The New York Herald Newspaper, August 6, 1855, Page 3

‘The Smelser Potsoning Case in New Orleans. ADULTERY AND MURDER—Tue WI¥E, THE PAKAMOU K AND ‘4 vce wLave ae ete (From the New Orleans Le! ly 29. , For the last two weeks our citizens have heen ina ‘Great state of excitement in regard to the rumored Poisoning of Mr. Levi Smelser, an old and respect- able citizen, who had lot seoree the confidence of the community, and followed his business of a tin and copper smith, at No. 219 Tchoupitoulas street. The history of this strange, and we may say, horrible affuir, ia something, us follows :— Mr. Smelser was about thirty-five years of ae a native of Pennsylvania, and his mother is still living in the good old ‘Keystone State. About three years ago he married his present wife, it being his second Marriage, and lived with her on Josephine street, in the Fourth district, where he owned a very pleasant residence, which he built for his wife, the present widow Smelser. So soon us he was married, he surrounded her with every conifort, and they appa- pp together but Mrs. Smelser soon began to quarre! er husband on account of his two sisters, Matilda and Uliza, who reside in Penn- Ape Ss cause of this grate arising from the t that he had been oat ing and assisting them ina pepunlary manner. Thuis of quarrel between them. About six months before his death, Smelser made 9 will leaving all his properly to Mrs. Smelser, ex- oon $2,500, which beqneathed to his mother. After this all went wel! jor a while—and perhaps wonld have continned so, had not Smelser in an evil hour taken a serpent to his breast, and warmed it into life, which has since fatally stung him, even unto death. Z Smelser, 80 far as his education was concerned, had but little to boast of. He could scarcely read or write, and as he did an exteusive busineas he was forced to depend upon whoever might present him- self to keep his accounts. Under these circumstances, about nine months since, Smelser, who had long been acquainted with and conceived a sirong predi- lection in favor of young Adam Scott, who was at the time employed‘as a clerk in the dry goods atore of Benthuysen & Co., on Magazine street, and who was a amart accountant, concluded, at Scott's own request, to take him into his employment as an ap- prentice. Scott was duly installed in the shop, aud soon became a great favorite with Smelser, who at once gave him almost the exclusive control of his conceru—his peincipal business being to keep the books, collect accounts, &c. Scott was at once admitted to Smelser’s domicile and re- ceived a3 one of the family. He was soon on very intimate terms with Mrs. Smelser—on terms indeed too intimate for the safety of her hns- band’s honor. His familiarity with Mrs. S.—a fa- miliarity which she seemed very willing to recipro- eate—was soon the subject of remark among the servants and neighbors, who had seen more than one convincing proof of ingratitude on his part, and pee on that of the wife. Mr. Smelser was not long kept in the dark in regard to the proceedings of his wife and protegé; and although fired with jea- lousy, he still permitted Scott to remain at his house, but closely watched the manceuvres of him and the wife. Finally, becoming fully convinced of the truth of the reports he had heard, Smelser concluded that he would, if possible, get rid of his protegé, acontinual cause Scott, in niet @ manner a8 ible. To accom- plish this obec he disgraced him from his position as confidential clerk, and sent him out under the charge of a wor in his employ, named Paul Haller, to roof the Medical College, at the same time giving Haller instructions to cause him to work. According to instructions, Haller set him to work. Smarting under the blow of his disgrace, Scott re- marked to Haller, “I will not quit, but 1 will have satisfaction. I know how I Sand. Mra. Smelser | would rather discharge her husband than me, or that she would rather Smelser would quit than that [ should leave her.” Having gone thus far in explanation, it is now ne- cessary for us to commence a statement of the facts of the poisoning as detailed before the jury of inquest. On the evening of Sunday, the 27th of May last, ‘Smelser was taken suddenly ill—and about 1 o'clock in the morning died with spasms. He was buried, and nothing further was thought of the matter at the time, though the neighbors thought there was something “passing Cab ak connected with his sud- den demise. After his ., had rested for forty-five days in the tomb, the people of our goodly city were suddenly startled Ls tdcaine) most horrible develop- ments made by the slave girl eel hakee belonged to the estate of the late Levi Smelser. Mr. J. More- honse, a builder on Common street, an old friend of Mr. Smelser, was astonished one morning at seeing Kitty coming into his office with handcuffs on her wrise. She handed him a small parcel containing ar- senic, and stated that her poor master, Mr. Smelser, had jisoned with arsenic, and that that was what was left of the fatal drug after the hellish deed had been accomplished. She then related to Mr. More- house that on several occasions ghe had seen her mis- tress and Mr. Scott in company; that once she had told her mistress that it wouldn't do, and she would tell her master, whereupon Scott gave her a two dol- lar and a half gold piece, and told her to say nothing about it. Several days previous to the death of her master, she heard Scott say to her mistress, “This thing must be stopped; you must either quit him or me.” Mrs, Smelser said she did not know how to do ft. “Well,” said Scott, “I know how: I will give him arvenic.” The wife said. “Do as you please, I will have nothing to do with it.” On Sunday, the 27th, in the afternoon, Smelser, Mra. Smelser and Scott, all three returned from church. Scott came up to Kitty and said, “Your master will want a drink directly; here are two pitchers of water, put some ice in this one, and dont put any in the ’ He then opened a small arin, and put about a spoonful of something white in the pitcher which had no ice in it, and said, “When your master asks for a drink, give him this her.” suid, “Oh, Mr. Scott, —want to poison masua and us all!’ He said, “Ob! no, that won't hurt him at all!” Mr. Smel- ser, however, came down, and unluckily picked uw the fatal pitcher himself. He took it up stairs an gave his wife a glass and took one himself. They were taken sick immediately, and both commenced vomiting. Mr. Scott gave the wife an antidote, which relieved her at once, but poor Smelser found no friendly hand to save him from his doom. He continued to vomit for a long time, and finally had to be put to bed very sick. Dr. Bachiller was sent for and ordered some medicine, and then went away. Scott waited on Smelser all the evening. Kitty gays she saw him throw two pills in the fire- lace and make two pills himself, which he gave to Bunelser He then went out and shortly after return- ed With a viol of something which she afterwards learned was chloroform, with which he wet a hand- kerchief and placed it over his face. And when he saw he was dead he then went for the doctor, which was about 12 o'clock. Kitty toll Mr. Morehouse that, after Scott put the powder in the pitcher she was requested to destroy the balance, but think- ing there was something wrong, she kept it. (The paper with a Kc was procunes, .belns jury, and proved to be arsenic. itty was tol % Scot 1 what you Nd + and Mrs. Smelser that if she would say bed 3 about this matter she should he set free; that they could not emancipate her in the State, but would give her a y po jich she could go to Kentucky, and from there could get into a free State. (This pass was shown to have been drawn by Mr. Graham, the notary public.) But Kitty found out that they were deceiving her—that Mrs. Smelser had made ont a bill of sale, refinguishing all title in her to this man Seott—(which bill of sule was made out by Mr. Marshall, in the Fourth dis- trict, who was the nota: pe ic appointed for the estate)—and that instead of sending her off to Ken- tucky, Scott was making preparations to take her to ‘Texas and have her sold—and for this purpose was keeping her in irons, in his house on Tchoupitoulas street. But she effected her escape, and had come to relate to Mr. Morehouse the above startling story. Mr. Morehouse had called in Mr. Hall, of the St. Hotel, to listen to this story. But previous to this, while Mr. Morehouse was going to the St. Charles Hotel with Kitty, in order to have her tell nge hi in ce, Scott met them, , and placed her in a slave yard house, however, went the next day and made an affidavit, charging Kitty with the murder of her master, and , since which time she has been in jail. While in the pri- gon she was visited by Scott and Mrs. Smelser, who psn or with the test kindness, and tried to tell a it tale, owe of the slave led to the examination of body of Smelser, and an investigation before the which was ably conducted for nearly two weeks, by deputy coroner Henry Mitchell. The body was taken up,and the aud intestines sul The Doster ont neni Sy Se oe ia OE, rr @ portion of the ach, and found in the uf s a in that ient asenic to have caused the death of Smelser. A number of witnesses were examined before the coroner—twenty-seven in all, we believe—the sub stance of whose testimony was aa followa:— Mr. H. Reeves, clerk of J. N, Morrison, street, testified.That in the man came in there and asked for ; be asked him what he wanted with ; he said he wanted it to preserve the skins of fowls; from the appearance of the man, he thought he to the museum; was very buay at the time, witness authorized Mr. Lagrange, another clerk, to sel! him the poison. Mr. John L. Lagrange testified that he sold ‘an one quarter of a of arsenic: he recog- a tas the man to whom he sold the arsenic: the jury aa having been preserved by Kitty, to be the same parce! he sold Scott; recognizes the hand- and the paper in which i was wrapped op: believes Scott to be the man, and the parcel to be the same; could not be positive. od Charies White, sworn—Teatified that Scott told him that he bad no doubt they would find arsenic in Mr, Smeieoe's stomach, because he had taken it him, wif; that be, Seott, had bought it by order of Ame! hat if Smgiger waa poisoned, 39 was Mrs ot; alan, Ua mersgld he anid he purchased the arsenic on Canal ri Paul Haller, sworn—Testified that Scott was gent out to work on the roof of the Medical College, afew days Lefore Smelser's death; at first he observed he pape work, Leo gene he then went out collect some * juently returned, and remarked tuat be’ would not foie that he would have satisfaction, and moreover, that Mra. Smelser would rather Smelser would quit than he, or would rather discharge Smelser than that Scott should be discharged; after the death of Smelser, witness has seen Mrs. Smelser light the candle and go to Scott's bed room with aud stay in the room for some time; witness would go to pan cannot say how long she might have stayed there; witness boarded and 1 in the house; Kitty told witness that Mra. Smelser and Scott had offered to pay her expenses to leave the city, and her her freedom; Scott told witness that he had torn up the papers which had been drawa up by Mr. Emer- sou; and if he had not done so Mrs. Suelaer would have been left penniless; witness had asked him why he had broken the chest open when the keys were there, and he saree the wine as above, that it was to destroy e papers. eve papers were a will which Sinelaer aa made after he be- came jealous, disinheriting his wife.) Witness went with Scott to get Kitty; Scott said he had bought her from Mrs. Smelser, and was going to Texas with her; witness saw Kitty handcuffed in the house for two or three days; witness heard Scott and Mrs. Smelser talking, and heard Scott aay he would “get rid of him by giving him a dose of arsenic.” Mrs. ‘Smelser said he might do as he pleased; she would have nothing to do with it. Dr. Bachiller said he came and found Smelaer vomiting; he had been eating nuts, and thought he had got sick from that cause; told him it was a sickly time; that bowel complaints were very preva- lent, and he should be extremely careiul. Prescribed something to relieve his vomiting, and gave direc- tions that, should he be taken sick in his bowels, to send for him immediately; he then went to visit some other patients, and 12 and 1 o'clock he was called upon by Scott to go and see Simelsel who Scott said was very sick, and he thought w: going to die; witness was astonished to hear that he was 80 low; immediately the Doctor got up and be- gan to dress; Scott left, and had he ran all the way ty Smelser and back again he would not have had time before he seturned, the Doctor says, and announced to him that Sinelser wasdead; the Doctor was etill more astonished and didn’t know exactly what to do, but finally concluded to go and see what was the cause of Smelser’s death; when he reached the honse he found him dead, with a sheet over his face; asked Mrs. Smelser, who was lying on the sofa very quietly, how Sinelser died, or if he had much pain; she said no; that he merely remarked that he was going to die; he’d two or three convul- sions or spams, and expired; the Doctor waa ao much surprised at the very sudden and un- accountable death of Mr. Smelser, that he thought of opening the body, not from any prec ion of foul pee eonere) but delicacy prevented him from asking permiesion of Mrs. Smelser. The doctor says he was greatly surprised when he learned that Scott bad purchased an eight-ounce yial of chlori- form at the drug store of Mr. Hastings. The doctor eaid he had neither prescribed chloriform nor arsenic for Mr. Smelser. He was the regular physician of Mr. Smelser; had attended him juently when be complained. His disease was generally the result of his working among lead, and at one time, when he found his cistern was lined with lead, he attributed the disease to that, and told him to be very careful in futare; thought his sickness on the 27th of May was the effect of the same causes. Dr. Austin said that Dr. Bachiller stated in the prea- ence of himself and Mr. Hastings, that the reason he did not open the body was because he was afraid he might find something in the stomach that he did not wish to ree. Dr. Bachiller, re-called, stated that he had never told Dr, Austin that he was afraid to open the sto- mach for fear that be might find something he did not wish to see; I fsked Dr. eaten the next day if he had put up my prescription as I had ordered it; he said he bad, and told me what it was without going to the file; told him to be very particular, as both he and witness might be called ou again in re gard to the matter. Mr. Hast the druggist, testified day evening, ir. Smelzer, his wife an: returning from church, they ‘a gee at his store and drank a glass of soda; some two hours atterwards a prescription from Dr. Bachiller was brought in by Scott, and it was «put up accordingly; about TL o'clock Scott came in and asked for chloroform; witness asked him how much he wanted; he said he didn’t know; witness showed him a six ounce vial, and asked him it that would do; be said it would; he remarked that he wanted it for Smelser, and told witness to charge it to Smelser’s account ; remembers that Dr. Bachiller called upon him, and asked him about the prescription. Mrs. McDonnell testified she lived next door to Smelser; he and his wife syparnaly, lived happily together; did not know anything about the poison- ing; Kitty she knew to be a great liar; she had told lies on her; told Mrs. Smelser that if she didn’t watch witness she would steal her coal; saw Mr. Smelser the evening before his death; he was in the yard vomiting; about 1 o'clock Kitty called witness and her old man, and said that master was dead; both went up stairs; found Dick and Kitty both in the room; felt Smelser’s pulse, and found he was dead; there was nothing on his face; melted to lay him out, and stayed there antil sunrise: did not see Mr. Scott about the premises during all thia time. Mrs. Frazier, a protege of Mrs. Smelser, who had raised her from a child, testified that Mr. and Mrs. Smelser always lived together, with the ex- ception of their quarrels in regard to Smelser’s sis- ters; was not there at the time of the death; was sent for afterwards: went to the house; saw him laid out; Brown bas the vial that Scott got the clilo- roform in. Here the evidence closed, and the jury, after some deliberation, returned the following verdict: — “Afler a post mortem examination, and the con- tents of the stomach being analyzed wit A. Ber- trand, chemist, we, the jurors, do say that Levi Smel- ser came to hia death by arsenic and chloroform, administered to him by one Adam Scott, vided and abetted by Mrs. Smelaer and the slave Kitty, on the evening of Sunday, the 27th of May, 18¢5." Whereupon Deputy Coroner Mitchel had a warrant issued for the arrest of Mrs. Smelser, and she wa3 taken in her house on Tchoupitoulas street, and con- veyed to the {parish prison. She was brought be- fore Recorder Bright yesterday morning, together with Seott and Kitty, and remanded to jail till the 7th of August, when the case will be examined. Financial Affairs. (From the Hartford Times, August 5 The weekly statement of the New York banka shows that the smount of their loans is still on the increase, the aggregate being now over ninety-nine millions of dollars. It is not certain that there will y material contraction of bank discounts for two or three months. It is probable, however, that their securities will be somewhat changed, and that be- fore October some ten or tweive millions now loaned oneal upon stocks will be called in, and re-loaned upon legitimate business paper, created by the re- newed activity in all branches of trade. For the present the | Jas having reach ed about hi ral descriptions of ate Se Western railroad stocks have also gone upon the top of the borrowing wave to high water mark, and haying been thus fictititionsly Lifted in some cases twenty or thirty per cent above their intrinsic 2, it follows that when the tide ebbs—that is, when the loans are called in—a shoal of unwary apectilators will be left, a4 usval, “flopping about’ high and dry on the flats. Bach one, however, ia sure to indulge in the usual hallacination that he is a little smarter and keener than his brother, and though quite confident that all the crowd of Johnny Raws about him will be floored b: the under tow, bg Be Asan 80 far os he is indivi- dually concerned, to come off with a whole skin. The New York Central Mew am4 have jnst deciar- ed a four per cent dividend, though in all pening they have not earned a dollar of net profit. In com- petition with the Erie road, they are now carrying passengers between Albany and jo on a portion of their trains, at a rate of fare which leaves them but little over a cent per mile for each paasenger—a rate which does not begin to pay the cost of running their expensive trains, much less to help pay the interest on their large debt, or any timate dividends t their capi While their h fares are thus rulpously low, they are prohibited by law from re- ceiving over two cents per mile for their local pas- senger business. This reduction of their local fares from three cents to two centa per mile was made one of the conditions, or rather, considerations, which induced the New York Legislature to authorize the consolii of the various companies composing the line. Yet it is extremely doubtfal w! a fair of two cents « mile on first Ce pry bev reed any profit, and when one-third of their old and very moderate rate of fare was taken away, Wis probable that the whole or nearly the whi guin resulting from this branch of their business was ulso taken eway. The road a also carrying a vast amount of freight at rates which can yield no rofit, and probably they produce a heavy loss. hey carry onan of tons of flour from Buffalo to Athony’ at about the price of canal transporta- tion, which, beyond question, are losing prices to the j them, for though railroads are far superior to water transport in expedition, they cannot com- te with it in cheapness of transportation. The the parcelof arsenic exhibited before | more business a road does at auch tates, the worse it is otf. Yet, although thia rood haw probably earned little dividend or profit during the laat 4ix months, it ia not difficnit for a concern of nearly forty millions of capital and debt, which is rege larly adding from one to two millions every year to its cost, under the deceptve name of “con- struction account,” to declare dividends which are not earned, #0 loug aa its borrowing power remawa vaimpaired. in the cut throm Competition agw goag oa We NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, AUGUST Erie ree Advantage for on 8 ruinous ition, in the circumstance that ita stock ia intense. ally worthless, or nearly #0, and that being ran for the fit of its bondholders, who recelve ita whole , its management isa matter in which the stockholders have very littie interest. Its ia euch that it has the por the Central line either to an equal division of le receipts of the two roads between the stockholders of or to submit to a reduction of fare eq destruc- tive to both prenertice, In this respect it holds over the Central line a ceiee of command and control which, in the hands of able and vigorous anagera,m would prove utterly irresistible, and would soon place the stockholders of both concerna on a per- teetly equal footing. g Destructive Fire at Fort Plain. (Correspondence of the Evening Jour F Forr PLatn, Montgomery Co., This morning at one A. M. the sisi of fire was rung, emanating from the Diefendorf block, 52 Main street, Such was the combustible nature of the material and stock, that before our faithtul firemen could bring their enginca to bear, the entire of Die- fendorf's and Wieting’s block waa in one sheet of flames and entirely consumed, and goon spread across & emall vacant lot to the Webster block, which was sito: partially consumed. Losses, a9 nearly as nowascertained, is aa follows :— Wierina Biock.—1l. Norton & Hoperaft, grocery and provision merchant. Said to be fully insured. 2. D, Wieting, furniture warerom. Loss ‘of building about $4,000; on atock, lumber, &c., $10,000. In- sured in three several companies for $5,500. 3. W* S. Farley, hardware merchant and tin shop. $3,000, "No insurance. Dixrexponr BLock.—No inaurance on thia block. 4. D. W. C. Gibson, saddle, harneas and trank maun- ig. 3. Load factory. Stock saved in a damaged atate. 6. 0. Gotman, clothing store, Ac. Stock saved. 6. Se- cond floor. H. Wentworth, Daguerrean rooms. To- tal loas, Said to be about $500. 7. Dr. Charles Diefendorf, Amsterdam. Loaa of building, $3,000; insured, $2,000. Wenaster BLooK.—8. 1st floor. Lipa & Finehout, crockery merchants. Part of stock saved in a damaged state. Loss about $1,000. 9. 2d floor. Webster & Sacia, law office. Booka, &c., aaved in a damage state. Insurance on library, 61,000. 10, Hew- itt’s Daguerrean rooms. Part of stock saved in a da- msged condition, Loxs,’$100; no insuranoe. 11. 8d floor. Printing office of Mohawk Valley Regis- ter, Wendell & Kellogg, publishers and proprietors. Loaa by fire and water, $600. Insured, but company insolvent. Yesterday's issue was made up for the mail, but all consumed. Cenavs or MiLwAuKir —The following is the to- tal population of Milwaukie, Wis., as appears by the ‘census just taken:— Males Femal Foreign born Native, Total population... . 90,149 A State convention of the auperintenteats of the poor will be held at the McGregor House, in Utica, on the Lith inst FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. MONEY MARKET. Sonpay, August 6—6 P. M. The past week has been rather a fluctuating one in Wall street. The atock market has been in an unsettled, feverish condition, and the closing prices yesterday compared very nearly with those current at the close of the previous week. Hor a few days, during a slight upward tendency in prices, there waa considerable activity in the market, but at the close operations were more limited, and prices fell off a fraction. We have no change to notice ia money matters. The banks express an ability to sustain the present line of discounts upon their ex: isting epecie basis. This is an inflation little dream- ed of a few years since, and if required to meet the wants of the commercial classes, we shall soon have a great increase to our banking capital. There is room fora couple of banks, with a capital of two millions each, and we have no doubt this want will s0ou be supplicd. We look for a striagency in the money market before the middle of September, but we have no idea that it will be permanent, or at- tended with any serious consequences, We must ook for a very active importation of foreign mer- chandise dwring this month and the next, and com- paratively a limited exportation. We shall not realize a decline in prices for breadstnffs, of any im- portance, until about December, and the shipments to foreign porta cannot therefore be very great until after that time. This will tend to put off to a later day any reduction in our specie exports, and prevent the accumulation of precious metals, which apecula- tors have been so long auxionsly looking for. A. H. Nicolay's regular semi-weekly auction sale of stocks and bonda will take place on Monday next, the 6th inst., at 12 1-2 o'elock, at the Merchants’ Ex- change. The total exportation of apecie from thia port this year, up to the 4th inst., inclusive, amounted to $20,- 008,221 24. The Secretary of State in Maine has juat issued a statement of the condition of the banks of that State, compiled from returns made by the cashiers of the several banks in Jane last. From this statement we learn that there are now in Mainé sixty-nine banks, with an agregate capital of $7,442,350. The bank having the amaliest capital is the Newcastle Bank having a capital of but $40,750. Tha Canal Bank, Portland, is the largest, having $600,000. The oldest bank in the State is the Lincoln Bank, Bath, whose original charter bears date June 16, 1815. The Ameri can Bank, Hallowell, and the Gardiner Bank, Gardi ner,avere both started in Jaunary, 1914, The following statement exhibits the condition of the banks in the aggregate:—Capital stock paid in, $7,442,350; bills in cireulation, $4 net profits on hand, $500,978 0 cash deposited ; gold, silver, &e., ia loan 1,990. dividend waa $312,062 « profits of The amoant of anthracite con! brought to tide r the past week is larger than ever before ught from the same regions in any one week. It foots up the enormous tonnage of 150,563 tons! making the aggregate for the season to Thursday last, 2,510,540 tona, and an increase over the ton- noge to the same time last year of 277,749 tons. OF this increase 229,396 tons were from the Schuylkill region, and 48,352 tons from the Lehigh. The Read- ing Railroad bronght down tor the week ending on Thuraday, 57,911 tons, and for the season to that time, 1,356,354 tona, being an increase over lat year's basiness to the corresponding time, of 154,025 tona, The Schuylkil! Navigation Company brought down 30,654 tona during the week ending on Thurs: day, and for the season to that day, 501,695 tons* being an increase over last year's business of the canal to the same time, of 75,979 tons. The coal shipments from the Lehigh for the week ending with Saturday last, were 41,998 tons, against 39,505 tons for the corresponding week last year. For the season, 592,293 tons, against 543,941 tons to same time last year. The season of canal navigat now baif over. There is some little the retail trade. The demand for al active, but the supply of vessels has fallen of from last week. The steamship Northern Light arri from San Juan, Nicaragua, bringing ne of dollars in gold dast. We publish in another part of this issue an inate resting analysis of the laws of New (ranada, in re lation to the rights and priviliges of emigrants. [t has been furnished by Gen. Herran, the New (ra- nadian ambassador to the Uuited States government. Gen. Herran was once, we believe, President of thit republic, and has long been earnestly striving to establish the enlightened policy set forth in the saa lysis referred to. He laa gent in bls own coustry for his heart c publicanism, and bis full comprebens: ture of a free representative government. ‘he shipments of coal from the Readiog Raiiroad got, Richmond, during the werk ending July 24, vere of (OllorE— d last night ly a millioa Adbany, N. ™ ie tH , : 639 Norfolk, ¥a Bs N. York & rooklyn 6,854 Nantucket, Mass... Norwalk, Conn Newark,'N. J N. Brudswick, No J Newport, Del. Providence, R. Pymouth, Mass fort Morria, N.Y Port Chester, N.¥. tamouth, Va orabi Voughkeen Poeksskill, Roxbury, Mass... Rondout, N. ¥ Va... ia N.¥ nygtot itn : Yarmouth, M Silo Conn... Tolehissaneea May'*Tanding, NJ 7 Vor season. Mediprt, Baas. Mt Last year Newport, I. 1,, we The receipts of the Morriy Cagal, for the Week ending July 28, 204 Pre) ipualy in 1855, + 100,847 02 Tottl...... P AL Es $140,051 10 To correnpondiag time in 1964 < 110,611 63 Tnovease in 1855, 820,499 Bu —Being on increase of receipts on the business of the previous year of equal to nearly 27 per cent. Within the last five years the price of living in this country hos neariy if not quite quadrupled. This ia a evere charge upon the price of a home. Tt does not make any diference whether we prove by speculative agreement that this change in the expenses of life ‘4 brought about by the increase of the precious metas, or from any other cause. It is all the same to the man who fiuds thut he is oom- pelled to use up the money he brought with him in family expenses instead of parchasing a home. Among that class, too, of emigrants—which consti- tute much the largest—who are unable to buy im- proved farms, and consequeatiy are compelled to settle on the wild lands of the West, the price of pro- duce is of little consideration, inasmuch as two years of hardships and want is between them in our cli- mate and a disposable surplus In New Granada it is quite the reverse. On the plains to which the European emigrant would go, aa best adapted to his knowledge of cultivation, and therefore anited to his habits of life, as well as most similar to the climate in which he waa raised, there is no winter to contend with, while the necessaries of life are easily and readily obtained, Iu fact, too, the acceas to New Granada is as easy and as comfortable as to this country. The soil is equally as good as our own, while there isa perfect immunity from the rigors of our winters, When the troths contained in Gen. Herran’s epitome are known throughout Europe, we are very much jnclined to think that we shall find a diversion of emigration from this to that country. Only one thing more, it seems to us, id neceawary to be established in order for them to enjoy the conti- dence of the foreign emigration. It is, that the goverument now established should be a permanent one. It ia now a good government. No one doubts the high purposes it baa in view. But ita bane, ita evil genius, has been insubordination, We are satisfied that the last attempted revolution, in which the constitution and laws of New Granada have been 40 triumphantly sustained, will restrain the restless apirita of that country. It now, it ia very true, looka like permanency. The present administration is approved of by Gen. Mosquera and Herran. Both are known to be enlightened legislators. But still some time will be required yet to convince the world that New Granada will tura from internal broils and civil contentiona to the higher and more exalted study of her domestic happiness. All ale wants now is ateadinesa. The necessity of obedience © the laws must be known and felt among her peo- ple. Respect, and even reverence, to the will of the majority, rightly expressed, must be established in the popular mind. She haa done mach within the last few years to accomplish this great object. When. once made the popular rule of action, her future will bes bright one. No country on the globe possesses greater elements of strength and higher means of happiness. She has given evidence to us of a libe- ral and compreliensive understanding of her inte- rests. All know how generously she haa protected and favored our great interest in the Panama Rail- road. In carefully looking at Gen. Herran’s epito- me, they will be surprised at the liberal concessions she has made to that company. She is now with the same friendly hand, we are informed, fostering the New Granada Canal and Steam Navigation Company, which is a work of great interest to the commerce of this city, and, in fact, of the world. It is a canal oniting the Magdalena river with the Ca- ribbean Sea, and opening to the world one of the richest countries on earth. We are informed that the commerce of that river now, ander all its diffi- culties and expenses, cannot be leas than twenty millions of dollars per annum in value, The annexed statement exhibits the quantity and value of certain articles exported from thiv port during the week ending Friday, Angust 3, 1555, dis tinguishing the destination and extent of shipments to each place:— Comme’ oF THR PoRT of uw Quan. Kalu f » Vie. 11,228 $511,400 Cora, bus.101,084 96,020 Whee wr ( 4 » pie. “ 1,968 4.216 Ue os” 4,450 4.00 W 11,318 Rum, puns ay ikea A hdgs.4,900 Beef, tea ” 1 if 7,163 Loxpon 8154 Staves ons che Mach’'y 1 7 Jewellers’ ash 42 6,581 Nails, © I) 106,720 (94.829 130,149 MO” Pot ashes. bbls 51 Mahogany, gw 21? TR goods, ts v 1 108 i uw she “ 14 mt Palm LR. goods..1.200 Iny gris. W bane, Ibe. 31.05 Vawin, bie... 82 Ones o un -" Pad toi wie 6, 1865. Cotton, bales Law'd,bx.1,000 O11, 018 Tard, toe. heart MST I do gals, S0r , 1578 Tobacco, Ite..6,793 Wade Saltpetre, bes 100 ‘$20 Lagwood, tna. 662 900 Fp. turpt, bbis 200 [6 + sa bar RUT NOW AMITUC AN Coton nie Plour, bbls, 6.N6 B44, OM, dels ‘ aio Corn meal, 30 10 3 rr) 186 4,458 ie «1,486 28,7 Ma How, Low, 81600 1,082 Clothing, bes 1 Tea, ch...... 2 490 Sugar, bbls Tobacco, lim. 4,625 512 Corn, ‘Wns Do. ‘erk. | 0 Ra Wine, on Leather, sls 60 Total... wen ‘ * wari wie is oom Flour, bbls... 56 SORT Poaa, boa... 80 POM ranch errs: 38 100 Potatoes, bite 60 Butter, tba... 708 162 Spars s Driggs,’ phw 4 117 Other articles — Seap, bes... 20 106 Domestics, pha 6 i Total eons Flour, bis... 664 $5,640 Plast 9 363 Corn 50 00 Whai or) 16 tony sto 109 Mercha: 382 ant Cheese t ar Glaseware,chs, 18 ws Bread, bby... 146 400 See, tons 104 Ot Crlons, bobs. 120 ‘ , $41,100 Ponto 109. 26> K),462 Carriages... 9 8RA3 1,799 Rice, tos..... 19 w) Llét Dag. materiads i ul 12/000 Horses 2 70 Kr? 2 ans ay Tobaceo, Iby. 2,14 Pork, bola..." 20 Hans, Ibs. 960 1d Other ae r, bags. 15 1a Tobaceo, hhds A Total. Hovornas Sonp, be 4 ’ Candlen 20 “wo Dry goods, ca, 51 0 on 10 70 Other articles — Laat Total vu ethic e¥ om Reef, bbb... 11 620 Butter, Us. 12,806 Hams, tbs. . .2,000 200 Coal, tone... 228 Woodware, ox 50 6 CI 1 Fish, bbls a F ~ Pens, canis... 1 100 Tobaceo, bas, 12 193 Tota i] Vedue of merchantixe pat am the amrkot during the weok .. Do. opecie Total importations,...... 04,408,408 Tho principal items of import during the week. were as follows: —Coffoe, $106,729; madder, 666,280, 451,084 | dreased aking, $60,008; undrensed skins, $50,608; cailroad iron, $88,113; tin, $112,607; plantain bark, $62,769; sugar, $467,750; watches, $45,276. Stock oy, faa? Me 100 NY Gent RR. ON Loe do of 8) 1» do.. x) "adm Tia [) do a 10000 1 © 12 Bas,.600 140 Bowe Beat 4000 do. 64 200 do ue 100 do a% 6 do... i 10000 de » eo do ‘3 oe 20000 do..-.00 BB” 200 Pomding it 14000 TH Fr'd Tite nd Mow) nce oH 00 }LKToLi Be BAY coO do ae HO WAV divronp ton do... DIS OF 2000 LH, WA SHLD 82 aon do... OW 10000 do ee) 100 wha Moch Mis - 10 do. ba) of 40 Bk of C 0 wD 6 106) fin. Wi 7 100 Wo... ut OR tcp 4... na & Ch 108 29 200 Card Gold Mo. ox 400 Clev & ToL Ut wim 9 00 do we 1 lw do wn 400 Cumb CLCo..b60 By 16 do Woy wo do 10 By BECOND HOARD. 312000 Ton 6a, 08.9 98 100 wha Comb Cl Op. Bagg FOO tnd 24 pet... 67 0 Baie Ut ths oh 10000 Virginia 6'« 98%, 100 Harlem Rit dO Ap, 10000 111 Fr! Bids.) 95 Ay 165 Mich Ove Rit * 2000 do... Di OM 0 Homing Lt 000 do a io 4 ont 20000 11) C 1d Bs.00 88 a0 do... on 6000 do. { 100 do b60 Oleg 90 Mul Me Rit, 41s or) 16 Lis Com But ; aK 90 Canton Oo. be do, he wo do wid tor 2 Penn 1 Co. ex ¢ be ( mb 1 Ca...000 Hy We a do.... iO Ds CITY TRADE REPORT. Barommay, Auguat $—6 7M. ¢ wales embraced about 125 bbla. pols at Lamapercy™ —The market was steady, without chaage fa prices. The sales embroced about 6,000 4 7,000 ineliding common ©. at B48 25 @ B48 6 for fancy extra Canadian, Western 260, Coondian waa io g: ruled firm, the gales were about 100061, $4 62 a G10 for common to extra. Southorm was is tate 4 11,200 4 1.400 Lois at 64 7 0 69 for iaferior to common, and 89 124 B10 for good Alexandres wad Georgetown, and $10.4 $11 for tury and extra de, hundred bbls. for export, Kye flour 0 $8 75 for fine and superfine Core ming! at $4625 Wheat—The mar » the sales embraced 15,000 a 14,000 bustede Tennensee and other southern at 18Oc a 190. for red, ned for «mall lots of good whi Jorn was lower embraced about 46,000 a heis Western mized at 0 to. and some pur f dull and prices momé Oat —Chicago were sold at Se., Uhe sales of State nal Drugs, bx 4 — | and Western included 20,000 @ 20,000 bushels at Suc. a Rope, plgs... 49 1 Total 4 | 67e., chiefly at 6c, a He vanwrrma Cana. —The market was firm but lew active, saline of B5,487T Connba, cw 1 $150 | 400 4 500 bag Mio were made at 1940. a Lie. and de 60 Lamp 1 sor | Cape at 10\e. cach 156 Purnitace... 102 1,150 | Corty.—ales of 1,900 bales were made, the market s, | closis $100 + Dry goods Wax, tbe portation al importation, , Tot wo viebes 907 ve statement of the value of exports from the commencement of the Excens of imports over expor' The following is a comp year to August 2 :— 1854 1855 80,970,237 | $7,617,484 ‘ 2,072,708) 207 925 Cotton \ Db ~ 2,454,928 $185,011 Vio 195 Oat 1,895,200 1,077,084 \ | | » Paper, ream 1 Vien 19 10 1 104 Po) of) — tase | oui ta : ait SPW GRANADA 15 | conta, and 100 bbe “ad \ ineluding elie’ 20 | 454 | Butter im fa } Zle. for Btate. J | Adulte, 104 etiitven, 41m Fraaon rpool 10,000 ein of corn woe cogoged in ship's bage at 444. 9nd 4.000 fo. to Oil ap at 1a Gor the article*in bulk bd. was caked, and G38 @ 1d for cotton, There wea o good demand for dead freghta from the British Provinces to Kinglish porta, aad higher rates od, A schooner, od buabela ea) ke, N Au’ tnore wore J quarantine by taking ao oo change tw aotice im May —The market # Motanae, Navan sro 91:2 a BD 97 ako, vaso wore made al Be. apicite were wold ot Vv waonn, eS aint 090 bhte., s $1075 A mmig wae A. ROUT mneMe wi Heef—steady 100 country prime, at iy new um 916 624, to $1075 wah 3 wn jet 5 oi Sila 815 beef hams nomiaad | at 615 & 816, end prime mows beef at B2la BS. Out meats steady wales, 140 packages at all prices. Lard ie {alr domand, ut 200 this. at 1O%6. « He. & Ike, for Oblo, aad bTe « 4 re made at 6. a Oige. atp.t brared about 900 tide Cube lo atte. 8 6X6, and 40 boxes browa Havase Weekly of Deaths In the city and county of New York, from the 29th dag of July to the 4th day of August, 1866 Men, 90. wrmven, 08; bars, 231, girls, It—Total, 678 $a) lemaler, 268, oer ed per baw Abscess. diverse of Albuminaria, and Bright's ng commgh 2 lmfemmation of bowels 447,566 $15.0 91,408.900 #4504174 | tivenee of kidneys ¢ ete I r age oa | Apoplexy Inflammation of brain... & Net deerease to August 2, 1856...,.« a Apeniaay, veins 1 Inflammation of heart... 2 The value of merchandise exported last week was erm ‘ned 1 iegeoenn ee See . ; rom lunge 2 Infammation of tut larger than usual, and the increase was principally | Hiceuime from wort 1 tnfamenation of agae, 67 in cotton. The outward movement of lreadstafls | Bromehitis...... 4 ‘ mi ate sf simmnation A xt) shows greater activity. The shipments of specie were | Burned 1 IeGe cuales ymin os ae light, which tends materially to the reduction of the 1 Intemmation of womb ., 1 | Chicken pox... 1 Intussusception of inte aggregate. F | Cholers (afanini ios tines... 1 The importations last week were quite large, both 4 Kidneys, disease of | 5 of 1 of dry goods and of general merchandi-e. meres 1 y rot, Sesnee . f Cossumer ov tue Port or New Youe—Vaiey ov Inponre injuries)... 2 Marastwus, adult Pe Phy. Value Vl. Vi Conrussion of brain a a fall) o Congestion of bowels 1 241 | Congestion of brain 15,863 | Congestion of bratn, bes ’ 629 | Congestion of lungs .e 1.615 | Consumption . ‘ 406 | Convulsions, aault ‘ 4,060 | Convuielone, infant iie s ote | ot % 1 3 % ’ ‘ 3 mn ane 1 me ’ ‘ ‘ ‘ 2 ‘ 1 it 1 Unknown (m7! staled) . & Cadbear y 2 Unkaown, pe yary) tl Kasencos 10 ’ Paent 6 Heart, @iseese of velvolar T = Callie acid g | Heat, eflects of a ry Cum opal... 40 os precattiaa Do. Damar... “t ms een, al ee ee, on an ee aed gee. ~” 2 ‘ or Do O years “ 10 1 Yours = 5 Do @ years rene. J 19 70 Yours 4 ap! 10 to 80 yours _@ 0 yours i Cokaors s v8 1 1 | Anetris H 70 | Bettiah Anoerion | Paperbang ¢ Fegan. . “a Pertame 4 8 Jo : 5 " ‘ + ie tawgh tap u “