The New York Herald Newspaper, June 11, 1856, Page 5

The Sagar Crop of the World and tts Move ments. Next to the importance and magnitude of the pro- ‘duction of cotton, stands the growth and supply of sugar. From having been little known to the Greeks and Romans, except by small samples brought from China, in the form of candy, which they believed were derived from the extraction of a species of reeds, we find its actual cultivation was first intro- duced hy the Saracens into the Islands of Rhodes, Cyprus, Sicily and Crete, in the ninth century. In "the twelfh century the Venetians derived it cheaper and more abundantly from Sicily than from Egypt. The march of the Crusaders into the East caused them te become better acquainted with sugar, and ‘on their return they spread a taste for it over the -west of Europe. Venice had imported it as early as 996, anterior to the Crusades. The process of re- “fining it is a modern discovery, made by a Venetian :about the close of the fifteenth century. When the Saracens btained a footing in Spain, vthey soon after introduced the cultivation of sugar ‘intothat country, which spread over the southern provinoes, and was carried into Portugal. From ‘these countries its cultivation was introduced into ‘the Canary and Madeira Islands in the early part of the fifteenth century. It has been doubted by some whether the sugar cane isaaative of the American continent. The weight of evidence, however, is in favor of the ‘affirmative, supported by the opinion of Baron de Wumboldt. It is also said to be a native of the Sandwich Islands. The oldest English settlement made in the West Indies was at Barbadoes, in 1627, and in 1647 they -commeneed exporting sugar to England. In 1656 she -attained her maximum, and employed 400 vessels in ‘the trade, averaging 150 tous each. Jamaica, wrested from Spain by Cromwell, in 1656, contained at the time only three small sugar estates, The first cultivation was commenced in Hayti in 1606, aud was found t> succced better there than any where else. Being at first in the hands of the Spaniards it for a long time was the source from which Europe derived its chief supplies. Previous to its desolation by the madness of abolitioniam in 1790, there were no fewer than 65,000 tons, or 130,000,000 pounds, of sugar exported from the French portion -of the island. With the destruction of tha’ island, its culture ‘was spread to other portions of inter-tropical coun- tries, where labor could be had on favorable terms. A large number of French refugees from St. Domin- £0 settled in the then colony of Louisiana, where they established sugar plantations, and greatly ex- tended its cultivation. The culture was also rapidly increased after its purchase by the United States, aided by American skill and enterprise. By the fall of St. Domingo Jamaica was greatly enriched, and reached a high stage of prosperity; but by the abolition of the only labor suited to its cul- ture, it, too, is following St. Domingo in its relapse and decay. The Venetians, in the fourteenth and fifteenth cen- ‘turies, imported small parcels of sugar into England zandFrance. Prior to that period, and for some time after, honey, as with the Greeks and Romans, formed the chief reliance with the people in the north of Europe for swectening their food. Early in the reventeenth century it was only the rich who could afford to use sugar. In 1700 England only imported 10,000 tons, or 22,000,000 Ibs. The taste for it gradually spread, and with the in- ‘crease of the consumption its production was aug- mented by the large accession of African labor car- ried from the continent of Africa to the British, Spanish and French West India Islands, and into Brazil and other localities. The production and consumption mutually grew together until all parts of the civilized world have measurably ceased to view it as aluxury, but consider it to be a necessary aliment for food, as cotton is a material for clothing. With the overthrow of, St. Domingo, its cultivation was trans- ferred to those inter-tropical countries where slave la- ‘dor was cither perpetuated or fresh supplies were al- lowed to be introduced from abroad. Some of the largest fortunes in England, in whizh New England participated, were made by the same trade, and by the sugar culture and rum distilling in Jamaica, of whom their descendants are to be found in Massa- cchusetts, and in the west of old England, including ‘the great Gladstone family. We have since seen the culture of sugar extend from small beginnings in the West India Islands to the Mauritius, the Brazils, Bengal, Isle of Bourbon, Java, Siam, Phillippines, &c,, which, with the French, Dutch, Danish and English West India Islands, including Demerara and Berbice, produced in 1833 500,000 tons, of which 203,060 tons were imported into England; while France, in 1830, with about 31,000,000 population, consumed 67,250,000 kilogrammes, equal to 12-126 kilogrammes per head, or about 44 to 5 lbs. each. This consumption, however, was exclusive of that derived from the indigenous production from beet root sugar, and that which was smuggled into the country to avoid heavy duties, which in 1832 was from 16,000,000 to 18,000,000 Ibs, Thus, allowing for the quantity fraudulently introduced, with all other supplies, the total consumption of France at this period was about 193,000,000 1bs.; and the population heing about 32,000,000, gave a consump- tion of about 6 Ibs. per head; while in England the estimated consumption, at the same period, was put down at about 24 Ibs. per head. Inthe United States, for the same year, the estimated consump- tion was about 70,000 a 80,000 tons, or 140,000,000 to 160,000,000 Ibs,, thus giving from 10 10-13 to 12} Ibs. per head. Of the 80,000 tons consumed, 12,000 tons, or 24,000,000 lbs., were produced in the United States. ‘The total production of the world in 1833, exclusive of the United States, &c., was about 1,120,000,000 Ibs., or 560,000 tons, and the consumption at the same period, in Europe, including beet root sugar, amounted to 1,108,000,000 Ibs. Since 1833 to 1856 we shall find by the following tables, that, not- withstanding the production of sugar in the twenty- three years has enormously increased, the con- sumption has gained uponit. The application of the London Exeter Hall principles, or the waro abolition upon African labor, first in St. Domingo then in the British West Indies, and then on labor in the Spanish colonies and in Brazil, has had the effect to cause consumption to overtake the labor 0 production and the white populations of the teupe rate climates must, for the future, expect to pay largely enhanced prices for the tropical products of cotton, sugar and coffee, so necessary to their com fort and well being. The miserable attempt to revive the slave trade under the disguise of the coolie trade, must prove a failure. It is a trade which possesses all the hor- rors of the slave trade witheut its benefits. If the former was condemned as piracy, the latter should be doubly condemned. The feeble Mongolian coolica, occupying ® position between the Africans and the Europeans, or whites, are neither calculated to per’ form the tropical labor of the blacks nor to rise to the civilization ot the whites. As far as sugar and coffee are concerned, England -can look on the decline of production in the Western world with perfect indifference, because in India, where half the produce of the natives is exacted a3 a Jand tax by the Honorable East India Company, the sugar of Hindostan and the coffke of Ceylon can be made to repair the exhausted resources of wealth hitherto poured out by those countries to Britain. But in regard to cotton the question is entirely different. This we have shown in a former article. ‘We have shown that she must annually have large /Supplies, and that she cannot obtain them in suffi- cient quantities from any part of the world other than the United States. Hence, she cannot consistent- ly with her own preservation, destroy slavery in the United States, or snffer others to do it. Not only England, but all Europe, is interested in the pre- servation of the cotton culture of the South. In British India the culture of sugar and coffee is in- creasing. The writer, saw sugar machinery building in London some few years slave, fur Mr. Gladstone's NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, JUNE sugar estates in British India, which was to cost about $150,000. Yet Brazil and Spain are persuaded into the adoption of the belief that the English crusade against African labor, in the New World, is for their interest. We come now tothe tables giving the production and consumption of sugars of the world, brought up to the year 1856:— PRODUCTION OF 8UG4R IN THE WORLD, ‘ 1955. 1856. Partly Estimated, Cubs, tons, 000 000 40,000 60 000 95.000 100,000 . 173,000 225,000 81,400 86,000 3,000 Dutsh and Danish W. (ndies 18,000 18000 18.000 British Went Iodies.......172,200 170,000 175,000 39,300 37,000 39,000 63/000 —-80'000 85,000 80.000 ; and Chi 30,000 36,000 Beet roo—Frarce,Belgiam, Yolverein, Rusia and Aust seeeeeee184,000 148,000 170,000 Motal........++,. .++.-1,414,900 1,824,000 1,357,000 The crop of Cuba for 1855 was 1,900,000 boxes, and, calculating five boxes to the ton, 380,000 tons. For 1866 it was estimated that it would exceed the last by ten per cent; it is now found that it will hardly exceed that, and by some it is computed at ten per cent less, but we may put it at 400,000 tons. DISTRIBUTION OF SUGAR, OR CONSUMPTION OF THE WOKLD, FOR 1855. Great Britain, tors. Uni ed states... Coxtinent of Europe. Including beet roo! Canada and Provinces. seae 381,000 1,367,000 Thus requiring from the atrek at the oxmmence- ment of 1856, to make up the quantity for ica consumption, eupporing is to equal that of 1865 24,000 We thus see that the production of sugar has not increased in the same ratio as its consumption—the latter stimulated by the low prices ruling for several years past. Now that prices have for nearly a year been remunerative, production will soon be again stimulated. By the table of production above, we see that the production in 1854 exceeds that of 1856 by 57,000°tons. By the above tables we find that the following has been the large increase in the consumption of sugar in twenty-three years :— 1833, 1866 Produet’n of the world, tons. __ 1,600,000 2 869,000 ‘Consvm’n, ino’g beet root, Ibs 1,248'000,000 2,762,000;000 The apparent production in 1856, gives only a slight excess over consumption, but it is believed that the actual consumption in 1856 will be in excess of production. In other words, with the improved means on the part of the people, by the greater diffu- sion of wealth, from the influx of gold from the min- eral regions of California and Australia, the con- sumption must rapidly increase over the civi- lized world. This increase of wealth also en- hhances the value of labor devoted to its cul- ture, and to a corresponding advance in other tro- pical productions, which will tend to divert labor from its production. Hence, the consumption of the world must soon, if it has not already done so, out. strip production. For twenty-three years the pro- duction and consumption have struggled on to- gether, and been pretty regularly balanced. When labor was destroyed in St. Domingo and Jamaica, it was augmented in Cuba and Brazil by the African slave trade, and the balance of supply and demand kept up. But now African labor has been checked, and must diminish in those countries, and gold in. troduced to increase both consumption and the value of labor employed in the production, we must expect, in the next period of ten or twenty years, to see the production fall far short of the de mand, ard which can only be met at high prices. Our figures are derived from the most respectable and reliable sources. Those for 1833 are chiefly taken from English statistics, which differ with those given by French writers—hence we have given them in general terms, as approximately cor rect, from the conflicting statements, and which may not prove absolutely exact, but afford a good general idea of the result. Previous to the revolution in Hayti, or St. Do- mingo, the French had 793 sugar estates, 3,117 coffee plantations, 3,160 cotton do., and 677 miscel laneous plantations. In 1789, the year before the revolution, she exported 145,192,043 Ibs. sugar, 71,000,000 Ibs. of coffee, 6,000,000 Ibs. cotton, and about 1,000,000 Ibs. of indigo—of the total annual value of about $25,000,000. In 1836-37 the exports of Hayti had dwindled down to 16,199 Ibs. of sugar, 30,845,000 Ibs. of coffee, 1,000,000 Ibs. of cotton, and of indigo none. These reduced exports, with some mahogany and tobacco, are the results of abolitionism on that island, in about forty or forty-four years after the massacre and ruin of the whites of that once flourishing and beautiful island. We have not space, or we could show from offi- cial documents that abolitionism has, in the same manner, worked the ruin and desolation of the British West India Islands. But fanaticism heark, ens to no reason. It ignores the commerce, the common sense, and the life, liberty, happiness and comfort of the whites, for the one black idea of sinking all for the less than doubtful benefit, or we might say for the ultimate ruin, of the negroes themselves, and with them the common ruin of the whites, to accomplish the work of their insane crusade. From small beginnings of the culture of sugar in Louisiana by refugees from Hayti, we find by the census of 1850 the whole production of sugar in the United States, including 34,253,436 lbs. of maple sugar, to have been 155,100,800 Iba. The value of cane sugar was $12,878,186, and of maple sugar $1,752,671, and the value of molasses was $2,540,179. There were 2,681 sugar plantations, embracing 400,000 acres devoted to its culture. Since the late census the supply of maple sugar has greatly diminished, while the culture of the cane in Louisiana and Texas has been greatly ex- tended. Although the crop grown last year, or in 1855, was only 379,197 tons against 385,298 tons in 1854, showing a decrease of 6,107 tons. The pre- sent season has been backward for planting, with some scarcity of secd cane, and hence fears are en- tertained that the present year's yield may again beshort. Texas last year supplied 8,977 hhds. From the annual statement of M. P. A. Champo- mier, of New Orleans, we learn that the number of bhds. produced in Lousiana last year wore 231,427; number of horse power sugar mills, 361; number of steam mills, 938; number of sugar houses, 1,299. Political Troubles in Persia, ANNEXATION OF THE EMPIRE TO GREAT BRITAIN SPOKEN OF. (From the Indian, (E. I.,) March 15 } By a native vessel which arrived yesterday we learn that Captain Jones, the Resident at Bushire, has hauled down his flag and left the il and that the port has been placed in a state of blockade. Our informant is a Persian merchant of reapectabili- ty, who has connections and relations at Bushire, and we therefore believe that this aay be relied up- on. He informs us, moreover, that Persian troops were rapidly pouring into the town, and that the general impression was that war had become immi- nent. He also states that the feeling of the inhabi- tants, not only of Bushire, but of Persia generally, was decidedly in favor of annexation, inasmuch as the oppressions of the present government have be- come intolerable. As an instance he cited to us his own case. He has been deprived of property valued at some five and twenty thousand rupees within the last few months, on one pretext or another, and he assures us that his is by no means an isolated case. Naval Intelligence. The following are the names of the officers attached to the sloop-ot war Plymouth, now at Annapolis, she having been permanently attached to the Naval School in lieu of the Preble practisingship:—Lioutenant Commanding, Ro- bert H. Wyman; Lieutenant, W. MeGuanegle; Passed As- sistant Surgeon, John Ward; Purser, B. &. Gallagher; Beatawain, Alfred Hixgerty; Carpenter, Henry P. I ‘The new steam-frizate Colorado wi | be lauache Gosport Navy Yard on Thursday, che 19th lost. Il, 1856. Kansas Affairs. THE FREE STATE HOTEL AT LAWRENCE 4 FORTIFI- OATION—HISTORY OF THE BUILDING, The following announcement of the completion of the Free State Hotel at Lawrence, Kansaa Territory, {a ex- tracted from the Lawrence Herald of Freedom, « free soil paper, of the 12th ot April last. It will be seen thas the structure was originally intended to’ be used as a regular fort, if deemed necessary, by the Emigrant Aid Society :— In Apri), 1866, the New England Emigrant Aid Com- pany, through their agents, commenced excavating whe foundation of « first class hotel in Lawrence, The cellar was dug, the walls competed, the stuiding for inside partitions put up, asd the roof put on during the sum. mer and fall. About the iast of November the war difii- + Oulties commencing, turther work on the building was suspenced, it being used for the accommodation of the officers and soldiers of the free State volunteer army. The benefit it rendered our sause, even in ita unfinished Atate, at the time when the city was surrounded and the ives of its inhabitants by the border ruffian mob, cannot be estimeted in do'- lars and cents, It was into this structure the peo- ple totended to retreat, it driven frm every other posi- ion, gather around them their household treasures, and make a last desperate effort in the defence of their lives ‘“{mmediately opoa the opening of tho, present. spr imme ly upon og Preseat spring, additions were ae to tbe furce of laborers, and the work resumed with increased vigor; and on this the ‘twelfth of April, one year from the day the first apadeful of dirt was thrown up, the Free 3 ate ovel is finished. ‘The dimensions au J okecarrd description of the struc- ture are as follows :—The building is on the corner of Mamacbusetts and Winthrop streets, fronting on Massa- Cousetts street; 50 feet front, 70 feet back; three svories adove the basement; con'ains fitty separate apartments, besides @ hall in each story. Tne basement is divided into three rooms, each 18 feet square—two to ve used as pastry and meat kitchens, the other as storehouse or cellar. The firsy story is 11 feet from floor to ceiling, is divided into nine rooms; the diaing hal, 18 feet wide and 47 feet long; hau, 9% feet wie, entire length cf the builaing; gentiemen’s parlor, 18 tect ectes’ parior, 18x20; reading room, 18 feet square; ttog room, 16x18; two beciorms, 9 feet square: office, 6x14; sidejhall trom cffice, with entrence on Winthrop ® reet; man eotracce on Magsschusetta street; two fights of # ait» lead to the second story. Seood story, AU seet trem floor te cei ios ; 18 rooms—rix of taem 11x18, belance 10 feet square; hail en‘ire length of building. ‘Third story, 9 fewt (com ficor to celling; same numour of Tvoms, same vimensions as the second sto weirs load- | ing t> root, wbtch is flat, and affords a fine promensie end 4 spi*rdia view of the sur oundiog sownery. There wre thirty or for'y porth les in the walls. which rise above 1be rcof, plugged up mow with stones, woich can be kuockea cut with a blowof the but: of arife, Toe apsrtments are papered and well ventilated, ‘The entire cout of the nvtel prodaviy exceeds $20,000, The cutbouses are of the neatest kind. The stable, in the rear, is not yet finished, though the walls are up. It is calculated to accommodate fifty horses, and give shelter to vehicler, Mr. George W. Huot, formerly of Fitchburg, Mass., bad the contract of the wood work, and Mr. Ben). Jonn- sop, formerly of North Eset, Erie county, Pa., stone go masonry work. exe gentlemen have filled their contzacts in the most satisfactory and praiseworthy manner, Both of them are superior practical mechanics, and their first job in Kansas will be the beat recom mendation they dan possibly give. The hotel and grounds ocoupy four iote—50x125 feet each—twoon Massachu- setts and two on Vermont streets. One of them (on the south cf the hotel) is to be devoted entirely to shrubbery. A neat fenoe will enclose the whole. tring AVERY OF ii FREE ren MM ringfelow’s Squatter Sovereign, of the 28th ult., says: —Wher the Sheriif’s posse entered the city ol tatnonee to epforoe the laws, the tewn seemed to be deserted by the brave warriors wro have been defending :that place. They left between two days, leaving their wives and chiléren tothe tender mercies of the ‘‘heartless border reffians ’ Ifthey are honest in the belief that the law and orcer citizens ot the Territory are ‘‘rufians,”’ doos it not show cowardice in them to run off and Jeave their fa- ilies entirety unprotected when a few hundred, resolute men, with the fortifications ot Lawrence, could have kept at bay an army of thousands? After all the bossting of Reeder, som, Brown and othora, less than five hun- dred men took possession of the city without firing gun. We have aften denounced the paupera sent out from the brothels of the Esstas cowards, and thejevents of the past week go to show that we were right in our conjecture, [From the St. Louis Demoorat, June 6.) The following letter, addressed to # gentleman in this city, together with the extra. from the Kansas City En- terprise, have been handed to us for publication. We do not thizk that apy great reliance can be placed in the accoun given by the extra, although it is highly pro- bable thi State men have been aroused by the num- berless extortions committed agsinst them—to show fight. The whole affair, however, may turn out to be ike the murder of Sheriff Jones, who was shot with a wad, for the purpose, perhaps, of outrages afterwards commited, and derea man was well enough to lead iu person, although lying at the point of death a few days previous:— Amnican Horst, Kansas Crry, June 2, Moncay evening. Drar Siz—There is such an exsitement in the Territory that I ceem 1t unsefe to priceed to Lawrence unless with ® large force. Rumors are comirg in daily of robberies and murders, Pomery has gone through Iowa. I hed & severe chill onthe boat cammg up, and anorher to-cay. Tam very week. I shail look at Wyandott to-morrow if Lam well: it looks beautifal from my window. I can learn nothing of Adison Thayer; supprse he is ia the Territory ano dare not come back eral prominent citizens bave cal-ed on Eldridge to-day, and advised him either to shut up his house tmmediacely or sell out; he : bas consented to do the latter, but no purchaser bas ap: ; peared. It may be destroyed any day or night; the bu- #iness has nearly left the house; people dare not stop here. I sball not leave it until the balls come in too thick {o make it comfortable. I enclose you some extras; you can make discount on ‘his extra with safety; the ac- ‘tual jacts cannot be obtaine’. I may be back this week; these chills and fevers have taken all the strength and energy out of me, I shall write George to attend the business I came on, The following is the extra alluded to in the above let- te More Abolition Qutrages—Sugpoed Meister ot Te ha rages—, . M. Bar. nard—Three Men Sent in Search of Him faien Prison- er:—United States Marshal Attacked—Messenger in for Recrusts—Captain Pate’s Company in Danger— Aboli- tionists in Mussouri—Pate and cee Killed, The above head partly makes up the latest news reached us from the Trrritory; and we feal indebted to our fiiencs who have so energetically acted in procuring for us what we may consider reliable, tnough saidening in purport toevery Union levis heart, What a desperate state of affairs is the Territory #1 ing a sdee—anerder, the watchword and midnight deed of » scattered and scouting! band of abolitionists, who had oo only vo fly from the face of a wronged and inoue people when met at their own solicitation. Men pesceaoie and quiet caonot travel the public roads of Kansas | 1 Without being caught, searched, imprisoned, and their | lives pe: No Southerner, it seems, dare venture alone and unarmed on her roads, All this is par se Exe Toe oat seems to be no law of our land or moral restraint Pee and check them in their mad course. They ask for none~they seek blood, not suasion, im their attempt to make that Territory » freeState. How Jong will it last? Awake, pro-slavery men of the South! Ifsuch is their purpose—and actions proclaim it every day—we must awake aud not look idiy cn, We may saiely ray that the time has come for sc- tion, It is forced upon us, And fn responding to the call two of our noblest and bravest men have fallen—H. ©, Pate and James McGee, Their blood has been spilt to foster the institutions ot the Scuth; shall theirs’ be the eae spilt for theSouth? The South has her interests atstake—the North has not. If we remain in je:hargy we are Goomed in the end, and the chain which now pinds ‘the States of the South in prosperity and welfare will be Bue asunder by aboiiticn fanaticism. Shall it ever be done? Here are the reports as collected:— J. M. Bernard, Erq., started from St. Bernard for West- pein Friday night, since which time he has not been jeard of. He is peppoasd to have been murdered. Mesers. Jukn W. Foreman, H. Hamilton and John Lux wext in search of Mr. Bernard, and were taken prisoners by the sbolitionists, who threatened to murder them. It 18 a)80 believed they have met that fate. Mr. Dopaldson, United States Marshal, and seven men, wore attacked white riding quietly along the road, by | about fifty abolitionists, who were secreted in and about | howe near the road. A short conflict ensued, which Terulted in the wounding of several of the Marsbai’s posse | { @nd several horses. Mr. Slade, pro-slavery, had his horse shot from under him in the fight. Mr, H. M. Carty, just in from the Territory. states that about eight of the company he beloogs to were at- tacked at or near Hickory Poiat and all serfousty injur- ed. He received a wound in the ear. Mr. Carty came in for the purpore of ratsing men and horses; and twenty- five cf Bu‘ora’s men will start this evening or in the morping to the rescue. They need horses . Mr. Banks, just in fom Bull Creek, states that he mst ly, who was wounded inthe thigh. Mr. B. Mr. Conrel helped to dress the wound. Capt. Pate’s company went to Hickory Point to sup- ress further outrages by the sbolitionista, and was ked by about one hi and fitty of the latter, #! two of his mem wore killed. A second conflict was ex We learn from Mr, James Chorn that three abolition- ints went to Liberty, Mo., and stole a negro from Mr. Jone Bryant, of that place. They told the that if ke wished to be free to fellow t! |, to wi “he eon: sented. The agreement between them and the negro ‘was, that he should steal one of his master’s horses and come to an old stable erect © this city, where they would mert and cross with bim to this side—ail of which the negro Mpeg se to aceomplish, and would have «uc- ceeded but for the close pursuitot some men, who over- fawhieh the mur: | been heard from. He is supposed to have bern mur- dered. s; Yesterdey Messrs Joho W. Foreman, Joha Lux and H. Hamilton went to Prairie City in search of Mr. Ber- nard. The three were taken prisoners py the aboiition- iste, who threatened to murder them lest night. This news was brought in by Mr. N. B. Toomas, and is fuliy credited. A pro-slavry man—an old gentleman, named Boyle, who hived et Hickory Point—+as robved and driven from his farm afew days ago, by the erolition thieves. He 1s now in this p'ace. They stole all hia money and three fine horses, then ¢rove him acd his family off. Friday night last, the Deputy Marrhai’s posse was fired on Wakefielé’s house, near Lawrence, and two of bis men wounded and ove horge killed. The party were then taken prisoners by abou! eighty men, and kept over night, Fiey were insulted in every ole maxper, 6nd threatened many tim’s wi h instant death. Bot finding that they had arrested a United States officer and his posse, the prisoners were released. Murders, rob! ‘ ‘and assastinations are daily ooourrenses in the q ‘Wilt our Southern friends stand idly by nod cry ‘*Peace, peace,’’ when ‘there is no peace?”’ This is but the result of British femissaries, and we call on one and all to sid io exterminating th's vile nest of traitors, murderers and robbers. men of property ‘should come up tothe help of those noble spirita who are now endangerirg their lives in teha’f of the South. Let Cad wen do sil he can. The Isw and Cel irl need ai and assistance, and must have it. Who respond? LATEST NEWS—TO ARMS! TO ARMS! ‘We have just beem iurniahed by General Buford with the following startling newa:— Weetrort, Jane 2—12 M. Mr. Baoks arrived at 12 o'clock M. He left Ball creek at9 o'clock, Mr. Banks could see the engagement at Biack Jack. Met Mr. Conolly, who was woundec, and re- yerta that the pro-slavery are fifty strong; thet ey were attacked by ove hundred and fif y abolition ists, and that it is provable they are ali by tnis time. Mr, Conolly escaped through the lings, wozuded in the bar and Mr. Banks he'ped to dress the wound. The adolitivmists had been mm end driving of the law and order perty; our men haviog gone there under Captais Pate, to orevent farther murders, were, this morning at daylight attacked py one hundred sai fitty abolitioninte, aa above stated. The moseenger thinks oar party sre all killed, To the sete one, all ant ervrbedy. ries pane la reliable. Awat it the war cry u the whcle sout awake Oar institutions, ives, everything is at stake. Shall the ery for aid be answered? FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. MONSY MARKE®?. Tvespay, June 10—6 P. M, The atcok market continues fitm and active. rhe daily transactions are}to about the same extent, and holders have the abiity and the disposition to carry stocks, At the first board to day, Ilinois Central Bonds advanced 1¢ Fer cent; Canton Company, %; Cumberland, X; New York Central Railroad, 3{;Reading, %{; Michigan Central Railroad, %{; Michigan Southern, 1{; Galena and Chicago, 4; Cleveland and Toledo, {; Cleveland and Pittsburg, X; Milwaukie and Missiasippl, 4. It appears by this that the improvement to-day was pretty general. Erie opened and closed steady, with large sales. New York Centra! and Reading were quiteactive. All the Western railroad stocks were better, and in demand. The money market is almost hourly getting easier. The banks aro fairly overwhelmed with money, and already find the ac- cumulations rather uncomfortable. Private bankers are daily making personal applications to the brokers to loan money, and rates as low as five per cent have been ac- ceptable, This abundance and cheapnosa of money must work out most favorable results in the stock market. Capital will be forced into stock securities for empioyment, or otherwise remain idle in the banks. Our people are not likely to let money remain unproductive; and as there is no more feasible way to make it active than temporary investments in good, dividend paying stooks, the probability is that be- tween this and the middle of Jaly there will be plenty of outside buyers, at prices considerably above those now current. Atthe second boara the market was comparatively quiet, Illinois Central Bonds fell of per cent; Nicara- gas Transit 34; New York Central, and New York Erie 3 esch; Reading %; Cleveland and Toledo 34. The transactions were only to a limited extent. The beara occasionally make an effort to get the market down by putting small lots out at Jower rates. Such operations this season have not worked well, and the sellers have generaily come in the next day avd bought back at high- er prices. Holders will not submit to lower prices as long ‘as it continues 82 asy to carry them. There can be no stocks pressing for sale as long as call bonds can be ne- gotiated at five per cent, The steamabip Africa, from this port for Liverpool to- morrow—Wetnesday—wi!l not take out more than half a million of specie. The steamer from California has been out twenty-one days and must be near at hand. ‘The stock of the Academy of Music has been on Wall street for some time, bat bas only been sold at the auc: tion stock sales at the Merchants’ Exchange. It ia not, ‘we believe, onthe books of the Board of Brokers, and can therefore be considered the worst kind of a fancy. It has never paid» dividend, and from the financial ope- rations now going on, we should judge that it never would. It iss fency stock of amore modern character than those which have for so many years been on the market. The old ones have lasted a long time, and some havea little life in them yet; but this Academy of Music fancy is likely soon to disappear. It is about the last up ard probably will be the firstdown. Its market value has not been much from the beginning. The first sale wasat 80 per cent and the last at 20 percent. This company originated and has been carried on like all fancy stock operations. The original intention of the origina. tors is, in all such stocks, to ultimately extinguish the shares and leave the entire property in their hands, The money paid on such stocks is supposed to be suffi- ecient to protest the bondholders and other creditors against all contingencies, and give them a good in- vestment at the reduced cost. Im all stock companies the stock guarantees the bondholsers against loss, and it is therefore particu'arly necessary in all fancy operations that there should be sufficient stock for that purpose. In the Academy of Music Company we think this contingency has been Pretty well provided for. There are two hundred shares ata par value of $1,000 each, which makes an aggregate of $200,000. The debt of the company is $150,000, This the stock guarantees, and it strikes us that $200,000 in stock is just about sufficient to protect the bondholders against loss. It will not do much more, considering the peculiar character of the property. The stock is fall, paid up, and 1s not therefore subject to assessment. A Cay eall has peen made for $126 per share, and the probabi- | 4 lity is that it will not be responded to. The payment o' that sum per share would produce only $25,000, which ‘would be absorbed at once by the payment ofinterest in ar- rears and other floating liabilities, leaving the sharehold. ers, subject, at no distant day, to another assessment for the same purpose. So far as the stockholders are concerned, it wasa fancy speculation to start with, and will doubt- less end as they all do, The only way to place the stock- holers in a strong position, to provide against all future contingencies, is to call for the payment of $1,000 per sbare (the original price), and pay off all depts at once: ‘The interest on the debt is about $10,000 per annum, and 80 long as that debt exists so long will the stockholders be compelled to pay assessments or lose the whole of their investment, Either the stockholders or the bond- holders must be sole proprietors, The circular of DeCoppet & Co., prepared for trans- mission abroad by the steamship Africs, from this port for Liverpool, gives the following review of the bond and stock market:— State stocks—There was some activity in Virginia 6’s, ata gradual rise of 1% per cent. The following have been done in small amounts:—Tennessee 6’s at an ad- yanee of 1, and Missouri 6’s at 3¢ per cent, and also pected, ard the mon thinks that it it“happenes ; North Caroling 6’ and California 7’s at rather weaker the probal % . | rates, In ety bonds we have stil) no return of animation dered forty on hs (ES Pte party, whieh num: | ¢5 A few sales have taken on remain Raliroad bonds, at private sale, con- fe notice, however, the sale at auction Delaware, Lackawanna, sod Western At the Stock Seen a very mode- rate business was dotug in Illino! ition, and Freeland, Erie 7’s of 1871 and 1875, and Hatlem first ppm all at advanced rates, In railroad our apne: table of daily quotations shows a off im prices, with one or two exceptions. only ones nd mortgage. took h'mm near this place. ‘ bo Ci Pte A a ae whiskers and mous- a a r ¢) reached ind bobbed. pe a ae! . 8.—Sinoe the above was written, we have learned that Captain Pate’s compaay hed a second fight, and thirteen of his party were hile Captaia P. and Mr. Jomes MoGee fell victims int) ‘tle, Later —We | since the above was put in type, that nine abolition‘its were killed in Black Jack; four protlavery men were wounded, two (reported dead wpeve) mortally. ‘eptain Leng’s company of Wyandott Indians were united with Captain Pate’s command, and fought with great valor, in their original mcde of warfare. [From the Weatport Border Timee—Extra,] BORDER Tires Orrick, June 2, 1856—9 o'clock, A. M. f NEWS FROM KANSAS TERRITORY—MORE PRO-SLA- VERY MEN KILLED—KOBBERIES, ETC., BY ABOLI- TIONISTS. We learn from reliable despatches jnat resetved trom Captain Pate’s company, now at Hickory Point, that Hon, John Donaldson was kilied by the abolitioniste on Friday leat. J. M. Bernard, Bi started from St. Bernard for thts Place om Friday bight !ns', since which tine he bas mot that have been somewhat active are Erie, New York Con- tral, Michigan Central, Cleveland and ing; the five tormer ate rise of 1%. M more decidedly abundant from 7 #6 per cent for call Joans, more generally at the latter rate. Paper 7810 per cent, secording to lexgth and clars. Exchanges on Europe, without any noticeable variations, Principal business on London 1093 « 100% ; on Paris 5.16% « 5.1736 The Arnistant Treasurer reports to day as follows: — $82,131 87 197,103 99 Busse 38 Paid for Assay Office, a 58 Paid on disbursing chee! 26,084 80 ‘The operations of the Treasury Department, of the 7th inst. were as follows:— For redemption of Texaa debt, For the redemption of stocks, For the Treasury Department. For the Interior Department War warranta received and Interior repay warrants received an From miscellaneous sources. .... The Bank Commissioners of Connecticut, im their last ‘ perual sepogt, give the folonira ‘note selalre to taek som Riv New Haven County Bank and the savings banks of the State:-— The Commissioners find the follow! benk, on which it is doubtful if @ cons! will ever be realiztd:— From H. Dwight, Jr Mirsiseippi Raliroad. desea ‘2d and 84 mortgage bonds of Chic: goand Mis- debts due the ble amount ‘end the Chicago and $875,409 11 sissipp' Railroad Meanie . 41,175 00 Jerome Compaay debt . 90,000 00 + o+ +, 8446,644 LL As ity for Dwight’s de age op Brooblyn real estate, with Dw: $161.53 12, in conneccion with the Phoenix Bank of Hartford, City Bapk, Merchants’ Bsnk aad Saviogs B pk of New Hi a 3,612 shares of Calosgs and Mississippi Railroad stock; @ mortgage on rolling swek of the road of $25 000, ard 26 :fits lu per cent bonds. The Commissioners are unable to say what amount will be realized from those securities, but ae satisfied the result wil be @ beavy loss to the bank. The capital of the bavk was $600,(00, of which $100,060 was held by eccie- sisstics! and benevolent societies, and the echool fund. ‘This stock may by statute be witndraen st par, ou giv- ing ® certain notice. S me of it has been witndrawa, end the bank is ready to give up the whole of it, without watting the expiration of the legal time. " ‘Thus the capitalis reduced 10 $500,000, but it is in- creased by « large surples to $596,000, Deducting the unavailable arsets from this sum tne active capital of the bank is $150 000. The officers of the bank, in all ite troubles, ave carefully protec‘ed bill holders and depo- sitora by Led jor a specie depcsit in New York near equal to the circustion of the bavk, aad by keeping in the vaulta the full amount of presis required by iaw. The Commissioners segges: that the bank should be restricted in ite issue of noes, y the present offisers would not consent to any iseue greater t! the actual capital warrants. With the and prudence whish now characterize the manag: t, the Commissioners think the bank perfectly ra‘e and reliable. The savirgs bank and building associations receive con- siderable attesticn fromtpe Commissioners. Tnere are fifty of them organized under the law of 1864. Thecapi- ‘tal stock of forty-three of them, from which reports have bern made. wasin amount, $8 637,382, being an increase of $661,270 since Inst year. The deposits inst sey ‘wore $1,680,905, showing au apparent decresse of $4,600, owing to mx bavke not meking returns. Tan whole amount of loans on the lac ot April was $5,882,821, of which $2,741,018 was loaned on real esta’e and $1,141,521 Feet The number of sharehol¢ers is st by these institutions, but the extent to which invested in them requires great caution in ap- pzig, ‘emesy, The restrictions of last year, say the missioners, are wire and judicious. There are eleven of these institutions, of which four are in Hartford, and tro of the eleven (in Norwalk and New London) are closing up, or closed. The eommis- aioners advise that all the others should be wound up as soon 96 practicable. The old class ot savings banks are represented pe ree perous, poying six per eent to depositors, and doing » safe business, though there is too great disposition in nome of the larger ones to invest in bonds and stocks. The smount so jnveated is_now 62,440,052, or nearly one quarter Of the deposits, There investments are good in all probability, but they are rot so safe as real estate. The whole amount of dep2sits im Savings Banksia, . . Loans on real estate. Loans on persoaal security.. Invested in bonds and stocks. ‘The New Haven Savings Bank has 964,660 sro ing out of transactions with Henry Dwight, Jr, New York banker, with whom the bank kept s large deposit at interest. 1t holdsas security an interest in the Brooklyn mort be'ore mentior nis of the Chicego and Mississippi Railroad to the amount of $27,000, Whatever loss there may be on thie loan will not affect the stability or safety of the back, but che Ccmmissioners think the amount too lsrge to loaned to ny one person, “without the most ampie and available security. 5 ‘The Boston Courier, of the 9th inst., gives the follow- ing quotations for copper stocks in that market :— Copper atocks have been more active, without change in prices. The largest (ranssotions were in the shares of the Isle Royale end Toltes, the week having amounted to 961 shares, advancing from $15% to $163 per share. Of the Toltec, the sales were 1,536 shares, of which 1,200 were sold by one broker, who tried to sell more st ‘the close of business on Saturday at $43;, the best offer bee $4 per share. The lowest point of depression ever touc! by Toliec was $334 ie share on the 2lstof May, Siete aeeees oe Sooo oer ae eee ponene the mine during the monthof April. The following Pas, the comparative quotations for fifteen copper atocks:— Shares, June2 June 9. + 6,000 248 12,000 16% 16% .10,000 Big 4% 710'000 3 Big «20,000 4 at) £20,000 2% 22 20,000 4% 4% 20,000 4g 4 20,000 4 3% 20,060 3% 3 20,000 1% 20,000 1 x% 20,000 x Ms 20,000 x dM 0,000 % ot iy Hazard, Howard, Huron, No- braska, Webs and a few others, although still in ex- Istence, are seldom inguired after or heard of on th Sto.k Exchange, but they may yet come up again. The following is the latest statement of the New Or leans banks, showing their cash assets and liabilities on the 31st of May :— New ORLEANS Banks. Banks, Loans. ‘Specie. Circ'tion. A 8,220,886 8,880,866 1,216,700 1,128,095 956,609 8,313,502 685 3,309,685 416,875 966,154 557,405 = 890,949 B11,710 — 215,790 617,275 1,042, 8,985,004 15,256,430 The followicg table exhibits the respective amounts o¢ exchange held by the various banks, and alse the sums due to distant banks, the latter being comprised im the table of deposits as shown above :— Banks. Due Banks, Citizens? $142,766 176,148 365,385, 168,131 34,527 60,754 198,734 $1,061,341 As compared ¢ report uf the previous week, the following results are shown :- Decrease in Decrease in Decrease tn ulation. Decrease in de Decrease in ext Decrease in amount banks of Massachusetts on the 2d instant, as reported by them to the Secretary of State:— Banks oF MASSACHUSETTS. Liabilities. 36 City. 136 Tolab, tal... - + $81,960,000 26,510,000 58,470,000 Net cirou 5,380,326 12,965,200 18,344,616 Deporits... 16,126,483 6,707,730 22, Profits on 8,426,617 2,897,613 5,822,030 Geand total, ++$50,901,826 48,670,542 105,471,868 Notes, bills exch’ geo, $52,205,308 46,869,590 99,161,721 ot is exe! 46,852, ; 17,7: eam 8,976,721 1,087,078 6,063,790 al estate + 619,207 631,135 1,250,342 Grand total...... .$56,901,396 48,570,542 105,471,868 She above statement exhibits, upon comparison with the Ist day of January last, an increase) in the items of capital of $283,000, of net circulation $286,854, of de- posits $2,104,006, of loans $1,934,861, and of specie $566,068, The directors of jhe Toledo and Illinols and Lake Erie Wabash, and st. Louis RaiJroads have completed an ar- rangement for the consolidation of the two companies, subject to the comfirmation of the stockholders, unde the name of the Toledo, Western and Wabash Railroad. To complete the road and furnish additional equipment, & small issue of income mortgage bonds is about to be made, about one-half of which have already been taken. The directors expect to have the whole road completed, and in running order, in September next. The following resolution Jhas been moved in; Commit- tee of the Whole of the Canadian Parliament:— That for the of enabling the Grand Truak Rail ‘way Company ot Canada to complete their undertaking, it is expedient to authorize the Governor in Couneil to carry into effect an arrangement provisionally entered into between the government of Canada and the said oom- pany, based upon the following terms, viz. :— That the Railway Company shall be allowed to lene tial bonds to the extent of two millions sterling, ‘the hokéers of, such bonds to have priority of claim there- a Os toed sopilrpeted the 108. sueh issue t Nace until the railwa; from St. Thomas, Lower Canada, to Stratford, Upper Ca nada, shall have been finished and in operation, fad hed the said bonds shall be paid over incial its in London, and released on the certificates of the: ‘General upon proof of progress Tet pet att shall be appropriated to the aid or construction of the follewing works, and in the '. tion hereinafter mentionea:— z “— The vere from St. Mary’s to London and The railway from St, Thomas, £.0.," du-Lon; Wibvelebvurvevene™! LUNES . Mary’s and London branch and sab- srdiary lines shall be completed by the... lst Sept. 1857 Stratford and Sarnia lst Sept. 1853 Arthebasks and Three Int Sept. 1869 The Victorit lst Jan. 1860 ‘St. Thoms followa:— From St Thi ‘ lat Jan, 1859 QUOe We AOL) OE Le pree engi dette AIOY 5 ‘That in order to restore to the Trois Pistoles road the guarantee civerted from it by the act of 1864 ead +x- ned on the Toronto and Stratford secticn, there shad Pe reserved trom the Process of the pre‘erential bonds as they are pala over to the Provincial agents auch @ por- tion for the section of the road from st, Cooma te Riviéze du Loup, as sball évaure its progress equally withe the ober works above mentioned, ‘That the interests s@:ruing on the Provincial houdadnr- tg the period of five years, being the time necessary f.e the completion ct the works and for tue developement of the tbrough trafife, sbail be advanced by the Province, end such advacces as they are made sball be repaid to the Province in share capital of the company. ‘That the lien of the Province, subject to tre prostiing condition, shall rack, as to dividend or interest, wit tbat of the company’s bond holders. 1000 Mich SoSFBis 85 560 1200 Dl Cen RR Bds 87% 300 1000 LErie&WietMe 84 60 Harlem 1000 Clev&TolIncBs 78 400 8 abs Bank Ccmn,, 1083¢ 800 ke... 116% 100 96 850 1 223 800 {b60 223% 500 eevee 2236 300 sc. 12% 200 200 Pena Cl Co.b60.. 10034 100 43 22% 200 223% 600 22% 100 do... ¢ 300 Mich Con RR.... 96; 100 do.,... bd0 96: 92 26 MichSo& Nia RR 96% do btw 14 Gat & Chic iy 913 250 Cle & Tol RR.b60 16 913g 100 do, 51% 13 735 300 574g 200 57%; 600 do 67 10 Cleve & Pitts RR. 639g 5736 21 Muw & Miss RR, 84 SECOND BOARD. % 100 ahs Erie RR..830 669 600 Me 03 66 100 100 100 G0.....6b15 91. do. b6O 9) 100 wees! 41 MichSo& NIRR OT 100 do... ....88 O6%E IN Cen RR .. .b30 100 00 Cley & Tol RR... 7536 100 d0......810 1696 Grain Market. (From the Circular of Edward Bill.] As yet we are without any receipts from the main por- tion of the brie canal, owing to a succession of bi end other delays causelina measure by the by 4 the late winter, The chief article to come forward is corn, ot which @ considerable stock has ascumulated at Buffelo, and isin progress of shipment. There is but Uttle wheat there, and the flour has already been sent forward by ralirosd. From the Oswego branch we are tm daily receipt of considerable quantities of all kinds ot pro- duce. Our market for ficur, during the fortnight past, has fluctuated with the poppies, which have been quite sufficient for the demand. The foreign markets, by late advices, show more animation, and orders to some ex- tent heve been recefved, confined chiefty to a better clase of brands than formerly. couse, and the proach of warm weather, the receivers of commen Michi- gap, and other low grades of Western and State brands, have been ready sellers on arrival. and the quotations sre about 50 cents per barrel lower, whilst themeaium and better brands are more readily dis; of at & leew beaten) being wanted for the city and local trade. There is @ goo satan inquiry for prime whest, and that de- scription has been of ready sale. A large portion of the Gaily recetpts consist of common Western red, and ship- pers find it difficult to procure qualities suitable to fill or- Gera, except at above limits. As the home millers are unwilling to carry much stock at present a turn of prices are in buyers’ favor. The arrivals the Sonth are quite moderate, aad will so continue unt® next harvest, and from the West, it is generally under- stood, will not be large, although the rectip's by Erie canal, at tide water, to lst May, show 160,604 bushels in excess of lsat year, at the same period. Ryecontinues in Ngbt stock, and is s few-cents lower. corn is im Jeas demand, and with increasing recetpts here, and ia pease! oes toes Wash, bas deslined 4c. or bc per hel. A considerable portion dally See is a and unfit for shipment. isa 609,21 bushel in the canal supplies at tide water this season, to ‘Slst May, from that of last year to the same period. CITY COMMERCIAL REPORT. ‘Turspay, June 10—6 P, M. Brrapsturrs.—Flour—The market was less animated, while prices were slightty easier for the lower grades, while the medium and higher qualities remained quite steacy The sales embraced aboat 8,000 2 10,000 bos, including considerable Jots of State and Weatern brands. 6, |, at $1 80, with a lot of spring $148; 1,000 bushels Chicago spring, at cargo of Milwaukie club, at $138, at $1 37, 1 C2 1 28, anda and « cargo of com- mon white W Southern white . ’ w, at S76, Rye with nales of 10, bushels, at 78. Northern at 80c. a 8lc. Onts were dull, and prices unchanged. Corron.—Tbe sales embraced about 1.600 bales, the market closing frm at about the following quotations :— Upland, "Mobis. IY. Orleans, 808,822 8,384, | 1,677,874 463,595 —382,6' The following estimate of the supply and consumption of cotton is submitted, with much confidence in its gene- ral correctness :— Btock in Liverpool of American cotton, May 23, 1856, Al sea, to arrive, of American eotton cleared from the ‘United States. w+. 214,388 Assume crop of the ia) 000, ef which reosived to May 7, 3,:93,190 a lnontinndoe ‘Stocks in all the ports, May7. 490,625, 485 ‘Total SoU bey ToT ate Dalen, ot witch Greet Brite wit Allow Gi Brita 1 receive of new crop to ist CARRS rene ange ty ma Laat pone, wine Bowereny WM agarcoly poe ID1C....06++0000se00e0e seeeeee | 1,496,873 “sia weer bons ay #8' at the ae ee delivery to the May 25. namely. 32 000 Daler... itt] D:duot also for thirty: aks a same as the Wat YORE. occ eee cc ceeeeees Total for consumption and export. ‘weeks for export, ding thirty one ‘weeks vate sal bags 113¢c., and 75 do, at . ayra—400 Hise and 66 Maracaibo at 11c., and 500 mats Java, a: La FrrigrTs.—Rates continued steady. To Liverpool, about 20,000 to 30,000 bushels grain, wheat and corm ‘were engaged for 6a 648, bem, and 7d. in Te firm. BLinn.—The warket and prices ‘NAVAL BTORRA,— ; m= ‘We have no alteration to sales of spirits 3 000 gallons from first hands at , time and inte: and 7,000 a 8,000 gallons at 836, a 849., in bbla. hhds. Whale was quiet. Crude sperm was steady, with mex erate sales, ae Provisions.—Pork—The market was steady, with sales of about 8008 600 bbdis., including mess, at $19, bat at the close it was offered at $18 ah mae buy- ers, The sales included prime at $16. was steady, at $7.8 $8 for eountry prime, and $8 mena. Repacked wes at $8 508 $12, Cut meats were steady, with sales of 100 bhds. dey ssited shoulders at 73;c., and a lot of hams do., at 936. Lard wee steady, with salee of 100 » 200 packages at 105;c., and 100 kegs at 123<0. RICR.—160 casks nold at 33¢0. @ 440. SucaR,—There was a speculative excitement {n the market, and the sales reached about 2,500 s 8,000 hhda,, | chiefly Coba muscovado, at 7i¥6.a8)g0. Insluded ia the sales w dont 400 hhds. Porto Rioo at 80. @ 9o., chietiy® anaes, The macket olored at about i6% reg Uy