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We have ehronicled the election cm Friday, 10th
instant, of William Pitt Feeaaadeo, (free nail whig.)
to the United State* Senate, for the term of aiz rean
from the 4th of Marob laat Ue luoeeedn Mr. Brad
bury, (democrat,) the Legii'atnre of laat year not
having been ahle to effect a. choioe. The votes at
the election on the 10th instrtood aa folk) in:- In the
Hoaae, 78 for Foaondea; 04 for Lot M. Morrill,
<dem ); 3 for John Habbard, (dem.); 1 tor Joaiab B.
Little. In the Senate, 1? for Fewnden, 12 tor Mor
rill, and 3 for Hubbard. The meiority for Peaaen
den, therefore, la 10 in the Hoeae and 1 in the
Senate.
The matt of Main*, a Portland paper, iaji:~
We BOdfTiUod from Mrqowtloufcli mlkorltf, tklt the
rote in ib? I,*glalatnre of Maine, ta the choioe of a United
BUt*i denetor. >u very largely la flaeneed by the pod
Hon of tfce N'brtoi b it, now pending before Uongreee.
la hot, tb if qnee-ioa rirj natntally end re ry property
nbaurba or overrides the uidieery topics ot party warfare.
aa> la ?>co to Muub a Uacing qoaetion, if not the great
qswtloD of the da?
Ob UU matter Mr Feaeandoa waa known to oeeapy no
doabtfal position, bat wn heartily end r*eolntely<oom
Mitted ag iia*t the breaking np or alitor ban sa of the Mil
eonri Odb prom lee. On tba other bond, Mr. Morrill hesi
tated or declinod to commit himaelf against 1?. In oora
moa with many of the demooratio politicians of the
JUith Mr Mmiil wa* 'dabltua' oa the qaeaiion. Every
democrat in the Legislature who wu op*oeed to the Ne
ktaiii bill ai now presented, defined himaelf by voting
for Mr Fe*a?nden.
The Augusta Agt, a democratic paper, says:?
Hawthorne relate* the aad atory of oae who. having
eommitted the greateat erime possible for woman, waa
obliged to ait oae day in the market piaoa, willing upon
her torahead the >' rcarlet letter" which proclaimed her
tetany In botng obliged to give psblioktion to the fact
that William Pitt Fe'aeidvn bii bt-en elected to mlirepre
eent demcoratic Maine in the United States Senate, w*
??el for the S ate. aid tor tt e Lag i later* which, aoni
?ally. I? <1?mor ratio iu both branches. a limllar degree o!
ehami lie waa eleoted by a majority of one lo the
?ana:*, and ten In the Ibuie. An unmitigated feJeralitt
aad abo'itienlit Mr Kwaeodm commanded the tmirx
whig and abolition Totee In the L?riilatare, with enoagb
Of the Motriil men- to give him an tUotion.
The Boston jit la* (whig) says:?
The whigi qt Miliio appear to Sits been la particular
good lack thl* j?er, or rather, we ihoald aay, hare had
thegocd qualities rf their eevaral candidates duly appre
Oiated by ibt-ir politioal dppon-nta of ill denominations?
wiit'oitx. Herri fcern oral*, and free soilera. In neither
branch of th* I.rji,liture Mt? they a clear majority: yet
a whig Buvrtior, a whig noauc 1, and a whig (Jolted Statea
Herati r bur* N en ?lrci?d by maj "Ities In eaeb. lathe
Honf* Mr. Crrehy received one hundred and thirty-three
eat of onebnndred and arty one votes, of whioh at leeit
all 'j were political ( ppon?nta. inclu-ire both of wlldc?tt
end their antlpodea. lu the Senate tee choice lay b?
tween btm and Mr. Morrill, a democrat; yet nine derao
?rat* gave the prefer# nee ta Mr. Oroaby aud elected aim
la the convention of the two branches four of the whig
eandidetee for the Ouaoll received, within aix, every vote
eaat And finally Mr Feiaenden ia elected United 8 ates
Senator on the drat ballot, receiving in each brauah more
eeleea anpport from pi,litloal opponent*.
The following it a list of the United States Sena
tors from Maine, from the admission of the State
Into the Union, in 1820, to the present time : ?
Sana. Cum. <J Service TaminaUnn
John Helmed Jone 18, 1810 Ma oh 8, 1311
Jobn Chandler Jane 14, 182) " 1*13
John Holm 1811 ?' 1827
John Chin Her March, 1823 " 182i?
Altidn K. Parris.. .March, 18'i7 Resigned, 18t9.
John Holm** Jan 16,1(29 Maroh, 1833
Feieg Spiagu* Maroh. 1839 Resigned, 1836
Job a Roggl-s Jan 30, 1(36 March, 183S
Cther Pbepley March, 1833 Retifaad, 1820
%lnd.h Dana (M?. 7, 183A March, 18?7
John Regfira March, 1846
Benel W iliana Miioh, 183T ?fft-su, 1S39
? Marob, 1119 R>ilgne1, 1843
Beorge Evan* March, 1841 March, 1847.
John Fan Held March, 1843 March, 1846
" lerc i, 1846 Died 1)40. 1847
JWyican B 8 M or Jan 17, 1848 Jane. 1848
Hannibal Hamlin luue, 1848 Maroh, 1861
John W Bradbury.. March, 1817 March, 18S3
BaaniKal Hamlin.. . jlarch, 18SI llaro^ 1857
Wo. f Fleeffcder. . >Ji-ch, 1863 Maroh. 1869. )
?Jrntkh D?n? ?rP''lnt<s4 bj ?t? Qortrnor, in plao* of Ither
BhepWj rtiigne*.
fw. It. 8. Muor, ?rr<intod by ths G jvoruor. la piss* of
John Ft irfield, dee?a?? a
The names of the abors Senators show that the;
are all of Anglo-Saxon origin, except William and
Evans, who are iescended from the Welsh, or ancient
Briton*. This remark may be applied generally to
nearly all the canes of pereosa who have represented
the New England Statee, either in the Continental
or Federal Congress. The exceptions t# Angl>
Baxon and Welth names are few indeed among the
Mew Englanders of the old families.
Maine, it will be recollected, was a District, uafler
the government of Massachusetts, although not of
contiguous territory, until 15th March, 1*20, when it
VH admitted into the Union by act of Congress of 3d
?arch. The separation from Massachusetts wu
Mainly effected by the efforts and influence of John
Holmes, who was a member of Congress from one of
the Maine districts at the time. On the organ'aatlon
af the State, the Legislature of Maine elected John
Holmes and John Chandler as the first United States
Senators. They took tbeir seats on the meeting of
Congress in November, 1820, when Holmes drew for
the term ending the following March, 1821, aid
Chandler forthe term ending March, 1S2S. We give
the following biographical sketches of the Senators:?
John Holxm was of Massachusetts origla, hav
ing been born on Cape Cod, absnt the year 1773;
and while quite a young man he removed to Maine,
and for many years practised law at Alfred, in York
comity. In early life he engaged in pelitici, and
becoming an active democratic republican, was
elected to the Legislature af Massachusetts, where
he rapidly reee to distiactlon by his eloquence, his
playful and oscasionally roagh wit, his bitter at
tacks on tke leaden of the federal party, and his
gnat pe wen of debate. He was elected represen
tative to Coagrers from the York district, and took
his seat in the House In December, 1817. He was
N elected, and continued a member of the House
antil chosen lei a tor in 1820. In Congrew, he
dMnguishel himself, particularly by his speech
hi defence of General Jackson for his con
duct in the Seminole war, and by his
apeeahas and votes in favor of the admission
af Missouri, without restriction of slavery, warmly
cooperating with Henry Clay in his efforts in con
premlsing that exciting question. His oourse in
Congress on these qaestions subjected Helaiee to
aevere censure both in Massachusetts and Maine,
hot did a* materially inpair his popularity with the
democracy athe latter. Having axerted himself to
?Beet a separation of Maine from Massachusetts, he
-was chosen a member of the convention to form a
constitution for Maine, and ast^ as chairman of
the oemmlttee to draft it He haa no diflculty in
engrafting apon it such democratis features as he
wtted, for the people looked upon him as the lead
er in (he movement which made Maine an indepea
dent State. He had the honor of bsing chosen one
"a# the flret Senators to repreoent the new State la
Oeagreaa. Having drawn for the short term he was
re elected in 1821 for a term of six yean. On thoax
ptratton of that term he was superseded by Albion
K. ParrU.-whem he had supported for 0 jvernor in
1821 , as the pMfrie's candidate, against castors house
Influence, headed by Oen. Dearborn. Governor Par
rt having resigned his seat as Senator In 1811, Mr.
Holmes was chosen to sapply his place fbr the feur
yean remaining of the term which expired in March,
1833. He thea retired to private life, at hie rwl
dence ill Alfred, York oonaty, hot we believe was
cecaaioaally esat to ths Legislature. He was ap
pelated by General Harrison, in 1*41 , United States
District Attorney for Mains, and held the oBoe at
the time of his death, whieh took place at Portland,
inly 7, 1843. He was about seventy yean of age.
and had been a member of the bar over forty pean,
and ever enjoyed an elevated and enviable repute
tkm in bis professloa.
While in Coagreis Mr. Holmas was decidedly fa
TWable to the election of William H. Crawford to
the Presideacy; and with his colleague. Gsn. Chan
dler, attended the eauens In Febrvary, 1*24, which
nominated Mr. Cnwferd as the democratic eandl.
date. After the election of John (Juincy Adams to the
Presidency. Mr. Holmee decided to support his ad
?dnlstration, and was sustained by a large majority
of the people of Maine. He therefore opposed ths
elestlon of Gee. Jackson In 1828, aad in the Senate
co-operated with Mr. Clay and his friends in the or
ganised oppositioa to Jackson's administration. lis
ever afterwards acted with the whig party, and was
consequently la the minority in Maiae, after the
democracy of the State decided for Jaekson. In the
Senate he Toted for the re-charter of the United States
Bank in 1832. Ue was doubtless ' ne of tke ablest
among the statesmen sent to Coagreas from Maine.
Geo. John Cbaxplb wp of an old Massachusetts
family, which ssttled in the SUM in the early part of
the seventeenth century. We are onaoquainted with
the earl j life of Gen. Chandler, but we believe ha waa
ablackamith by trade. He resided at Monmouth,
Kennehec county, and waa elected to Congreaa in
1806, and served four yean in the House, via. :
?to 1809. He appean to have baen aoquainted
with military aOWin, for in July, 1812, he
reeeived from President Madisen the appoint
?ent ef Brigadier-General In the United States
army. In the spring of 1813, at the head of
abont two thousand men, he marched for Baokett's
Harbor, at a time when it waa expected that thirty
thousand men would bs ready for the invasion of
Caaaada by the first of May in that year. The troops
ander Gen. Chandler were of the regular army, well
efeipped, and under good discipline; consequently
much was expected from them by the people.
But these expectations were doomed to disappoint
ment by an unlusky event. Chandler's brigade
having crossed to Upper Canada, formed part of the
army under Gen. Dearborn, at Fort George, near
the bead of Lake Ontario. On the 2d of Jane, Gen.
Winder, of Baltimore, (the same who was after
wards so unfortunate in (he defence of Washington
City,) with his bi^ada, weat in pursuit of the Bri
tish and Indian allied farces, who took a position
about forty-eight miles from Port George. Several
bodies from Chandlers and Bojd's brigades wert
Bent to reinforce blot, under Gen. Chandler, who
had the command. The American troops were en
camped at Stoney Creek, near Burlington Bay,
and, in anticipation of an attaek, slept on
their anas (on tka night of the fifth of
June) in line of battle, formed to the best advantage
the ground would admit of. The two Generals
(Chandler and Winder) spent the evening together
in Chandler's tent, making arrangements for the
victory (hey anticipated the next day. After midnight
Gen. Winder retired to his tent, and Gen. Cnandler
and his assistant adjutant-general laid down, hut dM
not sleep. Soon after two o'clock on ths morning of
the 6th of Jane the outpost i and guards were fired
u pan by the advance sf the enemy's column. The
British an 3 Indians imn-e^ttlj a a vised the Ameri
cans of their rpproaoh by a tremendous savage ysll,
in which both the whites and their red brethren oor.
dially united. At this horrid signal Gen. Chandler
and his aid instantly mounted their horses, and the
American line was formed and waiting for the enemy
by the tine they were witbin musket shot, the
troops under General Winder were also in*
stantly formed oa the left, under the imme
diate eye of that General. The extreme darkness
of ths morning prevented the American officers from
knowing at what point the evemy intended to attack
them until tlie British advanced with charged bay
onets upon their right. A well directed fire was
opened upon them from nearly the whsle American
line. Gen Chandler took post m the rear of the loft
Sank of the right wing, where he issued his orders
with the utmost coolness, and occupied his leisure
moments in encoursgisg his troops to perform acts
of valor. Ilia aid carried his orders to General Win.
der, who with great energy encouraged hii men, aud
the officers and troops behaved like veterans. The
British troops were commanded by General Vincent.
The Americans lent In killed and ..wounded and
miwipg, 154, the British about 250, and bath sides
claimed the victory. But owing to the ex-,
treme darkness, several mistakes took place;
General Chandler's horse fell under him, by
which accident the General was severely in'
jurcd, and fell into ths hands of a body of the
British troops, whioh he took for American. General
Winder also fell into a similar mistake, and by en
deavoring to see what was taking place in the centre
of the line, he also was taken prisoner, as well as
Major Van Do Venter. The two Geneials, Chandler
and Winder, were immediately conducted as prison
ers of war, to Montreal and Quebec, but after a time
were exchanged and returned home.
There was great difference of opinion Among the
people if specting the conduct of these General*; but
while g (j me were dispotad to censure them, the pub
lic opinion finally settled down into a very geieral
belief iba*. their capture was the result of misfortune
which could not have been foreseen. The democra
cj of Mail e retained their confidence in Gen. Chand
ler, and bestowed on him various offices aud trusta.
to show their confidence in him. It is not, therefore,
hurprifii g that he was elected the colleague of
John Holmes, as one of the AM United States Sena
tors from Maine in Jane, 1S20. Chandler at that
time was a State Senator, and president of the
new Senate of Maine. In the Senate, Genera
Chandler wan not distinguished cither in debate or
on committees, except in a general tacit acquiescence
in the coune of his colleague, Mr. Holmee, and in
whatever measure was conidered democratic, at a
period when it was difficult to diaoover the tine
which divided partes in Congress or among the peo
pie. In 1823, Gen. Chandler was re-elected to the
Senate for a full term of Bix years, which expired in
March, 1829. He fonnd his way into the minority
caucus which Dominated Mr. Crawford for the Preii
dency, in February, 1824, when the darkness that
enveloped politician! was greater than that which
caused the General to fall from his horse, and Into the
hands of the enemy at Stoney Creek, eleven years be
fore. On the confirmation of Hoary Clay as Secretary
of State, under John Quincy Adams, he voted in
the affirmative, as did his colleague, Holmes,
Mr. Van Bnren, and various other Crawford men ;
while Gen. Jackson, who was then a member
of the Senate, and thirteen other Senators with kin,
voted in the negative. Bath of the Maine Senators
opposed some of the prominent measures of the ad
ministration of John Quincy Adams, but Gen- Chand
ler was mora uniform in his opposition than Mr.
Holmes. Flcally, the We Senators took different
sides in the Presidential election of 1H28. Chandler
supporting Gen. Jackson, aad Holmes, mainly
through his friendship for Henry Clay, sustaining
Adams, and oo the election of Jackson taking part
with the opposition, and ever afterwards acting with
tho whig patty.
On the expiration of hia second,' term, in Maroh,
1829, after a service of over eight years in the United
States Senate, Gen. Chandler retired from that body,
having been superseded by the election of Peleg
Sprague by the Legislature of Maine, in his place.
He received the same month the appointment from
Gen. Jackson of Collector of the port of Portland,
the compensation of which office was then $3,400
per annnm. He continued to hold this offiee, we
believe, natil he was removed by the whig adminis
tration, lu 1841. In the last year of his life he resided
at Augnxta, in Maine, and died in September, 1841,
aged eighty one years.
Albion Kbith Plants is a descendant of Thorns.
Parris, who emigrated from London to Mwsiehwn
in 1683, and is the only son of Judge Samuel ParrU, of
Hebron, Maine. Another early member of the family
was Rev. Samuel Parris, ol Danvers, Massachusetts,
who was born in London, in 1663, emigrated to
Maseachusetts, and studied at Harvard College. He
was ordained as a clergyman at Danvers, in 1889, and
in 1682 the Salem witchcraft delusion commenced la
his family. His daughter, about twelve years of age,
and hisneice, Abigail Williams, of nearly the same
age, pretended to be bewitched, and accused an
Indian woman, living in their family, of bewitching
them. 1 he tiev. Mr. Parris beat her, aad com
pelled ber to confess herself a witch. The
hasbatid of the Indian woman, for his own
safety, turnel ao?u?er of others. The delusion
spread rapidly. More than one hundred persons
were apprehended, and most of Item ware commit
ted to prison. Even the wife of Governor Phlpjvs
was accused. Oa the 16tk of August, 1892, Ave per
rons were executed; In all, includlig snbeeqaent tri
als and executions, nineteen persons were hung for
wi.ehsraft, and one maa proseed to death for ntt
pleading. There bad before been executed for
witchcraft a womaa in Charlestown, In 1648, one in
Poirfcester, one in Cambridge, And ene in Bos
ton, In 1466, two or three at Springfield, aad one
at Hartford; a man and his wMk at B.wton in 1662,
a woman In 166#, and anctlier in 1688. The deln
slon at Salem lasted sixteen months. As the Bev. I
My. Parris had been a aealous prosecutor, his church ( I
in 1693, brought charges against him, and, at last,
although he acknowledged his error, he was dis
missed, in lG96,and removed to Concord.
In the present oentury , witchcraft being unfashion
able, the Parria family have only been distinguished
for a fondness for office, and Aiblon K. Parris has
been remarkable for his success in offioeholding be
yond that of any prominent man the State of Maine
has produced. He graduated at Dartmouth College,
New HaafJ*hire, in lb06, and looking for the road to
preferment and wealth, he of course choee the pro
fession of law. It is difficult to name the time when
he was first elected or appointed to office, but in 1821
we find him holding the offioe gf Judge of one of
the c.urts of Maine. William King, the flrat Gov
ernor of Maine, having resigned in 1821, ia conse
quence of being appointed a Commissioner
under the treaty with Spain, the democracy of
Maine were divided as to his suoeesser. The family
of General Dearborn, who monopolised the best offi
ces under the general government, brought forward
General Wingate, tiie son-ln law of General Dear
born. To break up this influenoe of the Dearborn
clique, John Holmes brtught forward Judge Ptrris
as the people's candidate for Governor. The federal,
uts aleo brought forward Mr. Whitman as
a candidate. The result showed the pre
dominance of Holmes' influence in the State,
Judge Pan is being elected by a majority of six hun
dred and twenty-nine votes over both candidates.
He was annually re-elected, until he waa shoaen Uni
ted 6tates Senator, to succeed John Holmes, for ths
term commencing March 4, 1827. He resigned his
seat in consequence of being appointed Judge of the
Supreme Court of Maine, in July, 1828, anJ John
Holmes was chosen his success ?r as United States
Senator, in January, 1829. Judge Parris supported
the adnjlubtratioD of Jackson, aid from that Presi
dent received, in 1836, the appointment of Seeond
Comptroller of the Treasury. Consequently he re
signed the officc of Judge, and removed to Washing
ton city, where he continued in the eqjoyment of his
office for about fifteen years, baffling every attempt
to effect bis removal, until he was finally dismissed
under Fillmore's u<5 ministration in 1851. Returning te
Portland, Maine, he did not remain loog iu private
life, but waa chosen Mayor of the city of Portland, in
opposition to the noted author of the Maine temper
ance law, Neal Dow. That office he still holda, in a
very respectable old age, and a monument of what
may be done by quiet perseverance in obtaining
and holding office, with the consent of the demo
cratic party, which formerly protested rotation in
cardinal principle.
Pflio Spragui, who succeeded John Chandler
as Senator , is of an old Massachusetts family, the
members of which are very numerous in New Eng~
land, and their ancestors among the earliest emi
grants of ths seventeenth century. Peleg Bpragne
was a lawyer of Portland, and was twice elected a
member of the House of Representatives in Con
gress, where he served from 1625 to 1829. He waa
then transferred to the United States Ssnate, having
previously distinguished himself lu the House as a
supporter of Adams' administration. In the Senate
he took a high rank as a debater and opponent of
the administration of Jackson. He co-operated
with Mr. Clay in the passage of the com
promise tariil of 1633, end acted with the whlgi
in that body uniformly ai a zealous member
of the party. In September, 1834, he waa the
whig candidate for Governor of Maine, under fa
vorable circumstances for success but being dereate4
by the democratic candidate, Mr. Dunlap, by abeut
2,000 majority, he considered it his duty to reaign
the office of United States Senator. He accordingly
resigrcd, in November, 1834, and in his letter to the
Legislature he remarked: "Peculiar circumstances
gave the canvass the character of an appeal to the
great primary sonrce of power? the people. Their
decision has been pronounced; and I eannot now per.
ceive that any consideration of public doty require*
me to sacrifice my feelinps ard wUfces by continuing
in office a moment longer than is necessary to girt
the Legislature an opportunity to elcct another in
my stead. The precedent cannot be dangerous.
There can rarely be such a coincidence of circum
stances, ani never without the voluntary consent of
the Serator himself to be placed directly before the
whole people as a candidate for their suffrages.'"
Mr. 8praguc afterwards lemoved to Boston, and
practiccd law in that city. He was a leading mem
ber of the Whig National Convection in December,
183P, which nominated Geo. Harrison, and la 1841
was appointed Judge of the United States District
Court of Massachusetts, an office which he still holds.
John Rcoglm was the democratic successor to
Mr. Sprague. He was a resident of Thomaston, and
whLe in the Senate was only distinguished for a
quiet support of the administrations of Jackson ani
Tan Buren.
Etbik BHimr was a lawyer of Baco, Maine,
and while at Washington elty, as a member of the
United States Senate, he was admired as a regular
"Down Easter," and a statesman of the school de
scribed by Major Jack Downing, of Portland, as pe
culiar to the State of Maine. He was descended
from John Shepley, who emigrated from England to
Seism, Mass., in 1637. Ether Shepley graduated at
Dartmouth College in 1811, and, entering political
life, aeted with the democratic party. For several
years he held the office of United States District At
torney for Maine, and after three yean serviee at
United States Senator, and supporting the adminis
tration of Jackson, he resigned, in 1838, in conse
quence of being appointed Associate Justice of the
Supreme Court of Maine.
J roan Daw a, who held the office of Senator, by
appointment of the Governor, for one sessioa, was of
the family of that name in Massachusetts whose de
scendants are so numerous in var'ous parts of the
ciuntry. He was a graduate ot Dartmouth College
of the class of 1796, and commenced the practice of
the law at Fryebnrg. He held the office of
County Attorney for Oxford for six years, was Judge
of Probate fer about twenty years, and of the Circuit
Court of Common Pleas for ten years. He was a
member of the convention for forming the constitu
tion of Maine, In 1820. He was also a member of
the executive conncil of the State in 1834, an!,
finally, United States Senator, by executive appelnt
ment. In all these offices he maintained a conscious
fidelity to the public, while he discharged their
duties with grcat ability.
Rkuil Williams k a lawyer of. Augusta, the
politloal metropdis of Maine, but has retired frftm
practice, ne, In common with others ef the name,
s descended from Welch ancestors. He was origii
ally attached to the old federal party, bnt acted with
? he democraey of Maine in supporting the election of
General Ja?ks"n. In the United States Senate he
occupied a respectable position In debate and on
oommltteec.W was not particularly distinguished
al>ove ordinary Senator*. He resigned In 1*43, after
six yeais service, and was succeeded by Jehn Fair
field. Mr. Williams was offsred the office ef Secre
tary of the Navy by President Pierce, but declined
the appointment
(ikOBQE Evans, descended from Welsh ances
tors, is a lawyer of Gardiner, Kennebec county,
and represented that dUtrict in the House of
Representatives In Congress for the twelve years
from 1829 to 1841. It Is well known that he has ling
been considered one of the leading whlgs of Maine,
and a man of marked ability, ne was traniferred to
the United States Senate in 1841, and served six
jears in that body, where he occupied the first rank
as a debater, and distinguished himself particularly
In matters of finance and political economy. In 184?
he was app inted one of the commissioners on Mexi
can claims, and It had been expected by many that
General Taj lor would have called him into the Cabl
net as Secretary of the Treasury, bnt it was deemed
expedient to give that office to Mr. Meredith of Penn
sylvania.
John Fathfiilp was born at Saco, Ma'ae. Janua
ry 30, 17i>7. He had not the advaotages of early ed
ucation. yet, possessing an ardent love of knowledge,
and a mind of great activity, be succeeded in at ,
aining a distinguished consideration among his
'ellow citizens. On arriving at manhood he |
studied law, and soon after hi* admission
to the bar be obtained a goed share of practice in
his native town, and was appointed reporter of the
Supreme Judicial Court in 1832. He acted with the
Jackson democratic party, and was elected a mem
ber of Congress in 1834, and served four years as a
member of the Home ? ri*.: from 1835 to 1839. In
1842 he was chosen Governor of Maine, and was re
elected for the next year, but continued in office only
until March following, when he wa? elected to fill a
vacancy in the United States Senate. In 1844 he
i was a prominent candidate before the Democratic
National Convention for nomination as Vice Presi
dent on the ticket with Mr. Polk, and reoeived one
hundred and Beven votes on the first ballot. It was
advised by Robert J. Walker, and then deemed
expedient to give the nomination to a Pennsyl
vania candidate, in consequence of which George
M. Dallas was nominated. Mr. Fairfield was re
elected Senator for another term ; but was suddenly
taken off, in the forty-ninth year of his age, while he
was in the dlsoharge of bis official duties, at Wash
ington city, Dec. 24, 1847. He was distinguished
for strong sense, sound judgment, and practical
views on all subjects to which be had given his at
tention. He was of an old Massachusetts family
which were among the first emigrants to that colony
from England.
Wtmsm B. S. Moon, who snoeeeded Mr. Fairfield,
! by executive appointment, is a democratic lawyer of
| Waterville, Maine, and for some yean was Attorney'
I General of the State.
John W. Bradbdby Is a lawyer of Augusta, and
while a member of the Senate took an active part on
the democratic side in debate. He is about forty-five
years of age, of good personal appearance, and fair
abilities.
Haiwibal Hamlin is a lawyer of Hampden, and
and was born at Paris, Oxford county, Maine, in
August, 1609. After working a short time as a
printer, he studied law, and was admitted tithe
bar in 1833. He bad an extensive practice in his
profession at Hampden, and entering public life aaa
democrat, he was for six yean a member of the Le
gislature, and for three years Speaker of the House.
He was elected to Congress in 1842, and again in
1844. In 1848 he was elected to the U. S. Senate,
to fill a vacancy, and in 1860 he was re-elected far a
full term of six years, which will expire in 1867.
William Pitt Fiisindxn is a lawyer of Port
land, and descended from ancestors who emigrated
from Kent, England, and settled In Cambridge,
Mass. One of the family, Thomas Green Fessenden,
was distinguished as a literary man and pelitloal
writer. He was a violent federalist, and aathor of the
satirical poems entitled " Terrible Tractoration," and
" Democracy Unveiled." He wu editor of the iVSn o
England Farmer. The new Senator is of an old
federal family, and, as is known, is aitaohed to the
whig party, with free soil propensities. He wai
chosen by the whigs to Congress from the Portland
district, in 1840, and served one term in tbe House of
Bepresentotives.
The State of Maine has always been governed by
cliques of lawyers in both political parties at Port
land and Angnsta. To obtain,pollt'cal preferment it
has been necessaiy to make terms with these cliques,
who engross the offloes, and generally bestow them
on lawyers.
Maine was democratic during the war of 1812 to
181S, although Massachusetts was federal. The vote
of Maine for Governor was as follows In 1813, de.
mocrate, 14,806 ; federal, 13,738. Id 1814, demo
crats, 16,381 ; federal, 13,728.
The CelectlaOa In 5iw Torkj
TO TUB BDITOB OF THI HIV YORK HBBALD.
N*w Yobk, Feb. 17, 1854.
Diab Pre? Allow to drop yon a few linea la aaawar
to the letter of Mr. Willun Seabaoh, which vu acknow
ledged la you journal of yciterday. I,ti oat that, la jut
tlea to mjMlI aad my unfortunate company, yon will do
?o, to provaat further miatake ud mUunderatandlng la
tagud to By Msg I m pot la( "T ungrateful to the
highly aad rea pee table gentlemen compoalng tha ooea
mlttea for tho relief of tho unfortunate Tung Hook Toag
Ormpany. Thla way have booa induced by my aamlcg
tho committee la tho paper, caaaed aolely by a dlapo
dtioa on my part, aad ako oa tho part of my poor com
pany: and lot not tbe reeling of tho pubUc of New York,
ud tho public of tut neighboring eitier throughout tho
Union, think bad of tbom. I oeot mora respectfully eolielt
tho ^milage of atatlag la your valuable journal tho
facta :-~
1. li to tho atatemtat whloh appoarod la your eolomna
on Monday laet, 1 tar* nertr aald anythlag wrong about
the ccb mit're, and maka no groaa impatatlon oa tho
antjact toward the committee Wao la ao wicked aad
ao ungrateful to their benefactor* f I am aura tho flhlnaaa
aro not ao to tho atopic who profhrad aaelataace to
than. I only aak tha pubHe? thoee who oontrlbnted
money o theoo poor aad holpieea craatnraa ? to plaaaa ate
to that, becaato the nhlaaaa have never received any of
tho money at all, aad do not kaow whore It wwat to, aor
how mnch it la.
Bat before thla It waa pmbllahod la tho Nrw Ton*
Hntin aad lome other jouraala. aokaowlodglag that tha
money weat half for tho board and lodging, aad hair for
their petaage; hot It la actor aald that tht flr?t thoaaaad
dollara went lot tho llqaldatton of their debt to tho Shaka
paaia.
1 Bt d aay of tkote psor people evur gone to Ohlaato
their aatlvity yet f
Mo. I think aot. I think they aro all np at Ward'a
It land, aad aow under tho eharge of the Oomatlaaloaara
cf KnlfTitioD.
8. Did Mr. 0. O. Donate, of Boaton, folfll hla offer to
thooo poor kclplOM people, whloh to pobHahed la the
Jouraala before tho public, wherein It la atated by that la
dividual above aamed, provided the Oommlaaionort of
Emigration fhrnlah thorn provlalcaa for tho vojage, ho
would aoad them homer
Oapt. Oribtree, tho Vice Prealdoat of tho honorable
Boar*, agree to do ao oa behalf of tha Uoamlaaioseri.
4. Bat where la Mr. Deaata; ia he atlll ah re in foetoaf
Mr. Deaate, whoa aro yon going to toko tho Ohtecae away,
aa you agreed to do before tho public aad tha Oommia
atoaora c J Emigration?
I. Mr. Dannla. have you reotived aay money from tha
Becretary. Mr Seeheohr He told me tnat he had given
you a largo aum of money frem tho foada to take tho
oonptnj.
8. I have reoeivod eighty four dollara from the handa of
Mr. Sea bach for tho tumblere of the eompaay, which ho
agreed to give <he above aaaaod party, beoaueo he took
tho eompaay travelling through the oouatry.
via.: to Balilnroro, Waahlngtoa Olty, Georgetown and
Alexandria, aad tried to make himaelt rich, but the money
given to nee fqg tho party wao aot from tho benefit fuada
at all.
A large mm of aconoy had booa made at thooo plaooa,
bat he waa robbed.
7. Mr. Saabaoh ought not to oom plain aay more about
what tho Chlneeo c wed to tho Bhakapaare Hotel, via.:
84(0 88. 1 think ho noeived all that ho ought to have.
He did aot tract thooo people well at alL aad did not giro
i htm what they wanted at their mtal timaa, and alao
made thoae poor oroatnroo lay oa the floor, aad aome
tlmea give them ao virtual* at all. If ha wanted tho
Cfe a ceo to pay him fully, he ahould have treated them
aufleteatly well at tret.
One might have thought that tho Torg-Hook Toag poo
pie were vary angratofhl to their beaofactora, but nobody
kaowa how muoh theoe pocple auffer. God only kaowa
bov tney all aro iltua ad. aad how muah hardaaip they
bad tn end a re 1a thla place. I leave thla to the pub
lic, aad lot them jadge all tho thloge. Thla la a (tuple
aad pla'a atatameat of mo about the fhota, aad further I
aay aot.
Wo, the a a darkened, proprietor and Interpreter of the
rang flonk fleeg Company, beg Itave to retura thrlr
thaaka, ia (he nam* of the eompaay, to all the noble and
Highly raepofttable Committee of the Galaaae Gbarlty
Fuada' la 1881, aad alao thank tha hoaorab'a preae for
laaertiag all (he ad vertla amenta fiea of charge. B-Hct.
ua to bo your vary humble, m"*t reepeat'ul and obedient
aervaata, L'KOOW, Proprietor.
LEUNG aGSlE, later pre tar.
Fuiixun SqrABB Feb. 17, 1884
Laitony at Bon.
BX AMBITION BBFOBB COMMISBIONBB BBfDGakM.
Fn 18 ?Vwiktl Situ to John Lang ?John Brown
examined? Wee aecoad mate on board ot the
Wfllam Bathborne from Uverpool; I/*ng waa a acaiina ;
left Liverpool oa the 27th or S8th of Deoembor. My cheat,
ha , waa cent oa board to mo whoa we wore In the river;
I look my cheat into tho cabin and left my bag oa tha
water aaaka white I woat forward; I did not look after tha
bag uattl night aad then it waa goat; we hauled up tha
anchor and etood out to ecu aboat 1# A M ; 1 weat into
the fcrecaitle and Lang we< one of the flrit to open hla
?ho?t when I looked for rnf ck-thee; they were not ttare;
next evening he told m? that another man had ?teten
them; I want to that other man, who told ma tbat It eat
Lang who ha" atolen them; tbe uhlp had be* a four wtebn
at tea whtn Lang declared tbat hi had kiat all hla thioga;
a March waa than made, when It waa dt> eovared that he
had aot loot tbom, but that he had given package* tj
dtfterant paaaaagera; the latter ?'eUvarod them over to him,
aod amoeg th*m a Guarnaey fro'k aod a couple of colored
ablrte were found, a paeaaagcr afterward* re no-ted that
bit eh tat had beeo broken op-n end that he had loe I
928 .franca a pair of pent*, a aMrt. aod a watch; next
morning I taw Laeg drop tbe watjh by tha Capoten; the
o~ner ptrkad it up, and aald It bo lo aged to him: when the
paaaengara brcnght tho bundlec np Lecg waaiod to
know If any of taem were mine; I aald yea; he poratetod
ia ray tog that they belonged to h'm.
Ua thia evidence Larg waa oommtttod.
A Ire occurred at Marttucvtlte, Morgue oouaty, led , oa
the 8th I oat. Six houaea wore dectroyed. Tae loaa la
about 88,000, but partly luaurod Tb t buUdlcgi wore oo
cupled by Parka k Egbert, and A Roaa, nerahaaU; A.
Wlggentrn aaddler; M. Coleman, tailor: H Flnley, eon
foot inner; I >r e Blaekatone and Boy V aad W. I Harrteoa,
lawyer. The bi (Id Inge, with the iiaopMoa of om,
were worUalcaa.
RdlgloM Intrlll|tnc ?.
Itev Geortte H. Bethune, of Brooklyn, will deliver
the twelfth disooune oefore the Young Ilea's Aseo
ciation of the Booth Dutch Church, Filth avuuu,
this evening.
Rev. E. H. Chapin will deliver a lecture thU even
ing on " The Children of the Poor," at the close of
which a collection will be taken up in aid of tha
Children'! Aid Society.
Bishop Wainwright will hold a confirmation in the
Free Church of the Iloly Martyre, in Ludlow street,
near Grand, this evening, at a quarter before six
o'clock.
APFOIKTOTMTS OF THE PROVISIONAL BISHOP.
To-day, forenoon, at St Peter's Church, N. T.; af
ternoon, at the Church of St. George the Martyr;
evening, at the Church of the Holy Martyrs.
ORDINATION.
Mr. Henry Blodset, an accented missionary of the
A. B. C. F. M.. ana Mr. Alfred L. Skinner, as Evan
gelist, both of Bncksport, Me., were ordained on the
26th ult
INSTALLATIONS.
The Rev. Bllphalet Boeworth , of the Presbytery of
Baltimore, was received by the Presbytery of Passaic
an Tuesday, tne 14th Instant, and installed pastor of
the Presbyterian Church at Lyons' Farms, New
Jersey.
The Instillation of Rev. Charles S. Porta* as pas
tor of the Phillips Church, South Boston, will take
place on Wednesday evening aezt. It is expected
that Rev. Dr. Storrs, of Brainttee, will deliver the
sermon.
IMVITATI0K8.
Iter. Myron II. Dean ban accepted the Invitation
of the Baptiat Church and Society in Warren, R. I.,
to became their pastor, and will enter upon hia labors
next month.
Rev. Charles S. Porter, late pastor of the Churjh
ef the Pilgrims, at Plymouth, Mass., has received
and accepted a call from the Philips (Orthodox)
Church, South Boston, to become their pastor. The
installation will take place in a few weeks.
The Hawcs Place Congregational Society at City'
Point, South Boston, have unanimously invited Rev.
Thomas Dawes, late of Fair haven, to become their
paator.
Rev. Calvin Clarke, late agent of the American
Home Missionary Society for Michigan, has received
and accepted a call to become pastor of the Presby
terian church at Hillsdale, Hillsdale county, Mich.
KS8IGNKD.
Rev. Charles B. Key est having resigned the pas
toral cars of the Baptist church in Northeast, Dutch
ess county, N. Y , the pulpit of said cuiuxh is
vaoant.
T>*ATTI* m TITH WVTRTBT.
Died, in Euclid, Ohio, J&n 26, Ra v. Jonathan Riga
low, aged nearly sixty one years. Rev. Mr. Bigelow
was born in Boyleston, Mass., April 4, 1793. He
was the oldest of eight brothers, two of whom are
now in tha aintatry.
Rev. Roswell Brooks died at Lawrenceville, Pa.,
on tha 1st instant, aged forty-eigkt years.
nsw cnrxcHss.
The Baptists at Fredericksburg, Vs., under the
pastoral care of the Rev. Wm. Brotddus, are about
erecting a new and beautiful church edifice, which
will cost 1 12, 009. Over $9,000 of the money is now
subscribed.
St. John;s Church, on the comer of Seventh and
Plum streets, Cincinatti, was consecrated to the ser
vice ef Almighty God by the Bishop of the diooess,
accordiag to the usages and rites er the Protectant
Episccpu Church, oa the 9th inst.
lflBCII LAVKOPP.
The Episcopal Church in Johnstown has added one
hundred dollars to the salary of their pastor, Rev.
Mr. Clover, and made him a donation amounting to
two hundred dollars. During the few months Mr.
Clover has been in charge of this church the con
gregation has doubled.
The Annual Conference of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, embracing the western shore of Maryland,
the District of Columbia, and parts of Pennsylvania
and Virginia, will assemble in the city of Baltimore
en the 1st day of March.
The Rev. N. B. Baldwin has removed to his new
field of labor in Philadelphia, Pa.
Rev. Hugh S. Carpenter has again requested the
State street Church, of Portland, to release him from
his pastoral relations to it This is the second request
which he has preferred within the past four weeks.
Both have been based upon what ne declares to be
his obligations to a ohurch in New York, as well aa
an earnest wish en his own part. Tbe church, how
ever, again voted (some dissenting) not to release
lilm.
Pollee Intelligence.
MOB1 ALLBSKD FBAUD8 UFOH GALIFOWIA PASSU**
era.
A complaint was yesterd ay preferred before Justice
Begirt, at tbe lower police court, Tomb*, by eevaral Oali
orala paneagero, wbo alleged that they had becalm
posed upon by the porehsie of paeaege ticket* for Oallfar
kta, of a frm called Wm M Your a & Oo., No $ Broad
way, eoratr of Bcavar (treat. Oa the earn plaint the
m*|i*trate d'puted effiotra Smith, Seeeney, aad o tha re,
with a warrant for tha a' net of Toaag aad aa m?ay of
the copartner* hip aa oould be reoogalaad by the oem
plain acta.
. Ia a abort tlosa thereafter the effloera road* a daaceat
oa the premlaee. aad there foand Riehard G. Weatworth.
Bath 8. Auatin. Cbailea Oabie, at 4 Jamaa D. Bamiltoa,
whom the cffiiei* took late cu?tody. Youag. waa not pra
aant, aad, *f ooutse, ?ai not arreited. Tbe priiooer*
w?re convrjfd be'ore tha nupirtrata, wbo dataiaed them
la eoatody to await a further examination.
It ia eeld that a asm bar of frm ad* have been per pet rat ?"
ad, aad the aellen of the eaurlouc tieketa bara reaUaed
aoma aevan or eighttboueaad dollare. The whole natter
will be ffcrther laveettgated by the magistrate.
Furiously Driving Over a Mam ia Broadway ? Teaterday
morning a respectable looking elderly geatlaaaa, named
George B fellow*, of Broiklya, waa eroealsg Broadway,
arar Wall street, about half part tea o'eloek, whaa stage
No. S06, of Marpby k Imlth'a llaa, drlvea by aome reok
leaa maa, ran egalaat hia. The pole of the ataga atraok
Mr. Fallow* ea the forehead, kaoeked hia dowa betweca
tbe hotaee, aad the ataga pawed over hia. Th? wheel*,
bowaver, did aot pan over his body; bat ia the rail
he waa a track by the hoofa of the horaee, Inflicting
a very aevere eoatoalea oa tea baek of the head. The
driver of the atage aevar a topped, bat drove off la a bar
ried maaner, The old gaaUemaa waa taken to a drag
atore, aad a pbyalelaa d eeeed bla wound*. Tha lajaraa
maa waa after ward a aeeompaaied br a friend tj the
Police Oourt, where he aaede tbe aeoeeaary affidavit, aad
a warraat waa leaned for the arreet of tbe driver
J riolmtJuauliupcmaOcmlablebfaWomam.? Ooaatable
Leffea, oa Friday, wax attempting to pat into f?roe the
proetaa ef a diapoaaeaairg warraat oa the promisee of Mrs.
Cordelia Foater. The lady damnrred to the In trail o a of
tbe eoaelebla, aad by tbe wav of ejeetiag Me officer aha
emptied the content* of a jag a he foand la tbe bedroom
apoa the eoaaiable'* head, a reoepttoa that he did aot aa
tielpate. The nonstable made a complaint before Jaatiee
Wood (or the aasa alt, aad tha auglatrate laaacd a warraat
for her arreet Officer UeVearh took the lady iato eoa
tody, aad the Magistrate required her to give bail oa the
charge.
Coroners' Inqmaata.
Duth Qaram nr Bcaas Rsckvid at ma Fin n r Avurui
B ? Coroner WUbela yeeterday held aa laqaact at No. >
aveaae B, oa the body ef Oetharlae Beha, a ehlld fear
yeare aad six moaths old. wheae death wae eaaaad by
bora* oa bar face aad body, eaaaed by the boose taking
Are
Qathariae Bebm, swera, aaM-1 aa the mother of do
eeaaed: wa reeked at No. 1 aveaae B; at aboat 4 o'eloek
oa Friday morning wa were alarmed by oar room betag
oa Bra, aa tbe bed oa whieh we lay waa buraiag: ay has*
bead awoke flrat aad woke me; we immediately epriag
oat of the bed; I took my amalleet ehlld, oaily three
waeka old, aa* raa oat of the room, with oat having time
to drc** myielf ar child; ay hue hand thea broagkt oat
to wa my aeeoad obild, a boy, aad thea retaraed kaok for
ay lii tie Qathariae, aad wbea he brought her oat 1 eaw
abe eaa already reverely buraed oa her arm* aad faae,
Mr. Beekne kln41y tone ae to bla room. Wo. t avenue B,
where we hare been erer eiaee; two pbyeielaaa atteaded
tha deceased, bat rhe eootiaued to grew weaker aa*
wtakar anal abe died, tfce aezt morn tag; I do aot
know how tbe lire otlgiaatad ; tbe premiae* are
otd aad built or wo d, eeuaing the llamea to ?praad
q-ilekl;; my buaoaaf waa aereialy buraed ia laving bi*
ablldtea. and la sow ilck in bad at a houae la Houatoa
?met; we ? ere o?rup*l.ed to leave tha hoeee ao feel that
w^ eoulc not eiea ???r aay thing Too iary reedered tbe
f -llcwtDg vardHt:? "That dee b waa caae*d by *evere
bnrae, aceldeatailv reee!*ed at the Are at No. 1 aveaae
B or the 17th day of F*?ro?ry, 1RM "
VwKXOfw Maw Food nttowKm ? Ooroaer Oamble yce
tufar laid aa luquaat a*, toe Saeoad ward peliee atdBoa
bona*, oa the body of aa unknown maa. fonud by potioe
men Otffufj In the river, foot of Burling a*ip, at about
ten o'aloak on Friday ere* lag. Tbe body waa eoaveyed
to tbe atatioa boaae. The deeeaeed 1* daeorlbed to be
atout M jeaia of age, grey balr, eod ia height about i feet
algbt or nine lnebee, etout anil t. wearing a hie ok nloth 4rae*
ooat, (ray aatlnat past*, two veeta. one blatk ailk aaS the
oth r a plaid; blue atrlped undenftdrt, boot* aad gray
?oak*. Ne article waa foand oa hia pereoa by whiah the
Coroaer rank) aaaertaia hia aame.
Poileeo an <ia(T?aey ewora. aald? I wa* ia 4*ath a treat
aHont ten o'elook laet a if ht, near Harllng (Up. whaa ft
beard acme peraon eallleg for aaeiranoe; I went to tbe
edge ef tbe doek, v>d theie I aaw the deaaaaed in the wa
ter a^d an> tber maa extendlag a pole toward* him ; aeeiog
that we or u Id not reaeb him ia)th tbe pola, I went to toe
Fultaa ferry and protured a float, with a rope attaabad,
ao threw ft to him; he trok the rope In bla baud, not
aoon after drppptd it; I thee got a ladder, but that proved
too abort, aad a man weat dowa the ladder, oaafhl h ild
of feoeeeod by the eollar of bla o< at, and eadaarirad to
holo bla, until he waa aofatlgued that ba laoaed hi < hold;
I then went for a boatman to oama arooad the
alip with hia boat; T agaia returned, took off my
clothing and weat lato the water up to my eeck to
aid tbc<leaeaa*e we tbea aacoetded la getting hfm on the
doek; he waa i at alive, but eonld not apeek; I te.l him la
charge of two officer* aad went aad ohanged my olothec
upon maklc* Inquiry I etnld not find any oae aho kaew
deeeared. bat from the nonTeriatlin I held with bla
while la the water I abonld tblnk ha waa lntoilcated
tha defeated ea* taken to 80 South atreat. where he died,
aad ?nbe*qn*ctlv Ukca to tha atatlna houae. Tbe Jary
rendered a verdict of ? accidental death."
A mo#t horrlSle end blcody affray oceuvred at Oamdea,
tbe eeunty aeat of Ben too couaty, TaaaM oa the 37th
nit. Tao broibera ky tbe name ef Aadereoa ware la a
drnukea frolic, aed while ia thi* eonditlon fall jut with
eecb other, whlci led to blow*. From thl* they ruabed
npoa each other with dlrbe ar d kairee, rutting each other
alaoat la pieoea be'iratbey ware nape rated The older
brother ha* aiaee died, aad tke yoaagar was aot expected
to live.
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL#
MONEY MARKET.
Satvxday, Feh. 18-4 P. 1L
' ? w vii qolta aa niltwwt ta tha iMk bhM IB
day. Traaaaei tone ww w neertlagly large, and thaadvaaac
ta prleee throag boat ,u sreatar ta tha aama ifiM of
Maaa, thaa we bar* recorded for a loaf peilod Boldara
of laaolee tm ta 8aa aptrtte, and bnyera took bold aharp
aad itroag. Tha good time va predicted an vnU
*ia?a la pretty aaar at hand, aad U nmi apeeuletora would
realiae a* preeeat prteM thay will make a good apeeolattoa.
All tha leading raaoiea vara la daaaad. Railroad lloekl
have taken tha atart of all otkara, aad hollara do aot ap
pear anxiona to aall at tha advaaae. Tha traa poliey U to
realiae whca a fair proSt oaa ha aeon red. It ta probablO
that mnoh higher prioee will rooaar or later rala ta tho
market j hat tha aafaat oooraa ta at all ttaaaa tha baa I, aad
wa bare aeldom known aay deviation from it to ha, to
tha loaf ran, meoeaefal. At the' flrat board to day mi.
not* Caatral Bonda advanced ana par aant; Naw Tack
Central Ben 1a X; Delaware and Hadaon, Xi Oiatoa
Oompaay, H; Nloaraisa, X; Penaaylvaala Goal Oempa
ay, X; Cumberland Coal, IX; Maw York Central Ball
read, X; Erie Railroad, 1; Harlem, X; Harlem priferrad,
1; Reading Railroad, X: Hadaoa Railroad, X; New Have#
Railroad X; Michigan Jentral Railroad, X: Panama Rail*
road, 8X; Nerthera Indiana Railroad, X; Cincinnati,
Colombia and Clevelavd Railroad, X, Cleveland aad Tola*
do Railroad. X ; IUtnol* Ouitral Railroad, 3; Parker Vela,
X- Every atock aold waa at an improvement, aad at th*
cloee tba demand waa active. Wa iboold aot ba aorprlaed
to ite a ptetty eerlona reaction before tha lapaa of many
daya.
At the ieeoad board Erie Railroad want ap X pereeat;
lUlnoia Central Bondi, X; Harlem, X: Northern
Railroad, X' Nicaragua Tianalt deeliaed X P*r o*at;
Canton Co . X ; Reading Railroad, X ; Cumberland Coal,
X Theee fluotuationa are of trifling ImporUnoe, hat
ahoald ba oonailerad rather a favorable feature thaa other
wlae. They tend to atraagthaa tha market aad prevent
too rapid an expaaaion
The receipts at the offloa of tha AaaUtaat Treaauer of
the Uiitad Statei for to day? Feb. 18 ? were (317, 7i> #4,
the taymaata amounted to 887,116 87, leaving a vi'? n
oa baad of 88,668,868 41.
The Lehigh Coal aid Navigation Company have a atoak
diviatoa at par among the atoekholden, at tha rati of
one ahare for avery four, payable la moaay or la tha
bonda of the oompany. The market price of aharM la
tome fifty par cent above par. Thla la equal to a aaafc
dividend of 1SX p*r eant on the par of the atock.
Tba Readir g Railroad Oompany brought dowa over their
road, for tha week eating on Tharaday hut, 28,9*6 toaa
of eoal, making for tha aeaaoo 337,666 toaa, againat
108,481 toaa to tha aama time laat year.
Stock Exchange,
aiTTBDAT. Feb. 18, 1884.
$1000 Erie OvtBda ?71 88 SCO iha N Oar'na Dep. 4
1000 H R 3d M tee Bda SOX *00 do bOO 4X .
1000 Had Coaver B Ja S8X 880 P'a Oopper Co. . . . 8
1000 do *8 88 600 ds bOO 8X
100N Y0'lR.R....a8 110X
60 Krie Railroad ...a8 80*
SO) do bSO 81
180 do aA 80V
100 do a60 80X
80 do b6 80V
880 do b30 81
100 do a30 80V
4(0 do b8
100 do blO
80 do a 60
800 4o a>
80 do alO
160 Harlem R.R. . . . al
100 do i8
800 do bflO
20 Harlem RR pref.. 1001
100 Nor & Wor RR..a8 68
100 Reading RR
1000C Pa nam R R Bda 100
lOOO lllOen RRBOIO 8?X
7000 Co b8 87
SOtO do i8 87 X
SOOON Y Can R R Bdt 9?
1000 NIalat It bda 1868 02
10 aha Del &H 61 Oo 108 X
80 do b?0 UO
10 Bank of Com.... 106
16 Oontiaen Bank i3 101
100 Canton Co a3 28 V
60 da,,,, ..100
100 do bl6
U0 do i3
100 Gary Improve Oo.
100 Flor & R Jt Btko
800 do M0
180 Nio Traaait Oo a8
38X
?8X
MX
0
>%
37X
do a8 27 X
do b60 S8X
do a3 38
do 38
do bBO 30
do (3 28 X
do bS 28X
do b80 38X
do b3 38 X
do alO 28 X
do o 38X
do raw 38 X
do b60 28X
do b30 2?x
180 Pena. Coal Oo 104
100 do bflO 1C6
100 do b80 106
SOOCnmb. CoalOe b80 83
160 do aS 31X
tO do >60 SIX
100 do .3 83
M do biO 83
300 do,.. ..bOO MX
980 da *8 Six
80 do bJ SIX
408 P Vela OoalOo. eS 7X
308 do... hawk 8
100 do b8 8
800 do 8
100 - do bSO 8X
1800 do eS 8
100 do alO 8
lOOIf Qraek Goal Oo iS 2V
800 P. *L'k Zlao Co.. 8
?SCONS
8000 Mleh & Jack breh 84X
6000 Q1 On R Rboodi 87 *
COCO 4o b?0 87 X
8008 ID RR bda privll 94
60aha Mia baa Oo b39 38
400 de alO S7X
880 do aSO 27 X
300 da alO 37X
380 do b80 38 X
100 da iSO 37 X
1C0 Oanton Oo. . . . b60 MX
100 do b80 MX
M0 Park Vela Coal Oo Sx
160 do aflO 8
1300 do 8X
100 do (30 8
300 Camber Ooal Oo a8 SIX
60 do 100 81 X
30 Cryatal Plaoe. . a 80
(OOMiaSilrr Mine b30 IX
6C0 do b80 lx
200 Maw Jer Ztae Oo 9X
100 Erie tallroad a 10 81
180 do bS SIX
100 do 18 SIX
188 do 81 X
180 do bS 81
180 do bflO 81X
308
60
108
300
100
100
200
70 Halaon R RR..a 8
100
7t
80
to
100
do too 701?
<0 NY * NH RB..17 101 2
108X
;S iSg
24 N^Ud i"x
an nil TS * ^ RR-- *18 V
117 CW^vSEf RR ? 1W
ril , . & TWede RR. 190
109 L bland RR....bS 8tx
boub.
100 S MV
109 da.,, alA ana?
M0 do..." u 2oS
K J? M0 91X
* b? ?X
300 Harlem RB*.'*.rt
209 do...
JOIUadlj gRR.Viii
?OMIabfctW^l^
RR iS 118X
,*N TO?jtral RRaS UMf
llS S"?*- 1111 Pwr'<* ioox
100 Hadaoa RB..b80 70
bflO 99V
MCWva, C ACURR
CITY TRADE REPORT.
SAirmoAT, Fab 18 ? 6 P. ?.
i rem ?Thar* w*r* amall lou takaa at a $0 11 1#
for fwtla and M MX tot p*l* per 100 lb*.
BuHnw ? ITonr we* la Mr raqaeet, bat aot Tin
Ann. Tha d?j'? traaeaetteae *<r? eoaSaed to 0,000
bbla ? MMtlM No. t at M a M 81 V; ordinary to ?Hw
Stat* at t8 ff-V a $8 87,'., mixed to faaey wettara at
$8 *7 y. a to if*, tad otbar braada at proporttoaeta
flgnraa. Aboat 1,000 bbla tkna^laa, la brad, war*
takaa at t8,H par bbl Thin bar* bar* (00 bbla.
Boatbara dlapoaed of at MS a M> for mliad to itralght;
?9\ a 9* 81 for favorite, aad ?9 17 ^ a $10 for faaey a*r
bbl. Rta floor aad ?ore maal war* aaeheaged. Tha
aalee of wheat wer*ooafla*dte$,8Mba?h*la red aad whiM
Loaf Ulead at $1 97 a $3 M reapeefeTely. Wa heard
that I 000 bnahala rja war* bought, la part at $1 IS.
State am) Waatara oata w*r* doll and haary at fife a
Ma per baabal. Oora tviKnna* la limltad demead, aad
agala depreciated? tha da*'* aalea amounting to SI, 000
baahala, at Mo a $1 for tha varioaa kloda, aaw aad old,
ehtefly aaw Southern wkli * aad yellow, at M*. a Oto.
Ote-raa? The Cay'aaaleeeoaaiatodo? 160 peekacea Java,
at lljfa . >50 baft Maraoalbo, part at It**. ; 100 Jamai
ca. at 11 : aad 400 Rio, at 11 ^e a lljfe. par lb.
Coitoh.? The daj'a aala* repotted 1.044 balee, aa fol
low. For etport, 1,764; heme aae, 486. on apeealattoa,
141 , aad to arrive, 004. Market irregular, with eeas
?alee reported balow Mondty'e rataa
ftwrn ? R*t*e eooltan-d Arm, with eag MMl of
60. 000 a 60 000 baahait of oora ta balk, at 18X4. a 1M.
Bona f*w bo ad red barole of float w*r* engaged at 4a.
1,000 bbla. main, at about 4*. For oo-.toa M-82d waa
refaaad. acd aakad. TV> Ghkagow, 4 000 baahala *oflk
waro acu?f ?<i. at 16d , in balk. flo FI?Tr*, floor waa at
?to. ; wheat at 34* . rlae at tit, aad aahaa at $10 a $12.
Tbar* waa aothtaff aaw to otbar oonttaeotal porU. Slip
para war* wattta* the raoalpt of foreign latent by the
Canada. T*e?a waa ao oeeege la rat** for Oe Morale,
whlab tanged freoa f>'a. tn Ma. p*r foot maa^eremeat. A
thmI or 747 V ae waa chartered t* loel I* I/)aioa for
Oehatte aad teak for the roaad earn ef tM 000
Firrr ?There were purabeeed 900 bixee w?t dried baaeh
riUlH et M ; M eaaaa ftardlaea at 70e a 72\o ; an 1 80
box* a aballed almrnda, la I >U, at Ma.
Bat ? RIt*t waa la rood demand, at $1 at! 04 <4 lor
loeal aaa, aad 00a. for akipnewt, par 100 Iba.
Eoarr ? A H of 61 tin*** Cuba, la bond, waa bought
for ai port, at 40a per gallon aa advaaoe.
Bore ?A par sal of 13 bale*, laet jaar'a groetb, waa
?old to day. at 41*. a 43c per lb.
LATna.? Kaatera wet* actively la^ tired for, at M M
par ihcuaand
I laa waa aoaree aad wanted, bat nemlaal la valae, ta
lk a abaaaoa of lalae.
Houhuh ?Some SM bbla. Hew Orieaaa reeTleed Me.
par r>:l IB. _
Natal ?Tbar* waa nothing of a ay _*oae?qnHie*
daaa In roala, tar. or arade tarpaatlae, W <lay _Abont
110 bat rale aplrita tarpaatlae ehaagad aaada at 07 eeaM
par (> lloa .. . ? .
Oua ? Whale (perm aad el!** M* a nattered , "**
were ? 6C0 galloaa llaaeed obtained et 76*. a 70*. pec
'"i^ovTmow -Pork wa. aaahaa^d Th* ?le*
410 bbla sew, at tit 76 for naeae; aad $18 0$>i for prima,
par bbl A fair baateeae wee treaaeeted at former rate*.
Tbaaalaaof lard reaohed 400 bbla, eemaioa to prime, M
ma inn ib *-* ? / ? ?
bbla at *e?t*rday a fall qantattoaa. A email lot of Uhl
MK baaf bana bronght $1110 pe
eba*a* appeared aa laat aotlaed.
Bica? Th<? day'* eataa were eoeflaed to 1M tleiuee,gmrf
to ebo*** at $4 76 a M ll)? par 1M Ib*.
dkur ? Aboat 160 hose* Oaaiila ohaaged kaada, at lie. ?
like p*r lb
8c*abii ? Tke day'* traaaaeUona embraeed 7 CO hhda.
New Urleaae, at 4?a. a 6\ a., aad M hhda. Oaba at
TaujOw.? Ther* were 7,600 Iba. prim told, ttllj^tj
par lb.
Winaap ? Salae traaapfred of 400 bbl*. prtaoa, at Ma,
eaah, uK 1M hhda. drad?o, M tta., time, he., per |al<