The New York Herald Newspaper, December 12, 1854, Page 3

THE NEW PAPER MILLS at WINDSOR LOCKS. The Factory Where the New York Herald Paper is Made, DESCRIPTION OF PAPER MAN(FACTURE. ‘We are now enabled to inform our readers that the ex- tensive arrangements which have been in progress for seme wonths past to supply our establishment with » Detter quality of paper are complete, and that hereafter, im this respect, as in others, the Hsratp will be inferior to ne other paper in the world. Five or six years ago one paper mill was considered sufficient to supply our demand; but so great has been the increase in our circu. Jation during that comparatively brief period, that our manufacturers, Messrs. Persse & Brooks, have been com- pelled to erect a new mill, at an expense of $150,000, to meet our wants. Their new establishment is situated im the little town of Windsor Locks, in Connecticut, within a fow hundred feet of the old one, which is stil) im good condition, and capable of manufacturing about two tons and a half of good printing paper daily. It is, however, inferior in many respects to the building Just erected, both in extent and the quality and capacity of its machinery. In noone branch of our manufactures have greater improvements been effected than in the making of paper, aml the greatest proof of this fact that can be olfered is the contrast presented by the appear- ance of the mills erected eight or ten years ago with that just constructed. ‘The new mill of Messrs. Persse & Brooks 14 three sto- vies high, including the basement, two hundred and ninety-five feet long, and forty-two deep, built in the strongest and most substantial manner of stone and Brick, with slate roof, and as near fire proof as possible. ‘The principal motive power is obtained from a canal which extends in front of the building, and from which ® never failing supply of water is procured from the Connecticut river. At the rear of the mill flows the Connecticut, famous for its historical associa- tions, as wellas the remarkable geological discoveries which have been made along its banks. The canal, be sides furnishing the water necessary for manufacturing the paper, also serves as the means of transport for the yaw material of which it is made, and which is brought up to the very door in boats. They have also the Hart- ford and Springfield Railroad as a further means of transport, which passes directly in front of the mill, thus giving the proprietors unusual facilities for freighting their stock and manufactured goods at all weasons of the year. To this little town, hardly known out of the State, are brought rags from every part of the world—from Florence, distinguished as the birthplace of the great Dante, Petrarch, Galileo, Michael Angelo, and a host of eminent men; from Rome, the city of the Cesars; from Naples, renowned for the beauties of nature and art that cluster around it; from the Ger- man towns along the Rhine; from France, from Holland— all furnish their quota to the great amount necessary to supply our readers with the Dairy Heraup. A large pro- portion of the rags is obtained from Leghorn, and they are said to be equal, if not superior, in quality to the best sent from other parts of Europe. Good judges can tell ata glance where they are procured from; and when they find any better than ordinary, it is not uncommon to hear them give vent to their admiration in such words as “magnificent,” “splendid,” ‘superb,’ &c.; though “the objects on which they are bestowed might, in the eyes of any other bat an amateur in such matters, ap- pear disgusting in the extreme. Each bale weighs be- tween six and seven hundred pounds, and is composed of the remains of every variety of clothing, in every con- eeivable shape—tinen pants that have at ono time cover- ed the nether extremities of a plantation negro; bandages from hospitals, shirt bosoms of the finest texture, baby clothes, and the thousand and one articles that make up the sum total of a lady’s wardrobe. Seven or eight tons of these are discharged daily from boats ‘at this mill, and in the course of two or three days ome out again in the form of pure white paper, wuch as we use in the printing of the Hx- map. After they are taken from the bvats they are packed away in the store room, from which they are again taken to the apartment occupied by the rag sort- ers. This isa very spacious room, and we have no doubt would be considered a model one of its kind by thos» who take an interest in such things; but to us there would be very little choice between it and a coal mine. Xt is constantly filled with the dust from rags of all kinds, and this is inhaled by the workers daring the eight hours which they are constantly employed in it. ‘Their wages are certainly well earned, if they received twenty instead of three or four dollars a week. In this eom we found about thirty women at work tearing, eutting and assorting the rags previous to their being thrown to the ‘devil,’’ an instrament which plays the ‘very deuce with them, and of which we shall have more to say hereafter. It is not uncommon, we are told, for these women to find money in the pockets of the cast off garments; and when they do, their title to it is considered as indisputable as if bequeathed to them by the original possessor. No ordinary degree of attention is required 4a the assortment of these rags, and the greatest care ie necessary to prevent any foreign substance, such ‘wool or india-rubber, from being mixed with them, as it ‘would very materially damage the paper in the process of making it. This part of the manufacture is perhaps the most disgusting; and we leave it with os much haste as we did the rag room after giving it all the considera- tion to which we think it entitled. After the rags are sorted they are taken to the ‘“devil,”” and thrown promiscuously into his capacious maw. ‘This instrument is furnished with a large iron cylinder, provided with powerful teeth; and as this cylinder re- volves with terrific rapidity, it Mterally tears the rags into shreds. When the ‘‘devil’”” has done with'them, they are put into the duster, a large revolving machine sup- plied with screens, through which the dust falls as they are whirled in rapid revolutions. This is the third process to which they are subjected; and so far as its immediate effects are concerned, it bears the same repulsive features as the first we have described. Ht is necessary, however, to wash them, to e: ‘tract the colors and reduce them to a pulp be- fore they are fit to be made into paper. After they are sufficiently dusted they are thrown into large cylindri- cal boilers, four of which are capable of boiling fourteen ‘thousand pounds im twenty-four hours. These boilers are supplied with lime, which extracts the colors from ‘the rags,"s process which is absolutely necessary when they are to be manufactured into white paper. These Boilers revolve slowly, so that the strength of the lime and steam is brought to bear upon the colors with much greater power than in the old cystem of boiling them in astationary cauldron. When they come out of these ‘the only distinguishable color is a dirty brown, alltraees of the original dyes being entirely obliterated. The boil- ers used are, so far as our jufigment in such matters will allow ustoexpress an opinion, the best that could le Procured for the purpose, and we consider it necessary ‘that they should be of good material at least to resist the corroding action of the lime. ‘We have now got them out of the boiler, but still in such a dirty condition as to renders further purification indis- pensable. They sre accordingly thrown into an iron tub of an oblong shape, in which they are cleansed from the Mme and dirt. While inthe “washer,” as it is called, ‘Whey are kept in constant circulation, and water is poured upon them in one continuous stream. There are eight of those washers in use every day, and these capable of cleansing all the rags as they come out of the Bollers. It requires about eight hours to extract the colors, and three more in the subsequent process of washing. When they have been thoroughly freed from the dirt by this process, they are bleached with the aid of chloride of lime, in large revolving cylinders. The chloride of lime is previously dissolved in water, and in ‘this form is called ‘bleaching liquor.’ The raga are left in this liquor for about twelve hours, and when taken out are perfectly white, and ready tobe mas- tieated by the proper machine into a pulp. Under this last process the rags undergo @ great trans- formation. They came into the mill in » disgustingly filthy condition, but now they look as white as the driven snow. They are again washed to free them from ‘the chlorine; and for this purpose they are thrown into Deating engines similar to those tubs we have already de- scribed, in which every particle of lime is extracted. This finishes the purification, and they are now ready for mastication. The whole process is exceedingly interest- ing to those who are any way curious in such things; and it was particularly #0 to us, we know—the only objec- tion we have to it being the dust and the offensive odor emitted by the rags and lime. ‘The process of mastication and washing is carried on in the same tub, after tho ragsare bleached. ‘The lime is carried off by the constant streain of water which is poured upon them; and as they are circulated around whe washer, the fibre is cut up and completely de. rroyed, although its adhesive proportios aro retaine 4, Sapertor Court. Pefore Hon. Judge Bosworth. WANT OF ACCOMMODATION—REMOVAL OF TRE COURT TO TBE ROOM OF THE COMMON PLEAS--& SIGNIFI CANT HINT TO THE COMMON COUNCIL. Dec. 11.—At the opening of the court this morning | Judge Bosworth, defore resuming the case of Gibbons vs, the Broadway Bank, remarked that the cour$ room in which he was sitting had been found to be, net only | uncomfortable, but injurions to the bealth of all who | were compelled to attend there, and that during the | short time he had been occupied in that room he had suffered more incouvenience than during all the previous time he had been on the bench. The rooms assigned to | the Superior Court for trial terms had never been very convenient, In 1853 the Common Council took them to nd ie this manner it is reduced toa pulp This pulp is almost similar to a picce of paper which bas been invhe mouth a few minutes. After it has been eom- pletely masticated, or, a8 Hannibal Chollop would say, ‘‘catawampously chawed up,” itis discharged from the | machines, through a common conductor or pipe, into a | large reservoir, where itis kept constantly in » state of agitation. From this it is again discharged through » small pipe, in s fluid semi-transparent state, resembling very thin starch in appearance, on ® machine which cbanges it from that condition, by @ process more won- derful than the art of the magician, into perfect paper, ready for printing, The manufacture of paper in itself, one of the greatest arts ever invented by human genius, is only second in importance to that of printing, to which it is indispensable. It almost appears beyond the | ‘The Money Pantie. ‘TO THE EDITOR OF THB KEW YORE HERALD. A correspondent im your paper Of Suméay, seeks to controvert my view, that the cause of the present Gnan- cial diffeulties is the withdrawal of too large a propor- tion of the specie from the banks and hoarding it or keep- | to-day. At the first board the transactions were com- ing it in circulation as a substitute for bank bills. paratively limited. Prices were in most instances a He regards the present pressure asa ‘‘tangible sub- | shade better, but there appears to be no activity or en- stance,” and he attributes it to extravagant expense in ergy among operators for a rise. Compared with quota- living, and the investment of capital in visionary en- terprises. It is true that, during the past years, we have spent much money foolishly, and what, perhaps, is worse, in bad taste, so that it has yielded no satisfactory return; updoubtedly many securities are now held, of which the paper and engraving constitute the sole value; and, with- FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL MONEY MARKET. Mowpay, Dec. 11—6 P.M. We have nothing new to report in the stock market there has been an advance on Virginia 6’ of \{ per cont; | Ene Income Bonds, 2; New York Central Bonds, 1; Nica- | ragua Transit, 1; Erie Railroad, 34; Reading Railroad, \;; Chicago and Rock Island Railroad, 34. * Hudson declined 44 per cent; Pennsylvania Coal, 1. Railroad Bonds were freely offered to-day, and sold to tions current at the close of the market on Saturday, | Delaware and | bounds of human credulity to believe that the whole Uterary world are dependent upon it, and that without it the education of the masses and the progress of civi- lization would be only asa vision of dream land. By it the east off clothing of yesterday ia made the means of improving and refining the intellectual powers to-day. The machine which produces this astonishing trans- formation is a remarkable mechanical contrivance, and exhibits all the neatness and perfection of detail dis- played in the mechanism of @ watch. It is called the Fourdrinier machine, in honor of the distinguished Frenchman by whom it was invented, and consists of a large number of copper cylinders of various sizes, and an endless wire gauze, made of brass, The pulp is pre- cipitated from @ small pipe to this gauze, which par- tially separates the water from the solid substance, While this separation is taking place the wire is passing over copper rollers, towards the other end of the machine, carrying with it in its progress the solidi- fying mass, which is next transferred to a similar con- trivance made of felt, As it is passing to the felt it is pressed between two iron rollers, which take away all the inequalities. It is next carried toa second felt, the same process still going on on the surface of the wire gauze which we have described; and thus, on the same machine is seen the marvellous combination of a liquid and solid. After it leaves this second felt it is suiticiently strong and compact to support itself, and is ex- actly like saturated paper. The drying cylinders, which are made of copper and charged with steam, next take it up and pass it through another series of cylin ders, called calender rolls, which give the surface the necessary smoothness and polish. As it leaves these it is wound on a reel, and afterwards cut to the required size by a revolving knife attached tothe same machine, From the moment it is discharged on the surface of tho wire gauze till it comes out in the form of paper, not more than four or five minutes elapse. In this way about twenty-eight miles of paper, weighing about threo tons, and just sufficient for the supply of the Heratp, is worked off in the course of twenty-four hours. The machine, we believe, {s somewhat over fifty feet in Jength and eighty-four inches wide. There is another machine of the same capacity as that we have described, but it was not in operation during our visit to the mill, The great advantage which these possess over the old style warrants us in believing that the quality of the paper will be much superior to that with which we have been lither- to supptied. They are worked entirely by two little steam engines, which, being more steady in their opera- tion than water, will produce paper of more even texture and greater strength. The rest of the machinery, how- ever, is driven by three of Boyden’s patent iron water- wheels, of 400 horse power, which were made at Holyoke, and which is nearly double the power required, so that if the proprietors wish to enlarge their works at some future time they can do so, No expense has been spared in the construction of the whole establishment, which has been planned and finished by Mr. Peleg Rose, of Norwich, Conn. In the washing process pure water is absolutely necessary; and as it is impossible to obtain this always from the canal, on account of freshets, the proprietors have caused Artesian wells to be sunk xt an etpense of several thousand dol- lars. One of these is 350 fect deep, and alt furnish an inexhaustible supply. In addition to these they will have a constant stream of pure spring water conveyed a distance of a mile and a half in iron pipes, so that they are provided against every emergency. he mill is the largest in the country, and was built for the express pur- pose of furnishing the Hxraup with paper, the old estab- lishment being inadequate for the purpose. A hundred operatives are cmployed in it, and fifty in the other, and about a thousand persons are dependent on both for a subsistence, Before the establishment of these concerns the population of Windsor Locks did not exceed three hun- dred persons, and it is in no boastful spirit we speak when we say that for its present increase and size it is almost entircly indebted to the Naw York Hxratp. Few of our readers imogine that nearly » whole village ia supported by the manufacture of the paper alone required in the printing of the Hrrazn; but if we were to carry this es timate into the other departments connected with our establishment, the number would be almost incredible. The circulation of our paper is very closs on sixty thousand a day, and if it increases as it has done for the past four or five years, it will eventually re- quire a mill of double the capacity of that just con- structed to meet’our demands. The two mills of Perse & Brooks will produce 15,000 pounds of paper per day, more than half of which will be consumed by the New York Hrrarp: We cannot conclude this article without saying a few ‘words more upon the manufacture of paper. We learn from the great statistician and commercial writer, Mc- Calloch, that it is very ancient, and can be traced back as far as the days of the Pharaohs. The material used was the papyrus, which was found growing by the banks of the Nile. The inner bark of the plant was divided with a needle into very thin coats; these were placed side by side longitudinally, and the edges glued togethe Similar layers were glued across these, behind, at right angles, to give the page the requisite strength, and the sheets were then pressed, dried, polished and otherwise prepared for use. How different from the paper of which our books at present are composed! Alexandria was at one time the chief seat of this valuable manufacture; but at later periods, much was also made at Rome, where an article of superior beauty was produced. The con- sumption of paper was very considerable, and it seems to have been tolerably cheap, and furnished employment toa large number of workmen. Ancient paper was white, smooth, durable and well adapted in all respects for writing, but it was not suited for the printer, on account’ of the closeness of the grain—it would not receive the ink from the types any better than wood shavings, and so brittle was its texture that it would have shivered into pieces under the press. Modern paper has nothing in common with the ancient, save that vegetable fibre is the basis of both. Paper was introduced into Europe by the Moors, but there is some uncertainty as to the precise era of its first appearance, and the origin and progress of the invention are unknown. The Chinese also possess a knowledge of the arts of making paper and printing, andmay have been familiar with them from time immemorial, for all we know to the contrary. Paper was originally made entirely of cotton, a substance less obstinate than linen rage, which are now commonly used. At present the rags are torn in pieces as we have shown; formerly it was the custom to suffer them to rot, #0 that being partially decayed it might be less difficult to triturate them. It is only within the last half century that the manufacture has een carried to its greatest perfection, ant for this we are indebted mainly to the great discoveries which have beep qade in chemistry. Paper is also mace from straw and other vegetable substances, but it is o> the coarsest description, and only used for wrapping Several improvements have becn attempted within a fow years past to produce printing paper from straw, but they have so far failed, and we are still compelled to use linen rags for that purpose. Fire at Monats, Inumo1s—We learn from the Morris Yeoman that a fire broke out in that city on the 20th ult., in the Franklin House. minutes Ge Meee to By! ad- ‘Mir. Thomas Wi Hi FA i i 1 BE i i i i en ts fi Ey FE f 34 He 5 8, of that city, ard is a total int, Tarner’s loss is estimated at $3,000, with no ar ‘Mr. Welch’s lose is estimated The store of Mr. Mah ae i Minter 10 Franco, bad hlstett ion Grohe s oat leg broken and ankle dislocated by being ru: al cath in over at Rm | most that they | bestowed their furnish a chamber for the new Board of Councilmen, which consisted of sixty members, the reason for the change being that sixty gentlemen could not comfort- ably sit in the apartment formerly occupied by the Board of Assiatants on occasional nights. Board of Supervisors had furnished the rooms in which the court now beld trials, aid had undoubtedly done the ut- could; but the building on which they bor did not admit of its being adapted for courts. In this room, for example, if a window were opened in the least, the noise was such that busin could not be carried on—if they were kept closed, the air could not get either in or out, and the callings were so low that atmosphere soon became intolerable, The Common Pleas had been good enough to offer this court the use of one of their rooms, not required at pre- sent for the duties of that tribunal, and he was very happy to accept that faror. He would, therefore, direct that the court be adjourned, to convene again forthwith ix the room of the first part of the Common Pleas, im the City Hall, where the calendar would be called until fur- ther notice. Thereupon the judge, jurors, counsel, parties and witnesses moved in procession tothe City Hall, leaving behind them the disinal walls of the old almsbouse build- ing, and the miserable roomy of the engine honse, so full of gloomy suggestions, more suitable to the Ma- mertine prison at Rome in which Jugurtha was stran- gled, or the catacombs on the Appian Way. J. S. Gibbons vs. The Broadway Bank.— his case has occupied tae court for some days. The plaintift brings an action for services rendered in establishing the Broad- way Bank. He alleges that he was the sole author of the enterprise, and that his labors extended through a period of six or eight months, in the course of which he succeeded in forming a board of directors, who several- ly agreed that he should be the cashier of the bank; that it was at the same time mutually agreed who should be the President; that when the org snization was so far advanced as to make its success no longer doubtful, the directors ousted him and appointed another person in his place, thus depriving him of the fruit of his labors. ‘The association passed a resolution to compensate him for all services rendered, put have paid him nothing up to the present time. ‘The witnesses examined on the part of the plaintiff go to establish the fact that he was the ‘head and front’’ of the concern; that its success was owing to the perseverance with which he followed it up through many drawbacks aud discouragements that he knew Gibbons as the prime mover of the enter- B. C, Wandell was the first witness called. He testified | out dwelling on the fact that thus the money of the im. | provident and imprudent bas passed, within the country, into the hands of the enterprising and industrious, I frankly admit these as serious evils, requiring to be tho- roughly purged from the system, and have proposed no | panacea for their relief. | But I would not administer the medicine for their re- | moval equally to the sound and well, and to the sick and diseased ; and I simply contend that there is no real foundation for a want of confidence which raises the rate of interest to two or three per cent a month, on the paper of those engaged in aleigitimate business, possess. ing undoubted means, and free from the charge of ex- travagance or speculation, that this state of things arises solely from the improper, and worse than useless disposition of the specie in the country. Up to 1848 there was but little gold in circulation, and Jess locked up in private hands ; the law authorized the demand of specie upon both private and bank obligations; had this been acted upon at any one inoment through the whole country, universal suspension would have followed; | but all our transactions were founded on credit; and we never doubted the reality of our prosperity while we had a sufficient specie basis for our currency, and enough to meet our foreign exchanges. Until 1848, too, no commercial country produced gold; among such the precious metals constituted merely measure of value, and a medium of exchange—the direc- tion of the current of these decided the bulance of trade. The diseovery of gold in California created for "us a new state of things. She exchanges gold for what she re- quires, as Loui 4 Rugar, Kentucky tobacco, or South Carolina rice. The goli exchanged 4 her, whether directly for foreign merchandise, or with Louisiana for sugar, Kentucky for tobacco, or South Carolina for rice, goes abroad as a portion of the natural produce of the country, a8 much ag breadstuils, lumber or cotton; it is a product of the soil, obtained by the application of a disproportionate amount of labor. Up to the present time abl the gotd received from her has been remitted in payment of debts; and unless more than this amount | ha been exported from the country, the balance of trade is not against us. Much of the amount still remains; and it appears that unnecessary alarm and apprehension have been created | by mistaking the simple export of our domestic produce prise; that he called all the meetings, did all the writ- ing, cousulted with different people as to the most suita. ble persons for directors, and especially for President. that office. The design was for the accommodation of small dealers. Plainti? got subscription books and gave them to different. people, and was indefatigable in his exertions. Witness agreed to be a director at the earnest solicitation of plaintiff, but left the concern when {ts location was changed; don’t know if a President was appointed at that time. It was a watter of general concurrence that Gibbons was to be casbier. He was so spoken of as cashier when subscriptions were solicited. There were a great many difficulties in getting the stock taken; as far aa he knew Gibbons spent all his time at it; he was so much oceu- pied with it that he could not have attended to any other business. Cross-examination—Developed nothing ditferent. Wit- ness remembered that plaintiff was secretary of the meRings, and kept the minutes, William J. Forbes heard first of the project of establiah- ing a bank in the fall of 1848, from Gibbous; at his soli- citation, consented to become a director. It was agreed on all hands that plaintifl was to be cashier until after Lockwood. and oth establish the bank above Fourteeuth street, and subse. quently at such place as would most contribute to its success. Witness agreed to change of location; attended meetings at the office of Theocore Martine, at Roache’s oes who took the lead in the whole affair. ‘h time when Lockwood and others came in; Palmer was elected President; when plaintiff w: the associ 8, with witness, consi ed themselves bound draw; we agreed that we could not honorably after Gibbons was ousted. quested me to retire, or said anything about it; m mind might have been changed by circumstances; plain-~ tiff did not induce me to withdraw my subscription; withdrew from @ sense of propriety, and because there was @ resolution of the board authorizing any one to withdraw. Roe Lockwood—First heard of the bank from Mr. Gib- bona, in the spring of 1849; be called to ask mo to joia in the enterprise, which had seomed like falling through several times; I declined unless the location of the bank should be ebanged to bring it further down town, and unless I could Lave some of my friends to come in also Voth of these points were agreed to, and I joined the concern; a resolution was passed to compensate the ‘vd, Va,oa | end five hundred dollars, He ig no v \-son ws : Hg ig now ft Laraaate, plaintitt'for his services, offered, I think, by myself; it was, to the best of my recollection, verbal, and udopied before it was reduced to writing; plaintiff kept the mi- nutes. Cross-examined—-There were kind wards Mr. Gibbons, and a disposition to ap him first teller; a committee was appoint inquire concerning the cashier, but the inquiry was not in a form that related to his competency; if a difficulty had not sprung up between Mr. Arnold and plaintiff, I would have voted for him as cashier; got some informa- tion about plaintiff at tho State Bank; don’t remember particulars, only that all Iheard from that quarter was favorable; some of plaintitt’s friends withdrew their sub- scriptions, and some did not. Dennis Harrie—The bank was started by Gibbons in 1849; I joined as director, and subscribed five thousand dollars at his solicitation, and because he was to be cash- ier; recommended others to aubscribe to the stock; Gib- pons’ whole time was occupied with the concern six months or more; it isa very dificult thing to get up a bank, as Tknow from experience; the plaintilf labored a night. Libbeus B. Ward—Is a director of the Broadway Bank; became connected with it first at the solicitation of Gib: bons; received notices of meetings from him; no doubt he was occupied during his whole time with’ the bank; to my knowledge, three or four months; it was well un? derstood that he was to be cashier. Here counsel for plaintiff offered the first ten pages of the minutes cf the Broadway Bank, signed by J. 8. Gib- bons as secretary, as evidence that the plaintiff rendered rervices in that capacity, the original minutes being non-producible by the bank Several other witnesses were called, who testified to the same facts. feelings to- int At the conclusion of the plaintiff's testimony, Mr. | Whiting moved for a non-suit, which, after argument between that gentleman and Mr. James T. Brady, the Court denied, Adjourned. Marine Court. Before Hon. Judge McCarthy. Dre. 11,.—Eliza Hopkins vs, Simeon Draper.—This ac- tion was brought to recover from defendant $500, paid to him on the 31st May, 1854, as a deposit towards purchas- ing for plaintiff two hundred shares of Harlem Railroad stock, buyer’s option, sixty days, at 51 per cent. Previous to maturity of the contract, Harlem stock de- clined, owing to certain financial delinquencies of some of the officers of the company. On the part of the plain- tiff, a witness named Jobn D. Lewis was introduced, who testified that he made the purchase of the stock from de- fendant, and made the deposit of $500 at the time; he merely acted in such purchase as the ack of plaintify, and signed the agreement of sale as ‘‘ E. Hopkins;”’ that he subsequently (and previous to maturity of the con- tract) called on the defendant, and inquired of him if there had been any actual setting aside of the stock for plaintiff ; that defendant said, no; that it was not customary to do so, in cases where stock was bought on time, till the same was paid for: that thix was merely a purchase of promise to fur- nith the stock; that the witness subsequently called on defendant, and told him tbat as he (defendant) had not bought the stock, and no one wus likely to suffer or be the loser, he ought to refund the $509, ana not expect a fulfilment of the contract; that defendant then mid he had passed his word for the stock and would have to pay for it. The witness further testified that he received the money from plaintiff to invest for her as he thought pro- per, and prod need @ paper signed by her authorising the ‘estment of the $00. For the defence several witnesses were introduced, who testified that this contract, and other stock trans- actions, were had with the witness Lewis, who is a dry oods clerk, and oot with the plaintiff in this suit; that in_all such transactions he gave ani signed the name of “E. Hophins;”” that until this suit was brought they always bent he was “E. Hopkins;” and defendant insisted that this was his suit, and he the real patty In interest; and further, that defendant had the stock at ‘the ogee? Ley 200 shares, and that the only reason plain' not out the in was owl to the fact of the fall ‘in the of the stock wie nesses were introduced to sustain the character of Lewi which had been attached by the testimony on the pert of defendant. Verdict for plaintiff, $500. Cmrhoean nee lon. Recorder a. Drc. 11.—Burglary.—Henry Edwarda was indicted for pap arionely entering the dwelling house of William F. Vail, butcher, 400 First avenue, on the night of the 16th of November last. Mr. Vail was in bed when he heard the noise of a man in the kitchen, and saw his shadow ad- Seraricn Con his room. Vail immediately cee out of shouted stop ae Sy gave chase to the Pues ‘who escaped out of front door. Attracted by the cries, » policeman came up, and seeing & man run- ning, followed and arrested him. There was nothing stolen from the house. The points raised by the cou: sel for the defence were, first, that the identity of t prisoner was not established, and secondly, that a break- po ee the premises was not proved. Verdist—not guilty. ‘There being no other cases ready for trial, the court then adjourned for the day. Tue Lars Inptan Massacre on Tar Piams.— In regard to the jate attack made by the Indians on the mail ly near Fort Laramie, the despatch has been received:— CB, Dec. 5, 1854, Mail party ail \illed twentyats miles thie ade of nty-six miles t) Fort . Charles A. Kinkead left, with six ar- rows in him, for dead. He was robbed of tan thou- The chief difticulty was to get the right sort of man for | to get up a bank , ers joined; it was designed first to | and at Arnokl’s; continued in the enterprise until | 4 July, 1839; was''frequeutly seen and consulted here was no dissent to his being cashier up to the | ousted several of | Cross-examination—Don't remember that Gibbons re- | for a setting against us of the current of the precions | metals, as a medium of exchange. | In your Monday’s paper appears an article extracted from the Philadelphia Bulledin of December 2, giving ap- proximate statistics from the mint and other sourees, | and showing the deposit of California gold since 1847, at all the mints, to be $252,515,929; the net amount of all | | exports of specie, $113,889,981, leaving an increase in the country since 1847 of $139,125,948. For a precively accurate statement we must await the | report ol the Secretary of the Treasury. I knew my own | estimates to be much within the mark, and believe these | to be so likewise, but I preferred that the proof should overrun the case. $100,000,U00 as the amonnt of specie in the country in 1848 is a low calculation : $40,000,000 in the Sub- Treasury, and $50,000,000 in the banks, a large one ; still, such would now leave in private hands $150,000,000, or three times the amount held by the banks ; for, the amount of California gold forwarded, but not deposited, in the mint, with the amount of foreign, and California bankers’ coin in circulation, would more than balance the value of the precious metals employed in the arts. ‘The balance sheet of the country for the past seven years, then stands tls: We have erected houses, built railroads, dug canals, lived pretty well, been a good deal cheated, and still have left an increase of one hundred and forty millions of dollars in specie, or more than twice and a quarter what we previously posseased, Some of our stocks, it is true, are held abroad ; and the omount is increasing, not diminishing. This is evi- by | dence that foreigners have an interest in or lein upon our public works ; for the proceeds of the sale of the | stocks were mainly applied, directly or indircetly, to the | purchase, not of articles properly of consumption, but ot railroad iron and other materials for permanent con- structions, which contribute to increase products avail- able for foreign exchange, and possess fair prospective — for extinguishing the debt created on their be- pal | Al! this debt, however, the country could now discount, and still retain a large proportion of her specie savings. It is not, then, from our foreign relations that our difficulties spring. The writer tells us, as evidence that the deticiency of specie is not the cause of the trouble, that in October last the amountin our city banks was about the same as at present, while the loans nearly tour millions more. | Had he followed up t weekly returns from that period, he would have see how regularly the increase or diminution trolled the ainount of loans, notin a p in principle. Clamor had steadily increased distrust andthe fact hecites only proves that the harder th times the stronger the basis required for credit. The community lad become alarmed by the constant cry that a large amount of specie was leaving the country, showing a heavy balance of trade against us, and that the banks were losing their specie. Prudence required a relative reduction of lwanz. Until 1848, gold in private hands was almost unknown. Since, its use in circulation has become the tashion An immense immigration has introduced an industrious and frugal class of foreigners, ignorant of the laws of credit, not capable of distinguishing good bills from bad, who, distrustful of all other securities, put away their savings in gold; while their example has been followed by our own citi nienee, until, b; ary and counted upon us the basis of the business opera- tions of the commumty, has been so gradually and silently withdrawn from the banks that its track of dis- appearance has been hardly observed, its absence only Deing felt. Linsist that the diversion from its legitimate channel of this gold, now as useless to the country as if still un- dug in the mines of California, is the real cause of the present derangement of affairs, and that, if not restored, the growing distre: ill compel those who hold it to spend their savings, and thus the evil will work its own cure, Again I say, “Deposit your gold in the banks.” To those who doubt the soundness and stability of all banks—who hoard their gold from feeliaga of distrust, and believe there is no other safe security, the appeal is doubtless idle; but the acts of the greater part of the community show that the failure of a few light Western banks has not shaken their confidence in their own sound and time-honored institutions, and that they re- | gardour banks and savings banks as offering a safer place of bo for their funds than either their pockets or old trunks. Your correspondent, although neither an alarmist nor panic maker, writes in the tone of both; while I think he mistakes the disease, and would treat as a case of des- perate consumption what is merely a violent indiges- jon. Tagain repeat the proposition, which I believe to be unanewerable:—If one-third of the specie now in private bands were returned to the banks, doubling their stock, distrust would pass away, credit and confidence be re- stored, and prosperity return—the mechanic and laborer | would not complain of want of work, nor the merchant of embarrassment. Is there not good apply the remedy? fense enough in the community, to The Usury Laws. MEETING OF THE CHARLESTON (5, C.) CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. Ata special meeting of the Chamber, at the hall of the Charleston Insurance and Trust Cowpany, to con- sider the repeal of the Usury laws, ‘ Mr. Heart submitted the following preamble and reso- jutions — Whereas, in the opinion of this Chamber, the laws regulating the rate of interest greatly aggravate the present financial difficulties, in fixing an tnshasgealie value upon ap article whieh Suctuates in worth, Ms other commodity, in obedience to the law of demat supply; in injuriously restricting the liberty of the citi- zen to pay whatever price he bins decom proper for any article he needs, and which, from its importance to him, he may deem reasonable ; im confining the pro- fessiunal dealing in monvy to a small numoer of per- sons. who, unscrupulous in violating law, may be equally unscrupulous in taking advantage of the necessitous; in embarrassing the conscientious, law- abiding capitalist, and oppressing the % rower; in limiting the amount of capital devoted to the uses cf iradé, Ghd fherefie Increasing the rates at which it can bo rromeyt, already enhanced by the tisk of penalty and Yorfeiture ; and in their ten- to demoralise society, by accustoming it to the habitual infringement of Jaw ; and are, therefore, ineffi- cient for good, and potent for evil, and oxstntially at | Aug. 20.. 93,866,807 67,317,058 9,424,786 11,102,551 | and 76c. for quarters. war with the principles of free trade'to which thls State | Sept. 17.. 90,100,580 57/612/301 9,666'723 11,860/296 | “Wuy.—Sales of about 500 bales were made, at $1 por - has been devoted— Oct. 22... 88,367,981 65,748,729 9,888,548 10,303,254 | 100 Ibs. ore, Resolved, That the General Assembly be | Nov. 10.. 6117422 61,446,424 9,161,443 13,601,324 | Hops.—There were 60 bales new disposed of to-day, respectfully requested to repeal af laws restraining in- 58,312,478 8,939,830 12,166,026 | at 4c. a 36c. per Ib, dividuals in their transactions affixing such rate of 887 60,835,362 9,076,076 11,508,124 Inox.—The market was aid to be firm at Setunday’s interest for money as may be agreed upon by the con- 90,068,788 69,071,252 8,605,235 11,486,168 | quotations. tracting parties. 90,540,577 61,208,466 8,996,667 * 11,634, Lead.—The was without alteration. ‘Aiter some discussion, the preamble and resolutions 92,638,086 61,826,669 8,964,404 11,742,884 | was heid at 86 U5 a $690, and ‘at Oe. cash, were unanimously adopted. 94,558,421 61,975,675 9,209,830 10,660, Lime.—Rockland coutinued in light supply, and steady eat A 98,418,029 61,008 606 9,265,781 10,618,400 | in sane Naval Intelligence. + 92,826,024 59,478,149 9,308,828 10,264,000 LASHS.—A sale of 50 bbls. New Orleans, new crop, th Guts 91,636,274 60,001,276 9,633,998 11,064,044 made at 27c., lees 4 per cent. 1@ following are the officers of the frigate Columbia, , 90,245,049 69,719,381 9,877,687 11 AVAL STORES.-About 100 bbls. its were which left Pensacola 28th ult. for San Juan— ; 90,245,927 64,203,671 9,507,795 19%; ‘at 46c, cash; 150 bbls, Penman at Commodore—John Thomas Newton, commander-in- 90,981,074 61,623,670 9,284,407 500 do. int $1 00 per Sn Ibs. delivered. chief of the Home Squadron, 91,015,171 bape 9,007,888 9 sperm were inactive and nominal. Commander—stephen B, Wilson. 88,751,962 09,508,724 9,000,128 9,628,375 | sates were made of 50 bskts., olive at $3 50 cach; small Lieutenante—T. A. Hunt, A. F. V, Gray, M. B. Ren- 88,247,281 wove 9,196,767 12,267,318 | juts of linseed, from store, at Sle. @ 820; and) landvoay shaw, R. L. Love (fiag), J. R. M. Mulany, J. P. Bank. ee ri] 1, J aan 15.720, at 823Z0. a 85e. gallon. bead » RRNA TO are aaT SRR 14.468,881 | “'ryovinions.—Pork favored buyers: The day's cay ag Fleet Surgeon—Solomon Sharp. bg dd Fg rp Susie 13,523,028 | not exceed 1,000 bbis., at $13 26 a $13 50 formey g19 75 Purser ET Dunn a nM S147 078 18.791.170 Reir'sey as‘ aoe ors vee ML Tie Geamotien oan Gaibraced Trg Tammy Passed stant Surgeon—R. T. Maccoun. 457, 5 7 4 x bl e a ' 4 Chaplain—R. Lewis. 91,301,188 72,686,77,9 gy034'682 14,714,018 | PSoive. undvao0 kegs at JOMC. ® 110. por thet Commodore's Secretary—G. M. Newton. 91,528,244 73,831,'4:5 8,068,707 14,446, were made of 320 bils. prime “mens beef at Assistant Surgeon—R. P. Daniels. 91,639,782 74,46", 701 8,820,609 14) 69 | Tater: and 450 tree. prime mess beet “at $21 at $27 Fo Master—M. P. 008, : ent res Hata Phin according to quality, per tierce. Butter and eneese in of Mariner—W. E. Stark. : , ‘ ; 082 hanged, Lientenant of Marines, W. Campbell. «7... 91,980,525 Telaas eto 8,918,402 10,600,517 | “Rucn The market continued all and sales unime Passed Midshipmen—N. T. West, C.P. MeGary, L. B, | Oct. 14.. 88,613,036 64,141,507 8,584,188 "13,130,377 | portant. Newman, J. P, B. Blake, James Bruce. Oct. 21.. 87,092,810 68.627/836 8,497,556 “2b.320,169 Srices.—About 1,000 mabs of cassia wore sold at 27¢. Midshipman—R. W. Meade, Jr. Oct, 28,. $4,709,236 ©2702,657 §,181,983 _ 9,826,789 | and 500 Ibs. mutwregs at $1, Captain’s Clerk—G. M, Collier. Nov. 4... 83,569,201 62,220,011 81238,126 110,004,686 | “"wucan.—The market was quiet and salen Hmited. 46 Purser’s Clerh-J. B. York. Nov. 11., 82,717,052 61,662,287 8,177,444 10,472,538 | 4 50 hhds. New Orleans at 4%c. Small lote of Master's Mates—W. Peneo, A. O, Henkell. Nov. 18.. 82,191,904 62,181,007 7,877,604 10,805,532 | Cuba were made on terms not. stated. Roatswain—John J. Young. Nov, 25.. 81,699,705, 680,334,199 7,718,158 10,200,083 TarLow.—Ths sales included 8,000 a 10,000 Ibs. city Gunner—Elijah Haskell 7 _ wae SI MO;OD 7,852,526 eae regovens 6030/6. SO oie Corpenter—C. Jordan c. + SO,GWT 60,2 16 7,480,808 10,489, WR Y DEES Wore GPO bbe O pyigmm repork- Robert Hunter, 1 According ‘vo ube above stirs therd Bas been duziog ! ed roh-at 406. a Ale. per gallon, ens {rom thoughtlessness or motives of conve- | these drains combined, the gold, neces- | 3 some extent. Mlinois Central Bonds advanced 34 per cent from the opening. Virginia 6s were in moderate demand. Erie Income Bonds and Erie Second Mortgage Bonds ruled at about the same rates. The bulk of the speculative operations to-day was in Erie and Reading, which opened and closed without much change, but the closing prices show an improve- ment on Saturday’s. It is doubtless a matter of some astonishment to holders ‘of fancy stocks that a very rapid advance in market value is not realized, now that the outward current of specic has nearly ceased. ‘They have been so long looking for this suspension of specie exportation, with the firm belief that, as soon as realized, there would be a speculative movement in stocks, that great disappointment at least must follow. The disposition to purchase fancy securities has not in- creased with accumulations of specic in our banks. The banks do not seem disposed to let out their discount line any more freely than when specie was going abroad at the rate of a million per week, and the precious metal might just as well go to Europe as into the vaults of our banks if it dees not induce the managers of these insti- tutions to ease up the serews a turn or two. It will be some time before the banks can safely enlarge their line of loans upon the accumulation of specie. It would not do to let up the pressure a particle, It would lead peo- ple to think they had been more frightened than hurt and they would rush headlong again into the first specu- lation that presented. ‘The snake har been only scotche not killed, and he must be handled cautiously. After the adjournment of the board the following sale of bonds and stocks were made at auction : $8,000 N. Y. & Harlem R R. Ist m int. added, 2,000 Sandusky, Mansfield and Newark R. R. do.. 10,000 Galena and Chicago Union R.R do. do,. 1,500 Keokuk aud Des Moines Valley Pik Rd, 8s do, 180 shares Third Avenue Railroad. + MG 35 do, Second Avenue Railroad 40 bn Chatham Bank 0, do. do. do. do. do. Hanover ank,, Suffolk Bank, Marine Bank... Empire Gity Bank At the second board the market opened quite buoyant, but closed heavy, Erie income bonds advanced one per cent; Ilinofs Central bonds 34; Chicago and Rhode Island 24. Reading Railroad fell off 14 per cent; Harlem 34. New York Central Railroad closed at 8344 per cent for the opening, We notice transactions in New Jorsey Frank- linite serip at 3 a 33¢ per cent. | The suspension of the Empire City Bank will cause no loss to billholders or depositors. According to the returns of last week it hada circulation of $102,9 which the Comptroller holds $116,900 of United States and New York fives and sixes. The bills are worth one hundred cents on the dollar. The State Treasurer of Michigan has given notice that he shall sett at private sule or ut auction, within twenty days from the 7th inst., so much of the stocks deposited by the Government Stock Bank of Aun Arbor as will be sufficient to redeem the outstandiug cirenlating notes of said bank. ‘The receipts at the office of the Assistant Treasurer of this port to-day, amounted to $76,220; payments, $120,- 822 87—balance, $6,728,234 48; paid Assay office, $6,- 654 96. ‘The warrants entered at the Treasury Department, Washington, on the 8th inst., were as follows:— For the redemption of stock -$14,047 76 For coveriog into the Treasury from mi:ce! TCOUS KOUTCES.... 6. , For the War Department For the Navy Department For repaying into the Navy Depart For the interior Department The redemption of the public debt at the Treasury Department for the week ending on the 9th inst., was as follows:—Loan of 1842, $12,075; loan of 1846, $13,000; oan of 1847, $16,560; loan of 1348, $2,000—total, $42,- 875. The annexed statement exhibits the average daily movements of the leading departments of the banks of this city, for the week preceding Saturday, Dec. 9, 1854:— New Yore Crry Baxks. 30 09 New York. 237,103, 59,745 i 720,658 56,854 113,551 409,389 26,079 171,040 300,628 198,757 172,404 1,139,621 131,619 169,016 512,734 364;876 545,659 2,147,183 S8B:871 286,062 3,615,256 61,218 603,980 35,061 002 + 877,044 65,027 106,828 715,640 462,428 59,665 92,772 202,127 976,975 66,554 115,868 650,574 St. Nicholas... 609,923 34,188 75,808 335,380 Shoe & Leather. 705,443 34,837 104,789 355,823 Corn Exchange.1,255,693 122,067 90,944 1,011,620 Central......... 301173 22,405 83,783 "186,249 2,412,201 275,624 = 77,382 1,575,363 Bk. Com’nw’lth,1,100,051 69,848 = 84,575 879 - 428,231 08,707 81,541 248,663, « 570, 80,081 8,053 Pei 457, 52,970 89,668 7250 800,942 230 87,134 105,914 419,971 16,358 64,002 140,913 N.Y. Exchang:. 153,717 10,289 = 86,637 += 101,979 Bull’s Head,,,,, 168,322 12,820 $6,130 75, 047 ‘cemreiinini akiaaretany sineninee Total ......$#0,593,687 10,483,501 1,480,803 60,278,866 Exchanges week ending Dec. 4. 897,352,921 “ “ eee 1102}961;627 5,444,862 + 5,096,446 ‘The annexed statement exhibits a comparison of the condition of the leading departments from the first up to the last weekly returns — New Yorn City Baxra. 1863. Loans. . Circulation. ters June 21, $95,520,666 $50,018,171 $9,964,106 $12,174, 66) Balances week emiing, Dec, 4 a Re For paying ¢ther ‘Treasury deb 7,470 44 | | For the customs... + 21,220 48 Covered into the Treasury from customs....-. 69 80 the past week @ decrease in discounts of $1,140,476 deposits, $2,731,829; in elreulstion, $371,092; andiq | specie, $34,492. The returns for the week just close do not contain the report of the Empire City Bani which makes the result different from what it woul otherwise have been. The Empire City Bank reported for the week ending the 2d inst., loans, $434,184; depo- sits, $214,484; circulation, $102,969; specie, $31,270. ‘These items added to the aggregate of last week, would have materially altered the result, but we should still have had a decrease to show in every department. Th8 | contraction in discounts continues steadily, and has | reached an extent seldom realized in this city. There is no doubt but that the managers of our banking institue tions are perfectly satisfied of the importance ef adher- ing to the policy they have for several months past pars sued, and we need be under no apprehensions of an ime mediatechange. The principle of self-preservation wild keep these concerns straight. The earnings of the Macon and Western Railroad Com- pany for November, 1454, were;— Through Mail | Freight. | Total... ...sseseessereeonce Corresponding month last year. Increase...........+ se eteeeeeeeeeeee es 91,400 73 For the week ending Saturday, December 2, fifty-three boats descended the Chesapeake and Ohio canal, carry- ing 5,860.14 tons of Cumberland coal. During the same | Period there were transported over the Cumberland Coal and Iron Company’s railroad 8,735.01 tona, and over the Mount Savage Iron Company’s railroad 5,041 tons, mak- ing an aggregate from the Frostburg region, for the weeks of 13,776.01 tons, and for the season 451,027.19 tons. Over the George’s Creek Coal and Iron Company's rail- road there were transported $3,569.08 tons. Total from the Westernport region for the week, 3,568.08 tons, and for the season 170,851.02 tons. Total from the whole coal region for the week, 17,345.09 tons, and since the 1st of January last, 622,909.01 tons, of which 457,702.01 tons were transported over the Baltimore aud Ohio rail- road, and 155,206.11 tons descended the Chesapeake and Ohio canal, In addition to the banks of New Jersey, noticed as having complied with the demand of the State Treasurer, tor furiber security on their outstanding notes, we have o mention that the Hudson County Bank, of Jersey City, promptly deposited securities to a greater extent than was required by the Treasurer. This was one of. the first banks established under the General Banking law, and it exemplifies by the success of its operations the advantage of prudent and hopest management. | The amount of tolls paid on the Ilinois and Michigan | Canal, at the Chicago office, for the year, is $89,375 94, | apainst $01,778 &3—being a falling off of $2,402 89. ‘The whole amount of tolls collected this year reaches the sum of $198,306 92, which is an fncrease of about | $25,000 upon the tolls of last year. | The earnings from fifty miles of road of Hartford, Pro- | vidence and Fishkill Railroad, in operation from June, 1853, to October 1, 1864, amounted to. | The regular working expenses were. | | Net earnings, 16 months........ ceeeeees + B115,408 63 Of the earnings, over one half ($98,031) was from pas- sengers, and $72,315 for freight. The receipts of the company from all sources from June 1, 1853, to October 1, 1854, were $1,820,240 84, of which $622,792 69 were from sales of bonds, and $60,560 from stock. The pay- ments during the same period have been $1,749,090 41, ing on hand, cash, $71,141 43, The net earnings for the past four years are thus stated: needed ‘The floating debt of the company, the amount | to complete the stations, gradings, turn-outs, &e., amount to $472,550 over the available means of the | company. | The St. Louis Insurance Company have declared a divi+ | dcnd of fifteen per cent, after returning to her cargo | customers twenty-five per cent. Stock Exch: | 2000 Virgin 4000 8000 ErieC Bs ’62. 2000 Erie Bds, ’83.83 2000 do 1000 HRIstMt 10 she Am Ex Bank 9634 200 Del&HudCO. . b60 10634 30 do,.b3 a op 10 100 do. 88 105, | 100 Canton Co. -b60 Iki 1s 100 Harlem RR....b3 253¢ 75Ch &RISRR..b3 74 150 Cl & Tol RR..b60 569g %y% 25 do... 6.88 SECOND BOARD. $2600Ir dStated’s.opg 300sha Read RR..b60 6736 10000 Virginia 6's... 28 Chicago&RIRR 743¢ 5000 Ill CRRBds.610 18 N Indiana Const. 77 1000 do... 200 Erie Rail 37 9000 Erie IncomeBds 10000 do. ..b60 1000PanBads 2d issue 10 shs Penn Coal Co. 400 McCulloch Gold. . 100 NJ Frank script. 50 dou... 88 88 50 do. 100 do.....,opg. 83 200 Nic Tran Go. . b45 60 = do.s8afopg 8314 100 100 do......0pg 831g 50 Harlem Railroad. 251¢ do... 100 Reading Railroad CITY TRADE REPORT. Moxay, Dec. 11—6 P.M. Asnes were unchanged. Breapstcrrs.—Flour was saleable and firm, the day’a transactions including 6,700 bbls.—ordinary to choica State, at $8 12)¢ a $8 621¢; mixed to fancy West ern, at $8 623¢ » $9 25; and other kinds in propor tion ; 1,000 bbls. superfine Canadian, in bond, af $8 873g a $9, and free, at $9 75 a $10; with 1,90) bbls, Southern at unchanged rates. Wheat was ng very brisk. The sales comprised 3,000 bushels goof Genesee white, at $2 25; 6,000 Canadian do., free, a $2 05, and 800 Southern red, at $180, Rye and oat were unaltered, Some 6,600 bushels barley chang ed hands, part mixed, at $1 9234. Corn was purchased. to the extent of 58,000 bushels, at 91¢. a 92c, for South~ ern yellow; 2c. a Sde, for Western mixed, and 960. for otnd yellow, per bushel, Cortoy,—The salé § ¢mbraced about 1,000 bales. Mid- ang uplands we quote at about 814c. a 84;c.; do Flori- da, H3z0.; Mobile do., at 8%e., and New Orleams at 83¢.. ‘she sales made were chiefly for export. Frcnts.—Rates for grain to Liverpool were easier,. nd about 20,000 bushels corn were engaged, part at 4d. n bulk. In other articles rates were quite beryery and + bout 800 & 1,000 bales of cotton were reported at 3-16d. 5 CO bbls. rosin at 26., and a lot of heavy (en chiety sland cotton rovisions, at 17¢. 6d. A small lot of Sea was engaged at To London, 20 tons of cheese were . "To Havre, rosin was eny at Te, nd provisions at 873Zc. To Ben mre cods were last engaged at 20s, To ments were made at 35c. a 400. per foot. .—Eales of 500 a 600 boxes of raisins wére made, “Prt it $2 75 for cry and $2 40 for wet; $1 423¢ for halves