The New York Herald Newspaper, November 6, 1855, Page 2

2 ADDIVIONAL FROM EUROPE. Our Madrid Correspondence. Maver, Oct. 12, 1855. Wwe State of Things—The Carliste—The Moderados—the King— The Clergy—The Democrats—Lack of Bread and Provable Revolucion—The Convention of Liberal Deputies —The Corles—The National Militia—Oll Spanish Mili- tary Costumo—The Cholera and its Vietums—The Crop of Sherry Wine a Total Loss, dec., Le. Sed is the aspect which this country presenta under so many different kinds of” misfortune. The epoch is an eveatful one for Spain, and will certainty be described in ite annals as one of the worst and most afllicting. ‘The tittle energy of the government allows tho Carlist faction to gathec strength in Catalonia, which, aithouga weak as yet, may soom be strong enough to make its de- feat difficult. ‘The moderados, also, or the party overcome ia the late revolution, will not keep quiet. They take no rest in their intrigues, and struggle to recover again their lost powor, hesitating at no kind of sacrifice in order to throw obstacles in the way of the liberal party. Thave spoken to you so many times about the clergy that J am half afiaid you will begin te think my accounts exaggerated or biassed against them. But I say no more than the truth. This stupid elergy—the angry evemy of all that ia good, of all that is wise, of all that is liberal and progressive—labora unceasingly ix its apostolical eonventicles to light the torch of strife and civil war. ‘They use every artifice and every means, and have been Jately inflaming the bad passsons of that Bourboa—hus- band te the Queen—who was the true cause of the recent seandals in the Paiace. This clergy takes sdvan- tage ot the confessional and the pulpit to excite people against the present institutions, and in favor et absolutism; publishes subversive pamphlets, and in every way mocks the governmen’, which Jeoks ‘energy to pus fia foot on tho beads of this hydra, On ihe other hand, and in the preseace of so much weakness, anew party, laughed at and ridiculed ‘until now, rushes vigorously ‘into the arena of Spanish ties ‘The democracy increases, strengthens, agitates and ublishes its doctrines, ardent and young, broudcast. Prey make another opposition, and alarm the govern- ment, however much they may affect to treat the demo- erate woh disdoin. ‘The luck of breadstuffs and meat which is being gene- rally felt, avngmerts a state of disquictude which will be of the gravest consequence if it be not corrected in time. The government has given the most positive or- ders concerning the trade in grain, for the purpose of pitting @ stop to ita exportation from the peninsula view of the demand for the Crimea and the scarcity in France. ‘The necessity of energetic measures is urgen’, because bebind the rcarcity produced by the tempests of rain and unprecedented inundatious—by the cholera aad by the politcal unquiet—behind this, revolution is again showing its terrible bead. As one consequence of this bad state of things, there has been a banding together of a Large portion ot the libe- ral deputies in the Cortes disposed to ferce the govern- ment into evergetic actiun, and mark out the path it shall follow. It was proposed to votea proposition which would com- pel » change of ministry, but fur the moment this propo- attion hus been put one side, in view of the limited num- ber of ceputies present in the Assembly—many bel sown with cholera, and many more afraid to come to town for that very reason. e reform of the ministry ds however, every duy more necessary. General 0Dou- wall {4 mistrueted, and General Kxpartero, a!though there te no lack of contidence in him, is already recogaized to be a nullity M polices. he se-siors of the Cortes have been of little interest thus far, because of the iack of members. An important law concerning the relations of manufac turers and their operatives has been presented for diccus- sion, but tue debaie has not yet some on. Auother eon- eerving public order, or the relations of the military @nd civil authority, will soon be prenented. SOF the lands of’ the slergy released from mortmain $1,250,000 have already been sold, According to official accounts there are 180,000 thea of ‘the national militia already armed—that is to say, there are that number of muskets and cannon in the hands of the people. A complete changein the uniform of the Spanish army: 4a projected, and will probably be carried out. Instesd of copying the French model, ay at present, the mon will revemble rather more uearly the famous Spanish in fantry of other times. The broad-brimmed Spanish hat of the time of the wars in the Netherlands will take the place of the ugly litvle hea. pots of the French army, and altogether the uniform will be picturesque aad ser- viseable. The cholera, afier hengicg off andon all the summer, has developed itself suddeniy in Madrid with a force which bas frightened us. The Governor of Madrid is @ead of it. The Minister of Finance down The Presi- dent of the Co-tes down. Many deputies ditto, Expar- tero with a light attack, and everybouy expecting it from day to day. The rain has been unceasing for a month and a hal/ till to-day. The pe having rotted on account of the wet. y Peas iso suffered severely. “crop of sherry wine is almost total loss, the Other erops JUAN. Whe Kinancial Crisis in Europe. FParia (Oct. 15) Correspondence of the London Times.] The restrictive measures la‘ely adopted by the Bavk 0! France are beginning to be felt in almost every branch of trade, and transactions have accortingly become dif janufacturers have limited as math as possible ‘their purchases of raw materials. aad re‘aile s are slow in laying in their usual winter stock. The general situa- tion, however, is satisfactory. The summer month, dur- ing which business is always dull, have been highly pro- ductive this year, thanks to the Universal Exhibition. Orders coutinue to be received from the United States, which had not appeared in the market for tne last year. Important demands b rived from South Ainerica apd kogland. snd ther ery prospect of the export tras Paris assuming a great tees Ye} in the win' The price of corn hax again increased this week. Flow has advanced from if. to 4f. per wack of 159 kilogeamines, end wheat in neatly the same proportion, This ri however, is ascribed 10 the tardiness of the sowing, oo: sioned by the dry weather in September, and to othe local causes, which leave the farmers no time to bring their produce to market. The number ot the Revue Gomtemporaine published to- day contains 4 remarkable article on tne pro tes tion. The witer, M. A. Viliedieux, evidently « his information from authentic official sourees, and his ap- preciation of the actual result of the harvest {a France may, consejurnily, be reliel upon. The following ex tracts feom that article will be read with interest:— “It appears ‘tom the intormation we have received that ‘the detelt will anount on an averag> to a falling off of 15 per cent on an ouiinary crop in the worst districts, and ‘of 10 per cent in the others; consequently we have an average proportiay of 12 or 123% per cent for all France. As the total consumption of the country is on an aver: 82,000 000 hectoliwes, including the grain required for geed, not more thar 10,000 000 hectolitres will have to be drawn from abroad. Wheat and rye present, unfortunate- ly, a proportionate defi:it. The result of our inquiries which are perfectly cynclusive on this point, shows tha Wf the wheat and rye aops bave been deficieot fa qua» tity, they have been everywhere, with very few ox- ceptions, of @ superior quality, The grain ia sound ant full. it yields a much lager produce thaa last year, and the flour leaves nothing to be wished for with regart t> its nutritious properties. We could mention a vr! ment where, judging trom the first specimens ground, it in conridered that the suprriority in quality is so marked that it will compensate, in the ‘estimation of the most com, cten! judges, the defidt in quantity to the amount of « twelfth, or even ot ateaih. A still more important resource will be derived trom, the spring cereals, wines have produced everywhere exellent crops. Tie supply of barley. which on rag¢ amounts yearly to xbout 17,000,000 of heetolitres, the yf of whith only ix uxet as food, is most abundant. The crop of this year ex: coeds by from fifieen to twenty per the ordinary luce, The maize or Indian porn. 4 also, ia the itricts where it is most cultitted, a very favorable appearance. It nas swiered only in 'twe or three de- partments of the south; in other the surplis ia esti mated at twenty-five or thirty per cent abowe the ava- rage. It is partteularly fine in fhe eastern disted Maize contributes one year with ansther, to the am sunt of 6,060,000 of heetolitres for ouman wonsump ion. The accounts from the east of France arentso very favorable ‘aa rexpects the buckwuest, there cultlyated on an exten- sive seals, and which supplies each yeyr about 6,000,000 hectolitres to the » tof the raral population. The cepartmenta of Britany and the centye of France are sanguine in thelr expeciations as to the results of this useful crop. Chestnuts, which the inhaM\snts of Limou- ain, Cevennes and Brittany consume to the same extent ts the cereals during a great part of the yeyr, present an appearence of extraordinary abandance. sane may ‘de raid of vegetables, sud chiefly of broad and kiduey beans. If to all these we add the oat crop, the produce ‘of which will be very large, we may boldly state that the deficiency in the wheat and rye crops will be in a grea We receive from all aijes the ecoranta of the potatoe, ee compensated. mont satisfactory eave with which i The dis ens brea attacked CA the Ins i © of comple’el appear ing. "It has scarcely shown ttaclt’ at sll faa goon bumber of departments the most remote from exec other, and in those where ' hay apsesred the injury it has inflicted is very trilling. Newerrhelors, it has « tacked certain loealities with more or ims intensity, bu hadeehonne ys in hp tag reat part = Yeaom—+ symptom of its speedy disappearance. The prtato ¢ ‘will be the more abundant, as the mirked dectiag of th di-ease observed in 1854 in {uced the farmers to plant i more generally, To complete this expos of the state o the crope throughout the coun'ry, we mast add thar th grape will yield constlerably more than the last fow Years, Iti by no meana aninteres ing either to observe that fodder has oven generally abaolaat, and that cle cumstance may have # beneficial influence on the price of meat. We may alay’men'ton a cireumstancs caleulat ed 'o leesen the attending difficalties,—namely, the tar iness of this year’s harvest, which cane ia three weeks or a month later then usual. Dartog that apace uf time the country has lived on the proance ot 1854 If, thea ‘ag there is every -exson to hope, the next harvest be not retarded, that of 1855 will have to reapply the country only durlog &® period of 1 of 114 montas, (astoad of 12.7 ye new measure rela‘ive to the taxation of the price of moat in Paria iv to come Int oyeration to-morrow. Raton having ine eased at the lact markers of Poldsy and Reranx, it fe not consifered provanle that the oriee of meat wil undergo, at least for the present. any mete. Fial reduction. The price of wine com'ianes flem at Bercy, with a tendency to rise. The vintage is now pro. ceeding throughout France, and the appreciation. of the crop are still most contradictory. At Narbonne tt is o« timated at one-third of an ordinary year at Bordoaay at ‘one-fourth, ip the Gard at two-thirds and in Ronssiiion th» quantity ot wine will be barely sufficient for local covumption. The oidium did sot prevail eo generally aa ja! year, and the frosts im spring are the pole cause of woarcity NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1855. The Prefect of Police has addressed the following circu- Jar to the Commissanes ot Police:— Gentlemen—the government of the Emperor, in its solicitude for the populstion, vas decided that butcaer’s meat for the future be sol at a Pe te aud a police ordinance of the Ist has declared 1s measure shall begin to be carried into execution on the 16/b. tn set ting every tortnight the basis of the price, my adminis- tration will not torget that the fixing the tan ffor be confirmed by the intervevtion of the aut? >srities, With this view, Art. 6 prescribes the delivery to every purckarer, without any demand on his part, of a payer setting forth the designation of the sort tf meat purchased, the ex'egury to which ‘he piece belongs, the weight, and the price. The guacamree of the consumer copsists entirely in the rigorous execution of this measare, and [ cannot too strongly recommend it & our notice, e butchers of Furis will canply clause, und with all others vet forth in the ordinance. If they should not do #0, you wil! have to draw up infor- mations of the infractions which may be pointed out to persovally discover; and, on re- it We necessary, employ the ad- laws on the butchers’ trade enable me to do, PIETRI. The Moniteur publishes the returns of the indirect taxes and revenues, which amounted, during the nine months of 1865, exding on the Ist instant, to 699,789.000f, Com- pared with those of the corresponding partod of 1854, they show au augmentation of 81,065,000f In this aug: mentation, however, the new taxes, established in virtue of the laws of August dth and July 14th last, figure for a sum of 12,268,000. ; so that the real increase over 1854 is 68,787,000f, The increase during the first two quarters was 98,178,000f,, anc during the third quarter 42,877,- 000f. ‘The following are the items of these returns:— Prancs + 195,570,000 87,502, T besides take pleasure in netieviog that atviedly with this Registry duties, mortgages, &e. Senay tue Import duties—On corn...... Ls On merchandise. On colonial sugar. On foreign ditto. Se SF. 333 ieee Sundry customs” duties and receipts. Salt tax., jee Duty on liquors Ditto on domestic sugar it Miscellaneous duties and receipts. Sales of tobacco, &. Ditto of gunpowder Pos‘ag eof letiers....... coos Duty of 2 per cent on money forwarded through the Post office... . Fares in mail coaches Ditto in mail te. ‘Transit duty on foreign correspondence Occasional receipts... 6.6. ..seeeeee Sew Ente $8532383222 rt 8. ee) 238 5 & o8. rer a » 8 55 5 333 gE a5 MOONE eset p wsigcies ss. c5sies ce seeeegen cess 699,789,000 The iteme which exhibited an increase compared with 1854 were :—Registry duties, mortgages, &c.. of 27,482, 0008; stamp duti merchandise, 26,503,000. ; ' do. 4,048 ,CO0¢.; do, on foreign sugar, 12,510 000f.; navigation dues, 120 000f.; sundry Customs’ duties, 118,0001.; salt tax,’ 1,916,008; miscellaneous duties and’ receipts, 8,117,000f.; sale of tobacco. 5 170,000f.; do. of gunpowder, 462, 0008; duty of 2 percent on money forwarded by the Post office, 148,G00f.; transit duty on foreign correspond- ence, 65,(00f.; and occgsional receipts, 13,000f, Total in- create, 86,944,000f, The itews which exhibited a decrease were :—Import | 1,902,000f : import duties on on colonial sugar, duty on corn, 816,000f.; export duties, 9 000f.; duty on domestic sugar, 3,740,000t.; postage of letters, 1,159,001. ; fares in mail coaches, 126,000f.; do. in mail packets, 96,000f Total decrease, 6,859, 00 The ‘amount collected ‘during the first quarter was 211,406, 000f; during the second, 231,856,000f,; and during the third, 286,827, 000f, ‘The direct tax paid into the Treasury down to the 30th September last amounted to 405,146,000f., exceeding by 14,918,000f. the amount due at that date. MODERN FINANCIGRING IN FRANCE. {From the London Times, Oct. 18. We have already, on various occasions, directed public attention to the popular system of finance in France, and have expressed our conviction that it is fraught with rerious danger, unlexa carefully watched and controlled, Many circumstances appear to indicate that the at‘ention of the government 43 turned to the operations of the banking companies established withia the last few years, and that a disposition exists to avert, in some degree, the dangers we have p.inted out, by controlling to a con: siderable extent the disposition to foster bourse specula- tions involved in ‘their system of action, The recent check on the issue of bonds by the Crédit Mobilier, the raising the rate of discount on advances on public securities—increasing at the sume time the margin required, and the refusal to sanctim any new com- | eee gghy all steps in this direction, ‘It remains, jowever, to be seen whether these precautionary measures have been taken in sufficient time to parry the commercial pressure which we believe to be tue inevitable result of the sysiem to which we Lave from time to time alluced. be principe on which the receni- ly founded banking eatablisbments pro ess to ast is that of develping ax far a pos ible the system of commercial credit, of ullliring small capitals hitherto unproductive, or nearly £0, aud of distributing in new and more nume: our channels the profits of financial undertakings suca as huve been hitherto absorbed by comparatively small numbers of great caji‘alisia, The goodness of the prin- ciple, and the naiional bevefit of a aystem calculated to develop the enormous indus’rial resources of Frauce, 80 imperiectly worked hitherto, no one wiil dispute; it is in the meuns employed, or rather in the absence of any efficient check to the abu-e «f those means, that the peril lies, which not on'y endangers the success of tho-e undertakings but positively tends to imperil the very object they ure established to support—namely, the ex- tension of commercial credit. ‘the statutes of most of these companies empower them to make advances on the security of shares aad stock, and to invest # portion, some imes limiied, of their eapi- tal in those securities. The managers are generally remunerated by a proportion of the net dividend, va- tying from 10 per cent., as im the Crédit Mobiller, to 40 per cent. in some other companies. This mode of 'rema- neration, although admiraby calculated to stimulat. 16 energy of the directors has al,o a tendency to induve them to use ali means to maintain a high quotation of the various securities held by the company, and thus, aided by the loans made on those sreurities and by car- rying over shares from i and keep alive that 1 seems to be a besetting sin of the laris ws true, that in the event of a reaction, the mana- gers, as shareholders, ; but our own experi- ence of public companies demonstrate that uch a contingency is a ery feablo restraint upon men wielding such {enormous power as the large capi- tal of seme of there undertakings affords. “The divi depd recently announced as the minim for the current year on the shares of the “rédit Mobiliee (2008) gives rive to strong suspicions that prudeuce is some timer lost sight of, even when the heads of the establish- ‘ment are men of such high charac'er and talent as t! who divect the affairs of that society. A dividend of that amount gives about £118 000 as the share falling to the administrators, in addition to thei¢ profit as share- holders, and must ‘be mainly produced by taking the in- sotnaed valan of shares bald dy them, as quoted at tho Bourse, 4s realized profit—a most talacious mode of cal- culation, bearing ia mind the great and sudden fucina- tions to which shares aod bonds have been subjest in France. In cases where these societies have the power of issuing bonds a strict supervision 1s doubly neceary, inasmuch as there securities are tan amount to bills able, due ata given date, and unless means are a: mulated 10 meet them. ‘without depending mainly on the realizaiion of securities of such uncertain value as shares in industrial undertakings, a wide spread calamity must at no distant period becom» probable. In the case of the Crédit Mobilier it {4 trae that The obligations are professedly issued only against secari- ties purchared, and which have a like term of redemption with those obligations, and that consequently as thy fall due the securities they represent will become payable Also, ané the proceeda of the iattér will conseyuen'ly enable the company to pay off their own liavili/ies, When the securities purchased ¥ the idsue of thee obligations way bends thix sounds practical enough; but in the care of shares in com anies terminable at a given date, railway compauies fr instance, it proceeds on the assumption that the sinking funds of those companies will in ail cases sutlice to replace the eapital—a Proposition to which we are by no means disposed to Hitied assent. We all know the mot on the onal sinking fuad, “La caisse damortissemen! qui n’amortir rim;’ aud’ the sinking tands of the rai way companies may not work much beter. wke good any dedcieary which may arise capital of the Credit Mobilier and {ts reserve fi put forth as ‘as the total amonnt ot obligations prop, while the eaptial is ouly 60 000,000, and the reserve fund is fixed 000,000, the two latter amounts together leave a margin of litile more than ten per cent. The great danger appears to ust, however, to conds', not so much in ge an amount ot pan an in the tempta rarage the formati of companies which wil! ebsorb too large « portion of the fic ating resources of the comm rds woeh will ow inky t! lately necessary fi tion into fixed capital, which delivers over the com: celal commanity to the evile of any financial crisis with England we have een this result on pecasion The reproductive powers of this country, and the ranid accuinulation of surplus profits, by far exceed any bing that the most aanguine can Lope to see in France for many years, but we cannot forget that easy money markets preceded, nay led to, the calamities of 1826 and 1847, and ‘o the railway and gold company martas. Farnestly desiring to sve the finauces « establiched on a solid basis, and ® free scope the intelligence and rea urces of her captialista val pro- Cucers, 1t is with no captivus or depreciatory «picit that ‘we point out what we consider the perils of the course which seems to be most popular with ‘he multitude, ané that we urge the government (if it will not abstain from inierterence—which would be betier) to use both ite power of action and ite still geeater power of example to restrain, instea of foster, the too re ension of dit «ystem which j« not founded on a well kaowa uificient basis Lesirable ag it may be to ene the formation of societies for develupt 1 8 ot France, and for facilitating ‘ions we (rust that it will not be forgotten i is enly the curplus profits of the community which be rendered safely available for such parp ses, ant teven the surplus prifits should not be too rapitt absorbed. The insanity or ambition of ome man, we all ay at any time necewdtate war bad- yene! fortunately for England that tw » provide, asia 1847 and 1838, over £.0,000.000 per aunim for railways, many of which might very #el! have heen dixpensed with, our floating capital bas enabled as to provide not only for all ordi nary fodustrisl wrdertakings but alco for the exigencies of the State without a» yet, overbardening the re- sources of the country. to the prent moment France has responded nobly te t peal made to her capitalists, grest and «mali, to Je the government to carry on the war with the energy becoming a great nation; but there are unmiatakeable signs that the bur- den is onerous, and it behooves all true patriots ———————— mea’, like that for bread, must resule from the imuartial conciliation of the interests of the bateher and consumer, ‘This truth, which has not perhaps been sufficiently un- derstood by the corpors' of batehers, will nenceferch to abstain from any course of action which, while crea- @ temporary appearance of prosperity by high quo- tations, will inevitably imperil not only the commercial future of France, but her potiticul security, and possibly ‘the safety of all Europe. 3 [From theLondon Globe (City Artisle), Oct. 19.) Yesterday afternoon the directors of the Bank of Eng- lend not enly increared their rate of discount from ig ed 6 per cout upp bilis having 60 days to ran, but they likewise advanced their charges to 7 percent on bills dated from 0 to £5 days. The position at which matters had srrived must huve been considere) very grave by the r ty their adoption of this course, auch a inction betweea the dates and rates of dis- count on bills not having been made for some years. It {* only fir to assume that the bsnk must be in possession of such information as to compel them w adopt such a course; and possibly the immediate pro- vocation to this step was the fimal conclusion of the gigantic Australian railway operation, which for seve- ral months past has hung like shroud over the other continental States. TPrevious to the great crisis in 1847, these strong measures were likewise resorted to, and altbough the circumstances might be totully different, they pomted to the same inevitable result, viz., a de- pletion of the entire bullion of the bank. The im- portent matter to ascertain is, whether the Bunk of ance will co-operate with our own national establish- ment in resi-ting that joint drain of specie from which it equully suffers. ‘That such is the case appears to be proved by the fact that the directors of that estabiish- mept advanced yesterday iis minimum rate of discount on bills from 6 to 6 per cent, and it is known that the directors of both banks huve been for some days past in constant communication. Notwithstanding this gloomy aspect of monetary affairs, the soundness of our com- mercial relations is Invisputable; therefore, although the utmost caution should be observed for some time, the public need be under no apprehension of an approaching crisis detrimental to the public funds and mercantile adaira in general, which ularmiste and speculators pre- On the Paris Bourse yesterday business was very dull, and rentes fell from 50 to 90 centimes, in consequence of the measures come to by the Banks of France and England; and it was generally underatood that the two establishments would continue to adopt the mont strin- jo flns of their The grain market continued calm, ‘8 were numerous, ‘The Bourse at Vienna, on the 17th inst., was influenced ty the report of an issue of 50,000 new shares of the Bank of ‘Vienna, which were to be made payable for im bank notes, AUSTRIAN FINANCES. : nes letter from Vienna, in the German Journal of Frank- , SAYS — “We learn from good authority that the Emperor has given his sanction to all the propositions made to him at schyl by the Minister of Finance, anc it is therefore pro- bable ihat the projected measures will soon be carried into execution, We have no particulars of these impor- tant measures, but the general outline is to establish a new institution of cr i to receive the name of “Banque Generale de lit,” or ‘‘Hypothek Bank,’? with power to advance upon public and other secunties. ‘The etfect of this new Credit Mobilier in the Austrian ca- pital is expected to prove beneficial to the commerce and industry of the empire, inasmuch as the paper of the bank may be negociable in London and Paris, aud thereby tend to increase the metallic currency of the country by an influx of gold and silver, woich are almost unknowa at prevent in the Imperial wint, Likewise it is expected that the undeveloped resvurces of the southern dominions will receive an impetus from the probable introduction of new capital, and the government be enubled to finish many important public works in these p:oviuces, such ax the great southern line of railway from Vienna to Trieste. and their contemplated docks on the shores of the Adria- tie. Our Kansas Correspondence. Detaware Crry, Oct. 27, 1865. A Viet! to Lecompton—Progress of Kansas—Great Land Sale—The Congressional Election, dc., dic. Thave just returned from Lecompton, the capital o Kansas Territory. Lecompton is beautifully situated on the southsra ‘bank of the Kansas, 120 miles above its junotlon with the’ Missouri river, The situation is a wise selection, and by a proper course being purrued by the Town Association, itbids fair to become a city of great importance within a few years, ‘The land in the environs has a very rich and productive soil—but the scarcity offimber will bea great impedi- ment te the rapid settlement of that portion of the Terri- tory by the farming portion of our people; so far as fuel is concerned, coal, both of the bituminous and anthra- cite quality, in abundance abounds in many localities ip the neighboring country; building material of « superior quality, limestone, sandstone and brick clay are here found in the greatest profusion. In every respect Lecompton has by far the advantage of any town in Kansas Territory, excepting Leavenworth City, and thia latter place, which, ffteon months «ince, was covered with underbrush, has now a population of fifteen hundred inbabitents and upwards of four hun- dred houses, The noise of the carpenter’s hammer is often heard dur- ing the still hours of the night,crecting houses for the shel- ter of the fast increasing population. Often have been awoke from my slumber by this noise. Kansas indeed t+ ‘a fast country, and the people thereof are fast people— yes, very fast. ‘The first public sale of town lots took place at Lecomp- ton on Tuesday, the 23d iust. On this occasion eat concourse of people assembled to witness the sale of town jote at thei: future cajital. Although the weather was very inclement, the interest tuken b; the people of Kan- sax waa great—all seemed deeply interested in the city’s prosperity. ‘The sale commenzed at ten o’clock, and con- Vinued until tue afternoon of the next day. Alarge num ber of Jotx were sold, prices ranging from $100 to $505 each, Only one lot was sold for less than one nuncre) dollars; the price cf that was eighty-five dollars. verage price paid fur lots was three hundred dollars. ‘One lot, selected by a member of the town company, was asvested to him at six hundred doliars, and was taken at that price. What town in che Fast, with one hundred iubabitants, can sell property at these rates? We can. with safety, defy competition. A charter for # railroad wes lature, to run from Leavenwo City to our capital, A ccmpsny with sufficient capital is now formed, and so soon as the surveys are completed, and all the land lying between there points is thrown into market, the building of this road will be commenced, and energetle movements will be made to hasten ita somple- tion. Ip the event of the completion of this rosd, all the trade for the piains will be immediately transferret to this city. Such are, in my mind, the future prospec # of our capital, Lecompton. ‘The place fr which I write is the county seat of Leavenworth county. It is situated on a high bluff over- looking the Missouri river, twenty miles above the mor of the hanvas. The jocation is well selected, and the place bids fair to be a town af some note within a few cars. oh a teenier ocununtintion: 4 spoke of our Congression- alelection. 1t is my duty to correct my statement in re- lation to the number ot votes received ty Gen. Whitfield. All the returns have come in, and bis vote counts up 3,025. ‘The yote received by Mr. Reeder is, | have under: stood, 3,100; but proof suficient is now in the hands of the proper authorities that a number of Heeder’s con- stituents did, on their election day, vote more than once. cb are the facts, proof will show when the seats me up to be cntested at the ensuing session of Con- gress. ‘The news he Ind’ ranted at our last Legis- upon the frontier is rather moagre this woek. apnuities have been brought up by the ugents. Only balf due the various tribes was forwarded by the Commissiover of lodian Affaire, and in many instances the tribes ofured to recelve their hulf pay. What the object of he honors Commivsioner 4s tn thas vio- Inting teoty stipulations solemnly entered into between the Unived States and the various In tribes I am at a lors 10 Givine. An a is going the rounds of the press to the effec that Gen. Denipban, Col. Gilpin and several bed sons were killed by the Indians at Devil Gate, on the Cali fornia round, Such is not the case, as none of the gentl. men vawed in the article Lave been out that tar on th plains this season. C. Frands Upon Out-Gotng Emigrants. TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD. You are requested to publish the f owing statement of robbery and swindling, committed with tmpuniiy almost every day, on pasrengers arriviog from the! j serior in New York, with the intention of going to Cal: fornia, London, Liverpool, and other distant porta, Since the Castle Garden depot has been established, the ranners being shut off fiom some of their old prey, now tuiu their attention with tenfold foree to the above class of assengers, and seize, vulture-like, on any poor traveller Feat thoy dad on the failroad cars aad at ctzamboat Tent ingy at the different «tations throughout the city, | ‘will be recollected, only a few weeks ago, as an illustra: tion, that @ runper knocked » gentleman down and bioke bis jaw, because he would not id get swindled by him. There are hundreds of such very day of bullying Je out of their money. some complaints are mace before the Mayor, but the law will not touch them unless the victim enters intoa civilsnit, This he has no time to do, as dd if he remains heis swindled ont of hat also, To protect passengers guing to Rurope the following named humane merchants of New York made the follow ing arrangement < New York 1, 1885, by Ra =] C hand I oat $ bso a view to the business of teaasportin = as Jreat Britain, and in order that tie veatth wert werorccl thelr pamengera may ve tore effectually provided voreat thelr pamenge more eilec'ually pro ‘or, do hereby agree, f om this deve, to fix the sulatnues ralee janrage as follows, viz be second cabin, $18 for adults, and $10 for children under 12. years. in tteerage, $16 for adults, and $9 for children under 12 re. yeare. . Including provisions, which, in all cages, will be provided i the ship, in conformity with ihe schedue herewin annexed, t the maximum rate of brokerage to nts for is Ing Passengers, shall be oue ait, ane Ofty cents each tor ednidren, William & Guion, . Morgan, Dunham & Dimon, 1. Marshall &Co.,David Ogden, Cornelius Gr unell, Zoran A Co. “Grinnell, Minturn Taylor & 4th . Thompeon’' o, ay! irrill, . rhe Kveret! 4 Rrown, Win F Frost, phew, Kermit & Carew, Chamberisin, Ko. Mirren & CO Alex. M. Lawrence, WAPRLY, ALLOWANCE OF PROTIBICS. i Fpottord, Tileston #00, D.& A. Kingsland ‘a Batten, Stargis, Clearman 00. James W. Phillips, Neamits & Soas, Beef... 1s ib Me Teese 2 OM. Gntmeni SO Me Wy. Plow... Ne Ibe ag Beans <0... e orders to thet those prices nd tickets; this they ght would put a stop to all future impositions, It onl; ted for « short time it is worse now than ever. of their #0 called agents discontinued to advertise in their notices the prices and provisions; this ut once was an opening ‘ the ropners. Instead of the poor passenger paying $16 or $18, be bad to pay and ix payiug uow, on every ship out of porto Liverpool or London, prices ranging from $25 to $50. Those people are taken charge of by the runpers, brought to these offices and introduced ti the suppoeed coptain or mate of the ships; he pays all this to be found ex! &., &c., and thinks he is all right. tre, He goes on beard’ the ship ‘as she is leaving the dock, makes inquiries (when too late) and finds he could have the came attention for his little family for $16 or $18; be coucludes to go to the Mayor; he can do nothing; be ves tothe sbipowner; he sends him to where he paia is money ; he gets there and is in danger of hiv life. The wan (sometimes poor women) has po bing more to 40, unless he enter into a civil suit or be swindler. He leaves the country and takes his private opinion of ou) freedom and laws. se merchants can stop this work in janter if they choowe, by compelling their agents to bie aoticw tn all thelr publicutioue of the prices aid provisions. get at the heart of the disease, the; should in particalar send down on all ebips a responsible clerk, to check and overhaul the tickets and hold the agent responsible for what over money ix charged, when itis certain it has been received in the name ‘on the account of the vessel This will make the agents cantious in changing tickets from thore runners, aud on noaccount to take any tickets that there is the slightest wrong about. Then he agent finding he is held good for any wrong. will have t> discountensnce all runners and do justice to the passen- gers and ship owners. MCE, Music and the Drama. ‘The performances to be given at the respective theatras and, other places of amusement in New York this eve- ning, are of a very attractive character, We refer our readers to the advertising columns. PunapErHA.—The Walnut street theatre has been do- ing a fine business with ‘Still Water Kuns Deep.’ The cast has pot been exceeded anywhere. A serious acci: dent, attended with almost fatal results, occurred on Tuesday last, to Mr. H. Perry and Mr. Wm. Reynolds, both of this house. While driving pleasure carriage they were run into by another vehicle, their carriage overturned, and both very seriously injureds Both gen- tlemen were in the bills of the night, in the comedy of “Still Water Runs Deep.” Mr. Reynolds was able to as- sume hia part of Hawksley, but Mr. rere, was incapable of moving from his bed, where he still lies, dangerously burt—and hii of Mr. John Mildmay, was avsumed by Mr. A. H. weoport, with success. At the Arch street theatre, Mrs. D. P. Bowers, one of the most popu lar actresses on our boards, mnkes her début after a long illness. Mr. Wallack, Jr., is playing at the City Museum. Boeroy.—Mr. Kdwin Forrest commenced a three weeks’ speagentens at the Boston theatre on ee evening The Howard Athenwum is closed, and Miss E. Logan is still at the Museum, Barrmorr.—‘‘Cherry and Fair Star’? has been i. duced, ‘ without rd to expense,” at the Hollida; street theatre. Miss Robertson has beon “starring it” atthe Museum. A laty amateur from New York desired to play Hamlet here the other night, but found som dificuity in the preliminary arrangements, on account o! the fact that nature bad not done much for her in the way of l— limbs, Nothing daunted, however, she tele- grephed to a distinguished New York artist for ‘legs fo: Hamlet,” and the moody Dane appeared at night with excellent (artificial) “solid flesh,’ which woud not melt. Mr. Wallack, Jr., ‘plays at the Holliday stveet theatre to-night, Frovivence, R. I.—Mrs. C. Howard finished her en- gagement here on Saturday. Nasavuie, Tenn.—Mr. Murdoch, Joe Cowell, the vete- and Miss Wyeete, are playing here. Lovisviig, Ky.—Miss Kimberly is playing a successfu) engagement here. She played Mra. Sternhold for her benefit at Cincinnati, and recited the ‘Marsellaise” in French and the ‘Star Spangled Banner’? in English. Lh alert E. Bridges is acting here, at the Metro peliten, CiE\KLAND,—Two theatres re-open here. Mr. Neafie ix playing at onc:and Cony and the dogs at the other. Yortraxp, Me.—Ole Bull announces a concert here for Friday evening of this week. ‘Troy.—At the Adelphi, “Still Water Runs Deep” has made @ hit. Mrs. A. Senter is the star at the Museum, Ciyannxati.—Fate and Susan Devin are plaing at the National. Mr. Wood, the St. Louis manager, will open his theatre here on the 20th. Savannan.—On the 30th, ‘Ingomar’ was played at Crisp’s Atheneum, characters by G. Jamison and Miss Loulea Reeder. New OxtEaNe.—The St. Charles will open this week. The Gaiety theatre company is called to meeton the 20th preparatory to cpening on the 24th. Monnz.—J. M. Field opens the Mobile theatre next week, with Mrs, W. H. Smith, E. B. Williams, Ayling, 0. E, Durivoge, Mise Sollie St. Clair and others in the stock Mr. J. Dickson Wyman, ot Boston, will make his first rofessivnal essay in that city, aud we wish him succes: |. bi Brown is Ffeld’s first star, and Mra, Farsen the se- cond, Drsnort,—Mr. E. L. Davenport and Miss F. Vining were here last week. Forricx.—Miss Cushman is playing in Liverpool. Mr. McVicker is playing at the New Straud theavre, London. A considerable cutery is stil] maintained agafust Lord Harding, for not dismissing Lord Ernest Vane from th. -ervice, for having thrown the manager of the Richmond theatre down stairs, for calling in the police to prevent his lordship entering into the ladies’ cressing room This Lord Ernest is a wild, unbroken, young aristocratic selt. He ran away from his father’s root when litle heyond boyhood, and enlisted a8 @ private in the 17th lancers. After a little time his father purchased hix discharge, and obtained a commission for him in the Guerds. He has row been sent to the Crimea, to take shelter from the storm, as Lieateaant in the Fourth Light Dragoons. So it seems that the road to miliiary peferment in Fngland is the police court. Sims Reeve has been playing at the Leeds theatre. Mr. Charies Dibdin Pitt is “starring” at Neweastle- upon-Tyre. Juin Harland, Henry Corri, and the new tenor, Her- herte, are at Nottingbam. Mr, Sims Reeve, Mr. Manvers, Mr, Weiss, Mr, Farqu- barron, Miss Jenny Bauer, and Mrs, Weiss, ‘are engaged to give a series of operas ‘at the Theatre Royal, Dubl ccmmencing next week. rai Mr. Rigbard Turner, of Dublin, bas lately contracted +o fit up a wrought-iron roof, ‘and all the upper ma- chinery, of large theatre at Buenos Ayres, thebowt of which ‘will be upwards of £4,000. ‘The Glymple, under Wigan, has re-opened. ‘“Nicrotis”” isa dead failure at Drury Lane. Arenter’s share in Drury Lane theatre was sold by Robbins ashort time since. It was originally eatitled to #. €d. per night of performance, but this has slace been nced to 1s, 2d., and now paying an annual dividend, with a free acmistion transferable or saleable annually held for a period of nearly forty years. The suctionee: jed that the dividend for the last year was but £2, but this year it would be £2 108, It sold fur £42. Five joint tock or proprietors’ shares of £100, sold for £21 each; hey bad the right of nomination to free admission for life. admitting to all performances, the sbares alsc coa- terring the privilege to be elected on the general com- mittee, but paying no dividend. New Patents Issued. List of Patents. issued fron the United States Pateot Office, for the week ending Oct. 30, 1865 each bearing that date-— + Robert Anderson, of Brooklyn, N. Y., anl John E Anderson, of New York, N. Y., for improvement in rice hulling machines. Wm. K. Crocker, of Norwich, Conn:, for machine for manufocturing corks. Luther B. Fister, of Coldwater, Mick., for improved de vice for guagirg and setting sawmill dogs. Iesac N. Foirester, of Centreville, Va, for improved metl od of heat, mulley saws, Sulnia Fink of Phindeiphia, Va., for improvement in coo! ing ranges and air heaters. Luther B. Fisher, of Cold water, Mich., for improvement in straw cutters, Liveras Hall, of Charlestown, Masa., for improvement in machinery for braicing. Kebert Grifiithe, of the city of Alleghany, Pa., for im: provement in nut machine. Peter Hogg, of New York, N. surface condenser for steam engines. Richard G, Bolmes & William H. Butler, of New York, N. Y., for improvement in locks. Jnc. Stuber & Thomas Harden, of Utiea, N. Y., forim provement in lamps. James 0. Leach, of Ballston, N. Y.. for improvement in loome. A. L. B. Lewis, of Philadelpyia, Pa., for ventiletiny railroad car. Henry Luther, of Providence, 1. 1., for imp: ovement Y., for improvement in in ring anditraveller spinning frames, Wet igen, of Rochester, ‘N. ¥., for improverer in_ sewing machines. Wm. Mootry, of New York, N. Y., for improvemen’ in stoves, E. N. Borsford, of Cambridge, Mast, and James R Nichole, of Haverbill. Maas., for improvement in lawps for buraing volatile liquids. Gee. Patten, of Washington, D. C., for improvement in corn and eob mills. en b Owen Redmond, of Rochester, N. Y., for spoke and axe-helve mvycbine. J. Kk. Taylor, of Binghampton, N. Y. for method of ven. tilating railroad cars. James West, of Syracuse, N. Y., for improvement in roofing composition: ‘Arctus A. Wilder, of Detroit, Mich., for improved lath machine. © P.S, Wardwell, of Lake Village, N. H., for mashinc tor cutting doable tenons. Jno. W. Yothers, of Spruce Grov Pa., for improve- ment in bedstead . Ticnry W. Dickinson, of Rochester, N_Y., assignor to Lapring B. Swan, of same place, for machine for teeding paper to prin’ preeeen. {tnict E. baton, of Boston, “Mass., assignor to nimseli no Verley O. Eaton, of same place for improved burgiar- R. Hunter, of Baltimore, Md. iair, of Philadelphia, Pa.,'for aseignor to Samue Improvement in ga: brackets. Chas, E. Bertrand, of New York, N. ¥., for improve: ment ip sugar filterers. pmvel brauser, of Reading, Pe., for improvement in cider or wine mills, Tstos8.—Calvon Pulton, of Rochester, N. Y., assign: to temvel Net lura, of Rochester, N. ¥ Yarry, of Albion, fier design for stove pl James Horton of Vhiladelphia, assignor t» dt, McDowell & Co., of mame place for design for eral stow Andrew © Neil, of Portemouth. Obit», assignor to 0 Neil & Hunter, of same place, for design for stove Yara Ripley and N. 8. Vedder, of Troy, N. ¥., aaxignor to Johneon, Cox, Lasley & Co. of New’ York, N. Y., for devign for cooking stoves, l es Our Norfolk Correspondence. Norvoux, Nov. 2, 1855. A Fire—Melancholy Coincidence—A Gloomy Retrospect— ‘Phe Good Samaritans—Arrival of a Steam Fleet-—The Dis- care and State of the Weather—Signs of a Return of th: Fpidemic, ‘The #treets of our usually quiet city presented quite an excited appearance on Wednesday evening. The different bells wore pealing forth @ strain of alarm, and from many throate came the hoarse ery of ‘Fire! Fire!” The citizens and various fire compantes were out in force to witness the spectacle, and to aia in extinguishing the flamer, which were bursting through the roofand windows of a brick tenement, upoccupied, on Princess Anne road. The fire, though in i'self of but little importance, yet was the occasion of much thought to a reflecting mind, by the circumstances connected with it. It will be remembered that this is the first night fire which has cccurred tn Norfolk since the burniag of Barry’s row; the latter was at the ushering in of the epidemic, the former at its xit. ‘What unparalicled eventa have transpired since then! What s mourpfal interim! The heart bleeds at the thougbt—for now we have time to think, During the in- terim it was all work; but now as oar absent ones re tarn, and we are asked, “How is my friend?” the answer bes to be returned, “dead!” ‘We feel more kvenly our losses—losses that time alone cen repair, and many of them in the healing of which time will be powerless, and in thinking of the time through which we have just passed, we are reminded of the noble spiiits that have been tried by an ordeal that eaves no dross. Spirits we are justly proud of at home and abroad-—some of them—aye! many of them—have laid on the altar of humanity all they had to give—their lives. Such men as Woodis and Furguson can never be forgotten; evlogies cannot be heaped too profusely upon them, and there ure others whose names will live forever beside theirs, in characters of living light, never to be washed out, however profusely the rains of time may fail. It will be remembered that among the first who came to the relief of our sick and dytug, was Miss Andrews, of Syracuse, New Yor! er’s was the first letter recvived from those who have been alleviating the sufferings of ouf sick, by kiné attention. Some called her wild and in sane, The proud reputation she has won, the noble self- sacrificing devotion she has manifested, wiuning for her the reputation, shows whether she was insane or not. The attempt of the Syracuse journals to claim her as a native resident of that place is evidence that by them, at least, she is not so considered. But I must not go on thus, Those who baye been proven und found worthy are not unknown. and I need not reiterate the praises that Lave been #0 oftcm expressed before. Some may say I have made—to ure a homely expression—e mountain of amolebiil, Ihave but wrigen a portion of the thoughts suggested by the fire alluded to. Amone the new cases of fever Iam pained to notice Crawford Johnson. Chis young man deserves much credit. Some time since he returned to Norfolk, against he express desires of his employers, Mere. Ry- ley & Erbech, tobacco dealers, of Norfolk; but his mother wan here, and every paper Be read bore the names of dear friends in the list of dead. These constant recita tions ot distress were too much for him, and he returned to contribute his mite to their relief. Last evening was quite an era among us; our wharves, until now deseried, presenting a lively aspect. Six}seam: ers came up to their ol3 landings since sundown yesrer- day up to 8 o'clock to-day. They were as follows:—The Roanoke, from New York; Pennsylvania, trom Philvdel- bin; North Coroliva, from Baltimore; Curtis Peck, from hichmond; Coffee, from Humpton; and Star, of Norfulk. ‘They all brought ae ® number of our people. The Roanoke brought 150, The Howard Asrociation, I learn from one of its mem- ders, will close operations at their store on Tuesday, on account of the oppression now resting upon them. . Many of those who return come without money, s0 that their burthen is greatly increased, and they are unable t» bear up against the tide. The destitution of our poor is past description, What they are to do during the winter, now almost upon us, I cannot tell. Awful indeed will be their situation. Never before did any people present so destitute a condition to the charitable of cther places and I trust they never will. It requires that one shoul: be among vs to fully realize our porition. There have been no deaths for two days past. Health navfully returned. Thad hoped to be able to give no information but of a pleasing cheracter for some time to come, but it waa not to be go. I bave mentioned one new case of fever, sud seid to my fellow citizens abroad, “Come back;” but I am compelled to-day, (3d of November,) to reverse it, and say, ‘Stay where you are.”’ Some excitement has been created by the re-eppearancs of the dreaded disease The weather for the past two or three days has been wet and warm; this morning a warm sun came out, but it hax become cloudy again. The bad state of the wea*her has resul‘edin the developement of five new cases since (wrote the frst part of my letter. Two of them are Germans. I did not expect t> write to-day, but the information was important. Steady cold weather alone can subdue the disease which has so strongly injected our atmosphere. NURFOLK. ‘The Berton Transcript of the 20th ult., saya:—The following persons seiled on Satarday afiernoon in the wicorgetua, Capt. Crowell, for Smyrna: Her. George C, Knapp and Mrs, Knapp, with Henri B. Heakell. ¥. 1 devtiued to the Atsprian tmisnion; Rev. 0, P. Ailen ani Nire, Allen, destined to the Armenian mission; Rev. El- wad Aiken and Mrs. Arken, destined to the Syrian mais- sion. ‘The usual services were held ip the forenoon, Rev. Silas Arken, D.D., father of one of the missionaries, officiating on the occasion.” This was the third em- barkation of missionaries of the Amercian Board ‘u- ‘The departure of Mr. and Mra. Pix- ley on Thursday last, for South ‘Africn, wis an- nounced in our paper of that date, On the same day, Key Mr. Josalmon and bis wife, with Mra. Blodgett, sailed from New York for Shanghue, in the Maury. Mrs. tt joine her husband in Shanghse. ir. and Mra. Jesalmen' are to be located a Amey. In November, « company of eight will probably sail for the Syria aud Armenién missions. cing the week. FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. MONEY MARKET. Mopar, Nov. 5—6 P. M. The panic at the Stock Exchange has not subsided tn the least, The disposition to sell, or rather the neceasi- ty of selling, aprears to be as strong asever. The fall in prices to-day was fully equal to that of Saturday, ani the amount of eaies full as large. The transactions are now confined more to the regular fancies, euch as Erie, Oumberland and Nicaragua Transit. Erie appears to be plentier at 42 per cent than it was at 66 per cent, and ibe bears are putting it out freely at the market price. so with nearly every stock on the list. Cumberland sold freely at prices lower than have been known for years. Nicaragua is, we believe, lower now tha» it ever has been darlem is clear way down almost among the dead wen The most desperate bear never thought Harlem would touch 17% per cent. Reading feli off from the open- ing, with large sales, Illinois Central bonds sold to the extent of $100,000, at lower prices. The worst feature of the market to-day was the depres ion atter the opening. Nearly every stock ruled lower at the close. At the board Virginia 0's deciined % yer cent; Missouri 6's, 34; Miinois Central, ‘Transit, 14; Cumberland, 34; Erie Railroad, 2 Reading Railroad, 134; Michigan Central, %{; Michigan outhern, 13g; Galena and Chicago, 1; Cleveland and Toledo, 2; Chicago and Rock Island, 1. Sales of New York Central were made at 85 a 8646 per cent, and offer ed freely at that. Delaware aud Hudson sold this mora ing at 11936 por cent. Within the past month or so this stock has fallen from 132 per cent. After the first board the market was still heavier. Erie was freely offeres at 414 per cent, The powerful combination ia this fancy has been blown to the four winds. The losses must bave been immense, Fortunately for the bears the ellque were all large capitalists, and able to stand up to the rack. This is the second dead failure the same parties have made in this stock, and the probability is that they have been sufficiently burnt to hereatter let it alone, New York Central is about as sick a stock as there is in the market, and is sar- tained only by the greatest stimulants. A few days since, just previous to the adjustment of the winter tariff for freight and passengers with the Erie Company. a party, made up of the old consolidating schemers fom Albany, entered the market as purchasers and secured quite a lot of stock, under the impreasion that upon th» announcement of the amicable settlement of difficulties with the Erie road, the stsck would rapidly rive. The unusual demand created by these purchases carried the stock up from 87 to 89 per cent, where it stuck. It has sinee fallen to 85 per cent, and hasa strong downward tendency. New York Central is now no more than a fair six per cent stock, and aa such is worth from 70 to 75 per cent. Most important changes must be made in its gys- tem of management, from ita finances through all depart- ments, to sustain it long even at that stamiard. The seeds of depreciation have taken deep root in its most vital parts, and will, ff mot rpeedily eradicated, bring forth euch fruit as the stockholders little dream of. Among other bright parreges in the Albany Ewning Journal's article of the 224, oecars the following: — It Alminieher the resources of the road, and swells bj willions ite Habilities, It taisifies returns, impates frau: precieta (ons, and advises sales, Of ita many articles, we vow have but tha! of Uctober 18. This purports to Kage been written with the State Engineer's report of 1854 m before the editor. That repor’ expressly sta’ea that the Central Failrond bas no floating debt, yet the He of the stock market ea * it is admit that the float ing debt ts fully « million’ of dollars.” Our estimate of receipts for the year ending Ort. 1, was $6 .9(0,0€0, The actual receipts, ax published by the company, were $6,442,824—not far out of the way there. ‘We ntated the capital to be $38,500,000, and floating debt $1,000,000. The actual capital is $38,563,146, and if the concern were to close to-day, we are quite certain there would be found Habilidies to the amount of one million dollars more. We do not falsify returns, How coula that be done? But we do ‘impute fraud, predict Jom,)” avd ‘advise sales’’—most decidedly. How it is possible that am article should be written on the 18th of October, stating thet there was a debt, with the State Engineer's report of 1854 (at least 13 months old) before the writer, stating that there was no debt, quite puzzles the stupid brain of our Albany friend. We have known him to per- ceive things, and swear to them, too, far less credible thay that. It may seem incredible to him that a rail- road can make any flouting debt in thirteen months; but itis not tous, We have known companies do it in half the tim ‘The annexed statement exhibits the average daily movement in the leasing departments of the banks of this city during the week preceding Saturday morning, November 3, 1855 :— New York Crry Banks, Banka, .. ie. Circulat’n, Deposits. New York,...,.85912012 BONANL Dag tT SOM 988 fis? son.aro S419 031 102,987 206,857 4,728,858 Corn Fxchange, Coptinental ni Atlantic. . Inland City, Dry Dock ; New York Bull’s Head., N. York County, Total... 993,360,059 11,106,298 8,071,608 77,787,570 Hover Transactions, 823,034 6,217,891 The last returns, compared with those for the previous week, show in Lrane and discounts, a decreass of, rpecie, a decreus of........ Cireulation, an increase of, Deposits, an increase of..... « The banks evidently feel the importance of contract- ing. The times are not propitious for any kind of expan. sion. The decrease of xpecle is a very extraordinary exhibit in the face of receipts of two milllons in the tame space of time. There appears to bea drain going on here as mysterious as that in London and Paris. It is not at all impossible but that our people may be laying up small sums of the precious metals, as @ source of supply at nome future time. If hoarding apecie is car- ried 10 any extent on this side of the Atlantic, our banks will soon be awept of their stock of bullion. We have not come to that yet, but the wisest policy must be pursued by our banking institutions if they wish to avert such acalamity, Our specie exporta have not been large lately, while our California receipts have beea as arge as usual, notwithstanding which the banks con- tinue to abow a diminished supply in band. . Stock Exc! . Nov. 6, 1855. 600 shs Erie RR....c 42% 660 de 83 4: 2000 Virginia 6 £1,600 Missouri 6'#,.¢ 9435 5000 do. 6 53g 1060 Califo’a x, 70 86 1600 Pan Bds, 24 is, 101 5500 I Cen RR Bas. 74 6600 %: i The 10600 The 5600 7335 2000 i CoO 100 Penu 560 Nie Trans Co...08 14 200 Gorse 68 1X 850 ae Le % 23 2 2236 © 21% 6 21% 0 213, 174 Galena & Chic RR 112 0 21% 12 Cleve &ToIRR.. 61i (0 4436 sSCh&RKIRR,.«3 86 bs 433— 126 b3 86 a3 43 BS. . 85% bs 43 300 do. ce 86 200 . 20 N H& Hartfd RR 125 BEOUND BOARD. 794 400 she Erie RR. . 60 a ar Ps jo ys 50 5 Papams kilt, 100 Nic ‘Tawne Co, | 50 do... B60 1 ie ee | 100 Erie Builroad iO 200 do. #10 ' HO do... 8 434 1000 dow... eu) 42 CITY TRADE REPORT. Moxpay, Nov. 5—6 P, M. ASTER were quitt, and prices unaltered. Bexspsttrre.—Flour—There was no animation in the | market. The export demand was less active, while the re- ceiptn were consileruble, (he sales embraced about 9,000 a» 10,000 bbls., including common to extra State ai $1 8739: common tv good Michigan at $9 12 a $9 60; | ober Western graces at $9 37 # $0 75 for common to choive, and $9 15 a $11 25 for tuncy and choice extra. Copacian war quiet. The «mall sales made £9 26.0 810 60 unchanged, whi bbls. were Tepe , ft y- ed '2 $9 8734 for common: orld wt $0 62 ties, and $10 a $11 25 for —The market was easier, with loss sctivit ruen bu-bels, included in 08. 27, Western red, ported ax high ax & 10, Corn w: (00 a 50.000 bu The transections fected up about 20,008 036,000 ch were Canadian white at Su 25 £5 mine chrice lots were re- busbel weve wi Correk ales St. Domingo were made at ©%o.; 10 do. At 11%c.; 60 do. Ceylon at 50 do. Maracaibo at 1%%o.; and 260 do. Rie at i ibe postion to come of the 6th inst., to-morrow, checked sales. 1k* Kio being advertise}. Corton —The sales on the apet and ia transite reached abeut 1,50 bales. ‘The market ruled slightly in favor of buyern. In some canes fully am i¢c, off was submitted to. RHCRTE.~-To Liverpoel, about 20,000 » 30,000 bushels of corm and wheat were engaged in shi C0 boxe. chee-e, at 45s., an for” compressed. To London, 20,000 Ibs. whalebone were engaged at 3¢4., and 100 tierces beof at fs, 64.. with some naval stores at ba. Ri rice jaken at 45+. and some cheese at 60s. To Havre, flour was eng ged at $1, and grein at 260. There was nc ‘es for Culifernia, which ranged feom 400. a Ineasurement, 50 do. halves, at $1 86; and 200 do. quarters, nd 200 Inyers, wt $4 Hay was at 100 ., with moderate sales. Iron Small sales of Scotch pig were made at $35 75. NAVAL STOR) &.—The market was quiet at about 455, for «ptrite, and Lethe. for common rosin. TROvisi Nt.—Pork—The mm ket wan steady, with ra- ther more ding. ‘ihe sales embraced about 600 a 700 bole., ineloding mess, at $22 60, and prime at $21» $21 <b. Peet was steady, but not active. Connatry prime and meee were unchonged. The sales embraced about 56 a 500 bbls ; alo 60 bbls, extn Vermont, at $14. A emai) lot extra’ beef ham brought $17 60, ‘Cikeago re packed Leet war at $1 60, and extra do., at 817. Lard wan steady, with anlex of 4000 600 bbls, at 11K 6. 1Ze, Butver and cheese were without change in prices Kick wae dull and drooping, and sales unimportant. Sree as ares of Dulmege Were sold at B5e.; 20 bd yper, at 11%¢¢. and 20 \. pimento, at 12\e. bal (2 —Tthe suler embraced a out 250 Tha. muscovada. at chout f Ke. af Xe, Wiiskry.—Sales of about 260 a 500 bbls. Ohio and fon, at 40c. & 403;0.