The New York Herald Newspaper, August 28, 1865, Page 2

ee ee FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. Sonvay, August 27, 1865. I the stook market has been under the control of the Erte buli party during the past week, and, notwithstand- Ing the absence of outside buyers, prices XT erienced & improvement. The leader of the clique showed confidence im being able to sustain the stock some days ago by selling “puis” of Erie at 80 for one per cent, making the price 79 net, This emboldened sireet eporators, who knew that in the event of Erie falling they could place their stock at a given price, and so limit their losses, The object of the leader in selling these privileges was not so much to profit by the one per cent @s to enlist co-workers in “bulling” the market, It is now stated that the leader. im question has quietly disposed of all the stocks, except Erie, with which he was saddied by the Ketchum failure, but that be ts still a buyer of the latter, Hf 0, and it seems probable, there is reason to believe that all the stocks he has ‘“‘slided out of” have not yet been delivered, but that Lo has them ready for delivery, in which case the offect of this additjon to the ‘cash stook let loose upon the street has not yet been folt. ‘The monetary ease which has prevailed was greatly im favor of this clique movement, and yet the market remained stubbornly dull and the advance realized fell short of the expectations of those engineering it. ‘The gold market was steady and without any marked feature beyond general dulness, the demand being chiefly confined to the legitimate wants of importers and cotton buyers. The extreme quotations were :— The money market was quiet, the demand for loans being light, owing to the limited volume of business transacted on the Stock Exchange. The general rate on call at the close was six per cent, but moncy was offered im some cases at five without takers, Some apprehen- sion was felt in certain quarters thut the Secretary of the Treasury would shortly flud himself under the necessity of asking for a special loan, the amount in tho Treasury Fand the current revenue receipts being madequate to meet the pressing obligations of the department, even “with the assistance of certificates of indebtedness. The semi-annual coin interest on the ten-forty loan, due on the 1st of September, amounts to $4,319,252. |) The foreign exchange market was firm on Monday and Tuesday at 109% a 110 for the best bankers’ bills at sixty or but it afterwards weakened under large arrivals of J cotton from the South and a disposition on the part of Mmporters to defer remittances in anticipation of lower Yquotations. The rate asked by leading drawers on Sa Sday for sterling at long date was 10954, but sale: made at 1093 a 34. } The receipts of Southern cotton at this port, be- ‘tween the last day of July and the 2lst of August, aggrogated 47,869 bales, making 171,182 since the st of May; and, notwithstanding these large ar- rivals, which are in excess of the average of 1860, the | ‘ka at the Northern cotton ports continue to increase, | ing that strong efforts are being made by the owners send it to market despite the cost and difficulties of portation. One reason of this is probably the sh price of the staplo both in New York and Liver- Sool, and the firmness of which is a source of surprise jomany. The receipts at New Orleans for the woek end ‘ng the 11th inst. were 24,321 bales and the exports 8,810 yales only, and at Mobile during the wock ending the {th inst. the receipts were 8,664 bales, and the ship- nents 3,664 bales, showing an addition to the stock at the two ports of more than twenty thousand bales. It ‘s estimated by a journal prominent in the cotton and iry goods interest that the stock at New Orleans is about lighty thousand bales, and at Mobile more than thirty housand. Other Southern ports are estimated to have brty-five thousand and New York eighty-five thousand ‘ales, making a total of, say two hundred and forty ousand bales. The stock at New Orleans is much arger than the average for the four years from 1858 to 361, which was only 32,504 bales. But it is not safe to rely upon a prolonged continuance {those large arrivals at the Northern ports. Although “e latter may have lately taken place at the rate of hirty-five thousand bales per woek (including, with Now irleans and Mobile, all other outlets), whereas the do- ‘estic consumption may not have exceeded fifteen thon- jnd bales per week, the probabilities are in favor of a ‘minished rate of supply. It was the aim of the plant- ‘s during the war, after once baling their cotton, to get ar ere Name Locrtiin Capital Canastota National Bank. . Canastota, N.¥.... $500,000 Farmers and Mechanics’. . Westminster, Md.. 5,000 | 1,500,000 | 100,000 | 50,000 #5 009 } 100,000 100,000 , 200,000 100,000 50,000 National Bank of Selma, 100,000 Merchanta’.......+.0+ 100,000 Capital of new banks. $3,200,000 Previously authorized, 414,333 asus =5 Whole number of national banks authorized | . to date 1,533, with an aggregate capital of. $392,614,333 Amount of ciréulation issued to the national banks for the week,.,.. $2,590 Previously issied,.. 172,064,400 GORE, cvserencecesches -$175,255,690 No additional depositories of the public money have been authorized by the Secretary of the Treasury siace August 20, ‘The following table shows the quotations of the leading shares at the noon session of the Stock Exchange at the close of the last four weeks:— Ce ‘Stocks.* ‘Aug. 5, Aug. 12. Aug. 10. Aug. Atlantic es | 143185 = ‘Alton and Terre Hante RR. — aK oe Cleveland & Pittsburg... 70% 70% OT m1 . Cleveland & Toledo, . — Wis 8 101% Ohicago & Rock Island...1083 108% 106 108 Chicago & Northwestern, . 28 28% QT _ Chicago & bevy pf 62 ae ua 02% Chicago, Burlington&Qu’y. — - Cumberland Coal .4% ay Canton Company. . — 30% «38 - Chicago and Alton RR... — 98 1% — Chicago and Alton pref... — 903% «08 - Delaware & Hudson Canal. — 136 a - Hudson River mis, «Wl 10K Tinois Central 196% «1M BB Michigan Central, — — 106 = Michigan Southern, a) 62% 4 i Mariposa Mining. - 12 u By Milwaukeo &Prairiedu Ch. — 30% «80 “5 New York Central RR.... 923, 923g 91 0256 New York and Erie RR.. 90 85% 82K TG New York and Erio pre! 84 me Ohio & Mississippi cer. — ya 243 Pittsburg & Fort Wayne.. 973. 97 Ct ae Pennsylvania Coal, — 185 150 = Quicksilver Mining. = 56 53 5535 Reading Railroad, :106% 10854 103%{ 1053 OITY COMMERCIAL REPORT. Sarurpay, August 27—6 P, M. Asnes,—Receipts none. The market quiet but firm, at $7 3734 a $7 50 for pots and $7 75 for pearls, Breapstvrrs.—Receipts 6,592 bbls. flour, 440 do. and 627 bags corn meal; 43,517 bushels wheat; 69,429 do. corn; 45,833 do, oats; 22,070 do. rye, and 18,700 do, malt. The flour market was 10c. better, with a good demand. The sales of State and Western flour comprised 16,500 bbls, at our revised quotations annexed. Southern flour was fairly active, and prices advanced. The sales were 560 bbls. Canada flour was in moderate demand, and prices wore fully 10¢. better. Sales 350 bbls. Rye flour was quiet and unchanged. Corn meal was steady. We quote:— Superfine State and Western flour. Oa 7 50 Extra State . + 70a 800 Choice» State. +805 a 8 5 Common to medium extra Western. +8000 8 45 Extra round hoop Ohio. +9002 9 20 Western trade brands Spay Soy Common Southern, -9 50 a 10 50 Fancy and extra do. +10 60 a 14 00 Common Canadiai . 80a 8 35 Good to choice and extra. . 840011 00 +5500 610 -490a 500 (6% e — 26002 — —The wheat market was fairly active and le. a 20. bettor at the opening, but towards the close prices were lower. The sales were 65,000 bushels, at $157a $158 for Mil- wankee club, $1 58a $161 for ambor Milwaukee, $218 for amber Michigan, $1 55 for Chicago spring, and $2 12 for winter red Western. The corn market was fairly ac- tive, and prices ruled Jc. higher. The sales were 86,500 bushels, at 94c. a 96c. for unsound, 963¢c. a 98c, for sound mixed Western, the market closing dull at 961¢¢. Oats were firmer at the opening, but closed dull and heavy; the sales were at 633¢c. a 6414c. for Western, We note sales of 50,000 bushels Western, to arrive in ten days, at 6434c. Rye was fairly active and prices -ad- vanced 2c, a 8c. ; the sales were 17,500 bushels Western at 99¢. a $102. Barley and malt were dull and nominal. Corres was in active trade demand and full prices were realized. We quote:—Rio, prime, 2114c. ; do. good, 20340. a 2le.; do. fair, 19346. 2 20c.;' do. ordinary, 173<c. a 183Z¢. ; do, fair to good cargoes, 18140. # 20c. ; Java, mats and bags, 25c. a 26c.; native Ceylon, 223¢c, a 23. ; Mara- caibo, 19c. a 22c.; Taguayra, 21c. a 22°,; St. Domingo, 1TKe. a17Ke.; all gold, net cash, duty paid. Cortox,—The market was less active, but prices re- mained steady. The sales were 1,500 bales. We quote:— Upland. Flovida. Mobite, N.O. @ T. Ordinary. 35 35 36 36 Middling. 4“ rt} Good middling... {to port, with a view to blockade running, and where ‘noticable it was transported in that direction, A large wtion of the cotton in the interior is represented to be ginned or unpacked, and more or less damaged. It is, wover, gratifying to (ind so large and prompt a supply the raw material available for the purposes of com- sree, and it cannot but exert a favorable influence both on the market price of the staple and our foreign ex- anges, the latter-being especially important. ‘The great reason why cotton remains 0 firm in the ye of the ample supplies now coming forward is the ht orop planted this year and the uncertainty which aches to subsequent crops in consequence of the organization of the labor system. It secms likely \jt cotton produced by free labor will cost more than it \under the old system, and it is not unreasonable to ypose that not for a long time to come, if ever, 1 the crop be equal to the average of the five ycars mediately preceding the rebellion. “he week has witnessed two noteworthy events the withdrawal of both stock boards and gold board from the transaction of busi- js at the Evening Exchange, directly or indirect- ‘and the arrest of Edward B. Ketchum, the defaulting mber of the firm of Ketchum, Son & Co., which took ‘ye in Twentieth street, in this city, on Friday even- ', The action of the former is a step in the right di- jon. The Evening Exchange prolonged the hours of ‘ines, or rather kept up the fever of speculation, till r midnight, and the wear and tear of life, the cor- tion of morals and the domestic unhappiness which ‘ywolved were lamentable, It is true that the most table menibers of the Stock Exchange carefully ‘ided being seen at it, but it is none the leas certain t they were often, if not always, represented there, its demoralizing influence, which was most plainly vis- in the operators who personally frequented the place, nded over a wide area of business and social life. ‘kers and private operators became a prey to specula- {, and after the mental excitement of the day in Wall lot they betook themselves at night to the howling # lam up town, instead of cultivating leisure at home » njoying the society of their families. But the worst ‘ure of the Evening Exchange was that it attracted a “e number of merchants, bookkeepers, bank cashiers clerks and such like, who, having margins in most with brokers, took ‘a flyer,” not always with the jilt they anticipated, and the consequences of which ‘wards developed themselves, in not a few instances, ecuniary embarrassments or fraud. 16 sang froid with which Edward Ketchum conducted self before, since and at the time of his arrest, Jed to the inference that he entertained little fear of "\g prosoouted by any of the holders of the forged sks. The District Attorney, Mr. Oakey Hall, how. *, with commendable official diligence, preferred a plaint of forgery in the third degree against the mer, in the name of the people, on ‘rday, before Justice Hogan, at the Tombs pe Court. Many persons have mental reser- ons respecting the affairs of Edward Ketchum, it is not supposed that his examination, should he jprgo one, will tond to implicate others, There is t anxicty manifested at the present time by the “cw and other institutions to hush up everything calcu- ‘1 to impair their credit or provoke investigation. me of them feel their own weakness, and naturally ‘sgh they sedalously strive to hide their most vulner- } points; but that some startling discoveries are ty tobe made before very long the quidnuhes are | paed to believe. |is proper, in order to prevent an erroneous impres- |, to state that the majority of the banks in the fol- tng list are conversions from State banks which were \pnted prior to July 1, and which have been delayod \yme defect in their papers, or from which the final Monte has been withheld until their State ciroulation |j1d be reduced within the limite prescrived by the ‘onal Banking law. The two or throe now organiza. |i reported were sanctioned prior to July 1, but have Just porfegted their arrangements, Of the entire ; but ope had authorized sitive the date fone being at Ala. It may be stated gonerally | pational banks being reported organized may lorly be classed ag “delayed business” in the Treasury ‘rtmont. eee. T= re “e following national banks were authorized during “4 46 46 at 48 Freicnta.—The market was very quiet, but high rates were demanded; 64. for wheat to Liverpool was asked, ‘but nothing was done, the high rates and the advance in prices preventing shipments. The engagoments were:— To Liverpool, 200 tons oil cake at 12s. 6d. per steamer, 3,500 boxes choese at 40s., 200 bales cotton at id. To London, 150 hhds. tobacco at 258, ‘The British ship Ca- tharine, 478 tons, built at Westbrook, Me., in 1849, sold at $14,500. ‘The charters not before reported are:—Two ships, from Nevasea Island to Falmouth for orders, gu- ane bar 6d. a 30s. A bark, wheat, Cork for orders, b8., or if to a direct port in United Kingdom, 48. 6d. A ship, from Philadelphia to Aspinwall, coal, $7, and back from Swan Island, guano, $5. A British brig, to a windward island, Tc., ‘and back with wood, $5, cold. A British to a windward island and back, $1,200. A ‘rom Jacksonville to New York, cotton, Ic. A British schooner, to Prince Edward Island, 30c. A schooner, to St. Stephen's, flour, 26¢. A schooner, from Elizabethport to Boston, iron, $2 50; anda bark to Charleston on private terms. Hors were steady but less active, the sales being only 120 bales old crop, including all qualities at 150. a 52c., the latter-an outside price. The arrivals of the now crop are very light, and bring 40c. a Motassea.—The ‘market was active and prices were stronger, but not quotably higher. We note sales of 200 hhds. Porto Rico at 80c. a 85c., and 200 do. Cuba mutco vado at 58¢. a OT. Perrotetm.—Receipts, 938 bbls. The demand con- tinned fair for both crude and refined, and the market rnled firm, though prices were unchanged. We note sales of 1,800 bbls, crede, 40 a 47 gravity, on the spot, at 311%¢., and 500 do,, for all this month, at 31340. ; 1,500 do. refined, in bond, at 630. a 543¢0., tho latter for white; holders. generally ask 85c., and choice brands are Vel at 56c. Provietons.—Receipts, 626 bbls, pork. The pork mar- ket was more active, at an advance, new mess closin; steady at $32 87%. ' The sales were 9,000 bbls, at $32 a $33 for new mess, $30 a $30 50 for old do., $24 for Prime, and $27 50 a $27 75 for prime mess, alo for Sep- tember delivery, eellers’ and buyers’ option; about 5, bbls. new mess at $31 25 a $32, and 500 bbls. prime moss, buyers’ option, 15 days, at $28. Tho beef market was fairly active at full'prices. The sales were 800 bbla, at $8 a $12 for plain mesa, and $10 a $14 for exira moss. We not sales of 100 tierces prime mess at $21 a $22. Beef hams were dull and heavy, Bacon remained dull and nominal. We note sales of 47 bbls. rough sides 16c. The lard market was moderately active and prices ruled a shade firmer. The sales were 1,500 bbls, at 19%c. a 25e., the latter an extreme price for choice kettle rendered in small lots. Butter was in steady trade demand at 2lc. a 29c, for Ohio, and Sic. a better . for was in nest, and prices were very firm. The sales were she last price for very prime factory. q StesRINE was in cood req and prices ruled some- what firmer. The sales were 60,000 Ibs, at 203¢c. a 28¢., and 55,000 Ibe, grease at 143¢c. a 165. faa * ps at full ro 4c., 150 do. Svgar.—The market for raw was The sales were 1,600 hhds. Cuba at 11%. Porto Rico at 134c. a 15¢., and 900 boxes Havana at 13c. a17%c. Refined was in steady jobbing demand, and full TALLow was in good speculative demand, and in firmer. The sales were 245,000 ibs. at —Recoipte, 40 bbls. The market was more ices were rather firmer, thous not quota- prices were obtained. | oie 4c. latter price for retail lot: jes were 660 bbls. at $2 193, a $2 20. active, and pi bly higher, Th New York Officers in the Charleston Jail. TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD. New Yorn, August 22, 1865. Ie it generally known in this city that a number of vetoran officers belonging to the One Hundred and Sixty. fifth New York Volunteers are confined in Charleston jail; that they were kept in jail for twenty days before any charges were made against them; that they are still in close confinement in eaid jail along with murderers, thieves, &c., of the lowest class? I do not think itis generally known, or some action would have been taken before this by New Yorkers to either have them released on parole or to give them a trial. This regiment has been in the service since September, 1462, three long years, time enoagh, I should think, to entitle them to the honorable name of veterans. re two years in the Gulf Department under General inks, and afterwards did their full share in driving the rebel General Early out of West Virginia under the gallant Sheridan, This regiment has uafortanately gotten into some diff. cult) it the colored troops, What the facts of the case are f cannot learn; but from what officers and men tell me who come from there, they are not ro guilty but that they are entitled to a trial atleast. The following cor’ I know to be in Charleston jail at this time, or at least i! of the last steamer: — re it N. Captain . Putnam py wink Neopet ©. Hubbard. t other officers are in hot know. Colonel Case is confined in Fort Sumter; there. New th 1@ regiment Now, ‘orkers if this is for tt it evel to remain silent Inement without be ing or three years, Are you goit veterans rot in close con! i for a trial? I trast not, The Sunday Dis- to think that it does not matter much rhether they are all hu oays are fow fH wo i Ahok rot for it originall,"” al it le Det. poor fellows! Their bones lie scattered from Louisiana to Virginia. If the editor of the had gone with them he might now be lying where the dead he insults Ko—these soldiers, whose fy sin, I believe, is that they think themselves as good as colored soldiers, and do not wish to see their colors as tak from them now ‘successful stat ta preventing the fbi ¢ always bee! os ‘The above ofloers have been in jail since July : ie ee A“ Green Newspaper Man” Among the Mackerel Fishermen of Maine. One Day’s Experience in a Fishing Smack Among the Three Hua- dred and Sixty- of Casco Bay. The Mackerel Trade, [ts Profits, Advantages and Rogueries. &e. &o. &. Our Harpswell Correspondence. Hareswets, Me., August 1, 1865, OFF 10 THE MACKEREL VISHEBY.. Finding myself in Boston during my summer wander. {ngs among the different watering places, the thought etruck me that it would be a delightful change to visit @ome one or more places consecrated to the mackerel fishery, obtain a passage on one of the smacks engaged in the business, seo how the fish are caught, assist in their capture, ascertain all about the business, and on- deavor to havo the result of my observations published in the New Yore Heratp. On making inquiries at my hotel I was informed that considerable business was trans- acted in the modern Athens in mackerel, as well as’ in free-lovelsm, strong-minded-womenism, Fenianism, Athe- ism, Deism, Puritanism, and {other isms too numerous to mention, as the advertisements of fancy goods have it, I was told, however, that if I wished to participate in the sport or toil of mackerel catching, I had better be off to Gloucester. In compliance with this advice, arming my- self with a card bearing the names of several gentlemen of the last named town who, I was informed, could put me on the track of obtaining my desire, I took the cars for Gloucester, where I duly arrived, putting up at the Webster House—a small caravansary partaking more of the nature of a boarding house than of a hotel. A WORD ABOUT CODFISH. Dinner over, I hired a carriage, to wait on the gentlemen. to whom I was accredited, and succeeded so far as to be directed to another gentleman largely interested in the fishery. The approach to his placo of business was through a lane, in which my olfactories were saluted by “an anciertt and fish-like smell,” the cause of which was soon explained, At the end of the lane a more open space was reached, close to the beach. Here was erected a sort of platform; the flooring was made of laths, upon which were a number of boxes, about three feet six inches in length, two feet in breadth and as many in height, cach with a sloping top like the roof of a house, On inquiry I learned that the lath platform was used for drying cod, which were thereon exposed to the sun; and that during the night and on the approach of rain tho fish wore piled up in smal heaps, and each heap covered with ono of the boxes. There were no fish in process of curing at the time, but those that had undergone the saline treatmentand been removed certainly left a rather inconvenient portion of their aroma behind, WHERE TOR MACKRREL ARG CAUGHT. From the gentloman to whom I was referred I was informed that the mackerel business in Gloucester was certainly a most extensive one, employing some two hundred and forty schooners, of from thirty to one hun- dred and fifty tons burden—avoraging about eighty tons each. But, unfortunately for me, they had all sailed. This was a soro disappointment. I further learned that vessels of such dimensions usually went as far as the Gulf of St. Lawrence and the Bay of Fundy, where the mack- erel are most plentiful during the season; although smaller vessels sometimes left Annisquam and Rockport, places adjacent to Gloucester, on short trips during the season, returning at times with a good haul of fish, caught close into the coast. STATUS OF AMATEUR FISHERM! On making further inquiries in othor quarters I was told that the boss fishermen are very shy in admitting strangers to the business on board their vessels. They look on all amateurs and persons requiring practical in- formation as green hands, who take up unprofitable space on board. Their desideratum is experienced and active fishermen, whose labors will be a source of profit to the vessel; and as the hands work on the principle of halves, the more of them who are effective the better. In the course of conversation it transpired that a juve- nilo limb of the law from New York had once paid fifty dollars for the privilege of a fishing trip on one of the emacks, and it was mentioned as a settled rule that an intorloper, such as myself, when admitted on board as a great favor, was only tolerated on the payment of of money and the relinquishing of all right and title to whatever fish ho might catch. My expression of willing- ness to comply with such terms was of no avail, for the boats were all gone. a “qumer Fray.’ There being no chance of carrying out my designs in Gloucester, I made up my mind to start for Rockport in the morning; but, happening to be glancing over a local paper, I saw a paragraph containing an account of rome extraordinary hauls of mackerel off Portland. The con sequence was I arrived there on the following day, when I received information that, a8 at Gloucester, so at Port- land and all-along the coast, the great majority of the vessels had left for the distant fishing grounds. A few had not yet started, but to all my appli. cations the answer was they were full; mor could any inducement prevail on any one in charge of a vessel totake a supernumerary on boerd. One man was ac- tually amazed at the dea of a “newspaper man” taking the trouble to travel all the way from New York for the very insufficient purpose of ‘printing’ anything on such & common subject as mackerel, on which, because he happened to be familiar, even to contempt, he thought the whole world ought to be posted; and I shall never forget the smile of mingled pity disgust with which he regarded my ignorance on sutject, and my stu- pidity in supposing that anything I could write thereon wooed interest anybody sufficiently to induce him to it. BN ROUTE YOR HARISWELL. Pursuing my inquiries in a more iptelligent quarter, 1 was recommended to take the nine ‘k boat at Frank- Jin wharf, and go to well, a pleasant place twelvo miles from Portiand a direct line, from which piace mackere! boats go out fishing every day. Following this advice, nine o'cloek next morning found me at the wharf, which I found crowded with barrels of mackerel, new! cured, which coopers were busily heading up, and whic were otherwise in course of preparation for the market. THR THRER HUNDRED AND AIXTY-FIVE ISLANDS. The run from Portland to Harpswell is a very pleasant one. Passing across the spacious harbor, which has depth of water sufficient to float the Great Eastorn—as certain speculators of the city know to their cost—and giving a new fort in course of erection a wide berth to the right, you are oon in the intricacies of a vee 4 of islands situated in Casco Bay. These isiands are popularly believed to be three bundred and sixty- five in number; but as it ic @ favorite idea to make out any indefinite number of remarkable objecte detween ‘and and four hundred to tally with the days in the year, leap year excepted, the enumeration of the Port landere ie open to doubt on the score of exactness. ‘Whatever be the number of islands, however, they pre- sent to the eye a pleasing succession of wild and roman. the intricacies oan chan- nels spread o it into spacious ficiently narrow to enable a strong man to throw @ stone on either shore from the deck of a vessel placed mid- way between them. Some of the islands are composed of craggy rocks, almost destitute of verdure, —— whose iron-bound shores the sea breaks with thundering roar if ever so slightly agitated. Others are covered alternately with pines of stunted growth and patches of arable land, portions of which are pele cultivated, and contain the other usual evidences of human occu- pancy. Here and there, between the rocks, in some of the islands, are observed small stretches of sandy beach ; and, occasionally, in @ little nook, a small boat may be seen moored, As you pass island after island, ot open to the view ahead, and on each side of you. tn fact, you are constantly surrounded with islans while you super to be ina lake, completely land-locked on every . The only way a stranger can distinguish the mainland from the islands is by the almost nninter- rupted line of farms and houses along the hills of the former, AMOSEMENTE AT AARPEWEIT. Harpswell is sitaated at the end of a narrow peninsula, NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY. AUGUST 26, 1965, inated. The majority are from Portland, but coe visitors from Boston and Massa chusetts. They area quiet pal amusements are fishing, ant scenes that meet tho hess and unknoy ail the liquor drank im the ina woek. Mr. Smith was tude oe te out in his buggy a few miles along the peninsula, most chanting bird's-eye view of Oasco Bay and able islands, together with the delightful it was proposed to erect a new navy yard. was most gratifying. RAPACITY OF THE DOGETME. Tam sorry to say that the mackerel fishery about here fa in temporary abeyance, consequent on an ing trruption of that enemy to the dogfish. Not only are mackerel Paty hy ia formidable foe. Experiel ' ever, that it is about time for the to feoding of hint am the = 2 the 5 to-morrow, when to try luck on one of to furnish the HERALD readers @ good account ho te sport. HARPSWELL AS A BATHING PLACE. on an eminence, entirely y nan ope the for © ‘sea on all sides. I confess, however, rather too cold, even @ tives August, to mect ue approval of cpa who & been ace! row years to trop quasi spite of this single objection on the part of a solitary individual, it would be a delightful spot ip which to pass the summer days to those less susceptible to the influ- ences of cold. In fact, alady remarked to me this that it was warm: A Fone bacco igh Eocomes on ‘better known and more fashionable, well affords better facilities than many more pretentious localities. Our Portland Correspondence. Portiaxp, Me., August 4, 1965, SOMRTHING OF A WATERING PLACE, According 1 immemorial custom, the denizens of the large and crowded cities continue to pour out their thou- sands, who are bent on taking their wonted pleasure at the places of fashionable resort during the prevailing summer heats. All this is eminently proper, and con- ducive to health and renovation of body and mind. The several watering places—such a8 Saratoga, Newport, Cape May and Long Branch—are each possessed of pocu- liar attractions. But while I award to these places the credit which is their due as health-inspiring localities when their pleasures are used and not abused, give me “the wide unbounded sea,” with its wild freedom, ite varying moods of wind and calm, sunshine and cloud— nay its storms, when ‘The mad wave mocks the moon And whistles alott its tempest tune, and the good ship mounts over the crested billows, that, to the eye of the mexperienced landsman seems about to pour down upon her their mountains of green water. This is your true watering place, whore the azure firma- ment kisses the verge of the mighty deep on all sides, and naught isto be discovered beyond the vessel but “the blue above and the blue below.’’ Here Omnipo- tence is discerned in all its infinity, and he who contem- plates the scene can afford to smile at the enthusiasm he manifested a few days before on catching the first glimpse of some sheltered nook, with its strip of sandy beach and miniature surf, with the heterogeneous mixture of humanity that seer natural to such places disporting themselves therein. THE SEA—THT SEA. Would any of the Heranp readers enjoy the sublime spectacle of the unbounded ocean? Let him visit Port- land, Gloucester, Mass., or any other New England port, whence vessels are despatched during the season to the mackerel fishing grounds, worm himself into the good graces of some,skipper of a fishing smack, and be off on a fishing trip; and if he is one who can take things in the rough he will congratulate himself, on his returm, on the opportunity he has enjoyed, in not only witnessing some of the most stupendous of God's works, but in having acquired much valuable information respecting a most important source of national wealth and an exten- sive means of furnishing a substantial article of food to millions of the human race. If there be any who are inclined to cavil at my exordium to such a commonplace subjoct as mackerel, T beg to remind them that men of eminence in the literary world have not thought it be- neath them to devote their poetical talent in depicting the perils of the fisherman in the exercise of his labori- ous calling, while the sea itself pas furnished'a theme for the muse of even inspired writers. Says the royal Psalmist, ‘They that go down to e sca in ships, that do business In great waters; these men see the works of the Lord, and His wonders inthe deep.” CASCO BAY AND ITS ISLANDS. But to the subject, Leaving Harpswell, Maine, two-or three mornings ago, on a small smack, the captain of which was kind enough to permit me to bet with him, we were soon sailing among the: intrica- cies of the islands of (asco Bay. Tu a former letter I mentioned the popular belief that these islands are three kundred and sixty-five in num- ber. They arc certalaly very numerous, and pro- sent a magnificont it from whatever point of view they may be taken. fe were not long in leaving the bay and standing more out to sea. It is necessary to: romark that we wore not prepared for a regular lishing voyage, but simply for a day’s fishing, in order to supply the family market. The commercial fishery ts altogether a different affair. FISHING FOR MACKEREL. On Himsa fishing ground anchor was cast ‘and wo propared for an attack on the mackcrel. There were six or seven persons on board the boat, andeach was fur- nishea with two lines, with a single hook on cach. Tho bait employed was clams. We were soon deeply en; in our work, or sport, according as we were prof Is or amateurs. Luck, however, was not in our favor to the extent more fortunate mortals are sometimes favored ; therofore we did not realize that very common occurrence, the hauling up of one line as fast as the other was thrown overboard. We, however, contrived to catch a few dozen—sufficiont to remunerate the fishermen for their Gay's toil. The reason assigned for the scarcity of tho mackerel was the presence of the dogfish off the coast, These voracious creatures are shaped pretty much like the shark, but the fishermen say they are far worse ene- mics to the fish than even the last mentioned monster. On the whgle, we spent a very pleasant day, returning in the evening with good appetites for our su side House. As the fish caught were for ket, they were not salted. BXTENT OF THK FISHING GROUNIA, There are two kinds of mackerel fishery. The firat embraces long voyages, lasting soveral weeks, sometines as long as three months. The other is the shore fishery, the vessels engaged in which are seldom out more than & few daye. The shore mackerel are said to be superior to those canght at a distance. The fishing grounds for the mackerel of commerce extend all the way from off Cape May, at the mouth ot the Delaware, northward of New- foundland, and all teow | the intermediate coasts, The fish are taken with the line, in from tem to one hundred and fifty fathoms, The bait used is clams and porgies, ‘A fisbing firm in this city, during the present season, placed on board a single schooner twenty-five barrela of clame as bait for one trip. Now, when it is stated that the mackerel fleet of this place numbers some one hun- dred and fifty vessels, and that each vessel general makes two trips, and some of them three, during eac! season, some idea may be formed of the immense quai tity of bait employed in the business; and, consequent of the magnitude of the businees itself. e manner in which the fish called the porgy is employed as bait is this: It isdried by a peculiar process, then pounded quite fine, and placed in barrels. On reaching the mack- erel ground the porgy thus prepared is scattered over the surface of the water. If there are any mackerel at the bottom the porgy will attract them to the surface, and thus apprise the fishermen that they have found a drop, aud, a8 there are no dogfish out on the banks, a good haul is generally made. UNCERTAIN NATURE OF THR FISHERY. Still, the mackerel ‘ek ‘@ very uncertain venture. As Carpenter Muddle would say, “it is precarious a1 not at all permanent.” If a vessel happen to strike a « gchool,” every barrel on board may be filled in a short time; but, then, weeks may be consumed without such une. good fort! Fach veeeut employed In the fishery carries a quanti Pac in the ‘A quan of salt; and as fast as the are ey en re epi ited and ‘‘plowed."’ “ Halloo |’? I tothe jow who war giving me the information, mean by ‘plowed?’ « , sir,” was the re- the fishermen sharpen a piece of stick, which Tun under the backbone of the mackerel, and rip it This makes a poor fish look likeafatone. You nee, there | ery in all trades but Aggy Hy con- tinued, with a comical twist of his mouth. fter being thus “plowed” and salted, they are placed in barrels. On arriving in port, the mackerel are assorted, according to size and quality, from No. 1 to No. 4, plokled, packed inspected, and are then ready for the market. Tho re furnished by the packers. EXIKNT OP THE TRADP. Although Portland does not send out the largest aj % th family mar- if tie opel ber of veseele, it is the headquarters of the mackerel fishery in consequence of the facilities afforded for obtaining ‘alt, Last year the quantity of mackerel inepected in this State was 49,7075¢ barrels, 27,7664 being inspected in Portland alone. But this is by no means the sum total of ‘kerel cured in the State durivg last year, about ten per cent is generally sold without inepection, in order to evade the small fee charged by the inspectors. Several vee. sels have returned trom their first Me, this year, and although much activity in pack and several of the wharves are crowded with barrels, sufficient indi- cations are not yet afforded as to wh w this year’ catch equal or perhaps exceed that of last year. The trade is steadily on the increase, year after year, how ever, About twenty thousand barreis of mackerel aro shipped from Vortland to New York alone swe year. Be iantitiee are —, sent to the Wost Indies, and there {s some trade in the artiele with Buenos Ayres and other parts of the South page const. There is also alarge and increasing trade with Tilinols, Wisconsin, Michigan, Missouri, Ohie and other Western States—a trade that my Informant tells me was as little knawm two years ago as a eimilar trade with 4 From four to five thousand barrels are sent West PARAGUAY. Interesting Historical Description of the Republic=The Spanish Yoke Shaken O@ by Artigas—Dr. Francia and Presi- dent Carlos Antonio Lopez—DiMiculties With the United States Under Polk's Administration—The American Com- mercial Company and Its VPatlure— Damages Claimed, and Humatei Threatened by a United States Fleet— A Mixed Commiss! Appointed to As- sess the Injuries Sustaincd—President Buchanan’s Refusal to Approve the Award—Sketch of the Present President of Paraguay—Origin of the Dificulty With Brazil—Effect of t Late Naval Defeat—Rumored Intention of Italian Intervention in the Contest, d&ic., die. ‘The contest now going on dn the Plate, already nalized by the defeat of the Paraguayan fect by the Bra- zilians, and the success of the Paraguayan land forces, is likely to be continued for some time longer. Conse- quently new interest bhs been excited in regard to a country whose existence has almost been forgotten in the United States since the year 1860, when our claims on behalf of a Rhode Island trading company against the government of Paraguay were nullified by the report of Cave Johnson, which report was published in full by the Huard at the time, and is a historical and political curiosity. DESCRIPTION OF THE COUNTRY. Paraguay, as is well known, is a country of South America, lying between the Parana and’ Paraguay rivors, bounded north and east by Brazil, with which it is now at war, and south and west by the Argentine Republic. It is said to contain forty-three thousand square miles and five hundred thousand inhabitants, The olimate is mild and healthy, and the productions various and abun- dant. One of its specialties is the Paraguay tea or matté, prepared from the leaves of a species of holly, having a taste like the Chinese herb, and in great demand in South America. It has usually been collected, pre- pared and sold for account of the government, and is a considerable article of export. Cotton, rico and sugar, tobacco, drugs and fine woods for cabinet ware are also abundant. THE FIRST AMERICAN EXPEDITION. . In short, it was represented to be so prodactivea country by English as well a3 American travellers, and 80 well worthy of being explored and made known to the commercial world, that an expedition was recommended by the American Geographical Society of New York, to be undertaken by our government, for the survey and explo- ration of the Paraguay river and its tributaries, about which there was felt a great anxiety in the scientific and commercial world. To this duty Lieutenant Page was assigned by tho Navy Department, having beon pre- viously selected for a similar exploration in the Chinese s0as, Which, however, was nevor carried out. A very interesting account of this expedition was published by the Harpers. This gentleman, afver a very honorable career in the United States Navy, and figuring largely in the subsequent expedition to Paraguay when satisfaction was demanded for alleged wrongs to the citizens of this country—carried away, like other , Virginians in the ser- vice, by false estimates of their duty to the State of their birth in preference to: the Union—took service in the rebel navy, and finally obtained command of the iron- clad Stonewall Jackson, and, after making a fruitless cruise in the Atlantic, abandoned his ship in the harbor of Havana, without firing w gun. THE HISTORY OF PARAGUAY. Paraguay was discovered by Sebastian Cabot, tho “grand pilot” of England, so called, in 1526, and was soon after taken possession of by a compeny of Jesuits, who established in the country forty missions, the gov- ernment being conducted by a provisional governor and a board of counsellors. Besides Paraguay, their territory embraced the River Plate and'the adjoining sections. They would not permit any European to:enter their terri- tory; they erected and maintained forts and ai rmed force, and monopolized the entire commerce of the conntiy. In 1762, when Spain ceded seven of these: missions to Portugal, the Jesuits resisted, instigated the-natives to take up arms and risked an engagoment withthe Spanish and Portuguese troops, and were defeated. They were then expelled from Paraguay, as they wore afterwards from Portugal, in 1459, and from Spain in 1767. Paragnay remained subject to Spain until 1810, when the people of Buenos Ayres, in tlie viceroyalty | of La Plata, excited by the popular movements taking place in ‘Venezncla, succeeded in establishing a provisional junta, or government, under the leadership of a bold adven- turer, named eps eee after six years of sirugging and confusion, the Plata ropublics. attained force a: consistency. ‘the junta of Bucnos Ayres sent a body of t mder General Belgrano, to Paraguay, to depose {ts Spanish Governor, but were forced to retreat. The people, however, took the matter into their own-hands, and, déposing the Governor, formed a junta of their own, the government being nominally carried on under Kerdi- VII. This was in 1812. In 1818 they declared Roman a republic, and, with an apparent reference to Roman history, chose as ‘their rulers two Consuls, Fran- cia and Yegros. This Francia proved to be an: ex- traordinary character, At the end of the first year of hia offeial I'fe he caused himself to be declared Dictator for three years, and afterwards, by several successive appointments, President for life.” In 1826 he declared Paraguay independent, and the next year this aet. wi recognised by Don Pedro, then Emperor of Brazil, ma : eh repre sail . Francia, as he is called, was a tyrant im his govern- ment, absolute in fact, and of a most determined char- acter” Yet he introduced industry, the arts and good order his subjects, and appeared to aim at their welfare, ax he considered it. His treatment of Bonpland, the celebrated naturalist and traveller, made jim known throughout Knrope, and for nine years, the period of the latter's detention there, it rang with denunciations of the outrage. The life and acts of Francia were given to the world by two Scotchmen, named Robertson, who bad suffered at his hands, and public opin‘on ent strongly against him ever afterwards, ‘Two Swiss surgeons, Rengga and Long Champs, published a work in Paris tn 1827,'vielently assailing him, and Carlyle, in the Kdin- burg Review, in 1843, reviewed his career ina remark- able article. CARLOS ANTONIO LOPEZ. Dr. Francia was succeeded by the late President Carlos Antonio Lopez, who for a time had « coadjutor in the government, of whom, however, he contrived very soon to get rid. He very a, displayed a disposition in many respects to imitate the peculiar pol'cy of Francia, and to govern, under the apparent forms of quite as absolutely, He was personally a wan of large frame and intelligent countenance; he lived im considerable state, apart from his wife and family, who rather visited bim than resided with him. His great object was to keep Paraguay out of all South American difficulties, and to amass wealth for himself and his family. His difficulties with the United States arose chiefly out of the following cireumstances :— ORIGIN OF LOPEZ'S DIFFICULTIES WITH TRE UNITED STATES. An American commercial agent, appointed by President Polk, went to Paraguay, aud speaking the Spanish language pervectly, and being of a vivacious end enterprising turn of mind, formed the idea of establishing a commercial company to monopolise the commerce of Pai to that end was undoubtedly encout by the Vara- guayan government to make the attempt. For this pur- pose the agent, Mr. Hopkins, visited France; but failing in his object there came to New York and made his views eS in an address delivered before the Geographical iety, which was published in its bulletin, accompanied by a map. THE AMERICAN COMMBRCIAI. COMPANY. ashort time acompany was formed, composed chiefly of men of fortune, in Rhode Island. A steamer was purchased, soveral sailing vessels loaded and chartered, a variety of machinery, adapted to the manufactire of the natural products of the country forwarded, costly presents to the Pre- sident and his family purchased, and machinists and mechanics, with intelligent overscors, sent out with the expedition. The steamer never reached her destina- tion, but was wrecked and abandoned in a Brazilian port ‘on her way out, Nevertheless, the best part of'the out. reached the capital of aay, Asuncion, and the Americans were ved with immense cordiality. Land was secured, a sawmill and tobacco factory erected, and the company at home sent ont some small steamers in pieces tobe put together at Asuncion, with overy intention of berm | in their plane. Mr. Hopkins, how- ever, either ‘ant of tact or impaticnce of temper, or other faults conduct or charavter, soon got into difficulty with President Lopez, and the consequence was that the company was sent adrift, broken up, and had to leave the country. For this the company bg ph to its own government for redress. In the meantime Liout Page's surveying vessel, the Water Witch, happening to be in the river, to Asuncion and brought off the Agent, now the Consul, and his associates. THE UNITED STATES DEMAND SATISFACTION OF PARAGUAY. our government made a special demand for satis. of ite mayan government, which wae cach time refused. Finally an expedition was sent out, with the Sabine as the sone and an accompanying force, to compel a settlement. e Hest arrived in the river, pro- ceeded on ite way, and was preparing to attack th & fortress at Humaiai, when, through the intorference of Unquizas, negotiations for a settlement W ere with the American Commissioner, Mr. Rov Ain, who went out with the oxpedition, and the result w’ ay an to the sum of ten thovsand dollars ¢ the of an Amefican seaman, who had been k’ {led on the Water Witoh by a shot trom a Parayy gan bat- ing, While on the survey, ou ' ,’previous oveakiom, to post upg Paragayan dinnnel, im the ee Ttapira, jis act WAS jnetified by tho uayans by saying that the pase Zo aitempted was te contravention 0 —a decree of , The country. 4 COMMIBBION TO APPRAISE DA aces. “This act being toned for the claim ot the American Someeey was roforred lo a commit don, which sat in ington, Anguity 1860. Cave Jo'eneon’ was. commis. sioner on the of Lhe United Stat os, and Jose Berges on 4 runnin, rly in a southwoeterly direction f:t'cen mi ¢3 from matniand, and rue we tiees, wih the sea on | Portland alone every year. that of Paraguay, The report wre that the Paraguayan each elde. A group of pines, much taller (hat any on now THR ARB CORPESRATED. eA not responsilyl’, ee ee ‘in any ¢ islands, stand on a rising ground near the landing. The crew of a 1 boat averyyes ten men, each Sr pecuniary. fon whatever in the Utes, the hotel ne spacious sew wallaiag — BA a wet rye ey AR Ti ‘as his share; the Loh ply ea TOS, ant ee arid, our Pleeanaly staat sien hw ee | vo exper In ing he Ba, fat they, vedeen, touch tho claiyvants. Tt is a covious (wet tad uests Com: Here | found | them them off wie ) Peculipe dorks wiyh HB. while | =. ‘ot was in the river, ag oe . ‘among whom the (aie ces ! line 19 whako Wao eotually offered V (wo hundsel and Of thousand J tobe nig a the Various im- provements were introduced into the country, and the army and navy were placed in a new and more efticier* condition, THR PRESENT PRESIDENT. On the death of President Carlos Lopez, which tools Place soon after, his son succeeded him. Horore his ao cession to power he visited Ei and it is said of pie by those who know him personally, that he is a man education and abilities, with a much more Hberal sre than his father ed, and disposed to progress. visit to Europe expanded his views and gave him new ideas. He purchased there, and brought home with him, some steamers for the river service. _ THE BRAZILIAN DIFFICULTY, Tho diMeulty with Brazil is, in fact, one of long stané- ing. ‘The province of Cuyaba—the diamond district—has long been in dispute, but the immediate cause of the war is understood to be the capture of a Bragilian veaseb in the Paraguay waters. TROUBLE WITH ENGLAND. While this disturbed state of feeling was increasing, Paraguay came very near getting into a war with Eng- land, in consequence of the unlawful imprisonment of British subject, which was resented by an attack by the British squadron in the Plate on a Pe war steamer the Tacuari, in November 1869, whic! mer had rum down an English vessel, the Little Polly. The difficulty was, however, adjusted by a convention at ing April, and the result was 10 British gow~ frnment ed it had not intended in the case of the aggrieved party, who bad been compensated in way, to interfere with the jurisdiction of oF the execution of its laws. On the other hand, the gov- ernment of Paraguay, while not admitti hat it done any wrong with regard to the Little lly, never- theless agreed to pay the damages claimed to have been sustained by the vessel by reason of the collision. CONCLUDING REMARKS, We have thus given a brief outline of the history oe Paraguay. ‘he recent naval battle was a fleres one, the superiority of metal and power being with the Brazil- inns. On being informed of the result at Humatai, Lo declared he was able to stand it; but we think if Hu- matai, which is the Gibraltar of Paraguay, can be taken— and wo have heard Captain Page say tt covld havo by our squadron—nothing can prevent the Brazilians from going up the river and capturing tho capital. ‘The Paraguayan army thus far has been victorious om land. It is numerous and in good fighting conditic while the Brazilians and their Oriental allies are rec levies, and evidently not go well prepared, though led by good officers, ‘The affairs of the repablies of the Plate have been from first to last im the greatest degree complicated. The river has often been the scene of foreign intervationa and domestic strife, Although these countries are fertile and productive, and although they enjoy a considerable foreign commerce, yat thoy make but little internal pro. gress. Some railroads have been eoustructed and others are projectod, but thei success is uncertain while there ix #0 much internat dievension. ‘fhe Paraguayans have manoged, by @ Chinese system of exclusivencss, to escape for many years being mixed up with these diiculties, and have prospered in thair way; bat they have at I become engaged in an expensive bloody war against. strong eunfederated Powers, and the result of the contest. is vory doubtful. The recent victory of the Brazilian floet soems to favor the ascent of the river into the Parsguay territory, and if any considera ble body of t cam force its way the land’ forces of dex Lopez will have to withdrawn’ from their present’ positions to protect Asuncion, capital. Meantime there are ramore afloat that the Italian government is about to take the Banda Oriental under its protection, and to receive the concession of an important island for a naval and that Montevideo, if it could, would at once war against Buenos Ayres. In 1853, by a‘comvention with the Argentine reputtic, the sovereignty of the Paraguay river was declared to rest with Paraguay, while its waters were opened to the commerce of all nations ; and in 1858, by a convention. with Brazil, thisfreedom of commerce and navigation was confirm<d. In 1855 a Fronch eompany attempted a settlement ia Paraguay ; but meoting with no encouragement they speedily left the country. — - So mixed up and confused are the accounts of these Plate republics that’ it is almost impossible to clearly’ trace their career; but we have selected forthe readere of the Hxratp such information as is most likely ter prove of interest at the present time. Court of Appeats—June Term; 1865. WiIAT IS REQUISITE IN A CONTRACT OF PURCHASE: AND SALE OF PERSONAL PROPERTY WHEN THB AMOUNT EXCEEDS FIFTY DOLLARS. Samuel Brabin vs. Milton A. Hyde.—The plaintiff was: in possession of the property at the time it was taken by the defendant. The defendant claimed the property under a contract of purchase and sale. The property was not present at the time of the making of the com tract. The consideration of the purchase was an ment to apply the amount of the property to the ment of a debt duo from the vendor to the defendant, 6e far as the same would go; that is, to’ givé the: vendor credit for the agreed value of: the + a perty. The Court held that to render valid @- coutract of purchase and salo of personal proj amounting to over fifty dollars, somthing more mere words must between the parties; that the statute for the prevention of frauds, &c., there have occurred one of the three acts therein ment namely :—1. The memorandum, if in writing, must been signed by both parties thereto. 2. If the deli of the goods, in whole or in part, be relied upon to rem der valid the becca that delivery must have made by one party and have been accepted bythe 3. If payment, in whole or in part, of the or purchase money be relied upon, such payment have beon offered by one and accepted by the yy; that the object of this statute part; to require some jot more than words, expressive of the meeting of the min of the parties, to pass between the buyer and the seller; that the purchase moncy or consideration of the contract being the payment of a note or the oe an indebtedness, the payment or discharge must be summated at the time, so as to bind both partics ay acts rather than by their words, Judgment for the plaintift. CHARGE OF ALLEGED CRIMINAL $ BATTERY. The People, Plaintiffs in Error, vs. John Brausley, De- Sendant in Error.—This was a criminal prosecution for: ‘an assault and battery, committed upon the body of Ida Kleebe, in an attempt to have forcible connection with her by the defendant, The defence was that the sald Ida. Kleebe assented to the criminal connection, and that, therefore, the defendant should have been acqi and that he was convicted in consequence of an charge of the judge. ‘The Court held that a criminal conviction foran assault. could not be sustained where no battery had boon com mitted or attempted, intended or threatened by the accused, That it was indispensable to such offence thas. violence to the person should be cither offered, st or designed. there is no exception to this rale the case of indignity offered to a feinale. where she 18 ® consenting party to an act involving her own dishonor, ‘That in a court of review the cl of. a judge on the trial should be interpreted in the light of o and in accordance with the ordinary and popular ti of the language, as it would naturally be und by the jury. ‘That an erroneous instruction by a judge will not authorize the reversal of a ‘where it appears from the form of the finding as a of legal neceasity that the error did not.affect the and wrought no actual prejudice to the party. Judgment affirmed. The District of Vin: N.. de. 10 THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD. For some time past the public interest has. been. de~ ASSAUL® AND Northern enterprise could be used. benighted region of Jersey has. been forgotten. The; State has been soundly abused for its backwardness im, the great march of public improvement and, industrial) development, for its ranging itself alongside of = le in the suck gus this ta bet has. over ed about regenerating it, an ‘6 is being quietly brought avout fo & ~/sif and practical form. lat a cc a len jal juan use my—from ine settlements of Hammonton ineland embraces fit mare of ine sin- gle trect, upon the Turse to Cape Muy pie e miles south of ome menced im the spring. and it now oumiers six thonsan consisting of a aative lation from = orm — and inselligence, and: many of mo: ‘ Already.one hundred and twenty miles of new roads have been — the corn have been, ‘also school houses and scademies, Manu- cane have suarted, in fact, all, el place e frnit culture has deen introduced upon a seal, Some four hundred vineyards have been plant rand wo will soon havea good lity of native wi our tables from ba Hy soil is 4 productive, both for cereals, the climate so mild as to insure their thorough rpeniee. No land is sold to oy persoa without atipulat for. | building and for public adoramont, such as ae shade trees and seeding the to grass. prevents speculation and insures the place id im provement. Foncos are done away with and adopted instead, Public and [ont fe all been appropriated and Jaid out, Liquor is sold only, the drug stores, and only for modicinal purposes. a ‘We learn that this sin settlement will ips, lation of twenty-five id Ne to taka up the, id, and this is expooted to be ‘tone within three yeare,| When itis considered what has been done (a its start the past three years it is no longer (mprobable, This is practically erating a country. Wel ve a0 doubt fat that it may toh Fogeny e ‘stom, 7 | sre rete Roth Texas Corton.—The first balo of 1m cotton ee pele & Gos Urarted hos on the Piantation of HJ. B. Brazoria county, serpent ‘Tho bale has Crieang Tih, Amerviad WB