The New York Herald Newspaper, May 2, 1856, Page 2

ei z r | He tei : i i sit i i H t i go i! ike i ik i 4 3 ? f i | i 34 gE 4 ; : FE fl Se ; i i Hf H : , l at if tb é Z i F ? [ EE nT ne least i r i rH A i iz af i § E i : i I OUR ST. THOMAS CORRESPONDENCE. Sr. Tuomas, April 18, 1856. A Preaty with the United Sates ica— Alarm of the Wen athe poner Captain Rees ts here, on his way to Washington City au bearer of Cespatches from Jonathan Elliott, Faq., Oommiacioner o1 the United States near the Dominican, Republic, which contain the famous Cazeneau treaty, mings head and tail—i. c., shorn of the article giving us fameca bay. This treaty, or 8 tient Samana and ratiicd’ by tho Tomiclise Os grest, ond is now ready to be accepted or rejected by our gov- e@xument, Usptatn Reed will sall in the Tennessee, NEWSPAPER ACCOUNTS. (From the St, Thomas Times, March 22.) By the arrival of the English schooner Aldebaren, Cap- ‘tain Leverock, yesterday, from St. Domingo, we have re- eetved the following communicatioa trom that elty:— Her Britannic Majesty’s s.eam sloop Argus, Capt. P arrived here on Sunday afternoon from Port an Prinse, Dearing despatches from the agents of the mediating Pow- era, dated 6th March. A council of ministers hed taken place that morning at Port an Prince, at which her Brttannic Majesty’s Consul General and the Gerent of ‘the French Consul General had been present, bat the re- walte bave not transpired. Commodore Kellet, who com- sends the squadron of English and French ships now taper bled at Port an Prince, considered it requisite to ‘@espatch the Argus forthwith. ‘VIGE PRESIDENT MOTA, OF SAN DOMINGO, AGAINST OUTLAWS AND FILIBUSTERS. [From the National Press of Dominica.) Marvz pe Recia Mora, General of Division, Vieo Preal- dent of the Republic, charged with the Executive Eoarivoring, that whereas we have received informa- ‘Mon that in toreign parts they are planning schomes and — which have for their object to disturb the tran- ity of the x gr min! through an understand- P lewpaly ‘agreement with the Hs: that vigilance on the part of the government ia one of ita first duties for ‘the preservation of said tranquility— oc faculties ‘which have been corceded to me by the 85th article of ‘the constitution, I decree:— Art. 1. Every individual who had been expelled from tthe republic, and who disembarks in any part of the Do- mstaican territory, without having obtained bere from the government the corresponding Hcense, tasion, or safe conduct, will be executed, without forming ox 2a- stituting any cause, and with no other requisite the tion of his person Art. 2. The same punishment will be applied to what- poever eget who hides them before the corresponding ding. : Art. 3. commandant at arms, or whatsoever ether civil or military authority, who apprehend any or some of the individuals to whom the first aricle of this Geeree alludes, shall be obiiged. under the strictest per- ponal responsibility to execute the resolution which said asticle contains, ediately after the identification of ‘the apprehended person bas been fully established, mak- a verbal process to thet effect. 4. The and the Dominicans who are not @emprebende¢ in the case of the lst article, who disem- Bark in parties, armed, in the ports or on the eoasta of ‘the republic, without previous authorization from the Government, will be judged and sen‘enced a3 pirates; and @onsequently the vessels in which they may arrive, the ‘and other effects which they may briog, will ‘be confircated for the benefit of the nation. Art. 5. The captain and those he employs, aiong with ‘the crews of the vessels of which mention is made in the aaterior article, will be equally judged and chastised as Given and signed at the National Patace, in St. Domir- o." the eighth day of the mon‘ of April, 1856, ani ot the country. ‘A. MANUEL DE kK. MOTA. ‘The Minister of Justice, &c., charged with the functions @f the Interior and Police. NEWS FROM VENEZUELA. OUR PORT@ CABBLLO CORRESPONDENCE. Porto Canetyo, April 17, 1856. Business is at present active, especially in prodn. wansactions. Coffee abundant in market, or arriv ig fom the interior—good green, $1275; more ordinary qqralition, $12 25 $12 50; superior, $13 a $13 25; washed ecfiee, $14 a $14 60 per ql. Hides command readily ‘xc. per lb. Quitea number of vessels have been des- It > ee, hides, indi Toten then tor yoo Uahed States and etope, ‘The bark Psez Jeft on the 15th instant, for Phila- Oar Havana Cotrespondence. HAvaNa, ‘April 28, 1856, Me Diaz Will Case— Daring Foryry—The Cuban Govern ment About to Take a Part in the Settlement of ‘Nicara- guan Affairs—Span ith Troops Smuggled off to Costa Rica —Ourious Suit Against Madame Pinto—Memorial to the Queen for the Introduction of Forty Thowsand African Colonists—The Government Favoring the Scheme. ‘There are now in the dungeons of the Havana pris.a some ten or twelve’ hopetul fellows who live by their wits, and among the number s notary public (escribany) by the name of Cslon, two lawyers, and others of the wame stamp. About one montn sgo a very rich man, Den Rafael Dias, died in Guines, and two wills ‘were pre sented, both purporting to be original. According to the right one, prerented by his wife, he beqneathed all his property, amounting to about $600,000, to his lawfut wife and their two danghters; the second and spurious wil, manufactured by Colon and his assdciates, be- queathed the fifth part to 4 worthices nephew, who bad been induced to make a false will by hesring douots ex- ‘na to whether hid uvele had made s previous 6 perty. The two wills were duly ex- fad beppt y detected before any har a ‘They are ali araiting their trial, and eed that the notary Colon will geo I understand, from undoubted authority, it is enlisting in the rurales (militia ‘all the young men from sixteen to twenty-iive y . ‘who jo in Jesus del Mon’ lorcon ‘and the = (sabv' of Heyana.) Thi an extraordieary measure, as the inhabitants of these places lave hereto- fore been exempt from the ny eta Ae reat ‘the Spanish government istends to take a share in the settlement of the Ni juan question. The Spamich 4 when we con: mmonggied off from the island to be taken to ‘we way conoluce that this government expests from the filibusters that are now enraged ia ‘this great change in Central America. ‘Tne fa" . Gorouris having been appointed Mayor o' Granada, mmekes them more fearful of a collusion with the extied Gubans. There is certainty something asic in this mat- ter, time will soon show that Iam not wrong in wy (eon. rand res. te Pinto'e family have rent from Spain a lawy stitute suit agsinst Madame Pinto for the propo to her husband. The family of Pinto mate et hewes a frier, as such could no t contrac’ gaily marziage tier.” The caso is creating some xs! ment, and curfosity is excited to know wnat ride Conshe may take in the matter. Feizcnlar bas becn ent sround tn all dizectiona by Mr. Argudin, asking signsvures for a memorial which ns fmtends presenting to the Queen of Spain for the Introd of forty thousand African colonists, ‘The thing has been in the hands of thie govern ment for some time; but as the opposition to the scheme was very intense, and the Janta do Fh tonto, Real Andiensia Aynntamiento, and a! the other eerpora ions resisted, we al! imogined thet tt had ent The petition #taioa that the scueme | Serre ise the pritik'¢ government, ard is advoceted Dy fte ministers, There is one singniar fast conneste? ‘with the memorial, which, to my opinion, looks rath: According to the royat orders no sore than ean 6 & representation to the Queen, sentation can only be forwarded toroogh J , tees, does Concha per nit memorial to ail the panters for he knows that such « pr: log rather suspect thas me. St is ides, Water Witch scrived yester 1. The Powerfut sailed yerver- to in- be- } } | } quer Baloader—Disdanding Army and Refusal to Join the League against Nicara- gua Anztous State of the City on the Kvs of the Baitle of Rivas—The Ohontales Gold Mina—A Second Peter the Hermit about to Visit the United States to Preach @ Oru- sade fer Nicaragua—Bnglish Intervention in the Agasrs of Central America, , Since my last this State is again engaged in war, note revolution and civil war, butin a contest with Coste Rica, with the enemy within our territory, and at this time with- im sixty miles of the capital. Granade is under martial law and the strict discipline of the garrisoned town again pre- yails, Col. Piper, with the first light infantry battalion, Capts. Raymond and Farnham, is in command; the army Deing now at Rivas engaged in a desperate conflict with ‘@ numerical foree double its mumber, and although at the moment I write, no reliable news of its result has been received, [am momentarily expecting to hear the thua- dering tones of s six pounder in the plaza, announcing» victory, Gol grant it may be soon beard, for a defeat qt this particular time would imperil the head of American in the country, and Jead to a rising of the morro, or servile party, that would plunge this State into a olvil-war, the result of whieh, supported by a vie- torious army of Costa Ricans, who shoot prisoverd in coll blood, and murder women and children, would be a mas- sacre of every American in the country. The native inhabitants of this city are in « terrible state of alarm, and were they not prevented by the com- mandant of the garrison, would long since have left the city en masse, and by se doing reduce the who remain to short allowance, i{ not to actual want of provisions. So long as the native residents remain tn the elty we are sare of @ tolerable supply, and they will re- moain while we have force enough to xeep them. All business operations have been suspended since the invasion of the State, and mo one will be able to sell mez- cbandire until the result of the fight is known, nor then, shonid the fortune of war be against us. Still there is no fear as to the ultimate result. Granada is tenable againgt any force which Costa Rica can march agaist it, and Leon is not only true to the demecratic party, but is ready and willing, when the emergency requires, to fur- nish 3,000 troops for the war. We have this day received important news from San Ralvador. The commissioner sent by this government to that State has been well received, and that State desiring friendly relations with Nicarsgua, has just refased co operation with Guatemals in the league with Honduras and Costa Rica against this State, countermanded a sup- ply of arms and men offered to Honduras, and disbanded {tsarmy. So breaks the alliance of the Northern States, which we have feared would aid Costa Rica, and place the demccratic 4 tion, “We Kave new, 0 coal with Coste Ick” slave, Pans will soon, I trast, bring her to terms amd receive awple indemnity for the loss of property and expenses of the war. On the Ist of April the headquarters, which had for s week been established at Rivas, nine miles above Vi Bay, were suddenly ordered to break up, and les the bulk of baggage at that place under orders slowing but fitteem pounds to each individual, the line of march was taken to Here we experienced camp lite and on the Sih all were steamer San Carlos, bound, as was quite posed, for the Serapiqui river, a branch ny from Goats Hics, and Walker, with one company of men, bound for New York and New Orleans, went down the river on 6 small steamer, as all suppored, to resonnoitre. Being one of the erry, too found that there Cor interded, avd at Oaatillo é E ee set i 5 is s g #24 eget ive all Lands an opportunity to see the they might ere long locate land warrants, Tuesday nigi news arrived that the army of Coste Rica had entered Virgin Bay, burnt down the splendid wharf ef the Trannt Company, and were on their march to Rivas. Early Wetnesday morning General Walber was on the mareb, at the head of about 600 Americans, to meet the enemy at Rivas. On Friéey we reseived intelligence that he waa joined by 300 native volunteers from Masaya, and the native garrisen from Rivas. It was now discovered 8 Se part Rica iato this territory. ble. We bave this ue rumors of a terrible battle, and are avxiously expecting the arrival of couriers with de- spatches, Wh)] it bea victory or a reverse? Ifa reversi, who will escape? What course shell we here pursue ? How long can we maintain the town? How soon can we get reinforcemerts from Leon? These and kindred questions, pass from month to month at every «rose pet What a jubilee the plaza will present when vbe booming cannon anncunces a,victery! What a deter- mination of spirit will every American manitest il the courier announces a defeat! I nave not heard the first American in this city speak of leaving—the unanimous éeternixa‘icn is to defend the city and,fight to the death if Walker is defeated and the enemy approash and attack us. How much there is now depending upon the life of one man! Walker cut off, the is without a leader, at the Beary) here without a re] pe dismay wor yhere prevail, & panic seize every one, that would end in a rout and massacre. It is now eleven P. M., and 1 leave my rooms to visit headquar- ‘ters to relieve by com some of the burden 0! anxiety that oppresses acd weighs me down. There may bad news; if so the quicker we It the be‘ter wa can preyare—good news may arrive; if #0, the iy an ~ let come the more speecily.. If friends ia New York cau ga- ther from this rambling recital of thought that occar to the mind of one individual, anything of the sussense felt in waiting issue ofa batile; if they have experienc ‘1 the excitement of hope deferred, they can judge the p--it'on ot some two hunired Americans in this city, who this night are on the qué vive to hear of victory or to lsarn the worst and prepare for it. I go to the plaza and to juarters. P, S.—News of the’ battle of Rivas reached this city by courier at about eight o’clock on Sunday , aod te a few m its the thunder of a cannon wae heard oo the cans who speedily gathered there, and to the Serre conragement of the satives, who speedily Aled ti macce meee. with their commodit: The casnon announ»1 a lory. Theye spent several hours this week enting, in @ rough way, upon gold quartz from the district of Chon- tales, the quartz used was taken a¢ random from some fgg tiga gy J. A. Rugg'es, Eaq., of Wines & S Kapeeet | {ook sreerel ual dreaenta of quarts wi larger than s: But pounded Then io fatale ant sna tat ae dast and then with # blow pipe and lamp melted down the residue. The reeult'was ® speclmen of pure gold the size of 8 ree pla at from five to eight cents, 'In demon: chinery, wines of Chontales will prove the richest fate Worle A fine phical ot the entire Chontales district hag just been comp! Thad an op- portunity to examine the origissl prepsred for the §. ‘yernment, and find every town, hamlet and hacienda, location of all the mines es yet denounced, évery s'reatn, mountain renge, aad even the character of the wi 8, woodjand or mineral district, indicated by some eppropriate line or color The map will soon be published. I am ihformed that a topographical ‘and map ofthe cepartment of , & rich mineral Cistrict in the north of this State, been ordered and will be speedily made, Among those who bave made an exam‘nation of the Chontales district, is Major Getsa, formerly of the Wasb- ington ong dd Orieans ere, Mag oe connection wit operations: irgints. jor Heiss returced from Chontales with the most favorable Poy of tta mineral resources, climate and agricultural ue, and bas, in connection with otber gentlemen miede arrangements for working the mines at once. The arr: it embraces an ewigration which will, if the expectations of Major Heiss of mizerel resonr- ces of Chontales are even in a moderate realized, fill the district wich s population from the United States. Am the rumors which have s remi-substeatial neuren one that bib) the patristic rector of this city, » fearless democrat staunch and ae friend of the Americans, is abeut ww visit the Unit States. Should this true, a¢ lam assured it will, the worthy Padre will lay before the peop'e of the United States, on the authority of the church, of which he is the leader here, a statement of the affairs of Nicaragua, past history and prospects, that will be of infinite ‘Vantage in determining that emigration already begin- nig to flow towards this of Oentral America. Aniong the substantial improvements of this city is the fitting up sna arrangement of the splendid house now occupied by J..A. Ruggles, Esq., Postmaster-General of this State, ana the general agent of Wines & Co.'s New York and California express; a room, fitted up in the style nsual in the United States, is used’ as a post office and fuli preparations are made fer the express, anction end commission bu-‘nese on an extended sesle. Col. Louis Sclessinger, on tris! by court martial upon charges <f jo- petency, cowardice and unoffieerlike conduct at Ssuta Rosa, bas broken his parole of honor and fled from this city; it is generally supposed tant hae gone to Cosa Rica; it so there is testimony enongh to jurtify the beilef that .he rout st Santa Ross waa effected by pre- toe arrangement between the commanding officer and the enemy. War, tavesion and the difoulty ef travelling have in- terrupted the sessions of Messrs. Kewen and Alden, com missioners of the Transit Company affairs. We are in- formed that # fu)l statement of the controversy bewoen that company and this government, from the pén of Mr. Alden, one of the commisstoners, will appear in a few daye in the Nicaraguenee, the State paper, and bo for- warded at once to the United States for publication. Tre health of the city has been quite good Cr the Jaxt two weeks: few deaths have occurred, and but Mite eick- ness. Every American here {s aoxionsly awafting (o learn what effect the foteiligence shat Pogiand is actively ia erforing fn favov of Costa Ries wil produee upon the g vernment of the United Sates, exe cf ® eamver of Ai at Virgia Bay, and Col. Whew es, the Am ter, has taken deponi- tions io regurd thereso, which wilt be forwarded by thie ve the rympathy ‘f our fellow clucene in & mattor well known: ba the sesed xnd earnestly repeated, Waeo E iu il | iH feceived Various are the stratagems stooped to to cripple the efforts of Walker in Miearagna, by Commodore Vander. g 3 Hy ! eH mt Hi 3g e : ! HI E i 4 7] iz Hu y Mining Districts, i ‘The mest favorable reports have been recelved from a party of miners, now in Chontales, who left this city on the 8th instant to prospect, under the pat of the government and the especial direction of Oo! Joseph W. Fabens, Chief of the Colonization Department, ‘The district now under exploration by this party is that #0 favorably spoken of by the late Judge Campbell in his official report, published about the Ist January last. Judge C. prepared memoranda for a more ample report, but bis sudden death bas as yet prevented their pubil- cation. The district is situated on ‘thé bead waters of the Blewfield river, on the brenches"knowm as the Mies and Bola rivers, possessing abuncanse, ef water power to drive miils, termed ‘the ore of Lek prety gad el ion a day, with » Bhar enier entre teriameneal of two ounces per ton average. Judge C. also speake of placers aiaee 3 , and of numerous silver mines in the same district and at various points nearer Lake Nicat- a i the Mics river, but the Folnt they struck, Sn kay dota ng det J balf ics age tee out five hundred of rough cearse gold, Gnding many pieces on ounce in the pookets of the Fiver The ‘used was @ rocker, termed Tom.” The had been at work but ten days whe the gen’ who brought the news: and the specimens down left them, and the earnings of each man that time had avereged ten dollars per 3 and peg ny comp rep optic eee ‘the food by natives, such as piant corn fresh and beans, for two dimes per day, the its of are vastly greater than the es ee California. I should say, however, salt and groceries are wanted in the mines, while native visions are al ‘The district is elevated and quit healthy, the water of the rivers being clear and cold, i Miscellaneous Sicaragua News. [{#rem the Nicaraguense, Aprit 12 and 19.) + ORIENTAL DEPARTMENT. ; Dusing the absence of the General-in-Chief from Grans- da, Col. Piper of the Second Rifle battalion, has been in commend of the Oriental department. Companies A and GC Semaine Rsymond and Farnham, were stationed at Granata. BE-ORGANIZATION OF THE ARMY. 4 whole Under » generai order, the armoy has been re- organized ir to two battalions, one of rifles. Tne equall- zation of the different companies is now being carried out, and in a few days the érill on the Plaza wili show all the companies of the same numerical strength. ‘The troops are now drilled on the Plaza every morning for one hour. The necestiry for « stricter discipline is ot to all, and the it course will soon remedy pet much complained ot by the offieers at Rivas, Orfrrom Hi Meazaguense, Apri.) rom . en e ogit and he's German andthe ober 8 DO, were cal it a on ‘an pen! 4 Gvart Maria was dere eet on the trai ‘the penalty of poten ed in the ‘articies of war, and the Commander-in Chief approved the finding. and as the hour of sees Perens the Ameri. cans in the city, tegether-with large crowds of the na- th assembled on the plaza. The officer of the led out prisoners between two rows of soldiers, and toe. solemn procession moved on to the mournfal music of the deaa march. A spot was elected in front of the un- rt istered, the itnde, the Chileno, whe was one of the original eighty who first came into Granade with Gon. Waiker. As the fatal minute came, a pardon was pi from Gen. Walker, and & thousand: voices proclaimed the ‘word, Chileno was raked on the sboulders‘of the crowd aad carried in front cf the General’s quarters, where & round of cheers was given. The clewency of the General met a responsive chord in every heart. THE CHONTALES GOLD MINES. Ei Nt regions ox tya ve met with' various success—good, bad pomncnnptha ws sheen, nates the great richosss of et universal of fine gad Mico contalas a ienportance, as well from ita immense miperal richness as from its agricultural preductions. Ormric' or THe New’ Yore Canats—T1g Canal Conmissionere met at Rome last Thursday, ana deciied to open the eansls of the State on the 6th of May. We suppose the commissioners mean to be understood that they will have the canals ready as noon after the 6th 28 posible. There is not the slightest possibility that the ps —_ between Peaantt end, Lagapers will be sy the time derignat fe do not see anything to hinder tion of navigation from dochoeter '. — ‘we would sugges: ge - mecesaar, Fegure an 0} e eastward, wikont reference to the ‘condition "ot ‘the ¢a- nal west of that place. We bave a deep interest in hav- ingen early opening in all direetions, and do not mean to be oncerstood as any relaxation of effort at the Weat, but ifwecan’t heve early intersonree with Buf falo, con't let us be kept away from Albany and New York avy lenger than it is absolutely . Oar merct ents are anxious to receive their ) and ear forwaniers are by oy bring them a9 soon ae they dan have water to float their boats.—Lyons Gaz., Aprit 30, A Sineunar AFFAIR IN Pati apRiPnia.—A par- ty of sixteen Germans were before Alderman Ogle, on Se- turdsy afternoon, upon a most extraordinary c! pre- ferred against them by a boy metiod Bernadotte Glissh- man. <¢m the evidenee of the youth, it seems that hiroselfand bua father board ata lager bier houee | in Front street, above Coates, kept by William Leckfeid. On the 224 of the present month, durfog the absense of the father of the boy, the latter was beaten in the bar-room, by number of the freqnenters ef the place, and he was afterwards carried up stairs and stretched upon a bed, where they stuck pins into him, and to silence ble cries covered bis head with a pillow.’ Toe boy alleges that he was subjected to this treatment besanse he was @ Jew, ang beeause bia tormenters, who are Catholics supish bim becanre the Jews crusitied Chrisit er of the boy testified that his ron had been badiiy en on the ooession alluded to, and that he Sound Re after mach difficulty. locked up in ths room and sui ig frem the treatment he bad received. The movy in certaindy a mors ¢x*racrdinary one.— Phvladelphia Bulle tin, April 28. of the President of the United States, that the owners of the Black Warrior received Complete satisfaction of the Soanish and anpeusced another indemaification fer the so) aries origi- Z ay fs 5 e | i f ? i I : E : i : i & i i ef HH OY a re i 4 E | iy 5 5 a & Hi 8 E LE HA rig iy i Before the of det the vessel had taken place, the and raising of the em! and thes ‘were silent who now cry ont. It fell to the govern- ment of the revolution to pay for the injuries solicited know what degree of exactness sebease eae nee ie te For. thie I 4id not expect to be svenakol Senor I am aged, and I think what I have done has been me. When I heard the close of the Black Warrlor qualified as disreputa- ble, (‘ 7) I gould do no less than rise in my own defence. FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. MONEY MARKET. Tuvrapay, May 1—6 P.M. There were large sales to-day of all the leading railroad stocks, and with one exception all, st lower prices. At the first board Virginia 6’sfell off 4 per cent; Missou: @s, %; Mincis Central bonds, 34; New York Central Railroad, 3; Erle, 34; Michigan Central Railroad, 3<; Ii. Unoia Central Railroad, +; Hudson River, {; Michigan Southern, 34; Cleveland and Pittsburg, %; Galena and Chicago, 1; Cleveiand and Toledo, 2; Chicago and Inland, {. Panama advanced % per cent. The active railroad stock on the market to-day was Erie. I Opened and closed firm at 56% per cent. The large re- ceipts of this company for Ap:{l have attracted a good deal of attention. It stands now the sheapest stock on the ist, with a wide margin for a rise, New York Coa- ‘Wal was in moderate demand, but the opening price was not sustained. We have not heard amything about the April receipts, but have no iden thet they will be larger than those of the Erie Company. With an income varying but slightly tn amount, there can be no. good ceuse for the wide differ- ence in the market valoe of the stock of the two com- pavies. That New York Central should sell at 03}, cent, while Erie sells at 66%¢ per cent, is an pat 4 which must sooner or later be solved. No one at all acquainted with the internal affairs of both companies for a moment supposes that such a difference in real value actually exists, and that difference must soon be largely reduced. The returns of earnings for April of each company ‘will satisfy the public mind that the stoeks are more equal in value than the market re,.e- sents. Reading appears to be sustained better than any other railroad stock on the hist, Most of the Weatera railroad stccke show comparatively a very great dec'ins. Some of the best have reseded the most, In-y are all lewer than we have reported before fo several weeks. It strikes us that a better tinc to: purchase h:s mot been presented for men‘h: The decline bas in some instances been two and three per cent in some of the best stocks, and as per- manent investments they can at present p:ices be cong! ered desirable purchases. Michigan Southern and Mi‘ ehigan Central Railroad stocks are certainly che}; enovgh at current prices. More than one-half of tae sem{-annual dividend has aiready accumulated, aud fa each case it will be five per cent in cash. With the enor- mous earnings of all well located railroads, and in the abrence of the construction of extensive competition roates, we co nvt see any reason why all should not, un der judicious management, every year become more pro- ductive, and more secure as investments. There bas been within the past two yearse great revolution i: ratlroad matters. Three years ago we were in the midst of @ railrcad mania which bid fair to ruin nearty a}! parties concerned.‘ Bonds were thrown .upon the Market by the million at « time, and soldat any on- crifice; railroads were contemplated in every direc'iun, andthe prospects were decidedly bed for all the old Hints. On'y & portion of ‘the proposed roads have been cm- structed, and we have since had time to partially reco- ver from the rapid increase in these works of internal fwprovement, The time which has elapsed’has brought about'the second sober thought, and it would be one ot the most <ificult things in the world to. get up, at tne present time, @ rival line to any of theestablished routes. It will be years Before the public mind will again bec.we 69 diseased as to encourage and sustain competitor lize« of railroad. It has proved a losing business sll round, «1d, we have bad enough of it. After the adjournment of the board, the. follow ng sales of bonds gd stocks were made at auction by A. H. — 942.000 Co., per cent of hd eng Breckenridge Con) $309 1,000 Sacramento City Water 10's, int, Bellefontaine & ind. RR.; oN 24.0 , do 46 5,000 Terre Haute & Alton RR. 24 mort. do 75% 4,000 Gt, Weat’n (1il.) RR. 1st mort. 10's do 865; 6,000 Northerh Indians Goshen do at 252 Atlantic Mutual Insurance scrip, 1854 .% 660 do, do, eo. = 1856. 184 Commercial «© do. 160 Union 200 rhs, Portsmouth Dry Dock Co. 90 Union* Co. At the second board there was not mach ac‘ivity im the stock market, Chicago and Rosk Inland feM off 3% per cont; New York Central Raflroad, 5; Reading, 3; Clere- Jana and Toledo, 3; Ninols Central bonds, 1%. Erie closed without change. Money waa a little easier this afternoon. The steamship Arego, from this port for Southamptos and Havre on Satarday, will take out about $1,009 600 fa specie. This witt make the total shipment more than two million of dollars for the week—e sam greater than has been exported im the same time trom this port for years, ‘The United States Treasurer reports that the amount fm the gcverpment depositories subject to draft on the ‘Dist of April, was $24,885,000, ‘The Third Avenue Railroad has declared « dividend of two per cent. The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad has de- clared a dividend of three per cent. We are informed that the delay in the completion of the work on the Oswego Canal, between Greenpoint and Liver- pool, in wo way effects the shipments by the old Oswego line, whe for several years have used the Oneida Lake romta, Jeaving the Kris Canal at Higgineville, a little weet of Rome, and untticg «ith the Onwegs Canal at Three River Point, 28 miler above Oewego, The payments to-day include $17, Grafts, and the receipts include $50,000 for transfer de- . f-} S SSBIessse ! : BB ae Esc¥eBeeterBel § 5 egegeee3 fbessite Beeeee alte at the mint of the United States during the month of ‘April:— $1,115,027 $113,000 175,000 78,000 876,278 $1,115,027 82 8,476,000 "460,000 G0 293 8,088 82 Total.....sseeee sseeene ves $4,145,660 $1,667,960 82 Bocks of subscription for the residue of the capital stock ($300,000) cf the Long Dock Company will be ‘open| at the office of the Erie Raitroad Company, No. 45 ‘Wall street, on Wednesday, the 28th inst., from 12 to 1 @elock, ‘The Chicago, St. Paul and Fond du Las Rallrosd Com- papy have recently nego. inted $400,000 of their let mort- gage 7 per cent bonds, with capitalists in this ctty and Chicago. The work on this road is now rapidly pro- greasing, and the line from. Chicago to Janesville will be open for travel in June, The Milwaukie and Mississippi Railroad, which is now inoperation from Janesville to Madiaon, will be opened in June to the Wisconsin river at Helena, thence a line of steamers will run down the Wisecnain river to Prairie du Chien, and up the Miasis- mppi river to #t. Paul. Thus, om the 1st of July, 1856, new route will be opemed for travel, from Chicago via Janesville and Madison to Minnesota and Northern lows, much shorter than the route now travelled. Tne exten- sion of the Milwaukie and Mississippi railroad to the Mississippi river at Prairie da Chien during this ¢cason, will greatly improve this route by reducing [the amount of river travel, and shortening the time between Chicago and St. Paul. ’ The returns of the banks of New Orleang for the weeks ending April 12 and 19, present the annexed comparative statement: Naw Ontmaxs Banas, Total .. .....$17,602,158 18,014,917 8,858,254 8,856,869 Decreaee......412,764 Decrease ... ,.3,615 cai Sireulation—, -———-Deporita — -$3,362,485 8,337,346 3,825,762 8,969,821 404,290 1,449,195 1,183,106 1,270,010 019,059 Fi 90 Zoabrteo 200128 196 218.182 “I aai'e80 S04;080 1,200°780 1,236°701 90,500,649 0,462, 084 15,125, 70015,612,151 Increase. ...947,405 Decrease. . $486,301 In addition to the foregoing cash assets, the banks hold foreign and domestic exchange to the extent of the ret- pective figures opposite, as compared with last week:— Total. bn $7,388,586" $7,235,661 ‘The Picayune of the 20th instant sayn :— ‘The exchange market was very firm this morning, and the demand for sterling, which was quite active, could not be flied. Some ees was done in Al elear bille at 1003; 2 1005;, most'y at the latter rate. Fremsh ex- change is ateady, with te transactions at 51.18% 0 5t.15, ey ae North were done to some ov at I per cent discount, which is the standard rate commercial names. Around amount, mot quite cae ree off at 134. ie a = aight was a cont Bight ral from a oer cont premium, the later the bask rate, vhongh some may be bad in mesable amounts at 3¢. The following is a statement of the leading departments of the South Carolina banks for the month ending March 31:— Banxs ov Sour CaRouxa. Banks. Discounts, Specie Circulatn, 995 4615 1,396,670 906, 047 4,107 cad 453 8512868 = 316,918 69,45 348,071 Pianiers’&M. 783.310 308,761 138,437 280,104 Union .....++ 707 283,041 90,488 280, State 8. Car, 762180 302.884 128,083 367,676 BeskS.Car.. 785,377 311,842 101,410 185,402 - Charles'n 2,009'310 687,508 208,500 926.602 Farm &Mech. 565,720 205,083 78,882 723,200 165 $6,154 747,205 961 99,787 53,180 62'786 96,168 675,770 iiss 581500 850986 11,307 «19,691 341615 94407 34,127 628,237 40,308 18,680 190,922 168,420 ; 63,790 189 $10,988,708 4,952,610 1,494,377 9,687,284 The traffic returns of the London General Omnibus Company ere afforcing the public come msight into the profite of the omnibus trade. They show the receints from 815 working omnibuses to be £5,822 17s., in one week, or at the rate of £18 Os, 8d. for each omnibus. Now, as the expense of working any one vehicle, wih its conductor, its driver, ita ten horses aud their proventer, its duties, or their mileage tax, paid to government, is wear and tear, or Insurance to reproduce itaelf and its horses in case of accident or wearing out, amounts to only £15 weekly by the largest estimate yet given, it becomes plain that the difference between £15 and £18 Qs. 84. ts the profit earnings of each omnibus on the rond, or £175 per awnum per omnibus, being, on the 315 omnibuses, ® grand tote! of £55,125; or, in another form, taking the expense of an omnibus at £100, the value of ite “times”? at £100, and {ts horses at £25 each, or £250 for the 10, this would leave # profit of £176 per annum accruing upon an outlay of £460, or at the rate of £30 198, and # fraetion per cent—a profitable investment certainty. ‘The Pottsville papers say the indications in the eos! région all point toa limited ooa) businesa this season, ‘The Pottsville Gazette says:— Thie stegnation is not produeed by » diminished neces- ity for the oonl, but appears to be brought about by a umeut ap tho perv of iMadlern Costar te ccteat prices to their advan’ and to the ¢etri jneing interest. movement will, in the setrovs to themesives and the coneamers. The p:o- ancers wil! pot be able to ship as Jorge a quantity es the market for the entire year will demand, nor as much a6 t to their interest at if Ear eit | LJ exorbitant figure. — ‘The Afiner’s Journal says— - trade is in a complete snarl—there is but Jittle de. with the markets neas! ? contributed to the state of Sehove that tient fee i y the ring to ena aoe themselves, and remedy some of the present evils, if possible, Some of the operators have found it necessary to suspend some of their hands. It will require four months, or until the first of September ext, at amiin- CITY COMMERCIAL REPORT. Taurmspar, May 1—6 P.M. ASHES.—The market was quiet, and prices unsettled: Pota were at about $6 a $7, and pearls at $7 75 a $8. . ‘Buzapercrrs.—Flour—There waa « better demand for ‘the home trade and for export. The low rates to which common to good grates had receded attracted purchacers. The sales footed up about 7,000 8,000 bbis., at about $5 3736 0 $5 16 etl 6 60 5m 6 18% 5 62 6 12% 6 2 1% iB ite a 70 a 850 ESike 850 end Bt. Louis, eeeee 900 091000 Among the sales were about 300 bbls. Canedisn antl bout 2,500 bbls. Southern, atthe above quotations. he latter closed firm. Rye flour—Sales of 450 bble. were made at $375 9 $525. Mealwas quict bat frm, at $8 moment in quetations. Small sales of Rio were lle. xe allXe.. ‘and 41 bags and 16 bbls. Jawaics at p. t. and 60 mate Java, at 15c. Tne stock on the mar- — Frucurs.—Engegements were iii untae hi sire area a cotto nwere engaged at 3(4.; bbls. flour at 18,C00 bushels grain, in teas at 8c, To. Lauses 308 ble. of! were engaged at 275.64. To Bremen some boxee at 225. 64. To Havre cotton was To California rates were at J0e. per foot HAY was steady at 700. a 760. per 100 lbs. Inox.—Sooteh pig was firm but quist. - Morssexs.—Sales of Porto ‘were made ot 42c. & 46c., and 10 hhds. do, elayed at 3lc.; 25 bhés. aad 26 bbia. Cubs museovado at 38e., and 200 bbls. New Or- ee ae. se NaVaL STORES were quiet, but prices were steady, moderate sales. spe ¥ Provisioxs.—Pork—The market was heavy and lower Sire ah ie ater figs, Prison 38 closing at er figure. was # $16. Beef remained inactive, with eras 100 8 150 bbis. Country mess and prime at old Repacked Western was at $10 a $18; and prime was at $15 9 $19. Beef hams were in moderate at $14 a $17. Cut meats were py with sales, at Tc..a 75,0. for shoulders, ‘830. @ 9X, Bambi. Bacon continued frm. Seo t amd without change bales of pile ies Hl ik of £00 2 £00 bbis., at 10c. a 10%. for to quality. Butter and cheese were ia: ‘req and without of moment in The following table ahows the qusatity of pork snd beef in the packing houses of New York and , 1856, as also on the Ist of May, Hi Quatitics. PORK. Old. c eines) lia eI RE < SB 3 SEE - eBee ze 16 506 6,912 9.045 3,023 3,936 778 '830 3,514 18,14 00,387 done, 8: fe8esa8ht listiitiitert B 718 3,614 - li Totals.......... 108 68,610 68,713 today 00 easka at 330 nd3ger Tus tock has teetganes oe a} ic. & 4. darive the past monte. On the Ist of April the stock amounted to 13,049 casks; the receipts sinee are 6,753 whole and 7 haif casks, and the stock, ssmade up to-day, prover to be only 9,085 whole and 8 half casks. Sricys.— 250 mats cassia were sold at 36c., and 25 bags pimento at lo, Sa About 1,860 bags of Ashton’s Liverpool sold on bc Sinps pin GARE, — Market was active, and the ssles footed ‘up about 1,600 bhds., mostly Cabs , at Be. Pat Soe with some lots at fj ba are wart’s prices:—Loaf sugar, ; eruahed 6. 5 Fround do. 10%%e.: erashed do, (rele A), toiley the following table shows the stock of sugars on the not on the lst of May, 1855 and 1856:— man ' om Bay 1,