The New York Herald Newspaper, January 5, 1866, Page 2

2 ‘FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. ‘Tuvrsvay, Jan. 4—6 P.M. ‘The stock market has been loss unsettled to-day than St was yesterday, and at the close it showed ‘Incréasing ‘firmness; but the speculative fecling was rather tame. There is considerable latent strength on the bull side, ‘and operations on a larger scale seem tmminent, in view of the great abundance and cheapness of money and the prevailing desire for greater business activity. At the ‘early session of the open board Eri sold at 965; (sales 2,500 shares), Cleveland and Pittsburg 8434 (sales 4,200 shares), Reading (b, 8) 107, Michigan Southern 75, Cleve- land and Toledo 112%, Northwestern 364, preferred 6214, Cumberland Coal 44%. At the first regular board Cleveland and Pittsburg was the leading favorite, and closed 1 per cent higher than at the second board on Wednesday; Northwestern 14, Erie 3¢. New York Central was 5 lower, Reading 114, Michi. gan Southern \, Fort Wayne . Rock Island and Can- ton were steady, Government securities were strong under the favorable European advices. Five-twenties ‘were quoted at 6544 a % in London on the 20th Deoem- ber, and the Bank of England rate of discount remained unchanged. Coupon five-twenties of the old issue ad- vanced 3, second issue %, third issue %, sizes of 1881 M, ten-forties 14. Seven-thirty notes of the second series declined 34. At the one o'clock session the market was about steady. Cleveland and Pittsburg sold at 85%, Michigan Southern 743;, New York Central 967%, Erie 963. At the half-past two board New York Central closed 14 Ihigher than at the first board, Reading , Clevelond end Pittsburg %, Ohio and Mississipp! cortiflcates 34, Quicksilver 34. Michigan Southern, Northwestern, Rock Island and Fort Wayne were unchanged. Erie declined 34, Hudson River %. Government securities were weaker. Coupon five-twenties of the old issue were 3% Jowor, third issue 14. ye At the open board at half-past three the market was stronger. Erie closed at 9634, Reading 1067, Michigan Southern 747%, Northwestern 36%, preferred 6234, Cum- Dertand 4454, Cleveland and Pittsburg 864. At the an- nual meeting of the stockholders of the latter company, held yesterday, the following gentlemen were elected directors:—Mesers, J. F. D. Lani Franklin ¥. Randolph and Smith Clift, of New York; B. F. Jones, Springer Harbaugh and P. Gelsse, of Pittsburg; J. U. MeCullougb, T. P. Handy, W. H. Halloway, D, C. List and James F. Clarke, of Ohio, and HL C. Kingsley, of New Haven. It was at the same time resolved to recommend the board of directors to propose such moditications of the existing contract with the Fort ‘Wayne Company as are equitable and caleylated to prove mutually beneficial. The issne of a million of stock oid Dy the old management at 80, many months back, was at the same time ratified, There is no change to be made Jn the prosidency of the road, Mr, McCullough retain'ng his position, and the transfer books here are to be re- moved back to the Farmers’ Loan aud Trust Company. The interest account is reduced to twenty-six thousand dollars per annum in round numbers, and the amount of atock outstanding is about $5,300,000. The reported de sign of the new management to buy in a branch road is coutradicted, the directors being pledged to make no such Hogottation and none of them being interesied in the Property referred to. At balf-past five o'clock Clevelpud and Pittsburg was quoted at 861g, Erie 964;, Michigan Southern 7424, North- ‘western 36%, preferred 6234. There is no change to chronicle in the condition of the money market, which is oue of extreme ease. A large amount of capital is lying ‘idle, or secking temporary employment in governments. The rate for call loans fs six per cent, but large amonnts have been loaned at five to first class houses. Some sur- prise 1s expressed that under such a state of affairs the speculative spirit on’ the Stock Exchange should not be stronger, and as a cause for increased activity exists the effect is seneralty anticipated, ‘an@ a current of speculation for a rise 1s seiting in, The ‘market is: consilerably oversold, and the bears continue to put out options of from fifteen to sixty dayx. They tase their arguments upon the reduced earnings of the leading railroads as compared with the highest range during last year; but they overlooked the fact that the earnings of these roads are very much larger than they wor) ia 186% and 1864, while their expenditures are very mach less, and that at the same time their stocks are @eiling considerably below the average of those years, as the following table of extreme prices in those years will mow — —— 161, —— ——1864. —__ Lowed, Highest. Lowest. Hi re New York Central, 140 109 i 122 #3 12634 180 107 164 12k vu 166 198% M418 113, oF 118% 138 10% 8 us ” 18a way BH 4 9% = 89 ‘Whea stocks were high and gold fluctuated between 200 and 260 the bears argued that however larze the receipts of railway companies might be they were ina highly depreciated currency, and that their expenses ‘wore increasing im proportion. Now they argue fora fall in consequence of the premium on gold being much lower, thas suiting their reasoning to their interest: Real values have often little or nothing to do with prices on the Stock Fxchange. and the opinion: of the street change a cording to the caprice of speculation. ‘There is nothing in the condition or prospects of the Vendieg railways that does not contrast favorably with thelr affairs a year or two #go. A report appeared in a Philadelphia fournal this morn fing to the effect that Mr. McCulloch would commence a funding operation very soon; but we have official autho- Fity for contradicting it. The Secretary of the Trea- eury ii attempt nothing of the kind till after Congress has debated the financial ques tion, and whenever he does offer to fund it will be with a view to the convermon of seven-thirty motes into bonds, altheug! he may include compound fmterest notes with ther, the latter to be replaved by new oaeg. ‘The discount line ia unchanged, and the eupply of com- moroial paper is diminishing. Gold has undergone « further weakening. I! opened at 14354, and closed at 1437%%. Loans were mae fiat, but fm some instances the borrower paid 2 a4 per cent apon the curresey. The disbursement of coin Interest at the Bub Treasury is going forward at the rate of more ‘than baif a million per day. Foreign exchange is heavy under prospective ship. monte of cotton and five.twentien. In the statement of the public debt firs telegraphed yesterday the total was stated to be $2,807,310,357, but the official copy which has since come to hand shows that this is the total without the amount of coin and currency fm the Treasury being deducted—namely, $90,728,821 Allowing for this reduction, the total is $2,716,681,6:8, which is an increase of only $1,948,222 upon the total Godt at the end of November. The statement is changed for the worse in form, and the authorizing sets amd inf terest are omitted entirely. New York Stock Exchange. Jaxcany 4, 1866 vIReT SS 10:30 3 eee * 92000 U 8 6's,1881,c0 104% NYCon Y ‘000 do. 104) de. : 100 dO... 100 Hud Riv RR ‘2n000 ‘ ¢€ UES's, lyreer, ni Ws 20000176's OWT vr 34 ‘SOOONTT's b’ty Loni 86 (00 Virginia So 1000 N Caroliva 6 ; Co 9000 do, os BIN f xb 2008 Mo6'sHASt is 79) 0 0.24 6h iO 8B Ng 3000 Mixsourt @'.. TRY 100 Llinow Cent RR. ly 10000 Ohiok Mise cor 28% 20 do, 2 1904 1 40,.2d call Wi, 400 Chic ANWR 58 1000 Hariem Ist m. 100 600 40... WI GR 700 American gold 142% 100 Chic A NWyl ene ey 10000 do......530 142200 do sO 4 8 shes Rank of Com 106 3 do “2 60 Oh National Rk. 102 Chie & Ried RR loRy 100 Canton Company 46); 16 Chic, Bur AQHR Tig 100 Central Coal Oo, 58 49 do... Tes 63 Western U Tel.. 50 ” dO... 1 900 Qailver Mg Oo.. 44% LOOM A Trduchh oF 99 Cen Am Tran Co 23) 100 Tol, Wb WRE 42 200 Cumd Coal pref. 444 100 Pte, FLWAECKR los) 100 MY Conwal RB. 97K SResion—1 Pr. ut. 'A's,5-200,04 102% 10MebsPit FWACHRR 103% OV al yo oie 98% 100 secee TORN NEW YORK HEKALD, FRIDAY, JANUARY 5, 1866.-WITH SUPPLEMENT, gk gaan a 500 080 BIG ading RReve. 1 THIRD SKSSION—2:30 P. M. $5000 U86's,'81,cou 104¢ 300 shs Erie RR. 20000U=6's, 5-20, "62,0 10536 100000 do. . 105 14500U86's,5-20,'65,¢ 102 500 do... ..small 10234 5000 Tr n, 7-30,2d er 25000 Ohio & Miss cer 100 do....-+-.. 96! 109 Hudson RiverRR 108 100 Reading RR..... 106 300 Mich 80 & N1 BR T00Clev&ePittsRR.060 83: 1500 85) 10000 US@'s,1 y cer,n 86% 100 shs Quick Mg Co. 3635 190 | tmesatoall 44 oar 100 Mariposa pref... 100 N ¥ Central RR. 968 + 108 100 do......830 9635 00 d0....-+04, 108) 300, Sah he s 100 Pitts, FtW&ChBR 103%, OITY COMMERCIAL REPORT ‘Tuvaspay, Deo, 4—6 P. M. Asia. —Receipts, 47 packages. The market continued dail, and prices ruled heavy, but, in the absence of sales, there was no decided change. Brravstcra.—Receipts, 6,360 bbls. flour, 473 do. and. 8,145 bags corn meal, 960 bushels wheat, 8,600 do, corn, and 3,226 do. malt, The demand for State and Western flour was very moderate; and prices ruled 6c. a 10c. in buyer's favor for all qualities, the market closing with « continued downward tendoncy for the under grades, while good to choice brands were a trifle firmer, if anything, though no material improvement was noticeable. The sales comprised 7,000 barrels at our revised quotations subjoined. Southern flour was rather more active, but prices were droop- iug and the markeg closed ajshado lower, The sules were about 800 bbls, Canada flour was in modorate demand, but decidedly lower, the market closing heavy at a decline of 10c a l6c. The salos embraced 300 bbls. Ryo flour was quiet and unchanged. We note sales of 150 bbls. at our quotations, Corn meal was in im- proved demand, and sales were made of about 1,000 bbl, Brandywine at from $4 60 a $4 60. We quote:— Supertine and Western flour. $7 40 0 $7 65 Extra State, $250 8 45 Choice State Me 8500 8 70 Common to medium extra Wes 8204 875 8 85a 905 Western trade brands 910 2 10 35 Common Southern 9 00 a 10 00 Fancy and extra do.. «10 10 a 16 00 Common Canadian. 8350 8 65 Good to chotee and extra. 70 a 11 25 Rye flour (superfine) 25a 616 452 — 4500 465 —There Was no particular business market ruled very dull, and prices dec ic, a 3c. per bushel on all qualities excepting the choicesi. Corn was also in imiled demand, and holders were oifer- ing liberally at a decline of ic. ‘The sales ineloded 000 bushels at 90c, a 92k. for unsound. and 93c. a :. for sound mixed Western. Oats were ruling in bay- er's favor, under a very moderate inquiry. Tho sales were at 46c, a b4o. for unsound, and 60c. a 62c. for sound. Rye was dull, but nominally unchanged. Bar- Jey was inactive, and prices continued nominal. Malt unchanged in every respect. Stmail sales State were made ut $1 40, Corron,—The steamer’s advices had no perceptible influence upon the market, which continued firm under a good shipment and fair Jocal demand, in part for specu- lation, at our annexed quotations, The sales reach 6,000 Upland. Florida. Mobile. N.O.£T. at “5 4 6 Midding. Good mi Cowrme,—We market remained quiet but steady, with a moderate job- bing trade, at our last quotations, Frviaura were very dull and rates were nominal. Cot. ton was offered rather sparingly, but rates were noini. nally 44. a7-16d. The eagagements were—To Lit pool, 150 tons cheese, 25s. ; 40 his, tobacco, 328, 6d; 25 bales Sea Island cotton, id. Per steamer, 400 bales sotton, 1d. ; 21,000 bushels corn, 4d. and sbip's account. To Glasgow, per steamer, 35 tons sperm oil, 403. ; 60 bales cotton, bod. MoLasses was steady, with small sales gt previous quotations. : Racy, was dull, No sales of consequence. We quote Rangoon OXc. « 104¢c, aud Carolina 120. a 130, PROVIIONS, —Roovipts, 319 bbis, pork, 241 do. beef, 732 packages and 12 kegs lard, 1,073 packngea bmtter and 486 do, cheese, The market for pork, though somewhat more active, was deciledly lower, old mess closing at $27 87% and new mess closing eo 76. The sales were about 8.500 bbls., for present ie ee a.$25 374 for old mess, $28 37% 0 $29 88% for new mess, $22 75 for prime, and $23 a $22 25 for prime mess. Also about 5,000 bbis. new mess, for Febru Maren, ‘and April ‘was in sales were about 900 bbls, at $11 a $14 for old plain mesa, $14.2 $17 for old extra mess, $ plain’ meas, aud $23.8 $24 for new ext meas, were dull. Small beng Western were mado et : Bacon was clive and 4 A lie. for shoulders, and 13¢. # 16e, for hams. for lard was fair, but, prices were very irregular, closi lower. The salen were about 1,900 Phan, for inmediais delivery, at 15%. for ® 18\c., andaboat 2,000 pkan, March, at 17%. @ 18c., solte and drooping. The sales were option. at 20c. a 340. for Western, and Yc. «400. for State, Cheese wax quivt at previous prices. Hors.—The market remained firm, with a fair demand, chiefly for good to choice qualities.’ The sales embraced 126 bales at 10c. a S8c. for vid crop, and 3c. a 6c. for new crop. Prrroieom was dull, heavy and lower. Thosales were to small confined most!; amounting to 4,000 bbls, @c. for refined in for (ree, Bceear.—The roarket had a somewhat firmer tone, under better demand. ‘The rales were 312 hhds Cuba at 40 hhas. Porto Rico at 11%¢., aud ¢ terms; also 3,100 boxes Havana, bat mostly at 12550. Refined was steady 8 se. for standard hards. Tonacco was quit and unchanged. The sales were 200 cxves Ohio seed leaf at nd 176 State 1 —The market wa prices were weak. The sales were a lage, Waexry.—Keccipts, 161 bbls, The market was with out special change. Small wales were made at $2 26 * the latter an extreme rate. rman Farley. POLICE COURT. Before Judge Counolly. ‘This case, a report of the previews evidence in which has been already published in the Heraxp, was broweht up yesterday afternoon, at the Fdurth District Police Court, before Judge Connolly. The court room was crowded by the residents in the neighborhood of Fifty. seventh street. Mr. Cabill, for the plaintifl, stated that » report which was circulated stating his client bad compromtsed was altogether unfounded. He was ready to proceed with the cave. Mr, Rerrian, on the part of the defendant, moved for ‘a diamineal of the case, on the grounds that there was no conceanlinent on the part of Mr. Farley im the com- mission of an act which had nothing criminal coonected with it, He would cat but one other witness. Mr. J. M. Berrian, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith—I knew both the piaintif! and defendant in thie case; Mr. Drew ia the owner of a contract aesigned by (000 Ie. at i3!,¢. him to me on the oth June last; the coutract referred to is for the Battery enlargement, it bore date May 31, 1885; the % Paper —_ produced in a copy of the amid contract, the he gg being in the Comptrolier's cifice. Sance that tinfe | have been the sole proprietor of that contract, und Mr. Farley hes been my sole representative and acent im the matter. The fun of $17,960 26 was paid to ime on the afternoon of the day on whieh Mr. Farley procured it from Mr. Drew, Afier a cOpy of the transter of the contract was read, the witness war permit stand do ‘Thie closed the case, the Judge having taken the pe- pers in reference to it sinted he would take afew days to consider and probably render his decition on Monday next Police STRERT ricHT 1 ATTEMPT TO MURDER AN OFFICER BY A BARKERPER. An altercation occurred in Tenth street, near avenue Jock yesterday morning, between Henry yer, John Robinson and two others, on | ide and a number of night scavengers on the other. | The quarrel witrected the attention of officer Arthur | Johnston, of the Eleventh preeinet, who hastened to the } | | ! | Fpot and attempred to separate the belligerent, They ed bis efforts to restore quiet, and wrenching ihe locast from his hand, commenced beating him over the head. Glenn then, a« the officer charges, drew a pistol and deliberately d scharged three shote at his (Johnston's head, but fortunately withoat efiect, The report arms being heard by other officers of the same precinet they ran up and feceeded im arresting Glenn an n’s) Robinson, but the others escaped. The prieoners were subsequently taken before Justion Mansheld, who com- mitted them for trial in default of $2,000 bail each. SURPRISE OF BURGLANS—ONE OF THEM ARRESTED, Yesterday morning st an early hour two burglars made an attempt to force an extrance to the clothing store of Mr. Lewis 4 Malton, 76 Fulton street, Officer Miles, of the Second precinct, @iseovored them in the acl of prying open cur of the window shutters, where | upon he sounded the alarm rap, The men started off at & rapid rate, and, ip thea fight, one of them, giving his name as William Ellingworth, was arrested by officer Moran. The prisoner's recomplice made his escape, Klingworth was taken before Justice Dowling, aud com. mitted for trial The eccored le twenty three years of Sernawe Cof nt —GeNmRarDem, Serres Cont Creer, Vert! 1242, 1198, 619, 1077, A01, 1480, 940, aS 1808, 1756, 18. = at di 4 = SS FeO —tasens—D 05 58 6 rmx rt - wna AMnans — Now. , 9 » | Brod ce m: |: HEALTH OF OUR METROPOUS. Report of Dr. Sayre, the Resi- dent Physician. MORTALITY OF 1865. SANITARY CONDITION OF THE CITY. &e, &o. &e. Mayor Hoffman Occupied the chair yesterday as pre- sddent at a meeting of the Boar’ of Health Commission- era, The Commissioners organized after the usual cus- tom for the'yearjaner which Dr. Lewis A. Bayre, resis dl aa aad Presented: his annual report, as fol- i To the Hon. t., the Booka ot ors 1 pani iu and President of ‘To the “Emigrant Hospital," ‘Ward's Island,” have been sent the following cases of contagious er infectious TJanuary......+.. BW = - February 1 2 7 1 1 const me mt on | me wo! eas BBCeeyy 3| ssuseeseees 8| ceueaszssaast . nee 6 These patients all being ay te of leas than five rears’ residence, are cared for by the Commissioners of Emigration, and that amount of expense is therefore raised by the city tax. At the Smallpox Hospital, on Blackwell's Island, there wers remaining with that disease on the lat of December, year ending December 1, 1,151 _—— 1,196 163 1,009 Number who died from December 1, 1864, to December 1, 1865. Number discharzed i Number remaining December 1, 1865 The number of casos here shown, larve, is yet but a very small portion of what has actually occurred in the city within the past year. As much the larger portion of cases positively refuse to go to the hos- pital, and I have no legal authority to compel them to go, these figures do not give a correct Idea of the extent of this disease among us. But it seems to me they are sufficiently great to speak in trampet tongue to our legis- Jators, and urge upon them the absolute necessity of im- modiately enacting # law for “Compulsory Vaccination’? by which means this terrible scourge can be effectually exterminated from our country, if its provisions are uni- vorsally adopted; and I have no doubt that if New York will bat take the initiative, each State, and the gene- ral government will soon follow her good example. I have #0 frequently urged this matter upon the proper au- thorities, with statistics and proofs, which seeudd to me to be convincing, that I have nothing new to add on the subject, but beg most respectfully to refer to my former report in 1862, and entreat that some efficient law be at once enacted by which the power may be granted to oe this disease from the = ir sireets and sewers, until within the last few weeks, have beon in much better condition than for some years past, but very far from being in as good sanitary condi- tion ag they should be, and at the present time ‘are dis- graceful. fact, many of the streets must be entirely repaved before they can be kept clean, and onr entire, system of sewerage changed and vastty improved before wo cun give to the eity the proper drainage necessary for health, and which, owing to ra peculiar geographical ently done. can be so easily aud fore the.Board for con- sewerage, which I trust c the investment requisite to make the imaproveameat! Thave so often desoribed the condition of our tene- ment house and #0 \y 0 our legislative aythovities for the enactment of a law by which the construction of our buildings should be regu- lated by sanitary science, without effect, that I almost of aver boing able to reach the practical good which | have ¢o long desired. Stil, in the discharge of daty, I eat aga saree facts which are patent to avery Cbwerver, and ure with {ulditiong! real upoe tbe authorities the absolute neceasity of iegal ehact- ment by which the construction of all tene; hourer, with reference to limiting the namber af tnhabii- ants and veutilatinn, shall be piaced under the reguia- tlop or direction of some property qualified sanitary in- spector. At ut mont of the tenement houses ip this city are unfit. for ocoupation, apd they may be diy ito classes: Jira, those which, by @ slighs m made habitable ‘end improvement, in ventilation can be + Recond, those shat by reconstruction and a limied pumbor of teuants could be yp made bealth- those which by no possibility cun be made destruction aud rebuilding. As they are ‘ara. the pestholes that breed typhoid and fovag, not only deetroying the inhabitants within ‘walla, Dut becoming the sources of its propaga!ion respectable parts of the city. ‘We have at the prevent time laws prescribing the proper thickness for walls in proportion to the height of ‘baliding, that the danger of their falling down may prevented; how mach greater the necessiiy for proper regulation in regard to ventilation, mai died (rom the effects of falling walls in City for the lest ten years, except from fires? As fur as { have been able to ascertain from the statistics there im Joes than five year. And how many thousands have been murdered by breathing the polsonons atmosphere of the iff-ventilated houses, or tn which there is no ventilation at all? Where a failing walt has claimed its one victim there pestholes of fout air have claimed their I would, therefore, again urge upon the proper authorities the necesaity of enforcing by legal it the arrest of this frightful mortatity Tue cholera which arrived within our turbor, oon so near our shores within a fow weeks past, has been anchored in the bay and detained there, The vity, which was ripe for its reception, with 1s fithy streets, fu orerorowded (eneiment houses, Hts obstruct rowers, ite decaying anima! and vegetal matter, and with the peculiar condition of climate, ready to spread its infec. Hous influences into an epidemic, has been ed from ite ravages by the rigid enforcement of quarin tine regulations, A system ov plan which hae shown such good re-uits is of #afticient importance to demand ‘our most serious attention, if not to command our ap proval, Leaving out of the discussion at the present timee (he question of its infectious or contagions nature, which is Mot yer settled amony the mo-t scientific obser. ere, we most adinit tat at all events it is portable, and subject to quarantine regulations. The fact which has heen extablished by the detention In Quarantine of the steamship Alalauta, within -eveu sailes of our shore, with the wind for the most of the time setting from that plyce towards the elty, proves mot conctusively rat itm hot an epidemic deave and travels with grea: rapidity, as thors would try te conviner us. The disease t® is sui genoris, erented in Judea, from whence it lung spread to other portions o” the world, always fullow: ing the channels of trade and cominer ¢ | “i has Fisitation of the disease upon this ft can be traced digtinetly to importation. Tt hy bean generated on this contin and wever can be, and can only exist here by importation; but the proper im cilities of fithy, crowded ‘ouses, and absence of propel sanitary regulations would greatty multiply and incresse ite ravages, it once being iniroduced, romreoes of ropagation may exist, ax all must admit who are nc the sauliary condition of the city, in creat et they do not generate cholera, They should be abat as they do geue ee, aud would materially add to oar were to be jentally admitted Hi remain tn your basement wit » in. the city, they hatever other dis. easce they may produce, will not develop cholera until the specific poison of cholera tx introduced by which it can be ignited. ‘These Kou , have been ia abundance in the wakes; ant Yeu the match, cholers. bas been kept in the bay, aa’ by this prevented’ “May per explosion has be fact thas ste im where it is 1 has pro: oat fearful ravages in mid-winter; show & disease unlafiuenced by tomj*rature, and ean ax ensily be intreduerd tate Ne in id-eumraer, and, inerodueed, would ravages at th’ ecagon thet in the summer, from the facto our overcrowded tenement | bouse population. Walking through our streets lir Tows of tenement hov on asummr day, you will from hawement attic every wit thrown open, and three, four or more heads p Persons, who ere apporently gazing att” Upon the street, instinct vely push thelr t window for the purpose of wholer fal Feepiration | a and = obtain but, lke 1 hones wivbin these holes, and unable to enpply the proper amoant of | fuel to keep thelr honses warns and retain Oheir windows | open, they cantik mp ail hole and erevions with blan and id clothes, for the parprse of eustaining a comfort. temperature with the least expenditure of fucl hereby rendering (he alr they breathe ao poisanons as ‘0 | endanger thelr lives more thin the beate of vurnmer and Ihe enripe vegetables upon which they may feed at this Ber anon But New York i¢ acoestthie by the land at well ae br the sea, and unlese these same quarantine reguiations | are enforced in every rt tow tipon the entire coast, there ia no scarily, for the disease being imported into | ome of these towne may come to us by railrosd communicauon. We may, therefore, see the necesdiy for or the genera! to take {eon this matter, and enforce my tine fegaiations at every of cuir. wine Peg of eb eer Re pear CHAMBER OF COMMERC {HE WEEKLY HERALD. fs & proper quarantine ‘and kept under i ~~ military slation, so eal be remdered | Natio: a giciont. Th cauptinngy barpeameinal Discountenanced—A Memorial to Heer bordering eon two States, and ite portmay be | COM@ress im Savor of Loyal Debtors in one State and the most advantageous piace for a uarantine under the jurisdiction of another. This of Contict. of erlsaioton’ ete emential that 4 | morial to Imerence the Pay of Navar ould be placed unde: of the general gov- OMicers Adopted, Sc. ramen ‘The ener goverment ‘ " Hot tee ‘The regular monthly meeting of the Chamber was held | written expressly for it, entitled. tact the Sounery from ex invenion by a foreign foe, frre. | sone o'clock yesterday afternoon, President A. 4. Low “ARNOLD'S CHOICE."* of State boundaries or J were | in the chair. Ih Se. come tn the form of arnien Fr fleets. fer pe The minutes of the preceding meeting having been ap- a , bigot tions should | proved, Messrs. John Duvol, John Dimon, Marcus F. at er py ye de {ind poison, | Hodges, Charles B. Hoffman, Wallace P. Groom, James | tho first of January, 1866; Accounts of the assembling equipped with guns. As there are also | Lalor, B, Frank Smith, Jackson 8, Schultz, John R. Ford, | of the State Legislatures of New York, Maine, Mass * many ports of entry, it see Bo ro Christopher Meyer and Jacob Wendell wore declared regu- | chusetts, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Vir- Hipanthelr. Hoy larly initiated members of the Chamber. 4 & Mr. Orpr«s, on behalf of the Executive Committee, re- Ported unfavorably to the resolution calling fora na- i i i i el the following memorial for presentation to Congress :— ‘To ram Howorasix Tas Saxare axp Hovss or Rarnecex- TaTIvms OF THE Unitep States ov AmEnicA, IN ® s i i i | i any ‘disease | mencement of the new prise story, “ARNOLD'S tes | CHOICE.” ‘aatil we are | Of imitation. ‘Terme—BSingle. ubscription, $2; Three copies, $64 Perfocly” soquainted” "with ie “cannee, Pcbaractet, and | 10 the of the memorialists, statutes of limite. | rive copies,'$8; ‘Ten copies, $15. Single copies, Five natare it is right that we should give the people the | tons to ‘en contracts are recoucilable with justice | - ot, each, A Mmited number of advertisements im benefit of caution and protection, ‘as we have | Only on the supposition that the parties have had oppor: had proof with: that it ts capable of | tunity to enforce their claims through the usual courts of } sertod in the Weexiy Henaro, being quarantined and controlled. Pod met eng trek ie | ees SVK wat, i) Rae orm Sep SEAT Boston pert.of entry, and having promalgated Joyal meast in'yamphiat fon to the morcbante of thinelty tour | tocollec thelr debus inthe Southern suistyaaycyl! SHIPPING NEW S. Views poe thle subject, may induoo into their harbor | PrAne Gteaom should be excepted Mio the tind fied, | ~an ee ree a ne for the limitations of actions in those States. ‘ALMANAG YOR NEW YORK—TuI8 DAY. throughout the country by railroad communication. It ig, therefore, patent that it 1s a necessity that the general vernment should assume jurisdiction in this matter, | of the courts of the United States over cases betwoen the Se the general government is’ responsible for the protec: | citizens of differcat was conferred by Aad rae: tion of the entire nation, and, by convention with | tution, and : to secure J rp hs ere Canada and the British provinces, a uniformity of | the courts of the States might for any — consid por quarantine could be establi upon the entire coast, | ored as [nore Prejudiced or inaccessible ; and thus the contiaent be protected from this terrible soourge. That the detention of exhibits a striking illustration of ume vision, and at the same shows ite ineffectual charactor if statutes of limita. tons the States can reader the Jarisdiction practically 00078 ‘acoou! orialists therefore that your honorable bp covey Sled carpeade “Bat race et aoa bodies will pass a law Pemaieataier tee national can be modified 60 as to make quarantine not ovly a pro conete of the Reginere, Siaies fram she of State tection to the people, but to the gers themselves; | Statutes of Hmitation for a long enough to Cag and, a8 an act of humanity, it is the duty of the govern- | loyal srattoes on Cremer tee their 8. ment, either State or national, to imiediately enforce mnel eS on GEORGE OPDYKk, Congress bas recently very wisely enacted a law to portation of disease cattle. ALEX, W. BRADFORD, hl oi sae tt abentd toolt Ee JOHN AUSTIN STEVENS, Jr., Ong ™moch more necessary that it should enact a law which would enable us to prevent this plague ‘and others from being imported among oar peop! While we are thus using every precaution to guard our city against the importation of this and other diseases we should wie more Fan oreauery ‘salance ELLIOT? C. COWDIN. ‘The memoria! was unanimously adopted. crease the pay of the officers of the navy was pre- fu perfeoting its Lene A ern ew ‘2. pomee wented. After considerable discussion the memoria! was house to house only means 1 | adopted, being directed accurate information of the sanitary condition of the hee van mpd z i jeer a inited vere ple and their dwellings, this duty should be frequent- Benate, and to Hon. H. J. Raymond, of the House of y performed, and in most instances should be done by | Ropresontatives, with a request to urge Congress to pass competent medical men. I therofore nuggest to the | 'ttw increasing the pay of naval officers. Propee SARRRINS She Peoeetety of ‘SANE he saut- | * ‘Mocure: Oydyke ana J. 8. Schultz were appointed iapeire taea contend wth one sanuun | SERSREDE TER ee opty of buliog oe Sint to ‘ne medioal gentiemen connected with our various Gaui te ar tao wenden sine now in wes on OOF dispensaries, who aro now daily visiting the bouses | wharves feopelialg bapecst sa" te pepper perwoal ai | caasomeumnan wae rcetred from Win. 3. esle Lal this position, And clothed with the proper authority to po wingncar Tinetiona Toke Tecsoie’ tba enforce their directions, they could, in many instances, | ne ietter stated that the family of the distinguished give such advice and suggestions in the premonitory | commander of the Constitution were li in destitute Symptoms of many 80 a8 to prevent their fur- at ry Ge and that they had ther development, and thus add greatly to the security of Prod tore! dung te ‘Mr. Hastie inquires the city jast the spreading of epidemic. | of the ‘as to the measures to be taken for their All of which is respectfully: . relief. matter was referred to a special commit. » Resident Physician. LEWIS A. SAYRE, I ited States, asking Lim to take rae : ‘tape to cheek the enoreachments of the authorities of Teket sip Nemiaoe ton New country as Coroner's Inquest—Testimony of the Cape | tothe of requasting to make an ap- Sr enn Be 5 Pu, tain and Crew of the Schooner Johm | proptistion for she erection of bu: ‘ee, ta, which | Delaware Dead Chere tog pakin (orn mepply ot Hoynton—A Clue to the Murderer—Wive | Urpin webs tela ie ner i “Riewaship Nomen cack a ais Hundred Dollars Howard @ffored for | — it heving boon announced that a special mecting would | ahd i Ts ead ils Apprehension, de. be held on ef next week, to bear the | a i ‘The inquest om the body of Robert Mitohell, late mate | “is last NN, £8 SipqneNs en seat i with mace, 8 of the schooner John Boynton, of Calais, Maine, who was Phe Onec ot Munday. i (Wty, Killem, Rotierdam, 68 daye, with men murdered oa dast Saturday morning eu board the vewel BETRAORDINABT LETTER FROM THE ACCUSED. Mou, Bt Andrews, 6 days, wy by a rivor thtof, while lying of Riker's Island, Flushing | fe the Court of Spécial Geations yesterday, before | lumber, to, Cape Cans, 9 days, with Bay, took place before Cotoner Lynch,af } Judges Kelly and Dowling, Mr. Thomas J. Munday, Brooklyn, when the foliewing (acts relative to the case | formerty-erecinber of the Btate Legistatare, also a ohio | ,,% fat, 18 days, Wie fot, tw wore elicited: — ‘ * ‘@ork ander one of our Mayors, who has been intrusted with many positions of trust ia thie city, was arraigned to anawor a charge of ontraging decency in a church. Some years ego he wes tried for the same offence and wentenced to the Penitentiary. Yesterday he was again sentenced for four months to that institniion. He pleaded pullty on this vocasion, but submitied « very oxtra- CAPTAIN NATHAN 4. RBED'S TKSTIMONY. My name is Nathan A, Reed; rewde at Cataie, Maine; am a mastor mariuer, now im Command-ef the acheoner Ordinary foter, or rather statement of bis case, arr 0 ae, tothe Court im mitigation of puuishment. In | ™ rE hn om J] ws aaya that six years ago he was | rivedyesterday, bee mw, similar offenon, “which should have | Mor see a sense ce nanar Pr bone Mae Sicees as frst | seen meee not acre ie fen, bet tonne fe a meow L , but years ‘ the correctness o'clock witness awoke and cred sitange man in the cabin standing over the toe men whet bet wanted; ‘he made’ ‘on. toeip wr veaiee of : man wi wanted ; ae of facts unknown to but few outside of my family, and hu- Wiecetlancous. and they backed out of the room; witness called out | miliatiog as tt may appear Lam determined that they sball | weessante Wi ore ‘Thieves, robbers," when the crew jumped out of their | Be made which will, to somo extent, relieve me | at New York in 188, par cld tone ir the Ns beribs; beard « pistol shot immediately efter, and roade | of wiiful . (Here Mr. Mimday gives the dates | rican Idoyds' line between New York and Bremen, a 3 the romurk to the pilot that the mate (ihe deceaced) was | of his trammgreeatons against ic morals.) Am | vale terms. sot; deceased never spoke alter he was shot; after | Ings or ‘se twee browcht. before Justice McGrath seen Mo fromm Motite tor New Yorks coming.on det and loping oot on, the water, stv at Jefferson § Nerfotk tet inet, anual hendred yards distant, from | geachiog my veasel. and fowed by three mon; at six o' in the | pefore morolug (aturday lash the pilot ordered anchor up and | powned we sailed for Atiantio Dock, we seported the | entered occurence to the police; the crew of vemse! con- | Thomas hi kitted of two men, besides myself cook; had | myseit a. hotel Sram, boullt at Math ia 166 (oom 4) no firearms ow dourd, and was feartul Of | amy public: prosecution. Tn Phitaitelphia, Taw | Bt Boston), han bern sold va terme. going un dock after the marder sooner than I ears afi, @ similar occurrence took piace, and gi rg = 4 oy ny the did. pexsive, that I would got shot wy the j ryote ogein sures me. Now my present ease.” Siored, aud mig Nee golieu Ot Her cotae murderer; the pilot was when witness woke day goes ‘great | Deen tan * but was aro vn when I out; have conde Se oe | >> coased for twenty years; he lived in family; the mate wus coming oul of his stateroom when the first khot was fired ns 4 Lr er es ee orpimsieen strange mau over my berth; * may see; ‘afthongh uiity ‘offence @ moustache, abort aud thick set in statnre; | which ‘actually tunocea , tons, buil beon hort that his head didnot reach to the cabia which Be areata Syeptlvess cearch uae te. | os, Seeaeaencammmaane oe sas cy traged al! decem a! here way no une on deck after midnight . we ke Clie 7M! oak pS Waitrose cert er the mate was alot we heard two shots Gred om board the wreck 7, fleet of vansels im the bay ; egy Me RS. BY ering CM Cagrre Vi ina that (he wreok Yorng Trt, Th udine from Cane Aen. . peeing sentence Judge frum witth wn anewer wae rereived, was tie brig. © PESTIMONY OF JOMEPH MALONEY, Rot ere any mitigating citromslances in hie case. | Carver, before reek Tt bet % Am a sailor hetore the taast ou the eoboower John | He wae e mam ef Cducstion, had been elected | seengs heard, ond tes mas mene doubiieertoceck ie mand Boynton; about thees o'clock on (he morning in ques- | by his friends to some of the highost positions | suiicient nome t he beard above the storm: tow was awakened by hearing the capiain cali out; got | in the State, hed been a member of the Legis. ry <2t Himeron, from Coraw alli: up ae the mate was coming out of his room; 1 then heard | lat alan voatit baad a sot iced; the mate went up the companion way after the robber, when | heard another shot; 1 went to the sinirs and told (he mate to come down; he made mo re ply; heard him coughing; the captain said, have Phot the mate; we weat up and found him leauing " against (he companion be we carried him below, but Mr. Munday he did not speak, and died in about tive minutes; we you looked out and saw no one on deck; I did not ree any | day wae sentenced to bard labor for four months. Ac- boat; I could see about a mile; che nearest vessel was | cording to his own ehowing he should be consigued to five hundred yards disinnt; the pilot said he did not see | the Lunatic Asytum. the man who shot the mate; trated the cabin floor; saw the his hand, going up the companion way. TRSTIMONY OF DK. ANDREW J, Tan @ prectict ysician aod surgeon; on Wednes- day, January 3, 1986, toate & post mortem examination of the body of Robert Mitebell, at the dead house, tm the city of Brooklyn; on an invornal examination of the deceased it wus noticed that the rigor of hie death Was Rot Very strongly marked; about the face were aiming of Dlood which bad owed the nose and mouth; the only wound dixcovered was a sniall penetrating one on the right side of the chest, on a line with and six and half inehes (rom the npper margin of the breast bone, and four inches from the nipple; a carefal dimection of the parts showed that the direction of this wound was inwards and eltehe penetrated the thoracic cavity betwoon the turd aud fourth ribs, entered the lobe of the right lung, passed through it, rforated the descending norta, passed through the it lobe of the left tu left the pleural cavity, be tween the seventh and hth ribs, and ended im the Musewlar structare of the walis of the chest; at this term). naiton of the wound @ «nail sized conical revolver bultet was found; © large effusion of blood partly coagulated, ¥ venous, occupied both thoracic cavities; the stomach also contained about two oances of dark colored Diood; no wounds of ite coats, whieh were in a healthy condition, could be discovered, both hines presented a slight amount of emphysema, otherwine healthy ; The Underwriters’ Agency. OPENING OF TRE NEW ROOMS OF THE CoMPANT® The pew offices of thie agency, estvbiished at No. 176 Broadway, were thrown open for the inspection of & eolect gaiberiug of Indies and geutiomen yevlerday a iter noon. The occasion was one of decided érfet, and the ‘encomiume parsed by the friends of the agency upon the apartments must have beon highly flat(ering (o the mer ‘vers of the organization. nia, Niagara, Hanorer°and Republic Fire and Iniaud Insurance Companies, who have established their headquarters in the large marble building of the pany. They cecupy threo entire floor: of the Hand second beng appropriates f of the clerks and the third been de ant 0 frat yesterday, forme a large apartinent, wilh brown w white Preneh floor and white walle, ‘The desks aod fur jure are of solid walnut, while the paneitngs are ‘Wrought of the rest of the wood, highiy varnivhed, Hiei < & left wi ded with Becommeda Clerk "Tue. wal's were decorate wih aye my opinion the deceased came to his death from hemor: | There are no ga-pendant# nor brackew, all the piping rhage, Caused by # ballet, inficting s wound pursuing the | peing Ind under the Sooring, and each desk being lighted course above described. The case was then adjourted | with gae jets and \mproved burners, topped with the til Monday next. Dandearmows Poroomain window, , ©. two u ots were more a rowed, jo the slip, at the foot of Twelfth street, net | and were, tiona_ for Se aeaken te ton ene ase cates syranls, Gage and Wiotsses of elseiee, cod. eeliniion wee of by the police authorities, aad i mow in the poxsessioa Siomutated tor the ts'nsan tempteiments towed in. tbe of Coroner Lynch. i apartments. To this the visitors bastily bet ok ves after having examined the dows siaire office FIVE HUNDRED HOLLARS RAWARD FOR THR MOK ‘the 4 Fee gethertng sssomtted 1 am earty hoor in the forp. Captain Reed, of the schooner John Boynton, ofers a Sr a ee eel inl garrett reward of At» huadred doikars for the ggrest of the aar- footing ererviige montumnenls propored pad General good Gonvention of the Cotton | The Cheapest Newspaper and Best Family Having Creditors in the South—A Me- | contains the opening chapters of the highly interesting tlonal convention to consider all matters pertaining to | proceedings of the Fenian Congress which met .in Now the cotton trade, The committee agreed that the hold- ‘York on Tuesday last; A tabular statement showing ing of @ convention would be productive of no beneficial present representation in Congress from each State, wah Mr, Conxiina, on behalf of aselect committee, reported | cent Shipwrecks ®t sea; Coxanues | Gray ;’? Musical end Theatrical review for the weeks the | Interesting Literary, ‘The memorialists further submit that the jurisdiction | sum Risxs.. A memorial to Congress asking tint body to in- | S25, p, zrickson (Dan),.Jenson, St Thomas—Penniston & good taste and magnificence of the fittings of the several | The Underwriters’ Agency is composed of the Germa | door’ tbe. Aitings of which were completed | Literary Journal in the Country. ; ‘The Weex.y Herawp for the present week, now ready, ONE THOUEAND DOLLAR PRIZE story, # It will.aiso contain:—Important intelligence from te National Capital, with a statement of the Public Debt om ginia, North Carolina and Florida; Interesting accounts of how New Year's Day was celebrated by the ireedmea , im Virginia and other parts of the South; Report of the the free and slave population; Account of the re ‘Editorials on leading oventes The Current News of the day; Poetry—‘Affection” (written for the Wexaiy Herat), “Before my Hair wea Artistic and Scientific reading; Re» ligtous Inteliigence; The latest Sporting ong Heasom Dry Goods, Boot and Shoe, Horse and Cattle Markets, aad reports of all important events of the week. Subseribers after the present and two following weeks can be supplied with the numbers containing the com, Port ef New York, January 4, 1 CLEARED. Steamehtp Europe (Fr), Duchesne, Iavre—Geo Macken. Steamship Gen Sedgwick, Sawyer, Galveston—Benner & rown. Buterpe, Mobile—Benner & Brows. ' Steamship Tyoce, Orowellt Savannah—L L Joues yorkee eamahin Faloon, Aldrich, Ba}timore—J B Smull. EiGuinabip ‘het, Waldeay Wostone-Neptune, Steamsht Bark in, Kimball, Sumatra—W A Sale, Bark Diadem (Br), Hannam, Liverpool—-W F Schmsas Sons, Carique (Br), Dose: nt, Ja—@ F Bulloy. Bae proms Aly "eon Dy ilve Oporto—Hagemeyer @ vane Roringe (Pra), Hlek’ Wahia and Rio Janetre-—~ ; on ‘Brig'Alfaretia (Br), Taylor, Guadaloupe—S R Reynal & Brig Times (Br), Lewis, Georgetown, SC-AS & W @ Lewis, — Ro Lene, Lane, Curhcoa—Jas Foutkas ® fen. Sorel Simon! yn nfuegos—| oe, Rehr Maria, Lincoln, Pensacola —B P Suerman & Co. Schr Eothen, Ganty, ner, " Rohr My Hover, Hughes Charlesion—N £00, Schr WP Phillips, Sealth, Philadelpbla—Laraway & Flyas,’ Bete Ri eaarts, Kelley, Pall Rivers Spow x, y sebe AG Hatard, Gaines, New Havon—Rackett, Tookee tee he Y Maria, Bushnell, Norwich—Rackett, Tooker & Tay- Schr Oslerity, Halleck, i Sloop Oregon, hoger Breen } N Stranahaa, Bloawer Kilzabeth, Fowler, Gouth Amboy. tor Cy Wawa Reawran (Ir), Bound to Roston with onal from € Bre'dn), steak » Fork In Canso Alarbor, the Hid alt, ond wee conde m: end sold on (he 24h Burg tna C. from #1 Junine for Ral reas Monroe 4th tnat, in divtrens, ‘went ashore om Senith’s Ixtand on the 24 tnet, and Mlled with water. Revewoe Curren Scwe Towsseen, now at Baltimore, beg SaRA Paros te Me Retere Cnagee; of New London fem $910, cas! ALY at Raanos ®4rriago— At Bravos Sas on Deo t8, Violent gale sprung up from the north, dave which sehr Seont Iving ontede from her cn went Ws 660. Wieamer LAaaie bon ve Rib razon, mophrod| | cateeramratarte te,cieeet taper Chertsey ich will prove of senview to steamers on the cumst - Notice to Mariners. ' Tt ie proposed rect a new lighthouse either on Ree Rock, oF mm (he SWoend of Maher's sland, enfranes is Log Talend Sound, at a cost of SA0.000, New and efficient fog signals are also (6 be pat up at Mount | Desert iniand, Matinicis, Mosuegin, Moose Pam, | Cape bie and Poin Joe orlcanruor of iNerrcrom, Ora Distrere, \ th Nm, Dew | t, varied Wy fanhes, will be exhibited Fat Rabine Vaan, Laviaiane, om the #ren~ 3, 9 uret to sunrine, ond Fite WIT IGT, CARO RY FLARES 47 sanore Pame. owner Ms lowetinn cf The Tight vislble, aaa nautica! mile. ane Jo nes reel, Roa Mistanee of Whatemen. nip New gh Clangh, of NR wae at Labwine Sire ret wie 20 bb Suie eh on all to relend from Aretie, bhis ep and and an kerniee to New | and to the Arete Ship “Comate, 4% 5 lon 76 Rohe Sailte R, of Philadélphta, from —— Tor Modile, Dew fait Peedi Wile, from Aotwerp for MTort, Dec & oo Frag DL TC