The New York Herald Newspaper, March 25, 1870, Page 8

INDIAN FIGHTING. THE PUNISHMENT OF THE PIEGANS, anne Complete Account of Colonel Baker's Expedi- tion Against the Savages, Graphio Narrative by an Officer in the Command. APURTHER REPORT FROM SHERIDAN, {From the Lancaster (N. U.), Republican, March 22.) ‘We are permitted to publish the following graphic and interesting letter from Surgeon Francis L. Town, ‘Walted States Army, to fils father, Barton G. Town, @fthisiown. It will be observed that Surgeon Town’s letier absolutely contradicts tne reports in @rculation relative to the ‘massacre’ of tne Women @nd children of the Piegans by Colonel Baker's eommand:— Febraary 10, is7u, Baving disposed of a short basicess note, now eed LO give you & Oriel Synopa.s of alan Fort WwW, Derbaps Of some interes!, Active operations egalnst the Judians io Moutana were inaugurated, aba beve apparently come w & {ull close by oue @readiu) biow, sone Account of Witch you lave seen ‘Ap the papers. ‘The troop ‘Werest cold of tbe Winter, Wwe morping of January ¥%, avd returned on the 2th Of the sume moUth, The commaid consisted of four companies oi the Second cavalry, trom Fort Ellis, Montana cerritory, e MOU GElAcKMent at is post equivaieat to tuer Cumpany, AUG Ohe company Of ine Lwellth Mplantry, @8 an escort and guard to tneir supp! train—alt waver the commana of Lrevet Colne Baker, Major Secone cavuiry. From tis post they mayctied heariy due horth and eucamped tie Lise Bight ONL ON tue Leloa Tiver, some \huiy Wiles ais- taut. Here wey remained during the ensuing day, end from this pout moved only by might, lylug con Sealed as MucH vs porsivie Lirougn Lhe “day thos, They also jest we iutancry with all Laeir tents and aupphes cesiaa on te Leton, and eace horseman MOK With Bin ony bis ratious aad biankets, toge- ther with Gis carbine aud sixty rounds, The ther. Mometer yoing very Jow avout this tune—tuto tae eWeuties Ueiow Ze70 wimost every mght—you cali Hoagie What 1 Was tor olliceis anu men thus to cut loose frou everytuing and move ow gcross these Vast and winwy plas; mea and Pores Buariug Ake (he open prairie, vasueltered Ld eXporea to tue venumuing cold, No ures Were aiowed, stce some party of indians ut hunting aight perceive tne smoke by day or we Tighe ab vig, aud thus discovering Loe approach, wonvey tue alavin turouguour we Indian camps. The sudjans the command were alter were ceria Daas ol vegans, Wich nad been UuUsMally ladus- trious Maraduing (he paot Summer aud tail, and haa COMMILWwA NUWweroUs Murders Of Wiles, “ihe fe aus are one of ihe wree subdivisions of the “lac dees pation, Which go by the names uf Liooda, rie Baus abu Hiackiews. Though ali Biackieet, tuey live @lWOst BS UISHDCL irioes, LUE Laey COCUPy MALAY Bane terriory and hunting grounds, dd Lo BoL *@xieat acknowiedge a Cousmon bdroimerboud. In Obuer Words, (He Uatiun Das al OMe tine spilup Muto InuepenueAt Gaus or Mibes, the memvers v1 Which buat tae Oudalo, Or €Vea OD OCCASIONS go On the War path auicabiy together. ‘Loe Bloois und Pregans bave their Winter Camps ana ive, many of them, the year round, on u arias river; taey are Bcaviered Aiony 118 Dauks, where Wood is abundant, dor Lily Wes, eucAMped ID bands generally Ol LWO For? Suaw, Montana ey} left oere during ihe se- or Wiree huudred, More or jess, & pace. Lhe Jormer are Niguer up tue Steam towards where it flows oul ol Lie Kocky Mounwung, duu the Piegany age furtuer dowm, ‘Tue upper cainps of tue Piogans Were Ubuse iie-troops Weie ordered to vestroy, aud Shey aimed Lo approach Lue river precisely at Lue Upper cainp, aud attack al ihe bi probably trum eiguty to one au Wara Irom bere lo Where Lacy came to ine uarias. ‘The aliack occured on the Zsa. Eisner uarougii fear OF 1ZuOrance, ABA Ih “We darkness of ie uIgat march, wowedare. r guide, a wat Breed ind.an, vecuin beWilderes, ana led ‘oe troops out of Being salisuea of Alia, Colonel baker di, 1 (ue march aue horta by ‘Whe Norws star, and moving Causously Lorward, came Bear the river avout aa wour or uvre belore day- Dgut. Were # vase was wade, and vaci soidier stood by Lis horse as Silemily as bis SuiveliNg DoneS and tie Frosty aluosphere would peruit, aid kept au BUA0US Vig, Walllug unt the shadowy toads of @arly Lwiligut rose oat OL Lie river bas.n suiticnenty Weuable Wei to distinguish ovjects at some als Sauce, No lodges Were i sigiit, aud the command Moved duwu ive river teeing that Wey uad been thwarted ia their purpose of @ sucprise by tue In. Capacity of their guide, and entirely unceriain as to Bhe jocation Of Lue indlan cainps. Caicuing aight MOL [ar wLOLg of A solLaTy Leepee, a deiacdment sur- rived aud captured dil iis imimates, Krom then ey learned, rough an interpreter, Wat Ked Horn’s Dana gt tuirty-uve ivuges Were trom eight to twelve mes below. Fis Was the upper camp ol segaus, @Nu tie expeditivg vad struck tue wer Wigs mucH Bug Nigh Up—t1, &, 0 Lue West, Ge Woops now pushed rapidly ahead until they awe within Sight of tne Waite teepees of Ked Horn’s Daud fo tee outtom below, thea sweeping swiilly up Shey went wita arush doWn into the river votwom, where (he winler camp Was. it was a bright winter Moruing, almost every ludian vrave Was luside ais Bese Bod (ne Bueke Of the lodge ures curled iéuuy up irom the doomed village in the frosty MOrolng wr. NO premopiuon Of danyzer or message Of waruing had gone ve.ore, and tuey were on tocm, ‘be troops were auferimg trom cold snd want of sleep, suiteneu trom exposure, some of them trost Ditien, savage; sina Dove ‘or Ked Horo er bis band now, Ere many moments the sharp crash of rifles simote the still air. Boue of ime warnors, the bravest of tue band, sprang tO tneir aris; oiners, panic-siruck, Deaped forin in wild fignt; bus attempts av resisi- Auce OF Hight were almost alike iutue—scarcely a ‘Warrior escaped. very Indian village or cuiup ts overrun With @ horde of d-gs, great and smal, of siTange @ho Mongre: ehape and 100K, and with voices as unfamiliar as their grovesque Shere auimala were also kiled and wou ying misses, and wilu uiuiations rose irom tele Wolbsd throats. Red orn dad bis soldiers have paid the extreme paity tor ali ther Misuctugs; We will suppose on theory thar tous ouly 18 the unsamea ludian ua- ture ieiribiy taugnt ihe taipropriety of predatory horse sealing aud the occasiopal ehvoting of the Owners; dud go by heroic tuition are ied LO choose their happiness in the mild practices of peace—ive douian iuiad 18 evidently prejudiced, Fuur or five braves are said to nave gotten off—Biack Lagle and @votier, Well known, who have taken part ta ditter- en. murders of whites. and who the citizens of We ‘lerritory seem to pave especially hopea Would have been overtaken, Lundersiand that 17s dead boules ‘Were counted after the attack, ‘1be kagtera papers appear to have tt that nelther Wowen or childicu were spared, but all were Killed, The oMicera say that wore than 100 Of thease were col jected uuburt aier tne fring ceaeed and saved, des & vonsideratie number of wounded, One man oy of the command was The camp waa set op fire apd the all the buffalo roves and skins the Indians bad collected, everything they possessed, was Ddurned up; no one was aliowea to save anything Whatever. A few citizens, fronteramen, were aloag no keenly felt this certainly was overdoing taings. ae compaby here to periorm tuis work, @roops had again rapidly advavced down tne river M the endeavor to cut of Mouutain Chiel’s band, Supposing tliat bis camp was ony a few miies below. Alver severa) hours’ bard riding they came upon the ute Of the abandoned camp. A few mounted jndiane were seen here and there watch- ing «them = from the willis, Five iodges -were discovered fying collapsed on the | hey the occupants had evidentiy just pulled out ine poles, letting thei drop into the dried grass aud we bush, hoping they migitt escape notice, and wuly mounting their ponies were indasiriousiy frag of, Colonel Baker subsequently learned hat, purely io obedience to their nomad iife, it so Bappened that Mountain Chief had broxen up his camp @ few days previously, and al! had moved of except five lodges, Old Mountain Chief nimself ™06t Of tiie hg | bad joined another bapa yet Sher down the Maiias, whe a few iuckiess Aborigt- mes Lad stragaied into the deserted camp, These five Geseried lodges were also burned up. foe day was Bow somewliat advanced, the troops had veen con- Stanuy in the saddie or on the move since evening Of the previous day, aud men and horses Were alixe Bearly worn out. The indian camps were Dow thor- Sonate a@pprized of ail inat had taken place, and pothing more could be accompiisned. The welcome order was - re given to face about, Ono, rejoin: company left bemind, tne: Sivcuackea there on the Marias. The next morning, after gathering up the herd of rough- coated Indian ponies, over 300 in number, of.ked Born’s i)i-starred oand which yet cropped the dried Dotaio grass quietly on the prairy, ine commana parted up the Marias toward the Bicod camps, Bome of these braves had ‘ixewise negiecied to iimit Sher warike daring to making incursions ana run- Bing of the scruoby ponies of other trives, vat nad sed theanselves of American horses from the es Of settiers. About twenty miles above a Srading post of the Nerthwest Fur Company. Here olone! Baker learned that these ingenuous nouves had suddeniy conceived the idea of emigrating en Masec; and were at that moment scouring across the plains away om towards her Majesty's dominions, fo great disorder, and as fast ag their iil-nourished ponies could carry them. It was a pity to arrest them en roule to @ foreign soll; but runners were sent of at once With assurances of safety, provided they would give up the stolen horses tyen in their josseasion. The pripeipel chief of the Bloods, old ult Back Fat (this 18 a jiterai translation of his ept- gramatic, but unpoetic name, which is always sup- ss to al Inde to some real or {maxinary quality of j@ individual), and the other clieis were in much dt whether It veriiy Was altogether sate to turn Bbout; bur they wanted very much Ca ee back to their she.tered winter retreats ?P the Manas, and therefore concluded to go down t0 the trading post and hear what Colonel Buker wished to say to them; hich they did. The chiels came ip Wit tre usual ow??? “how? and band shaking; but were evi- d@eatly far from being at their ease, ¢ On being tod {has the woope aid not come to molest them, pro- Ted they Would BATeC Lo atop steRling bornee stom kiued. Jodges, the whites and give up those they now had—that they ie only 10 nian the Pr the ebiefs ex- pressed great salisiaction; they immediately insisted Ob shaking hands ai) round once or twice more with the oMcers, and thea through the whole command with their “How?” and @ Vigoron8 hand shake; t e back, seemed quite inclined vw re- peat the process, lest some might even yet possibly joudt the warmth of their frieadsmp, ‘Ibey sent without & remonstrance sor such of the stolen horses as had not been already traded off to other tribes, and ordered brought in likewise ap abundance of fresh bufla‘o meat; which waa very acceptale, sloce the troops had fared rather hardly lor diet a9 well ascomiorton the marcn. Old Bull Back Fatisa fine jooking Indian physicaily—tall, broad and heavily built, wod of gn aimost benevolent expression rather than otherwise, He haa clad Uimseif in his best apparel; Ine legs and body wereenca ed in buckskin leggings and @ shirt; ground bin he had wrapped @ white woollen blanket; aud on his head rested an oid stovepipe hat, ofan uncommon battered and disreputab.e aspect; the old chiel was evidently proud of this Acquisition. a3 @ special aud honoraple distinction above al) bis fellow chiefs, and undoubtediy wore itonly in council with the whites; at other tues bia august brow went batleas, Leaving ihe trading post, @ march of three days brougut ‘he expedition in to Fort Shaw, togetwer With ali their capiured and recovered steck, aud & more sorry and skeieton jot one probably never eet eyes on except at an lodian camp and in tne winter, Tuts Valuable lot of the horse species BOIle 200 Strong, remams at the posi; the cavalry passed ou to Port Eiita, I have been delayed several days in writing this letter, otherwise you would have received a eursier, Jovoserve that the Easter papers are constanuy commenting on tie killing in cold diood of the women and children, They ought not to assume such inbuman barbvartty has oeeo erpotraved, 28 nothing of we kind Was done, The most of the women Were Oat Of Lhe cump 1m the brasit ov Woods cooking Drealiast at the time the attack was made; nope Of these were mjured, Lor were any Women anu ebildren desiguettiy killed; 60 far as Lean learn elforis were lade to save fs many Of ryt? a8 possi bie, War is inhuinan and destiuctive of tte, and all Indian wars trave been especially 80—- being Wats OL extermmation, Let any oue read the uistory and termination of the tw@ereat Indian wars in tue early betuement ol New Hngand. aud 80 on ‘down to the presens iuie—they are wila sad commentary to ioe Caristian civilization of America. Phil Sheridan In ihe Role of Andrew Jacke soue“Old Hickory’s? Treatwent of Save ages Revive The following oficial communication from General Sheridan was received at headquarters in Washing- (on on the 23d mst.:— HEADQUARTERS MIL(TARY Drviston | OF THE Misxount, Curcaco, TU, Maren 14, tot, General W. T. SHEWMAN, Commanding United Siates Anmy, Washington, D. Gi— e GuHNERAL— fhe further report of Colonel Baker tm reference to the punishment of tie Piegan Indias Aus not yet been received. it scems strauge buat there should oe such @ Want of Knowlvuge of the posilion which army o.llcers have to malo- taia in refereuce to Indian amfairs, { have in my conimund at least five thonsand ules of frontier setlements, my chief and only duty being&o give protection to the families residing on these iong i10e8 against the outrages of Indians, The goverument has invited these settlers here by opentng the iands to them for pre-emption Sud improvewent. ‘ihe humber of men, Women and chlidyen on tis extend- ea cronuer is very great, aud there 13 not a day trom One year’s end Lo the oer that these families are exempt irom tae feariul taought of being mur dered im the most fleadish manner, tne men sealped, the women rayished, and the brains of weir chil drep dashed ow: When 1 said in apievious: letter Wat eight bundred haa met tnat fate since 402 1 was be.ow lhe figure aud shouid Mave said twelve hundred. My auties are to protect these people. J have notiling to do with Indians but in ths connection, ‘There is 8carcely & day 19 Waich 1 do Lot receive the most heaitrending appeals to save setiers from the cruel late which may come npon them, and } am jJorced Lo the alternatives of cnooswg whether I shall regard their appeals or alow them to be butchered in order to save myself trom tne pue and cry of people who know not whe Indians, and Whose Jarniiles have pot the sear--morniwg, noon and Dight—of bemg ravisbed and scaiped by taem., The wile of the man at the centre o: wealth, civilization and refinement 18 nut more dear to hum than is tie wile of the pioneer of the frouter. 1 have no hesitauion im making my cheice, Fam going to stand by the people over whom Lam placed aad give then what protecnon I can We tiave ot the troops to place aleach nian’s house to deiend at, and haye sometimes to take the oifeusive to punish for cri.ves already committed: in order to prevent the pecpetraiton of otiers, In taking the offensive 1 have to seeet that season when | can catch the fends, aud if @ Village is attacked and women and children kliled, the responsibility 18 not With tue soldier, but with the people whose crimes necessitated ihe attack. During tuedvar, did any one hesitate to attack a village or towp occupied by the enemy. because wouwen and cifldren were within ls ituuts? Did we cease to throw shelis into Vicksburg or Atlanta because Women and colidren were there? If the women and chidren were savel in those places it was because tuey had cellars to go into; and should any Of the women and chitiren of the Plegans nave lost their ives, { sincerely regret that they nad not sla places OF would have avatied tuewsoves of thous, tor they ght with more tury than the men. ‘Lue soldiers do not want to kill the Indians. After long years of Indian frontier service i am satietied thac (hey are tne only good practical friends tue In- diang haye.* We cannot avold being abusea by one side or the other. If we ailow the delenceless people on we frontier to ve sealped and raviened we are burnt in eMgy and execrated as souiiess monsters, lusensiole to the sufferings of hamanity. If the Indian is pun- ished to give security to Loese people, we are Lhe same soulless monsters [rom the otuer side, This is a bad predicament to bein, but, as 1 have said, J have made my choice and am going to stand by the people whom the government has placed me here to protect, ‘The reservation 1s the jast ditch of the Wila indian, but to get him tere he must be turced on by the troops. ‘hose who think he can be in- Gueed to go tnere by other means are mistaken, When on tne reservatioa he wil haveto be kept tuere by the presence of the troops, and.thus become tangibie lor the good work of civilization, and lie can only be protected im his rignte white tuere vy the troops keeplug off the emigraats who encroaca on his land. All these points are practically exnibited each year. rhe Cueyeno3s, Arapatoes, Comanches, Kio- Was and Apacnes have just been forced on by the troops, Durwg the last year, as soon as { wishdrew the troops trom the Sac and lox Reserv@uon, the emigrants took possession, A flood of emigration almost ten thousand strong moved in soil mass and occupied tue Osage Reservation, because there were notroops there to Keep them of All the other reservations On Which tie ludian may yer be placed will be lost In the same manner unless guarded by wwemiusary. Yours traly, P. i. SUERIDA) CHESS MATTERS. Consultation Game. On Saturday last, the opening night of the new and epacions chessrooms at 102 Chatham square, the event was inaugurated by a grand consultation gawe between ten strong players, five on cach side. Captain Mackenzie, Mesers. Delmar, Richard- gon, F. Perrin and Moore were opposed to Messra. Brenzinger, Gilberg, Captain Michaelis, Munoz and Whitman. The following well-contested game waa played. ts duration Was about two hours:— (Evans? gambit.) Mackenzie and a Brenzinger and Alites, Whites Black, 1—Pto Ks 1—P to K ¢ 2~Ktw KB 2—KttwoQns 3—Bto K B4 8—K to Be 4—P to Qikts 4—B takes KtP 5—PtoQ Ba 5—Bto B4 6—P toga 6—P takes P 1—Casvies I—P to 3 8—P takes P §—Bto Kta 9~—-Kt to Vb 6 9—Kitogne 10~B 0 Q3 10—KttoK 2 11~P to Q6 11—Casties 12—B to Q K W—Ktto K Kt 3 1B 1B—P OQ BE 14—K to Q 14—B to Q2 16 18—P toK BS 16— 16—Ki to Q B aq 17—~Kt to I Ni-P wQRre 18~Kt to K B 18~--B takes Kt 19—P takes 19—Ktto K 4 20—Kt takes 20—Q P takes Kt 21—P to K B 21—P toQ BS 22~—B to K 4 22—P takea BP 2—K takes 23—B to Q B2 w—R to K 2—P OQ Ka 25—B to 25—P toQ BE 26— B o7— 27—B takes B (e) 2B, @—K wo B 29— 2~K toK2 30— 80—K 10 Q2 31—P to 8i—B takes P 32— 82—Q to K 2 33— Bh 86. 86—Kt takes R si 37—B takes K RP 38—P to K Kté 38—B to K 4, dis ch 89~K to Kt 80—K to RT 40—~ —K to K 41— 41—P to BT 42—Q takes Kt P, ch aa—K toB QW QBs Rto Q7 43— And the white allies resigned. COMMENTS ON THE GAME. Of qpinion in the (a) A conkiderable difference committee existed on this move. It appears to us that B to Q Kt aq was the correct reply, but B to K 3 was algo worthy of constderation. P { A dificuls move for black to answer. ic) B takes P eoeins preferadie to this move, ) Premature. They should frat have exchanged bis! ro oe juired considerable nerve to effect this oa cure ia face Of the terribie attack which white ol ned thereby. wi! Pto ‘i 6 would have 104 to nome very interest retuge, though | doubt if they { BXPOACING SANITARY LAWS, Civil Actions im the Sixth District Court to Compal Obedience to the Health Board. Texemout Houses~Prominent Politicians Prose- cuted—The Fat Boillg Nuieance to he Worried Out of the City— Weights and Moasures, Perbaps the greatest activity In any public omce in thi city nay ve sald to be dteplayed in the Law Department of the Metropolitan Board of Heaith. However inefficient the doctors of the Board may be in the discharge of their duties, and however well- grounded reasons the suffering pudilc have to com- plain of the red tape manner of the Board of trans- acting 18 business, the attorneys of tne Board should not be inciuded inthe blame. Yet it should not be Jost sight of that this increased activity on the part of these lawyera springs not solely from ap honest desire to serve the people weil. In every case brought into court in the name of the Health Board and which results favorably for the complainant, ‘costs’ are taxed and generally collected, which go to increase the tncome of the attorney, and thua constimte quite an effectual tecentive for filing complatut upon complaint against auch ag failto comply with the thousand and one provisions of the health ordl- nances, Hence, since the orgauization of the Board no less than 1,302 civil actions for the recovery of penalties have been instituted in the Sixth District Civil Court, prestded over by Judge Phaddeua H. Lane, holding forth at present on the upper floor of the stable on the soutnwest corner of Eighteenth etreet and Fourth avenue, back of the’Everett louse, TAB CASES NOW PEND Abont a thousand of these cases are stil! pending in this court nndetermived, all of them being against owners or lessees of tenement houses, the penalty sought tobe imposed varying according to the na ture of the complamt, from $150 to $250. The canse of action is generally stated to have accrued because the tenements describea were not kept in proper order, as for instance, thet, the bedrooms were dark and ha no venulating or transom windows; that there was no Bre escape; that the yards, cellars and sialrs Were 19 @ Hilhy condition: that the vaults were not cleaned; that there was no sewer connec- tion with the street sewers; that there was not sun ciews area tn front of celiarlodgings, and many other sumilar shortcomings of the tencment land- lords are thus complained of. APTER THE POLITICIANS. There are some prominent politicians among those who were sued by the Board. Agatust ‘Tereyce Farley, of the Nineteenth ward, there are three suit pending; two against Jotn 8, Haskia, of Fordham, in Weatches‘er county; one against Jolin Kelly, the late Sheru? of Uns county, Whose tenement house, No, i5 Frankfort street, is complained of for @ vari- ety of reasons. A Mr. Burke bas nearly thirty com- plaints pending against him for keeping bis tene- ment houses tn @ filthy condition, Levy Brothers have alzo twenty suits against viem Jor like ol- fence HOW SETTLED. It ts but rarely, however, that the full extent of aity 18 inticved aud enforced, The persons ned of In perhaps three-iouribs of the cases proceed to abate the nuisance before trial, and te matter 18 settled on their paying “tuxabie costs.” Only Where parties remain stubborn ant reiuse to do anything the whoie amount allowed by law is entered in Judgment against them and payment en- forced. A MARKET NUISANCE. An interesting case, and winch will come to trial atthe next trial day of thts court, is one against Paurick Carroll, collector of market rents, The com- plantis that Cenire Market, on Ceutre street, be- tween Broome and Grand streets, is Kept im a tltay condition; tbat the wasie pipe intended to carry oif the sinice is aliowed to be closed, keeping the floors wel aud dirty, emitting an intoleranie stench. TRE FAT MELTERS’ NUISANO! Lately the aitorney of tie Board nas turned his Attention upon the lat _meiters and bone boilers m the vicinity of Mbirty-ciguth street and Eleventh ave- nue, since they defy the authority of the Board and decline to remove thelr offensive establishments north of 1idth steet, a8 ordered by the Board. The penaly imposed by the health ordinance is fity dollars for each and every day these estabilshments continue work on their pres- ent sie alter due notice to quit. The policy adopted in these casey 14 to commence an indepeli- dent autt for each day’s penalty for so long » ume a3 the Duisances ta continued. By this muitipitca- tion Of BUIts, and the consequent igerease of the coats 10 be taxed and collecied, tt Is believed that the falemeiters can be mate to yleld obed:ence to toe orders of the Health authorities, The following @re the actions of this nature now pending tn the Sixth District Court, al! tae de/eadants doing busi- ness on Tiurty-eighth street, near Elevenili avenue: Against Patrick Thorp, No. 25; Doavhee Brothers, No, 25; benry Weil, No, 40; George Selzer, No, and rraacis Egner, No.8 A numeer of similar complainia are now being prepares agalast the New York Rendering Company, aud the actious will snordy be commenced, FORM OF THR COMPLAINTS. The following 14 @ copy of ine complamts as fied in these (a6 welling nuisunce cases:— ‘The complaint of the piainti‘’s above named sbows to this court: Fux—That they are the Metrepolitan Board of Health, created under the laws of the Siate of New York. ‘Seont—Ihat in parsuance of law they duly passed and published im the mauver required by lawa certain code of sanitary ordinances. one of which ia in the words folowing, to wit:—“On and after the lat day of October, 1864, no per- fon shal) both ‘bones, nor any fat, tallow or lard (except at, oni ne Delng taken from the animal, and white th js fresh and otherwise Inoffen- sive); ‘nor sbalthe business of bone crushing, bone boiling, bone erlading, Lone burning, shel! burning, gut’ cleaning, nor akioning of of making of glue from avy dead entmais or,paria thereof, nor the storage or keeping of scrap, fat or grease or Offensive animal muiter be periuiited br conductedsat any place in the city of New York south of Muth street, nor fu the built up portions of the elty of Brooklyn; nor shall any busi- ness “Uerelnbefore mentioned be coaducted at any place in the clty of New York, nor at any place io the city of Krook- lyn, without # special perialt fro: thi rd; nor shall the jusiness of bolllng or rendering the fresh lard, fat or tallow aforesaid be conducted within elther of sald cities without a Uke wpectal pasunit from thie board, and auch peralt must be applied for tn wriling, apecitying the nature and) precise Io. cation of the proposed business, und such application will not be acted upon until th 9) meeting, two weeks after such application ;” aud that such ordinance was to force and binding in the chy of New York-at the time hereinsfter named, Thi d—That on or about the $d day of January, 1870, at remises on West Thixty-eighth street, near Bleventh avenue, jn the city of New York, Leing s pince south of 110th street, in aid the defendants Donohue Bros. did violate the said ordinance in this, that they did, then and there, and without a purmét from the said plafatiifa, conduct tue busi vert of bolling fat, and did keep or store crap, fat, grease or ofenetve anlmal matter upon sald premises, ‘Whereby an action has accrued to the eaid plaintiffs to de- mand and recover from the sald defendants the fity doliara, Wherefore the plaintifie demand jn againat the defeadants for tbe sum of fiity dollars, bes: costs of thie action. The complaints are sworn to by Colonel Emmons Clark, in his capacity as secretary of the Uealty Board. ‘ WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. Messrs. Riley and Ferris, oficial taspectors and seaiers of weights aud measures, under the ordi- nances of this city, have also commenced about twenty actions in this court against parties who re- fuged to have their weights aud measures inspected aud seaed, They seek not oniy to recover the fees to wuich they are entitled ander the ord. nance, but also the penalty imposed on such refusal. The inspectors have informed the oMcers of vhe court that they are preparing a large batch of addititionel complaints against numerous other par- ties, being deterinined to nave the law strictly en- forced tor the protection of the people dealing at the retail storea aud entitied to good weigat and iuil measure Jor teir mouey. s THE MIDLAND RAILWAY. Meethug at the Produce Exchange Yestere day--A Packed House=The Resolutions Awended=Other Resolutions for tho Con- sideration of Prince Erie. An adjourned meeting from the 19th inst. of the members of the Produce Exchange generally, and those interested in the Midiand Railroad tn particu- lar. Was heid yesterday afternoon at the Produce Exchange, Mr. A. & Masters in the chair, The minutes of theast meeting bad been reaa as far as the resojutions, when on a motion their further reading wat dispensed with. The Chairman then stated the object of the meet- Ing so be to countenance an spplication on the part of the directors of the road for $1,500,000, In order to perfect the grade specially in Suilivan aud Delaware counties, as the valine of the road had become ap- parent. A motion was made and prevalied that tue |ppiication to the Legisiature be for a loan, and cue to Gx the Interest at ten per cent was lost. Another to limit the amount to one and a haif militous was adopted. After some discussion the following reso- lution were decided o: oe 24 ight my ropriation by the Legis! Pika to the Midiend fi completion of said r sdgment of thie Exchange the ap- $1,500,000 and no more as Company to hasten the earl uid be wt once a wi h the ome Jliek cinim from, having been Lave bsen of . Provided ail curity. tor ihe payment of the tie | pe ‘before expiration of ry of loa, y ye A wag, known as “'George,'' then offered a resoln- tion that a further appropriation be made of $5,000,000 to drain the Jersey fate on behalf of the Erie Ratiroad and # further one of $2,000,000 for the same company vo pay its dividends. These did not prevail, aud oa &@ motion the mecng adjourned, HoRRIvLE TO RELATE.—-O1d Solon veritable Solon, Who has been for fil. ing ponsenss ovinson, the TRIPLE FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. ‘ Watt STREET, Tnvespay, March 24—6 P.M, The absence of the usual telegrams from Wash- fagton bad the effect of keeping . GOLD DULL AND 8TRADY in the transactions of to-day. Tho bulk of business was at 112% and 112)4, with exceptional sales at 112% and 112%, ‘The later igure was the resuit of the firmer tone and” advance tn foreign ex. change, and the former the effect of the feeling that the Funding bij! wil! pass the House in a modified form, Both infuences counteracted each other, however, and henée the dulness and steadiness at the intermediate quotations, The principal quota- tions were as fo!lows: — 1124 1:05 P. 112% 2P. MM, Vida 3PM s 4M ve 112% ii2i'a 11249 112 ia 6:30 P.M 1295 Holders of goid paid tour, four and a baif and five per cent to have their balances carried, The operations of the Gold Hxcuange Bank were is follows: Gold cleared. Gold balances: * currency balances STOCKS IRRBGULAR AND HRAVY, With few exceptions stocks were heavy and lower, the misceHaneous list being espectaily weak and an- dergolng @ sharp decline, In the forenoon the downward movement was started with acifle Mail, which, upon the reiteration of the reports of a $5,000,000 lawsult in San Francisco aad the with- drawal of the steamers on the Panama seciton, fell to 30) Curiously enough, and the iact gives rise to suspicions of speculative manipulation, the Senate comuittee in Washington agreed at noon lo-day to report a bill Increasing the subsidy of the China jine to $1,000,000 per annum, the eject of which an- nouncement Was @ recovery 1M the price to 324% i final street dealings, It seems that the company have been strongly urged to abvanaon the Panama section and place ail their steamers on the China route, in consideration of doing which they are promised close connection and pro rating by the Centra! and Union Pacific Ratlevay. They are averse, however, to abandoning the old legend of a through steamship hne bevween New York and China, and are in hopes of aepeedy com. pletion of the project of a canal through the isthmus of Panama, which would renger thein independent of the Panama Railway Company. ‘The proposition to consviidate all their operations upon the China route 1s also accompanied by a suggestion to reduce the share capital to ten mililons, on which amount the Pacific Oceah business alone ts represenjed to be capable of paying a flattering dividend. As it ts the price of the stock will ductuate, while the ratl- road route to California continues to militate against the steamship route. When the lacie 2alway shail Lave become the great hignway between Europe and China, as tt now is between America and the Hast, the Pacific Ocean section of the Pactic Mail route will be ihe more important one. In other words, the opening of the Pacific Ratlway has almost annihilated the various steamship lines between New York and San Francisco. Its development will, however, gradually remedy the injury by enlarging the steamship business between Caiforaia and China, In the mining ehares Mariposa preferred fell to 12 without any special reason being assigned other than that the issue of frst preferred stock was under- stood to be & New obligation, whereas 1f 13 slinply the result of converting the truste@certificates as permitted by a recent act of the Legislature. Quick- iver fell to 734. Tbe railways were affected by this decline and were temporarily weak but ral- hed in the afternoon, and the market closed duli and strong at the improvement, The following were the closing prices of stocks at the last session of the Stock xchan, Canton, 65. 67; Cumberland, 28 bid; Western Union, 321, a 323g; Quicksilver, 8% 98%; Mariposa, 7 a 734; do, preierred, 12; do. first preferred, 48g bid; do, certia- cares, 44 @ 48; Pacific Mail, 805 a 50%; Boston Water Power, 1735 a 18; Adama Ex press, 60% @ 61)4; Wells-Fargo Express, 19 bid; American Exptess, 87s & 8776; United States Express, 46a 48; Mer- chants’ Union, 7 bid; New York Central con- solidated, 924g & 9234; do. scrip, 80:4 4 90:4; Harlem, 141g @ 142%; Erie, 245, bid; do. preferred, 43 a 4 Reading, 96; 8.9614; Michigan Central, 110.4 0 Lake Shore, 8714 @ 873¢; Mlinois Central, 1403¢ a 146; Cleveland and Pittsburg, 100 a 1005s; Chicago and Northwestern, 71a 715s; do. preierred, 82% a 82%; Cleveland, Columbus and Cincinnati, 74 @ 74443 Rock Island, 1203; @ 121; Milwaukee and 8t, Paul, 69% a 6914; do, preferred, 72% a 72%; Toledo and Wabash, 45 bid; Fort Wayne, 9314 a 93%; Alcon and Terre Haute, 3334 @ 2813; do, preferred, 65% & 66; Ohio and Missiasipp!, 287s a 20; Delaware and Lackawanna, 102% a 103}4; New Jersey Cen- tral, 103% @ 10394; Chicago and Alton, 112; do. preferred, 11] @ 113; Morris and Essex, 9014 @ 9034; Hannibal and St. Joseph, 105% @ 107; do. preferrea, 105% @ 1075 Dubuque and Sioux City, 107: bid; Columbus, Chicago and indiana Central, 17 a 1734. THE HIGHEST AND LOWEST PRICES. The extreme fluctuations of the day in the leading speculative stocks are shown in the following table of tue highest and lowest prices: — $96,272, 936,979 ‘ Highest. Lowest. New York Cen, & Hud, Consolidated, 93 O24 New York Central & Hudson serip.. 91 Havtem. Northwestern preferred Rock Isiani... Milwaukee and S Milwaukee and &t. I Obio and Mississipp! New Jersey Central. seas Columous, Chicago ana Ind, Central. Western Union. . Mariposa prefe Quicksiiver Pactic Mau OOVERNMENTS DULL A} The government market was dull and withont special feature. The following, which were the final wtreet prices, were about the average of the day:— United States currency sixes, 112% a 115; do. sixes, 1881, registered, 11334 a 114; do. do., coupon, 114 a 11434; do. Ave-twenties, registered, May and Novem- ber, 10834 @ 108%; do, do., 1862, coupon do., 110 a 11036; do. do., 1864, do. do., 108 4% a 108%, 0. do., 1865, do. do., 109 & 10944; do. ao., 1865, January and Jaly, Ao, do., 10754 B® 107%{; do., do., 1867, ao. do., 105% & 108%; do. do., 1868, do. do., 109 a 10944; do, ten-forties, registered, 105 @ 10534; do., do., coupon, 10534 8 1053, THE GOVERNMENT PUNCHASE OF LONDS. The government to-day purchased at the Sub- Treasury one militon of tve-twenties for the special fund in the Treasury. The proposals to sell em- braced a total of nearly three millions of bonds, ‘The accepted lots were as follows:-— $9,500 1808, va. £216,000 1489, ¢. 0 1835, 60 969,00 146 ‘io0 Is Tbus0 1368, 6, 6 00 a 13,000 185 oe 1500 185 re 5,400 1483, St 00 1862, 10,000 1282, 16.000 1862, ES THE CITY BANK SHARES. The following were tho bids to-day for the city bank shares:—New York, 138; Manhattan, 142; Mer- chants’, 124}4; Mechanica’, 140; Union, 134; America, 145; City, 210; Phemix, 108s: Tradesmen’s, 152; National, 117; Merchants’ Exchange, 104; Seventh Ward, 108; State of New York, 107; Gommerce, 2334; Ocean, 00; American Exenange, 114; Bank of the Republic, 115; Bank of North America, 104; Hanover, 107; Irving, 116; Metropolitan, 139; Grocers’, 116; East River, 105; Market, 120; Nas- sau, 108; Shoe and Leather, 164; Corn Exchange, 130; Commonwealth, 1133;; importers and Traders’, 143; Park, 105%; Central National, 10834; Fourth National, 106; Ninth Nationa, 1107; Tenth National, 108; Oriental, 160%; Goid Exepange, 6; Banker gud Brokers’ Association, 128. SHEET. SOUTHERN SECURITINE—VIRGINIAS AND LOUISIANAS DEOLINSD. Wall street had another demonstration to-day from the Anglo-American stock gambling combina- ton who bave been working the market on both sides of the Atlantic. Recently they operated in Hiinols Central. Last year they manipulated North- western preferred. Now they are working in tne Southern State bonds. Having run up the foreign market they sold heavily m this market, To-day the cable brings news of @ collapse in tne form>r, with the result of asharp decline in the latter for those bonds which have been manipulated by them, The Virginias aechinea to 69}, WNicD 18 about six per Cent of a fai) from the prices to which this specula- tion carried them, The Loulsianas aiso gave way, buthave not deciined so sharply a8 the Virginias, The Alabama fives were strong and rose to 80, The Nortn and South Carolinas were steady gud quiet, The ‘Tennessees were firm and Jractionally higher. Tue latest street prices of the Southern list were ag follows:—Tennessee, ex coupon, 58 & 69; do., new, 604 a 50)4; do., Ave per cent, 44a 45; Virginia, ex coupon, 69 4 70; do., new, 69 8 0944; do., registered stock, 67 a 53; do., regl3- tered, 1866, 66 @ 67; do., registered, 1867, 62 a 63; Georgta sixes, 86 87; do., sevens, 93 a 93%; do. sevens, Interest payable in Georgia, 87 a 90; North Carolina, ex coupon, 4634 @ 47; do., new, 27)¢ & 23; do., special tax, 23% @ 2334; Missouri sixes, 02)¢ & 9244; do., Hannibal and St. Joseph, 92 a 93; Lou- Isiana Bixes, 76 @ 77; do. sevens, 80 a 81; do. eights, 91 4 92; do. levee 81Xe8, 765¢ a 77; do. do. eights, 91 a 93; Alabama cights, 97 2 98; do. fives, 73 a 81; do, sixes, sterling, 80 a 62; South Carolina sixes, 63 a 90; do., new, 82 @ 644,; do® rogistered stock, 80 a 82; City Memphis sixes, 51 a 5134; Qyiy Atlanta eights, 80 a 85; City Savannah sevens, 86 34 287; City New Ur- leans consols, 76 a 76; do. do., Iasue of railroads, 72 73; Mobile and Ohto sterling, 75 a 78; do. eights, 67 a 68; Mississippt Central Rallroad tirat mortgage, 75 8 77; do, second do., 60 a 02; M@pbis and Charleston first mortgage, 86 a 87; do. second do., 77 @ 73; do., stock, 46 @ 48; Greenville and Columbia Railroad, guaranteed, 72 a %5; Macon and Brunswick, guar- auteed by Georgia, 83 a 85. MISCELLANEOUS, ‘The money market was easy at four to dve per cent. The Panama Railroad Company have declared a dividend of tour per cent for the three months end- ing 8ist instant, payable on and after the 5th of April next, The transfer books will close on ihe afternoon of the 27h imstant, and reopen on the morning of the 7h proximo, This dividend is the fifty-aecond in order of declaration. The last quarterly dividend was ix per cent. FOREIGN BXCHANGE FIRM. The foreign exchange market was strong and the leading bankers advanced thelr rates an eighth per cent for sterling in anticipation of some activity to- morrow tn bills for remittance by Saturday's steam- er: The following were the closing quotations ths afternoon:—Sterling, sixty days, commercial, 107% a 10843 good to prime bankers’, 10834 a 108%; short sight, 109 @ 109%; Paris, sixty days, 6.25 @ 6.2144; short sight, 6.205, @ 5.1994; Antwerp, 5.25 a 5.2143 Switzerland, 6.25 @ 5.21%; Hamburg, 35% @ 35%5 Amsterdam, 40 a 40%; Frankfort, 40 a 40%; Bremen, 77% @ 7834; Prassian thalers, 70 a 7024. THE. SUBTREASUKY RELORT. . The following shows the resuits of to-day's busi- ness at the Suv-Treasury im this cily:— General balance yesterday. Gold recespts.-..... + $88,404,321 500,302 Gold payments. . + (1,052,106 Gold balance.. + 78,602,457 Currency receipts. see 1,242,262 Currency payments, + 88 Currency balance. + 6,009,421 General balance: Customs . SALES AT THE REW YORK STOCK EXCRANGE, ‘Thursday, March 24—10:15 A. Me 96000 C'S 5-20, r, '62.... 10834 100 aha Mar pref. 60 US 5-20, ed 100 5 Ms 1000 do 600 Adams bx.. 14 do. 0% 1% WV rm Big “0000 22 60000 ue 7000 we ORM 200) O25 11000 78 400) a1 1000 856 2000 87 6000 aM 4 87 ur en ° BOGEN RA gbdere, Hig AW Clove & Pits, he 3000, '{ 100 Chic &N W RB. ‘10% 7000" 30 lo. 0 2009 a 5000 1 2000 ae 4000 5 jo Bay 000) 82% 5000 1034, 5000 W334 ‘5000 103. 3u00 12034 Sooo Disoeniasscse7 IONS 100 MD Asi Paul RE. n) 10 "4 100MM & St Pani pf... 93g 800 B4 fii tis, bP R Fd 484 50H Del, Lack & W 103, iw do N80 68% 23 Morris & Ee RR... W4 200 Brunewick C Land. a Pg 290 Quiksilver Min Co.. 1164 600" do. BY Hy 107 08 6-20,"r, US 6:20, 6, 164, ‘6000 20000 2000 1000 8 C's, n 1 00 Missouri 6's.. 000 do. y 10000 N ¥ 1200 Reading RR. 40) Col, 0 AIC & 80 do... 100 LS &N BRE... 200 do. 10000 & Miss con be 500 Lake Shore div bs 93 2000 Cen Pac RRg bus SY 10 ct 10.0 93° FNC & Pitts lo. ° 40 abs Fourth Nat Bk. 106 800 Chie & N 200 Pac Mall 88 Co.... 2 do. 3H a0. 100 Mor & Ee RK. 9095 60M rn Co, 2 do 22 908g 200 Mariposa pret. 41C, C, Cink In RR. 74g 100 do. WOALA Ter WRK... B81 W) dOssvevesn.. 0 © Big 100 Objo & Misy pref, 7 200 Dab ABO RRs esc, Wg STREET QUOTATIONS. t Five o’Clock P. M. Northwestern . Northwestern pf Rect Island. Tyga 1% aig 8 asl al Bos, Hart & Erle COMMERCIAL REPORT. Taurspay, March 24—6 P.M. Corres.Rlo eontfuued in demand and prices were ady at former quotationa, There were soid 2,300 bags, ex O. Blanchard, and 800 do., ex Merrimac, on private terms, For other kinds the market was dull, butuncbanged. During the past week there bave beea eold 156 baga Java, 1,294 do, Maracalbo, 175 do. Laguayra and 2,666 do. St. Domingo at prices withia the range of our quotations appended, while about 6,000 bags Bt. Domingo have been shipped to Havre from frst hands, We quote;—Rio, ordinary cargoes, l4\e. 414346. ; falr do., 15 ge. w 1B8%e.; good do., 16 w 1634 do., 17¢, 8 17%0. iM , 5 oer’ 10Wa Bouts ica Western 13s. Manite idare iver So eth Ibe, a Ie. woe Sige -y OOS Bavoniiia, 160, a li sgc.—all gold, COrTON.—The amount of business consummated tu this staple to-day was o1 ‘ate, the demand fiom all classes of wuzéra being jimiied, and the market was rather beavr, Otaless of watch O66 ere bt delivery there was demand, Anxious {0 realize the mare" was rer] 2, a See lb. The sales were ing, for June, at B0ig6. ; 1.0 do. do. 20Ker; 100 do. for Jusy, bates for March, at 2134c., ‘and 300 do. for dune, at $0/%c, a ate, quotations: — a2 ne; le. 40. Bt hee, vod (i yeat 200 tid. do, for’ rina Partie @ anuex Fy fA Mocotpts, 48 bola. Baur, 8 FLOUB AND GBAL Cl ie, 4,1 is. four, corn ment, 22,170 bushels whent, 1,800 do, corn, Bet te, ‘on bal The market tor Stace and “Western ind from ail sources being "1 mer quota. ra ce ‘our quotatio: ‘or future reported sou E000 bia, extra State (or April, May and June, 4 78. delivered Southern Cour was et at “ ob a California flour was du! and nominal, le and » bi 160 45 60 43 Cholve do, +52 Superfine +400 Extrado, 40 Extra Mi 68 Round hoop Obto, shipping brands. + 526 Round hoop Ohlo, trade brande. 55) St. Louis low extra A Py St. Louse atraight extri 7 Bt. Louis choice doubl 70 t, Louis choice famtt 150 Southern choice and f 600 erin 40 4 ty 460 42 @, abo as her wi rm wie at Bt 08 for No. 2 si gia amber winter, mainly at $1 24, 2 Miiwaukee, delivered; #1 18% for at boxe. for Western, in store. ‘and ble, for white Uldo, deilvere Lod af Barley was steady, with sales of 15,000 busbe's Conada, part at yl for common, Barley malt was duli and prices were cominal. Fuesaurs.—The market was very quiet, but rates, were quite stoaily except for grain room. whey commanded blader jgures, ‘The chartering business was a trie more active, A. fair detnand prevailed tor petroleum vessels at about former onnage were more sought after, ‘To Liverpool, 0 bbis. dour at is, 2d.; per steamer, 7,640 busheis wheat at bd. ; 25) bales colon at ‘gd. To Bristol, 12,000 bushe e terns To Bre 250 bales cottou at Myc. 4 110 bbia, show peg 6d. The charters wer ‘40 tons, to Lon- don, with oll cake, in baga at or avout Le, Bi-i & Norwegian hark to a direct part in the Baltic, with 3,000 bbls, petroleans A be. aa Amertenn abip to a direct purton the Lon with 7,5 barreis crude petroteum, at de. ; a bark, with 2, barrels’ petroleum at ts. Bd. i to Bremen, and it Hamburg; @ British bark, d26 to Havana, with abooks, al 180. upon deck and 2ic. under deck; a brig, 288 tons, to BL,"Thou.as, ot Blu tor bargo under Jack, and private rates for cargo upon deex; a bark from a John's, to @ port north side Cuba, 8,000 ahooks, at Ite.; a North German brig, 824 tons, to Matanzaa, general cargo; » schooner, 143 tons,’ to Galveston and back from ry port, with mahogany, and a brig wish about 70 barrels Haptitha, to Croustadt, on private terma, GUNSIx8.—Clotb was aniet at former prieéa, OF bage there were (urther ales of 200 bales, ut Hige. youd in bond. Hay. —The demand was fatr and prices were quiie steady, & 65 ping, 105 x St 30 for Fetal Lots BLS raw ‘a We. for suort do. Mat wes 4% {4ogc., gold, without sales, Jute was held at 54gc. to b'gc. gow whbout further wales. Other kinds were dali and ¢ 6 Wee DO.UOaL Hops.~The market remained dui, there being no demand excopt mall lots. Ho however, remained arm in of ie their views, Sales avout a 28e. for common to ch tue rang grades, MOLASSRS, —There was but litle demand and thet was en- tiraly for smail Jota to supply im. eeiace wan's, Prices were heavy and nominal at tics Tes uotetions, lew were 20 uhds, Demerara at 1c., and 180 bbls, New Orleans at 8c. a b0c., ebleby at the latter price, @ yuote: Yew Crop Cuba centrifugal Cuba clay Cuba milscovado, rt i scovadt, $s Fis, 408 nid, Cuba, (62) do, Hoglish Intands, wud 1,20) bois. "New Orieaaa, NAVAL Stores, The demand for spirice turpentine was fair, but the badingrs was smal, being restricted by the hrunness of holders. 4é)ycr was generally demanded for te lots, while shipping tois were quote ia. within the ye latter price for very small lot. Roa Were more sought alter, bat at lower pri o ere dull, but uncbanged. erupet at 83 = 82 16 the inslie price), 626 do. No. 2 1 at §2 20 8 82 75 and Qoldo. No, 1 and paie at #350 a 5 We uuote:—Strained, 2a 8205; No.2, ¢2 1b a G0; No. L, $2 76 9 $37 aale 4a 85; extra do. and wisdow glass, ®> 2 B $B. Wil- mington tar was di! and prices were nominal at 8265 a ) $128), We heard of no eelea. Plc. In casks; whole, ‘OILS. —Linseed wi nale lots were generall; a 8¥c., withous sales. at giibagi sd. We Lard was qu hard of o0 sa! | bbls. pork, 1,(68 do. beef, 188 t lard, With a continued’ fair demand and small offeriga the market for pork was firmer and prices appreciated to the extent of about oc. per obl,, the market closing strong at the !mprovement, ‘The sales were 409 bb's. In love at $26 25 w v2s 0 for Dew mest 22 8 $295) for Western prime mess, #23 for rumps a 93.%8 for extra prime. For future delivery there were gold 1,:50 bbls, few mee at #26 60 a €26 629 for May and 9.6 50 a B98 65 for Marchand April. Dressed bogs were quiet at Tigo ‘a lic, for Western and 12340 a 1240. for city, f was sieady, with sales ol 1%) bois, at 810 a 1F for plain and extra meas; a'so email jerces within the range of y2t Sv a G88 for prime mess and p2/ @ 853 for India do. Beef hams were in vetver demand at firm prices, The » but paler Cut meals: wore more acltve, for plekled bams, which were more other kinds, Sales 3W packages at Lic, a 16}0. for pickled ~ihe latter price for clinlee—I14c; for do. shoulders, 8 l4ke. for smoked do., 17e, a We. for smoked an 6 hi fo Ke. for belltes, rices were higher na after than the ar 4 being 450 pack- ages at He, a 14%c. fur No. 1 to prime steam; slso 600 tlerces for May delivery at Isc. PETROLEUM. —With comparatively send offerings, and sn improved demand, the market de, fn bulk, was firmer, and prices were decidedly bt rs king Ibe. at the elose, The were 1. cry 14/¢.--almont all atthe Inttor price. Crude, in bbis,, was in activo demand for export, but at lower prices, the market, however, closing fn at about \9igc. for small cargoes. A cargo of 7,500 bbls, deliverable within the next thirty dare, was disposed of at A8/ge. Napntha wnal at 10c, Wyc.—the last sale wad ry Reriduura was dull and prices were entirel: bey saa at pec firmer and prict wi was y future delivery the market sas were higher, ‘There were sold 4, 00 vbla., for May to Decem- der, at Sdc., at which price thore were no sellers at the close, obbing lots were selling motlerately at 2930. @ B0ig0, Philacelphia the market for oil on the pot was very firm, with very ight offer! oloslng About 26%c.; sales only 500 bbs, at 36:40. For rulure dellv- ery-the business was larger, and ‘price were stronger; aaloa were made of 2,00) bole. for May and June at $7%;c., white alex to te extent of 9,000 bois. for Apri to June were ru- jored at cy egpos Re—-Oniy a moderate bnainess was transacted In raw, and the offeringa continuing falr the market was beavy a yeaterday’s quotations. ers were generuily indisposed to Sperate beyond thelr The aules were 450 hide, at 8lge. a 10 nd Porto. Ri 1,900""boxes “at B40. was dull at 24,0. a 127%, for be ce. for soft white, lige. Cor extr @ Igo. for yellow. We append the current quotations:—Cuba—Loferior to come men Tefning, Bec. @ Bc. ; fair refining, 9c, = 9¢0.; good ra fining, 140. & 9igc. : Calr to good grocery, Hgo, m O7¢c.s prime to cholce grocery, 1vc, a 10%yc.: centrifugal, bhds, and boxes, Bye. a lo%ge.; molasses, bhds, and boxes,.Bc. 4ge. a 7c.” Hayana—Boxes Dutoh ean ard, N i Gige, : do, 18 to U6, 0c, @ 1U%46 iG t0'20, Izhec @ 19%56.5'do., Kico—Refuing grades, 6ifc, © . Amann & Co. brs. 95,694 boxes, ‘ado, 'd weheard of no eales of moment, 1 erces quoted at 142, LEDS. ~ 2, a 14. 8 5 nuitta Linseed qroted at BI 1734 a 92 2 old, duty patd, without sales, Other kinds were “ah a former prices, TALLO The demand was paseably active at 6,000 Lbs. at Se. w Bet “Tho demand was Sales 300 dbla, ab B00. 8 enay COTEOX MARKETS, { GALVESTON, March 24, 1871 Rood ordinary, ‘Dc, a Mo. \) bales; stock 35,567 bales, RASS, March 24, 1879, Cotton dull and nominal. and deeidediy lower, Middil Dye. a 2c, Net receipts 3.605 bales; constwise 47 bi total 8,862 Exports—To po avr 10 Cronstadt, 1.180 ba’ bales tock 202,284 bi Moui.e, March 23, 1870, Cotton-Net receipts, 395 bales. Expotts—To the Contts nent, 1172 bales: coautwike, 3 bees. Salen, 150 bales. Btock, 67.97% bales, Market dull; ‘prices nomina:; middlings, 8i}¢, a Bie. is SAVANNAM. Ga., March %4, 1820, Cotton in. moderate demand at a decline: hia it 4 te.) receipts, S14 bal xports--To the Continent, 1.519 bales: constwine, 21 bales; eaies, 100 bales; atock, 81.242 bale Cy, March 24, 1870. Cotton lowe . 190 bales; ables, 180 bales, stock, 19,246 bi Norro.Kk, Mareh Cotton dull and lower; !ow mid bales, exports, comstwive, 1,208 ba! 6,478 Dales, s BAtimonr, March 24, 1870. Cotton dull and nominal: middling, 934405, net Fecalpia, 100 bales; cogstwlae, 32 butes—tots bales; sales, bales: stock, 6,57) bales. ‘24, 1870. coipts, 198 0; atock, Cotton quis ceipts, 66 bale ‘200 bales, MUNICIPAL AFFAIRS. Board of Assistant Aldermen. The Board met yesterday afternoon, the President Mr. Reilly. presiding, # A resolution was adopted directing the salary of the Regulator of Public Clocks to pe Axed at the rate of'$1.200 per annum. The Board concurred with the Aldermen in adopt- ing the following resoiutions over the Mayor's veto, That the Croton Aqui tract for pari ct Department be directed to eon- Fourth and Pilth streets, from ti® Bowery to Mangin street, and First aveaue, from Houston to Thirty: Dinth gireet, with the parement known aa the Robbins’ pra- served wood pavement, at an expense Dot to exceed $5 50 per square yard, , A resolution was adopted giving permission to the New York aud Now Haven Katiroad Company to re- place In Frankiin street. vetween Elm and Cenwe Bireeta, the raittrack formerly used by them. The Croton Aqueduct lepartinent was directed to have the following streots paved with Belgian pave- ment:—rorty-seventh street, rom ‘tnird to Fourth avenne, and that portion o: Second avenue lying betw Forty-iret and sixty-firet ‘ecis, where not aiready paved With the above pavement.