The New York Herald Newspaper, January 25, 1861, Page 3

NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, JANUARY 265, 1861. The Property They Own—Heow Many Legal Voters Among Them—tntermar- riages Between Whites and Blacks, Rey dey ae. ‘The returns ef the recent census have been carefully examined to arrive at the facts bearing upon our colored population. The negre question is one that must be met, ene that the American mind must fully comprehend in all ite bearings, in order that it may be finally disposed ef, and the progress of tne country no longer retarded @ Ms perpetuity endangered by the wild and visionary schemes of the abolitionists. A careful study of the fol- eur city cannot but tend to open the eyes of those who te the negro that position for which nature, or nature’s God, mtended him—which is one of servitude. His best and surest happiness is eccured only in a state of slavery, under the care and authority of a superior race. How strange and unaccountable is that philanthropy which loses ite blurred vision from all the miseries immediately around it, and is delighted only when it views imaginary suerings in distant communities, or 1s intermeddling with the affairs properly belonging to the people of other States. Let us invite @ careful perusal ef the following facte revealed by the late census in reference to our colored First, we will give the number of colored people in the city ten years ago:— Blacks. Mulatiors. Male. emales. 10,783 3,003 6,008 7,09 ‘Total number of colored population in 1860........18,815 ‘The following table will show the number according to the census just taken. We give it by wards, as several vather curious facts will be better commented on by doing 20:— THE OOLORED POPULATION OF NEW YORK CITY Fer 1860, ‘Total colered Decrease in ten YOrB.,.sy-eseeeersreenenenr eee eB 0Ok a inspection of the above tables shows « decrease in ‘the colored population in a single decade of about 8,000; ‘bat it will be observed that this docrease is almost whelly in the blacks. The mulattocs are about the same fm umber they were ten years ago, and the blacks have fallen off 3,000. It will also be seen that about one- half of the colored population live in the Fifth, Eighth and Fourteenth wards. The Eighth is the banner ward of negrodom, and the Fifth the hotbed of amalgamation. About two-thirds of the colored inhabitants of the Fifth ward are molattocs. It is in this ward that we find eighteen of the thirty-two intermarriages between whites and blacks, Six of these happy couples ocoupy a single heuse. The wives are washwomen, and the husbands play Pekomoke and attend to domestic duties. It must be an extremely interesting society, and one tn which the philosopher of the Tribune could study to advantage. ‘Be could there see the practical results of his theories, and a visit would furnish a text for a sermon to slave" holders of the South. At this ratio of decrease in the blacks of this city, on ‘he opening of the next forty years from this— @ pare negro would be @ cur! ly among us. Al) that ‘would be left of their race would be found mixed'up with the blood of the whites. The remnant left would be de graded, despised, and unfit even for slaves—in & more deplorable condition than the few straggling Indian pros- titates living in the First ward. ‘We cannot ebut our eyes to the fact that the true post- téon of the negro in the United States is one of servitude, As aslave beis happy and contented, as a freeman des- ised and contemned. Labor, in the Northern States, is the property of the white man and woman. Stern neoes- sity is driving the black race from every honorabie field ef employment among us. The field of labor for the negre is gradually but certainly growing narrower and Bartower, Forty years ago negroes carried the hod, were our barbers and shoeblacks, and had e varioty of eccupations that the necessities of the white laborer, native born, Irish and German, have compelled the black man and woman to abandon. Colored society tn this city Offers a wide field for philosophical reflection: that in the Fifth ward isa perfect brothel. By examining the table of occupations given below we find the great body of the colored population servants or waiters; scarcely a dozen of them are engaged in any of the higher pursuits of life; no mechanics or artists among their number. Take the same number of blacks in any section of the slave States, and you wil find a greater number of mechanics than you will among our free negroes. ‘The following table will show the oumber of colored persons who own real estate and personal property, and the value of such estate and property. It will be seen ‘that there are only eighty-five out of the 10,000 and over who own real estate. The aggregate value of the real estate owned by these eighty-five persons is $856,475. In four cases out of the eighty-five the value of the real es- tate owned by eaeh is lees than $250, consisting of lowe on Long Island and in New Jersey; in ten other cases ‘women are the proprietors. So that, if there were no hens or encumbrances on this estate or debts chargeable to it, reducing its value below $250 in the hands of a single owner, there would be about seventy voters among our colored population. ‘The highest value of the real estate owned by a single individual is $60,000. This ‘‘darkey’’ calls himself more than half white, and says he was born in Massachusetts, ‘end bas coursing in his veins some of the bost blood of the aristocracy of that State, Still true to tho le gitimate profession of a negro, he gave bis occups tion as that of « waiter, The next tn or der in point of wealth is another rmulat- to—« cook—who calle himself worth $60,000. Next comes “Simon Pure’? negro, who calls himself ‘worth $30,000, who is a waiter also. Then comes a $20,- 000 mulatto, which closes the list of colored “‘gemmon’’ who claim to own any considerable amount of real es- tate. Among the colored ladies there are about half a doven who claim to own real estate in value from $5,000 00 $15,000, The balance of the eighty-five who own real estate average from $260 to $2,000 worth each. The negro is almost always willing to state the value of hie property, and they gave ready answers to tho mar- shals. In only one case was there a refusal. The celebrated Thomas Downing, who is famous for furnishing the beat of oysters, positively refused,‘and lectured the marshal rather sharply on the subject. His theory was, that as the government at Washington regarded him as @ chattel, he could not own chattels. Property, said the celebrated oysterman, cannot own property, and the Census De- partment eo far remains ignorant of the value of the pro- perty of the most celebrated oysterman in Amerioa:— No. of Perwme Value No. of Persons Value of Owning Per. Perwnal Wards. Real Estate. R'l somal Evate 1. 4 7 650, a 250 2 10,000 2 2,250 oe -~ 1 1,500 9 0 608 33 60,000 6 11,960 6 1,250 _ — 2 500 “ 178,826 32 98,000 3 5,300 a“ 12,325 1 600 7 1,400 - - a8 3,700 4 5,900 5 1,560 2 450: M 6,080 - —_ a7 8.575 4 42,100 3 2,600 & 41,600 a8 16,700 ~ — 6 1,600 1 400 2 500 2 1,800 6 1,400 1 11,100 120 4 5,400 2 a 24,000 7 86 $906,475 108 $213,786 *| offspring of white men and black women. The cases in PRACTICAL AMALGAMATION. ‘The census marshals return thirty-twe cases of inter- marriage between whites and colored persons. In ex- mining the particulars of each case as to age, birth- place, occupation, &c., much may be learned ef the mo- tives that chiefly induced such unions, 80 contrary te human nature generally, and 80 revolting to the sensi- bilities of civilized society. We will first note the fact that in all these cases the wife i# white, There are no cases returned of a white man marrying a black woman. There are some six or seven eases where black women have claimed that they had been married to Chinese, who had abandoned them. But not asingle case is re- turned where a white man of European birth or mative born is known to have married black woman. Of the thirty-two white women whose husbands are Diack, eighteen were born in Ireland, five in New York, three in England, two in Soetland, one in Virginia, one ia Delaware, one in Rhode Island, and one at sea. So far as they profess to have any occupation, they generally call themeclves washwomen. them are eo returned, one or two turned as servants, and one a cocupations of their husbands, so far as they profess to have any, are, laborers, 9; coachmen, 8; porters, 3; sailors, 8; waiters, 4; tailor, 1; barber, 1; butcher, 1; pedier,1; cook, 1; and 1 keeps an oyster saloon, “In n case does the husband or wife own any real estate, and in only one case the personal effects amount to $40, and im one other to $20. Another fact worthy of notice is, that in nearly every one of these cases the wife is quite young, and the mar- riage generally of recent date. Marriages of this kind do not last long generally. The parties, especially the | America. Civilized society appears to be as fatal to the -women, are illiterate, and mfny of them cannot read and | Indian as freedom to the African, write. Not one of these marriages existed ten years ago, . and some eight or ten of them took place during the past Rarey in Brooklyn. yes, to page, tet wt ue, | aa ee a ae Mun ee years hence, judging from the past in similar cases, it is probable that not one of these marriages will exist, or at | Scar0% 4 BITKE BARBY NARROWLY RSCAFES 4 least the parties will have practically dissolved the union, a least the ee Wil Rave y Wednesday night the celebrated horse tamer, Rarey In most cases of this kind the woman abandons her hus- yer ce ; gavealecture and exhibition illustrative of his power band at the first favorable epportunity, as soon as she over the horse at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. Long eee and feels the extent of the odium she has incurred from | before the time for the commencement of the entertain. society around her. Though these are facta, it does not fol | ment the spacious house was filled to overflowing inevery low that such marriages will cease. There are always young | part, and the police kept upa continual bawling to the still women of perverted inclinations in this respect, ign0- | oregsing throng that there were no more seats, ‘The au- rant, illiterate and reared under unfavorable surround- dience was of course composed in great measure of far dif- ings, who, in the moment of some singular hallucination ferent materials than on the previous evening at the of mind, will incur the displeasure of society and friends | Operg still there was considerable element of re- by marrying a negro. "oat the intelligent reader will perceive that these bs era Thsceaidee = rat Mle Blgg e Ya sent; and, save an occasional cry of ‘Sit down in front,” thirty-two intermarriages of blacks and whites do not ac- ci ects Si: in| SOR ae ashen J; cx! oly. Taw Oak |e Tee ne ONIN: the: lectener ae ‘tle at is that perhaps not 100 mulatwes have been born here Fee tether a were during the last generation which were the result of we Wegener mee Soo ee such intermarriages. How then came they here? The a herp iiiga ai tet aan alte oire. census shows that more than five-sixths of them were thick ventiaibe tole 0 end of them in this city. od with sawdust, over which was a plentifal litter of : straw, presenting, im fact, the appearance with which the They are evidently the offspring of illicit intercourse be- | 1 a eaters of Niblo’s, at the previous exhibitions of Mr. whom, as we see by the table of occupations, are em- ployed, though in many casee but for a small portioe of the year, im the most menial pursuits. Yet the field of suffering white population. There is no room in this city for the negro, ‘We have now given the entire statistics of our colored population, and drawn such inferences from the tacts stated as will enable the reader to judge of their inevita- ble destiny. No former census has been #0 full, But the importance of the negro question at this time requires that every fact bearing upon it should be developed. OUR INDIAN POPULATION. In the First ward we find twenty-one Indians returned Dy the census marshale—twelve males and nine females— twenty of whom are returned as pediers. In the Ninth ward there is one Indian woman, a domestic. In the Twelfth ward there lives one Indian, female, having no occupation. In the Thirteenth ward resides an Indian family ; the husband is a porter, owning $1,000 worth of personal property, having a wife and son. In the Twen- tieth ward resides an Indian woman, a widow, ® seam- strees, having $150 werth of personal property, and a son and daughter, and an old Indian woman residing with her. Thus we have thirty Indians, male and female, emumerated as residing in this city. Two only possess any property worth valuing. The twenty pediers resii- ing in the Firet ward are familiar to most of us, as they may be frequently sean in the hotels and drinking places offering their wares for sale. Tho women aro mostly , and the men principally live en what the wo- men earn. In their habits of life they are degraded fa Delow what governs under tribal rule in the forests of 3z ry tween white men and black women. And here itis | Rarey at thet theatre, and the readers of the Heath, are where the purity of white women shines pre-eminent — {ogee ATES. i . Rarey appeared on the stage, over that of the other sex of the same color. Bale have ‘dnd aie rey 7 oeon lis cratens ange, said that white men do not marry black women; and we | said'to illustrate tt ce ae pg may now state a fact equally true and susceptible of on ro which bre naa neh yes peed Lo hands fand ¥ wi knew nothing: but was his’ confidence proof—nine-tenths of the mulattoes in this city are the in the system, that he pods to the 4 horse in the world. By a knowledge of the action of the brain, any koree, however vicious, might be sub- and governed. which a white woman has a mulatto child are compara- dued the best tively rare; but black women with mulatto babies are to ‘be seen in almost any lane and alley of our city. Wahe- ther this targe preponderance in favor of the purity of white women over that of white men would hold if the former had the same means of concealing the folly and shame as the latter, we leave others to judge; but as the facts stand, mulatto bastardy among us is almost wholly attributable to intercourse between white men and black women, though the former never consent to marry the latter. ‘The following table will show the ‘occupation of the colored population:— OCCUPATIONS OF THE COLORED POPULATION. 1,165 Bearding houses. rrr Be tt OO OR ARR RRR RRO OEOOSSSSN Lewis, of No, Tas i i" i 5 § i i F i i 2F z £ i E H F j te i | | ¢ | ! rd FF g 8 é | | a iH ee tf it H Lf Es ir Hi Ae if ia Hi it 3 £ Fare Hf 4 & AH HH Hi rE i Hi i Pega aft sok [ ay ru 3h RE z 5 g Z gE z i | i others claiming irregular i 2 tg And . employ ments. BIRTHPLACES OF COLORED POPULATION—THE NUM- BER WHO CANNOT READ AND WRITE, AND WHO fr i hi I zl docile as a vew born puppy, closed with Mr. Rarey’s thanks to the audience. | steer tom mcm comes ihe News from Buenos A: * s[93 | POLITICAL—RAILROADS—SUBMARINE = TELRORAPH, — BTO., BTC. Total colored population.........cecceseseeseeee 10,8351 | we, are in receipt of intelligence from Buenos A large proportion of those born in the slave States were born in Virginia and Maryland, and two-thirds of those born in the free States wore born in New York. Number of children attending school within the Ayres, Parana, &e., throngh the Rio Janeiro and local papers to Nevember 27. We learn that there was a rumor prevailing in Buenos Ayres that & revolution had broken out tn the province of San JOR stscorseseovovsccesvecperoscesssevecssos 1,907 | Jusn, tn which the poh iF teas che. y persons ho cannot read and 1, Governor end some most .. eee ony tenes seeveeeeeee mee RT) ential persons bad been murdered. Dates from Parana MBER RED PERSONS OVER AND UNDER | are to Nevember 22. At Santiago there had beon an in- WENT, AND THR NUMBER OF COLORED Pamt- | Yaeon-by Indians, who ‘& great number of cattle and yi - sacked several farms. expedition under Ooi. Dugra- ao ty to Chaco was entirely fruitions and had disbanded, the FE In all ofviliged and Industrial communities the number of people under twenty years of age nearly equal those over, This is #0 of the white population of this city and of the Union, and also of the negro population of the slave States, But It is not so with the colored population of our city. There are fewer families among them than among the same number of the white population, Out of the Fifth, Eighth and Fourtesath wards, the colored po- Ppulation is scattered over the city, living isolated; and in these wards, even, thero are not as many families as among the same number of whites. Hence the fact that the number of colored children is far leas than those among the same number of whites, or slaves. Out of 10,800 persons there should be at least 6,000 under twen- ty, in any well regulated community whose population is steadily om the increase. But out of the 10,831 colored per- sone in thie city there are only 3,561 under twonty, and there are 7,270 over twenty. Any community that oxhi- bite this fact in reference to the ages of ite population must necessarily doorease in ita numbers, by laws as in- evitable as that of death itself, unloss ite waning num- bers are materially increased by immigration, a olrcum- stance not likely to ocour in reforence to oar colored popalation. ‘The number of families among our negro and mulatto population is 1,209, out of a population of 10,831. Among the white population there are 2,160 farnilies out of overy 10,800 persons. These facta, together with others we have stated, render it morally certain that our colored Population will hereafter continue to decrease in num. bere ‘The coneus only calls for the occupation of individuals over fifteon years of age, and there are about 8,000 over this age among our colored population, about 5,000 of men retiring to the provisos of Entre (From the Commercial Times, Nov. 24.) ‘The disoussions of our representatives go on ata very slow pase, The scheme for the extension of the Western ideration. There is very much sald and apparently very little known on the subject: nevertheless we believe a very reasonable hope may be entertained that the measure will ultimately be thrown out, at any rate #0 far as is the clause con- cerning the expropriation of lands. A new measure has been brought forward by government, authorizing them to conclude @ coutract for the construction of a subma- Tine telograph from here to Montevideo, teeing six per cent upon a capital of $160,000 silver for twenty pears, for which time, also, the contracting party is to ve the monopoly of submarine telegraphy between those points, To-morrow takes place the municipal eleetion, concern- ing whieh there jf much more genoral interest than is naval on such ocoasions. wid 660. , or £2 Ie, 34 per dollar cur: 6, United States, par to two per cent discount, Board of Supervisors. ‘Bhie Board met on Tuesday, President Stewart im the chair. The m'vutes of the last meeting were read and labor they occupy will and mus: be demanded by our | approved, and the following business was transacted :— ‘The follow ing veto was received, and, after being read, it took the usual course:— Mayon’s Ormex, New York, Jan. 22, 1861. To nm Hoxoxame mm BOARD OF SUPMRVISORS:— Ggvriaacn—TI return herewith to your honorable body without my approval a resolution directing the Oomp- troller to draw his warrant on Nathan C. Platt for the total amount of money in his hands belonging to the county, to collect and receive the same, and, when ool- lected, Lo deposis the amount to the credit of ‘the county. Tn the resolution in question the words ‘‘to the credit of the county” are interlined in pencil in place of ‘“aocord- ing to law, with Daniel Devlin, the County Treasurer of Which stricken out by « although ‘the county of New York,’ cil line, J assume ment ment was after being that Precedent which might, under other circumstances, en- danger the safety of the county moneys. FERNANDO WOOD, Mayor. The committee to whom was referred the bill of Edmund Jones & Co., for stationery furnished the Court of Common Pleas, amounting to $4,927 60 reported that, upon examination, they were under jon that all the stationery for tn the bill was not furnished to the Court, and could not have been used by the Court, and the It was adopted. Tution that the bill be returned unpaid. ‘The special commitece to whom was referred the com- munication of the Hon. John McLeod Murphy, made to the Board of 8uj isors, in relation to the censtruction of the new Harlem bridge, banded in a very lengthy re- Port, in which they stated that, after due exammation, ho | thought that the Commissioners of Harlem exceeded their authority, and that nearly all expense would have to be borne by the county of New York, while Westchester would enjoy equal benefits. The report closed with a resolution that the document be referred to the legal acviser of the Board, for hie opinion as to whether the contracts made by the Com- missioner are legal and Dinding upon the county of New York, providing the ex of building the bridge shall exoced the sum of $25,000, the amount authorized by the Legialature. ‘After some debate the report was recelved and tho re- solution was adopted. The following standing committecs was appointed for the, ensuing yer -— Annual Dutcher, Purdy, Davis, Roche. Civil Courts—Connor, Dutcher, Ely, Blunt. inting and Stationery—Blunt, Purdy, Wetsmann, County Ofices—Tweed, Little, Briggs, Woismann. Criminal Courts and Police—Litvie, Fly, Davis, Roche. ezarement of Public Charities—Davis, Connor, Little, eed. ‘After some unimportant business, the Board adjourned until next Tuesday, at 3P. M. News from Havana. ARRIVAL OF THE BIRNVILLS. The United States mail steamship Bienville, J. D. Bulloch, commander, from New Sans on the 1th and Havana on the 16th inst., arrived at this port at an early hour on Tuesday morning. There is nothing of general interest to communicate from Havana. Mercantile affairs are in a depressed state, and the political condition of the United States excites the deepest interest and concern—indeed this topic absorbe al) § -others. The United States steamer Crusader, Lieutenant commanding J. N. MaMtt, was in port for supplies, to sail ma day or twoenacruise. At half-past twelve o'clock P. M. om Sunday, off Hatteras shoals, exchanged signals with a steamer supposed to be the regular Savannah packet. During the entire run from Havana passed but two sail. Freights dull. Sugar market very muel rt . Exchange—london, 12}, a 18% premium; Paris, para %; New York, 408}; New Orleans, shori 1oaiz. Rivera & Hall: 8 go. Pevant Bros. ; 1 4 PRA 1 do., Morrell & Randell; 1 do., B. Appleton & Co. ; 8 do., 1 bor, Wells, boven, 3 bags, 4 pigs.; order. OUR HAVANA CORBBSPONDENCE. Havama, Jan. 18, 1901. Pealing in Oude. on the Oricin—Panie Unabated—Oommar lal Failure—The United Bates Btoamer Crusader, dv. ‘The latest news received by the Bienville hes produced 0 devp sensation of sorrow in this community. These tion of the people and Governor ef Louisiana strikes Cuban tntelligence as big meb, over which even the highest ¢ignitary of the presides as ringleader. 4a the way it souma hére, and wuch will bo the judg. of the future, haps. The panic - still continues. Shipments of by this egttti tte ie z i Be i? H uf ie AH 5 FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. Taursvay, Jan. 24—6 P. M. The advices from Europe are inducing mercan- tile men to move with caution; some uneasiness is felt with regard to the Bank of France, which, according to private letters, is in some danger of suspending specie payment. Itis not likely that the French government would permit anything of the kind, especially as France is really very prosperous just now. The cessation of orders from here, coupled with the drain of gold for this country, has created some embarrassment, and, contrary to the usual practice, the Bank has met it by rais- ing the rate of interest and curtailing instead of baying gold abroad: There is, however, no reason to anticipate anything more alarming than a etrin- gent money market, the shipment of some American stocks to this country for sale, and, perhaps, some mercantile failures. Here, to-day, the money market was dull. Money is borrowed freely on call at 5 a 6, the recent award of Treasury notes, having in- fused a little activity into the demand. Paper goes, as before, at seven for exceptional names, and 8 a 12 for good double name paper. Very lit- tle was done in foreign exchange. The stock market opened very weak, at a con- cession from the closing prices of yesterday. Be- fore the close of the session, however, the decline brought in some buyers, and prices improved. Between the boards the market was steady, but dull; im the afternoon it was lower, but closed with more firmness. The great question continues to be, how will the English public act if the Bank continues to raise the rate of interest? Will they not send over their Erie, and their Illinois Central, and their New York Central, and their State stocks to this side? On this question bulls and bears are divided, and the dispute is warm. At present prices there is a pro- fit of twenty per cent om much of the Illinois Central Railroad which was bought here for British and other foreign account a few weeks ago. Such a profit will be likely to tempt some holders te sell. With regard to the stocks which are not largely held abroad, it would seem that the bulls have the beat class; the present plethora of money and the large earings of the railroads are arguments which the bear# find i difficult to re sist. United States 5's 1974, 93a 94; Virginia 6's, 70% %; Tennessee 6's, 744% a 75; Missoari 6's, 68 a; Canton, ld a Cumberland Coal preferred, 8% 9; Pacific Mail, 89% a New York Cen- tral, 7934 a \4; Brie, 35a %; Hadson River, Harlem, 16 a}; do. preferred, 3814 a \4; ing, 45% a 46; Michigan Central gearanteed, 32% & 33; Panama, 1148 116; Illinois Central, 805, @ 81; Galena and Chicago, 72% a 73; Cleveland and Toledo, 34% a 35; Chicago and Rock Island, 574%; Chicago, Burlington and Quincy, 73 @ 7324; Ulinois Central bonds, 95 « 97. It is understood that the Honse Committee of Ways and Means at Washington have called on Mr. Dix to say how much money the government will want before the 4th of March, and how much before the Ist of July. Mr. Dix is understood to have replied that the government will want no more money before the 4th of March, unless the receipts from duties should fall off unexpectedly, Lut that about $20,000,000 over and above the or- dinary receipts will be needed to carry on the government and meet maturing Treasury notes be- tween this and July 1. To supply this deficiency the Treasury Department have the right to issue $14,000,000 of 5 per cent stock, under the act of 1860. It is believed that Mr. Dix recommends the passage of an act authorizing a new loan, to be secured by the deposits of federal money which were made with the States in 1836. In that year, there being a surplus in the Treasury, $28,000,000 were divided among the twenty-six States then constituting the Union. New York received $4,000,000 for her share. Mr. Dix thinks these deposits would prove @ good basis for a new toan. The earnings of the Galena and Chicago Railroad Gre Jemtifying the directors of the company in de- claring the large dividend which created so much talk afew weeks since. The gross earnings for the first three weeks of January amount to $73,689, against $41,921 for the same three weeks and $60,662 for the whole month of January last year. In January this year the road will probably carm $95,000. The country drained by the Galena is full of corn, and has a large amount of wheat still onhband. For the first time for three years the road begins the year with a fine freighting busi- ness assured. Like all the roads of Illinois, the Galena is also going to have a fair passenger traffic—a source of income which has been closed since the crisis of 1857. The pending political trouble does no harm to the Western roads. The Cunard steamer arrived to-day at Halifax, with $1,080,000 in gold. Cotton is reported better, breadstuffs quiet, the funds steady. Details of her news will be found in another column. The suit brought by the Attorney General of the State against the New York Central Railroad Com- pany to recover several million of dollars for canal tolls upon freight transported over the road of the company, came on for trial yesterday at the Or- ange County Circuit, held at Goshen, Justice Brown presiding. A jury having been empanelled, the plaintiffs introdaced their testimony, and, after abandoning that part of their claim which arose more than six years prior to the commencement of the suit, and also all claim for toll upon way freight, rested their case; whereupon the defendants moved for a non-suit, upon the following among other grounds:—First, that there was no evidence before the Court and jury from which canal tolls could be computed upon freight transported by the defendants in case their liability to pay such: tolls was established; second, that the act of the Legislature, passed July 10, 1851, abolishing tolls on railroads, was a valid law; third, that all laws imposing tolls on freight transported from or to other States by the’ defendants were in violation of the constitution of the United States, and were therefore void. After argument by counsel for the respective parties, the Court granted the motion and dismissed the complaint. Attorney General Myers, Comptroller Denniston, Auditor Benton and Deputy Engineer and Surveyor Perkins were in attendance on the part of the State. Hon. A. C. Paige, Hon. L. Tre- main and Treasurer Wilson appeared on behalf of the company. The Milwaukee Sentinel thus remarks in relation to the late foreclosure sale of the Milwaukee and Mississippi Railroad: — ‘ ont Seu Riis Grad o petnenpese poate es ng the road will be hereafter known as the i wankeo and Prairie du Chien Railway. The terms reorganization, under the law of last winter, wore fled ‘with the Secretary of State on Friday. The new directors are Louis H. Meyer, Wm. P. Lynde, Allen , Wm. Schall, John Wilkinson, Joba Callin, Hercules L. Dow. the venk ‘omtinnte, tne. the prevent at ‘enate without ie. The Philadelphia Bulletin of last evening thus notices the money market of that oity:— The eral aspect of the money market has od but title, and tie Itmalted ‘amount’ of eat cas pee offered outside of the banks is readily taken at a 10 por ee re is eens or well known at 12 por . Second class and obligationg are looked upon with distrust, and digieale totbisee tt na higher rates. There is no to Dotice tm mer. cantile circles. The Chicago Tribune of Tuesday says:— The Milwaukee Sentinel of Monday remarke:— Our local money market still opmtinues close, but the supply of Eastern exchange is better, and the prico 8 ‘at the close of last week. -_ ceat. The reduction has increased the demand, and during remittances have been quite liberal. ‘The ‘street were considerable, and a many availed them. ‘tunity thus afforded to purchase at ak per cent the rates charged by the banks. Currency has been ecaroe, pork packers apparently being the only parties. Annexed are the annual figures of the Sixth Avenue Railroad Company for the year euding 30th September: Capital stock... . Cost of road an By last report. The following is the statement of the Bank of the State of Indiana, November 17, 1860:— Meant Bills and notes discounted... . + $7,700,305 Banking house and other real estate 263,940 Onber bank balances. 369,905 Remittances and other terms. 115,163 1,162,140 Notes on other banks ve. $217,429 Nd and sliver » 1,917 268 Total . Laabiities Copital stock Surplus fund... Profit and lose $4,200 7 | Individual deposite Due other banks . Unelaimed dividends....... Certificates and otber items Cireuiation Te Lese notes in altervate , Jan. 24, 1961 200 Harlow RR prof. 3555 | do. 885 Ce 56 200 Miob Cen RR a M EY dO... 6.810 824, ‘“ Mich Sok NTRR 15 2000 Erie RR 1m b. 106 Panama RR... . 116 9000 Chi& N Wadm 19 60 Canton Company. 14 Go bo geeisesheessisst | alteration, thou alteral ng 136 Pao Mail 88 | 16. ¥ Gontral RR. 104 do... 810 81 45 G0.s.es.05. 19 200 Galona& ChicRR. 71 | 300 do... 000 19 100 dOvsss suse. TEM 200 do... 660 7% 100 do...,..bi0 TI | WO OB TH 200 Mee TM 100 “ 50 » 200 wu 50 wee 60 Baie 50 Bee 580 Mog $0 675 P| 87 ux 400 1” 2 516 $7000 - 11000 ¢ 4000 000 sae 16060 ty We BE 100 2 = ih 87 80 6676 900 67 100 one 150 PH 60 CITY COMMERCIAL REPORT. ‘Twurapay, Jan. 24—6 P. M. Asums.—The taarket was steady and sales limited, at unchanged prices. ‘BREADSTU?TS.: market was heavy, and tha turn of Se martes ye purchasers, ot ee e- scriptions prices were barr r. males embraced Soowk 1688 pols. “closing within the range of the following tions :— Superfine State $510 a 620 Extra State g% 8 5% Bupertine W 10 a 50 Sereney igi i8 a a 600 Straight to good extra do. 5600 @ 725 Choice extra family and 725 a 850 Ryefiour... e 340 a 4 Corn meal yw 800 a Sho was dull, with 115 bbls. , at —Canadian fleur $5 30 a $5 40 for common, and at $7 25 for extra. | Southern flour was quiet and prices heavy. The suloe imcluded 760 bbis., at the above quotations. Cern and rye flour were in moderate request at our qnotations. Wheat—the demand was limited and prices heavy. Ihe sales embraced about 20.000 bushels at $1 43 for Obio white, $1 83 a $1 35 for red Weetern, in store and delivered ; $1 20 for Milwaukee club, and $1 17 for Northern club. Corn was heavy and lower. Ihe sales footed up. about 42,000 bushels, at 660. for new Southern yellow, 67e. for ‘Western mixed, in store, 68c. for do. delivered, and aG 700. for old rdund yellow. Rye was quiet: sales of 400 @ 500 bushels were made at 75c. Outs were in fair requeet, and prices unchanged. Corrxe.—The sales embraced about 3,600 bags Rio af Tie. a 18c., 100 mata Java at 16c. Corroy, under influence of the foreign news wast firmer, and closed 3¢c. a 4c. higher. The sales em- braced about 3,800 bales, 1,300 having been made late in the afternoon.” We quote middling uplands at 12', >. a 12%. Freicnts.—Rates were firm and room limited. Liverpool 000 bushels corn were engaged wheat, in ehipper’s bags, 12d. was asked, which was above’ the views of shippers; 1,700 boxes and 3,700 hai’ boxes Malaga raisins, equal in weight to 160 tons, wera engaged at 408.; come bacon, lard and cheese were take. at old rates; some clover seed at 46s., and tallow at 42s. 6d. To London 100 bbls. lard were engaged at 428. 6). Hay was quiet and unchanged. Provisions.—Pork—The market was leas buoyant ant active. Sales were confined to about 350 bbis. at $17 8735 @ $18 for new mees, and $13 a $13 25 for new prime. Beef was quict, with sules of 176 bbls. at $8 75 a $0 50, and $10 a $10 60 for extra. Beef hams were in fair de- mand and drm, with sales of 60 bbls. at $14 75 a $15. Bacon was quiet at 0c. a 10c. Lard was heavy, with sales of 275 bbls. at 1040. a Cut meats were unchanged and gales light. Dressed hogs were selling at 7c. a ‘Tixe. for city , and $7 663¢ for extra. Svaans were dull, and sales were confined to small job- bing lots of Cuba, mostly refining qualities, at 5\c. a 53¢c., and 800 boxes and 1,900 bags at p. t. isKKY.—The market was heavy and lower, with salee of 260 bbis. at 173¢¢. a 18¢. To NEW YORK CATTLE MARKET, Weowmpay, Jan. 28, 1861 BEEF CATTLE. ‘The market at the Washington drove yard opened un~ der less favorable circumstances than last week, and tha original owners were accordingly eompelled to lower their pretensions somewhat. The attendance was very large and tho demand under ordinary circumstances would in all probability have been active. But butehers were on the alert for fresh arrivals all threugh the day on Tuesday, and would not pay co much~as they wera charged last week. The expected cattle came along in tit 2k i i H 5 age of! pr swore, a6%o. Other..........6)4¢. BEKC. MILCH COWS. for prime milch cows for family use baw ly active during the past week, and holders The inqviry been unusual of this description have therefore been enabled to obtain full prices, varying from $60 to $60, and in some f cases a8 high a8 $75 to $80 per head. Other grades deen in moderate demand, and preuious rates ore bees supported. The bulk of the offerings were of an ordinary o common quality, a8 is usual at this season and the dealers were acoordingly com) very low prices for the most inferior week and last week were as follows: — Allerton’s, Browning's. Chamberiain’s, 0 Brien’s. ‘This week " BL) 2B 2 3. a a Last week oy VEAL CALVES, Prime first claes veals have been in good demand, being wanted to fiil orders from first class hotels, but the supply of this kind was moderate, and scarcely sufficient to meet the most urgent demands. Brokers. were accordingly able to dictate pretty nearly their own terms, which, er, were only about equal to our outside qnotatious of last week, or Tc. a 734. per pound. The bulk of the of- ferings were poor, and could scarcely be ranked a# or- =~. The demand for the lower grades was modoram, nd the market dragged considerably. The extreme bw prices at which the inferior calves were offered temptet many of the butchers to lay ina sufficient to lant two weeks, which is quite unngual among the lower order of butcher#. The total receipts of al) the yards for the woek and last week were as follows:— id 8. Browning's. Chambertia's one. 1 ie " 38 SHERP AND LAMBS. ‘The receipts for the past week show a largo falling off, and the demand has accordingly been more active, while prices have advanced abont twenty-five cente per head. The demand for extra sheep continues full aa ac! aA last week, and holders of such were in all cases | to obtain full prices. Prime fat lambs were also wanted ‘The ordinary grades are without material in steady twir demand, The total re- ceiptas at the diferent yards for the week and last week, were as follows :— Allerton's. Browning's, Ohamberlin’s. 0’ Bricn’s. Thie week 4s 1,764 2473 1,068 Laat week...1,020 3456 Abas SWINE. The receipts have fallen off considerably, and with ac active demau have sold as fast as they arrived at improved p fod have sold readily at 60. « G%\c., and till hogs at 5c, a 6Xc., at which all the of. fer ings wore taken. RBCAPITULATION. The total receipts at all the yards for the week aud last week were as follows — at fall rates. Beoves. Cows. Calves. Sheets. Swine. Allerton’s 3,710 Browning's 1% Chambertin's.... a O'Brien's... Bergen. Total, woe & Laat week... 3, RECKIPTS BY NEW YORK Cattle. . 1,620 Hogs 2,049 Movements in Real Estate. Ry A. J. Bleocker, Sou & Oo, 4 lote ae. 1060h et., east Sth av. , 26x90.11 eneb 00 4 do. do, ‘adjoining do, each 8, 194¢h et. actjomping ia rear, do, ve teem 69)