The New York Herald Newspaper, March 23, 1860, Page 8

8 THE CONTEST IN CONNECTICUT. | TUE STATE BEING ‘THOROUGHLY CANVASSED, fpeeches..of Caleb Cushing and + Mayor Wood, , are Speech of Mayor Wood at Danbury, Ct. ‘Owing to the fact that the telograph between this and Danvury was not at work late on Wednesday night, we were prevented from giving | more extended notice of the epeech of* Mayor Wood before the democrats of the fatter place, Below we give the Dalene of his specoh, received by mail from oar correspondent, together with what appear- ed in our isene of Thurmtay:— Loud calls were wade for the Hon. Frrxanno Woon, who was received with tremendous cheering. He said Uhat this was his Gt visit to Daabury. He had travelled to Danbury Dy & conveyance which sllowed him to see and converre wit the peopte of Comnecticut. He found the people happy, free, thrifty, contented, neral—Chris- tian. Bot witite his theeguts had been upon the fact that they were in the full enjoyment of these blees- foge, he remembered #bat under the same government were 8 people not resting im poaceful quict, uot enjoying ‘she rights ‘py the eonstitation, but whose pease was disastrously demyroyed. Re did net charge bis au- d@ience with intend.g to deriroy the ponce and security of Weir brethren. But yet wee people of the South were en. Gangered both ix iife and property every day, Are com munities altowey. to do wist indirktuais not? And yet, if individeris comnrtied suck crimes they would be Gone'gued totangeons. Have I e’right to interfere in my Dusmess pattaer’s aileira and dictate how be shail ma- Bage thee became | heppen to think Bim a Dad father? Ihave ro intorest in this great contest but that of au Americar citizen, who loves the whole Union. Therefore 1 come te beg of yeu to look at the reeult of tae guccess of a party existing in your State. Leave weil enough alone. We have grewn from thirteen poor colo. mies to be the mest powerfel country in the world, free. the downtroeden people of Europe. Shall we destroy a Union which'has done so much for usend the world? The speaker Chen reviewed the histery of the for. mation of tho Union and the constitution, insisting that the otiginal “Stites reserved all powers ex- cept those ‘necessary to give a netional character to the cenfederatia and to protect them in agains! foreign armiec. The constitution expressly says that ail powers not dclegated were reserved. The fede. zal government cantot interfere with the domestic con- cerne of any State, Whether in regard to divorce, appren- Moeship, or anything else. ‘Then slevery existed in every State but one. All of the framers of the constitution, ex- wept halt a dozen, were slave owners. The President, George Washington, with Sherman and Walcott, of Con: mecticut, were slave holders. (Applause.) Traffic in hu- man fiech had been invented by those Eaglish philan- thropists who now excisim the institu. tion. All the States of the North which now advocate antisiavery doctrines. then beld sisves. And when they, abolished slavery they put the loss upon tho next generation, and fold ali the slaves they could to the South. (Laughter aud applause) Now they use anti- slavery to obtain political power. It would be just as fair for the Southto march an army into Massachusetts to put down or sustain the strikers as for us to interfere with @iavery. Slavery is a system of labor by which one class give work, for which they recejye subsistence, care, ‘and pareptal attention and education; for as a class be- @omes learred, it becomes yaluable. Mr. Wood then depicted the result of the sudden freeing. of the slaves, and dwelt vpon the cruelty and messa- ere which would ensue. od has set his geal upon the biack man, degrading him almost to the brutes. Nature has 0 ordered that where an equal number of whites and bincks are thrown equally Sogether, the one will destroy the other, The sea between frica and Europe is a sea of the dead, If sievery is an evil, are we to get rid of it by sacrificing the Union, by a war of extermination? Twenty years ago, in Congress, I denounced the idea of the dissolution of the Union; but the South has changed eince then. Her products make her fmdepenaent of the North. In 1867 we had a commercial Panic, but it did not disturb the South, and we cannot got along without it. Every morsel of sugar, every cotton gar- ment, every quid of tobacco used by Horace Greeley him- self—(Iaughter and applauee)—is the product of slavery. Stop employing slave Inbor and the South will grow as be- mevolent as we did. (Great applause.) All the use slaves are put to is togppply our demands. None of our manu- facturers could live without slavery. We sustain the in- ftitution. The republican leaders don’t want slavery aboliened. If it were gone what would be left to fight about? (Great cheering.) If we had no slavery we ‘would have po black republicans. My word for it, they won’t give up this capital tpon which they do business. Almost hourly I am called upon,at my office in New York, to give Northern men passports for the Booth. Why ail this disturbance? Cannot we live pease- ably with the South? The law of supply and demand is the only “higher law’ which can reach the s'avery question. (Applause.) Sustain the democratic party, which bas made this country what it is. This is the sa’e bridge to carry us over the chasm of disunion. We are not forever changivg our names and oar principles. Ap- plause.) We are the party of economy. The republicans tax your very savings banks, the custodians of the poor man’s earnings. They have made our Empire State bank- rupt. Support us, then; pity the South if neceseary, but sustain the Union, and look upon that man as an enemy ‘who does anything to destroy !t. (Tremendous applause.) ei a. Democratic Meeting at Waterbury. Warersvry, Conn. , March 22, 1860. ‘The democracy of Waterbury, a manufacturing village of about eight thousand inhabitants, held an immense wanes meeting here last evening. Disappointment, not Joud but deep, was expressed because Mayor Wood, who had been sunounced to speak, was obliged by important engagements at New York, to neglect his appointment. Mayor Wood left Danbury for New York yesterday morn- ing, anc will return to speak at Middictown this evening. The meeting was most enthusiastic and unanimous, and ‘was addressed by Dr. Braiiord aud Mr. John N. Harring- ton, of New York city, and Messrs Cleveland, of Masea- chusetis, and Hammersley, of Hartford, who made clo- quent speeches, and were well received, ‘The xeeting@ are said to be larger in the villages in Con- necticut than during the Presilential canvass, and the de- mocrats confidently claim the Stat At New Fairdeid{a large and spirited gathering was ad- dreesed by Mr. Swackhamer and others. Democratic Demonstration at Hartford. IMMENSE TURN OUT OF THE PEOPLE—SPEECH OF THE HON. CALEB CUSHING. Haxrrorp, March 22, 1860. ‘The democrats of the city of Hartford assembled last ova- ming, in their newly erected National Democratic Hall, in overwhekaing, and certainty to their republican friends, terrifyingwumbers, to heara national address from the Hon. Caleb Cushing. Such genuine and united enthusiasm es was exhibited has seldom, if ever, been witnessed in Hartford. The commodious building erected for the pre- sent campeign, estimated to contaia four thousand people, was fiiledto repletion, and hundreds were unable to ob- tain admission. The platform was crowded by the veta- Fans of the democracy, and, as a pleasing feature of the demonstrawan, there were several ladies present. The meeting was called to order by the appoiutment of Mr. Wm. Z. Hammersly as chairman. The Chairmaa Opened the proceedings by an excellent epeech on the principies of democracy and the beneiits they had confer: Fed on the acuntry. He miaintained that the grand design of the republic was to keep all the States in harmonious tnion , and to.keap the government as much as possible out of the bands of a band of fanatics and mistaken zea. lots. The triumph of the democracy would inaugurate a Bew cra of order and of peace. Caleb Cushing was then introduced to the andi. ence, amid the anost tumnultaous applause and stirring mu- fic by the bama. He began his apeech by observing that be was but « humble soldier in tho ranks of the army ¢f constituionalism aod unionism. He departed from the practice of his whole ife in tt of his own State to discuss politica! en iy questions appertaining to the domestic elections of other States. Well, the pted involved ta this election were national issues, and it was on the eve of the preat contest for the Presidency. True, elso, they had setected as their standard bearer a gallant gentieman, whose name shines with dimless lustre in the Droad rolls of his country’s heroes and statesmen; under whoce ieaderebip it were honorable even to fail, bat thrice glorious to triumph. (Loud appause) But even these grave and important considerations would not have fmduced him to appear there that evening were {t not that thoir adversaries had broken down all barriers be- tween the interference of one State in the affairs ef another. Their cnemies had chailenged them te the combat, and they had ac the challenge. They threw down the gauntlet, and the democestic army taken it up. Tne great question was, whetuer the control of the federal governmont ehould remais in the hands of the ra: those of a seggonal one—whether the constitution and the Union Shall stend or be dashed to picces by tus biiad fury Of that aboliaautem which rages like a peatiient epidemic throngh many #f the Northern States. Tnie continual cry of the negro tu.over ything must be stopped. It was time % put an end fofie oul worship of this African mumbo Jambo, and to begin with the worship of the Unioa aad the constitunon. <le then spoke of the absurdity of an “irrepressible conféct’’ between labor and capita!, show. tog how these twe divisions of commerce were identical in their cperation and took the ground that the action of ail the ‘States in which the sepublican party prevailed, showed that their policy, # carried out im the control of the federal government, oxtid only result in an unjust die- tribution of the laws, wh ch most crentnally terminate in the subversion of the cea.stitution and the Unioa. Ia illas- Aration of thie pectional ey.atem of legisiation, the speaker referred to the Personal Laberty bills passed in Massacha. setts and other States, and conclusively proved that there could never be perfect harmony in the admiaistration of a government in which the Jsws of a Slate were 80 aa- tagonistic to each ether, aad contrary to the provisions of the constitutioa. The meeting then wound up with the utmest enthu siesm, ant cheers for tke Union a xd constitutton, General Cushing, Goyernor Seymour, aul others. A torchlight procession, Beaded by a large vand of music, thea paraded the city, followed by a large crowd, cheering lustily. i Crisis. TO THE EDITOR OF THE NEW YORK UERALD. The report being industriously circulated saat we * have acted bankers for the autvor of tho Impendiag that we bave “aided in the pabdlic&*va of that and that we are his ‘political and personal friea'is,’’ ‘We with to say that wo have never furnished money for the purpose of aiding inthe pablication or circulation of the book, orevyer “ reonived (unde in deposit from Mr. Helper,” and that we have no sympathy whitever with the sentiments of she book, or with tts endorsers, and mver Bad) apd What wach IS Peie aa rtee oe, .NEW YORK HER4¢p, FRIDAY, MARCH 23, 1660. The Rajlroad Convention. The con7zntion of the managers of the leading Eastern railway lines met pursuant to adjournment at the St Nicholas Hotel, atten o'clock yesterday, The following delegates were in attendance: =. Geo. C. Gray, Hon. F. Corning, 0. Vibbard, Samuel Drailard and J. H. Chidell-Now York Central, Natbaniel Marsh—Now York and Eric. Warren Colburn and Hom. A. Braay—Toledo and Ta, bash. E. A. Chapin—Ratland, Benniogton and Cheshire, ¥, E. Woodbridge—Vermoat Western. i. Es nt—Mishigan Central. E. B. Phillips—Boston and Worosater, W. F. LeachPennsy tvania Cente al. Jobn Garrett—Baitimore and Udio. | Wm. Jobneon—Chariotte and Nort? “oarotina. Mr. Marsh, of the Eric, acts 48 2” eeident of the conven- tion, The committee appointed op Wednesday to report a Suitable time table for 290%" jon met and adjourned at an early hour, without bein, apie to agree on anything def nite. They meet atten o'clock this morning. Up to a late hour 0’, inteltigeace of genorwl interest had been received f0F, the Louisville Convemtion; but as { market was full of parties wishic hero investipatlensiar®, that AD 9. sua) inactivity ie - somioatinan STD aD this busines; thak sbe rea | Tess 0! Ireebe nndeice sOe cause, is the present dul. pects - ..@%5i0L fo Commerce, aud that Lae Priably works," y the least, extremely dubioas, and The value -" @up they have been for many yeare. later < ships is, in consequence, very much depre- , ~ We were informed coo are Be) on mo | ‘bring more than baif their usual price, an. at market we toseli, One instance | ‘wes mentioned in which a large ship, valued at $109,000, ving been to Europe, returned, was re co; , and | reality in better condition than when new, from thy, fact of having made a successful trial trip, was notw 4,’ standing offered for rate a! $30, Kn: Sul}, We cannot but hope that the prospects will’ gpighion, and the idcae entertained of the coming © ean wy the majority of our ship builders will meet with, a5 agreeable eieappointment, both for their own takes and thator the metropolis, whose commercial activity 4 more or less af- | fected by continued qi in “ach an important branch of industry. " Se Caso of Mr. Peter Burnett. TO THE ED.TOR OF THE HERALD. As you published in your paper of Friday, an account neither body is li” oly to act independent of the other, it is | Of my arrest for stealing cotton, no doubt your sense of quite probable action of the “vastern lines. The Tov'sviile Convention is presifed over by Hon. Lexiny’on road, and John Durand, ef the Little Miami and Cobrmbue roads, act as Se: The Tanners’ War in Pei THB ASSAILANTS STORY. [From the Witkeebarre Union, March 21. } ‘THE GOULDSHORO’ AFFATR. Having given last week the statement of Mr. Lee, one of the parties connected with the disturbances at Goulds- boro’, we insert below that of Mr. Jay Gouid, the other party, thug enabling (he reader to see both question yiva: oat an adjournment was kad to await the | justice will induce you to give space for this assertion of my innocence. The real culprit bas been discovered and mes Guthrie, While Samuel Gill, of the Louisville and | my innocence legally established. Nothing but a desire toclear my character before the world induces me to trouble you, PETER BURNETT, Naw York, Marh 20, 1860, Mate of ship Bernard. FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. Tnvaspay, March 22—6 P. M. sides of the | The activity of yesterday in the money market On the 28th of January, 1859, I sold Charles M. Leupp | has subsided, and to-day the complaint on ali hands & D. W. Lee one third each of the Gouldsboro’ tannery roperty, located in the counties of Luzerne ana Monroe, ? however, to be the acting and sole known partaer, for which eervice Charles M. Leupp & D. W. Lee each agreed to pay mea fixed sum. The odject of putting the affairs of the Gouldsboro’ tannery in this shape, Mr. Leupp in- formed me at the time were twofold:—Firet, to make two name paper, and second, that they feared a knowledge that they were directly intereated in manufacturing would affect the standing of their paper in market At the time of the sale referred to above, or subsequently, I was upon Leupp & Co ’s paper for upwards of $100,000. I did this upon the assuragee of Mr. Leupp that I should al- ways have sufficient leather and bides belonging to them in my possession to cover the amount of such endorse. ment, and in addition to which they were owing me a large sum of money by virtue of whiah I held a lien upon the leather belonging to Leupp & Co., in the Gouldsboro’ tannery. Mr. Leupp committed suicide on the 6th of October, dis- solving the firm of Leupp & Co., and consequently they bought no new hides, and the {eat and sent away from the tannery, my collateral security of course grew lees and lees. is state of facts, coupled with grave doubis as to the solvency of the firm, induced upon Mr. Lee and request @ statement of the affaire of the house, which he politely declined to do, giv- mg 48 a reason that other parties had made the samo re- qitst, which he had declined, and that no aay hada Tight to make such request until Leupp & Co. gone to rotest. re On tne 19th and 28th of December last, I repurchased of Mr. Lee, (who represented bimeelf as acting not only for himself but with an unconditional authority from the re- preeentative of the other interest) their entire interest in the establishment and personal property. and have con- tinued vniformly to act in good » Felying upon said porchage, with, as 1 supposed, the full sanction and con- currence of Mr. Lee and those for whom he actod, and as an evidence, I have several letters from him confirming my conviction that he did so think. J continued to send in the leather slowly until the quan- tity in my poesesion ran considerably below the amount for which I was upon their paper, to say nothing of my own claims. I kept constantly urging a settlement of our affairs, which various pretexts we delayed As many as twoor three definite appointments were made by me with Mr. lee for such purpose. The first time he apologized for want of time, to which I promptly re- sponded that ] would farnish a bookkeeper at my own expense, to which he replied that he did not care to have ® stranger look over their books, and the last time, in the presence of a witness, he declined to furnish the ac- counts at all. Under this state of facts, my attorney, Hon. A. H. Reeder, addressed them a letter, recapitutating in sub- stance the above facts, at the close of which he says: “Under these circumstances it appears to me that the firm of Jay Gould ought by a!! means to withhold from them the leather, unless this account is satisfactorily adjusted, and until otherwiee convinced, I shall act upon that opinion. Pi. Lee made a definite appointment to make up the ac- counts and have them ready by Saturday, February 25: 1 wrote to my agent at Gouldsboro’ to come down to New York. Mr. Dubois came down on Monday, and on Tues- day we called upon Mr. Lee. The account bad not been made out as agreed, and Mr. Lee, in the presence of Mr. Dubois, declined to make it out at all, but afterwards de- sired us to see him tho following day. My agent remained over in the city on the 29th, agreeably to nee, and word was given out that Mr. Lee was unwell Instead of meeting us, however, on Wednesday, and inrtead of being sick, Mr. Lee came out to Gouldsboro’ on that day (leaving the inferance that the appointment was ouly aruseto effect our absence, and thereby enable him to effect effect his purpoees and succeed in getting pozses- sion of a small portion of the _proverty, if, indeed, it could be called any pozsession at all ) As £00n a8 I received notice of the above state of facts, Iimmediately came to Pennsylvania, eubmitted my pa- pers and my rights to eminent counsel, under whose in- tructions I acted. Tarrived at Gouldsboro’ on Monday evening, March 5, and went down to the tannery; found it strongly barri- caded and garrisoned by a force of armed men, variously estimated from thirty to forty etropg, with a single open- ing large enough to pass in. I went in, and was immedi- ately surrounéed by a body of armed men, s2me ten or twelve in number, and my life threatened if I did not immediately withdraw. On Monday afternoen Mr. Lee despatched a messenger to Scranton, to hire a body of fighting men, and his lawyer, Willard, who was the messenger, returned to Gouldsboro’ with them about one o'clock on Tuesday morning. The price paid or agreed to be paid these men, I am informed, varied from $25 to $60 for the occasion, and one gentleman in Scranton informed me that he was offered $100 to join the company, which he declined. About ten o’clock on Tuesday morning the citizens of the town and adjoining counties of Monroe and Wayne commenced collecting until, a8 my opponents assert, there were 260 to 250 men. I mounted the steps of my office and addressed them briefly, stating the condition of mat. tere—that I was surprised t see 60 large a body of volun. teers cotiepted, inasmuch as I had not hired or requeeted a single perton to be present. After m7 closing address I demanded poesession, which was refused. I then quietly selected fifty men, commanding the reserve to keep aloo’. I divided them into two companies, one of which I des. patched to the upper end of the building, directing thom to take off the boards while I headed the other to open a large front coor. I burst open the door and sprangin. I was immediately saluted with a shower of balla, forcing my men to retire; and I brought them up a second time, and we took a eecond full broadside, compelling usa cond time to fail back. 4 to this time nota shot wa fired or a word spoken by one of my men—a third time and preesea them’ into the building, and by this time the company at the upper end of the tanuery had succeeded in effecting an entrance, and the triag now became general on ail sides, and the bullets were whist ling in every direction. After a hard contested struggie on both sides we became the victors, and our opponents went flying from the tannery, some of them making fear- ful leaps from the second story. The contest being over, J immediately calied upon every man to desist, and quiet ‘was once more restored, and I immediately threw the tannery open and set my men, who hai been temporari ly thrown out of employment, to make room for tho armed force of my opponents at work. For whatever as. sistance | received 1 am indebted to the citizens of the neighborhood and adjoining counties, who volunteered their gervices, except, of course, my own men, who, with one or two exceptions, were with us; and I did’ not,’as is well known, hire or solicit a single individual; that prior to tho engagement I used the mos: vigilant care to Prevent the use of a sin; drop of liquor by my mer, as it is a well known fact that I neither use it thyself or countenance its use in others, and therefore imagine my 3 pews and astonishment when I was informed by the hotel proprietor at Gouldsboro’. that Mr. Lee had instructed him to give the ouisiders all tne Uquor they could drink, and that of them actually drank at his expense. I was myseif unarmed, and 29 distin stated before the engagement; and never having owned, or fired a pistol in my life, I did not thiok myself’ a dangerous opponent. The following correspon ence may not be out of place at this time: New York, Dec. 12, 1859. Masexs. Caas, M. Lrvrp & Oo.:—As you have been sell- im the leather manufactured by me at the Gouldsboro’ bmn Ok you do me the kindness to say if I have not made largest and generally larger gains and quicker time than any tanner who has tanned for your house for the past thirty years. JAY GOULD, 39 Spruce st. New Yorx, Deo. 29, 1859. Esq bay Jax Govt, 2—We have your letter of the 12th inst , which would bave received earlier attention, but for a pressure of business and a knowledge that you did not immediately require it, Since you have been tanning for our house, yout been the quickest tannage which our books record, instance upusual fact Of a sale of ali the rb le notes. also have been large, ranging as eee wel oe — on Mede-ewy- bg ‘and we are ear able to verify these facts records, should You wish to look them over. CHAS. M. LEUPP & Co. The Ship \s in Brooklyn. Our reporter yesterday continu®a his visits to the ship yards, to ascertain if anything is really doing in New York or vicinity in this important branch of mechanica industry. The only yards Temaining to visit were those in South Brooklyn, whith are two in number—that of Di vine Burtis, at the foot of Conover street, and that of the AUantic Marine Railway Company, which adjoins the At- antic dock. At the former they are engaged in repairing the steam. boat Herald, of Rondoat, and have of late had considerable steamboat repairing to do. There is no prospect a: | Present of anything to do in the way of building. It was the opinion here that this dulness bas been coming on for tome time, and had it not been for the California oxcite- ment, it woald have manifested iteelf before now At tbe yarcs of the Atlantic Marine Railway Comnany, they are repairing the government sloop Mary McPhor. Son, Of thirty-Gve tone, tozetber with a few other small vessels. This yard is principally engsged in repairmg, nd of course the prospects ia the daikiiog Hue are no Greater than at the others. Besides theee regular ehip yarde, there ie buil4ing at the yard of Mr. , foot of Second street, York, a sloop of sixty five téne. There js also a gmat! ovat builll ing at the foot of Twelfth street, in this city, of what na ture we did not ee ae ey is of dulness. Rates continue as last quoted—5} being to-day the minimum for the choicest short paper. The movement at the Sub-Treasury continues very moderate, the balance this evening being $8,100,654. The Post-Office balance at this point is now reduced to about a million, nearly five mil- lions having been paid on account of the over-due Post Office debts of last year. But for the heavy importations and the large amount of duties col- lected at this point, the Sub-Treasury balance would have fallen considerably below the poiat at which it stands, and probably below the limit which is considered safe. Foreign exchange is very dull. The market has ther becoming tanned | hardly opened for the Saturday steamer; but bavk- ers are offering sterling bills at 1083 a J, and francs at 5.163017}. It is probable that the best bills can be bought at the lowest of ths above rates. Good commercial bills range from 108 to 3 for ster- ling, and 5.183 20 for francs, The shipments of cotton must decline from this out, and an advance in bills may be looked for. * - The following are the Jast quotations of sight exchange on New York at the cities mentioned, the quotations being in all cases for gold:— lobile.. Philadelphia, Some of the interior cities are beginning to draw gold from us to prepare for the commencement of the spring season, but the exchanges are not affect- ed thus far. Next month bills on New York at Chicago and St. Louis should decline to a discount if. the Western purchases of goods are moderate this spring. There was this morning a good deal of realizing stilk on the Stock Exchange, and quotations were generally lower. In the afternoon new buyers came in, and the decline was generally recovered. Central touched 74 to-day, but rallied aftewards, closing 75 bid, against 74§ yesterday, and 753 three days since- The Toll bill is expected to pass. The Western stocks were generally lower inthe morning, but rather better afterwards. Galena closed at 61} bid, against 61} yesterday; Rock Island at 65} bid, against 65} yesterday, and other descriptions at corresponding prices. Pacific Mail continues to advance; it sold to-day at 99f, and closed 98{ bid, against 95} at the close yesterday. There wasa fair busitiess in railroad bonds and State stocks. The following were the last quotations of the day:— Virginia 6's, 93 a }; Missouri 6’s, 80} a }; Canton, 20}; Cumberland preferred, 14a 3; Pacific Mail, 98ja 4; New York Central, 75 875; Erie, 9f 10; Hudson River, 383 a 39; Harlem, 9} a 3; Harlem preferred, 843.4; Reading, 40] a 41}; Michigan Central, 41a 4; Michigan Southern and Northern Indiana, 9} a {; do. guaranteed, 203 a 21; Panama, 134 2; Illinois Central, 62} 8 4; Galena and Chicago, 61} a 3; Cleyeland and Toledo, 20} a 3; Chicago and Rock Island, 653 a 3. by A leading State officer, Mr. Speaker Littlejohn, at the caucus of republicans held last evening at Albany, is reported to have told his colleagues that they must vote for the Assembly Tolling bill, if for no other reason, simply to save the State to the republican party; for, said he, if the bill be not passed, not even William H. Seward can prevent the State going democratic this fall. Mr. Speaker Littlejohn need not trouble himself about the fate of the State next fall. That is set tled already; and he and his friends in the Legisla- ture are the men who have settled it. The Tolling Dill may be passed fifty times over, without alter- ing that which is now a fixed fact—namely, that the corrupt, dishonest and flagitious policy of the republican majority at Albany this winter has thoroughly disgneted the masses of the people, and pretty effectually secured the State to the deno- craigs in November next. Never since New York had a Legislature hag it been represented at Albany by more worthless indi- viduals, and never, since corruption first made its appearance at the State capital, have roguery, bribery, black mail and rank robbery been so rife as they are at present. Let us enumerate a few of the bills which have beer made party measures by the republican leaders:— 1, George Law’s Gridiron bill, which passed the Senate by a large majority. 2. The five city railroad bills, achieving in detail what George Law proposed to do at one swoop— both of them shameful robberies. These bills have paseed the House. 3. The Port Wardens’ bill, by which two or three hundred thousand a year will be stolen from ship owners for the benefit of some broken down country politicians. It is said this bill will pass. 4. The Pro Rata and Toll bills, intended to force the railroads to buy off hostile legislation, under pain of having their business diverted to Canada and Pennsylvania. The Toll bill is about to be driven through both housesjunder the party whip, after which the Pro Rata bill will be taken up. 5. The Central Park bill, by which more broken down politicians will be let loose on the city, and the noblest park in America taken opt of the hands of gentlemen against whose administration not a word of complaint has ever been made. 6. The West Washington Market job, another robbery of the city. 7. The Quarantine bill, re-establishing the Quaran- tine hospitals on Staten Island, in order to provide employment for more country doctors, who will levy from $40,000 to $60,000 a year on the com- merce of the port. This bill is in a fair way of be- coming a law. These are afew of the measures which have been introduced and are being driven through the Legis- lature by the republican leaders, under the spur and whip of republican party discipline. So atro- - cious. and infamous are they that even the republican party organs—the Tribune and Post-- have appealed imploringly to their friends at Al- bany not to break down the party by insisting on them—not to render the party name of republican syhopymons with rogue, robber and cheat. They may well be appalled atthe prospect. Mr. Speaker Litglejohn may well tremble for the fall elections: But the mischief is done. Were Mr. Seward ten times as able and ten times as popular as he is, he could not carry the load of ignominy, disgrace and carruphon which the republican Legislatare this winter have heaped upon their party. The penbomeas ot tha Rom Mareivnettanen this |b; “morning were $2981 992 38, $1,290,951 20, Nothing Was deg at the Railroad Convention to- day. The disagsion of the thme table was the chief business ‘Ade morning. The Chemical Bank has declared the usvalfquar- ter! y dividend of six per cent, payable April 2, The independent of to-day reporte:— ‘The imports continue to increase, and with them the preesure of goocs on the market, the aus tion room. ¢ public sales now occ spy the chiet tion of the trade. French fabrics crowd the market. Shawis, ribbons, dress prints and si/ks, staple and A have been sold to & largo extent Prices favor the except in a few very desirable kinds, which have valved a little from the extreme decline. The French ment having published its intention of the bonus on the export. of and woollen fabrics, is expected to be an of shipment of fall goods to this port before the 6th of July, when the bonus or boan- ty on exportation expires. Private sales of Lipo mo 4 are very small. Millinery goods and ribbons are depressed up price, German woollens continue The leading jobbers are doing a very brisk alize good profits. The Western demand improv ally. Donftetic fabrics, which come ia competition the foreign imports, are depressed in price, Prints acecline. Staple cotton Is in use in the Hast are much am demand for export. a is taking an increased sup- ply. Domestic woollens suffer the most from foreign com- petition. The following table will show how the banks in the four leading cities of the Union haye worked since January 1, 1859:— Loans. “sar $285,841,000 156, $03,000 58,710,000 27,382,000 Jan. 1- 8.. if § 710, Feb. 5-24,. 236,630,000 149,676,000 54,444,000 28,921,000 Mar. 5-12.. 234,243,000 149,367,000 54,648,000 80,071,000 Ap’l 2-11,, 288,636,000 161,487,000 66,961,000 32,443,000 May 7-15.. 225,086,000 151,173,000 53,848,000 81,357,000 June 4-13... 225,202,000 186,805,000 48,913.000 30,167,000 July 9-18, 221,447,000 128,214,000 46,169,000 29,028,000 ‘Aug. 6-13, . 217,965,000 110,491,000 44,007,000 27,815,000 Sep.10-19,, 223,768,000 123,644,000 45,096,000 27,428,000 Sep.17-26. 224,237,000 123,419,000 44,086,000 27,078,000 Sep.24-0c.4 224,662,000 122,618,000 42,377,000 27,061,000 Oct. 1-11, 224,577,000 122,383,000 42,916,549 28,208,589 Oct. 8-18., 225,248,000 123,106,000 42,828,000 27,847,000 Oct. 15-24,. 224,920,000 124,860,000 44,204,000 27,613,000 Oc. 22-Nov 1 226,738,000 126,760,000 44,705,000 27,650,593 00. 20-Nov 8 229,808,000 129,067,000 43,404,000 27,790,310 Nov. 5-14. 230,816,000 129,307,000 42,760,000 27,742,000 Nov. 12-22, 281,578,000 129,416,000 41,772,000 27,266,000 Nov. 19-26, 231,609,523 127,047,032 40,276,008 27,540,934 Dec. 8-10,. 232 457,317 180,498,253 41,085,981 28,289,200 Dec. 17-27.. 282,392,165 130,393,018 40,419,735 27,824,516 1860. Jan. 1-10, 223,188,108 127,014,508 38,945,411 29,784,004 Jan. 7-16, 233,949,080 128,659,780 40,015,966 29,771,696 Jap. 14-21. 284,137,759 129,362,112 40,826,922 29,429,041 J. A-Fd. 6. 233,990,450 180,923,901 41,665,241 29,048,274 Feb. 4-11. 283,932,068 129,753,497 41,562,263 30,428,298 Feb. 11-18. 236,079,022 131,279,471 42,608,459 29,775,622 Feb. 18-25, 234,881,110 132,448,169 43,068,524 30,452,676 Fb 25-Mar 8 235 144,234 186 565,536 46,382,738 30,859,253 o 859, Mar. 8-1¢,, 237,966,065 187,027,193 45,015,207 31,483,976 Mar 10-17, 237,053,629 138,662,391 45,650,821 31,297,326 The aggregate bank,loans are now higher than they have been since the first week in April, 1859, when their specie. was $10,000,000 higher than it is now. If the banks pursue their present policy of expansion a little further, all the advantage of the pe ae will be lost, and the overtrading which will be caused will lead, this fall and next spring, to the most serious disasters. $10000 U 8 6's 1868.. 10734 4000 Ten’see 6’s '90 ‘ 8000 Virg'nia 6's. 11600 Missouri 6’s. 2000 = do... 29000 td Perey ee 7000 ER 3d mb 1883 1(00 H RRR 8d m. 1000 H R RRevt b. 2000 Mi So 2d m b. 4000 I Cen RR bes 8600 do... ..., 1000 M 8 ¥k fd bde. 20 sha Merch’ts’ Bk. 1033¢ 10 Continental Bk 80 Park Bi Lx 1 “e105 160 Harlem RR pref... 343¢ 100 Mich Central RR. 41 —_—___. CITY COMMERCIAL REPORT. Tuvrspay, March 22—6 P. M. ou et ns bo koe teers st ce. a 8, Including pots at 63{c. an at Bagapsrvrrs.—Flour—The market was stiffer for mcn grades of State and Western, and closed at improvement, while the higher and extra grades re- mained unchanged. The market, however, was not so active, as it was yesterday, the having embraced avout 6,000 bbis., closing within the following range of prices — pe: $520 a 525 Extra State $30 a 5 60 +520 a 6% +560 a 72) Putra Genetee........... +650 a 72 Mixed to etraight Southern +605 a 625 Sura’ght to good extra do .., +630 a 750 Choice extra family and bakers’ brands... 750 a 8 00 Rye flo 2860 a 440 Corn me ae +365 a 415 Canadien 1 Ww confined to 200 a 300 bbls, closing at $5 50a $7 25 for extra. flour was in fair demand, and were stead The active and Western a) was hea nominal. of 8,000 bushels pick phe ang ik je, incl Indiana $1 65 and Milwaukee club al $1 24. Gorn was firmer and the demand fa'r, with sales of 17,000 ‘Western mixed at 760. a 760. » l H f 4 fay ii EF ae ba] - I sir oN Pgs tod sho balances | i v By Adrian B. Mai Lot with rear 42 Gouverneur ith building, Mx101.9, Lot rear of 44, wi BPW » House and Wteouthe cor. 20ui at and Oth ave.. 13,650 6 lots Tith st , 60 feed cast ave. A, ca $1,600 9,600 “ “ ea $1,600 3,200 SHIPPING NEWS. SPECIAL. NOTICE. Port of Now Work, Mareh 92, 1860, OURARED. anne Montgomery, Berry, Savannah—H B Cromwell & _Dmamatip Reancko Conch, Norfolk, 4e—Ladlam & Heme- Ship Rxcelstor, Bwift Liverpool—8 "a Nephew. Bulb Cassbrie (20), Roper Gheagoweey Winans Gor Bark Liverty, §baw, & veviin. Belg Avice (ior) Teliesten, eoedna ek a char. vane (Ror), Tellersen, a 4g BI8 Princess Royal (Br), Newbold, Bermuda—Sanih, Jones 2 Brig Georgia, Sherman. Nassau—Walsh, Carver & Chase. Brig Lavaca: Parkers Moston Noreeee's Prince. Brig Pizarso, Sturges, Mobile—Laytia & Hurlbut, Bebr EB Crowell, Low, Jamaica—H Under wood. Ha'ifax—H @ Donovan. vaca— ScCready, — & 00. ‘Y, Bostoa—3 Taylor, Dukes, Piymouth. H Chase, Tryon. Hartford—Mester. Boston. Grocker Philadelphia. ‘Coesack (of Koston), Gray, Whampoa, Dec 21, passed Macao 24th, Java Heed Jan 24, Cape Good Hope Feb 3 crossed the Equator ip the Atlantic Ist inst in lon 38, with silks &e. to Cary & Co. Foo 1, lat 3308, lon 28 41 B, han, from Caleutta for Liv .- From fos hed a contiouation of light winds with a Isnde, by @ pilot rem bost M H Urianell; same dav, bad a hesvy géle from NW, during which split fore topsail, spanker, and main topmast staysail Bark Geo 8 Bunt (of Portland), Woodbury, Matanzas, March ‘with sugar dc, to J W Delano & Vo . EM Clark @ is tM Uhark View via Keyport. : mass), Ulark, Ann Stalter, Fish Newark for Providence. Doretta Kabo, Miner, Elizabethport for Portland. C Jayne, Jayte, Brookhaven for Beamer Kennebec. Hi ee oy Sone Steamer Dayhght Springer. New Brig Porto Plata (Brem), arrived yy from Port aa PRD, a BELOW. pith Onselle, from Cardenaa—By pot boat Mary Taylor, ene “J J Bathurst,” from Matanzas —By pilot boat Jane, on, Brig Homer (of NS) —By pilot boat Jas Avery, No 9. Brig Orie, ttous Rio Janeiro, so aaye Dommion (3 mass), Johnson, from Havana.—Both ‘Geo Bteers, Nos. CHEE }; Sunder! i a A vi rer} 8; echre Wild, PI jdney; Ht saan ese Francisco; Grace insto Bests: Gruzy City Of Norfolr, Havana’ ‘Onare, Joomely F Tinker, —. 1e0, stesmaships Granada, Indianola, with troops (ond ctered at Quarantine; Montgomery, Savannah; ‘Nor 3. Seamahlp Australasian (Br), for Liverpoo!, is atill anchored at Quarantine. ‘Wind this AM NW, with snow; at sunset ANW, snowing. cht, Liv. Hong Kong: Jobn ks. 8 ar’ King, Ni ;, brigs Icarfan, do; i BIGBLARI bara carte NU mow, cannot see any detance of abore ~ SANDY HOOK, March sunset—One bound at ADOT aCEW Op, Wind BRE: teedereie hee ee Bliscellancous. Pilot boat George Steers, No 6, cawe up yenterday morn- Waen poet gy a opeof which sunk soon afterwards, Pervano, Hall, hence for before teie omen pepe ne eae oe stove and guards, sorupg quard beams, bulkheads, and sustained Snir Sternex Grover, Baldrey, fiom Liverpool, erred at Calowta Jau 23. atter a long passage of 168 days, occasioned b the heads of the naiis in the comin, Sooper leaving the bot- tom of iheship ink very ranged pondition, Macs of te pe ted ‘Ithaa been on the ebip only 5 months, ‘vessel will have to go into dock to recopper. Baxx Trvrman (of Mars), Mayo. at Barrel Stake, , from Be Having taken ont ber ballast to te: Sails and Tiegion saved: - a wat eg odin Pre wincsiow x "ibe rumen is ibe vessel Whisetae reocstel Busk asthe “Irunion.” Sho for: Liverpool, wae at ia 3866, and owned im 8t . dence 10th inet for Cedar ielsnd, Ve ibe Invatntie wend stout e Ree tier oct ko is pearly all ‘upon the ‘and ts. in an exposed ce—A ofa tabi tetas whe igh sea. Bs i Scum Onaix Cow1—Mobile, March 2i—Schr Orrin Cowl, hence for iwashore on the Knoll outside Mobile Point, A steamer isalcngside (By tel.) G (cotton), i ston for Gutten! was towed In leaky, and Jat $0 8, on 9) B of ‘waa sven March 6, Int Soy eee ae ‘March 18, lat 40 33, ¥ ‘Ben, 8, was passed March 10, lat 83, lon & white and red signal with letters 8 BW, web, nish ton Tak Foreign Ports. riame Guy, for do soon Nobert Boek Lartaneds Sean eee ise sda Bes tarah Bape efth Datateneraiee, ah ee afr Bhd: Salve yrearnee foe iz Sdaye: Tile Rigas far do Feb 16. Ol¢ weston, Wivifield. NYorns %th, Orlando, Nak a Ganpir?, March 5—Sid O J kerstaw, Way ‘Beston via Montevideo a’ 4 apie. dcp avr 26ib; Black Bawf, Sboof from do do; ‘Liver, Baldrey trom 6; partes Glover Wet oww, orwtier! Atty shan vie for Bostoa bag; Miles biandisb, Gerdes, for, York’ thaw for iamoon). Merritt, rata nak nates ‘Lea: i {endon: Hofyrood, Jordaa, ten’ sh Phinaaigoas Renter, wate ese — a Kurrsches, aS atin a . Harding, for Mestins ready, Gros Monee ar Mua, Dadley, Sumatra; 8 P Mus vam, Mirah Onttd shige Barra Astng, Work. Ord dt, Teane Keil, Johnson, Oar dill ana 8h Im part Tub, Froibingbem, steteon, from NYork § nye eater ees See nau, March 1—No Am vessel ia port. ld feb 2}, sobr- a Behmonton, Je: March Io in port brig Oyclone, MoCarty, from. Ligeareot, March 7—Air Bobemian (a, Graage, s Hangatco G0, Brooks, NYorn, Eacort, ° Cid Sth, J Baker (aot Baker), Allen, Philadelphia; 4: Phinney, See ares ‘Pringess Bopal, Uurrie, Prise, Cateut rd ee sees eee a Neco aa SER Erercven anes cfet ete ; Piet ieted peroson 224 tase oped pon Tor oataraet, “He warrasts al seat eat of bln to aut the might