the opening, Consols being 9734 to 34, or even worse than they left off last evening, when speculative sales were made to some extent. It isprobable that the cause of these operations isthe rumor that the Eastern question is again un- hinged and Ukely to occasion difficulty, but in the best informed circles it is believed that there is no probabilit) ofa misunderstanding The present price of consols about 9754 to 4. Bank stock has been heavy at 227. e new 3% per cents have realized 100‘ to 3: and the 3 per cents 9774 to 98, Exchequer bills are heavy at 23, to 3s discount. In foreign stocksthe transactions have been of very little importance, and the quotations, therefore, are merely nominal, Mexican bonds have been done at 261, to 34; Granada are worth 2234; Brazilian new 41; per cents bave been marked 09; Sardinian bonds are at 90; Peruv'an 436 per cents are about 82 to 83. In the English Railway Shares the transactions have been more limited, and prices have not recovered gene- rally the partial decline which occured yesterday after- noon by sympathy with Consols. Coledonian, North- Western, Midland, and South-Eastern have been cheaper. Great Northern are very firm. The French lines are also Cepressed, and the business doing in them is upon @ contracted reals, although holders do not force sales. In the Gold Mine Shares there has been scarcely » bar- gain, and the Land Companies have not improved. In the Australian Banks there has been much less doing, anda want of buoyancy again prevail. Havre Marker, Sept. 5.—Cotton quiet; sales (to three o’clock) 80@ bales. Flour quiet; 500 barrels Genesee, ex. Wm. Tell. at 41 francs, ent. At Rouen trade was un- changed for manufactures, JAMES M’HENRY’S CIRCULAR, LIVERPOOL, Sept. 6 1853, Corton. —The same dull feeling advised for come weeks st still prevails, The trade buy cautiously, the export season ia drawing to a close, and speculators seem un- willing to increase 1 stake in the article, All these things, coupled with a stringent and dearer money mar- ket, ard accounts of the growing crop not altogether un- favorable, tend to depress prices here, and, as the whole stock seems on sale, even the better grades have de- clined 34d. to 34d. per Ib. in the last ten days, andgshe “ordinary”? to low middling stained, or dirty, remain un saleable ateven nominal quotations. The sales yesterday were 5,000 baler, and today 4,000 bales, about one- fourth’ being for export er speculation. In Manchester there has Been very little doing to-day, and prices of both goods and yarns favor the buyer. Provisions.—In sides and shoulders there is no change, Beef and pork very quiet. Cheeee buoyant. Lard dull, and 1s, down, TaLLow unchanged. In QuERcITRON Bark nothing new, CroversexD without transactions, Rice less doing. Linsesp Cake very fileable. Breapsturrs.— Flour aad wheat are much pressed on the market, at irregular rates; 30s. for flour, and 8s. Gd. for the best white wheats, are very extreme quotations; inferior parcele of both articles are not easily sold ata reduction of 2s. to 3s. per barrel, and 6d. to 9d. per 70 Ibs., from late top rates. Indian corn is in fair request, at previous prices. RICHARDSON BROTHERS AND CO.’S CIRCULAR, LivERPooL, Sept. 6, 1853, The weather was very fine during market this mornii We bad a pretty good attendance of the town deale: and some from the interior districts, but Shay purnaaed wheat very slowly at a further reduction of 2d., making 4d. on the prices of Friday last. . On speculation no sales were reported. The demand for flour was on a restricted scale, even to consumers, at the reduction above quoted. For Indian corn there was some speculative inquiry, but for consumpticn very little was done. Old cats sold readily at full prices, but new, which was in smal! supply, did not meet much attention, No charge in beans on the spot, but C. F. and I. car- goes in better demand, pt. 5, 1858, Se) Since the 2d the weather has been dry, but the temper- ature low for the season, and marked by the absence of eupshine; yet the agriculturists report that their crops mature mcre rapidly than could be expected in the ab- sence of direct solar influence, So far as eur reports have been received from the principal corn growing dis- tricts, we calculate that the produce of wheat will be one fourth to one fifth short of last year in quantity; but how the quality and weight will turn out remains to be texted hereafter. The entire cersation of speculative Pe ne! has pro- duced quite s pause in the trade of wheat and flour, and in the absence of any transactions of moment prices are nominally as on Friday, but as erders have been received here (and we presume eleewhere) to immediately resell some purchases of wheat and flour recently made en French account, it has been presumed that an over esti- mate had been made of French requirefnents. And we hear some Greek operators also have been freely offering to resell Under these circumstances some sales of wheat have been made at 2d. per bushel, and of flour 1s, to 1s. 6d. per barrel under the current rates of Friday, but to- day there were no buyers even at this reduction. BROWN, SHIPLEY AND CO.’S CIRCULAR. LivERPoot, Sept. 6 1853, We have to report a dull cotton market s: the dete of the above circular; the sales for the three workin; days being 14,000 bales, with 4,000 bales to exporters epecalators, at pricesa turn in favor of buyers. the busi- ness being almost entirely confined to the qualities rang- ‘rom middling to Lergeon ow @ fine weather and decline in wheat and flour in France have checked speculation in this market, and caused a decline of 24. per 70 Ibs. tn the former, and of = per bbl. in latter. Indian corn éull at the quota- BB, Supreme Court—Special. Betore Hon. Judge Mitchell. THE PROPOSED NEW CENTRAL PARK. Sept. 17.—Jn the matter of the Central Park.—A groat ariay of counsel appeared in court as representatives of the property holders interested in this matter. Mr. Dillon, Corporation Counsel, moved that Augustus Schell, L. Bradish, Wm. Kent, M. Ulshoffer, and E. ‘West, be appointed Commissioners of Estimate and Ai sesement in the opening of the Centra! Park. between Fifty-eighth and 106th streets and Sixth and Seventh avenues. Mr. Richard Mott, upon the application of Wm. B. Aa- tor and others, reprosenting upwards of thirty millions of property, moved to have Jeremiah Towle appointed one of the commissioners. Merers. Lord, Striker, Willard and Jos. Blunt, repre- senting other corey. holders, also moved for the ap- peintment of other commissioners. Mr. Noyes suggested that under the” act which author- ized the corporation to take all this land for eluding the upper receiviog reservoir, some fifty-five acres, and anew reservoir of twenty blocks, in progress of being made, the State arsenal, and for ought he knew, other large buildings included fo these limits, that it would be difficult to open thia dope inasmueh as it would conflict with all these properties and the uses for which they bave been taken. lott said that as the law stood the whole expense of the land taken was to be paid for by the corporation immediately on the commissioners’ report being con- firmed, without making any provisions to reimburse themselves except by assessments on the land benefitted, by iseuing five per cent stock to meet the deficiency; that the expense of this proposed park would be rome five or six millions of dollars ; it would be difficult for the city to meet this payment at the time required by law, as it would take at least four or five months to collect the assessments, and perhaps a longer time to raise the money by five per cent. ck, Ho, Mr. Mott, said that he believed it to be a fact that the real estate of the city was mortgaged to the sinking fund, and that ‘they can only issue bonds in anticipation ef the city rey. enue. ‘Lhe Court observed that these wore serious questions, and he would like to hear them argued at a future day, He thought it might lead toa suspension of the nomina- ticn of commiesioners until the Legislature had rectified obstacles that appear otherwise the matter weuld be involved in inextricable diificulty, Mr Sandford moved that the matter should be post- poned in order to give time for filing affidavits and opjec- tions to the parties propored as comwwinsioners. Mr. Dillon thought the Court had a right to make an order excluding from the Park the two reservoirs and the State property, The Court then ordered that the nominations be filed With the Clerk on or before the 24th inst , and objections thereto filed with the clerk on or before the Wednesday following, at 12 o'clock, and the further hearing of the matior postponed till next Friday weele. In the Matter of Extending Canal Street and Widening Walker Street —This case was again laid over until Savar- day next, By a recent population ¢ are w » 2 60 807 femesen, 0 berusren, ‘Us Wauw colored 827 are males and | LIBRARIANS’ CONVENTION. ee ‘Third and Last Day's Proceedings) The Convention assembled this morning, the Presi- dent, Professor C. C. Jewett, in the Chair, The at- tendance was rather limited in consequence of the departare of many of the delegates from the city. ‘The principal business, however, was transacted be- fore they left. After the meeting was called to order, the Pagst- pent stated thatthe Chancellor of the University had left several catalogues containing the names of the officers and alumni of that institution at their disposal. Copies of the New York Quarterly Re- view were also presented by Mr. Remington. An in- vitation was received from Dr. Abbott, to the mem- bers, to visit his Egyptian antiquities, Mr. Haywarp, of Ohio, presented the following resolution, which was unanimously adopted :— That the thanks of this Convention be pre- sented to the Board of Regents and oficers of the Smith- sonian Institution, for their steady and efiective efforts for the increase and diffusion of knowledge among men, and pertleuiesly for the measures w! they have adopted for ‘the encouragement and promotion of the public libraries of our country : and we have great plea- sure im looking to that institution as the central estab- lishment of the United States for the furtherance of all euch objects. The following report was read by Mr. Fousom, Chairman of the Business Committee :— 1, The committee recommend the cordial THE next meetirg. 2. Resolution offered by Mr. Wallace, seepealng the ener of the statutes at large of the State Legis- ure, 3, A resolution offered by Mr. Guild, on the interchange of cataloguee. 4. Arecolution offered by Mr. Folsom, respecting a large central library, ‘The following resolutions of Mr. Osgood, which were before presented to the Business Commit- tee, but which did not come up before the Con- vention, were taken up and adopted:— Resolved, That while we maintain most decidedly the importance of libraries of the highest class, in fu/ther- ance of the most advanced literary and scientific studies, aud rejoice in the rise and progress of our few great ool- lections of books for professional scholars, we are con- vinced that, for the present, our chief hoge must bé in the establishment and improvement of popular libraries throughout the land, Resolved, That the Business Committee be requested to call attention to the desirableness of a popular library manual, which shall pe oe most important infor mation upon the chief polots in question, especially upon— 1. The best organization of a Library Society, in regard regulations, to ita officers, laws, funds, and get 2. The best plans for library edifices, and the arrange- ment of shelves and books, with the requisite architec- tural drawings. 8, The most approved method of making out and print- ing catalogues, 4, The most desirable principle to be followed in the selection and purchase ot books as to authors and edi- tions; with lists of such works as are beat suited for hoses of various sizea—from 500 to 1,000 volumes, or upwards, Re ved, That the Business Committee be requested to consider the expediency of memorializing Congress to pro: cure the preparation of such a manual through theagency of the Smithsonian Jnatitute. The President appointed Mr. Guild, of Providence, end ey: Mr. Osgood, of this city, upon the com- mittee. Mr. Wa1acz, of Philadelphia, offered the follow- ing resolutions, which he introcuced with a few ap- propriate remarks. The resolutions were passed :— Resolved, As the sense of this Convention, that the completeness of public law libraries throughout the country and the interesta of American jurisprudence would be promoted by having in each incorporated or public law library of the United States, a complete set of the statutes at large of every State of the Union, in their original and unabridged condition. And that as these volumes appear only from year to year, as they are not often on sale by law booksellers, nor easily procured from. year to year Ld application, therefore that this Conven- tion respectfully suggests to the Governors, Secretaries of State, Legislatures, or other public_authorities having power to distribute these volumes, to make some per- manent orders for transmitting to the Smithsonian In- stitute, at Washington, for distribution to the library of polation, emlgrstion, saricaltare, internalfenpwove RAILROAD ACCIDENTS. This paper was referred to the Standing Com- mittee. . The following resolution was then presented by Mr. Haywasp, of Obi: e That the thanks of this Convention President, and Busines from ‘Kindest regard. ‘This was adopted, and a vote of thanks was unani- mously given to Mr. Norton for the deep interest whieh he has taken in the Convention. Mr. Norton said he considered this as the proud- eat moment of his life. The Presipenr returned his sincere thanks for the honor conferred upon him and his brother offi- cers; and teok occasion also to express the thanks of the Convention to the reporters for the interest the: had manifested in the Erooesinigs, and the full and Gear reports which they had 3 The Coxvention then adjourned sine die, ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS. The following was handed to the reporter by Mr. Oland Bourne :— of membre al pfetors ang stuente Academy ; permanent fund, annual appropria- tion ; amount annually ex) for books, ‘tact uding jodicals,) the amount of the annual State appropria- Paper ar fund; nunbertiol volume waded Jast year, (1852, ) : hours when 0; from half-past Gotdse AM to 2b. ay date and ‘iption of last ted cat ue, Jam 1, 1863, alj tical list of ed and titles ; name of librarian assistants, Pro- fessor J. Graeff Burton, Librarian ; Mr. Oland Bourne, Assistant. When the pire from _varions libraries were handed in on Friday, Mr. Edwin Williams said that, as the Otis Library, of Norwich, Connecticut, was not reprecented in this Convention, he would state that that library owed its ex'stence to the liberality of a venerable gentleman of Norwich—Joseph Otis, Esq.—who was for many years a well known mer- chant of New York. Ha’ retired to his native State, and taken up his residence in Norwich, Mr. Otis had given a large Fr tion of his fortune— namely over the thousan iollars—to the founding of a brary in Norwich, which had received his name, and was placed under a board of trustees. The first two thousand volumes in the library Mr. W. had purchased, in 1850, for the trustees, and he understood that it now contained about five thousand volumes, well selected and preserved, in a handsome edifice bulit by the aid of a portion of the fund con- tributed by Mr. Otis. It was believed that the ex- ample of this gentleman would prove beneficial in inducing wealthy citizens of other towns to do like- wise. The pilbwins items of information in relation to the doings of the delegates on Friday afternoon and evening were unavoidably left out of our report of Friday's proceedings: — At four o’clock the members of the Convention in a body visited the Astor Library, where they were received by Mr. Coggswell, by whom the were shown the yarious departments of that excel- lent institution. In the evening there was a social reunion of the members at the Kemble House, No. 45 East Nine- teenth street, where a number of literary gentlemen were also present. Among those present we noticed Prof. Jewett, Prof. Folsom, Prof. Green, Mr. Peter Cooper, of this city; Horace Waters, of the Free ie, Academy; Mr. She: of New Orleans; Rev. Mr. Osgood, Rev. Mr. Hale, of Worcester, Mass.; Mr. Edwin Williams, of this city. iad enfoyed themselves in ur or 80, they devoted their jects, which were Tt was eleven dispersed. After the compan’ conversation for an attention to more substantial discussed with an evident rel o’clock when the assembled guests We observed among other which were lying in the reception room an old copy of the Psalms of David, belonging to the Loganian Library of Phila- delphia. It was a Gerla i copy, but was so neatly executed in imitation of print that it easil deceived a person at first sight. It was also illumi- nated with great taste, and, take it altogether, it was one of the greatest literary curiosities we have ever seen. Itbore date 1400, just previous to the inven- tion of types. There was also a copy of Poor Richard’s Almanac, from the year 1733 te 1747. It was printed ‘by the Law Association at Philadelphia, and to the other Public, or incorporated law librariée throughont, the intted States, a certain number of copies of their ite laws. as published from year to year by the Le- gislatures of the respective States, in the origiaal and unabridged cordition. Resolved, That the Secretary of the Law Association of Philadelphia te requested, with leave of that body, to travemit a coy of this resolution to the respective Governors and Secretariewof State throughout the Uaion, with any remarks he may see fit to make on the subject. The following, which was presented by Mr. Guild, was adopted: ot B “ . ved, That the members of this convention oordial- ly recommend the mutusl interchange, s0 farad may be fae of the printed catalogues of all our public jibraries, Mr. Haywarp read the following resolution and statement of Mr. Edwia Williams, in relation to the indexing of newspapers:— Resolved, That this convention approve of the plan o the proposed index and chronology of American ne wspa- pers to the New York Historical Society on the plan sub- mitted by Edwin Williama, and referred for the purpose of bemwg carried out toa special committee of that Socie- ty, and that we recommend the proposition to the favora- ble consideration and support of the friends of literature throughout the United States, particularly to libraries and other library institutions. PROPOSED INDEX OF AMERICAN NEWSPAPERS, AND CHRONOLOGY OF IMPORTANT EVENTS FOR THE LAST 125 YEARS. The undersigned, as member of the New York Histori- cal Society, brought before one of the regular meetings of that institution a proposal for causing to be made an index of the principal American newspapers on their files, extending over a period of oxe hundred and twenty five jars in so many serial volumes. The proposal was favorably received by the Society, and referred to a spe- cial commitue, of which the undersigned is chairman, with power to carry the same into effect; ard he desires an expression of the opinion of this Convention on the ject, believing that it is important to the interests of Historical Literature, as it must open new surces of in- formation, particularly to those engaged in researches either for literary or business purposes. ‘The plan propores an index and chronological arrange- ment of the most important matters relative to Ameri- can history, which may be found in the newspapers in the library of the Historical Society, principally those published in the city of New York, comm in or about the year 1728, and continued to the present the index to include also the volumes of the National In- telligencer, which has been published at the city of Wash | York ington for the last balf century. It might also embrace the volumes of Niles’ Register, published in Baltimore from 1811 to 1849, to which there is @ semi-annual but no general index, except {or the first twelve volumes. "The propored index would probably comprise two octavo volumes of about one thousand 8, arranged on the plan of Holmes’ American Atnals, which comprise two volumes of chronology, from 1492 to 1826, Five or more rsons could be employed in the work of Rape po index, under the auspices of the committee the New York Historical Society, and the time required need not exceed two years. The Society would then publish the work in two velumes, in an edition of one thousand er one thousand five hundred copies. The total ex; is estimated at ten thousand dollars, one half for the pre- aration, and one half for printing and binding. Bre ‘ger for the Len bo of the ear it is pro- posed to obtain two hundred subscribers, at fifty dollars each, and the volumes, when published, to belong to the subscriberr, each receiving five copies of the work for his share of fifty dollars. EDWIN WILLIAMS. Mr. Fousom offered the following, which were adopted :— Resolved, That the establishment of a great central Ubrary for reference and research, while it is demanded by the condition of the United States as to civilization and intellectual advancement, is especially interesting to this Convention from the bearing it would have upon the libraries throughout the.country. Resolved, That we deem such an establishment as being eminently ‘worthy of support from the national treasury, and tbat in no way can the government better promote the progress of learning heey the whole country than by placing s cantral national library under the adminis tration of the Smithsonian Institute, Mr. Gorn D. Anporr read the following, which were adopted:— Resolved, That the time has now arrived when the ex- tension of well-selected librariee, of 1,000, 5,000 and 10,000 yolumes, throughout the towns and villages, the associa- tions, the institutions, the schools of every kind in the United States, has become a matter of the greatest im- portance to future welfare of our country. Resolved, That a committee of three be appointed to report a digested plan for the promotion of object atthe next me f the convention, The Chair appointed Mr. Abbott, of New York, Mr. Haven, of Worcester, and himself. An invitétion was tendered by Mr. Oland Bourne to the members to visit the Free Academy. Mr. Fousom offered the following, which was adopted:— Rerolved, That we have examined the work entitled ‘‘Tedex to Periodicals,” by W. F. Poole, Librarian of the Mercantile Library, Boston, and that we approve of its plan and execution, and that we recommend a similar plan of indexing be extended to the trantactions and me- moirs of learned societior, Mr. Forsom here read an interesting paper on the Boston Atheneum, the duties and qualifications of librarians, and the importance of libraries. A vote of thanks was passed to Moses Merlin for his kindness in communicating a statement to the Convention in relation to a plan of cataloguing for libraries, Mr. Moore, Librarian of the Historical Society of this city, expressed his regret that he had been unable to attend the meetings of the Convention, and concluded by tendering an invitation to the members to visit the library. Votes of thanks were gyvien to the American Geographical and Statistical Society and the New listorical Society for favors received. Mr. Disturyyst, read 9 paper proposing a olan for the preparation of a catalogue of works relating to American history, geography, aud statiitics of po Benjamin Franklin, at the new printing office, near the Market, Philadelphia,” and we believe is the only copy of its edition extant, ‘West Point Library. My Dear Sir—In sa report of the proceedin; Librarians’ Conyention on the 15th inst., your has unintentionally misrepresented my remarks, beg hat do me the favor to publish this note as a cor- Tecticn, He says I “tnd alge in some humorous reflections on the library at Weet Point,” and as some persons would Tn. the‘idea that I was making fun of our library, I beg leave to state the words I used, and the coprection in whieh they were used. After the remarks of the Rev. Dr. Osgood, I said I had been very much gratified by the practical force of what he urged; and as at the Jast be bad specially suggested the interchange of information and opinions formed upon our individual experience, I gave mine in the most candid manner. I sald, if what was pecullar acd unique might specially claim consideration, the institution I had the honor to reprecert should not pass unnoticed, as it was both ui juris and sui generis—the latter as being almost exclu. sively military and scientific, the former as being imme- diately under the control of ‘the government, There is an old adage, as true as it is homely, that “it is'a dirty bird that fouls its own nest;”’ and lest it might by any possibility ap)ly to s government officer in the diseharge of his official functions, I hasten to make the above statement, and to request you to publish it. So far from a design to disparage our library, I was doing my utmost to represent its worth and further its Vary respocttull obedient servant, Very respectfully, your most obedient servan Vorcae S H. COPPEE, Bt. Captain, Librarian Military Academy. Destructive Storm In Cincinnati, [From the Cincinnati Gazette, Sept. 15.) nal morning a violent shower visited our city and the country adjacent, which, by advices received at this office up to a late hour last night, has done immense damage to private property on the side of the hill, and the corn crops in the coun- try. The rain poured down in torrents, and the foundations of several houses between Vine strect and Walnut Hills road were undermined, and the residents, fearing their houses would fall down, have been compelled to remove. One small brick house, owned by Henry Fincke, gave way and fell with a tremendous crash. The ites, who had received notice by the cracking of the walls, that there was danger nigh, had timely removed their furniture and tkemselves to a neighboring house, and thus rig ele The Short Railway Company sustained much damage near the mouth of the el by the wash- ing in of the embankments and covering up of stone work already done. The damage will be up- wards of $2,000. The bridge crossing the creek near Beresford’s slaughter house was also washed away, and the J te on which the bridge rested. In the country, fields of corn were eee and fences washed away. The extent of damage is not certainly known, but is undoubtedly great. In the city proper the heavy rains were beneficial in wash. ing down the gutters, cleansing the lanes, alleys and streets of the filth which ha ay accumulated. The river was rising rapidly, and Licking river es- pecially poured out a very heavy stream. Last evening our river men were much pleased with the prospects of a rise. Extensive Fire in Quebee—Twenty Buildings Destroyed. [From the Quebec Chronicle, Sept. 1) A boy, it is said, living in the house of Mr. John Giblin, grocer, Pres de-Ville, having left a candle burning in his bedroom, when he went to sleep, a fire broke out there this morning, at two o'clock, which has proved lamentably disastrous. Between fifteen and twenty houses have been completely de- stroyed. Among the sufferers are:— ‘Mr. Dawron, blacksmith; Mr, John Jo1 Mr. Jobn Gibjin, grocer; Mr. James O'Briea, tavern- keeper; Mr. Jas, O'Neil, shoemaker; My, Jas, Anderson, stevedore; Mr. Joseph’ McLueky, laborer; Mr. William McQuilken, moulder; Mr. Wm. Berry, tavern keeper; Mr. Jobn Barrie, grocer; Mr. Richard Coughlin, grover; ‘Mrs, Bickel, grocer; Mr. Wm, Woods, rigger; Mr. Quinn, tavern keeper; Mr. McVey, tavern keeper, ‘The fire commenced at Mr. Giblin’s, on the river side of the street, and the flames were communicated to the houses on the wharf. The fire then crossed the street, completely destroying the roof of Mr. Quinn’s house, and running down through five two- story brick houses, on one side, and seven of the same class of buildings on the other, as far as | the house occupied by Mr. Jas. McVey, tavern- keeper, which belongs to Mrs. Martin, where it was | ultimately extinguished. The scene of disaster is wretched to look upon. Many of the front walls | have fallen down, and the street is almost impassa- ble by reason of bricks, spouts, and broken furni- ture. There is not even the walls of Mr. Giblin’s house standing. Nearer town, contiguous to the | burnt district, at the promontory, where there are no houses on either side of the road, heaps of furni- ture, bedding, &c., are piled up, watched by some | poor women, looking miserable enough on account of their distressed condition. timber tower; Ere County Jatt.—There are now confined in this establishment forty-six persone, for the following offences: Murder, 7; assault, with intent te kill, 1; counterfeiting, 3 rape, 1; bastardy, 1; slueg shot, 3; rjury warrant, 1; order’ of arrest, 1; grand laresny, | 5; Iarceny, second offence, urglary, 4; bigamy, 3; breach cf peace, 1; money, false pretence, 1; wituess, 1. | Total number, 4 Rropr Texann Learsrarcen— he atourned | servion ,of 1M) General Asrembly of Rhode Ielaad wil commence im Newport to day. ‘The Late Colliston on the Hudson River Ratl- road—Further Evidence—Verdict of the Jury. Ta the Hxrstp of Saturday we gave an account of the late collision on the Hudson River Railroad, near Pough- keepsie, by which two of the employes of the company lost their lives, and others were more or less injured. On Friday night when our reporter left Poughkeepsie in oz- der to reach New York by the last down train, the jury were still assembled, and the general opinion at the time was that they would adjourn until the following day, to take the evideuce of other witnesses who had not yet been subpemed, among whom was Stone, the conductor, who was lying in a dangerous state at the residence of Mr. Lansing, which ia opposite to the place where the collision occurred, Such a course, it appears, however, ‘was not adopted, in consequence of the injuries that Stone received. He was not ina fit state to give his evi. dence, and the jury, at late or rather early hour, it rene be aehoek it, agreed upon ® verdict, which will The tone is the evidence that was taken after our reporter left—it containing the remainder of Mr. French’s pire Aged superintendent of the railroad, and, in our the most important part of the evidence, showing as it does how far the conductor of a train is in dependent of any other authority, and what are the du- ties of those in charge at the depot in cases of emer- Brecy:— Mr. Yrench’s evidence continued:— When te train is attached to the engine it is undor the control of the condactor; .it is understood that en- gines can be takes from gravel trains; after the order sent down Mr. or the master mechanic should have been informea: if he knew it, Mr. Morgan should have shut the switch aad detained him; in all cases of doubt and uncertainty they unet not move; all ogee and engine men must haye a time tavic. . Munson recalled—I gave my orders te Mr. Stone; I told him to be careful—that the Champlain was up there, and might be started with the four o’clock train. After a long deliberation the jury came to the follow- 2s VERDICT. ‘That Charles Gilbert and David Arnold came to their deaths by a collision on the Hudson River Ri s wile and a half below the Poughkeep: engize Champlain, with passenger cars , Poughkeepsie and for New York, and of the Ohio engine, running north, without cars attached, to Poughkeepsie station, Deeply ‘as we deplore this sad catastrophe, we cannot but feel that the management of this road has from its commencement deserved and received the pigs commendation from the travelling fafe and expeditious means of transporte! aoe. We further find from the evi- dence adduced kefore us, that in our opinion had the individual having charge of the Ohio, and running north observed strictly the rules and regula. tions of the company, in running his train or engine, this sad calamity would net have ocourred. the circumstances we hold the company responsible to take such prompt action in reference to this mismanage- ment, if any there be, of their employes, as the case may warrant, We further find that t! was @ lack of care or caution in al] concerned in ordering an engine to take down the four o’clock train; and the sending out of this train before they had waited a full and sufficient time to warrant conclusion that the engine sent for would not arrive to take down said train. L._B, VAN KLEECK, Coroner, Ricwarp C. Sovrnwick, Foreman of the jury. JURORS. Jacob De Graff, Robert Mitchell, James F. Marble, R. Fitchett, S. Holloway, BR. Jones, Rol Black, John W. Shaw. James L, Jobes, FURTHER PARTICULARS. Fisher, the engineer of the down train, is doing better than had been anticipated; the bone of ‘his arm, which was broken, has been set by the surgeon in attendance uyon him, ' With the exception of some bruises about the thigh, this was all the injury that he received, al- though at first it was supposed that he was more severe ly hurt from the effects of the accident. Stone, the con- ductor, who was with Kelly, the engineer, on the locomo- tive ‘* Ohio,”? which was ooming uP for the 4 o’elock Poughkeepsie train, lies ina very bad state. It sppeare that in jumping off, shortly before the collision, he fell on his head, injuring the skull, and was, when picked up, insensible, He cannot be considered as out of danger. The other brakeman of tee down train, James J. Sar- geant, who was the comrade of the brakeman David Ar- nold, who was killed, was likewise very severely hurt, and is confined to his bed from the injuries that he reselved. He lives at Poughkeepsie and was taken home. His com- panion, David Arnold, who qas killed, as just mentioned, was unmarried and resided at Sing Sing, whither his body was taken by his friends, the day after the fatal accident, for interment, Charles Gilbert, the fireman, who belonged ‘to the down train, who was also killed, was a married manandhadafamily He resided at New-York, and his body was taken there on the Friday. One of his rly, a young man about 19 years of age, was up at Pough- keepsie on Saturday to obtain from the coroner any-arti- ciee Lalenate ie him that were in that public officer’s poseere: The disabled ergines and tenders have been taken off the r0ad, so that the west track is now clear, and have been removed to a side track behind the depot at Pough- keeprie. The Champlain was a new Tocomative of erent box, and feant PORTA aRE SOE ee REC Se eer RES pint: torm on which the engineer and firemen is likewise considerably delapidated, and the fire-box end of the beiler is one mass of ruins. The damage was doubtless caused by the violent contact which took place when the locomotives forced back upon the advancing tender, aud hence rles Gilbert, the fireman, met witn bis death, having been jammed between the two, as he was situated at the time of the collision at the end of the platform, with his legs overnanging in thespsce between the two. Such war the sudden violence of the collision thatthe pasrengers seated in the rear cars were pitched indiveriminately into one huddled heap. It was for- tunate that the first car was empty, for otherwise there would bave been @ greater sacrifice of life, as it was com- pletely shattered and broken to pieces, This circumstance indieates the advantage to be derived from an interme diate safety car—as has been often recommended—-between the tender and parsenger cars of the train, which might receive the first break ef any shock, and thus protect the parsenger cars behind. The other locomotive, the Ohio, is in a similarly dilapi- ated condition. The working machinery is bent and twisted into every possible variety of shapes, massive rods and bars of iron having been broken off short like 9 piece of brittle wood. The front part is in aa bad a con- dition as that of the Champlain, and both may be con- sidered as completely destroyed. The loss to the com- pany by the destruction of the Ohio will not be so great as by that of the other engine, It was much older, having been a longer time on the road, and was there- fore less valuable, but was still capable of good service, ‘and could still be employed for drawing gravel trains. The value of the two eogines when new, would be pro- bably somewhere about $30,000, and therefore the com- pany will be losers considerably by this unfortunate casualty, Besides, there must be added the great item ig from the destruction of the tenders and injuries done to the cars, aa well as the expenses in clearing the track, and repairing the consequent detriment. Before concluding, we cannot refrain from throwin; out a suggestion relating to the ees supervision o! railroade, which might be adopted with advantage. It appears to us that the system employed in England of making the station master at each depot responsible in every respect for the fob starting of all trains, and of thus making the conductor subordinate to his authority, wight be beneficially introduced into our railway sys- tem. Singular Death of a Brakeman on the Hudson River Railroad, Yesterday Coroner O'Donnell held an inquest at No, 264 Tenth avenme, on the body of Robert M. Middleton, aged nineteen years, a native of New York, a brakeman in the employ of the Hudson River Railroad Company, who was found dead on the top of one of the cars, sup- pored to have been struck by some object while the cars were in motion, A. D. Cole, sworn, says—Iam one of the eonductors on the Hudson River Railroad; on Saturday, at abi ut 12 o’clock noon, I saw the deceased at his post as brake: man, at Manhattanville, on our way to New Yor! have known the deceased for the last three years, hes been with me on the train for nearly three mont he was a steady man, and always at his post; after a tiving at Chambers street one the drivers informed me that a man was taken from the car and left at a house in Twenty eighth street; he was dead; I procesded to 254 Tenth avenue; I recognised the deceased to be Robert M. Middleton; I do not know how he came to his death; we bad every confi in the discretion and prudence of the deceased; he was @ general favorite among the employes of the train, George Ft worn, says—I am employed as engineer in the chine abop of He Hudson River Railroad Com- n Saturday, about twenty minutes past 120’clock, was standing in the Hudson Exchange Hotel, corner of Thirtieth street and Tenth avenue; I saw two cars pasa- ing the hotel, and on the roof of the forward car! saw the deceased lying on his face; I called to the driver to stop; I got on the roof of the car and found the deceased incensible and motionless: his body was quite warm; I was ‘assisted by another man, and we lowered the body down and carried it to a drug store in Tenth avenue ; when I first saw the deceased, there ‘was rome blood issuing from his mouth; Ido not know of [4 bridg Seventieth street, J. R, Bostwick, sworn, rays—I wag informed by a car: penter that he had placed timbers across track over the road at Seventieth street, fer the accommodation of the publio for street bridge; I know that @ man stand- ing in an erect position on the top of the car could not pare under said timbers without coming in contact with om ; from my own knowledge I know of no such timbers. Dr. Uh), sworn, says~ I made a post mortem examina- ticn of the body of deceared, and found a «mall bruise on the left temple; the occipitel bone is extensively frac tured at its junction with the parietal bones. and pressed down upon the brain; the injuries were the cause of dea‘h; no other marks of violence were upon the Men The jury, upon the above evidence, rendered the fol- lowing verdict :— That deceased came to his death by « fracture of the skull, while in the employment of the Hudson River Railroad Company, caused by coming in contact with some object unknown to this jury. Court of Oyer and Terminers This Court for the trial of capital offences opens to- day. The following are the names of prisoners under indictment for murder Hevry Carnel, the Dey street murderer, awaiting a new trial having been convicted and a new trial granted by the Court of Appe' ou De Corn, i ville, im April last: Billy Bottles, aliaa William Mulholland, indicted for the murder of Mary App Stevens, in July lact, John H. Holt, indicted for the murder of Wallace Par- her in Sartember, tnatant Jobo Price (bisck man), indicted for tue wusder of Samuel Freeman (also bilsck), in July last, lieted for the murder of Eugene Mel- ? : H H f i E z He a7ette £5 ihre erniece In the Prussian closed mail to Germany thirty cents i¢ the single rate, Prepayment optional "This pers from. any part of the United States to any part of ‘German Austrian Postal Union. A prepaymentef any sum les than the regular rate of thirty cents is not xaecanieet and is of course lost to the sender. A note of fract al Convention, in the Prussian mail every full rate of thirty cents is credited, whether the whole on & letter or packet is or not. leavi an due to be Follested att office of taker Postinaatorsy however, should be careful. where the pos ip pre} to collect the properamount. They should be ~ prerrens to igre eronie aiocind cone envelo, of a, and to col mailed at, some offices, sane’ fein England,” or ‘vig. quently taton upon the prepeyrocat of Bremen Yates. and juent yy) mt rates. an Eww Pn fn ht Taven, ke, iis ae a kf States, tor bews 8 of the United any part of Germany, \ocloking Pete aa a mage full postage is six cents each, payment req In like manner, newspapers from Germany, in the Prussiam closed mail, are fully prepaid there. Pamphlets and pe- riodioals cannot be sent through Great Britain either im iby ihe Bresvea malt the ule; regard to lnenflen xy emen n prepaid letters, Baie the nd rangement, The sing! Oldenburg thirteen, to Aitons, Hamburg and fifteen, and to any ether place in Germany twenty:twor cents, prepayment optional. Im either case a prepayment of any fraction of the full rate goes for nothing. Newspapers, sent in the Bremen mail from the United States must be prepaid two certs each, and pam and magazines one cent an ource or fracion of an ounce. This is the United States postage only—the foreign post- age having to be at the point of dell » Onalk Tes cramea lisa ct amass ie elo peeeeer (Uorinn and Bremen line of » whole post ee ee ee ‘o or from France, ingle rate lett patare, * which must be collegted in the United States, it-ae, fol lows:—By the New York and Havre line, 20 cents, whick pays to or from Havre; by United States steamers, via éxgland, 21 cents, which pays to or from Livery or Southampton, as the case ma; 3 and by Brit stea- mers, via England, 6 cents, w leh pays only to or from the pork of departure in the United States. The balance of the postage, in each instance, is collected in Franee-! ‘The Havre line is the cheapest, and by this route the United States postage on newspapers is 2 cents each, and on pamphlets and magazines one cent an ounce or fraction of an ounce—prepayment required. ‘The rule for rating letters to all foreign coustries, (ex-! cept the British North American Provinces, ) is to ch: one rate for half an ounce or under; two rates if ‘weight is over one half and not exceeding an ounce; four rates, if over one and not excee ling two ounces; alx rater,’ if over two and not exceeding three ounces, and so om chargirg two rates for every ounce or fractional part of an ounce over the first ounce As this rule differs frony that followed in respect to domestic letters, where each; half ounce or fraction ef a half ounce couuts as one rate only, postmasters who are not careful to observe thia difference are Hable of course to commit mistakes. JAMES CAMPBELL, Postmaster General, Pest Office Department, Sept. 9, 1853. Note—the Table of Postages to Foreign Countries, of 25th May, 1853, remains ee exeept in respect to Bremen, above explained, and that the postage on pam- phlets and magazines to all foreign countries, (with tha exception of Great Britain, the British North Americam provinces, and the West Coast of South Amerioa,) ty whatever line, is now one cent an ounce or fraction of ain ounce, instead of two cents. DECISION RELATIVE TO POSTAGE STAMPS. The foHowing correspondence, relative to dividing the twelve cent postage stamp, has passed between the post- master at Cleveland, Ohio, aud the Post Office Department: at Washirgton:— CrEvELAND, 0.. Sept. 10, 1853, Hon. 8, R. Hoppre—Sir:—shall we recognise half of twelve cent stamp as six cents; one-fourth as three cents; or any other fraction of any stamp in proportion to ita size? " We are in the constant receipt of letters prepaid by halves of twelve cent stamps, which have ‘uwnmo- lested through San Francirco and New York, Please im- struct us and oblige, Yours, &c. J. W. GRAY, Postmaster. ¥. O Daranreray, 1st Division OFFICE, } September 12, 1853. Sm :—] am directed to inform you. in answer to yout letter of the inet., that halves or other fractional parts of postage stamps leet Wenge) to the law, can- not be permitted to be ured in prepayment of postage. The Act of Congrers empowered the Postma: General, and him only, to provide and furnish postage stamps of the denomination of three centa. and of such other de- nominations as he might deem pees To parau- ance of the authority thus vested in him, he anise postage stamps of the denominations of one, three and twelve cents, no others having been by him deemed ¢: edient or necessary. The requirement of the law hat ing been fulfilled in this reapect, by the ouly person a thorized toexecute it, it follows therefore that the tempt to create otber denominations, by cutting postage stamps into fractional parts, is an illegal assumption; and that the legal value of the stamps so cut is thereby destroyed. Res fully, your ob’t serv’t, ALOBBIE, lst Ai P. M. General; The Bulls from Rome—Additional Appoint ments, [From the Freeman’s Journal Sept. 18.] At the same time with the appointments for the Ecele- siastical Provinee of New York made in our last paper, Bulls have been expedited to the following effect :— IN THE ECCLESIASTICAL PROVINCE OF BALTIMORE. An pucopel See has been erected at Erie. Pa., and the Right Rey. Dr. O'Connor, Bishop cf Pittsburgh, hes, at his own instance, been transferred to the ew Bee. The Rey. Josue M. Young, of Lancaster, Ohio, has beem named Bishop cf Pitteburg. IN THE ECCLESIASTICAL PROVINCE OF ST. LOUIS. A See has been erected at Quincy, Ill, and tne V Rex, Jorph Melcher, V.G., of St, Lous, Las been ‘named ite Bishop. The Te. Rey. Dr. Vandevelde has been transferred of Chicago to that of Natchez, Miss., in the from th provincég New Orleans. The SeW'of Chicago will, ad interim, be administered by the Bishop of Quincy, IN_THE BCCLESIASTICAL PROVINCE OF CINCINNATI« The Very Rev. Frederick cor AG G, long « devoted Misrionary among the Indians on the shores of Lake Su- perior, has been appointed as Vicar Apostolic among the Indians in that region, which has hitherto belonged to the Diocess of Detroit. An Episcopal See has been erected at Covington, Ken- tuoky, and the Rev. George Carrell, S. J.. President of Lee ‘avier’s College, Cincinnati, has been appointed 1p. IN THE ECCLESIASTICAL PROVINCE OF NEW OR- LEANS. An Episcopal See has been erected at Natchito Louisiana, and the Very Rey. Aug. Martin, V. G., past Be id Francis Church, at that 0, has been appotnte ishop. The vecant See of Natchez has been filled as abovg stated. IN THE ECCLESIASTICAL PROVINCE OF SAN FRAN( CISCO. San Francisco has Ree eget into a Rod and Metro- litan Chureh, an Rev Dr. Aleman; Pf Monterey, has boom named Archolshop, sea The Rev. ‘Thaddeus Amat, C. X., has been named Blabop of Monterey, « An Episcopal See kas been erected at Santa Fe, New Mexico, and the Right Rev. Dr. Lamy, Vicar Apostolie of New Mexico, and the Bishop in partibus, has been trans- ferred to that Se Marine Court. Before Hon. Jadge MeCarthy. Sept. 17.—<Andrews vs. Newman.—This was an actiox for trespass against the landlord of premises No. 9 Rec- tor street, in entering a buil » & rear ho upon ths yard of said house, after the ist of Ma; withouz pants ermission, dameging his faraiture and inter - fering yrith his quiet’ postersion. The .efendant alleged t Ww ir wes rm and consent plaintiff; and that plaintiff dy i ‘thet alterations were to be made, and no stipulated was agreed on until after repairs were completed. It peared, however, from testimony adduced by ur. Ee nkman, that the landlord received the rent for the months of May and June, and refused to receive any for July. TheCourt decided that if he received the rent ha recognized plaintiff as a tenant, and in the absence of ex- press proct to the contrary his acta were clearly » tres is a torespond, Judgment fur pase, for which plaintiff for $51 Lancs Fire 1 Lyny.—A destructive fire oc+ curred in Lynn about one o’clock this morning, by whiolx the large two atory wooden block of stores on the corner of Federal street and Federal square, and the building adjoining, were entirely consumed, Mai de- stroyed were owned by Joseph Moulton, Jr., and were valued at $3,500, Om the block of stores there was in- surance at the Mohawk Valley Office for $1 800: and om the other building $600 at the ore oifies in Lynn, ‘The lower etory of the block was cevagies by William 0, Spinney & Co., grecers, whore stock was entirely de- stioyed—fully insured ;' Lemuel Bilson, rextaurateur— fixtures partly saved ; and James Lunen, painter, The second story was occupied by Mra. Sweetser, milliner, and ag ® school room—none of the contents of this story were saved, The other building destroyed was occupied om the first floor asm bakery, by Benjamin Sargent. The second story was used as 8 dwelling by a Mr. Knights, The house adjoining, owned by Mra. Tarbox, and oceupied ad a store below and house above, was considerably damaged ; and also one other house, owned and occupied by Mr. Homan. The fire is supposed to have taken in the grocery store, This is the largest fire which has oc~ curred in Lynn for a long while.— Boston Journal, Sept. 16 Tur Famovs Horseniver Gonr.—A few daya since, as the schooner Florence was on its way up the jake, the famous race horse rider, Robert H b ae bh overboard with a boy in bis arma, The boat was low. ered, bur dia aut reach them wntil they hoth eunk to ring no more,—Lake Superior Journal, Seyi. a,