The New York Herald Newspaper, December 2, 1853, Page 6

"HE FIND ARTS, @he Painting of De Soto, by W. H. Powell. A short time since notices of this work appeared in Pumam's Magazine aud the Evening Post. These remarks are submitted in reply to the positions aad assumptions ef thore artic! Long before the paiutir g reached the United States the Dest judges of art in France and England visited the stacio of Mr. Powell, in Paris, aud many criticisms apposr- ed ip foreign journals and reviews ccncerning it. It is @ fact well known that the French critics are among the severest in the world in all matte # relating to rt. Yot the Archives of the Men of the Day, (“‘Archives @es Hommes du Jour,’’) the Review of the Fiae rts, (‘Revue ces Beaux Aits,) the French Gazette, (‘ Gazette @e France,"’) and the Jouraal of Debates, (“Journal des Debats,’’) repeatedly pronounced in its favor in critical articles of some length. ‘ The “London Art Journal,” in a eriticism om American art, thus speaks of it —' have been much gratided, while parsing through raris, by the sight of a pwanting Dy an American artist. * * * * The idea having been merely studied in hia own country, Mr. Powell came to Paris to execute this large work. ‘The abundance of materials of all sorts, museams, mo- els, prints, libraries, and information of all kinds, which abound in this city, make it aconyenient locality for the ‘execution of large works of art.” After giving a descrip- tion of the picture the editor concludes:—Indeed, the whole shows powerful execution, good observation and knowledge of historic art, excellent drawing and brilliant ‘eoloring—the last will mellow down by age. We can out eongratulate Mr. Powell on bis successful effort, and are happy to find the American government holding forth inducements to native art and genius by honoz and Hberal Le pope ‘Many of theee articles were republished in this coun tey—thelr elevazed tone and high prsise naturally raised the expectations of the friends of art in the United States, Where this occurs the usual result is disappointment. There are cases, however, athoogh very rare vheo it does not follow, and this is one of them—for we speak ad visedly woen y that nearly all who have visited the ture have been most agreeably dixappe surpassed the expectations of those who ealy the Furopenn critical articles, but the laudatory tices that have eppeared since i's ‘arrival in New Yors. It would be very strange udeed if the ar‘ist BNd sue ceded in pleasing every one; more eepectally that class who are, or seem to be, dissatisfied with everything. The article: referred to seem to emanate trom sush; for ose ef them is introduced by ridivaling the Buaker Hill Monument, the Smithsonian Institute, ana tue Gerard Gollege, styling them * defw mities of architeoruce.’ Greenongh and Clark Mills are cecapitated at one siroke ef the pen and doubtless lie boried tereath the moon ment: of Washington and Jackson; and, in corclusion the works of Trumbull, Chapman, Weir and Vanderlin, are vo very inferior, that they are unworthy of the eriti- eism of one of the writers—himeelf the while claiming to be archivect, sculptor and historical painter, par excel- dance. With there branches of the articies we have noth fimg to do, further than to observe the spirit in which are written. In looking at the effort of the artist's ganina it will be rved that the figures represent six distinot classes of the time. The pri the cavalier—the page—the horse | man—footman—laborer; besides these, Iucian mea acd Women; their costumes varying from the mailed caval to the almort rabed laborer. Are they trnthfully represented, and will the composition of the pictures bear | @omparison with facts as recorded in the pages of history? We all questions of fact, in order to uaders’and fully the stale of the case, we mut resort to the evidence Mr. Baucroft, who is conceded to be good authority, thus speaks of the expedition of De Soto:— No sooner was the cesign of a new expedition publish- ed im Spain, than the wildest hopes were indulged. How brilliant must be the prospect since even the Con querer of Pero was willing to hazard his fortunes an the guiness of hig name! Adventurers astembied as yolua. | Bouses and vineyards, lands for tillage, and rows of olive trees in the Ajarrafe of Seville, were sold, as in the times | of the Crusades, to obtsin the’ means of” military equip ment. The port of San Lucar of Barrameda was crowd: | ed with these who hasten to « permiwion 10 share in theenterpriae. Even soldiers of Portugal de sired to be enrolled for the service. A muster was hell— the Portuguere appeared in the glittering art of bur- ished armor; and the Castiliaus, brilliant hopes, were very allan’, with sik upoa silk”? (1) | Mr. Irving, in his “Conquest of Flori¢a,” onthe same point remarks:—As De Soto was one day in the gallery | Of his hoane at Seville, he saw a brilliant baad ov ee ertad the court yard, and hastened *) the foot irs to receive thi Ther were Portuguese hidal pe yg Pere Ge Verconcelés, Several of them had ~ wars with the Moors on the African fron tle and they had come to volunteer their servicas. De Boto joyfuliy accepted their offer. * * ® A muster be- called of all the troops, the Spaniards appeared in id and showy attire, with aiken doubdle's and cas posks, pinked and embroidered. The Portuguese, oa tho eontrary, came in soldierlike style, ia complete ar- mor.” (2) When this gallant company divem): of the Bay of Spiritu Santo, the ea’ tween two and thres hundred, «: tag to the account v ry numbered auied to s thousand wen. (3) Twelve pries' ecclesia t ent with the expecition, ard were carefully provided with orna ments suc! Ks are used at the (A) It was | wriversaliy the case in the fifteeath and s <eeath ceut ona ot discovery or expl companied by cc of that age—t Fe it of adventu 0 the crovs went hand in bard Whilst the Being erected upru the shore of some newly eonstry, the incense trom the ceasor arose, mingliog with the amoke of the canzc’ After many wontbs of wan an explorirg par y who dive y from whence 4 messege was sent to Cubs, tha’ supplies -hould be torwarded to that pisze ia Jowing year. (5) The company at last arrived at Maviila, the present site of Mobile. rious collections that Ur Soto bad made. To ascertain how far Mr Powell iv correct in Lis costumes, figures, and aecenories of his picture, we quote a singular instance mentioned in “The Portuguese Relation,” of an Iadian chief who stole away from this town carryi-g with Lima oarlet cloak, and other ¢f the Christians” goods, as muen | ashe wax able to carry awsy, The company becoming alarmed, De Soto or: ered an arquabuss to be shot off. (6) After the fire of Mobile, the supplies arrived fron Onba (7) In Mareh, 1641, just previous to the diseovery of the Mis pi, De Soto demanded of the chief of the Chickasaws two hundred Indians to carry the baggage of the compa- , at the same time taking possession of their village. The demand was refused, and in the darkne:a of a stormy might they wece asesulted by tho itfuriated savages, who get fre to the houres, which were constructed of reas and straw, and were soon coprumed. The Spaniards were taken completely by surprire. (8) De Soto, wno always slept in his doublet and hose, that he might bs prepared for such emergencies cla :ped on his casque, drew un asur tont of quilted cotton, thres fingers in thickates, the bsat @efence agaixut the arrows of the ravages, aal sizing duckler and lance, m°unted hie horse, and charged fear- Jesely into the micst of the enemy. Many horres perished because their owners were com- pelled to secure them at night sith iron chains, as they were restive from high feeding, ani they could not ba un- Jooned, ro terrible was the assault. A large body of foot soldiers became ro terrified that they fled. Nuno Tobar Fushed after them, sword in hard. his coat of mail left unbuckled in the hurry. ‘Turn, soldiers turn!” cried be, * Whither are you flying’ Here is neither Cordova or Seville to give you refuge.” At this moment thirty aol- iors from e part of the village which the flames hai not }, came up to intercept of the fngitives (9) Soon after “Andres Ce Vasconcelos, with tweaty four chosen eavaliers of his company, all Portuguere hidalgos, most ef whom had served as borsemen in the wars on the Af- riean frontier, charged on the main body of the enemy.” He was accempanied by a compsny of fot sol-iers aom manded by Nuno Tobar ; the Indiaus could not withstand the fory of their ouset aud were diepersed. This i the @isantrous battle referred to by the critics Many lives were lost, swine consumed anil clothes saved fron the fires of Mobile destroyed. (10) The extracts from Irv ing here quoted refute most fully the pesition that all the elothes of officers and men were destroyed and that they were compelled to wesr skins and mats of ivy. In the secoant of the ition by Hernandez de Biédraa, who was present at the time, (published in 1044,) nothing whatever ia aid of the loss of clothing. We have no doubt that some had their apparel de troyed—it would be quite a natural enppoxition, coneidering the cfroum stances—but thst they all were left entirely naked after the fire '*grosely absurd. Consider for « moment the position taken by the eritics referred to, io stating ua qualifecly that Mr. Poveli’s picture is not historieully sorrect, ‘for by the fire of two weeks previous, the Ay. Words lost all their clothes, and wore as naked as the Indiacs.”” Imagine an invading arms, the flower of Spanish chiv airy in the sixteenth century, traversing au unknown and hostile country, urrounded by Indian enemies, without hope of euccor, and momentarily expecting to be attacked, all quietly taking off their armor and clothing, ia cold Weather, ano juctas quietly inying dowm to elerp, #ith out gard or sentinel, in order that the savages wight maanacre them as they slept. It would be quite a stretch of ‘erodulity to believe all this; yot, if we are to balieve these eritios it was 50. The romance of the ivy leavesf in jaunt as far from the facts of history a4 the sssumption that the wardrobe of the cavaliers wan destroyed. Irving explains how this plant happened to be t fexto requisition, and the manner in which it waa used:— “Besides being unceasingly harrassed by the enemy, they waffered bitterly from the cold, which was rigorous in the extreme, expecisily to men who had to pass every night ander arms, with scarce any clothing. In this extremity, however, they were relieved by the ingeauity of one of the soldiers. He succeeded in making « matting, four fingers in thickness, of s long kind of grass, or dried fry, ove half of which rerved a# % mattrass, aud the other half vas turned over asa blanket.’’ (11) The sccounts of De Soto’s expedition, from Bancroft, Irving, and other historians have materials, are necessarily very import of three documents, “La Vege.” qhence -grawn their wt. ‘They consiat Hernandez de ” all of which fant of the army returned to ats had ela) from the time ‘he ; it {4 mot vo be presumed + Correct in every détafl. ae Bancroft has fol ps "40 narrative called ‘The Portuguere Relation,” atten by @ gentleman of Elvas, and purporting to be toe peal of ax eyo witrers ; ft was pablishe! anony- monsly, in the year 1667, at Evora. A week after the burning of the Chickasaw village, the resumed its march. In ths meantio they had oreeted forges, newly tempered their swords, ani made Janzos “equal to the best of Biscay’? (12) In seven more came to an Indian village close by the patives were warlike, and atznded Inttle to 5 yy peo baad ay tug. pricey on ined aod was the first of Raropeans Sich the mtagaitoent. Heer, woh ell Its nnse mare of yg ‘vegetation of a wide sllavisl soil. The of three centuries has not banged the character of the stream; it was then de- ‘bere they had a terrible battie | with the Indians; a fire ocearred which consaraed the cu- | scribed as more than a mile broad, dowing with a strong current, and by the weight of its Tataes Roelng a chan- pel of great depth. The water wat always muddy, treos and timber were continually floating down the stream. ‘The arrival of the strangers awakened yy and fear. A multitude of people from the westara bank of the river, painted and asyly decorates with great plumes of white feathers, the warriors standing in rows with vows and arrows in their hands, the chieftains sitting aader awnings as magvificent as their artless magufacturers could weave, came rowing down the stream in a fleet of two bunired canoes, seeming to the adiniring Spaniards ‘like » fair army of galleys.’ They brought gifta of fivh, and aves made of the persimmon, At first they showed a desire to ctfer resistance; but soon becoming conscious of their relative weakness, they ceased to defy an enemy they covld not overcome, and suffered injury without attempting open retaliation.” The entire quota- tion from Mr. Bancroft is given, because the painting of Mr. Powell is in strict keeping with the spirit of his acconnt. Op the banks of the Mississippi a large tree was felled and forwed into “a perfect crosr.’’ It was erected whilst the friar se ung the censor, and the priests chanted the litany, which was responded to by the soldiers. (14) Lat us pause one moment to see with what fidelity the artist has followed these narrations of history. The Indi ans from the western bank of the river met De Soto on represented in the picture. They weregayly so in the picture; they arvive in boats—so in the picture; they presented’ gifts—so in the picture; a cross was raised amid the solewnity of religious rites—so im the _ piotu near an Indian vil- lage—so in The next enquiry is, how should the artist represent De Soto his followers? Could he hare been correct in portraying them in a condition, to use the langaage of these critics, “almost as naked as the Indians?” Imagine a number of careworn, broken down Spaniards, without clot! bearing their burthen of ivy leaves, and skins of wild mals, sn almost defenceless remnant of +hivering rene- ace yuped together for their mutual protection. ‘ould they «xpress the idea intended to be conveyed bj the above quotations from history? If such were really thei attack them? Io the first ‘showed a desire me ‘conscious of their weakness’ If these critics be correst, De dition must have enced here, for his adversa- were @ most as countless a8 the leaves of the forest through whict be bad passed 1: is Dot ressonable to euppose that they were overawed by the martial array of tiis yet gal'ant army, sonf® of whom stil) rede their Andalusian horses, themrelvas cased i: armor; and surrounded by a panoply of war. Horses, arqueburses, sud cannom, were implements that struck terior to the wondering savage. The portrayal of the rex onthe canvess is in strict keepiog w.th history. Le Seto rides bis tuperd Arab steed and wears a suit of armor of the time. He in followed by @ troop of cavalry. Ecclesiastive, iors, and Indians, are truthfully repre- sented, “A servant bears the helmet of De Soto, in refer- enee to which an incident is mentioned in “ Irving’s Con- quest of Florida.” A few days be‘ere the discovery of the Mississippi—after ihe recent fira of Chicas y—a éktr. wish cecurre’ betwee the Spautasds and the Iudiaua. “ As the Governer was spurring onwerd an arrow «truck him upon his casque with such force thi rebounded a pike’s length in the air and De ved afterwards that it made his eyes flash fire.” | im that day, for we find that io the twenty-nine days | pirogues, capable of containing reventy or eighty mea aad | est suspicion comm | Feabech a yeor alier they firs , many of them of noble birth and geod estates. | he infastry—aceorl- | |: (15) The army, upon reaching the Mississippi, must have been provided with carpenters tools, such as were used they remaited at Council B uff that they built four large five or six hor, across the rive: If there yet re exirtence (f clot h, for the purpose of conveying them & liogering doubt sonceraing the have but to instance the burial of De £ o:ossed (be Mis-issippi and pen- etrat » the depths of the wilderness beyond, even to the head waters of the Wishata, two ndred miles beyond its western bank, eusiaving the [ndiens and com ng them torerve as porters. (17) and upon the slight- pg the severest crusities upon their become discourage | and returaed, beheld “Toe Father of they again reached its bank. Disheartened, js stubborn prive brokeo, wasted away under a con- tinued melancholy De Sto died. The priests chanted er his body the fret requiems that were ever heard oa the waters of the Mississippi. To conceal his death his beéy was wrapped ina maatle, and in the stillness of midnight was silently sunk in ‘the midele of the stream. The Tiscoverer of the Mississippi slept’ beneata its waters. (18) It is not necessary to reply to insinustions in relation to the aratomy of the figures in the puinting—they are Upon the canvass; thore who are ckilled in th ence of anatomy have proncunced them wonderful in accuracy; let all who yet doubt examine for themselves, When relf-rtyled critics attempt to patronise the ertist to com: % him for the ‘‘unfortonate position’’ he cc- their effusions become twadel-. ersous, they at leng Water: Mr. Powell ‘had no right to unterta\e a work of so ch importance,” and ‘we do not think it ean ba rhown that he possétsed a single qualitcatiou for the work,’’ are more (han grataitous. Vereonalities ia criti- cism generally betray weakuess in argumout. ‘The writer is the best juge as to his own extent of comprehension ertheless, it isa well known fact in natural history at where one man is ‘ent in intellect another cad not rupply it. tis ciflicuit for weak 0 ai principles, ao it is in exact tent in the proper apprecia.ion Hence the gratuitous cbs’ ed that on of bis #u tion, that “it is generally ven uat: n the #e- table asswiap- ced for the work > we be chow the subj i his city re uroed fie mar M was born in Western artist.” for he from the paple of Cin avion aal patroasge leption of art ssa pro’rsion comint’sion, however, on ht iosi When be returned frem Italy, having «tu best wasters for nearly three years, he broaght with him several of his artistis compositions, amoug which were * Salvator Kosa a: % the Brigands,’’ aad **Columbus be: fore The Council of Salamanea.”? During bis absenes Mr. Iaman, with whom Congress bud contracte’ ‘> painta picture for the last remaining vacent panel of tue rotunda, died the subject selected yas “Boour’s Emigration to the Wast;’”’ it bad scarce y been commenced. Soon after Me. Powell went to Wash ington, end exhibited his painting of “Columbus bafore the Coun. inthe library of the Cepitel. The leading jourcels of the capital spoke (fit in the highest terms of praise, Wasuington irving, alter baving carefully exam ined it, wrote a letter to the library committe of ‘on- grees. in which he speaks of the work in terms of ua qualified commendation. There were over sixty compati- tors for the commission. Mr. Powell was tho youozest of them all; yet, with his picture on exhibi se pleased were the men Congress, that received the unanimous sanstion of the Senate, and 198 cut of 03 in the House. Aa eff rt was mace to & tre amenduarnt to the civil and rplomatic #pprop: m bli in the House by strikiog out the name of Mr. Powell and ixserting that of Mr Deas, of St. Louis. The name of M-. Beara, of Uhio, wag ted, asalro were thy i Messrs. Rossiter ntingtn, acd others. ell received the commission by an almost unanimous vote. Sketches of different naticnal desivns were submitted by the artist to ¢ joint committee of Congres, and wany subjects sted from which they were to select one for ibe painting. Among thee were—The Em gration of Daniel Boone, the Treaty of Greenvill4, the Batile «f Vin cennes, the Treaty of George Rodgers ‘Clark with tae In- disper, the Battle of New Orleans, and De 3.t ) Discovering the Missiseippi. The committee, compose of Mr Pierce of Maryland, Jefferron Davis avd Jobn Y. Mason of the seaate, aad Jobn Quincy Adams, Mr. Preston of Virginia, and ¢. But ler King, on the part of the House, unanimously selected the subject of De Soto. That drawing is #till preserved, i 2 compsricon it wil be stem with what Adelicy tist has executed his commission, No mate ions bave been made in the design. We have own that the picture is historically correct, not with- standing the efforts that have been made to prove it cthe And, in conclasion, we wost observe, in re gard to its execution, ‘hat it has reflested honor on our country abread as @ work of art, and its tutrin-ic merit at home will be regarded as the higoest vindication of the artistic geriua of the country that has yet been pro- duced. 1—Baveroft’s U. § 11. p 42; 2—Irving quest of Florida, p41; 2—Vowa, che. 6 and 6; croft, vol. 1, p. 45: 5—Tbid, p 46, 6— Purt Kel His. Goll. of Lovisiava, p. 159. 7—Baneroft, vol. 1, p 49; 8—Haa croft, vol. 1. p. 60; Irving's Cong. of Flor.. pp. 296-7; LO —Pancroft, 1, p 60; ll—Irvirg, p. 202; 13 - 1 p ol; 18—Beidwa’s French's Hist. Coll: of Loaisiana, pt 2, p. 106: 14—Irving, p. 19; 16—Ibid p. 366: 16—Beid- ma’s Freneh’s His Gull. pt. 4, p. 145; 17—Saneroft, vol 1, p 54; 18—Ibid, p. 64. Mr. T. Doughty's + Seasons. Mr. T. Doughty hav on exhivition, at No. 354 Brovlway, four landscape paintings, ilustrsting four scenes ia Néw Yerk—the paintings represent the four seasons. In an alyzing these pictures, we have to consider three things: Storms and Disasters on the Lakes. LAK® ONTARIO. We learn from the Rochester Union that the schooners Part, origival; it is well brought out, and the mechasi- cal executios of the picture displays study and care, “Spripg”’ isa pleasant rural scene, with a waterfall in ‘Ont and Palestine, loaded with railroad iron,bouad the fore ground. The general effect is good. The color | from to Cleveland, wen’ ashore eight miles west ing of the grass and the foilage in the fore-ground is bold, | of Char! near Braddock’s Bay, curing the severe ga'e on Wednesday night and Thursday morning, the 234 and 24th vit, The Union says the Valestine, after beating on the rocks four hours, filled with water and will prove » total lors. The Ontonagon will fare no better. The iron will Coubtless be raved. There was a thick snow storm vailing at the time, and the disasters are attributed ® variation of the needles, caused by the iron with which the vessels were loaded, The Union learns that three other vessels are ashore some twenty miles east of that port, but has received no particula: The shester Union, of the 26th ull truthful, beantiful, and deservey high praise. water is clear snd pellucid ; but the contrast with the r water, though eff-ctive, is too bold to be natural. The rushing water, broken by rocks, was, no doubt difficult of delineation, and it reemsas if the art- ist could not bring bis arbitrary materials up to the level of his ideas. Im the painting of the sky, the artist has followed nature in one of her phases, but the blending of rky and spring clouds was too much for him. Theolear aky is not clear erough, and the clouds lack that fleecy light pee pemieate season. Inour opinion, the beautiful coloring of the foliage in this picture is sufficient to redeem: the faults in the sky and the pective. The general server is lost in delight in gazing at the beautiful bits of painting in the fore; ‘and the pleasure that he re- ceives in this neutralizes the effect of the faults in the ex- ecution of the remainder of the painting, even if he should ciscover them. This pointing, then, is excellent in gene- ral eentiment. it is entitled to praise for originality, an4, The still says;-—‘‘In our , we omitted , of Pultneyville, loaded with wood, was driver ashore about two miles east of the mouth of theriver, on Thursday morning. Her cargo was thrown over afer the gale bad subsided, and the vessel was taken off, and brought into the harbor. ir owned by Judge Woodhull, ot Webster.”? Tho Union alzoaayn that the fe ship City of Richer. ond ter, owned by Capt. Rogers, of juoit, which was though the apalytieal mind may discover faults, yet its | ariten ashore neur Sausasley @ few a tae boned mechanics) execution in the main ie “Summer” | taken off withont material damage. ‘The vessel was vs- gives usa river view, with» pleasantly placed cottage, ‘and in the foreground somethi Shih wevanct cone see in real life—t. ¢., just enough of forest and field to give og artiot ny Jo Stcemy the sipecing Cyaan @ Dew rea) 5 re from their Torelived glory of middle life to the sober | reality of sutomn. The artist ought to have given us s Little more clearness of sky, but his embowered cottage, with the gentle river so placidly flowing before it, isam exquisite bit of sentiment which weuld redeem lued at $12,000, and had no insurance upon her. LAK® BRIE. The gale of last week seems to have made considerable havoc smong the shipping of the lake, in the shape of mal] losses among a number of vessels. We take from our ¢xchanges sach items as have come to hand. The Sandusky Register contains the following item:— ‘The brig Maryland, loaded with railroad iron ran ashore on the lake sive of the cut,” ip the storm of Thursday. She was bound for Cleve and, and being unable to enter there ran by to make this bor; but, mistaking the takes, passed into the ‘‘cut’’ in the peniosula, and fetched up om the shore. She lies hard on, with three feet of water in ber bold. LAKE MICHIGAN, The Chicago Journal of the 25th ult., says:—A gale of great violence spent its fury over prairie and lake Wednesday night and yesterday morning, doing comider- able damage to the shipping. | « ‘The Cleopatra, leaded with umber, in endeavoring to make port was beached a short distance below Cleaverville. Her crew, which were ins very perilous condition for some time, were rescued. The schoorer Speed, also loajed with Iumber, lies sunk in the lake off the head of Randeloh street, The schooner J. W. Brown, loaded with a full oargo of wheat some cays sgo, at Kenosha, put back to this port leaking badly. She wen towed in by the Eclipse, and lies with four feet of water ia her hold. Her cargo wan insur €q in the New York Sun Mutual. The rchooner Palmetto, with lumber, and the Mariner, Tight, came to anchor, with flags at half mast, th going to their rescue and towing them safely in. The Danute, light, and the North Star, loaded with wheat, also put back to this port, and em? sa‘ely im. the St. Lawrence came in yesterday, having lost both anchors, bowsprit, &e. The Cum‘erland with railroad iron, also camo in with Joss of part of her deck load. No Mves were lost as far a8 we can learn, though sever- ai were reported. The Milwaukie Wisconsin says :-—a Wednesday night the wind blew a gale from the N. F. and b ™. © placing in great jeopardy the shipping either just cleared or, "** ‘eater faults. A figure of a woman in the foreground io bad taste. We are willing to believe in “buxom couhtry lasses,” but even diilton’s aweet ‘ Phillis” would not be likely to equal in bulk the trunks of the trees under which she sheltered herself from the heat of the nocnéay sun. entiment of this summer picture partakes of the listless, dreamy character of the season; the idea is well worked up, and the mechanical execu: tion, with the exception of the faults above noticed, shows the hand of a true artist. The fourth and the last ef this interesting is descriptive of autumn, and anexcellent description it is. We have a view of the river, with mountains in the distance, and a broben, recky country in the foreground. The foliage is beau- tiful, ard 1a no other landscape have we ever sean the glo rits of autumn 60 torcibly end co beautifully delineated. ‘The artist has evidently mede ture his study in this respect, and he has mace the m-chani«m of hiv art sub rervient to bis idees in working out the effects whizh are so well displayed. We never have seen avyAmerican river ro placid as Myr, Doughty makes this In the autama especially, they are never witbout a ripple, aud they are almost alsays seriously diturbed. Bu: this is, perhaps, the most effective of the four pictures, from the faithful manner in which the artist has delineated the change in the foliage, and that indrseribable transition from the fullcess of summer to the mellow raciness of autumn. V he had given us @ litle more clearness in the sky, the printing would have been almoit porfest. Phe generat effect of the four paintings is good, the peculiarsea of ach season well defined — the landscapes glow with natxral beavty, and the ovly thing to regret is that the artict missed ‘some minor details, and hurried over othe:s. There iss great deat of coul in Mr. Doughty's Peintings—he enjoys nature, and ke only need: a litile more ease fo ntacd at the head of those who reproduce e due at ports on this sidelane Michigau. A large nuniber Revie sutiee Rieger Soiethion oe ae ee naeeryra of versels pat into this port on Wettenday nies: for shel him, and think that he will aot claproine eons | te The brig Blair arrived in « leating condition, Tho schrs, Grey Hound, Cramer, Fortune, Active, Twin Broth- ers, Fquator. the brigs Helfenstein, Mary, and the Olean | der, all came in rafely. ‘The propeller Edith arives yos- terday at six o'clock A. M., in eighteen hours from Obi go ; ake takes on here 1,200 bbls. flour at 60c. to Buff The sebr. Knickerbocker arrived this moraiog. The sch-, Speed sunk at anchor yesterday, off the pier at Chieazo ; she was loaded with lumber from Two Rivers ; her deck led was lost; not much damaged, vessel insured, ‘The schr Cleopatra went ashore yesiercay at Chicago, with a cargo of lamber ; she lies high and dry ; insured ‘on her hull for $4,600 in the North Western Company, The sehr. North Star got sef-ly inte port at Chicago; she is under rotest. The brig Carclize is said to have wade Chicago arbor in & damaged state ; the cargo is to be discharged. Tke schr. Nile cleared from Kenosha just before the blow ; notbizg has bren heard from her. Schr. De Witt bas gone out with 1600 bbls. flour, and 4,000 bushels wheat, Tho propeller Niagara went out this moruing with a fulleatgo. Insured for $20,000. The schvoner Saltillo, tound’ for Chicago, having on board 2 0 tons of coai and 60 tons of railroad tron, was sunk on Friday morning, about six o'clock, near ‘Port Huron by coming in collirion with the schooner Hen-y Hager. The “altiila, in consequence of stormy weather, had run back from Point aux Barques. At the ti. 9? the collision she was drifting. Tae water ‘n which sie lies is from six to eight fathoms (yen Tho iros that she bad on board was destinca for} i ; pad rens tinea Tor the Chicago and Galena paintir ge above noticed are in nize thirty by forty inches, and they are for sale at $1,000 each. Theatrical and Musical. Bowrky Trearre —Mrs. T. 8. Hamblin plays Julia, in ‘The Rurchback,”’ this evening, being ber last appear ance but one. Mr. Booth’s tragedy, ‘-Ugolino,” succeeds the play. Mr. J. R. Scott appears in both pieces, Broapway THxarar —Mra, Lovell’s play, “Ingomar,” is apnounced for this evening: Miss Davenp rt as Parthenia, and Conwsy as Ingoma This play is an especial favorite with the softer rex, and we have no doubt that the Broad- way boxes will display a brilliant erray of beauty om this 10D. oc THEATRE —The succersful play of “The Fox “My Unele’s Card,” are announced for :o- night’ Mr. Burton appears in'two parts. Misa Robert. ton and the remainder of the talented company are in- cluded the bills, Nino's Ganpex.—The Prophet”? is announced for this evening. Tisis production has beem an era in our drama: tic history, and the manager should be sustained, Naniovat Treatke, The play founded on “Unela Tom's Cabin” is to be represented this evening. Little Cordelia Howard is a very interesting child Wartack’s Tovates.— Sir BB. Lytton’s play, “Money,” isto be represented this evening with the former cast, excepting the part ot Clara Douglas whish is to be takea by brs. Conway. Toe farce, ‘Raisiag the Wind,” is ty, _ LAKZ HURON. conclude the eptertsinment. [ it was reported im Cleveland on the 28th ultimo Asomrcan Westevis. Two eomedi that the propeller Saginaw was foundered in the f are to be given this | afternoon, and “Unele Tom’s Cabin” in the evening. Per- | cps who Cesire to See this piece, should secure seata | Sain ro it {s svon to be withdrawn to give place to other | povelti Saginsw Bay during the severe gale of last week. port is that all hands were lost. No further par- Bowrny Cincvs.—4 now entree, in imitation of the Per- ’ rian cavalry, is to be done this éveniag. Mme Franconi, | FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. Miss Mathews, aud others, will also appear. Broapway MenaGeriy anp Mvsecm.—Herr Driesbach is taming the lions every day st this estavlishment You MONEY MARKET. Tucrspay, Dec. 1—6 P. M Quotations for fancy stocks still tend downward At the first board today some of the largest operations were for cash, and the bears bave no doubt secured the mar gine, which have for some days past been accumulatiag in their favor. Nicaragua Transit declined this morni 44 per cent; Parker Vein, 1{; Cuimberlard Coal, 1; Ex Rsilrond, 34; Harlem. 4; Hudson River Railroad, Haven Railroad. 34; Michigan Central Railroad, 4; Ston ington, 1}. The market is steadily setiling down, ia spite of all the efforts to the contrary. Holders having the means to carry may ¢o so for a time, with the ho of better times, but it fs our impression that sometims her ce they will realize at rauch lower rates Specutato-s in fancy stocks for a rise, generally buy at high and #H at low prices. Instead of securing # profit when in their power to do so, they hold on until the tables are fairly turned against them, and then make a clean sweep of all in hand, The great principle evary speculator in fancy stocks should act upon, is to make a profit when you can, It may make a vast difference in the result in some instances whether the proper time is seized upon or not, but, in the énd, the profit will be greater, by making fro- quent turns with small returns. Make a profit whea you can, is as good advice to the bulls as to the bears, but, for some reason, unknown even to themselves, they sel: dom act upon it, The Niearagua Transit Company appears to be a much greater concern than the public have any idea of. Its re- ceipta during the past six months have been enormous. Our anthority for this stetemect is, we believe, good. Since the administration of Mr. Chas. Morgan, there is no doubt but that the company’s financial, and all other af. fairs, bave been economically and jndiciously conducted The reports of receipts snd expendi ures have been so contradictory, that we have endeavo:ed to obtain s relia ble statement rerpy cting the same, but the accounts be | care so confused during the agency of Mr. Vanderbilt, that all the efforta ef the company to extricate them from Th notte DO ENE aoc , that condition, have, so far, been fruitless. We under- ever secu Teocrded, The clark J. We Wateen tebuinne | tard that the total ameunt paid into the company’s sania fea a a ee of a — pisos, were | treasiry (uring the whole of the Yes mnt sereets he boat inte the water—orsaped, the Bret Git little re Mr. Vanderbilt’s claim against the Traa’s: cigAAy, mu. 3 | we bave published statements and c: unter statements, {n ane mucu scalded and bruised; but thera iss Mr. Huson, | relation to the matter, and have endeavored to get at the Cor | truth, amidat the mass of conflicting testimony. We have nct done so yet, to our entire satisfaction, but we are daily becoming strengthened in the brlief that Mr. Vanderbilt has no claim egainst the company, other then that admitted. The acknowledged amount cf liabilities existing on account of the purchase of steamships from Mr. Vanderbilt, will be paid promptly at maturity, and ~~, are infermed that fonds are in hand to ar axouvt greater than the company’s present or prorpective tude stadness Large payments on account 4; the steamship Cortes have, we learn, been anticir.c9a, and a large sum of money has been Joaved by ‘ae treasurer of the company, on good se curities— sore favorable terms having been obtained than bol ers of its bonds wore disposed to grant. This certatuly looks Hike a state of things very different from that here ; and we are cisposed to believe thet ‘nee a liviog rhicoceros, the Siamese twias, una other rewaresbic things—all for two sh lings. Pur will sinuse people who ebance to coms to the Stnyvesmnt Institute, Qe bas found the true philoso vreis seem to keep their hold oa the Persons. who are carious on such sualgete 72 Broadway thin evening, and see the people packed “like figs ina c:um.’? Woop s MINerees —This company, at 444 Broadway, are untiring in ‘he production of novelties, We buve oaly space to cull attention to them generally. Buen dway, and hear the “Drnid’s Chorus” in the ‘Norma’? burlerque Is it a great pana cea for the wzures. Plenty more of good things ura ca the r prograame. Bt, Charles Burke ig coon t> appear at the Bowery theatre. Mr. Wyzercan Marshall ie playing at the Howard Athi raum. ‘The Boston papers announced that Miss Laura | Keene is to appear at the same thea ‘re. Mise E. Kimberly has been playirg in Buffalo, and was succes ced by G K. Dickinson. Misa Kimberly’s ergag mint was suddenly brought toa close by the fact that a misunderstanding arose between the two managers. Mr. Carr engaged Miss Kimberly for two weeks, and Mr. Smith had previously arranged with Mr. Dickinson for one of | the weeks, iss Kimberly's engagement was a success ful one. Mr. Chanfran is playing at Auburn, NY. _Welch’s cirens was at Vicksburg, Miss., two weeks since. The Explosion ofthe Steamer Independence. [From the Lake Superior Journal Noy. 22] It be-omes our painful duty to record one of the mcat terrible steam boat explosions that has ever happened on the Jakes, The propeller Incepenc ence, Capt, John M Kay, left the Cock at the head of the Portage leet night about twelve o'clock, with abeavy freight of winter supplies for Onisnagon and La Pointe, ano with a number of pas- sengera, She had not proceeded over @ mite before her boi er burst, literally tearing three-fourtks of the boat to atoms, hillog or sealcing to death four persons, the first | engineor, one pas:er ger and tao firemen, and badly acald- i ing the second engineer and several passen- | me ofthe passenger killed we are not able to ascertain; be was a Freccbman, bound fer Untanagon; the first engineer was Geo, Sisson and the tro firemen, their names unknown, were brothers from Ohio. | hecon! ebance for his recovery, The second engineer, also badly aoalded and bruised, but may recover. lost. The Independerce be'onged to McKuigh:’s line of Lake | Superior vessels, taking up full load of stores and merchandise, @ great part of which was for the North American Minizg Company. Thetloss ean hardly be tuppiied this reason, we are afraid, aod the want of ths goods end stores will be more severely felt at the mines, than the mere money value. This is a loss that insurance cannot make up. The Salt Crop. TO THE EDITOR OF THE NEW YORK HERALD. Gxanv Terk, Noy. 12, 1853. R—I beg to inform you that a le‘ter which ap- peered in your much valued columns some time rince, ia reference to the quantity of salt which we had on hand, is wholly incorrect, Instead of a Inege quantity on hand and po versela to b ke it away 4 beg to BRUT Tom that ihe quantity sow om band nce ’ tofore represente sand burhele, and ther. gctCe HOt Or ‘ew Ginety thou | the condition of the com pany ix much better that is gen: tls taking Le Ng gs ag Perle erally understood. Otero we wit Mirty cents per bashel. 0 Mr Charles Morgan accepted the agency of the Nicara » commence to rake again in ame, Ever yorr obd't servant, gua Transit Company on the lat of July last, an the ro First, the sentiment expressed by each of them, and the manner in which the painter has grappled with the ar trary difficulties which are apparent in reducine ait timent to practicability in order toembo’- , + #18 sen- canvass. Second, the artist's clair . ¥ {t apon the there be any, as compared with! aa to originality, if Third, the mechanical e~ ether landscape painters, pasted ridprat nase aceution of the work, Under peter to & -« Many minor particalarities, and we with «> om as they appear. We commence Winter,” which is a moonlight scene, with wleighing party, The last feature may have been incended to be prominent, but it requires close ex- amination to discover it. There isa little roadside ian, with a rather strong red light from ita windows, As the moonlight is very brilliant, it follows that this Jight from the fires within would be tempered. It is difficult to see why the artist brought out this feature of his patating 60 strongly. It inn bit of theatrical display whish detraste from the ¢ffect of his beautiful foreground, the softness of his moonlight, and the Adelity to nature which is promi pent in the sky—#o like winter, and o unlike any thing ele, Wo do not remember that we ever waw mid- winter rhy so faithfally delicested. The effect of the moonlight is fine and ads mach to the sertiment of the paintiog. The mountaina in the back ground aro not clenily defined; thet is to ay, there is m great mas, which is not only indistinct, but iametualiy muddy, The qrees are well dove, and the «fect of win’er upoa them is effectively brought out, With the single exseption of the bonse shove mentioned and the execution of ehe porapec tive, this winter ecene is very fine The sentiment is, i oeipts since that time have been at the rate of $3,000,000 per annum, and the expenses daring the same period have been about forty per cont of the gross income, The ex- penditures for office rent, salaries of clerks and officers, A BALT RAKER. Army Intelligenc: TO THE EDITOR OF THE NEW YORK HERALD. Key Waser, Nov. £2, 1853. The propeller Pennrylvania arrivel this evening, after bp 5 . ha ee conned), ke, in this eity, do not exceed the sum of our letters were elowed. Four companies of Becond Ar- | 915,000 per annum. When the company have liqaidated tillery, under command of Major Arno! United states | * Ara are on bourd em efor Tazopa Tae compacios | the boots dw to Me. Vanderbilt on the lat of January, tationed at Forta Mead an! Myer. | for $160, 6 money 0 which is, as we have ai a ibeellowing are the ofloery of ie command: —Maior | shore, in band, there will have been paid by the pre- ini old; Captaing Pratt and sey; Majors sand Ander- | ? ton; Lieutenants Larned, Roberson, Benson, Haines, and | f#Bt agent more than $400,000 from the profits of the Solomons, com pany rince the Ist of July, 1853. Indepea ten: of this, Mrs, Hays and Mre. Anderson accompany their han- | we jearn that a stock of coal sufficient for ten months’ bends, The command a all well, and will leave to. | morrow, on the 24th. A fine military baad are in attend. | Comsumption bas been Iaid im, and the boats, both on the ance. Atlantic ard Pacific Oceans, have been thoroughly over. aia peuca bin, | hauled and are in most complete ordur. This exhibit dit. conigare, o” Foun Conviecs vacw ras MAG#\ | ¢icg meteriatly from the terclts made during Mr. vets encaped from the State priton st Coarlestown, Inet | Vanderbilt's administration. The receipts which night. The hospital has been ondergolsg repairs,’ and the priscuers excaped through © break’ inthe’ wa, | “er Previous to July last, as great, if not which it was thought hadybeen made scure for the &teater, then thore since, were all used up night. Pa nanos are, John Williams, unieralifssen- in enrrent expenses. The company never received into sepee for burglary; George W. Goodcoursge Eivio 4. | | o1 » Vanderbilt’ Toner, and Bernaré Campbell, unier senvence for aterm | \t* treatury, from its aor ie heap i dha or of years for shop breaking. A reward of $500 ia offered | ™mAnagemen’, but $45,000; wheress since, In a period of by the Warden for their eapture.—Zoston Zrawiler, less than six monthe, the net earnings are reputed to Pave been upwards of $100,000, By the Ist gf January, 1864, the total net errcings of the company will be, ac- Now. 0. . Pexosscot River cLoseD By Icr.—The steam. cording to the estimates, full $500,000. We unterstand that the trip of the steamsip Cortes fom Ssn Franciien boats Boston, Daniel Webster and Eastern State, wita abont rixty nail of other vesrels, are frozen in at Bangor, to Son Juan del Sud, and tha steamchip Premetheas from | van Juen del Nerte to New York, pold the sompany, over and the Penobscot is completely closed by ice, Ths pro- boats sod above all expenditures, including commissions to aciannel through it Th « Wats being thus stopped, the express railroad tr prietors of the steam! 8 contracted to have them agents, more than $50,600. Our authority fcr this xtate. ix enid to be 10 thicw that it will bo a which run in connection with thom on the Eistera asi | ment we consider good, and shall be governed by it untiy, Boston and Maine railroads, will also be discontinued. a better appears to the cor trary. The capitsl of the eom- { without buyers. Twenty-five cents are offered for Mine. | pany, sit now stands, is nominally $5.000 000. At the market value of the stock the capital is only $2,000,000. The company have full confidence in its ability to pay | Coal river is regularly offered at 234 without touching | dividends om its nominal capital during the year 1854. We trust all its anticipations will be realized. After the adjournment of the board, the following sales of stocks were made at auction, at the Exchange, by A. H. Nicolay :— ~ $5,000 Buffalo and State Line Railroad 7s. $5,000 to do . $10,000 New Albamy end Salem Railroad Ind. 83 $6,600 Virginia Cannel Coal Co.’s Bonds. . $3,800 Michigan Central Railroad 84. Convertibles. .106 tivle Bonds, redeemable in 1870, $1,000 each... 9894 40 shares N. York and New Union Tel. Co. 704% 15 do Washi Insurance Company » 98% 16 do Jatergy jurance Company... 90 40 do do 10 do Clinton Insurance Company. 50 do Mechanios’ and Traders’ Insurance 20 do Peter Cooper Insurance Company. .. 7 30 do Western Virginia Coal Mining Com 4 10 do Cannel Coal mpeny, Virginia. ~lt 25 do Mexican Ocean Mailand Inland y 19 100 de Cary Im ment Company..... 9% 10 do Latting Observatery Associatios 44% 200 do Begdan’s Gold Quartz Machine 2 60 do Paterson and Ramapo Railroad Company. 9536 6 do Ronnpn Coast Bank..... 9656 26 do Bank of the State of New 033g 60 do Bank of Utica....... 96, 20 do Irland City Bank, 100: 20 do Citizens’ Bank, 64 ce Ocean Bank. 20 do Mechanics’ Bank, Wi 2 do Cheshire Glass Compan) 600 do Mentevue Mining and Maryland, " 1080 do St. Lawrence Mining Company, per share 60. 400 do do do do 43g 150 do do do do 6% The receipts at the office of the Assistant Treasurer of this port to-day, amounted to $188,502 25; paid, $247,317 02—leaving # balance of $4,738,826 89. ‘The Hartford Fire Insurance Company of Hartford, Conn., have declared a dividend out of the earnings for the last six months, of twenry percent. Tae Dwight Manufacturing Company of Massachusetts has declared a dividend of four per cent. Mr. Bayne, of the heuse of Selden, Withers & Co., of Washington, returned in the Atlantic, oa Tuesday, having negotiated additional bonds of the commonwealth of Vir- gizia, to an amount sufficient to furnish the immediate means wanted by the State for the prosecution of its syn- tem of internal improvements. By the terms of the agreement a portion of the bonds are to be sterling fives instead of federal sixes. ? The United States Treasurer’s statement, ending the 28th day of November, shows an aggregate net balance of $24,461,866 at all depositories snd mints. The principal places are aa follows:—New York, $4,560,000; Soston, $2,969,000; New Orleans, $965,000; St. Louis, $1,407,000; San Francisco, a 200,000; Philadelphia Mint, $7,671,000; New Orleans Mint, $3,900,000, “ i We understand that the Seoretary of the ““easury Wl immediately renew, for one month, the offer issued ia July and August last, for the purchase of United States | stocks, which expires to-day, The Hxnatp to-day contained an official account of the operations of the United States Mint, Philadelphia, during the month of November, 1853. We annex an oifficisl ac- count of the coinage and deposits in each of the past eleven months of the present year:— Unirep States Mint, Pi -apaipnia—Comace. Gold, Silver. Copper. Tulal. Janvary ....$4,809,588 $23,750 $4,860 $1,966,998 February .., 2,931,280 97,300 2,000 8,030,680 Merch 6,6 4181 5/51,739 2,511 5,728,598 4120 8,441; 135 | 3,667 2427/9183 4832 5,171,301 6,691 —3'976'540 3160 5,420,808 8,500 6,484,377 2083-21633, 75 Total ..,.$45,105,6¢8 $0,877,066 $47,003 $52,089,037 | ‘The coinage of silver since August, has been quite large. The gold deposits at the Mint in the first eleven months of the present and past two years, have been as annexed:— Usman Starts Mist, Puntapruruss— Got Derosts. Bt 1863. 51. 1862. $5,071,669 $4,161,688 3,010,222 8,802, 156 8.091 037 January... 4745 684 8,492,464 F279, 941 Total... .eseee+ 942,087,950 $47,719,205 $48,028,622 We have no official notice that the gold dust by ei-her the Iinois er Prome:heus was deposited in the Mint in time to be included in the returns for November. If uot, tt will swell the deposits for Decexber most materially. The Delaware State Reponter says -— On authority of Govern x Resa we inform the public that the Legislature will vot be convened this winter for the purpure of taking into coneideration the granting of supfi ment extending the cherter of the Ship Canal Company. The Govertor, whilst in New York, was wait- +den by the zentiemen who bave taken stoca under the old charter. Governor Roes very wisely and oonsiderate- ly teld them “that to warrant him in convening the Tegislature at anexperse to the State of four or five thoussnd dollars they must firs: satisfy him of not ocly their int-ntion and desire to construct the canal, but of their ability to do no, and that they porseseed the requi- site capital.” Failing to do thir, they agreed to await the assembling of the regular sessioa of the Lagialatare before applying for a supplement. ‘At Boston y enterday, $180,000 of second mortgage bonds of the Burliogten and Rutland Railroad Company, bearing interest at the rate of seven yer eent per annum, and redeemable on the Ist of February, 1862, were offered at auction by Stephen Brown & Sons, The attendance was large. Tho bonds were started at 67, from which they advanced to 7034, at which the first lot of $21,000 was struck off, $15,000 more brought the same price, About $25,060 brought 70, in lots varying trom $1,600 to $5,000. 662; was the pext bid, and a: this rate about $55,000 was cold ; 693; was tken quite freely bid, but was not rescived, and the rale was stopped. The whcle amount disposed of was $152,000, leaving $48,000 unsold At the same time $1,600 Michigan Central eight per cent bonds were dis pored cf at 102, and $11,000 of Portland, Saco and Ports- mouth bords, guaranteed by the Eastern and Bostou and Maxine Railroads, at 9034. Stock Exchange. TavKSDAY, Deo. 1, 1888. ~ 6 $1000 Sen Fr 10 pct. 102 _6C abs Erie RR. 1060 Erie 24 M¥de,. 102 250 b0U0 Hud R let M bés 10534 160 7000 Hind Con bds... 85 660 1000 N Indiana bis, 96 500 3000 €o.. . 95g 60 Sr Cen R bia 75 89° 200 gett b30 560 5000 ous: ee. 1OBCONY Con RH bd, wzzy 100 108 the Mech Bank... 181 _B0 30 Fut & Dro Bank., 116% 100 10 Hanover Bank..cb 90 60 83 100% 1060 Ports Dry Dock, = % 60 100 Nic Transit Co, 6 2514 40 Clev & Toledo RR. 90 V5 do. 188 263g 360 Harlem RR,...83 6434 w % «10 . bt 250 26 5494 100 60 Cen " 60 do. 80 Harlem RR Pr 100 Park Vl 200 L Inland RR. ..60 160 to, 00 Reading RR we 50 do, 1c0 100 do 266 Cemb C1¢o 560 do . 100 do 109 do. 40 60 10 Hudson River RR 160 }00 do ......d3 709 60 100 160 10 éo 50 4a 200 NY Cent RR NY& 200 do... DIS B27 20 Cleve CA Cin RR. 124 124 Mich Con RI 160 Stoningtonl:R x30 64 =O 60 Gtr co senem, oe {OND BOARD. $600 NY Cen RR Bas. 92}, 100 #hs Park V Cl Oo. 1400 do. 923% 100 a 1000 Hud Con 85 a 2COCKRockIRDGs 95 26 Flor & Ker 26 shs Ocean Bank., 95 67 NY Cent 5 106 Nie Tran Co...f60 26 110 Hudson River RR, 66 60 4 :s10 2634 25 Mish Cent RR. 100 4534 169 Brie RR......... 50 2615 50 ct Lo 2534 100 200 255% 50 100 26° 100 200 a -.84 2634 206 160 Phenix Min Co... 16 100 100 Gold Hill Mire.3 83¢ 200 110 Cum Coal Go,,b30 36 100 10 d0......F10 963% 60 do.. Th 14 Sixth Ave RR, .03 103 100 Stoning’a RR.b1G 64 50 io . 4 800 Readiog RR..b0O 793 300 do. 03 78% 100 do 0 7854 200 Harlem RI bay Mines and Mining. Tavrapay, Dee. 1—6 P. ‘The rales were egain respectable to day. Potoman at 134 ie not a bad bargain, It is hardly possible for the new mines in Tennessee to be worth #0 little an not to re. prerent this sum. If one-tenth of the surveyor’s reports prove correct, the stock will soon riee to a diferent figure. Holders of Lehigh Zine have ircreased in their demends, So fair a prospect of » dividend of 15 per cent warrants something more than 3}. Stock in the steam- boat company called the Parker Vein is offered at 9)4, ral. Great Northers can be had freely enough for 1, but operators do not 1eem inlined tc buy. Cannel Ooal of the sympathies of purchasers. For the Vanderbarg 3 are asked; but notwithstanding Mr. Furniss’ report, the offer is not taken up, Some time sinoe we had occasion to notice s report of the North Carolina company. In doing so we mentioned that it was signed by Edward B. Wilder. gentleman:— Epiron ov THE New if the bh som HeRALp, ‘secure my salary ‘ould ask how you ine of which I have oe mi Ja ent man, ev x, who bse of the hare eve! acquainted with min of ore per day, and that too, ib from which there is » 1 (to yourself,) incredible ‘A on pad ypects | 1 blond the contrary, re Will bo ahi dally tein the to the tons ‘say, that despite of your 0} to Feven tone o! of all who, fc be otherwis ‘The next time Mr. Wilder lays down the drill and taked up the pen we advise him to be more cautious in what he says. We never accused him of a want of veracity, or of wishing to raise the market value of the stock, or evea of desiring ‘to secure his salary on the rucesss of the mine,”? What we said was, that it wos injadisious on the part cf direct: ra of companies to publish reports from their superintendents which bore on the fxce of them ob- vious tokens of exaggeration. To that scatiment we deg stil to adhere, Jt is so natural for thy manager of & mize to view everything couleur de rose, to hope against hope, and to exaggerate every little symptom of success, that im reading their reports due allowance ought always to be made for the position in which they stand. A sapar- intendent of » mise is no better qualified to judge of ite rospects than an authcr {y to decide on tive merita of his Foow oti cauet necessarily be biassed in some measure, Therefore, whin the N. ©. Company published Mr. Wilder’s report. in which he called their mine the faeyt n the Sta’e, ard talked about 2,400 tons of No. U ora var Joars we ventured to observe that the publication was im judicious, though we should not have thought of ob- jecting to Mr. Wilder's stating what he believed to his emplosers. Having said thus mach in self. defence, and being obliged to refer once more to the North Carolina mine, we will add one or twe facts, which we trust will not be unpalatabie to the Vresident, | The company hus now from 100 to 150 tons of “vein stuff” onthe surface, To theeye this bears every ap- e hard quar ing} jetects particles of yellow copper yield { from 7 to 10 per cent of metal. We are informed by a reliable authority that;many of the pieces of vein stuff now | on LDS surface, weighing from 60 to 100 pounds donot con- | tain more (MSO & few ounces of this cre, At this rate it would take a goou “RY tons to produce « ton of coppers At one eré of the érift the superintendent bas ceas work, We should not think of pitting our “practical’? Knowledge against Mr, Wilder's; but we know enough te tay that ibe yield of a “hutch” depends, nct only on the quality of ore contained in the vein stone, bat on the power of the gag A to work and saveit. In this cone viction, we beg to doubt bis assertion that every hutcly must yield one icn of ore per da: MINING BOARD, DECEMBER 1. arance of being p | 100 she Uistor Mg C bib 134,100 sh N C Cop Co,b60 ‘ 00 do.......b15 1 0. | 100 Potomac Co....b3 134 4 'b00 1g a | 100 1% DIB 1 200 13, 10 ‘bb 13g | 00 13% 200 COcsee B15 134 | 100 1% CITY TRADE REPORT. Tuorspay, Dec, 1—6 P. M. Asnrs—Con tinued in good request. There were 100 bbls, pearis and pots dispssed of, at $5 50 a $5 56% per 100 Ibs, Breapsturrs.—Flour was actively sought after and rather frmer, though not essentially dearer, The day’s movements included 24,000 bbls, nadian varied little, There have bien 1,000 dbis. superfine, in bond, pure | chased, at $7 per bbl Southern was plentier, and » shade | lower.’ ‘The day's trapsactions reached’ 2,300 bbls, | at $7 06% $725 fer mixed to good; $746 a $7 7% for favorite; and $7 3734 2 $7 75 for fancy, | per bbl. Fine rye ‘flour commanded $5 per bbl, Jersey corn meal waa worth $4 per bbl. Buckwheat ficur readily brought $2 123, a $2873; per bbl. Wheat | wos britker and bigher. The cay’s sales comprised 14,500 | bushels fair to cheice Genesee white, a: $1 75 a $1 80; 21,000 Michigaa. good to prime do., at $1 72 a $178; 4,000 Penusylvanu wane, on private terms 9210, ohvelly fair Onic do, at $162: two or three lols Cavadias do. im Done, part at $l 66; and 15,000 Western redat $150m $164. Some 6 U00 bushels rye changed bands at @h | The ast rule of tworowed barley was made at 62 per buetel. State ard Western oats were obtainab’ es abso Corn wasrather dull and heavy, at the des ine noticed yestercny. Corres —This article reemed inactive to day, only 140 bags Rio heviaz been taken, at 3144 per Io. Tue tock on hand comprieed 10 000 muts Java ans 51.0% b.ga Ri Cortos~-In sti uncettled, Gulf qualities neing ssaree and firm, while upland growths are obiracla nos at Ke a dc. per 1b lower prices then on Monday lest. The day’s balew consist ot 78% bal 7u8 to spioners, aod to thippe 206 to epeculators—in al bales Farit —Tser6 were 1200 boxes wet dried and diy bunch raisias bought during the day at $2 70 a $3 20, Freicnts ~ Rates were firm, with consicerable amounts offering, and about 60 000 or 60,000 bushels of corm and wheat were engaged, cbiefly the fotmer, at 123¢4_a 18d. to bulk, snd 2,00 6'3,000 bbls. flour af Ze. 4 tolow Gon, about 16,000 bushels grain were engaged, rhip’s bags, at 16d.; and 4,000 9 5,008 bbls. flour at 4s, Od. Some vertels just on demanded 6s. fo: four and 17d, for wheat. To Havre, about 6,000 a 6,000 bbls. four were engaged at £70. and 973c., and about 6,000 bushele of mhest at 25:, To Antwerp, ‘a, bark vas taken up to | load with wheat at 12344. To California, rates ranged from 66c. to Ge, To Hamburg, 400 boxes sugar were engaged at 11s. per box, and 8,000 gallons spirit tarpen- tine at 6c. per gulion, A bark was engage for outward voyage, at $1 300. Hay.—Some 800 bales river were taken for shipment at 66. a 700. per 100 ibs. Iron.—About 160 tons Scoteh pig found buyers at $87 50 per ton, 6 months Lxap.—Sales of 60 tons per 100 Ibs. MoLassxs.—There bave been 300 bbls. new crop New Orleans sold, previous to arrival, at 32c. per gallom. Navas S10REs.—We heard of no important transactions in resin, tar, or crude turpentine. 200dhls, spirits tur pentive realized 67c., Short credit, pa? gall xd. 5 Cns.—Nething rew cecurred in whale. sperm, or olivé, Some 2,560 gallons linseed were reported wold, at 660. per gallon. Pxovisioxs.—Pork favored purchasers, The sales inolud~ 4 600 bbe. old Western, at $14 3714 a $14 60 for and $10 £74 a $11 for prime; with 60 bbls. new mess $1460. The business in lard reached 290 pk 9%0 w 10c per lb. Beef was plentier aud on the The sales amounted to 450 bbls, at $5 a $5 50 forcomntre prime; $7 60a $11 for inferior to very prime coun! mers; $19 8 $1225 for Vermont mes:; and $13 & $13 50 for repacked Chicago ‘neni, pit Sb! Boot hams tended downward “there ‘were 190 bbls, geuntry and city “cocured at $13 600 $15, Oblo and fate Dutter an in demand at Llc. a 13s, and Lbe. a 198. lyri Cheese could be bought at 7!,¢. a 9kKe, per lb. The dasy’s salea English were reported at $6 25 +" Staans— Displayed lee animation. consisted of 6U0 bldt. Cuba at 41¢c. a 4 brown Hovane at fe.a 5i<c., por lb. Gi SB Generally 3; the stock on hard is moderate. We subjoin a com} ive statement of the amount of sugar in this market om Dec. Ist:— 1861. 1852, 1853, Cubs, bhd 9,366 8,168 Perto Rico, 1,602 a0 New Orleans, do. 693 8h St. Groix, do. pa 9 Total, bhde. i, 12,197 «cases, — ~— © poxes 23,204 5,868 “bags. 3) 26,183 car) 855 Tattow,—About 10,000 lbs. prime chaaged banda, at lle. per Jb. Sar —A cargo of Caracon was disponed of to-day om | private terms. Tonacco.—The inquiry for most kinds was moderate, ‘Tre cay’« rales included 80 hhds. Kentacky, at 80. a0 40; 60 balen Cuba, at 190.: with 70 bales Cienfuegos and 1d Girop en terwa not made public The busines in the Inspection warehouse during November bas been eum- dup thur:— peed Kentucky. Virginia, Ohio, otal. Stock on hand Nov. 1, 186, ......-hbds.., 8,415 176 2 8,593 Reovived since do... 279 - - 1,279 116 2 9,872 Fy — 1587 * on hand Dec. sea *f Lhds » 8,160 3 2 8,336 1,476 190 — 11,668 of Spanish remaining in New York on lat in the following comparative siate- 1852. 125 é y if iliarsSiai per gallon. Domestic Markets. Canmance Carri Manner, Nov. 30—At market 1,018 cattle, about 1 400 beeves, and 214 stores. | Prices—Mar- Let Beef—Extra per cwt., $8; drat quality, $7 60; second do, $6 25 a $6 60; third do , $3; ordinary, $6 a $5 50. Hives, $6 a $6 60 per owt. tallow, $8 60 10 $9, pelts, $1 to $137; ealf skins, 11}¢¢._ per'Ib ; vent oalver, $5 to $8 barrelling: cattle, $5 to $6. S.ores— Working oxem, | $62 to $110; cows ant calves, $25; yearlings, $10 to $135 two years $20 to $31’ three years old, $27 to $38, ther pond Lambs 4426 at market: all sold quick aod well; extra, £5 t $8; by ot $2 50 to $1 60. Swine—all hard corm fid hoge at ast week's prices.