The New York Herald Newspaper, April 7, 1854, Page 2

nl New York Hiq/orical Society. BY PROF. BARTLETT ON ANIMAL THE INTERIOR OF NORTH AMBRICA. ‘This Society held its regular menthly meating on Tues day evening, at the University, Hon. Luther Bradish President, in the chair. After the reading and approval i the minutes, the President state | that a commu PAPER Livé IN assed tion had been received from Mr. Chas. A. Joy, who four years at the universit and where he wag made acjuainted with an important in the w in exist in relation to the Hessian officers who were the Revolution, He learned that thy several letters which they had written to their frionda during the war, and copies of which be thought could be procured at the trifling expense of twenty-five or thirty jollars. The Pres in the hands of the Executive Committee, and on movion it was so disposed of. A communication from Senator Brooks had also been received, stating that the bill to protect the property of the Society had passed the Legis lature. The President next announced the receipt of the deed which had been drawn up by the Baptist Tabernacle, celative toa piece of ground on the corner of Eleventh atreet and Second avenue, which had been purchased by the Sooiety. The thanks of the Society were voted to Mr. Chauncey, the Treasurer, for the able manner in Which he performed the duties of his office. The following resolution, presented by Mr. Devereux, who prefaced it with a few appropriate remarks, was aiopted :-— Rosolved, That a committee of three be appointed, <respond with the 8 ry of she Troasury, and tal measures as may scom blo to effect a di tion among tho the United vi copies im bronse of the nati heretofore or hero: to be struck at the in ment. Mr. Warmorr directed the attention of the Society to @ portrait of Washington, which hung on the wall behind ‘the President's chair, which he said was proved by com- petent authority to be an authentic painting. RevoDr. Van Pau said that he had in his schoolboy 4ays seen Washington, and testitied to the correct like pera of the portrait. Mr. Bartuztr read the following valuable and interest ng paper on THe FORMS OF NATURE AND ANIMAL LIPE IN THE INTERIOR PORTION OF NORTH AMERICA. ‘The forms which nature assumes in the interior parts »ithe North American continent, beyond the reach of «he great rivers and their tributaries, are so pecaliar as to strike the visiter by their novelty. Of these I shall give a brief , barely sufficient, perhaps, to give v an “erent be aes To enter eee Pale in- toa ical aecount @ country would require moany hours, and could not be comprehended without a map and illustrations. This is my apology for the imper- fections and incompleteness of my remarks. From the Rio Grande eastward, between the parallels of 90 and 34 deg. north latitude, lies the great plateau of Tex- as and New Mexico, extending more than three hundred tmiles. Further north it is known as the Liano Hstacado, or Staked Plain. This broad district is destitute of forost trees amd abrubbery, except along the immodiate margin of the water courses. The belt of forest, even here, is limited, boing confined to the very banks, and never ex- a hundred yards from the stream. In this region the Brazos, tho River, and the Colorado have their vise; but it is not until they have coursed for two or three hundred milos that their banks present any considerable extent of bottom land with its aecompanying forests. As they descend from the high table the valleys expand, the land becomes more fertile, luxuriant Valleys appear, and forests of oak extend for miles. Yhe plateau bears but little grass, and this a short, stunted variety, which, after rains, shoots rapidly up, and as speedily becemes dry, affording but little suste- mance. Without water this arid belt is an effectual bar- rier to the progress of the buffalo, which otherwiso would cover the plains of lower Texas. descending to great plaina or prairies, which extend to the shores of the Gulf of Mexico, in a broad belt from ono hundred and fifty to two Bundred miles in width. Tho whole of this district consiste of gently undulating plaina without timber, save along the margin of the sireams, and ix covered with the most luxuriating grass. The rn portion of this plain, as well as the whole of tern Texas, is watered by numerous streams, and in fertility ia unsurpassed by any portion of the globe. The stern and south-western portion is deficient in water courses. Tho Rio Grande possesses few tributaries here worth notice, and south of the Nueces the streams en- tering the Gulf are quite diminutive. But for gra and rearing large herds of cattle the and is unequalle: and it is evident, from what we saw of wells sunk in the midst of these piains, that water oan be found within « undred feet of the surface. The indigenous prairie grass is tall, coarse, full of seed at the top, and when young resemblos wheat in the apring. But in grasses the glory of the State is mezquit, found only in western Texas. It yields a fine, soft ward, preservos its verdare in the winter, and beyond all comparison affords the beet wild posture in the world ~ thas also the peculiar property of retaining its nutritive juality after it has become hard and dry. West of the Rio Grande, from about the thirty-fourth wralle! to the Gulf of California, and. I may add to the thores of the Pacific, and thence south for 00 or 1,000 siles, this vast region is but, poorly adapted to agricul are. It is destitute of forests, except in the high ecions of {he Sierra, Madre, or great chain of the Cor- ail eras, or in the deiiles leading to them. Timberet land is also found in the narrow strips along the water but these cannot with propriety be termed forests.’ There are also valleys between parallel ranges of mountains, sometimes twoor three miles in widt ‘which derive some moisture from the mountains, whe the menquit and live oak attain the height of thirty feat Grass appears only at intervals. The high table land of Chihuahua exhibits it in the greatest quantity, but even here it is not continuous. Sometimes it is found spre over districts fifty or more miles in extent, when barren interval of thorny chapperal appears,’ and for miles a blade of grass is not to b Upon the whole, Ifeel safe in saying that of the elevated plateau of Mexico not more than two-thirds can be called a grazing country. But even this presents a vast surface, extend ing from about the parallel of thirty-two degrees and thirty-three minutes, where the Rocky Mountains sud- deuly drop off, near the copper mines of New Mexico, to the twenty-sixth parallel. The water courses here run to- wards the north, and discharge themsel which have no outlets. The Conchos alone, which is as largo ax the Rio Grande, and has m ‘taries, discharges itself into that river. It isin that portion of Chihuahua which forms the eastern slope of the Sierra Madre, as I have before said, that the best arable and timbered land is to be found. This, for a mountainous district, is well watered. The district south of the River Gila, between the Rio Grande and the Pacific, for about one hundred and fifty miles in width, is of the most barren character. The summit of the great in Se plateau is covered with short grass. On leaving thi#¥and proceeding westward come broad plains, with but little vegetation save the stunted mezquit and other plants common to arid regions. ‘This broad belt extends to the Pacific, and is crossed at inter- vals of from fifteen to thirty mil with short and iso- lated ridges of mountains, from one thousand to two thousand feet above the plain, ranning from northwest to southeast. These, at @ distance, appear like a con- tinuous chain, but on approaching them they are found ‘to be in short ridges from tive to ten miles in length, overlapping each other, and affording easy passages cross. In this respect these chains differ from the mountain ridges both at the north and the south. Coming from the north they present but few openings until they reach the parallel of about 82 40, where the: fall off and lose themselves in the plain, as before stated. Near the copper mines they attain # height of six thou- and feet above the levelof the sea. They rise in peaks, eeparated by narrow and intrieate valleys, and maintaia this character until they terminate on the plateau. This into lakes | been only half as wi matter would be placed | | pain was the consequence for a few hours, or perhaps a the general govern. ; | | | | ive and color, from one and a half to cighteenTinches io eck i: silof which are harmless. Then cnuies the family of horned frogs,”” which are allied to jeard. Of these harmless little crea- i, a8 a means of defence, with sharp © is also a great variety. Next to nous reptiles. First is the horrid hairy body as | igeon’s egg, iong as one’s striding over the sod nestling under ome’s blankets at night. or bite; sometimes causes death, His habita- + in the ground, the opening to which he covers r with a trap door. There are other large spiders that also harbor in the earth, and protect the entrance to their abodes in the same manner, Next are the white and the black scorpions, the former of which are very abundant, These are from one anda half to two inches in length. The sting of the black variety is some- times fatal. The white ones were often found in the boots of the men, into which they crept at night, and were not discovered until they stung the foot. A sharp projections, th ” day, when it passed off. These creatures were some: time® found in our beds in the morning. But perhaps there is no more hideous looking reptiles infesting the plains than the centipede. These are from | three to ten inches in length, and are exceedingly poi- souous, sometimes fatal. ‘Then there is the venagron, as , & black insect, abowt two inches in poisonous; and fastly, the alacran, a species of scorpion, the most venemous of These | last, fortunately, aro chiefly confined to the city of Du- rango; Where, owing to their numbers, and the fatality which attends their sting, a bounty of six cents is given by the government for every one ki We close this catalogue with the rattlesnake, which needs no descrip- tion. This creature is found every where, from the Gulf of Mexico to the Pacific alike, in grassy, rocky and desert regions, Hundreds of them’ were killed by our party; et Iam not aware that any of us were bitten. Two forsea that were bitten died. All the ‘other reptiles and insects of which I have spoken, are found throughout the countries contiguous to the boundary, and wereseen table lands on either side of almost daily. Thus hasnature adapted s numerousclass parts of of animals for tho otherwise solitary desert, where they enjoy undisputed away. These plains also moles, rata, mice, rabbits, and other burrowing animals; sometimes to such ai over them with horses and mules. Many 5 the lesser mammalia were brought home by the Commis. sion, as well aa a collection of reptiles and insects. Of reptiles, a very large number was discovered which are , entirely new. This collection is now in the Cabinet of | the Smithsonian Institution at Washington. One of the most iateresting animals the prairies and hi which is im fact no other than a marmot, having no char- acter in common with dogs. Its looks and habits are totally different. The Canadian trap used to call it a it chim, which, together with the noise it makes, | within the circumference, and extend eetehy, bebonae inmate otra ofa ely bark, This woody portion remains which, however, is more of a chirp, or yelp, ] has caused it to receive the name of ‘prairie dog.”” ‘This was the largest we ever saw, nor have ever hoard of one asoxtensive. For thagg days we travelled through this colony, du: which time’ we did not lose aight of them. On either side, as far as we could see over the plain, their habitations extended, standing out in bold relief in the little hillocks they had raised with the earth brought from their subterranean _ abodes. Their habitations are usually about ten yards apart, and the hillocks contain from one to two cartloads of earth each. Some haye one entrance, others two, which incline at an angle of about forty-five degrees. To what depth they extend I could never learn, and only know that the frequent attempts todrown the animals out by pouring large quantities of water in them, have rarely succeeded. A well-beaten track extends from one to the other of these hillocks, showing that a close intimacy exists be- tween their occupants, or perhaps family connection. We supposed this commanity, or ‘“dog-tawn,”’ as it is called, extended at least sixty miles, as we travelled at that time twenty miles a day. As to its width, we could not forma decided opinion; but presuming it to have do ag it’ was long, an iden may be formed of the vast number of animals it contained. If we suppose that this community extended Atty miles in one direction and but ten in another, we have a superfices of five hundred square miles; and allowit them to be thirty feet apart, or nine hundred square fee! | for each, (a large allowance,) it would give about thirty Abeut the parallel ot twenty-nime degrees and thirty | mainutes the table land breaks off jinto numerous spura, | plateau extends southwardly through the greater part | of Mexico. About the latitude of 31 15 the great Cordillera range again ins to appear on the western border of the table fand, and is, as it were, the concentration of many lesser ridges into one vast chain, elevated, compact, and im- ble, extending through the entire length of Mexico to the Cordillera of the Andes in South America, The ‘wagon road of Colonel Cooke crosses a spur of the Sierra Metre here.” Asecond pass, for mules only, exists a short distance from the south, atter which there is no passage through, nor can these mountains be crossed again with mules for several hundred miles. The river Gila, from its source to a point about fifty miles below where the San Pedro enters, is closely hemmed in by lofty and impassable mountains. Afier this they appear only at intervals, and nat in gontinuous chains. The rest of the valley of the Gila is quite open to the Colorado. 2 The water courses of Sonora take their rise in the Sierra Madre and in the mountains at the north. Those which rise in the former, receiving ® more copious and sconstant rap streains in the northern portion of the State, after tra- ‘versing arid deserts and forcing their way through lofty mountains for three or four hundred miles, lose so much by evaporation that they do not reach the sea, but are #wallowed up in the sands of the desert. Those streams ply of water, reach the ocean, while the , ' ‘also lose much by irrigating the valleys through which | ‘they flow. Except along the bottom lands of these streams, there fa no arable land in Sonora. What there is, however, is exceedingly fertile, and yields enormous crops. In the northern part of the State, near the Gila, there is but little arable land, the best portion being that occupied and cultivated by the Pino and Coco Maricopa Indians In portions of the Santa Cruz and San Pedro valleys are good lands; but the quantity is very small, and the int ter is rather a grazing than an agricultural district. In a region as barren as the greater portion of that traversed Wy the Boundary Commission, animal life would hardly be expected to abound. Nevertheless there was no spot, however barren, or however distant from water, where rabbits and wolves were not seen. On these plains, whether desert or grassy, there are fower Birds. Often, for days together, nothing of the feath- ered tribe was seen except the omnipresent crow. Living equally well on animal food, seeds or roots, there is a0 | ‘ace where he may not thrive. {n the mountains and along the water courses, whore there are more or loss forest trees and shrabbery, both jusdrupeds and birds are found in greater variety. | Among the former may be mentioned the leopard, cou: yar, ocelot, lynx, panther, brown, black, and grizzly dear, fox, antelope, and various kinds of deer. The large Wolf’ (lobo) and the coyote, raccoon, skunk, marmot sweasel, a great varicty of moles, rats and mice, whicll harbor in the ground, , Fabbit, squirrel, Rocky Mountain sheep, oto, ‘Those several animals, of’ course, have their particular localities. The elk is not found South of the Gila. The beaver is still met with on the Peoos, the Rio Grande, the Gila and its northern tributa- | ries, and within a mile of El Paso I saw evidence of his Jabory,. In the copper mine mn, which is in the Row ntains, almost every animal that I have named = be found—bears, in particular, are extremely abun ot Hut while the parched and desert plains are #0 desti- Bute of quadrupeds and birds, they abound in reptiles 4 ik ae gevatunt variety, Ligacas wi erery thousand habitations to the square mile, or 15,000,000 in the five hundred milt tle creatures, which is the smallest supposable number to a habitation, wo have a total of thirty millions in this I think it would be quite safe to reckon three or perhaps four animals to each hillock. For the greater part of this distance the country wa: flat, and covered with short grass, kept so probably by these animals feeding on it. A few scattered me: trees also grew among them. Rivers did not lim colony, for they were found on both sides of several streams. In several places I noticed a colony on the sum- mit of elevated plateaus or hills, where the country was exceedingly barren, the herbage so scant as to ap- pear entirely inadequate to their subsistence. In this case it was evident tat the colony was not in a flourish- ing condition, as many of the habitations were deserted. Of the babits of these animals I can say little from ob- servation, although I saw thousands of them. I would gladly have taken a day to conceal myself near them for the purpose of watching their actions, but when in the most interesting placea we were moving forward. Major long, in his expedition to the Rocky Mountains, says they pass the winter ina lethargic state. Other travel- lers deny this, and say that they come from their holes during the winter whenever the weather is mild. I saw them out on some pretty cold days in November. Even in the plains further to the north, where snow lies on eon out during the winter. Where they obtain water has puzzied naturalists. @ travellers say that they dig down until they find it. This cannot be the case, for [ have seon them on dry J plains, twenty miles from water, and where was no dew jart of its body, with the fnce and neck, are of a whitish lt 8 sige varies from that of a quirrel to thern woolchuck, which it resembles in other animal. The boly of a fall pecimen is about twelve inches in longth; its tail, bushy, between three and four. It stands erect » squirrel, wit its tail in constant motion, particu- seated upon the top of its hillock chirping to nions. As we drew near their villages, an alarm to be given by one placed as a rentinel on a hil- lock in the outskirts. As soon as the signal was given, a general scampering to get home took place ainong them, some running in one direction, some in another. they reached their habitations, they would stand erect at their entrances, with their heads just peoping above, up an incessant chirping and frisking of their taila until we passed. As we drew quite near some of them would turn a somereet into their holes and disappear. We found it difficult to secure them, for they always stood at the entrance of their burrows, so that, if shot, fell within. [do not think that out of twenty shots imes fired at these creatures, more than one speci- obtaines armot is said to be good food; but at the time we killed those referred to, our provisions were abundant, and noone could be induced to try them. Subsequently, when we got on short allowance, I do not think any one i have hesitated to eat them. Rabbits often burrow with these animals, or, what is more probable, they occupy habitations made by the latter. The habits of a rabbit lead him to places where there are more shrubs and not a bare plain. It is pro- vable, therefore, that the rabbits seen among the prairie dogs are merely wanderers, who have strayed away from their propar abodes, and, finding comfortable quarters already provided, without the labor of burrowing them- selves, have driven away the weaker animals, and taken und in scem difficult for any xtent that it is dangerous to pass ple fluted column, altho be met with on | table-lands is the ‘ prairic dog,” | near the base, and from twent, he first community of these little creatures we met | is marked with with was in Texas, ane Brady’s Creek, a branch of the towards int aoa iene and more numerous to- Estimating but two of these lit- | ound for weeks, and where the cold is severe, they | © color of the prairie-dog is light brown. The lower | When | fact. In soliaiin Bo dutribution of animala over the desert regions which oceupy so large s apace of the inte- rior of our continent, it will have been observed how beautifully nature has adapted them for these districts, Here man, the terror of animals, cannot exist, for there is no soil that he can cultivate, no water to slake his thirst, no wood to supply him with fuel; nor can the domestic animals ao necessary to him exist. But while these inferior animals have such un disputed sway, unmolested by man, their lives are, never- theless, attended with other dangers. It might be sup- posed that the venom of the tarantuln, the centipede, the scorpion and the rattlesnake would effectually pre serve them from all enemies. But such is not the ease A most voracious bird is found here, called by the Mexi cans the paysana, and by the Americans the chapporal cock, which feeds on these hideous creat He even ventures to attack the rattlesnake, and, as if aware of the latter’s venom, protects itself from its fangs by using his wing ag a shield. Many instances have been related to me by eye-witnesses of contests between the rattlesnake and this bird, in which the latter always camo off conqueror. His aim is to seize the reptile by the back of his neck, when he may be considered as van- quished. With the exception of this bird and the hog, every animal has an instinctive dread of the rattlesnake, and wil! dy at his approach. The hog eats them with impunity. Other lingers attend these reptiles from crows, buzzards and hawks, while the serpen? tribe get their living on the lizards and frogs. Another peculiarity of the desert is its remarkable vegetation, everything being armed with thorns. First comes the endless variety of cacti, to look at some of which will make one shudder. These are seen from tho tiny plant not larger than the finger to the giant petahaya, raising its tall stem to the height of fifty feet. ‘This petahaya is the most remarkable cactus in the world, and as no complete Popular description of it has yet been given, and as I have an accurate portrait of a portion of the stem of one, with its fruit and ita flower, I shall occupy your time with a short de scription of it. This curious plant is found on the high tho Gila, and in various the State of Sonora, growing of in th ‘vices of rooks, and in other situations where it would ition to find sustenance. The ious, sometimes rising like a ai ch more frequently it is f nished with several branches, which, after leaving the main trunk, turn gracefully upwards and rise parallel with it. Sometimes the branches are singularly con- torted, but usually their disposition is symmetrical, and the appearance of the whole plant has been not inaptly, compared to that of a giant candelabrum. The stem is from one foot to three feet in diameter, usually smaller to fifty feet in height. This immense column ia admirably strengthened by a circle of ribs of strong and elastic wood, which areim- bedded in the cellular mass of the plant several inches to the roots. after the fleshy substance of the plant decays, loki: e a hugeskeleton. The stem tu furrows, which are shallow form it assumes are | wards the summit; and above the riba itis thickly set Of these there are As with clusters of spines, or thorns. ix large and numerous ones in each cluster. fhe nt increases in age the spines fall off, s.ray of emailer ones, whioh fie close to the stom. travellers who have noticed this cactus or cereus, which is the rey ays name, have not been fortunate enough to see the fruit and flower, but have derived th accounts of them from the ians. On our across the country in September, October, Novem! December, we saw the tree ; and on our return, in June end July, we had the satisfaction of beholding the fruit | in perfection, and occasional specimens of the flower. The plant blooma in May and June, and the fruit is ma- | fives in July and August. The flowors are borne on the summits of the branches, are threo inches in diameter, and about the same ii . The petals are of a cream | white color, the stamens gee and numerous. The fruit is about the size and pe of an someting | rather larger, having s few small scales, wi it spines. The color of the fruit is green, ones with red, when | fully ripe. It consists of an outer coat or skin, filled with ® red pulp, one! numerous small, black, smooth seeds. The fruit, when mature, bursts at the top and | exposes the lp, which, when dry, resembles the fig. | The Pino other Indians collect the pulp and roll it | into balla, in which stato it keeps the whole year, and is | very pleasant to the taste. yy also boil the pulp in | water, and evaporate it to the consistence of molasses, after which it {a preserved in earthen jars. Next to the cacti come the mezquit or acacias, the tor- | nilla, the fouqutera, the agaves, and yuccas, all armed with the most terrific spikes or thorns. Even the tender grass, the mezquit, has its minute thorns. But to ani- | mal and vegetal fe these thorny and angular forms are uot contined. They seem to be extended to nat even in the grandest aspect in which she here appears. | The mountain ridges, as I have before observed, present | the most singular summits, terminating in pyramidal points, or resembling towers, minarets, etc. Thus is everything in these regions peculiar. To recompense | man for the inhospitable deserts and barren soil which occupies so large a space, nature furnishes, embowelled in her innumerable mountains, the greatest variety and abundance of precious metals. 'The vast riches embedded in the great “Sierra Madre’ areas yet little dreamt of; but I do not hesitate to say that for wealth of this des- cription even California will yet have to yield the palm to these mountains. At the conclusion of the foregoing Mr. Squiers read a paper on the Nahual Pipil, or Mexican Indians of the Bal- sam coast,San Salvador. Both papers were listened to with much interest and attention, anda vote of thanks were tendered to Mr. Squiers and Prof. Bartlett, after which the meeting adjourned, Obituary. It is with sincere regret tho Charleston, 8. C., Courier, that we record this’ morning the death of Capt. Joux DroxiNsow, the esteemed connander of the steam- ship James Adger, at his residence in Jersey City, on the 2th of March, of congestion of the brain, after an ill- nesa of Keven weeks, leaving a widow and three young children to mourn his loss. For many years Capt. Dick- inson has been known to the citizens of Charleston as a most competent seaman aud a gentleman of unswervin | integrity; and by strict attention to his duties, an modest demeanor on all occasions, he succeeded in s curing a host of frie is, to whom’ the melancholy int li ¢ in the prime of life will cause un- feigned sorrow the early period of his acquaintance with Charieston, Capt. Dickinson was en: princi- pally, we believe, in the coasting and West India trade; ‘but for the last five or six years he was known to the travelling community as one of the most popular steam- ship commanders in the United States —Arat command- ing the steamship Osprey, between this port and Phila- delphia; then the Southerner, and lastly the James Adger, which was built under his superintendence, and has unquestionably proved herself to be tho best steam- ship that has ever come into rivate ture many of the evils growing out of a general war, and this port. In his relations he was emphatically a food husband, aflection- , ate father, and a frue friend, and insensibly won the con- fidence and respect of ull who had the pleasure of his ac- quaintauee, | His bereaved family have, we are confident, the sympathies of our entire community at the irrepara- Dle loss they have sustained; and may He who tempers the wind to the shorn lamb have compassion on the af- fliction of the widow and the fatherless. The shipping in port on Saturday hed their colors at balf-mast, in re- spect to the memory of the deceased. His age, we un- derstand, was 32 years, 4 months and 15 days. He was a Master Mason, and a member of Lafayette Lodge, No. 18, 1. 0. U0. ¥., of Philadelphia. On the announcement of his death in New York, the shipping in port hoisted their colors at half-mast, and all covnected with the shipping interest manifested sincere sorrow at the premature de- cease of one whom they universally held in high esteem. Heyer A. Waker died at his residence, near Morris- town, N. J., on the 26th of March, after a tedious illness of some years, amidat the general and sincere regrets of possession of their dwellings. & very extensive circle of relatives and acquaintances. Polvamall brown owl also resides with the pratrie-logs, | The deceased was son of the late William Walker, of Al- sfound standing on their hillocks, y, and received all the advantages of a refined educa- entinel, for which the community has to pay dear. He from the known habi of this bird, one of which is it fondness for ground mice, moles, and other small qua: rupeds, it doubtless seeks the habitations of the prairie- dogs to feed on their young. The parent dogs can have little courage to permit a diminutive bird like this to prey upon their offapring. But the most serious interloper in the dog towns is the rattlesnake. I had often heard that this reptile waa found among them, and thought it must be accidental, until | witnessea how frequently it occurs. On one oc- casion I saw several of those revolting creatures enter a single hole in the very midst of a dog-town. No one can believe that any friendship exists between animals of such opposite natures; and it cannot be doubted that the rattlesnake takes up his abode among them for sinister urposes. They cannot drive him away, and are there- fore compelled to give him quick possession of any habi- tation he may enter, and allow him occasionally to feed upon the junior merabers of the fraternity. I have’ seen the prairie-dogs in Texas, New Mexico, Chihuahua, Sonora and California. During our various journeys we encountered numerous herds of antelopes on the plains. Several were shot, and found to be excellent eating. They are more timid than the deer, and a good deal of stratagem is necessary ty secure 0: @. The antelope is considered a more beoutifnl animal than the deer. Its legs are more slender, and its body of different colors, light and dark brown, red with a white belly, spotted, and sometimes pure white. Their horns are quite short, and consist of a simple curved stem without branches. Catlin, I think, in his‘ Wild Sports of the West,” speaks of the curiosity of the antelope’s dispo- sition, and of a method resorted to by hunters to entrap or shoot it. This is to affix a piece of red cloth to a pole and insert it in the earth. The animals see it as they bound over the prairie, turn from their course, and timidly approach it, some venturons buck leading the way. The rest of the herd follow him in single file, after the old established custom of the prairies. In the meantime, the hunter has concealed himself in the grass, so that, when the herd approaches, ho selects the fattest for his mark. It sometimes happens that several are thus killed from a single herd. Ono of the members of the Commission tried the experiment of Iying in wait for a passing herd. As they approached he shot one. ‘ightened animals ran @ short dis- tance, and then stopped and turned around to see what the mysterious noise was that had so alarmed them. They even returned to the spot where their dead com- rade lay. A second shot brought another to the groun: The herd, again startled at the report of the rifle, loped slowly away at a short distance, and once more re- turned to the fatal spot, when another was brought down. The sportsman now rose from his place of con- cealment and secured his three animals. How long they would have continued to return [know not. He had three bullets with him In some parts of Texas deer are so abundant that it ceases to be a sport to kill them, Neither skill nor tn- genuity is required, and even the nsual caution of the practised sporteman is unnecessary, Such is the case on the lower road from San Antonio to El Paso, at o stream called Turkey Creek. Here the train stopped one day to rest, whon twenty deer wero killed and brought to camp. After leaving the Rio Grande we found none un- til we reached the Rio Moiubros, where again they be- came numerous. Beyond that we found them in the mountains and along the bottom lands of the Gila, bat notin large numbers. On the whole, game, both mals and birds, wae scarce throughout the broad traversed by us, oxcept in the mountain districts, wl it was abundant, in California, however, after reachi the rich valloys and timbered country, it is found in at greater abundance there and me f nova crnfinad to anMimited a diatriot buns 4 au umpropared to veatirTy except to tad genera | ouyinus 4 undoubtedly an interloper, as, | but | and that tl if | and variety; but my stay was ao short | part in; cation, first at the Albany academy, and afterwards at Yale College. After the completion of his studies, he travelled very extensively in Europe, and on his return read law with the Hon. Azor Tabor. "He was admitted to the bar, but before he engaged in practice, his health be- | physician in | an to fail, and it was soon found by h New York, that he was afflicted with an incurable asth- ma. He then embarked for the West Indies, in company with his brotherin-law, A. J. Hill, a planter at Bt. Croix. Here, the influence of mild climate so improved Fis health that he was enabled to engage actively in business, with Mr. Hil, which he pursued sith so mach inflexible integrity and so high a sense of honor that in the year 1846 he was owner of a plantation, and the trusted agent of seven others, acting for gentlemen resi- dent in Denmark and Scotland. He was also a merchant, and had a large lumber yard and smithery to attend to. ‘This occupied him during the day, but his afternoons and evenings were devoted to the enjoyment of his books and the entertainment of his friends. In this manner, he resided on the island for twelve years, beloved by all who had the pleasure of his | acquaintance, Three years ago he returned home, and purchased the farm on which he died. Owing to his de- clining health, he determined to return to St. Croix in December, but the steamer he had taken passage in lost her tris, and the cholera sqon afterwards breaking out St Thomas, he wad édinpelied to fordgo fhe Journey, d remained at home until the moment when he yielded up his spirit. Died, in Newport, R. I, March 29, Mrs. Lypra Cour aged 82 years, widow of Gov. Charles Coltins, and las pA Sota of the late Hon. William Bradford, of Bristol, R.1, Supreme Court—Circuit, Before Hon. Judge Mitcholl. Arn. 6.—The Mercantile Mutual Insurance Company vs. The American Transportation Company.—This was ap ac- tion, tried before the Court without a jury, for dai to goods shipped by the defendants in September, ¥862, | for several western places. The goods were insured by the plaintiffs for the owners, and it is alloged that in the course of transportation, and while in of the de- | fendants, they were damaged on the Erie canal, and were brought back to the city by the defendants and sold at | auction by their orders. ‘The owners of the aban- doned them to the plaintiffs, who paid the value to the respective parties insured. ‘The plaintiffs ‘now bring this action to recover from the defendants the amount of da- mage sustained. For the defence it was alleged that they received these gees from the owners under written con- | tracts, in which they were discharged from losses occur: ring on the lakes and rivers, and from other sources of | damage, and also that the ‘contracts gave to them the benefit of any insurance effected on the by, or for account of, the owners. They claim that the plainti(fs have no right to be substituted in place of the owners? 'y have no claim for damages. The plaintiffs reply that they had no knowledge of the contracts be- tween tho defendants and the owners of the and aid the amount of loss without any such oriole. Yecision reserved. Common Pleas, Before Judge Woodruff and a Jury. Arrit.-6.—Ferris vs, Bloomer.—Defendant was of the house No, 59 Factory street, N. ¥., and on March, 1852, he rented to plaintiff the uppor the Ist of May Moy bland one year, at the rate of $100 peranoum. The defendant signed an it to this effect. The complaint set forth that intiff was a weaver, and ied on his trade in said premises; but that defendant, contrary to his fazoraeat kept them in bad Tepalr, and interrupted and injured plaintiff's busi- ness ving down, outting away, and destror s fer house The damages were Inid at $000. ne defendant anec:fically denied all the facta aot forth ia the Yordut (ve pisuatul, ev. | of striking the 1 ‘The American Consul in London, THE AMERICAN CAPTAINS IN LONDON TO GEORGE N. SANDERS, CONSUL. Drak Sir—We, the undersigned American shipmasters | now lying in the port of London, are impelled by sense | of gratitude to convey to you'our heartfelt regret that | ‘ou should becalled upon to relinquish a post which you have filled as yet with so much credit to yourself and country. During your tenure of office your liberality and enlightened socialibility for the interest of your countrymen, have earned for you out respect and esteem, and when more fully known We are cOnfident will be ap- reciated by our common countrymen. America is too | Just and generous to allow one of her best sons to be the | victim of party strife. Accept, sir, the best wishes for from your very devoted and grate! (Signe) Wm. Patten, master of ship. George Barrell... ‘Thomas R. Pillsbury. Benjamin E. Palmer. your future happiness ul friends, &o. Pride of America. Richard Cobden. .Charles Holmes. .Celestial, of New York. ‘Win. Cook .. -Quickstep. - Florida. “Golden States, MB Gontloteae tote sassias ohly Eatanes: David W. Storer, mas. ship...... Albert Gallatin, Torrent ge W. Bourne, nge. Geo. rr. .Commonwealth, Harry Howland “Gondola. ©. H. Balter... ‘Typhoon. James Ainsworth... Racer. First District Court. Before Hon. Justice Green. VERY SUMMARY PROCREDING OF A LANDLORD. Arnit 6.—Christian F. Ruestow against Heilborn and Anvell.—This was a summary proceeding to recover pos- session of the pi No. 20 Ann street, for non-pay- ment of rent. It appeared that the rent, $100 per an- num, was payable monthly, in advance, and that the jlaintiff made application tor the amount ($33 83) on e Ist of April, and not receiving it on demand, com- menced proceedi on that day. The J dismi the proceedings, with costs, on ey ay ee hsp Rabo ciate fos of ir} pg April to pa} rent, and proceedings could no’ be commenieeh until that day had expired. FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. MONEY MARKET. ‘Tuurspay, April 6—6 P. M. As we anticipated, there was a slight reaction at the first board to-day, but the demand was not so active and the transactions much more limited. The decline yea- terday was too great to be sustained, anda reaction was | the natural consequence. At the Stock Exchange this’) morning New York Central Bonds advanced 3¢ per cent; Canton Company, *4; Florence and Keyport, %; Nica- ragua Transit, 34; Crystal Palace, 34; Cleveland and To- Iedo, 34; Erie Railroad, 4. Delaware and Hudson de- clined 3g per cent; Reading Railroad, %; New Haven Railroad, 3; Michigan Central Railroad, 1; Cleveland and Pittsburg, 3. In Erie and Reading railroad the operations to-day were principally on time, but in the other fancies they were pretty equally divided. As soon as the excitement created by the panic of yesterday has subsided, we expect a dull, inactive market. We shall be subject from time to time to unfavorable influences from abroad, as later intelligence from the scene of hos- tilities reaches us by different steamers, and we may look for frequent movements similar to that which has just | occurred. It is impossible, in the face of the position of affairs in Europe, to maintain a state of things on this side of the Atlantic totally different. We cannot escape should be prepared for the worst. On one side wo shall have a complete derangement of the financial and com- mercial affairs of Europe, and on the other a revulsion in California, with, perhaps, a great falling off in the receipts of gold dust. If our supplies of golf from California are but temporarily reduced, it will be bad enough; but it is possible they may be permanently diminished. In that event nothing can save us from a regular break down. Mining stocks still droop. At the Mining Board, Ulster | was very active; we note sales of 3,600 shares at better prices than yesterday. North Carolina remains at 3%. Cumberland is a little better; Parker Vein stationary at about 74j. Lehigh soldat 3, and Potomac at 2%, the lowest point it has reached for some time. The bids Gardiner G Bridgewater POM. . 6c ccik ITM A letter from the McCulloch mine, dated the Ist inst., | says — Since my last to you our underground operations have been progressing finely, and attended with a great deal | of success. The lode at the Endey shaft is about eleven feet wide, charged heavily with the brown ore and the sulphuret of iron, In four months from the present time I think we shall connect the whole work at the bot- tom level from the Borrowe shaft to the old shaft. Hence you will readily understand the facilities ‘we shall have to throw out the gold as well as the copper. In regard to the different works at the ninety foot level, they are producing very finely indeed. Up to the time je at the Endey shaft, that part of the mine has been furnishing the whole lot of mills, and that, too, with the best kind of ores, all of the second class being pat to stone as formerly. I trust the stamps will soon be in operation, or else the McCulloch Company will have to purchase iand to put the ore on, every thing or place being crowded with it here. The copper lode at the bottom of the ninety foot level is also turning out finely, throwing up masses of the yellow Hees astonishing to behold. The lode going down at the bot- tom is now seven feet thick, solid copper, and the beauty of it is that it is lengthening out at each end of our present point of working. Two men last night rais- ed over five tons of the pure yellow ore. We understand that the Nicaragua Transit Company paid to-day the last instalment, due in July, on the pur- chase of the steamship Cortes, amounting to $57,000. This not only places the company entirely out of debt, but leaves in the treasury a surplus equal to three per cent on the entire capital towards the July dividend. ‘Thus this company, under the able management of Charles Morgan, Esq., has within the last nine months been able to add a new ship to the line, pay off all its debts, exceeding half a mullion of dollars, and have in hand a sum equal to a good semi-annual dividend on the par value of the stock. After the adjournment of the board, the following sales of bonds and stocks were made at auction by Albert H. Nicolay :— $10,000 Buffalo and New York City RR., 1st 5,000 do. do. a mort, i . 2,000 Lyons Jowa Central RR., do., 6046 a 10. do. do. +. OL 6,000 Buffalo and State Line RR. Income Bonds... 9234 5,000 do. do. W...00000 94% 2,440 Atlantic Mutual Ins. Co. scrip, of 1854. 8034 900 Union Mutual Ins. Co., do. 52 20 shares Madison, Indianapolis and Peru RR. 10 Suffolk Bank.,...... 5 Reliance Mutual Ins. Co. 50 Hamilton Fire Ina. Co. 20 Exceinior Fire Ins. Co.. 100 Union Ferry Co., o: 2f00! . ¥. lew d 500 Shi bon 30 .N. do. the United States for the port of New Yuik, this day, April 6, were $282,186 63; the payments amounted to $242,899 28—leaving a balance on hand of $8,179,903 28. The earnings of the New York and New Haven Railroad for March were :—Passengers, $61,268 14; freight, $11,- 000—Total, $12,263 14. Deduct paid Harlom road, $4,132 84. Net receipts, $68,130 30. March, 1853, $60,555 41. Tnerease, $7,576 89. March, 1852, $58,282 60. The receipts of the Hudson River Railroad for March were $174,240 47; same month 1863, $110,803 99; in- crease, $54,436 48—31 per cent. ‘The earnings of the Michigan Southern and Northern Indiana Railroad for March were :—Passengers, $107,726; freight, $40,069; miscellaneous, $1,600—Total, $149,395. March, 1863, $87,144. Increase (over 70 per cont), $62,251. The receipts of the first three months of the year have been $321,417; same time 1853, $196,234— Increase (69 per cent), $135,183. The receipts of the Cleveland and Toledo Railroad were :—March, 1864, $70,782; March, 1853, $44,855—In- crease (about 60 per cent), $26,925. The interest on the New York city stocks due on the Ist of May will be paid on that day, at the office of F. W. Edmonds, Eaq., City Chamberlain, at the Me- chanics’ Bank, ‘The Hoosac Tunnel bill has finally passed both houses and received the signature of the Governor of Massachu- setts. The directors of the Troy and Greenfield road will at once take measures for the formal acceptance of tho | tion than ten dollars. | and take the other measures necossary for the immediate prosecution of the enterprise. At the meeting of the Canal Board, at Albany, on the 4th inst., the following resolution was adopted:— Resolved, If the Legislature concur, that the rates of toll on the following articles upon the canaly of this State be reduced as follows: — 1852. 1854 On Barytes.. me -from 8 mills to 5 mills On Briek.. : 1 - Og & On Cheese. 3 ae On Iron ore. 1 0.5 On pressed Straw righ “seer On Sawdust, “4 6 05 4 On Slate... Ree ele in te OnStone,wroughtor partly wrtg “ 20 “15 On Stone, unwrought. Sere Ca ae On Lime...... oe MO. Being ‘the ‘same rates ‘of toll as fixed by the Canal Board for the year 1853, excepting on slate, which is re duced half « mill, A motion to reduce the tolls on foreign gypsum from three to two mills was negatived by a vote of four noes to three ayes. The current operations of the Treasury Department on Tuesday the 4th of April, were as follows :— For the redemption of stocks..............++- $30,214 61 For the payment of other Treasury debts. 23,583 42 For the Customs,....... 17,230 44 For the War Depa it + 85,508 27 For re-paying for the War Department 1,742 96 For the Navy Department... 204,692 40 For the Interior Department... . 6,028 39 On the 5th inst. they were as follows: For the redemption of stocks...... $30,214 61 For the payment of other treasury debts. 38,583 42 For the eustoms...... 77,280 44 For the War Department 35,508 27 For repaying in the War Department 1,702 96 For the Navy De, oes 204,692 40 For the Interior Department +» 5,023 39 During the month of Mareh last, the following work ‘was completed in the General Land Office :— Letters received, briefed and tote e ee ses BD, Letters written, 1,760—occup; feo RNP An RR Rees 1141 Sales, locations, selections, &c., ane Patents written, cash and military 853 Patents recorded, cash and military. 400 Military warrants examined 2)410 Military warrants briefed 4,655 Virginia military scrip, isa 84,278 Patents examined and 6,487 Wequotex—One hundred and sixty are land warrants at $186 a $190; eighty are warrants at $93 a $95; forty are warrants at $46 50 a $47 50. Warrants are scarce. The receipts of tolls on the Illinois and Michigan Canal, atthe office in Chicago, for the month of March, were $4,229 66. The receipts of toll for March for a series of years,{with the date at which the canal opened each year, were as follows:—March 1, 1861, $4,022 46; March 24, 1852, $1,081 69; March 15, 1863, $4,847 28; March 16, 1854, $4,229 66. Considering the fact that the tolls have been reduced, the above indicates a very prosperous busi- ness se far, The Chicago Democrat has been shown & counterfeit five on the Exchange Bank, Lockport, N.Y. It is struck | on the old Unadilla plate, altered to fit this bank. The genuine has three female figures in the centre, one hold- ingakey, and another the horns of plenty. On the right end a female figure holding scales; on the left, figures five standing perpendicularly. The counterfeit has only one female in the centre with a sheaf of grain and sickle in her right hand; in her left a staff, with wings spread; a train of cars on the left, and buildings on the right.: On the right end is a woman with a rake, and on the left figures five standing slantingly. The number on the genuine stands on the right end and near the centre of, the bill, while on the counterfeit it is on the left end near the top. The paper of the counterfeit is yellowish and thin, but is well calculated to deceive those who have never seen a genuine bill on that bank. ‘The amount of duties received at Boston on foreign merchandise was:— Decrease of March... vee The amount of gold and gold dust arrived at that port from California, as per manifest, during the month, was $3,931,544. The Senate of Ohio has passed a bill prohibiting the cir- culation of bank notes of other States, of a leas denomina- The Secretary of the Treasury has written a letter to Mr. Gwin, U.S. Senator,for California, in favor of ‘the fature | issue of gold coins of the denominations of $100, $50, and | $25 each, by the branch mint at San Francisco. He pro- poses that the new pieces shall be named the union, half union, and quarter union, and that only the half union be struck for the present. The annexed table exhibits the amounts subject to the draft of the Treasurer of the United States, at the several depositories, on the 27th of March :— Surrivs Revenvr oF THE UnireD StarEs. Treasury of the United States, Washington. $377,217 97 Assistant Treasurer, + 8,759,776 68 + 7,839,321 18 | Philadelphia. + 1,566,082 23 | Charleston, 53,073 05 New Orleans. 299,220 90 St. Louis, Mo + 2,281;720 21 San Francisco + 1,261,727 83 Depositary at Buffalo, N. Y. : 988 54 Baltimore, Ma. ‘ Richmond, Va 5 Norfolk, Va + 8,755 OL Wilmington, N. 6. + 4741 72 | Savannah, Ga. ; 3174 90 | Mobile, Ain... 214,316 21 Nashvilie, Tenn. + 8,400 26 Cincinnati, Ohio... + 263,851 45 Pittsburg, Pa.. . 7,436 57 | Dubuque, Towa 255,528 63 | Little Rock, Ark. 111,317 28 Jeffersonville, In 144,405 19 Chicago, Tl 76,974 79 | Detroit, Mi 137,876 90 | Tallahassee, 96 | Mint, Philadelphia, Pa.. 16 h Mint, Charlotte, 32,000 00 Dahlonega, ( . 26,850 00 | New Orleans, \. 1,816,876 21 | DAMN ies dudes bean ..327, 858,007 60 | Deduct suspense account,......... ++ 2,804 72 | $27,855,702 78 | Add difference in Transfers...,....... 891,000 00 | Net amount subjeet to draft..........$28,746,702 78 | The following is a list of the transfers ordered:— To Assistant Treasurer, New York... «$1,200,000 | “ ‘’ Philadelphia, Pa ‘400,000 “ «New Orleans * 800,000 To Mi tat Philad ‘ hi ie rear Loon ono | 'o Mint at Philadelphia, Pa. “i To Branch Mint at San Franciseo, Cai. ‘506,000 From Assistant Treasurer at Boston $160,000 “ “ ew York, 10,000 | “ “ New Orleani 230,000 « “ St. Louis, Mo 225,000 | “« “ n Fran 500,000 | From Depository at Mobile, Ala 150,000 | | “ Cincinnati, Ohio.. + 250,000 “ Jeffersonville, In. : 150,000 From Mint at Philadelphia, P: . 60,000 The total redemption of the public debt of the United States for the week ending April 1, 1854, amounted to $812,800, of which $154,500 was of the loan of 1842; $26,400 of 1846; $89,300 of 1847; $23,600 of 1848, and | $19,000 Texan indemnity. The amount of treasury notes outstanding on the lst | of April was $113,761 64, of which $103,561 64 was of | | issues prior to the 22d July, 1846; $7,950 of the issue of July 22, 1846, and $2,400 of the issue of January 28, 1847. The following table will show the amount of United States stocks redeemed at the Treasury Department public debt outstaniungi— Outstand Since. Mar. 25, rt $154,500 $6,030,600 54 — 32,000 00 3,282,200 00 | | ———— mens estore | $51,036,542 84 $312,800 $51,623,742 94 | Old fund’d debt, "114,118 54 — 114/118 54 Treasury notes | outstanding... 118,511 64 — = 1451164 | Debt of Corporate CitieS....sesee 24.000 00 — — 24,000 00 | Total.....,.952,189,172 52 $312,800 851,806,372 62 The funded debt of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company, aa appears by its report made to 30th of Sep- tember, 1854, was as follows, viz: Loan No. 1, January,1854. Less sinking fund,” applica to its reduction... Loan No. 2, of 1867. 000 Oo ,606 67 128,600 00 700,000 00 $6,389, Add preferred stock of the State of Md,.. 3,000,000 00 Making the whole fanded debt of the Co., $8,389,481 64 | Residue of bonds of 1886, since issued. 1,218,163 75 : Making the whole funded debt to this date $9,607,685 30 Capital stOOK......sceeeeeeeeeee «$10,118,902 00 From the above it will be seen that the entire funded during the week ending on Saturday, and the amount of | Chane | ing, 20x60, seen that $1,218,153 75, being the residue of the loan ef 1885, has been realized. This amount, with the net earn- ings of the road fer the past gix months, togethor wit $245,000 to the credit of revenue from the last year, making some $2,200,000 in all, has been applied to tho reduction of the floating debt, and to construction, which is constantly progressing. ‘The coal trade of the Dauphin and Susquehanna Coat Company has commenced, and we report their first supply of 1,352.10 tons, sent to market via the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad, this week. This company ts also send- | ing coal to market via the Dauphin and Central railrosda, connecting with the different roads ‘eading from Harris burg. The Miners’ Journal of the 1st inst. says :— The shipments are very heavy this week, and would, in all probability, have reached 60,000 tona if it had not beea for the extremely cold weather, which froze up the canal, and rendered the use of ice scows necessary to break a channel to enable the boats to pass. Snow also fell to the depth of about four inches on Thursday, and our mountains present the aspect of mid winter while we are writing. Is is hardly necessary for us to state that the dpent for coal is quite aoe pee User desire it. The opening prices, both here and at Richmond, re- ‘main firm, and will not be lower this season. ‘The following communication on the par of exchange between the United States and England, we copy from the London Economist:— The present method of calculating the exchange upon London in the United States seems to me to be a vor round about process, when a very simple one would fice. So long as the country was Gopenionas of Great Britain, or conducted its transactions in sterling money, the mode of reckoning the ox by 8 fluctuating ht enough; but when the country - eds currency of accounts, the exchange ought surely to have been reckoned from that date at so age A geod to the dollar, the same as in all other countries have a dollar cur- What does the quotation at New York of ‘ on London 8 jum’? mean? It maene te: 92: Seog Dee dollar; but to otigis Harem you have to start of $4 44 per £, then add 8 per cent, ich gives a net exchange of which is equivalent to 4s. ‘mericans any substantial reason for retaining icans any sul reason for the - sent method? If they have a particular peachaat for'the renga then the: should make the par 4s. 2d., wi ch is tolerably near the intrinsic par, and which a y per dollar, upwards or down’ is ex- actly one per cent; or they sbould make it five dollars &, which is nearer the yar, cad upon whieh Ave cents, upwards or downwards, are e: one per cent— ® vast improvement upon the running decimal .044. premium was ‘THURSDAY, Aj 6, 1854. Co.b16 1 T : A do. i Hd 600 do... bg 100 N ¥ gCent RR... 107 % do. 107 —« ey aged Bzm gz al a SSss8xues ees 88s 833333 i? lJ i SSBSBBSSEERSE wns RRR RRR KR rem 6000 NY C RR. 2000 Tl Cen RR 1000 . 100 do. +08 7284 200 Park Vn Cl Co... = 7% 100 do bz! 14 Hud Riv RR 300 N J Frank sept. 100" do ‘gton RR b3O 70 80 Sixth Av RR...03 89 100 NY Cen RR..b60 108% 7 MO... eeeee 10TH 200 Reading RR.,.330 76 do......b60 76 150 Nor & Wor RR.. 55% 100 Panama RR., .38 196% MINING BOARD. 250 shs Lehigh 100 sha North Carolina 81% 1250 Ulster, 400 do... 830 334 250 di 100 Fulton. le 1000 500 Phenix "4 rd Lin B80 CITY TRADE REPORT. Tavrapay, April 6—6 P. M. Astms.—Some 50 bbls. ! hands at old rates. Brgapsrvrrs.—Flour was brisker and firmer. The day's included 11,000 bbls. : very ordinary to choice State, at $7 a 7 60; mixed to fancy Western at $7 623¢ a $8; and other grades at proportionate prices. There were 1,300 bla, Southern flour bought at 12ie. were procured at $3 25 a 33734 per bbl. heat was scarce and needed. The day’s operations embraced 2,000 bushels Dutchess county (N.Y.) red, at $170; 2,800 bush. good Jersey do. at $165; and $1,500 bush. inferior Southern white at $1 55. Some 2,000 bushels rye brought 4c. a 95c. Oats were unchanged. The #: of corn amounted to 55,000 bushels, at 73c. for mixed Southern 744e. a 76c. for white do. and Jersey yellow; and 760. & 78c. for Southern do., per bushel. Corrar.—Sales transpired of 200 pack: Java, at 14e. 50 bags Rio, at 11%c., and 1,700 St. Domingo, at 94¢c. 94,c. per pound. ‘oTtoN.—The day’s sales embraced 2,138 bales, as fol-| lows:—For export, 211; home use, 109; on spectlation, 458; in transitu, 1,300. Market unsettled. Finw CRACKERS.—About 1,000 boxes Canton, changed hands on private terms Freians.—To Liverpool wi 1,500 barrels of flour, at 3s., and about 28,000 to 30,000 bushels of corn, in bulk and bags, at 83¢d., and 100 boxes bacon, at 368, ‘Cotton was nominal, at 4d. Thore was nothing new to London or Havre. ‘A vessel, to arrive, ‘was en to load at Bic, for London, with lumber, £7158. To California, rates varied from 50¢. to 60c. per! foot measurement. A brig was chartered to load at Sagua, le Grand, for New York, on private terms. } Fis.—£ales of 1,200 quintals dry cod were reported at. bith ghee 56% per cwt. Other articles were unal- Hay.—There have been 1,000 bales river procured at. yesterday's quotations. Honey. —’ were 3 hhds. 153 tierces, and 36 barrels Cuba, in bond, purchased for export on private terms. Inoy.—A moderate inquiry existed for Scotch pig, at $42 per ton, usual terms. Leap was held at $6 76 for Spanish, and $7 for Gale- na, per 100 Ibs. i Morasens.—The day’s sales included 1,200 bbls., Ne Orleans at 2%. a 25¢.; 125 hhds. Porto Rico at 28c.; Cuba Muscovado at $2¢. a 280.; and 160 Cardenas, (f ~Rhere wore sold 200 bbls, Ye 3 200 Wola, este, Yerpemtns a « prise sti ’ - ae eee xs. do. 60, 08 01c., cash, a+», per gallon, Crude turpentine was ua- Ons.—Crude whale and 5; were unchanged. The days sales included 200 baakete olive, at $4, and 12,500 t linseed, at 86c. 86c. per gallon. ‘ Provistons.—Pork was doing better. Tho day's busi, ness consisted of 500 barrels, in lots, at $1475 for mesa, end $12 123, for prime. Cut meats remained about the same. The sales of lard reached 280 bbls., fair to pI at 9c. a 91¢c., and 500 grease, at private bargain. Rout beet vious terms. A sale’ 400 bbls. chan; ands at of 100 bbls. old toot kaase was eifected, at $11. Rear EstaTs.—Salesiat auction—Delancey’s Neck, neat New Rochelle—7 acres on Long Inland Sound, at $610 acre; 7 do. front of do., 480; 5 do. do. $450; 6 do. fone $450; 3 do. on Bleecker avenue, $290; 2 three story frat houses in front, and 3 four story brick do. in rear, lots Nos. 76 and 78 Reade street, $36,500; 3 four s -ninth street, Lexit brick houses on Thirt; between and Third avenues, $8,600, $8,600, and $8,300—$25, Story briek house No. 83 Twen Jas, Cole—Brooklyn—2 street, near Walcott, $350 and avenue and Wychof’ street, 18 6x80, $475; 1 lot adjoin- $405; 1 lot _do., $400; 1 ‘lot do, do., on Wyckoff street, 6, $390; 2 lots on Cortland avenue, near Myrtle, 383x100, each $675; 1 house, 22x28, ° and lot 25x50 on bi street, near 1950; Williamsburg property—2 story house, 20x23, om lot 20x76, on Stagg street, ear Leonard. $1,085. By AM Muller & Co.—Corner Broadway and Fifty-third! street, 20x36, $3,400; 2 lots on 125th atroct, each $100; corner Sixth avenue and 128d street, $700; 8 lota adjoin: ing, $3,000; 1 lot on northwest corner Sixth avenue, $700; 3 lots corner Fourth avenue and Kighty-third street, $2,375; 2 lots on Tenth avenue, $1,640; 2 lo‘a on Forty- ninth street, near Eleventh avenue, $1,060; 2 lots ow Tenth avenue. Mera SvGARs.—The day's operations embraced 1,500 hhds. monts of chiefly for refining, including New Orleans, ‘at 330. af 4Xc.; Cubs, at 4370. amet and Porto Rico, me at 440. ‘per Ip.; with 4,800 bags Manila, on terms not made public. i —Clover was retailing at 810. a 840.; offered im large lots, at 8c., ut swt fu doraaced'ot covte'tana vacan per Ib. x and timothy continued about the same. Wimakey.—The day's sales com) 1 900 bbls, Ohio act, call in instalments on stock, consider and decide on bie Various wide for ud Wok Ww (oy Lave so debt upon which interest acoruos, is $9,607,635 39. Since Ue apnual re port of the preaidgut was mad® it will yo | prise: and prison, at 26c. 0 26%c.; with 160 hhds, drudge, 96 26.40. 9 206. por grllog, bbl. higher rates. | Rye flour varied little. About 600 bbls. Jersey corn meal | 40 packs, | §