The New York Herald Newspaper, June 4, 1862, Page 5

———— CONTRABAND * INTELLIGENCE, The Negro as He Is in Duff Green’s Row. FROM OUROWN ‘‘CONTRABAND" CORRESPONDENT, Key Keo, &e. “Wastuxctox, May 30, 1862. A creat deal has been written about the headquarters Tor contrabands and the inmates theoreof; but, iu genera! the information has been biased by party influence Political interest, a» individual prejudice. Stepping aside from all these considerations, your correspondent pro. ‘Poses to advance afow real facts; not ‘facts’? bent te Pufpose and interest, or ‘facts’? of tho imagination poetry and fiction, well enough for light reading on'n dark subject, but far, far away from tho arena of truth or thesuburbs thereof, where nowspaper correspondents ‘wre wont to indulge in a banquet of innocent flattery and Pleasant fiction—loving darkenss rather than ‘‘light,”’ and tho theme rather than tho ‘‘subject.”” Last night there were located at the aforesaid quarters five hundred and twenty-nine genuine ‘“contrabands’— the ugliest, largest and greasiest set of niggers thatever ame witbin the range of individual observation at one par- ticular time. Of this numbor two hundred were children’ from the weest of the wee to the opposite of the same. On ‘an average the males predominated in numbers over th: females. Among those latter arc somo truly ‘excol- Yent household servants. The men who have fled from the wrath to come, as a gene rality, are farm hands, mostly docrepit old mon, ‘If it was not for the indefatiganle efforts of Superin tendent Wood and other officers, this depot would ‘be Overrun with them. To avoid this large numbers are detailed to the camps every day, or to be employed in some way beneficial to the health of Washington and the vicinity, Yesterday some thirty or forty arrived in this city, and, on an average, with the exception of twe or three days, there has been a large increase over this limit. At the progent time the total number of vontrabands under the charge of Superintendent Wood is near seven hundred, while the total number under his charge from time to time has been between four and five thovsand. They have escaped principally from Virginia masters. A large number have come from Maryland, and some from other Southern States ‘Tho latter have been of service to the government in conveying important information, many of them having escaped in battle while employed as rebel officers’ servants. Of the women, over two hundred have been hired out to service in private families. They receive generally from five 20 six dollars per month, With comjaratively few ex ceptions they work well—the fact of their receiving « stated amount of wages in monoy, to be delivered int: their own hands, boing a strong incentive. Freedon with them now is a novelty, and how long the new broom ‘will sweep olean Is something entirely beyond the powe: of conception, even inthis material and speoulative ag: and city. Those who take chargo as “overseers” of the contrabands laboring for the government report that the Gaikeys work with a will and well. Unquestionably they have been of vast service to this community. They have built new roads, repaired old ones, built new and Fepaired old bridges, graded strects, laid crosswalks, an: done an astonishing amount of other labor, which it is mot necessary thatI should specify; they hare buriod dead horsos and cleaned away filth from vacated camps, pci: labor soldiers disdained, and absolutely refused to form. bay going through the contraband establishmont it wa* observable that forces wore omployed in renovating the place and suiting it for the occupancy of an immens: Dumber of individ lored persons, Congressionally and constituticnally rine. While your correspondent ‘was there, a lady prosented hersel! ior the purpose of for a fugitive, No sooner had sho arrived at the Moor of the officd than a, gentlemanly manager politely Informed her that all the officers were very busy anc could not attend to her case. But the lady insisted ov her Fisbta, and jn a lofty etyle of dignity demanded the surrender of her propoily. “She w: jen informed as to ‘the mode of procedure tohave her wants attended to anc her rights respected, in accordance with the orders, offices and the powers uf civil law. To this she would not listen, but abused the officers and said many things a ‘Woman ought not to understand if she hag not entirely departed from sanity, morality and all those finer attri Dutes of feeling aud sentiment to which the female racc Hagen! ir, As alast resort, one of the officers said:—“My dear madam, the smalipox is raging here all over, and if you do not want to take it or give it to ome of your family you had better go right away,” an’ away she did go, and in @ hurry. Cases of thia kind occur every day.’ In some insta’ the “massas” be come insolent and insulting, when are remonstrated with; but where remonstrances prove of avail they are far from mildly elected from the premises. For a long time past the coutrabands and noldiers bave reported this establishment as beiug in- fosted with emailpox and various in‘ectious diseases, a! in the worst form. This wag done in order to keep off the infuriated ‘‘massas’’ and ‘missuses,”” and give the Officers tine to look ater their protegor and do something else than answer questions relative to arunaway, who is always non est inventus. Every day there are many visitors to ihis depot Among them aro noticeable fur skiuned feminines, wh: ‘ec ntrast well with the deep bruuettes that “foil” them on. every side. ‘The ru! hat when a ‘contraband’ reports himeel! a8 a new arrival he is sent to the Provost Marshal's, to be examined, and thence trausferred to the superinteudency of W. P. Wood. He disposes of him according to instruc tious from government officials. The darkeys are excoedingly well disposed to tho colo nization scheme. Ona vote being tiken day bofore yes strongiy in favor of emigration. They ap- tisfied that no legislation cau make them the white man in this country. They want to go to “dat country whar do darkey is a man, and not a nigger; whar he has rights,” and ‘‘whar,”’ prob bly, he ean be a member of Congress, and join the wonderful «“M. C.”’ to his name, without i.s meaning ‘‘merely a con- trab nd.” Many of thet have made preparations to go to Liberia, Hayti and other places. ‘Tho new modus operandi uf the underground railroad | ‘fm not at liberty to state, because that is contraband in deed under the war power. One of the officers of the es. tablishment had lately seventeen warrants served ov him before breaktust. ‘Tho Sunday school and night school established for the Denoft of ths negroes ia, 1 am told, progrossing finely. But how it is possible to drive valu through so much repugnaney, skull bone and reas is hardly within tho grep of the reasoning faoultion of casual obverter. somo of them, notwithstanding, learn well, look well—and I suppose I have got far enough to extract from the reader the exclamation of “Well, well!’’ and to discontinue this correspoudence. Coroners’ Inquests. ‘Tae Baxter Sraret Poor Case. —The inquest in the ease of Calen Carlo, the Italian who was poisoned at No. 117 Baxtor street on Monday morning by taking a quantity of oxalic acid in mistake for Epsom’ salts, was con- cluded at the Now York Hospital yesterday by Coroner Ranney. Charles Roth,a porter in the drag store of Efimond Fonjera, No. 30 North William street, testified ‘that deceased came into the store beforo the proprietor was up, and asked for some medicine. Witness gave hhim what he supposed to be salts, but which eu quently proved to be oxalic acid. Fonjera, on being examined, stated that he had given strict injunctions to Roth net and alco. to sell an; Sree cenneal flu hol. Witness kept all his poisons vl, foams to be easily distinguished, and made it a rule never to sell except in the of, two hot skilled in medicine, and was not allowed to put up any pre. acriptions whatever. The jury, aftor carefully weigh- ing the evidence, rondered a verdict of ‘Death by jsoning by oxalic acid, procured at tho drug store Na. oo North Wiiant street, and we censure the proprietor, Edm¢nd Fonjera, and tho porter, Charles Roth.” Tho ecoused wore required to give bail each in the sam of $500, to await the action of, the Grand Jury. Fouxp Drowxep—A Svsriciovs Cate.—An inquest was held yesterday, by Coroner Ranney, upon the body of an ‘unknowp man, fourd drowned at the foot of East Houston street under somewhat suspicious circum: stances, An examination of the body by Dr. Himtor showel that deceased had been shot in the facor the ball paseing through the left sido of the cheek ‘and eseny under the jaw on the opposite side of the head, Whether the wound was the work of a suicide or not the physician wes unable to determine. Tho case may bo of murder. until ly is Goronor gets at all the fucts, it would kLe to apeculate upon probabilities. Deceased was ‘About fifty-five yours of ago, five feet six inehes in height, Shick get and quite mugeular. He was dressed in a black freck coat, Drown vest and pante, muslin shirt, calfekin galtors, binck silk necktio, and ieather suependers, Tho ae Wa aia! e wre ‘been in the water about wo weeks, dead bouse ‘Brepital for Wdaasineation. hr ry Fatat Rescxs oF A Stansine Arrray.—Some days ago a @isturbance occurréd on board the ship Redger A. Hearn, Vetween the first mate, Mr. Poarson, and oncef the sai- ors, named John Williams, which resulted in the latter Grawing his sheath knife aud stabbing the former. At first the wound was not supposed to he danger. ous; but subseqventiy alarming symptom’ set in, and iotans to fear for the worst’ Yesterday morwing it wag evident that the patient ‘ha! not many hours to live, and his friends were notified * of the fact; but scarcely had sartived at the hospi. ‘tal when the wounded man breathed his Inst. Williams, ‘wha in confined jn the Tombs, says that lio was brought on board the vessel drunk, and was unable to perform the dntion expected of him; whereupon the mate beat and kicked him severely, Ig a fit of dorperation, brought about by much cruel troatmegt, be drow the knife aud girded hia anentiant in the manner already decribed, ‘oronor Nanmann has charge of the oage and will hold an joquest upon the body of deceased to-day. Mr. Pear. ie loaves p wife and three children Living jo Williams we . NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 4, 1862—TKIPLE SHEET. INTERESTING FROM CHARLESTON. Our Naval Correspondence. Unrrep Staves S1@ameR BISNVILLE, Orr Cuaniuston, 8. C., April 28, 1862. Contrabands Crowding on Board—How Phey Escaped from Charlestom—Price of Provisions in the Doomed Cily— Confederate Money Disposed of at a Discount of Nincty- Sive Per Comt—Gold ata Premium of Forty Per Cent— Depreciation of Negro Property—Deplorable Condition of Things Generally—Preparations for the Defence of the Gity—Large Numbers of Vessels Running the Biockade— Anxiety of the Inhavitants lo See the Old Plag Float Over the City, de., Bo. One week ago we arrived off the infernal city of Tharleston, and dropped anchor so near the Palmetto ‘ity that we can almost tell the time of day from the clock whose pendulum hangs wityin the lofty church ‘teeple that rises far above the surrounding buildings vhile not far in the distance rises aboye the water the ed battlements of Sumter, which looks like a huge Gl- altar, above which feats the stars and bars—a rather liminutive piece of bunting, not half the size of the one hat shall disclose its beautiful stars and broad stripes upon the same flagstaff ere the chill of the North shall mar the rich vogetation of the sunny South with her cold north wind; for “that rag must come lown” is the language and the determination of the ‘avy, from the commander down to tho powder monkey, snd gunuers, rammers and spongers, and all hands, are itching for the hour when this event shall be consum- mated. Are you not all ready, gontiemen? We are.! ‘Two o'clock this morning the officer of tha deck was «formed by the lookout that @ boat was approaching the ship, when, in afew minutes, a boat containing fifteen ontrabands was run up alongside, and were, owing to the roughness of the soa and the danger apprehended yom swamping, brought on board at that time. Thoy were a hard looking set of humanity,and evidently nor- vously affected, having, as they would express it, made ap their minds to dio or drown themselves beforo they would return, and half a dozen times supposing that the boat would have swamped ere they would be ablo to reach any of the Yankee floet. They camo on board using such ejaculations as “Oh, Lord!” ‘Oh, do: ‘Hurry up Joo!’ «I say you boy, get ont quick!” and only wore they at easo when treading the deck of our steamer. Thoy wore thon strung along ina bee line and counted—fifieen in number—and the boss, whose name was'‘Gabriel,” was requested to step out and show his phiz—which he did with a bend and bow. ‘*Whore havo you come from?” was the intorrogation of the command- or. “Charleston, Massa,”” ‘How did you make your es- cape?’ ‘“Woll, Massa, we had been putting our heads to- yether and talking about it for sometime, and as the night was a dark one, so we jumped intoa boat belong ig to tho Quartermaster’s Department at tho Quarter” raster’s wharf, and pushed slowly along the shore and passed the batteries without being observed.’? To a «question that was put to them about being captured, tuey all remarked that to remain was to dio, for tney were almost starved, receiving in Confe. dorate money fifty cents and one dollar per week, and to support their families when pro- visions were so high was impossiblo—that fat pork was 50c.a pound, meat 75c., salt 3c. per pound: a, seven (7) dollars, coffee 87c., sugar 30c., and butter 10t to be had at any price; rice $1 per peck, grits 50c.— and as the future was more dreadful to contemplate than the present, they had made up their miuds to runal, risks, and endeavor to secure their freedom. With but few exceptions they are all an industrious sct of men, and two or three very intelligent. Ono of them brought with him nearly two hundrod dollars in Yankee go!d and silver. They disposed of what Confederate paper money they had at a discount of ninety-five per cont, evi dencing the estimate they put on Coufedorate scrip. Tu our question, how he was able to keop so much coin about him, be remarked that massa did not know avy. thing about his having it: he had bid it in one of his wife's stockings. Gold he stated was worth forty per cent premtum, and very little to be had at that, and they dit uot object in the least to receiving money with the American eagle on it, though it was coinod by the Yankees, From their statements, negro property has depreciated much in value. Aman, worth $1,500 before tho war was sold last week for six hundred dollars, and that, too’ in Confederate money. There is also great distress among the poorer classes, and not a little ainong the chi. valry. Half of the stores are closed, and those that are open have a yery small stock of goods on hand, and no extravagance is indulged in by cither sox. Though bu- ainess is completely paralyzed, aud great distress pro- vatls, great bitterness and hatred is felt of tho Yankeos ; and though they every day acknowl:dge their depend ence upou the North, little children curso the Yankeos with ali the fluency of older heads; and sol'iers com> iown to the shore and gaze upon the blockad. et, with horrid imprecations pag upen the damned Yan- kees to come up the river and fight. My opinion is that we will come up a little sooaer than woud be congenial io their foelings. Why, air, for ona whole week you could not make them be:ieve that Fort Pulaski was taken. They would, could not believe that; and they have ro much regard for the sensitive nerves of the that bad news is not permitted to be pubiished ‘n the daily papers, but can only be read from the bulle tin boards at the office. The Charlestonians baye not been idie. They have submarine implements of destruction and death plarted i the channel, and an infernal machine submerged near FortSumter, which is to be fred by a telegraph which onnects with the fort. They have also hage rafts and {gs constructed for obstructing the entrance of the Yan. seo flest, and I have no doubt, sir, that their weak minds imagine that they can outmanceuvre the ingen) us Yan- koe. Well, they will see, wien the time comes, what they will see; and as thoy desire that we should visit the city, we will gratify thom to their heapts’ content. 1 hope, sir, that every Yankee that walks tho strects of this city, when the rebels retire and the city ts evacu ated, will rent @ house, se:tle down with his family, and make this city, as it would be under Northern industry wnd influence, the finest city south of Mason and Dixon's jime. It would be cheaper aad better to do this than to immolate it. Rents would be cheap for a long time, and the mudsili could fad very comfortable quarters. They ate also constructing, or are about to do so, three tron- clad gunboats, having the keels of two lak «i all the timber fur the cra(ts on the spot, They ha out fifty mon employed. Unable to construct an engine, they are going to romove the old engine from the Lady Davis to Place in one of the new gunboats. Tremendous efforts are being put forth to raise the required amount for their construction, Fairs, concerts and entertainments are rt into requisition, aud men, women and children are Busy from “morn to dewy eve” cellecting pennics for the glorious cause, 4 There are in Fort Sumter about five hundres| men; but! could not find oat relative tothe number of guns; bul there are batteries ali kage yp shore, and tugs are em- ployed to ho vessels it are fortunate enough to ram the bi le, and they are not'a few, if what these contrabands say {s the reliable truth. They state that on inst Sunday morping @ large vessel run the blockade, and that frequently others are eq fortunate. They algo state that thiee days after we had #aeK our ships in the harbor a steamer, drawing fifteen fect of water, epot where the aforesaid vessels torrogations relative to thé spirit that pre- vailed among the inhabitants, titey remarked that thero were not a few, who, to use their own phraseology, were acting the hypocrite, and were wishing that the olden times would , and were sick and disgusted and an officor was overheard to 10 whole war was a humbug, and it was useless for the South to fight with the North any longer. The contraband remarked that what he had overheard ten out of # hundred wer® at heatt loyal to the country and were willing to return to their allogiance, and that ‘hyn- lad to see the old Union restored. I have posted up, so 1 will not indulge in repetition. -Oar Edisto Correspondence. Eowro Isnann, 8. C., May 6, 1862. Destrustionef @ Rebel Batlery—They Don’ Show Much Fight—* Gids” of BdistomTheir Mission and Its Re- sulls—Gen. Hunter's New dnd Extraordinary Circular. ‘The gunboat Hale, Lieutenant Commanding Gillis, with Captain Rhind, of the Crasador, proceeded upytfe Dawho yesterday for the of destroying the Pine Point Rorry battery of tee thes The expedition pug ye zardous !n the extreme, was entirely aussetetel, an re sulted in the total dostructionof the work without the joa or wounding of # single man oh board. The fire of the onemy was terrific and well direoted ; but, the men having @@vosed,” the balls passed harmtersly over thera. The work is situated on tho Dawho river, nearly opposite the plantation of ex-Jovernor Aiken, of this State, on gha mainland, and was in all respocts a woll constructed and formidable battery. The Hale engaged it at long range for about twenty minutes with- out effect, when, putting on a full head of steam, she ran up to within a few hundred yards, under @ galling fire bringing her broadside guns to bear upon the eneiny with great effect. The enomy replied vigorously with canister and solid shot, but at 80 sborta range, with sholl, it was evidentiy becoming too hot for them. 1 must give them the credit for making ag determincd a stand as they did; but no battery can stand enccossfully st Our gunbonte; at it euch has been the caso thus far, and this engagement is no exception to the go- neral rule, The Hate was run ashore, having only about two fect of water on her starboard side. The movement waa so sudden and unexpected by the sepols. and ouy shglls “To THR MAYOR AND ALDERMEN OF THE Crry OF CHARLESTON:- doing terrible exeeution, that they made a precipitate retreat to tho woods, the officer in command leading bis men, I think the men would have maintained their ground lopger had not the officer made such good useot hig Jegs, although they were not backward in following b iliustrious example. A small boat was sent asiioro, Capt. Rhind ia command, while Lieut. Gillis shelled tho woods, Ono gun was found loaded and capped, w! the rebels failed to fire before their hasty fight, was turned on the other gun and fired, whieh kacoxed the tranntons and breach off, and destroyed the carriage. ‘the other was spiked and thrown iuto the river, wiih all the ammuuiton, The platform and carriages were barned, On the passage down the Dawhothe rebels had a large number of men in ambush, whose fire was almost too hot to be comfortable. The woods were shelled, but with what effect is, of course, not kuown. The Hale was protty well peppered with musket balls, but happily with no loss of life, as before stated. To-day the Halo shelled Bear's Blu, opposite White Point, burning soveral buildings, where tho enemy haye been accustomed to observe our movements, There were quite a number of re- dels in the buildings at the time, aud it is presumed some of them must have been Killed, as but iew were secn to leave. It was here that the rebels some tine ago had ma/e preparations to send the ollicers aud crew of the Crusader into eternity by the barbarous torpedoes. Tho string which was to explode the fatal “infernal ma- chine”? was conducted ashore to the bluff, but happily their murderous attempt was futile. ‘There is yet no diminution in the number of “Gid- conites’? on this island; indeed, if there be any change at all, itis for the worse, A few remarkg concerning these individuals may prove of interest to your readers, aud possibly give thom an idea of their workings and cons: quent results. { know it will widely diifer from the r ports from the Hilton Head correspondent of tho T'ri- bune, whose laidatory letters are written on the ground of sophistry aud by pothesis, and not from conviction of facts snd pemnanal obaarvasions. Tho nigger has very few cails from him, and less sympathy. Tho Gideonites, or,as they aro tormod, “Gids,’’ aro privcipally young men, and to ail ap; exrances are iting- raut aud dilapidated theological student: Wo presume, are naturally incapacitated to obtain a live lihood by their ministerial pursuits at home: or, if they are (which I doubt), preferring to play the genticman oa deserted plantations at the expense of th» goveruiuent, through the iustrumentality of their well practiced de- ception and mazy philunthropy. Their operations are conducted philanthropically (of course), with a view to conduce to the (questionable) ameiioration and civitiza- tion of the coutrabands, but more particularly, 1 tuink, the solution of the problem, the success!ul cultivation of the plantations, which they decm equally as good as a “(musket coutract.’’ To suppose Uhat those men enter into this business with the one idea of beneiittiug the negroes is manifestly ubsurd, aud evidences are accumulating daily repudiating their protestations of philanthropy, and’ placing them where they bolung—mendicanis of the miserable “Educational Cominiasion”? and abolitionists. Under the tuition of these emissaries—for such I con ceive them to be—the negroes in many instances havo become utterly demoralized, and not unfrequently worse than worthless; are insolent and familiar in some ca and their general deportinent is independent, super: and disdainful. This was not the case when the troops first took possession of the island, and has only made its~ appearance since the coming of the missiouaries. These gentlemen arrogated to themse! the power and authority to collect and dispose cf all property on the island—or, more truly speaking, within their reach— not unfrequently runuiug come risks in the hope of self- aggrandizement, But thighas been partially though they still have a propensity—not at all po to lay violent hands on every article of any value, from @ peuny whistle toa carriage and four. This trade was curried to such an extent at ono time as to erable them to ship an immense quantity of goods, principally furni- ture of tho most modern and unique styles and costly kind; but, through a morited dispensation of Providence, they only had the satisfaction of seeing tho vessel spread her sails to a gentle zephyr, and proudly wd bor way through the beautiful Exlisio to its moutia, where sho drifted on the bar, and for over a week re- mained a living monument of the cupidity of the oir- mudgeons of Edisto, and then passed awiy, and, with her, the rich cargo of ill-gotten spoils. Still, with all these palpable wrongs staring us in tho fucs, they seem encouraged at home, causing and fostering a most bitter feeling on the part of the olficers and soldiers, who look ho them _ ouly ag interlopers, but with suspicion and pt. They have come in direct antagonism wiih the mili- tary, which was caused by the presmption that it was subordinate to the civil authority; but this mistaken idea wag soon dispelled by the rigor of the former, which all hope may be furthor illustrated by their total extirpation aud exodus from tho island, ‘These “¢ mis- sionaries” are to.day sowing the seeds of future trou- bles and complications, and it is becoining more perce) le every day ta a cloge and unprejudiced obre. yor. have instilled into the heads of the uegrocs that ‘war was gotten up and inaugurated expressly for their benefit, and tending to thoir ultimato ones aujon, and freedom, ‘the examples set by them {o the Gontra. bands are characterized by the most incllabie indolonce aud avarice, and can oly resu!t in a still greater demo- ralization. The evil began in avarice, and will continue to be nursed with a view to worldly interess. ihe caus in which we are engaged is gaiiing nothing, but loging much, by their presence. Thaye authority for asserting that a ‘circular’ from General Hunter, reguesting volunteers to drill tho con- wabands at the Head, hag arrived on this island. It is call for nou-commissioned officers and privates, and ‘the inducement held out is “a probable promotion ;’ but it is so equivocal ia its phraseology that it is dificult to ascertain whether he means the volunteers shui} holt commissions in the First regiment Black Guards, of South Carolina, or in thal own regimonts: the former, ! pre- sume, Whethor there are mon in the ranks whot2 am- bition will permit them to dishonor and disgrace their profession time alone can tell. This inovement of General Hunter’s is fraught with more than ordiaary consejucnces, Thoy are great and momentous. Iam in @ position to authoritatively assert that, i¢ attempted to be carried out, this divirion is des- tined to pass through an ordeal of conflicting €motions wad opinions which can onfy resulting inost direful ca- lamity to our cause and our country, The exact object of the movement Ihave at prosent no moans of know lng; but rumor gives it ‘ to drill the negroes for guard duty, im order Wo relieve the soldiers duriug tho day.” ‘This your correspondent conceives to be a mero snbier- fuge. Our goldiers stood it in the Mexican war: why bot here, so much further north? Ihave conversed. with many army officars upon the subject, am, with few exceptions, all avor their determi- nation fo resign should the present movement be con- tinued; and, from the opinions expressed, T can assare your reader their resixnations will ba. immediate and unconditional. Ican say more; resignations are already written and ready to send in. Brigadier General Wright is now in command of his depar tinent—com posed of Otter and Fiisto istauds—and is universally liked for his kind stiention to his com. mand, his urbane and genial taannera, gracefully mingled with the Fgor of the true disetplinarian, The rebei Geveral Evans has falien back to Adams’ run, on the Savanuah ad Charleston Railroad, leaving one South Carolina regiment (’a.metto Guard, Colonel James) a8 a ploket. ‘Lhe troops continne to enjoy remarkably ood health, and no fears are eutertained by the surpeous of there beiug more sick than is usual iu camp life. Rebei Accounts. THE CHARLESTON FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THE CON- SCRIPTION LAW. Tho enforcement of the CRpsoription law in Charleston {a depleting the Fire Dopartanent to such aa oxtont that the City Qouncit has taken up the matter, and aypointed a special committee of its body to visit the State capital, and prevent, if possible, any further thinning out of we ranks of the firemen of that city.” The Firo Masters pre. sented the following memorial to the Coancll in relation to the matter on the 13th:— ‘The memorial of tho Board of Fire Mastors respectfully showeth that, in December and January, 1860 and 1861, on the first breaking out of tho present war, many of the Dest and most active oflicers and members of the various companies composing the Volunt Fire Dopartmeut lofe theig respective compdnies and became attached to jous military organizations then forming. Hy this ‘tment was much reduced i@ nutabers of ¢ Legislaturo, on this representation being the fact that the military companies had reat measure been removed from the city «pa wed an the Fire Department an armed patrol and mili- tary guard, and placed them under the orders of the Mayo to do this duty in addition to their usual duties as fremen ; and, in accordance with this act, the firemen wore armed ‘and were several timos called out as @ military guard. ‘Tho same act exempted the department from all draft for military service. The effect of this act was to at further volunteering, and, by cailing in mahy of the ¢; emptand honorary members , the partment was enabled to be kept toget and retain ir organization, The act was again renewed at the Inet session, and continue t for the war, restricting the companies, however, to the number of active members they then returned to the Chief. In—_—— ——— ihe arma wore taxen from thom and a report having gowe out that 1 was the imtevtion of the Governor and Exeoutive Council further to reduce the department, many more of the active members of the department, to avoid @ draft, volunteored in mifitary compapies; and Gually, by order of the Governor’ anit Executive Council, adh ‘company was reduced to thirty active mon; and thus reduced, the department ia, in aw it mreasure, forced to reorganize i: April last, the Confederate Congress passed pr conscription law, which Dy many is suppoged to include the rs iow inthe department between the ayes ox thirty-five yours, PM soonest thisit 9 ph aly lowing members vanagenay Recht Fehtaetiiza, aad emeshng count is not done teract this i hd plage on apd wban- 1 members hy feat Seca upon’ @ suf q dation, wo a donmdat of Une’ present a eo Ne cons ‘artinent, scription law does spply to the der in the face of the special oxemption given by the State law, many of the officers, and most of the sotive and best men in the organization, both in the volunteer ant city depart will bo included, and tho city will Lb without ® pri Fire Department. .As this board been in- trusted by your honorable body with this branch of the public service, they deem it their duty to bring Uy facts Lo the attention of your body, and to ask you to take such ops in the maiter as will give the most im- mediate and certaip information as to the intention of the conscription Jaw, and this to stop the improeston that prevails, and which threatens to diforganize tho present department, or as will beat aul ‘ve the in- terest of Wo city and protect the proporty of ‘our fellow Ojtizeus. Alderman. ng Sede the folowing resolution, which Was unanimously alop! —_ Boaolved, That the memorial of the Board of Fire Masters in relation to the several fire companies now boing so reduced by tho Conscription aot, is iy ap. jeAthad of by this Council, and that tho Qpiof of the Fire Jepartment aud chairman of the Board of Fire Masters be requested to confer with the Goverfor and Council in order to prevent tho disorganization of the qepare ment by the aforesaid ach A HINT. We cannot apply aud exhibit too mueh vigilance at this salust (reachorous and improper intercourse with my, aud the transit by sea or land of suspectod persons. AUCTION PRICES. [From the Charleston Mercury, May 14.} ‘The following articles were gold yesterday, on Boyeo & Co.'s whar! r. J. H, Taylor:—Woot hais, $3 60 each ; Drogaus, $5573 a $365 per pair; damaged brogans, 82 40 a $3; pair; russet brogans, damaged, $130 a $1 70 per pair; coru brooms, 821%¢. each; tallow candies, 260, per Ib.: adamantine candles, 773<c. per Ib. : alu 40¢. por !b.; Liverpool salt, three bushel sacks, $27 fuck; salt, throe bushol sacks, made at Beunett’s mill, in this city, $20 50 per sack; kerosene oil, $3 per gallo: alcohol, $3.90 per gallom; mackerel, $875 a $9 per kit; pene of logwood, $125 per il Uastile soap, 42 4c. er Ib, SALE OF NEGROES. [From the Charleston Morcury, May 14.) Ata silo of field negross yesterday, by 1.8. K. Bon- hott, broker, some thirty of them ‘brought $13,800, Averaging 3460 each. In the gag there were aoveral old and unsound negroes, and the majority of the others wero children, some very young. SHOT GUNS WANTED, ‘om the Charleston Mercury, May 14.] There js urgent neod of shot guns to arm that flue cavalry corps, the Dixie Rangers. NO MORE COTTON RIASED IN SOUTH CAROLINA, {rom the Charleston Mercury, May 14.) A friend wuo has lately returned fiom Waibatia, Pick- ens District, reports that on the route he saw but one small patch of cotton, but large telds of provision crops where cotton had been grown formerly. He also reports that in many places, the women—God bless them and their defenders—were engaged in labor on the farms in place of their husbands apd brothers, who are in thy army. City Intelligence. New ENGianp Sorprers’ RELIEF ASXOCIATION—AN AVPEAL vor Cast Ure CLormG.—By the steamer Virgivia, at this port yesterday, full four hundred Union prisoners ar- rived, The men are from nearly every Western an‘ Northern State. They arrived here in an entirely desti- thte condition, and requiring an entire change of clothing. ‘These men were properly cared for by tho New Euginad Soldiers’ Relief Asscciation, at 194 Broadway; but this drain upon their resources, in addition toa similar one for four hundved and fifty mon arrived per Cossack last week, renders it necessary for them tocall npon those having the disposition to administer to the wants of these men, for donations of men’s clothing of all kinds. As a steamer Is momentarily expected with six hundred and fifty more released prisoners, the wauts of the asso- ion are immediate. Ail contributions ef cast off ¢ ing will be thangfully received at the association room, 194 Broadway. Tur Bany Snow at Barncm’s.—The following premiumn® wore awarded by the judges yesterday. To-day premi ums will be awardod to children from one to three, and three to five years; algo to the twins, triplets, quarterns, oddities, &e.:— The child No, 15, George Augustus Magraff, four anda half years old, took the one hundred dollar prize, as the fuest child on exhibition. No. 5. Samuoi Charles Harriron, four and a half years old, took the fifty dollar prize, as the finest speci- men of his ag No. 69. William Ryan was awarded fifty dollars as the finest specimen vnder one year. No. 67. Albert Louis Zeptal took fifteen doliara for second prize under one year. Fifteen other cash prizes to children under ono year were awardgd in the following order:—Nos, 115, 104, 35, 29, G4, 4, 84, 23, 12, 51, 118, 107, 27, 61, 88. No, 19. Charles Shaw, nineteen months old, took the highest prize, fifty dollars, as tho fattest child. No. 105 took the second prize, twenty-five doliars, as a fat child. ‘The remaining premiums, some fifty in number, will be awarded to day, at three o’ciock. It is understood that ene thousand dollirs has been awarded to the Cin- cinnati child, cight months old, which weighs but one pound seven ounces, and Barnum offers another thousand fora match to it any time within a year. Brooniyn Dirwcrory ror 1863.—We have received a very well gotout and cleanly printed copy of the new Brooklyn Directory for the year ending May 1, 1863. It has been compiled and published by Mr. J. Lane, of Montague street, Brooklyn, and 113 Fulton street, New York, and is, in all respects, a decided improvement on Brooklyn diectories in years past It contains several thousand names more than any heretofore published, which may be taken as an indication of the steady growth of the City cf Churches. SALE oF Psinmincs—Mr. Mignot’s pictures, were sold the other evening by Henry H. Leeds, at the gallery of J. M. Sneidicor. The pictures brought $4,646. We give the tiles of those works which sold for the highest sum, aithough this must not be taken as a sure indi- cation of their relative merit. The Harvest Moon, ove of the finest works in the sale, sold for $205; Looking through a Bridge, Lerk#hire, ‘size 16x20, $160: Twillight in the Tropics, bought by Mr. Edgerton, $230; Close of a Showery Day, $107 50; Lagoon, coast of Ecuador, $57 50. Autumn, painted trom nature, a earafill study,’ $165, Indian Summer, Lake George, $360. This work is very pleasing, and the foliage flames with gold and scarlet, while (he Cistance is tender anc lovely, melting its rich bues in the hazy atmos; here pe- cular to tha. season, The Elna, bougit by Mr. Whiting, $95. Early 8 mmer, a picture remarkable for the grace of its com osition, precision of drawing and vendering of sunlight, $189 50. Village of Lamona, Keva:lor, $280. A Vustoral, Stockbridge, $62 50. This work is as de lightiv'! as the suggesticns of its title. Monument Moun- tain, $160, Lancecape in Feaador, $215. A Cool Even ing, $177 60, Vespers, $i45, Vailee do Chillo, near Quito, 2190. None of these works were over twenty- seven by thirty inches, and the lowest price at which any wore “ knocked down’ was $2750. This was for a small amerit nas work, Tue Graxp Base Tau, Matco—Paapenrma v3. New You —T he base bali contest between a picked nine of Philadelphia and a nine from the Fagle, Gotham and Katekerbocker Clubs, cf New York, came off yeste: day afternoon at the Elysian Fiekts, Hoboken, and termi- nated inavietory for the Philadelphians’ by a large majority of ruay, Ub being forty: to their oppover y-thzoe runs. The phia nine exhibite playing throug! nud their ‘the ly showa by our ession of the spe of bas® ball players had been Gotha in this aliir, At the conciusi contesiamts, with a large party ofthe re base bill, partiipated in ® inner at the Elysian Fields Heel. To-day our visiters play with a picked nine of Brooklyn upon the grounce of the Atlantic club at Bee - ford. Uu Tuureday they will play with a picked pine se lected from the cists of t trict, This gat will come off on the gromuds of the Exceletar ciab, Souths Kirookiya. believe that the Mutual Yase Ball Club :f New York have invited them to play a gamo with them ou Friday next at Hoboken. ‘FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. Tce spay, June 3—6 P. M. The following is a comparative statement of the exports (exclusive of specie) from the port o, New York to foreign ports for the week enging 1861. June 3 and since January l:— sco. Jee, FOy tho wook.........$2,054,028 2,938,183 3,401,804 PeeFiously roported..55,944,853 62,453,239 43,916,860 + Since January 1...$36,083,879 $5,301,477 62,218,760 Money on call can be had everywhere at 4 per cent, and none of the leading houses are paying over three. Certificates of public indebtedness are worth 10014 a 34—none offering below 34. Mer- cantile paper is quoted at 4 a5 percent. The ease in money and the advance in governments are leading to increased deposits with the Sub- Treasyrer for conversion into 5.20 bofds, of which the first let reached this city this merning. At the present price of sixes of 1881 the 5.20 bonds ought to be worth a sufficiently large premium to induce every holder of legal tender currency to convert it into bonds. Exchange is inactive. Bankers ask 114%, but most of th are willing to sell at114%. There are but few biifs in market; the trouble is, how- ever, that there are still fewer buyers. Francs are quoted 5.92%4'a 5.9§. Gold remains pretty steady at about 10334. The stock market continues buoyant, and people who want ‘stocks are obliged to advance their bids from day to day. The experience of the past few weeks shows that there are too few stocks in this market for its consomption and for the ab- sorption of the capital which has come here in search of employment. When we draw agtpenilon to the fact that Brie fifth mortgage bends sold, ex terest, this orping 4, 85 ari 19 was given a the Poth ou oye ‘err sand nd Alton Railroad Company—a concern whic he Seen through all sorts of vicissitudes and every phase iy misfortune and bad credit— it will be reallzed owkeoh the inquiry for invest- ments must have been of late. The most active shares continue to be those of the New York roa’s, Paeific Mail, Toledo, Galena and Rock Island. ‘These seem to be, for the time, the favorites with speculators; they feel the eBect of political or military news sooner than any others. The ad- vance of the morning board was equal to + on governmenta, }4 on Tennessees, %4 on Pacific Mail, % on Central, % on Erie, 4 on preferred, 34 on Hudson, % on Michigan Central, % on Toledo, % on Rock Island, % on Galena. After the board the market was firm’ but tygctive. At the second board thy market was all better again. Govern- mont 6's rose 44, Hudson %, Central 14, Erie 14, Evie preferred 4, Michigan Central 14, Southern Y%, Mlinois Central 4, Toledo % The market closed firm, the following being the last qnotations:—United States 6's, registered, 1881, 102% a 54, ex div.; do. 6’s, coupon, 1881, 105% a %; do. 5’s, do., 1874, 953% a 44; 7 3-10 Treasury notes, 105% a %; Tennessee 6's, 6944a %%; Virginia 6's, 57 a 59; North Carolina 6's, 7224 a 73; Missouri 6’s, 52% a Pacific Mail, 115% a %; New York Central, 89% a %; Erie, 38% a %; do. pre- ferred, 652% a 4; Hudson River, 45 a 46; Harlem, 144% a 4; do. preferred, 3544 @%4; Reading, 49% a 60; Michigan Central, 635, a %; Michigan Southern and Northern In a, 26 a 4; do. guar- anteed, 5734 a 4; Panama, 130 a 132; Illinois Cen tral, 62% a 74; Galena and Chicago, 69% a 4; Cleveland and Toledo, 4534 a %; Chicago and Rock Island, 6444 a %4; Chicago, Burlington and Quincy, 73 a 75; Milwaukee and Prairie du Chien, 28 a 29; Cleveland, Columbus and Cincinnati, 118 a 120; New York Central 7’s, 1876, 106 a —; Erie third mortgage bonds, 9734 @ 98; Michigan Central 8's, first mortgage, 10534 a 106; Mlinois Central bonds, 7's, 05 a ¥%; gold, 103% a %. After the board prices were higher. For Central, 8924; for Erie, 38%; for Drie preferred, 6534; for go- vernments, 10574, were bid. The business of the Sub-Treasury was as follow- lows to-day:— Receipts —For customs.. Payment Falance. The exchanges at the Bank Clearing House this morning were $24,634,116 24, and the balances $1,337,857 86. The State Comptroller advertises that proposals will be received until the 18th inst., at noon, for a loan of $800,000, on the credit of the general fund debt sinking fund. The interest will be at the rate of six per cent per annum, pay- able qvarterly, and the principal reimbursable July 1. Payment isto be made in specie or its equivalent, or in the certificates issued to the New York and Erie Railroad,reimbursable July 1, 1862. The Albany Statesman cays:— The State in this year of war pays off more than $2,000,000 of its funded debt, and we are informed that if the present policy of the Etate officers be rigidly ad hered to this will be the last loan the State will ‘ever need to call for unless upon some extraordinary cmergon- cy, and that the entire debt will be extinguished within sixtecn years. ‘This lean is for the payment of the last instalment of the old Erie Railroad loan. The Director of the United States Mint at Phila- delphia reports the following as the deposits and : coinage for May:— Deposits, Gold deposits from all sources $567,727 Silver and purchases. 23,648 Total depositi eee ce 3501975 Copper ceuts ange for new issue. tresses 4,660 Pieces. Falue, Gold coinage +» 169,430 $174,164 Silver..... 217,001 26,694 Copper »» 1,000,000 10,000 Total ...... ssecxe des ++-1,386,431 ($210,858 The weekly statement of the Philadelphia banks, made up Monday afterpoon, presents the following aggregates, as compared with those of the previous week:— Mdy 26. June 2. $11,715,795 $11,715,905 Inc.. $710 . 81,588,603 $1:747,070 Inc. . 408,467 6,587,012 5,583,482 Dec.. 3,530 5,120,902 6,372,748 Inc..251.846 5,472,615 5,373,322 Dec.. 99,293 23,973,478 24,384,044 Inc. . 411,166 4,186,055 4,335,013 Inc.. 145,058 The transfer books of Ohio State stocks will be closed, at the agency in this city, from the léth instant until the 15th of July, and the interest on the State debt, some $420,000, will be paid by the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund at No, 25 William street, in coin, from the Ist until the 15th of July. The business at the Philadelphia Custom House for the month of May was at follows:— 1800, 1861. In warehouse May 1. Wareb’d fm foreign p Do. other distri Withd’n for consum Do, transportation 8,497 Do. — exportation... — —_ In warchouse May 31 882,268 1,572,350 Entored for 296, 483, 835.797 19,510 853,382 1962. 479.504 937.761 ++6$1,031,867. 1 1,417,565 Stock Exchange. Torspay, June 3, 1802. 34000 US 6's, '81,reg 10235 SU shsNYCenkR.030 80 do. | 600 do..... DIO 000 do j 2000 Louisiana 6's... 5000 California 7's. S000 do.. 1000 do. 2000 ReRRat 100 do, 860 Cley & Pitts 1000 HanastJ 20000 Tol & Wab 2dm 65 1000 Mil&P duCistm 96 L0u¥0 Pitts. FW&C Im 97 11000 American g lt, 10335 5 she Bk StateNY 92 18 hank of Republic 99 50 Penn Coal Co,... 90 160 na 88 Co 116 50 630 115, 10 1M} 100 115% 100-N ¥ Central RR.. 88% 60 do, 860 88. 100 88: 300 88% SECOND B £50000 U 86's, 81, cp 105% 26000 US 6 2000 Erie 2¢ m, 25000 Tol & W 2 m.. CITY COMMERCIAL REPORT. ‘Turspay, June 3~6 P. M, Asnes.—The market was unchanged and sales mod¢ rate, comprising 80 bbls. of pots at $5 75, while pearls were nominal at $6. Dreapetcrrs —Flour—The market wns again heavy vid lower, especially fur medyim grades of Bute and Western brands, Low grades were less affected. Libu ral receipts, with @ I export demand, tended to check transactions. The sales embraced about 14,000 Ubis., closing within the following range of quote 4108 +4404 Superfine Westora. +410 X to choice extra Western. +4350 +4400 tae @ $8: Ryeflour...... . e Corn meal, Jersey and Brand; wine, . 20 jan fou was fess active and embraced 1,200 bbis., closing within the range of the above quotations. Seutheyn flour was very heavy, while prices were steady at cur figures; the sales em- braced about 900 bbls. within the range of our figures Rye flour was duli as quotations, WRB gales of 200 bbls. Corm meal was stoady af our riges, with aes of 400 bbis. and randywine, Whoat was heavy and irregular for com- mon qualities, which were hes mines a baler es wore firmer. Tho transactions Bevan nae cree S5c. a $1.02 for Milwaukee club, .& OBC. an club, $1 00 a $1 13 for red Western, $1 14 9 $1 1634 for xl to prime ambor do., and at $1 J0 a $1 25 for white ‘estern do. Darley and barley malt were ap ad quotations nominal. Corn was firmer, and in good re- (teat at 46%0. @ 47\¢,. for now Wortern mi: and at 480, a 400. old dlo., aud small bts, delivered, wore quoted at 5 & 520. for Western white. Ryo was steady, with sales Of 4,000 bushls at 61¢. for Western nud at 10e.forGtate Cats firmor aud in good demand, with sales of Panadian and Western at 44c. a 45)c¢., and State at 45¢. Covree.—In eonsequence of an auction sale to come off row, the market was quiet and prices nominal, ¥.—The market was firm, while the sales em- about 1,100 bales, elosing on the basis of 3ic. a ge. for middling uplands, chicdy at 814¢. a 8134 FawiGurs,—Rales wore heavy and closed in favor of shippers. ‘There was also less offering. To Liverpool about 30,000 40,000 bushels of corm engaged, in bulk and bags, at 83d. a Od. With some reported, probably to till up, at S8i¢d., and 15,000 bushels wheat at 91d. a 94¢¢.,'in ships’ bags flour was reported taken at Is. 9¢. a 1s.'10}¢d. To Lon- don 40 tous stearine were engaged at 20s., 10,000 bushels wheat at 10d., in buik, and 160 tierces beef at fs, ToGiusyow 1,000’ bbls, our were engaged at 3s. To Havre rates wore unchanged, and whoat was 20c. per Hay.—Wo have no change to notice in quotations, while sales were fair, ‘The chief demand comtinuod to be on government account, Monasses.—A sale oi 50 hhds. Cuba was made at 28. Nava Srokes.—Spirits were tirm, with sales of 300 bbls, at $1.65. Ccher descriptions wara quiet and nolhle nal, Ons.—City linseed wa inactive, and prices w ments in the New Bedford to changed, Petroleum was anged. The following move- arket, for the week ending June 2, aro from the Whal-man’s Shipping Lut— Sperm has been mgre quiet since our last. ‘The sales embrace 280 bbis., at $1 30 per gation for manufacturing, and 150 bbls. forexport at a price not transpired. In Edgartown, 100 bbis, to a house in this city, at $1 30 per ga'ion. Whale—The market for whale is unchanged. ‘Tho transactions since Inst include sales of 3,680 bbis., in parcels as foll A cargo of 1,835 bola. at a price’ not transpired at 403¢¢, @ 480., and 878 bbls, at 48c. por gallon—1,100 bbls, of the above for ex- ort. pe pRovieoNs'—ork—Tho market opened heavy and dnll, but exhibited some more bucyancy at the close. The sales embraced about 600 bbls at $11 50, with smal lots at $11 6234 for mess. Prime was at $9 26.0 $9 50. Beat was in some better request, with sales of 225 bbls. at $12 a $13 50 for pliin mess, an’! $14 a $14 873/ for extra, t meats were steaiy, with sales of 260 packages at Ke. a 4igc. for shoulders, and at 434c. a6 }¢c, for hame, Prime mess beef was quiet and nominal at $19 a $20. Lard was firm for choice qualities, while other kints were heivy, ‘The sales embraced 500 packages, a a 8ie., the latter figure for choice. Butter was steady in good request, with sales of prime yellow State at a19¢., t) or figure for choice; white was at 100. 8 12c.; Ohio prime yellow at 1éc. a 17e. Cheese was un- changed, with little demond for shipment. —\ sale of 450 bage of Fst India was made at Bie. Enzim, Sullivan & Co., in their oti, give the follow ing state- nok of rico, June 1, 1862, Para, 28,888' bags cleaned leaned ¢0., againat 7.231 casks Carolina, 1514 bags East Tudia same date last year, Carolina, middling to fair, 6%. a Te. per Ib.5 good to prime, 7c. @Tise. per ib. East India in boud— 201,40, ade. por Ib.; do. cargo style Patha, dresset, 414¢. a 43¢c. por 40. per ib.; Rengoon, dressed, 33g¢. a 4e. abe. per ib. s ictive at th» recent con the past week or ten days reach 34 ially on refining goods. ‘Tho transuctions embrace@ about 1,800 hlds., chietly Cubas, at 6c. a 6%¢, for fair rofining goods, and 7c. a 7c. for good quality do., while grocery grades ranged from 7c. a 7c. Included in the sales were 306 hhds. Porto Rico at 73¢c., and 70 boxes at private terms. Touacco.—Higher prices being demanded the market. is less active. Sales 117 bhds. Kentucky, llc. a 153¢.; 45 cases seed leaf, 90. Wiss The ‘mark with rales of 1,800 bbls. 25c, for Wester! @ siean was firmer and more active, t 2ic. for State and at 24340, a KEW YORK CATTLE MARKET. ‘TuESpaY, June 3, 1862 RECEIPTS. The total receipts at the various yards during the past ind previous week have been as follows:— Browning's. June Do. last week. ol i 8,2 Chamberlin’s, Jane 8. 26 27 3,122 Do, Inet week 2, O'Brien’s, June 3... 2,406 93 2, Inst week 173 2/015 PLUddetl = 687 8,347 10,878 957 6,712 8,248 ‘The current quotatiors for all stock at the various yards to-day were as foliows:— Extra quality per 100 Ibe..s------ extra quality per First “do. do, Ordinary togood do. Common do, Inferior do. ‘Total this week,. Total last week... Extra qualit; i First 0. br ordinary Common Inferior Peree aA@2eoo BSESS SESSR Extra quality Firet do. Ordinary do. Commen do. Inferior do. ). SHEEP AND LAMES. Extra quality per heaa $5 Prime quality ~ do, 4 ordinary do, 4 CGmmon do, 3 Inferior do. 2 ‘SWINE. Corn fod per Tb. 3 Btillfed.... .. - . Agroeably to previous announcement, the “regular market day” was this week transmuted to Tuesda} irom Wednesday, and the market for beef eattle accor ngly opened to-day, with every appearance of being ® ‘iixed fact” for alltime. There was a good atteniaaica, of buyers on hand, and as the yarcs gave unmistakable evidence of a material falling off in the receipts, the uurket assumed a firm and buoyant tone, which it maintained throughout the day. There pre- vailed a good demand, and it was evidegt that the vwhers were to realize remunerative prices, im view of which @ cheerful feeling was everywhere manifested. The sp@ulators who went to Albauy were generally afraid to purchase at the improved prices there current, being fearful of a repetition of the ‘cones enacted last week, when they Teported hear vossea, But the inarket to-day would have warran| the investment, as the decline of last week was than recovered, the market ruling firm at our quotations above, which show an appreciation of }go. to 4c. per pound, prices ranging from 7c. to 9c., with: cules of quite & Lumber of tho choicest Ollerings at stil \Muity ho talk being guod Gora fed steere, large prot uasity, good corn fed steers, a large jortioh of which hailed froin Illinois, Besides the itd ‘resh cattle, there were 300 wold which were laff wor last week, MILCH COWS. Tho market remaing substantially the same, The receipts continue quite heavy, but with’ a fair Mealy ‘rom the ianumerable venders of ‘pure couptry milk,)* who inhabit the suburbs of Williamsbarg and iokirng vast New York, &c., and who never feed out “s C Lhe efferings are all taken at fair prices quoted above. VEAL CALVES. * ‘Tho market continues to be liberally supplied with al sorts and sizes, but, though the inquiry is fair and receipts ail find buyers at some price or other, there no animation or toue to the market. Prices rule ‘ow ag @ generat thing, though some of tbe better continue to bring full prices, as per above queiacions, SHEEP AND LAMBS. day vaccondtag ua ane receipts are. heavy or ign to day, according as rece’ vy OF prices vary less with the ‘diferenee in quality than trom ibe nambers daily offered in he markets. Dur! past week the market has varied and the qurreat quotations a1 were last week, though there j ge cline of 26c. per head under the heavy rege. lowing, sold in lots at Chamberlin’s, show cho market elgewhore:—129 te at #; 25; 306 do. at $4; do, at ab $9 50; 140 do. at $3 9B36 26 do. at $3 18%; 200 do. at 208 do. at $2 76; 61 lambs as ‘ 33 do. at $4 50; 85 do. nt $4 8734; 26 do. at $4 123; 99 at $4; 87 do. dovat 7b jp; 23 do. ab $3 60; 54 aoge wt o Swixe. ; Notwithstanding the advanced season of the = ihe receipts contitie quite heavy. The demand ia fair, how: ‘and prices, therefore, rule quite bigh. There noe been mich toyancy inthe market oo the at wotat ae week, hewever, the 4 ons above were to- barely sustained. Corn fed sold. Cpe Sige. a 8X. and ‘still-fed, 3yc. a 3%¢, The ings were all quite sold, however, the warm weather exerting ay unfavorable influence on trade, 4 RECAPITULATION. ‘The total receipts of all stock, at a the yards, for th@ weglc nut last , Were as “y 4 taint. T4th ste s stay. , 80 ft. ‘and 77th st . Tith at, and 2d ay boo House and lot Veoperty on Went 54th st.,