The New York Herald Newspaper, December 29, 1854, Page 3

* that young man, and which I ‘The steamship Empire (ity, Capt. Windle, arrived yes- terday morning in 4 days 20 hours from Havana. She left New Orleans ot 6 A. M., Dec. 20, and arrived at Bavana the 224, at 5 P. M., and, after transferring the California mails and passengers to the steamer Falcon, sailed on the 224, at 5 P. M., for New York. ‘There was nothing of importance to’ report from Bavena. ‘While the steamer was at New Orleans, John Colwell, ene of the ship’s firemen, fell overboard, and was @rowned. ‘The purser of the Empire City will accept our thanks for papers, &c. Our Havana Correspondence. Havana, Dec. 23, 1854. + remember perusing, s short time since, « state- «tment in a Southern newspaper, to the effect that ‘through the diplomatic skill of Cora Montgomery and her husband, General Cazeneau, the government of the inican republic had been induced to cede to the Unit- @4 tates the Bay of Samana and a considerable portion of the adjacent territory; from the fact mentioned in ‘the report of Mr. Dobbin, the Secretary of the Navy, that Whe Columbia had been engaged in surveying the Bay of ‘Bamana, and in examining the localities in its vicinity, with reference to their fitness for a convenient depot for ‘eval purposes, I ami led to suppose that it is generally wnderstood in the United States that tha Deminican re- |, public bas ceded to the United States Semens bay and the adjacent territory above referred to, Indeed, I, im eommon with many others here, until very recently en- tertained that belief, A few days since, however, I was undecsived, having been favored with a sight of copy of the treaty entered into between the General, on be- half of the United States and the Dominican republic. Im that treaty, which is merely one of amity and com- merce, the Bay of Samana is certainly not ceded to th United States; iodeed, unless I am much deceived, it @the treaty) will never be ratified by the Senate, as it rwill, I believe, be found to contain clauses which are totally at variance with those principles which have @ver been maintained by the United States in their @ealings with other countries. As to the ides of re- «aiprocity between the United States and Dominica, ‘that does not appear to have been considered at all worthy of the consideration of the representatives of the United States. All the benefit to be derived from the treaty will be found conferred upon Dominica, sud it will not, therefore, I venture to assert, be ratified. ‘A friend of mine who paid a visit » few days siace to the unfortunate Lacontte, in the Punta Castle, has fa- ‘vored me with a statement of a conversation had with ‘ibe verbatil ‘The real name of Lacostte is cisco Estrampes; he is represented to be young man Jof eight-and-twenty or thirty years of age. He said:—F was seized at Baracoa, placed on my back in ee RE els of 8 vessel, with tightly fastened me as to give me to have & mattress, to rest my aching to the Castle. iba, whence, aftera long confinement, brought me in the hold of a vessel to thie city. the six days passage from St. Jago to this city, Iwas kept in the hold, so cruelly tied as to be unable asegar. A biscuit.in the morning aud another at dinner time, was my daily and sole allowance of food,’’ In reply to tha question 0? my friend, ‘as to the man- ner in which he presumed the authorities at Baracoa ob- tained the information which led to the seizure of the ‘arms and 40 his arrest, Estrampes replied:— Thave but thia day discovered the fact. I came con- signed toa man at Ba named Francisco Hernandes; and he, the. traitor to his country, went to the Gov- ernor of Baracoa, and deposited with him all my papers, &e., ke, ‘The fiscal this day read to'me the deposition made by aes ste wher I smiled at the mis-statements euntained it poe sees hy, Leeere I » the thought of what must be the feelings of such a Hernandes. I was under examination yesterday} d inguised thiebat count 7 fi belonged. "it le what coun! 4 eS ee she is Si, I came here to 7 and to gain my country’s for her. No such cause was ever gained with- y life, and I presume will be shed, andI only regret that it did not s figh for my country’s liberty. But it is no }) tbo you may deem it such: Cuba willere be free. It is so ordained, rhat must be will Upon the question being put to me if I did not reatey, T replied, thet Iinew that they ander the ut , that I knew under the ia conasered wt'such, bus that eccording to wy view, it would be a blessed deed to free Cubs from the chain that Spain bad placed around her. When asked if Mr. Felix was not to have been my second in com- mand, I searees the bev rah ret Lao prheraeed mot the object of my coming . He came here winter and to avoid the cold of the North, asked—Who dia I kuow in Cubs: to whom did I look for support? 1 replied, I knew no one, knew mot who would aupport me, but I came to fight for ‘Cuba’s freedom, and free I repeat she will be very soon. Is it not o pity that such a noble spirit should be sa erifced to the brutality of such monsters as now have away im this ill-governed island? Mr. Felix, ap to the evening of the 2ist inst., con- et 5. s = 428g if if i i : fa 7 HA tinued incomunicado. He. was, and} believe still i« confined alone in adark room, the very dogr.of which i ‘There sre no less than eleven persons in the Panta jail under the charge of having assassinated Castenado. ‘New, they could not all of them have done the deed, and, of But we have but little ree; Charles Colin. He, too, is # citizen of the United dtates, and against dim no’ puch complaint can be urged. "ie i; indeed, come to this—that potey entuostane, of are to arrest d f i ite ui | He will be, on su and, of course, & ‘an occasion, little able to give fective orders, much less to make # brilliant bg id HF it i ) we been three or four slave cargoes landed re- its of the island. ve heard of was landed near Santa of 817 Africans, some two or three , died on Passage e Hawkina, ig ner of the pilot boat Charles and Mr. James Woodhouse, supercargo of the , are summoned, in the Gacefa of the 20th inst., to ‘apperr within nine days at the royal castle of this city te anewer the ‘preferred against them of having eonveyed armsand munitions of war, and in assisting the same at a port in this island, for the purpose of assisting in a revolt, &c. Is it not expected they will ‘ebey the summons? “Spirits may be summoned from the vasty deep; but will they come?”’ ‘20th inst. was the birthday of the Princess of As- Three royal salutes were fired during the day, ‘the church bells sounded pe eee mei ‘may prove satisfactory to President Pierce now his to Congress met with the hearty ap of dela Marina of this city. When one’s guemien saprev™, of our acta, they must, of course be of a correct character. Do you not think #0? of this city cannot complain of a lack of ‘We have the Italian opera company, who have recently given us ‘Luisa and “Hoberio De- vereux,’”’ and bog noo very soon @ new and bril- “Nant tenor from coe Then there isa company, of tro Villa Nueva. Phe ded in also exhibiting with her hairy Esau-like child, months of bs A cireus company, by Lavater Lee and family, i ii z bace iE : i i T. I lt, f ‘The American steamer , the ego ory 2 ticheeges are still in our harbor. i ope bas cannons, gunpow: gaubbrts, lancts, 8° "The powlet. bas besa put in the fort, and the rest in the store of the . Some say it is the Danish nt which has required the Hwee. Sve thet i ficer has taken formed the cargo. The shi vessels should attempt to leave, they would te proves The object of the ex ion ie new well known. BY fet eekly a bs vad rer ap oped pas a! cor ment 0! a e wel wate be a reales ‘of General Jor a . The ex, itiom came too late; the Sle wes given «1 Cote-Ferine before the arrival of thove ghips and ot Paes, The tns have been beaten. ‘The Franklin of nearly all the chiefs of the revointion reached jess; v0 that Ieaacrp Oa't baoW Whsse $0 go ‘(The Secret Mleston to Haytt. ‘THD UNITED STATES AND ST. DOMINGO—MBS. GENERAL CAaNEAU AND TREATY—FRENCH INTERFER- ENCE THREATENED—NEW SCHEME OF COLONIZA TION—ALLLANCB BETWEEN NAPOLEON AND 89U- LOUQUE, &0., aU. * 'fFrom'the National Democrat:} Port au Puixox, Nov. 1, 1854- Great events are about to come forth in this Island in Dehalf of the children of Africa, and may God turn the hearts of our enlightened friends in the United States to Tr cause, Our Emperor has received an autograph letter from Louis Napoleon, the Emperor of France, of :he highest importance. bf mee tcl ply pent oy ag ol UBS. just Beet as nme ssi to be a wi whatever their friends may give out, they do not favor, » but, om the contrary, My oye te colored e1 ite. If aman isso white that no one can least sign of African blood in him, yes, then he may pass; but not else. The have also acted v to the Freoch ting white settlers, cans will a Sables ae ready to unite with the Amar i m ; but 2 great European powers esc them a) smart leewon ia. the course of Ug winter. Before they think of it their republie will be dune and gone. Chevalier ybend, the French Minister here, has to St. Domingo to arrange for the return Sostern Department of Hayti—or, as it calls itself, a Dominican bhe—to dominion of the empire. This re-union will not the security of the whites, ig bea the lands Sey pealy cultivate, ithe c Mi are woerg. The eer) aa will be taken by for DY cats eter; wick our apererletewts vo our the United Staten wo populate the Cibao dis- ean, climate suits the African race, and there are in the United States a hundred thousand colored fami- lies who'bave no house or home. To these the Emperor Faustin will give land and three mnthe’ provisions, if their friends in United States will help them to » paseage to Hayti. It in caid that the French Emperor will remit one mil on of francs from the French indemnity debt, to b employed in assisting ten thousand men of color to com tous from America. This force will consolidate th: peace of the Haytien Empire, which is finally the only wee of securing to France the payment of our debt er. There are at least fi‘ty thousand small farms at th dinposal of the Haytien Government, includivg the im mense uncultiva' evtates which will be confiscate from the whites in what is called the Dominican Re ublic. All will be offered to settlers of African blood From the United States, in leon than ® year. Our brethren in the United States may be certain of this. Hayti is coming back to the Africans, and if a few thousand smart settlers come out to us from America, the whites will vanish like smoke out of this island. Mr. Bigelo: letters about our Emperor are terribly ungenerous. He gave us to understand here that he was actively engaged in ‘enlisting the United States’ for the Emperor Faustin, and here his letters are coming back, in which he says that the Emperor is an ignorant negro that can hardly read, and must have lately im- roved in his Jearning if he can write a letter. Mr. low should not set him up for the lawful lord of the wi island, Be a he can say in his favor is, that Faus- tin has the weakness of his race for fine clothes, and cannot use any more decent French—which is the gov- ernment Jengusge bere—than is taught him by rote for particular occasions. | If this ie the way our friends talk of us, what mast we t from our enemies? But patience—the blacks have the rule of all Hayti, if France and Eng- land do not keep Bigelow’s faith with us, it will all be ours again. QuapRoon. THE FRENCH ACCOUNT. the. ler des Ktats Unis.) be Weaein Pe details of the famous mis- of Mr. Mrs, MO regen i St. Domi 0, 5 Se! Y warried iplomatic and « the prevent state of, the famous affair of Santsasy which will Rave the bie’ merit of mbving eee of interest- len! wi are more A great he writes us, ‘about Mr. Caznea: tion which he has assumed since his especially that of his eccentric half; their estab! ip seri " pat, core sith ee means o seeking popu 'y, not C0) by her; but I have endeavored to pc's ay, thing which might seem like personality, We therefore give the history of this conjugal mis- sion, stripped of all aceessoric: Sr. Domingo, Dec. 1, 1854. The treaty concluded betweea the Unived States and the Dominican Republic, signed on the 5th of October, was printed and laid before the publ con the lst of No- vember. This negotiation greatest mystery. The Plenipotentiary, Cazncau, tail- im his cesigns on Samana, threatened =. Beeing that no notice was taken of hin threat, be became resigned, and for the present, at ve up the main point forming article 28 of bia 0 ed treaty. Tnis article would have secured to United States, under the form of a twenty years’ lease, a tract of iand on the Bay cf Samana, for the purpose of & maritime establishwent, with the exclusive right of juriediction over American colonists who shouki settle near said establishment. ‘The shores of this Bay of Samana. for some time past. #0 frequently honored by the attention of the public, are almost a desert, and are separated ftum Suint Do- mingo by several day’s journey across 4 country not less barren. The plan of establishiog a line of steamers be- tween this pay and New York, the only one put for- ward to justify a demand so suspieiuus, would naturally awaken the attention of the English and Freach gavern- ‘years, have ettectualiy against ao invasion poattion, threatens not only Cuba, but also all the Antilles, ed, stipulates thatthe ra. 7 cs tiato uld, thefetore, have mediately to secure that of his government, the ernment alone being benefited by the full of . But Mr. Cazneau, who lacks a little of perfection in diplomacy; judged otherwise, and pretend- ed to have his treaty ratified here before ita presenta- tion to the United States for fear that it would inSt. Domingo during his absence. That pre- tence baving been accepted, at last, for the sake of peace, an extia session of the Dominican Congress was called the 13th of November; but as it was first occupied with « plan of a new constituticn, Mr. Cazneau became furious, accusing the French and English Conwuls of hindering the presentation cf his treaty. ‘Three vessels delonging to the French naval station of the Antilles, having at this juncture anchored in the harbor of st. Deming. Mr. Cazneau, hurried oa by his mettlesome yokefellow, and by his paraxite, Angulo Gurridi, a natu- alized American, born in Havana, addressed a letter, iu the form ofa protest, to the French and English Con- suls, accusing them of interfering in his affaira—exclu- sively American—and charging them with overawing the action of the Dominican government by a foreign naval force. To this message, marked by a hauteur Bnew theesteninn. oh answer was returned coucoed in terms as brief as they were deserved. Meanwhile, public opinion, quite favorable to the treaty until its purport was known, became decidedly hostile to it ‘when the people were convinced that the reciprocity of treatment secured to the citizens of either Ly the ‘on the soil of the other, provided they submitted local laws and customs, would be only a lure for the Dominicans, because of the color of nineteen-twen- tieths of the population. People began to say that uo treaty could be honorable to the country without real reciprocity, and that such reciprocity was impossible with the United States because of their local Inws and eustoms. They recounted the exclusions, the conte ‘and the insults to which blacks and people of color ai ex |, whatever be their fortune and personal merit. that time Mr, Cazneau’s hurry to preseut the treaty to the Dominican Ci cooled off wonderfully, and lo pre to adjourn the presenta: tion in the hope of recing this counter-movement su side. His measures to effect this not having all the suc- cese which he desired, he sent on the 231 ot November a very sharp note to the local government to compel this postponement. The government answered four days after, that it had only yielded to his importunity in pre senting the treaty to immediately, and that, unless Mr. should withdra ~ the treaty, it k of no principle of international law by which he could forbid this presentation at that time. Mr. Cazoeau sent a verbal message to President Santana, who ix a gently man of color, as are also three out of his four Ministers, that he regatded this answer to be an insult, and that he would break off all correspondence. He has sent, by a much better opportunity than I have to sync these lines, to his government for inatructions. and, it ix saul, for a naval force. His few friends add that he has com- plained bitterly of Sir Robert Schamburgk, the F. oh Consul, but more particularly of M. Maxime Ray. Chargé d’ Affaires and Congul-General of France in Hayti, who chanced to be at St. Domingr, on nis way to aris, on leave of avsence, and not in his public character. M. Kaybaud crossed to St. Domingo, with the ileao attempting, merely as a friend, to overcome the last dif ficulties in the way of a truce, for a long period, between the two porticns of the island. The chief of these diff- culties was none other than the imminence of an Ame- rican establishment at Samana, at which the Haytien government and people seem to be, and with good cause, singularly alarmed. The treaty will be submitted to-morrow to the consi- deration of the Dominican , which will give its opinion after three readings, being an interval of two days between the readings, It is keneraily sup. pored that it will be rejected; but Mr, a is said to be able to dispose of such persuasive means, if neces- sary, that ures on this subject are by no means certain; still it is impossible to discover any advantage im this convention, except for the greater oi the contract- ing parties. x. Heavy Maits.-The mail of the America was st east thirty per cent larger than haa been received since the monthiy line of ers. It consisted of » xty bags of ts ed for the United States, twenty-eight for Canada; y-four bags of letters for the Uni States, and ten for Canada. The French mail was an- usually , consisting of 163 pounds of letters. +The ined for the South waa promptly forwarded in the afternoon train. We learn that the foreign mail, per steamship Washington, received at the Boston Post Office, wan also unusually large. We take the above epee earns pat Pa ee oe the fact yy the promptness ‘ontmanter anc his assistants these 1 mails were delivered to the public with great expedition. It had been announced that the Post Office would close at twelve o'clock on en arrived, Office was kept open till they were delivered. ’ This was great favor to the public, and we believe our business men will duly appreciate auch acts atthe hands of our efficientand popular Postmaster.—Bosion Bedford Mercury 000 gallons of sperm oil, in Fairha- ', tow house in New York, at $1 70 ungratefally. Hoglish nations, and for the wake of get-- has been conducted with the! Wo return to; " seeeeee 879,231 23 We venture to a:sert, if the intended plan goes into effect with vertising in the newspapers that the city year one hundred and twenty five thousand 4 inting and advert —a sum far tpn to thia avn 9 ‘The effect of this ex) jiture “commuaity will be disas- ‘trous in ‘The public have doubtiess wit- nessed day to ‘the.loud clamors of the New a), “Treasury Department, for the reason its are not opened was to office holders \. HERALD was a bidder for the pub- , and Claims thst the Common Council’ | bhallawa.d it to their bid. The Common Council, a ma- noni of whom represent the contracting and office-hold- ing interest, are at issue vith Mr, Flagg upon his refusal tolpay, vam of Whe, demands apoa the jury. The ity which selfishness prompts, attacks with bi ‘the old Hero who stands at the door of the Tredyury—a service which the Common Council is ex consider in making its awards. pected ‘Vine is a specimen of the dangers to which the pudlic a ‘xponed irom adopting the new plan of advertising. ‘Thé ‘of the Hemacp is made at 8 cents per line, and. amounts in tee sors ate to twelve thousand and twen- ty-four dollars thirty-two ecents—a sum that will be largely augmented through efforts to increase the quan- tity of matter, if the award shall be made according to its hopes. We were not competitors for thia service, and can fore speak with freedom of the matter. ‘I'he’ bidding was under the follow ng rules:— 1. Bidders to offer by the line for each time published, 2. They shall set forth, under affidavit, ax near as pos- sible, their daily crrculation in the city of New York, exclusive of the Sunday and extra issues, 3. The award to be made.to the newspapers offering to perform the work at the Jowest rates per 1,000 papers so circulated in the city. 4. The Comptroller toreport the bid, and his award, to the Common Council for confirmation. ‘The bids were made on the 4th of December. They were reported to the Common Council on the 18th, and stand referred tea Committee of the Whole in the Board of Councilmen, fur consideration. According to the report of Mr. Flagg, the following table shows the swora total and c't 7 elteulstion of the papers hamed, the rate per line for each insertion, and the amount t3 be paid to each paper mentioned ia the Vist, if the printing shall be thas awarded:— iS Fy se se 32 i oR GBs = be SEs » 5 Re if $29 = 3 3 8 s gS if) glued : B gg hg SBR : Rs. af \ ge cath EA aa 8 312,024 32 ts 11,272 80 8 7,515 20 be SS 1% 1,127 28 | * German. Suspicion at once attaches to the statement of the Hixxaxp of its city circulation. Much of it, sold at its counter, finds its way "immediately through express and steambont lines, to distant parts of the country; amd yet it is presented, but improperly, us city circulation.) The number distributed by carriers can be ascertained with entire certainty. The number sold to newaboys for city distribution gould also be ascertained, but not with as much precisiqn. A part of its edition is isxued in the evening, containing new matter, which takes tue place of corporation advertising. Persons who travel in foreign lands complain taat the Heratp is seen everywhere, and they blush that it should be treated as the i ha fered of the feelin; of the coun'ry; it also circulates exteasively in the Southern States—tegether, doubtless, producing an ag- gregate of ‘oreign circulation larger in proportion to the whole circulation, than the quantity presented in the affidavits from the establishment. But yet, the service which the paper is gaily rendering to the Common Coun- cil, the contractorsand the office holders, will induce at ‘Jeast one branch of the Common Council to overlook tne loose character of,the testimony, and rewatd a service at once so important and iniquitous ‘An unshackled prevg; bold without using license, busy without bemg venal or factious, devoted to the honest service of the commfnity—is an unte’d blessing; but a press which upholds licen sness and corruption, and ‘uses its whole power to degrade the morals of the com- + munity isa bitter curse, whose cireulution cannét be savanced by public representatives without aggravating ite. vices. ‘The course to be pursued by the city, instead of em- ploying five or seven papers, is that adopted at Washing- ton and by every State in the Union, to have a single paper employed in this service—on the agrerment that a sufficient number of copies of the city advertisemeata stall be furnished to each department, to be obtained by any citizen. Thin course willdiminish the expense, prii- duce fair competition on the part of the press, and pre. vent the combications aml arrangements now made, aul more than all, thecyrruption to which the present mea- sure wil) give rise. oj Theatres Biers. De ilies Varsison Keghab ‘opera troupe vill appear th ing in the - Beggar's Opera.” The mauner in which this opera has been produced, and {ts previous succ 2s on every occasion of its tation, are suficiently well known to insure ht, The farce of «-So- a full and crowded house to ni Givertisewent, in which Mlle. Zoe, Mons, Mrs, B. Yates will appear. Bowrny THxaTRE —The petite comeily of “My Neligh- Dor’s Wife” will commence the amusements, which will be followed by a fancy dance by Mis L. Wells, aod the i teresting drama of The White Boy.” The grand mantic military drama, by Robert Jones, entitled “1' Massacre of Michilllimackinac,"’ in which Mr, Derr’s famous horse Ingomar will be introduced, will conclude the performances. The drama of “Lafitte, the Piral of the Gulf,” isin preparation, and will shortly be pro- auced. Niw1o’s GARpex.—The benefit of Miss Brieati will take place this evening, which is anaounced as the last fietholf, and but one of the of tira Enzlish opera troupe. Balfe’s ‘ Bohemian Girt’ will be performed on the vcca- , with the charm trice, Mite. Nau, ax Arline, Mrs. St. Albym as Miss Brienti will also sing cavating from. Roberto il Diavolo,” and a Scotch ballad, and Mr. iz will sing * My Boyliood's Home,” a song from ‘ ie, or the Love Test.”” Burton’s Tukater.—The n eageetl Amer! san comedy, entitled ‘‘ Upper ‘Ten and Lower ity,””? in which Mr. Burton appears in nis inimitable character of Crookpath, will be enacted this evening. Mr. Durivage’s new piece, called ‘A Nice Yoaog Man,” which creates roars of langhter aud great applause every time it ix performed, will be played again, and will be the concluding feature’ Several novelties are in the most active preparation. WALLACK’S THEATRE.—“ The Sistera,”” adapted from the French, by Mr. O’Brien, will be the opening feature of this evening’s lormances. The comedy of “A Gentleman from Ireland”’ will follow, in which Mr. Brougham will perform the leading character. ‘ibe favorite farce of “My Wife’s Second Fioor?” will termi. nate the whole. Great preparations are being made tor | bd appropriate celebration of the beginning of the New ear. | Merrorouray THRATRE.—Mr, H. Jordan will take his | | benefit this evening. ‘Three pieces will be performed. In the first, “Nick of the Woods,” Mr. Eddy and Mr. Jordan will appear in the leading parts. ‘Robert Macaire,”’ with Mr. Jordan as Jaques Strop, is the next piece, and the ‘Egyptian Prince’? the last. Mr. Bu- chanan has made an eogagement with the managers of this theatre, and will shurtly mace his first appearance. Americas Museum.—Mr. C. Clarke will appear thi- aiternoen in his character of ‘ Eustac in the fine Frepch drama of that name. In the evening, the Ame. ir. JR. Scott, will perform the part of aided by Miss Mestuyer as Diana Vernon, Mrs. JR. Scott us Helen MoGregor, aad Mr. Hadaway a8 Bailie Nichol Jarvie. Woon's Mixstrets.—The receipts of this evening are for the benetit of the members of Wood's Minstreis wuo lost all their wardrobe and instruments by the late fire. ‘The progamme of entertainment, independent of their claims upon public sympathy, is such as cannot fail to draw a large audience; but itis hoped those who have tor years been delighted by their negro melodies and in- atrumental performances will use their exertions on this occasion to give them a fair benetit, which may com- pensate them for their loss of property. BUCKLEY'S. SkRENADERS.—An excellent bill is offered to the patrons of thin favorite resort, comprising a variety of voeal and instrumental performances. The barlesque on Bellini’s popular opera of “‘Somnambula’’ will also be performed, Sruyvesant Ixerircte —Mise Teresa Esmonde gives a reading from the American and Irish natioaal ts this evening, positively the last reading by her in New York for the present. The speech of Emmet in the Dock is on the programme for to-night. FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL, MONEY MARKET. Taursvay, Dec. 23—6 P. M, The stock market was rather bettar today. Quo- tations were a little unsettled, but the tendenvy was upward, and ¢ large amonnt of businses was trans- acted at the board. Indiana 5's advanced 4 per cont ; Virginia 6’, 1j ; Illinois Central bonds, 1; Erie Income bonds, 1 ; Chicago and Rock Island bonds 2; Erie Railroad, }; Harlem, {; Reading Railroad, 1. New York Central Railroad fell off j per cent ; Michigan Central Railroad, 3; Hudson Rrver Railroad, j. Railroad bonds were o,erated in to some extent, and prices were well maiatained ‘The weakest railioad stock on the list is New York Central. The slight improvements occasionally no- thoed are caused by a temporary scarcity of stock ' Ma lke nirewt, Lhup gifouty wil sepa be prercome. value of the stxck will be lower than at present. We should no} be much astonished a: such a resalt. Tt ie reported that the Readiog Railroad Company will declare a stock dividend of twelve per cent. ‘Tte vet earnings have dll been expended in paying the floating debt. It isestimated thet the floating debt at the close of the first six monthe of the past fiecal year, atter applying the net earnings ap to ‘that time to its Mquidation, amounted to abou; one million of dollars. To the payment of tnis balance ‘the net earnings of the last ix months have been appropriated. The only question now to be settled ie whether there shall be astock dividend or none stall. Hudeon River Rauroad bas lost its buoyan- cy, and will probably fali back to ite starting point agein. Harlem must stead ly appreciate uader its present management, It must be & safe stock at current rate, Cumberland aud Nicaragua have not moved mush Jately, either up or dows. They have each strong friends and great prospective value. *: After the adjournment of the firet board to-day, the following stock: and ponds were sold ut auc- tion:— i $25,000 Cleveland nad Poledo Railroad? per cent con- vertible income bMS... 06.+-ceer+ nee 0098 it 70 1,000 bond ot the city of Rucine, Wis., T per cent 9o83¢ 2,000 Manaticld and Sandasky City Railroad 7 per cent Ist mortgage bonds...... 0006 vee - 4926 23,000 Chicago and Missisippt Railroad 34 mor 1 Fage 7 per cent convertible bonds 6... 65 .00040 ew York and New Haven Railroad bond 24,000 Cleveland and Pitteburg Railroad 7 per 66,000 State of Virg 6 per cent bonds, $1,000... shares Galena and Chicago Union RIt.,'8100. Second Avenue Katlroad Uo., $100 Danbury and Norwalk KR. Cincinnati anti Chicago Rai , Sixth Avenue Railroad, $100 Irving Bank, $50... Nassau Bank, $100:ea: Bank of Commoniweaith, Citizens’ Bok, $25 Bull’s Head Bank, Empire City Bauk, Farmers’ and Citizens? A Clinton Fre Insurance Co., $100 Reliance Mutual Insurance Go., $100. Beekmaa Fire Insurance Co., $25 Ship Timber Bending At the second board an aivance was realised on several of the lesding fancies. Erie Railroad went up j per cent; Erie Income Bonds, 2; Chicago and Rock Island Bonds, 4; Virginia 6’s, }. The trensactions at the Assistant Treasurér’s Office today, were as folicws :— a 9214 w 01M Reevived, + $213,358 76 ee 110,095 00 Balance. + 8,618,930 45 Paid for Assay office. 560,412 46 The stockholders of the Parker Vein Coal Con pany can subscribe for au interest ia tie purchase of the Jackeon, Totton and Westernport coal lands, sold a; auction on the 26th December, instant, late the property of the Parker Vein Coal Company, at the office of W. & J. O’Brien, No. 33 Wail street—ten per cent of the amount subscribed to paid at tte time of making tue subscrip- tion. Those wishing te avail themselves of the opportunity must make epplication on or before the 30th inst. This is the last chance for the at »ckhold- ers in the old Parker Vein. If they do not avail themselves of it, their stock is wortuless. The sub- scription hes come in very rapidly, and more than the amount required could easily have beeu raised. The directors deverve a great deal of credit for the wey in which they have mansged this matter. The Harmony Fire Ineurtnce Company of this city bave declared a semi-anoual dividend of five per cent ; the Frauklin Insurance Compiny, of Boaton, six per cent; the Lowall Muuufacturiog C.mpavy, of twenty dol'ars per stare; the Stark Mille Manrfscturing Company, three per cent. Billboléers of the Old Nabant Bank, who have proved their claims, van obtain a dividead of 3 4-5 per cent, of Cheries P. Curtis, No. 16 Cour: street Boston. This iy the third, and probably the dna! dividend, msking « tocal of $63 80 on $100 pain the crecitors. The warrants entered at the Traaenry Dapart ment, Washlogtow, ow tte 230 tnet., were?=- $48 080 11 L For the redemption af stock For paying Treasury debts For the Customs. For the War Depai For re-paying in the War For re-paying in the Navy Department. 29 60 For the laterio: Department........ 37,873 11 For re-paying iu the Interior Department 706 69 The warrants entered on te 26¢2 were: For the redemption of stock For paying Treasury debts. For the Customs....... Covering into Treasury trom mise. Covered into the Treasury from Customs. Covered into the Treasury trom lands. For the War Departi pa! Lh For re-paying in the War Department. i For the Navy Department......... 49,586 12 For the Interior Department... + 9,550 14 ‘The Michigan Central Railroad Company’s earn- ings for November, in each of the past two years, were:— "asengers. Freight. Miscellaneous. Total. +-$110,205 $115,552 $6,287 $282,845, 62,954 12192 8,625 139,272 Tne.... $48,250 42,560 2,762 93,574 —tnowing an increase of ar0ut 70 per cent. The annexed table exhibits the aggregate loans and aiscounts of the banks of the United States, end the value of imports and exports, in each of the past twenty-five years :— BANKING MOVEMENT AND THe Fornion TRape or THE Usrrxo States. Loans & Discounts. Imports, 70,876,920 103,191,124 101,020,256 108,118,311 126,621,882 42 32 19 107,141, 127}040,177 100,162,087 64, 19 247,600,000 £550, 500,000 1 607,287,428 This table covers a period of twenty-five during which four different tariffs bave been ia ope- ration—two protective, oue compromise and one re- venue tariff. The bank returns are made up t> the let January, and the trade returns up to the 30 of June each year. It will be seen that from 1830 to 1837, both inclusive, that the loans and discounts of the banks rose from two hundred millions ra pidly up t> five hundred millions, In about seven i | | | | years the banks more than doubled their discounts. | In the same time, the value of imports more than doubled, incressing in seven years from seventy to one hundred and thirty million of dollars. This great and rapid increase was ander the operation of high tariff. The compromise act of 1832 en, torced a high cuty during its early operation, aud it was not until after 1837 that the rates were re- duced below what was called a protective stand ard. From 1837 to 1843 the bank movement fell off more than fifty per cent, having in that time boon re duced from five handred million to two hundred and fifty million «f dollara, and the importations were re- duced in the same time about fifty per cent, having fallen from one hundred and forty millions in 1837 to sixty-four millions in 1843. This decrease was un- der she operation of s revenne tariff, being vie last five years of the compromise act. From 1343 to 1847 there was a graduai but steady iacreass in bank credits, and the importations advanced from @xty-four milion up t> one hundred aad forty-six million of dollars. This was under the operation of high protective tariff. The period iocluded be twern the years 1833 and 1847 presents some very extraordirary resulta tn connection wita tue effect | were oogage | tak of tariffs upon our import trade. From 1838 to 1843, under. Jow tariff, the importa fell from onp and thirteen million to sixty four million; 5 from 1842 to 1847, under s high protective tariff, the imports increased from sixty-four million to one hundredand forty-six mi'lion. Now,as these tariffs worked just she reverse of that claimed by protectioniste, it is necessary for us to show what was the real cause of these fluctuations or variations in our foreign import trade. From 1838 to 1843 the banking movement of the country fell off from four handrea and eighty-five millions to two hundred and fifty.four millions of dotiars: hence the decrease in importations. From 1842 to.1847 the banking movement increased from two baudred and fif-y-four millions to three hundred aad forty- four millioas: hence the incraasa in imporiations The real aud only cause is found in the variations of banking credite. From 1846 out, the preseat tariff has been in operation, and 4s it was graduated, previous to its adoption, to a revenue standard, iv has been particularly obje:tionable to the protec tionists, and. has been @ source of considerable po- litical capital to the party press. In 1847, the firat year of the operation of the present tariff, the im- portations amounted to one hundred and forty-six millions of dollars, In 1354, the eighth year of ita operation, the importations were valued at three hundred and four millioas of doliars—an increase in the annual importation in that short time of ove hun- dred and fifty-eight millions. This i: attributed by the protectionists entirely to the low rates of duty Yevied upon foreign manufactures; bat it can be easily shown that the banks have been the cause of ‘this etormous expansion in our foreigu trade. Th bank discounts in 1847 amounted to $310,282,945, and in 1854 to $607,287,428, showiag aa increase io 1854 over 1847 of $297,004,483, being equal to near- Jy one hundred per oent. It is certainly very ex traordinary what uniformity exists between these two departments of finance and comner.e. The move together, up or down. An expansion of bank credit is sure to produce an increase in importations end ® contraction in credita—a contra tion in our foreign trsde. The increase in bauk loans gine 1847, is the sole cause of the increase in im- ports. It would have been precisely the same had the average rate of duties upon foreign manufactures and merchsndise besn double what it has been in the same period. The above table will be a valuable gnide to legislators, and we can conceive of nothing more conclusive in 1t# ar- gumenta and results. If we wish to contract our importations we mast contract our bank } ans, Uno- | til eomething is dose to regalate the banking insti tations of the country, we shall be subject to these are in the midst of an enormous speculation, and at another time involved in a revulsion that prostrates every interest and threatens to ruin all. We paas from one extreme to the other with the greates: facility—up to-dsy and down tomorrow, as the wanagers of our banks may dictate, er circam- stances compe! them to act. The Troy Whig says :— In the case of the Troy and Rutland Railroad Company vs, Thomas H. Canfield. Judge Parmelee, before whom th ument was continued at the Court House several days, has delivered an opinion in favor of the defendant, and dismissed the proceedings. The proceedings were instituted under the landlord and tenant act, to recover possession of the Troy and Rutland Railroad, commenc- ing near Fagle Bridge and ending at Salem, Washington county, for non-payment of rent. It appears that the ‘Troy sed Rutlanit Railroad Company, in 1852, leased the road to the Rutland and Washington Railroad company for forty-seven years—the entire residue of the term for which it was incorporated—at the annual rent of +ix- teen thousand dollars; that the latter company sub-let to the defendant, Canfield, in June, for five yeara; that Canfield soon after released his term to his lessors, but continued {6 operate the road under them, and that be- fore any rent became due on the lease to the Rutland and Washington Railroad company, the latter was trus- teed in the State of Vermont, under whose laws it holds its charter, for debts of the Troy and Rutland company to a large amount. Troebay Dec. 28, 1854. 50 she NY C RR..83 B21 100 do... b60 821; $10 Ind State 5° 2000 111 lin Stk of "4 1000 Virginin 15 Chi A RKT RR. 75), 8060. do. « 92), 10 NH &H’d RR.b3 108 20008 Fran 10 peent 101%, 10 Mich Cen RR. b (000 Har Jat MBdsb3 #0 100 Panama RR. 1000 Erie Jn Bonds, 5° 46 Nor & Wor Ri 2000 Exie C Bs ’71.53 70 560 Erie RR 1500 H Rist Mtge Be 95 09 500 2d e Bs 82 6 DS. OT 5000 Mich C Bs..1860 99 1000 Mich So Bonds, 91 ‘5000 Va Ba 2d is. b60 SU1¢ 1600 TUCO RR Be,.23 6524 7000 “nb 65: 5000 du... hdd 60 1500 NY CRK Bas. 82 1000 dosseseee 82M 1000 CARTER Bis 50 Flo & K dnt 8tx 4 10 vhs Han Bank... 200 do 200 Reading RR. 100 do do do 100 a do -: 5 Hudson River RR 100 ‘b30 do cou do 10 Til Cen 1 100 do., BOARD. 200 N ¥ Cen RR.s16 4000 Erie C Bs ’71 40 de... 3C40 HR 2d Mge Bas 82 20 Reading RR 8000 111 Cen RREds. 66 500 Erie RR. 8000 Pan Bds 2d is. 793; 100 do. 1000 CA RIRR bis. #74, 500 1000 Erie Inc Bds..«3 99 190 6shsD&HCCo, 107 100 10 Penn Coal Co, Sd 50 cd dO... Ghig —50 100 Cum Coal C.b20 281; 100 800 Nic Tr Co. 200 100 do. 75 NY Cen RR. 100 100 do... b60 8234 100 CITY TRADE REPORT. Tucrspay, Dec 28—5 P. M. Asuss continued quiet and nominal BrraveTtrrs —Flour was more active at stendy prices: the sales included 6,400 barrelx State and western at yesterday’s quotations; 250 barrels Canadian free xt $0 8734 a $10; 3,300 barrels mixed to fancy and extra southern at $9 26 « $10 75, and 400 barrels corn meal nt $4 26 a $4134 for Jersey, ant $47 for Brandywine per barrel. Wheat, rye and oats were unchanged. We eard of sales of 34,000 bushels corn at Yie. « 98e. for western mixed, Se. a 9%, for southern yellow aud white, and $1 for round yellow, per bushel. OFFRK.—Rio was more sctive, The sales reached 00 bags, chiefly at 0c a 13,c., with small iots of mings at 9c. per pound. No change in other kinl« Corrox.—In the atwence of the steamer, the market wax quiet and languid, with sales of ‘only about 200 bales, Faeicuts.—To Liverpool bout 19,000 bushels of cora boxes bacon and 20 casks Teportesi at lbs. per at 2 pork, at 2x.; . flour, at 1s. Od; and about it 6-32d. To London, 200 tierce A vessel was ¢ Montevideo and Buenos Ayres at 615. rates ranged from 26c. a 40c. per foot. bi aged. bout 600 boxes bunch raisins changed hands tive, but steady, 350 bales River exterday’s rates. 36 bales new takea, at S4c. a S6e. 8 of about 200 tons Scotch pig were made , ax mouths. Lixr.—Rocklane was quiet at former rates. Navan Stores. alex embraced about 450 bbls, spirits turpentine, in shipping order, at 46c. Common rorin was old at $1 87 per 310 lbs., delivered. Raw turpentine was quiet at $4 « $4 25 per 280 Ibs. JOLASSES.—There was more doing in New Orleans, sales having been made of this kind to the extent of 1,200 bbls., at 26c. for new crop, and Ive for old, for distillery, and 140 bbls. new, by auction, at Be. a 26e. per gallon. O1ts.—Whale, sperm and olive continued quiet, owing to the disagreement of parties about prices. A limi! business was transacted in linseed at Sle. a 82c., and lard of! at 800. a 82%¢c. per gallon Provistons.—Potk was improving. The sales included 400 bbis., wt $12 75.9 $12 8734 for meas, which was bow if held at the close at $13, ami prime at $12 25. Dresved bogs were se ng at be. 8 9360. per lb. Some small lots Of piekled hams brought 9%c. per Ib. Pickled shoulders were scarce, and wortlt 6¢c. « 63g¢. per Ib. About 270 bbls. lard found buyers mt 10c. a LO%e. per To. There have been 750 bbis. beef pure! at fait rates, Butter and cheese were unchanged. Rick.—Salea of 100 tierces were reported, at $4 26 a $4 2736 per 100 Ibs. S0GAK.—New Orleans was in good demand ant firm, with sales of 500 hhds., at 41e. a6 %K0., and 150 do., by auction, at 43gc. at bige. per Ib. Tonacco,—Sales were mate of 50 hhds. Kentucky, at pirate bargain, and 400 bales Cuba, mostly at 200 per Winenty.—There were 40 bula Ouignal prison dia- Foned of at 380. & 300., onsh aod short tune, por gauou, violent and excessive fluctuations. At onetime we | New York Cattle Trade 1854. We present below our annual statistien of the Net ‘York cattle trade for the year just cloaitig,” New You in the most extensive cattle mart in America, The cat tle brought to this market come t» us from nearly al sections of the Union east of the Mississippi. Kentucky, ‘Tennesse, Indiana, Ohio, Illinois, Virginia and Pen neyl- vania are our most liberal contributors; but Western and Northern New York, with Connecticut, us netts, and other of the New England States, likewi wend us extensive supplies. All the lines of travel radi- ating from this city to the interior—the Harlem, and Hudson, and Erie Railroads, the New York Central, the Lake Shore, the great Michigan Central, aod the Balti- more and Ohioand some of the Eastern railroade—fiod im the carriage of the live stock consumed here one of their most profitable items of freight from Ohio, Keatueky, I1li- nois, Indiana, Marylond, Virgima, Pennsylvania, New England, and Northern and Western New York. A con- siderable proportion of the cattle driven to this market, however, come from districts not so distant, The coun- ties on the North river raise some of the finest, while Long Island and New Jersey oocasionally are large con- tributgrs. In this city there are principally four placts for the sale of beef cattle:—The well knowa Washing- ton Drove Yazd in Forty-fourth street, between Fourth and Fifth avenues, of which A. M. Allerton, Iisq., is the proprietor. 2d. The Lower or Hudson River Bull’* Head, kept by Messrs. Chamberlain. 34. George Brown- ing’s Central Bull's Head, in Sixth’ strestpand 4th, the market kept by Mr. Morgan O’Brien, alvé in Sixth street, near Third avenue. Sheep and lanbe are soli at except the last meationed—the largest mipg’s and the next at » ‘The largest busines» in cows and calves is done s®Brown- ing’s and Chamberlain's. The market day, hereafter, will be Wednesday, but sales to a grenter or extent will doubtless be made every day. Inaependently of the regular transactions at those several city magkets, there are many cattle bought and sojd om the boats at tno wharves, Many cai slaughtered in the country are also brought io warket here, ready dreasea; but thes do not enter into the siatisties below. s STATISTICS OF THE SEVERAL DESORIPTIONS OF CAT TLE SOLD WEEKLY DURING THE YEAR 1854, A COMPILED FROM THE PUBLISHED REPONTS. “ Cows and “Sheep an Beeves, Calves. Lambs Javuary.. 4.. 1,721 » Be 9,25 n ‘aovz s* 783 2,853 248 740 2276 207 aan 2448 333 TAs 8,223 « 125 9452 2.270 444. GBR 2'729 eat 8,823 2724 an 748 23457 230 5,982 ent 877 6,288 2,814 872 3144 2412 978 4,998 3,652 932 4,496 2)794 1,254 4128 2) 664 27 2,608 2,688 1,400 _ 3708 2)254 1908 7,238 728 3420 1,489 41434 1584 5,082 1418 5,648 730g 8240 1,438 8,167 1,180 7,980 1,100 9}706 BK 13,676 y, 7,198 4M 11,486 981 1,197 800 "12,298 170 12,043 800 oak 670 14,545 580 10,088 546 8,392, 8,685 870 10,563 3,820 740 12,220 43568 576 15,108 8,069 870 14,900 4,617 5 14,010 4,487 657 18,924 ast io See 3 1,26 600 12,018 3}408 679 14,33 8.820 587 12,202 2,880 620 11,205. ts Ison Total... 4,796 41,086 470,817 | AVERAGE PRICES OF CATTLS SOLD DURING THM YEAR 1854, a8 COMPILED FROM THE WEBELY 5 = a rs 30 OO $2 50 & $8 08 ‘ 00 5 00 8 00a 5 08 800% 1000 5b 0a WOO 2iba 1 8 00a 1000 30068 6000 3008 10 OO 8000 1000 30000 6000 2500 6 OF 8 00a 1000 30008 650 250— 900 800 a 1100 25008 0000 3008 800 8508 1050 25.008 6000 3008 700 BAO a 1050 40008 55.00 4.00.4 1000 . BHO a 1050 30000 6560 40041000 . 850 1060 30008 55 50 360 — 10 0 + §00a 1050 30004 6500 4008 5 00 . 900m 1150 30008 Coat 70 - BOO a 11 3008 00'S Wa 10 00 7 @a F< 6 On re.) 1. #008 1000 30008 4000 4609 8 00 80a 1000 30002 7000 5 o 900 a 1100 00a 4009 5008 10 9 ba 1150 36 00a 5b 00 5 00 — 12 60. 9004 1100 30.008 7000 400 a 10> 11 00 a 15.00 80°00 50.00 3-008 10 09 11 Oa 1500 35 Ca, 5000 400 8.00 1000 a 1300 36008 5000 50a 700 + 9.00 a 1000 300 65 00 ph a 90a 1006 3000n 7000 400mrd » 80a 950 30008 7500 508 900 + 8000 1000 30000 6500 350— 800 8$COa 900 30002 7000 4008 8 00 8 00a 950 20008 (000 30a 650 8 00a 1000 30008 4500 2000 700 8000 1050 36008 7500 2008 6 50 R00n 1050 25 00a 5000 300— 7 00 COn 950 30008 5000 30a 800 60 a 10 00 25 00 a -60 00 2°90-a. 6 00 0a 900 30 Ow on ee Oa 975 25 On 5000 1258 6 ~ On 9 50°20 02 5000 250a 600 00 a 10 50, 30.00% 7000 2000 650 Oa 11 00 50608 6500 3 00 70 50a 925. 20008 5000 2508 600 2a 900 22008 5000 2008 51% 50a 950 20000 4500 1508 650 0a 900 30008 6600 250 o 60 a 950 20008 6600 200 eo 50a 1000 30008 6000 ad 65 2a 900 50000 6500 208 5 50 a 1000 20008 7500 1258 700 a 10 00, 35 Oa 6500 2008 800 a 1000 30008 6900 228 700 a 1000 2500n 75 00 2008 700 a 1000 20002 750 2508 700 a 1100 50008 7500 250. 9 $3 97 $43 48 956 43 & MONTHLY Statement oF CATTLR ON SALE If tue New York MARKET DURING THE YEARS 1863 ang 1854. - 1853. — pa 1954,—___--» Cowsd Sheepe Creed Sheaed Beeves. Calves, Lambs, Beeves. Calves. - 15,600 365 44.600 13,390 1,509 36,638 8,050 315 22,000 10,946 1,831» 32,: 9,600 477 16,350 9,904 3,067 20, 16,200 620 21,050 11,743 4,722 14; 12,108 13,649 7,128 26,! 11,260 6,886 34! 10,600 65, 18,250 15,502 2700 58,37 15,022 1,247 46,622 14,556 2,786 42; 21812 1/917 60,209 28/861 3,468. 79,11 15,461 1,569 45,267 12,256 2,246 52,168 (622 1,405 46,776 9,667 2047 46,975 Total ..157,429 10,720 412,989 162,425 42,895 507,608 ‘These vesuts sod comparisons enable us tosee the general advance there bas beeu in the prices of all kinds of cattle during the year. Comparing the monthly aver- age of 1864 with that of the previous year, the differ- ences are as follows -— 1854, 4,348 543 1863, 8,690 $20 Increase. 36,58 90.28 the now apparent fact of au actunl eearcity of cattle dur- ing the year, oring, peeisl , to the finmense quantities ‘alitorni of stock sent to from the Western States, found its The finan- cral troubles which bave embarrassed about every other branch of business, during the Istter half of the year, have also bad an undoubted influence on the and agricultural interests, It will be seen by. ing comparison, that there were but s few beeves sold during 1854 tli the excess in favor of 1854 is me imerense of the city wants, increase of our population. substantial increase ; Beeres. 7 kets above mentioned (excepting the average ng ond given above) during year is seen below. s le have ps down $45 as the average of ench heed of beef cattle. ) ‘ome dealers consider this a rather low figure, but, aw the more qeneret ‘opinion seems to be that this Is about: right, we have concluded voateys itu Bee’ $7,380,170 ween VOR... sees nee 3 Cows and eniv 20 Y,864,074 bapa Sheep and lambs......... 2,213,700 Patty 9 $11,387,034 99,255,906, 9,255, Inereane,. 4... $a,07s;000 | ‘There figures show at a glance cattle trade of this city.” It we include: ‘ie sales at the docks, of which no authentic can kept, it is probable that the agaregate value for the yenr does not fall sl of eleven’ ‘ lions cf dollars. - anda { The bulk of the cattle to thi covsumed here, bata ge eaciiee: be by the packers, for shipment, ment ; 1] ada, live cattle are inade to. on government account. In cloning. tue schnowletgment made ty Mesers, Allerton, Chamberlain and Cli.ties afordeu our reporter during the — = f