The New York Herald Newspaper, April 5, 1875, Page 3

pn SPRING BUSINESS. Boston’s,, Comforting Assurance of Trade Revival, THE NEW ENGLAND COMMERCIAL = GAUGE, The Old Dominion Working Carefully on ‘Hardpan.” WILMINGTON’S USURY BUGBEAR. The Past Winter’s Cold and the Crops. The cold of this winter of 1875, commencing with January, is sald to Lave bad no parallel since 1741. Exactly bow cold it then was is not stated, except with reference to regions along the sea- board, when ive fliled all the ocean bays. In the interior the Gold coud not have been severe, be- Cause loiests covere| the lace ofthe land. Lhe year 1835 was certuinly cold; but that of 1817 was the most terrible ever experienced in this coan- try. The winier ten was, on the whole, muid, but heavy frosts were frequent througn the spring. There were sharp frosts in June and July. Searcely avy corn was raised and wheat produced littie more than seed. The sollowing Winter almost brought @ famine; men and beasts Were put upon short allowance, and when spring opened green herbage was eageriy devoured, During tne two following years the great concern in rari lie was to ob- tain grain im quantity sufficient tor seed, And it was not until 1820 that the country re- covered from that cold summer. When grain Once more becime sbuadaut prices were ex- tremely low, ior the effects of the war from 1812 {0 1814 pressed upon the people. Money was 80 Bearce thas taxes were pald wath tue greatest difficulty; im many parts of the country waeat would not bring twenty-five cents in cash a busucl, and lite was wholly sustained by family industry and manufaccares. In regard to tais—our cold winter of 1875—it is to be said that there is abundance of bread food, Jor wheat was an exceileat crop last y: od Muca accumulated weulth enables thousands to live comiortably; but the masses are put to great Inconvenieuce and deprivation 1s common, Nor Is the commercial world much less affected vhap the industrial world, Severai causes besides the cold have combined to make our winter long to be remembered, Toese are the short grain crops, especially of corn, in those States which hitherto have turnisned a large surpius; a protracted Grougit, widespread visitations of destructive insects and a general depression of business, By all sccounts, the loss ol vegetables, and in particular o1 poraiocs, must have been enormous this wiater, Ip prairie regions and wmerever the Matare of tne ground demands that so muca of the cellars a8 18 possible suall be above ground, trost hasireely penetrated; while vege(avies in pit: Ampiy protected against commou winters, have been badly irozen, Indeed, all houses seemed to freeze through trom the top to the iound.tion, Window garaening naving been widely established ‘Within asew years—an evidence ol reflaement aud culcure—nas suffered a logs uf perhaps turee- fourtbs of ali house plants, and litte was saved eXcept where fires were kept all night, During tne last two years @ drougnt bas pre- Vailed turougu mosr of the Northern States and in paris of the Soutn, and so severe was it in some Dortions o: tbe Wess that rallroaas were obliged to run water trains to supply their engines. ‘Lhe winter an immense number Of wells went dry, creeks were irozen to the bottom, and water bas been obtained for cattie thioagh blinding suow and intense old by Meaus of the moss desperute efforts, Tnese-dis- tresses were augmented by reason of the pro- tracted coid and the absence of the usual January thaw; but, Goally, tu February widespresding Tains descended, streams again ran, anv’ almost immediately weils began to rise, Which must be considered singular, ior meanwotle the ground was Irozen 10 @ greut depth, but undonotediy Water soaked through trom the bottoms of un- irogen swamps. No such scarcity of water has been experienced for at least two generations, and the question of even living upon many tarms ‘Was Deginuing to be considered. lt now seems evident that ordinary vems of water do not de- peod upon interior reservoirs, but upon rainsall, and tbat our general water supply is much more limited than nas been supposed. Toe cold has beeu more remarkable for ms duration than jor its intensity, since previvusly it Was vy no means uncommon ior the mercury to snk beluw zero on @ Jew occasions, bat nuw we have reports irom Many quarters of the mercury having deen at an average of ten degrees beiow jor more than thirty days, The effect on trait trees aud shrubbery must be disastrous. Peach ba ire widely Killed, and it will ve fortunate if the wood itself is not fatallpinjored. Half bardy apple and other trees may be expected to be Killed back hail aod three-iourths, while vines and berry busues, uniegs protected or in savored localities, are likely to be Killed to the heart. Nursery stocks, by reason of thick planting, shoaid be less injured. it will take some time, perbups untu early summer, before the extent of Such losses cau be fully ascertaimed, but, in the aggregate, they are certainly more serious than We have ever bad belore. The Southern States are of covrse more iortanate, and they will nave @ gteat advantage in this Norihern disaster. ‘ihe cattie-feeding interest of the West is far from oeing prosperous at present. Witn corn at MXty and sixty-five cents @ bushel and beef on foot bringing unly five cents @ pound there is a loss Of avout ten cents on every busbel ied; and yet there is no help for it. The cause sor this em- barrassment lies directiy in the short corn crop of lust year, which sorced cactle on tae market beyond ite needs, but with the coming season increased prices jor Stali-ied beef seem certain, Tne drive from Texas wuich ls Dow getting ready for the journey to Kensas City 18 estimated to reach the Dumber of last year—that 16, 200,000 head; but not Much good beef can be expecced irom this quarter before autumn. Sheep seem to have come through the winter in good heart, and on the Western plains the snow fafl has been sought that both sheep and cattie are in excellent condition. Beet of good quality can ve had from this region by the middie o: Juae. Toe coming winter wheat crop is thought to be promising in all regions north of thirty-nine degrees, or Wherever snow has jain on the ground during the extreme cold. But trom south of tuis latiiude and reaching imto Keutucky, where shoice white wheat is growa, come gioomy reporis, Recently muca of toat country has been covered wita giare ice several inches thick, whien ougnt to aifura protection, In Caiiiornia fail rains were fo timely that an Uncommon breadth Was sown, NG the yield will probably Much exceed that of lastyear, Howe twere is #0 much oid wheat Ou hand that sue question is more in regard to coro, They who are in tue havit of propnesying Say that tne Coming season is to be fruitiul, Frost has penetrated to @ depth hitherto unknown, Whereby elements of fortility will be set tree, Whe the dfouzht bas, in @ manner, opened pores iB the soll, wiviog all the advantages of under- Grained land, Thus, Wi if she season sdall be Wot or ary, crops ate likely to do welly aad all these conditi-ns ate in tue highest degree favor die Jor dora, THE MASSACHUSETTS OUTLOOK. BostTor, April 2, 1873. 4 tardy apring bas delayed & general initiation resG~ption of tue trade aad industries of Macsachusetia. in fact, jater ae been 80 Gn Big erere oud prottacied im the Bast that &) New Suaiond is & Wook OF & lortaigus bEDIAG ‘NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, APRIL &, 1875.—TRIPLE SHEE1 im her preparations fer the year’s business; and | ready for business the dividends to the stock- besides the drawbacks of @ late season there have been other causes which have either worked in- terruption or ruin in many of the mozt impor- tant branches of New England industry. Couspic- uous among these reasons may be mentioned the strikes 19 some of the manuiacturing districts, whole or partial suspension for want of water power in other localities, and also the trials and disasters which have at- tended the Asbing and other marine interests so prominently identified with the prosperity of many of the leading cities and towns along the Eastern coast, ‘Nhe unfavorable and unsettled condition of the finances of the country has also been @ source Of annoyance here as well as elses where, and probably the philosophers of this sec- tion have beeu as reedy with their suggestions lor relief as those of @py other part of the country. In fact it may be sald that Massachusetts has had more than an even sbow in endeavoring to bring the nation out of fmancial chaos, for sne has tur- nished no less than two Secretaries ot the Treas- ury aud one Attorbey General for the Cabinet, and still can maké herself heard through one of her sons, who in tHe matter of position is only secund to the President himself. The wisdom o1 the financiers of Massachusetts, however, 1s still too fresu in the public mind to require special refer- ence here. Jt is the present ana future, and not the past, which he live business man of the period considers new, Your- correspondent bas investigated very carefully, and, on the wooie, he finds the situation very promising. As already intimated, the winter has becn a very severe one, aud the demands of charity have far exceeded anything ever before known in Boston, With the genial days of spring, however, and the resump- tlon of outdoor occupations many of those now | idle will be supplied with employment, While the weather has precluded any yery general revival the instances of inaividual activity are very nu- merous, FULL TIME OF WORK ig becoming general everywhere, and in some cases overtime is reported. Perhaps the best evi- dence of a heaithy demand for the manufactured products is the fact thatthe smikesor the de- mands of the operatives have generally been suc- cessiul, The Fail River and Taunton strikes are wil probably be avoided by a general compliance of the manufacturers with the demands of their em- ployés. Io view of these circumstances it is clear that tne cotton and woolicn manwiacturing busi- ness not only promises weil, but 18 at the present time eminently prosperous, The same 1s also true 0: the paper maoufacturers, and those at Fircn- burg aud other places which supply the large Quiles like the HERALD say that tney are doing more business now Lheu at any period during the lust five years, iwe Beecher trial tor this activity, and others argue that it is only tue natural development of a growing literary tsste iv the commuuity. Gen. erally speakin., 16 may be sald of the manuiac- that ther prcspects are b.ighter than at any period during the last two years, If amicable re- latin can be preserved between the corpora- UonSs and the vperatives an everlasting milleaniuin O1 peace und prosperity seems ivevitable. Prova. bly toere have beea Well iounced grievances on both sides, but there are cheering signs ol a Det~ ter unde: standing and a aealthver co-operation all round, BOSTON’S COMMERCIAL PROSPECTS. ‘The average Boston mercuant takes yreat de- lightim deciariug that se 1s “solld.”? Suspension versing Witt Bim, even Ii bankruptcy. ered rom the ul @vtually ladgbs at you. “Wuy, toat was n taing,”” he says, WiCa an AIF Of indufereuce, “ior 1bomy adected us until we could rebuild, and tne whole burat district contains ner buildings than it did beture tae fre.” Tois last parto: the remark is he is on ‘the verge of even With the greatly reduced rents there ure hundreds and bundreds o/ storesand offices Wita- out tenants, In the viciuity ol tue new Post uiice, the reai heart aod lve the city, none of tne large iron and Marble siructures which aoouud there are more spareat truchs has re+ Of the conflagration. A covered irum tbe eff business met witu mot been overcome, The present cheering sigos of perseverance and 1. Gusiry, huwever, are encouraging, be gruss deception 10 Maintain otherwise taan that Bostoa 18 m the asceadanc, DKY GOODS TRADE. ‘The demands upon tne waauiacturers are an in- Gic. ton that oO es8 aMou, the Joovers is grow- | ing brisk. Not only iM dO .estic, bat iM imported ouds, faveutor Ane weatuer toeir ousiness Wii be vasuly increased. | called u,ou oalfa dozen vi tae k ing dealers and jound them ail val of busine in the most cueeriul spirits. Tue winter, they ba: nad been a dali but nova hard one lor toem, but wey fully expected to find aa abundance of spring trade sufficient to muke wy) tivity of the last jew montus. ‘rom the West their orders had been liberal and namervas and payments prompt, and even from the Svuto ve Oraers were pieuty enough, but tee collections were made with difficulty, ‘Tne inierence, there+ lore, was that “the iate,y franchised’? and “tne | subdued but not conquered” dave suiicient pride | touress well, even with moderate incomes and Tesvurces. ihe policy Of tue trade toward their Soucherd customers seems to be liberal, Loweve! and ali possinie time and courtesies are extended, THE CLOTHING BUSINESS. The manutaccure of ready-made clothing is carried oo here on @ lurger scale tuan is generally supposed. it probably amouated to v DUD ucllars iast year, aba ibe curre: will be Much more. During the winter the bui ness Dus bv very quiet, jor tne nard tim warned people to get ali the service possivie out Of the old suit. The late spring oso caused the oid ciotoes to be retained unui the last moment, but the heaviest manulacturer says tu cuuntry 16 in rags now and when War: ther comes there will be & simaltanevus rush lor tuis, Dave already commenced lorwarding their a if they coutinue es jortuignt hence ry sortigat past uy aT ‘the cugutry iaue, eveu during tue Winter, has been tar better 3Q proporuon than tae city trade, a fact which ws tbat tue \imes have uot been as depressed ihe rural districts as in the large cies. Tne spring orders irom th promiso to be wo-toirds lager they were one or _ two ago, In lact the Western trafic in ready-made cothing is becoming so eXtensive and profitavie that the jobvors are graqually moving in the direction of contvoillug 1 themse.ves, turers 1p io © 3t. Louis, and vincinuat. THE SHOE AND LEATHE TAADR. Probably Wwere is uv section ul the United States More noted tuaa Boston ior its shoe and leatoer interests. It is @ Moderate estumace lo say that tne business amounts to two hundred million dollars @ year, aau it 18 rapidly anu constantiy tu- creasing, Ail torough n, Pearl, ana Cougre: Feels, and that entire section of we city, tho Smel is As 1 it WAS ONE VHot tan-yard. If Present Grant aud Vice-i’resident Wilson were to speud Qn afteruoon im the jocality they could not tail of remembering Wi! beiore they eutered toe urena OF politics. Ke- ceutly the ‘rade 1 tuls Vicioity, US Weil a8 1a New York and Puulacelphia, has beea marked by sev- erai heavy fui.ur.s. Prices bave veen unsteady, Tucher iM Cousequence OF be fuctustions in dides QuG jeather thaw On account of auy Causes Wiico Can be traced to the wanulacturers, Aust o. toe snce towns characterized more by induséry ‘than thriit, pew but tae prices of figure, ‘The leacing jobbers both ia materials aud Manufactured govus declare that they have no Teasoa to cooipiuin Of the JULUre oUtiouk, the B.ime time (ary ineist that tue Dusiness during 4 Occasions lor repoicing. THA FISHING INTERESTS. lThe fstermen of Caye Ovd aud Cape Ann have en more than Usually unfortunase tuis year. , and &iarge RuwMver jost & jortoigat’s Vau- ye time Oy belug icedDuund im and arouod Frovinceowu. Wie taeir own losses amounted to hunureds Of thousands 01 Go: Sulll tue de- pression if ther business only local in enect. daberme: The Grand Banks and tie mack- ao not Atart uni next nd @ fico nar very short season. T 00s ees, Wilda le Oo Currie ly bere, also promises Woll ior tue | peuding season. THR SHIPBUILDING BUSINESS, The story 0; this brancu of luaustry may be told in @1eW Words. NOwuiux Whatever is beiny dune Gt the Navy Yard, now that the ection is uver; And at the bast Bustos yards only a iow suail Vesseis aro Ou Lhe Scuuka, lid these ure generaliy betoy bujlt om the CO operauve plan by Wen WOO LJ Caubut flud vtier eniploy He ot in Newouryport is wise juan pI wien what it Was @ J6W Year iy mr. ao nerves to perpetuate tu Apping lame whiek Wwe | Oid City Once enjoyed. KAMLBOAD PACILITING, OUL the VUsiNeds interests Of Boston A. it did nut mane special anceg about rar tae ny a6 aDG the Abani ‘Toe only @Xisivng live Ol avy accuunt Low Bosvvu B00 Aioauy, DUS It id aimmust bee WHG6FBs LO COUtEMpiate (ue Foules ARG schemes ball completed a4e proposed Ob paper. ine vuly IM Medid 6 Bequisitiogs threatened iM (he Way ut Western iacilities are thove Via the Moouad June Del and via Lartiord gna Brie ana otner coo Resting ues to Pougd: Will be ready lor ire bat w passenye: and iaulure are Ot iM nis Cataogue, Wheu con. | essentially true, but it snomid be explaine. that | part of | nd At would | ere 18 O grauiying activity, and witd the | jor the imac. | cases in point, and te threatened strike in Lowell | | money. hold+rs would oe very slight unless Bostun’s commercial resources were considerably enlarged, THE OUTLOOK IN VIRGINIA. | RICHMOND, March 25, 1875. | There is a general complaint amoung the busi- | ness men of Richmond that there is uot only not | SuMiciens eapiial to develop the great mineral, | agricultural and manulacturing resources of the | State, but that there is Bot money enougn tn the | banks of the State to carry on its ordinary rou- | tine trade. ‘The ery is, “We want money !” and it | 18 Claimet by both mercbants aod bankers that | the capital which is Kept in Wall street and usea for specalauve purposes, if iuvested in legitimate enterprises, would soon bring prosperity not only to the South but to the entire country. It is gratilymg, however, to see that the brsiness of Richmond, noewilthstandiug the shock occasioned by the pauic of 1873, is steadily on the increase; tad trade, since that great financial earthquake, nas se:tled down in its proper and natural Channels, and that there 1s a salety and soundness im all commercial transactions not felt here before since the close of the war. For the purpose of ascertaining the views of the leading merehunts and bankers of Richmond on the busi- ness prospects of the season generally tue HERALD correspondent this morning calied upon the most prominent men in ali brancnes of trade. VIEWS OF THE BANKERS. After a oonference with Jono B. Davis, Presi- dent of the Planters’ National Bank; Isaac Daven- port, President of the First National Bank; Joho L, Bacon, President of the State Bank oi Virginia, and Messrs, Wiliams & Gibson, real estate auc- tioneers amd stuck brokers, I finu consideravie unanimity of opinion among them in re- gara to the present condition of business, @hey consider that the financial storm | 01 1873 had a very wholesome efect. ‘The peopie have taken the lesson and are recovering irom the panic. ‘They now look with more respect upon money than formerly, content to accumulate | by slow accu etious and through legitamate courses, They spend it with economy and are very cautious in investing it. Negotiations at exurbitant rates are very rare, and extra hazardous and iancy en- terprises are quite ou: of fasion, The bank pres- | dents say that their books indicate quite a uum- | ber of thruiy aepositors, Who are clearly making Business notes are paid prompty ac | Matarity, aud ibs unusual for a merchant to ask | jor a resewal. The general aspect or the mer- | cantue Community is thao of healt and suund- uces. Muuuiuccures are recovering siowly but | surely, ine price Of iubor continues iow and mechanics are still pebindnavu, con- Sequentiy yreots and smal grocers? vis | | are sow 0: collection; buc thee are very Some of the Manulacturers tiauk | You ask him if the ctly #as recov. | fect of the great fire, and he | | ang. Giner cily sine result, bat tae disaster which | | crop, mukes we wee vREare e turers o1 all clusses tirougnont Massuchusette— | sonke atprehoud tant pate ied dered oe aint and the whole of New Engiand, for taat matter— | { oad this one Oo! toe vest Wheat markets in the Jew empiy houses in itenmond, tuvugh vullding in tue past year fas been uuusuaily brisk. ‘The | manuiavture vi Tobacco 18 DOL in as sauisiactory a coudition as might be desired. ‘the increase of | tue tax und the high price o1 the articie, bused upon the caiculation (always uncertain) oi a snort SuMle appreheud toat Cols may depress or ninder geuerai vusiness. Lt was the general vpioion that Tue Close O/ jst year Was Salisiaclory. Some weno hud TewiZed haudsome proits, many nud dune weil, jana Most men had “made buih euds meet, THE TOBACCO TRADE is Richmond’s niain source of weaith, and I next | caued upoo Mr. E. D, Christian, of the firm of Christian & Gunn, tobacco mauulacturer-. He | suid Na since the Passage of the recent tax bill were bud veen an appaent indifierence among buyers of leu. Loe prices of ue graaes Oo \o- baceo, of which the proporiiou is very small, are weil mamtained, but medium aud non. descript sorts are neglectea, and can “only be pur off at a decline. ‘fae manuiacturing iu- leresis are quite auil and wul provaniy ao con- toue jor the ueXxt tuirty days or more, with tue DiOsUCtiONs of iuctores AL TIS point wdvUl YneE- third ‘heir present Capacity, Lt is proper to state in tais counectioa that (ue stocks or plug im the Market oO. this Slate are smali; Coat the Kuowing | ones say hall the Virgitia crop has veen mar Keied, and certuinly the country manwacturera thoUgLOUL the Slate, WOO Nave bus yet coumenced Wors, will svon be on the Market 10r their suppiy. 2b is this aspect Of affairs which leads to (he cou Mon expectation Of higher prices ir le@al alter a depressiva, Whics will lass til probably the 16ty April On'tue Whoe tue prospect is encourage Contiuuing Guwo Cary sireet tue MRBRALD Correspoudeut went neXt into the @hvlesale gro cery aud general Commission estudlisnment ol A, Y. Stokes & Uu,, the largest fra in (uut aoe in the | city. Here I wet Mr, ‘tnomas Povts, a member of the drm, wuo, in response vo my luquiry as to We Prospects of TUR GROCERY TRADE Said :—From What we can see aud learn we look 30r & good trace this season, Tue present bigu Price of 1ea! tubacce iM Soutaside, Va., aud Norto Caroling gives tue armers a iarge umount of reaay money Wich Wil Mainly ve Used io Lhe purchase | 01 Supplies and 10 the IMprovewent of tuerr jars, ckS Bod agricuitaral impements. ‘Trade in these sections bud overrun its legitimate bounds | Sibce tue War, DUL DOW Ibis Settiog Gown to its Proper scate and we lvok tur beter umes. ‘The percentage Of bad aebts nas beeu smaller daring 1874 und so lar toto 1875 than in former years, god tis 1act shuWs @ Healthier Condition vi business. | Yne Kictmoud aod vaanville Railroad has a: last | secured @ unliori gauge irom Richawnd to At- | Ga,, and oa to New Urieans, whica wil prove O1 great advantage to (mis city, as we will LOW be abie Lo get ireigats Wituous transer from the cotion siates. LakGB FLOURING MILLS ing Chuice wheat s irom Keutucky, Iodiana aid Missouri Tue | price of corusm Virginia aod Sorth Carolina will | bot permit larmers to raise nogs. iu consequence of Which we have to lovk \o tae West sur vrovis~ | Polos between the North, Souta and West, w tne | spring gouds. The retatiers, in anticipation of | Vue or tWo manaiac- — josion ave recently established nouses | tM 10 cross luuces sorrow those grand Old days — iv every shop being jully empiovec, | or velng duwWn to tue lowest | but at | toe immediate past cas adorded taem no syecial | Mauy 01 (vem just or bad their vessels baaiy daa | | Balum re and Poiladelapuia joovers. “where pe suail su, ply himsell, and to-a saiely rely Ou Our Commercial prosper! general vutiook in our owa business is cueerful @nG encouraging. Messrs. W. >. Donan & Sous, Wholesuie dealers in UARDWARE AND CUTLERY, expressed Muca the same views as those of A. Y. ptokes & Co. Toey said country merchants ouy oltener now, instead oO: bayaug iarye atucks twice @ year as Ww: he custom, id the frequency of the urders tuey receive, asi of contiuence ex.sting between tuem tomers. A lively demand for gooas comes irom ¢ tobacco region of Virgiuia and Norta Carolina, itis ubquestiouably true taat the goous are invoiced by tue Kicumond identically as ibey are vy che ine mer. chants here lack none of the laciltes enjoyed oy their competitors in otver cities walca gives them @ safe ubd regular trade. Kates vi freignt now Setue the quesiion With @ country mereoaat as to rt g © e & € é € ali adverse iuduences, poe grin he! is assured. it has @ g trade, aad ip due Wita toe best Of its com- merciai rivals, | HOSIERY, NOTIONS, 4c. Probably the iargest bouse in (nis line of busi- | ness here is tat of Messrs, (naxtoa & Nichols, on | Governor atreet. They expect to do toeir usual | | | | jJovoing trade tnis season, One of the memoers | very curtiy remarked, “Owing to tue gusetued condition of commerce, tne Uncertain state of natioual politics anu tv short crops our trade may be so veWoat incieased, as It 18 tue Custow of ar people to ouy ovarer home and in émaiier quant t a times like che present.” DRY GuoDs. M. Milihiser & Co. say tat the oustiook for the Spring trade is good ani much more encouraging | ‘ eifects of be counts to & sett is Steady increasiug @ad is in a Very heaitoy cou- dition, THE SOOT AND SHOE TRADE. Mess:#. Gardner, Carleton & Baldwin, large Wholesaie dealers in boots aud shves, tnink te Opening moutis of 75 uadsually imactive. Fol- lowing a they ald aa uacommoniy prosperous | Jal ouxiness, tue difference Was particutarly atrik- | lng. ‘Lhe boot aud suoe trade, lil caatile enierprises, 1eit the etfects ‘7% ‘bey were nappy, however, in b } note may ludicaiuns Of an active | basiness. fe country is not overstoc 1, peys | ments have been satisiactory, pri Gecuned and tae peopie radaaiy working | out o debs, The best mercoants trum the inte- riot are beginning to flod out toat tn Chase tueir goods nere as cheaply as they can elses where. We nave every reason to look jorward to @ prosperous season, WMOLESALB CLOTHING. Weisiger & Co. are the principal wholesaie Clothiers in tows city. In their ine of business ate that the prospecis are good. Trade 1s | ery sea80R OFINes them new cus Norco Usroliua and twis s havesicadiiy | From ail indicatioas, they sexe: trade, Woien had up tO tu tarved by bad weather, Wii roads Are ALOUL WO auree Vit jor fremgnta, WOICH Wii Woquestionabiy te wult io tue prosperity o/ Ricumond, OUTLOOK IN WILMINGTON, N, 6, WILMINGTON, N. Os, Maron 94, 1975. Thave devoted the enuite day thas iar to inter views with the merchants aad oankers of tus City 1a the various Kinds Of Dusiness cunducied hore, 1 have lowud a8 0 consequence & variety Of Opinions on the present and prospective aspeo: of | business adairs, come expressing toe must sons | Guine hopes and others argaing from a standpoiust exactly tno opposite, By tar tue greater number, | howeve: @ more Moderate im taeir views, aod | Spedk quictiy, yet bepeitiiy, OF the present com dition of affaite and its cons t upon thetacare, Wita We miu 9 pecaiariy | an uowise Usury law passed by the present } Legislature beiore we have had time to recover | | The Question of the “Canawl” | mmterest at six per cent, uniess in instances where | occasionally still higher, for nearly tea years past, | ness and potting t..e1r Louses In oraer, | make but slignt advances vow and sell on credit | Condition us regard# availabe assets, | Such specuations ag have oven entered iuto have, | more ior mooey and the | tiemer s0u0g taun Das been the case at any tune | Uuitea States for any kind of crim | Drought back to tow city, basing tue demant | Moral sentiment which | criminal fom w All in ali the genera: trade | lal | Onareh ior Deaf Mates, Kighteenta street, near | throughout allof the towns and cities in North Carolina, we are beginning to feel the effects of from tue panic, This Usury law, which 1s just about to go into operation, fixes the rate of the rate is specified, wnen cight per cent is tue maximum interest alowed. The sudden operation of this law is peculiarly distressing, waen it is un- derstood that the rates for discount here have ‘anged irom one to two per cenf a month, and or ever since the cluse of. the war. Mucii of the money leaned out by the banks has been recetved by them irom private depesitora to whom they have paid six per cent per annum for its use, As hey cannot now charge more than eight per cent it wil be seen ata glance that this money must be called in by the banks and returned to their depositors, and the tact of the withdrawal, even temporarily, of aucn a large amount of money from circulation ip business circles, is sure to en- tall much distress upon the people. ‘The Usury law, however, could not have gone into effect at a better season, as the larger part of last year’s business has been settied aud but few new veatures have yet been made for the present year, The producer wul, tuereiore, be the one to aeel the change aust keenly. Heretolore, not only his supplies of provisions, guany, &c., but money Jor the payment of his huads, has been drawn largely {rom che merchants here, payment Jor the same 10 be Made 1p ine tall, when lus crop of cot- ton or naval sores 18 In Market. Still, the bulb has leit some of its good effects benind, aad toe Merchants have been busy contracuug their busi- they can only to the inost reliable customers, aod then only | for short paper. By tals Means Not only eXpeuses: will be reduced and many pad debts avoided, but @ man’s busivess vperations can ve neid weil in hud, so taat Ne Cau make ulMself reauy Lo meet any sudden storm taat may urise. ‘The conclusion 1 have arrived at from the inter- Views rélerred to above, condensed aud equalized with a3 muco Mathematical precision as the cir- cumstances wili admit ol, are as tollows:— Ftrst—The vanks have already prepared to con- tract their ope: ations tu a very preut exvent, and they propose 10 limit the discount pusiness almost enuirely to their own customers or to such paper as may carry the indorsement o1 those cus- tomers: Second—The business transacted by factors and Wholesale dealers 18 much less (reckoning irom Spring to spring) his year than it was the lust; but it Das been O1 a more lezitimate and oF a | much less speculative nature. and cousequently, AS 4 Tule, JaClors und merchants are in a beter and are Makiug the must strenuous efforts vo collecc the debcs already due them. Tiird—Vhe past year O88 been without profit to prouucers and mangactuers of baval scures and as a rule, resulted in loss. Fourih—The uuwillnguess of the merchants to make advances jor any purpose, ior the reason that even 11 the Lsury law can be evaded, whicu 18 very doubtiul, they must pay twelve per cent or Jact that uncer the operation o1 tue law they cannot secure advances at over eiwht per cent must result na greater or Jess loss Of business during tne preseut year. FUti—To tae Usury law will be attributed any distress that may ensue and ifs operation must Tesuit in neavy loss to the farming interest uniess the plancers can fiad fauds witu whica to operate ; of course Cals will oe felt by tue Class vl me Cuauts: mainly engaged in the country business and must alfecc Lucidentally aul Cla=ses, Sixii—ibere have been only a very few failures in the city Gurlug the past year, and ali ot chese, except iu One instance, Were new houses and knowa to be weak. Itissafe to assert that ine mercantue houses here, as a rule, now stand on a since tue panic tirst struck us. | Sevenih—ihe above observations Lave been in- | tended co apply more geuerally to the comouission merchants und factories, althuugn they may in- clade retail houses. Tne dry goods deaiers will ali be 1 the Norta Markeis in aiew days. They have done a limiieu but a saie business during tue past year, anu will buy very cautiously in laywg 10 their spring stocks. SHARKEY THE MURDERER. WHAT THE SPANISH ORGAN IN THIS CITY HAS TO SAX ON THE SUBJECT—IT MAINTAINS THAT SHARKEY OUGHT NOT TO BE SURRENDERED. ‘yhe following article appeared ia St Cronista, the Spanish organ in this city, concerning Suarkey, the egcaped murderer :— We bave intentionally refrained hitherto from making avy allusion to the Saarkey question, pr ar readers may remember, is & | been sentenced to death in this | city ior baving murdered a iriend of his. Snarkey | escaped irom tne Tomor disguised as a wooan, | kuowing well tnas if ue remaioed iu that prison he would soon have tO pay the penaliy of ius offence and be aanged, The tagitive when tie leit thes saores took excellent care to ed to hose | ofa land which had no extradition treaty wita tae | ni ace cordingly pruceeded to the island of Cuva ma ailing ship. Ic is reported that 1s conduct toere, onsidering the circumstances under waicn he had been obliged to fy irom New York, was irom being itreproacua: and, that he boasted over toe comm: aod even Went go iar tos lives of Otner Americans temporariy sojourning Jn Havana, The resait o! this Was .hat he was ar- resied and piaced in confluement for wu aod it is probabie tuat the ti ot Havana ga’ him a_ sever Monition. Aver this Dad taken piace tae New York newspapers commenced discussing tue question 1 1 were NOt possivie to have oharkey upou toe Captain General of Cuba, om the 1act that although no treaty of extradition existed vee tween the two countries saoula be surren- dered ag an act of “diplomatic courtesy.” Mat~ ters Went On in this fashion till the unbappy man fed tvom Havana wader a false name, waich 0d sh suoject, and who appears to be iriead of bis, Vomeident with this, there arrived at Havanaa detective from New York, Who went there, it appears, Co bring aout tne | eXtraaition of the cruminal Soarkey had mean- | while arrived at Santiago de Cuva, and rumor Dad it that the criminal, to obtain greater se- curity, had entered the ranks of toe Cuvan iu- | Surgents. It was also asseried that the Spanish | gatho. ities at Santiage nad captured him, and in- teuded to deliver mim up at Havanato be de- livered up to American justice. [ne papers of this city uave system. tcally cemanded Sourkey’s e ory Jo reply to this demand we now | make (ue following arguments. Abo’ Maiutaia, on behalf of the Ve all things * - ‘that no criminal of any kind whatsvever, t to Aimughty God, ig tne object 01 our sympathies, On the contrary, 11 it were in our power to sav bande of justice and the Julfi- joald not be ter nim from uis panisowent. ‘auding we Gnd oursetves, in the present issue, NOt called upon to Make an ex- ception, but to maintam the guafaotees 01 law and right, believing that Soarkey cannot be, ant Should not be, surrendered over by the Cuban Antuorities to the United states. Starkey, woen he ran away [rom New York could have proceeded latter country, like Spain, having wo extradition tr the United States. Who, thereiore, 10 the existing tate of things, bas the rignt to say to Spain that she has not the rigat to grat the immunity | 01 provection ¢ to @ criminal of the worst type. e 5 d who enjoy Spauiso consul | t and dangerous laweult at the bends of @ deirauder of Cuban pudiic Intercsts, whom the seid cunsal had de noanced to the American officers of justice, in hopes of recovering @ portion of the stoen prop- erty. HA truly is a gad state of matters fortwo culti- | ‘ated Nations to remain ID, bat such is the fact, and {lis clear that personal cases can be mo cogaizance iue most equitabie thing that the Captain Gen- ersi of Cuda can do is to Juuge Sharkey and to DISH Him With all the Vigor O1 the Spanish iaws, i he snovgid ve found gully Of havin tempt 4 je Cubaa reoeis, LI, OM tue contrary, should succeed in proving bis innocence, snouid o¢ forced to leave the island vi Lava on accvnnt ot uls bad conuuct. | Todo more than this in the Sharkey matter ‘Would give iresn iuceutive to the pride whicn this AM@1CAO Hati.m shows {0 its conauct to our country, Toe Americaus !@agioe that condescen- w10n8 OF this kind are dictated On dur pari by & Let us, therefore, ve embering whe taauk> Amerioaas receive cous to join ti Tho ladies’ fair at the new Masonie Temple, in Sid of the Charen of St. Mary the Virgin, will re mala open tole afternova and evenin A (air in aid of 1 ritabie Work of St, Ann's Puta ja the St, Ana’s Sunday AChOus FouI, beg: ws Aptii 6, agueoug- Uaolng throaya (ae w. aoul tea YM. ———$—_———— THE LADY WASHINGTON RECEPTION, General Shaler and stad, the Vid Guard, promt: | edt oficers of the navy aud the Vererans of 1412 | are expected te attend the Lady Washing va Reveptice, at Of Music, to-morrow Aeaaoms Siu unin ace yweeesor® reopeouany soquesten 1S appeus Ha quesea ‘THE STATE CAPITAL | Still Troublesome. A Supplication Going Up for Rapid Transit. DEMOCRATIC DISCONTENT | | | | | Deplorable Depression of the “Home Rule” Party. ALBANY, April 4, 1875. The Message of Governor Tilden on the can frauds having occupied the almost exclusive at- tention of our Legislatare for the it two weeks we may 1m the future expect some attention to the other daties incumbent upon Senate and Assem- bly. Nearly nalfa century has passed and the frauds, subterfuges and tricks of con- | twactors and canal officials nave grown | and strengthened with time. Former Gov- | ernors of the Stute, Lieutenaut Governors, Sen- ators, members of Assembly, leaders im the many great political parties which lave sprung up since the Erie Canal became a reality, must have known ofthe robberies, Contracts lay in the Canal De- partment open jor inspection. ‘The system was deciared rotten aud ‘unbalanced bids” accepted Without muco objection, But the time came for @ grand politicat drama, arranged by His Excellency Governor Tilden as stage manager, and assisted by Scene Shifter Davis, of Washington county. The latier gentle- man has made canal matters a study, He attacked the Ring last year in several speeches, embodylag nearly the sae Lacts as used by Governor Tilden | in bis Message. The master-touches of great imtehkectual labor developed in Mr, Tilden’s docu- meut, Lowever, were oot there. Nobody seemed to particularly notice those attacks at the time. | A slight aifference exists between a “hay-loit and cheese-press’’ memver of the Assembiy from Washington county and a great Governor of the State of New York, who bas gained the gratitude wad plaudits of a whoie nation for bis masterly attack upon @ nest of gigantic swindiers. Poor Davis nas been left behind in the figit, His thunder | has evaporated into thin air. oay engaged in the work of bunting up statistics lor reierence, he nas notas yet received avy rec- ognition of service, The “Canal Ring” say be bas been interested in contract irauds himself. lh so, he will have to go under io the geuerai crash. Governor Tilden cannot afford to carry upon his Shoulders any man in the most remote degree even suspected of complicity in those swindles, THE “TAMMANY BING’? AND “CANAL RING”? EXPOSURES—A PARALLEL. People have been found bere so uacharitable as to say that Mr, Tilden, although beld up as the prime mover im gquelching the ‘'ammany Ring, was only second in the fight. “Why,” said a republican Senator to me last night atthe Dela- van, “ Ex-Suerif James O’Brien was the man who first gave the figures which condemned the Ring toleves, Mr. Tuiden took hold of the ight, being a prodigious expert in figures, when he saw the foundation o1 political power tottering irom under Tweed, Connolly and others. Speaker McGul has merely stated the truth in regard to (his mat- ter. Mr. O’Brien received no recoguition trom those people ior his services. He has bee poll- | tically cass aside alter the stealing of bis thander,” | Taking tuls view of the comtroversy, tt struck me at the time that Davia so far is @ parallel ex+ @uple of the ingratitude of repubncs, He bas | been an uncompromising enemy of the “Ring,” according to his own account. Now, novody | thinks of Davis, He is sheived, He went home to | Wasbiogton county on Friday, f not a wiser, | probably a betrer man. Who knows? He may yet be Inspector of Pubitc Works, But tuis is even doubtuu. THE POLITICAL OUTLOOK FOR NBW YORK CITY. New York statesmen bere are disurgacized, | | They want to know what is going to be dove in | the way cf legisiat.on for the metropolis. Are we | Altnoug nigot and | to have raid transit, the Brookiyu Bridge, the Hudson Kiver tunuel or ao ena vf the Beecher | trialY On approaching the Governor in the EX+ | ecutive Cuumoer tney complain tuat nO satisince lory auswer can rece.ved on those puints. Visitors, tuey say, must content the: selves with @ besutiuily Culured engraving Ol@ section of the canal, a2 anecdote oF ry Wright, @ rehearsed witticism of De Witt Clinton, | oc &# Coufidential dissertauiog On tne great ques lion of pauniwuing public thieves. Tuey realy | Want cousideration as to how tue interests of 1,000,000 people 1a the metropulls siiail De vest served. Cueap transporte.iou, recovery o| mid- 1008 of money stvien irom the people, theories va toe Lational debi—inese are subjects waich should aloue agitate the lofty minds oO: great sta.esmen. Bat our socal politician cannot soar to so bigh a | piunacie. He must cume down. if these genile- Teo are only patient I Dave faith enouge iu Gov- | ernor Tiiden to assert that ali their desires Will yet be accomplisned. ate RAPID TRAN! Some of the New York d tion remained over thia week. ‘They wan to talk with tue Goveraor, A member from Hariem wisued vo there were severul people Of wis ac- qusiu tance Who Wanted tu get howe quickly after & uard da,’s work. iuey haa not stud.ed the sys vem of “unbatauced Dids,” knew noting of tne hisvory 01 the viaders, tae Deanisous, the Lords, tae Johnsons aad vtaers, Woo have become lawous in the intector of the State. Neither hau toey read the |i vo yet bom aod Gresiue, ALD office. Will hut che Governor do so. this mater? tne saviect immediately? pe we cao secure rapid transit. Le Undvru 8100 In the Way. Jourta Moain of the session, Not been take 10 the direcuon of rapid trausit. Duis bearibg UPON the subject uave been inti odaced, to | be sure, but there taey stili lie 1m commitiecs. im | the Assemoly they are belore the Uumumitiee on General, Local and special Laws, and in the senate vetore the Committee oo Affairs ol Cities. “HOME RULS’’ AND GOVERNOR TILDBN’S [NFLUENCR. No doubt now exists ia my mind our thas Governor Tilaen absoluiely cunttus the Legisia- | ture. 128 Caual Domosoel has effectually iright- ened all former Oppoueais into uacoudl: ona render, ‘The iodorsemeuts he bas received from mea of ali parties and projessious nave giveo hia such immense fvid om tue public mind | jor the time oetmg that a legisiaior who now Opposes Bay Measure suggested by tue muy cunuder biwsell w politcal corpse. ne necessity ior judicious and careiul exercise of such influence oa the part of the Goveruor is | theréiore apparent. Ihe smoke of the caoai ight having Cleured away ior the presea', it is Well to | look a littie Deyony tois Waterioo and give some | at to New York chy legisiati Mayor | m has been three Months in olice, aud ioe | municipal de iments and guverument, Witu ine | exception oi Fitz Joun Porter's piace, remain as toey were auger Mayor Havemey bul Was the Orst effurt made in movement, iis Caused tue o1 oemoctalic 3. Speaker Genuucimtion vi tue conouct of doouine Caniuzoned upou tne ocratic pat | 1orm@, Woder Lhe Vanuer ander WDICcD Mr. siden oad | deen e ecied. The Oli Was passed io the Asseu- | biy. There Was uv coance for it in te senaie, as tue repudiicans were Well pleased with the New | York city cOarter as it Stands. Nevertheless, it | Decamie 4 Feality cleat a6 day that Guve.nor Til. | eu Was Opposed to tne Measure, bad worked | aug wears Ba it Mf tue Oil came vevore re f8 and Corporation Uvunsel anu y Mayor Wickoum, Goveraoy 1iu.dea waute the evi+ Gehee Bud Nowe it. pecoad seieat ior mae rule’? ‘howe rule’ Gud | Urine as expounded from City Hal iu New York. Guveruer Liidea nas ter didereat aowous Of the Meauing of Che (erm. POLIVICAL RESTIVANR3S AND RBVOLT, No wouder, tues, tuat tae New York democr.t.o Gevegatiou B.Ve Decume restive as tO heir rigaim 1 will veoutire to say that mot taree Our oO: the who numer ever saw & “raging Caoai’’ in their W Taey Wouues What all this sudden tumolt beve QGudred cuunttymeo, with seventeen Anon Lvots, pAUlaloons cureruily luEk: Bp, Wide Drimmed a's auu iremendeus appetires, | Have aot Musueu che waiters ol (he Vel veo aurin: 108 pust (Wo Weegs, as Di mn Ora OF lrionde ui COucractors a. de Gumpvel fare Re never heard any talk around idarseomty Ward, Ware AT, Nickvies Auer bas Maued 10 FedoyuiNe tie jargon ia tae Viouiy of | Bame month, be happy to | angiy Peleus thea from their otaer dutie: | Was lowered, ite Fr Greenwich street and Castie Garden. The fact that the New Yor “boys” are sick of this contha- ual talk about Canal, and they want some imme diate legislation for the city toey have been seus here to yepresent. “LOCAL POLITICS. MR. JOHN KELLY’S VISIT TO ALBANY—THE VISTE NOT A POLITICAL ONE. A Heracp reporter, in order to learn ‘rom My. Kelly himself if possible wnat tue real object o: his visit to the Governor was, called upon bim at his residence on Lexington avenue, Mr. Kelly received the reporter With his usual urbamity, When informed of the ovjecc of the call mace upon him, and requested to state if there was any trutn in any of the stories that were bem, bandied about as to the political importance of bis journey to Albany, he good humoredly remarked, “Phere 18 mo trath whatever in the stores you reer to. My visit to the Governor Was simply a iriendly call. Of course { do not say tnat be and IT did not have any conversation about political matiers aud things wenerally—that was quite natura. Bus the Visit was NOt made With re.erence to polttical affairs, local or otnerwise. Aa 1 said oefore, it Was a iriendly visit simply. I had intended long ago to cast upon the Governor at Albany, and D: ing a little tne to spare last week, I made the visit. A GOOD OUTLOOK. Itis pretty certain now, in the opinion of weil iniormed pollucians, that the deadlock between the Governor and tne Mayor, a4 stated in tie HERALD yesterday, Wil be broken, and that atho very distant day the two will ve thorouguly in &v- cord as to wha’ is best to be done in the matter of changes in the Various departments wni-a | are oot Now under democratic con‘rol., Mr, Keliy, wio isa Warm iriend of both the Governor aud the Mayor, lias jor some time past, it 1s said, Deva quietly using his good offices toward paving te way ior a clearer outiook for the democratic working men 1M the city WLO, If some of the oa ariments how unuer republican control—vr at least so cuntroiled by Comptroiler Green that po» lic improvements are delayed and at@ stant stul—were revulutionized politically, woaid be Teuueved irom their present distress, As the Gev- ernur Was in the city two weeks ago Mr. Kelly aud he, 1: tney desired to hold @ conmierence, as they probaoly did, nad ample opportunity to doo Without necessitating tne lormer’s calling upon tue Governer at the Capital, ECLIPSE OF THE SUN. A total eclipse of the sun takes place to-day, which, however, wii! not be visible in this hemig phere, it wi!l be best observable on land fiom a point near Bangkok, Siam. Hts Majesty, the first King ot Siam, woo is biessed With Many names Dud lutles, specially mvited a parcy of Englian astronuo mers to go to his dominions (or tae purpose of Ob+ serving the phenomenon. The invitauon wi ace cepted, A party of observers irom Eagiand, bovad outward, arrived at Poms: de Galle ou the 16th of March, and another party took their departurenom | Catcutta for tue Nicobar Islands on the 11th of (he ‘Toere wiil be another eclipse of \ Sun om the 29ch of September 1a the present year. bis will ve besc seen irom Havana. ‘phe scientists say that altavugh the occurrence ‘Will Not attract sucii @ host of explorers as did the recent transit of Venus across te sua’s Kica, inere are stil & great many unanswered qu-s- Uons in astronomy whicn will be solved by the notes which wil be made during che period of the observation, DURATION OF TOTALITY. ‘The totality will last as iong as 3m. S48, at Bong. Kok, a8 Seen irom tbe resideuce of His Majesiy of Slam. it will ve still ‘onger, Ol 4m. 278. Grae tion, at Katkul, im the Nivobars; 4m. 63. at Mergat And 3a. 673. xt Tenasserim, in Briusa Burma THE ROYAL SLAMASE INVITATION, ‘The express iuvitatlon to toe Envlisn patries, forwarded to ihe Royal Astrumomicai society 17at Year, Treads a8 Loliow: fuz Rovan Patace, Bancxox, Oct 9, 1°7 My Dear Sin:—I have much pleasure’ in intor you hati have received the commands of His M: to request you to inform the Koval Astronomica! etety Chat it it will appoint men of science to opserve (he total ecupse of »pril next, tis Majesty will be aapj-y i cousider them 4% his privaie guesis during their Visit, aud will take on Piwselt their entertainment and ro: ‘vide toem with transport for themselves aud thei” ins struments trom Bangkok to the stauon selected by tem aud bacé agula, and Will erect sucd teunporary DUK. 10; as are required ‘tor them and their assistanis A Manicutiou to this edece will Le made oy Las Excel. Jency the Miniswer of Fore gu Adaurs t the ding British Consul Generai here, but a this will.eslo. o reacting the genvieman interested, His Maj come | Manded me to address this Rote to you to commun caw Auto the suciecy a8 soon as possible, 1 shad be vost appy vo receive any communication from secre ary of the suciety , aodar any ..t eMeD PFOpEse id avail tuemselves of ‘His Majes.y’s invitado, 1 @ oul Wish to recerve particulars of the provabie pumbrr ot the party or parces, o: tu stations proj med aad the founda uous requ umens—a pita if at L may ae unit them tor toposraphy surveyors, are aceustoned tO precise observal al d@sived, aud His ed Ww walle whl par pose. Wish the assurance of my high esteem, beliet me, a most faulirai a toa WiasHs KARA WORGS!- |. 5. AL Private seorew, THE DAYS OF O'CONNELL, INTERESTING REMINISCENCES OF THURLOW WEED—FATHER MATHEW. To THe EDITOR oF THE AERALD:— ‘ew YorK, April 4 1875, Your reporter, in nis otherwise correct versio 24 ® conversation with me about Father De Snel errs so widely in a date that I desire to subm't @ correction. My voyage to Europe with the t co Bishops Hughes and vurcell ana Father De£ in) was in 1843—twenty years earlier than the < given by your reporter. 1 am not likely to forget | esther the intellectual enjoyment of that vor age or the incidents connectea with it. We deperted on the 7th of Juae in the packetstip George W isa. ington, Captain Burrows, and after a delig tw passage 01 twenty-one days reached the wes crn | coast of Ireland, where, taking advantage of @ calm and a@ fishing boat that came along: side the snip, I weat ashore with the bignops and Fatner De Smet. It was @ pe-iod ol imtense interest and excitement tarouwh+ out Ireiand. Daniel O’conael was holdim: @ series Of “monster meetings.” while Faiuer Matuew Was reclaiming tens of thousands vi ais cuunirymen from intemperance, this converting more real biessiMgs toao ali the labdivus Guct wa.ch, cunsegrate ine memory of St. Patrick. 3, ent their Way cueertul and baoyant aud wilh ap evicent determination to “keep tucir pledge.” I then mage tne acqaaiptacce of Fatner Mathe and orged him Waruily to visit America, and he dia 80 We nad the happiness of nis societ oar guest. Father Matuew Was not merely & ous but an enlightened Lew of vempera: ce, Lis labors were distinguished Dy many eaubent minent among which was tuat of Hu Orns ie ae boro stood on the balcony o/ his oouse, In Mertt.o® sqaare, whe the trades of Dublin passed iar. view. Mr. U’Conneu then took us in bis carr: re to Donnybrook Green, wo seated 00 & Diit form, We neard him address between 3v0,000 @ 400,000 repeaiers, Few persous ever visited lve jabd at a more interesting perioa or under 81% pices so favorable. Father De Smer rendered quiet, unostentations, but most Vainavie services to var country. Peace ‘Wich the Indians belug at all times (he object ul our goveroment, Facner De Smet became ow Raturai ally, General Kearney aod tne offloers succeeued him ta tae command of indiag ¢ x ns aiWays relied upon Fat De smet's ti- tion a Judgment. TVices Wee B+ preciated by Governor Marcy, as Secretary Oo: War and Seoresazy of re 9 bremac it Bietee, oy Seoretury Seward an xT specteuly yours, TRORLUW W. ASSAULT UPON AN OFFICER. Last evening a party was given at the house of Mr. Edward Brennan, No, 223 Eligabetm street, the oecasion being his daughter's wedding. A E | crowd o/ young rufians, who iniest that neignber. hood had collected around the door and cour menaced suouting as the bridal party passed in, Mr. Brena to Captain Allatia. of tae Fourte precinct, who detatlea oMicer = Waile! preserve order. Oa to ain rival te oMeer begaa driving she crowd away, When he was attacked by three who knocked him down, toox bis clu 7 Tim and kicked und beat oim around + de wad body, pergeunt Meakin ran to the vilicer’s relict io time oF the Aur might nave resuited As it 18 16 Wild De sOMe time Delore Be will De w 10 go on daty, Tue assailants vas Gre KooWa \o the police as Parrick Fi) sume! Ward Downes aad Thomas Quanors, alas tae Bula”? SUICIDE IN BROOKLYN. Patrolmon O'Connell, of the Ninth precinet, While oo patrol Gaty along Bediord avenue, snortlp before dayligot yesterday morning, tho vody of @ man swinging ta the breeze irom the limb of @ tree, ina centre oi a lot, berween D& Kalb avenue and Kosciusky street, 0 for assistance, Waich was reodered Beer doues, Wuen the ody, Which Was Quite atti ee econ io, The by ideauiled ue Maccaew Levy Qvout jorty-eigat years vi moved vo ine guy Woruast simuind Was Bo: SS ee