The New York Herald Newspaper, January 27, 1871, Page 7

THE WOLFF ABORTION CASE. Conclusion of the Trial—“Dr.” Wolff Found Guilty of Manslaughter in the Second Degree and entenood to the State Prison for Sevén Years, Yesterday morning the Court of General Sessions Presented a scene of great excitement, espe tally to those who are interested in the administra. ‘tion of criminal justice. The raging snow storm 10> Yerposed no barrier to the crowds that vainly sought admitiance to the court room, drawn thither by the announcement that Judgo Bedford would charge the jury im tho case of Dr. Wolff, who Yas been on trial tor the last two days for man- laughter, In causyig the death of Miss Henrietta Ullman by producing an abertion upon ler, It is only at long intervals taat male or female so-called physicians are placed ut tho criminal bar for trial, owing, In a great measure, to the insuperable legal «ufileuities im the way of obtaining & conviction, ‘eae professional aboruion.st 1a able to command the mosteminent legal t lent that money can secure, who, on tle aetence of indictments of this = class, = interpose technical objections, Wuich often beiog furics and thus lead to @ disagreement, which 18. tantamount to AR sequitial, This is the experlence of the cele- vbrated Madame Kestell, Dr. Covel and other notor xhous “female , hysicians.” Alter the cours was opened and the jury had an- pWered to their names dir. Clinton requested his Honor to charge on a number of points, a copy of which was snbmiited to him on Wednesday evening. Mr. William F. Howe, associate counsel for the accused, rose and said:--Before your Honor charges the jury there is one specific request that I have to “make, and itis my privilege and my deSire to read 1%, It is that your Honor charge this jury, among tha other requests which haye been mado by my associate, “that the District Attorney having, by hig faaldess rhetoric, dyed his professional hands in ‘the blood shed by Mudaine Restell, that that blood should not be Jaid at the door of the defendant, Dr Wo.” Judge Bedford—I unquestionably so charge, Amid profound silence Juuge Bedford then proceeded to harge tho jury as foliews:— JUDGE BEDVORD'S CHARGR. GENTLEMEN oF Tus JuURY—ihe prisoner at (he Dar, Michael A. A. Wolit, stands Indicted for the 4 pee Of Mmansivughier um the second degree. The jtatute under wich the District Aviorney has drawn the mdictiaent reads ag follows:;—"Any per- BON WhO shail auniuister lo any woman with child, or prescribe ior any such Woman, or advise or pro- 4 cure her to lake any medicine, drug, substance or thing Whatever, or sliaiuse or employ any instru. MeNt oF other mca whatever With IMtent thereoy WO produce the miscarriage of any such Wouw, unless the same siuil have been uecessary Lo pre- eerve her lie, shut! in case the deuth of such child or of such Woman be thereby produced, bo deemed guilty of manslaughter tu the second de- gree.” Betore you can render a verdict of guilty of man- slaughter in the sccoud degree against the prisoner You must be sausied veyoud a reasonable doubt that the Distriwi Atiorney Las fuly established the following fa R first—That ihe deceased, on or pefore the 4th of June (tue day ou Which the prisoner paid his AUS Visit) Wiis & yyoMNt Yen gluild. paths Phat he wateitty did “administer to the ~. Weceased medicine, drug, substance or thing. or did use or eluploy any Listiument, Other means what. ever, With juvent thereby to produce the miscamdage of deceased, aud that raid (eatment was not neces- Bary to pre erve her lie, : Third—Lhat by reason of sach treatment a wis. Oarriage Was produced. __ Fourth—that the imiscirriage thus produced caused death. eeping these four facts constantly in your mind 1 ask you to (vliow me for a momeatas I diregt your attention to the maiu ures of this case:—The tirst Witness in behali o: the people tells us that she is the sister ot the deceased, taat deceased pald her a visit on the 28h of May and remained with her until the 12th Gay of June, when she died, It 1s in evi- dence that at the request of deceased her sister calied tn the prisoLer, ‘iat at about ten o'clock in the evening of the 4th day of Jané the prisoner visited the deceased, ‘Tuai deccazed was then In bed; that there was no light im tue room, save that which might possibly be redected through an adjoining eo, 1 a = 4 at oe wuss a alien thereupon turnis, sht, The prisoner § ry Resded ‘ho Tight “diy wineae then Jere tne room, Prisoner remaimed alone with the aécedscd for about five mimutes and then leit. The nex: day tho Sth of June) the prisoner returned about seven Yeiock in the moruing. He was again alone with ie deceased; remained but a few minutes and leit. About two hours aitcr prisoner lett the sister per- ceived an awiul odur in the bedroom. When she had occasion to mike up the bed she also found that the bedclothes and the clothes of the deceased were covered with bivod of a whitish color, as if blood were mixed with water. The sister then tells us thatshe calied upon (he prisoner and asked him What was the matier with deceased, and also in- quired ae the cause of oe ene odor, aan soner, in answer to ticse inqui said. “that the : Seks hago thot Ee i deceased had told him tired wi ‘was in the samily way; that he gaye her some medi- cine and used upon her a Lilue piece of India rubber; af ake, yery good care of her, to let her rest quiet in whe bed apd she would be all right.’ The sister » further telis Us that deceased Ol “J. on the 12th day of sone, seven days alter the pilsoher’s second visit. ‘ © Zhe next witness called by the District Attorney was Pc. C. ©. Terry. He tells us that he assisted Dr, Beach, the veputy Coroner, at the post-mortem examination, wild Uuut the deceased was a pregnant woman; that there were evidences of an abortion, causing Inflammation, Which resulted m death. Dr. Beach 13 called, and tells us that he concurs with Dr, Terry, and further says that the child must have been between five and six months old at the time of the abortion, jeading tuets ia wid aask ‘ Tick 4, Sug) leading facts in this casé, aiid T het Tape a sf tis evidence you tind as matter of fact, thatthe deceased, when visited by the pri- son.T, Wasa wothan with child, that the prisoner did administer mecicine, or aid ‘use or empioy an instrument with imtent pee ee this ints- carriage of deceased, and that said treatment was mot necessary to preserve her jife, and that by rea- son of such treatment a miscarriage was produced, and that the muscarriage thus produced caused death, then, gentiemeu of the jury, 1 charge you, as matter of law, that you tender & verdict o! guilty. If you have any reasonable, well-founded doubt ar upon the evidence, that doubt 19 » uhe ere perty of the oC} 3 you cannot leprit ini of it, and vu ust acquit. Jn conclusion, gentlemen, permit me to say sacred responsibility poy $5% ives upon you, You al twelve men, selected by the people, on the one hand, and the prisoner on the other, to determine under the solemnliy of your oaths @ question, not only Vital to the prisoner, for his future liberty depends upon it, but momentous to each and every citizen of the Commonwealth. The eyes of the com- muuity aro upon you. The hopes of the un- happy prisoner bang, as it were, upon your very ilp% Let no false sensibuity influence your judgments. Your duty is to be just. Look to the evidence in this case; analyze it with a sora wortpy of {eat ponaon as ju sworn without prejudice or bias to sustaid at all hazards ~ the truth, and in thus sustaining the trut! vindl- vate the majesty of the ane You are to look nelthe oe ver. ) ee rh por, t8 ee ley ie or i ink a d Feat and oniy lever of tho ace Phy is e it has bee; Hew fat yb ve tbe Raaered in’ béook fg th v haf testiruony, 80 help you God. And sho ‘ou be convinced of the pil es"? lit beyond ti i sonable doubt ic) io law déclares the property ef the accused, then di ask for the protection inborn ililons, imps in the rendition Of your verdict, flere y declaring in unmistakable languagé that such @ pursing shame and go gross a viclation of the laws of both Ged and man shall not be per- qaitted to escape the punishment due so monstrous a crune perpetrated in the very heart of a community, roressing to be Christian and to be governed by Ww and good order. Gentlemen, the case ts with you. as a » It 1g meediess to say that thé charge of Judge Bedford was listencd to with breathless interest, and the habviinées of the court were unanimous in expressing the opinion that it was the most logical and eloquent address that he has delivered to a % jury since he took his seat upon the bench. TUE JURY ENLIGHTENED, After the jary were out about an hour they came 4nto cours avd requested his Honor to instruct the oMecial stenographer to read the testimony of the sister of the aeceased upon acertain point, The needed information was communicated, and after a lh Ea of half an hour they returued and vende! VERDICT OF GUILTY OF MANSLAUGHTER inthe second degree, coupled with a recommenda- tion to mercy, . Assistant District Attorney Fellows moved for » judgment, MOTION FOR ARREST OF JUDGMENT. Mr. Wm. F. Howe said—if your honor please, it over there was a case in which the necessity existed for postponing raenreae until this QGourt should have presented to li the very many serious and, ag we consclentiousiy believe, fatal ovjections by way of arrest of judgment it presents itself in this case. \Without saying one word at this stage of the pro- ceedings ag to the _ PROPRIETY OF THE VERDICT, 1 have to ask your Honor, sitting as you do, te ad- minister the law, No matter how rare the offence charged, Indeed, the higher the offence the greater tue punishment, the greater the reason that the law -iowd be stricly interperted and honestiy admin. istered, There are several veasona why Judgmeit jould not be pronounced, and I now move, pro vordd, A AKTest Of judgment upon the ground of INSUFFICIENCY OF TAR INDICTMENT, Mr. Fellows announced his readinesa to argue on it reas 10 bo ‘ou, roms Soe ae NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, JANUARY 27, 1871: ihe pot whatever iogat points the counsél pio. ented, Bedford dented the motion and wished Col- ouel Beuows to state the amtecodents of Dr." Wold, Assistant District Attorney aden rosponded and Ry stating that from his well known character in tho c.mmunity no mercy ought to be extended to him. It is simply infamous, sald counsel, that the asser bled wisdom 01 this State have chosen to 11x to mur. fe of tig kind uy tho penalty of seven years! imprisonment 48 the highest peuaity that can bo ax. tended. Madaine Restell, Dr. Evans and vr, Wolff one the most notorious and well known abortioniate mn this isiaud, coustitutlug a detestavle trio, ‘Their dens were Known-to the police as being places for the express puree of procuring abortions. Be- gides, I hold Ing this WolY with the murder of another woman and ber child. It was only because the jury did not know the career of this man that they recommended him to pig 4 He was gratified that at last tweive honest pren Lad the courage to say that the profes Biovat abortionist shall be Convicted tn tis court. JUDGE BYVFOKD AND THR JUKY—A oTRANGE SUENE, Judge Bedford, turning to the jury, said:—Gende- men Ol the Jury, aiter hearmg the District Attor- ney’s hustory of this wan wish to know whether you twelve men, the representatives of the people Of the State of New York, do now recommend the prisoner to mercy ? In asking thts question my only Motive is to pus you, geutiemen of the jury, properly betore the community; for it 18 nanght to me Whether you recommend such a Man as this to mercy, AS you alone assuine this responsibility, T now usk youdo you sull recommend this man to mercy # TUE RECOMMENDATION TO MERCY WITHDRAWN, Beiore the Judge had time to finish his closing Sentence the jury simultaneously rose and to a man said ina loud vulve, “We all withdraw the recom. mendation ty mercy,” the foreman adding (address- ing Judge Bedford), “I thaak your Hoaor in vehali of the jury for your courtesy.’’ Judge Bediord then directed Mr, Vandevoort to ee the usual questions to the prisoner, Who sad he jad learned no trade, and expressed the hope that his counseilors would be able to show 13 antece- dents, SENTENCE. Indge Bedford, in passing sentence, made use of the following significant fanguage:—Woilf, you area Well-known avortionist, But a few days ago Judge Dowllug inaugurated throughout this city an adii- Yable system for te suppression of this rapidly in- creasing crime, ‘That sys.em 13 now being faiintuily carried out with telitag effect by Superiatendent Kelso. The people may rest assured that the District Attorney, Kecorder and ae if will give, on all pro- per occasions, every assisiance to ciush out this monstrous crime and to bavish from eur midst these tratiickers in human iife, In ove word, the authori ties have declared war to the bitter end against the fraternity wich you to-day so gulltily represent, Let every professional aborttonist, mate and feral rich or poor, m this city take warning, for, on co! viction, their fate shall be the saine as yours—name- ly, coniuement in the State Prison tor tho period of seven years, (he longest terin allowed under Lhe Sle t 18 YINALE. Tho conviction aid prompt sentence of this mo- torlous abortiontst met with the universal approval of 9 thronged court room, and unquestionably of the entire community, 1s being the only biow directly levelled against abortionisis in a naniber ol years, It is sate (o say, in the language of Judge Bedford, so emphatically expressed, that the conviction of Dr. Woltt will have a telling ectect in suppressing woman and child murder in the metropois, Tlis important and roteresting Wiat was a fitting close to the January term of the General Sessions, where not only professtonal abortionists, but gar- roters, housebreakers aud midnight ussass ns ceive thelr just deserta, “without fear, favor, atte tion or hope of reward,” at tie hands of City Judge Bedtord and his goadjutor on the beach, Kecorder Hackett, MORE MAR KET ROOM. Long Island Parmers Stating Their Gricvances. How They Are Treated in This City—The Pre- sent and Past Accommodation—Specuiators and Middlemen—New York First, Brook. lyn Second—Tho Proposed Reform— It Must Be Speedy or Not At All— The Proceedings Yesterday. Notwithstanding tue very inclement condition of the weather yesterday there was a veity large at- tendance at the farmers’ mass meeting in Jamaica, About @ month ago the HERALD spoke at length regardiag the complaints and grievances of Long Island farmers while disposing ot their produce in this city. _it 1s to accomplish a reform in the mar- Ket AySteri and to advance the interests of those engaged in agricultural pursuits that now occupies the attention of the farming element, They come plain that the MARKET ACCOMMODATIONS OF NEW YORK crry are inadequate for the great agricultural influx which ts yearly becoming greater, To obtain a de- sirable stand near the market it is necessary for them to leave thelr homes early tn the afternoon, and from the time they arrive at the market until they depart next day their horses are kept standing, unsheliééd “and “nufoddered, in the public Btreets, subject to tle tugs and cruelty of hackmen and policemen. It often occurs that the farmers are compelicd to stand thelr wagons In Dey and Vesey streets up as faras Broadway. While here and in Greenwich street they are tortured by jhe grambling of the business men, and then the poilee orde. then to move, and thus they are driven from street to street, at a waste of valuable time, THRIR YROPUCE BECOMING STALE, and in many cases being compelled to bring it home or sacrifice it, Then, again, they are pestered py the interierence of speculators and middie. men, who seem to have the policé in their { vor, Who offer them a price for their produce, and refused, have the police to ode? them 9. ove Off: 799 6 Was when the farmers of Long island had @ fdarket square iti this tity, paying therefor a nlare ket fed Of six gents; but owing to their own conduct the middieiich 6060 monopolized the square and erected produce houses thereon, Now the market fee las been increased to twenty-five cents, and the accommodations afforded are ag many cent inferior. <All these VEXATIOUS MATTERS wero i ebind thoroughly discussed at the meeting yesterday, und the farming intellect turued for once, ut least, from its wonted study and became literally brilliant apd oratorical. The principal speech was mado by John O'Donnell, Jr., of Jamaica, who set rh very lucidly the grievances above cited, and re- commended several measures for consideration asa Inéaiis of bringing about @ reformation, ‘The most practical Agen advanced by nla Was to make a direci appeal to the > ME re ‘ery +. NEW YORK AUTHORITIRS, 2 04, and if they did not answer thelr petition In favora- ble terms to take recourse to the Srate Legislature. He felt confident that the members from the rural districts would give the farmera their hearty co- operation, and be had time and again heard such legislators proffer vias support if the movement was but commenced Moreover, they had the sup- ort of their own members. He showed that while undreds of thousands of dollara were being ex- pended in decorating portions of the city, not one rit at contributed to improve this important locality. Rilo aay Mich ec Mr. Vanderveer mado a very stirring Speech, pro- posing to - ‘wi watts ** TARVE OUT THE MARKETMEN - by keeping oh the Brooklyn aide of the river, Tho larmers could live without the people of New York, ut the people could not subsist without thelr pro- ance. -He made an amusing reference to ct Cotton” during the rebellion, which elicited much applause. He was followed by Mr. Cooper, of lempgtead, Mr. Marsh, ot Newtown, Mr. Hendrick- son, of Jamaica, and many others, their remarks all ae at ee Roary [osaprneed Ae @ last resort it is proposed to form a stock market com, MAR WARE IN et purchase ereet a Gatinotious market bulldiag, 18 produce in Brooklyn, have regular Sarees outa establish 8 uniform scale ican and entirely dis- conntenance speculators. + Fesuit of such an ar- rangement 1s obvious, For three months in the year the people of Now York are almost wholly de- Renient ppon Long, island jarmers for vegetables, ith @ Market established in Brooklyn citizens wou.d be compelled to cross the Kast river to obtain. them or deal with vegetable vendors, thereby hav- ing to use decayed and unwholesome articles, For the establishment of this market prominent Brook. yn captelists have pledged their word to furnish the jands an THE PROPOSITION 18 FAVORARLY ENTERTAINED hy Loe John Glass, of this city, the Keeper of the Thirty-fourth Street Market, presented a letter to the Convention ofering the use of his premises for the establishment of a market, inf eon that it was the coming institution. This proposition was also enicrtained. Mr. O'Donnell read the HnRaLp editorial, and a ‘yo.e of thanks was returned for the interest mani- fested im their behalf, All the propositions received were roferred to a special committee, and a committee appointed to dratt resolutions and prepare @ petition, The Convention adjourned to mest on Monday, February 6, THE FIRE FIEND AGAIN IN MORRISTOWN, NJ. There was near being a conflagration at Morris- town, N, J.,carly yesterday morning, but through the really. heroic exertions ef the firemen only ene building was destroyed, About three o'clock A. W. Canfield’s two and a half story brick, corner of Fourth and Market streets, canght fire, as supposed, from a stove. The efforis of the firemen to save it were unavailing; but thoy kept the flames confined thereto, and saved the adjoining structures, The thermometer was in the near viciuage of zero, and several of the fremen had ‘theit clothing frozen suffer than buckram. Mr. Canfleld’s loss [s about 000, Mr. Radley, a grocer, loses $5,0U0, and sav- on share in s loss of several more Ola te 6,000, eral other thousand my hand another indictment oharg- | { | “REDDY'S” RECEPTION. Anne The Princo of Murderers’ Block at the Tombs City Prison, anne Ho = Reesives His “Pals” and Upon the Dead Haggerty. Moralizes “Reddy the Blacksmith,’ ag the notorlous William Varley ia termed, is for the present placed beyond the possibility of committing any furthor depredations, To a character like the “Prince of Murderers’ Block,” neither brawls, midnight orgies, living of the hardest kind, or even murder, can have any effect, and thongh he is now placed in a position that would drive any less sensilive human being as crazy 29a ‘March hare,’ he takes but little notice of the matter, and spoke yesterday morning as If tt ‘was quite necessary to kill Jim Haggerty in order to prolong his own valuable existence. Reddy looks upon himself as a necessary evil, to do active service in thinning New York of any rougher “boys” than he himself professes to be. At an early hour yesterday REDDY COMMMENCED RECEIVING HIS FRIENDS at the Tombs City Prison. Members of dog-fighting, rat-hunting and other clubs poured in one after an- other to haye a chat with their oid friend and asso- clate, and found abundance of matter for conversa tion with the old rough, under tle novel circum. stances by which he ts at present surrounded, Na- merous female adniirers and friends of the Kit Burn gang sought admittance into the fnterlor of the prison to interview the prisoner; but, of course, this was not allowable so far as the former were concerved. ‘The general conversation turned upon the “mnss" with “Philadelphia Jimmy,” as Haggerty ts famillar- ly styled, aid some consolation was tendered to Reddy in reference: to THR DYING STATEMENT OF HAGGERTY. The “Biacksmith’s” (riends all congratulated him upon the fact of Haggerty stating that Reddy was net altogether to blame; but the pate ay Tay of hope is daubuess derived frem Reddy's knowledge of the ww upon this particular question—for a0 one inthe United States can claim to have been more aumder suspicions of tie worst Kind, or been edin more deadly aifrays and yet got “scot "than he. He prides hunself upon this experi- Aticast it appeared so from the inanner li he spoke of his “gees? ana “musses” in times gone by. He matotained, ma conversation with a well Kuown frequenter of the “Block,” that nothing could be more ¢ n the manner in & avoid what followed.’ And becamo quite excted as he tendered his nage undergo the griping, rather than the shaking process ol lend, : ig Reddy’s apparent faith In an instant bis case 1s placed before the acquitial the Grand Jury TB LOOKS HAGGARD, ANXIOUS AND CARRW His eves are Watchful as th f a hawk, betrays. mn 8p r that cannot be “In ali my rows 1 ne ed hie to 6 parties ca RO OF ROW seem more conve bout the affair than the hero himscif, anda certain amountof earnesmess and depth of feeling is evinced by the warm handshaking end slang congratulations of his former partaers in vice, Somewhat agaist his general mode of pro- cedure, Reddy is nely communicative, and ex- presses a desive to give every facility in hia power to the public, 30 that they may fully understand his case. ling upow af Post-Mortem Examination ou the Body of Haggerty—isposition of the Body. Yesterday afternoon Coroner Hermann proceeded to the undertaking ostablishiiit of James Winter. bottom, in Spring siveet, to whlch the body of James. Haggerty had beén removed from No. 11 West Houston street, and there presided at a post-mortem examination, made by Dr, John Beach, assisted by Dr, Marsh. {Le ball was found to haye entered the left sidd of the abdoiieb, penetiaiing the intes- tines and lodging in the vertebral column. Death had been cansed by internal hemor- rhage consequent on the rupture of large vessels. The bullet, of conical shape, was evidently discharged [rom a large sted Smith & Wesson re- volver, but the weapon itself has not yet been pro- cured. A large crowd of frienas of the deceased, mostly gamblers and others of that ilk, gathered m the autopsy room, and seemed to be much atiected by the sad fate of their qnondam companion, Among thdse present were pan Noble, Johany Moore, Dick Brown, Broker Dick, Joe King ana others, fis. jury, consisting of Jacob Molr- man, ol 20) Spring street; — Simcon . Belmont, of 218 Spring street; John Tonans, 88 Sullivan street; Francis L. Mead, 106 Thompson street; Isaac Nurse, 208 Spring street; Peter A. Crawford, 19 Leroy street; G. H. Giltzow, 225 Sprin; sreet; Thomas Killean, 185 Spring street; Joun ohégan, 202 Spring street; Theodore Finken, 127 Spring street; John B. Acker, No. 4 Vandam street, and Frederick ‘Mertz, 61 Sullivan street, was then empanelled and discharged to attend at the inquest, to be held at the Coroner’s office, at one o'clock tu- day. The body will be removed to /iladelphia at five o'clock this afternoon. ~ DEPARTMENT OF Do re Meeting of the Commissioners Yesterday— Petitions Received und Accounts Audited-= All Avont the house. : Aa The Commisstoners of Docks held their regular meeting yesterday, president of the Board, Mr. J. T. Aguew, in the chair; Commiz sioners Wilson G, flunt, Henry A. Smit, Willlam Wood and Richard M. Henry, and Mr. J. G, Kane, secretary, present. The minutes of the previous meeting were read and passed and the snail routine business transacted, Commissioner Hunt, chairman of the xecutive Committee, reported back the petition of H. A. Peck that obstructions be removed by dredging from the rear of the Eighteenth ward market, at Sixteenth street, on the Eastriver;. aiso the communication of tho Y Risa BOO PAN CosaAIsSr | asxing that the Horth naif of plors at me tout of Seventy-ninth street, 131st street and 138th street, North river, and 110th street, 117th strect and 120tn street, Hast river, should be set apart for its use in Janding lumber, stones, tar, pitch and other mate- rials forroad makiug. Permission was granted. Commissioner Woop, chalrmau of the Auditing Comnuttee, reported bills audited to the amount of $10,937 36 a3 followa:—Stone, $611 52; dredging, $4,187 48; boring, $538 87; carpenter work, $679 37; Carpets, $580 67; sundries, $173 253 splie driving, 272; do. $1,886; spikés, $407 43; lumber, $2,103 33, These bills, with the exception of two, that of Connolly for stone work and one for carpen- ter work, were accepted. The two referred to were jald over {ill the next reguiar meeung tor the purpose of inquiry, Commissioner HENRY Moved that action on reports of committees be deferred until one week after the reports of such Committees are presented. Carrted. NO FLESH, NO FIBIL The Dundee Feb NOE gr Company sent a pe- tition asking that mstead of cutting the building on their pter in two as ordered, and removing all but the oitice, 1t might be allowed to remain till the open- ing 01 navigation, when they would remove ft entire to Rutherfurd Fark. In ® sharp debate Commis. sioner Henry suggested that the Dundee company should be compelled to remove the warehonse in question at once, as was ordered at last week's session; for it seemed that in any other ruling the Commission wonld be liabie to the churge of favoring & moneyed corporation. They had just refused the petition of Mr. Stocolmb (retarned by the Executive Comat to erect an office on nis own pier, and ho (Air. lenry) would not make “flesh of one and fish of another.” The communi- cation was referred to the Exeentive Committee, and under a suspension of the rules Commissioner Henry offered a resolution that the district officer or Superintendent be ordered to enforce the ruling of the department and remove the Ugg hgh aL once, ‘This wes not, however, adopted. It was de- etded by ba'lot that the Dundee Company must re- move thelr bullding before the 1st of March next. BEAUTIFUL SNOW. A communication was read from Mr. George Law, president of the Eighth and Ninth Avenue Railroad companies, and one from Andrews, McDonald & Oo., owners of the Fifth avenue stage line, asking that they might be allowed to dump snow at duferent piers along the North river, THE G. A. 8. CO. A communication trom Mr, Zollicoier, President of the Metropolitan Gas Light Company, stated the wilitngness of the company to dredge about the ers used by them at the foot of Forty-first and Yorty-secovd streets, North river, as had been sug- gested by the Commissioners. President AGNEW moved that permission be asked from the Depariment of Pubile Works for the erec- tion of a larger building for storing tools belonging to the Depaitment of Docks upon the Corporation A ccmmuntoation from Mr. Sterrin, agent of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Com- MANLY, asking permission to extend their iron butld- ing on pier 48 North river, 80 as to cover the end of the pler, was referred to the Executive Committoo, ( The Board tuon went into executive session, Dandee Company’s Wares FINANCIAL, AND COMMBRELAL, WALL SRE, } THURSDAY, Jan. 26—6 P, M. ‘The severe storm to-day checked operations in the various departments of business, On 'Change wheat was dull and actual transac- tions showed a slight decline in prices, Tne cotton market was strong on the report of an advance in Liverpool, and prices were a fraction highor, MONRY EAsY, The money market was without special feature, other than & diminution in the business, at seven per cent, which rate was exceptional in new loans, The rates on the usual collaterals were six per cent, with exceptions to some of the bettor olass of stock firms | Desa was abont equally divided botween five aud six percent, In commercial paper prime double names | of short date were current at seven per cent dis- count, VOREION EXCHANGE FIRM. The anticipated surrender of Paris and the ex- the foreign bankers cautious about drawing ex- change, inasmuch as peace may occasion the recall of the large amount of European capital that wags invested tn this country since last sumer. At the close the leadjng firms asked 100% for sixty day sterling bills afd 11034 for sight, GOLD STEADY—11034 110%, The newspaper “extras” announcing the surren- der of Paris produced no effect upon the fuctua- tions of the gold market, the slight changes tn which were due to temporary local influences. The price opened at 110%, and settled down to 110%, at which it was quiet during a good portion of the forenoon, Subsequently some animation was produced by tho large amount of gold bia for at the government sale, and w brief furry carried the price up to 110%, From this point it again went off to 110%, but at the close recovered to 110%, which figure was bid the remainder of the afternoon, The news from France rected attention to TUE LONDON QUOTATION, Which came better—viz, 993g for the Ave-twentles of 1862, with @ corresponding improvement in the British funds, The cable telegram appended tre “markets firm on the prospect of peace,’ Which sequence was hardly the original inference in the Gold Room, of a cessation of hostitities, The impression tn that apartment favored & very active money market in London as the first result of peace in the financtal situation, and a consequent dectine on shares and stocks, Its true, of course, that the advance to-day in the London market was only trifing, but the fact has certatnly pnazled the phi. losophors who had settled the question tn their minds long ago, to the eventualliles of peace, THE ¢ NMENT SALE OF GOLD. ‘The Assistant Treasurer, General Hillhouse, sold a million gold at the Sub-Trersury, to the mghest bidders. The amount bid for was $8,120,509, which large figure was due to two causes, viz., the desire to cover outslanding specuiative contracts at the Gold exchange, and to get specte in return for some of tho national bank notes with which the banks are glutted and which are a legal tendor in payment of all sums due the government—~the operation allowing a slight fraction of profit, particularly If the gold were obtaied below the market rate, The competition proved too much for the success of the latter part of the plan as the bids, which ranged from 110,60 to 110.67, were numerous enough ta tho higher figures to ailow the placing of the whole mii- jion at 110.64 @ 110,67. teh bove the average of THE PRIOS OF GOLD in the open market. The fluctuations in the day's busiuess in the Gold Room are shown in the table:— 10%% 140 P.M. 0} Hog 3’. a bss 110% 110% 10a We 3 PL Me lio 4PM . “ » 119% 5:80 PLD Tn the gold loan market the rates ranged from sees 95! ,009 In specte. GOVERNMENTS STRONG AND BUOYANT. The government itst was buoyant, although (he busmness of the ay was light, the market feeling the restraint of the sey storm, The news from London, however, giving higher quotations for our five-twenties, as well as the steadiness, if not strength of gold, started prices on the upward turn, and the demand ran strongly upon the ten-forties, which for a time were 109 bid, The old, or “long, bonds were also much higher. After the last board there was some disposition to realize the profits of the riso on the part of some small tors, and the final specula- Street quotations show a reaction, as follows, from the best prices of the day:—United States currency sixes, 110% 2 110%; do, stxes, 188], registered, 1127 a 11294; do. do, coupon, 11245 a 112%; do, five-twenttes, regis- tered, May and November, 109 a 10974; do, do., ¥ ¢ do. coupon, do, 169% & 100%; do, do. 1864, O., L09 @ L08)¢; dO. do., 1865, do, do., 109 a 1094, do. do, registered, January and Jniy, 108 a 10 Ao, do., 1885, conpon, do, 198 a 108%; do, do,, 1507, do. 6., 105%, 0 1083,; MO, 0. 1998, JQ.) 108% 0 do, ten-fortios, registered, 1055¢ a 108%; do. coupon, 108% a 103%. STOCKS IRREGULAR, UNSRITLED AND DULL. The stock market was at times very dull and no important changes took place, at least as compared with the fluctuations of the recent period of activily. In the morning prices were heavy, and in some instances lower as contrasted with the Closing street quotations of the night previous. At the last board the, market assumed more steadi- ness, although , frequent ghan, es occurred within lumtted quolatigns, ‘a qualided hrégularity which | 2000 Us prevailed to the close. The extreme range of the shares 13 shown ta the following tabie i and lowest prices:— T be. oS tese Alighest. Lowes New York Centrai condolldated..” 06 re nutral $54, Mwankee an Milwaukee and St, Paw Ohto and Missisi THY RALLWAY MORTGAGES. The following were the bids for tne railway mort. gage bonds:— Gt Went Ist m, 1863, Gt Weat Int m, 1588,. Gt West 2d m, 1893, juin & Tol Erte Ist m. ex. Erle 7's, 2d m. 1879, Erto 7's, Bd end, '83, ‘ac. Nor & Essex Ist mig, Mor & Eqsex2d m. Cley & Tol sink fans tral 1 FWe gale 25 hi . Pitts, F W & Chic $d m. 92 Clav & Pid m, ws ¥$ Clev& Pid m. Glev & P 4th m. a Chi & Alton af... 0 | Chi & Alton tat me to2 | Chi & Alt income. cme Obfo & Miss 1st m | Ohio & Miss con. 3 i Dub & Sioux ©, lat ma... 92 95 Peninsula RR bonds. ... 10. 8446 SUL & Tron M lst m, .. 83¢ | $836 Mil & St Paul Ist m 8's. 1065) Ya MILA BEY Ist m, 78-10.. 94 87 Mil @ Bt rau Ist......... 914 9644 Mil & St Paul ad id 8434 Ohfo & Mil Let m. . 104°" Jollet & Chicago Ist m Tunek & Wert ba: % Col, Chie & I Del, Lac & 00, Del, L& Weat 2am... 94 ‘Tole Wa Ist m, ex... 98% ‘Tol & W Ist m,StLdiv.. 83 Toi & W 2d m. 85 Tol & W eanty 3 Toi & W cons con 8335 SOUTHERN SECURITIES STRONG, ‘The Southern State bonds sympathized with the | Tenneasees and North Carolunas, which were firm and a fraction higher. Dealings were light and con- | fined to the leading and best known issues, At the close the following prices were made:—Tennessee, ex coupon, 64% 0 64%; do., new, 64% a 644; Virgima, ex conpon, 6 a 63; do, new, 61 a 62; Georgia fixes, #15 & 81%. do, Bevens, 839.69; North Caro- Tina, ex coupon, 4644; 8 47; do., new, 24 & 24; pected subsequent peaco in Europe have rendered Bac @ 84; Alabama fives, 70273; do. eights, 975% 98; do, vallioad eights, 06 a 96; South Carolina eixes, 75 a 63; do, new, January and July, 605¢ 8603¢; do. do, April and Uctober, 60 a 61; Arkansas sixes, 53 & 60; do, sevens, 57 a 60, THM WABASH AND BRIM CANAL BONDS. The question of the redemption by the State of Indiana of the unsurrenderod bonds of the Wabash and Erie Canal ts again agitating the authorities of that State, Recently the Governor solicited the opinion of several prominent legal gontlemen, whose conclusions are the basis of a movement in the State Legislature looking to tho redemption of the bonds, which are extensively held by the New York savings institutions, and other corporations tn this vicmnity, The points of the opinion are thus summod up in the response to the Governor’sgn- | at five per vent, On government soourities the bust- | ty So far, therefore, as concerns those wnsurrendered bonds referred to in your levter, leid by parties who decuned to becume pariies in tho Buller Rajustment Of loi0-47, WO think it very Clear that they are valid, legal domands against the State, and that it i the mianiest duty of the State to recoguize them aa such and to provide for their payment. As suggested already, the payment of these bonds cannot be en- by direct iegal proceedings against the State, wa the hoiders of tho bouds have @ lien to secure their payment ou property once owned by the State, but now owned by private persons and corporations, claiming under grants made by the State, the pay- ment may bo coerced by legal proceedings against the present owners of the property to foreclose tho ken. ‘The case of Trustees of tne Wabash and Erie Canal vs. Beers, above cited, estab.tsues the right Of the bondholders thus to vroceed, All those uniinished pubic works were disposed of by the State tur waat was deemed by the Legisia lure @n adequate consideration. La no caso was the assumption of the payment of those bonds, or any portion of them, a@ part of that consideration, The works were not sold Subject to any Hen on account of this Indeptedness, ‘The present owners of tuose several public Works ave uncer’no moral or legal obligation to pay those bouds than they are to pay any other doblor the Stute, They ure liable, ax oLher citizens are, to pay their proportion of taxes for that purpose, and there thelr moral and legal duty in the premises ens, ‘There ts clearly no more justice in permitung ings property iu thelr hands to be sold for the payment of this debt than taere Would be in confiscating any other private property of theirs for tie payment of this or any other debt of the State. if the state should arbitrarily refase payment Of those bonus to the hélders, and should perinit the Wabash aud rie Canal and the other canals and roads covered by the len to be sold under judicial proceedings to satisty the debt, without making full aud just compensa- Won to the owners Of the Works 80 sold, It certainly —- be justly chargeable with violauion of good faut, fi out of the proceeds of such sales the bonds should be savisfled the itability of the State would not be atanend. It would only assume a new and probably more serious form. The owners of the re- spective canals and roads so sold would immedi ately Hive a claim against the State, the justice of which would be too manifest tobe dened. Lhe attt- tude of the owners of tho stockof the Wabash and Erie Canal towards the State is such that if the canal 8 ld be sold apon iis len most ‘ious embar- rassments must result, It 13 understood that tue owners of that canal stock desire that the State should resume the ownerstitp of the canal and re- assume the indebtedness adjusted under ihe Baller ¢ ‘olise, and that they claun this as a logal ora moral right, This question had not thus far been constderea either In tie legislative or judicial de- pu pnt of He State gover ame: But it ts un- derstood that many ettizens wholly coatroverted the claim, and that a contest over tne question either im the legisiauye or m tie judicial forum, is immiant, If the canal, or’ either diviston of it, should be sold upon both or her of the liens referred to, to satisiy the outstanding four to six per cent for carrying. The operations of the Gold Exchange Bank were a3 follows:— Gold cleared. + $15,369,000 t balan . 86: ) Currency b ! ‘The European steamer took out ¢ 200 j 100 Qatel 195 | #1000 Tenn 6’, new. bonds of the State, and if tie creditors, who ha taken the canai in coimproniise of their debta, suoaid thereupon demand a recision of the compromise agreement, and they be let in again as credicors, their demand would be entitled to serious cousider- ution, It they should urge that thelr bonds t surrendered by them to the State in ange for tle canal should be restored to them, because the State had sutfered the property to be sold and taken froin then for the payment of its owa debt to otter ersons, the argument wouid, to say the least oF 44, be plausibig. And it seems ‘bot improbante “nat it the cant snow ve : Si ‘The posses. sion of its present owners under the Tigi Bren.o4 bY the State in 1836 and prior thereto, for a debt whigg it has neither paid nor adjusted, the claig for a re- sumption ot that partof her debt which was ad- insted under the Builer compromise weuld grow in impoxerce and gain great strength, and, im the ui gment of the pec, !@, become practically seitied n advance against tid rates sk It would be dif. cult, if not impossible, to say thal ths pa seidiement should Kave aelither their bonds nor the property wuich they agreed to recetve mm their diy charge. had been SALES AT THE NEW YOAK STIG EXSMAYIE. Thursday, Jan, 26—1 #81, cow.. 112 100) US 5-20," 0,'U5, no 108 400 do. mall 103. do, 134 143000 do 93 108's 80) Harlem ii 2000 U § 5-20 JUD! 4 WH do C0 Georgia é 600 Georgia 2000 Pac R78, g 1000) Cen Pac gid bd 6000 U Pac RK Ist m.. 1000 Un Pac 7's,1g ba. 160) Uhie & NW lat m.. 3 104 rN 8 B76 WD Mors encosessb e fea te Iptin... 8 va dS Ba pas Col, & 1C, lata P34 WOMNs St P pfd..... 2 Bk... 10g 20 Dewees Y Tod, ¥ - 5 ig 2 BRWee k 100 Ada 109 NY nel 215 o?Ciock P. $4100 US 5-20, c, '67.b8 10814 500 1 10345 2600 US. 12000 US 6 100 US, 15009 38500 TONWO 4000 US 5. 100 Georgia a % JW Alabama Bia. 000 A 7's, MEL BR RR. 1000 Cen fas gold pds. Hou Col, Ca Ind Gy Ist Bow g £1 0,20 m... 65) 2000 Wife SP Sie, dat 10 ahs Camb © & iro: 800 Woal Un Tul. . gd tb cp 6 pleve ie" we if ee 63, 200 ai os fe Gass on iinots 7Panama SR do k M Co. 09 da 100 Wells-Fargo Ei: 200 Chie € Re I RE 200 do, do. 120) di 50 Stoniugion Ri, 200 Mil & 8 1000 Olio & Misa R 300 Mil &St Pani p 1g 100 Tol, Wab 10 do... 1004 & 8t Joh BOON ¥ © it 82 Chie & Alton SSz5E25 Seuateteiter SSSSSSERSBRT ESSE TES : ES a a a a a a a a A vate vorms. ot : ad do, 80., i Dam ‘dara ct e ic * i, ot. omingo (in be we Lie, gold, duty pal” renee wasno market, ‘The No. 2 spring at BL 3, winter at #1 40.0 1 Jo po dm few amall parcels of wore 12,000 bushe! meats of only 1,000 bbls, flour, by #atl, to London, at 26. 100 baies hops, by steam, to Loudon. at 7s cotton, by ateain, to Liverpool, at 618d. m gd. HAY was dul, but wveanged, ping at $1 20 and retali qualition at $1 90a BL Tors were entirely nominal in the absence of sales, MOLASHES Was Inactive, Only small Teported, jndienting unchanged prices, centrifugal and mixed, NAVAl Srours.- f dull, with some few ont at 450. ; most boiders demauded 43! No business ot trained, in Wilmington, at gaged at 4s, Gd. for Liverpool. TOVISTONSKeoetpts, 92 packanes pork, 1,675 do. eut meats, 1,211’ do, lard. The por firmer under a hotter devvand, and higher. Th BO do, beef, for now wi Februmry a quiet, but at was quiet, bi ‘ab on the spot and all this monti Mareh, ly. We heard of no now transactions. Bacon firm. at wharl today, at 11% ar gold for M ort clear, 1! rib, Wye. W rt clear, 1 Late dehvery at Lo. long clear, UL hort clear, UW cumberland, 149. a Hse, Sais were bi bola. for February on private ter 2,040 bbls. do, on private terma—understood at 2430. —am 5.00 bbis, for Febrosry, March and April ise oll nas ruled 29, a Blo. Hand May, and 10) the market be actions. . 8c, per Tn, ai Tae. per Ib.; er Ib. god, In ale, kuow of no trapsactions, at Fr, and the cons were Hgut, embracing 4 hhda,, on a basis of § ‘a 9%. per Ih. for fair to good retin. arket wi n powdered , Indicated in our quoiations, Inferior to common refining rime to ehotce grocery, 10 nite faynl, hogsheads and boxes, £0. 103, 3 heads and boxes, e. a 946.5 melado, 4c. a Jo. Mavens standard, Nos. '7 to 9 846% 9,4 do. 10 $404 do., 18 ‘to 15, } ‘ab. 18 to 23% 0.5 doy = i rades, 90, & ‘ TY gEAves,, Gi ite, 13\Ke. = { ye 2%, w Take. thy de price for powdered. STRABMy was inactive and nominal at Ic, per Ib, for PRO. cor ali this month, and io. for February. sales at 8/40. & Be. ice. for gout to chol 903 bbls, The PRIZE FIGHT We cn ee meer ee TENG ah A Mill Beiweon Red-Handod Mike aad Ka St. Clair, Near Dubuque, On the 20th inst, there was a prize fight near Da- Wo note sales of 250 boxes short gb ° v oc. & om Rh AND GRALN.—Keceipta, 7,400 hbk bushels wheat, 1,400 packages oorn'most, 17.090 bie 7 Bdo- mal. ‘The jour tate re 4 aged. The sulea com Wa 0. ¥ Sta 116 aan i tat 4 ara State, sa 1 oO FE: Stat 6% 1 Chole do: 705 1m Supertine 6lia 6 Extra. do. Smad ixtrn Min Twa found hoop Ohio, shippiny brands, 3 ha 6 Houndhoop Onto, trade brani oe 1m * rate a 108 8 8008 to 1408 6 Southern exira and family. iz wae ld Cornmeal, Jeraoy Ce Corn ‘meal, Brandy re —W Least was dul, a done, ere ivered, Prime new No. 2 spring was vomie pally $1 54a 41.55, Corn was quiet, but firm, with miles of wbout 13,000 bushels, at BA ‘be, for new nixed and 80. & e low. Onte were dull, but nominally unchanged. at (rom 6¥e. a 65e,, 1n store and A we have to note engay an nf ., and’ 1,000 balos We quote, North river ahip- dobolng sales wate @ quote:—CUDy ®2e.; do., clayed, 20. w, do., murcovado rofiniu, ‘a Bids,, dd. do, grocery, B00. *; Porto Rivo, Bo. '« 65e.; English Islands, 260, 6 4Be. Now Orleans, 650.’ 76. market for spirits turpentine ot full parcels foe, portance wa coniummated, Rosing—Tho market strained ruled stronger, with more call from shi littes sold slowly ‘at unchanged Ogurer. sargo of strained, 2,400 bhia., “at #4 85, and 8,000 bie. 81 85, f.0.b, with freight om canal ara yricen were const Jes comprised about 4,600 bbla, at hig a ‘ Tt S35 Siig Tor Apri” Boot was if ‘ut meats were tr uiet, at former prices, Lati'was tirmer, with salox Kages at Lo — 1 i Wore contraoiag salen were tlorces, at 1bigey ese. tor March anit Me. for Apel. PRE ia bulk, for prompt delivery riled firin at Sines, There was more speculative We quoge:—For spot, on pnivate For Phila jerable apecuiative Miro to May, ab Be. 600 bbis. eachy bla, for May at Q5ige, rT aud strong at $415 on upper 1 Caroitng, enting a sale of 520 bage We quote timothy fog) nd about 1.900 “boxes, partly at sg, por Ibs 10fe, per Ib, for No. 1218 an inside quotation.’ Por refined lot but firm, excepting a slight ra We markel was quiet but prices were GrBn, ket ruled steady puque, lowa, between Michael O’Connor, better known as Red-Handed Mike, and Edward A. St. Clair, in which the latter came off second best, being dofeated in tWeniy outids of sevéntcen minutes. The Dabuque Times thus reports the rounds;— Nd 1—Thé position of St. rac parred that he meant to avold ail fancy fightin and adopt the style generally called, in the slang ot air was a high, petul guard, but it was evident from the way he the ring, “sluswing”—i.¢., heavy blows qulckly,de- fhe livered and go shrinking lrom punishment fighting was sharp and close, both evting In a few blows on the body, and St. Clair receiving a cut over the rigat eye and @ light one on the breast, he easing hiniseif down, ending the bout in filly seconds, Claims of first blood were made by both sides, Dut a fowdrops of red betug seen te ooze irom the cut above St. Clau's eye ROUND 2, it was awarded to Mike, and ridiculing his style of fighting. excite Ed. @ aud he soon hand, and bi ke endeavored now to get his oppo- nent excited, and commenced calling hin vile names: This did nos lonly caused the crowd to hiss Mike, ing for the hot work on fast fora secoud, when St, Clair cluched and wae thrown. ROUN: ait the eal eye ave symptoins of swelling. Mike was smiill D 2,—St, Clair was the frst from his corner of time, as he was in every round, Bte St. Clair received a blow on the torehead, when te clipened and tipyw O'Connor heavily. Hodge Lo Moay he. Loy clinched and St. Clair was thrown, oth up prompt, and after a few passes The wrest- whenever they closed in was fine, and every nerve was siepined as only the tratned athletes of the cireus ring can do. Kounp 5.—#oth men up qnickly, and some heavy Diows were giveh on the body of boil, when they ciipched aiid fell sid by stae, RouNp ¢.—The sparring in this round was the best yet show. Mike got in @ heavy blow on St. Clair’ Chest, felling him on one knee and hand, which the new rules calla down. First knock dowa awarded to Mike, Rounp 7.—Thia was the longest and hardest fought round of the fight, and St, Clair, acting on the ad- vice of his second, wrongly given, ducked his head toayoid punishment, but Mike resorted to under- cuts, whicu told fearfally on St. Clair’s nose, dtaw- the ruby freely. St. Clair got in several heavy body blows, when he closed On Mike and threw him heavily. ROUND 8,—Rets were now offered by sike's back- ors that the Aght would not last half an hour, with, no takers, and it was evident that Mike meant to make it short if he won, a3 his wind ts rather short. He sparred turiotisly and got in one on St. Claire breast, when Ed. retorted by a tremendous blow om the loft cheek of Mike, sending him to grass like « heing tue heaviest knock down of thé battle, Mike e U ‘OUND 9.—St. Clit? again attempted the dodging game and received a fearful undercut, slitting nis upper lip and lierps him to the ground, Roun» 10 was the shortest of the flant, and after @ few counters snd passes they clinched and Mike got down iO avoid punishment, both bieeding se Yerely, bike from the cut over tre cye and St Clair from the lip and nose, + ROUND Li Was brisk and heayy blows given and taken, St. Claiv closing in and Mike, shirking » wrestle, gets down, From this time to the end of the fight be shirked in every clinch, OUND 14,-—Some fine sparring and good blows | given and Takei ) Bb. Claw received @ fair ene anc Got dowii, ore ee OUNDS 13, 14, 15 gna 18 were short and gutck, th bleeding considerably, @ad the four rounds eused by Mise stirking a wrestiéand et os down. Rownd 17.—voth came up front, St, Clair trst, as in every round; Mike blowing, though not punished much, "St Clair fought him sharp and forced him into his corner, When they clinched and St. Ciatr slipped and was thrown in the Mike falling heavily upon him, Cries of foul, fonl were raised by dt. Clair’s seconds, but not allowed by the refered. Mike was 80 exasperated that they should call a fout that he started from his ¢orner and threatened to whip St. Clair and both his seconds on the moment, but was quieted down by Andy, and yet he cae up ia a rage for Round 18, and fouai furtousty, driving St, Clair to his corner, when they closed and Miko shirked STREET QUOTATIONS. Half-past Five West Union Tel. Xa 46% Northwe: Pacific Mail.... 41%,a 41, Northwes Con con... 2% % 95” Rock Ini NY Con scrip. 9a Wy St Paul rie. 1%a 22 St Paul Readia, 8, a 84 Wabash Lnke Shore... (3a 8215 Ohio & Si COMMERCIAL REPORT. TAURADAY, Jan, 6-5 P. M, Corvox.--The market opened under considerable excite. ment, soliers asking Ye. per ib. over the quotations of yea- terday. Few, if any, sales were effected upon this basis, however, the market subsequently ruling weak and closing tame at Age. per lb. advance, The demand was largely for export, the sales to exporters reaching 3,914 bales. Spinners bought sparing!y, taking 614 bales. The sales for apecuia- tion were only 100 Dales and in transit 200 bales~ Total 4895 bales. We quote:~ M4 1 rt Good middifn: \ --Future doliveries were acne, advancing 4c. & Closing with the improvement partially lo*t, Weg cy but ne sales were at p00 bales, as follows:—Js 5 BU February, 40 at Muroh, 1,00 at 159 t ter on Jee. paid to exe WO Pobrunty. for 10 arch}. Ife, paid 40 exchange 400 Janunty for 30 Febru, w Y, Last evening, after report, the market was quiet, th salen not exceeding 1,700 bales, for January Hata af ach 's60 ne MOREY wy ie Pee Ns x x 5 in at be. average quotations s forward doltverion were: —- do,, special tax, 183¢ a 19; Missouri sixes, 804 a 90; do, Hannival and St, Joseph, 89 a 89%; Louisiana #ixed. G6 a 48: leven Sixes. 72a T4: do, do, ciglts, 89 Tanuary, 1 BA; Maren, ri doin at LSscers May nord atl 40. ewe Cort kr.—The market continued firm, but the demand was | mall. We note sale of 500 bags prime Rio, per South | America, at 12340., 994d; tn bond: iso at Kew Grisans, Boo | bava Sto to arrive, balauce of cargo er Bobwolta, on yrts | down, as usual, to aveid a weiting. Rounp 19.—st, Clair looked a little worrled, and his right eye was about closed, yet he fought well. Mike was panting heavily, After a few blows given and taken they clinched and fell, Si. Clair shootiog pe Way through the ropes from the torce of the ROUND 20 AND FINAL.—St. Clalit came up prompt end fought well. He received a slight blow in te face when he closed iu and threw Mike heavily. He was iad rted to his corner, when, to the surprise of all, his seconds threw up the sponge, ending the fight in twenty rounds and seventeen minutes. Mike advanced to his corner, and they shock hands in seeming friendship. Cheers were given for both men and the crowd quickly dispersed. SHOCKING IRON MINE ACCIDENT. A few days ago @ shocking accident occurred In an iron mine at Mount Hope, Sussex county, N. J It appears two men were at work in it alone, when & large rock, Weighing avout @ ton, became de- tached overhead and feil upon them, instantly Kill- ing one and horribly crushing the leg of the other. The latter was fortunate enough to disengage him. geif from the rock, and, putting forth almoat superhuman effort, climbed @ rope to the Jer leading from the mine, on be. weak to the top. Bleedwg and Crawied a atstance of @ quarter Of ® wile Py the nearest house, where he received aid, Has eg was amputaied the same day and tt ts hoped tise he wiil reco: wo ‘The man who Rtg van J about twenty-laree ycars, an Engitshman, w! fa been ia this conntey Ou About tURGE Weel garried to bis corner, wile Sf, Olabr a ‘oudly ae “4