The New York Herald Newspaper, June 15, 1854, Page 2

6f handreds of feet, the beds of lava which had Gowed from the volcano before their ejection. ‘Those who have seen the scoriaceous beds, which buried Pompeii, can form an accurate idea of the geil on which San Salvador was built. ‘The channels of the streams are worn down toa @reat depth through this light and yielding mate- rial, and constitute immense ravines, which render the approaches to the town almost impassible, ex- Cept at the places where gradual passages are cut down on either side, paved with stone, and some- times walled, to keep them from washing out and becoming useless. Some of these approaches are go narrow that it is customary, when mounted, to shout loudly on entering, so a3 to avoid encounter- ing horsemen in the passages, which are frequently so narrow as to preclude either passing or turning back. Sam Salvador has more than once Dwed its safety, in time of war, to these natural fortifications, which confounded the enemy with their intricacies and difficulties, while affording means of defence to the inhabitants. ‘The facility with which the soil above described Washes away has been the cause of considerable Gisasters to San Salvador. During a heavy rain of several days duration, called a“ Temporal,” which Occurred in 1852. which crossed a small stream, flowing through one edge of the town, undermined and ruined, but many houses destroyed in the same manner. One of the principal streets, extending into the suburbs, began to wash at its lower extremity, and the excavation went on so rapidly that no effort could arrest it. A | Considerable part of the street became converted into a huge ravine, into which the houses and gar- dens on either side were precipitated. The exten- sion of the damage was guarded against, when the “pins ceased, by the construction of heavy walls of jasoury, like the faces of a fortification. How se- Jous an undertaking this was regarded, may be in- jred from the fact, that its completion was deem- 3<cf anfficient importance to be announced in the pnual message of the President. San Salvador, like all other Spanish towns, cover21 a large sreain proportion to its population. The houses were built low, none being of more than one , story, with very thick walls, and desigued to resist | | lemnities of the day. On Saturday all was quiet, and | confidence was restored. The people of the neighborhood | assembled, as usual, to celebrate the Passover. The the shocks of earthquakes. Each was built around an inner court, planted with trees and flowers, and fre. quently containing a fountain. To the circumstance of the existence of these courts, the people of San Salvador owe their general preservation, in the late catastrophe, as will be seen from the accounts below given. They afforded ready and secure places pf refuge from the falling dwellings. The population of San Salvador was estimated, in | 1 at 25,000, Including the little towns in its fnvirons, and which were practically a part of it— gach a3 Soyopango, San Marcos; Mexicanos, &c.— fits inhabitants might have been estimated at 30,000. Not only were all the bridges | tarthquake of that year was as violent as that of Providence has epared ews.a debt to Heaven in alle- which has now ruined San Salvador. The latter rea. tay dhs ba amalamalacrecimaed may be compared, in respect of violence, with | Por] v which destroyed Caracces in 1812, and in which ten | ae noindices, pen eeen ere or Or 5 am obliged, at the head of a thousand lives were lost. The great earthquake of | numerous family, to leave the beloved city of my home, | Lisbon, in 1765, was the most terrible one on record, | and seek an asylum elsewhere, but I pray to Heaven to in respect to the loss of human life. In the short | keep me from murmuring, and feel grateful to the Al- space of six minutes more than 60,000 persons were i mighty that he has preserved my life, and the lives of killed. those whom I hold more precious than my own! It is to be observed that the duration of earthquakes Officers of the State, of every grade!—Forget not that is exceedingly short in proportion to the effects | the public servants have now devolved upon them new, | which they produce, and it almos: appears as if the | heavy, and imperious duties! Hesitate at no sacrifice ia amount of the one was in an inverse ratio to the | “charging your obligations; maintain your posts at | other. Tke most destructive shocks are generally | °Y°.0stand hazard; show that in reste oe e884 over ina moment. The earthquake of Caraccas, | so pipe sic peo aa a pally shi aa consisted of three terrific shocks, each one lasting tiquity in heroic deed! | JOSE MARIA SAN MARTIN. but two or three seconds. Those which destroyed —— Runys ov Say Satvapor, April 18, 1854. San aaee did not collectively eee CIRCULAR OF THE MINISTER OF STATE, TO THE secon severe one, experienced by fr, | STATES OF CENTRAL AMERICA, AND TO THE DIPLO- in 1849, lasted only about five mage ou i eee RESIDENT IN THE STATE OF SAN Nevertheless, outside of cities, quakes pro- | ‘Mismsrey o7 Guwenat ons OF ram Gears ov duce no very serious results, and every intelligent | San Poe ee April 18, 1854. } | traveller, in such situations, is rather anxious to _ At balf past ten o'clock on the night of Sunday, the 16th experience one. The sensations which they create inat., the capitol of thia State was entirely ruined bya | are entirely novel, and cannot be described; terrible earthquake; and since not a single edifice has | and he who has felt them in safety may regai rd been left entire, and asit is impossible to remain ina | himzelf as having been favored above his fellows | place where exist only the ruins of what was the city of | San Salvador, his nt has, to-da; | with an entirely new claas of sensations, if not of < r, his Excellency the Preside: J ideas. | directed the removal of the government for the time be- | ing, to the city of Cojutepeque, whore such communica- | The subjoined general account of the earthquake, tions as you may deem proper to make, will be duly re- | with the accompanying documents, is translated | received. In communicating this deplorable intelligence, from an “Extraordinary Bulletin” of the Govern- I have the honor to subscribe myself, your very obedient ment of San Salvador, which has been removed to servant, GREGORIO ARBIZIU. the city of Cojutepeque. : | The government has appointed Srs. Francisco From the ‘Boletin Extraordinario del Gobierno det | Duenas, Eugenio Aguilar, Julio Rossignon, Gen. Salvador” of May 2.) Munoz and others, a commiasion to select a new site RUIN OP THE CITY OF SAN SALVADOR. for the city, ‘ which shall combine the greatest ad- ® * * Quis talia fando vantages, principally from its exemption from such Temperet a lacrimis.—Vinart.. catastrophes as have afflicted and now rained The night of the 16th of April, 1854, will ever be one of | San Salvador, and secondarily with reference to sad and bitter memory for the people of Salvador. On | ” at unfortunate night our happy anf beautifal capitol | Commercial, military, and sanitary advantages: was mace a heap of ruins, Movements of the earth - sinha lees point as near as practicable to | were felt on the morning of Holy Thursday, preceded by | the port of La Libertad. sounds like the rolling of heavy artillery over pavements, | _ The city Council of Cojutepeque have vacated all and like distant thunder. The people were alittlealarmed | the public edifices, transferred the government estan- in consequence of this phenomenon, but it did not prevent | cas of aguardiente and tobacco to the open squares, -them from meeting in the churches to celebrate the so- | 80 as to give room to the homeless fugitives. They call upon the people to open their houses, and to give food to the suffering, and require that the prices of provisions shall be kept at their minimum. | night of Saturday was tranquil, as was also the whole of | To this end they have suspended all city taxes on | Sunday. The heat, it in true, was considerable, but the | $46 entry and sale of provisions, and have taken Armen wa cole ng k eoren Pes idea intend | other prominent and efficient means to afford relief. of the evening nothing unusual occurred; but at | Thia example has been followed by the depart ast nine a severe shock of an earthquake, occurring with- : | ba the usual preliminary noises, alarmed the whole city. | mental capitols, Sta Ana and Suchitoto. Common Pieas—Part I. Many fam’ left their houses and made encampments | in the public squares, while others prepared to pass the Before Hon. Judge Daly. | night in their respective court yards. ACTION FOR BREACH OF CONTRACT ON PASSAGE TO | Finally, at ten minutes to eleven, without premonition | SAN FRANCISCO. : | i +4 June 14. Law and others vs. Cornelius Vander- of any kind, the earth began to heave and tremble with | bill This © 3 oceupled the Court for some days | | auch fearful force that in ten seconds the entire city | past, and similar to other actions tried against the same | mame, wherefrom, when sailed, where bound, | ing us rapidly; acon after breakfast he came along- Tt was the seat of a Bishopric, with a large and | yas prostrated. The crashing of houses and churches beautiful Cathedral chureh; the seat of the State | stunned the ears of the terrified inhabitants, while ‘a | Government, and of a large and flourishing Univer- | cloud of dust from the falling ruins enveloped them in Bity, the buildings for which were only finished | a pall of impenetrable darkness, Not a drop of water about a yearago. It had also a female eeminary, | could be got to relieve the half-choked and suffocating, | defendant. The plaintiff complains that he made a con- tract with the agent of Mr. Vanderbilt to be conveyed | from New York to San Francisco by the Isthmus route; | that on arriving at San Juan del Sur, from which place he | was to have been conveyed to San Francisco in the steam- ship North America,no vessel was there by which hecould | be conveyed, and he had to remain there five weeks suffer- several hospitals, and numbered some eight or | for the wells and fountains were filled up or made dry. | The clock tower of the Cathedral carried a great part of | the edifice with it im its full. The towers of the church a ee | of San Francisco erushed the Episcopal Oratory and part | sickness in & | of the palace. The church of Santo Domingo was buried | beneath its towers, and the college of the | Assumption was entirely ruined. The new and beauti- | fal edifice of the University was demolished. The | Church of the Merced separated in the centre, and its walls fell outwardto the ground. Of the private houses | ten churches. Im 1852, a very large and beautiful cemetery, with a fine facade, and @epeadent chapels, wae constracted. Two aque Qucts, one of which is five miles in length, supplied the city with water. It was also a place of con- Biderable and improving trade. The late President, Sr. Duetias, whatever may be said of his politics, which were reactionary, ated the value of material progress, and encouraged it by all the means at his command. Under his auspices a cart road was surveyed, and car” f not quite, toa successful conclusion, from the city to its port om the Pacific, called La Libertad, a distance of about twenty-two miles. | This, in a country where the best roads are hardly ‘qual to what we would here call cattle paths, was eitainly no inconsiderable advance. ‘The market of San Salvador was well supplied from he numerous Indian villages around it ; and not a Jay passed when there were not 1,500 or 2,000 people wafficking in the principal sqtare. On feast days, and on the occasions of the Fairs, such as that fall- ing on the anniversary of the victory of Alvarado, whence the city derived its mame, the town over- flowed, not only with people gathered from within a radius of fifty leagues, but with foreigners and merchants from every part of Central America. At these Fairs, the accounts between dealers were ad- justed, and contracts, sales, and purcha:es made for the ensuing year; the whole concurrence and bustle contrasting strangely with the usual monotony and | quiet. With the exception of the central and paved Part of the city, San Salvador was eminently sylvan, being literally embowered in tropical fruit trees The red-roofed dwellings, closely shut in with evergreen hedges of cactus, shadowed over by paim and orange trees, with a dense background of deep green, brord-leavyed plantains, almost @inking bencath their heavy clusters of golden fruit, looked more like the retreats of Paradise than anything which our cold, northern fancies could picture as earthly abodes. A ride, in the cool of the morning, or when the dews of the evening be- gan to fali,and the sky seemed bathed in molten gold, through the thousand well-worn paths, arched over with verdure, to the little towns of Mexicanos | or San Marcos, nestling, with their picturesque churches, in a natural bower, was one of those rare enjoyments which compensate for the weary journeys, the hunger, the fatigue, and the annoy- arces of travel under the tropics. Claimed—of sights widely different—one such ride is worth ‘ten years of common life,” and af- forda a lasting source of gratifying and pleasurable recollection. Onc view of such pictures of nature, under her loveliest forms, remains “a joy forever.” And in recalling them, it seems impossible that those retreats, so quictly beautiful, are now aban- doned and desolate—that the great square is de- serted, andthat a silence, unbroken even by the fall of water from the lately glittering fountains, eejgns over the ruined and deserted, but once busy £0 beantiful city of * Our Saviour!” ft will be seen, from the following account of the Ptastrophe of April 16, that the work of devasta- | ‘on was accomplished in the brief space of ten tconds, Fortunately a premonitory shock had led the wary inhabitants to abandon their houses, and feek aafety in the public squares and in the court yards of their houses, Had it not been for this the loss of life would, of necessity, have been immense. A similar earthquake in New York would not leave one person in a thonsand alive to tell the tale of its destruction. The terrific throes of the earth can, Perhaps, be in some degree estimated by those who have never witnessed, or rather never felt, an earthquake, when they are told that the walls of the houses of San Salvador were never less than three feet in thickness, while those of the principal edi- fices were never less than four feet thick, ana withal seldom more than twelve feet in height. Ii these Solid structures were shaken down, like the houses Which the child constructs of cards, what would be the inevitable fate of ours, which are regarded as well-built if they continue to stand alone ? San Salvador has suffered greatly in past times from earthyuakes. Severe ones are recorded as having occurred in the years 1575, 1593, 1625, 1656, and 1798, Another, which occurred in 1839, shat- tered the city, and led the people to think of aban- doning it. The volcano bas also, several times, thrown out sand, and, threatened general devasta- tioa. Bat none of the carthyuakes alluded to were com- | parable in violence with that now recorded. It will be seen that the event has inspired so profound a terror, that the people do not propose to retarn again to the same site, but to select a new locality for their capitol. In this they follow the example of the people of Guatemala, which city was origi- Dilly built at a place now called the Antigna, or old @lty. In 1775 an earthquake occurred of such vio- | fence ®* nearly to ruin the town, which was re- ae! in coneequence. Tt mty he Tehted 1, nevertheless appreci- | As Scott ex- | ing very much from severe sickness, Ultimately the plain- tiff returned to New York, and now seeks to recover the | '$250) which he paid to be brought to San | e expenses attendant on his a, and sickness in San Juan del Sur. Da 3 wore laid at $2,500. For the defence it was contended that Mr. Van- derbilt’s agent had only contracted to carry the plaintiff rt of the way, and that his agent also acted as agent | for another soanpay we forwarded passengers part of the way, and.that agent had given the plaintiff sepa- | rate tickets for the different parts of the route. The fendant also submitted that the delay of laintif was caused by the shipwreck of the a few wore left standing, but all were rendered uninha- | North, America, on her ‘passage to San Francisco. | | Vitable, It is worthy of remark that the walls left | ie Court char, Ben a perteored company — | standing are old ones; all those of modern constrastion | poli oi: ae wind ge vse some “4 | have fallen, The public edifices of the government and | tart ho eceees the person With: whour the-cbutact was made, and is responsible for any breach of it. If the loss of the North America was the result of inevitable | accident, not owing to human agency, and above human | control, then the defendant would be lisble only for the passage money, unless he or his agents could have cured other means to transmit the plaintiff to San Fran- | cisco. The plaintiff, however, was entitied to recover | the $2560 he paid for Se pee out, aud what he paid felursing to. NewYork. ‘The jury renered s verdict uring to New » The jury rene ‘2 verdic' | Solemn snd terrible was the pictare presented onthe | faint of $416, together with the interest on $250 | dark.fonereal night,of a whole people clustering in the pla | since the 5th of March, 1862. vas, and on their knees crying with loud voices to Heave: | SPECIAL TERM. for mercy, or in ogonizing accents calling for their children | 2 on , Defore Judge Woodrui. A é : i JoNE 14—Join ‘iiliams vs. Zhe Insurance Com- ibn felende; qin hay, Deaves 0S erage ree a pany of North America. Action to tecover for insurance | the ruins! A heaven opaque and ominous; a movement | Giected by the plainti® with the defendants “for ac- of the earth rapid and unequal, causing a terror indes- | count of whom it may concern—loss, if any. payable to scribe ble: an intense sulphurous odor filling the atmos- him,” to the amount of $5,000 upon freight valued at | plere, and indicating an approaching eraption of the vol- | the sum insured, carried or not carried for twelve calen- ; cano; streets filled with rains or overhung by threaten- | dsr wonths on board the Leslee General Warren. | ing walls; a suffocating cloud of aust almost rendering The defendant demurred to the complaint, on the | respiration impossible. Such was the spectacle presented | ground that the plaintiff had not stated facts sufficient toconstitute a cause of action. Held, that since the by the unhappy city on that memorable and awful night! A hundred boys were shut up in the college, | city shared the common destruction. The devastation was effected, as we have said, in the | first ten seconds; for although the succceding shocks | were tremendous and accompanied by fearful rumblings | | beneath our feet, they had comparatively trifling results, | | for the reason that the first had left but little for their | ravages. saves of the act relating to wages, &c. (1 Rev. Stat. sec. 89 10), it is necessary that the plaintiff, in de- | claring upon a policy of insurance, which on its face not im i many invalids crowded the hospitals, and the | $00, ace ne eteceet 8 Bie oe een barracks were full of soldiers. The sense of th | terest to be protected thereby, in such a sense that the | imsurance operated as a security or indemnity to protect him from loss by the perils insured against. Ju it for the defendants on the demurrer, with the usual leave to the plaintiffs to amend within twenty days on | payment of costs. Kidnappers About. So says the Boston Commontrealth, an abolition boson eg) thus expresses its fears and sentiments:— catastrophe which must have befallen them, gave poignancy to the first moments of reflection after the earthquake was over. It was believed that at least | | a fourth part of the inhabitants had been buried beneath | the ruins, The members of the government, however, hastened to ascertain, as far as practicable the extent of | | the catastrophe, and to quiet the public mind. It was | | found that the loss of life had been much less than was | that the kidnappers have made _ | supposed, and it now appears probable that the number | ments for extensive operations in this State. bg 3 of the killed will not exceed one hunired, and of wound- | or three cangs of them are now prowling about tl ed fifty. Among the latter is the Bishop, who received State. They have visited Worcester, where they dia their health. They wi Lowe! Satarda: Duenas; a daughter of the President, and the wite of the | where they felt aurs of steath pipe Bay pkg Secretary of the Legislative Chambers—the latter se- | Moore, who, they say, escaped from Virginia twelve verely. bred ago; but they did not find him; a despatch Fortunately, the earthquake has not been follow. | from Manchester, N. H., says he left that place for rtunity to | Ctnadaon Monday morning. A few days since, a , hed which gives an opportunity | fugitive, whom the bloodbounds did catch, was found disinter the public archives, as also many of in Lynn, we are told where he was taken on board a the valuables contained in the dwellings of the citizens. | coaster and sent off to the British provinces. We in- The movements of the earth still continue, withstrong cline to think that the atmos; of Lynn might . shocks, andthe people, fearing a general swallowing up | not be yery wholesome for kidnappers. Some of of the site of the city, or that it may be buried under | ad Cp ! pirates are son eet Die anew en ook some sudden eruption of the volcano, are hastening t ecree gone away, taking with them their household gods, the sweet panite uber place. “The Standard, of last | memories of their infancy, and their domestic animals, | i oace assed from reliable sources, that ee perhaps the only property left for the support of their | made to seize a negro in this city under the \- families, exclaiming with Virgil, “Nos patriae fines et | dear ratios ater tire nedsratine haa gone taih tonne dulcia linquimus arva." | peor pean ipnen that New Bedford must be humbled as e| PROCLAMATION OF THE PRESIDENT OF SAN SAL- | Resys taeeiseck eee pinkie is ol. vapor. | ored citizens, and advises the poor trembling men The President of the Sta'e of Salvador to its Inhabitants: | atd women whom these villains would steal, to leave Fsriow Crrmeys:—I speak to ‘you amidst the ruins of | for Canada. Slavery is king in Massachusetts, and our beautiful capitol, under the weight of the heavy dis- bad = to say the word to put our soil under mar- | | aay | w. Perhaps those towns in Massachusetts | aster which overtook us on the fatal night of Sunday, ' that may undertake to celebrate the Fourth of | the 16th of April. A fearful earthquake destroyed, ia July, this year, can engage these kidnappers as | the brief space of ten seconds, all the buildings of the | orators. city, plunged an infinite number of families in misery, | ANOTHER ATTEMPT TO KIDXAP AT LAWRENCE, MASS. and has driven them abroad to scck a shelter elsewhere. —TAE EXCITEMENT INCRKASING. Cowprchending the full extent of the ealamity which has | [From the Boston Bee, Suse’ 18.) befallen the people of the city, the gorernment cau only fever to kidnap. The Irish are ferocious. On Sun- offer the consolation that it will neglect no means to se- ley they attempted another of their girl-stealings. | cure such property as has been saved from the ruins, and | While on her way to church, in company with some the family of Art ITs, f th they not only rely upon the co-operation of the people Baptist ec eva; was eviead Ey hes ilee sab some j Fesiding near the capitol, but depend upon them to neglec: | others, and the attempt was made to brutally force | no means of affording relief to the sufferers. The govern ppers SonrT uae that pier cout not Mage to give efficiency to the measures which will be taken to | their ol » speedily abandoned it. le act, as build up anew the city of San Salvador, ia some place eat it was atrocious, created a good deal of ex- offering better conditions than the present site, and | that the girl should be taken away from the family quakes, I invoke the All-Powerful to lend His Divine aid | of Deacon Parker, by foul means or fair. The whole | to this consummation, and influence the minds of the pec- | Cause of this outrage lies in the fnct that the ple of the capitol, that they ball not disperse in suc! asevere blow on the head; the late President, Senor | HOt stay long, the atmosphere not agreeing In awrence there appears just now a decided to maintain public tranquillity and order. In doing this, | Children, a girl about fifteen years old, who lived in H her away. The girls, however, raised an alarm, and ment relies upon the general patriotism and public spirit | the kid Threats n it which will be less subject to the devastations of earth- nde a ee A Mell alt ay sag 4 sometime since renounced the Catholic religion, | manner as to make their new concentration impossible. | Pode me nny been | a constant attendant at | "Tahal loee no time tm despatching comuistioners to | ‘te Deptist church, Tt wae thi exercise of | examine and report upon localities whereon to found tho | these howling “Creeks” down upon her, who thas | new city; nor delay in communicating the result to the attempted to steal her at noonday, in the open | public, so that they may again unite as friends in that streets of Lawrence, We do not wonder that | happy brotherhood in which they hare hitherto live | citizens are exasperated at such outrages. They | wi be less than men if they were not. | ana prospered. To this end, it behooves all to seck for | "We'sesen that the gitl in question 4s intelligent, | pecuniary and other aid, alike within and without the | pright, and atout-minded. She thinks the Protes- | State; and, above all, it is becoming in them to sabmit tant retigion worth a dozen of the Roman Catholic | with humble resignation to the inscrutable visitations of , sort. We honor her spumk and her sense. We | Him, who disposes of the earth and ite people gecording | *hould jndge that it would take but a few more such to his own wise designs! | acts as these to put ia extreme jeopardy those who | ctice them, | The enlamity which weighs upon this peopte teheary; | Practice Mem A death threatened them in its most terrible form, when Rt} Srivip’ i rast — Last MA emmey Pg | the earth opened its depths, as if to bury them in its un- , © ClOC%, in Second reet, South Boston, a sligt ia- known abyae; but onr common Father has presceved us, | Dute occured between two Irishmen, which attract: A coqutzen thous us the fextlinds of ate te large number of apectators. A rumor was spread poo ; ortitule of men, and the re that a row waa in progress, and in less than ten signation of Chri | minutes a crowd mumbering at least two thousand | People of the Depsrtments!—Thisisatime for youtoex | foreigners was gathered from all directions, spclud- nda p Ing hand to your brethren of Son Salvador, | 1G & ‘arge Aciogation from fea street. Capt. Phil- whoare driven forth Lelpless, with nocovers to theic heads | ¥tiCk with ten police officers was promptly on hand and orreaged hia forces so aa to prevent any dis | turbance. Not @ blow was struck during the whole | sMair, nor an unlawfyl act committed, and at nine | o'clock the crowd had dispersed as quintic as‘? qa wored.—Pacinn Traveller June 1% of and without a pie No opportunity Yread to give to their ohitiren! ce appropriate than the pre of th briathao, sad ome an of pro- | room, easy chairs, and a very nice ve! of | everyt! | fietLicctenant | either let us | said the steamer that fired at us first, spoke him, but | said nothing about detaining him, about stop; | hu to Jin | the 4 s | in sight, which the officer said was either the St. ane Fi; ing Cui Gosoribing the incidents ers, a ot abip from Cro! it, in Passing British Beet, and the visit of the captain and of the writer to the Admiral’s ship. EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM ON BOARD THE SHIP FLYING CHILDERS. Exsrvors, May 24, 1854. Left Cronstadt Sanday, P. M. the 14th of May, in tow ofa small steamer; the ship was dec! out 3 with all her and looked very prettily; as we came near the Admiral he set his colors; we dipped all of ours, and gave cheera; he returned —vel conmplimacnteny of the igi cast off the little tug, which oft, only being able to move us through the water some two miles an hour, as the wind was ahead and strong. 17th.—About five in the morning the Captain waked me, 88) there were two men of war in sight. Helsingto they Mr thnnot ap poboie i nly fore, they up steam, only one came after us. “A little astern of brig, which rounded to as the steamer came up with her, then a boat was tched fall of men, ap- to the teeth, and we watched with a to gee the Russian colors low- Seka hoisted ; but that event did not take place gh the brig still lay to. Though light, we only four knots, it took the steamer some time to catch us, but at last he came along side, and we backed our main yard ; we had before our colors, and set our numbers, He hailed us, and said he would send us a boat, but would not detain us long. A lieutenant cameon board with a book, in which he set down our i what cargo, how many men, and who were the owners; could give us no news, had no orders to stop neutrals, did not know what to do with the Russian brig they had just sto » but Soma they shouid hang on to her until they heard from the admiral. They wished us @ pleasant voyage, and we parted. It was the pad- die-wheel steamer Hecla, one of the veasels the Ea ing Childers beat in going wR her consort was the Boh es ie Hecla, after leaving us, boarded a Si brig, put a prize master on board, has taken her. le the Russian, where bef both lay with their fore-to] to the masts, and is now going over towards Port Baltic, distant fifteen miles. The wind continued light all day. Towards eve- ning we made two vessela ahead; one was a bri; which had Russian colors fi; '; we spoke him, ani — i ae ee pe vag ha et of emp and grain. ie other was the 100) otwae Dauntless; when we were within Beira mile of her she lowered two boats, one of which boarded us, the otherthe brig. We gave him the same infor- mation we had given the others, aud he told us we should probably see the advanced division of the fleet in the morning; the brig they detained. Early in the 18th.—Quite an eventful day. morning made ahead twelve men-of-war, and it was truly a splendid sight, one of them was a monster indeed, the rest looked like little saii boats around him. Pretty soon we saw a little steamer approach- side, sent his boat on board and obtained the same information we had given the others; then we asked what were the names of the vessels in \4 one of them was the Duke as we thought; Ienclose the list:—After the Lightning, the name of the lit- tle steamer, had got all she wanted, away she went to communicate the news; as we ‘came up to the fleet we dipped our flag to the Admiral, he returned it, we also dipped it to the F , the Anster- litz, who returned it twice. In about an hour the and said the little eae came alongside again Admiral wished to see the Captain on board, I asked for permission to accompany him which was readily ited. We went+on board the steamer, taking the Pilot with us, and leaving the ship in the first officer's care and .were soon on | board of the mammoth Dake of Wellington; when we came alongside, it looked as if it were a good days journey to her upper deck, but we | shortened it by entering throngh a port on the third H deck, from there we were con: to Sir Charles’ cabin, which was on the second deck; he received | us very kindly, shook hands, said he ho) he was | not detaining us, but was very anxious to obtain in- formation about the Russians; while the Capt. was | Cust answering his questions, | roamed about his cabin | sight seeing—and the old fellow is about as | comfortable there as he would be at h running round his stern windows. He said the blockade went on the 12th, but that vessels were al- lowed until the 15th to come out, therefore that we were all right, but had just saved ourselves; afterhe had ee us dry he asked if we should not like to see the ship, we of course said yes, and he sent the Flag Lieutenant around with us. We went all over her, from her poop toher kelson, and were yery much pleased: her engine and muchinery are all below the water mark, with her coal bunkers abreast, thus | protecting them in a measure from all harm: her | | | | screw was a grand machine, but you have probably | read all about her, 150 guns, 1,150 men. After we | had been over her, the officers ‘took us into their | wardroom, and gave us a tiffin; then, as we were | leaving, the Admiral sent for us, and we took a glass | of wine with him; then he bade us good bye, wished | us a pleasant voyage, and off we went. We lost | | { | | sight of the fleet about six, in the meantime the Sherwood, which left Cronstadt with us, and the Russian brig which they had allowed to pass, had come up end were within two or three of us. Abont half-past six we made three more sails ahead, but way up to windward; at ei; one of them fired Hl agun, but as she was some six miles off, we were | not going to lie to some two or three hours, for her _ to fan along to us, so we continued on; feet soon | he fired another; the bi rounded to, but we atill continued on; we told him with our signals that we had been boarded by the Duke, but that did not satisfy him, for, as we afterwards found, he made si; to a steamer astern of him, to cut us off, which the fellow ma d to do and about eleven he was right ahead us, fired a , and we, of course, had to heave to; then, after some time he sent a boat, the officer came on board and said, ‘‘ Captain I have orders to tarn you ; back.” “TI cannot take your orders, sir, as Sir pbs Pines h per op shipthrough;” | that seemed to stagger him, and aftera little conver- | sation the captain and I went on board the steamer | to see what her commander meant; he said he had | orders to stop all vessels after the 15th; we ex- lained to him that vessels were allowed until the | ‘Sth to leave Russian perts, and that we had been through by the Admiral not eight hours ago; e repeated he had strict orders from Sir Charles to after the 15th, but consulting with he concluded to let us pass. We told him that we would not go back, that he mast on or make a prize of us; he chose the former. Sn the meantime the bark had gone | by us, but we soon caught her again; her captain , BO we have come to the conclusion that our man did not understand his orders, or that he wished to annoy us, for not obeying the first two guns. The name of the steamer that ordered us back was the Desperate. 19th.—Thick fog all the afternoon; when it cleared out, about six, we saw a steamer paddling after us as fast as she could come; she came alongside about | eight, eent her boat on board, and the officer asked if we could give any news of the fleet; said nothing | by but ce tobe in a at fleet. name of this vessel was At the same time there was a liner George, 120 guns, or the Nile, 90 guns; the latter fired a whole broadside in the night, which made our ships tremble like an aspen; but did not board us, 20th, almost calins, 21st, light head winds and calms all dey; saw a re many transports bound up. 23d, wind fair all day; ninety miles from Etsi- nore. We are now down to the regions where light- honses are lighted aud where vessela can move about without being chased or fired at. This morn- ing a market boat came al ‘ide, and we obtained a good supply of the luxuries of life; hardly out long enough to appreciate them. Tar West Fitiiva Ur.—Our streets are throng- ed with emigrants for California, and business of all ki: is lively and profitable. Persons from different sections of the conntry are as to settle on our vacant lands, ond every a) rance indicates a large accession to the present population of this fertile valley. Numerous town lots have been sold io St. Mary within the last two weeks, and not less than twenty houses put under con- ba to lod aie & the No mer on eens |. Property is ray increasing in value. our citizens was offered fifty dollars an acre for forty acres, one-half mile from St. Mary, which he refused. © The im- ‘tances of this location is now so well known, that very risk is incurred in making arrangements for carry- kinds of business needfpl in a civilized com- j—St Mary, Inca, Gartte, May 31. Friars mm New Onteays.—At an early hour on Sunday morni a bakery bel to Lewis Filts, sit- uated on Race treat, near Magarine. was destroyed by fire. Near the same hour, a building on Commerce, street, next to the corner of | afarette street. occupied as o depot for gunny bags by Messrs. Belknap & Lowber, There’ were nearly 210,000 bales of gunny bags, tho whole of which were either burned or so injured, as to be worthless hare been worth something like $60,000, on »b derstand th i of $40,000. The Gre extended ¢ street, and in its course burned a store, u Tafarette street, between the oth property belongad to Rdra-4 Shitte. daz, Moutgomecy Holl waa gutted. — Dea, June 6. The Fastom (Me) Garwie ataton that aacw ave dotormiaed not fo crt wheatYhis year for les pr ia \ wil nom avo siroady heen offered that ™ vb farses ‘iss ovine’ ‘9 dens of ath, FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL, MOSEY MARKET. ‘Wepsuspar, June 14—6 P. There was @ very heavy market at the opening this morning, 60 faras prices were concerned, but in opera- tions there was considerable activity. All the leading fancies were freely offered, and sold at lower prices. Nicaragua and Cumberland fell off a fraction with the rest, and closed at a decline. Canton Co. receded 4 per cent; Mlinois Central Bonds, 4; Nicaragua Transit, Railroad, 3%; Michigan Central Railroad, %{; Reading Railroad, 3;; Hudson Railroad, 1; New Haven 1; Northern Indiana Construction, 5. There appeared to be a pretty general disposition to sell, and more cash stock was offered than usual. Mining stocks have lately been steadily settling down, and some of them have be- come very much depressed. We do not know whether the causes operating upon the stock market will become permanent or not, or acquire greater strength, but it ap- pears to us that prices for many of the leading fancies are already sufficiently depressed to justify purchasers for investment, or to deter holders from selling. It is a long time since Erie, Harlem, Hud- son River, New Haven, and Reading Railroads have been so low as at present, and there is not, in fact, any good reason why they should have become #0 much reduced. Sofaras the earnings of the different companies are concerned, they never were greater, and if receipts from traffic are a criterion, the finances of each were never in a better condition. Harlem cannot be otherwise than a good purchase at its present market value, The sale of bonds just made was upon most favorable terms, and many of the bonds were taken on foreign account. One large capitalist of this city took one million of dollars under circumstances which speak well for the company’s credit. The expenditures re- quired for erecting new and substantial bridges have all been made, and the net earnings of the road are more than equal to the dividend paid. The old stock at cur- rent rates is more than one-eighth per cent investment, with all the margin for improvement. We do not know of another railroad stock on the list with such a margin in favor of purchasers as Harlem, It is the lowest divi- dend paying railroad stock on the market, and is fifteen per cent below the Hudson Railroad which pays nothing, and nearly forty per cent below the New Haven Railroad which has passed three dividends, and likely to pass a good many more. The steamship Asia, from this port for Liverpool, this morning, carried out $767,972 74 in spesie. The Hartford Fire Insurance Company have declared a semi-annual dividend of ten dollars per share, A. H. Nicolay’s semi-weekly auction sale of stocks and bonds will take place, as usual, to-morrow, at half past twelve o’clock at the Merchants’ Exchange. On his catalogue are 200 shares of the Empire Stone Dressing Company, assigned as collateral security, to be sold by order of those to whom it was pledged. The adjourned meeting of the stockholders of the Ship Timber Bending Company assembled yesterday, when the report of the committee was read, adopted and or- dered to be filed. The report speaks in favorable terms of the prospects, working order, and financial condition of the company, and was well received by the assembled stockholders. ‘The receipts at the office of the Assistant Treasurer of the port of New York this day, June 14, were $172,526 67; the payments amounted to $75,898 44; leaving a balance on hand of $8,971,200 16. ‘The warrants entered at the Treasury Department, ‘Washington, on Monday, the 12th inst., were:— For the redemption of stocks $87,963 64 For the payment of other Tr 528 61 For the customs... 840 00 Covered into the treas 42,644 69 Covered into the treasury from lands. 477,342 66 Covered into the treasury from miscellaneous ++ 7,102 28 8,127 06 ‘The drafts registered during the week ending the 10th inst., were :— Interior ot lands... Redemption of the public debt joms. Total...ccssesesseeeees ‘The European advices by the steamship Arabia at this port frem Liverpool have had rather a depressing effect uyon our local markets, rotwithstanding their favorable character. The advance iu consols and in breadstuffs, and the steadiness in quotations for cotton, appear t> have hadan effect just contrary to what might have been anticipated. Speculation in the London Stock Ex- change has had more influence on the price of consols than all the preparations for war, or the actual com- mencement of hostilities. Untilvery lately the bear in- fluence was been in the ascendancy, and quotations steadily run down. The London News of the 2d inst. says:—‘‘ As an illustration of the prevalent tendency of speculation for the moment, it may be mentioned that yesterday a leading member of the house gave 9-16 for the ‘call’ of £140,000 consols at 9214 for the July account (of course including the dividend). In other words, a rise to the extent of 9-16 above 92! must take place be- fore the operator in question can realize any profit, as the transaction now stands. Hisadvantage is that in any cane the extent of his loss will be 9-16 per cent. Stock, however, is more plentiful, and present prices seem to be inducing realizations; for instance, yesterday a bona fide sale of £130,000 consols was made ‘in a line.’ Money vas | rather easier in the house than yesterday, but some Pressure was observed in the morning, prior te the pur- chase, by the chancery broker, and money at one time commanded five per cent on all classes of government stock.” The bulls have turned the tide against them, and in the face of a stoadily increasing stringency in the money market, we find an improvement in prices reported by every steamer. With regard to the general state of the money market during the past month, the following is extracted from the London Bankers’ Magazine :— The events of the month, in connection with financial affaire, have proved of more than ordinary Le ae In the midst of the alarm created by the unsettled posi- tion of the Bank of England, and the continuous drain of specie to the continent, the Chancellor of the Exchequer has completed his negotiation for the introduction of £2,000,000 of Exchequer bonds, and has taken power to Teeruit an issue of £4,000,000 more till such period as from tncreased taxation shall be received. Almost concurrentl; Ascount to, per "cent to arrest the tecteasing deraand unt to 5}, fo a) ie na for pyre mm; not, however, before they ences- vored, by sales of stock and other its, to im- their situation. The state of their accounts has ‘en a source of solicitude from week to week, the declension in the reserve, the decrease of bullion, | and the iccrease in private securities, being the items which have naturally attracted attention; and to the present time, although the amount of unissued notes preseut a more healthy total, apprehensions are entertained that further restrictive measures will be necessary. Temporarily, the exports of gold have di- tmoinished, and supplies to meet any partial renewal of shipments have been opportunely received from Ans- tralia and America; but while the foreign exchanges present symptoms of im: t, the internal demand continues considerable, and is not likely for the present materially to abate. The continuance of the war will keep money at high rat nd. notwithstanding the closer alliance with Austria and Prussia, which must greatly enhance the strength of opposition arrayod it the Czar, some time will, under the most aus- ions circumstances, have to clapse before a 168, satisfactory to ail parties, can be concinded. 3 de- mand for accommodation in Lombard street has becn particularly active at rates from a shade above the Baok minimum to 6 per cent for short first class Other descriptions cannot be discounted under 6%, and 7 per cent. The allowance for its is 41, per cent, and bi | may be obtained in cases where an arrangement for a fixed period is completed. The statistica Jately collected by the Secretary of the Treasury present some interesting facts. According to the statement of Mr. Crawford the amount of specie in the country in 1820 was only $37,900,000. Product of the mines from that date to 1849, $27,705,250 t of epecie from 1820 to i Eioamoested to 252,169,841 Exported during the 180,462,406 Leaving an excees of imports over exports of MONE OBS jesvsvos.vetes acd hhed 71,707,483 In the country on tho Ist Janury, 1840... 122 412,686. Supply from the mines from 184% to 1864... 1w4.363,11T Tmported in same time 25,508,774 143,254,578 | Exported from the country between January 1849, and January 1864 +. 112,605,574 Specie in the country, in January 1854, $230,599, 502— being one hundred and eight millions of dollars more in the country now than in 1849. But there are large amounts of nioney brought into the country that cannot appear in statisticnl tables. It is estimated that over $50,000,000 in coin have been brought in by immigrants since 1840, Of the two handred and thirty millions in specte in the country now, a little less than sixty millions is in the banks ttle more than twenty seven millions in the ational tr and the balance is in cireula- tion, or hoarded up by private owners. The gold and silver in circulation is over one hundred and forty three mililon of do’ lara now, and the cireulation of bamk | ia vet one Lnndved and ninety-four million dot Togebher thay manus over thoes arndred and thirty. eight million dollars as the active money, atthe present time, ‘The traffic in dry goods his week noticeable feature, excepting such as referred to. The current movements timited, and, a1 there remains on hand| ‘Smount of undesirable fabrics, which to dispose of, prices are quite i.regular, } in most cases, every oristing advantage. Brown sheetings and shirtings are dull hibiting a slight downward tendency. fre in slack request, at languid rates. makes of denims are saleable and firm. fair demand, at former quotations. good inquiry for duck, at steady prices. moderately dealt in, but are not quite so tors having made some alight concessi secure purchasers. Lawns are about burgs are less in request, and without ‘ncy im price. Printing cloths are dull Prints remain inactive and languid. 8t1 are in tolerably good demand, but at pend a comparative statement of hence, of cotton goods, during six months 1853, 1854. Deal 260 1 788 4 3,754 3,906 i 6,121 . Ur 15,976 We havo nothing new to notice und woollen goods. Blankets are still negl by distant buyers, whe, where bargains sre not reluctant to take hold. Cassime} are sparingly purchased at irregular pri: supply in market is fair and freely tender and flannels remain as previously represen not much doing in jeans or linseys; but fq are sustained, the stock being rather de laines are without variation. Satine! rule quiet and are tending downwards. In foreign productions, there is not sui to merit 9 lengthened notice. Seasonab! steadily dealt in by local jobbers, as these of such “and pay full rates for them. Bi inquiry for undesirable or inferior goods, the plentiest, and cannot be sold excep suction rooms and at very low prices. for the fall trade now being made indic. dence and care on the part ef our importe) class, have recently conducted their bri goods business with considerable skill and We hope they will not relax in their effa spect, as their security and example cann a beneficial effect upon the trade in gener: i $1000 Erie Inc Bas... 50 shsCumb | 1000 I Cen RR Bds 763% 260 do.. 10000 do......... 1656 40CONYCen RRBsb3 853¢ 80 shsBk of Com’rce 106: itan Bk. tinentalBk.s3 3 SRSENNeese ss BUA IKARSRRRR RRR Sees a = 86} 243 psy 27s 104 35. 36 35) 3 1 500 Peni 117 NY Cen RR. Asnxz.—Abcut 100 bbls. changed hands pots, and $5 60 for pearls, per 100 Ibs. Bagapstorrs.—Flour was in better 4 dearer. The day’s transactions reached 9,00 rior State,at$7 623; » $7 8714; ofdinary to jixed to fancy Western, at $8 25) other kinds at proportionate rates. Sales of 750 bbls. superfine Canadian, in bond; bbls. Southern, at $8874 9 $9 37%, fe straight; 260 bbls. rye flour tt $5 75 for for superfine; with Jerses, and $4 for Ely’s movements at $2 10, 6,000 Canadian do. upper lake'red at $1.85. Rye and ba te and Western oats were bushel. Corn was purchased to the ext: ushels, at 76c. a 7%. for ; 79. mired Western, and 84c. 86c. for Souther’ Corser —The market favored purchase; age en St. Domingo were made at the wh cash, and 100 do. do. Corrox.—Thi of the Arabia’s news, making an the rates current at the close of last w 2¢c. per Ib. Fru —Dry cod were loss active at $3 ewt. Mackerel ruled quiet and nomin: smoked herring brought 50c. for scaled and| Fire CRACKERS. of 150 boxes were Farant?.—Rates to Liverpool ruled low shippers. some ~ were engaj a bags, and 6,000 bu 500 bbls. bog up to load at Bic for London, with deals, another at &t. John, to Live |, at £5 were in ballast for {he Chineha I with guano for the Unitet tates, at California rates were dall, and rai of loadin, ‘The market had a downward sales of about 20,000 bales were made at 65¢. Hors were selling in lots at 28¢. a 30c. per Loewoop. cargo of St. Domingo was ac per ton, in bond. Motasees.—The rales embraced 400 hhds. C ‘75 bbls. New Orleans, at 20c.; amd 25 do. molasser, at 20c. Navat Stores.—Owing to yonce. The tra 4\c. a 4fe.; and 200 do. New Orleans, at 4 and 80 boxes brown Havana, at 5c. Tosaceo,—We have be id notice sales seed leaf Connectiont and Ohio, on private t Tassow, —Sales of 10.009 Ibs. prime trans F ere sold 730 tbls. Ohio 199 hieds, Arodge a8