THE HERALD.
NEW-YORK, SATURDAY, JAN. 30, 1836.
0? Advertisements crowded out to day ttiii be in*
tcried in our next edition.
SPRING TRADE.
We have already shown, by extracts from Philadel
pbia journals, that a very unworthy and improper attempt
m making fty certain persona in that cleanly conatry
town, to circulate throughout the Southern and ,
Western eonnlry, statements relative to the stocks '
vi gwu?, aim pnvrs vi jikiv.uauui<.c lu mis tiiaiari) |
which art; on their face, misrepresentations, not by re- ,
tail, but wholesale, <t?d without discount. Our late ,
disastrous fire has been made the hook to hang these
misrepresentations upon. The accounts circulated and
published of the destruction of twenty million * of property
in one night, have furnished a very plausible
foundation for that species of sympathy and friendship,
which is put up in neat packages, and marked " Market
street, Philadelphia?keep this side up."
It is weli known, however, in this city, that out one
twentieth part of the losses in that fire, was of goods
entering intc the dealings between our merchants and
those of the South and West. Only a snail?a wry
small portion of the goods destroyed was of any use
whatever. These goods consisted principally of the
remnants and refuse of several years?and s* far as
our trade is concerned, the destruction of that property
was a positive benefit to the merchants. The Insurance
Companies pay the amount lost, and the merchants
realise in cash full prices for the remains and sweepings
oftyaars, which under other circumstances, would have j
lain on-their hands for a Ion? time to come.
So much for the little attempt of Philadelphia journals
and merchant* to extract from tiiat untoward circi*Bstance,
any thin? to the disadvantage of the New
York market.
The other miarepreseatution in relation to the assort
Brent on hand, is equally untenable, and at a moderate
calculation, fifty per cent more ridiculous. We shall
prove the assertion.
Because a larger amount of business was done here
last year, than on any previous occasion, it has been
argued by the sages of Market street, that a lass amount
will be transacted during the approaching season?and
tUft the imports for the same period must be of a like
diminishing character. Now for a handful of facts.
From the highest authority in the city?-from the New
Yotk Custom House?we have learned the extraordinary
fact, that the imports into this port since tha Conflagration
on the 16th December, have exceeded those of
last year, at least, one third, and that from the number
of vessels now up for entry, and others daily and weekly >
ejected, it is calculated that the iinp?rts far the first
quarter of 1836, will at least exceed those of the first
quarter of 1834?nearly one fourth.
It will be perceived in this statement, that the average
increase for that portion of the present quarter which
has olapeed, is greater than that for the remainder of the
same quarter. This arises from another striking fact,
yhich we also received on the same authority?the
Custom House.
The Spring business has begun this year at least three |
weeks earlier thaa it ever did during the present century,
The season has indeed been inclement?and the weather
forbidding, but already are theie daily arriving, merchant
a fram the west, the south, and the valley of the
Mississippi. This is the canse. Tha merchants las*
fall in sending their orders to England and France, were
particular in giving directions that the quantities should
be in New York one month earlier than on any former
occasion. This grew oat of the new and peculiar lines of
intercourse recently opened between New York and the
south and west. It is well known, that one half the
revenue of the Pennsylvania Canals, arise from the
transmission of goods sold in New York, either to Philadelphia
or western merchants. This lin? of intercourse
it open a month earlier than the .New York Canals.
Last.Spring this fact had not entered into the element
of caUulatioo among our merchants. In consequence
thereof, they lost the sale of large quantities of good*,
because they could not comply with orders in time.
This error has been avoided during the present season,
by the traosmision last fall of orders on? month earlier
?i od the reception here of these shipments three weeks
earlier.
To a general understanding entered into between lh?
wastern and southern merchants Inst fall, bated on these
fattt, are we indebted for the arrival in this city already of
many merchants from the south and west, full a month
earlier than tliey ever came to New York.
Front these statements, based on indisputable facts
it will be seen that a new life, a new Energy, and a new
Movement has begun this spring in the great inter |
course between the west and south and New York.
The opening of the Pennsylvania Canals?the establishing
ef steam boat hues?the rapid increase of the
far fhp inrp**anf Bmcrresa nf cmivrafuiM nn th?
other side of the Alleghany, carrying our customer*
fnrther towards the setting sun, all conspire to render
the commencement of business in New York earlier '
than u has been 011 any occasion, or former year.
In making these statements, and in circulating this
journal that contains them by Ihotuand* all over the
southern and western towns, we do not wish?it is not
ur intention?to say any thing unpleasant, galling, or
cutting towards so pretty a country town as Philadel- j
phia. In {her proper place?and conducting herself
with her usual modesty, that large place will %do honor
to heraalf, and preserve a large portion of her haberdashering
trade. Ambitious how ever,far beyond the size
of l*r breeches, for a portion of the wholesale trade
which is rapidly passing to New York, she has made a
desperate effort to preserve one branch of business, viz:
t he wholesale trade of misrepresentation. In this line
of basiness. we do not wish to interfere, and if Philadelphia
chooses, she may monopolize the article, both
wholesale and retail, up to the end of the century. She
may charter h?maks a bank out of it?and pay her
carnal debt out of it. New York leaves her a clear field.
FRENCH QUESTION SETTLED.
The accounts received in town j esterday, relative to
the arrival of his Britannic Majesty's vessel at Norfolk,
with important despatches for our government, have
carried conviction into the ininds of every man of intelligence,
thai the difficulties with Francc will be settled
in a few dava?and thai peace between the two coun[
tries will reonin uninterrupted for many years to coine.
We have conversed with the best authorities in tha city,
and among others, it is the opinion of the British Consulate,
that the very fact of the British ministry sending
out at this season of the year, a Despatch vessel?her
destination being also to the nearest point to Washington
?is conclusive evidence that the French government
have receded from a part of the ridiculous position assumed
in the famous despatch of the Due de Broglie.
Though the statement put forth yesterday by the
Courier and Enquirerand the Journal ofCommerce, that
a merchant of Norfolk had gathered the important intelligence
from the Captain of the British vessel, is
utterly preposterous and ridiculous on its face, yet the j
general belief that such as represented is the fact, is not j
| invalidated at all. So British Captaiu?no "King's
messenger" would open his lips on such a subject to
1 anv merchant, or any individual under heaven.
In the absence of ail positive and authentic information
of the real nature of the overture by the British I
Cabinet, we can only guess at its terms, from the pawt
: history of the negotiation, and the exact position in
which it stuod at the return ef .Mr. Barton from Paris.
When that event took plate, we had accounts from EngI
land that the commercial interests of that country,
waked up as if from a dream, and that a movement was
immediately made to procure the mediation of the
British government to avert the threatened hostilities,
which would he disastrous alike, if permitted to go on,
to the commerce of all. It will be recollected that j
during the whole progress of the negociation, the Rothschilds
of Paris and London, had been invariably writ- i
ing to their correspondents in New York and Philadel- j
phia, that the difficulty would be settled in some shape
or other, satisfactory to the honor of both countries.
We have no doubt, judging from these facts, that the
proffered mediation of the British government, has
sprung entirely from a combined movement of the commercial
interests of France and England, operating
, through channels obvious to every business man.
What the exact basis of settlement may be, is conjec,
ture at present. It is nearly certain, however, that the
British ministry, takin? uo the negotiation when M.
i Broglie and Mr. Barton left il, would insist as a prelimii
uarv step upon France to retract a portion of her demand
of explanation, and meet the United States half
war. From the "giving* out" in the ministerial papers
in London, it is possible that the Doctrinaire Cabinet
have agreed to consider Mr. Livingston's letter of explanation
sufficient, provided it be sanctioned by the
Presidant. It is very obvious, that the British government
would never send out a special vessel to this countay,
unless there was a rational probability that their
mediation would be successful.
Should this view be the tnie and exact position of the
I mediation, we are persuaded that General Jackson will
1 dt once repeat what he ha a already said in various
' ways, "I sanction the explanation of Mr. Livingston."
| Evea the last Measage contains ample explanations?
quite sufficient to satisfy the most sensitive feelings of
the French. The United States now stands in a high
and honorable attitude before the world, and can have
no hesitation ta repeat what has already been said in
various ways. We have gained both the point of honor,
and the money.
Looking upon this step of the British government
in every aspect, we have the strongest belief that in
> a very few days, the agreeable announcement will be
! made trom Washington, that all our difficallies are settled
with France?that Mr. Livingston's explanations
are acceptad?that the moaey will be paid into the hands
of the U. S. Banker in Paris?and that the " ancient
i ally" of the United States is again restored to our
friendship?to our good feelings?and to our fallest con|
ridtmce.
Should these speculations turn out to be the fact?
' nn#l sva hnvp pv^rv n>A4nn to crpilif ihpm rKo tlirou
greatest nations in the world, in whose Jominionn alone,
the liberty and the rights of man are respected?where
mind governs society?and law regulates social inter1
course?wbere the press is free?and science triumphant,?will,
by these very successful efforts, be more
than ever inseparable in friendship, in affection, and ia
commerce. Of nations, we may say the same that
Hamlet of Denmark says of individuals:?
???? Give at that man
That ii nut pauMn'a slave, and I will bear him
la my heart's eure, ajr, Id my heart of hearts,
As 1 do thee, Horatio.
tLr The politicians are busy manufacturing Expunging
Resolutions and war resolves agaiast France.
I Next week they will be all aback.
ITT Both our rivers are full of floating ice. The
cold ia more moderate.
O* Ye, rich and wealthy, think?Ohf think of the
poor, in these cold days and colder nights!
Bt A*os Kendall's Express.?We duly received
yesterday, the Albany Argus of Dec. 22, 1835, with a
very neat plan of the Great Fire, and a description
thereof. Quite impartial is Amos.
Cold.?Thermometer on Thursday morning, at Philadelphia,
CP above zero?here 4?. Yesterday morning
here 4C below zero.
U* Hamblin is still humbugging the Bowery people
with Norman Leslie.
C The Franklin Theatre is crowded every night.
Our old friend Major Noah makes it his head quarters.
U* Thanks to the Albany Argus for sending us a
variety of legislative documents. Wish we could say
the same of the Washington Globe.
Moan Ijtdu* crpers.?A Galena paper states that
the Sac and Fox Indians committed a brutal murder
in Dubuque in December last.
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[Cornepwdeece of Hudna'a MrrchanU' Nm >w |
j? Washi.n ctoh, Jan. 87,1826. i
Bofh H0M6B Cott^rai ha to bttf b cn^n^cd IOB4ty 1
in discuaaing the ctuw that led to th* loss of the forti- i
tic a I ion bill ?f 1835. Judge White has had possession 1
of the floor of the Senate, and Messrs. Cambreieng and I
Reed of Massachusetts, have occupied the attention of ]
the House.
A Bill that passed the Houso last light, appropriat- 1
ing $500,000 to suppress the Seminole War, passed the 1
Senate to-day. With this ample appropriation, the
Seminole War will, in all probability, soon be put to ]
real. It is to be hoped tiiat its dreadful progress may (
be arrested. As an indication of the expectations of |
the administration, 1 may say to yon, that Mr. Cambreleng
to-day asserted, that France demanded of us
that which could not be yielded, and that which Icould
not be yielded if the country were laid waste with
blood from Maine t? Louisiana. He also said that the
weight of a feather would decide the question of War
or Peace between this country and France. I
It ia expected that the necessary appropriation bills ,
for the defence of the country will be laid before Con- J
gress with as little delay as possible, and all parties, ;
save that which cotnes from South Carolina, are now
ready to prepare for approaching events. The debate .
on the loss of the old Fortification Bill will probably occupy
the House to-morrow. Mr. Ben. Harding is in
poesession of the floor.
The accounts from Florida continue to be of the
most unpromising aspect, but we hope that they will
soon assume a more peaceful complexion.
|Mnl? Corre*poa4*nrc.) (
A lb art, January 26, 1836.
The snow is falling in such incredible quantities, thai
if the Legislature do not make a law to prevent it, the 1
city will be overwhelmed. 1 (
Tlie Harrison party are arriving from all quarters, to
attend the convention, and yet there has been no earthquake,
and the North river has not thawed.
In the House of Assembly this moraine, Mr. Yates
brought forward his preamble and resolutions respecting
the French affairs. The resolutions condemn the
conduct of I be latter in requiring an apology. Their j
were adopted unanimously.
The bill for the reilef of th? insolvent Insurance Companies,
waa debated in the Assembly just before the
House adjourned. But the combatants getting hungry,
made short work of it, and the committee rose and reported
without taking the question.
Mr. Cutting acquitted himself handsomely. He waa
too careleas at the commencement of the session, but
he ia now more wary, and goes along smoothly.
This late fall of anow has prevented the arrival of the
mails, and the people are almost dying for news.
Several horse race* have heen got up for the amusement
of the members of the legislature. They consider
it d^Jightful sport, but some of them bet heavily,
and come away with long faces. Three weeks have
aow elapsed since the commencement of the session,
ami yet the business is scarcely touched. Banks, railroads,
canals, Sic., all lie together in a mass. They
are in the hands of select committees, but they might
aa well be thiown into the bottomless pit of chancery
at once.
The members say they wabt something to enliven
them?can't vou manaee to send them the Herald ?
Albany, Jan. 25,1835.
There has bean another tremendous fail of a now,
much deeper than that of the week before last. It exceeds
any previous storm in the memory of the oldest
inhabitants. It is a great detriment to business, as the
streets are scarcely passable.
A most amusing scene occurred in the House of Assembly
last wfeek. Mr. Romeyn, the member from
Ulster, it will be recollected, had fought moat valiantly
against the New York relief bill. But on Friday he got
lashed in famoua style, by the advocatesof the bill. He
was terribly cut up, and was apparently broken hearted.
He rose in reply with tears in his eyes, and informed the
Houae, " that the treatment he had received, was too
much for him,?he had resolved to retnrn to his home,
and in the boson of his wife and family, procure consolation
to his wounded feeling?. He trusted he should
not be absent many days, when after receiving the balm
of domestic sympathy, he should return freshened, and
invigorated for a renewal of the combat."
The House was tolerably convulsed with laughter,
and the doughty opponent has left the city for the so( i^fv
of hi* hplnvpil nartnpr
The bill " for the relief of the city of New York" wag
received ia Senate, this morning, fr?m the House of
Aseembly, and referred to a Committee of the Whole.
In the Assembly, Sir. Cowdrey from New York, pursuant
to notice, brought in a bill to enable resident aliens
to held real estate.
The House in committee of the whole, resumed the
consideration of the bill for the benefit af certain Icsurance
CempnntM, rendered insolvent by the late fire in
New York.
After a lengthy derate, in which Mesara. Cowdrey I
and Cuttiug participated, the House adjourned without
taking the question.
It has been snowing the whole of the day, and still
continues. It is, at the time 1 am writing, on an average,
four feet in depth. It will undoubtedly, make a day's
difference in the arrival of the mails.
Fire.?A three story brick building, No. 32 Catha|
rine street, occupied by Mr. Moore as a Chair Factory,
took fire on Thursday evening about 12 o'clock, which
with a work shop running through to the extent of the
lot, together with a large quantity of stock wood, waa
uniirel v cousumed. Several other buildings adjoining, j,
and in the rear, were inaterially'injured.
Good Dahcino.?Celeste has danced twenty-four 1
nights at New Orleans, and received only $1,128 50 per
night, making $26^74 in a month. General Jackson
only geta $25,000 a year for frightening the French. I
I? h I'M a iflTT .?No ashes on the sidn walks y asterday?the
walking almost murder and suicide. I
D" The Delaware River is completely ice-bound.
Mori Trades UniomsM.?Mr. Wright, a Journey sot
Tailor, wu brought up yesterday on a subpoena to
wt?y to the ptrni who had prevented him flrom attendng
to his work. Wright is a member of the "Journeyman
Tailors' Society," and subject to their rale*.
He is aow injthe employ of Messrs. Stokea 6t, Co., ia
Broadway.
A boat four months since he entered into a contract
lo work for Messrs. Stokes it Co. at the rate of two dollars
per day for six months. A short time since the
Journeymen Tailors held a meeting and raised their
prices. In consequence of which, Mr. Wright did not
;o on with his contract. He has been threatened with
personal violence, if he continued working, at any other
ihan the raised prices. And such an eflect have the
[lireats exercised over him, that for several days be has
not left his house. He has most positively refused to
mi UK muu.oo ui we }iri.-<uns wiw iiiioaienra uim, preferring
rather to suffer himself?for, Mid he u 1 well
knew that every step I took was watched, and every
iction noticed." Hej was imprisoned on Thursday
afternoon and night, and was only released yesterday
afternoon. He stated also that forty men per day were
let to watch the doors of the Tailors shops, and observe
who went ia and out. Haviag made an affidavit of the
shove facts, without disclosiqg any names, lie was discharged.
When are these combinations to have an end T Do
we live under laws or personal violence 1
ILr The Ladies' Companion for this month possesses
increasing claims on public patronage, and the publisher
will doubtless, as he deserves, find his tntereat ir?
continuing his efforts to render his periodical every way
acceptable to the public.
U*The first nomber of a republication of popular
novels, entitled u The Novelist," has just appeared. It
commences with u the Gipsy," by G. P. James. The
type is uncommonly clear, and the paper good. The
publisher, W. W. Snowden, No. 9 Beekman street, announces
his intention to continue this work weekly, al the
very low price of 6i cents each number.
O* It > stated in the last number of the Edinburgh
Review, that Republican principles had made great
progress in Englaad during the last twelve tnonrhi.
ITT The Raltimureans are making efforts to hava a
Navy Yard established in their city.
It f* The theatre going people of New Orleans are
in raptures with the acting of Miss Phillips as J ulia ia
the Hunchback.
O* All the lower part of Natchez has been consum
ed by fire, believed to be the work of incendiaries.?
Several live* were lost, and some individuals had been
lodeed in prison charred with the crime.
Importance or a word.?The National Intelligencer
think* all the difficulty between France and this
coantrv, arises from the mis-translatioa of pretend*. It
ia not the first time that nations hare fought fer such a
cauae.
U* Professor Buah laat evening at the New York
University, explained the Egyptian Hieroglyphica. He
read distinctly the inscription on the Roaetta atone, and
explained every character on the Pyramids. What
prodigious learning!
ILT Mr. Nicholas has been elected a Senator from
Louisiana. He is a Van Buren man?kinc Mm larAry
true. Amos Kendall is nearly safe.
O* Ought not the Grand Jury inquire into the cauae*
of the late explosion on board the William Gibbons I
Such negligence?if it be negligence?should be punished
severely.
, IT? The several volunteer eorpa getting up to fight
the French, are rapidly increasing. A few vacancies
still remain.
We understand that there have been aundrv rumors
of wars and hostile demonstrations between some of
our literati and editor*, and that explanations and apoligies
have been tendered, interchanged and accepted.
John N?al has abandoned tha Boston Galaxy?the
ru\latt*a of the literary emporium is, in consequence,
aa dull as ditch water.
Some idea may be gathered of the circulation and
prosperity of tha English periodicals, and of the anxiety
of thair proprietors to cater liberally for the tastes of
their readers, from the fact that an American writer,
now resident amoig us,was recently offered by a London
publisher one hundred guineas a piece for one hundred
articles in prose or Terse, long or short, good, had, middling,
or indifferent, with his name thereto. The latter
was the principal point. The payment of thia sum of
money to any one contributor would be more than
enough to break all the periodical proprietors of thia
countryThere
seems to be an active and laudable emulation
between some New York and London ship owners
which shall first start a steamer between the two cities.
The Harpers were applied to, to publish N. P.Willis'
" Pencilling* bv the Wav." in two duodecimo volumes.
but declined. Carey & Lea have bean reaorted to and
complied.
The veteran Dunlap, the Historian of the Americaa
Stage and the Arta of Design in thia country has a new
aovel nearly ready for publiaatioo.
Married in Tenoeaaee, on the 4th inst, Mr. Joa. H.
Granger, to Mia* Nancy Childless. We approve of tbe
lady's determination to remain no longer CktUUeu.
MARRIED.
On WtibndiT evening. Mr. Daniel 8. Darling, of the firm of
Mc Lean k Darting, to Miaa Mary WwteiWy.
DIED.
Oa the 28th iottant. Mr. Moaet H. Br?wn, a^ed tS year*, formerly
of Portuaoath, N. H.
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
CLEARED.?Ship Vicka^urth. , NewOrleam. Brig?
Brarana. Bantu*, St. Tbonaai.
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lohnton, St J.ka't, N. F.