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Forcible Transportation of Italian Emigrants. eee New York, Jan. 23, 1855. ‘10 THE EDITOR OF THE NBW YORE HERALD. In yesterday’s Hxnatp, speaking of foreign con- ‘victs on their way to this port on board the Sardinian frigate Des-Geneys, you stated that ‘Mr. G. F. Secehi de Casali asserted that these men are not political exiles: but criminals of the worst description.” This, sir, has wever been asserted by me, either by words or by writings. In last week’s Crusader I said, on the au- thority of several papers published in Sardinia, some even eemi-official journals, among which the Parlamento, ‘that there is but one who can be called a political exile; @ll the rest are removed from the Sardinian States in order to purify the political emigration. I protested, in my article, in the mame of the United States of America, because the Sardinian government, for the Isst three years, bas, by various forcible trans- portations of political exiles and of convicts, made this civilized country their Siberia or penitentiary colony. I protested in the name of those who are truly political exiles, because they are carried by force to this country amongst murderers and thieves, against their will, with- out means of existence, not knowing the language, hay- dng no trade, nor any relations to receive them. The few dollars which are handed to them by the 3ardinioa Consul in New York will not suffice them to pay for two weeks’ ; moreover, coming on board a man-of-war, they are not entitled to any assistance from the Com- missioners of Emigration, since they do not come under prem Rl emigrants, J prowated pyep ia the SoBe OF those who might be convicts, because they are szorcibly condemned to a transportation without knowing for what offence they are snatched away from the bosom of their friends, and without having been legally tried by & competent tribunal. Lafecs a being supported in this mission by all the re- spectable Italians here, I protested in the countrymen in New York, because tuese am: transportations of political exiles and criminal the Italian vame in the sight of the Americ Previous to these expeditions here, the Italia York formed the ie respectable of foreign emigration in tl y state that, peations, to 1849, not a singlo Italian citizen, political exile or not, ever had, in New York, his name recorded in the annals of crime, or for mere police of- fences; and if the )talian name cannot boast of the same honor and respect as of old, it must be attributed to the Italian governments, which, in order to ditgrace abroad the unimpeachable name and honest patriotism of men who have sacrificed their friends, fortunes and social sitions to the liberty ot Italy, send amongat them out- five, the dregs of society, highway robbers liberated from the galleys and penitentiaries, on condition that achey come to the bew World and represent themselves as ‘olitical culprits. - sir, was the case with some of the individuals fe transported te New York in 1863 on board the sloop of war Don Giovanni; and, no doubt, ‘the Dos Geng? Wl bring us a second edition, if not & —— ~ont wish of all those Italians in New syd is nic, the aro “ut conduct and respectable stand- ee Ronee thie aateretco, "try, that the Chief Mazistrats — Se easy ope, 'Y diasppointed all his ene- Pr et me ‘ix ting of those people on ge vandthat the Sardinian Conow? ‘bonds for the means of existence for t.'08@ Who are truly PonallycT think it ts time the United 8.\t08 should igive ‘& geod lesson to those European governm,*ats who, mal eagrat Ole maser tatoos pocrentann seewtat wot having them dr by their soldiers to the shores of this republic. It is time that the land of popular sove- reignty should not be treated as the nest of robbers and murderers, It is time that the Americam people abould know who come among them to look for hospitality and protection, and of what elements and characters foreign emigration is com; assertions concerning the indi- Asa reliance on ses viduals conveyed to New York by the Des-Geneys, I place at your disposal the various papers of Sardinia ‘which spoke on the subject, viz.: the Parlamento; the Corriere Mercantile, Diritto, tod Talia e Popolo. . R it DE CASALL, Editor of the New York Crusader. TRANSLATIONS OF ARTICLES PUBLISHED IN SEVERAL NEWSPAPERS IN SARDINIA (ITALY.) CONCERNING THE FORCIBLE TRANSPORTATION OF SOME SEVENTY ition Parlamento—a flicial i} en! semt- offic g pe Gnsoa, Decrd?, 1964; In a few days the Sardinian frigate Dee-Genoys will sail for the United Staves of America, for se of taking in a cargo of flour and comreying tiiter several emigrants. I am speaking on & delicate subject, and ask from the Italia e Popolo whether there be oes them more than one whose removal i caused from political motives, or whetber it be true cr not, that this one individual was allowed to go at his own ex- mse to Malta with three others who left last wee! SPT remember right, the paper | hare quoted bas ‘the ment more _ rear Dat inns : ; now, that it is undertaken, the P.ed- pom eee and italian Missiva of Piedmont are derided and scorned | The paper would render a much Detter service to its cause by instigating the govern- ment to be severe with all those who usurp the name of exile, and contaminate it by acting and living in a man- ner which dishonor him who is exiled for the liberty of tna country! {From the Corriere Mercantile—a semi-official paper.) Gxxoa, Dec. 20, 1854 ‘The Des Geneys, which left the day’ before yesterday morning for New York—where, we are told, she is to take in acargo of flour for mititary provisions—had on board emigrants banished from our State, the num- der of whom, according to the Italia ¢ Popolo, exceeds by far sixty-three, . What is the cause of this banishment? We are aware that as soon as the arrested inmlividuals reached Genoa, mediations were made in faver of several of them, and the authorities answered that “ they were not transported for political matters.”’ On the other hand, the Jtalia, and with it some other paper ‘trom Turin, asserts that honest men, whose arrest was a gsees merely from political motives, were mingled those bavished as being reproachable for vagrancy \d bad conduct—the removal of the latter being con- sidered as beneficial by the emigration itself. What does all this provey That we were per! right when we reproached the government with the si- lent manner in which similar steps are taken, as a want of duty, and quite an imprudent and unpolitical de- meanor. In the first place, the government deviates from the ‘track lately pointed out, which is that of submitting the nts to the tribunals—which is the more just, as itisapproved of by public opinion, By means o! indi action the most complete and solemn publicity justifies of itself the necessary measures; and not only a condemnation, but such a legal result from which should arise proofs of dishonesty, or of a depraved life, would suffice to render an expulsion P lauded by the entire body of nonest emigration, In 6 cond place, why does not the government at least publish the list of names and the motives of this expul- sion? Would not that be the most open, most dignified and most convenient conduct for a representative go- ‘vernment? A prevailing idea attends there several particular reasons. It influence that our actions have on the a of cther Italian provinces, important to us, or Do we believe, or not, that two classes of adversaries ‘are interested in rlandering, disguisii leiously of our property yonder’ |, lity only remedy we can employ? Weknow not whether the official us—for it appears, since some time, t! is confined to biographies, appendixes on literature or travels, and articles concerning banking or exchange speculations; but it is certain that the suppositions and censure of the Italia e P will admit of no confuta- tion until the abovenamed list be published. From the Italia ¢ Popolo, an upposition r. por Cus, Dee, WPTids. This at 8 o'clock the Des-Geneys left our port swith the emigrants destined for America, We will give the precise number ot them, together with thelr names, the emigrants, those who no reason of complaint to Gevoa, Deo, 21, 1864. At half-past 4 o’clock on Monday morning the Piazza del Caricamento was ina state of siege. Gens-d’armes and police officers watched all the egreases. At the ap- three emigrants were led, in the net to the bridge called Spanola, whence they were ipped, and conveyed to the Des- Geneys, which was lying at the old pier, Other emi- ts were on board since the previous day, and ae "] in fectly wil answer P thelr business went later. It is singular that » rumor the city stating that the departure had been which rumor was credited by persons of Ligh standing, (From the Dieitto, a demoeratis paper} | Tuna, Arrest of Emigrants. The news apread concerning the recent arrest of emi- grants does not agree with their number, it is, however, confirmed that the arrested individuals are numerous, both st Turin and in the provinces. We are told that two or three were set at liberty. (ue of them, for instance, umprisoned because, about a year ago, he had saked for s gratuitous passport for Norta America, We ise informed by distinguished persons, who new it from foe poee iteet{, that some amoag the ar- Gid not suffer that punishment for reasons which can the least dishonor them. What other reasons, therefore, can have compelled the government to such W shall be th first t that emigration e ever ¢ first to request from those who dishonor the name and the however, neither arbitrarily nor yet mysteriously, ld st least have some guarantes, if not Ja least in the name of humani- hey have none, they are at the mercy every policeman, of me Sha subject who informs and if they not procure themselves a vility, they are likely to be mercilessly , or gent tothe frontier. The Minister is not consistent; he would adopt the ays- law courses, and now forsakes it. Does he, by thus doing, obey the injunctions of some foreign power! aig ‘the ease, let him have the courage to acknow- Anemigrant banished by the Austrian coun- to another country, a4 # victim to recent per- but by the present system, accusations are iasued the which disgrase their good came. “What Eiey my 'to their own defence, and how can those who were im; for reasons, which were not Se nen themselves in other coua- ri ingled and ni with bad characters, ban- Onwasy Discuanorp.-—We learn that the Grand Jury have refused to find a bill sepiast youes Ormaby, for shooting at young Jennings on Satarda, They ecusider the attack j ; Ormaby discharged. Jenoinge is in 1 cinnait Gast" i = ZF ‘ill tusrefore be | lows--Bamucl, Wi fair way of recovery.—Oim- | Preserved _Hopestill | time objected to by the defendant. of binding hi | be old at public | to be @ mutual agent of the NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 24, 1885, Supreme Court—Special Term. Before Hon. Judge Roosevelt. MORE FINANCIAL OPERATIONS. Jax. 28.—In the Matler of the Empire City Bank.—The several parties to whom this concern was indebted ap- peared to have the bank declared insolvent. Mr. Tracy, counsel for the bank, asked for a postponement, as he was engaged in a cause then going on. The court said the law was peremptory, that such cases should be proceeded with with all reasonable des- patch. Application to postpone denied. Mr. Tracy then, at the request of ex-Judge Edmonds, counsel for the Union Bank, read the assignment of the pa to Smith Barker, Charles 8, Tappan, and James mnnor. John T. Stewart, one of the duty sheriffs, deposed that he had executions against the Empire City Bank, which he produces to the court; had two others against the bank, which he has returned with the mark ‘‘n0 goods.’” Mr. Mason, counsel for George H. Purser, said that the assignment was illegal, a8 it was made while the pro- ccedings against the bank were pending in this court. Mr. Tracy suid the injunction alluded to by Mr. Mason was relinquished before the assignment was made. Mr. Heary Hilton appeared as counsel on behalf of the American Exchange, and some twenty other banks, to which the Empire City Bank was indebted on ex: changes to the amount of over $13,000, which took place op December 9, 1854, at the clearing house in this oly. ‘The payment of such debts has been demanded of Empire City Bank and refused. The potitigaara, thare- fore, pray that an order ey be made, puyeug) 18.) tho statute in auch cases provi’ ei deolyying ete Y City Bank insolvent; and tA wan such order is made, they pray fof an ind" ction restraining the Empiro City ™ ana its officers from paying out or in aay way transferring or delivering to any person any money or assets of such association, or incurring any debt or obligation until such injunction be vacate! on motion. Counsel for the respective creditors were heard as to the priority of their claims. The affidavit of Mr. Purser was read, in which ho stated that on or about the 9th of January, Adams in- formed him that he intended to apply for an iajuaction against the bank; deponent called on Mr. Mason, and hey consented together that if the assigninsnt was not insisted upon, they would consent to dissolve the injunc- tion and appoint a receiver. . On cross-examination, Mr. Purser said he never ex- pressed any Maya fig to an assignment being made that he could recollect; he did not suggoat that a receiver could be amicably appointed; did not know they had made an assignment; did not say I would consent if 1 was szppated receiver; I proposed that they should expose the —— who had robbed the bank of $153,000, and they would not do it; th led oa December 9; I did not commence the pro because I did not be- lieve they could make a valid assignment. ‘Abraham M. Beninger, President of the Empire City Bank, being examined, deposed that he was present when the assignment ws} made by all, except Mr. Con- nor; Mr. Connor signed i tafter (on the 13th January) we knew the order for the dissolution of the injunction was entered; Mr. Barker said so; the assignment was not executed till the injunction was dissolved; I am sure of ‘thats there was » meeting of the board a day or two before was passed by the board, but I have not the books here with me; it was the new board that was in ses the 13th; there were twelve members present; that not a full board; they were elected on the 2d of Jam ry, and they went into operation on the 9th; there wa: ution of the board on the 18th authbrising this t: + the resolution was moved or asted upon on the Tisthe. olation of the injunction of this court. ‘To the Con."t—There were judgments and oxecutions out against the bank at the time the assignment was wet onnsel—1 ean"%t tell what amount of property the assignees. (Statement pro- the statement, the od was $446,169, all bills re- there wore no ochey’ #8vet#; there It a bond and mortgage for $40,000, whic Wa4 to Purdy, to secure the Sixpenny Savings Bank fof .1eposits, and also the State, for canal money deposited; ar the ee ot! Se Oe signment, the assets were in the baad %t the corner of Great Jones street and Broadway, amd w. °\% up with them immediately, and gave there the .“° * timated value of the assignment wae $443,000, the nomt- nal value being $446,169; some of those amets *Te now under hypothecation; can’t tell how much. Court—Have you no definite idea of the state of the bank at all? Witners—I have very little knowledge of it; 1 wa elacted ax Prenident in October. Court—You were not selected as President because of your knowledge of beating. atatrs, but merely be- cause you resided in the neighborhood. The Judge them asked If there was any officer of the bank here’ Mr. Mason said that when the officer went to the house of the cashier, yesterday evening, he was in- formed that be was very unexpectedly called out of town since the granting of the injunction. Examination continued—I went immediately up with thore gentlemen from Mr. Barker’a office to the bank, to, deliver up the heya; Mf Connor was not present when I delivered up the ke ‘was not present whem Mr. Conner signed the assignment, but i am certaia he bad not signed it when I delivered over the property: ‘The torthoe hearing of the case was adjourned, at 434 o'clock, to Wednesday (this day.) Supreme Court—Circult. Before Hon. Judge Morris. JAN. 23.—John H, Dykers, John Alslyne and Charles A. Jervis va. Thomas J. Townsend.—The plaintiffs’ proof of the purchase of stock by the defendant consists of three several contracts of purchase of stock, of one of which the following is a copy:— New York, May 2, 1854 500 Shares 71, B.C.—I have purchased of Dykers, Alslyne & Co., five hundred shares of the stock of the New York and’ Erie Railroad compt., seventy-one (71) r cent, payable and deliverable in’ sixty (60) days, Payers option, with interest at the rate of six per cout perappum. Due. W. 8. HOYT. The other two memoranda are in the same form and mgnedinthe same manner. Mr. Hoyt testifies that in all these transactions he was acting as agent for the de- fencant, and that he so informed the plaintiffs before and at the time of purchase. All this evidence was in due Defendant moves for a nonsuit—that plaintiffs’ complaint be dismissed. By 2B. 8, page 136, sec, 3, “Every contract for the sale of any goods, chattels, or things In action for the price of fifty or more, shall be void unless—See. 1. note or memorandum of such contract be made in writing, and be signed by the parties to be charged thereby. See. 8. Every instrument required by any of the provisions of this title to be subscribed by any party, may be subscribed by the lawful agent of such party.’ ‘The question for me to decide is, whether these contracts of purchase presented in this case are “such a memo- randum in writing of a contract’ as required by the statute of frauds to make the defendant able. written contracts, on their face, individual contracts of are so expressly npecitied. They are the very writ: ten contracts make str. Hoyt responsible, had the purchases been made by him for his individual account. The written contracts which the statute of frauds require to mal the defendant liable are written contracts of the fendant, not the written individual contracts of the per- son who may be an agent of his. An agent, under the eighth section, can only bind his principal by signin the instrument—the contract req to be subseril by his principal, and such contract must be the contract of the principal. The fourth section of this statute shows what memorandum in wri! the Legislature deemed necessary for an agent to make for the purpose rincipal:—'‘Sec. 4, Whenever goods shall ic auction, and the auctioneer shall, at tpecllying the sature and price of the property wll, the specify @ nature and pi sold, the terms of the sale, the name of Seiunale? and the name of the person on whose account the sale is made, such memorandum shall be deemed @ note of the contract of sale within the meaning of the last section.”’ This specifies not on), the terms, but the names of the parties. It is tract of the parties, signed by their agent, not the individual contract of the person who happers parties. There can the con- no question that these ‘‘memoranda in writing,’ upon their face not sufficient to make the defendant lia ole. The plaint counsel seeks Lf ony testimony to supply their defeet—to show by parol t, although upon their face they are individual contracts of Mr. Hoyt, yet they are the contracta of the defendant. The insuperable ob- jection to this parol testimony is the statute itself, which asserts the contruct must be in writing—not pat in writing and part in parol. By permitting parol testi- mony to make or substitute a party to » written con- tract, all the evils would be restored that the statute waa intended to eradicate—and I think in their worst features. Plaintiff's complaint dismissed, with coyts. ‘The Wreek of the Ship New Era, UNITED STATES CIRCUIT COURT. Before Hon. Judge Betts. PRESENTMENT BY THE GRAND JURY IN THE CASE OF THE WRECK OF THE NEW RRA—CENSURE ON Cart. THOMAS HENRY FOR NEGLECT OF DUTY. Jan, 23.—The Grand Jury presented the fotlo wing — Resolved, That this Grand Jury, sg Saf carefal at- tention to the tertimony taken in investi- Sreler a moar numa od gem ip New gy FA lives of = pum! re, by being wrecked at Beal, om Long Branch Ueach, on the inorning of the 13th of October, 1864, do therefore find, that on =) loner taeenstncas toataatenses sates and w y to guard and to protect the lives of those who were under care. po being advised through the foreman, from Joga! authority, that there is no law which will meet this case to enab) the Grand Jury to proceed by indictment; We do, therefore, by this presentment, highly censure Captain Henry for bis conduct as culpable on that occa sion for remaining in his berth without the excuse of i health or a want of rest when the vessel was a thing the sbore in thick weather, ané during t! Eine tt ‘wan his own wateb on whee the position of yorsel, shown by the ings andthe gradual of the water—which wae reported to him. Na caused bim to use his utmost care. have been requested to state that during the ses sion the Grand Jury have sat bef sixty-nine days, and that they have dari not mnty, as war irted, that cxemived thirty six complaints, have fou twenty true bills, and dismissed sixteen complaints, Having no further business before them, they were now discharge 4. Puritan Names—In a history of it. Roger Clap, who came to this country in 1630, settled Io the names of his children are given as fol ‘team, , Experience, Waiteill, Wait, Thanks, Desire, Thomas ad Suy,'y 1 assignment was made; I think a resolution | Mr. W. 3 Hoyt, | which the statute of frauds requires to | Philoso- ily, the flowers i the Sputh fur waa tay ae ving the Gance msy twat and tura gayly, the jaded eye may fire at compliment, and al! that weutth ca pursaase Or taite moy be nt to gid the hours or glorify the occasion. Bae the Sou question Somes, like the whisperof an evil spirit, to trouble the goy and gallaut s.ene—tha question, whether all the sadnets, 4nd wout, ant b -reavement of tris great city, Jom spreadicg in darkuess arouad us, be" danced dowa? Will tho aviftest quadrifle, @xecuted to the most ravishing ma- sic, breathe the breath of life into thas poor, starved book-binder, weitering in bis blocd, with the widow and the littie chiiirea wailing arvaod him? Will celico dresses bind up the brokea heart, or cast-off clothes heel the wounded soirit? Twea 8 from the blazing saloons, ia scme jam) ca- snd upon damp straw, may be writhing the wreck of a man. He started fairly and gayly io life; with a mother’s kiss and @ father’s biessing; full of high hopes and what the world ca‘ls acai He is a terribly wreck infeed! No ri ship, fall of Life, fait of wealth, fall of ber own peculiar beauty, was ever so stranded to her ruin. You cannot dance t exe poor, s iveriag frag: menta of humanity into form sgain. Up aad dowa Brosoway the igiters of desth ure glidiag, O will the deftest music wi'e back co the inaoceace of girlhood one poor filien creature? You may Gance for years in cali o, and in cast-off clothes ut On for the occasion; committee men may go om house to house aud from garret to gertet; meetings ce be held at the fabernacte ani Park, and ocvans of soup be ladied from cha:itable caal- drcns, bu’ all cannot make that poor viackened soul white again! Tae vices of the world run away own bitter solace in the beauty and completeness of | overthrow. Respect the stern energy of sia, which is at loast going upon its way, with clenched teeth, | mournful but strangely glad; wich is at least going forward, into what boll of da kaess who can pint ten hang are dancing in calico and castoff e8. Indeed, one may well question whether, in timos of famine, dancing, in calico or otherwise, is the wisest possible thing— whether the earnest maa, the Esato eared womanly woman, will care to dauce seasou8 of sharp starvation, even for the benefit ‘of the poor. that some shrewd, clever per- eon says—This butterfly thong, flitting and whisk: ng abort, in Hy colors and with empty hearte—I use it! this hard gesson it shal] fit and whisk to some purpose, in calico and cast-off clothes. Bat alas! What is gaiued in ths end? It ia the that sanctifies tne gift. Suppose all Five Points rustle to-day in new ‘stico, and starviag | manhood puts on the caatcff clothes of Fourta street. Have you reached tue heart of tais .orroding | uleer? While you have been danclag weil, eating engaged in a fierce ie for life. ‘The morrir Foond them at their tasks, end sun ‘when the faades of evening fell, they hai not home—it was not a great boon toask—it was , apd while you were eating and sleeping and dancing, the stone faced world, grim ana able, denied it—the bread for tre little oues st home. You shudder and whine, if a breath of cold wir ates; Sor nek tos copwiie, Sr lomeinn he the 5 you apy , for jewels, for the fortieta new dress of if aeavon, for Saratoga, for Newpors. fc nape hapa obo is tear =) A room, wita no tire, with no t, with no toca, muh the desr wife aud the litt'e children around! Yet to this have stroog men been driven— men with hearts full of the tenderest love, the most heroic courage, while you were dancing and eating aud wowing, Aud while you reige seme oetis elids, 0 lnngnid that a rose leat would weigh them down, Jook upon this ruin and wretc xed. ness, cen you, in God's came, shink of notuing bet- ter for it but to dunce ?—in calico eves? That is whet you have been =r for t2ié year gone; and to this famine, in pientiful America, have we come. 4 by } maker, waiting to shape calico ints fashion, aud | ssy—‘'I will no longer dance thougtlessiy al ng these Lighways of lite, to the music of folly, wave these my brothers and sisters are suffering aroual met” that courageons word yo might pro- bounce your own emancipation, And how mach more! yod might do something to advancs the time when a famine wouli be impossible, be anse | man would do equa! and exsct justice to man and | to bimeelf. For you, poor, silly creasure, there hus | been overtrading, fevers on 'change, revulsions in the market. That you might clothe those limbs in the stuffs of France, that you might drape about that form the shawls of Indis, that you mig:t deck | that brow-it needs no ornament—wita the dia- monds of Brazil, there has been biauder upoft blua- der in commerce, until the result is seen in starviag familien, tn cbaritwble soup kitchens, tn cali: balls. Arm theee things to be particularly desired? Toere isan exquisite pleasure in giving relie‘—particu- larly when we dance it—bat it is hardly worth our while to drive men alwoat to micide, or worse, for the mere Fea be 8 dancing them iuto happiness again. , we think, for the mechaaic’s wife to , and make with ber own neat fingers, her own calico dress. Better an honest pair of homes; breeches, bought and paid for, than cast-off clothes of Broadway jies, a/though previously danced in. | , Think, too, of the wretchedness you never reach, | biding in corners away from tie light, disdsining to | ask for reliet! That smothered, secret woe is the | sbarpest,and it is what the world can only prevent and never relieve. It is, indeed, best in this world | to have things as nearly right aa possible. Ooe cruel injustice which you see anther, which , forever remains invisible. Certainly, by wise and | moderate livee—by constant devotion of saperflacas means to worthy objects—by promoting the oppr- | tunities of labor—by securing cheerfal | meeting jues—by 80 arranging commercial | fteire that revulsiops sball be impoesib'e—by prom >t- ing kind feeling, intelligence, ecucation—we may | | supersede calico balls and soup kitchens. | | And even now it ma; ve well to remember that kind words and lcoks of sympathy--the time'y visit to the sick bed-——the gentle hand that wipes toe dew of agony from the brow of te sufferer—the loving | eye that looks upon the little ones witn parental tendernere—that all there are, or ought to be, atill | in fashion ae well as calico balls. Bot the oxtenta- | tious visit—the Pardiggle inquisition—bot that | polveless gliding into the house ot suffering, a+ If in- to own—that magisal [tion of a brother's pain, as if you felt it--that hel of pover:y which cheats the recipient into tne bel bat it ia your be | OWn poverty and wretchodness waich yoa come to relieve. Our Venezuelan Correspondence. Porto Capgnso, Dec. 27, 1854. Tranquil State of the Republic—The New Presi dent's Policy—Probable Change of the Present Mvnisters— Commercial News-- Activity of Trade $e., §e. By the departure of the Pauline, I have an oppor. tunity of dropping you a few lines. It will aurprive you to learn of the tranquil state of this country at permitted to enjoy s blessing of #0 much importance. All await the approach of the 20th of Jaanaery, | 1855, with great impatience, in order to se wast | policy the new President, Jose Tadeo Yonagas, will Cetermine to adopt whether he iniends t) bold on | to the men now used by his brother, or effect 4a en: | tire change of men and measures. Yacy believe | that he will sppoint other men, bit of tu principles, srd therefore do not besitats to way qbe treasury will be attacked with equal audacity aud perseversnce as heretofore. We auall soon ae | what the renowned Monagus intends to don respec | to the sppointment cf his esbinet, upon wtich moc | oeperds, although be generally decides ‘sr himself, | and if any of bis with bum, wey | Basioeas is quite | fs quite ative. Coffee begins to arrive emsll quantities—the unwashed 10}:.; washed iets Hides at 15jc. @ 16c. perio. Corre $214 per 110 Ibs. of superior quality. Coton 10\o lavely been scarce, and Syd currency. A suply is Philadelphia cr Baltimore, terially. The coo- ap to indace investment i which there w Key wer = C fisheries portent. ‘The domant ot great ss usual owing Gov btlera, scarcity of money at the Norte, ys | the Oebermen realiend the past year from #19, to 130 090 for that colleeted among the Flor da reef+ aod from us, and will not be entreated. Tuey find their | Bread tor the litte onos at | od, | Fourteenth ward. Would it not be better to send a vay the dreas- | its perpeta'ty—by | Ne eres ite digaity—by pears } present, bat God only knows how long we may be | Amairs. PROGRESS OF THE MUNICIPAL BEVOLUTION—TH® MAYOR'S COMPLAINT BOOK~THE POLICE RETURNS. ‘The complaints, bothivy the police and the people, were not so DumeTOUR yesterday as they were the day before. Still the Mayor has thought it necessary to put a check Upo”, those who may feel disposed to complain from ma- Meous reasons. To obviate such an eril,tand shelter ties who may be innocently accused, Mayor Wood as given notice that for the future he will receive no complaints unless a responsible name is given as the ac oe Bl eat, and will be atteaded, no doubt, with WHAT THE PEOPLE SAY. That the tenants of 10d and 118 N. treet have allowed garbage and ash boxes to stand on the onter wir Bidowalks, greatly to the detriment of pass- ers by. ‘That the tenants in tho rear of 983 and 395 Broome street have allowed their hydrants to overflow their | sidewalks; also tbat filthy water and garbage ix there | thrown into the street gutters. That an awuing banging in front of 130 and 132 Canal street excludes the light and obstructs the view of the | street. by the Mapthestar House, corner of Broome street and Bowery, is kept open, and liquor is sold therei | the Sabbath, : sia ‘That the Ninth Avenue Railroad Compary has rendere! | the crossing at the corner of Thirteenth street and Ninth areque impassable by digging up the pavement to remove ruck. | ‘That a vacant lot on the north nde of Seventh street, between Lirrt nnd Second avenues, i# not fence:l, and is used as a public privy, Thata dvalerin Chatham street, obstructs the view of the street with caps and shirts, and that he has a Jew drummer stationed in front of his tore, who insults the citizens, ay they pass along, by asking them to purchase his goody Vhat rhe walis of Dr. Burchard’s church in Thirteenth street are in such a state as to endanger the occupants of a houre adjoining. That William 8. ‘Bessey, of Sixth street, between avenues Aand BD, encumbers the sidewalk ia front of Nos. 497 and 490 Broadway, with bricks, barrels and | dirt. a pile of stones, in front of 103 Fast Nineteenth has been there for the last five days he pavement, at the corner of Fifth avenue and 127th streot, is ina sunken condition, causing water to collect im large quantities which drenches through into the basements a: joining curtain in fromt of 557 Broadway ob of the street. ath carts haye not removed the ashes in ‘William street for the last fow weeks. That sidevaiks in front of Nos. 14, 30, 18 and 33 Ororge street are not flagged. ‘That crossiogs in Budsou street, corner of Bank, also the one crossing Hammerely, ov the east side, are alinost impassable, and have been neglected for a long time, WHAT THE POLICE SA¥. First ward—Eigt arrests, Bai hols in Wall streot, near Broadway. Sidewalk 22 Exchange place dangerous. Lamps a: corner of Wall street and Groalway wot lit, &o. | Second ward—Gas lamps in front of 104 and Los Fal- | ton and 108 Water «treeta not Hit. Large hole opposite 80 Ann street, in the pavement. Theatze alley dirty. Large hole in South street, opposite pier 24 Euat river. John street and Maiden lane very dirty. Doors found | open. Seven arrests, Third ward—Ten arrests. street. Three large heaps of manure in ‘ront of 128 aod 120 West street. Fourth ward—Complaint that the ash cart has not been through Duane street for the last five days. The sidewalk in front of and 408 Pearl atreet out of re- pair and dangerous. Nine arrests. Fifth ward—Bight arrests. Sixth ward—Fourteen arrests, | Seventh ward—Seven arrests. ash carts bave not passed thro several days. » Eighth ward—Eight arrests. Ninth ward—The sidewalk on south side of Leroy | Btreet, between Greenwich aud Washington, ix not pav- ec. Itis almost impassable from the accumulatioa of mud, &c. Downing street reported in filthy cundition; Four arresta. Tenth warc—Six arresta, Eleventh ward—Four arrests. | of th ‘Tw Thi Complaint that the ugh Monroe street for Complaints that sone itreets ure in # filthy condition ward—Two arreste. oth ward—Three arrests. i Hight arrest | _ Fittoenth ward—Eight arrests. Sewer in Bloeckor, near Laurens, caved in. ‘ Sixteenth waré—Pump in Twenty. firth street in a dan gfrous cendition, Part of Eighteenth street, near sixth | avenue; al+o, corner of Fifteenth street and seventh avenue caved in, Fifteenth, Sixteenth, seventeenth aod | Eighteenth streets, near Ninth and Teath avenues, very dirty. Five arrests. Feventeenth ward—Three arrests. Lamps opposite Hal) place, in Sevénth street, and others (n same street, broken. Fighteenth ward—Feur arrests ‘Twentieth ward—Parta of Thirty fifth, Thirty second ant cary seventh streets very dirty. Four arreste wevty-Orgt ward—The tunnel of the be tuleged, a Lasley Uddgesaiarccadbuens ease by ew cuver'ag of one of the ventdators being blown olf, leaving « bole large enough for ® horse and cart to full torough, Ata ) Vacant Wt on the corner of Madison aveoye aut Twenty pinth street, aleo one in Twenty nioth street, near Madi- son avenue, there is no flagging on the sidewalk’, mud in | wet weather is there ankle deep, ‘Twenty recond ware—Three arrest FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. MONEY MARKET. Tvsespar, Jan. 23-6 P.M The etock market was not very budyaut this morning at the opening, and besame still more de Pressed towards the close. Iu the fancies there was | not much activity, but railioad bocds were freely cffered at lower prices. Llinois Central bonds and Erie 1875 bonds were operated in to some extent. The sales of Ecie bonds were principally on time, buyer's option. The sellers do not appear to have the fear of the sioking fund before their eyes, or | else do net believe in its powerful inflaence on the | company's indebtedness. Iilinois Central bonds | bave falien off since the closiag up of tue new loan, | and the probability is tnat, as soon athe first in- stalment is secured, the market will take a different | turn. Prices are sustained for the purpose of making 8 g00d show on the other side. The present state of the bond ard stock merket is entirely artificial. fhe idea of two large railroad loans, like those repre: sented to have been taken for the Erie and Illinois | companies, in the existing state of financial affairs, is utterly preposterous. The rates were fixed low enough at 70 and 80 per cent, and the amount filled up according to the programme ; but i+ is our | impression that the result will be vory different to | that represented. The times are too much ont of | joint, and the future filled with events of such a character, as to prevent such an exhibition of con- | fidetce in railrosd securities of an equivocal cha- | racter, under even the most favorable circum- aterces, It will go to Earope tomorrow by the | steamship Baltic, that both of these loans have been | taken, and the circulars of forsigm agents here wil!, witbout doubt, refer to it as aa evidence of the confidence cur people have in these | works of internal improvement. It will | coubtiess be favorably commented on by those | who have prevailed upon foreign capitalists to make bids, and tue market valae here presented us | aconfirmation of their statements. The cife:t of this may for atime be satisfactory, and those who ere not acquainted with the madus vperandi of filing up loans to railroad companies on tuly side of the Atlantic will, without doabs, com ‘ude that | | the investment is of a very superior order. Toe greatexertions made to fll up tae o6w Erie wan beve emanated trom thove who were large holders of the neome bonds and of the stock, and it there. | fore become important that nothing #hoald occur to depreciate their old investinents. The only alter native was to belp slong the new loan, and they were therefore, in fast, compeled to subsorits to in- mre the payment of their iacome bonds and to pre vent the stock from going en‘ireiy ont of sight. All this does not app ar in the official report. In the case of the Erie Company the bids sm uated to just $4,911,000 for a loan of 44,000 000. A pretty chee calculation, considering the Lice were sent in sesied and opened at a fixed hour. We shall never hear of ony delinquents among bidders, for the compasy Will assume any defi Jeney, and put it on the market whenever required. The [Jino's Central Company do up their finances in & different way. ‘They aunounce 4 ‘oaa, et prices be ow all others, receive subscriptions, end ins few days it ia re ported that the whole amount required bas boo token, and there the matter, so far as the publi: is coveerned, ends. The Iittnols Central is compara tively & new company. It has not yet bad so much fipanciering as the Erie, and cas do things wp more boldly. The Erie Company has hed iw day. A few years wince it could walk into the rotunds of the Exchange at half past twelve o'clock and before one run off three millions of bonds under the hammer, at ninety per ooot It | wae then fm ite bee: A hole in front of 140 West | | credit, and was strong in re | —- car’ y 1 thre, Gh triumphantly; but if wanted tn ne” | 1 at twothirds their per value, will s00n be exhowsh sd, and leave the com any loaded down with indebte, Wess, without credit or ths po ver of recovery. The , Wenagersof the Erie Railroad Company have subm ‘td to the most enormous sbaves They have frou * the start been surrounded gotisting Ioan with cliques who have b’e # #2 stockuolders crasl 4 waich not much more ly, and have ran up a debt, Sisaniibtesd. ao, lion of dollars has been sacrifio, “4 0m # loan as calm: ly as though it could be replace ' '2 8 month, and the entire administration from ° besinning has Apparently bren upon the principle Bat the end ranctified the means, Had the ond be ° favorable, means would not have been so objection “#be- The Mlinois Central Company is following ia ‘te foor- ateps of its iustrious predecessor, and if a, 2° ROW system is not pursued in its finances, will bra ‘eup | in the same place, with similar resulta, Tho a ' than peventy per cent have | Company {s to-day bankrupt. Its stock has nothin $ | bos a nate. The Illiaois Contre! has a high posi tions immense resources, youth, vigor, aud a fa- i | ture; bus 2)! may be destroyad by extravagant man- agement. It would not go to make many more | | lose at a discount of thirty per cent. After the adjournment of tve bard, the following salea of bonds and stocks were mude at auction:— $5,000 Pennsylvania Coupon Fives, int. adted Bi 8,000 Hlinvis Central Railre do., 6955 A dividend scrip 13g shares Michigan Contral Rit, $106 £0 sbares Atlantic Bank, + 60 40 do, Bull’s Head Pao 69 100 do, if oN 1,600 do, : 9 Mesers. Adrian H. Muller & Co. will hold their re. gular comi weekly auction sale of stocks aad bonds to-morrow, Wedneeday, Janu. 24, a5 124 o'clock, at the Merchants’ Exchange. At the secord board the market was heavy, and not st all active. Illinois Coutral bonds fell off { per cent; Erie bonds, 1375, 4; Canton Company, 3; N. Y, Central Railroad, j; Erie Railroad, 4; Cam- berland Coa}, 4; Reading Ruiiroad, j. We notice sales of Edgeworth Com any, the first for a loag lime. There has b2en quitea movement in this stock in Boston lately, and its market value has ad vanced rapidly. The steamship George Law, from Aspinwall, with Osiifornia dates to the lat of January inst., ia dus at this port. She will bring one week later intelli- gence, and about the usual remittance of gold an gold dust. The transactions at the Assistant Treasurer's of: fice, today, were as followa:— Union Golé Mining Co, of N. C....,. Recetved, 815 Payments ot Pall for Assay Office ., 17 Balance vee e 2,625,018 22 The warrants entered at the Treasury D»part- ment, Wasbington, on the 20th instant, were as followe:— For paying Treasury debts. .+ 816,680 28 For the Customs « 104,521 O1 Coverirg into Trea: + 30,197 61 For the War Departn 298/418 10 For re paying in the pal For re-paying in the Navy Departme For the laterior Departaent, For re-paying the Interior De, There has been an active inquiry tor foreiga ex- change today, for remittance by the steamship Baltic, from this port tor Liverpool tomorrow, Wednesday. The eupply of sterling bills inthe market is not large. We quote on London sha per cent for the best bills; on Paris, 51.20 a Of.145 If foreign exchange runs up at this rate, ahipments of specie will soon commence again. A riseof a balf per cent on London would make it profitable. to sind forward coin. It is the opinion of some of the leading bill drawers that specie will be shipped to some extent before the Lith of February proxime, Tho Baltlo will teke out about $200,000, prine|pally irtorefy a coin. Sa set The Greenwich Insurance Comoany have declared | a wemi-snnusl dividend of five per cent. The Lea- ther Manufacturers’ Bank, a semi-annual dividend of five per cent. Tho Illinois Central Railroad have called for an instalment of ten dollars per share on | the 2,549 shares of its stock, upon which five dollars each bas on!y been paid. TaRtem Kaito, 1854 $90,000 10,881 October... 105,454 November. #408 December . Totals $271 401 $e $417,550 84 The Harlem Stailroad Company's etockholders were promised at the meeting at Tammany Hall last summer, called to invemigate the Schuyler frauds, | fal and complete report of the affairs of the com: | pany as soon aa it could be prepared, and should be printed for the benefit of itastockholders. That re- port hes been prepared and completed sicce the 16th December, 1854, bat not yet printed, alshough ready for the prioter, and is kept bak from the ttockholéers and the public. Do any of the direc- tors desire the suppression of this report? We | should think after what has transpired in relation | to the affairs of this company, the directors would give immediate publicity tothisreport. Come, gen- tlemen, let the public know the worst. It is stated that the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Company have negotiated it loan of nine hurdred thousand dollars, at eighty per cent. The Illinois Centra! Reilroad Company petitioned the Legislature of Illinois, sometime since, for the privilege of laying out towns where it has establiah- ed cepotas, but it was refused. It strikes usthat the Legislatare have very little control over the matter. The Lyman Mills, of Massachusetts, have de. elered a dividend of four per cent, payable Fe rua ry lst. Thin is the new factory set off as a dividend from the Hadley Falls Company. The net earnings of the concern for the year have been over ten per | cont, and its dividends two of four per cent each. Lake Superior copper stocks sre becoming qaite active at advancing prices, and many which have not #0'd for several months are now coming into the Boston mat ket agsin. Winthrop has jamped to $7 and Algomah is in demand at 2; Toltec has touched 7, but fell offs trifle, closing at 74; Copper Palla declined $1 per share, but there is little stock pressing for sale; Isle Koyale is in demand, and $10 ig the lowest It could be ottalued for now; Minne- wots, 140 bid, 148 asked; North Western, 14 bid, 22 aaked. The railrosd enterprises now on foot in North Csrolina will effect important resaite. fhere will be conpexion with roads leading to Vicksburg and New Orleans, end to Mobile and Pensacola, on the Golf of Mexioo. The Raleig i Register of the I7tn rejotces over the pansage of the bill by the Senate to | provide for the extension of the North Carolina Rall- road weet to the Tennessee line. The Biate is to turpieh the means for the coustroction of two- dirds of the work. ‘The steamship Avia, which arrived st B wton from Liverpool, about a fortnigh( ance, bought s cargo valued at $1,200,000, 0f which s considswable por- tion was destined for New York. The cargo of the rteamship Canada, which arrived from Liverpool last week, le probably of greaver value, « large pro- portion being French goods, mostly for this market. In commequence of the withdrawal of the Canard mesmnere from thls port, a large amoust of imports, which otheretse would bave coma direct, heve come | by the way of Boston. Our weekly reports of im porta bave not, therefore, shown ths sctaa exten of our foreign trae this year. The advance in rates for foreign ex barge shows that the import trade of the country thas far this sesson most bare been pretty active. We are giad see thatan effirt ls being made to give grester publicity to the fiasnols! operations of cur railroad compan'es. A bill bas been intro seoroes. Now it ts weak and sickly; all its res sarees | in o4 in the Amembly of this tate, providing for | hove beemexbausted, and it bes been doctered nigh unto death. Its life blood has been freely pared | Out to eontaln its credit amd cuntracts, until Vere is | not enough left to recepuerste upon The Liliaois | Centra! te yet young and vigorous It hes enor Dw whlch, if prope.’y basben jet, wi the publication of OM tal monthly reports from every incorporated company, as follows: —~ 1. The amount ef capital euthorisedt by ite charter 2. The amount of rtonh subscribed 5S The amount of capital pait in 4. The grove amount of carnings from all sources # hee beet ne gent Ne _<S{$_$$ OO 179 5. The amount of expendit: causes end for sii perpeese nince last eee = These statemcnts are to be verified by the affide vite of the president and treasurer of each oom- pany. A failure or refuval to report forfeita the charter, and subjectathe compsny to be wound up in the same manner as insolvent companica are new closed up. Our railroad oompauies are now re- quired to report but once # year, and shvir failure to do to only imposes a trifling fine, which any com- pany would pay rather than expose its rotteanses or unproductiveness. The State Kagineer has Jast made & report on the railroads of this State, which wil. be found at length in this day's paper, and we shall abortly have aa official publicstio detailing the affairs of each Company, Tolsis all very walt 08 far as it goes, but we want more frequent state ments, 6 that they will be of some asrvics to the community. Tbe railroad interest of this Siate ia immense, avd the stockholders should be pouted up 68 often as possible, The quantity of boots and sbocw cleared at the Boston Castom Honse from Jaonary 1 to 19th, ia Abe past and present year, was as annexed: — Bowtow Boor axp Snow Trav, 1854 1856, | For the week, canon . 8480 5,621 | Bince January 1..., 10,488 1,470 Bhowirg a falliag off of 13,877 cases since Jam. 1, compared with last year. There has been a more active demand for boots and shoes, but the trade still Cuil for the season. Many of the larg» buyers from the Western and Middle States are in the market, but #o far they have purchased very spar- tingly, and at low prices, considering the cost of manufacturing. There fs a good stock oa hand, | particularly of seasonable goods. The auction sales of the week have been about 2,600 cases boota, thoes and brogans, which were sold at about last week's prices. ‘The total amount of circulating notes inaued te banking associations and individual bankers in this State, and outstanding on the 30.b day of Se vtember, 1854, wae $24,661,572, for the redemption of whisk there was held in trost by the Superintendent, seou- | rities amounting to $25,962,160 Bonds and mortgages, . New York Btate stocks, 434 p. © Do. Do, Canal rev’e certificates, 6 YPnited States stocks, | b Do, 6 | Arkansan State Stock, Minos do, Michigan do., Cash in deposit 6 6 In addition to the circulation issued to banking associations and individual bankers, the outetand. ing circulation tsaued to the chartered banks was $19,300,963, making the total amount of circulating notes Issved to all the banks, banking associations, and individual bankers, outstanding on the 30th day of Beptemb.r, 1854, $43,962,535, Stock Exchange. bi ‘Ui 1886. $1000 Ind State 830 wha ens Coal Go. 104% 2000 Virginin 6'4.03 964 250 Cumb Coal € aa 17000 Missouri 6's... G1 160 1000 Erie Ine Bein.nd 1035s 100 6000 Frie Be of "8c ST 100 20000 Erielin of '75 60 BIN 460 10000 b 100 do. 10000 600 Gold Hil 2900 do 10000 « " 6000 do. .b60 000 Pan HAs Lat te 200 do 24 in. 4500 1 Cen RR Dads. es) 060 | S008 | 2000 5000 10000 © 11000 N ¥ Cen Ide 6000 Har let mtg ban 0 pbs Mech’s Bi... 7 0 Dal & Had ¢ 1 Co 2 , 95 Pank of Com... 85 Coean Pank...., | 20 Obie Life & T Co. 100 Canton Co... b10 68 Mic a Kk th Indiana Jue 100 Nie Tran Co... 40 Nor Ao 14 1) Iodisna Cow ” m7 50 INinols Con RR) OMG 100 182 Clev & Tol RDS 69% 200 BOARD, 810000 Missourl 6'« chee Bele Rt 1 000 > Spies MO...) 4% £000 Tl Cen KK Bada 45 2000 Erie Bas of 8S 12000 Erie Bde of ‘75 wow 4 B eM of 100 Cumpl'd C1 Co. 2 b8O a 3 GO. .seveese 100 Kaading KR. .b0O TH mo do... 00 6 Mich outh’n RR 66 wo do #10 100 Panama RK. .beO #o 106 40... 00 to M0... oe AMG 20 do re 10 Hudson iy Ri ¢ aN CITY TRADE REPORT. Toray, Jan, 2—0 PM Acne —teles of 100 bbls. pote were made without change in prices Baxabercrrs —Flour— There was some better demand 4 Western brands, without el in prices, tor ‘export. "The peleaipal Comestic and Kastera com- for common to g 4 favorite brands do. ; 38 Obie, Michigan sod Wine tra Genesee, Car mon brands, with mmall and in bowd it ranged at $960 » 60 ntendy, with pales of (00 bbls, at $8 rior to choles brands, and 00 26 & 0087 for fanc extra do. Kye fear was dell ot 66 260 87 47, Bales of 200 bbls at 4 ON a BE TE it four was at 63 600 64 ke and joad Hark Wheat was dull, and we nation @ sale of 60 Wushels prime White Mi- b. iy at 010,00) do Tahie ‘ket continued firm, with sales of 4 ~ buntred bales, We rd at five. Florida #0, Mobile 8Ke. o Bye , and Texas and New Orleans do. at Oe. a Oke Fuiscwm —Haten to Liverpool were eleady, with moterste engagements: about 7,000 bushels core wore engaged at 64 2 Od in bulk aod bags ia, measurement 12) ba! a OT bales bair at 4. per pound; at ite 11 — Peles of 200 bones wore 92.0, and WO do wet ot 82. gratemegs —_e Hat —Hmall rales were mate at 9 & be RP — “alee of 20) Walee American dtemed were mase 1) att about 1,000 bales of Mawila were reported believed to be in the neighborhood of Lie on —Hamall sales were made of heoteh pig, at 851 6, veual Lime Mo ot dayet Cuba of for cash. tor Navat Brow. pirite of tarpentine in chipping order, were mace at We cash: 3,000 bole te terpenting, ot 02 60 per TO the and 1.000 bole Wilmington and Washington common, at 61 80 per 310 The Colverea Ona Gh S16; © do. new prime wold 2. Oe! were quiet, 100 boxes short middlee were sold Beet Hales of Chirag sine teas soll Hales of Ue M0 bile were Kaas Keres) lot on Kighteeeth avenee, 16172, 4.700, | do. om Tenth avenue “1, 10 | Wtreet, near Third avenue, $1, avenue, orar Twenty fourth eteeet, jw 0 comee Coe whe Koen —Halee of ‘were frecmt — Bales of b cares wutmegs unm wore mate at We Perr —Abowt 100 bags were Prices | tract. wid, at ut Gsm —The market waa wat inactive The sales enn braced avout 100 «160 bhta ind (nieaws, # about 436 & bie: nd 100 bose browe Havens were wid, in temd, at TrL0w — The market ‘aa lone were : wer dull, ant quote 1 bomen’. Males of 1 bbe ‘Uh tains Comtagon and Ma ‘Yars, privete terms, 160 40 | vans, He we, do 1h cares mend leaf at fe & Tle; 66 de Pe ie st lhe 5 200. 6 tage Havens eorepe, palrete ‘orem Wrrerny The er lee embrace’ sbewt 206 thks state Vm te eg, eee Oe 08 dey, Ae