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2 THE BIRD OR GUANO ISLANDS. Statement of the Case of the American Settlers Against the Gevernment of Venezuela, Bostox, May 14, 1855. ‘Box, W. L. Marcy, Ssorerary or Stars— ‘Sn—Insomueh as we remain entirely unacquainted in weepect to any decisive action having beem taken by the ‘exocutive branch of the federal goverament of the Unitet ‘Biates towards obtaining just and speedy reparation trom the State of Venezuela for the wrong and injuries yeeetved by us from its authorities, we deem it mot im- proper to again solicit your early attention, and through you, the notice of his Excellency President Pierce, to the facts and principles of international law and justize ‘apon which our claim for full indemnity, and for effectu- al measures, if need be, by force, to obtain that redvess, ‘ip founded. The honor, ani dignity, and rights of our eountry are not, we koow, inour keeping. If it was our privilege, it was not our duty, to make any suggestion ‘en such tapics to the chief magistrate of the United ‘States, or to you, with whom is placed that high trust, ‘exespt in so far as our individual and personal rights as eitizens are directly involved. And, possessed of that confidence the deciarations of the President on assuming ‘the responsibilities of his exalted station were so well enleulated to inspire, as well as the evidences since ex- hibited, in more than one instance, of his firm resolution, and that of yourself, to “submit to nothing that is wrong,” we have no motive for thrasting our opinions en that subject before you, either in the torm of counsel or admonition. We desire to confine ourselves to the taking care of ‘‘our own affairs,” and this is, in the frst place, what we would respectfully urge upen our govern- ment it should constrain the Venezuelan goverament to do. Our government will not, in accordance to this re- quest, ‘‘ask anything that is not clearly right,”’ for such ie the duty of nations, as well as individuals. And, in the second place, we desire that our government should require of Venezuela full and prompt reparation for the wrong and injuries done to us, and of which we have heretofore complained. And now, sir, we would respectfully ask you to re- peruse the letter and remonstrance of the undersigned, ‘addressed to you officially, dated Boston, Jan. 15, 1855, en the files of your department. That letter, you will perceive, states the principal facts in relation to the dis- ecevery, in March, 1854, and the taking peaceable posses- sion of, and the actual occupation in a few weeks sub- sequently, by our agents, in merchant vessels of the United States, bearing its flag, with a company of sea- men and laborers, of the Islas Aves, or Bird Islands. ‘These islands, as they are called, are merely barren reeks, situated in the Carribean Sea, in about 15 deg. 30 min. north latitude, and 63 deg. 38 min. west longi- tude from Greenwich. The principal isle (Shelton’s isle) is about a mile in circumference, and had not, in March, 1854, any soil or land, or houses, or trees, or herbage of any kind upon it, and was never inhabited by man before our agents landed upon it. The others near it are still smaller. Our agents discovered a deposite of guano on the principal isle, before then unknown, and ‘the presence of which gives the chief, if not the sole value to the island. On being informed of this, we fitted out from the United States, for the express object ‘of procuring cargoes of that article, as merchandise, several vessels with extra crews and laborers, and at no ‘taifting expense. We made contracts for the supply of that article at prices which would, if we could have car- smed them out, yielded us a handsome profit, We shipped materials for houses snd provisions r. for our laborers, and we provided barrels, im plements and tools, lauvches, and other conveniences wherewith to gather and lade the vossels with it. We sent materials for wharves and landing places, to be ‘ereetec on the edge of the rock. so that our veesels could ome near to it. We intended to establish there a per- msnent set:iement, end proposed the transportation of seil thither by our vessels on their outward voyages from the United States, wherewith to make gardens and plant shrabs and trees. Who, we ask, had any right to complain of this, mach Jess to prohibit us from so doing, or after our arrival there and commencement of operations and continu- ance thereof tor several months, to eject us by force from the island, seize our property carried thither, and ferbid our return? Doubtless the existence of this late rock has been known for nearly two centuries, and pezba s longer. It is not improbable that Frencb, Eog- iah, Danish, Dutch, Spanish, Portuguese and Amsrican merchantmen, and'also men of war, likewise the noted pirates that formerly ipfested those parts, have often visited Shelton’s Isle; but it is not belie ment or individuals ever thought of it as a pot and certainly none ever occupied it till last year, whea we planted the ‘‘stars and stripes’? upon it. Mere dis- covery, uniess it is followed by occupation, confers no right ‘upon a government or upon an individual, either to anisiand or tos barren rock in the ocean, or to the shore of a continent, whether inhabited by idolatrous savages or utterly uninhabitei. The merely seeing an waland or other land, or a rock at sen, though before un- mown, and landing thereon, and jeaving it again—in other words, mere temporary occupation, withoat the @nimus revertendi—cannot confer any right. Discovery must be followed by o:cupation; and constructive pos- session will not answer for a series of mach less .er @ century and a halfor two ceaturi {iter discovery, ¢ is not contended that actual and uninterruptedly coa- ‘#mued oc:upation or possession de facto, trom the time ef the first discovery, is necessary; andit is conceded that reagonabie allowance msy be made. We insiat, however, that the law is, that positive possession, pedis possessio, or ‘‘actual occupation,’’ must be had at some period, and there must be some acta of ownership ex ereired, or at least asserced, or ‘continual claim’? of ownership and jurisdiction m: era general a: knowledgment of right by other nations, in erder to confer any right of dominion over a mewly discevered island upom the government of the first discoverer. All the legal authorities, we are show this to be the true principle. Our counsel has furnished us with the following references, which you can appreciate better than we, for we are no law- ers, though we can perceive they are entirely consist- “emt with common sense: Grotivs, Jur. Bel. ae Pac. 1. 2, chap. 4—Paffendorf. Jur. Nat. et gen. L. 4,c. 12, and also p. 413, and Ins Nat., vol. 1, ¢. 1, sec. 51 —Vattel. Droit des gene, vol. 1, hb. 2, ¢. 11 and p. 99, ¢. 18, sec. 207, Ox. Transla- tion —Rutherford. Inst.’Nat. Law, vol. 4, ¢. 8, vol. 2, © 9, rec. 3, 6.—Klieber, sec 126, Savigny Das Recht des Beritzer, sec 1, 9. &e. Dr. Phillomon inst. Law, vol 1, p. a8, 236, 237, 238, 242, 247, 263, ut prssim.—8 Wheat. Rep . 8. ©. U. &., 571, 605. Johnovom vs. McIntosh. 5 eon’s ad. Kep. (Lord Stowell) p. 385: The Anna, ‘Wheat., Elm , Int. Law, c. 4, sec 5, and p. 209, et seq. to 237, &e.* Admitting Spein, the antecessor of Venezuela, first discovered the existence of Shelton’s isle—never having taken formal possession of it—never having exercised any acta of ownership of any kindlin relation toit, the claim of title by Venezuela is preposterous. The idea of her claiming it on the score of its being contiguous or ten&nt to her shores is simply ridiculous. Whilst 48 ie conceded that it is not neceszary up to the discove. ry of land before unknown to the civilized world, in or- der to acquire porseesion, that all parts of the newly dis- covered region should be astually occupied, and that the occupation of the principal and commanding or controlling points will suffice as to adjacent, contigu- ‘ous and appurtenant country, naturally tributary to them, yet no respectable authority can be found to war- rant V a successor of any Spanish discover- era in laying ¢ t five hundred miler from any part of ber cor , and totally dissevered fromthem. Why, it is much nearer the island of Domini- a and Guadaloupe, and,in fact, Puerte Rico is but half as far from Isle Avee as is the Venezuelan coast! How the an- thorities of Venezuela came to pt forth the claim they meve, and enforce it, as they did againet us, can only be accounted for on the sappesttion that they were deceived and misled by third parties, seeking to make a specula- tion for themselves, regardless of law or right. It is out of the qosenien toadmit that a State may, after discovery by her fisg, or the flag of her anteces sors, abandon such island, neglect to use it for any pur- pose—cultivation, fishing, hunting or wooding—leave it derelict for » series of nay, ever since landing oa at (if they ever did land on it)—and thus, when other people with greater enterprise seek to use it for benefi- eal purposes, drag forth from the oblivion of centuries the dormant claim of discovery. Such claim is not merely cormant—it is dead. Especial hen such claim ia urged on the flimsy ground of constructive right intervals Bizuifies not D dossrovs right, though without jonte of Yo constitute a valid title to national soquisition. edb; Sceretions near tos river belong to the n ike river flows. They are not to be called far in the soa, not having soit ufficient quantity, to oport inhabited, ang only resorted to ng or Rabing, or for, taking bi Rear W it, m ay be the principte ot al eviemt tier, ape me Rts, oF upon the prinsiple of conti tenant and geographically Uiltned pesseesion or oce isoowery, conn ng and uninterrupt al ailty, vendinz to promote ts fone jon barbarians wore formerly ives and spoil of 408, by & bul permanent contro: er p ower over it, and intention of appropriation to claim ant’s own use: all this must be united to eonstitnte acter, and by the common eonsent of discovered a ase and settiement. an. indispon t cecnpation. mast be mantle £6 must no! M mar! i. are ceremonies, if un- land om ions comes. th or “no. mi next diseoverer may ovoupy and hold it. The right to Nootka Sound, im dispute last iry between England and Spain, is an example of ere, ua*tReplilor Wood Jn thy tox! and esber ferred tym thy merely—as an appurtenant to main laed separa¥ed by ‘the ocean from it, and six hundred miles distant. it be disregarded. (Vide authorities before cl'ed: “Fa- cility with which adjacent vacant lands may be reached in 5 chort time and settled, and cul ivated and defended, or as compared with the probability aad of the same thivgs from another quarter,” is an important consideration, The Russian right to the posession of the desclate country north of Sitka, uncontested and peaceable for many years, is founded on thts : ‘an island ‘must be ® natural apy of the ” wacegegnienls sppurtemant ‘teil ” to it, to juetify the seion of the coast ‘reac! it,”? and makin, possessory title valid, without “ectaal oc- cu if such istand.’” Jearn that Englan@, ‘as usual in such case, has put —_ dam pee aes That was to be expected; she is famous, wi for thi tad “is doubtless well “sustained with all tests of muniments of title, and exactly to suit the case. As there has never been Incian on the Isle Aves, out of which to manufacture # kung for them; andas. in fact, nothing ever lived there until 1854except aquatic 8, we are inf that sabe founds her claims om the assertion that an officer of the Gritish navy once made aseriey, of it. This kind of title might as well be preferred by the British to about half of our uninhabited Florida ‘keys, and to the Ala canes in the Gul: of Mexico, for she has been surveying in that region for a quarter of sceatury past; and she may likewise just as well claim several islands off the coast of Californis, and in the Gulf of Californit the same ground. It would not be at ail gag oo proved that the red cross of St. George wa: y raised on Shelton’s Isie, and loyal.y saluted by a salvo of cennon and small arms, drinking the health of its sovereign, and singing “Britannia rules the waves,”’ &c., as acts of sovereignty. Ihe Dutch, we learn, have also ut forth their claim, and have, since our ejection, Friven Venezuela off by force; or the fatter bas allowed and adwitted their right, which the Danish, it seems, had conceded Venezuela possessed. Spain, doubtless, will cla'm also, and perhaps Portogal and Denmark, as conti- us to some place or other; and it ie quite Kkely that ce, if not alone, in partnership with Eogland, will up like pretensions, as their alliance it is said ex- ‘tends over all ion, and to ianrhip of all creation, and the cultivation of ‘id over crea- tion. We bave one answer to all ee Eset and that is, whoever discovered Isla Aves, or Shelton’s Isle, 200 or 350 years ago, is of no consequence; for inasmuch as no positive acts of ownership, no exer- cise of sovereignty, no possession or occupation, actual or constructive, was ever had or attempted by anybody, Spanish or Dutch, Danish, Portuguese, , Vene- zuelian, or English, or Yanbees, till 1854; and when we took possession, and occupied it, it was uninhabited and vacant, abandoned, and derelict. It ia too late for any of these peoples to hunt up old papers and surveys, and the like, and to trace back to history to discover who first discovered it These things are out of date, and do not deserve consideration in this practical age— the age that Napoleon III. calls the age of “ideas,” and that we cali the ‘age ‘of progress.” There is no land nor earth, nor, properly speaking, toil, on Snelton’s Isle. It, and the trilling ssles near it, sre, as before said, barren, desolate, naked, vacant rocks, elevated but a few feet above the ocean. The survey we had made of it im 1854, 8 copy of which we send you, we will vouch is superior to the alleged British survey, manufactured, we doubt not, since. Until we discovered guano there, no possible inducement or motive could exist for any individual to occupy it. It is most desirable that this country should postess this island, on account of the great advantage to our agricul- turists of the Atlantic States given by that best of all newiy discovered fertilizers, of which there is a deposit on it; ard it is due to tbat branch of our industry that some exertion should be made to prevent the odious monopoles existing on the other side of this continent im that article, and which it is sought to prceerate there, and also-here, at the expense ¢f farmers. Except upon ‘the A! .0n the gulf coast of Yucatan, Shel- ton’s ele is the fires disco" on the eastern side of the continent having such deposit. It is not doubted there are other barren and desolate and derelict roske contain- ing is (of as guod, if not better, tham the Pacific guano, and that can be furnished to our agricalturists at one third the cost of the others) to be found in the Ameri- can seas south of 25 deg. N. latitude. Requiescence without remonstrance and effective action in the proceedings that have been had in thie case may establish a precedent highly injurious to our country in this respect. The Tangent rock (Shelton’s Isle) possibly, may be y, important to our commerce ig Dear it, by erecting a lighthouse upon it, by can- structing a martelio tower for defence there, boring deep wells to obtain water, and by having deposits of coal therefor our steamers in the merchant service and in the navy; but inall this we are not directly and immediately interested, nor ip the fact that it would constitute an admirable outpost or picket guard for our intereets, present and ultimate, in all that region. We look to the deposit of guano as the only present means of rendering the isiand valuable to us as individaals, by bringing to market for our farmers, at aemall advance on cost, this rich fertilizer; and we are entirely willing to transfer all our rights to our goveroment (reserving the guano) without or compensation, and if the government decides that said course is desirable, we will do +o promptly, We have heard that some exceedingly squeamish and strict constructionists say that the fede- ra] goverpment has not the ‘faculty of acquisition” of a foreign country, by the discovery and occupation of ite citizens, under its flag, because the case is mot, in terms, provided for in the federal constitution. And so, too, by purchace or a free transfer, such as we propore; and particularly that the Executive cannot act with- out a law of Congress authorizing it, or the concur. rence or direction of Congress, otherwise given. So at the commencement of this century was it objected that the executive and legislative brenches together had no power to annex Louisiana; and yet the most important function of tbe federal government, from that day to this, has been to provide and regulate annexation purchase, by conquert in open war, and otherwise, an the Executive has more than once arranged for navalde- potsand yards,&e. at Port Mahon in Minerca, and Speszia in Sardinia, and elsewhere, at different times, and the coneurrence of Congress has only been asked to furnish the necessary funds. in this case, as no money is re- quisite, no such concurrence is necessary. If the United States has no faculty of acquisition of newly discovered ané primarily possesced and ccsupied islands, this at- tribute and sovereignty must revert to the State of our allegiance—Massachusetts, or to ourselves. This sove- reignty cannot be in abeyance, and it cannot dit exists somewhere, and if not delegated to the federal gover ment, it is ‘‘reserved to the states’ and to “the people.” (Art. Fed. Con) Our first letter to you, Gated 15th Jan , 1855, above mentioned, states to you the facts as to our discovery and taking possession, in the spring of 1854, of the chief isle, and of our quiet, peaceable and undisturbed possession of it for sever: months, and until the midcle of December, 1854, with our workmen, and that we had several veesels there loading guano. Onthe 13th December, 1854, a person styling himself Don Demingo Dias, ‘Capetan de Navio 2d Jefe de Esquedor, Venezuela,’’ came there in a schooner of the Venezuelan navy, armed and equipped and manned, and having also regular troops of that state on board, and claimed the is'es as belonging to Venezuela, stating that be acted by the express autho- rity and command of the government of that power, and notifying our reamen and laborers of his commission, and tbat the versel under his command was a govern- ment vessel. He landed some troops, and hoisted and saluted the Venezuelan flag upon the isle, and warned us that we could not stay any loager than he saw fit. He then went te Lagayra to procure more troops, and on the %th December another Venezuelin vesset artived and Janced more troops, and in a abort time we were informed that we must leave the isle within twenty- four hours, cr they would drive us away by the aol- diery. During the time that had elapsed from their first arrival, our workmen bad been prevented from progressing advantageously in the loading of the guano; and now a prohibition was not only backed by the presence of am armed force, ani threats of personal violence to our men therefrom, and demonstations actu- ally made, but they were dispossessed of the materials, tools, &c,, sent thither, and their houses by the soldiers by force,’ The said Dias on the 13th of December, had érawn up and signed a paper in Spanish (on file in your Department), and which our agent, Capt. Gibbs, was constrained, woder the cireumstances, to take, and which Dias styled his “‘permit.”’ In con! cong! with a per- emptory order, doubtless intended when Dias issued that paper, our employes and our vessels left the island and returned to the United States. Charges were exacted by Capt. Dias of some of the rican vessels at the isles. You will perceive fsom decuments én at the Depart- ment, that other Boston merchants have preferred claims somewhat anslagous to o1 Dut in rejation thereto it is not necessary, and inieed it would not od id a for us, in this communication, to say one word. ery man should attend to bis own business only, and not in- terfere with that of others. We inyoted, in the letter above mentioned, the protection of the govermment of the Cnited States, and its interposition te obtain just redress for us. In addition to the letter of the 15th of January, 1955, on,the 20th of the same month we addrensed you again. That letter is on file, and we respectfully solicit your re- perusal of it. We refer in it to our first letter and re- spectfully reiterate the requests it makes for protestion and redrees. Wertate the heavy losses that we had sustained, by the illegal interference in our legitimate bosiness, and the outrage en our rights, and we give to you the particulars of our losses, and we ask their pro- secution by the government against Venesuela. We had some reason to hope and expect that a vessel of war of the United States would have been despatched with the demand for redress. On the 26th of February, 1565, we wrote to you a third time, reiterating like requests, and communicated additional information to that before given to you. We stated that Capt. Dias, after bis first visit to Skelton’s and before his command to us to quit, bad visited the Danish island of St. Themas, and hhad communications with the shore, and that informa- tion bad been received from a man of-war that came from St. Thomas, that the Danish authorities and the man of war ‘r question were rent to Venezuela with information that they (the said authofities,) would not interpose any objection to the geverament of Venezuela claiming the island; thus showing that the Venezucian authorities knew they had no right, and that their inter- ference was instigated by ‘wishing to speculate upon the government, or with it, im respect of the gi no Some of these parties are indicated in the last let. ter, among them the Venezuelan Consul at St. Thomas. Another, and an important fact, indicated im the last letter of the 26th February in, that between Dias’ Virit and the last, ample time had elapsed for the Veno. 2uelan government to have revoked # hasty or mistaken order, and that, therefore, the order for expulsion, as to Nn ‘was deliberate and well weighed. It cannot be excused or palliated on the ground of mistaxe, inad- vertence or haste, Right or wrong, her course was ted knowingly, and if procured to be done by aub- sidiary means, it only heightens the enormity of the We bave also made personal application af letter, to friends, for some action.” 7°%* Department, through to be informed that no vessel ted Staten bas, an we hoped and srpecteaT tego ue to Venemuela with instructions to our able and patrietis Minister there to insist upon justice being dons to us st echo wre seem We and as speedily as ti . that it would not involve any erect ont i pense or ible, to send one of the vessels comprising the squadron of jore MeCauley, off Cubs, to Vene- ruela for the purpose indieated. '¢ preeume that by ‘this time the yessela pray be spared from the squadron NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, MAY 23, 1855. : to Cuba to pretended right set uj the ‘Whale Fishery of Nantucket. Speniards to whether a vessel right & our the New Bedford Standard, 19.J fag or not, by towards her, bring to, and The facts in relation to the w! her—and that it is quite as important that | of Namtucket have been communicated to us by a gen- outrage on the American known to be | tleman who has collected them with great care and dif- rightly borne, in the case of our » perpetrated | ficulty:— five months since should be stoned for. ‘The whale Scherr crigmotah the year It has been contended that we admitted the it of | 1690, and was on from the shore. In the Vene: at Shelton Isle, the | 1716, six sloops, of thirty-eight tons burthen obtsined right of Capt. Dias to drive us off! In other words, that | about 600 barrels of oil and 1! bone. In We were tres] and this too in the ivem by | 1730, t -five ty ee Dias to Capt. Gibbs! How took about 3,700 1748, than idle, is We might have resisted | sixty from fifty 11,250 Dias and his soldiers with some loes of life on | barrell, valued at £14 per ty sal, of ‘both sides. We ought perhaps to have done so; we be- | se -five tons, obtained your lieve we could have easi) Ge aang his whole force, | ten THs earl, nos beans men The loss sustained thereby amounts to many ‘housand dollars, We were prevented from loading guano id arn to be put on board our ships; and constrained »y Military foree to abandon the isle with no cargoes for some vessels, and with part cargoes for others. Our heavy contracts for furnishing guano are by cense- uence unfulfilled, and heavy damages incurred by us; ie wages of OUF numerous workmen, who were ren- cered valusiess to us by this illegal and pnwarranted in- » in eggregate a large sum. Our Torfalie fyovght cod coustrragen anf dame, jor freig! raurrages and dams ¢@8; besides ali this, the consequences directly result- pg tous from this outrage, have been such as cao eadily be anticipated by any commercial man. Taney | ‘east. »1e embarrassing, and well might ruin, unless redress is | We find that 44 sbips have been lost or condemned in promptly afforded us. We solicit your consideration of | foreign ports, in the mation of the whaling busi- )l this, and trust it may induce to immediate action in | ness irom Nantucket, since 181 our behalf. Alstof the number of ships which sailed for the How can Venezuela justify her course in the face of | Parific Ocean, sperm whaling, 1815 to 1848 inelu- her acts, seeking the Danish authorities of St.Thomas | sive, with the aggregate of their return c: 8, &c., is Nantushet’iuaport 7,493 bbls. of sperm and 4,509 jantucket im 8. 8] and 4, 51 Dull, of whale oil The ‘busiosse. increafed anit 1811, wren the imports amounted to 21,100 b»ls of sperm and 3 677 of whale cil. The war of 1812 then inter- vened, and more than one-half of the Nantucket whal ing fleet was captured. The citizens of Nantucket owned, at the commencement of the war, 43 ships. only 18 of which were fitted for whaling in 1815. The fleet which sailed in 1817 returned with to interfere, thus admitting she had no right? How | annexed. The average tonnage in 1315 was 257; et can she bave the face to do ao, since her relinquisbment | tength of veyage 223, months—from 1821 to 1826, f the the Dutch? Suppose the Da’ have a | monthe. Therize of the ships em alse in- title, or the English, or the French, or Spanish or Portu. | creaced. In 1849 only 6 ships sailed for Pacific Ocean guere, can she, a fort feator, set up any title in them in | whaling, while 18 sailed for Califernia; in 1850, 12 for letence of her tortuous acts toward us the Pacific whaling and 3 for California; in 1861, 15 for And now, lg: trust Fine will regard it as reasonable | Pacifie whaling; in 1352, 10 for Pacific whaling. for us to ask, that you will, besides sending an United States vessel of war to Venerula, send another to con- vey such vessels as we may desire to despatch to Shel- Lord Jobn Russell had » little household eourt lately ton’s Isle for guano, and resume the lawful possessions in Vienna. He was accompanied by all his family, com- from which we were forcibly ousted; ct us in our ned of Lady Russell and six children; and there were, ; and we respectfully ask to be informed if Benices, the Under Secret of State, Mr. Hammond, req can be accorded? If it cannot be, we then | Mirses Lister. and Byng; his doctor, the tutor ask whether the feaeral government will allow us, at | and governesses of his children, and ten domestics, who our own expense, to fit out and arm vessels and man | occupied altogether thirty-two rooms in the Hotel irty: Munsch, where it is known how to anite French elegance with English comfort. FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. MONEY MARKET. Touxspay, May 22—6 P. M. ‘The stock market is pretty well sustained. The daily transactions sum up a large figure, and holiers are ex. ceedingly tirm in their ideas of prices. Cumberlend has them, with sufficient force of armed men to enable us to recover possession, and retain it against all who may col it? The peremptory for redress and ite prompt enforcement, we conceive, as American citizens, we are entitled to. If any additional proofs are wanting of the facts we have stated, we ask to be in- formed thereof at an early period, that we may obtaia ‘them whilst the witnesses are at hand. And if the Pre- sident and yourself are of opinion that both convoy and brides pe mm, and also permission to fit out an armed expe- ition of ourselves ae suggested, should be denied by our government, we respectfully ask that you will advise us thereof, as soon as practicable, as we have reason to be- lieve 1! we can make a profitable transfer of our right to the Tale and g to aexie aware “4 been quite active during the past day or two, witha werchaota, here and in New York and Philadelphia, woo | *teady upward movement in market value. Since the feel ata Cs the a erie of ea governments. f 1d bids for the loan were rejected, speculators have are particularly rolicitous that government o! taken hold of the stock. It is a curious kind of a fancy, United States has the sligntest desire to obtain trinsfer from us, witbeut cost (we reserving the guano) of | *24 moves up and down strangely. It strikes us that Shelton’s Isle, &c., it should be indicated to usas early | there is more speculation going on in the company’s as possible, The reasonableness of this request you can | office than in any other part of Wall street. The stock readily a to ferslgns is regulates our decision upon the appears to be now on the upward track, but there are no indications that it will continue long in that direc- disposition to foreigners, to which we referred, and in re- lation ae, Ah coal Lappe ht oye a bsed fe you. Unless speedy actionis had, the guanodepositeon | tion, The Harlem Railroad Company is still in want of of hosande of Sellars’ will be abstracted ahd wo mall | ®2rteldent and Vice-President. It appears to be demand pey for every ton from the Venezuelan govern. | Very dificult matter te get hold of the right kind of 0 shonaty and tha nef ally sjected us.) as | men. Since it bas been decided that Wall street brokers ; and int damages for the retention of the isle, till | C@Pnt get the control of the road again under the it is restored. We know well that in such matters an | Prerent direction, the market value of the stock has: im- | ‘ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.”’ Neither | proved. New York Central, Erie, Reading, Panama,-and the Venezuelan or Dutch government are celebrated as | 41 the leading Western railroad stocks, are steady at our quotations, and in view of their future earnings, &., it will be very difficult to depress them much. Notwith- standing the reputed sales of stocks, Wall street is dull and inactive. There never was before so much mo- good eayneriars The former perhaps has the excuse of inability, but the latter bas not, and the case of Mr. Seely, of Kew ‘York, in the crown diamonds ease is by no means creditable to it. We trust that if justice is earnestly insisted upon by our government in our case, it will be yielded with leas delay, went ate Yery respectfully, your fellow eitizens and abt. | mey with ro litle disposition to use it, No one is dis- ’ . a posed to enter into any new enterprise, and all seem to For self and others intarested, | rer waiting some definite developement, It is the ge- neral opinion that the European war will be a protracted one, and that it will continue to exercise an unfavora- ble influence on commercial matters throughout the world. ‘There is very little doubt about the effect of protracted hostilities, and the only hope we have is in our next harvest, and the probabllity of « demand for consumption from Europe that will take away all our surplus. This will give activity to our internal trade, and probably turn the tide of specie this way. In the meantime we must quietly and patiently wait the pro- gress of the season and of the war. A few weeks may make great changes in the position of all parties. We are at present only interested in our approaching har- vests, a8 our prosperity depends entirely upon them There never was # time when the changes of the weather were watched with greater solicitude by the mercantide classes than at present. The agriculturist is mot alone im his anxiety for bountiful crops. Every interest in the country is concerned, and we shall hail the securing of our gtain crops, with an abundant yield, with great joy. Last year we experienced one series of disasters, from the opening to the close. This year we have been thus far exempt, and long may we remain #0. Prices current at the first board to-day, compared with those ruling at the close yesterday, show an ad- vance in Louisiana 6’s of 34 per cent; Illinois Central bonds, 34; Cumberland Coal, 1; New York Central Rail- road, 5¢; Harlem, 34. Erie Railroad went up 3, but fell off and closed at a decline of 3 per cent. Indiana 5’s declined 34 per cent; Hudson River Railroad, 3¢. Illi. nois Central bonds sold to the extent of $50,000 this morning, and improved from the opening. Other rail- road bonds were particularly dull. About the usual variety end quantity of State stocks were offered and sold, without much change in prices. After the adjournment of the board the following benés were sold by Simeon Draper:— $20,000 N. York & Harlem R, R. 1st m’t 7’s and int. .873¢ The following sales were also,made:— $48,000 Sacramento County bonds. eeveee +83 to 89 Adrian H. Muller will hold his regular weekly sale of stocks and bonds to-morrow, (Wednesday,) at 1234 o’cleck, at the Merchants’ Exchange. At the second board the market opened and closed heavy. Cumberland Coal declined 3 per cent; New York Central Railroad, 34; Harlem, 1; Erie, };; Hudson River Railroad, 1. There were no sales of Reading. This appears to be quite a reaction since morning. The sales this afternoon were principally on time. There is not much cash stock offering. Books for subscription to the capital stock of the New York County Bank will be opened on Wednesday and Thursday, the 28d and 24th inst., from 10 to 3 o'clock, at the banking house corner of Fourteenth street and Eighth avenue. ‘The capital is $200,000, in shares of $100 each. The following gentlemen compose the direc- A t Visited similar institutions in has. A. Macy, president; Ambrose C. Kingsland, Fence, snd bad extended bie travel jar as the sext | Paul Spofford, Kdw’d Haight, Jno. Pettigrew, Ely Hop- Cris \. : Foon health, aad his vist bad been, pleassat ons, aed | Pocky Benj. F- Wheelwright, James Barnes, Tunis Van the T'resident hoped it would prove to bea profitable | Brunt, Luke H. Holmes. one. ‘The transactions at the Assistant Treasurer’s office The Reverend Taropore L .Ccyier was then intro- to-day were as follows:— duced to the audience, who spoke a6 follows:—Ladivs Anniversary of the Young Men’s Christian Association, The third anniversary of: this association was cele- brated on Monday evening in the Dutch Reformed Church, corner of Lafayette place and Fourth etreet. At an early hour the church was crowded beyond its ca- pacity by an audience of young ladies and gentlemen, +t was particularly an audience of young folks. ‘The President of the association, Mr. Cross, presided. At 7}¢ o’clock the exercises were commenced by the choir, who performed a voluntary in excellent style. After this lesrons from the Seriptures were read, fol- owed by an impressive prayer by the Rev. John Banvard. The choir then sang several pieces of select music in admirable style. When the singing was.ended, the President, Mr. Howard Cross, ascended the pulpit, and read the President’s address. From this address, which was a lengthy production, aud delivered in & plain, distinct voice, and listened to with much attention, we glean the following facts:— . The society, during the past year, in its lectures, has been unfortunate. Their various courses have not paid so well as they should, and one course was stopped be. fore it was finished. The receipts from lecturing were only $109 43, while the expenses were $289 83—1 to the society something of aa item wrong way. The churches have taken up the cause of the associa- tion curing the past year, and seventeen different preachers ncticned it in fourteen different pul- pits. In various churches collections have been taken up for the benefit of the asgociation, and the revenue to the eociety from this source has been $486 28, Since September, 1854, there have been added to the roll list of members 345 names, making the ate number of members cf the asgociation abou . Since the came time, a little over 1,660 volumes have been added to thelibrary of the association. The . ing rooms of the library are furnished with all the lead- ing periodicals of the cay ss well as the popular maga- zines, Since September last there have been addea to the rooms 38 different noe and 10 mageziner The library is well supplied all kinds of religious reading, euch as is desirable for the minds of the young and calculated to lead them in the way of Chris:. Since the last meeting of the association the soziety has taken new rooms in the Mercantile library building st rent of $1,00€ per year, During the last year circulers Dave been adoresred to all the evangelical clergymen of the city, and offering to each and all of thein the privi- leges of the library and reading rooms gratis, In financial operatiens, during the last year, the ex- pevees have been $3,673 66; receipts, $3,577 76; def- ciency, $95 90, ‘The report ended with an appeal to the young men to be zealous in their labors of love and Christianity, and do all in their power to farther the ends and objests of the association After the reading of the above report, the treasurer's report was read, by the Treasurer of the association, Mr. Benjamin F. Manierre, but the aggregates of the report ‘wers as given above in the President’s report We forgot to mention that the President, in bis report, stated, that during the past year the association had sent a delegate, Mr. Richard C. McCormick, to Earop? to visit the various Christian associations there. This gen- tleman had visited similar institutions in Ragland, and and gentlemen—I ought to give you an for | Paid on Treasury account. ++ $91,811 62 troubling you so often with long speeches. But my | Received lo. 69,448 26 apology is, that Inever Lave spoken, excepting when I | Balonce do. have been been called upom, and when a good theme has | Paid for Assay office... demanded my services. Americens seem to havea pas- | Paid on disburing check sion for public speaking, asthe German likes his beer, as the Frenchman bis wines, so the American loves his public spesking, and actually geta high upon the stump. When that greatest of orators—Henry Clay—was, a great many years ago, riding through the backwoods country, he stopped at'an old log house for the night. Next e@ was saluted by roine host, with: “Aare ” Yes, sir” “Phe Congress: man)’ “Well, sit, I bave heard a great deal of you, and I wish you would’ make a short apsech, before you go, for myself and wife.” (Lond laughter.) 1 wish | had some of his master oratory for this ocsasion to-night. Now, ladie; atlemen, I am here to-night because this dear as ‘tion ought to be sustained, and ought not to be assailed as it has been assailed in some quarters. 1 love this association, because I have worked The warrants ontered at the Treasury Department, Warhington, on the 19th of May, were as follows:— For the Treasury Department...... fe arenes ‘or the Interior ent, For the customs........... + 129,225 88 For amount of warrants received and entered. 65,065 12 For covering into the Treasury from miscella- necus sources. +. For the Navy De; For repayirg in ‘The steamer Nautilus arrived at New Orleams from Brazos St. Jago, on the 14th inst., with $175,554 in Mex- fean dollars; and the schooner Mary Caroline, from Tam- for “ 1 eat eksin it hmene 1 pad it, but mean | pico, same day, with $6,875, exactly w! say—I love ecnuse ve worked for Railroad st. Bois it with the mother. For which is her love the | The Teeeptsof the milwaukie and Mississippi Company for the first ten working days of May, show a large increase over the corresponding days of last year, the figures being as follows:— for the atrong, rosy cheeked boy, that mires t, and bates the constraint of school, or the weakly. sickly infant in her arms, that she watches by night with greater vigilance than the asilor watches the stars. he fever the latter with a love that is not surpass- | Passenge 99,000 46 90,630 72 an; eT a ion. I callupon the young men to wand 4 pe taccareg and N ead My kilt irs Neglect oseyetie Pine by aes alone will kill it;aye, an ally as ‘cross John’? Hughes was floored by the battle axe of Senator Brooks. ita rele bea hearer egal wmerstens ber (Loud applause followed this piece of Christian brotherly forbearance.) This is not s mean associa- tion. 1. exalts the best faculties, and stands like a breastwork agaist sin avd iniquity. The preacher con- tinued at rome length to eulogise the beauties of this association and ite claims upon the merchants for sup- port, and was loudly applauded when he sat dowa The Presipest then announced that it was expected that the Hon. Gi N. Briggs, ex-Governor of Maesa- chusetts, would address the meeting, but he was sorry to ray ‘tits gentleman was absent. ‘The collection was then taken up, after which one or two other addresses were delivered, extolling the virtues As the subject of cheap coal is again before the pub- lie, and as the agitation hitherto has rather inereasod than depressed the price, a view of the position of the trade will facilitate the object, and at least prevent the fluctuations to which the market is every year expesed. ‘The production of coal, with the exception of rent to the owner of the land, ia labor, and as each department is controlled by a steady demand, it follows that a living profit can only be had by the united action of the dealer ‘and producer. The season from which the supply is ob- of the young men who belonged to this association, and | ;, ranges from the middle of March to the Ist of De- annoua dare good i had done, and was going Wye and as the labor and expense of transportation ‘0 do, for Christianity. * After there abtrenee, the doxology was sung, and the | are the heaviest items in the production, it is the policy benediction pronounced, and the meeting then dispersed. | of the transporting companies to provide only the ma- chinery that wil! average the demand. A surplus would A bill to reguiat 5 ler to thet tia New York bar weg rieniint interfere withitheir profits, or could only be met by an in- the Legislature pf Conpecticut, exqpred charge, The, in reference to the poliey of the producer, siace the rent, labor and are demanded in eash, it foHows that cash or its equivalent must eontrol his operations. He, therefore, arranges with the dealer in the beginning of the season for the necessary funds, and employs the force adequate to his engagement. But as the dealer is dependent upon his customers, or the every day demand, to sustain him, it is obvious that a failure to fulfil his obligation to the letter, will reach the producer and of course check the supply. The season, however, rolls on, and being fami- liar with the ultimate demands of the market, the par- thes who sre exposed to the contingency raise their price, which eventually comes {rom the pocket of the con. sumer. If such, then, is the effect of the ‘‘one-ton system,” and if thé consumers will reflect upon the condition of the market—upon the capital required to keep it in an active and healthy state—and upon the cost of the sev- eral items that make up the whole of the cost, it is believed they will lay in their orders at the earliest period of the season, and patiently wait until capital and competition reduee or regulate the price. At pre- vent the cost of rent, mining, preparing and transporta- ‘ion over the lateral roads to the railroad or chuylkill canal, is $2 60 for red ash, to $2 10 for white, without the profit of the contractor. This, added to the transportation and freight to New York, makes a sum to be met in cash of $5 10 to $5 60 per ton, And the consumption of the city is estimated at a million anda half of tons, which at the cost of mining and transportation, (now at the most reduced rates,) is over ight and a half millions of dollars, Last year, according to tne returns from the several ‘ources of supply, the entire consumption of anthracite coalexceeded 5,847,869 tons, being 652,318 tons over the previous year, or 11 per cent increase. This amount added to last year’s business will make the demand for 1855 not less than 6,490,579 toms, But as the con- sumption last year was checked by the effect of the Schuyler frauds, the war in Europe, and the excessive importations of iron—now no longer acting against the coal market—we cannot estimate the business of 1855 at less than 6,800,000tons. Theadundance of capital, the scarcity of goods in all the country markets, and the prespects of an abundant crop, with the fact that our meaufactories must be kept in motion, warrant a more extended estimate. But as the country is not exactly in @ condition for suspending ita operations, and as itis gemerally understood the coal trade com- menced the year with clean yards, we eaunot suppose 600,000 tons ever would be felt at the several places of consumption. Up to the 17th of May the total receipts of anthracite coal amounted to abeut fourteen hundred thousand tons, leaving the quantity to arrive during the remain- der of the season, to meet the aggregate consumption, about five million five hundred thousand tons, This mormous amount of coal has all to be transported to tidewater in the space of twenty-eight weeks. An ave- rage arrival of two hundred tons per week for the rest of the year must be realized te meet the required wants of consumers, The weekly receipts thus far have been considerably below this average, and the works of trans- portation must be much moreastively employed to meet the demand. The price of coal ‘from this time out de- pends upon the ability and disposition of those engaged directly in getting out coal for market. They ean re- gulate the supply as prices justify, and they will not keep up full receipts in the face of falling prices. Time ‘waits for no man—and as coal dealers are but men, they are affected by the progress of the season, as others are who have justse many weeks or months to lay in stosks for future consumption. If the consumption and pro- duction ef coal kept pace and moved together, it would ‘be-well enough; but as the consumption of coal is great- est when the preduction is the smallest, it follows that stocks must be aecumulated to meet the demand when supplies nearly cease. Any reduction in prices now,caused by a limited demand, would be very likely to reduce our weekly receipts, and every ton taken off from our week- ly receipts now, would help up prices at the close of the season. The laws ef supply and demand are so ar- bitrary that any deviation in one is sure to be felt in the other. It is pretty clearly established that the consump- tion of anthracite ceal during the year 1855, will range from 6,500,000 te 6,800,000 tons. If by any cause the supply should not amount to more than 6,200,000 tons, it follows that there will be a deficiency of from 300,000 ‘to 600,000 tens. Now, the effect of this deficiency on the market value of the quantity received, would be more than double the entire value of the quantity short. It is the interest of the coal dealer who has capital enough to lay in a full stock at the opening of the season, for small consumers to hold back and not make their pur. for * limited consumption, or, rather, limited purchases throughout the summer are calculated to check receipts, and ultimately enhance prices. ‘The annexed statement exhibits the condition of the Danks of Massachusetts on the 7th of May, 1855, accord- ing to returss made to the Seeretary of Siate:— BaNks OF MAsSaCHUSETT#—MAY, 1855. 37 City, 138 Country. $32,710,000 25,566,620 | 68,266, 6,400,548 12,048,587 "17,449, 15,141,189 6,410'384 21, 3,114,820 1,914,077 6,028,897 $56,866,553 45,938,518 102,305,071 520 086 Resources. bills of exe, &c,$52,691,058 | 44,410,267 97,101,325 8,091,629 5 £017,236 653,866 582,644 1,186,510 eee ts Se re a ++ $56,866,553 45,988,518 102,305,071 The following will exhibit the condition of the banks of that State on the 1st of January last:— oT Gueys i99. ount 933,017 550 25,182,853" 67,31 4,901,541 11,418,027 11,494,876 6,106,755 16,601,631 + 3,222,396 2,145,622 5,367,901 Total..........+,+861,800,636 48,803,257 95,603,703 Resources, N’t’s, bills of exc,&c,$48,380,803 42,300,468 90,680,771 Specie. . 22767,867 "910,145 8,727,512 Real estate... 658,866 532,644 1,186,510 petite at (PS i aire ie Sesh Total... «+++$51, 800,586 43,803,257 95,603,793 The above statement exhibits, upon comparison with the condition ef the banks upon the Ist day of January last, an increase in the item of capital of $961,717, of net circulation, $1,129,517, of deposits $4,958,938, of Joan $6,411,554, amd of specie $289,724; and a decrease in the item of profits of $339,094, The Vermont and Canada Railroad Company recently instituted chancery proceedings to obtain possession of the Vermont Central Railroad. The application for pos- session was based upon a breach of condition in the lease under which the ermont Central Company occu- pies and runs the Vermont and Canada road, the former company having failed to pay the semi-annual rent due on the Ist of Deeember last. The hearing on the appli- cation was had before Jadge Poland, at St. Johnsbury, on the 15th, when two of the trustees, Lee and El/reoge, filed their answer. Neither the Vermont Central Com- pany nor trustee Smith appeared. The validity of the lease was not disputed. The trustees resisted mainly on two grounds—one, that the Vermont and Canada Company was indebted to the Vermont Central Company for advances and expenditures made in the con- struction of the road of the former, in the amount of $252,000, which, it was claimed, was a legiti- mate set-off to remt; the other, that the lease did not convey any of the personal property acquired sub- sequent to its date, July 9,1860, The Conrt overruled doth of these objectiens, holding that whatever might be the fact as to the alleged indebtedness of the Vermont and Canada Company to the Vermont Central Company, the trustees could not derive any beneficial eifects from it; that the Vermont Central Company only had a legal claim upon it, and could collect it. In regard to personal property the Court held that the Vermont and Caziada Company had an equitable lien upon all in existence when the contingency, which gave them the right to enter upon and operate the Vermont Central occurre4. Judge Poland made his decision on the 17th. His de- cree enjoins the truatées from resisting possession by the Vermont and Canada Company, who may, therefore, epter upon and run their own and Vermont Central road, at their will, upon the following conditions:— Ist. Aesume and poy all tisbilities and advances of trustees growing out of the discharge of their dutias, giving bonds in $260,000 therefor. 2d, To operate the road prudently, and to the best advantage, giving bonds in $60,000 therefor. 84. To appropriate the income to payment of oxistiag trustee debts and running expenses. 4th. To pay over to persons appointed by the Court = surplus of eernings after discharging the obligations ferred to uncer 3 cook To hold the property subject to the order of the yurt, ‘This decision is not final, and the case will probably go upto the Supreme Court upon various questions of law; meantime, it is presumed that the Vermont and Cauada company will take possession of the proparty. The April earnings of the Catawissa Railroad Company, for the busi transacted on its own road, amount to $21,219 55, of which $12,903 66 was derived from pas- sengers, and the remainder from freight and express matter. These earnings were almost entirely from way bupinens, ond may pe considered large when we refer to the fact of the read being a new ome. The express train# recently put on, by which passengers have am opportu nity twice a day ef going by the Carawisse reute te tha Falls of Nisgara and the extreme West, cannot fail greatly to imerease the business of this company. The receipts of the Montgomery and West Peint (Ala- dams) Railroad Company for the fiscal year ending March let, were $249,628 69, and the operating expenses including interest paid om loans, $168,657 55; leaving for net profit $80,977 14, equal to 8 per cent on the ca- pital stock. Et SEPRESERSSSSSSSESSSSRSSES Pee KOR RRR BOARD. 100 shs Nie Tr Co. b30 NY Cen RR.... do ‘60 S85 saeeessssssess ee RR 2 ROK 26, 500 111 Cen RE bds 7834 20 ahs Bk NAmerica 1043 50 Hud Riv RR..260 39 100 do Sales of Real Estate. The following sales of real estate in this city, were made yesterday at the Merchants’ Exchange, The bid- ding was not very brisk, andon the whole prices were considerably under the expectation of sellers, and seme of the property offered was withdrawn in consequence:— 1 gore lot south side Eleventh street, west of Eleventh avenue, 25 by 11: erin lot auth ade weai'en Nith a: 4 lots adjoining, sme size, 1 lot adjoining, 25 by 100, with 4,100. 2 lots, with briek double house, south Twenty- fifth street, between Seventh amd Eighth ave- mues, 50 by 117. oor soos 4,000 let on Tenth avenue, near Thirty-first street.... | 800 avenue 1 1 lot north side Twenty-first atreet, west of First "| ss southeast corner eighth street, 29 by 100. 1 lot adjoining, on Fifth avenue, i 1 lot in the rear ef above, on Thirty-eighth 5,700 26 by 108, 5,200 HARLEM PROPERTY. 1 gore lot sonth side of 115th street, west of ave- nue o 1B 1 gore adjoint 164 1 lot north side si First avenue, 25 by 100 1 gore lot south side 118th street, 25 by 100, each... 2 lots east side First avenue, 118th streets, 25 by 100, 1 lot north side 117th street, and avenue A, 25 by 100, 1 lot adjoining .. ‘between Firat ave- mue and avenue A, 25 by 100, each............ 2 lots south side 118th atrest, between First aye- mue and avenue A, 25 by 100, each. 1 let south 117th street, between avenue and avenue A, 28 by 100... .......... eee 1 lot north side 116th street, between Firm avenae and avenue A, full lot. ...ssesseveceree sees 2 fall lots north side 118th street, bet 1 full lot south side 1ioth and Seeond avenue! teste se seeecssceesses 8 full lots south side 1 lot east siae Second avenue, 50 feet ma. corner of 121st street, 20 by 100.......... 11 full lots south ‘I2lst street, between First each * Second avenue, eae! BROOKLYN PROPERTY. + on Stuyvesant street............000. corner McDonough street and Broadway. adjeining... s pee EEE SER ERE BSE E CER E SeESSEE al resens BRESESBSES CIla¥ TRADE REPORT. Tusspay, May 22—6P, M. Brrswax.—2,000 Ibs. yellow sold at 26c. a 263¢¢. and 2734 cents. BREADSTUFFS.—Flour—Common and good grades were 12¢, a 18c. per barrei higher, with an active market; the sales for the dsy footed up about 8,000 9,000 bbls., in- cluded 1m whieh were about 4,10) bbls. common to State, at $10 e $10 25; do Western, at $10 26 » $10 31 Canada, (3,000 bbls.,) at 12340 advance, viz: $10 $10 87; Southern, (700 bbls.,) at $11 25'a $12 60—th latter for extra brands; the market closed firm. Whest —Bales 7,500 bushels Southern and white Canadian were made at $2 48 » $255, with small lota white M and Canadian at $260 $250. Corn—Sales of 38,000 bush. were meade, including mixed and white, at $1150 $1 16, and yellow at $1 16 a $117; 1,000 bub. yellow sold at $118; and 9.000 bushels Western mixed were sold, to arrive soon. Oats were quiet oe bushels sold Pe $1 Jersey meal wasnt $525, Rye flour was un- cbang Cassr1A.—200 mata were sold at 400. Cocoa.—85 bags Para sold in bend at 73<c. Corruz —The market was steady, with moderate sales; 100 bags Maracaibo sold at 103¢0. a 113¢.; 100 do. Laguyara, at 103¢c. 'TON.—The market continued firm, with sales of about 3,500 bales. We quote :— Upland. Texas and and Florida, Mobile, N. Orleans. osgalosy 10% it 5 % 1igall 3g 11g nx 13gal1 39 12 126 pom. nom. nom. pool 600 a 800 bales com cotton were engaged, chiefly to fi "p, at 5- To London 500 bbls. romn were taken at 1s. 9d. To Glas- ow 1,000 bbls. tar were taken at 3s. To Bristol 160 bis. spirits turpentine were taken at 5s., and 500 bbla. at p.t. To Bremen 100 bales of cotton were taken at ie. ae and to California were quiet and unchanged. Frurr.—Sales of 200 a 500 boxes bunch raisins were mace at $2 40; and 2,000 boxes were sold b rh & Co. by suction, ey aa, at $1 Cs a $2 87 for whole boxes, $1 06 a $1 26 for Milves, and q & 6ic., cash. Hay quiet but firm at $112. Heup.—Atout 600 bales of Manila were sold at 103. a 10340, Inow.— 160 tons Scotch pig were sold at $24, cash. Mo.arsxs.—The market was quiet, Small sales Cuba ON Avan Evonrm Sales 700 bbls, aplrita turpentine AVAL RFS, — 3 I. ‘were made at 44c. a 45c.; the latter for a lot in disorder; 500° we La aay at $3 25; and 100 do, fine rosin at ‘ROVisIONS.—Pork.—Transsctions were large, and new mess closed firmer. The sales amounted to about 6,900 mess at ry , and new A bbls. sour mess sold at $16 12. Included im the Bie. pear were 6,000 old mess, deliverable in June, at $17, at full prices, amd 160 do ‘5; and a lot of 50 bbls. good Chicago at $15 25 = $15 37. Cut meats were steady, with sales of 300 730 a 73¢¢. for shoulders, and at 93¢¢. a 9346. for Lard—Sales of 600 bbb. re ‘at 1036. @ 10346., 000 kegs were at p. “ici Abat 90 ark were Ne at 530 & 6340.) 175 of which was ng at 6340. for ex, Svcars.—100 hhds. New Orleans were noid at 5M abe ¢., and 300 a 400 do, Cuba at bic. & 644 ¢. ‘Tar1ow.—Sales of about 8,000 10,000 Ibs. were re- ported at about 11 3c. a 11%0. Tonacco,—Kentucky is quiet but firm; in other gr: amount of business is doing. The sales were 5s Kentucky at 9 a 12%4¢-; 262 bales Havana at 250. 42 bales Cubs, p. t; 120 casos need leaf, 6c, a Winsnxr.—The saigs embraced 200 bble, State, at 9840, :