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~ them with official documents, AL OF THE PRINCETON, INTERESTING FROM THE ISLAND OF CUBA. ARRIV. The Refusal of Commodore Newton to Salute the Spanish Flag. The Captain General's Official Report of the Black Warrior Affair, &e., &e., &e, The United States steam Eagle, Commander, # ing, in six days from Havana The following is a list of the officers of the Princeton:— | Capt. Henry Eagle: Lieuts. Wm. 8. Young, H. N. Harri- | son, fhos. Henry K. I engerks, Surgeon, Ro. | os. | ‘orb n, f bert T. Barry; Passed Ass T. Howita; Pur . Low; Lieut. of M ser, John C. Hunter; Maste: * rines, Chas. G, MeCowle; Capt’s. Clerk, Joseph P. Smit! Chief Engineer, Wm. H. Shock; First Assts. do., Benj F. Garvin, Harman Newell; Second do., 8. B. Knox, ©. H. Loring; Third do., Geo. R. Johnson, Hor FE. Winsor, F. A. Canield, Eenry A. Ramsey; Boatswaip, Jas. Walker; Gunner, Leopard Ellis; Carpenter, Robert M. Bain, Sail maker, Wm. B. Fugitt. The P. brings special despatches from Commodore New: | ton and the American Consul to our government. The United States frigate Columbia, bearing the broad | pennant of Commodete Newton, and sloop of war Al- bany, Capt. James 'T. Gerry, also United States steamer Fulton, Lient. Commanding James M. Watson, were at Havana when the Princeton left. All well, including the Princeton's crew Commodore Newton refused to salute the Spanish flag until the difficulty in relation to the Black Wa ‘was seitied. | It is stated that in addition to the fine of $6,000, the “onsignees ot the steamship Black Warrior had paid 6.000 a8 back dues. | ate Princeton, Capt. Henry. t this port yesterday morn- N ce eSPONDENCE. Havana, April 6, 1854. | Vwrival of Commodor ton—His Refusal to Salute th Spanish Frag rn of the Princeton to New York Commodore Newton arrived here inhis flagship, the frigate Columbia, on the Ist inst., and found the Prince- ton awaiting him with important despatches from the government, The Columbia is last from Santa Cruz, and bada pas. @oge of fifteen days from there. The Commodore, upon hearing the particulars of the Black Warrior outrage, and seeing the President’s mes- sage to Congress upon the ir, has very properly declined saluting the Spanish flag, or paying the custom- ary visit of ceremony to the Captain-General until matters shall assume a different aspect. This, added to the apparentyecided tone of Mr. Pierce’s ideas on the Bubject, has caused no kittle excitement, and the “dons’’ begin to think they may have at last succeeded in riling Jonathan. They are fairly trembling in their shoes. The Albany and Fulton remain here with the Commo- dore. The Princeton sails t yy for New York, with despatches from the Commodore to the government. There are two Spanish frigates, two brigs, and three steamers here. AMERICUS. OUR PONTO RICO CORRESPONDENCE. Gvavaxa, (Porto Rico,) March 28, 1854. Value of the New American Silver Coin—State of the Markets, &e., de. I beg to advise that by an order of the government of this island, of the 20th inst., the value of the new silver coin of the United States has been fi Half dollar. Dime. Quarter do! 27 «Half dime in consequence of the depreciation. Sugars, $2 75 a $3 50, extremes. Molasses, 10c, per | gallon; much wanted. Coffee, 10c. a 1034c. Imports dull, and market well supplied for present wants | | | there/ | ‘ion and ebandonment of the Angl | Treasury, | over to the political administration. house of the consignee as his representative, 0 to go through some mine, in polite terms, invited the to name an agent, who might is that operation, am pores fatlepeasslle formal in order to have the tteamer despatched; but this step of pure grace, and Mhose sole object was to avoid consequences detrim tal to. the passengers and that house itself, was not opt wort the meantime the consignee eame to me, clearly con- foas rg the fault, attributing itto their ignorance, and becging of me the grace of not exacting higher duties than those paid by vessel with cargo entered for ansit; but 1 did not judge it proper to comply with his mest, partly from respect for the law, partly also be cause, the cause onee judicially commenced, it was no longer my province to adopt the resolution solicited, and above all because, weighing the above mentioned cireum | stance of having placed in the captain’s hands the list of instructions, of which alsa] enclose a copy, they could no longer argue the plea of icnorance of uses and lan- | guages, and muck less that of the same captain's having done so on other occasions, since the law has never been suspended here; and as former concealments, far from strengthening his reclamation, made his case worse, I self to ordering the two petitions to judicial proceedings which are about close, it being my duty to inform your ii I shall have it in my power to nplete testimony, that, as the steamer had din the manner explained, she was placed e and in custody of the commander of tidewaiters, not without having requested the command er-in-chief of this marine district to give the assistance | of seme mariners who might (they are now on board of | her,) attend'to her safety and preservation, till, after un- loading ber and upon the conclusion of the cause now | under investigation, the Court shall decide upon the re- da. leage or sale of the vessel Up to th more than 900 bales of cotton have been discharged «i there still remain on board some packages and barrels the contents of which are unknown, and which I bave ordered to inspect, availing myself in the meantime of the depar- ture of this mail to inform your Excellency of what has oceurred till to-day, purposing todo so with what may from now forward by the mail of next month, the final decision of tho case has then, as I sup: God grant your Exeelieney long quis DE LA PEZUELA. Hays, the 7th March, 1854, NO. It SECOND COMMUNICATION TO THR MOST EXCELENT THE PRE- SIDENT OF THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS. Mosr Exensumst Sm—In conformity with what Tan- | ! | rounced to your Excellency in my official communica om ‘ou of the deten. cf che 7th of this month, on informing 3 ‘American steamor Pluck Warrior, it ia my duty now to conclude the narra- tion which in my said official communication I left pend. On conelusion of ber discharge, it resulted that the Black Warrior was carrying 957 bales of cotton, 28 s of luggage, aud several other articles of com- y shipped in Mobile, and here (where she could only fraudulently do so), bound for New York. Article 190, of the Custom House Instructions in force, directs as fol- entry in the 1, whether with cargo or in , whether” puttin: a transit, shall present his manifest or registor in the manner and under the cireum- stances prescribed in that Instruction, and shall be subject to the fines and penalties which for violation of its rules are impored in the same, rticle 102 says thus:— After the twelve hours pointed ont in article 15 for the rectification of, or addition to the manifest, shall have ex- Pired, all packages that may be omitted in it shall be seiz- cd, and besides this the eaptiin be fined to the amount of t value,.provided always the amount of the duties which would have to be packare or on the contents of the i packnges do not exceed four hundred dollars, because if it oxcced that sum, owner, captain, or supercargo, the tino shall have t, and instead of it the vessel, tosother with ita treights and every thing clso available, shall be seized, And article 17 is couched in the fol Ifin consequence of the searcher’s v Lefore despatebin stoi wvigato, there should rosult in her cargo some excess, thig shall be'seized and the captain be fined to the amount of such excess. From these articles your Excellency will dedwce the a | penalties the Black Warrior has incurred—penalties which would atonce have been inflicted by the court of the if on proposition of the Attorney General it had not’ been ings, as was do idered preferable to pass the proceed- by a decree of the 13th of this month, Upon this territory, and atthe sight of the memorial of the captsin of the steamer, of the opinions of the Attorney General and Assessor, and of a decree of the Treasurer, by which he submitted the solution of the case to this Superinten- dency, I ordered the Superior Board of .Adin‘nistration, the Administrator of Customs and the Vigiter General being in attendance, to refer on the case. The board declared as legal the declaration of the seizure and fines already made in the proceedings, and as worthy of being confirmed in all its parts, but left it to my discretion to reduce the penalties if I thought fit and proper, and as had been the practice Freights to United States, 40c, a 45c. for sugars ; and $3 | on other analogous occasions with national and foreign 50 for molasses. Tonnage in port sufficient for wants, Weather highly favorable for grinding purposes. The crop will be a good one in point of quantity and quality.:* Vessels are now allowed to enter from St. Thomas and Santa Cruz, performing five days quarantine if in ballast, and fifteen days if loaded. All quarantine to cease on th proximo, should no new cases of cholera appear in St. Thomas, THE BLACK WARRIOR AFFATR. wy CAPTAIN-GENEKAL’S OFFICIAL REPORT OF THE SEIZURE OF THE BLACK WABRIOR—INTERESTING AND CURIOUS CORRESPONDENCE. We desire to state that the following are not our trans- ations. They are taken froma pamphlet edition issued in English in Havana, probably by direction of the Cuban authorities. From the Diario de la Marina, Mareh 31.) Such is the official document (Gea. Pierce’s message in relation to the Plack Warrior) in which the President of , the United States spes his nation. Hitherto, since General Pezuela is at t 1 of this government, our columns have shown no desire to give place to refutations of the calumnies or absurdities that appear in the news- papers of the States of the Union. The press of that country has long forfeited all credit and reputgamong men of judgment and sense all over the world, and according- ly reaps nothing more than it deserves, scorn and con- tempt, but it will not be improper on the part of the edi- tor of a Spanish newspaper, in this case, to rise up against and argue with the President of those States, when he, too, comes to lower himself so faras to write in the manner we have seen. Spaniards, both you that | are so and you that feel honored by that name of your , fathers, and you foreigners, that are kindly and hospita- | bly received and treated by this land—you all that have | itnessed what has occurred in the case of the Black Warrior, know that a ‘om house regulation strictly enforced to defeat fraud on the part of an Anglo- American trader is an insult—an insult offered to that nation, and such a one as, according to Mr. Franklin Pierce, must neoda be resented, | Know that if a country is'situated in the neighborhood | of the States of the nd becomes necessary to them in their commercial! relations, itsvould be madness to suppose them to permit aggressions and such a vi tion of their commercial rights as that is by which that same country exacts rigid conformity to hers, since for- eigners are submitted to the laws of the land that re ceives them in her bosom. Know that, if those laws do not please them, they do not go elsewhere, as the old ce-promoting Tranklin would adyise them to do, but They must exact theirs to reign in that country, and if they do not succeed in this with a nation possessed of honor and pride (bat would rather sacrifice her last man, then they make out that by such independence of the other party they are suffering insults to their national flag. Know ye, good men of all countries and opinions, that this is the language which now is fired from the chair once cecupied by the apostle of justice, peaco, and moderation, by the philosopher, the honorable Wash- ton! Behold him initiating, under pretence so insignia cant, a war that would for two nations be a bloody ‘one,'and to them more painful, as experience would show. Behold him listening to none but the trader unished for a fraud, in order to qualify at his heart's Rosire ‘and with the utmost harshness, the conduct of our first authority, a Spanish gentleman whose ra- tation is everywhere and in such a manner esta- ished that he well deserved the honor of a more minute investigation of his deeds before qualifying them so out- usly. Know then, ye that axe not on the spot, what they were, for the publication we are going to make of rected to those that ho proceedings of this id wish to have not like ourselves witness Jow and trivial business with which they wor make a noise over all the worl. We alo hope they may reach the ears of the Prosident of the Umited Sta from what he bas hitherto done upon the evidence of the erroneous and passionate communications from his sul here, and from Messrs. Tyng & Co. DOCUMENTS WHICH COMPOSE THE HISTORY OF WHAT HAS OCCURRED IN THE CASK OV THE BLACK WARRIOR. | xO. Te OF ‘THE COUNCIL. OF MUNISTERS, Most Excmxxt Sim:—To prevent the ill offeet which in ir pre-eminence might be produced by perhaps exag- Totes ews, that way be sommanicatel throcgh pri: | ‘vate channels, about the detaining andabandoning of the | g#in the more they are exp North American steamer Black Warrior, Iam going to ive to ir Excellency, in my double character of Cap! eneral and of Superintendent of the Royal Treasu of the said vessel—a rolation which will, inan authentic | ‘manner, be corroborated by the oficial documenta accu- mulated in the despatch of the case, tho testimony of which, as far as they go up to now, I accompany, and ‘the same ‘I forward to our representative at Washing. | ton, as ia such cases I am instructed todo by royal order. On tho 28th day of last month, when the steamer Black | ‘Warrior arrived in this port, her consignee repaired to m House, and requested to enter her in ballast. Next he presénted a manifest in harmony with that de- Claration, that is to say, manifest in which nothing ‘was expressed or declared excopt articles of ship’s pro visions; and lastly, he solicited the clearance of the ves- fel, reiterating the conviction of the vessel's sailing in pallast; and it must here be observed, that when the pearcher’s visit was paid her, according to article one of the instruction for the Custom Houses, a customs’ ,.in New York on Saturday, the 11th Mareb officer delivered to {he captain a list of the regu- lations and obligations, (written in English,) to which, like all others, he mus and in ite of which neither he nor the consignee would |, within the legal te: to the fraudu@ent thanifest of which 1. have already s) The head of ‘the Custom House, before granting clearance solicit ed, ordered the commander of tidewaiters again to visit ‘the ship and make sure of the fact of her carrying no argo; but having found on board of her a great number Df bales of cotton, which she was carrying from Mobile ‘to New York, as he said, her departure was stopped, and judicial ings commenced, because, according jo article 190 of the raid instruction, the Cap- in had ineurred the penalties which article 162 points Dut. of the cotton was next, proceeded to, which pose, fin, with commit‘ ing ning and laving the vessel whioh | jilted. This was the reasom why | t ¢ Adminiptratos of Customs, with previous consent of | excited by how to blend, as they have done in this case. ever do, amd at whatever cost, gentlenes with firmness and energy, that satisfy thy nity. | oblige me. in a. | your communication of to-day Buceinct narration of what bas occurred since the arrival | most obedient humble servan subject himself, | Livingston & Co., of vessels. to modify them; but before doing so Lthought it would become me to request the Attorney. General he would propose what fine in his official opinion ought to be inflicted considering what the Beard of Political Ad- ministration had declared on the subject. The Attor- ney General gave it as his opinion that, considerin, the very great amount of the seizure ‘and fine of instruction, there ought to be inflicted, instead of them, a fine of ten thousand doilars, besides the expense and costs of the discharge; but I, in accordance with the spirit of benevolence so striking in the report of the Board of Political Administration, came to resolve by o:cer of the L6th, that all the fine to be indicted upon the ov of the steamer should be six thousand deliars, without any further expenses ause of them, hough from this sum had to be deducted, the cos: ill then pespeed, and the du- i hich the royal customs had been defrauded. a mn the consign’ c vessel, after depositin six thousand dollars in which he was fi quently presented to me a memoria’, lify the fine still more; but this, bei nocd in my power, authorized him to addross Her Majesty rough me, and so he has done in thankful and modor- which are in decided contrast, with the iferations which in their country have been enemies of this, whose authorities know will benigalty ational dig- God grant your Excellency a long life, &e. Havana, March 21, 1854. Most excellent sir, THE MARQUIS DE LA PEZUELA. A true copy.—Maxvst Maria Carsasat. Here follow letiers from the American Consul to the Captain-General and the replies of his secretary thereto; ‘also the memorials of Messrs. C. Tyng & Co. to the Cap- tain-General. Then eomes NO. IX. MPSSSRS, TYNG 4 CO.’S MEMORIAL TO THR QUERN OF SPAIN. Manam—Charles Tyng & Co., merchants of the Havana, at the royal feet of your Majesty, aml with the most pro- found veépect, beg to represent’ that by the Superinten- dency of the Royal Treasury of the Island of Cuba, after taking into consideration the previous proceélings of | the case, there was inflicted a fine of six thousand collars upon the, proprietors of the steamer Black Warrior. This fine was put instead of confiscation of the cargo not manifested by the captain upon his ar- rival, without the least intention of defrauding the Royal duties, as it consisted of articles not consumed in the country, and as they only came in transit. Thus the payment of those six thousand dollars would become one loss more to the proprietors of the vossel and cargo, wherefore as soon as the decision was communicate! to the memorialists, they at once offered to receive the steamer the captain had abandoned from the first, in or. der to represent to your Majesty graciously to take into consideration the some previous proceediugs as the Su- perintendency had, the enormous losses eutfered by the detention and discharge of the vessel, the expenses of reshipping the cargo for the continuation of the voyage, and to exempt the memorialisis, as consignees of the owners of the vessel, from the payment of the six thou- sand dollars. In virtue of what has been represented to your Majesty, they reverently beg your Majesty will, with your high wisdoni and justice, leave them exempt from the said judgment, grace whieh they hope for from the august benignity of your Majesty. At the royal feet of your Majesty. Havana, March 20,1854 CHARLES TYNG & CO. NO. X. TAST LETTER FROM THK CONSUL OF THE UNITBD STATES. My Dear Sir—In the hurry of the moment, and in my anxiety to get the affair of the Black Warrior amicably ‘and make him think differently settled in the beginning, I omitted to take a copy of m: 'y communication to you on that subject. Will you be kind enough to direct a copy to be sent to me and sincerely With great respect and consideration, your excellency’s obd’t and humble servant, WM. H, ROBERTSON. The communication was dated 28th February. My Drak Sik. 5 y directs me to send your Honor the copy you desire, for it does not enter int hfs g ind to concesl the facta, as all of them will 0 the iight of day and to the judgment of sound reason. This is What I have to sey to your Honor in answer to ‘and I remain your Honor’s JOSE ESTAVAN, Government Secretary, Havana, March 80, 1854. NO. XID. MR, CRARIES TYN( APFIDAVIT. In the ever faithful city of the Havana, on the twenty- | ninth day of March, and’ in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty-four of our Lord, by virtue of a man’ date from the political secretary of this Captaincy Gene- ral, J, the government Notary, appeared in the said secretary's office where there also were Mr. Charles vDg, the principal clerk in the sai , Mr. Francisco Mar tinez, and Mr. Augustin Maria Guaxardo, and in the pre sence of'thom Mr. Secretary (Jose Estevan) informed the snid Mr. Charles Tyng that by order of the most Excel- lent the Governor and Captain General, he laid before him a newspaper called Tun Weskiy Henarp, published of the present tter, published in the said rected to Messrs. ter perusing the in © ayer yer, ne r to read the ad signed by said letter, and fully initiating hi he declared that the said letter is in substance the same as the one he directed to the aforceaid gentlemen, ex- cept the three lines which precede the last three; for the said threo, or the substance of them, he does not. recog. nize as part of his letter, and that he directed the said letter to the owners of tlie company of the New York and Alabama steamers, as egent in this city of the enid com- pany, and to those gentlemen, also, as the agents of the said Company, and not to be published, as he had no fuch intention, which circumstance he openly declares. With which terminated tho act, which he signed, to- gether with the secretary and the two witnesses present, lefore me, and which Iattest. JOSE ESTE’ CHARLES TY) CO. FRANCISCO A. MARTINEZ. A. MARIA GUAXARDO ¥ FAXARDO, Before me—Tnanciseo b& Castro, ain of every national or foreign vessel that entera | the articlos be belonging or consign- | + Actuated bya sentiment of equity, I wished | whatever might | | and I think he is entitled to the same rights and consignee of the American steamer Black Warrior, | nself inte its conteuts, | NO. XML. SUPERIOR PERMISSION TO PUBLISH THE PRECEDING DOCUMENTS, Goverament AND CAPTAIN GRNKRAL’S OFFICR OF THE EVER | carer Isianp OF CuBA—PouTicaL SECRETARY'S OFFICE, | _ Feurth section—In granting the application which you beg me to authorize your uttishing 4 the Diario de la Marina the meseage of the President of the United States, on the subject of the detention in this port of the Ame. rican steamer Black Warrior, I have thought fit to permit it, provided always that you also publish the documents hich constitute the veritable history of that fair, which purpose every facility will be given you to ob- tain copies of such as you ask for in the Secretary’s oflice of this superior government. God grant you a long life, §. Havana, March 80, 1854. THE MARQUIS DE LA PEZUELA. in, Fprmon oy Tim DisRIO DE LA MAniNa. [From the Diario de la Marina, same date.] In the Louisiana Courier of the 28d of this month we have seen reprinted a communication which Mr. Robert- son, the commercial agent of the United States of Ameri- ca in this place, has directed, under date of the 3d of the same month, to Mr. Marey, Secretary of State, relative to the proceedings caused by Capt. Bullock, of the Anglo- American steamer Black Warrior, by infringing the cus- toms laws in force, and as in that long and diffuse com- munication there are set down several notoriously false precedents, we believe it to be our duty to refute them, without the least intention, however, of justifying in any way the authorities, whose acts have been founded upon the strictest legality. It says that the captain assured him that he believed there existed ® apaptali conventions which exeranted kis | steamer and others of her class from presenting mani- fests of the cargo which they brought for transit: that the rules also prescribe the manifesting of the coal they bring on board with them; that this law has never been obeyed, and that this neglect and non-observance of the | laws on the part of the authorities does not warrant their being put in force, for having become extinct; that | he bas also understood that there exists a law, which directs that, when there is clear proof that there exists no intention of infringing or eluding the law of the cus- toms, those that cause any irregularity cannot be declar- ed guilty; and referring at the same time to another com- | munication directed to the same Mr. Marcy, it says that | the line of Fnglish mail steamers enter, and take in cargo, | presenting their manifests as. entering in ballast, even when they have cargo on board, of which he had been assured as certain, by Mr. Crawford, the English consul. statement Las since been corrected by Mr. Robert- —Ep. Hera. w, there never has existed, nor does there exi ccuvention that exempts steamers from the for. to which all other vessels are subject; and although those of the English and North American lines that rank as of war, are free of tonnage duty, thie fran- cl py royal order of Sd October, 1852, denied all other steemers, including the Black Warrior, for not be gory, which her consignee waa not ignor- since the month of August, 1852, he has bern petitioning to be admitted to the same favor, to whieh effect he bas given bond to respond to the dues of | | navigation, in case the supreme government do not ac- | cede to his petition. The customs do not inspect the steamers on their ar- rival to see whether they have coal on board or not, be cause, as all of them take coal trom the deposits in this port, it is supposed that they have little or none aboard, when they have to provide themselves with it for the ' continuation of their voyage. It is absurd to suppose that there is a law applicable to intentions Such as exist are explicit, and point out | what must be done in cases of infringement, without leaving it to the judgment of him that has to adrainister | them, whether there was intention of committing fraud | or not. it is false that the English mail steamers are author- | ized to omit in their manifests their transit cargo, In proof of which we accompany a copy of the manifests the | Custom House is in possession of, as presented by the commanders of the English steamers that have entered | | this year, and whose entries were solicited by Mr. Craw- | ford, their consul, and from them it will be seen that in none of the yoyages referred to they have omitted going through this formality. We shovld not have troubled ourselves about this busi- ners, if the press of the neighboring States adylterating facts and leaning upon documents containing pretended facts, like Mr. Robertson's communication, had not en- eayored to calumniate our ior authority, whose proceedings, ever based upon justice and morality, are too far from the reach cf calumpy and the depraved in- tentions of their authors. i Memorandum of the transit cargo manifested by the commanders of the Royal English mail steamers in the voyages to the port of the Havana, under the dates in the margin. 1854. Jan. 9, ate. Clyde, Vera Crus. 123 pes. of merchandise. bal 6 do., with $575,362. 24, str. Teviot, St. Thomas. 200 flasks quicksilver. “ 3.500 in cash. 72'parcels of samples. 619 pgs.—$1,409,982 44. Feb. 10, str. Teviot, Vera Cruz. “ 147 pgs. merchandise. 27, Do. do. St. Thomas. 99 flasks quicksilver. “ 12 pge. merchandise. Mar 11, Do. do. Vera Cruz. 207 pgs., with $480,000. ~ 67 do. merchandise. 28, Do. do, St. Thomas. 201 flasks quicksilver. 67 do. merchandise. The above is a true copy of the said manifests. RAIMUNDO P. GARRICH, Navana, March 31, 1854. Visitor Gen. of Customs. Before Judge Ingraham. Avni. 18.—Joseph Merceues vs. J. E. Santor. —The de- fencant was arrested by the Sherif under the third sub- a n of th ‘The Action was for of personal property. Upon the arrest the ¢ bail to the Sheriif, and was discharged hy him: but on the failure of the bail to justify, the Sheriif reairested the defendant. He now moves’ to be dis- | hargea from arrest on giving bail for the liabilities of | | | ) ?. the jail. Under the former practice the Sherif was lin- ble [f the sureties did not justify in the same manner as in cases of arrest on personal actions, and his reme- dy was upon the bond taken by him, He had no power to arrest the defendant except by becoming iwil, end then arresting him for the purpose of a sur- render. By the 201st section of the code, this liability of the Sheriff is altered, and the Sheriff is now made | Tiable as bail; and by the next section a recovery againgt him on such lability as bail may be collected by pro- ceedings on his official bond. His Liability, then, is the | same aa if he was one of of the bail of the defendant, | owers. | As bail, be may arrest the defendant and surredher him | in the action, and for that purpose no process is necessary. Other provisions are incorporated in the | 201st section for the discharge of the Sheridl’s liability, | Dy putting in other bail; but until that is done he re- | mains liable as the defendant’s bail, and has the same | rights and powers. The other question is, whether the | defendant is entitled to the liabilities of the jail after his | arrest by the Sheriff? Whether he is so or not cannot be of much moment in this motion, because itis not within the province of the Court to order the Shoriff to take bail for the jail liberties. If Le unjustly refuses to take such bail the Sheriff is responsible to the injured party: or, if he seeks relief, i: must be by another mode than by motion in the cause. The Sheriif has a right to demani! satisfactory seer and if at any time he thinks the security insufficient, he hay a right to require other security. ¢ Court eannot pass upon the suffl- ciency of the bail for the jail liberties, nor in any way order the Sheriff to accept the bond of any sureties for such a purpose. Not ing the power to decide as to the sufficiency of the it follows that we have no right to order -the in such a cease to admit the defendant to the Hberiies of the jail. fhis motion must be denied, and, as the questions are new, without | costs. | The Pire Department vs, Henry Cast.—Action for a vio- | Jation of {he fire laws. “Judginent for plaintist $1,000 and costs. The Mechanics’ Institute, TO THE EDITOR OF THE NEW YORK HERALD. On behalf of the Mechanics’ Institute may we trespass on your well known kindness by asking you to insert the accompanying statement? At the session of the Senate on Tuesday, 11th inst., @ communication was presented by lresident Church to the Senate, signed by C. H. Delevan, who assumes to act | as Corresponding Secretary. In it he states that the pe- | tition recently presented tothe Senate was unauthorized | by the Institute, and that he was directed by the Board | of Directors to inform the honorable Senators of the | fact. In answer to this statement of his, we, in justice | to the gentlemen whose names were appended to that pe- | tition, state most positively that they are the 1 - | cers of the Institute, and as such were authorized in | carrying out the object of the members of the Institute, | who, on the 10th of last January, appointed a commit: | tee of fifty for the very object of the petition, which committee met at the Astor House on the 25th January, and the proceedings occupied near two columns of one of the daily papers of the 27th. Meetings were also held | atthe Institute rooms and at the Metropolitan Hotel. The Board of Directors, at their moeting on the 4th of March, appointed a committee of seven to draft a peti- | ton, and forward the same to the Legislature, which was | kindiy presented by Mr. Whitn Itis much to be re- gretted that any body of men sliould pursue a course of action tending to defeat the aims of the legal officers of the Institute in their laudable en ors to further the | ob/cets for which they were elected, and which can be | gl aned by the following extract from the petition, with the names of the officers attached—amongst whom are | his Honor the Mayor as President, and Henry O'Reilly | as Corresponding Secretary :-— | ioners firmly believe, tat could they ob- rable body ®crant of pecuniary aid for ting @ suitable building, and obtaining & permanent location, it would groatiy incroase our resources for conferring a vast amount of good on the oporative me- chanical classes of our city, (and which ultimately could | the purpose of « not but redound to tho benefit of the country at large,) and would very materially aid th 4 as end extensive! the difusi n in carrying on successfully ly the various treane they alroady employ for n of useful and scientiie kiowledce among that Jags of our citizens, And your petitioners will John 7. Fishor, First Second do.; ILT. Bar: Ree. Scorctary, y, de Jaco¥” A. Westervelt, President; Viee- President; C. Godfrey Ganthe ras, Treasurer; Jobn Tazliat ry, Hone; OReilly, Cor.Secretary; James P DD. W atervelé, ce, Thomas J, Haunt, i, nts, Daniel Godwin, James Stone, Tirectors. Signed, JOHN T. FISIER, Ist Vice-President. Jonx Tauren, Ree. Secretary. Tuomas Gopwis ‘, Jiaea ssona’ }nspectors of Election, mr Hiram J, Tux Comet.—The comet which has been visible in the western heaven is now rapidly receding from the earth end from the aun. Its clements, ax computedat | the Cambridge Observatory, aro as follows:— | Perihelion passage, March 23, 9905, Greenwich m. 8. t. | Longitude of perihelion, 960 deg. 51 see. Place of ascending Node, 308 i. | Inclination of orbit, 86 13 Log. dist. from the sun, 9,42585—motion retrograde. | Foreren Consuis.—The President has recognized | Don Antonio Maria Segovia as Spanish Consul te the | port of New Orleans, La. Also, KE. G. Gomez, as Nicara- guan Consul at the same port. pie -hy m mage Diok Ay be hung to-day, in , Ohio, for the myrder of Gatharing | bee sow in, August last, La | m | by any United States Commissioners’ Court: Before George W. Morton, Esq. THE CANADA FORGERIES. Arnit13.—In the matler of the application for a Commis- fp alle gored in the case of Daniel W. Van Acrnam, charged with uttering paper in Canada.—This case comes before me wi the treaty between the United States and Great Britain, accepted and ratified August, 1842, on an oo emai made to me as United States Com- missioner, on behalf of the British government, for the ar- rest of Daniel W. Van Aernam, found within the State of New York, and his extradition as a fugitive from justice. The charge upon which the arrest of tho fugitive is claimed is that he had committed the crime of forgery | agaist the laws of Great Britain, by. utterin, paper within the British dominions in Canada forged ‘a crime against their laws). The paper admitted and proved to | have Leen uttered by the prisoner purports to be a bill of exchange or draft in imitation of one of the printed drafts of the Hamilton Exchange Bank, Madison ‘county, Stato of New York, falsely, knowingly, and with intent to de- fraud, filled bp as to date, amount, address, and sigua- ture, as follows:— 000660000 0000000000000890099000% ° © — [C.279} Tamron Excwance Banx, )° Oo” Hamilton, Madison county, Y., Dy 0 be (5,000) Oct. 1, 1858. ° © — Pay to the order of D. W. Van Aornam, Eaq., 0 02 Five Thousand Doilai © ToS. K. Stow, Esq., ° ° Cn Jou W. Ani 9 o Troy City 5 ¥ Ci is o Troy, N.Y. a Seccocoeceecevecososcoocscesese Jobn W. Abell, who signed his own name to the draft over the printed word cashier, was not the cashier, nor did the cashier bear that name. The prisoner was privy to the signing by John W. Abell, and to the whole trand- action, aud uttered the paper ‘in Canada as true. supposing this paper to have been uttered by Van Acr- nam, in the State of New York, be wouid be liable to commitment, under our laws, for a felony. The language of the treaty is: “It isagreed that the United States and her Britannic Majest shail, upon mutual requisitions by them, or their m tively made, deliver up to justice all persons who, bein; charged with the crime of murder, or assault with intent to commit murder, or piracy, or'arson, or robbery, or forgery, or the utterance of forged paper, committed within the jurisdiction of either, shall seek an asylum, or hall be found within the territories of the other, pro- dthat this shall only be done upon such evidence of sinality as, according to the laws of the place where the fugitive or person so charged shall be found, would justify his apprehension and commitment for trial, if the crime or offence had there been committed.” That the paper in question is an evidence of debt; that it, purported to have been issued by an incorpo- ration having power for that purpose ; that it was felsely made, forged or counterfeited, and signed by John W. Abell as cashier, and knowingly uttered or put forth by the prisoner, are conclusions, some of which are plac yond dispute by concession, and other: strongly sustained by proof, argumentand authorit inisters, officers or authorities, respec. | The | question broudly presented for determination is whether, | if this was all that was required, the duty or obligation to commit for trial would not ‘admit of hesitation or doubt. The only real difficulty presented is whether the stamp of forgery became impressed on this paper by Sohn Ww. Abell affixing his own name theretoas an agent or officer, that is, cashier. The reverse or negative of this proposition ought to be very clear to justify a magis- | trate in refusing at least to commit the prisoner for trial. As is well known, the whole case has been dis | cussed before Justice Stuart, without limitation as to time and number of counsel on behalf of the prisoner | and his accusers, and followed by an elaborate and able opinion, prepared by the Justice, which has been tho- roughly criticised on this hearing ‘by the counsel on both | sides. ‘Justice Stuart, whose printed opinion is before , regarded the paper as a forgery, and committed all the parties for trial here, and it seems that an indict- ment now exists against them under that committal. The whole case has again been argued with force and ingenuity by Joseph Neilson and The- odore Romeyn, Esqrs., for the prisoner, and by Charles Edwards, Fsq’, on behalf of the British government, | and after a’ most careful examination of ali that has been urged and cited, although not fully | coinciding with all the views ‘of Justice Stu- art, I do not materially differ from him, and my’ remarks may properly be limited to a brief con- sideration of the manibg of the 47th section of the Revised Statutes of New York, which is re- cognized by the justice, and which I regard as the only State statute embracing the case, and determining the character of such execution of a paper as was made in this case. By sec. 47,art. 8, chap. 1, Part IV. Revised | Statutes N. Y., (2d vol. R. 8.,'p. 762, marginal page 676,) | “The false making, forging or counterfeiting of any evi- dence of debt, issued, or purporting to have been issued corporation having authority for that purpose, to | which shall be affixed the pretended signature of an pergon as on agent or officer of such corporation, shall be deemed forgery, in the same degree and in the same manner as if such person was at the time an officer or agent of such corporation; notwithstanding such person may never haye been an officer or agent of such corpora- tion, or notwithstanding there never was any such per- son in existence.”? To my judgment it seems clear, that to limit and restrict the word “pretended” to the word signature, and disconnect the Word ‘‘agent or officer”? therefrom, would be at variance with the plain intention of the law, and would fail to meet the mischief intended to be prevented. The false paper contemplated by the legislature would require a further act than o mere subscription of a name to make it ready for the fraudulent and dan- gerous use provided against. Affixing a name, whether the name was real, pretended, assumed or ficti- tious, would be of no moment; but the union of the official character or agency therewith would bring into existence the deceptive personation—the doing of this which is dcelared to be forgery. Pretending to this official position, no matter by what name, is the statuary offence of for- | gery; pretending that John W. Abell was cashier, (which was here done,) is declared by the law to be forgery, a8 though sueh person was, at the time, cashier; id est, by fiction of law, another Jobn W. Abell, cashier, the statute declsres shall be presumed to have existed at the time, and that his name and office, or agency, was the subject of the forgery. ment before the Commissioner haye been very much ex- tended beyond those discussed under previous aspects of the case; and is freely acmitted that some of these are of public and leading importance, legitimately growing out of the subject, and require a more full and authori- tative decision, which it will be within the power of the parties to obtain elsewhere. The present is an entirely new cause ander the treaty, and may well awaken public | attention, and demands for general satisfaction that higher judicial authority should settle that. construction of the treaty which the present demand for extradition requires and apparently sustains. Under my views of the case, I feel it my duty to give the required certificate, sot certify the papers to the President of the United tes. United States Commissioner’s Court. Before John W. Nelson, Esq. THK COUNTERFEITING CASE. Arnit 18,—The United States vs. Brown, Bowers, Watson and others.—The examination in this case, fully reported in the Herarp, was resumed. Levi R. Barnard, house and land agent, deposed—That Brown informed him that he had hired the house 49 Third ayenue, and the first and second floors of the house 197 Thirty-fifth street. : Thomas Mc¥arlan, police officer, depored—That he ar- rested Brown on Saturday evening, between nine and ten o'clock, in the entry of the house 197 Thirty-fifth stroet; Brown eaid he expected this, that he was going to mako complaint himeelt, and wanted to know what it was ut. Peter Cook, depore¢—That he had examined the appa- ratus seized, and that it is such as is used in the manu- facture of coin. Louis De Angelis, Deputy Marshacl, deposed—That when he learned that a bundie had been thrown into the river at the Jersey City ferry, he went down and saw offi- cer Hustis, spoke to him and he went and found a man; I told the man I would show him where this bundle was thrown in, and if he recovered it I would give him ten dollars; I showed him the place, and left officer Hustis with him ; I went over to Jersey City on business, came back and ascertained that officer Hustis, with the aid of the man, had recovered the bundle, which 1 afterwards found contained counterfeit half dollars. Mr. Ridgway then read the titles of the books found in the prisoner Brown’s room,’ (already published in the Hgratp), and also read from a pocketbook, found with the implements, several memorandas descriptive of the process of gilding. The Court was detained for nearly an hour waiting for awitness for tho prosecution, who had not arrived at three o’clock. FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. MONEY MARKET. Tucrepay, April 13—6 P. M. The stock market experienced another panic to-day, equal in intensity to any which bave preceded it this | season. There were large sales to-day, at a decline in nearly every fancy on the list. Tlinois Central Bonds fell off 4¢ per cent; New York Central Bonds, %{; Dela- ware and Hudson, 11s; Nicaragua Transit, 4g; Pena Coal Cumberland Coal, Now York Central Railroad, \; New Haven Railroad, 14/, Cleveland and Toledo, 1; Har- lem, 34; Long Island Railroad, %; Stonington Railroad, 1%; Reading Railroad, 14%; Iudson Railroad, 3. Transactions on time continue to form the bulk of the business at the board, and there appears to be no particu- lar want for money among sellers, Sulea, buyers’ option, sixty days, are made ata small advance on oash prices, and on time, sellers’ option, at a fraction bolow. ‘This looks as though there was a greater desire to avoid the risks of holding than to turn stocks into cash. That the market is unusually and unwar- rantably depressed there is no doubt; and the great- er and more rapid the decline the greater anxiety holders exhibit to realize. We cannot satisfactorily ac- count for this state of things. We cannot see any cause for even a moderate depreciation, and believe that are action must soon take place that will carry prices up to points from which they fell. If there had been any im- portant contraction in the money market, and there was a rearcity of means in the hands of speculators, we could easily understand why prices should fall; but no such cause exists. It is nothing more or less than a foolish panic, and must, we supposo, run its course. It will soon, ne doubt, exhaust itself, when those who have been 80 anxious to sell, and have submitted to enormous sacrifices, witl be first in the market as purchasers; and we should not be surprised to see one extreme follow close upon the heels of another. At the second board the market was blue enough. Prices found a deeper depth, and it seems to us that the bottom cannot be far below where we now are. Nicar- agua Transit declined 7% per cent; Delaware and Hudson, 1; Pennsylvania Coal Co., 1; Cumberland, 34; Canton Co., M; Norwich and Worcester, 34; Hudson Railroad, 1; Now York Contral Railroad, 4; Warlem, (| Bank of Com- it is observable that the topies of argu. | re ‘The sales were large, and there was no let up—not the first ray of sunshine to gladden the hearts of the poor bulls. They are certainly hard pressed. They, however, stand it pretty well, no failures of importance having occurred. The beara must be careful and not follow the fancies too far. Time contracts put out at present prices may prove trouble- some before maturity, and the probability of a decline on rates now current is not near so great as for an advance. ‘To say nothing about the state of affairs in Europe, in California, or at home, causing the decline recently re- alized, the chances are decidedly in favor of an improve- ment. After a period of depression 4 reaction naturally follows. The operations of speculators bring about such a movement. Sellers become buyers, and those who we-¢ striving to depreciate the matket value of the fancies will be found on the other side, using all their capital and in- fluence to inflate the market generally. ‘The following sales of stocks were made at auction, after the adjournment of the board, by A. H. Nicolay:— $3,000 Ranama R. R. bonds... ss 6,000 Lyons (lowa) Ceniral R. R. 1st Mortgage: 1,000 do. do. do. 1,000 do. do. do. 1,000 do. do. do. 2/000 Chieago and Rock Island R. R. do. 2,000 do. a <a 0. ird Avenue Railroad, do. 0. Sixth Avenue do. , nan nna sot area R. 0. 50 shares Th do. do. do. do. 5 do. . Cleveland and Pittsburg do. rie & Northeast Lake Shore uffolk Bank . Atlantic Bank Chatham Ban Farmers’ and Ci Harmony Fire Insurance Co . Rutgers Fire Insurance Co. . St. Nicholas Fire Insuranee . Reliance Mutual Insurance Co . Knickerbocker Life Insuranee Co . Union Iron Co. . Cabarrass Cop'r Gardiner Machine Co. do, do. do, do. do. éo. 500 1200 SCO s§€00 1000 do. do. We bave again a dull market to report in the mining world. Cumberland fell 14, Pennsylvania Coal $; North Carolina 3¢, Gold Hill 44, and most of the other mining fancies in proportion. Gardiner Gold has not varied since the depression, The bids were as followa:— Bid. Asked, Bid. Asked. Cumberland Coal 25 _ Am. White Zine. 1k Parker fein - 69% 65; Ulster.. ~1k Phornix Gold.,.. 83, 6 Dutchess Silver,, 1 1% Fee aTP A ame aiemipeas oa trem aig Dauphin do 380 Hiwassee , big New Creck do... 2 244 15% Cannel do, 2 70e. Del & Hud: 107 80c. Caledonia Mi 3% 8% New Jersey es 5 Lehigh 3% 2% Mr. Mehaffy, the President of the Cumberland Coal Company, has issued a circular to the stockholders, in which ho says:— Prior to my election to the presidency of this company, I made a brief examination of its possessions in Mary- land; since that pe Thave devoted myself to the in- vestigation of its affairs, and made myself more perfect- ly acquainted with the mines, roads, working materials and the capacity of the company to mine and transport coal to market in such quantities as to render your stock valuable ond remunerative. The inspection of the lands of the company, its mines, roads and machinery (all in perfect order), will fully justify me in expressing my most perfect confidence in the immense value of the property. I also find the financial condition of the com- poy to be sound, with adequate means to carry on its usiness successfully. The transportation power of the company is ample—the demand for the product of your mines very great, at enhancing rates. i The receipts at the office of the Assistent Treasurer of the United States for the port of New York, this day, April 13, were $168,498 58, the payments amounted to $82,502 50, leaving a balance on hand of $8,508,042 40. ‘The Superintendent of the Banking Department has given official notice that the circulating notes of the Merchants’ snd Mechanies’ Bank of Oswego will be re- deemed on presentation at the department at the rate of seventy-seven cents on the dollar. . The Commonwealth Fire Insurance Company has de- clared a semi-annual dividend of six per cent. The Manufacturers’ Insurance Company of Boston has declared a semi-annual dividend of ten percent. The Cochituate Fire Insurance Company, four per cent. The East Boston Company a dividend of ten dollars per share, payable in land and wharf property at auction prices. A sale for the right of choice will take place on the 15th June. The Ocean Sieam Mills of Newburyport, Mass., a semi-annual dividend of five per cent. The Equitable Mutual Insurance Company, of Philadelphia, a cash dividend of six per cent clear of State tax, payable May 1. Also a serip dividend of fifteen per cent to the stock- holders, pnd assured members pro rata, certificates for which will be issued as above to those entitled to the rome. ‘The drafts registered in the Treasury Department dur- ng the weck ending Saturday, were:— $202,759 14 544,497 92 R 363,881 43 Quarterly ealari 58,903 53 Treasury ..... 876,090 43 Interior or iands 98,232 37 Interior, i 27,505 73 War.. 138,069 Total amount. ...... cee cess cece cece e+ + 2,810,584 10 The warrants registered on the 11th inst., were:— For the redemption of stock...... $47,970 00 For paying of other Treasury debts. 504 59 For the customl.....ss.eseseeeeee 5,914 20 For covering into the Treasury from iands.. 348,432 70 | For covering into the Treasury from customs 30,216 84 For covering into the Treasury from miscel- laneous sources,..... * 11,752 88 For the War Department. - 48,211 72 For re-paying in the War Department 18,864 70 For the Navy Department. . ve 75,501 71 For the Interior Department o 11,280 68 ‘There was 6 failure of a house to-day in the corn trade. The amount is unknown, but said to be not less than $50,000. The failure of a house in Boston was also an- nounced, This house it was said had been engaged in the California and also in the grain trade. It is stated on good authority that bills had come back from Liverpool accepted, on the ground that they could not be made available on the other side, and were under the supposition that they could be more readily negotia- ted here where the original drawers were better known. The receipts of the Norwich and Worcester Railrond Company for the month of March, 1854, amounted to $26,400, against $25,436 for the same month last year. ‘The receipts of the Ohio and Pennsylvania Railroad in March, 1854, were . $81,150 41 March, 1853... ++ 88,743 68 Increases... esse e+e a etestees Receipts in the first quarter of 1854. Receipts in the first quarter of 1853. Increase 113 per cent.....sseseeee vere ve ++ $107,436 95 ‘The receipts of the Cleveland and Pittsburg Railroad | were-— | March, 1854. + +++ 6837,790 21 March, 1858 see + 81,670 02 | Increase ... teeeves sees $8,120 19 The last official returns of the Banks of New Orloana | to the Board of Currency give the annexed exbibit of their condition on the 25th of March, 1854 :— BANks OF NEW ORLEANS, Cash Liabitities. Cash Asvets. <pecie Paying. Cirewtation. Tital. Specie \ Citizens Bank. el — — Pavking Dept.-1,062,710 9,647,514 1,497,744 4,193,703 Canal Bank... 1/815,683 3,778,990 2,179,119 6,185,514 Louisiana Bik, 1,886,439 5/430,006 2,312,987 8,192,187 In, State Bk..1,701,905 6,398,129 2,814,808 7,540,313 Total... ., $6,966,286 19,249,647 8,964,608 20,082,777 In Liquidation. Consolidated. 4,125 «5,101 2,055 2,055 Pree Banks. Mechs’& Trads’ — 1,688,049 872,841 2,616,416 Bk of NOrieans 577,175 1,613,774 474,571 2°458,231 Southern Bank. 359015 "687,842 197,026 1,239,361 Union Bank... 289,285 899,809 255,089 1,608,503 Total.,......$1,225,476 4,888,978 1,709,527 8,623,014 , Total Movement and Dead Weight. Lata ce, Specie paying. Exclusive of capital. lszets, citizens (Eanking Depart- MENA) coe veces eseseee ++ BB,647,618 O4 $5,225,509 92 Citizens’ (mortgage do.)... 600,000 00 6,195,595 08 Canal and Banking Co..... 8,778,998 90 8,169,096 88 Louisiana Bank. 5,430,094 70 107518,689 52 Louisiana State Bank 6,893,120 41 8,840,665 56 $33,935,556 95 $1,100,477 35 $19,749,647 65 iquidation, Consolidated Association, .$1,444.012 42 Free Banks. Mechanics’ & Tradesmen’s Bank,....++ $1,688,149 66 $2,749,761 59 Bank of Now Orleans....-. 1,613,773 77 2,458,280 92 Southern Bank........ 687,841 85 1,995,361 89 Union Bank,,.. +. 1,109;369 00 -1}619,139 22 Totals... sssseeeee++++$5,080,024 28 $8,983,404 42 The amount of specie on hand was upwards of a million of dollars more than the amount of circulation. The cash assets exceeded the cash liabilities upwards of ten millions of dollara, This is a wide margin for contin- gencies, but no more than is safe, It appears by the annual report of the condition of the Steubenville and Indiana Railway Company, that their work is progressing rapidly to completion as far as Newark, and will soon be in operation tothat point. The means of the company to complete the work to that town appear to be ample, especially since the guarantee of their second mortgage bonds by the Contenl Peonsyl. vania Railroad Company. The officers express the opia- ion that the line from Pitteburg to Steubenville will be completed by the time that from the latter place to New- ark is ready. In this event, a continuous communication by railway will be opened on the Steubenville route from Cincinnati to Philadelphia—the distance, as stated in the report, being 663 miles, and 66 miles less than by the Crestline and Pittsburg route. ‘The duties collected at Toronto during the quarter end- ing April 5th amounted to £31,756, being an advance of about £5,000 on the receipts of the same quarter of last year. In proportion, however, Hamilton has made a greater increase during the same term than Toronto. For the first quarter of the last year the recelpts were £18,089; this year £21,186—an increase of nearly two- thirds, while the enlargement in Toronto was only about one-third. Stock Exchange. ‘HURSDAY, April 18, . $1000 Frio Ist M Bds.11434 46 she NYC NH Mie a 1000 Exie Inc Bds,, 94% 10 do. 1.8 08% 1000 do 95 B6Northren ind’ KR 117 1000 FrieCon Bs, 71 86 10 Cleve & Pitts RR. 82 600 Hl Cen RR ida, 79 8b 88% 1000 do.....b3 78% 26 do. . 88 1000 dos... 78% 30 Harlem Raiirond 4054 1000 NY Cen Rit Tis 933; 100 epee 5000 dov.....¢ 98% 50 4000. dows... 98 20 shs Bk of Com b3 103 18 Bk of N Am..b3 99 10 Continental Bk. 380 Del& Hud C Co.. % a blo 100 o.....b60 734 60 McCull Gold.b0o 64g 300 Gold Hill Mine.. 334 100 1500 F1 & K Jt Stk.s3 13¢ 100 100 Nic Transit Co.b3 26 300 106 do. 26 100 200 do 25% 100 200 do. -c 25% 5 25 Penn Coal Co,b30 102 50 50 Cum Coal Co..83 26 200 Ts} 100 do 60 27 50 Sto: EA 200 : 36 1060 do......b66 6% 800 1x 170 N Y Cen RR,. .83 106 55 Hudson Riv RR.. 62 50 -b3 106 5 do.. » 61% 25 200 do. 25 100 dos... 11860 614g 50 400 N Car Copper..88 35g BOARD. $2850 Ta Sp Pi'd 5's. 20 shsClev & ToYRR 88 SOO NY Cen RR Bds 933¢ 500 Reading RR..s10 7154 2000 Tl Cen RRBds. 7834 200 do.. 5 shs Bk of Com... 10234 21 Del&Hud CanaiGo 104 © 58% 50 do........¢ 104% 50 Erie Railroad... 603% 150 Nie Transit CoU8 25% _10 4 : 70 50. od 030 do 603g 100 do ie 200 do g00 > do, 200 do 200 do 200 do 100 do......880 25 100 do, 80 7044 400 do... ...830 2534 200 Hud Riv RR..s80 61 7 Crystal Palace... 44°° 150N ¥Cen RR...830 10536 80” dosssessees 45 800 10 20 Penn Coal Co... 101 60 pears 200 Cumb Coal Co... 26 60 Harlem RR. .830 100 Par Vn C1Co..830 65% 50 do. boo 2435 50 3 24 200 Gard Gold MINING BOARD. 200 shs Lebigh......¢ 234 500 shs Ulster. 300 do.......510 2% 600 do. 100 Dutchess Silver... 134 200 Lindany, -r 70 1000 do...,.,.860 13g 00 Gardiner Goid.b30 234 CITY TRADE REPORT. ‘Trurspay, April 18—6 P. M. Asnes wore inactive. The sales included 30 bbls. pote Eaton and small lots pearls at $6 62}, per 8. Breapstvrs8.—Flour—The market was firm for all kinds but the low grades of State, which deteriorated 12. per bbl. Eastern buyers seemed less active, but local dealers purchased pretty freely. The day’s opora- tions embraced 81,000 bbls.; common State, $6 8734 a $7; good do., $7 a 87 125 favorite do., $7 873¢ 9 $7 50; common to Ohio, $7 8134 a $8; mixed to Indiana and Michigan, $7 8144 a $8 183¢; and other at Den paeHenate prices. Some 2,300 bbl Southern found buyers at $7 75 a $8 for mixed to good; and $8 a 8 75for fancy, per bbl. Rye flour and corn meal were unchanged. About 600 bushela prime Genesee white wheat fetched $2 1234 per bushel. Rye, barley, and cate were unaltered. Corn was on the advance. The sales reached 55,000 bushels, at 74c.’for mixed; 74c. a 76c. for routhern white; 76¢. # 76c. for sound yellow; and 763¢c. 77e. for Southern do. per bushel. Correk.—There were sold 200 rete A vat Deckanee Java at I4c., and 150 mingo at 9c. a 9i¢c., per ib. Cortox—The ‘anys sales He Shae 993 bales, as fol- lows:—For export, 384; home use, 469; on speculati 190. Market unsettled. | Freents—Engagements were very light, while the asking prices of shipowners checked shipments. For grain in ships’ bags 10d. was asked, and 33. 6d. a 48. for fle To Liverpool, 375 bales compressed cotton were engaged, at 44d.; 200 bbls. rosin, at 3s. 94.; and 69 tons fustic, at 35s. The steamship Atlantic took heavy weight at €0s.,and dry goods at 60s. a 80s. To Havre rates were nominal. A vessel of 240 tons was chartered for twelve months, at $850 per month. To California, rates varied from 50c. to 60c. per foot, measurement. Frvurr—We heard that sales have been made of 400 boxes bunch raisins, at $2 85 a $310; and 600 bushels Southern peanuts, at about $1 25. Hay—There were 1,500 bales river dis; ofd, at 60c. for shipment and 70c. for local use, per 100 Ibs. A Se last year’s crop were asking 30c. ic. per ib. Lme.—Rockland was in demand, at $110 for common, and $1 35 for lump, per bbl. Lt nen aa 80 bbls. New Orleans brought 23c. per gallon. Navat Srorrs.—Rosin, tar, and crude turpentine were unchanged. Some 50 bbis. spirits turpentine were bought at 62c., ash, per gallon. ‘O1s.—We lard of no important variation in whale, sperm, or olive. Linseed evinced increasing firmness. Sales transpired of 12,000 gallons, in lots, at 90c. in casks, and 91¢. a 92c. in bbis., per gallon. PRovizions.—Pork was more sought after. The sales | comprised 1,100 bbis., at $14 25 0 $14873¢ for moss; and $12 871; a $12 50 for prime, per bbl. Cutmeats were unchanged. Some 400 bbls. lard realized 95. a 9%e. per 1b. ‘The movements in beef comprised 430 bbis., | at 87a $7 50 for country prime; $7 75 a $8 for city do.; | $9 50 a $12 for country mess; and $13 60a $14 for city do., per bbl. Ohio and State butter was saleable and steady at Ie. n I4c,, and 4c. a 18c. per lb. Fair to prime cheese could not be procured under 10c. a 12¢. per Ib. —fales of 100 tierces were reported at $375 a $4 Ricz. 1244 per 160 Ib. 1L EstaTe.—Sales at auction of New York LG ay By A. J. Bleecker—1 buildingfin Jay and Green a bx 5 57, $11,200; 8 do. in Fast Fortieth street, 16x98 to 83,800; 1 do. andlot on Fighth avenue, $1,075; 3 lots on Fighth avenue, 100x25, $1,800; 8 do., $1,050; 16 do., $1,000. By Wm. 'L. Franklin & Son—1 jot and building thereon, on Thirty-seventh strect, near Seventh avenue, $3,385. By Adrian H. Muller—3 story stone front build- ing, Nos. 197 and 199 ‘Walkex, street, known as Pytha- ras Hail, the lot is 46x78, $24,000; 8 story brick ding, 26x50, on lot 25x80, corner of Sixth avenue and Fourth street, $14,000. By Simeon Draper—Two-thirds of the purchase money to remain on bond and mortgage ee 8ord peach at 7 a wig a iba eal chaser. of Gardiner G. an el fe land, PPS a house, 57 fect 11 ine! Broads feck by 4a ia widthr alloyed, Bo., E650 Lh fe in width, wa ey ; 1 house, | 91 Broadway, ngjolaing the ‘Shove’ 36. fect 7 inchés by 18 feet 6 inches, $48,000; house 21 3x32 3, and lot 21 8x486, | No. 8 Morris street, $6,550; 5 story brick house, same size, with addition 8x16 in rear, $9,000; store Nos. 54 and 65 South street, 42 4x70 4, with yard 'in rear 66x42 4, $56,000; water right to these lots, $10,000; 6 lots on Jane street 162 feet fromWest atreet,ench lot 22x75, each$2,000; James M. Miller—House and lot 86 East Broadway, lot X70, $6,100; houses and lots 88 and 90, adjoining do., cach $6,025;'2 lots, each 25x100.4, on Forty-fourth street, near Eleventh avenue, each $1,050; 1 do. same side cn Forty-fifth strect, rear of the above, $1,025. Brooklyn pi ly—By James Céle & Son—1 house and lot eorner of Nevins and State streets, $3,250; 1 adjoin- ing, $8,460; 1 three story brick house and lot on | Wyckoff street, near Hoyt, $3,250; 4 lets on Classon ave- nue, near by, each $350;'2do. on Bedford a nue, with two story frame houses, $3,200. By Cole & Chilton—1 dot on De Kalb avenue, corner of Lewis ave- nue, $500; . adjoin eac! 1 y 4 ’ | $400; 1do., gss0r t do., $875; 1 do., $380; 3 do. gore, off | Pulaski street, each $400; $ lots’on Kosclusko, near | Lewis, gore off Lafayette street, each $210; 4 do. adjoin- | ing, each $210; house and lot corner of Lewis and Lafay- ette avenues, $240; 1 lot on Pulaski street, between Yates and Lewis avenues, $290; 3 gore lots adjoining, | | Svears,—The day’s transactions embraced 240 hhds. | New Orleans, at 43;0. a 43¢¢.; 310 do. Cuba, at 430. & 5 766.5 end ing boxes brown and yéllow Havana, at 6 5c. a bho. 'r lb. | “‘Tomacco.—Sales wore made of 10 bales Kentucky stems at 13¢c, per Ib., with 98Cuba and 74 Mexican om private terms. Ta1Low was held at 12}. per lb., which prevented free sales. \iusxsy.—The day's tranaketions included 809. bbls. at 26c,0 26igc.; 80 Jersey, at 24%c., cash; and -» usual credit, per ¥ prison, | 240 has. drudge, at 25 gc. a gallon. Domestic Market. Cammriper Catrin Marker, April 12.—At market 855. cattle, about 500 beeves, and 64 stores, Market beef— Extra, percwt., $9a $9 25, first quality, $8 55 0 $3 75; second do., $80 $8 25; third do., $7.50; ordinary, 87 Hides, per cwt., $6.0 $650. Tallow, 88262 $8 50. Polts, $1.87 to $2. Calf skins, 126, por Ib. Veal calves, $5, $5 25, $5 50, $6 to $8; 220 at market. _Stores—Working oxen,’ $110 to $180; cows and calves, $28 to $60; 55 in market. Two-year-olds, $36to $61. ‘Three-year-olis, & to $84. Sheep and Ininbs, 1,905 at market; sale and hard to effect at present pricer—oxtra, $6 to $10; by lot, $4 to 85 75; live weight, sales at 6¢c. a 754 per Ih. ~ Markets. Port av Pri 26.—Yesterday 2,500 bags of cefiee were in market. The price was steady at 116. At Gonaives, mah has fallen from January prices, 1,009 aa 3,000, down to 8,209 aad gijaqq, 7 SS"