The New York Herald Newspaper, February 16, 1863, Page 8

NEA YORE HERALD; MONDAY, FEBRUARY, 16, 1863, 9 nn ilanenadiiic: secre ~~ Nac stan bh mc kh sneiner eogsgens' *§ 9-4) FIBANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. | in some P: 5 Dut yester@ey thie appeared | Hore were in good request at 20¢. 8 280. for now orep. eoratec en separa OPERATIC AND THEATRICAL, New Bowery theatre thia evening: Da eanth ny tobe the prospect, Such % Bill as thie would | portaumn for the pre a a ee eee oe ao Musical. Idiot of the Mountains,” # £00 mccain See Oe Bounpay, Feb. 15,1863, | enable the Secstiary to pay his way till July, arrivale, comprise = ‘each ‘Africa, Buenos 3 Pave wae St ‘Te Gorman Opera, under the able management of Mr. a emis |, The Suetegate amount of foreign merchandise | 1864, assuming the expenses of the war to proceed | Zhioms Guande and Boear City, vgetber with various brig Lotus to thie port Anochais, merita, the itera) patronage which the publie | “Kim-ka.” Mr. Boniface and Mrs. W.- /9nee gay im ‘M6.| (exclusive of dry goods) imported at this pert dur- | on their present scale, Wall street, taking & prac- | and the West Indies, ‘Since our last report caly © mode- Dearie Sse eg deetow upon it. Not only doce he afford thoNew Yorkers | two dramas. sc ico, | in8 the week ending yesterday was 1,113,118, to | tical and not s sanguine view of the prospect, | Fai" jimand'armicem cane, Commen hides continue in | were a regular musical treat, but be bas alse proved that opera. | MF. G. L. Fox was presen! se Latiber's which add $791,017 of dry goods, and the aggre- | wauld have deemed it safer to extend the autho- | about 3c. per pound wiihie the lost tear anya, with ttle ere OR emay be given in Brooklyn with success. On Saturday night ‘Taload si ave sandred Gules, Sa a gate importation of the week foote up $1,904,135. | rity for the issue of ordinary legal tender notes to | doing in tbe way of transactions. Dry of | site ba aerate Spboaite Green tho Academy of Music there was tiled by an appreciative | at the Old Bowery theatre ls Meiyan event. 1 Me, OE | i cainet this we exported some $5,154,962 worth | the limit fixed by the House. Butif the Treasury | hes cro m good sapien aes ce name, buyers, Brine | of tha collichng ven! was not ascertained, but a5 malaienes, whe nppueted mnt heneslipe apinndie pes- thing of ath, owned bys gentleman of tn cy, of produce and merchandise, and $1,162,846 of spe- | notes are made a legal tender Mr. Chase will have | Himited ip namber, and more readily ind purchasers, At earrend wo le Were aioe formance of ‘Fidelia.” There willl be two more | Te has been presented” over twenty times, and | oie, amounting together to $6,907,808, The com- | $400,000,000 of legal tender currency to pay the | bidas—A large Parcel of Balas ace lates by: tho trate | Mtnes lakiog edly, having struck "rok ta iad aggrwaned be x ee tage Os gr which ouly one of the recipients had the impertinence to | mercial movement of the port for the week there- | troops with—without borrowing a dollar—and this | St about 19540, cash, Recent importations, include 6,000 | acu, metic — IES Ri Re ~~ — pone PP ol cJecogh in | Teeaine * Wandering ;Steepfe,”” ‘ Mother Goose” and | fore renders us creditors of the world at large in | will probably suffice. hides—The stock is ery ce i vy arrival Se discharged, and she wil! come off Savas! ep. Saves cen aiiiaentgndaing come, 1° Wardook Kennileon”: wilh be played at the Old Bowery | @ sum not less than $4,400,000, At this rate, | We learn, from sources entitled to credit, that Pope tog om Ano ap ge] Haaaixt Lewis, of Newport, bef “Fra Diavola.” ‘The first work will be given tonight; | ‘night. there can be no commercial reason for a premium | Senator Sherman's Bank bill will probably pass | iois of various descriptions, Wet salted hides—Our arri- Tajured! Hier botiom, ber int tana eee the ‘Fra Diavolo” on ‘Thursday, the 19th inst., forthe | Miss Minnie Warren, the younger and smaller | on foreign exchange, and the high price of bills on | the House this week. It is known that a majority Yala comprise smal! parcel from the West Indies. Do. hegerooand streak. Bho w proceed to denefit of Mr. Graaf. Anew season of German Opera willbe | ister of Mrs. oT basta Warren Stratton, will a Europe must be ascribed exclusively to a prevail- | of the members are opposed%to it; first, because fore nes eee fa if ad sor vores pont pe ent rea rte ashorg'at Mow Sites, 12, siren in Philadelphim, to commence on the 24 of March. | exnibled at SApumn’s Musqum thie week, with | ing want of confidence. ‘There isreagon to believe | it is useless, and, if passed, will prove a dead let- and in usual condition, | Rast India bi tte cows | after din et dicharging & portion a of he caro wag 0m Batrsay et This date reminds us that we shall then havo cenetet Wo doubt whether Barsum wit) marry | tbat the apparent balance in favor ef the port, | ter; secondly, because it inaugurates = war be- | or‘tno later ie hold ct high liguron, ace i oo er free, “She is in the Atlantic. doc Maretzek’s fine troupe at our Academy, and that a brilliant season will then commence, which will bo kept ‘ap for at legst six or eight wecks. ‘We see by the Boston journals that Manager Grau and tis artists have commenced their operatic season in that city under the most flattering auspices. The Bostonians, more fortunate than we, will have ‘Linda i Chamounix,” ‘La Juive,” “Robert le Diable,” and an “opera not yas formed in New York.- We are rejoiced at the good fortune of the modern Athenians, the more 90 as they seem overjoyed at their luck, to judge from the ‘tone of the critics, who state that Manager Grau is pa- tronized by ‘the cream, culture and ton’? of Boston; also ‘tbat he has ‘‘taken the town at the flood and that his boat ‘spans the top waves.” We suppose Mr, Grau is provided with a life preserver in case of accidents. Wo also hear ‘that the above mentioned “cream” was ‘‘exceed- dogly gay and gorgeous,” and that it required but the slightest stretch of famey to ‘convert the whole into a fairy realm.” We hope that Manager Grau’s ex perience of the “cream’’ was more substantial, as doubtless it was. As regards the artists, the praise be- stewed upon them ig surely all they could desire, al- though there are some expressions made uge of by one ‘critic we do not quite comprehend. Thus, it is said of an G@rtiste that at the end of the firagaét she ‘held the au- fence in her hand”—a fact which would imply an enor- maous hand or an inflnitessimal audience. It ts added that she ‘lit up the stage with her radiant presence and pour- ed out her liquid treasure in profusion;”” also that she “‘threw out her by-play.”” How that js dove we do not understand. We make out, however, that Manager Grau is having a great success, and that his Boston season will ‘be drawn out Beyond the limits firat assigned to it. We take pleasure in announcing that in a short time ‘there will be produced here a grand festival, or concert, composea by Mme: Hermina Carrere‘for the plano, with the accompaniment of an immense orchestra of over “bree hundred musicians. This work has received, we are assured, tho most flattering notices from eminent composers and musicians in Europe, who pronounce it a chet Panvre. Its production here will be an event in tho musical world. MINSTRELS. _ , The uniform success which attends our different min- , strel halls leaves us ‘nothing to note save the fact that ‘hoir performances are thus popular because pains are taken to vary them, and that each week novelties are in- tree oy ays Hgoais, go Hooley’s, iaalegy Theatrical, (i ‘The theatres, not only of this city, but also of Boston, Philadelphia, Chicago and other parts of the country, re- port excellent business during the past week. We are glad to say that the performances were generally worthy of the patronage. The programmes of the city theatres for the present week deserve, special attention. ‘This evening the fine old comedy ‘Married Life’’ will be played at Wallack’s, for the first time at the new theatre. ‘The cast is unusually strong, and includes five of the best actresses in the company. This is the frst time ‘we have been favored with this charmisg quintette. On Tuesday “The Magic Marriage” will be revived, for the benefit of Mra. Hoey, of whom it is sufficient praise to say that she is the leading lady of the leading theatre of the country. On Wednesday Mr. E. G. P. Wilkins’ “*Henriette” will be repeated. This play is an adaptation by Mr. Wilkins from Victorien Sardon’s ‘Les Pattes de Mouches,” which was first performed at the Vaudeville ‘theatre, Paris, with the celebrated Lafontaine as the hero, and afterwards revived at the Gympase, with the famous ‘Rose Cheri as the heroine. Woe notice that some of the papors deny that Mr. Wilkins made this adaptation, on the ground that he received but half the proceeds, On the game ground it will probably be denied that Mr. Wil- kins wrote the “ Personne” articles in ao certain defunct weekly, as, if report be true, he was wever paid at all for those contributions. Too much can- not be said in praise of the play’ itself, the manner in which it is placed on the stage at Wallack’s, and the act- img and costumes of the artists—with the single excep- tion that Mr. Fisher’s ill-fitting dress suit (act three) is even worse than that he wore in ‘Old Heads and Young ‘Hearts,’ and is most inappropriate to the character of a French gentleman, Mr. Fdwin Booth hag been alternating “Hamlet” and “(Qthelio” at the Winter Garden during the past week to very large, fashionable and appreciative audiences. This evening Mr. Booth appears as Sbylock in “The Merchant of Venice’—one of his best characters, next to that of Cardinal Richelieu, the announcement of which is anxiously expected by the public. Mr. Booth fas several new plays in his repertoire; but we doubt that they will be reached during his present engagement. There is no temptation W produce new plays with expensive scenery and costly dresses while “‘Hamlet” and ‘Othello’ draw crowded houses. We hope, however, that Manager Jackson will be very liberal in the mounting of these old standard pieces this season. He can well afford to be so; for the gods bave smiled upon bim and wooed him, as Jupiter 4id Danae, in a shower of gold, or, as Dan Bryant cays, ‘ {ts equivalent.” Let him no longer de content, therefore, to sit, like a second Rabelais, laughing in his easy chair, but rouse himself to action, and swear that Shakspere’s scenes shall not suffer by bad scenery and appointments. The production of one of Shakspere’s sublime tragedies in splendid and artistic style would cover Manager Jackson with glory, and secure to him even more lavish eulogies than those which greeted his appearance in those good old days when the Bowery shook with bis eloquent thun ders and the thundering echoes of applauding thousands. “The Fair One with the Golden Locks” attracts immense audiences nightly at Laura Keene’s theatre, and will ran for two or three weeks more, we suppose, The piece has been improved since the first night, and more fun bas been crowded into the closing scenes. Mrs. John Wood is “ The Fair One with the Golden Locks""—~ not only the character, but the whole play. Mer gay, rollicking humor carries the piece through charmingly. The scenery is very pretty, and the music worth hearing; but the charactere—Mrs. Wood's excepted—do not amount to very much, and are not very well acted, Mrs. Sedley Brown, for example, does not seem to understand that the is playing ina barlesque, and Mr. Charles Walcot, Sr., understands perfectly what he ought to do, but Appears not quite able todo it. There was a great fuss raise to get the former on the stage, and the latter back to the stage; but they by no means jus tify the trouble taken on their account. Tho Arabian (Giant is quite a star,and hia combat with Mrs. Johu Wood is one of the most thrilling and desperate en counters on record. Our civil war is nothing in comps: rison with it. The crow,ow!,carp and other queer fish | and v erfal cur ities ap af as usual, Th a | lee que is, on t Je, at of © molango, and | should bo seen by everybody, Mrs. Woed is always en joyabie, and some of the attempts made by the other ar- tists to rival hor comiealt really mowt amusing, — | Miss Satorman sagoment at Niblo’s Garden audiener Wo bw eck the more by storm ty giver a careful rehearing fin’ that, in ce with our suggestions, the f been eomewbat + d and improved, silly ears penter sce which almost damned the piece on the Grst nic #1 materially changed, and the piece " olbly from fret to last ne of the situa. tions are extremely due, and we do not wonder at their Power with the audiences, Until the fourth act Mr. J. W. Walleck, Jr., w th the Jew, i the real hero of the play, and his acting i songniicont dwin Adame supports tim admirably, and js one of the most gatural and pleasing artiets tn the profess: Throughout there fer acts Mies Bateman js not n her cure ‘ft the end of act fourth ix more v wertul. fer voice is harsh and monotonous, and her action un- graceful and stagy, In the Mth act, however, eho redeerns ber repotation. Her ve her action, her pantomime ail touching, and the bardest-hearted auditor te moved to toars, This shoul teach Misa Bateman how to iinprove her style im the four preceding acts, A Jewess i: a gromay , and a.woman in love should nave some softness and toudornesa. Mr. and Mies Richings produce ‘Sata palin” at Nibio's on Monday next | Barelay | day at the Now York Hoapit this couple in this country. them for a sensation wedding in England. tom” im the lecture room, or pious theatre. ‘The Broadway Menagerie is more attractive than ever. New curiosities have been added and the old ones bright- ened up. The elephants may be seen in all imaginable postures, and are equally comfortable on their heads or their heels. ‘The trick mules, monkeys and ponies per- form three times a day. A troupe of two hundred children, under the manage- ment of Messrs. Harrold and Sheldon, will perform the fairy pantomime, Cinderella,” at the Academy of Music on Thursday vext. Mise Maggie Mitchell bas been playing ‘Fanchon” to crowded houses at the Washington theatre. To escape ‘the reputation of ‘the actress with only one play,” she will produce this evening her new comedy, Her- mance,” which achieved a great success at St. Louis. Mr. and Mrs. Tom Thumb have arrived safely at Wash- ingtou, and been presented to President Lincoln at the White House. The General is to be assigned to an im- porgant command under Stanton and Halleck. Matilda Heron is drawing immense houses at Pittsburg. ‘Her Western tour was a triumph. She will probably play ashort engagement in this city before long. Mr. W. J. Flerence is running Boucicault’s ‘Colleen Bawn” at the St. Louis theatre. Mrs. Florence is not in the Dill. Why, we are aot informed. ‘Miss Menken begins her second engagement this season at the Front street theatre, Baltimore, this evening. Mr. E. Eddy opens at the Walnut street theatre, Phila- delphia, to-night. The Arch street, with Miss Coombs, is doing well. The London theatres are enjoying ‘unexampled pros- perity.”” Mr. Sothern’s Lord Dundreary, at the Hay- market, and John Brougham’s new play ,'at Fechter’s theatre, are'most popular. ~ __,, NEWS FROM THR PACIFIC. See a, Speculative Demand for Domestic Li- quors—Frauds im the Custom House— Heavy Seizure of Goods—Encouraging News from Colorado Territory—Inte- resting Advices from British Colum. ‘Saw Fryxciaco, bia, &e., &c. Feb et 1963, Arrived bark Moonbéam, from vot Palade 4 speculative | “Wrists for domostio m4 fie 259 barrels whiskey, at 423{c.; 100 barrels alcohol, barrels pure spirits, 424¢0, ; 1,000 boxes we sig gunny bags, lic. vee 1 Goods valued at about $200,000, belonging to several importers, were seized by the Custom officers to-day for violation of the revenue laws. It is belioved the system of under valuation, which has been discovered, has ox- tended over severat years, by which the government loses nearly half the legitimate revenue on many im- portant articies, Atelegram from Los sngelos says the nowe from Colo- rado ts highly encouraging. Credible letters to the 10th of February say that new leads are daily discovered and the development of those now worked is unsurpassed for ric! San FRAnciaco, Feb. 14, 1863. Sailed ship Archer, for Bokohama, Japan, and Webor. It is rainipg to-day and there is no business. The wio- ne ee en » Much larger crops were planted this year than last.* Advices from Britis Columbia state that $3,600 has ‘been raised in Victoria and sent to England for the relief of the Lancashire operatives. ws is loparedied that the roads to the Carribos mines will bie earlier this year — last. bert in papers estimate the gain in values in the North colonies at $5,000,000 during the last year. ‘The total laboring population is less than 15,000. The — of trade for the year is $2,500,000 against the nies. Probably he will preserve “The Phan- Police Intelligence. Tas Coxvipence Game.e-About eightecn months since an Italian named Giovani Peganini arrived in this country in very needy circumstances. Since that time he bas managed to drive his fast horse on the Bloomingdale road and indulge in many other expensive habits by the exer- cise of his wits, as it is charged, on the credulity of a number of his countrymen. Peganiul’s operations were, however, brought toa stand still on Saturday last, when officer Golden, of the Sixth precinct, arrested him on the Jersey City ferry boat. The officer had received tnforma. tion that he had swindled one of his countrymen, named Louis Feola, out of $108 by means of the confidence game, and was then about to cross the ferry em roule bo Havana via Philadelphia. Officer Golden proceeded tho ferry, and finding bis man aboard the boat, succes 4 in arresting him after a slight struggte, during which his shield was torn off by the prisoner. On reaching the Tombs Peganini wished to settie matters without thevaid of a magistrate by restoring the money he had taken from. Paola, “Other parties in the court then preferred charges against him. Soe ager oh it is alleged, followed the old beaten truck, Pied ing the acquaintance of his own coun- trymen and then by the most specious and flimsey pre texts, inducing them tw let him have @ hand in arranging their financial matters. One of his dodges was to borrow all the money he possibly could under a solemn promise to repay it within acertain time in silver coin, less the premium of six per cent. By this means and others very similar he-is said to have eased some twenty or thirty credulous Italians of all their superfluous cash, One of them, named Nicholas Garabdliina, residing at 35 Mul berry street, was duped to the amount of $64, for which operation Peganini is now in the Tombs awaiting an ex amination, Several other transactions of a similar nature are charged against the prisoner. Some months ago a returnod Californian arrived here, en route for Italy, with $1,000 in gold in his posression. Peganini, it is charged, obtained the money from-him in exchange for a worthless. dragt on his father, then a resident in Ty. The victim subsequently returned to New York and recovered a por tion of ‘his moucy by taking the prover legal steps. ‘Ticket selling has also been practiced by the prisoner, who in one instance obtained §300 from two Italians under pretence of purchasing passage tickets for California, For this fraud be was indicted, but got ou by refunding the money Tur Wire Beating Cask.—Roundsman Holden arrested William Crosley yesterday, who is charged with having caused the death of his wife, Anne Crosley, by beating and otherwise ilitreating her,on Saturday last. He was fally committed for trial, on a charge of wife murder, by Justice Osborne. Sranuixa Arrnay.—John Regan, residing at 239 Eliza- beth street, was admitted to the City Hospital yesterday, having been dangerously stabbed by aman named John | Everett, on the corner of Houston and Elizabeth streets. The wounded man was picked up by the Fourteoutth precinet police and conveyed to the hospital. Tho porpe- trator of the act is still at large. City Intelligence. New Exoixe Houses rox rine Free Dararraext.—Comp troller Brennan has issued a public notice requesting pro. posals for the purchase of real estate for the use of the New York Fire Department, to be located as féllows:<» One let for Engine Company No. 14, between Fulton, ireeawich and Church streets; two lots for the use of Engine Companies Nos. 38 and 20, betwe man, Fulton, Broadway and William streets. F must be sent 'in sth day of the present month, nd should conta of the property olleted, with dimensions, locali eter of improvements. Paras, Acerest,—Coroner Collin bold an inquest yester on the body of Cornelius if New York, fin, a native | death resulted from injuries receive quence of having h » the 20th uit., fa 4 beneath several tons oF trom castings, at the Novelty fron Works. The Jury rendered a verdict in accordance with the occurrence, | which was purely ace 1, Sailing of the Bohemian, Portiann, Feb. 18, 1863. The Bohemian, Captain Borland, sailed at half.past ten on Saturday night, with twenty-seven passengers and $13,000 in specie Interesting Lette ‘The following letter w pack by Garibaldi from Garibalal, addressed seme short time atom young Russian girl | who bad sont bit her portrait My Dear Cuip—You ask me for a word of sympathy | for Russia, the country of you Our Saviour wae born on the banks of ihe river and when he pro Claimed that all men ace brothers Ro did not ask wbett tote birthplace was on tle banks of the Neva or ti | the Viewula, The Russiass ure, there rs, | hecause [have seen that the same ) ri grapes of italy and the splendid corn i the imr fields of your native land, I affectionately kie foreuend Advices from Caprera are favor not yet leave his bed, as che woyn | the cure is making ravid progress. which is set down above at $4,400,000, is really leas than the true balance, as the Cus- tom House returns convey no information with regard to the movement of American securities. It is known that some considerable parcels of United States securities and other Ame- rican stocks were remitted to Europe last week. At the present rate of exchange United States twenty years sixes can be laid down in London at about 565 per cent, at which price they are likely to tempt foreign investors. Some of our forcign houses are making the experiment of sending them across the water. The prospect of a continued excess of exports over imports would be very bright were it not, on the one hand, for the proba- bility that foreign markets will soon be glutted with our securities, and, on the other, for the pre- vailing extravagance, which leads to a larger con- sumption of foreign goods at the prevailing high prices than was ever witnessed in peace times, when prices were low. Money became quite easy last week, partly in consequence of the decline in the demand, which « resulted from the decrease of speculation on the Stock Exchange, and partly from the increased supply. Whenever the telegraph reports that | money is active at New York a number of country stimulated inflation. ‘Here they might absorb some loose capital belonging to savings banks, insurance companies and a few bank depositors. But for banks, capitalists and bankers send their means to this. city for employment. This is what has happened st the present time; apd lenders who were not anxious to use their means at 7 per cent ‘@ week ago were yesterday very happy to dispose of them at 6. Debt certificates, which a week ago dragged at 94, were wanted last evening at 967g. Mercantile paper, bee gold at 7 Ler ese ® week ago, Bow moves freely at 5% In adh sg flurry nore enced nearly & Hhonth 4 fulestal foundation, and only lasted = the Wall street bankers grew tired of struggling with fate and the facts. There are still quite a number of persons in Wall street who believe that the forthcoming interest bearing noteg will make money tight by absorbing the loose capital of the country. It not believed, h6wever, in well informed financial circles, that iy additions to the volume of currency afloat, under whatever name and conditions they may be disguised, can make .money any scarcer, or, in fact, can fail to make it more plentiful. In- terest bearing Treasury notes at the South have every dollar they absorb they would add three or four dollars in current money to the previously existing supply. One main reason why they would fait to absorb all the loose moneys in the banks is the prevailing want of confidence and the gene- tal indisposition to invest in government securities. Debt certificates have been sold freely in this market at rates which netted ten or eleven per cent to the purchaser. But there has been no rush to buy them at this figure. Banks and bank depositors have prefer- red to lend their money on call at 6 per cent on Erie or Central, or to buy mercantile paper at 5a 6 per cent per annum, rather than get 10811 by buying the twelve months paper of government. The same reasons would prevent any such whole- sale investment in interest bearing Treasury notes, as is anticipated by some operators in Wall street. Until victories or changes in the Cabinet have in- spired more confidence than exists at present, capitalists will not invest the whole or the bulk of their means in the securities of government, what- ever shape they may assume. The price of gold fluctuated last week between 153 and 158, closing yesterday at about 15554 a 94. Exchange on London (bankers’ bills) sold as high as 173 and as low 169, closing at about 171. There is a fair demand for bills from the trade, and the specu- lation in gold, which was checked some time | since by apprehensions of legislative measures of 2 yours of age, whose | restriction, appears to be reviving. It is well un- derstood in Wall street, if not in Washington and | Albany, that attempts to check the necessary de- | preciation of the currency by imposing unnatural restraints upon the free trade in builion would have an effect precisely opposite to the end de- sired, as they would aggravate the existing dis- trust and would stimulate hoarding to a very gene- ral extent. The present premium of 55 a 60 per cent on gold creates less alarm among the people at large than would be the case if people did not feel certain that government was not interfering in the matter and that a few military successes would speedily cause the premium to decline. Nothing would be more likely to prove the signal for a generai currency panic than an indication that the government or Congress was becoming alarmed at the premium on gold. The financial measures of Congress have made progress since last week. The Senate has passed its financial bill, and we recapitulate its features, as contrasted with the House bill, for convenience of reference:— House Biz. 1. $900,000,000 of tienty years bonds, bearing not over 6 per cent interest, to be sold at the market price. 2 $400,000,000 of three years Treasury notes, bear- ing not over 6 per cent in- terest, payable in coin: the notes to be alinays exchange- abiz for United States notes. 3. $300,000,000 legal ten- der notes. Senate Bins. 1. $900,000,000 of bonds, which may run forty years, with interest at 6 per cont; to be sold at market price. 2. $400,000,000 of . three years Treasury notes, bear. ing not over 6 per cent in- terest, payable in current money; said notes to be a le ider for their fare. 150,000,000 legal ten- der, including the $100,000,- 000'authorized on Jan. Mi. 4. Fractional currency un- limited. 5. Coupons not to be re- ceivable for duties. 4. $50,000,000 fractional curreney. 5. Coupons on bonds and notes to be receivable for dation. 6. Bank circylation tobe — 6. Bank circulation to be taxed 2 per cent, according taxed 1 per ceut per annum to a sliding eal for two years, then 2 per cent. 1. The Secretary to keep accounts exclusively in the Sub-Treasury. We learn from Washington that a conference committee will be appointed to-morrow, and that it will probably report substantially aa follows, the 7. The Secretary to keep accounts in solvent banks, | House yielding to the Senate on most of the points in dispute:— 1,—$900,000,000 bonds, to run forty years, if deemed advisable by the Secretary, to bear inte- rest payable#in coin, at a rate not over six per cent; said bonds to be disposed of by the Secretary at such rates as he may deem fair. 2.—$400,000,000 Treasury notes, to ron three years, and to bear interest payable in paper, at not over six per cent per annum; seid’ notes to be a legal tender for their face. 3.—BKither $200,000,000 10 $250,000,000 legal tender notes. 4.—Fractional currency, limited to $50,000,000. -Coupons on bonds and Treasury notes not to » receivable in duties. more 6.—Bank circulation to be taxed on average not over one per cent per annum. 7.The Becretary to keep accounts exclusively with Assistant Treasurers It is possil 4 the bill ae revorte? from the conference committee may, va Wis skeleton | tween the government and the banks, which ap- pears unjust to institutions which placed their en- tire capital at the service of the government in its hour of danger and trial; and thirdly, because it institutes an antagonism between the general gov- ernment and the State governments of the loyal States, which sound policy would have dictated the wisdom of avoiding at the present critical period in our history. For these reasons the House has already once during this session rejected this banking scheme, and even so late as Thursday last would probably have refased to consider it anew. But within the past day or two the whole power of the administration has been brought to bear upon members. It is pressed upon them as an administration measure, which is deem- ed by the President and Secretary of the Treasury essential to the suecess of the administration; and, thus viewed, fear, favor and party loyalty will probably, as we understand, secure its adoption by the House. Practically, the matter is of very little consequence. Noone is going to bank under the new scheme, at all events, at present. It is doubtfal if half a dozen banks will be started under it during the administration of Mr. Lincoln. As to the tax on bank circulation, that is not viewed by bankers as likely to lead to any considerable reduction of the bank currency afloat. It has always been calculated that bank circulation yielded from 10 to 12 per cent per annum to the bank which issued if. A tax of one per cent can therefore be borne with- outruin. Were it otherwise the passage of Mr. Chase’s bank scheme would be followed pe Le nee alarming consequences at the No lature of this State is pot prep 1d ¥ png banking system, which has been pepfectéa sto , and which has contributed 60 much to stret rn the State credit and impart stability to our commerce. On this head the views of our Bank Supe: it, which were mang embodied inlet gr eta at “iE whine <f the Legislature and the pebpre ‘Fier ise tempt by the eral, fica to nullify Fd free banking In ai ahd to force our State securities into the market, for the sake of trying futile experiments at @ critical period like this, would develop at Albany a resistance to be deeply deplored. As it is, however, the more experienced among our bankers apprehend no collision at present. The bank interest of the loyal States can afford to pay $1,670,000 annual tax on their circulation without materially cur- tailing their issues. If anybody is inclined to bank under Mr. Chase’s scheme, he will have an oppor- tunity of doing so, and msy win favor with the government if he does not make money by the experiment. But, so far as the great question of providing ways and means for the prosecution of the war is concerned, this bank scheme, which is being forced on Congress by the whole power of the administration, will prove of no importance whatever, and yield no appreciable results. The following table shows the course of thee stock mi rae for the past week and month:— Jon, 21. Jon; A. Jom, 3 31, Feb. Ay Feb, 14, The coursg of the stock market last week was hesitating @@ undecided. The public are waiting to see the result of the debates in Congress on financial matters, and are neither selling nor buy- ing stocks. The brokers are pretty evenly divided between bulls and bears. Within the past week or two a formidable short interest has been cre- ated, which, in the event of a sudden upward movement, would give some trouble to cover. The bears rest their hopes upon the adoption of an impracticable policy by Congress, an increased | demand for money and the chapter of accidents looking to peace. The bulls rely upon the inevita- ble increase of paper money and the large earnings of the railways. Paper money is already exercising a powertul upon the trade and industry of the ru- ral districts, and is developing an unpre- cedented activity, which we see reflected in the earnings of the railways. Throughout the interior the report is the same:—‘The war has made us more prosperous than we ever were before." There is certainly more money in the country— | such as it is—than was ever the case heretofore; nd this money, which answers all practical pur- joses as well as gold and silver, is giving a pro- digious impetus to trade, agriculture, industry and enterprise. The earnings of the New York and Erie Railroad for the month of January, 1863, were... $895,452 Earnings month of January, 1862, were. « 699,097 eerrrrrrr rire $196,354 CITY COMMERCIAL REPORT. Sarvnpay, Fob.14—6 P. M. AsHEs.—Sales Were made of 50 bbls. at 84%c. for pots and 9c. for pearls, Stock, 492 bbis. Breaperurrs.—There was lees activity in the market for four, but prices were firm generally, with an apward ten- dency. The sales comprised 11,500 bbis. State and West ern, 1,200 bbls, Southern and 800 bbls. Canadian, within our revised range:— Superfine State and Western. $675 2 695 Extra State..... a 775 Common to choice exira Western. & 900 Canadian... .. a 916 Southern mi 756 a 795 Extra do...... 80 a 9 25 Good to choice family do. 950 210 60 Rye flour................ 350 a 6 50 Corn meal, Jorvey and Brandy wit 410 a 490 —Wheat was in moderate demand at buoyant rates. Sales wore made of 95,000 bushels at $1 85 for white Western, $1 64 9 $1 72 for red and amber Westorn, $1 61 a$1 68 for Milwaukee club and amber spring, $1 9 a $1 55 for Chiea- g0.spcing and $1 95 for white Stato, Corn was dearer to-day, salos baying been mato of 90,000 bushels mixed Weatora at 920. A Mc. for sound, 7c. a Vic. for unsgund and heated, and 96¢. for Western yellow. Ryo was purchased to the 600 bushels, at $1 08 a $112. Sales were minde 2,0U0 Dushele of Darley at $145 0 $160. Oats con. tind iy good demand at 670. a 76c., according to quaiity. Cycos.—Sales wore made of 350 bags Guayaquil, iD Loud, on p. t Comvam was loss active, sales having been confined to 150 bogs Rio and 200 bags Maracaibo at 31 5g0.; also 100 bags 5). Dorningo a We quote:—Rio, prime, at 330. ; do., fait, at Sle. a 81';e.; do., do, fat bo good cargies, he. 8 Java, mate and bags, 26°. a 9Te.; M dae; Lavwayra, 30. n 5 {. Domiogo, 290. a Corton was depressed And down to Oe mic ding, without any ences of importance. Uy. Woous were sloady, but tuactive ary, at 30c. a Foettinwant —Sales were ga a@ iight scale, pricos sere Fusiained 4ers.— There was ie v0 re 4 clues pert § ped 000 bbls fove at dy.1 mt iia ¢ 1309 paeemgra © "Po Fance yw t iw bulat a To Giasgow 30 nie. ¢ 2 ry Hay cout: ved im Lait @emawd ut ole. a Bf a effect | 3 60% 65% 65 aoenanoy us09¢ 7% | — 91% 9 9% 70% 15 76K The 106% 106% 98. 97 95: 64K 60 105% 105 4.963 94 =| (ae By Bt p 1843 187 9% 93% 946 ng 169 170 166 160 15836 166% 185% | NavaL Sromus were were ay generally, thougl pao for spirits ‘turpentine a Ka The demand was moderate for most kinds at enact linseed, and 90c.a 95¢.,and $1 15 a 80 for crude whale and sperm respectively, and 93¢. @ 95c. for No, 1 lard oil. Pork was in fair request, with sales of 900 Dbla., in lots, at $14 60 $14 75 for old ‘mees, $10 60 0 $16 75 for continued in fair demand, wi a$l2 608 oe en ae within the of 10: 10. 2 9%c., 370 par @ Bc. and 5340. a 634c.; Butter was in juest at 22c. a 217c. for tate, and was selling actively at 10c. Rice was inactive at capi prices. SALTPETRB was steady at 16c. for crude, but was in Iimited demand. ‘Sknts were scarce and firm, but quiet. ‘Srices.—There was less inquiry for the principal kinds; prices were less Reoaes Svcazs—The market a and Dy auction, of 450 hl w Orleans, and 1040. a c, 8 10%¢, for Cubs. Stuart’s pe reQned sugar is ie as follows:—Best quality loaf sugar, 153¢¢. per Ib.; best quality crushed sugar, 16c.; ee 2 aXe. ; ground sugar, 14%¢,; white ie sugar ‘A,) 4c. Pye lpg eek. eoikyy ic. a 120. Woon The gales this week have fallen off very much, and the market is han, Beg Speculasion. is not as rife as it has been for the last two weeks, The fall in gold has been the cause of this change in the footings ot of buyers for speculation. There bas been some from manu- facturers, but otherwise very little wool sold. rameeent eae area ALUANAO FOR KEW YORE—rmIs DAY. ‘Fort of New York, eer eey, ct 1se3, hone Fede, mie. 3% me ‘The following vessels cleared on ‘Baturday, but were unig tentionally omitted yesterday :— Ship Gorilla (not Elizabeth—Br), George, Liverpool—Wil- ustralia (0! Hegemann, Bremen—| Gao Re Butimors W Beat Soot Ao, nah Secor, Kirby, Elizabeth; r= B # Amal & Co. gAngio ery Frov, 7» Algoa ‘Bay, OG: /H—C B Fessen- den. ‘Schr Maria L Davie, Doane, Minatitian—Bassett & Nicker- Fr Ouws , Coalfieet, Aux Cayes—D R Dewolr, Schr mr indo Cae, Kellar, NaseausJor neue. sell, Bunting. Ghiocoveague—A C Havens, fe Katicwamn Hones, Piistelpiin st aot ir Antietam. Jon \e] whl so aeng§ lap] ahr William, lem—R W Ropes > Bouth aber, ARRIVED. ). Bhi town Feb i. at 6 8 Sa tia me aad an acnegrn on ae a ce Biv ot Baltimore, Renee for Liverpool, eakin City of Montrea}, Luther, Londin, 8 days, with con Steamship Aria ei ipGonfdence, Cole Glasgow, 4 the Clyd zh ER Netodn a Ve iat oh fonds spoke 1 inst, 10 ualles bark Pmnsa Youn, Seren for @! Eot oa ‘Shaals, ing of and for Yar. ahip’Sarah 3 corer Rio Janeiro, Dec 23 ast Bi Thownae Feb ‘ aa Fob 3, in bali, 2 Wallast. vomaster, Jan), tat 6 wi siti 440, passed ship Champion, Boyden, hence for Jane Lackey (Br, of Peilly), Lackey, Algoa Bay, ~ ‘with Wool erto Geo ¥ Bul jark John Fyfe, Sherwood. 5 laerow, 36 days, with mdse, ‘Thos Dunham. ' Had ey heavy weather to the E of th Banks: 1m lat 41 42, jon 66 saw a large ship with veinted ports bound W, with loss of fo'e topmasi }, Patten, Bordeaux 43. ‘33 days, with salt to dy Kimball (of Rockland), Ulmer, Cadiz, Jan 17, in ballast, to Metcalf 4 Duncans “Bark Aurora (Ital Chino, Mesaina, 65 days, with mdse. to J Robinson. eavy ‘weather; stove bulwark, lost rem), ane Liesl via Fal. 83 days, with ‘atfe, Mo Muller & Kruger. Had uulwarks, & (Br, of Dublin), Arebbold, Martinique, 21 to Bdiniston Bros, Ith that. 6AM. went of Barnesat, and mae get of by Mr Brown, d but little damast Venus, Atkinson. ‘Curacoa, Jan 23, dc, to Jun Foulke's Sous, Li jor Philadelphia), Heweit, Matanzas, 13 days, 0 jew Or eans, 16 days. w.th sugar, tc, Id in company with brig E A Reed ‘with salt, skins, to Sad sch Ben, tor NYork, Brig Fortuna (Port). Brodeam, Lisbon, 82 days, in ballast, E.izasita, Fajen, from Cardenas for Frank- Newport 15th, bar had heavy weather, ana Of wiolussen and galley oif Hatt-tas. advices received at Glou- state that schrs Al‘aifa and ad would Pe a fort got tao, ja Provincetown, Gloucester and Boston. Sour Cen Bit Went ashore. but was got oif witnout ‘material proceeded for home. of Key West, loxted “ght Dal, Fob 18— 2 scamatsabore gn the Searh oitaidn th hay and epee ens the int of Ca ters hi w i 4 and iy ts probable ‘she will Tavs tat chines be éfore she "an be Eior., J berg two achrs which remained ashore as Defors reported, have been get afloat. Cork :(Fumare West), Jan Lap pone peree male Preset 9 Wilert fo undergo repairs, —_ Pines Jan kat ba Pag bales of cotton, marked “J BH, J18 (578 Vr ge] ac, and @ trunk containi: clothing. te picked u ety the Menal =n Jan nary and are now (gym the Terry. at Anglesea. They ‘coved Flood, from "New ow rican to have come the ‘Pamelia for Liverpool, whieh foundered in the bay here J: Liverroot, Jan cling Mad Babee! from New York, which was on shore in Princes in, has been got of and Towed ints Lenton Dose, te 0 mn the vessels in the harbors of New Yori Pu iiatelntine Baltimore, , Savannah, New. Galveston, at the Ori {atest aovounte from each of those porta:— FEW Yur! Mariners. ‘OMeial notice is given that the Buoy xt Bulwark Ledge aritued about hatf's mile. from ies moorin.s nm northeast erly direction, It will be replace’ ns soon a8 pose ible. y order of the Lighthouse Board. 4 Portland, Feb 10, 1861. ~ayt Spoken, dsc. nang Grace Ross. Pendleton. from Liverpool Nov 15 for u. Dec 20, lat 8 ate 8 jon 31 W. Ship Western Chief.’ Wording, from Liverpoat Nov 1 tor Mauritius, Deo 16, ie ion 2? a, Bi days trom New Bedford for Ro noiuia, Nov7, oo Jon 62 50 W. Port iste” Arras Jen avr ak ee widson. NYork; 20th Hotton Ga “Gard, Anzcivo, Feb Rose Standist No i 2 Arr an ie lat Tandy tt Foorason, ee tI sca (ri, Jan 28—Sld Onwego, Norton, Cardiff NYork. Buxwxnuavex, Jan 25—Arr Copercicus, Mabnken, Balt! more; 2ith, E F Gabatn, Von Hagen, NY Gowns, Jan 2o— Aur New York (a. Wenke, NYork Gaprz jan 20—8ld Go Mon 22d. Mary Hyler, Hyle! Saonanenaneam Jana Nickerson, NYork, Crupap Boutvar, 4—No Am vensel in re mouth of the River 1ache bark Acronaut, bound wp. Conacos, Jan 28—In' pore sch Heitons true Tender mal, Cienfuegos for NYork Feb 4. Sid J th, Nantanket, Sewy-r, do Det. Jan 2—arr Bouthera Rights, Knowles, London for Cardiff ‘and anchored). Jan In PDangencsa Htoads, Henriette. Marey, r Autwe an 28 Arr Liask jal’, Olsen, NY: Rivalen, de. Furerwoon, Jan 27—Arr 5 A Staples ‘Staples. Belfast, Guansay, Ja Arr Ru Tucker, Olark, 0 Caiontia, at, LASGOW. ysina, Kn ght, New York; Bt Lawrence, Hanaitton, Pordiand. Gratavtar, Jan 19—Arr barks Glalia (Ital), Groff, geplermo for New York (ani sid 2ist) 422d. Latina io Robisom, | Algiers for do (and sid same dav): brigs Thos Wright (Bi Bernard, Catania for do; N for Boston, Sid Fw pr. zabeth, Lassen, New York. EB wind sev in Zia, amd coth- nued 2éth. GxNxoA, Jan 25—Arr Carioca, G: Haver, Jan 6—Sl4 Un‘ine, Ti Huuvoxt, Jun 3—Arr Numiner Fm ahoacos, Feb IIn port uriy Levisthan, trom NYork, ‘Naava, Feb 2—No Am veasel in port JACMEL, Jan 2i—Tn port solr Yo ng Teazer, from NYork. Sle 27th, schr Abby Bradfor., NYori. Ja. Jan 12—Arr 'brigs Aima, New York (and sla jo vin Falmouth; 2ith, scare. retern); OJ Prindle, St Belle, Larsen, Messi ig Mecosta, Haynes Boston: achrs Union, to Hagemeyer & Brunn, ‘Geo BT Hermoda Sta Jan 16. Brig Allee (Br, of Liverpool), Myers, Rio Janelro, 60 dayn, Bur Hubbard, Philedelphin; sith, orig Mount bi a | Ve York. F Br oark 4 Bolton Wil rein), Behrens, Ciudad Rolivar, 25 days, vdlno, Cidwers, Mar Weet. 7, 5 Favensiedt up to the Highlands 10th, and compelled to during a heavy NE gale. Jan 14, in the mouth of the Oronoco iver, passed bark Aeronaut, bound up. osetta (Br, of Halifax), Tazo, Porto Cabello, Jan lee, to MeWall & Frith. ‘avorita (Dutch). Raven, Omoa. Hon, Jan 24.with Foulke's Ist inst, Antonto ut 400 tons burtuen, pson (of New Haven), Ward, P ic, to L. W & P Armatrong, of Ne where the Lis bound. Brig Lotus (Br, of Annapolis, NS), Johnson, St Johns, PR, and Arecibo, Feb 3, with sugar, to A © Rossire & Co. Brig Eequimaux (Br. of Halifax), Chisholm, Iuagua, Feb | 2, with logwood, to order. chr Kasiee, Ackl ac., oJ V Ona Soir E A De Hs Jan 39, with togwood her Schr Susan Moore (of Chorryiield), daya in ballast, to © H Colt 7 Donna Anna (of 8 nek ton, With moiasses, to Walsh, , Carver Suhr America (Br), 1, Oden NB, vis Parpantin Gare, Ce bere ane was " ashore); 22 days, with potatoes, to D it town, Me), Cumings, Jacmel, ta Thackeray, a6 Matanzas, Jan 31, zs Behr 8 A Falconer, Bulkley, Beaufort, NC, Feb 10, with cotton &e. to master,’ On the bar, atl PM, passed stearaship Arigusia Dinsmore, bound in; at out SW by WwW m lighter in tow, milles, spoke sehr yatt, Ale tell, Geary Howe, Bal Boston. Martin, Elizabethport, with coal, Sehr Mott Bedell, Be Schr MM Freemat Bene Divina, (Br), NB. ele Kelson Harvey, Lewis, Boston, 8 days. m . ford, 8 4 ‘ Sehr Thomas Borden, ‘Wrightington, Fail River for Phila. \e Rehr 'A 8 Simpson, Churn, Providence for Yoomco. Schr Dindem, Baker, Frovideures for Tangier Bound. Schr J P Ames, Chipman, Steamer Fal Steamer West nes, Providence. r, Nye, Providence. BELOW Bark Stella, of and from Bremen, Jan 4. Also, two barks and a brig, unknown- Wind at sunset SW. American Ship: reand Officers have recetved commissions from this Association: — Jobn © Morong, Benj Russell; Jas 8 Clarke, shi 5 m ig, Ben) Rus jas 8 Clarke, ship Maria dark Bupulo; lairick Doyle, bri bre OU Clay; Wm Pare whe sun York, Fe sone May Bort Helnes; Denny M Humphreys, alle Gow. sehr Comet; Jos W Cathar: Jas Crow; Henry Wi'kin and: Ged bri ® B fiacnors wrig'c tios é Henry, "brig Darien: Nath! Hai * A Southard, bark Waltham; Wm Berry, bark Harvest Moon Frank Wood, schr Bele; F Sumber, sob Btag; Georwe | bar! N ur Water Weet Wind: Schuyler W Clirk brig Trow sigon Card, echr Saladin; Win Daniel Miscett Sreawenir Porowac, FI the Nine Foot Knoll. has gone to her w Bing Pauniss Foon Floo more, is on A stoamtug Report of Capt Anderson, of the bark Pame jew York, nya quscnsiown for Etverpoot (-otton a Me Queenstown Jao ly, fra from tue And experienced hoary v Ea) PM. the Wea the port | n ends, Out AWRY the lee cher Figsing, When we tain cut away the 4a abnen 9 raine wos. Th part of crew fm we week Humacoa, PR, 14 days, with sugar, | et ais Btront, Havana, 16 | for St bark Indian | ity of Washington (8), Mirehouwe, Curry, New York; Slat, Nova Scotian land tii, Isnae Webb, Hutchinson: D Hoadley, Barnaby; en spire, Follansvee; Atiwiralia, Towart, and Home, ee itry, New York; 20th, North Amer can (s), Button, Port. Aspluwail ante Baker, for Bostor Robinson Crusoe. We aton (8), Mir ox Jan 2s—Ark Flower of “Aven, Whith rn. Venice, Leman, Pailadeiphia; Jos Peabody, Wh. oe "path, Vivid Light. Eldridge, Cardiff? and Cuba . Ha ann, and Geestemunde, Kuiken, ty, Cardif and do; | dish : Webioot, Hedue, Hoxton: a Key, Hi ton; Kens ngton. Corning, NY: co ON, a Beer ote, Johuse oun, N¥O Asahi Tios Wilitney, + 20h. Montag, Messina, dan 19—Arr Cornucopia, ail, NYork. Maraga, Jan '22—Cld bark Abdel Kader, Nickerson, NYork, with fruit, Mawra, Jan 22—Arr Clara Haxall, Gloves ‘ork, Minagoann, Jan $I port bark Wilhel: . for New York. about 7th. Newrokr, Jan 20—Arr Von Laffert Lehsen, Dade, Bristot for NYork. ew! x, Jan 28—-Ent out, Uncowah, Follansbee, for jan 18—Arr Saypomeer, Bezember, NYork; Agnes, «inn 24-—No Am vessel in port, Ponyswocm, Jan 2—Put in, Peter © Warwick, Smithers, from anton for Cardiff. ed by do 2uth, London, Hurlbut, from London for p Came in 29—No Am veerel in port. Pour au P: b 7—No Am vessel in port. URENSTOWN, Jun 28—Arr Brinker Stove, Sch ‘ork. | Sid2/ty. Spittire. v ech, Hull; John Spear, Booker, Jo (and pot back ‘Chase, Hamil'on, Greenock. efcAcr ri Be Fresuissimio, 3 fton, Phila: ore. Sid Dee 24, brig Cana- 2, vark Adeinite, Ely, Tawa, w Lig! Bennet Valpan | da. FAiso. Bait. | more. Cit Jan.b, barks New Light, Crowell, Baltimore; Clifton, Lewis, NYork. e708, Jan 29—8'd Bavaria (a), Meter, NYork. , Feb 6—Sid bri: KW Packer, Boston, Ports. bay, one bark and a brig. . Philaselphia Union, ue Tor , Gibraltar ond Am BOSTON, Fob 14 A Mo amer Bax Caleu.ta iy sehr Eastern Li ne r, wind NW, clear aud pleasant, bark Oak. M Peck; bark TG Kemp;' brigs Jac Walker, BALTIMORE, Feb 13—Arr soli land. low. barks. Adsiaide, By Jouannes (Brim), from Cad Wedge, Liverpool; bark G jine (Be), “> 8 Wiiltarns, Newwon, Matanzas Wile Bid. sel Rober 1 below seh Hadeiphia, at ate 5p eeten: Brotherton, ana ht » i veer, Dyer, Cardensa Loewe Lass, ant Montgomery, Pall River ima, Baxer, Reston oo M i Smith, Syth, nN ¥ore, @ Mertiek | SANE APES Be ailp Oewego, Liverpool; bark Sun 1 tual, « | 5 19-—The following veanols are at the Mreake Lines Dei, Feb IS The Tettaand Mary Bitton, NY ork foe n Porider, das Le Bowie a A rin, The greater a ine. weather tor twee vith wa winds he Arco, Barter, Whecnsset ames Free.nan, 0, Fore the RG