The New York Herald Newspaper, May 4, 1854, Page 3

THE BROADWAY CALAMITY. THE CORONER'S INVESTIGATION CONTINUED. SIXTH DAY. Mix 3.—This morning, at nine o'clock, the Coroner resumed the evidence in this lamentable calamity. The first witness called was Frank Whitford, who, being sworn, said—t reside at No. 31 Jay street; ‘I aay the employ of T. W. Jennings &Co.; I was in the store on Tu eens eth deg, ey’ the of the store at about half-past seven o'clock; then I stood on the sidewalk in front of the door, talking with some friends, when the fire broke out; Mr. left the store a few minutes before I did; I think I remained in front of the store door some fifteen minutes, whena gentleman came running up to me, and said the top of our building was on fire; I unlocked the door immediately, and ran up into the third story; I Jooked up, through the skylight into the upper stories, and saw them all a I imme- diately began throwing goods from the third story to the floor below; there Were no goods in the fourth story ; one of my friends followed me up stairs; there was no other person come up stairs at that time; there was no person dare venture up in the fourth story; it wasin a rfect blaze; 1am notaware that any goods were taken Yothe fourth story on that day; there were no goods taken down; there had been some teken up, I think; I ‘was not aware of anything of a combustible character in the fourth story or upper stories; there was nothing but taloons, to my knowledge; wo had gas on the second , but Fdon’t know if there was gas in the cutters? rooms, on the third floor; I don’t know whether the cut- rs burnt or fluid. * ari one ‘any {dca of the origin of this fire? & Boren taat; when I went back in the store I see any one. ai pot cor tam not certain whether the cuttors uso ‘or fluid; Tam yery seldom up on that floor; the cut- , suppose, put out their own lights; I turned off the purkers in'ihe store; I did not turn off the main at the meter; my object was in running up stairs to ascertain the origin of the fire; T sleep in the store; before going to bed I generally go up to the second floor to see if any gas has been left burning; the matches are kept ina tin fox; the porier is in the habit of attending to the put- ing out ‘of the lights on the second story. e clothing found at the hospital was here exhibited to the witness, who said, on examining them :-— ‘The pantaloons, I think, were in the basement; that kind of goods wero kept there nearly all the winter; I don’t know whether they had been taken up stairs; the coat Irecognice by the ticket on it; this coat was in a drawer on the store floor, in the front re of the store; the coat sleeves have the appearance of being cut with some sharp instrument. EVIDENCE OF ALDERMAN HOWARD. Henry H. Howard sworn, said—I am Alderman of the Sixth ward, and also ono of the Assistant Engineers of the Fire Department; I was at the fire in question; I arrived at the fire about twenty minutes after the alarm was given; it was late when I heard it; I suppose it was about half past cight o'clock when I got to it; the three upper stories were on fire; I went immediately to the second story, and saw some fifty persons there, firemen and others; Engine 21’s pipe was throwing a good stream up the stairs towards the third ‘story; 1 went up with the to try to drive the fire back, but foun Ht imponelble; I then discovered a skylight in the rear building, and small ladder was brought—what is called the baby ladder—to give us access through the skylight; Tordered a pipe to be brought through this skylight, for the purpose of playing a stream on the rear windows of the main building; we found the ose too short, and T then ordered another length to be brought; before the hose came the wall fell; the men were about ascending the ladder with the hose when the wall came down. Mr. Howard—I would like to give my evidence now about these clothes, and, as this evidence is about to be published, I want to tell the whole story, to have it correct before the people. | (The Coroner here interrupt ed the witness, and a further satement was made about the fire.) I desire to say that by my ordering the fire- men front where they were—as it was by my order some four or five were saved, for if they had remained by the stairs they would have all been murdered—some of them who obeyed my order were not killed, but sadly injured, Togs and thighs broken, and are now in the hospital; there was not timo for them all to get where I ordered them—if they had they would have been safe; the ladder was small, and they could not pass up it quickly; when the’ wall fell I was on the top of the roof, just having stepped off the ladder; the wall gs body and carried down the roof, ladder andall; | R wanted to take mo with it, but 1 didn't want to go, Qaoghter;) 1 scrambled to thie back part of the roof, an by saved my life; I waat now to swear to the best of my belief that not a pin’s worth of clothing was stolen by firemen from that building on that night; there was a great deal of clothing spread about ; I saw clothing thrown on the bodies when they were tak- ing them to the hospital; as the papers have made a wholesale charge about the stealing of clothing, I want to give my opinion; in the first place, I don’t believe there was time enough for any man to strip him- self and put on a new suit; again, none but a thief Would do it, and they have not nerve enough to go into such a | t place; there are too many people about—they would | i Coroner.—It has been sworn here by Mr. Box that he eut off this clothing from bodies at the Hospital; will you give us some ex;.anation about it? Witness—it is usual when bodies are taken from fires to take clothing to cover them. The Alderman here rewarked that there were indi- viduals and some editors of newspapers who were trying to impress upon the public mind that firemen, as a yen- eral thing, go to fires for the purpose of stealing. Now I know that to be false. Mr.Genin—Mr. Coroner, I speak as one of the jury, | and wish to be protected from any imputation thrown out against us here [as wishing to impute any dishonest motives to the firemen. We wish the Alderman to under- stand that we do not by any means wish to throw any odium on the Fire Department, and we wish so be under- to wear it. For my part I’m getting warm on this sub- ject, and mean to speak out. Juror—Mr. Howard, have you known firemen to be | canght stealing ? The Alderman, looking boldly towards the jury, an- swered—No, I have never known them; I’ve hear only of such rumors, but 1 don’t believe, it, and I_ believe | it to be false. Another Juror—I did not understand the Aldermen to refer to the jury at all in his remarks. Mr. Howard—Oh, I don’t mean to take anything back Y've said. If the cap fits any of the jury they can wear it. Coroner—Well, I did not understand Mr. Howard to reflect on the jury. I presumed he meant some outside reports, at least oT shall decide, Now let this alterca- tion drop and continue the evidence. Coroner—What do you think of the construction of the Mir He Mr. Howard—I think it aworse put up affair than a mock building erected at the Bowery theatre, to do up the heavy pieces. (Laughter.) Juror—Were you at the police court when the fireman ‘was brought up about taking a coat. A. Yes, Iwas; the man was brovght before Justice Bogart; he told the same no that the officer did. he took the coat for safe keeping; he took the coat, in my m, through ignorance; the magistrate discharged im with a reprimand, to be called up again if any should be preferred against him; the officer said he did not believe him to be a thief. ! a gave yesterday? A. No, I do not in some of it; 1 do in the construction of the building, but I don’t believe that men run to fires dressed in fire caps for the purpose of stealing; the fire- men are very particular about keeping thieves away from their engine houses; it was not more than five minutes after I arrived at the fire that the rear wall fell. | Juror—Mr. Howard, did you ever kuow a fireman to be | arrested for stealing? i Mr. Howard—I have heard rumors of such things, but Inever knew it of my own knowledge, nor have I known any member to be convicted for stealing, not even put — on trial; I never knew a thief to be in the fire department; ther societies, and to be convicted, | and published. | i ‘Mr. Howard—Whoever the cap fits they are welcome | | T have known them in of too; I wish that to be understood Dr. McCombs sworn, said—I am one of the house sur. geons at the New York Hospital. (Here the doctor gave evidence as to the death of John B. O'Donnell.) | James Roberts sworn, said—I reside in Hoyt street, — Brooklyn; I was one of the porters employed in Mr. | Ss store; there was Lo in the first, second, and | third stories of said store, but I nln flo were | all lighted on that night; I left the store at twenty min- — utes to 8 oclock; I left in there the bookkeeper, Mr. | Delavan, and « salesman, and three or four Californians, | looking at did not close the store: it was all in | order to close; the clerk, Frank Whitford, carries the of the store. | fo a Juror—It is oTine that I should go through the building to ascer if all is right; but I only have done | #o once in a while, as another man was ¢1 to look | after the upper stories, and I found him very correct, | and therefore, I had confidenve in him; I never believed | the building to be unsafe; all employed in the building | were sober. steady men and well conducted. Charles Neary, sworn, said—I am assistant foreman of Engine 21; 1 was at the fire on the night in question; I to the fire about ten minutes after 8 o'clock; I saw flames bursting out of the upper stories of the build- ; 1 guess I wae about the first fireman on the ground; | Stfinde fe the third snd fourth stories were on fire; ed the men down off the stairs, as I considered it dan- this was towards the rear; I saw that the beams | SB the third story floor were giving away from the ride | ws oe pod a why te the geome were pn ed were then play from the upper stairway; Zophar Mills came up and told us to stand there, tan there was | now no danger there;’’ before this I was about retreat- | ing from the building; just then the men through the rear skylight; the balling ft T could hear | men singin out for some one to get them out; I told the | Chief of Police I thought there were six men buried in the ruins; we stream to play on the place; we af- body of Feeny out; after he was taken came; we then went to the Hospi- tal; a boy named Gilligan was got out; they put clothes and anything they could find, such as remuants of cloth, under the bodies, before they went to the tag one Isaw nearly all the bodies taken out; we took clothes that were in the building, inorder to lay them on the shutters and throw thim over the bodies of the wounded men; I naw Alexander McKay taken out, and also his brother; both of them had their own clothes on; they were dead at the time; we put clothes from the building over them, in order to send them to the Hospital like the others; I did not see any thing of importance after four o'clock. | To a Juroe—If we had stood where % Mills told us, we would have been all carried away; we went from the front to the extension building; I cannot say if Moran ‘was a member @f our company or not—we do not admit boys as members. TESTIMONY OF J. W. GARSIDE. J. W. Garside xwoen—I reside at the corner of Marion and Spring streets; 1 yas at the place the day after the ,, 5 helping to get the bodies out; when the last one of the bodies was taken ouf, there was a black frock coat | ‘wrapped on hia hea ‘ated to see his face, but I was | could not see ‘it; it wa’ then wrapped up inthe | . Cont; there wore many other con t#lying Where the bodies , were taken from. TESTIMONY OF JONN MACKY. John Macky sworn—tI reside in Pi fty-cighth street; I of Spruce and Nass streets to the fireman; I wept in order to save | | | | | | | ever saw, | character is far beyond the re; goods for the insurance companies; I am an insurance watchman; after the "beams fell, I went down and saw several bodies lying around; after some time I saw a young man lying in Mr. Ratchelor’s store; he was not | dead; Tsaw his boots taken off; [also saw some young | men lit dry clothes on themselves in Mr. Batchelor’s store. A Juror su; the propriety of having the fore- man of Hook and Ladder Company No. 15 present. The Coroner decided that it was not proper for him to open a Court of Sessions, or inquiring as to floating im- putations. He had not made any charge against foremen. TESTIMONY OF OFFICER HANIFIN, Jobn Hanifin sworn—The pants now shown to me I be- lieve to be the same that I saw at the ganged? rig up | with other clothing, and when I saw them in t pile | they were ‘buttoned'in front, and were wet, TESTIMONY OF W. 1. WHITFORD. W. H. Whitford sworn—I reside at the corner of Clinton place and Broadway; 1 am in the employ of Mr. Jenfngs; two months previous to the fire there were from four to five hundred of pantaloons taken down to the basement, and about ten days before the fire took placo bed wore carried up stairs to the fourth story of the building; I am positive that the pair now shown to me was carried up also; Isaw, myself, that there was not a pair left in the basement; by @ possibility, such another pair may have been in the store. To a Juror—I was not at the fire. RE-EXAMINATION OF MR. JENNINGS. W. T. Jennings recallel—I produce a black frock coat, which is part of my stock; one of my porters brought it from the Chief's oflice yesterday; I cannot say how long ago it was taken from my store. ‘TESTIMONY OF J, P. WINMAN. James F. Winman sworn—I was at the fire after the alarm was given; I assisted in getting out five dead bodies; they were the two McKays, Schenck, Flynn, and one whom / did not know; he lay on his face, doubled up, and lay under Schenck; the first dead body got was that of Alexander McKay; Ithink the man whom I did not at first recognize, was Diegan; 1 afterwards learned that that was his name; he had India rubber shoes on him; I noticed the pantaloons which were on all of them; I do not recognise the pair now shown me as being on any of them; I, myself, threw clothing on and around the bodies when they were I 4 them away; I threw any articles which I found at hand on them; I recollect placing the remnants of a black frock coat on them; I noticed the pantaloons of the first McKay that was taken out; they were of dotted red eassimere, and in good order; the other McKay (Daniel) had on ared shirt, and I think a pair of black pants. TESTIMONY OF J. M. CLAUSSON. J. M. Clausson, affirmed—Iam an undertaker, at 558 Pearl street; Isaw some of the bodies brought in to the hospital on the moaning after the fire; I noticed some of the clothing they had on; I saw a pair of pantaloons very similar to those now shown me on one of the bodies; I cannot say if they were the pair now shown me; I saw one man who had on a pair of pantaloons with a tailor’s ticket on them; they resembled those now shswn to me; I did not read the ticket; I think there were four bodies lying in the room when I saw the pants on one of them; I distinctly saw the pantaloons on one of the men; I do not know his name; I made the remark that the man had on a pair of pantaloons with the ticket mark on them; I may have made a mistake with regard to the position of the ticket, but I am positive I saw the ticket on the pantaloons; the pantaloons were buttoned on the man; the attendants were removing the clothes from the body then; I did not sce the pants removed from that body; I am positive that the pants were not on a young man named Christman, as body was the last attended to. RE-EXAMINATION OF JOSEPH BOX. To a Juror—MeKay’s body was the Grst that came in; the body from which Itook the marked pantaloons had been identified before I took them off; I do not know the body on which they were; the bodies had been recog- nized then; I saw the ticket on the pants; after the bodies were stripped the clothes were heaped together, 20 that when the friends came they were all pulled about; I sitive that the coat and pants came off the bodies; I unbuttoned the pants in taking them olf; there was some of Mr. Jennings’ black cloth thrown over the bodies when they came in; that was put separate from the clothes which they had on them. Mr. Genin, foreman of the Jury,said that he understood that some ill feeling prevailed against Mr. Box for the tes- timony he had given. Mr. Box had only done his duty. He was duly subpoened, and he (Mr. G.) made these re- marks from having observed tho feeling manifested towards him. The Coroner stated that the court had now exhausted all the testimony. He would therefore take a recess from half past one o’clock until half past three, and then endeavor to conclude the case, The Court then adjourned, EVENING SESSION. The Jury reassembled at half-past two o’clock in the afternoon, Coroner Hilton said:— He deemed it unnecessary, owing to the experionce of the jury, to do more than recapitulate some of the lead- ing points in the testimony of some of tho principal wit- nesses who had been examined before them. @ first was Mr. Zophar Mills, an experienced fireman, a citizen, and one well worthy of credit. The Coroner read the evidence given by Mr. Mills, from his first at- tendance at the fire at eight o’clock, to the crash of the wall, his narrow escape, his conversation with Mr. Car- son, and the justifiable refusal of the latter to send men into the house. The jury would remark that Mr. Mills said he considered the house to be the worst building he and that he never saw one fall so soon. ‘The testimony of Mr. Miller was next reviewed. As an eminent builder he had asserted that the character of the building which was Intely destroyed was very danger- | ous, but he could point out five hundred houses equally within a short distance of the place where he now Mr. Miller deemed the system of Fire War in- tion to be most inefficient. Mr. Jennings’ evidence, as well as that given by Mr. Charles Sandford, was nex! referred to, when the Coroner reviewed the depositions of Mr. Carson, Mr. Hamilton, Mr. Whitford, Alderman Howard, Mr. Neery, and tho last persons examined, as their replies stcod on the record. In conclusion, Coroner Hilton said, that from this mass of testimony no posi- tive information could be gleaned as to the caitse of the origin of the fire, which may have been the work of de- Pg or the result of accident. The cause of the death of the men was certainly to be found in the falling of the building. They were killed either by fire, bruises, scalds, or other injuries which followed that accident. It has’ been plainly shown to me that they lost their lives from the negligent mannuer in which the building was put up. Most of the men who lost their lives belonged to ke Department, and they entered that house with the assurance in thelr minds that it would not fall so soon from such a fire. It had been shown that the Com- mon Council were negligent in not taking measures with regard to the improper construction of buildings. ‘Tho tehtsatiie: given to them on the subject was tiled on their file, and never after heard of. The jury could esti- mate the camage toli’e which prevailed in this city, from the fact of obstructions having been daily placed in our streets, which the heads of the departments neglected to Femove.. Many persons were killed by the careless man. ner in which the blasting of rocks was conducted, and both himself and his colleagues had frequently called the attention of the city authorities to the fact, but they were equally unattended to; many children were killed by falling in open lime pits. ‘Firemen and other citizens were entitled to a protection for life and limb, and it should bes point with the authorities to afford it. ‘The meogre reports of the Fire Wardens were rendered entirely worthless, owing to the fact that they were con- signed to fill ‘that bourne from which no paper ever was known to return.’”” The jury may look at this loss of life nearly as they would on one of the cases of asaasai- nation now so frequent in the city, and for the preven- tion of which our municipal government is completely derelict. It remained with he jury to do something now, which would make a lasting impression, so that perhaps some public good would result from this painful ease. After thanking the jury for its attention and courtesy, Coroner Hilton left them alone. The jury, at half past,six o’cloek, announced that they would hand in a sealed verdict to the Coroner at eleven o'clock this (Wednesday) morning. It is understoood that the verdict will be in the shape | of a lengthy report, which will toueh on all the different heads of corporate neglect which were alluded to in the address of the Coroner. TO THE EDITOR OF THE NEW YORK JIERALD. Sim—I see, by your issue of Sunday, that there 1s a charge made before the Coroner's inquest against the character and honesty of the firemen who were killed or injured at the fire on the 25th of April last, in Broad- way. ir,as my brother was one of those who were in- Jured at that fire, and is now confined to his bed in the City Hospital, I take the liberty to state that his clothes are now at the hospital, and have not been removed since his admission on the fatal evening of the fire. His proach of anything that may be imputed to the firemen on this or any other simi- lar charge, by saying that they are impelled by dishonest designs. His character needs no comment at my hands; but the wholesale charge against the Fire Department calls for this statement on my part. From the time the fire broke out until the re- moval of the dead from the City Hospital, [ saw all the bodies taken to that institution, and I saw the clothes cut off of nearly every one of them after they were laid in the dead house, on the Wed- nesday and Thursday following, and I can safely say the clothes which were sworn to have been on the bodies when taken to the hospital, by the in who takes charge of the dend, were not on anybody when taken there. I saw them all, and scrutinized every person, and Isawa great quantity of clothing taken from the litters on which they were and conveyed to the hospital; and some of the cloth and clothing that might have been in the store of Jennings & Co. was placed under and over the dead when taken the ruins, and I presume this fact may have led the person baving charge of those bodies at the dead house, and who cut from them their elothes, to nuppose they’ were on some of the bodies. ‘oure, &e. TIMOTHY WATERS, Jr. New York, May 1, 1864. The Harlem Railroad. SOPERINTENDENT’S OFFICE, New York axp Harte Rairoap Co., New York, May 3, 1854. £im'—The trains of the Harlem road will ran regularly to-day as far as Dover Plains, without any delay at Pleasantville Bridge, which was ready to run over at day- light this morning: ‘The mail that left New York on Monday reached Al- bany yesterday in advance of any other road. The mail | train that left New York at 7 o'clock this morning will | get ba ny Mr. Eliot, the Superintendent, having ar- | ranged to i be Rong at Dover Plains to take the | to Wassais. The road is all right Between that polmt and ATba ween that point and Albany, and will soon be repai £0 that the distance between the breaks will be tatebout ‘a mile and a half, causing very little delay. ‘Very respectfully yours, &e. Wat. J. CaMpHeL, Aas’t San’t, To Gro. L. Scuvvimn, Esq., President Harlem R. Ii. Co. ADJOURNMENT OF THE On10 LeGIsLATURE—The Legislature of Ohio adjourned sine die on the Ist instant. ‘They will not meet es aceo! to the new constitu- tion, until the first of Janyery, H | were:— me Court—Spectal Term, Before Judge Roosevelt. May 3.—Harrison, &c., 08. Wohitman.—The Trust Com- being the owners of a plot of ground extending from adway to the Sixth avenue, and including several cross streets, entered into a covenant with certain other Ly a boring owners, that the buildings to be erected ‘on fronts of the lots” should be of brick, stone or marble, and cover “the whole width of the lot?” and that those on the cross streets should’ be set back uniformly on a line five fect from the sides of the streets, and so as to form courtyards of five feet wide on each side of the blocks upon those streets. This agreement was not only recorded, but every deed expressly referred to, and gave ‘full notice’ of it, and was made, in terms, “subject”? to its stipulations. And the onl question is, what is its fair meaning when applic to a lot at the corner of the street and avenue? A corner ={) it seems to me, must of necessity have two fronts; and it is a common’ expression, we all know, in speakii ch a lot to say that it fronts, for example, on and Chambers street. At all events whether the lot in question fronts or not on both street and avenue, it is situated on both; and any building which may Se put upon it will, in the language of the agreement, be a ‘building erected on Twenty-sixth street”’ as well as on Sixth avenue. Why then should it not be set back? What uniformity would there be in the line of buildings if while the interior houses receded the corner projected? Each owner receding had an in- teroxt in the receding of all the rest—not only for light and air but for architectural effect. It was an easement which each lot had in every other, That the corners were not exempt, and not intonded to be, is farther ap- parent, I think, from the lithograph map used at the auction sale. On that map the receding space is dis- tinetly marked as extending, not merely to the corner lot, but to the corner of the avenue, and has printed on it in a form calculated to arrest the attention of every purchaser, the words ‘five feet in width reserved for courtyards.” Nor is this all; the corner lot, de- seribed in the decd as twenty-six feet seven and’ one- third inches in width, is divided by a line into two marked as 2{ feet 73s inches, the other five feet, showing conclusively that the latter was not only intended, but expressly represented, a4 reserved for & courtyard; in other words, although the fee for the whole width was sold, yet it was sold subject as an case- ment to the reservation, that the five feet so cut off should not be built on, but ve used exclusively fora courtyard. Having paid, no doubt, a leas price in con- sequence of this condition the purchaser now seeks to get rid of the condition. Neither law nor equity, it seems to me, can allow him to do so, and the plaintiff, as a purchaser at the same sale of one of the adjoining lots, having established his interest in the easement, is entitled to be protected against the contemplated usur- fation. A perpetual injunction (with costs) must there- fore be granted, restraining the defendant and all claim- ing under him from erecting any building on the five feet in question, or making any use of that part of his lot other than a# and for @ court yard. Common Pleas—Special Term. Before Judge Ingraham. May 2.—Noah vs. Leeds and Pandolfini.—The plaintit commenced an action against both defendants, but the summons was only served on Leeds, No process or Pleadings wore even served on Pandolfini, The complaint in the body of it, was drawn only to charge Leeds, an the name of the other defendant was entirely omitted, except that the plaintiff retained the title of the action against both. To this complaint Pandolfin’ has appeared and demurred. Whether this demurrer can be sustained or not depends upon what effect the title has on the body of the complaint, and whether or not the title is a neces- sary part of the complaint. There can be no doubt that the plaintiff might have proceeded against Leeds atone, ashe was the only defendant served—Sec. 136, Code— and the defendants were severally liable, and in so pro- ceeding he may complain as if such defendant was the only one. By sec. 141 of the Code, it is provided that the complaint shall contain the title of the action, specifying the names of the parties, &., and it appears from this that the plaintiff must insert in the complaint such title. There does not appear to be any mode pointed out, by | which the action is to be served. If the name of dolfini had been omitted from the title, there is nothing to warrant his appearance at demurrer. The complain would have been good against Leeds alone if the name of | Pandolfini had been omitted. (7 Pr. R. 90—Travis vi Tobias.) Itomits throughout, except in the title, his name, The more proper remedy secms to me to have been a mo- tion to strike out the name from the title, Leeds could not make the objection by demurrer, and I am inclined to think the other defendant had no right to plead to the complaint which omitted his name entirely, and only urported to make a claim against Leeds. In addition to is, the Supreme Court had held where one defendant in | not served he is no longer a party to the action, and if the plaintiff proceeds without bringing him in, he thereby elects to sever the action. (14 Barb, 8. C. Mop. p. 689.) If this is correct, then the defendant Pandoldni had no right to demur, not being brought in as defendant, and the complaint evidently showing the plaintiff's intent to proceed against the defendants. Upon the whole, my conclusion is that this demurrer should not be sustained; but without costs, AND COMMERCIAL. FINANCIAL MONEY MARKET. Weoxexpay, May 3—6 P. M. Quotations for nearly every stock on the list show a decline to-day. There was a general stampede among the fancies, and any amount of stock was offered. The bears do not appear to be frightened at any decline, but con- tinue to put out contracts in the face of any fall fn prices. Neither are the shorts in a hurry about buying in. At the first board to-day Mlinois Central bonds de- clined 3 per cent; New York Central bonds, 13; New Jersey Zinc, 34; Nicaragua, 3g; Crystal Palace, 3; Penn- sylvania Coal, 1; Cumberland Coal, 34; Parker Vein, 35; New York Central Railroad, 4; Harlem, 3¢; Hudson Rail- road, 14; Erie Railroad, 4;; Reading Railroad, %%. Rail- road bonds, bank stocks and government securities are much neglected, and hardly enter into the specu- Intive movements of the street. In fact, thero is no gpeculation abroad in anything. Wall street is full of bears, and they have only to prey upon each other. The margin for n decline is daily becoming less, and if fhis continues much Jonger at this rate, there willbe nothing left for the bears to do but turn bulls. There are a great many stocks on the list which would be good purchases at present prices; but the belief that lower points will be touched, deters many from buying who have the means to carry, Some of the regular inter- est-paying, dividend-paying stocks, give a large rate at the current market value, and but for the absence of con- fidence, and the timidity of capitalists, heavy purchases would be made for investment. There is a feeling of doabt and distrust in the public mind, which doubt amounts toa panic. The fact that war exists in Europe is enough to induce a large class of capitalists to with- draw entirely from all operations, to place their surplus funds on deposit, and wait the course of events. It is these fears which are tightening the money mar- ket, and the stringency is likely to become still greater. Stocks to a large amount have been thrown upon the marxet, merely for the purpose of realizing, and the proceeds have been put into some safe place, where they will remain for a time inactive. We see no indications favorable to the interest of holders. No- thing short of a suspension of hostilities in Europe, a renewal of negotiations, with a probability of an amica- ble adjustment of the difficulties, would be of much service to speculators for a rise, and the prospects are therefore gloomy enough. The bears have decidedly the advantage. The position of public affairs is favorable for those who have sold faney stocks short. The only drawback to the operations of the bears is the want of material to work upon. There are very few actual pur- chagers in the market, and it is quite difficult to put out contracts in theright way. Any further depreciation of importance would make the shorts more cautious, and culation. The obverse of this coin represents an ideal head, with the feathered cincture symbolic of America, the word ‘‘liberty’” appearing on the band encircling the head, and the inscription ‘ United States of America’ | surrounding the whole. On the reverse is a wreath composed of some of the staple productions of the United States, viz.:—Wheat, cotton, Indian corn and tobacco— | the denomination and date being in the centre. As com- pared with the other gold coins the devices and arrange- ments are novel, but perhaps not less appropriate, and, together with the difference in the diaineter of the piece, will make it readily distinguishable from the quarter | eagle, which approaches it most nearly in value, It iy sixteen-twentieths of an inch in diameter, and weighs 17.4 grains=-ounces, 16.125. There was a slight decline in prices to-day, at the Mining Board, owing to the general depression of the market. Lehigh is tumbling down more rapid- ly than was expected; the Philadelphians do not seem to be making much of it. Gardiner Gold re. | cededan eighth. Wyckoff maintains itself at 4. A bear who is known to be very short of Lindsay, sold 150 shares at 55 cents, in the hope of breaking down the market; the experiment is not likely to succeed, if the advices from the mines are true. If the Lindsay were as far advanced in their workings as the McCulloch, their stock would sell for as much money, The following comparative state- ment will show the movement in mining stocks at the Mining Board since this day last month:— April 3. May 3. 1 2 eR we on SR From this statement it appears that, with two excep- tions, all the leading mining fancies have fallen off. In the Lake Superior stocks there has been little or nothing doing of late, and they cannot be quoted at any price, ‘The following were the bids at the board :— Cumberland .... Fulton, 1% 23% Parker Vein. Isle Royale......18 20 New Creek... Mineral.,.... 5" Del. & Hud. Morris Copper. 6 Caledonii Vanderburg. B0e. New Jersey. Lindsay... — Lehigh . Phenix Gold. 800. Ulster 1 AB. , ON Gardiner, es Bridgewater Pat. — 2 Deep Silver..... — 34 Randolph....... — 14 this port to-day—May 3—were, received, $303,892 90; paid, $161,812 80—balance, $8,736,543 69. The Milwaukie Wisconsin states that the preliminaries have been agreed upon between the Southern Wisconsin Railroad Company and the Milwaukie and Mississippi Railroad, by which the gauge from Janesville to Dubuque is to be changed to 4 feet 814 inches, the same as the Milwaukie road; and in consideration’ therefor, the Mil- waukie and Mississippi Company endorse the bonds of the Southern Wisconsin Company, to the amount of | | $300,000, This sum, with the aid obtained at Janesville, in Green, Lafayette, and Grant counties, with some as. sistance from Dubuque, will complete the road. The value of imports and exports of Canada, during the year 1853, the destination of exports and the sources of imports, are exhibited in the annexed statement:— CoMMERCE OF CaANADA—IMPORTS AND Exrorts, 1853. Imports. Great Britan ++ £4,612,642 7 9 . 699 14 2 ‘Weat Indies United Stat Other foreign countries B. N. A. Colonies.,.. Total imports...............44 +++, £7,905,859 9 9 Exporis. Great Britain, -£2,888,200 15 5 West Indie United Staies. 1 2,226,095 5 6 Other foreign countrie: 52457 15 6 Australia........... 5,045 16 11 B.N. A. Colonies, 830,485 4 11 Total exportation... +++ £5,002,725 18 3 ‘This table shows a large increase as compared with the preceding year, in the trade of the province. The im- ports of 1862 were only £5,071,623, and in 1858 they were £7,695,850, or considerably more than sixty per cent ad In 1852 th orts were £8,251,893, and now, 25, an increase of over seventy per cent. ‘The bidding for factory shares has lately been quite spirited af the Boston board of brokers. No class of stocks on the list have paid better average divilends to investors for the list twenty years than factory compa- nies, end yet many which are now earning and paying from eight to twelve per cent dividends are selling from ten to twenty per cent discount, The London Times of the 18th ult. says:— The advices from Russia continue of a very unfayora- able character with regard to the position of the merean- tile closses. Frem St. Petersburg the dates are to the Sth April, at which period the government paper cur- rency still continued at about twelve per cent discount, From Riga the letters of the 7th announce the failure of M. Iwan Shaposbnikol, a large tallow and oil speculator, for about £85,000, by which Russian dealers alone will suiler, no foreign houses being interested. ‘The annexed statement exhibits the movement of rail- roads in Massachusetts in each of the past twelve years. It will be seen that in 1847 the net increase per cent on cost reached the highest point:— RAILROADS o¥ Massaciuserrs, Railways Miles in oper- in oper- Year. ation. ation. Cost. Earnings. Expenditure. (0 481. $19,241,858 $1,971,787 $959,400 461 = 19,971,593 2,118,284 1,001,313 461 20,396,055 — 2:559,909 463° 21,573,820 2'895,219 622 27,084,927 3,642,121 715 92,796,863 4,964,532 787 = 41,802,452 5,405,815 945 45,124,786 5,741,799 2,890,818 1,092 50,959,452 6,419,538 3,112'795 1,142 52,595,888 6,699,576 5 1150 63,076,013 6,885,517 3,873'410 1,165 64,914,506 7,977,521 4.824.013 Net In- Total re- Total ex. Net In- come per ceip's per penses come per conton — mile per mile mile Fear. Net Income. cost. run. run. $1,012,887 $5626 $148 $072 $075 1,116,071 559 147 70 7 1,452,389 712 165 72 93, ether 748 163 75 88 045,505 720 166 3 83 2,692,079 7% 156 td 81 651 150 76 is 6 32 161 76 vt 649 162 4 78 620 150 76 “4 605 144 a7 67 664 152 82 7 In 1852 the netincome per mile was less than in any previous year, there having been a steady decline from 1844. This has been caused by two things—first, the increase in the operating expenses por mile, and aecond, | by a decrease in the gross earnings per mile. This con- doubtless increase the class of buyers. This would give greater activity to operators, and give the market a bet- ter tone. At the second board there was not much doing, but prices were a shade better. Erie Railroad advanced ' per cent; Nicaragua, 1; Hudson Railroad, 3%; Illinois Ponds fell off 44 per cent. The instalment due on the loan to the Erie Railroad Company, has been paid promptly and in full. The re- ports circulated to the contrary, were got up for the pur- pote of depressing the stock. -The steamship Asia, from this port for Liverpool to- day, carried out $562,773 66 in specie, principally in ingots. The Eagle Fire Insurance Company has declared a semi- annual dividend of seven per cent. The Winsted (Conn.) Bank, @ dividend of four per eent. The Philadelphia Bank, five per cent, regular dividend, with two per cent extra dividend; Bank of Northern Liberities, six per cent; Girard Bank, three per cent; Mechanica’, six per cent; Tradesmen’s, four per cent; Commercial, five per cent; Southwark, five per cent; Bank of Commerce, five per cent; Kensington, three per cent; Western, five per cent; Manufacturers’ & Mechanies’, four cent; Farmers’ & Mechanics’, five per cent; Penn Township, five per cent, This ineludes all the banks in Philadelphia except the North America and Pennsylvania, which declare their dividends in January and July. A. H. Nicolay’s usual semi-weekly sale of stocks and bonds will take place to morrow (Thursday) at half past 12 o'clock, at the Merchants’ Exchange. Tho amount of duties paid on foreign merchandise en- tered at the port of Boston during the month of April, was $680,908 37, In March it was $753,077 84. The warrants entered on the books of the Treasury Department, Washington, on Monday, the 1st instant, For the redemption of stock... $24,334 63 For paying other Treasury debi 8.404 77 Covered into the Treasury from ¢ 1,248,527 91 142\891 01 us ++ 9,888 25 ¢ +. B00 00 It will be recollected that an act of Congress of Febru ary, 1853, directed the coinage of three dollar gold pieces at the mint and branches. Specimens of this coinage haying been pybmitted to and approved by the Segretary firms the trnth of the opinion we have so frequently ex- pressed, that the railroads of Massachusetts have seen their best days as productive investineats. Every year | will show a decrease in their net earnings on cost, and their dividends, when they are drawn only for net in- come, must therefore annually diminish. The following extract from the Grant County (Wiscon- sin) Herald may be interesting to those engaged in the | lead trade. The prospects for the present year (1854,) | appear to be good :— Mineral is worth $40 per 1,000 Ibs. Perhaps some of the smelters pay over $40. This price was paid in some | instances a year ago when a base monopoly in New York run up the price of fend, as in a moment, toa rate warranted by the demand. It is possible th en may be at work again, but we can hardly believe it. Th« rire has been gradual, though at a more rapid rate than ever before, till $7 87 per 100 is arrived at. Monopolies go by the jump, and may be distinguished from rises having genuine causea by mesmeric fits and crippled leaps, such as a wounded frog might exhibit. We have seen no such irregularities, and so must infer the pre sent rire to be caused by genuine laws of trale, No doubt there are several causes in operation to promote the demand and price of lead, among which are the in creased consumption in the manufactaring ani mechanic arte, consequent upon late improvements, such as makin; lead pipes by hydraull wer, lead coating of iron an copper, &.; also, the withdrawal of a large amount of labor, devoted formerly to our lead mines, for California and Australia. The latter consideration. must accoant for a sudden and ruinous diminution in the lead product of the world. This is the time, too, for smelters to be on the lookout. Should they accumulate large amounts of mineral for | future smelting, bought at rates which a future market is liable to undershoot, heavy losses may overtake them. No clase of men can oceupy their nts more profitably by the study of the causes which mast govern the future market of their products than smelters. Tho Pak seat of the lead market isin Liverpool, and w York is only a branch of that market—so that Eu. | r i an causes must be seen to as well as Ame: Present prices of mineral must presently double ou mining forces and the product of our mines. Were tl profits of mining generally known abroad, we believe (he rush for the lead mines of Wisconsin would be like unto that of California in 1852. We cannot say that such a stampede for our mines is desirable, for the price of leat may recede, and then there would be curses uttered in stead of blessings. Miners, work now; lay low, and save your earnings. —Grant County ( Wis.)' Herald The annexed statement exhibits the quantity and value of certain articles exported from this port during the week ending and ineluding Saturday, April 20, 1854, | distinguishing the destinationand extent of shipments | to gach placeine Van NDON. Val Value. Quant. value. 067 Do-mfi.,Ibs.31,975 $5,504 Shoe pegs,bbls | 62 186 90,671 Maple logs.... 16 252 | Hho Hemp, bales., 602 17,630 22.598 Wool:.. 4 1,600 Turpentine, 3,429 4 Oileake, bgs. 8,884 Spts. turpen , 499 13,060 Minerals, e 8 300 Ashi vee 10 244 Clocks. 87 «2,318 800 18,600 Bacon, Ibs. 29,207 71% =19,462 Lard... 7,040 Rum, bbls... 100 2,050 Tallow 6,225 Skins, bdls .. 211 27,811 Cracib 1,112 Ess. oil, cases 32 5,180 Gut. perch.es 41 4,500 | Tobac. hds &tes 77 6,785 Staves ......3,000 203 Total Cotton, bales.2, Corn, bush.45,8 64 Whalebone..24, 125 Cotton, UI Lard, Ibe Bacon Pork, Total boxes Hardware, pk Naila, hogs... of the Treasury, the coins will be immediately put in cir- | Commence or ruz Port or New Yore—Weekiy Exrorrs. Leather cloth. Beef, tierces., 100 Tobacco, bales 236 VENEAUELA. Flour, bbls.. 125 $1,100 Carts. Tar... 20 87 Powder, ¢ D'mestics.pgs 94 1,680 Spars... Oakum, bales, 20 9 Drugs, pkgs... 7 110 Total .....seee. $8,542 NEW GRANADA, Hama, Ibs. .2,8% $320 Flour, bbls... 150 $1,047 ; 142 160 Potatoes . 130 ‘Tallow, lbs. 110 Iron, pkgs 295 Tanks........ 2 117 Copper, cares 2 776 Locomotive.. 1 8,475 Lathe......0. 1 560 Machine ..... 1 220 H'dware,pkes 2 229 S'pbread, bbls 329 2,500 Cotton, bls... 114 241 $7,486 Tobacco, hhda 120 118 2}350 Coffee, bage.1,883 193 1,165 Logwood,tons, $4 1,621 . Wax, coke, 2 280 Rye, bus. .. 6,656 , .9,291 980 Honey, cks. Cider, hhds,. "75 480 Stema, bags.. — Lard oil, bbls, 25 Total .....0s0+5++804,863 CADIZ. 1,718 S.chand’ypgs 2 8476 1,049 — 1/050 Total...... ..... 94,833 MALAGA. Cotton, bls. 47 $2,200 Tobaces, bhils 98) ¢19 50g Staves......15,000 1,871 Do., ‘ens., B55 919908 | Park, hha...’ 5 138 | M. Theo,tbs 10,206 1,063 | TRIESTE. Cotton, bis.. 182 $5,812 S. wood. tons, 98 $1,958 Copper, bags 1,962 23,900 Logwood .... 25 775 Cocoa. . 10 700 Ext. do., c., 48 150 | Rosin, bbls... 160 $20 Manna...... 4 823 | Rum \.....,. 500 6,550 TR. goods.... 22 671 Tobacco, Hihia 63 10,250 Sperm'et bss 87712 Asp'ltm, cks,, 29 mm aos Total .. « ve 62,381 NA Drags, os 47 01,500 Bapar, caset, 9 $208 M. tobiac. oie ine «. Drugs........ 67 9,880 Do. casks. f 20 bs pork Ginseug, bids 69 7,086 Canvass, bales 14 1,670 Flour cbs 250 2.261 Paints, kegs., 90 ‘800 | Domestics pki,044 128,023 Lina’d off, gla 590 400 Shi 368 Ship chandl’y 43 Coal, tons... 700 RRCAPITULATION. $202,046 Br. N. A. Colonies. $55,720 282,658 Br. West Indies 7,657 59,865 British Guiana 16,155 94,463 British Australia,, 111,451 4,333 Caba., cesses 20,978 16,275 Cisplatine Republic 3,413 52,881 Central America... 7,500 14,685 Daniel W. indi 6,389 Duteh W. Iadies,, 27,085 8 China...-ceeieee ++ 178,002 Value of merchandire exported during week ending April 20, 1854.. $1,293,994 De oes tO 541,588 Totplerrryrerersenns $1,925,902 There is nothing particularly interesting or important in the above detailed statement. It is necessary that tht mercantile community should be at all times posted ug relative to the destination of merchandise shipped t¢ foreign ports, that none of the markets should be over- supplied. Had weekly reports of shipments to San Francisdo been published and widely circulated, it might have checked the large exportation, and prevented the glut which has been experienced in that market. The market for all kinds of dry goods is without essen- tial change. Country dealers are not purchasing very freely, nor is there any great activity among local job- bers. Yet, as the supplies of desirable fabrics are mode- rate, and not apt to be soon increased, owners succeed in maintaining previous quotations for popular articles. Brown sheetings and shirtings exhibit no improvement, | bought, at full and buoyant rates. | searcely able to keep pace with the demand. Gin being in fair stock and rather limited demand, at last week’s prices. Bleached goods are moderately dealt in, without affecting their value. Denims seem pretty brisk firm. The amount here is not large. Drills find buyers, at 7c. a Se. for brown, 83¢¢. for bleached, and Ye. a Gc. for blues, per yard. Duel is quickly Manufacturers are | Wh. oily-gal 4;104 Skins, casks... 25 are about the same, being quiet, though steady. Lawas | Sperm oil, .2)481 Furniture,pks 5 are still in good request, and at fair prices. Osnabi are active and firm, though the stock is too small co ee ey reper ssseseesss+ $282,553 | allow of very extensive movements. Printed cloths re- HRITIEN NORTH AMERICAN COLONIES, main inanimate and lavguid in this market, though the ‘Mesaes ten +8 $29,003 Clothing, cs.. 19 $592 | haverecently been more sought after at the eastward. Rye meal... 500 2406 Rice, ter...., 28 719 | The fresh makes of prints are saleablo and steady, but all Cornmeal. 740 2°23 Paint mill. 1 50 | old kinds continue dull and heavy. Stripes and ticks are 8 bread....., 383 1,526 Oil, gallons... 233 206 | sraringly purehased at former figures. We mubjoin — ‘Tar and rosin. $80 "855 Cotton, pk 9 124 | oo perc re statement of the shipments hence of cotton Refi’dsugar.. 70 1,074 Candles, bx#, 25 2 turing four pagar eos 6st: 98h: Te tae eins 560 6,072 Hides, bales, 1 127 | January phen... 347 655 1,716 _ 922 1,895 260 Baek: 20 , 80 851 | February 2,013 "864 8,270 4,799 788 M.tob'co.tbs18,581 a4 253 | March ~ “ 3,348 9,013 6,429 1,698 3,754 iiawen 06600 » 0788 “420 5,205 | April 3,628 7\205 ‘518 7/864 3,906 L. juice, cks..' 2 3 — ww ‘i 7 Total pkgs....6,t158 10,329 18,898 15,534 16,121 8,708 bios: nibh rials bt Total......... $85,720 | Woon da Croductions are still in very slack request, at BRITISH WEST INDIES. erooping rates. Owners appear uneasy under the pres- Ale, bbls..... 15 $112 Lumber, ft. .4,000 sure of their too large and too poor stocks, which might 8.1 4 217 Shingl 52 | be sold by liberal concessions in prices; but this would 407 8. goods, 225 | entail severe losses upon factors, for which they are not of} Trunks . 55 | citogether prepared. Blankets’ have not varied. Some 8,201 Corn, bu 94 | seaconable styles of fancy cassimeres are in fair demand 88 36 | at pretty fullrates. Cloths appear inactive and languid. 103 | Doeskins and fannels manifest no new feature. Jeans 93 | are moderately inquired for, but slightly favor buyers. 109 | Linens appear without change. trade in mouselin de 43 | (dines is at least as brisk as usual at this time of the Poe ate eld a year. Satinets are unaltered. Twools sell slowly at old ik 208 Brandy walls, 140 a2 | §Otations, which, however, are pretty well supporte Candle 182 Ale, tbbis..... 10 6 Stock Excnange. 04 wor Waonksay, May 3, 1854, TOI eos evevee se seaseresestreenecss tres ’ $500 US F867... 122% 200 shs NY Cen RRDS 104) BRITISH GUIANA, 1600 111 Im Stk of 47 90 10 do. -. 1044 Pork, bbls... 904 $9,040 Paper, rem $375 | 2000 San Fran 10pret 101 236, do, Beef, 70 1,150 Brooms, d 100 | 2000 Erie 2d Mge Bds 98 50 0. «B84 of 20 197 Sheep... 654 | 5000 Erie C Uda '71b3 854s 50 Ston’g RR.b4ims 66 Shipbread. 580 2,050 Hay, bales... 20 43 | 1000 Erie Bds of ’83. 88% 50 Hudson RR. 64 Lard, Ibs...12,500 1,406 Corn, bushels 30 24 | 90001 Cen RRBds,. 771; 63NY&NH RR. 90 Cheete, boxes’ 250 "627 ——— | 0500 NYCR Bas exdiy 10 Mich S$ RRex priv 111 Total... eons see seseaseeeeese+ 916,156 | 12 shs Metrop Bank 50 Erie RR........ 70 BRITISH AUSTRALIA, | 15 Corn ExchangeBk 300 Duck, pkgs... 2 $158 Clocks, cases. 31 $534 | 69 Bk of Commerce 300 Tobac., eases, 186 7,440 M. tob., Iba.82, 605 9,471 | 25D & Hud CCoso 100 Flour, bbls... 600 6,081 Cheese .....20,850 | 3 100 Boots, cases... 4 750 Houses 8 300 De laines, 2 432 Carriages » 1 Oysters 600 9,500 Corks, bales.. 91 Iron plates... 187 1,122 Matches, eas., 213 Fish, casei 40 443 Paints, boxes. 20 Mats, bal 27 180 Drugs, pkgs.. 8 Leather, cases 4 860 Cement, Lots. 100 I. R. goods... 25 1,400 W. ware,pks.3,71i Bois + 108 4300 Blzeult, tius.'390 383 See eee a Kk A Machi’ry, ps.. 8 00 Agl. imple’ts. { 322 | ul Pn on “i Paper, casoe.. 6 426 Rellows...... 24 225 | 100 Penn Cl Co, . .b60 10434 Varnish...... 2 100 Furnit., pkgs. 171 2,825 | 500 do. 1034 ae 150 Bricks......20,000 300 | 260 Cum C1Co 28) 150 Lumber,ft.144,000 4,600 | 200 do, Brand; : 45 450 Whiting, bbls.’ 26 645 | 200 do.. Do. gallons..3,620 8,905 H’dware, pks. 808 15,80 | 150 ye I. R. goods, cs’ 26 1,400 ‘Pipes, boxes. 100 117 | 50 Bs Cider.....:.. 60 — '160 Sogars...,..50,000 550 4 200 do... Rum, © 124 Clothing, cs... 1,740 | 20 Potom’e CpCos Butter, 6,794 Syrup........ 100 350 | 100 do.. 160 8. bread, hds. 37 536 <= | bo Par Vv clCo Pie, & pr, e%. GOL 8,755 Total ........+4 $111,451 | $26 do HAYTI. | 200 P'kid fish, bxs 245 $1,619 Soap, bxs...1,050 $1,214 | 559 rot 15 1,667 Tobac. hh 2 789 | 500 N Caro Copper.s3 8,510 Do, bis..... 44 300 Harlem Res... 2,782 Candles, bxs . 60 $30 | 100 0 20 Rome & Water.. 93 406 Bagging, bis.. 3 50 10 Clove, C & Cin RR 1163g 522 Cart... : 100 12 Cleve & Pitts RR 81 147 Biscuit, es 50 400 83 Lumber, ft.4,000 ere tanger eee Dasma! tes 6 S100ONY &NHDBsC6 943; 50 she Erie RR 14 fish, es 2,000 ‘: 1000 Il Cen RRBs 774; a Total... Dessessessesseseseseee s+ 814,680 | 2000 do.....83 17 DANISIL WIST INDIES. Flour, bbls... 188 $1,518 P’kld fish, bls 112 $560 Ship Bread... 10 48 Pork......-.. 10 266 C. mealeasks. 182 8,276 Cheese, bxs.. 67 85 | “5 ef 3. Boots &shsjes 9 586 Hams, tbs...2,500 200 | ,20 she Metropol Bk. 198, Domestica,yes 8 477 Butter, kgs... 16 197 | “So Cley & Tol RR..e 92 Hoops......12,000 319 hy ao Ome ose MINING BOARD. Tobacco, has 1¢0 she Par Vein 15 Pais Balton. sin Dd fish, ewt. 20 7 500 Gardine! 2M P'kd fish, bbls 75 1,066 jardi 2% Herring, 'bxs. 100 65 ‘ 160 Potomac Shooks 870 $4,515 Cecese.,....1,120 $128 | son cy Hoops 1,280 Hadware, pigs.” 17 [le aan rai Poile 1 756 Coal, tons... 620 3,099 ME stsasone >, E 125 Lumber, ff.60.000 ° "920 Steam engine. 1 5,180 Nails, ks... 920 2,225 fron work, ps 33 185 Butter, Ibs. 101 Reef, bbls. 82 Rico, tone... Coase Corn mea 75 Potatoes, bol 125 4 Pork, bbis.... —— “1 pay ened etter transaction: msisted of 8,400 bbls. ordinary to choi RS ees srvs+ $20,018 | Brate at $7 150 $8 25; chichy at $7 8744 a 8 1oig, amie Lumber, feet ++-189,600 $3,410 | @d to fancy Western at $8 264 $3 621s; and other kinds , "| at proportionate prices. Sales were also male of 1,0:0 : F bbls. Cenadian, here and to arrive, at $7 75 a $7 87%; Coal, ton: ++ 1,600 $7,500 | 2.400 bls, £0 hern, chiefly common to good beeen = i | $8 8746 a $9 1249; and 2.409 bbls. Haxall extra, (at ° Shipbread. Butter, Ibs, . 2,038 | meal wero unchanged. There were disposed of 700 Brandy... Soap, bxs 675 843 | buchels damaged Southern wheat at $1 75; and 300 rye Flour... Lard, Ibs..... 566 62 | at $115. Oats varied little. Corn was in active demand, Tobacco, hhds 3 $19 | The operations reached 55,000 bushels, at 8c. for New” Tea, pkgs... 27 744 | Orleans; 81e. 2 823¢e. for mixed: 84e. a 86c. for round Rope, coils... 45 1,177 | yellow and Southern white; and §7c. a 87 se. for Southern Blocks, bills. 26 1,016 | Yetlow, per bushel. Spikes. bags... 19 645 | “ Corrox.—The market was unsettled. The sales only 30 ¥metalcas. 2 315 | embraced 7 bales for export, 435 do. for home use, and . Wine, casks... 72 749 | 800 do. in transitu. Total 742 bales. Duck, bales. . Dried fish,ewt 59 208 Corree.—The market was quiet, with some sales of Rio, Mf. t'b’co, bxs Leather, sides 175 472 | at 111¢.: and 800 bags St. Domingo, at 030. % . Drugs, pgs. 76 401 Fistt.—There were 1,200 quintals dry cod reported sold today, at $350 a $3623, perewt. Mackerel and her- ring were unaltered. REIGHTS. —Freighta were dull. To Live: 1, about 16,000 bushels corn were engaged at 6d. in bulk, for part, with a fraction lower for the remainder. For flour, 2s. was offered, and 2s. 6d. asked; and about 1,800 bales of cotton at 5-1¢d. a 11-32d., with 200 do. Sea Island, at Jad. There continued to be a good demand for vessels for outpor Two vessels were taken up to load at Que- bee for London, at £8 10, and two to load at Jamaica for Cowes and @ market, on private terms. Government engaged 2,500 barrels stores in a veasel for Benicia, Call- fornia, at 48e. per foot. The ordinary rates varied from 60 to 60 cents. To London and Havre rates were quiet and nominal. red of 500 boxes bunch raising. Frurt.—Sales bers = at $275 a $2 85, and 250 bushels peanuts, at $130, with Lea | 25 cases Sardines, at 62;c. a 65e. | The market was firm, with sales of 50 tom at 634c.; Galena wus held at Te. Rockland was procurable to-day at $1 123 for common, and 81 30 for lump, per barrel. Morastes.—We have only to notice sales of 160 hhds Cuba clayed, at 2¢¢. O18.—Whale, sperm, and olive were unchanged. Thé sales of linseed embraced 7,590 gallons, in lots, at 4c. @ 95c., per gallon. Provisioxe.—Pork tended upwards, The business amounted to 500 bils., at 314 50 for mess: and $13 3736 2 $13 60 for prime, per bbl. The sales of cut meat in- cluded 800 boxes long middies, (bone out) at 7c. Of lard, €60 bbls., at O1{c. a 100. Of beef, 400 bMls., at former rates; and 70 tierces mess, at $24, Ohio ‘and State butter wae saleable and firm, at 12c. a 160., and Qe. avée., per lb. Cheese was moderately dealt in, at 10¢e. a 12¢. per Ib. Rrat. Estate.—fales at auction —1 lot on the north side Nineteenth street, 176 feet east of Fourth avenue, 25x02, subject to a lease for 60 years, at $30 per annum, $4,000, Soar.—About 150 boxes Castile realized Ie. a 11140. Ib. PSvGana—The market wax active, considering the state of the Weather, and sales of about'l,500 Lhds. Cuba were made, chiefly at 4%,c. to47c.; 600 do. New Orleans, at de. n43,¢.; 200 do. Porto Rico, nt 45¢0. a Stye.; with 100 do. low graciex New Orleans, bought for refining, at 3%4c. ; and 60 Cuba do., at 3%¢.’ of boxes, 70 brown Havans were gold, at 64/¢.; and 350 do., at ‘ie. ‘Tarrow.—During the prosent week some 15,000 a 20,000 Ihe. have been sold, at 124. ‘Teae.—Subjoined is a detailed report of thin forenoon’s auction:—Hyron—66 half chests, 44a 45¢. ;12 do., 483¢¢. 5 12 do., 88c.; 8 do., 50¢.; 20 do., 89¢.; 21. do. Mice, at do., 883¢¢.; 23 do.) 42.456.; 16 do., 430.; 14 de., 38 m 4Ber; 41 do, 10 a 413%c.; 62 do., de. alf chests, 40¢. impe 10 do., 40¢. ; 209 do., 380.; 9 do. do., 18 hf. bores, at ; 1H half cheats, 38e. 20 fe. T4do., B0e.; 48 do., 29¢.; Gunpowder—11 half chests, ., Oe.; 24 16% Ib. boxes, 580. ; chests, H0e. do., 410.5 a bee; 4 + 86 340.5 do. 6T0.; 8 half chests, 450.; 11d0., 443f¢.; 41 do., 433¢¢,, 58 dow, 48e. | 3B do., 426. . 8 do. “g ib do., 4e.; 16do., 390; 47 do., ba £45 do., B8e.; 15 do, aT ie; 3 do. 96346, Slee MeKRY.—Sales were reportel of 750 bbe. an Prisen, at eigen and 20502. a 27%40., with 75 hhde, drudge, at 26e., usual terms, per gallon. Domestic Markets, New Beprorn On. Manwer, May 1.—Sperm.—The mare ket is very quiet, and we have to notice only a sale of 40 bbls. at $1 50. ‘In Nantucket we hear of asale of 800 bbls; at a price not transpired. Whale.—The has beer good, and prices Lave advanced a trifle since our last. Sales have been made of 3,080 bbls., at 56c., and 1,800 do., at 54 sc., the market closing firm at these rates. We bear of & sale in Stonington, of 2,200 bbls, at 55e. Whalebone —The market has been a KN no change from our last quotations, Sales, 15,000 Ibe, Polar, at 960,