The New York Herald Newspaper, July 8, 1855, Page 6

Our Nebraska Corresponderce, Omana Crry, N.T., Jane 12, 1865. Depredatit , Whe Siouzr War fedian || United States Troops Arrwmz— News from the Plains —Reported Massacre of California Emigrants —Gettlement of the Terrstory—The Slavery Ques- tion—General News, §c. Since last I wrote sume events bave transpired in the Territory of interest to the general reader in the Btates. The Sioux expedition is the subject of general conversation bere, and I must be allowed, with due deference to tne opinions of Indian Agents, and our apparectiy ¢ffi ion: Indian Commissioner in Washington, to exyres-, through the Hukarp, not only my own opinio:s aud feelinge, but those cf a larg? majority ot cur actual eettlers in the Territory: Under the present orcer of things, we are inclined to doubt whether, in the firat place, the expedition under the command of Gen. Barney will reach the deeired object, as ex»ressed by the citizens of the Territory. We need troops. We need monuted men—dragoom:—and those of true metal—those, indeed, used to the trials aud privations attendaut upon a thorough frontier life. A disciplined soldiery, under the commard of well trained officers, do well enough to cope with thos whore mode of warfare corresponds in the main therewith; but for Indian fighting, we want those used to [ndian strategy and craftiness. Furthermore, we need them, not sts- tioned 300 or 600 miles beyond us, as is the case, but in close vicivity to the prosperous settlements here, which now daily stand in fear of Indian de- predations. Wehave no need for a “silk stock- ing” eoldiery, whom the Indians alresdy here term mere squawe. Bat we are told that Commissioner Mavypenny avers there isno reed of this or avy otrer mode of punishing the Indians upon the Plains for their numerous de- predations—they are generally exaggerated reports —and the whites are to biawe, &c. How shou'd he know? Last season 16 virlted us, talked a few mo- ments with the voor degraded Omahas, in our vicinity— staid s foe hou:sin tne ferrisory, and left. Does take the ‘eporte of Indian sgents, and traders, and hirejings of government in the West? Tfeo, is it not for tretr interest—their own sordid intereet- to represent a peaceful state of affairs, and retain the-e (ndians in our midst, not- ‘withstanding the co: trary desire and wisnes of the aettlers? Certainly eo. ( kuow full qell that In- dian depredations upov the settlers in Nebraska are oftentimes execy« ated and misrepresented; yet the fact is self-evident that dauger to some extent exists. The United States tro»vs bound to the Upper peers her ery are Buss Sort Serpe dows the ver; wi ea® goo i they can do some lee tothe northward, when the I are gathering, if Teports be true, ont upon our westward, [ cannot ine. Late mews from the Pisinsis asything bat flat- terfog. The Indiana are gathering for a general “free figot,” ani laug at the idea of the United States troops being sutficient to whip them. They mneerinaly point to tha masaicre at Fort Laramie, and say, if tneir Great Fetner is so strong aa they are told he is, why dia he not whip them toen? and boast of their allied warriors as leaves upon the arees. A report reached here a few since, that the latter part of the emigration ac: the Plains, bad all been maseacrea by the Indians. Iadiaus brought the news. How much reliance to place in this report, I am unable to say. Notwithetanding the reports, exaggerated in the main, which reach the States concerning Indian depredations io N-b-asks, many settlers are now cecmipg in, and erty is daily advancing. The ‘most prosperous in'anvd settlement is Fontenelle, the county seat of Dodge sourty. A colony was formed last year in Quincy, I:linnis,to settle there, and tis spring, in time to put in large crops, tuey have ccme on with their families, and have opened the door fer a prominent place in the Terricory. Governor Izard. for some weeks past has baen uowel!, not, however, to avy alarming extent. The question of siavery in Nebraska has begun to be agitated by a few agitators in the southern part ef the Territory. Were the question put t> a vote of the Nera, uucer anything like an excited state of feeling, it wrulr alarm the disorganizing abolition spirits ‘ away down East.” It ts generally hoped the question «ili n°t acquire a Kansas heat, yetecme fears are entertaiced for the fall election. There sre numbers he e waiting for aaything in the shape of m speculation whereby to “raise the wind,” and quite desirous to return to their anxious motbers. sae, and all corresponding chara:ters, ave, however, confined to the speculating seaboard or Missouri river towns. ° Trading beats from the Upper Missouri, laden with fore, &c., for the Ami assed hero yestoreay for the trading i poet at Bolle! e tor the ‘post at \e- view. An duterprisbog company from New York have purchased the Missouri reservation at Belle- view, and I presume will take steps towards build- ings place, which may take the lead of towns in the Territory. More anon. Ike. Omana Crry, N. T., June 18, 1855. Scenes in Nebraska—The Way Omaha City is Going Akead—Statistics of the Town, dic., dc. If you want to see human nature life-like, real, unadulterated by the superfiaities of exist- ence, visit the frontier, spend a few nights around the camp fire, travel (in a party) for weeks over this vast ocean of prairie, atop a few days each at ‘the meagre show of sparsely populated settlements, and then cramp yourself up for» season at some of the two in-a-bed and ten-ia-a room sccommodations at the capital of Nebraska, aud see the romance ofa frontier life; and take my word for it, you will be astonished how suddenly the sunlight of reality dis, pels the mist of ideality, and how imperfectly is man generally understood while standing in the whitewashed temples of refinement. Stand beside me upon the green sward here at the capital; and it you are a stranger, do not be surprised at the Yan- kee inquisitiveness of nine-tenths of the popalstion in their earnest endeavors to fathom the mysteries of “how much is he worth?”—‘where does he hail from?"~ and “where is be going to locate?” Sup- pose an answer tg be “twenty thonsand’—‘New York city’—and “any place where fancy dic- tates.” The result is you w'l] bave # crowd of friends inafew days, vieing in their alulations of some fevored lozality, where au interest in seme half section of prairie, with a tew stakes drove into the ground — minus house or any thing to build one of, ye: beariag the title —— city. (It you resily want to settle ook for yourself.) Around us are various specimens of the universal Yopkee ration, and of almos: every vocation, gene- rally, however, those who fancy shemselves geatle- men. Here you see abs,onding debtors and unfor- tunate speculators starting anew on the ovesn of speculation. Men of small mesns and actonishin self-aseurance are here in the full daze of their lory. They succeed, generaily, remarkably well. Young lemen cf romantic tartes are here oftimes brought to a stand and deliver position upon finding thst without brains or money it is difficult to respa fortune immediately. Professional mer, unable to be appreciated in the States, gather here, and it is no unfrequent occurrence to find them, atter @ few weeks sojourn here, either metamor- pb into laboring men or uttering anathemas Spon ‘the country. Speculators here gather, and in little groups upon tre town , the tiated gather around some apecimen “buy or sell,” and lorg for a few dollars to launch forth upon that are sea. Half fledged lawyers, like sharks following eome diseare-stricken bark, are constantly whereby to raise the need{a'. Others, im, are watohing and waiting for some sivaation where hard work is not expected, to turnup for their Indeed, take the capital cf Nebraska av a picture é aa interesting one, The arrive the sal Saree — impulses of mar strangers of every deacri atically know =] everyting yeas aun ot Yan. City can now boast of some forty houses such a8 are. There are four stores, one A three e , two drinking houses, one bisckemith shop, ore steam saw mili, one printing office, lawyers, nise doctors, one minister, one ‘cot fifty speculators, twelve govern: ment officials, thirteen babies, seventy-five oe tive aspiseats, thirty Congressional sspirante, forty geatlemen ay arg 8 few more persons ; f i grersional aspiravta are beginniog t> be:ome manifest, end it Ppa wit a ocdly num- ber of patriotio men Nebraska can fornish, who are willing to sacrifice the piessures of a Nebreska Aife for the toils, privations acd dangers of a session at Washington. No Indian news. The reported massacre of ths California emigrants o: the Pinins needs copfirma- tion. Toe weather is emphatically hot. Claims in this vicinity bave been s-liing during the past week at enormous prices. Mere anon. Igz, Our Canadian Correspondence. Wiiilamssung, C. W., June 22, 1855. Speculaters from the States—High Priceof Flour — Backward Season, Cold and Dreary—Effeets of the Reciprocity Treaty—Canadians Uniting with Americans in Constructing Public Works —Grand Trunk Ratiwoy— Parliament Stationed at Quebec, &c. ‘The region of country bordering on the St. Law- rence, on the Canadian side, ani upon the shores o Lake Ontario, is filled with speculators from the States. Every article in tie shape ot fine or coarse grains, raw and manufactured, is being bougat up for the Atlantic markets. The entire remnant of wheat and flour is in American hand; and thoug) the large Canadian desiers resp edvantages from the operations of the reciprocity treaty, their imme diate neighbora, the consumers, are not ao fortunate, For instance, every bustiel of wheat and barrel of flour which is purchased, is immediately transported either to Ogdensburg, Oswego or Rochester, and there held for retail or transhipment to New York and Beston. The consequence is, that flour has reach- ed the New York retail prices in the midst of this wheat growing community. The article is now re- turning to us in retail quantities, at prices ranging trom eleven to twelve doilars « barrel,a thing an- precedented bere. Auvother season will be quite different; our farmers and dealers, from the expe: rience already had, will be ready to meet their Yankee customers hereafter in a spirit of traffic fies be unknown amongst the “ sluggish Cana The season is extreme!y backward. The loug, tedious winter bas but just tairly jeft us. The spring crops are just peep ng cut of the ground, but no genial sun accelerates their growth. ‘Bhe winter wheat (rye is not raised in any quantities) looks vigorous and healthy, though yet quite iow in growth. Corn must have ™ month of . otherwise the crop must be short. Fruiis will be scarce, though the meadows and lawas, and many, garoens, promise abaudavce of the berry family. Strawberries will be ripe in about a week, and be meat plentifal. So wita raspberries and blackber:ies, which come forward & month or so later. of you who yearly pay from six to eight cents for a basket of berries containing a table spoonful, may envy us, when we tell tuem that strawberries as large ae & lady’s thimble can be had here tor the mere trouble of picking, or for six or eight cents a quart. Whilst this luxury is about deoarting from you in the city of New York, ours bere, four nundrad and fitty miles northwest, on the banks of the St. Lawrence, is just coromencing. ‘The Custom House officers on the American eide inform me that the re.iprocity treaty sends uoex- pectedly large quantities of articles into the States, uch ag flour, gain, horses, cattie, beef. pork, &., &c. Tre value of such as have passed duty trea sisce the commencement of the present veasoa, through the Custom House at Ogaensvurg alone, amounts to more then one hundred and fitty thou- esnd dollars. It must be quadrupled at Oswezo, Ro- chest'r. Lewiston, Detroit, and Baffalo; while the Ca- nadian Custom Houses exhibit no materially increas ed amount of articles introduced in the Provinces from the States. The people here are disappointed that the home government did not allow the Ameri- can mechanic tosend in their manufactured articles, particularly stoves, farnitare, and labor-saving ag- ticultural implements. Now that the farmera havea prospect of a free market, and increased prices for treir productions, they are anxious to sce the rene ers, thrashers, Xc., so generally used in New York, Ohio, and the (sheer “voamen| indies of ~ courtry hereabouts, being quite level, is particular- ly adspted to the use of Toawin, aad respi ma- chines horse power. The first frogs Vid tes @ manufactory here tor such articles be a lucky fellow, and is sure to realize a speedy fortane. It is only known by a select few here, and perhans enly two or three persons in the States, that Hincks, who has been the ruler of the Canadian Parliament for several years, is a large stockholder, with Erastus Coruing, of Albany, in the construction of the Saut St. canal, at the outlet of Lake Pape ‘bat portion of the Grand Trunk Railroad running between Montreal and Preacott is in a forward con- tien and rails ou hand, , the we been running by early autumn; it may now be nearly three months before it be d. Then’ the dread of enocentaring toe highly Googe ous rapids on the St. Lawrence, in passing down to Montreal, and the vexatious delay in retarning up- ‘wares rainet the currents and tzouge the canals, will be avoided. The in the cars passage will consume only a few hours’ time, and will uniformly the railroad route. Ie will not be une: d if, after a year or two, all passenger boa's above Montreal are withdrawn, leaving the rojlroad all thst kind of busisess. Tae com| who undertook to construct this railroad have compelled so frequently to solicit the aid of the Pro vince, and having mortgaged it to the government, will, it is expected, allow it to pass into the nands of the public authorities, for Parliament tc carry out the enterprize and operate the road. The leading people of the upper province, or what is now more generally known a: Canada West, gre much incensed at the idea that the government is likely to remain longer at Quebec. After the burning of the Parliament House at Montreal, in 1847, the home government declared that Parlia- ment should never conveve again at that place, and decided that it should meet alternateiy at Toronto, C. W.,and Quebec, C. E., changing every four years. This period has just expired at Quebec, and the people ot the former place, and the members, were preparing for the expected transfer. Tney sre now informed that it bas been decided at Windsor Cas tle, acrces the water, that Parliament must remain at Quebec until sach time as orders to the contrary shall be transmitted to the euthorities here. Of courte no reason has been given for this decision, though it is alleged the precautionary step is taken in advance of any ontbreak between the Uuited States and Great Britain, in relation to the occupa tion of Cuba—government feeling itself secure with- in the walls of Quebec, while at Toronto they might be compelled to evacuate, if the Yankees should undertake to “cross over the border.” Toronto, C, W., June 26, 1855. Annexation and Reciprocity: the latter Superseding the Formes—Binefits to the Partus— Necessity Jor the Importation of Nova Scotia Coal in the States—-Canadran Common Schools—A Suitable Mithod of Separating Protestant from Catholic Children— Imitation Beneficial in New York, $e., &e. The fever of annexation to the States, which was & dangerous epidemic three years since throughout entire Canada West, has most miraculously abated since the reciprocity treaty took effzct. Many po- litical writers in the Northern States were under the belief that this treaty, produciag an inter change, free from duty, of a large variety of the productions of the fleld and ths forest, wou!d in- cresse the intercourse of the people on both sijes of the lakes andthe St. Lawrence, bring the Cana- ians into a closer anion with the Yankees, infase & more perfect knowledge of the characteristics of both, #0 that it would be the means of bringing about an annexation to the States, at s period not farremote. The abolitionists and free soilers have been most anxious to extend the area ef the States in this direction, hoping that two or three new States would be organized out of Bat the idea is a mistaken one; the treaty has sot bad, nor will have, any such effect. The people aity which afecta tem. They ar oo ee. wi al beuetisare all on their side. ‘thee d agents from NEW of wheat, ix being filled to Gouble thy extent of any forme: time. Wrtrtionses ter thy Gepost ut grain, flour, &c , are being. erected to eeveval, localities Opon the rigers and lakes; ard-at railroad stations, eich will, in ieee $iea adozen pears, efford market tycilties watch the produces never enjoyed. Movtres!, Prescot’, and otner pinces, whieh have evn°roled the trade, will now find @ rivaletip tc the States tiat wil awi them to & weie active end energetic policy, if they wieb to setsip exy Considerable portion of the trade whih they bave, frcm time immemorial, en- joyed without exy tf midable competition. Tuese berefit’, which > xpardaotly fall apon the massrs cf the yrople tx these provinces, partloaiariy ths upper, hes bad the eff:ct of quisting their aarexs: tion anxieties. Taney do mot object to the free na: vigaticn of the Si, Lawrence, knowing that by triowirg it copes it wil invice and encourago 6 commercial ppirit, which the Cavadiane themelv+s ever did por never can ese. Muny active Minds rere voric! pate ax carly time, when by means Of greeter trareoortation ta uittes on the river aud the Grapd Trrsk sailwaz, Qaebec will become eumewbat of alivai to New York abd Boslyn ty the fortign ebipmen. oot only of the eurplas productions Of the province, but three gathered st Enicany, Milvatkie, ard «ven coming from Lake Superior. Ine werd, the Uspadians are delighted with the reciprocity tresty, being #s much of featare of ADoexation as wey desve at present, and possibly for byl! @ ceutury to come, Whilst the people of these provinces enjoy the eater & vantave from the treaty, they freely ac- owiecge that (he veopte of the Siates are equal ly fostosste over their British brethren of Nova Scotis, Asliiax, New Bineswick, and upon the banks ct Neewfourdlend. Whe increased privilege on the firbiog banks hich the treaty opens, 1s of the grea‘eet oud mst p ominent impo taace to the peopleof tie Stuies. Many tuousarde of the hardy aud indefatigable socs ot New Eig'and will be added to the »umber of fishermen, woo, with their Sroacks, wil}, 1 a anoit period of time, monopolize the fishing grovrds. Arrangements will soon be mice, by waivicuals anc compaaies in New York ard Buaton, to bring coal from Nova Sevtia, waere it sbounds w exient avd quality equal to any of the regiore in the Ssutes. Some formidabie com: petition iv the article tas become indispensable, as the conduct of ths Pennsylvavia monopolista, dur- ing the lest two sears, abuadantly proves. The Neva Scotia coal, free from ontg, must bea relief to the consumers in the cities oa the Atlantic coast avd invenor, Thus, whitst the treaty is of ad- vaLtsge to the peopie of the United States on the cre aide, it operates equally beneficial to the Cana Gian on the ober. AS & geLtral ti'irg, the Canadian government has hithertu negicted to provide adequate means for ioe support of common ecuovle, Recently, however, More attention has been paid to the subject, and provision is now mude tor giving every cotid in tne Upper Province, a common avdoal edacetion. A por- tion of the exp:nose is provided by Parliament, and the remaincer is obtained by taxation avon the Property of the people, whether or not they have cbiiaren ef their own to participate. This gives every poor coud, as in New York and New Eng- lana, an opportunity to obtain a knowledge of epelling, resding, writing, and arithmetic. The province is divided into school sections or districts, as on New York, wita voards of ¢rustees, and 9 local or couvty superintendent. If the Protestants, or Casholi:s, or colored people, are uswilling to seud their children to the public section 6 ihools, Or are Gissatirfied with the disc'pline or manner of teaching therein, application may be made in wring by twelve or more heade of families so the muncipal council ct any township, or of the bara school trustres of any city, town or itcorpcrated vi'lage, for the estad: lishient of a separate school, No Catholic separate scboc] ehv)) be establikned In any schoo! divivion, except when the tescher of the ular district school is @ Protesrent, and so, on the other mand, in reiation to the ullowance of @ separate Protestant ecncol. A}l such schools ate entitled to ebare in S22 common ecsool ford of the province, according to the average aitendance of pupils attendiag each such separate schoo); but sach echool shall 00; par- hieipate in any gums raiced by general Jand tax in the sectious, bu’ the d-ficiency saall be aupplied by thoee Only whore children »ttend suca sevarave ecboojs, Altsoug” this privilege is freely granted, still very few localities avail themselves of 1, for in atl Upper Canada, to which thesy school laws apply, there are but fitty-one separate schools in tae whvie province, and those about eqaally divided bet ween Protestant and Catholic—ro that this provision of the ‘aw, as Mr. Ryerscn, Superintendent, remarks, “is seldom acted upon, except in extreme cases, acd is of little consequence for good or for evil, the law providing effectual prates- ticn sgaivet interference with tre ' religions opinions and wishes of parents and gi 4S f atl classes, sud there being no probability that separate echools wiil be more injurious in time to come than tuey bave been in time past. A se perate echool is ertitied to no aid beyond a certain persion of the schcol fund for tae salary of the acher. The achoolhouse must be provided, fac nirhed, warmed, books procured, &c., by the per- sons petitioning forte school. Nor are the pa- trons and supporters of @ separate school exempted from <7 of the local asreesments or rates for com- mon schcol pi The law provides Aaval bes tection for all 8 and denominations; if be any class or classes of elther Protcstauts or Romen Catholics, who are not satisfied with the equal protection secared to them by iaw in mixed schools, but wish to have a achool subservient to sectional religious purposes, they should, of courre, coptribute in ‘erg crieele and not tax a whole com- Monity for the suppor! of sectarian interests,” Had « provision, something of this character been inserted in the school lsw of the State of New York, Bishop Hughes and William H. Seward might have eatablisbed as many Roman Catholic schools as they may have desired, and the Protea. ‘ants would have interposed n> objections. But then, no partisan agitation would have occurred, and ro political partialities have been engendered. Our Nova Scotia Correspondence. Hattrax, Jane 19, 1855. The British Crimean Recruits —How They are Smug. gled from the States-—Their Treatment —Govern- ment Curates— Military Vigilance— Uniform of the Legion—Election and Naval News--The Crops. I wish that you would place before the American pecple the way in which the dupes of the Brisish emissaries are treated, when we get them ic this land of freedom. Jn consequence of the mterference of your go" vernment, the recruits can now only be smuggled up here in small bodies. The second lot, on arriving here, unanimously sefused to enlist, as they ssid they came down to work on the public works. So his Excellency merely told the first mau that refused to enlist, to “go to h -1,” and at the conclusion called the whole lot a set of dammed Inish ‘sons of b—s.” The next lot, about twenty, also retused, and the government, at first, refused to pay the consignee of the vessel the passage money, but they have ince nettied it. ‘This way of acing the thing did not at all suit the Ted coated cflicials; so about two weeks ago, on the arrival of a vessel with thirty green ones, they were, st 12 o'clock on Baturdey nigh’, secretly landed on George’s Island; and as they retused eto enlist, but tees aorekin iets that they came here to work, they were kept for two days without any food, bat at the end of the second day they had to give in, and eent up word, by some of tue artillery; they were then taken over to the city, aad marched out to Melville Isiand. ‘This affatr is not noticed by our papers; but whether from ignorance or demgn, 1 don’t know. It first leaked out from the crew of tne vessel, bat I have got it from one officially concerned in it. T havo also good reason to believe that the same thing has been done two months age. So strong is the popa- Jar feeling here against the disgracefal and tyranni. cal proceedings cf the government minions, that they dare not allow the recruits any intercourse with the citizens; and so discontented are the men already enlisted, that the new comers are allowed no communication with them till they have taken the bounty. So strictly are the men looked after, that if a Tieitian tn tavor with the militery authorities is al- lowed to on the , he 18 not allowed ts enter the barracks or communicate with the a. and earth bie ain by oom hn city, and have mansged take m three or four “; ye;”’ of these, one haa deserted after; being with then six in Bermads, one just before and one since abe has Tonner en ee lost his election, end now Joe and his friends sing out “Sour they did not want to get in.” Howe bas gone to England to receive the reward Se a perioms, #0 it is expected he will get some kind off title. The chive all look A No. 1; but in consequence of | Yankees baying up grain in Prince Ed- Card's Taland, int brewers he have had to send to Scot- Jand for thelr barley. R Another lot of recrnits have just gone up;to the CfBioe. came down in the brig Borten. Why don’t your government seize these vessels? Surely, kidnapping white men is trorge than carrying « lot of alggers. JM K. YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, JULY 8, 1855. Affaiss of Puye, Bacon & co. {From the 5: Loww intelligoucer, Jape 30} Mi. BACON TU THE MAYO OF 6f. LOUB, Sr Lovis, June 29, 1855. My Duar Six—It is Cot unknown to'you that Ee to the bth of this morth, as thy representative of the 0. & M. KR Co, avo of my tirm, (Page & Bacon,) I used every exertion in my power to induce the eity of St. Lov ary to complete the wor on the road tnd alto to provide for the payinent of the interest a: on the bonds of eaic company on the Ist day of Saly. Neither i it unbxown to you the auccers with whick I met ip these sppiications. Bo ‘was offered—no gssurance giver tint arsistance would be, uncer any etate of rircometuaces, rei The emergency 10 which the company was placed was imminent Withont ‘umediate action which would se- to furnirh the ei! woich was Une gored neces- | tively neglected. The pega yt advices cure the ald needed, tor entize interest of the company would be escrificed to the first and second mortgage bondholders. You ase aware that the company have given my firm @ deed of trust, to secure the very large indebteanesa of ‘the former to the latter, and you are doubtless atill fur ther swaze tbat und+r the provision of avid deed of trust the trustee bas entered upon and taken postersion of the road of the com>: And its peoperty, as thereig a. the vleserre of informing you that means have been provides which insures tho opening ofthe road to Vincennes (the entire leagth) this week, and for the peyment of the interset on the company’s bonds, ms- turing let proximo, My cestre from the commencement of the embarrass mente of the company hae been to protect and preserve ita stock; but the want of co-operation from the party baving the most at stese, with one single exception, and whose ability was equsi to the emergency, rencered it recessary to take eteps (for the purpose of securing the aforersid neceseary means) which haa greatly perilled the intezerts of the stocaheléers, and which will doabt- lees result io the entire desiraction of their :terests, unless act.on iv immediately had by the city whith shall averteo unfortunste and much to bs regretted cala- mity. My object in adérersing you this communication is to informa you that my firm 18 pow disposed to unite with the city in anything which can be caasistentiy done to protéct the intersats of the stockholders of the com- pany. Yours, truly, HD. BACON, ‘To Hon Wasn’n KrncG, Mayor of St. Louis. ‘The Intelligencer atds:—The above letter will afford greut satisfaction tothe pcs of Mr Bacon, It proves no morethsn they have always known—it amounts to no more thun they have always expected. But it is in itrelf ux additions], complete and overwhelming refuta- tion of the baseless charges of bisenemies. It is a mate! vindication of him-elf from the calumny that hac been poured forth to blacken « reputation above re- Ets and it destroys at one dazh the entire edifice of faleehood reared by his calumniators, from which to burl their poisoned aniows. It is also @ vindication of the directory from all the in- ferential detraction 10 which they have been so uojust- ly and ro mercilessly ruojested. It shows that to their honorable, just ond fesr.esa conduct in taking tho only avavable step to save the road, aa well as to the noble efforts of Mr. Bacon, the people of St. Louis city and county, and the rtockholders everywhere, ure inuedted for the ‘preservation of this grest propersy ao far from the inexorable creditors under the first and second mort- gege bones. It now remain# to be seen yhether Mr. Bacon is to be met in the same generout and magnanimous spirit which he evinced in the above letter. While he has sh efforts as no otber man in St. Louis could make to achieve the completion preserve its ownership in the stoskbold- ers, # portion of the people of St. Louis, led on by a vineictive press, ane a porticn of the City Council, ani- mated by a miserable ambition to gain notoriety OF de- faming character, have only been able to see in all his acts a stupendous schere of frand and wrong, the very conception of which woud be at war with all the pre. vious Ife o' the man against whom ithas been #0 un- scrupulously charged. It remains to’ be seen whether Mr. Bacon is to have tonement made to him which he can desire or at of m cordial and eficient co opsration by y and county and the private stockholdars, in @ policy which sbali operate to discharge every claim ugaivat the ecmpapy: rescore to his house some portion of the loss in money, if not in reputation, suffered through connection with the road, and by the recent onslaught of his persecutors; anc evantuate in the tire restoration of the road to the atockholdera, We trust the people of our city aad county will be tras, as well to their interests ag therr honor, and complish this result. Mr. Bacon affords thom tne op- portunity s¢ leat to try, and will aid, we fes! assured, in wpy feasible plan to acbieve the end. If nothing in to be cone but to persist in calamny and detraction—it the peo} f St. Louis will pot arouse to the urgency of the crisis, their stock is gone forever, and they may lament at their Jeisure. But we hope for betrer things. ‘Ihe sober second thought is quietly moving in the minds of thousands, Swexpine Jupiciat Cuange in New Hampsutee. —A jucicial reform bill has been reported to the leg! Jature of New Harapshire, remodelling all the courts, al- tering tosome extent their respective jurisdiztion, re- moving the whole of the present officiale, and increasing the salaries of some of the Judges. By the new bill, there ere to be five Judges of the Supreme Judicial Court and three Judges of the Court of Common Plean, and they are to hold two terms a year in each coanty and judicial district. At present there are only seven State Judges, whose salaries amount (with reporting) to about $9,800, The new system will cost $4,0U0 a year more. The Court of Common Pless ie to bave nothing to de with crimiaal busin ‘ne office of Road Commissioner is.abolished, ce Of thore officers three ‘County Commiasion- to be elected in each county, t ‘ve for three ye ‘The bill, it sdopted, is to come into operation on the 17th of August next ‘The Concord Daily Patriot denounces the measure at a daring attempt om the part of the Know Nothieg ma- Jjerity to prostitute the judiciary to party purposes. It iss bill (it says) for the removal of ail the Judges and clerks of courts, the State Reporter aud Rosd Com- missioners, and for the appointment of others in their aces. The title of the bil) is‘‘an act to remodel the judiciary System, and for other purposes;”’ the ‘other urposen”’ being the chief object, viz, the removal of 6 officers above named, #0 as to put Hindoo partisans in their places | SE to be removed by its passage is only rixty "i “ihe Pairies adda indignoatiy that the measure is the concoction of place hunters, who are endeavoring to provide seats for themeelven upon the ben sh by the pas- sage of this bill~thua, for the first time ia the present generation, dragging the judiciary down ioto the politi- cal arena, making its permanence depend upon the suc- cess of parties, and holding upits honors as rewards for partisan services —Hoston Traveller. July 3. FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. MONEY MARKET. Sarurpvay, Jaly 7—6 P. M. Quotations current at the first board to-day, com pared with those of yesterday, show an improve ment. At the first board Lonisiana 6’s advanced 1} per cent; Erie bonds, 1875, }; Reading Raiiroaa, 1}; Hudson River Railroad, 3; Chicago and Rock Island, 4; Nicaragua Transit, {; Camberland Coal, §. Michigan Central declined } per cent; Michigan Southern, }; Cleveland and Toledo, 1.. The most active movement was in Cumbs:land Coal, The report just published, which we shal! find space Jor ina day or two, ia considered highly favorable. The company is doing @ larger busiaess than last year, and the new avenues openipg almost daily for the consumption of Cumberland coal mast give fall em- ployment to every facility for mining ia that region, et remunerating prices. There is no doubt but that uliimately locomotives in every ssction of the country will be comspelled to use Cuombsrland cecal instead of wood. We can form only ® very vague idea of the extent of consumption for such purptees. It muct be immense, Reading was in demand to-day at bigher prices than have bafore been realized. Erie aud Ceutral hold their own pretty well. Nearly all the leading Western railroad stocks were heavy to-day,and lower prices were accepted. A moderate anount of business was transacted in State stocks and railroad bonis, at better prices. All the issues of the Erie company sre gradually but steadily approaching par. After the adjournment of the board, the following sales of bonds and stocke were made at auction by * Burdett, Davis & Main:— €30,0(0 Lafayette Min. Co ’a mort. bonds (hyp’d) $1,000 15.000 N Falls Hyd. Co.’ “ “ ‘p00 b0 abs O) bef Ets 1000 be a 1200 “ “ “ uy At the second board prices were pretty well sus- tained. Cumberland Coal advanced 4 por cent Ajlthe other sales made were at prices current at the first board. Reading closod a little heavy. ‘Tre operations at the Treasury Department a Washington, on the 5th of Jaly, were as follows: Vor the Treasury Lan tiem $64,199 71 For the Interior department 78.433 69 For the customs ...... 1241 63 War warrants received and entered 175,700 00 Navy appropriation warrants . 240,945 53 Surplus fund warrants... 1,890 06 Drawn on account of the navy . 49,000 00 Covered in from miscellaneous sourcen...... 448 25 Yhe smount received for tolls on all the New York State canals during the fourth week in Jane, Saino period ane in 1856*.. nip ecgreeste amount received for toll« from commencement of navigation to 20th June, inclosive, {1 Same pericd im 1854 . Decrease in 1885... . ++ $145,250 74 #Tbia decrease in owing ree to the breaks in the Champlain, Genesee Valley and Chenango canals, The London circular of k. F. Satterthwaite, of the 224 of Juve, eays:~ ‘The demand for Americen stocks and bonds is daily and considerable tr: tions Lave taken place, at quotations givea herewith. State atecks ary 202 92 910,450 66 duced s corres] advance is pluggixb; we bave buyers at 0 with osup0e gipisn 6 per cent, eterii jp senploge tom 4 road bonds, the ron is upos in which we sote an of 2 age cen} on at on Freeland bonde. The tion, and 4 per ce “7 phy? if any, are Ors A fair Dasmecs done in Frie saree Ve = 9 Great ra peer The boiders wo alletment of one aw share for every original «bare, This su.den process of the capital stock bas startied the provristors and & fall of £2 per . ‘Toe Convertible bonds are course similarly allested, but thore of 16/3 are well suaintained, The annual report of the Ch»-eveake and Orio Canal Company for 1855 preseuts fee favorable features to the parties interested in this expensive work, ‘The telia collected for the fiscal yeur 1854, were.$120,208 Woterworks aud other sources of income,,..,., et —— Total. cs ereceeeee 9th —Whereas the interest on the capital, funded debt, and accumulated interest, at six per ceat, is over twelve hundred theusand dollars, annually. ‘The original cost of construstion of the canal, w 3 BBs ses eee 10,160,464 To which ada repairs. 1,494,600 Cost of lanés.. 425, Pay of officers, superintendents, engineers, $00,008 Miscellaneous Grand total to dete, ‘This sum has been realiaed fr: Btockhoiders.....+4+ State 5 Moryland, ee NO. ter Post notes, bearing interet Bones for compietion of the canal. «© guarantied by Virginia. Interest accrued, & Tolls, rents, &c, 1,427,455 Due various creditors, 1, 362 ++ $20,046,681 ‘This is a sad financial exhibit for aay company to make, The total tonnage trausperted on the caaal last year was 295,923 tora, at a fraction over half a cent per ton per mile, Rventually the canal will be the means of tranamission of large quantities of Cumberland coal to market, The Board eatimate the coal tonnage of the present year at 500,000 1008. Stock Exchange. Sarvgpar, July 7, 1855, $18C00 NY 6’8 72.03 119 260 sha Cum Cl Co. b3 0% 8 t 2500 & 50 New Gr« Ci Co..08 8 9 200 Gard’r Gd M’e.b3 2 300 do. baw 2 10.0 Erie 22 Mt Bus S000 e bonda 83 8006 Ene bis 75... tA 40C0 HudR IstMtBs 102 301 1C00 Pan b2d1s exint 101% £000 1) Cen Rit bas 3 160 do b O4 6000 TerHte&AlZdmb 8934 2000 C1&Tol inc b.b3 83 5 abs Bk NAmerica 107 di 16 5 lies sa ee 6000 Mint impat 47 18 Union Bank 22 Corn Ex By, 40 Sboe&LeathBk.. 105 50 ObLife&TrCoops 98 26 Nie Trans Co.... 100 do. 115 1 Cen RR. 100 do, 50 do 60 do 9 50 do 3 50 do ‘ 15 Chi & KIRK... 97 50 do.....b80 9714 by 20NH& HartfdRR 125 100 sens BOG SECOND BOARD. $1000 Ind State 5’s.. 86 1OahsCumbCiCo 530 301, 5000 Miesouri6’s,b3 97 5 NY CenRR....., 1014 2000 do.. 967%, 70 de .b3 101% 2000 Virginia 99° 100M Cen RR... b60 9815 6500 Erie bas "7 €0 do . 5000 Erie bds 8: 12000 111 Cen RR 00 1ccO_ do... «| 19 ehs Be St NY... 250 Nic Tran Co, b60 150 do 160 CITY TRAD« REPORT. Sarurpay, July 7—6 P. M. Asuxs.—Tbe market was quiet and sales uaimportant. ‘The stock of pots amounted to 1,508 bbis. and 182 bbls. pesrls. Total, 1,680 bbls. Breapstvrrs.—Fleor—The market for common and middling grades continued firm, while higher grades were unchapged. The ssles embraced about 7,000 to 8,000 bbls., including common to good and choice State, at $5 37 a $8 75, and extra do., at $8 870 $9.; Western mixed to choice brands, at $8 62 a $9 25; exira Genesee, at $1075 a $1275, Canadian firm; sales 1,400 bbls, at $9 75 and $10 76 for the whole range. Southern wasua- changed; raler 600 to 700 bble, at $10 25 to $10 75 for common to good trends, and $11 a $12 for fancy ant extra. Pye flour and meal uuchanged. Wheat—About 2,200 bushels fair white Michigam were sold at $2 42. Corn was easier, The asles reached about 25,000 to 30,- OC bushels, and opened at 90c. a 92c., bat closed at 9c. av the bighest figure for good ebipping corn. Rye was quiet, with sales of only 400 bushels, at $1 55, after- wards beid at $1 58; 4,000 burhels yeliow sold at 96c., and 10,000 bushels Western mixed were settled by con tract ai Gle., and 5,000 co. do., deliverable in Aagast, at Se. Onts—Two or three cargoes of Chisago ware role . while State was old at 6(c. Covyek —The market was quiet and dud. 200 bage Savacilia were so'd at p. t.; about 150 a 200 do, of Ro at 1Co.: and # cargo of 1,100 bags St. Domingo for ex- portat p. t; and 60 do. for home une at 9%c. Cortox.—The sales embraced 600 a 800 bales, closing out dye. decline since the receipt of the steamers news, There were few or no gellers under 103¢c. for widoling uplands, while buyers were otlering from 10c. to 10Age. FiaG78,—There was a good deal of cotton offering, and about 20,000 bales compressed were taken at 3-164., sod adout 18,000 busbele of corn at 3)yd. a 4)gd, in bulk and bags, Rates to other ports were light, and at unchanged quotations. bf Smal) re making at $1.2 $1 06. ers sold at p. t # unchanged, 200 dbls. Cuba inascovado were ., and 150 do, Texas at p t Nav at Sr were quiet, and prices unchanged Provisions —The market’ was firm, with aales of 800 4 000 bbls, including new mens, at $19 25 a $19 37; $19 2 $19 12 for old, and $16 97 a $16 60 fer new prime. Beef was in feit demand, and the market continued firm; sales of 200 300 bbls. were made at $9 74 a $10 26 tor country prime, and $11 a $13 for do., and $15 & $16 for Chicago repacked. Bacon was dull. Cut meats About 200 packages were nold at Tic. a Se. for shoulders, and 93s¢. © 1010, for hams. “Sales of freeh pew cheere were made {or export at 9c. Batter was unchanged. Rick was dull and nominal. Scoans were quist, with rales of 3C0 a 460 hide. Cuba muscovaco at 546, 463/c: a 64 ‘Towacco —Saies of OMe. “nhs, Rentacky were made at 10 gc , and 20 be: Obio seed leaf at 630. Wriskky.—Seles of 200 a 300 bbls. were made of Ohio and prison at 40c. a 4lc, ——$—_______ ‘Trade of the Canals, Statement showing the quantity of the several arti- clet firat cleared on the canals at, and the quantity left at New York, during the firet week ta Jaly, 1855, ending on the 7th inst, :-— Articles oat , Ibs, Castings & salt vere 582,000 s e8e $3333 § ie 38 2228283853 6.600 Domestic salt 66,500 Merchandise . 16,800 Stove lime and clay 692,800 Mis 1 coal. . . 41,900 Buntries. Sr Leertify the above to be correct. BICHABD U, WYODS, Collector. £ [ fF i: ii Bu Fr OARD.—=TRANOERS VISITING TENCE Fes about closing the bouses for tie Trapeee! OF pe rmagent board, ose be He nde H second floor, with becreom attached. Also two or single geutiemen can be accommodated. Apply ot 10 Henry etreet, Brooaly a. ee a ee OARD IN BROOKLYN WANTED—FOR A GENTLE. ‘man and his wife; partial board omly for tar gen- bole ty? ui ge fomily, pe be¢ room, . , oo dives tesealen: "Lomein must be besithy (near toe Atlantic street ferry preferred), and terme moderate, re ferences exchanged. Address, givieg full partic D., Brooklyn Post Office, for two days. OARD WANTED—WIH A SMALL FAMILY, POR @ B lady, om moderate terms. Address %. % %., He Tald office. OARDING.—-10 LET, IN A PRIVATE FAMULy, TO Bie entlemen or @ ea! and wite, (with ,) = handsomely furniabed trowt room, om second ficor, in @ pleasant aod Ce Brigh>eraced Address, personally or by letter, J. W. W., No. 1 saiden lame. NILEMAN AND His WIFE. OR jaro da for single gentlemen at low commodated. Als, 1eferenoes ROOKLYN.—A +FRONT ROOM, AND ADi bedroom, if desired, on secon0, a06 & Covi trout room third floor, furnished or uafursished, “with board, very c street, Brooklyn. Liner nari IN Potint —A ira, Be By LA real with large bedroom im rear, both elegantly fur- nished, being the eatire frst floor’ of « Bey nary A celightfully located, may be had with partial board, bath, &e., ina highly respectable private family. No otker rooms rented. The suit may be ob! ea nently or otherwise. References exchanged. 87 West Thirty-mxth street, near Broadway. JOUNTRY BOaRD.—A FEW FAMILIES CAN BE AC- commodated with pleasant furnished rooms, ot the Perk House, Orange, N. J., Gfty mumutes from New Yorx by railroad, six trains per day. For particulars apply om the premises, or at 61 Maiden lane, jOUNTRY BOARD.—A PRIVATE FAMILY, RESIDING on bast Chester Bay, fourteen miles trom the city, ‘s large, airy reom, which would secommodste « gentleman snd his wite, or two ladies, Good bathing and healthy location. Inquire at 23 West Washiagton piace. RENCH BOARD.—GENTIEMEN WHO WIHH TO sae learn Practice, can a) to « teacher of ‘h, No. iso tenth nest, hans See eens This language only is spoken by ‘his family, whe, as well os bimeelf, are from Paris. The terms will include all the necessary instruction and board. eae KOOMS TO LET, TO GENTLEMEN, WITH- out bosrd, with gas, bath, &c , ina first class house, on Twenty eighth atreet, near ‘Madison avenue, occupied by a small private family. Address H. H. R., box 1,839 Post Office. Location unsurpassed, and convenient to atages and cars. TATEN ISLAND.—BOARD IN¢A FAMILY WITHOUT children —Gentlemen or gentlemen and their wives cap be accommodated with Dandsome rooms, command- 1pg a view of the bay, and eight minutes’ watk from ferry. Apply to Mr. James Shaw, 70 Ubatham street, Granny BOARD.—A GENTLEMAN WISHES A WELL furnished room, with full or partial board, in # pri- vate Spanish family. where av opportunity for ‘chile That laoguage would be afforded. Address (2 fey H office 0 ANY GENTLEMAN SE NG A HOME, AND wishing the comforts of one, combined with « emaly cirele of refined sud agreeable society, with tae free Com apd non-restraint of a home; a lady now offers such. The house is it and wiry, and on inspection, will be found to fally ze all that it professes to be. Ayply at 107 Twelith street, between Futh and sixth avenues. TWH OR WITHOUT BOARD.—LARGE AND SMALL rooms, in suits or singly, haudsom:ly furnished, suitable for a rerpectable family, or persons from the South. Bath, ges, &c. One block from Broadway, op- powite Eleventh 86 Fourth av MUSICAL, ——— TIENTION, PIANO PURCHASERS !—HALL’S Pa- tent celentiat or double octave pianofortes, Ry & Munger manufacturers. These improved pianos are ra- pidly taking the place of the ordinary pisaofortes: Ist, becaure they are much superior in power and sweetness of tone; 2 ey stand im tune well, being made with 3d, they are aold at low prices, and re- commended by all our first pianists, whose certifieste wo bave of their superiority. ELY & MUNGER, Se. 619 Broadway, St. Nicholes Hotel. TTENTION.—IMPORTANT TO FRIEND? OF MUSIC. —A young Jay, educated at the Conservatorium of Leapsic, being an eminent piacist and singer, wishes to spend the summer season on Staten Island, ‘with some genteel family, as teacber of music, or with s singie la- dy for her entertaining. For particulars sad references address Chas. Brenving, Hersl i. CCORDEON TAUGHT—BY THE ORIG 1 Le JACORS, in six isesons, on a new aad improved method. Terms $3, in advance. Persona wishiag the latest tunes wrote can have them at one shilling each, by calling on the Original J. L. JACOBS, 102 Chatham st. OING TO EUROPE.—A FAMILIAR BEADING TO those who, rea' convert them into salesrooms an: the public by advertising the sale of pisnos, furnita: &e., in consequence of rope or sowe other place. HORACK Broadway, neither intends to visit of apy other place, at present, but will continue to sell, ia a legiti- mate maeper, toe ten different manafactories, at leas prices n can be had elsewhere, and adds to each a guarantee that the shall give extire satia‘action or purchase money 5 USICAL.——A LADY WHOSE CIRCUM*TANSRS have become reduced, and is without any friends or family, ia, in the prevent want of monty, compelled to sell her pianoforte, which she ia williog to give for © sacrifice away, only 10 receive cash. It is a large sized, fine rosewood piano, of eplendid and musical tone, of oneof the best makers in this city. made exprovely for ce. order. Address Piano, P. 8, Broadway Post COAL. 1 A OAL.—VERY BEST QUALITY OF RED ASH, STOVE Cai egg tise cont, screened and delivered, dry ani ia Sea Ore frees ‘vad 80" Geeree sthees. "Welght and seh $5 25,’ from be quality warranted. MAT. chittont eee 1K ANTI-MONOPOLY COAL ASSOCIATION ARE selling the best kinds of coal, all well Thom slate’ avd full weight, either red or whiteast; at the following reduced ees, the lowest for the sea- 7, —Stove coal, $6 50; nut coal, $4 75. Terma oe Me ered. Office No. 347 Fulton street, op- 1o the, ‘Hall; No*57 Fulton street, next to 4 a o. 34 Hamilton avenue, end Atlan- tie dock, near the ferry, Brooklyn. 3. H. VAN WINKLE.