The New York Herald Newspaper, December 13, 1854, Page 3

MURDER TRIAL IN BROOKLYN. ‘Trial of John N. T, Tucker, for the Murder of his Child, KINGS COUNTY COURT OF OVER AND TERMINER. Before How, 8, B. Strong, H. A. Moore, County Judge, and Justices Stilwell and Stryker. SIX DAY. Dre. 12. Op the Assembling of the Court this morning, ‘Whe presiding Judge delivered tire following cuARGE, Gentiemen of the Jury :—Th ty now devolves upom you to determive whether the prisoner is guilty of the heavy crime with which he stands charged, or not guilty; whetber he is to be sent at large among his fellow men, sean incocent but most wnfortunate man, or whetber he iw to be consigned to on ignommious death upon the gallows. Ubave nodoubt that you are fully aware of and appreciate the important duty you have to perform; 1 bave no doubt that you entered upon it wits « deter- ‘mimation to do that duty faithfully. When the enquiries ‘were made of you when you went into the jury box, you answered without hesitation, and in a manner to show ‘that you would not perform it in the way you owe to your conscience, you owe to yourselves, and owe tothe community. You will mot be affected by the feeling which prevails to a great extent, that it is not lawful fer man to take the life of his fellow man. I know that thin feeling prevails to a great extent, but it is the law; the law of the country, the law which has been found dest; and those who have been accustomed to and practise in the criminal courts, have arrived at the covelusion that the law is a just and vecessar; . Ht cannot be denied that {rom this feeli feelings as should exist in the jury box. The questions the of tue trial evinces ant anxiety on your part 4m ponsession of whole case—even the question which was rejected. One of you asked the piston of & witness who was not a profedsional man— was rejected, because the law would not allow it. law wi not allow it, because it is eon- sidered very unreliable. ‘It is, as I have stated, the duty of the Court to charge you upon the law, and that duty has been exercised. It was with some re- gret I heard the defendant’s counsel speak of the Cour “‘eross-examining ihe witnesses.”’ It certainly was no ‘the intention uf the court to cross-examine any one in ‘tbe way counsel would, nor in the same sense. here was a great auziety to elicit facts, and that was all- It s# undoubtedly the duty of the Court tobe, to some ex- tent, the counsel of the prisoner. ‘The Court is bound to see his rights are nov violated, and to have the evi- dence elicited; but the Court owes a duty to the public, and, gentlemen, so do you. And the Court is certainly not so far bound to act as counsel for the prisoner as aot to call for evidence. {The defendant’s counsel at a subsequent stage of the charge expressed his regret at having used the term “cross-examine,” and disclaimed any sueh olfensive meaning a8 appeared to ve attributed to it, aud his Sonor, Judge Strong, said he was satistied such was not vention.) The Judge proceeded :—The Court is bound to lay down thellaw. It has been stated that the jury are the judges of the law and the fact in cases of murder, ‘That is not so. If it were, it would be monstrously difficult for a jury to discharge their duties, as they would not only have to ut they who had not made it their study would be called upon to de- cide nice questions of law. The law has imposed on the Court the duty of deciding upon the law, and every couscientious juryman will be bound by it. In the case of libel, the statute has made the jury ‘judges of the law and the fact;”” but this is the oaly case 1 know of. In all other cases they must receive the law from the Court. ‘Ihe more important duty, and which they cam better do, is to decide the fact, and they are bound ‘to cecide it as itis submitted to them, There is no danger in submitting these to them so long as they re- quire sufficient evidence, und permit no doubts as to the reasonable convictions that ought to prevail in the minds of the jury. Ihave very often found that the most intelligent men require more evidence to satisfy ‘them than pevple of less capacity. A man of no capaci- ty will take up facts upon peppesitions wien int nt men will require proof. The prisoner is, as I have be- fere stated, now on trialfor murker—the highest crime sees apse desc pe aeseaiiys ert hie & greater of depravity. r can be, it increases in depravity where the murder is that of bis ewn offspring of tender years. It is for such & crime as this that Iprisoner stands indicted. It is fot svch s crime ae this that is to be tried. It is of verdict. The first question is whether tne prisoner com- mitted the act; the aeXb the ciscumstances that give ebaracter to that act; and next, the circumstances that oe to amy defence that may be offered. And was the boy killed by his father, at the bar ?—was the evidence of such a character as to leave any doubt , @pon the mind of any one that heard it? It is circum- mantial: . No one beheld the deed who can give any evidence. only persons present were the wife, who or protected by law, and a child of tender age, and an infant eighteen months old. The evidence, however, is of that ¢ T that it is impossible to re- sist the very elear case that the prisoner committed the act. <A very ghort time after he entered thé room a cry from his wife. There was no other person there; and even if we could for a moment think it possi- ble to be the mother hr Pied Eieny! Satine abet) it that the cry proceeded from her. me persons wen: outside the house and pa the prisoner escaping from was fastened; it, they brokeiin; and entered the room, where the most Per iay ewe that ever eye rested upon sented itself. isa little discrepancy in the statement of the witnesses here. “One says he was kneeling on the andthe other says he was upon the wife. He however, with a razor in hishand; that There was no other in- murder. as far as applicable to ths present ease—is the taking of life u intent or premedi- ‘tated . The question here is, was there premedi- tation? They ‘the language haa received recently a ction from the highest court in this Stave. a existed at the time, it does not signify wi it “wae formed» et or long time be- fore. Where it is impossible to get at any ether evidence than the ‘act itself, we must take aati jantie soe pues © tote that whe- ther ‘was an intent; and if it were not so, every man whe committed murder in secr’* would 5 Fer this reason the prosecution is not pound to bring poe ree oe om: eal aRptcer Men are sup- posed eaieaans acts are calculated to accom- ; and in the absence of evidence of sudden passion, law pronounces it to be murder. Is there any man who can say, that ® sharp razor, cutting the and the ralph te fee not sted to take life’ If, as you must say, it was, ‘then the life of this unfortunate eG more unfortunate man by design. When a man is {n- toxicated he cannot form s with the same mination as when he is not; but still he can sufi. ciently to render him amenable to the la constru from motives of mercy, are inclined to mitigate ‘of murder; but remember, when you are in the jury box you have sworn a solemn oath; and badly you will come to the determination fo ngres xt) jot At torney in his opening—either that it is murder er it is Ht aga ome, cee Sat ~ killed intentionally, then Sur Re to consider fampo et area a ae wubee—by © my s mereival; idocat: ee onate time they are perfectly conscientious. We know that ‘men, too, have and when they get upon ‘th w, and where they had uch reliance could be placed upon tach more fellanes eka be placed pon thems thee apor can upon them than u) other intelligent men; but the law authorises their erie and #0 some weight it to be attached to it. Bat it is the duty of the Court soto charge the jury that ao reliance can be and some ought or it not to be admitted. you must not consider yourself bound down or limited ‘by this. After all, this amust be decided by the opinions and the facts, ‘ie facts ‘being more important than the opinions. It may have strack you as strange that a man should be said to be insane who for twenty years has been employed as he had been—a man who was a cl in. tesching. his - felow mam’ Wee waren ae way , and who was ay to rerponsible situation hy such an intel env body Pr} the Senate of New York, in which ho coptinued through meyer agen, jhem eng \n(ormation, Judge—I am willing says 20. There is no evidence, and that the absence of it ought not toge so strong in crimi- nal as in civil cases. 2 man enahe 6 56 De eee . of such @ horrid crime ai the absence of wit- nesses. The defence rei character of his ‘writings and sermons, none of which are produced. [The Judge was proceedin; this subject when counsel oF eT ag ta aN rene; wr on ; Dut oben clicmaption ia praseh bam fia ern be could Fjadgecie must, Rowersny after al, dopend 5 hu m werer, in some ure ui} these, decause no panedon of bis coun- eel can be in, and the character given of them was that they were unconnected. Mr. Hadley— The evidence was that he had notes, and Seay spoken of by Mr. Eddy was the only one written. ‘The Judge proceeded to observe, that tricities were of so marked # character, they were bound togive him the benefit of the doubt; that they could not rely upon poes'bilities, It was not enough to raise sup- positions, or that some extraordinary circumstances bad occurred to him, which, occurring to others, would raise peg eg ne Ayre di hemes ‘them ‘al rely upom one or two, yet em al- together, Dey veined. 70.” renscn supposition, belon, known such. It would be much stronger if avy of these were delusions or palpable abeurdities; but he did not remember any very absurd remark or delusia ieh be bad used in any of bis sermons or articles; if so, he should be happy to be corrected, There were some yery strange ‘The Judge here alluded to his declarations that. by him. he could write verses u ® sofa; a elegant in the English lanevagt "0s, & poem on the sofa. yer ther more important and strange waa his remark upon oda Fellowship: upon a man who knew the name of every on ‘United States; this was something like & strong delusion; upon. the man who could tell the number of brieks in a house by looking at it; his declara- tion that le could deliver an address upon’ any subject given at the time, or utter a poem upon any subject. He then referred to the strong fears he had evinced for bis personal safety; but it was for them to say whe- ther these were delusions, or whether there was not some ground for them, ‘as in the cases where he thought he had provoxed the hostility of the dis- tillera by his temperance lecture, and of the Irish party by his writings. Some persons had dread of disease, but if apy reason or cause existed for their fears however wrongly they might judge, 1t was noevidence of ineanity. Where it wasentirely’ a delusion and no couse exts'ed, or stronger still, when the tacts were en- tirely different from their fancies, then’ hypochondri- acis became mania. ‘The Judge kere read the evidence of Dr. Griseom, to whom he faida bigh compliment, but left it to the jury to say whether his impression of the prisoner's insanit could have been so strong at the time as he himself fancied now that it had been—as otherwise, inhis office, as connected with the Prison Association, he would have see at he was taken to an asylum and placed in safety. There was also another circumstance to be taken into consideration, and that was whether there was any cause to. whieh this evtraordinary excitement may be attributed—that brought us to a very grave question.” It appeared by the evidence of alkthe witnesseslthat the pri- mer was subject to complaints of the stomach and bowels dd this bad a strong effect upon his nervou temperament were liable to ment; and might not some of these acts be attributable to that temperament? Dr. Griscom told them that Fos- gate’s cordial, which the prisoner was in the habit of taking, contained large quantities of opium; and were not these extraordinary acts to be attributed to that’ Another and unfortunate circumstance was that heused spirituous liquors, not always or habitually, but that he did use it sometimes to excess. The principle was this—that where there was a cause proved capable of Beane the effect, it was safer to attribute it to that aan to ® supposititious one; and, therofore, if it is proved that he did use liquor, and did use Fosgate’s cord: was @ cause But this was not final, though a sound rule if the cause was sufficient; it was a question whether they were not bound to attri- bute them to this rather than to insanity, which was supposititious. We were not blessed with intuition, but if we acted upon light suppositions there waa no justi- ficatiow in our minds, and we have not acted upon a rule which we know to be asafe one. When we adopt human testimony we cannot be positive, but if we take the facts aa submitted to us, and the reasonable suppositions whether our conclusions were right or wrong; we were justified in our own minds and in the eyes of our Maker. There was not a single act of the prisoner’s life which showed that he did not know the nce between right and wrong, ner had he ever shown a disposition to the ho- micidal mania, and they were not justitied in considering the act alone in determining that at the time he had committed it he was not accountable. There could be no doubt but at the time of the perpetration of the act his reason was dethroned either by insanity or intoxication. He (the learned Judge) could not come to any other conclusion, But the question was wl it was by his own act, it or pee for if so, he was responsible. Bat if it was the act of his Maker, at the same time that He deprived him of reason He absolved him of responsi- bility. If intoxication were allowed to be an excuae, every man who wanted to murder his fellow man might do #0 in safety. It might mitigate the hoPror of the deed, but the pery tor was just as responsible as if he wax babii ly sober. Such was the law of the land. Horor here recapitulated the evidence of some wit- nerses who a to the fact of his having been ip the habit of dri: , but the family that he lived with had scarcely observed it, and he was entitled to the benefit of that. On the ht in question they did not notice that he was drunk at tea, or anything else than that he staggered going up stairs. Was not his conduct and his pretext, however, at Mr. Camp’s shop, an indica- tien of fis thirst for spirituous liquor? submitted these remarks to them for their deliberate consideration, as @ man should not die an ignominious death until we were satisfied that he had done the deed with which he was and in a state of mind that made him re- epcnsible. sis i. Mr. Barnett, counsel for defence, bere asked the court whether the jury might rot infer insanfty from the fact of his going to Dr. Csmp’s in the, man ner he did, when the saloon was much nearer. He also asked the Court to ch: that though yolun- po henpcne ops cannot excuse from the comnrisaion of e » yet where, as — ® charge of marder, the question is whether act was f oerpery or done from sudden heat and impulse, fact of the pbs ym intoxicated from slong practice of intoxica- }, oF from the useof drugs, which habits have caused a fixed insanity, although the drunkenness which resulted in the murder was creat ted yet that is in the same situation with to crime drunkenness had. been vee ‘ed involunta- ‘The counsel an to the of th first atated proposition. also asked Posey . that of ‘will towards the deceased might be taken into consideration as evidence of the'absence of malice or tion. To this the Court assented. The jury retired in, cbarge of an officer, it then half- the transaction of some ¥ ‘one 0’ and, after op pid the oer it Count the Judge retired, express- ing his ‘intention to attend ‘to-morrow (this day) at 10 o'clock, to receive the verdict. and Company vt. give rise to the opens areas follows: Mi J.—The absolute right of a tiff to discontinue his on payment of costs, befure judgment or demurrer, or, before the submit to a jury, bas been the law, both of this country and of ind, from the earliest period to this day, unless the Code han taken away that right. It was allowed in Chancery even whon the cause was called on for hearing; although the defendants were ready to argue the cause on its merits, and strongly op; the diomiseal (Curtis vs. Lloyd, 4, Mylue & Keene 104.) Chane. Ws said, (in Cummins e#. Bennet, 8 Paige $1,) that it is a matter of cause to permit a complainant to dismias his bill at avy time before an interlocutory or final decree has been msde in’the cause, upon payment of costs. It was conceded by the counsel on both sides that this right continued; even if a cross bill were filed, but that then it did not carry the cross bill with it. Butasthe cross bill was the bill of the defendant, it remained in court antil he voluntarily dis- miesed it, or it was dismissed by his default, or dinpored of by the judgment of the Court. It was also conceded that the it existed in replevin when the defend- avt is an actor, and may notice the cause as well as the tif, and continued on actions of cont after the w allowed « set-off to the defendant, his right to recover from the plaintiff any excess of the set-off be- the plaintifs clai any time cane Was Pesky In replevin the effect of the juance was a judgment for the return of the property but that was only to necessary of abandonment of the that property acquired by the commencement of the suit should be revurned whew the ant yee Rigg ne 4 it tl lain’ had no right to at least in that action: it could be ined ouly mae institution of the suit, and ining it failed when the suit fail- Doubt is ex; (in Wilson vs. Wheeler, 6 How, . R. 61-58) whether, in a discontinuance by the plain- ped ie cape soc oti of the judgment that it “the old cases under the aaeiaes eanittes th ° broad enough to include a discontinuance, the motion of plalnttf or defendant, Te ly EOrty *peelteain the writ has been dl to the plain. iff, and the defendant moves judgment by discontinu- ance or non-suit, judgment shall be that defendant return of the goods,” &c. The defendant moves digment, although the order is made on the plain tiff’s motion. tne of the plaintiff to discontinue his action having justained through all the changes of the law until the adoption of the Code, it mast require some clear and unequivocal language to take it amay—it is notto be taken away by implication, unless the implication be an absolutely necessary conse- uence of rome of the new enactments. The the Code referred to are section 274, allowing the Court to grant to the defendant any affirmative relief te which he may be entitled; section 266, allowing cither party in after issue to give notice of trial; section 258, allowing rts of -£00,000 acres of Jond whic! presume | Ington it will be j urcbated of them ict or judgment, as the case ma; ul allow bi ipl re BG . te state any new ter claim; section an answer wing the def or Genat within the ay cor stiuting a defence or coui 188, allewing the iff to reply upacounter claim; eT ant when the thme law, to move for such j tas he in entitled to, if the case ire it to have a writof nq of ; and section 168, declaring new is to be pro- t i e Ss i i i He BS e Hi i iH if 2 eee F i 3 4 i H ait. fit ity i rejilies to the counter claim, and bis cannot sustain it, then defendant it pot to lose any tt which he weuld have had if tainable reply had not been put is, ofa counter claim after noticing the causqfor al.ow,) have hia itive hia case may require. The notes report of anawer,”? 9 inte: that the bntinue. Such, no doubt, was the intent gentlemen im certain cazes, as one of them present at the argument suggested; but he also showed, they expressed bp fy not in the yogi to bo trai Legislature, but in chapter of title §, as to judgments. in general; which chapter was adopted in part by the Legi>lature, but with the ex- clusion of the rection referred to. This shows, first, that the endif! deemed an express provision necessary to eut off the general right of owa action, and that they did not mean to cut it off by implicaticn; and, next, that the Legislature, having the subject before them, did not choose to alter the W In the chapter last referred to, section 748 corresponds with rection 245 of the Code; ‘sections 749 and 750 with section 474 of the Code, and section 751 with section 275 ofthe Code, Then follows section 752, which was not adopted, and which osed to abolish all other modes: of dismissing an.action except those therein specified. One of those modes was, ‘ by the plaintiff himeclf, at any time. before trial, if’ provirional remedy has not been allowed or counter claim made.” It would seem to be clear that the Legislature did not intend to abolish this ancient and firmly established right of a plaintiff, merely because a counter claim was made, and that the codifers did not mean so unless thelr express provision for that purpoee should be adopted. By clear implica- tion they have abolished it when the plaintif fails to reply or demur to the counter claim, or to appear at the | trial, but then only. . Whether under the general power of the court to control its process and the orders made by it, or in its name, it may not when the defendant will otherwise lose his redress, vacate an order of dismissal entered by the plaintiff, need not be examined. This case presents no such circumstances. ‘The case of Cor- kle vs. Underwood, decided by Judge Bosworth, in the Superior Court, cen submitted to ue since the ar- ument of this cau In that case the plaintiff had failed to reply to the oounter claim within the time p1 scribed by law—and then we: that the plaintiff ca net dismiss his complaint withont special leave. The order appealed from is affirmed with costa, United States Circuit Court. 7 Before Hon. Judge Betts. Dro, 12,.—The United States vs. Frederick A. Penoyer. ‘Ihe prisoner in this case (a colored man) was steward on board ship Southampton, from Liverpool, in August last, and is charged with selling bread and the ship’s stores to passengers. Mr. Joachimasen appeared for the overnment, Mr. MeKeon being indisposed, and Mr. spencer for the prisoner, The stewardess and another witness proved that they saw the accused bring up bread and bottles of ale, and get money for them from the passengers, Verdict guilty. Sentence deferred. je United States ve. Charles M. Thompson.—The de- fendant, who was mate of the steamship Pacific, pleaded guilty to's charge of smuggling. Sentence deferred. Superior Court. Before Hon. Judge Boswerth. .—James 8, Gibbons vs. The Broadway Bank.— e, which has already been reported in the Herald, was an action for services rendered by the pleintif! n tting up tne institution. Mr Whiting hav- ig summed up for the defendants, and Mr. James T. Brady for the plaintiff, the Judge charged the jury, who rendered a yerdiet for plaintiff for $2,000. Court of General Sessions. Before Hon. Recurder Tillon. Duc. 12.—Grand Larceny.—John Morton and Jobs Morton, Jr., father and son, were indicted for stealing on the 4th’ November last, a $10 gold piece, soveral Yank notes, and a silver wateh, of the te value of $87, from Alice Burns, of 224 ‘avenue ‘was proved that the elder prisoner slept in the room where the pro- yerty waa Kept in a bureau drawer. Mrs. Burns saw tho Property there the night previous to the theft, and in ye morning it was gone, th the prisoners were seen in the rcom, and a key belonging to the elder Morton wos found in the drawer that contained the money. The case against the prisoners was not suficiently sub. stentiated. Verdict—Not Guilty. Grand Larceny.—Churles Butler was indicted for stealing on the 4th of November last a gold watch, chain and cther articles, of the value of §: the property of Miss Wally Straub, then living at 20 Elm rt. watch was traced to the prisoner, upon whose person there was found a skeleton key, which fitted the door of Misa Straub’s room, and which prisoner endeavored ta throw away when arrested. For defence it was con- fended that priconer purchased the watch from an old man, at 104 Reade street; but this was not made cut. Verdlet of Guilty. : Indictment lists-—Some time a com- lata cvobaite tetere feonaen Clarke, by Mr bridker- off, against the noted pugiliets Bull Poole and Dan ‘Williams, for assault and battery; the complaint, how- ever, was not sent down to the Grand ney as is the ‘usual custom, but was kept back at the Police Court, fey, however, Mr’ Buakerhol, the complainant in tre y, however. 4 er! e Com] in the cane, prerented himeelf before the ee now in session, snd there made his complaint, An indictment was thereupon found, for agsault and battery against thore and search warrants were accordingly issued for thelr arrest; but the accused parties have not ) aempeese tick ied pleaded guilty to havi nan guilty ving atolen $60 in gold from one Christ. Sentenced to two nt in the State prison. Henry John- years imprisonme: ston pice pivoted, uilty to nym and was sen- tenced to six maxis in the penitentiary, ‘The Court then adjourned. Law Inte! NCee Kelso Eeqy of indiana, wen adnivied an attorney and ‘eleo, +9 was an att ny a ba of this Court. Nos. 11, 12, and 13.—Jos. Battin, patent and Sam- uel Batti, afsignee, plaintiffs in error, vs. Ratcliffe, John Johnson, and John G. Hewes. these cases was continued by Mr. Kel- intiffs in error, and by Mears. 2 and Mallery for the defendants Adjourne: Domeatic Felicity in New Bedford. Mro. Frances 8. Brown, for some cause not yet made | More nui jus admirers who had confidence in bis public in the newspapers, lately left the bed and board | Judgment and pride in his talents, itis « revere bereave- of her devoted bus! New Bedford, Mass., audtook | ment. up her residence with her mother, which did not exactly Dxarn oy Cor. B. F. Hcxt.—We regret to state that a correspond with Mr. Brown’s of the duties of an vate despatch, says the Charleston Courier of the 8th affectionate wife, and he thereupon caured the ua inst., received in this city, announced the death of Col. notice to be insertedin the papers, that his wife with- | Bexsamin Fanevit Hunt, on Wednesday, Ian renid ont just cause or provocation, had deserted and | in the city of New York. Colonel Hunt was born at W for! ing all persons from harboring or ‘traitag ber, as he would eee heey wins ihe stirred up the ire of the lady, and she forthwith pub- lished the following only, jealo babaul L poor, silly, wis husbani rus ers my affection for my m ‘and “Where Brown—; chilé—bas published a notice fort all persons trusting me on aceount of my “having refused to occu. VW, bed and board provided by him, i feel constrained rough regard for the truth, and the cause of justice, of which he seems to bave such vague notions, to make a Ve public manner, the following statement of fscta: 1st. have been married atx years to Cyrus L. Brown, and ell the “‘bed’” Lever knew of his having was. pro- vided Ly myself. od. He has deserted me three times without any rea- ronable cause, and left me to support myself. id, He he has treated me shamefully in other respects, simply for the love I bore my mother and child. 4th. For the Iaat four years, he has not furnished or “provided”? more than one hundred and twenty-five dol- lars in money or anything else towards the suppert of myeelf and child. Sth. Since my marriage to this smart, amiablo, loving man, I should have suflered for want of the necessaries of life, liad it not been for my mother. FRAN 8. TABER (Brown).’’ Mr. Brown could not stand this, and the next day bis rejoinder appeared in the paper under the head of “Novicg.—The notice signed Frances 8. Taber (Brown) is false. Isailed in the barque Columbus. Dec. 4th, 1880, leaving my wife, Frances 8. Brown, $115 cash. and a draw bill on Wm. R. Rodman, for $10 per montb, which was duly honored whenever presented; she sold farm belonging to me, cont ing Ye actes, for which she re- ceived the cash, and she also received $90 on a note. ‘There has deen money in the Favings Bank of thin city, to my credit for over four years, and she has held the bank beok until my return this fall. My dear child has been in its grave two years. I have ever told her to come with me; to remain with her mother I could not, asI was willing and am atlas ath ‘to receive her, board and lodging belog provided for her near my store in this rd of which she bas had one month’s notice. Such are the facts, aud I can prove them. CYRUS L. BROWN. Laxps my Kansas.—On the 10th inst., Mr. Ross, a ne.bew of Jobn Ross, and Judge Hicks, a full blood Cherokee, who ia on the bench in the Indian eer id is a man of very decided intelligence, a r and erudition, reashed Washington, o>m- it g a8 a portion of a delegation sent by tne Chero kees to dispose of to the mment « body of that nation owns in the Territory of Kansas. This land lays far off from the pation’s other territory, and we hear it is not partioula:ly valuable for agricultural purpoees. We however, that before roy Jeave Wash. by the ledian Department, james Tag- |, New Adiantic Reute. pL, «dite. 44 Sours Sramz, New Youu,’ Deo. 11, 1854. Weasae B. Jowss, Boq., Pree’t of Board of Underwriters— ho fs—In compliance with your request, I have ex- I the chart and the accompanying explanatory ‘Which you were kind enough to subm't te my in- spedtion; relative to the new route across the Atlantic. ) Thelen of compelling steamers which ply between ‘Livespes!, Southampton and Havre on the one side, and New York, Boston and Portland, including perts in the British provinces, on the other, so to ‘their course as in passing Cape Race, to leave “WS poiat some one hundred and eighty miles to the ‘mentiward, has, in certain aspects, much te recommend it; an@ were there no countervailing objections, it would certainly be desirable, by giving that cape a wide berth, the danger of approaching it im fogs; but there ‘to my mind reasons which—whether valid or be a bar to the adoption of that course. rin this fast age, time ie the very essence of ) and it is very questionable whether masters, | oF passengers would consent to such a deviation ‘add one day’s running distance to the voyage. i! ‘Beoendly—Shipmasters, particularly steamers’ cap- teine; find the aberration of the compass, from local i f her causes, such a prolific source of error and un- poe pl whilst they are runnii at a high semetimes Many ays without 2 cteervation, subject to varia! ite and currents, that after | say BNoben | on the es or od che | A) are irous e et done which etn sea roust have observed— freer, walk the deck firmer, and are relieved of the ansiety which every man, having a just a jation | ap, Sappnaibity "inder the poe pine , an I do, that the present route by the great | died atiae is and must continue to be the favorite j for sailing ae well as steaming vessels, | think the which I had the honor to lay before the Board of ters and the Chamber of Commerce ai their last meeting, and to which both thove bodies have, with great prompiness, ivan, their sanction—viz. : the erection of a first class liglthouse on Cape Race and arrangements for firing tog gune—Is dleidedly the aid and remedy most feasible. Leannot but at the same time reiterate what I have be- fcre stated im my communication to you en the sublect, that untila light be placed on Cape Race, vessels bound on the western passage wou.d do well to steer direct for Cape Spear or St; John’s light, which are only four nile and at the latter place fog guns are regularly fired; and haying made either ot those, aud kuowing their position and distance toa fraction, they could run down the Dold abore of Newfoundlacd for sixty miles (there veing only a single hindrance, and that the Renews rock, above water,) to Cape Race. ° And here allow me to remark that, hay iz resided at doth places, I have found that Newfoundland itself is very little more subject to fogs than Long Island, and that even when dense fogs prevail on the neighboring seas there is frequently clear atmosphere extending | from a half to a mile trom the shore. It is with diffidence that I disagree with such high au- thority,as the gentleman who deservedly stands fore- mest in matters concerning the science of navigation. Still, I must be allowed to question whether a steamer, finding hervelf during a fog in the midst of the great marine highway, and apprehending collision, is to have her speed increased in order to get oat of inarm’s way as | quickly ns possible. The simile of crossing our ero wded Broadway is scarcely complete. In a London fog I think | he would hardly recommend one to rash across the Strand, or Holborn, amongst tl. throng of vehicles and | Fecestrians. The idea that, under great speed, asteamer | is likely to have the best of it if a collision occur, should not be the controlling consideration. Fishing | vessels at anchor on the Banks, others laying to, or un- | der short suil, and, perchance, an unexpectod proximity | toa shore, should be taken into the account. | I should, therefore, rather recommend that when overtaken by a fog the speed should be moderate; great | caution exercised that the engineers be on the alert to stop or back the steamer, and the frequent use of the steam whistle oF other device for giving uotice of ap- reach, Pithere should be rome better method alopted for low- ering boats, so that both stem and stern would reach the tor simultaneously and safely, for, by the present mode, whilst one end is lowered ‘handsomely, as the sailors term it, the other is let go “by therun,”” whereby | the occupants are precipitated into the sca, or the boat in capsized and lost. Any ingenious rigger could make the desired improvement. I'am yery respectfully, dear sir, your ob’t serv’t, CHANDLER WHITE. Obituary. DEATH OF J. R GRYMES. The death of the Hon. John R. Grymes, says the New Orleans Picayune of the 4th inst., which took place la ig, Temoves another of our most eminent men, half a century be has been a man of mark in this community, and for » great part of the time held rank among the foremost in eloquence, learning and ability, at a bar which possessed sume of the brightest intellects of the times. His secial qualities, elegant ad- fine person, made him a captivating compan- powerful mind and commanding oratory gave a very exten- sive practice in his profession. Fora long time he has been invariably engaged, or at least consulted, in some stage of the proceedings, in almost every case at law ia this cay which involved large interests or iinportan: prinetples; and on public quostions he was, though no & professional yoitician, often called out by his political friepds jop, as him a high position in the community an whenever it was thouglf, necessary to produc: a great impression. for some years past he has taken little active space in political inatters, devoting himself tothe cares of his profession. Advancing years told so slightly on his frame tbat until within « year or more, he had all the elasticity of step and general air ofa well preserved man of less than fifty. Within few months his limbs los something of thelr éase of motion, and his faco to wear the Hines of age more distinctly. He returned trom a trip to the North, made this sum- mer, with an appesent improvement, and his friend theught bim in better health than be had enjoyed for years. But a few weebs since he was struck down by paralysis of his left limbs, and has been ever since lying | in & precarious state. Some alleviatory symptoms gave | hopes that he might be restored, but! within a lay oF | two vorable turn took place, and he expired at | abcutieight o’clock last evening, at his residence in this was surrounded during h's illness by old, valued 4 marked friends, and his only child, Mrs. Samuel | 14, of New York, who arrived in the Crescent City in time to watch by his sick bed and console his dying mo- ments by her ai mate cares. Mr. Grymes was born in Oran year 1786, and was consequently in the sixty eighth year of bia age. ‘The public have been’ in the habit of esti- mating him as over seventy, but he entered public life and became conspicuous so young that his age has been over estimated, although his appearance woukl have in- dicated many years fewer. An accurate biography of Mr. Grymes would include much of the egg Ms the public matters of this State for t! years. Emigrating here about 1807 or 1808, during territorial condition of Louisiana, he was during his active manhood, prominent in all public tran- sections. Of public offices, ever, he has held only a few, and these of no great political signiticance. He served, in his youth, as volunteer aid to Gen. Jackson, at the battle of New {n-161 in the suitors, nemehe of the day. He was sisoa trusted cou of the hero of New Orleans in the subsequent legal which obtained such historical noto- riety. Of civil appointments he has been United States and Attorney General, and has served and in State conventions for constitution, im all of which he was facile incepe—a giant in debate, with whom few would to grapple. ‘The death of Mr. Grymes creator a void in the profes- sion which it will be difficult ts fill, and to his numerous friends, who were personally attached to him, and the county, Va., in the tertown, near Boston, Mass., on the 20th of Febri A 1792. ils father was the cescendant of man who was. early emigrants to e. Was 8 svghier George Bethune, of Brighton, and Mary peer p oe the Huguenot family, one of whom ve Faneuil Hall to Boston, Col. Hunt's fe died in +04, but his widowed mother, perceiving his talent, liad him red for college. In 1806 he entered Harvard University, whero be graduated four years afterwards, in his twentieth Boon after he graduated he mi- ey to this city, where he arrived on the Ist Novem- T, 1810, and devoted himself to the pte ot the law. He entered, an a student, the law office of the late Keat- ing Lewin Simons, at that time one of the most distin- guished ‘Ornaments of the legal profession in this city. After two years etudy he was admitted to the bar at Charleston, at a period when it wes crowded with cmi- nent joners. Gifted with lizh intellectual powers ond a ready and 1 rhetoric, he at once took his place in front rank of the profession, in| asa jury lawyer was perhaps never surpassed ‘at our bar. His [rsetice was lange anil successful: and his professions) rininphs generally, and especially in the defence of criminals agpaee cases, were tnultiplied and signal. | His ability and eloquence as an advocate soon gave him prominence in the field of politics, and he frequently served in the Legislature of this State as a representative from Charleston, and was al regarded as one of the ablest and most influential debaters on the floor of the house. About a year before bis death he removed hence to the city of New York, where he closed his career in the 62d year of his age. . A Revouorionary SOLDIER (ON THR WRONG fine) Dr- cnaseD.—Died, in Yarmouth, N. S., on the 29th October , Mr. Robert Robertson, aged 104 years and 5 months, le was a soldier under General hs» on in the Ameri- can Revolutionary war, and has resided in Yarmouth since the close of the war. He carried with him to his grave scats on his head, breast, and hands, from aword wounds received in different battles, and also a musket P Og leg. He loaves three surviving sons and a jaughter. Mr. Wittsam A. B. Pace, a printer, well known in New Orleang and to bis fellow craftsmen throughout the Union, ax perbaps the swiftest type-retter in America, died in that city on the 4th inst., after a short illness, of cholera, at the residence of his mother, Mrs. Towns, on Bien- ville street, near Royal. He*was heldin high esteem by his fellow craftsmen and all who knew him, and was followed to his last rest by the Typographical Union and the National Guard: which he was a member, ‘Usury Lawa rm Norta Carouxa.—We perceive by the sete «ey the North Carolina Legislature, that Mr. Shepherd introduced into the House of Commons of that State the foliowing bill:— A the 117th Chapter Rev. Stat., entitled ‘: An Act to restrain the taking of excessive usury.”’ 1, Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of North Carolina, and it ix hereby e by the an- thority of the same, That the Revised Statute, Chapter 117, entitled «An ‘act for restraining the taking of ex essive ueury,”’ be, apd the sawe in hurety, repealed Sec, 9. Be it further enacted, That ibe interest which | it may be lawful to receive upon any note, bond, bill of | , or other loan of money whatsoever—or upon an \tiels, wares a merchandi-e— th six per per ancum, unless, by a special comtract in writing between the parties, a higher or Jower rate be That in all suite i fixed. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, of the courtsof this State, or before a justice the pesce, judgment shall be rendered for the principal money, and the interest due, pon end stipulated: per annum upen the —_—_—_—K——K—XK—KXKXKsK—K—X—X—Km—=—Kveos_oes FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL, MONEY MARKET, Tunspay, Dec. 12—6 P. M. The stock market presents no new feature, At the first board to-day the operations were limited, and at lower prices. Erie Income Bonds felt off 1 per cent; I!li- Bois Central Bonds, 3; New York Central Railroad Bonds, 3s; Delaware and Hudson, 34; Canton Co., ; Pennsyl- vania Coal, %; Nicaragua Transit, 4; New York Central Railroad, %; Erie Railroad, %; Harlem Railroad, ; Reading Railroad, 1{; Hudson River Railroad, 1; North- ern Indiana Construction, 1. The transactions in Nica- Tagua Transit to-day were unusually large, but prices fell off from the opening. New York Central stock still rules above the market value of the bonds, but it proba- bly will not continue so long. The difficulty of getting | large quantities of the stock when required, in consequence of ite general distribution, deters sellers from putting out large contracts, ané prices are therefore sustained much beyond its actual value. Holders are waiting pa- tiently for a dividend. Their patience will soom be ex- hausted, when we may look for a greater supply of stock on the market. It was along time before holders of Erie Railroad stock believed that investment was not the best on the list, and those who would not sei! at 80 and 90 percent have since sold at 40 and 50 per cent It will be just #0 with New York Centtal, It willgo down as fast as Eric, and ultimately reach as low points. It is now the highest railroad stock on the market, and it is the most inflated, overgrown corporation in the coun try. Its capital, funded and floating debt, amount t nearly forty million of dollars, and will soon exceed tha enormous sum, It must break down from ite own weight and when it does collapse, it will leave a sad wreck be hind. From the time of the consolidation it has been going rapidly to decay. Under the diifeent compa the different stocks were kept at a premium, and la dividends paid, in some way, but vince the amalgai tion, the tendeney has been downward, and the entire concern bas become dilapidated and diseased, Since the consolidation, twelve million of dollars have been added toits Indebtedness, without anything to show for it and the roadway and ‘rolling machinery are in such a condition that an expenditure of trom three to five mil- lion of dollars will be required to place them in decent condition, ‘The opinion is rapidly gaining ground that the New York Central Railroad Company never will pay from its net earnings. The Clearing House closed up another bank to-day. ‘The Central Bank failed to make good its account this morning, and was therefore suspended. This concern has been putting up an elegant marble building on the corner of Broadway and Chambers street, at an expense of about one hundred thousand dollars, equal to about one third of its capital,and the probability is that it will, when completed, be occupied for some other purpose than that originally intended. About a year ago, new banks were created at the rate of one per week, they are Dow suspending at about the same rate. We shall soon get back again to the old number. Bill holders of the Central Bank need be under no apprehension regarding their value. The returns of this bank for the week end- ing the 9th instant, were as follows:—Loans, $301,172; deposits, $186,249; circulation, $83,733--Specie, $22,405. After the adjournment of the first board the follow- ing sales were made at auction by Simeon Draper:— $3,000 N. Y. and Har. R. R. 2,000 Green Bay, Milwaukie, and Chicago 8's, 1st mort., int. added., 81 40 shares Suffolk Bank rit 30 American Exchange Bank, 20 Third Avenue Railroad Company. Adrian H. Muller & Co.’s regular semi-weekly sale of stocks and bonds will take place at the Merchants’ Ex- change to-morrow (Wednerday), at half-past 12 o'clock, Atthe second board the market was heavy and de- pressed, The transactions were confined to a few of the leading fancies. Nicaragua Transit fell off 14 per cent; Cumberland Coal, 34; Erie Railroad, Reading Rail- road, 34. At the close the market had a downward ten. dency. The reeeipts at the office of the Assistant Treasurer of this port to-day amounted to $62,605; payments, $52,598 21—balance, $6,738,241 27. Paid for assay- office, $50,198 50. There has been during the past two days a great ran upon the different savings banks of the city. The Cham bers street Savings Bank paid out to depositors yesterday a larger amount than ever drawn before in any one day. The Greenwich and Bowery were very busy meeting de- mands upon them, and the deposits must have been largely reduced. The failure of the Eighth Avenue, the Knicker- bocher, and the Empire City Savings Banka has alarmed @epositors, and they arg hoarding up their money in gold, distrustful of all savings institutions. We are not much surprised at this. The failure of three savings banks in lesa than three months is pretty well calculated to destroy public confidence, and we wonder depositors do not make a grand rush upon the banks still in operation and draw out every dollar due them. There is very little doubt in our mind, but that the Chambers street, the Kowery, the Greenwich, the Seamen’s and, perhaps one er two other Savings banks are perfectly sound and sol- vent, and can pay every dollar due their depositors, but it will be difficult to make the public believe it, after the Josses incurred by the failures which have already taken place. ‘The warrants entered at the Treasury Department, = For the payment of Treasury debts a 84 For the customs,...... 474 12 For the War Departmen’ 41,767 40 For the Navy 0 91,213 12 For the Interior Department 126 74 The Boston Tyanscript of the 11th inst. says:— ‘The buriness community in this city were surprised this morning to learn that one of the largest and most extensive dry goods houser—J. W. & Co.—in Pearl street, enjoying a igh reputation in all sections of the United States and bad failed and gone into chancery. The liabilities of the firm are between $1,900,000 and $2,000,000. They are reported to owe one commission house in Milk street, $176,000; another, $151,000; and there are several others who are creditors for about $50,000. The failures at the Bouth and West, and the utter impossibility of colleeting the vast sums due them, is the couse assigned for this suspension. It is the Jargest failure of the season in Boston. ‘The report of the Land Com missioner discloses some interesting facts in relation to the state of the govern- ment lands. It sppears that during the fifieen months ending with September, 1854, the sales of land were 13,785,208 acres ; a very large proportion of which was im those regions where railroads have penetrated. This settlement of government land contributes lasgely to the success of the roads that induce the settlement. The land report shows that in the line of the Mlinois Central region, where, for fifteen years, the government could not sell an acre, there have been sold 2,377,994 acres, much of it at deuble price. This tract, equal tothe State of Connecticut in surface, will, in « few years, become tributary to the Central Railroad. In the midst of that large tract, the Comtral Company own a large quantity of selected lands—to be put upon the market when ita value shall bave felt the influence of the sales of the government. The Commissioner states that s0 numerous are the applications, that this cannot be acted upon for months to come, Anactive demand and settle- ment is accumulating around the Illinois road with in- creased effort, which will insure ite property, had it no land of tts own to fall back upon. The money pressure at jhe West has thfown some of the best paper into Wall street. Illinois Central acceptances, which were largely taken by the Chicago Banks, have been turned over to capitalists in Wall street. By our advertising columns it will be seen that & party is in the market for a loan of one hundred thourand dollars, upon a joint bond of two sound and very wealthy monopolies, who were never before, we believe, borrowers. Stringent as the times are, we ven- ture to predict that sensible men enough can be found to take up this'loan at onee, for its basis is sound, and the money is wanted for completing works mew in pro gress, and not for paying dividends that were ‘never earned. Weeommend Mr. Murray’s advertisement to notice ; it is under the Financial head. { The Marine Bank of Augusta, Ga., has declared a semi-annual dividend of five per cent; the Planters’ Bank five per cent; and the Central Railroad Banking Company a mixed dividend of stock and money equal t> four per cent, The Augusta (Ca.) Journal severely attacks certain banks in that State, called ‘wild cats,” among which .* says are the following :— Pank of Atlanta, at Atlanta; Bank of the Ty Griffin; Merchdnts’ Bank of Macon, « and fes’ Pank, at Belton; M eJerr, Colvmbag Livie~Pipu yf aly ee to the rate ¥ Becover, that h rate aball and be reduced to six centum such rat all and may plea of the per Ist mort., int. added, 80, | other dividend above two or three per cent per annum | | propo:tionate increase of rates. ¥ at Da! The Cleveland papers give the following summaryo the proceedings of the railroad convention lately held i that eity-— Reolutions were passed that no runnersshould be em or commission allowed for passen- warren except at certain cities named, of Cn. cinnati is one, no ticket offices shall be except ut the depots; and in the judgment of this convention, no cing pass ought to be tamed alten pe Jan- naly next By mpesmspany, axo0y t, Bu peri jontand, pal ticket or and \t agents, and ee masters, uals oe ee apy such company may have ticket or freight arrange- mente, The tickets to such oe and baggage masters to be issued upon the certificate of the superintendent of the road by which the said agents and mas- ters ‘Deemployed. jul mage rede the subject of v . The th declares that the fare we Inwky $14 65; Cleveland $13; Detroit " 2 $20; Cincinnati $18 60; See aepetetetammess tise test ies tas M J i tom tnt Bellefontaine $16; vis Sandusky $18; Teledo ville, Ohio and 1; Louisville, Tediansy lin 921, 2 A committee was appointed to nettle all matters con- nected with claims for pat A resolution was should be in- formed why the rates of travel were advapesd. From the statement on this subject we gather thattae com- mittee consider that pallway has im many Instances, fearfully dep oo deen impaired, frauds have been of companies are received with distrust and di with susp ion, and few investments are now made im such securities with any expectation of realizing regular and | certain dividends. Dividends have been paid before they were'earned. Competition has brought prices below remuneration. “The popular pinion oat reduction of rage leads to an increased business and enlarged receipts is raraly true.” The experience of most ronds indicate that the rates have been too low for remuneration. A advantage to the public is sometimes purchased: by in- jury to the stockholders. The expenditures have re- cently increased Vy the higher prices of labor and mate- rial." On the same grounds the companies will be led to use eae econom: _ pu —— me ex- pect the mails to pny thema fair price, com- Penraticn being often below that of freight. ‘The fol. Towing resolution is a one: = That it be recomme: to the several companies here represented to memorialize their respective Legislatures to provide suitable penal enactments for the punish- ment of railroad employes to whom are entruste1 the enforcement of rules and regulations for the preserva- tion of persons and property, and who by wilft peglect or disobedience of euch rules and regulations. produce coll’ ‘ons or other accidents, by which life is taken or imperiled, or property destroyed. It was resolved, That the tariff of freight between New Yorkand Poston, and Cincimnati, shall mot, be. less than the following rater:—Ist class, $1 75; 2d clans, $1 20. Sdclass, $1. From the same places’ to , $2, $1 50, and $1 20; to Indianapolis, $1 82, $1 20, and $1 06: to Louisville via Indianapolis, $1 82,'$1 40, and $1 21: Provided, that the prices from New York and Boston to leveland, and vice versa, on freight to and from In- dianarolis, be the, sume as oa freight to amd from Cin- cinnati. ° It was also resolved, That neither of the lines will give a guarantee to tranaport merchandise from New York or Boston to Buffalo, Suspension Bridge or Dunkirk, in less time than six days, Sunday excepted; Cleveland eight days; Detroit nine ‘days; Chicago twelve days, without ‘And further, that the foregoing prices and conditions shall not be altered with- out the consent of all parties in interest, or the calling of aconyention at some convenient point, to annul or amend the same, for the calling of which convention at least ffteen days’ notice shall be given. Any company desiring to withdraw, or make any change, thirty days? notice are to be given. The convention adjourned to meet at the Mononga- hale Hoh) Pittsburg, on the second Tuesday of March next. ‘There were present the representatives of thirty-one different roads, including the Boston and Worcester, and Western, Mass.; New York Central; New York and Erie; Baltimore and Ohio; Buffalo and Erie; Cleveland and To- ledo; Chicago and Rock Island; Michigan Southern and Northern; Cleveland, Columbus and Cincinnati; Little Miami; Hamilton and Dayton ; Indianapolis and Bellefon- taine, and Ohio and Mississippi. Stock Exchange. Tvrspay, Dec. 12, 1854. 8934 206shs CumCl..bl0 26 893% 50 a 830 80-100 50 do......b3 855% 300 Tarlem RR..b90 2546 20 do... a3 25 £00 Reading RI...53 6636 200 do....4.810 Big 6h . 31 2 do,......83 3046 10 Mich South RR.. 804¢ 48 do...... bd 80 15 NInd Construct. 76 25 Clev, C& Cin RR, 95 7 MO,.....066 95M SECOND BOARD. $0000 Virginia 6's... 89}¢ 60 shs Nic TOo.... 16% 1000 C&RIRR Bis 85 240 Harlem Railroad. 25 2000 Erie Ine Bds.,. 95 50 do......b80 2635 2000 do., + 9434 100Cum Coal Co..s3 257% 10060 do-...... 94% 250 do......930 2585 1000 H 1st Mtge Bds 80 © 100 do. +83 2636 20 she Phoenix Bank 104 60 100 Nic Trans Co..23 17 100 100 =b60 174 12 Erle Railroad... 3634 200 B30 17K 300 do .......88 3615 100 blo 37 100 Reading Railroad 663¢ CITY TRADE REPORT. TrrspaY, Dec. 12—6 P. M. Asis ruled quiet at $6 76 for pots and $7 for pearls, per 100 Ibs. * Breapeturrs.—Flour was on the advance. The saley reached 6,000 bbls—ordinary to strictly choice State, a $8 25 a $875; mixed to fancy W at $8 75 0 9025” and extra Western, at $950 a $11; with extra Genesee” at $10 75 9 811 75; 1,500 bbls. Canadian superfine, at $8 76 $0, in bond, and $9 87, @ $10, freo;- with 2,000 bbls, mixed to fancy and extra Southern, at $8 623 0 $10 26 per bbl. Rye flour and corn meal were un- changed. Wheat was inactive. begs gry Coated T1500 goon Gouthera do, at $2 16. hye, barley and oat ern do., a! 4 , remained about the same, Corn was loss sbuadant and wasrather dearer. The sales since our lant were esti- mated 500 bushels, at Odc. a 96c. for Westerm mix- ed, 98c. a 4c, for Southern yellow, 4c. a 96c. for do. white, and 96c. a 07c. for round yellow, bushel. Caxpiss,—There was less inquiry, but holders were firm at 20. a 20c. for Mise. for mould tallow, per Ib. Corrre.—About 700 bags Rid were sold at 9a 10c., and 25 bags Mocha, at 14%. Correr was inactive at 791,¢. = 30c. for new sheath- igate: © 6c. for yellow do., and Zlc. a 220, for 10. 7s. 64. per ton, 1 500 bbis. in, at 2s., 600 to oe bales of cotton at 25 bales Son Inland, af oH ey 228. Cd. and some bbls. tanfoLondsa,, cboet 0 guckagee of becom 178. 64.—' al some tierces beef were engaged at 5 ton. wre, 400 bales were at kc. To Bre- men 100 bales cotton were shi; 346., 200 bbls. at 3s. 6d., and 20 tons ment goods, at 208, To Australia, fr its ranged 35e.,8 400. t foot, at which the Eas States was one- fall. Fe California, rates were steady, at 366. a 40c. por foot. measurement. A vessel was chartered to load sugar and molasses at Attakapas, La., for New York, at ‘$6 50 per hhd. Froit.—The sales included about 1,500 $2 75 for whole boxes M. R’s, $1 46 for Crs erg for quarters, with sales; some lots pet hs | 12. GiweENG was rather scarce, aod in request at Sde., cash, per Ib. HAy.—About 600 bales were sold for shipment, at $1. By retail it was worth $1 12 8-$1 25. ‘Hoxxy.—There was gome demand for Cube, for home use, at 68c., cash, per . i jors.—New were in lote at 34. a 38. per Ib. Inox.—The market was dull, with small sales Seote> pig at $25, six month: rns.—We heard that Eastern were obtainable to- bag a 81. $1 8734, cash, per 1,000. —Rocklas. at was Very quiet at unchanged Leap. —£1 of «© tons ob ‘Spanish were to arrive, at5 each on delivery; and s small Semen at Galena was nominal at $6.25 0 $6.90 Moraeers.—About 200 bbls. new crop were sold at NAvAL Sront.—3,000 bbls. common rosin were sold at $1.85, afloat, to $1 90 from store, per 310 lbs. delivered Spiri's were dull. Raw was at about 6425 a Ma! pi M4 8} 5, par Ib: jans.—fome ex! oe Lia oe and any rovements in these, Olive was retaling, at 45 60 —— Tinseed at 80¢. a Ble.; and lard at 627¢¢. # be. per gallon. " PROVIsIONS.—Pork was declining. The iy a sales comprised 400 bbls. at 913 123¢ for mess and 28 for ime. Mess was subsequently offered but net ght. 200 boxes short middle bacon per Ib. ; with 300 bbls. beef a 6 650 bbls. Jard he aed pete at 10¢. prime: $8 50 a $11 for do, mens; and $15 & $15 26 for ee 60 a $7, for ed ported in butier viet continued fist and nominal atde, @ eommon to prime. ‘ Foe eee 0 mats of cassia were made ad Qe. fvcar.—The market continued dull— .he sales em! 7 ed 200 hhas. Cuba, part low , at de, @ 4K C., the remainder, good quality, at be. > Tar.ow.—The market continued firm at 123<0. per Ib. Tonacco is ve Nog: ha Lam ae ‘be Bo for som » Prices atiltare firm. y tice leaf, 60. 8 180.; 9 do. Gc. a B3ye.; 120 cases seed 4c. 4 18}c,; 62 bales Kentucky stems, ps 0. 1. pore have been 400 bbia, Jersey, Obi» cat 106. @ Hey coal per gallon ‘ie, at Milledgeville; Inaurance and Ranking Company » pene