The New York Herald Newspaper, March 2, 1854, Page 3

o 1 | \ Opening of Albany Street. The committee to hear the argumsots in the case of openirg Albiny rtreet met yesterday afternoon, Thers was present an audience towhear Mr, Ontler, who tt was uncerstood would cosupy the day, The wo was with the dark veil was on band, and at the openieg of the meeting mad aesault upon Ju’ge Eumet for calling her crazy Kate in the papers. assured her he bad never applied that epithet, or thought of doing #0. “Well,” says she, “whoever did isa bed bug, @ fies, @ miserable insect, I hain’s avy more crasy than the rest of you, Ali! want is to have the dead pro- teoted, and I’ll protest them in deSianoe of you ” ‘Bere there was « loud outburst of laughter, in the midst of which the strong minded women bid the compa. fy good bye, and {eft the room. Alderman Draké he" said Mr. Catler would be heard to-day, if he was ready, and the committee were destrous that he should proceed. Mr, Curum then rose and said:—Mr. Chairmaa—I ell, etx, I Ddecsuse it ne higher iaterest than Why, str, are there mo such things as and the more keenly sf Do soa believe that there ‘s mo interest higher than property? Would you acknow- ledge at. 50. grovgliog amt base in your ideas thet you believe Proper ‘to be of the highest earthly import- anes to man? re is BO Aig erees then mane, ond estate, then what were those interests worth which ranteed to man by the Megoe Charts, and oy hi ear yd and hamas rt o rt not worth so much as Janded estat coed our forefathers fought fur t claim the gratitude or re- gentlemen, I know the soansel of end of mine, aed | kaow would soener vindi- te this wor! you the sentiment jor—a senti- ‘The sonase! here jadge Sandford, the Sep timent of the Sandford family, iment of the humen family generally. The races of the earth show possession of a feeling of pect for the graves of their ancestors. Go to the In- diane, and you will find that their etrougest affections are epee around the graves of their fathers. Rob them may re rt Hi ; i hts, insult them, abuse them, if you will, for 2 so with impunity; but disturb repose of ane'ent warriors, of their sleeping kicdred, and every tomahawk will instantly fly out and battle and slaughter will be given to the invaders. I say this to prove that is a universal regard felt for the depart Now, sir, it bas been denied that there are any revo- lutiovary soldiers buried in Trinity churchyard. Way, tir, Reoarcer Tillou velle you that he has an interest ‘the remains of teenty-t 70 of ite siumber ng inmates, and of those belonged to the body guard Washington. ‘Why, it is perfectly absurd to asy that none of tae heroes ot x ticn sleep there. The argument of the op posite connsel iself shows thet this is the yard above all others where American soldiers would have ‘Reon buried. Toe American soldiers did not bary Awert- ean prisopers, but their captors the Eoglisk, buried the eecased American priscntys. And when they did so, is it mot probable that they would bury them in the common berial ground, and that this, above all other spots, ao e@ording to the sho sing of the opposite was pare eularly Britiss, and would clain the attention of the Bultish authorities. But we have proof, apart from the argument of the opposl e counsel, that American seldiers aleep in this yard. The opposite side say, ‘1 deay it.” “J nay it fe not so; but, mr, do these assertions carry eonviction to reasonable minds? It is the simplest thing tm the world to say ‘I dexy it,’ bat it is more dificult to preve. Tae Ssviour, when brought before Pilate, was Fidieuled, and the tyrant on bis throne said, ‘I deny your doctrine and your mission.”” fhe Som of God was ridi Fee nay retkes ols hh I- plersod jeath, sui map, witl streaming trom thoctess, ’Bat ell we do tot dusbetleyd his doctrines and bit divine origia; because Pilate ssid he denied it, We have proof that the founders of our repab- He sleep in Trinity cburcbyard. If tradi:ion is not to be Delieved, if history is ee ae ay tion? It would be difficult to Washisgton ever lived; that the Revolution itself was fsught, that Waterloo ever trembled bemeath the tread of Eoglieh legions, er revounded with the thunders of Nspeleon’s cannon. History is written fwedition, and must be reiied upon when no other proof me be obtained. Now, sir, we have the proof of history that some of ipiri's of the Revolution slumber in thie yard. ((ne learsed counsel hi that General Lam, one of the | | Slavery has eaten out ature, made o@ vassal rupted the pulpit. It is moulds the obaracter of the Vice President s'of Ginclubatt, wae buried in Trinity church with militery &) Now, ea, apart this I have taken to inquire into the past his- of this tory chutch, as it bas been stigmatized by ‘ 1g counsel. Why, I ficd that General Wayne, ao of tne coset herele of tha war of the R:volution, once the wara whiz the frien’s @the new nation. New, ‘this church has used its property. I say it has belonged to the vestry; end soon after inatalled, tobow ism man of money, and I should axt bim. He fertifes sets up impudent pretensions that a msa thiok of who was aot imstigeted by his acw. Why, air, I saw o levter written by ‘Mz. Boorman, to one of our city papers, « few days siace, » bbsigte | P agecpm ed to dictate to that journs herrea 3 be says 9 g peragrap! " Neapeieat thought’ paper sume to offast mon st intellest! a man of money SRosmemn teuishicess otaaa ct ming! Why, sir, doos money create thought? Did it ever originate am idea? But has it act often been used te crush iatellest—to bold in eheck the rising genius of the people? I merely alinde to ‘this action on the part of Mr. Boormanto show how great fo the presuzption «hich sometimen grows from sa over- abundsace of money aad estates. Ff ‘he learaed counsel here alluded to the cousistency of Mr, Boorman, showing ry of his im public some time since, that he vehement im demanding a decent interment for the American dead in certain countries abroad ) 4nd now, gentlemen, we hers have an advocate go sealous for the peaceful repise of the dead thet be would go to Ireland, Eoglan, Franee, Italy—all over Europe, to demand that the deac there were - fally interred; acd then he would come home and bs one of the foremost of those who wou'd dig up the bones of Revolatiopary fathers, and ssstter them to the four heaven. This, gentlemen, is all that I have to say by way of replying to the assertions of the opposite party. I shall cow come to those questions wbish more t the prerent case, In the first place, at we rhould not alter the laws. (as the ordinances are called.) cf the last Cnmmoa Councll Need Dpioceed at any Jength to prove that this poiat of theop- posite counsel is a rew fallacy? Why, sire, there ie not Gm act of the lest Common Council thet needs not to be defen jument before this community, ‘ihcugh [ have yet tolearn that are laws,) have already deen questioned and repealed! They resolved upon a railroad, that bas not been mcco-nplishi They tauoted our courte by # contempt of anthor. for that ‘Thi mone upharsin— ead found wanting An! they, like the @, were buried from power, and fo it unrespowable that you should be called upon to of ¢ Commoa Connell? Now, ‘the second point. 1 have for come time stutied the suenee of law, and bave learned thst if you make over to mane piece of land to dey, you have no right to teke him t&-morrow. , J0a cannot take public public use, unless it to atop dissase, to at disuster, or for reason of makin; more safe, Fou cap take private property for publi hteye no right, for the sabe of pudiic highways, oar parks, buriel grounds, and our other public squares. counsel here quote’ from several cases. showing burial grounds were public property) Now, it de. volves upon tie oppoci'e pry, to show that some puolic interest will pecured by takiag this ground fer blie street. Will it benefit Pine street !—will it it taose who refased to sign this asking for the openirg of thie street ?—will it those whose names were to this petition for ig this atreet by fraud? No, it will benedt none of What commuvity arks for the epening of this Do the merchente ask for it? No, they are op- it twenty toone. Are the carmen in favor of it? The honest carmen of oar city sre men of ympathies and haman feelings aud are the last Glass to Civturd the bose ef their ancestors, They would this ground as would a plegae if the ‘ones of their Revolationary fathers lay th their feet ‘when they crossed over it. . Me. Boor. Thave only to say bis Property would be partisa- improved by this derecration sf the dead. and here street fo i The Jadge kindly | imeelt behiod his | of fire, mene you bave been weigned in the balance — bachanals of the voices of the le have called you to their places. Considering thir, fully weigh all the arguments ia this case, I appeal to you not to allow thisatreet to be onexet; by all the glo | rious memories of the pas’, by ail your brilliant hopes for the fature of our country, do mot destroy the graves of our revolutionary patriots, by every oomideration of Buble willy, ta ee Sve Eble rat oF oar each the Fu ion ta the'teo hundied. thousand iubabitasta withia ho bave no other church whi he pone in peac neath the abadows of her lofty epires, tillthe mighty arohangel abell come opeorg) od ee Gall cote 8, and ve oot upos the sea ba not ef pb, by Him that liveth forever aball be time no longer. ‘Mr Outler sat down. The chairmas of the committes stated thet the further bearing in the case would be post poned till Tuesday next, at 8 o'clock P, M. Anti-Slavery Lecture by Wendell Phillips. ‘The twelfth lecture of the New York Anti-Slavery So- clety’s course was delivered at the Tabernacle on Tuesday evening by Wendell Phillipe—he who was pronounced by ‘Theodore Parker to be “the most eloquent man that Mat: sachusetts ever cradled in bey pésom!” The lectarer spoke ‘pefortd & largé audience substantially as follows:— ft is my misfortune to address you om a subjest so much spoken of already, and I cam hardly hepe that I shall be able to avoid offending the prejudices of many. I bslosg ‘to the most radical section of the anti slavery party. Bat Tem an American, and a republican, like you, and have no otber wish them the future prosperity of our country. ‘The present time demands of us that we should grapple wih the question that threatens te make shipwreck of the self government of these United States, Do me the juries to believe that, however I may deal with os, I sm only exereising the ht tigut_ which our fathers left to us. My father left me the right to speak, and I barter it for nothing. The problem of slavery isa Nees singular one ia the pre- nent aspect of the werld. Under the goveraments of Eaope, which Americans are taught to think rott lavery bas Cregg heen ju Busia This is the tendency of pinetesath century. Weat Indies are all free. Eogland may ~~ boast have hada constitution for u; end, — ene ywing weaker it is stronger very. Ina gror er ror instead of ba bas js hundred thousand slaves, we Dave over seven ioms—instead of being hidden, slavery stalks into Congress amd demards that she may be ex tended and perpetuated. She sits enthroned the actual dynarty of the republic, and the monléer of ite policy and its fate, Mr. Patllips sj here for some time sgaicst the auther of the Fugitive Slave law, aud then went on to say:~They are plotting treason now at Washington: they age certain of their game, for the maa- jority is behicd them. Sut the weascn isours, Taere ia somethiog which # man dreads in looking forward. If wen at Washipgten think they can act in any way they plesse, and that their evil deeds will be forgotten directly after their death, they are mistaken. This relentices feeling for the dead{is the only hold that abolitionists hive ‘upoa -gerties, Wher a mae comes into the presence of ‘& great nation he endeavors a ere eoome te oer aover of the people; this is dee: courtesy and proprie- ty. I biush to say thet a great man has sought our shores, and hes made known to bape rmgpeny that he has no aversion to slavery, but, on ‘tra- ry, that he would like to be fa slavehold er, ‘Never mention a halter in the presence of the man whose brother was hanged.’ What com- iment is this declaration of a stranger to us! John itehell comes to this country im 18658, and attempts to beoome s favorite with the American people by dec: ing that he is willing to beoome a slaveholder. Whata cbange has there been in the inhabitants ef this country uring the last Atty years. Time was when the profes- sion of abelition: sentiments did s msn no harm. Sumner, after he made his protes: against slavery, found the whole of his legal practice swept from beneath him. Every man must see that we have gone dowa from the Wes! and Jeffersons of the Revolation to Frank- lin Pierces and Cal Cushi ; and we can’t go lower. But why have we gone back? Why has this country been one that ceases to progress om this question? It is compromice. In every other respect we accept the declaration thit all men are equal, except as regerda the element of color. You eas trast am Amori- can snywhere except ina question of eolor. Our fathers should have said that all white men are created equal. Why. we even dare sot 6 the word slevery aloud ia meetings-—we call itithe ‘ tie institution’”’—the *de- Neate b boat Amr but the word itself. The lecturer here gave brief review of the iatrodac- tion of the various slave States into the Union dewa to the date of the last compromise, Sila’ Bow says to abolition:—-It you do not find room to you may go | out; if slavery isa sin, it is ae mush » sin om the Poto- | mae as oa the Missouri. We have let ourselves down from the higher rectitude of God’s law to the lower one of expediency. The compromise it whish has spread among us bas beaten down the and ene:gy of our | institutions, The difficulty is that slavery can bay up our greet men faster ee nel of the 88 & negro looks at it, wbo says “I' Tem | to my jiberty—give me my rights. Ifyou cannot make money with pues we my rights. you must do withoat money.’’ It is because G: has applied the Declara tion of to the hovels of South Carolina that this agitation bas been created I do not depead much upon the polities, bat upon the religious f g of ti country, for the aboition of slavery. The New Testament | ia the slaves’ best hope, and the slaveholder fears the Bible or he would let me teach it to his slaves. The Usury Laws. MEBTING OF THE COBN BXCHANGE BROKERS. A numerous meeting of the Corn Exchange Brokers was held yesterday, at 11}¢ o'clock, A. M., in reference to tne veury laws of this Siate—Joseph Ketcham in the chatr, | The meeting being called te order by the chairman, Mr. Frost got upon the stand and explained the object Of the meeting. He spoke substantially as follows:— Mr. President and Gentlemen of the Oorn Exchange Brokers—I came here this morniag by invitation of your respectable body, for the purpose of making a few re- marks relative to the present usury laws, which prevent, without doubt, and reta:d the commercial prosperity of the city of New York, (Applsase) The feeling of the orn Exchange brokers against these laws are, and al- ways have been, strong, a4 they are the ceuve, since ~they have been putin force, of much inconvenience and distress to the whole commercial commusity. (Cheers) The usury laws were not advocated by those who were ost interested, but by a set of demagogaes and lawyers not bowing or caring what the effect would be. They were well aware of the t Opposition to the enlarge- of the Erie canal by th.t class of men. de had bee T7 of the members of the Legislature, (4x, Clinton,) who said that there was no body of men whore izfiuence was r0 great as the members of the Corn Exchange. Now, the present usury laws were a deep blot and dis upon thecity of New York. Tue idea of grace 8 fixed price for moasy, which is nothing bat an of merchandise after ail! 8 Wave been in force since 1837 up to the preseut day. T: | men were the opposers of all expansion of com merce and | Of free trade. Tae usury Jaws now are motas the bu: | mesa of the city of New York demanded, and, tnerefore, pe ein mis the a rea memorial which was prepared for tation to the Le. See = Praying that the exiutiog lew may abolished or ersent relaxed, United States District Court. Before Hon. Jadge Betts. Fre 28,—7he United States vs. a Lot of Lace and Em: broidery —On motion, the Court ordered the condemns tion Of these goods, which had been seized as amuggled. The United States vs. the American S) Astracan and Enterprise —On mi the Court tion of thess two vensels to libeilents, in the amount of the penalties under the revenue laws, for bringieg am ex- Gene of parrengers. Henry Esler vs. Henry C. North and Others ~This was @ care in which » warrant of arrest bad been isvand, with aciaim that ifthe defendant could not b> found the steam coat Naushcn beattached, as the property of the | defendacts. The Mershal’s retara upon the process | that the cefeodents were net found, wud that he had at’ Upon retarn of tached the vessel as rao mes the process Mr. Benedict Qn appearance for ¢eien dsn’s and » bond for soste, and moved that the veces! be discharged stood ie nudmitted to the court that the vessel wi steam tug in constant and profitable em loyment, aod that her tion was serious lose to ownere, The Court ordered that the motion stand over until to-morrow, and thet meanwhile the vessel be conridered in custody, but allowed to procesd upom her usual employment. Legal Intelligence. Scramwa Court oF rus Vara beare = Fan 2 —8B. 0. Tha: Exq., of New York and 0. V Tri ithe 2 Newark Da rtiser } [Correspond-nee of the Newark Datly Purvomron, Foo 24, 1854. With this I send the «elements of the orbit of the oomet Giueovered by Robert November last. They may pro’ loterest to ‘the readers of the Daily Advertivr; ths wore comet was¢brerved by your fellow citizen a week before it war seen at any of the European tories, Insve not felt at liberty to send you the elements defora this as they ha¢ bee: communtested for publication in the Astro- nomical Journal, and did not appear ia priat uatil within bth lin . (Alton, Dr. Paterson in the Astronomische Nachrizhien, Jan. 24,) announces the priority of the dissovery of the comet at Newark. In Earope, a8 intimated, it Was not seen before December 2. ‘The elements I have deduced ‘rom Mr Van Arrda'e’s ob servations of November 30, Deeember 27, and Jeauary 21, Tespectively:— Comer I. 18f4—(Vay Anspare’s Comer.) Time of she Feri} 1954, Jam.6, 77967. M.T. Groenwish, Lora Peril From the moan Lepait oS =a Equinox of Jan L. Incl 702 ay 6” Jeena tee T Dist! O.s0T873, P. Dist —2.040741. Motion retrograde. Taubjoin, (or comparison, one of the various sets of elements computed from European observations. No ob servations except those of Mr. Vao Aredale have been published im this country. Tae following are theele- ments computed from observations at Gottiagen, Dec, 2; Vierna, Deo. 11, and London, Deo. 28, reapsatively:— BF" [Astronomieche Nachrichten, of Jan. 24] Perihelion Pas 1854 Jan 4 37164. M T. Greenwich. 65° 57° 18"°32 From the meaa Equi- ays 3 62 nox of Jan. 1. jon « OF 7 4 Long of Peri. Dist.. 0,301! Motion retrograde, Ic will be observed that at the time of its nearest ap- the the comet’s mean distance from him but four exceptions, is the greatest perihelion distance on Teoord, ‘The nearest approach to the earth took p ace about the time of Mr. Van Aradale’s second observation of the comet, November 30, It was even then some one hua dred millions of miles from us; bat itis now more than twice ss remote, amd is, or soon will be, beyoad the reach of the beat telesoopes, A Chemical Controversy—The Metal Alu- minum 0 THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD. Seatan Istanp, Feb. 28, 1854. Sm—The following paragraph spveared in the letter of published yesterday :— rr ‘and brillant as 6! Itis fusable "1 2 vemperature. “aluminum ” Ivis only eoimens of demy, and om the propos re ‘thas ai of M Sab "a ‘ascribed to it, and ethers no! meationed, bas been well kown for many years to all th mists ia the world. It stands first on the habetical list of the elementary bodies, with the equivalent 171.17 on the oxygen sesle, and 13.72 on the hydrogen, slwsys combiniag double with Al, as its symbol Its metalloidal ovum ounis, haloid anc oxy-salts and hydrates, are as numerous and as fomiliar to the scientific lasoratory, as any other of the metalic bacis of the earths. Its natural oxide, alumina, is one of the most usiversal products ef nature, being found abuadantly in all clays, numerous ailicates, folspa- thio, rocks and even orgsnic compounds, I: exists, nearly pure, in coruadium or adamantine sper, of waich emery send is « coarse variety, acd in kaolin orin Aine porcelain olay. It may be obtained, adiolutely pure, by a very simple process, from the common alum of commnerceand the arts, which is but a gulphate of alamina and potassa. The metal alaioum was first obtained by Wohler, to whom we are indebted for the reduction of various other metals from their natural cxzid-s ani combinations, Ithae been the usual practice ia this couatry to follow Leibig, is obtaining it from ita dry chloride by potassi throwing it, when cold, into water. Bairg dried, it a areas ® gray powder, wits a few silvery scales, whic! Being pressed together {a an agate mortar, pressat quite a malleable metal: Itis one of the best noa-cunduc‘ors of electricity, hardly fasible im a cleee crucible, but freely in air; and burns ia oxygen with » brillixecy intolerable to the eye, sometimes leaving s fused portion whioh will cut glars like a diamond. Ia this last property, it resem- bles « peculiar of iron and coruadua, and snother of irom and chromium, la! “diamond steel,” aad in the street ia the form of ‘‘knife shar; Bat h alaminum remains uaternished in air and cold water, it decomposes the latter when near ‘the boiling poiat, shading ite oxygen and evolviag its bydrogén ; aad althoagh attacked by nitric salpharis, or chlorohy drie acid, when 071d and undiluted, yet either of these acids will readily seize 1t when dilated or heated, as will also ammonia and several other caustic alkalies. Now, since this metal and its chemistry must have been long and well known to the whcle scadeimy of science, it is cult to imagine how the production of it by M. St. Cisix Deville could bave been eonsidered such « ‘‘very ro markable discovery” as to have procured for him the ts on & lary eta] alumi oy with mort of the properties here istinetion and er sire pengpe t repors. Is is barely possible that 0, lke eoriam and several of the m™m way hitherto have been combined tals, Rosana pen ween pce aoe eee m found jueing greeter facility and es0n0 wy. Ia either case, however, the statement, as it stands, conveys nothing new. Ral Marine Court. Before Jadgs Taom peon. Marcu 1.— Matthew Roulston vt. Jesse Beaver and Bernard Clark, —Astion of Camages for injaries to plsiatiff, sas- taiced through the alleged carelessness of 4efendaat in leaving uncovered an excavation, while work! io the cellars of houses Nos. 127 and 120 Tweaty-nto esi] between Seventh and Eighth aveaues, The defendan’ had contracted with ope MoUoy, in September last, to build two houses om the above lots. Beaver uadertsok the esrpen: work, and Clark the meso seemed that alongride of these lots an al jo certain dwelliog houses in the rear, which alley it became mecessary to close in order to excavate the cellars, ard MsCoy obtained from the tenants of the olan houses permission for passengers to past a in their premises while the exsavations were going om. Atter these were ficished the hole was covered sver with planks, which were oceisionally re moved to admit light to the workmen. Un the night cf the bth of November it appeared the workmen the premises, havieg ted to cover the aperture, and the plaintiff, who is janitor of the Sixteenth ward schools, ond anoid man, pasizg that way, feli in, aod suff: red considerable iajary in oonerquence. The damages ware laid at $600. ence to show tust plaintiff ned lost his office of janitor from the accident was denied by the court, as no special damages were laiJ; but his salary as janitor was admitted to ve $450.0 year. 4 medical min ‘and several members of the plaintiff's family, proved that he bad beem laid up for sever weeks in conrequence of the isjaries he received from the fall. The defence set up that the platatiff had no right te pesa through the siley, woioh had bren closed the owner, and was not a public thorough/are, and on this groard & nonsuit was cemandei on motioa, which the Conrt granted only as farae Beaver, the contractor for carpenter’s work, was ocncerned, a: he could not bs held Hable for the accident. Defendant attempted then to prove by several witcesser that the work was done in the usual manner, and that he could not be answerable for the accident to plaintiff, ae the latter was a tro: psseor. Nameious cares were cited in support of this argument. The Court awarded to plaintiff $360 damages, Tas Mainz Liquor Law aGam IN THE On10 Lacistatvues —In the Onio Senate oa the 26,n alt, Mr. Frete introduced » bili for the suppression of intemps- rence. The proposed measure is substantially the Maine jaw, upon which the people pronounced at the last election. The two or three aivocates of the Maine law, however, have brought in their bill, amd the [agislatare can pow deal with it. The bill also provides for the yuntshment of any person who is drank and querrelsome, Inthe Streets, bichways, or in his owa house, with im- ent for tuirty days. I+ also forbids the maaa’ac- ire of soy spirituous liquors,except fourih proof alsobol, whieh shall be eold in casks Of not lees than thirty gai- Jons to the tows agents, who are alone allowed to sell No perton to manafactare spiritous or intoxicating Hquors, other (ban is provided in the bill; therefore brewing of beer, making of cawtaba wine, or cider, wiil bes misdomessor, pantshable by fue nad imprisoamen if thie measure esomes alow. ” i Fatan Accrpent—Extraorpiwary Parsmwri- want ~ Oo the Zist ult., Simeom 0, Wedsver, formerly of Jericho, Vt., was caught by the belt of « driving anaft is # mil) et Neshus, anc instantly killed—his meck haviog been broken and bis body horribly maegled Mr. Webatec wes in bis 20th year, anG bad beem married about threo joe tha, have learned from «@ relative of Mrs. W., that on the Cay of the sosideat Mrs Webster was atrongly impresed with the idea that a terrible calamity was then to bappen to her husband. She was exceedingly dis- tressed, avd weeping as if the event hed already expressed ber eonvictions to the lady with whom she boarded. This la y endeavored to caim her fears, and invited Mra W. to y they observed from e widow « crowd in of the mil!, and Mra. Webster inetsatly exclaimed—‘ Simeon {4 v? Alaa, it was too tras.— Vermont Watchman. Toxacoo.— Mr. H. Mattox, of Shelby county, sold three hogsheads of tobaceo at the Pickett Warehouse yesterday, which realized the handsome sum of $284 02. The tobacco was the prodact of two and a half acres, and the three hogsheads weighed 4,875 pounds net,—_Lowisv le Democrat, Feb. 4 Cee FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. mu EY MARKET. Wapwmspay, Maren 1~6 P. M. ‘The temdeney of prices in the stock market is Upward, with comsiderable activity at the board. E ie Ratirosd wold largely to-day at an advance, and the onteide demand ta evidently increasing. The probability of = four pev cont Gividend in April, leaving « surplus in the treasury, bas encourage holders and brought in many new buyers. Reading Railroad has recovered from the receat slight depression sad ia steadily moving forward sgele, All the lending redlroad stocks daily operated in at the board are firmly sasteised, aed holders are looking for mach higher Prices. Crystal Palece has receded slightly. The meet ing of stockholders last evening was of & sharecter cal. culated to do more hare than good, aad it deubdtfal if the marbet value of the stook can be sustained, or the concern made profitable under asy mesagement. The | #mall fancies, such as Florence and Keyport, Parker Vela, Pheaix Coal, and Portemouth Dry Desk, have mot moved much daring the late oxeftement, and appear to have few friem’ s among the of Wali { | prominent position in market we know of gone have not good prospects, Stocks which were fancies a | few years since are uow ranked smong the regular divi- dend paying securities, and the new faneirs which bave taken their place are of a better character aa uvusl, | and many of them will scom becomes productive, The mining stocks oa the books of the S'ock Exchange are of the highest character, and eommand the attention of | shrewd, careful operators. There was a sale of Dolly | Hide at the first board today at 5\{ per cent, cash. | ‘There was nor much inquiry to day for railroa’ boade, but prices remain unobavged. At the first board New | York Osntral Railroad advanced 3¢ per cent; Harlem, \{; | Erie Railroad, 1; Reading Railread, 3¢; Michigan Orntral Railroad, %{; Florence an‘ Keyport, 34; New Jersey Zins, 3; Nicaragua Transit, 3{. Orys‘al Palace declined 2 per cent. The market, om the whole, is rather quiet, not- withstandiag which there is much buoyancy. Sticks can be easily hypothecated at favorable margins, and the fa- cilities for speculation are daily increasing. At suction today 15 shares New York Equitable Insurance Company sold at 1/3 per cent; 10 shares Peo- ple’s Fire Insurance Company, 8i 34. ‘The receipts at the office of the Assistant Treasurer of the United States for the port ef New York, this day, March 1, amounted to $136,280; the psyments wore $159 680 88—leaving « balance on hand of $7,247,682 64. | The steamebip Andes, at Boston trom Liverpool, brings | two days later mews from Europe. The intelligence does | not differ materially from that received by the previous | G@teamer. Comsols had advanced. Cotton continued firm, and breadetaffs were tending downward. fhe political socounts have mot changed. Preparations for war are Bow going on actively. ‘The steamship Canada, from Bystea for Liverpool to- sy, earried out $145,080 in specie, principally gold, for France, The Bank of the Union has been, by an uaacimous vote, disconnected frem the Clearing House, The whole number of piecss oolned in the United States Mint, Philadelphia, io February, 1864, was 1,910,614, against 3,659,826 in the corresponding month of 1858, Of the pieces coined this year 154,207 were gold, 1,644,000 silver, and 122,217 copper. The gold bullion deposited in February was:— From Celifornis... $2 451,000 From other sources. + 88.000 Total deposits in February. .82,514. 090 Silver ballon deposited. weed 41,166,000 ‘The Ceposita of precious metals for January and Kebra- ary wore:— —— 1883 —— —— — 1854 —- ——, id. Silver. Gold Siler. January.. $4.962697 $14,000 $4216.679 $103,000 February. 8,648,623 18,660 2,514,000 1,166 000 Total.......$8,610,620 $27,560 $6.720,579 $1,974,000 —Bhowing for the two months of this year a decrease of $1,781,041 ig the deposits of gold, an¢ an increase (if the returns for the present momth are correct) of $1,246,440 in the deposits of silver. ‘The cash receipts for duties at the Oustom House, Phila. delpbia, during the month of Frbrasry, amounted to $526,008 $6. Annexed is a comparative statement of re oeipts for the first two months of the year, compared with the corresponding period last year:— 1853 1854. -$267,010 25 $539,202 76 623,642 76 626 098 26 $1,064,891 01 Leasesesedenseeses $173,738 OL A bill has paseed the Kentucky Legislature chartering the Planters’ and Macufacturera’ Bank, with » capital of $2,600,000, Tae receipts of the Seaboard and R-ancke Ratl:oad Company for the past fiscal year were’ $137,000, and the hibits the operations of the Assittant Treasu:er’s office daring the month of Febra ary, 1854 :— Aserstant TaeasvRmn’s Orrics—Reckrre axp Dissvesmcaxts, Fusuvasy, 1664. balance ———— $4,102,242 84 wdiinpdontacdss sanyses eceqe RON TES 00 1,875,149 94 107,600 04 ———— $1, 632,149 98 ¥, Fevruary 28, 1864, balance... 170,943 023 By balence due inierest account. To payment........ Balarce... tee eeeerens By balance due special deposits. By deposits daring the month... 8¢6,972 25 $636,003 44 To payments.........sseceeeeseeeeserees 375,918 44 Total coin on hand... seers ereeeeceeeST 565,608 70 Receipts for custome in February, 1853..... $3 25 UL « « 6" 1864. oe. 2 948,153 7 Kacess in Febroery, 1868..............-.. $932 O71 OF ‘This rhows « reduction of nearly a million of dollars in the amount of revenue received from customs ia Febiu- ary, 1864, compared with the same month last year. This in equai to a falling off in the value of datiable imports of more than four millions of dollars The amount of coin and builion in the Sub- Treasury at the close of F:bruary was upwards of seven and # haif millions of doliara. The Bavker’s Megazine for March pad ishes ths follow- ing official statemeat of the coinage of the miut of the United States and branches for 1868:— Coinage oF Fea Ov tam Unirep Srares. 1853, 888 CO $96,760 00 $4.8 $3,860 79 108'300 00 = 2/000 31 16725000 © 4.131 26 4900700 = 2611 4 610,004 00-9 120 19 650,000 00 3,687 32 710,000 00 «1,882 28 000 00 644 60 1,200 000 009 = 7.667 60 1,210 000 00 4,479 65 810,000 0067 6 88 914,260 00 16,498 46 2.191.618 94 $7 852671 00 $57,060 73 $15,835,914 97 were in are, and $36 355,621 D Doubleesgits, $25,226 520 60 2,0)2 630 00 By the above table it appears that the to'al coinage of the country for the year was as follows: — Philadelphia ...862,101,618 06 sr tant 5 New Ovieana.:.. 2'290/000 00 | ‘“T.age/ooa 81:00? 18 90,077.671 $67,060 18 999,410 60,680 00 Inerrase 1858. - $3,078,161 916420 78 faeeeaee Tate agg Tae og PHOTSNSL 816,400 78 Net tnoreage 1 se ceseeneses: M646L310 72 Copper, 1853 .64 158,687 72 The denominations of eotne struck were: — Qr. engies.... 11,670 00 a Gold éollara.. 4,076,051 00 a Silver écllare, - $416,110 - Hf. collars... - 1,766,864 - - 8,813,666 - - 1,217,801 < - 667, Three cents... = 842,000 = Oents and half cents... ee - — $67,059 78 Total......, 986,366,621 00 $7,852.671 $07.060 78 | NV. Orins. NV. Orlas Char'e. Daal'gs Months God. Silver God Quid. + $870,000 — $23. 326 $36,325 908 000 — 50,806 47 008 296 000 8,000 — 89470 369 000 — 42230 19.470 86.000 — 33640 62,920 86,000 — 23.675 69 50h 90,000 = 290.000 21,860 28 855 85,000 = 810,000 86,415 = 23.800 90,000 200.000 — 48.402 80 000 220,000 = 42310 »§=—-:29. 590 186,000 NOOO 22466 = 86 590 87,000 © 88.595 © 46,270 226,000 $839,370 $462,918 — 827,885 448,890 - — 7,046 — M516 6,583 664,000 - - 833,000 -_ - 110,000 — 118.000 - CODE eee eee - ~- pn ii Total........$2,220,000 $1,226,000 $839,370 $462,973 The Superintendent of the ‘k Central Raflroad Company gives the annexed statement of the reostpts for the six months ending Fedrusry 1st, 1854, somared wi those for the correspomding period the previous years: — | New Yorx Cenrrat Rainoan, 10 Osean Bank ..... Passengers. — Preights. Total Increase 20 Onto Life & Trast. 1883, Avy 9 126 76 $140,00) 00 $489 125 76 260 Canton Oo.... 1862, 204510 50 f79.°05 19 STA 075. $115 049 77 | 100 | 3ees' Missa 06 300000 00 32 06 $ 1a 340,916 97 43.674 7 132,647 00 1853, 326,708 54 225.500 00 55) 206 +0 Flor & Key 1883, 800649 89 11589178) 413841 17 184,665 $7 | 100 do. 1883, No 1,329 63 458 221 0) 100 182,“ |) 200'775 25 152.114 10 SOL. 8AD 85 96,831 66 | 208 1803, Deo... 19 14 53 239.010 86 400,025 39 | nd Je ++ 16h 637 S 1 (3 3 buat a 62,308 18 | 40 1854: Sam, . 160 79) £3 1 45 3 | 300 Penn. & i 6 a Be | abigh Z 1863, 126,707 31 600 79 $1a.g07 10 15.880 OL | 60 OT cto ee”, ‘Total increase. 0 Nic Trans Co Total receipse Ni do. Average increase ber 92,647 08 The receipts for the pest six months have beea at the rate of five anda half millions per annum, ant the in crease at the rate o: eleven hundred thousand dollars pst year. About one half of the total earnings is from freight. The receipts of the Vermont Central for six months shows gain of about twenty-four per cent over the gor: responding months of the previcus year, They are as follows:— Jaly 1 to December 81, 1853. Jaly 1 to December 31, 185! Increase over the corresponding 6 mos. in 1852.$38,290 The Atlantic and Pacific Railroad Company have made & call for one half of one per cent on the capital took of one hundred millions of dollars, This will give a total of $600,000, The psyment already made of one tenth per cent is on account of tke one half per cent, which leaves two fAfths of one per centdue, The object of this call is tomake the ‘eposit of $300,000 reqaired by the recent actcf the Legislature of Texas, domating about eleven million acres of land in ald of the cons‘ruction of # railroad te the Pacific, ani to enable the company to commence the oc pstruction of the road as soom as the coutract with the State of Texas is consluded. Farther particulars re garding the peyment of the assessment will be found in an advertisement in another column. A bill has passed both houses of the Illinois Legisle ture authorising the construction of the Terre Haute and St. Louis Railroxd, being one hundred and sixty-Ave miles ip length, and the only re cataing link necessary to form & Cirect railroad sonnection betweea St Louis, Mo. fri Cleveland, Unio, The entire live from Terre Haute to St, Louis bas been surveyed and located, the right o way mainly secured, and the work let to responsible and energetic conizactors, Stook bas been subscribed aufii- cient to complete the road without the issus of any bonds. & From 1821 to 1853 inclusive the largest value of the tobaceo crop of the United States sent abroad was in 1841, $13,576,000, The lightest, im 1843, $4,650,000. By far the lerge t average value per hog: head was ia 1839, when the exported crop was only 78,995 hhds, at $124 per hhd. With the sizgle exception of that year, the export value for thirty three years never reached $1(0 the hhd., aed the price was $84, and im 1663, $70. was in 1846, $£0. Export im 1821, 66.858 hhds,, $84 49 $5,648,000 do 1868, 189,000 bhds., $70 81 11,319/000 It isa curious result of the Treasury tables that the average valae per pound of the ootton export for the past thirty-two years is aluost identical with the current price, and of the export of the staple for the last financial year. In the meanwhile the gross value of the crop sent abroad has risen from $20,167,000 im 1821, to $109, 466 000 in 1853 * The asnexed statement, compiled from the returns of the Harbor Master, gives the number of vessels, steam- ers, &o, with their estimated tonnage, arrivi departizg from Albany during the season of navigation im each of the past two years:— ComMmpacn OF 4LBANY—1852 AND 1858. The lightest price —-—1832 —— —— fo. ‘Toms fo Tons. 27,868 «= 82227, 904 14'362 258 «14,682 4,308 = 201 26,245 16,433 89 15,502 1,635 16 2,830 611 18 687 $4,596 = 818 =87,880 show & steady increase ia the num the tonnage of the river oraft. It will be remembered that soon afer the gathering in of the harvest, the de anand fer sail vessels was tee active, and a large number were attracted to Albany by che remune- rative rates paid, which hed never before been in port. The following is the total amount of tonnage for eno) od since 1839 :— ‘cars Toe above exhibit shows if exception of 1847, the mevrorable ex ort yeor, when Ire Jand suffered from the potato rot and fami ve. ‘The Bank Commissioners of Maine, in their report upon the condition of the basks of that State, Fourteen new bi a bave gone into operation the past ital paid i:to there, toge:her with the paid into the old banks, at the time of I] examinstion Im September and Ostober, a to $1 195,602, making the present capital of the barks of Meine $6,457,156. When the chartered o* pital of the new banka, and the focreseed capital of the old ones, ia a! id in, the bank capital of the State will have coubled in the short sp+ce wf three years. The cir- culation has increared in « still greater ratio, and is now only ore seventeenth lose than the capital: while in 1850 the circulation was less than the eapital by one fifth r be same pericd has hept pace with the capl- nd the specte has nearly treble: 263,186 82, agaiost $408,364 29 1 of ‘the paper, has materialiy erent condition of the banks in betier than at any former period there being now $1, cbaracter nd th lieved te of their history. | really novel feature in the dry goods traffic here. The country and local dealers continas to purchase with pra- | dexct and caution, mever extendisg movements beyond the limits of their necessities; and though these are at numerous and urgen: as usual at this period, they have | motincreaced an rapidly as was p-eviously anticipates; | hence the dissppotatment of many parties, more ¢apootally | those ownleg undesirable supplics, whose only chances of | @ successiul disposal of their stocks lay in the augmente- | tion of orders, which could not all be filed with very | searonable productions, and )st, which could uot be ne- glected. Without such aa opportanity, factors of poor ord inferior commodities are made too well aware of the danger and {asecurity, if mot total ruta, which confront | them. We hope they may not suffer to> much, that so | they shall be able to profit by experience, and henoefor- | ward chan thove speculations which hare resulted, or are bkely to result 0 disantrously at proseat, Brown sud bleached sheetings and shiriiags are ia pretty good request at old prices, Denima are in fair — | wapply and demand, without changs im valae. D:ills are | | more sought after and rule firmer, bat are not desrer, | Duck is actively toqutred for, at full and rietcg quotations, Ginghams still fied ready purchasers within our former range. Lawon room ia moderate request at unaltered rates, Osnabdurgs are quite rare and very firm, ongh inactive, The trareactions in p-{atiag oloths are Dot very extaasive, but do not elicit any serious change in prices. Seasonable a'yles of prints are freely boaght atold gures. Stripes snd ticks aro still in good demand, at previourly quoted rates. We append & comparative statement of the shipment: hence of cotton goods during the months of 1849. 1860. 1851. 1858 1853. 1854 January. phgt.. 374 645 1,716 822-1825 360 Fevruary “....1,696 2618 864 8.270 4,799 788 Total pige....2070 8,268 2689 8602 6624 1018 The woollen goods trade is without soy osaential im- Provement, Nor cam anything like this be expsotet for some time, owing to the pressure of aoseasonable aad inferior articles upon the market, which debars all strengthening tendencies ia it. We have heretofore shown up the charaeter of the stock now here—a most Giscreditable one, takin in general. It js, therefore, needless for us to repeat our but teo well merited erit! tisms. All that we oan now advantageously say is, that Our manufactarers.must strive to seoomplish better things ere they will deserve, or shall seeare, the eustont firet of their own tymen, aa) mex! of othe: people. It ts useless to be comatamtly crying out about reek'ees govern went tariffs, or auch matters, while we ore ged. Plaim eaesimeres are parti while fancy makes are te moderate demand at f. id rates. Cisthes are sot in brisk request mer im prices. Plaim dooskins are rather more a ater at Lindeeyn are im limi ed demaed at old rates. the averege of the whole period was only $63 47. In 1821 | Another week hss parsed by without eliciting any | | 800 300 Phonix 12000 Erie let Mt .08 11434 1000 Erie Cony, 771. 903g 100 sha Nic Tran 2836 do. oss 8 2836 do, 800 Canton Co, . 9835 do, 400 do.. 0 BEE do, 400 Parker Vein Co.b3 = 756 do. 400 60.,...,.80 Tie do. 60 New Creek Ci do, 2% >, 50 Cumd Coal Go... 3134 do. 100 bt 3) do 50 8 do. 100 3 do 200 8 do 50 a do... 400 Potomac ‘op Co. 4 200 do. 200 Ca'ed’n Mg Co... 434 0 Mich Cvnt Ri! a % TN Y CeatRR. 60 Hud River RR... 9 North Ind’a RR., 119 Mines and Mining. Weoxrspay, March 1—6 P.M. There were no new features im the stock market to-day, | Gold Hill {s att] in demand, and sells as freely as before | wt35; and 8X. Phenix Ccal has dropped down to 634, ‘and ly not firm at that figure, Hiwassee is firm at an im- | provement of a quarter. Parker Vein is steady at 7% at | the Stock Exchange. One hundred and fifty shares of | Lycoming Coal and Iron stock are to be sold om Saturday, | by W. H. Franklin & gon, The bids at the Mining Board | were:—For Parker Velo, 734; for New Creek, 2%; for | New Jersey, 95; for Lehigh, 3; for Amerioan Waite Zino, 14; for Potomac, 4; for Norwich, 1034; for Forrest, 12; for National, 30; for Windsor, 4; for Flint Steel, 5; for Falton, 134: for Manitou, %; for Ripley, 834; for mab, 45 cr Phenix Gol for Baiterford, %; for Mo: Cullcab, 7\;; tor Consad Hull, 700; for Rocky Bar, 160; for Wyckoff, , ko SECOND BOARD. 100 ahs Gold Hill,, .b60 8) 6 100 Gold Hill,. 8% CITY TRADE REPORT. Waroxrspay, March 1~6 P. M. acres —Some 40 bbls, changed hands, at fail prices. Breapsrurrs —Flour depreciated again today, with sales of 8,000 bbls.— seur at $7 a $7 26; superfine No. 28 $7 26 w $7 60; ordinary to choice State at $787}, a $8 12}{; mixed to fancy Western at $8 a $8 25; and other grades at proportionate prices. There have been 1,100 bbls. Southern purchased, at $8 a $8 31% for mixed to | straight; $8 873¢ a $8 50 for favorite; and $8 60 s $9 25 for | fancy, per bbl. Rye flour and cornmeal were nachanged. | Wheat was very dull. Only 2300 nushels J red were | soli, at $185. The transactions in rye reported to day | reached 8,000 bushels, to arrive, at $1 20; and 1,800 do. | Jeoaey at $118. Btate snd Westera onte were ‘at 600. s 530. per busbel. Coro was still lower, The | day's business cid mot exceed 22,000 bushels, at 860 @ 860 for camp Jerrey;86c, » 886. for Southern and Western | mized; 88¢ for eld round yellow; 800 900. for Southern | yellow; and 900. a 93c for Southern whi's, per bushel. Corram—The day’s asles comprised 430 bage Laguayra at 12340 ; and 60 Rio at 1130 per Ib Corron —The ds. sales smounted to 2,408 bales, as follewe.—For export, 1,886; home use, 654; on spsoala- ‘tiom, 160; to arrive, 203. Market firm. Fe To Liverpool, 11,090 bushele of corn, engaged -y@2d 10,000 do., in. pkgs. tobscoo at Os Ik, at 154. To Antwerp, 160 bois. lard To Havre, there was active. Fist. —Dry cod was more inquired for, tO per owt, Mackerel and herring were unchanged. Fauvt — There bave beea sold 600 boxes wet dried banch rating, at $2 85 9 $290; 200 dry do. do., $8108 $3 16, and £0 cares sardines, at 670. of the business in this line daring the past month, from Messrs. Lewis D. Morris & Co,:—"‘Duriog the moath just closed » stil, farther imprevement has taken place io our market for American hemp, ipflasneed by a continu: ance of thore causes to which we bave so often befcre | referred. The stock, sa we reported it om the let | ultimo, consisted cf 1,701 undresed and 264 | bales dressed—tozether, 2056 bales. receipts since bave b:en 292 bales undresssd, aad 276 Grersed—t0tel, 670 bales. The month’s sales embrace 828 50 a $200; and 261 baies dresee’, nd $270 @ $276 for extra ae Ro medium dres., om the undressed mi end uentity is well belo, as $200 0 $210 for wadressed, and 266 9x75 for dresied, per tom. still, Amagining that these bigh prices cannot ‘ong bs matntaiaed after the pew crop begins to oume forward freely, as would also be | the eave should peace reralt from the protracted megotia- | tions cf the European posers, our manufactarers have | purchased very sp. ly, amd it hes becm difi- | eult to effect enles o: sarge parcc® at oar highest Americas yarns are in moaths, | set ant quotations regent ite | Rave commanded 120, six qT | the Jat alt., 8,660 bates on'the let Fetrenzy, and the ar- rivals thereof since that day have reashed 4,080 beles, — whi > = aes rates previous to ap 00 in the roarket. Tne sales dat the month bi we been at 186, 18;c0, and 18}¢¢ per Tee aed have | reduced the stock in iret bacds to 700 bales, which not offeriog at present. 20 & 61 30 per ton, hav’ noticed ia oor former 5 Link. —~Rocklazd was rearce and peminsl. | _ Motasers ~Atout 300 bbls, New Orleans foued buyers at 2o. # 29c, per gallon O18 —Crade wisle and sperm were held above the mits of purchasers Sales trapepired of 100 baskete | + My oo 75 a $8 Sis, and 6,000 gallons Haseed, at | 780. @ 190. | _ Provisions Pork mov@d to the extent of 600 bble. new, | at $164 @ $157 for wens, ond $18% « $1834 for prime, | showing a decicealy bett rt. meats were un- | There have been 400 bbls lard disposed of at | loc. a 10\%e Ih Beef varied little, the day’s sales | imeiuding bat 300 bbls. at former quotations, Batter and | cheese remained about the same. | Rick —Some 160 tieroes were taken, at $4 87}; 0 $4 75 | per 100 Ibe, | Torscco —Sales were made of only 86 hhis. Kentucky, st 73s¢ a 8c ; amd some Ohio at private bargaie. Tae | hey Co Serta in the {mapsction warehouse | 57 8. | SvGars —The day's aves embraced 100 hhds. New Or- | leans, at 4c, and 600 bhds. do, (by auction,) at 49. 0 45,0 ; average 4\¢. per Ib, | USKEY,—Prieom was dull aed heavy, at 30e. A sale of 160 bbis. Jersey was reported at 200. per gallon. | Foreign Markets. | _ Pmwvamavoo, Jan. 21—Fiour—Swer 4,600 American, | amd 6,300 Trieste, mo, and selliog at 224 & 94) former, | and 90{ 024] latter, 'Codfish—Last cargo arrived «few Gays since, sold at p.m. t, up 12008 » 194800. Freights—Notro firm, 9 per eemt to channel last. | ment. Brobange on’ I7ndos—U8d. per 11000, Sagar | firm with small receipts. Orop wil) aawsuslly small, | aa low 06 40,000 tons is estimated by some, Musoovador | cout 14a. 64. sterling and 168 64.f 0. b ex freight, ond be | common and whites from 24 @ Ie ow! Bio Janxiao, Jan 13.—Flour quoted : none is bags. Freighta— 80s to Tricate, and 852, to ‘Domestic Martets. Nuw Beveosp On Manner, Fas. 31. laa surg 01,608 Me iy the Lito, bas srvives, sad deed sald et 1480. le Fairhaven a lot of 60 hes sold, at « price set made knows. This leaves aqain bere. cargo of the Wm. & Henry, at eomalsting of C0 » nas bee sold at léte, Whale wade boown Whalebone—There ond have