The New York Herald Newspaper, November 21, 1853, Page 6

Our Australian Correspondence. Porr Partir Bay, Aug. 20, 1853. Hobson's Bay—The Road Thence to Melbowrne— The Encampment at Canvass Town—The Town of Mebourne— Want of Accommodation for Emi- grants—The Police Force—The Newspupers, §c. After a most prosperous voyage of ninety-eight days, the Seargo cast her anchor wn the waters of Port Philip, at 11 o'clock on Tuesday, the 22d March, amid the cheers of the full complement of the paseengers, (with one exception,) who took passage on board of her. During the whole passage we had mot one case of sickness among us; and never did ship with the same complement of passengers bear a greater complement of bold and hopetul spirits. Never for a moment, since we left New York, did a shade darken their careless humor, but for one short passing hour, when, for that space, the mortal vemains of a poor young fellow-passenger lay on the quarterdeck, prior to their being dropped into a watery grave. He was a young Canadian, of the name of Nicholls, who came on board in the last stage of consumption; he struggled with inevi- table death until Thursday, the 17th of March—just five days before the indistinct and distant outline of land sent a thrill of delight and joy to all on board, About 11 o'clock A.M. land was discovered; and with an excellent breeze we sped along during the day, vecasionally passing those objects, now clear and distinct to the view, which a little before were barely perceptible in the distance. As we cut through the waters, we could see the waves as they were dashed with impotent fury against the rocky Coast, six miles to the leeward. As the night of Monday began w fall, we took in all sail, the captain being fearful of running too close to the mouth of the bay before the morning light. During the night we con- tinually showed signals for a pilot, as we drifted along, by burving pieces of pitch and tow on the end of @ stick. On Tuesday, about 9 o'clock, we were gladdened with the sigh: of one making towards us im a row boat. At 11 o'clock he again left us, haviag brought us to anchor at Hobson's Bay, Port Phillio, in company w.th about one hundrea and fifty other eraft, m: st of them emigrant ship:-—th.s being about the number of ships now jying in the broad waters of ‘this immense bay. ‘We remained on board all day on Tuesday, and on we , about lo’clock, we reached, (the greater Faas passengers,) at our own expense, the » in emall boats. Immediately after landing, T and another started for Melbourne, two miles dis- | tant. The road lies through a vast sandy plain, over whieh the waters of the bay must in times past have ebbed and flowed. Round its circumscrived voriers, for many and many a mile, is seen s most beantifai eircle of the greenest shrubbery, giving a pleasing ef. fect to the scene inland from the shipping, and the only thing which improved the otherwise dreary ook of land and water from the small, miseravle wooded jetty at which the small boat landed Us, and the only landing place in the shape of a wharf or pier, which the hands of man have erected for the convevience of the ship- pine in the bay. To Melbourne the road rans yagh this plain, which, for the first mile, is co- vered with wild fern and stunted trees, aud deep with sand, without a patch of vercure. On the remaining m, the sandy bottom is hard snd pleasant to walk on, with broad stripes of green sward, aad nu- Mervus trees with green foliage. The scene, as [ erp along, was singularly strange. For the first mile from the beach there is a sort of straggling e, composed of ranges of teats at irregu- Jar distances from each other on either side of the road, put up within the last four or five months, at the doors of which are exposed all sorts of old ship stores, old teuts, old hammocks, mining implements, and all the tin and iron ‘Ware necessary for ten‘ equipment at the diggings. | Many of the emigrants when they land, if they are not furnished with tents, rent one upon the spot here—sany being fixed for letting, and pay so mach aweek. Myself and party, eight 1a number, pay £1 for a tent fora week, where we are at present living, | to our starting for the diggings at Forest reek, on Monday morning, the exorbitant rate of ebarge in Meloourne preventing pespie from going there to live, even for a few days. Tne appearance of the plain increased in interest as I weat along, from the number of tents whi-h are pitched ia par- ticular localities, close together, but without form or plan, and which go by the name of towns or settlements. The first cf these tent settle- menu's after I left “Sand Ridge,’ (ihe name sppropristely given to the range of tents, in one of which I am sojourning.) that I came in sight of is called Emerald dill settlement, an impo- sing co'lection of tentsofevery de=cription and size, pitcbed upon the slope of a low hill, which, from its oasis appearance, has derived its name. Further oa, Bearer to the city, is another cluster of teuts, to the Bumber of abvut turee hundred, which 1s calied Can- vass Town—while in every direction over tue plain are other smaller groups of tents, some of them con- from six to a dozen people, ail engaged, after their voyage across the seas, prepuring for the mines. These canvase dwellings are either put u; the emigrants immediately after they land, an which ase again strack at their departure, or they | take them for a week from parties who own numbers of tents for hire, paying them a pound to thirty shillings a week for the use of one. Even those who bring their own tents withthem must pay to over- seers from the city five shillings per wow for per- mission to fix their tenta upon the arid, sandy com- mon, swarming with atts 9 centipedes mosquitos, fleas, et hoc genus omne, which attack dwellers in tents, and render their stay miserable. This state of things is discouraging to the boldest, and those with- | out care; but I leave it to yourself to conjecture what it is, to those who come here unhappily tram- melled with wives and children. The city,when I first saw it from the plain,had the = La of being built inthe form an amphi- 5 lipping seeming’ to occupy the front of the picture. On the right and leftare hiils, on which the eastern and weetern portions of the city are built, ‘the centre occupying the flat belt between. The sun was shining brightly as I went aloog, but no cupola or lofty cross, neither dome nor spire. reflected back fits bright rays from the city. The unfinished looking condition of the ‘houses, the shor: streets, built on the ascent, appearing 43 broad as long, through whish clouds of sand were continually drifting, gavé to the agree of the city a look as drear as the sandy p! Jeaving behind. The approach to the city from the beach is over the Yarra Yarra river, by a strovg stone bridge, witn one arch,of about forty feet pace, under which the waters of Yarra Yarra, in- stead of flowing over, as the name imports, lie dark, muddy, and motionless; its banks without borders, ne place wide and ano ér narrow, and everything evincing on the part of the inhabitanta, and the Yar- ra Yarra itself, utter neglect and disregard of the eondition of its waters or of ita appearance. The ‘water for thé use of the ci'y is drawn on carts from beside the bridge; it is bad and unhealthy, and strangers should, above all things, avvid drinking it in any large quantity. If not ype tempted by the heat and dust, such advic? would be altogether unnecessary. The bridge has another smaller arsh, which, except in the rainy season, is useless, but which in that season gives escape to the waters of the flooded plain. After crossing the bridge, I entered the second principal street, Elizabeth street, a very wide and ex- oe lent street so for as the street itself goes. Its build- ings and stores, with a few Lag and these bat barely respectable, are mean. The principal street, and the ove where the most of the hotels and banks are situated, is Collins street; this runs east aad weet, with either terminatiun resting on the hills be- fore mextioned. It is, likewise, a very wide street; and here the principal shops are to be seea, most of them wooden shanties. The sidewalks are unflagged, @nd for the most part, such as they are, are without curbstones. On the east end of this street, but ia wotber, and quite close to it, is at present building @ town ball and mayor's office. This, when built, will be the only public building the city ses, if I except a Mechanica’ Insti- tate, a Protestant Hal!, or Orange meeting room. There is no Fifth avenue quarter on 4 amall scale in the city; and if there be uppertendom aristocracy or gentry, they must all reside in the country, for there are uo private houses of respectable pretensions in aH the quarters that I have travelled. No part of the city bears the least appearance of that prosperity which a stranger would expect to see in a city where the greatest quantity of the gold found ia the colo- nies is deposited and exchanges hands, and on the shores of whose bay 80 many thousand people have of late arrived, and are still arriving. The inhabitants seem not to pay the least atten- tion to this vast tide of emigration, or the benetica they must natarally derive from it Thousands may travel through the sfreeta of their city, seeking food and shelter, with means to py for both; but they know not where to turn. © hospitable (I am tempted to use the word) boarding house meets the emigrant’s longing eye, where, after his long voyage, can indulge at a moderate rate in those delicacies of beef steaks and mutton chops, in which, in his imagination, be has been luxuriatiog as each closin: — of bis voyage brought him nearer to the desir and destined port. In this city by! may travel from morning till hae a and none seek to make profit of them by be them with promises of cheap and comfortable lodgings. And #0 the wearied emigrants are forced to retire to head on to live in tents, and [rvrae with the greatest haste for the diggings, ring their backs upon the inhospitable town. All emi tents and Yorra Ya arra Yarra in @ steam-tag, close to the city, they Sea paistely piteh their tents, in the latter case, at Canvass , about. 6 mile or from mocks, for, whether they be landed at where they are landed, and where they will Dechanged five shillings a week for the mere Teer of fixing their poles. Canvass Town is quite close the city; but where [ am wt present, to Melbourne, is two miles, most fatiguing to walk in this hot, suitry weather, with every passing conveyance raising clouds of dust and sand. In this neighborhood part of the ground is called government ground, waere ou cai: fix a tent without charge; but its distance is incopveniest. Here most of the Scargoites pitched their tents, and this mcesing gees numbers of them started to the Bendigo diggivgs, to which, instead of the one before mentioned, myself and Ur pese startivg on Monday. ving"no tools with us— merely old aud strong clothes, tent aud teat poles, cookivg utensils, tea, coffee, sugar, and for the three days of travel, knife, fork and spoon, flan- uel shirts avd blankets. No one should bring American gold here, as the broker's charge is 10 per cent exchange. Mechanics in most demand here are rough or ruvble masons, puiaters, carpenters, blacksmiths, plumbers, joiners, and ship carpenters. Two bakers who came out in the Seargo could have got employ- menj the first day at £3 a week, board, lodging, and ing included. They refused it, as they are told that bakers are ia demand at the diggings at £8 a week. Laborers from the Scargo got em, loyment outside of Meibourne at 12s. a day, quarrying; they get beard and lodging for 22s. a week. The force of Police in the colony consists of 800 men—300 in the city, foot; 800 rural foot, with 200 rural mounted men, and some twelve or fourteen mounted men in the city. Detachments of the Fortieth and Eleventh regiments are quartered here. I saw them in chureh esterday. I went tothe principal one. It is digai- led with the name of cathedral. With the exce, tion of the military, there were not above 150 peo) present. It could not compare with a village church. There are three Protestant churches and one Roman Catholi:. The dissenters’ churches are numerous. You have often read the cautions eating fruit. It is quite unnecessary. I defy new- comers to eat to surfeit themselves. Fruit is too dear. The greatest length of the city is from east to west, every alternate street being wide and narrow, such as Collins street, east and west; the next pa- rallel street being Little Collins street, east and west—little better than lanes, and to all appearance | the abodes of penury and vice. There are two papers published here—the Mel- bourne Morning Herald and Argus. They seem to the Yarra Yarra is not at all a feature in the appear- ance of the town. Barks and brigs can come up to the west end as far as th» foot of Queen street. Across the river at tois place there is a wall to pre- vent the tide advancing further. It empties itself in the boy, some miles off— pretty circuitous, you will say, when yon recollect that it is only two miles from | the same to the beach, by land. This is a favorite | ride and drive. All are on horseback continually, | galloping at full stretzh. I stood on the top of tl west hill looking in vain for its course throagh the | Plaiv, which in that direction presents to the eye a seemingly rich tract of country. A small schooner, with its snow-white sails, sailing lazily along, alone gave token thst a river was there. At the wharf they had a wall a few inches higher than the water, across the river, to prevent the tide goiag far- ther up and destroying the water iatended for use. ‘nis wall is now broken in_ the centre, and this they call tre waterfall. There is no street along the river, or wall, or ditch, or bank. As I said before, it isa miserable, negle :ted- looking stream. There i: not much gold coming in from the ciggings, the want ot rain keeping opera- tions back. I was in the Bank of Anstralia a few days ago, and saw many a wild lookiag fellow get- ting receipts for lo¢gmenta. From the frequent re- petition of “ Bendigo” and “Balarat,” I conclude that those are the most prosperous diggings. Oa Monday morning myself and party start for Bendigo. It is six days journey from Meibourne, each day be- ing near fifteen miles, with scarcely a drop of water to be had for love or money. The wa‘er at the dig- gings is sold at 6d. a pint, and half of thatsand. 1 will write to you soon @ description of Bendigo and my travels thither. 8. H. | The British Possessions In India, [From ‘he Londow Quarterly Review ] Our territory is equal to all continectial Europe, Russia excepted. Peshawur is ss far North of Tan- jore as Stockhclm is ot Naples; Chittagong as far East of Kurrachee as Atbens is of Paris. Germany, Italy, France, Spain, Holland, Belgiam, Denmark and Sweden, upited!y, do not equal either our terri- tory or our population. The report of the grand tri- gonometrical rurvey, which has lately been printed for parliament, gives the total—area in square miles, 1,368,113; population, 151, 144,902. And a corrected copy, with which we have been favored, adds seven millions and ahalf to this population, mast of which is in our own territories, but part in the native states, making the total 158,774.65. But the fact is, that even fiom our territories many of the returas are no better than guesses, and from the native states few are to be relied upon. It has, however, geueraily proved that accurave returns give a higher population than previous estimates; and after considerable atten- | ton to the subject for years, we should not be sur | prised to find the official statement gradually comiog | up frem its present advaucea figure, to nearly two | bondred milions. | This splendid empire is dis yibute1 into four gov- | erpments or presidencies—Bengal, Madras, Bombay. | snd Agra. The first is the seat of the Governor- | Geperal, and the supreme council ; the next two bave each a governor and council ; and Agra is ad- | ministered by a Licutenant-Governor without a coun- cil. The army is--Queen’s troops, 29,480 ; Compa- pany’s European troops, 19,928 ; Company's native troops, 240 121: total, 289 ; Dative contingents commanded by British officers, and avaiable under treaties, 32,000; total at the disposal of the Governor- General, 32. . This isa great army, yet its pro- as to she extent of the empire presents a forci- le comment va the nature of the Britwh rule. Com- pare it with the proportion which the armies of the Contivent bear to the population of the respective countries, and you might imagine that they were holding conquered nations, and we governing our | hereditary soil. Forty-nine thousand out of the | whole are Englishmen ‘—a less number than is gene- | rally found necessary to garrison the one city of Paris. Even the native rajahs, with a population of | 55,000,000, have 400.000 seldiers; while we. with double the population, have 110,000 less, though they | are guaranteed against external war, and we have to take all risks. Then oar 240,000 native troops | are a strength or a weakuees, just a3 our authority | is popular or the reverve. Were their attachment lost, how furmidable would they be, taught in our | mode of war, and five times a3 numerous as the Eng- | lish soldiers.Were they and the troops of the rajahs united against us, it would be 50,000 against 640,000. You msy travel through India for days together aia I was | without coming on a military station. You may paas i | throvgh kingdoms, with three millions or more in- | babi'ants, containing ouly one post of Earopean troops. You may find great cities without a soldier; | the remains ¢f yast fortification’, near which not a uniform is vi-ible. Facts such as these, when con- | che countries of even civilized Earope, forsibly prove | that the power of the Eoglish has foundations in the homes of the Bee) as well asin the cantonments of the soldiery. In the native regimenta the olfivers | are, a3 to numbers, about half native, half English; | but no native officer can rise higher thau to a sort of | captaincy or majority, and even then is under the youngest European ensign—a position mach worse | than that enjoyed vy Himdoos in the armies of the Mussulmans. Bengal, Madras, and Bombay have be dist.nct armies, and three commandersin- chief, Navigating the Amazon. TO THE RDITOR OF THE NEW YORK HERALD. Wasutxeron, Nov. 18, 1853. Sir,—I have read in your issue of yesterday the following words, with aliusion tome: . . . “Be. eides, having a hearty contempt for Brazil,oa ao- count of the Amezon” . . .” I have never looked upon a man with con‘empt, infinitely less so can I look with contemot upon any nation on earth. Nations are composed of men (la dies, don’t look st me d'un caer s\ extere: | mean man- kind, for yon are the nobles* half of it) an} maniike, they bave all their defects, and all their virta-s. Vm»it tain that Brezil has no more the right of eventing any veseel ot any nation to penetrate into reuador, by the mouth of the “Amazon,” than by that of ‘Gueyas.” And had I the means of arniog a steomer here, I would go under tne flag of Boua- der, at all hazards and risks, to drop my anchor in the waters of ‘‘Napo,” let the consequences be what they would, But this does not imply contempt. Du reste, Lam very grateful to the gentleman wo bas honored me with the glorious surname with which one of the wortniest citizens of the United States bas been distinguished. J. VitvaMin. The Police. TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD. T hope the influence of your journal will be exerted to give notoriety to the flagrant attempt of the police department to evade the force of public opinion. he public have demanded that the police should have @ distinetive uniform, and the department, atteralong delay, promised to make the reform. And what is the result? It is, that whereas here- tofore. many of the police might have been distin- guished by the shabbviness of their apparel, they may now, in what ia called a uniferm, (which is simply anew coat, without other peculiarity.) pass for an ordinary citizen. If the pofice be actually ashamed of @ distins dress, they must also be ashamed of their cffice, and the sooner their Hog are filled by others more worthy of the lately increased salaries, the better. Crrvaen, Woman's Rieurs.—A marriage ceremony was ants would do well in bringing their own | performed at Rochester, on the 15th, by Rev. Antoi- nette L. Brown, the female preacher. Che Union h, a8 most of us were, or brought np tie | says: ‘ Those present state that the Rev. Antoinette can | went through with the ceremony with marked grace and propriety, omiting, however, all allusion to the injunction.” trasted with the coostant display of military force in | in Vermont. the llwing partion af te damage by the ate lo fresbet in that vicinity :— sind Whetstone Brook, which rons throngh this town and discharges itself into the Connecticut river, near the railroad depot in this village, was, early on Sun- | day, filled te overflowing with the accumulated | waters. About two o’clock P. M. their force became £0 great as to cerry away tie flume of the dam of Crosby & Jones’ stave , abou’ a mile above the pilags. Hematintes a of the shop, 18 by 24 feet, unde: 6d, aud it fell invo the stream, carrying with it waterwheels, machinsry, stock, &c. This part of the shop was new, and the whole had recently been fitted up with machin staves. Their loss cannot be less than $1000. The dam to the Peg factory, situated a few rods below, soon followed. When this pile of water reached the village, it burst into the cellar of Joseph Ciark’s store, near the bridge, and damaged his stock, coa- sete chiefly of po and oils, to the amount of The dam and a part of the sawmill owned by | David Barret, and situated in the northwest part of | this town, were arene away. 4 In Ponédville and Marlboro the damage was still more revere. In this latter town, and about two miles above Pondville, the dam connected with the mills owned by Cyrus Hill and Clark Adams, was destroyed. Followiog this, the new dam recently built by H. Cummings, in the latter village, became undermined, and in ites fall carried with it the bridge immediately below. The nts of these wrecks, | aided by the suddenly increased force of the current, removed from its foundations and entirely destroyei a large covered bridge, three spans in length and pearly new. Late in the afternoon a portion of this bridge, about fifty feet in length, was seen floati rapidly down Connecticut river. The loss occasi by this freshet in the vicinity of Pondville, is esti- mated at $2,600 to $3,000. In Wardsboro’ the dam to Eddy’s mill, and two flumes—one belonging to Howard’s mill and the other to Knowlton’s box Sachore WH all carried away by the current. The $400 to repair the damages. On the Ws lay prev’ous, dam to Sulumon Higgins’ miil was des- troyed by the sudden rise of the water. His loss is estimated at $2,000. for saving | tle Miscellany. Three young m re recently fined trom $100 to $125 each, for breaking into the mansion at Moativello, once the Yeme of Thomas Jefferson. Judge Petit of Indiana, has decided the liquor law of last winter unconstitutional, and discharged those who had been arrested charged with breaking that law. The wife of Samuel Smith, of Winchester, NH, was Crowned on the 14th instant, by her.wagon being upset where the river bad overflowed the road. ae ETE fINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL MONEY MARKET. Suvvay, Nov, 20-6 P. M. At the closeof the market yesterday there was a better feeling amcng speculators for » rise, and the demand for stocks was quiteactive. Erie, Nicaragua, Cumberland, and others, show an advance, compared with prices cur: rent at the close of the previous week. The- bulls feel quite strong and full of confidence, and we are disposed to Delieve that they will manage to get up quite a specula- tive inflation between this and Christmas. They have all the banks of Wall street with them, and any amount of facihties at their command, in the shape of eall loans. ‘The bears have, for rome time past, been steadily reduc- ivg their contracts, but there are yet too many outstand- | ing for the comfort of those having deliveries to make. The principle involved in this upward movement does not amount to much, but nevertheless it may answer all the desired purposes. While the banks were constructing, the market value of fancy stocks steadily depreciated. Atter ® reduction in the line of discounts of about fifteen millions of dollars, all drawn from the commeycial classes, these institutions commenced loaning largely om stock securities, and are now devot- ing all their surplus funds to furnishing aid to speculators in the fancies. This has been resorted to from compulsion, The banks have large capitals, and and bridges also | mustinsome way make dividends, They are afraid to suffered to such an extent that it will teke over | discount business paper having fixed periods ‘o run, for no one knows what & week or ® month way bring forth in the finarcial world, and it is deemed best to be prepsred for any emergency. It has, therefore, been consilered The stage road between Fayetteville and Towns- | the wisest policy to use the funds which have accumu, reds of i: was washed aay in one place, and its for- mer site has siace furnished a bed for the stream. It is estimated that $360 will be necessary to repair the damage in this spot. Other portions have suffered so severely as te render a transit hazardous. One abutment tothe railroad bridge on the Ver- mont Valley railroad, near “ Morder Hollow,” in Dummerston, was carried away. The end of the bridge has consequently settled several feet, aud is impsssable for trains. The trains of the Vermont and Masrachusetts railroad now run up to this place and trausmit the passengers, who are obliged to cross the bridge on foot. The grading of the latter railroad, between Grout’s Corner and Ervinn, has been washed away to the ex- tent of several rods. The trains have to run each way te carry and receive passengers, as the place damsged cannot be crossed by the engines. Losses BY THE Fioop.—The Litchfield Enquirer estimates the loas to that town, by the late fresnet, at $15,000. The village of Wolcotviile loses, it says, from $50,000 to $75,000, and other towns in propor- tion. It 1s informed by an old gentleman of Ply- mouth, that bis father aud himself have marked on a rock on the bank of the Naugatuck, the height of each freshet for a hundred years past, and that the Indians did the same before them. He finds the recent to be four feet higher than it was ever before ‘nown. A meeting was held on Monday, and the damage sustained by the town, in the loas cf roads and bridges, estimated at $25,000. The Danbury 7'mes estimates the damage in that town, by the late storm, at from $10,000 to $15,000. Abolitionism in Missouri. [Frew the St. Louis Republican, Nov. 16. The insecure conditicn of property in slaves in Mixouri is best illustrated in the genera’ alarm which pervades counties in Which this description of property is most numerous When the best men in the country—old and wealthy men—those who have a great stake in the peace aud good order of societ, —meet together for such purposes as are mentione: in the resolutions below, it may well be supposed that the provocation has been great, and that they are in earnest in wat they propose to do. There was a mass meeting o/ the citizens of How- ard count; Fayette, on the 21st October, at which Samuel C. Major presided, and G. M. B. Manghs acted as Secretary. The preamble adopted at this meeting declares that “‘ numerous and repeated acts of disobedience and outrage having lately occcrred thronghont the county among the slave population, resulting in one case in the death of an estinable be on good terms. I furgotto mention to you that | bend was revdered impassable. More than twenty | lated in the banks from the contraction of the regular line of discounts, in making call loans on stock securities. Any amount of money can be obtained in that way. The banks are actually begging for securities to loan upon. It is not to be woncered at that, amidst such a state of things, fancy stocks should advance in market value, The buils control any amount of means, and are able to carry any quantity of securities. By hypethecation, at mo- derate margins, a small- capital will go » great ways in Wall street just at this time, and we must be pre- pared for an important expansion in prices. It would be folly for the bears to contend against such great odds. It would be better for them to close up their contracts and quietly view the progress of the inflation at a afe distance, holding thomselves in readiness to take advantage of the first reaction. Such is the prebable course of events in Wall street ; and those who govern themselves accordingly, will, in our opinion, not make any very great mistakes, That money will continue easy for a time on the hypothecation of stock securities, there is very litile doubt ; but, #0 far as the wants of the mercantile classes are concerned, it will contizxue as difficult as ever to get supplied, The banks have not varied the movement in the regular discoun* department, materially, during the past week, In the street the best business paper sells freely at one per cout a month, and the banks throw out nearly all that is offered by taeir customers. There ins itutions listed in the ranks of fancy stook speculators, and th¥ bears had better retreat into their dens,and wait a more favorable period. In the meantime, outsiders will pile up in the hands of the street combinations ani cliques enormous quantities of stock ; ani when the screws are turned there will be one of those terrible panics which have so frequently and so suddenly taken the bulls by storm. Discretion is the better part of valor, and we counsel the bears to be cautious. We understand that Messrs. Little, McJimsey & Hoyt, gentlemen pretty well known in Wall street, made aa application at the custom house, a few days since, for the confiscation of the steamers running in tho line of the Nicaragua Transit Company. Mr. J. L. White appeared for the owners, and exhibited all the proper documents legalizing the sale, &c. It was decided by the Collector and Surveyor of the port, that there were no grounds for action, and they stated that they could not saterfere, citizen, and principally, ss we be'ieve, growiag out of the fact that we have domiciled a nong us numer- ousfree blacks and slaves hiriog thsir time, both of which conditions have proven truitful in the foment- ing of dissatisfaction and theft among the slaves ; therefore, be it resolved, that a committee of six be appointed for the purpore of waiting upon those per- sons standing security for slaves, and to noti'y said perscns that sueh siaves must be given up to their masters, and also to notify all free persons of color that they shall leave Fayette and vie nity by the first day of December, 1853.” The committee baving been appointed, another Was urdered, in covnection with those appointed ata previous meeting, to act as a town patrol, whose duty it shall be to see that no negroes are found loi- tering about the streets or alleys after seven o’clock at pight; and in case any such are found, to give them nine and thirty lashes, regard!esa of their hay- ing a pars. By another resolution, twenty-six of the most res- pectable citizens of the county, who:e names are | given, declare themselves responsible for the actions | oe said committee, in the rigorous discharge of their | juty. We noticed, the other day, that twelve slaves had | | escaped in one party, from Murion county, had | crossed over the river at Quincy, and from there had been “run,” in the night time, to an abolition hole in | Adams county. This seems to have roused the people of Marion county to the total insecurity of their Property. and they met in large numbers at Palmyra, on the 7th inst. for the purpose'of devising meaus to | prevent the escape of slaves, and to secure taeir | arrest when they abscond. James B. Redd was | chairman, and B.B. King secretary. A series of resolutions were adopted, organizing the “Marion Associaticn.” Members pay dollars for admis: | sion; Treasurer and Secretary are to be appointed; a competent person is to be selected as head of the pa- trol of the county, and competent assistants are to be provided. This patrol, on notice bei proceed diligently in pursuit of any slaves that ma: ave escaped, and are to have their expenses paid. The menbers mutually bind themselves not only to | | use all lawful means to arrest slaves undertakivg to escape, but to entorce all laws in regard to slavery, whether affecting the slave or his ally, the abolition: | ist. Members are to fi'e with the aasociation a com- | plete description of their slave property, more effectu- | ally to parsue the élaves when they have made their | escape. Ancther meeting was to have taken place last | Saturday, of which we have as yet no account. Scppin Deatn—An OFFICER ARRESTED ON | Caarce or Moxpex.—Yesterday afternoon John M. | Ragin went to his father’s house on Linn street, be- | tween Everett and Liberty, and commenced breaking | in the doors and behaving very disorde-ly, on a count of his parents refusing # admit him while intoxteat- ed. Officer John Stevens arrested him, asd both started for the Watch House When near the corner of Everett and Providence streets Ragia resisted, and commenced abusing the officer, an1 affirmed re- pratedly that no d—n officer sboald take him to the Watch House, he would die first—and sim'lar re- merks. The cflicer aga'n seized him, and Ragin re plied, “ let go of me or I will cut you in two; you, or no other d—-n watchman, shall take me; you tuke hold of me again and I will shoot your braias ont,” following his threets by kicking the oificer three times. Stevens then struck Ragin with his fist oa the side of the head three times, the third blow beine neerthe left eur. Ragin reeled and fell into the gutter, his bead striking on the curb stove. The officer picked bim up, and finding him unable to walk, hailed aa ex. press wagon, and placing him in it, conveyed him to the Bremen strect Station Honse. Upon arriving at the station house, Ragin appeared sick; and it was deemed sdvieable to remove him to the Hospital. On the way to that institution he died. Stevens imme- diately gave himself up, and was held in $5,000 bail by Esquire Riley for @ further hearing on Friday. Coroner Noble held inquest on the dead body of Ragin. Prof. Wood made an examination to learn the cause of his death, and decided tnat Ragin’s death was caused by # Cislocation of the bones of the neck from their attachments to the head; there- by doixg fatal violeuce to the spinal marrow. Other evidences induced the jury to return a verdict that he came to bis death by the fall, whichrstriking nis head on the surostone, disk cated his veck. Ragin was notorious as a thief, and was only released from the chain-gapg a few hours previous to this occur- rence. He w ingle man.— Cincinnati Gazette, Nov. 17. Cexsvs ov CurvEeLann, On1o.—The census of Cleveland, which was lately taken for schoo! pur- pores, sows the following to be the present popula- tion of the city;x— ——— CHM. aew, ——_—_, given, are to | M either in furtherance or hindiance of stock specalatioas, ‘The exportation of specie from this port last week was as annexed : Snuraents oF SpHcT# FROM THE PoRT oF New YORK. Park Carrier Figeon, Elminer, (Africa) dex- ‘ican dollars see $15,000 09 éo do" * Doubioons. ost 8 Steamer Afri:a, Liverpool, Cal. slugs 610 9) Meee ee Gold bats 48,400 00 Am. gold 10000 00 Am old & silver 99,000 00 X thaler, GS.... 4,749 00 Eng. silver... 968 00 Teta); Nov. 12 to NOW 19.......e00ccee04 9925,051 65 Previously reported.......... 21,788,086 74 Total for 1863....,.+.+++eeeeee0e00+$22,313,137 39 ‘The detention of the steamship Frauklin in port, made the shipment of specie last week loas than it would other- wise have been. It is possible a great change may soon be realized in the outward movements of specie, The last returns of the Bank of England showed an insrease in the amount of bullion in both departments,of upwards of three hundred thousand pounds sterling. If the week ly returns show an increase we may infer that the drain of specie from England has ceased. That fact once estab- lished, we may look for a permanent improvement in the money markets of Grea’ Britain and of the United States, There will be # meeting of the officers of forty. veven danke of this oity to-morrow, (Monday,) at 12 o’clock, to take into consideration the recent numerous defalca- tions of sewers] of the Wall street institutions. The banks which bave lately suffered most reriously in thi? way, are as follows :— Bank of the State of New York. Bank of the State of 60, Hanover Bank 25,000 Total. $742,810 The clerks of the Bank of Commerce were at work all last Sunday hunting up the items, and the other banks have for some time past been actively engaged in the in- vestigation of their accounts, to find out, if possible, where the deficiency is, or how it has been produggd. Every effort has been made to keep all this busines secret, and it has ever been the policy of banking institutions, in this city particularly, to prevent publicity being given to such lotses, Enormous defalcations have repeatedly been oom- Promised and the whole affair hushed up, fearful that the credit of the bank concerned would be injured by ex- posure. The meeting to-morrow will be a strictly private one, and the result of its investigations will, without doubt, never be officially announcsd, It is well known te ti ose acquainted with the way of doing business ia our banks how \here defalcations have occurred; but we :e- frain st present from detafiing them to the public. They occur almost every week ; hut the recent enormous rpecu- Jatious in fancy stocks, and the immense losses realized, have been the direct cause of those we have coumerated above, ‘The following are the importations by paekages for the ‘Weck ending Saturday, Nov. 19, inclusive:— Bleaching ks, 100 tierees, Brieks— 0 080 fire bricks grain bags; 10 bbl. a re turned cargo; 15 pa wempty bags. Cheose—50 cases. Coal—152 tons orrell; 791 ons 124 chaldrons coal; 500 bores chare Copper—22 cases, Coffee—117 bags ant 200 begs, containing 23,289 los coffee. Cocoa—400 bags packages per steamer Bultic, 735 do. por 4¢o per Germania; 194 do. per Hansa; 513 do. ws abip Constitutim; 446 do. per Calhoun; 415-do, per Ficouseroga; 376 do Isaac Bell; 304 do per Toulon; 276 do. per Guttenberg; 276 do. per Maid of Orie: do per De Witt Clinton; 224do per Warner; 220 do. per ; 416 do, per Centurion; 210 do. per Emma Ex pire; 186 do. per Satellite; 119 do. pe rican Union; 66 de. per Vancluse; 46 do ‘per Ant arctic; 44 do, per Hor 8 do per Kizabeth De anison ; 35 do. per Stateeman; do. per bark Geo. Ludwig; 14 do. per Jule; 89 do. per Clementine; 54 do. per Cwsar; 86 do. per Seadnck—total 6 983 packages, and 491 bundles coir yarns, per rhip Charlotty Reed, from London. Dyewoods—€0 tons, 2,055 rticks 495,650 pounds log wood, Drugs and Dyes—5 ceroons indigo; 5 ceroons ccchinesl; 141 carks, 108 titres oda ash; 85 kegn, 60 tierces bicarbonate soda. 3 boxes, 66 baga gum copal; 18 casks, 90 barrels barythen, 10 cases absynthe; 64 caaks absynthe liquer; 6 barrels coloring ayrup 1 case eau cologne; 10 buxes borax; 60 cases licorice paste; 250 bai rela cement; 100 casks oxide of zine; 200 caaks powder do ; Gcarks madder; 60 casks yellow ochre; 17 casks dried euecory roots; 24 easkg argols; 15 boxes magueria; 10 casks red arvenium; 4 caske, 5 boxes opium; 2 oaaka Mies Females, All Ages First ward. . + 786 R88 6,395 Second ward 1342 1446 10,277 Third ward. 623 515 4.339 Fourth ward. . 410° 1,457 10 203 4,060 4.366 381,214 ce to be 9,992. APPOINTMENT BY THE Pararpewr—John Leothall, wed, So be Cael of Se Been of equipment, and repair, vice Samuel Hartt, city shows her population | aeapet | digrin: 1 barrel, 1 box pewcer flasks: 1 cask powder horns; | 60 casks © 6 cases capsulen; 50 cryntala; 1 box. ton: | gua beam barrels tonticen;’ 150 baskets annatte; 25 | barrels, 26 boxes, 750 kega chemicals; 29 barrels sarsaps- rilla. Fi-h—164,500 kilograms dry co: ; 1 barrel, 34 kegs herring; 5 caves preserved ‘ish ia oil. Furs—3 cases, | cask. Fruit—11¢ bbls; 4,000 orangen; 1 bbl lemons; 2 caks lime | jutee; 36 ce sardines ia ofl, 100 ¢4 com‘aining 12 flaska each froits in brendy; 79 cs fruite in syrup; 10 o# of 12 btls each fruits in juice; 28 os of 36 btls each and 16 cs of 72 do 7 en of 96 co preserved pearr; 4 04 proverves; 1 bx nuta; 120 bbls note im shell. Gunny Bags—l ble. Guano —1,100 tons. Hales os heres’ hate. pte 2 on straw hats, Hemp—13}4 bie. " hides; 113 bls deer skins; 46 08 oalf do; 99 ox do; 18 sheep do; 64 Bip 4 bing Honey--43 onkn 3 bbls. Ivory—-58 India, rubber—40 bxs fine, 49 bys mixed, 17 bl 1,326 Ibs in bwlkk, Troo—4,162 rails, 29.111 ‘bars railway from; 42,395 bars; 9.679 bdls iron; 5,596 bdls hoop do; 860 bdJs sheet do; 1,924 tons pig do; 2910 5 97 bdls Swedish do; 979 bls bar do; 281 bdls scroll d ‘Ol bdls angle €o; 200 bala square do: 1.246 bdls spike’ do: 1085 = de; 5 06 rails do 608 compound rails do; 87 bara alf oval do; 89 bdla tubes do; 166 railway axles do; 219 coils, 413 bils iron wire. Lend—11,888 pigs. Leather—t bls 12 c#, Lumber—6, 100 feet auperficial boards; 451,800 laths; Mats—t1 balen: 4 bales door mats. Metal—8 eases yal low; 160 bundles metal. Molasees—63 hhds. Oil—9 pipes, $1 puncheons linseed; 48 puocheons aniseed; 125 baskats, and 60 cases, each containing 12 bottles ot s rest vil: basket of 6 bottles. and 524 baskets contaiaing 14 bottles each olive oil. Paint—160 bbls. white zine; 20 casks, 320 tova chalk; 190 bola. whiting. Plaster—675 tons, Pota-- toss—16 bbis. Provisions—I eask smoked meat. Rags 124 pales, Salt—6,894 bushels, 2,422 bbls. containing 8.000 bushels, Seed—790 bags rapeseed. Shell—1 half bbl , 1 box tortoise; 8 boxes shell ard corals. Spelter— 1,009 plates. Steel—33 cases, 2,164 bundles 1 cask, 167 bare. elayed. 1,305 bhi 328 casen, 180 kegs, . Segars—2 boxes, 131 cases, 8 canes’ containing 32,590 pegars. Spirite—627 casks, 6 pipes, 170 half do,, 249 quarter do, 52 boxes samples brandy; 3 puncheons whiskey; 60 bbls, bottles, 145 casks 'ale; 10 pipes in; 2' eases 1 sample box beer; 10 pipes gin. Tin5.087 boxes 150 boxes Tiles—5 casks. Tobacco—90 bales; 2 cases tobacco stalks. Wine—635 hhda, 254 half do., $31 bbla., 1,602 cases, 3,197 baskets, 366 packages, 7 cases samples wine; 6,815 baskets, con- taining 12 bottles each, wine; 1 half hhd., 238 cases, 8,042 baskets champagne do.; 450 saser, each containing 15 bottler, and 2,640 baskets. containing 31,680 ovttles champagne wine; 152 cases claret wine; 4 casen white d 296 8, containing 4,968 bottivs, do.; 1 case an cordial. Wood—-864 cannons, 673 crotches mahogany; 1,170 crotches satin; 201 pieces wood. Willows—3,426 bundles white, 892 bundles willows. Window glass—3,d61 canen, 5,456 700 boxes. Wool—9) bales flocks; 452 bales, 38 bags wool; 39 bales, 7 bags woollen waste. Zine—80 casks cinc nails; 300 casks, 200 cases zine. ‘The annexed statement exhibits the quantity and value of merchandise, other than foreign dry goods, imported into this port during the week ending and including Fri- day, November 18, 1858 :— Commence or rae: Port or New York—Werk ty Imports. Pi Value. Value. $2,863 Surgical Iust.. 6 22,727 Ivory... 8 Chior. potash, 8 Citric acid... 1 Cutch........ 387 Cream tartar. 4 Poppy oil Quinine SI 2 Legwood, tons 202 Eartne Potatoes, bus.6,336 2 143 Stationery Nutmeg: Glass........5,754 Glues, plated.,’ 224 Glarsware.... 17 Grindatones .. Guano, tons 1,200 Hair,......... 919 8,665 Mabogany....2,080 6,403 Bair, manuf 9 4,612 Rosewoud 6.891 Hate 20 9910 Worl... 7.098 Hatters’ goods 13 1500! Do. was'e.... 4197 India rubber. — 18,838 Fire erackere.6,300 4,901 Indigo... 4 474 Articles for Math. Inst 5 1,815 Orystal Pal Ex 7 7,538 Musical do. 89 5,652 Other imports 30 8.996 Value of merchandise put on market week end — ing Nov 18........00.05 Ta. $1,504,024 Value of dry goods, same tim 921, 785 Dotalies. sedevevssscesessccinsosicoees, + «$2,425,807 “The principal items of import during the week were as follows :—Earthenware, £21,887; raisins, $25,534; furs, $28,383; plated glass, $31,533; jewelry, $28,066 undressed skins, $42,662; brandy, $35,658, iron, $50 893; pig iron, $38,576; railroad iron, $174,202, cutlery, $25,005; lead, $64,654; tin, $117,620; sugar, $83,865; tea, $81,238; watches, $119.650, The aggregate value continues small, corresponding very nearly with the value of exports in the same period. ‘The Baltimore Sun of the 19th inst. gives the annexed review of the stock operations in that city during the past week :— The past has been s very active weet in the Baltimore stock market, but at the close there is le<s doing. Specu- lation has run high in Baltimore aud Ohio Railr ad shares, with immensely large sales, ané unusually wide fluctua tions. Opening the week last Saturday at 48 a 5234 and time, they sdvanced on Monday to 65a 63, mostly at €0.a61,) bu’ next dey gradually, and since then have rapidly declined, falling 44 on Toursday, and a like sum yesterday. They opened weak yesterday at 47 cash, but immediately rore to 49, and thea to 60, clo: ing at 4944 bid, 5014 aeked. The time sales (nearly altogether buyer’s option.) were generally at 51a 52, ranging from 49 to &244, The better prices at the clo-e indicate pur- chases on the part of those who have lately sold at the advance, for the purpore of delivery when their c n- tracts expire. The extreme upward movement of the fore part of the week was mostly brought about by a temporary demand epringiig fiom a similar cause, parties who bad sold short to « very large extent becoming alarmed. About 13,900 shares hi sold dar- eater number than we hav er before recorded. The aggregate value of all stocks sold is about $83,060, In loans and investment securities the market has not been very active, Some $19,600 of diferent des- criptions of Baltimore and Ohio Railroad bonds have beea sold, with $9,100 City 6's, and $1 000 (yesterday) of Park- ersburg guaranteed bonis. Both the railroad and city bonds exhibi of the rail- toad guarantee of $6,000,060 affecting both. City 1800's went at 1013 yesterday, a decline of 3 on previous salen, closing at 101 bid. The 1885's of railroad sold as low ax 80, a decline of $1. The price of 101% for Park- ersbarg guaranteed shows an advance of 13, on last week. This road is pushing forward vigorously, and there is said to be more certainty cf forming the connection with the Hillaboro’ road beyond the Ohio. State loans are quiet, but firm. For other stocks there is very little demand; some York and Cumberland Railroad sold at 19 dor n to 183g yentercay, A few baak rhares have changed hands at ateady rates, but there is little demand—the bigh jTices leave no room for profits. Coal stocks are entirely neglected, insurence deli, ‘There have been four failures of grocery houses at Cia- cinnati within a week or two. The houses alluded to were McKenzie, Craft & Co, L. 8. Crawford & Co., (late Warner & Crawford,) F. F Tudor, and Ridgely & Brother. The total value of the foreign exports from Baltimore, for the week onding on Thursday, the 17th inst., wa $185,446. The export of breadstuils for the week com® prises 21,822 bai of flour, 593 barrela of eorn meal, ,(50 burhels of corn, ‘The annexed statement exhibits the operations of the Wilmington and Raleigh Railroad Compauy for the year ending September 30, 1853, and the financial condition of the company at the close :-— Wiarton axp Ravan Rarnroap. Receipts Amount received from through travel,. Amount received from way travel, Freight on railroad. Freight, meals, & , on # 4 Transportation of mails, rents, &,. sssee eres 1444 $668,809 67 Total. 3. repens Cort of transportation, ineluding purchase of locomotives. couches, and caca .. $155,233 73 » 86,424 35 Railroad repairs 45,054 82 147,052 84 865 62 57,976 30 —_ 283 31 Net profits ses sseseseeee ss :8162,616 96 We find th ny on the 1st of the comps: October, 1853, were $1,166,261 12, consisting of the fol- lowing items:— Old bor de payable in Rogland at 5 p-r sent. ..$222 666 67 Bonde endorred by the State of North Carolina, at 6 per cent...........+. + ee +250,000 00 Borda to Literary Fund of N. ©. cont. $6,000 00 New bonds payable in England ........+. +++. 444,444 45 Bonds to U. 8., pay able in mail service Bills payable... Due on pay rollins... e Due on negro bonds, 1844 to 1853, inclusive. Due on dividends, Nos. 1, 2, aad 3, Due to sundry individuals :... Balance due on thirty shares stock surren até , 5 | th +++ $1,156,261 12 + 1,340,213 21 nee of profits fro ma of operations to Ist October, 1853, after paying interest on debt, 584,333 64 Total........005 $3,080,807 OF Cost, construction, real Kv sa es veeenes 2,075,062 42 Reconstruction . 713,850 85 20 shares company’s stock, 2,900 00 Due on forfeited stock........ 940 00 Wil, and Man. Railroad Com: PADY’s BYOCK....ss.++eeee+ 100,000 00 . W. and New Orieans Telegra) 3,160 00 Bills receivable... % 228 Due from individuals. 26,082 45 | Dus from Pest Oitice Depart: — @ from Pest (ilice ment for mail service,..... 24,715 06 Counterfeit money tak vant jh in bands of treacurer... 5 —————43, 080,807 0F ‘The gross receipts of the Virginia and Tennessee Rail~ road Company, for the past year, amounted to $100,267, and the expenses to $06,531. The receipts from the ore ganization of the company are put down at $3.704,150 69, and the expenditures at[$3,647,864 68. During the yeat the company purchased 8,620 tons ef iroa, The direc tors have been authorized to raise by loan, or otherwise, such amount as may be necessary to complete the read to the State line, The Cincinnati, Logansport and Chicago Railroad ia finished to Newcastle, Indiana, making the distance now open in this connection, and upon which the cars are rupring from Cincinnati, ninety-eight miles, The-irom for the entire line of road is purchased, and the grading s0 far advanced that it is confidently expected to have the iron laid on the remaiader of the road early in the spring. The bridging (with one exception, over White river) is finished, ani the superstructure all’ procured. The ertire grading to be done will not exceed ten miles, td make this road reacy for the iron. A meeting of the directors of the Utios and Binghim- ton Railroad Company was hel at Ui. on Wednesdsy,, relative to the commencement of that work, The Utica Gaz tie says: We understand that the primary meacures fer the con- struction of the road have been fully perfected, au it is the intention of the directors to iminedia‘ely commenco the work. James Hull, of Portlaad, Me., a competent en- gineer, who was recently eogaged by the Stratght Line Company bas been selected to survey the route. ‘The Boston Courier of the 18th iast. gives the following information relative to the construction of the Air Line route between that city and New Haven:— At a meeting of the stockholders of the Charles River Branch and Charles River Railroad companies, held at | the office of said companies ia this city, on the firstdav of | November, these corporations, by a unanimous vote, were | unites into one corporacion, under the nat of the | Charles River Riilroad Company, as autho: by the | charters of said companies, A board of directors of the new company were choen, and subsequently, at a meet~ ing of said board, Hon Charles R. Alsop, President of the New York and Boston Railroad Company, was unaniz | mously choa-n Presicent of the new company. ‘This ling of railroad has been leased in perpetuity ta New York and Boston Railroad Company, and furma & part of the lire known as the Air Line, now in procesd | of construction through the State of Rhode Island and iq. | Connecticut. It ia the purpose of the New York and Boston Railroad Company to pr’c-ed at onze to the construction of the road from the termination of the Charles River Branch Roa@ to Dover, through the thriving towns of Medfield, Medway and Bellingham, towarca Woonsocket, in Rhede Isl to meet that portion of the great line now being construct- ed through that State. Those who are best acquainted with the section of country through which this line runs,’ | anticipate a very large business over the road, in comnex- ion with Boston, which has heretofore sought other chanrels: and when the line shall be completed to New ‘2 Haven, which willbe shorter by over twenty-five miles than the present land route, it will probably be the most | travelled road in New England, and will become the | sational road between the East and the South and est. Mines and Mining. Sunpay, Nov. 20—6 P. M. The transactions at the Mining Board during the weeks have not exceeded in the aggregate $26,000, among whicl, mntst be included several sales where no money passed, This i+, however, only a beginning. In the course of" | | | | Rext year it ts probable that quite a number of mines, 2| which are now looked upon with the disfavor always at- | taching to new enterprises of this nature, will produce | tangible returns, and pay dividends There is always «: certain ritk attending predictions; but we think we could) | fafely name six or eight companies, whose stocks are now | dealt in as fancies, but which have al:eady passed the | point where mining ceases to be problematical. Twelve months hence the transactions of a day at the board will far exceed those of such weeks as the last. On Saturday North Carolina was in demand at 41¢ among the bulls; it fetched 434, buyer 30. A fortnight ago it eold freely at 314. The sales cf Gardiner continue to increase, but tbe price remains the same. Phoenix gold was offered at 1, but buyers thought 60 centa enough. For New Creck 27% were offered, without sel- lers. For Fulton, 134, holders asking 13. We notice an advertisement notifying shareholders ia the Norwich mine, that the shares on which the ins‘al- ment has not been paid, can be had at the office of the American Mining Company, We should like to »now something more, both about the Norwich and the parent concern, The mine worked by the former is situated about fourteen miles from the mouth of Ontoragom river, Lake Superior. Its reputation has been good for some th ee years, t:ough the retarns of copper have not been sufficient either to pay a dividend or expenses. On the strength 0 i's promise, however, two other coacerna, the Sbaron and the Derby, have been started by the same company in the neighborhood The American Company have also been working mines in Penna isnt. Eighteea movths ago we were promised dividends from them, Where are they? The iron was to pay all expenses, and the eopper to be clear profit. Where is the profit?’ Tha public have a right to know why promises formally made to a body of shareho ders, have not been fulflied, What of tke Company’s mines on the island of Cuba? CITY TRADE REPORT. Sarorpay, Nov. 19—6 P. M. Asm —Only 36 bbla, were bought, at $6 50 for pearle and pots. per 100 Ibs. Breapsrvrrs.—Flour was in lively request atimproving rates. The day’s operations insluded 20,000 bbls.—sour at $6 1234 » $6 3734; superfine No 2 at $6 37% a $6 62%; ordinary to choice State at $675 & $693%¢, chiefly at $6 8134 9 $6 873/; mixed to fancy western at $6 81% 887; common to good Ohio, at $6 8754 a $7; and other brande at proportionate prices, There were ‘2.000 bbls. fair to eod Cana¢ian, in bond, purchased at $6 93% 8 $7 06%. fe tranractious in Southern amounted to. $2,900 bble., at $706% a $725 for mixed to good; $726 % $7 81% for favorite; and $7 87% m $7 6236 for fancy per bbl. Rye flour and corn meal were quiet, but otherwixe unaltered. Wheat was not in much demand the business comprised 46,000 bus for Generee white, $1 76 for choice ‘ian do, in bond; $1 73 for Pennsylvania white, and $1 60 e $1 60 for fat fonew superior Western red, per bushel. We heard that 1,500 bushels rye changed hands at 96c. Barley and oata were aa Jast noticed. Corn improved a shade; the day's sales reached 60,000 bushels at 77c. @ 78340. for unsound, 79e. a 803¢c. for mixed Southern and Western, and 80}¢0. a 82e. for Southern and round yellow. Corres There mere sold 2,200 pkgs. Java at 126, ; and 350 baga Rio at 103¢0. #11340 per 1b. Corrox.—The day's sales consisted of 1,041 bales, in- eluding 89 bales for export—832 for home use, and 120 on speculation, Market firm, FREIGHIS.—To Liverpool, 1,600 a 2,000 bbls flour were evgaged, at 3s. 6d. and about 20,000 bushels corn, at 12444, « 1234d., in bull; and 20,000 & 80,000 bushels wheat, ia bulk, at 12%1., ant 60 bb.s, ashes, at 40s.; cottoa wan at 782d. 9 i<d' asked. To London, flour was at 6. and wheat st 16d., and 2,000 bushela cloverseed, is ship's bags, at 161d" To Havre, 2,000 « 8,000 bbls. flour were ergsged, at 950. and 6,000 » 6,000’ bushels wheat, at 26c. Therhip Chas. Ring wat taken up to load with wheat for Antwerp. on private terms, supposed to be between G4¢ arc 86c. To California, rates for ‘ull im ships wore at 450, x 50e., and for clippers advanced loading 5c. « 60c. PRovisions—Pork continued to tend downwards. The salen embraced 500 bbin, Western, at $14 750 $14 87 for mena, and $11 75 11 87, eo prime, per bbl. wan unchanged. The sales did not exceed 200 bbls., at 9740. n 1036. for old and new, per Ib. Bref favored bay- ere. The day's businers comprised 600 bbls., at $5 a $5 75 for country prinie, $875 0 $10 15 for do $12 50 & $13 for Vermont moss, $13 a $18 50 for re. d Woaterm do,, and $15 26 » $15 60 for extra do., per prime mess $i7 a $19, as in quay, per tierce. There were 200 bbls. beef hams taken at $16. Butter and cheese liered. wexcn—Tbe sales of raisins embraced 500 boxes di bunch at $3 26; and £00 boxes wet dried do. at 6270. ticles rul juiet. Oar tales bare Foon made of 1,200 bales river, at 66c. a 70c. for shipment, and 750. a 87 4c. for local use, er 100 Ibe. Pefjors were rather ula to-day, at 4740. «a. par 1, Inow—There have been’ 160 tous Sooteh pig bought at $8¢ 60 8 $37 50, six months,"per ton. Lap—A parcel of 245 pigs Ulster Company recently changed hands at $6 45, cash, per 100 dos. Moiassxs —We notice sales of 60 hhds, Porto ‘anon 26c. a 280. ; 40 do. Cuba Muscovado, at 236 ; and 26 bi reboiled New Orleans, at 230. per gallon. Domestic Markets. Briton Carrig Market Nov, 17.--At market 8,400 enttle, (ray 1,900 beef and 1,600 stores,) 6,000 sheep and it it vance. se: ant qu vig. 97 a $1 25; recend do.,85 75 n $6 80; third dor teh = $6 90, “Stores Yearlings, $78 $L1; twe Cee ean seT ton, e100, sim, $106 ond , $136, | on8 Calves soles $22) 8 8,802, $87, $40and'860, Sheep — Dall, $2 38, $2 62, D ta barrows; old corn fed, 96.