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THE BROADWAY CALAMITY.
THE CORONER'S INVESTIGATION CONTINUED.
SIXTH DAY.
Mat 3?This morning, at nine o'clock, tbe Coroner
resnmed tbe evidence In this lamentable calamity. The
first witness called was
Frank Whitford, who, being aworn, sai.l?1 reside at
No. 81 Jay street; I am in the employ of T. W. Jennings
*Co.; I was in the store on Tuesday bat, all day, up to
the closing of the store at about half-past seven
O'clock; then I stood on the sidewalk in front of the door
talking w.th some fnends, when the fire broke out; Mr!
Bicfeard?on left the store a few minutes before I did
I think I remained in front of the store door some fifteen'
" nu'f', 'hena gentleman came runuing up to me and
saidI the top of our budding was on lire; I unlocked the
torimmeiiiely, and run up into the third story; I
looked up through the skylight into the upper
stories and saw them all in a blaze; I imnVc
diate'y began throwing goods from tho third story to
the floor below; thero were no goods in the fourth story;
one of my friends followed me up stairs; there was uo
other person come up stairs at that time; there was no
person dare venture up in tho fourth story; it was in a
f*?80' blare; ' al" n?t*w*re that any goods were taken
to the fourth story on that day; thero were no goods
taken down; thero had been some taken up, I think; I
was not aware of anything of a combustible character in
tho fourth story or upper stories; thero was nothing but
pantaloons, to my know ledge; wo had gas on the second
floor, but I don't know if tboro was gas In the cutters'
rooms, on the third floor; I don't know whether the cut
ters burnt gas or fluid.
Q. Hare you nny Idea of the origin of this Are ?
A. Not in the least; when I went back in the store I
did not see any one.
To a Juror?1 am not certain whether the cutters use
SIS or fluid; I am very seldom up on that floor; the cut
rs, I suppose, put out their own lights; I turned o(T the
burners in the store; I did not turn off the main at the
meter; my object was in running up stairs to ascertain
the origin of the Arc; 1 sleep In the store; before going
to bed 1 generally go up to the second floor to see if anv
gas has been left burning; the matches are kept in a tin
box; the porier is in the habit of attending to the put
ingoutof the lights on tho second story.
The clothing found at the hospital was here exhibited
to the witness, who said, on examining them ?
tf,lothinVvere in tUe basement; that
kind of goods were kept there nearly all the winter I
don t know whether they had been taken up stairs- the
coat I recognize by the ticket on it; this coat was'in a
ii? a?^' iD th" fr?nt p8rt of the store;
the coat sleeves have the appearance of boing cut with
some sharp instrument.
EVIDENCE OF ALDERMAN IIOWARP.
?K?ti?rf? H ?ow\rd,8WOrn- Mid-' Alderman of
fkTwJT?no of th0 Assistant Kugiuoers
rfth# Fire Department; 1 was at tho Are in question; I
armed at the fire about twenty minutes after the alarm
U w"lat? ?*>?> I he?d it; 1 suppose it was
about half past eight o clock when I got to ft; the threo
upper stories were on fire; I went immediately to the
second story, and saw some flfty persons there, firemen
and others; Engine 21'a pipe was throwing a good stream
wStbtb "faf's towards the third story; 1 went up
with the pine to try to drive the Are back, but found
It impossible; I then discovered a skylight in the rear
."".I * ""J*11 la<Wer brought?what is called
lhe baby ladder?to give us access through the skylight
I ordered a pipe to ho brought through this skylight, for
the purpose of playing a stream on the rear windows of
the main building: wo found the hose too short, and I
then ordered another length to bo brought; before the
thrVocT > ' th,? mon wcre about ascending
the ladder with the hose when tho wall camo down.
**? Howard?I would like to givo my evidence now
about these clothes, and, as this evidence is about to be
published, I want to tell tho whole storv, to have it
correct before the people. (The Coroner here intorrupt
IkJ ? w'tn888t ai?J a further satement was made about
the fire.) I desire to say that by my ordering the fire
men from where they were?as it was by my order some
four or five were saved, for if they had remained by the
bey would have all been murdered?some of tliera
who obeyed mv order were not killed, but sadly Injured,
legs and thighs broken, and are now in the hospital
ism if*thev h .?.b?r thfcm,H!t0 ?ct wherc I ordered
them?if they bad they would have been safe; the ladder
"".w a?n C0U not P888 UP 11 quickly
when the wall fell 1 was on the ton of tho roof,
8t'PPed olT tbe ladder; the wall
grated mv body and carried down the roof, ladder and all
H wanted to take me with it, but I dbln't want to go,'
(laughter;) I scrambled to the back part of the roof, and I
w*h^Lrtwn>,t5 I,waat now to 8woar to the liestof i
my belief that not a pin's worth of clothing was stolen I
by firemen from that building on that night ? thero i
8 S'881 d8?l of clothing spread about;' Islw '
clothing thrown on the bodies when they were tak- I
oT mhrfi^ l i '".tal; as the papers have made |
I want .O ti, 66 * "Ut fLe BtL'at'n8 of clotliing, I
K mf ?l"ni?u; m the first place, 1 dou't
Sdfln l W,S DU' enougU for an>" m'n to strip lum
do It anrtU|b0n ai new 8Uit; agH111- uono but a tbief Would
hot Vila ? ? ll,ve.not ucrve enough to go iuto such a
be s?j?? ^ many p0opk "bout?they would I
_ 9??""-~'t has been sworn here by Mr. Box that ho
cut off this clothing from bodies at the Ho-pital- will
you give as some exp.anation about it T UO:4Plla'' WU1
to tak^n.n is,u*uul w\eu bodies aro taken from fires
to take clothing to cover them.
The Alderman heie remarked that thero were in li- '
Tiduals and some editors ol newspapers who were Trying
i?l lTi'ln" U'T n Pr .S n"nd tbat flreuieu, us a "g.-u*
&??& lube false. Uie purport0 of 8UaliB?- Nu - 1
Mr. tienin?Mr. Coroner, I speak as one of tlio jury
mid wish to be protected from any imputation thrown
mn?fgaJ? .1 reiftN*i'1'inK to impute any dishonest
? ? "".T We "ijh tb" Alderman to under
stand that * ci.o not by any means wish to throw any
odium on tho l ire Department, and wo wish so be uuder
Mr. Howard?Whoever the cap fits they are welcome
toaesrit. tor my part I'm getting warm on thi. sub- '
ject, and menn to epeak out.
Juror?Mr. Howard, have you known firemen to be
cangLt steading ?
The Alderman, looking boldly towards tho jury, nn
?wered?.\o, 1 have never known them; I've heard only
of such rumors, but 1 don't believe, it, and I believe
it to oe lalse.
Another Juror?I did not understand the Aldermen to
refer to tbe jury at all in his remarks.
*r: "ow:'rid?"b. I don't mean to Uke anything back
1 re said. If the cap fits any of the jury they can wear it.
Coroner?Well, 1 did not understand Mr. Howard to
reflect on the jury. I presumed he meant some outside
reports, at least to I shall decide. Now let this alterca
uon drop and continue tho evidence.
buM,Zr-WUt d? J'0U think ofthe construction of the
Mr. Howard?I think it a worse put up allair than a
mock building erected at the Bowery theatre, to do up
the beary pieces. (I-aughter.)
Juror?Were you at the police court when the fireman
was brought up about taking a coat.
A. Yes, Iwa.i; the man was brought before Justice
Bogart: he told the same story that the officer did?that
he took the coat for safe keeping,he took the coat, in my
opinion, through ignorance; the magistrate discharged
him with a reprimand, to be called up again if any
charge should be preferred against liim; the officer said
he did not believe him to be a thief.
Juror Cook?Mo you, Mr. Howard, agree with Mr. Car
?on in the evidence lie gave yesterday'
A. No, I do not In some of it; I do in the construction
of the building, but I don't believe that men run to Arcs
dressed in fire caps for the pnr|iose of stealing; the lire
men are very particular about keeping thieves away from
their engine bouses; it was not more than five minute*
after I arrived at the fire that the rear wall fell.
Juror?Mr. Howard, did you ever know a fireman to be
arrested for stealing r
Mr. Howard?I iiave heard rumors of such things, but
I never knew it of my own knowledge, nor have I known
any member to be convicted for stealing, not even put
on trial; I never knew a thief to lie in the fire department;
I have known them in other societies, and to be convicted,
too; I wish that to be understood ana published.
Ifr. McComh* sworn, said?I am one of the house but.
geons at the New York Hospital. (Here the doctor gave
evidence aeto the death of John B. O'Monnell.)
James Roberta sworn, said?I reside In lioyt street,
Brooklyn; I was one of the porters employed in Mr.
Jennings' store; there was gat in the first, second, ani
third stories of said store, but I can't say if they were
all lighted on that night: I left the store at twenty min
utes to 8 o'clock ; I left in there the bookkeeper, Mr.
DelaTan, ami a sal< sman. and three or four Cal fornians,
looking at roods; I did not close the store; It was all in
order to close; the clerk, Krank Whitford, carries the
key of the store.
To a Juror?It is expected that I should go through the
building to ascertain if all is right; but I only have done
?o once in a while, us another man was engaged to look
after the upper stories, and 1 found him very Correct,
and therefore, I hail eonfl len-e in biro; I never believed
the building to be unsafe; all employed in the building
were sober, steady men and well conducted.
Charles Neary, sworn, said?I am assistant foreman of
* Engine 21; 1 was at the fire on the night in question: I
got to the fire about ten minutes after 8 o'clock; I saw
the flames bursting out of the upper stories of the build
ing; I guess I was about the first fireman on the grnnnd;
at this time the third and fourth stories were on fire; I
backed the men down off the stairs, as I considered it dun
Crous; this was towards the rear; T saw that the beams
the third story floor were giving away from the side
walla) the floor was on fire, but the henraa were not: we
were then playing from the upper stairway; Zophar
Mills came up and told us to stand there, " as there was
now no danger there;" before this I was about retreat
teg from the building: jnst then the men passed through
the rear skylight: after the bailding fell I eouhl hoar
men singing out for eome one to get thein out; I told the
Chief or i'olice I thought theie were six men buried in
the ruins; we got a stream to play on the place; we af
terwards got the bodv of Keenj out; after he was taken
out the second crash came, we then went to the llospi
tal. a boy uamed (iilligan was got oat; they pat clothes
?nd anything Ihcy eoiild find, such as remnants of cloth,
under the bodies, before they went to the Hospital; 1 saw
neatly all the bodies taken out; we took clothes that
were in the building, in order lotay them on the shutters
and throw th.m over the bodies of the wounded men; I
saw Alexander McKay taken nut, snd also Ills brother;
both of them had their own elothes on, they were dead
at the time, we put clotlios from the building over them,
in ordeT to send them to the Hospital like the others; I
did not see any tiling of importance after four o'clock.
To a Jurir?If we had stood where Mills told us,
we would have t-een all carried away; we went from the
front to the ss tension building; I cannot say if Morsn
was a member of our company or not?we do not admit
boys as members.
TKSTItfCNT OF W. OA RSI D1C.
J. W. Gar-hie svs .to?1 reside at the corner of Marion
and Spring streets; 1 was at the place the day after the
fire, helping to get the la'dlea out; when the last one of
the bodies wss taken onf, there was a Mack frock coat
wrapped on his hew!; I wnii.'*<l to see his face, but I w is
told I could not -ee it; i' a,v' then wrappe ! up in the
, ?>st; there wire many other coa tslying where the bodies
were taken from.
i w ? TteTlMONY OP JOIHf MACIY.
John Mseky sworn?1 reside in Tift/-eighth street; I
ran from the corner of Sprtice and Nana** streets to the ,
1 am an exempt flienwu, I wcy* *
west is ortjpr to nrt ,
goods for tbe insurance companies. I am an insurance
watchman ; after the'beams fell, I wont down and saw
several bodies lying around; after some time I saw a
young man lying In Mr. llatchelor's store; he was not
dead; I saw his boots taken off; I also saw some young
men lit dry clothes on themselves in Mr. llatchelor's store.
A Juror? suggested the propriety of having the fore
man of Hook and ladder Company No. 15 present.
The Coroner decided that It was not proper for him to
open a Court of Sessions, or inquiring as to floating im
putations. He had not made any charge against foremen.
TESTIMONY OK OFFICER HANIFIN.
John Hanitin sworn?The pants now shown to me I be
lieve to be the same that I saw at tho hospital, plied up
with other clothing, and when I saw them in that pile
they were buttoned in front, and were wet,
TESTIMONY OF W. H. WIIITFORD.
W. H. Whitford sworn?I resido at the corner of
Clinton place and Broadway; I am in the employ of
Mr. Jennfugs; two months previous to the fire there
were from four to Ave hundred pair of pantaloons
taken down to the basement, and about ten days
before the Are took place they were carried up
stairs to the fourth story of the building; I am
positive that the pair now shown to me was carried
up also; I saw, myself, that there was not a pair left In
the basement: by a possibility, such another pair may
hare been in the store.
To a Juror?1 was not at the Are.
RE-EXAMINATION OF MU. JENS'I NCI 3.
W. T. Jennings recalled?I produce a black frock coat,
which is part of my stock; one of my porters brought it
from the Chief's office yesterday; 1 cannot say how long
ago it was taken from my store.
TESTIMONY OF J. F. WIN MAN.
James F. Winmun swoin?I was at the Are after the
alarm wag given; I assisted in getting out Ave dead
bodies; they were the two McKays, Schenck, Klynn, and i
ono whom 1 did not kuow; he lay on his face, doubled up, 1
and lay under Schenck; the Arst doad body got was that of
Alexander McKay; i think the inan whom 1 did not at
Arst recognize, was Diegan; 1 afterwards learned that
that was his name; he liad India rubber shoes on him; I
uoticed the pantaloons which were on all of them; I do j
not recognise the pair now shown me as being on any of
them; I, myself, threw clothing on and around the bodies
when they wore taking them away; I threw any articles
which I found at hand on them; 1 reoolloct placing tho
remnants of a black frock coat on thorn; 1 noticed the
pantaloons of the tirst McKay that was taken out; they
were of dotted red cassimere, and in good order; the
other McKay (Daniel) had on a red shirt, and I think a
Fair of black pants.
TK8TIMONY OF J. M. CLAtTSSON.
J. M. Clausson, afllrmed?I am an undertaker, at 558
l'earl street; I saw some of the bodies brought in to the
hospital on the moaning after the Are; I noticed some of
the clothing they had on; 1 saw a pair of pantaloons very
similar to those now shown me on one of the bodies; I
cannot say if they were the pair now shown me; I saw
one man who had on a pair of pantaloons with a tailor's
ticket on them; they resembled those now shewn to me;
I did not read tbe" ticket; I think there were four
bodies lying in the room when 1 saw the pants on
one of them: I distinctly saw the pantaloons on one of
tho men: I do not know his name; I made the remark
that tho man had on a pair of pantaloons with the ticket
mark on them: I may have made a mistake with regard to
the position of the ticket, but I am positive I saw the
ticket on the pantaloons; tho pantaloons were buttoned
on the man; the attendants were removing the clothes
from the body then; I did not seo tho pants removed
from that body; I am positive that the pants were
not on a young man named Cliristman, as bis body was
the last attended to.
RE-EXAMINATION OP JOSEPH BOX.
To a Juror?McKay's body was tho first that earae in:
the body from which 1 took the marked pantnloona had
been identified before I took them olf; I do not know the
body on which they were: the bodies hail been recog
nized then; I saw tho ticket on the pants; after the
bodies were stripped the clothes were heaped together, so
that when the friends came they were all pulled about; I
am positive that the coat aud pants came off the bodies;
I unbuttoned tho pantB in taking tbem off; there was
some of Mr. Jennings' black eloth thrown over the bodies
when they came in; that was put separate from tho
clothes which they had on them.
Mr. Genin. foreman of the Jury.said that he understood
that some 111 feeling prevailed against Mr. Box for the tes
timony he hnd given. Mr. Box had only done his duty.
He was duly subpoened, and ho (Mr. fi.) mado these re
marks from having observod the feeling manifested
towards him.
The Coroner stated that the court had now exhausted
all the testimony. He would therefore take a recess
from half past one o'clock nntil half past three, aud then
endeavor to conclude the ease.
The Court then adjourned.
EVENING SESSION.
The Jury reassembled at half-past two o'clock in the
afternoon.
Coroner Hilton said
He deemed it unnecessary, owing; to the experience of
Ihe jury, to do more than recapitulate some of the load
ing points in the testimony of eome of tiio principal wit
nesses who had been examined before them. Ihe tlrst
was Mr. Zophar Mills, an experienced fireman, a good
citizen, and one well worthy of crodit. The Coroner here
read the evidence given by Mr. Mills, from his llrst at
tendance at the Gre at eight o'clock, to the crash of the
wall, his narrow escape, hts conversation with Mr. Car
son, and the justiBuble refusal of the latter to send men
into the house. The jury would remark that Mr. Mills
said he considered the house to be the worst building he
ever saw, and that he never saw one fall so soon.
Ihe testimony of Mr. Miller was next rcvlewod. As an
eminent builder he had asserted that tho character of
the building which was lately destroyed was very danger
ous, but lie could point out five hundred houses equally
so within a short distance of the place where ho now
sat. Mr. Miller deemed the system of Fire Warden in
spection to he most inefficient. Mr. .leanings' evidence,
as well as thai given by Mr. Charles Saudford, was next
referred to, when the Coroner reviewed tlio depositions
of Mr. Carson, Mr. Hamilton, Mr. Whltford, Alderman
Howard, Mr. Neary, and tho last persons examined, ai
their replies stood on tho record. In conclusion, Coroner
Hilton said, that from this mass of testimony no po.si
tlve hi for mat ion could he gleaned as to the csuse of the
origin of the lire, which may have been the work of de
sign or the result of accident. The cause of tho death
of the men waa certainly to be found in the falling of the
builuing. They were kilh'd either by Ore, bruises,
scalds, or other in juries which followed that acrideut.
It has been plainly shown to me that they lost their lives
from the negligent mannner in which the building was
out up. Most of tho men who lost their lives belonged to
the Fire Department, and they entered that house with
the asi-urauce in their minds that it would not fall so
soon Irom such a lire. It had been shown lint, the Com
mon Council were negligent in not taking measures with
regard to the improper construction of buildings. The
information given to them on the subject was tiled on
their file, and never after heard of. The jury could esti
mate the damage to Ufa which prevailed in this city, from
the fact of obstructions having been daily placed in our
streets, which the heads of the departments neglected to
remove. Many persons were killed by the careless man
ner in which the blasting of rocks was conducted, and
both himself and his colleagues had frequently called the
attention of the city authorities to the fact, but they
wcte equally unattended to; many children were killed by
falling in open lime pits. Firemen and other citizens
were entitled to a protection for lifo and limb, and it
should be a point with the authorities to aflord it.
The meagre reports of the Fire Wardens were rendered
entirely worthless, owing to the fact that they were con
signed to fill "that bourne from which no paper ever was
known to return." The jury may look at this lots of
life nearly as they woald on one of the cases of assassi
nation now so frequent in the city, and for the proven
tion of which our municipnl government is completely
derelict. It remained with the jury to do something now,
which would make a lasting impression, so that p?rhaps
some public good would result from this painful ease.
After thanking the jury for ita attention and courteay,
Coroner Hilton left them alone.
The jury, at half pastjdx o'clock, announoed that they
would hand in a sealed verdict to the Coroner at eleven
o'clock this (Wednesday) morning.
It is nnderatoood that the verdict will be In the shape
of a lengthy report, which will touch on all the different
heads of corporate neglect which were alluded to in the
address of the Coroner.
TO THE EDITOR OF TIIE NEW TORE HERALD.
Sir?1 Fee, by your issue of Sunday, that there Is a
charge made before the Coroner's inquest against the
character and honesty of the firemen who were killed or
injured at the fire on the 26th of April Uat, In Broad
way.
hir, as my brother was one of those who were in
jured at that fire, and is now confined to his hot in the
City Hospital. I take the liberty to state that hts clothes
are now st the hospital, and have not been removed
since bis admission on the fatal evening of the fire His
character is far beyond the reproach of anything that
may be imputed to the firemen on thia or any other simi
lar charge, by Faying thvt they are impelled by dishonest
designs. Ilis character needs no commont at my hands;
but the wholesale charge against the Fire Department
calls for this statement on my part.
From the time the fire broke out nntil the re
moval of the dead from the City Hospital, I saw
all the bodies taken to that institution, and 1 saw
the clothes cut off of nearly every one of them
after they were kid in the dead house, on the Wed
nesday and Thursday following, and I can safely say
the clothes which were sworn to have been on the bodies
when taken to the hns|ital. by the person who taker
charge of the dead. were not on anybody when taken
there. I saw them all, and scrutinized every person, and
I saw a great quantity of clothing taken from the litters
en which they were placed and conveyed to the hospital;
nod some of the cloth and clothing that might have been
in the store of Jennings A Co. was placed under and over
the dead when taken from the ruins, and I presume this
fact may have led the person having charge of those
bodies at the dead house, and who cut from them their
clothes to stipiiosc they were on some of the bodies
Yours, kc. TIMOTHY WATERS, Jr.
New York, May 1, lbM.
'I
The Harlem Railroad.
srreRijrnmPtXT's Office,
New York and Harlem Railroad Co ,
New Yoek. Mat 3, 1864.
PiR ?The trains of the Harlem road will rnn regularly
to day as tar aa Dover Flains, without any delay at
Pleasants ilie Fridge, which wan ready to run over at day
light this morning.
Ihe mail that left New York on Monday reached Al
bany yesterday In advance of any other road. The mall
train that left New York at 7 o'clock this morning will
get through, Mr. Kllot, the Superintendent, having ar
ranged to have stages ready at l>ovrr I'lains to take the
pass! ngers and mails to Wassail. The road is all right
led ween that point and Albanv, and will soon be repaired
so that the distance between the breaks will be but about
a mile and a half, causing very little delay.
Very respectfully yours, Ate.,
WM. J. CAMPBELL,
Ass't Hun't.
To Ceo. L. HCBrTLER, Esq., President Harlem R. 1:. Co.
APNnonevt OK TiiE Ohio I.eoisi.atere The
legislature of Ohio adjourned sine dt> on the 1st Instant.
Tl.ey will not meet a^Aln, according to the sew constitu
tion. until the first of JanBW/, i860,
Supreme Court?Special Term.
Before Judge Roosevelt,
lliv 3.?llarriicn, die., m. WukUman.?The Trust Com
pany being tlie owners of a plot of ground ex ten ling from
Broadway to the Sixth avenue, and including severid cross
atreeta, entered into a covenant with certain other neigh
boring owneri, that (lie buildings to be erected " on tho
fronts of the lota" should l>e of brick, atoue or marble,
and rover " the whole width of tho lot," and tliat those
on the cross streets should be set back uniformly on
a line five feet from the sides of the streets, and so
as to form courtyards of five feet wide on each side
of the blocks upon those streets. This agreement was
not only recorded, but every deed expressly referred
to, and gave "full notice" of it, and was made, in
terms, "subject" to its stipulations. And the only
question is, what Is its fair meaning when applied
to a lot at the corner of the street and avenue ?
A corner lot, it seems to me, must of necessity have two
fronts; and It is a common expression, we all know, in
speaking of such a lot to say that it fronts, for example,
on Broadway and Chambers street. At all events
whether the lot in question fronts or not on both street
and avenue, it is situated on both; and any building
which may he put upon it will, in the language of the
agreement, be a " building erected on Twenty-sixth
street" as well as on Sixth avenue. Why then should
it not be set back? What uniformity would there be iu
the line of buildings if while the interior houses receded
the corner projected ? Each owner rece ling had an in
terest in the receding of all tho rest?not only for light
and air but for arcbltectural effect. It was an casement
which each lot had in every other. That the corners
were not exempt, and not intended to be, is further ap
parent, I think, from the lithograph map used at the
auction Bale, (in that map the receding space is dis
tinctly marked as extending, not merely to the corner
lot, hut to the corner of the avenue, and has printed on
it in a form calculated to arrest the attention of every
purchaser, the words "fivo feet in width reserved for
courtyards." Nor is this all ; the corner lot, de
scribed in the deed as twenty six feet seven and one
third inches in width, is divided by a lino into two
parts?one marked as 21 feet 7)j inches, the other fivo
feet, showing conclusively that the latter was not only
intended, but expressly represented, as reserved for a
courtyard; in other words, although the fee for the
whole width was sold, yet it was sold subject as an ease
ment to the reservation, that tho live foot so cut off
should not be built on, but oo used exclusively for a
courtyard. Having pnid, no doubt, a less price in con
sequence of this condition tho purchaser now seeks to
get rid of tho condition. Neither law nor equity, it
Boenis to me, can allow him to do so, and tho plaintiff,
as a purchaser at the same salo of one of tho adjoining
lots, having established his interest in the easement, is
entitled to be protected against the contemplated usur
I at ion. A perpetual injunction (with costs) must there
fore bo grunted, restraining the defendant and all claim
ing under him from erecting auy building on the live feet
in question, or making any use of tliat part of bis lot
other than ub and for a court yard.
Common Pleas-lpsclal Term.
Before Judge Ingraham.
Mat 2.?Xoah tw. Leeit and Pandnlfini.?The plaintiff
commenced an action against both defendants, but the
summons was only served on Leeds. No process or
pleadings wore even served on I'andolflBi. The complaint,
in the body of it, was drawn only to charge Leeds, and
the name of the other defendant was entirely omitted,
except that the plaintiff retained the title of the action
against both. To this complaint TandolSni has appeared
and demurred. Whether this demurrer can be sustained
or not depends upon what etrect the title has on the body
of the complaint, and whether or uot the title is a neces
sary part of tho complaint. There can be no doubt that
the plaintiff might have proceeded ngninst Leeds alone,
as he was the only defendant served?Sec. 13ti, Code?
and the defendants were severally liable, and in so pro
ceeding he may complain as if such defendant was .he
only one. By sec. 141 of the Code, It is provided that the
complaint shall contain tho title of the action, specifying
the name* of the parties, Ik., and it appears from this
that the plaintiff muBt insert in the complaint such title.
There does not appear to bo any mode pointed out, by
which the action is to be served. If tho name of I'an
dolflni had been omitted from the title, there is nothing
to warrant his appcaranco at demurrer. The complaint
would have been good against Leeds alone if the name of
I'andollini had been omitted. (7 Pr. R. 90?Travis vs.
Tobias.) ltomits throughout, except in the title, hia name.
The more proper remedy seems to me to have been a mo
tion to st rike out the name from the title. Loeds could not
make the objection by demurrer, and I nm inclined to
think the other defendant had no right to plead to the
complaint which omitted his name entirely, and only
Simported to make a claim against I-eeds. In addition to
lis, the Supreme Court had held where ono defendant is
not served he is no longer a party to the action, and if
the plaintiff proceeds without bringing him in, he thereby
elects to sever the action. (14 Barb. 8. C. Rop, p. f>39.)
If tliis ia correct, then the defendant Pandolilni In I no
right to demur, not being brought in as defendant, anl
the complaint evidently showing the plaintiff's intent to
proceed against the defendants. Upon the whole, my
conclusion is that this demurrer should not be sustained;
but without costs.
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
MONEY MARKET.
Wkp??<!?at, May 3?(I P. M.
Quotation* for nearly every stock on the list show a
decline to-day. There was n general stampede among the
fancies, and any amount of stock was offered. The bears
do not appear to be frightened at any decline, but con
tinue to put out contracts in the face of any fall In
prices. Neither are the shorts in a hurry about buying
in. At the first board to-day Illinois Central bonds de
clined ;.v ] er cent; New York Central bonds, ; New
Jersey Zinc, Nicaragua, %?, Crystal I'alaco, 3; Penn
sylvania Coal, 1; Cumberland Coal, ; Parker Vein, J.)
New York Central Railroad, Haflsm, Hi lfud.on Kail
road, ,'4 ; Eiie Itailroud, ki; Reading Railroad, Rail
rcad bouds, bank stocks and government securities
arc much neglected, and hardly enter into the specu
lative movements of the street. In fact, there
la no speculation abroad in anything. Wnll
street is full of bears, and they have only to prey upon
each other. The margin for a decline iB daily becoming
less, and if fhis continues much longer at this rate, there
will he nothing left for the bears to do but turn bulls.
There are a gTeat many stocks on the list which would
be good purchases at present prices; but the belief that
lower points will be touched, deters many from buying
who have the means to carry. Some of the regular inter
est-paying. dividend-paying stocks, give a large rate at
the current maiket value, and but for the absence of con
fidence, and the timidity of capitalists, heavy purchases
would be made for investment. There i* a feeling of
doobt and distrust in the public mind, which doubt
amounts to a panic. The fact that war exists in Europe
is enough to induce a large class of capitalists to with
draw entirely from all operations, to place their surplus
funds on deposit, and wait the course of events. It
is these fears which are tightening the money mar
ket, and the stringency is likely to become still
greater. Stocks to a large amount have been thrown
upon the maract, merely for the purpose of realizing,
and the proceeds have been put into some safe place,
where they will remain for a time inactive. We see no
Indications favorable to the interest of holders. No
thing short of a suspension of hostilities in Europe, a
renewal of negotiations, with a probability of an amica
ble adjustment of the diffleultiee, would be of much
service to speculators for a rise, and the prospects ere
therefore gloomy enough. The bears have decidedly the
advantage. The position of public affaire is favorable
for those who ha\ e sold fancy stocks short. The only
drawback to the operations of the bears la the want of
material to work upon. There are very few actual pur
charers In the market, and it la quite difficult to put out
contract* in the.right way. Any further depreciation of
importance would mako the shorti moro cautious, and
doubtless Increase the class of buyers. This would give
greater activity to operators, and give the market a bet
ter tone.
At the second board there was not much doing, but
prices were a shade better. Erie Railroad advanced \
per cent; Nicaragua, M: Hudson Railroad, >?; Illinois
Tends fell off per cent.
The instalment doc on the loan to the Erie Railroad
Company, has been paid promptly and in full. The re
ports circulated to the eontrary, were got up for the pur
pose of depressing the stock.
? The steamship Asia, from this port for Liverpool to
day, carried out $662,773 64 in specie, principally in
irg?t?.
The Eagle Eire Insurance Company has declared a semi
annual dividend of seven per cent. The Wlnsted (Conn.)
Bank, a dividend or four per eent. The Philadelphia
Bank, fire per cent, regular dividend, with two per cent
extra dividend: Bank of Northern Liberitlee, six per
cent; Girard Bank, three per eent; Mechanic*', six per
cent: Tradesmen's, four per cent; Commercial, five per 1
cent; Sonthwark, five per eent; Bank of Commerce, five
percent; Kensington, three per cent; Western, five per
cent: Manufacturers' k Mechanics', four cent; Farmers'
k Mechanics', five per eent; Penn Township, five per
cent. This includes all the banks in Philadelphia except
the North America and Pennsylvania, which do tare
their dividends in January and July.
A. H. Nicolay's ususl semi weekly sale of stocks and
bonds will take place to morrow (Tbnrsday) at half past i
12 o'clock, at the Merchants' Exchange.
Tha amount of duties paid on foreign merchandise en
tered st the port of Boston during the month of April,
wis $C80,008 37. In March It was $763,077 $4.
The warrants entered on the book* of the Treasury
Department, Washington, on Monday, the 1st instant,
Tor the redemption of stock 324 334 *3
l or pay iug other Treasury debts h 4.,4 77
Covered into ihe Treasury from Customs... ,1,24s,627 01
Covered into ti.e Treasury from lauds I 42^3 ?1 01
Covering into the Treasury from miscellaneous
sources 2,3*8 25
Eor (he Interior Department SOQ 00
It will be recollected that an act of Congress of Eehru
ary, 1863, directed the coinage of three dollar gold pieces
at the mlat and branches. Specimens of this coinage
haying been ppbnitted to and epptortd by the getfttar/
of the Tretumry. the coin* will be immediately put in clr
eulatfon. The obverse of this coin represents an Ideal
head, with the feathered cincture symbolic of America,
the word "liberty" appearing on the band encircling
the head, and the inscription " United .States of Amerioa'1
surrounding the whole. On the reverse is a wreath
composed of some of the staple productions of the United
states, viz.:?Wheat, cotton, Indian oorn and tobacco?
the denomination and date being in the centre. As com
pared with the other gold coins the devices and arrange
ments are novel, but perhaps not less appropriate, and,
together with the difference in the diameter of the piece,
will mako It readily distinguishable from the quarter
eagle, which approaches it most nearly in value. It is
sixteen-twentieth* of an inch In diameter, and weighs
77.4 grains?ounces, 10.125.
There was a slight decline in prices to-day, at the
Mining Board, owing to the gencrul depression of
the market. Lehigh is tumbling down more rapid
ly than was expected ; the I'hilndclphians <lo not
seem to be making much of it. Gardiner (iold re
cedsdan eighth. WyckoiT maintains itself at 4. A bear
who is known to be very short of Lindsay, sold 150 shares
at 55 cents, in the hope of breaking down tlic market-, the
experiment is not likely to succeed, if the advice* from
the mines are true. If the Iindsay were as far advanced
in their workings as the McCulloch, their stock would sell
for as much money. The following comparative state
tnent will show the movement in mining stocks at the
Mining Board since this day last month:?
April :s. May 3. April 3. May 3. 1
Cumberland...SO1^ 27 >S Fulton l'{ lt^
I'arker Vein... 7>? 5 'a Lindsay X fi.ic.
N. J. Zinc 9 8 ', Phenix gold... X 67c.
Lehigh S'i 2J4 Rutherford 1 1
Ulster l'i ll* McCulloch .... 0,', 5','
Potomac 3V4 3 Conrad Hill.... 45e.
N. Carolina.... 4>? Vi Gold Hill 3'i 3^
liiwassee 5>4 bX Gardiner Gold. 2'4' 2,'a
From this statement it appoars that, with two excep
tions, all the leading mining fancies have fallen off. In
the lake Superior stocks thoro has been little or nothing
doing of late, and they cannot be quoted at any price.
The following were the bids at the board :?
Bid. Atk'd. Bid. An'<l.
Cumberland ....2727X Fulton 1'4 l1,
Parker Vein bX b% Isle Roy ale 18 20
New Creek ? 2X Mineral ? X
Pel. & Hud ? 112 Morris Copper... ? 0
Caledonia 4', Vandcrburg !5c. 30c.
New Jersey 8'4 lJndsay 55c. ?
Leliigli 2% 1\ Phoenix Gold.. ..67c. 80c.
Ulster I1, 1 '3 Rutherford ? I
Potomac 1% 3 McCulloch 5JU ?
Potomac, new... X IK C-onrad 11 111 inc. 48 -.
North Carolina.. 2,14 2Gold llill 3'4 3^
Hiwassee 5'4 ? Gardiner 2 >4 ?
Norwich ? 11 Brldgewater I'nt. ? 2
National ? 26 Deep Silvor ? X
Windsor ? bX Randolph ? 1 i4
Flint Steel ? 6 >4
The receipts at the office of the Assistant Treasurer of
this port to-day?May 3?were, received, $31)3,892 90;
paid, $161,312 80?balance, $8,736,543 09.
The Milwaukie WUconsin states that the preliminaries
have been agreed upon between the Southern Wisconsin
Railroad Company and the Milwaukie and Mississippi
Railroad, by which the gauge from Janesvillo to Dubuque
is to be changed to 4 feet 8,'? inches, the same as the
Milwaukie road; and in conslderation'thcrofor, the Mil
waukie and Mississippi Company endorse the bonds of
the Southern Wisconsin Company, to the amount of
$300,000. This sura, with the aid obtained at JancsviUe,
in Green, Lafayette, and Grant counties, with some as
sistsnce from Dubuque, will complete the road.
The value of imports and exports of Canada, during
the year 1853, the destination of exports and the sources
of imports, are exhibited in the annexed statemont:?
Commerce or Canada?Imports and Kxporth, 1863.
Import*.
Great Briton ?4,612,542 7 9
West Indies 699 14 2
United 8tates 2,953,605 9 11
Other foreign countries 2--8.176 19 9
B. N. A. Colonies 160,234 18 2
Total imports ?7,995,359 9 9
Export*.
Groat Britain ?2,888,290 15 5
West Indies ?
United Stales 2,226,095 5 6
Other foreign countries 52,457 15 6
Australia 5,045 16 11
B. N. A. Colonies 330,485 4 11
Total exportation ?5,602,725 18 3
This, (able sbowi a large increase as compared with tho
pr? cedirg year, in the trade of the province. Tno ira
porta of 1862 wero only 115.071,023, and in 1853 they wore
?7,1)96,860, or considerably more than sixty per cent ad
voncc. In 1852 the exports wero ?3,251,303, and now,
?6,602,725, an iucr"ase of over seventy per cent.
'l'he bidding for factory shares has lately been quite
spirited a? tho Boston board of brokers. No class of
stocks on th" list have paid better averogo divi lends to
investors for the last twenty years than factory compa
nies, and yet many which are now earning and paying
from eight to twelve per cent divideinb) are selling from
ten to twenty per cent discount.
The London lima of the 18th tilt, says:?
Hie advices from Kiism.-i continue of a very- unfnvorn
nhle character v Ith regard to the position of the mercan
tile classes. Kr< in St. Petersburg the dutcs are to the
Mb April, at which period tho government paper cur
twelve
rency still continued at about twelve per cent discount,
from i'.iga the letters of the 7tli announce the failure of
M. lwau shiijio.ihuikoif, a largo tallow nn l oil specul itor,
for about ?8o,000, by which Kussimn dealers alone will
luller, no foreign houses being interested.
Tl.c annexed statement exhibits the movement of rail
roads in Massachusetts in each of the past t .velvo years.
It will he seen that in 1847 the net increase per
cent on cost reached the highest poiut:?
KailkoaDs oviUssACiipsiHTs.
Railxcnyt .Vila
in nprr- in oprr
F.nm in/ft. Expenditure.
$1,971,787 $989,400
2,118,284 1.001,313
2,659,909 1,107,580
2,895,219 1,281.031
3,042.121 1,090,576
4,904,582 2,372,432
5 405 815 2,741,004
5,741.799 2,890,818
0.419,533 3.112.795
6.099.570 3,333,905
0,885.517 8,678,410
7,977.521 4.324,013
Met In- total re- totalex- Xe'In
come per < c>p!? per p'nnei come per
1'ear.
alion.
alion.
Coil.
1842.
...10
431
$19,241,8.58
1-t:;.
...12
461
19.971,593
i -44
...12
461
20,396,055
1846.
...12
4'3
21,573,820
1846.
...1?
622
27,034,927
1847 .
...18
715
32,796.303
1848
787
41,392,632
1849.
...27
945
45,124,786
1850.
...32
1,092
60,959,452
1851.
... 36
1,142
52,696.888
1652
36
1,160
53,076,013
1853.
...38
1,165
64,914,50)1
toil on
mile
per mile
mile
dhp
Xel Income.
rout.
run.
run
ran.
1842,
$1,012,887
$6 26
$1 48
$9 72
$9 76
1845
6 59
1 47
70
77
1844.,..
1.462,869
7 12
1 65
72
93
1845 .,
1,614.188
7 48
1 63
75
88
1846.,..
1,046 *95
7 20
1 66
73
83
1847 .
2.692,079
2,660,411
7 94
1 66
75
81
1848
651
1 50
76
74
1849.;..
.. 2.660,981
6 32
1 61
74
75
IS.'.O
3,800 738
6 49
1 52
74
78
1861,,..
3,259,671
0 20
1 60
76
74
1652....
.. 8,212 107
6 05
1 44
77
67
3,058,614
6 64
1 52
82
70
In 1852 the net income per mile was less than in any
previous v ear, there having been a stea ly decline from
1844. Tiiit lias been caused by two things?first, the
increase In the operating expenses per mile, and second,
by a decrease in the gross earnings per mile. This con
firms the trntli of the opinion we have so frequently er
prtsecd. that the railroads of Massachusetts have seen
their best days as productive investments. Every year
v> ill show a decrease in their net earnings on cost, an 1
their dividends, when they nre drawn only for net In
come, must theiefore annually diminish.
The following extract from the (Irani County (Wleenn
sin) Herald may he interesting to those engage i in the
lead trade. The prospects for the prcseut year (1854.)
appear to bo gooj :?
Mineral Is worth $40 per 1.000 lbs. Perhaps sun" of
the smelters pay over $4'>. This price was pall in s?m?
instances a year ago,when a buee monopoly in Now Vork
run up the price of lead, as in a moment, to a rate un
warranted by the demand. It is possible tbe ?am" cans ? I
may lie at work again, but we enn hardly belles o It. Th ? j
rise has been gradual, though at s more rapid rate than
eve;- before, till $7 37 per 100 is arrived at. Monopolies
go by the jump, and may lie distinguished froin rises 1
having genuine causes by mesmeric fits and crippled
leaps. such as a wounded frog might exhibit. We have
seen no such Irregularities, and so must Infer the pre
sent lire to be caused by genuine la vs of trade. No
doubt there are several causes In operation to promote
the demand and price of lead, among which are the In
creased consumption in the manufacturing and mech rnlc
srte, consequent ujion late improvements, such ss mvklng
lead pipes hy hydraulic power, lead coating of iron an 1
copper, &c.; also, the withdraw al of a large amount of
labor, devoted formerly to our lead mines, for California
and Australia. Tbe latter considered >n must aceoint
for a sudden and ruinous diminution in the lead product
of the world.
This is the time, too, for smelters to 1>e on the lookout.
Should they accumulate large amounts of mineral for
future smelting, bought at rates which a future market
is liable to undershoot, heavy losses may overtake them.
No rises of men can occupy their spare moments tnorC
profitably by the study of the causes which must gov. i n
the future markat of their products than raeltors The
governing "eat of tho lend market is in Liverpool, and
New Vork l? only a branch of that market?so that Ku- '
ronesn rouses must be seen to as well as American.
Present prices of mineral must presently dr. ible our
mining fi reee anil the product of our mines. Wore the
profits of mining generally known abroad, we believe the
rnsh for the lead mines of Wisconsin would lie like unto
that of California in 1862. We cannot say that such a
stampede for our mines is desirable for the price of b-.a I
may recede, and then there would bo curves uttered In
stead of hlesaings. Miners, work now; lay low, and save
your earnings ?Oranl Cmmtf ( IVie ) Herald
Tbe annexed statement exhibits the quantity and value
of certain articlea exported from this port during the
week ending and including .Saturday. April 29, 1851,
distinguishing the destination and ejtynt of -hipmonts
tu tachplace.?
19
$592
28
746
I
50
233
206
9
124
25
96
1
127
6
47
30
351
12
253
C"MMERi I OF THE PORT OE SBW YOBE?WKKKLT EIFOET'.
LONDON.
Quant. Value. Quant.
Wine, casks.. 121 .art no.mf'l.,lbs.31,975
Ho. cases,. 100( ? Shoe pegs bbls 02
Oil, casks,... .301 I nn... Maple logs.... 10
Do bbls 800) lli'mp, bale*.. 602
Rosin 210) ,w Wool 4
Turpentine. .3,429 J Oilcake, bgs.. 9.30
Spti. turpen . 409 13,060 Mineral*, ci.. 8
Ashes 10 241 flock* 187
Pork 800 18,600 Bacon, lbs 025,025
Beef, tierces. 775 19,402 laird 70,480
Rum, bbls ... 1C0 2,050 Tallow 60,507
Skins, tails .. 211 27,811 Crucibles.cki. 20
Ess. oil. esses 62 6,180 tlut.perch.es 41
Tot&c. luls ilea 77 6,786 Staves 3,000
Total 8292,046
LIVERPOOL.
Cotton,bales.2.838 8154.118 Staves 8,000 8730
Com, bush.45,820 37,808 Linens, cases. 2 300
Ilnms. lbs.... 130 910 Clocks 30 800
l'ork 300 8,800 Oil ( loth 1 160
Guano 500 2,000 F'urina 20 300
Rosin 300 534 I. R. goods ... 20 3,739
l ard, lbs.. 290.010 28,207 leather cloth. 3 333
Brooms....1( 4,700 10,246 Ilcef, tiorccs.. 100 2,500
Whalebone. .24,125 8,624 Tobacco, bales 86 2,500
Wb. oil. gill .4,194 2,067 Skins, casks?. 26 18,720
Sperm oil.. .2,481 3,883 Furniture,pka 5 150
Total $282,553
BRITISH NORTH AMERICAN COLON IK*.
Flour, bis...4,234 $29,003 Clothing, cs..
Rye local.... 600 2,400 ltice, tcs
Cornmetl.... 740 2,722 Paint mill....
8. bread 333 1,526 Gil, gallons...
Tar and rosin. 330 856 Cotton, pks..
Fefl'dsugar.. 70 1,074 Candles, bxs.
l'ork.., 660 6,972 Hides, bales.
Fluid 16 306 1). fruits, bbls
Beans 20 104 Coffee, bags..
M.tob'co.lbsl3,5Sl 1,804 Groase, bbls..
Staves 6,000 887 Tea, bxs 420 5,205
L. juice, cks.. 2 88 -
Vinegar 1 18 Total $55,720
IIRtrtSIt WEST INIIIRS,
Ale, bbls 15 $112 Lumber, ft..4,000 $S8
S. bread 45 217 Shingles.... 10,000 52
Pork 27 407 P. goods, os.. 3 225
Pick d fish... 7 45 Trunks 30 65
Hour 419 3,291 Corn, busli... 100 94
Corn meal... 50 188 Hats, rase..1 30
Butter, lbs. .1,800 407 Pry goods.... 1 103
Lnrd 712 75 Fancy goods. 2 93
M. tobacco... B''0 90 Rice, cks 4 10)
Oil. gallons,. 167 lt'8 Coffee, bags.. 3 43
Lin'd. oil 84 89 Bacon, lbs... 1,700 119
Rye meal,bbls 12 60 Wine, cases,. 12 124
Foap, bxs 40 208 Brandy, galls. 140 321
( undies 52 182 Ale, |bbU 10 0
Boots & shoes 14 704
Total $7,607
BRITISH Gt'1 ANA.
Pork, bbls.... 904 $9,040 Paper, reams. 590 $375
Beef 70 1,150 Brooms, doi.. 50 100
Oil 20 197 Sheep 83 664
Shipbread... . 580 2,050 Hay, bales.... 20 43
Laid, lbs.. .12,500 1,406 Corn, bushels 30 24
Cheese, boxes 250 027 ??
Total $16,156
BRITISH AUSTRALIA.
Puck, pkgs... 2 $158 Clocks, cases. 31 $534
Tobac., cases. 180 7,440 M. tob., lbs.32,005 9,471
Flour, bbls... 000 6,081 Cheese 20,350 3,088
Boots, cases.. 4 750 Houses 8 2,000
Be laincs 2 432 Carriages.... 1 1,973
Oysters 000 9,500 Corks, bales.. 91 472
Iron plates... 187 1,122 Matches,eas.. 213 855
Fish, cases... 40 443 Paints, boxes. 20 185
Mats, bales... 27 180 Drugs, pkgs.. 8 310
Leather, cases 4 860 Cement, bbls. 100 150
I. R. goods... 25 1,400 W. waic.pki.8,713 5,206
Boots 108 4,390 Biscuit, tins.. 300 383
Machi'ry, ps.. 8 300 Agl. tmplo'ta. 39 322
Paper, cases.. 5 426 Bellows 24 225
Vnrnisli 2 100 Furnit., pkgs. 171 2,326
Engravings... 1 150 Bricks 20,090 300
Whiskey 26 150 Lumber,ft.144,000 4,600
Brandy 45 450 Wliltiag, bbls. 25 615
I)o. gallons. .3,620 8,906 H'dwaro, pks. 808 15,080
I. B. goods, cs 25 1,400 Pipes, boxes.. 100 117
Cider 50 160 Segars 50,000 550
Rum, casks.. 5 124 Clothing, cs.. 6 1,760
Hutter. kegs.. 679 6,794 Syrup 100 350
S. bread, hds. 37 536
Pk. h pr., cs. 091 8,755 Total $111,451
ILATTI.
P'kld flsb, bxs 245 $1,619 Soap, bxs.. .1,050 $1,214
l'ork 115 1.607 Tobac. hhds.. 2) 7fm
Beef 2ft 3,610 Do. bis 44 J 'ow
Flour 825 2,732 Candles, bxs . 60 330
Rice 87 406 Bagging, bis.. 3 231
R'd sug. lbs-.ft.600 622 Cart 1 136
lard 1,365 147 Biscuit, cs.... 50 112
Butler 466 83 Lumber, ft.44,000 897
Cheese 1,068 127 Osnaburgs, bs 4 474
Hams 619 69 Domestics,pg* 0 780
ll'd fish, cs... 466 2,000
Total $14,685
DANISH WR-T INDIES.
Flour, bbls... 188 $1,513 P'kld fish, bis 112 $560
Shipbread... 10 48 Turk 10 250
C. meal casks. 182 3,276 Cheese, bxs.. 67 165
Beets 4: slis.es 9 556 llama, lbs...2.500 260
Domestics.!gs 8 4*7 Butter, kgs.. 15 197
Hoops .12,000 319
Total $7,620
FRENCH W EST INDIES.
Tobacco,hhds 0 $514 Corn, hags... 560 $501
DM fish. cwt. 20 456 Hour, bbls... 350 2,035
F'kd lisli, bbls 75 1,0( 0 Shooks 1,154 1.151
Herring, bxs. 100 65
Total. $0,389
ri-BA.
shocks 3,370 $4,515 Ceecso 1,120 $128
Hoops 46,000 1,280 H'dware, pgs. 17 00J
Poller 1 766 Coal, tons.... 620 3,006
Mill 1 136 Lumber, ft.60.000 920
f-team engine. 1 5,180 Nails, kgs..., 920 2,225
Ironwork, ps 33 186 Butter, lbs... 650 111
I eef, bids 12 82 Rice, tons 070
Corn meal.... 20 *5 Potatoes, bbls 2 ) 125
Ijird, lbs... .4,760 524 Palm oil, csks 3 120
Pork, bbls 10 165
Hams, lbs... 1,066 177 Total $20,978
OsriATI.VE REi'fBUO.
Lumber, fe?t 189.600 $3,410
CENTRA I. AMERICA.
Coal, tons 1,500 $7,500
D0TCI1 WEST INDIES.
Alcohol, bbls. 27 $' 80 D'mstics, pgs. 66 $4,348
Shipbread.... 48 ?04 Butler, lbs..2,938 412
Brandy '89 1,453 Soap, bxs.... 075 843
Flour 526 4,120 Lnrd, lbs 506 62
Hire 53 659 Tobacco, hhds 3 141
Oil 11 216 Tea, pkgs.... 27 744
Tnr 20 72 Hope, coils... 45 1,177
Potatoes 17 45 Blocks, bills.. 25 1.616
Rye meal.... 400 3,174 Spikes. bogs... 10 046
Vinegar 8 30 Y. metal, eas. 2 31.6
("amltes, bxs. 407 1,855 Wine, casks.. 72 740
l uck, bales.. 91 1.3S6 Dried flsh,cwt 59 208
Mf. t'b'co,bxg 66 1.755 Leather, sides 175 472
Copper 5 1,122 Drugs, pkgs.. 76 401
F. crackers.. 20 40 .
Total $27,085
VENEZT'Kf A.
Flour, bbls.. 125 $1,100 Carts 3 $F71
Tar 80 87 Powder, csks. 18 264
P'mestics.pgs 34 1,680 Spars 0 70
Oakum, bolus. 20 90 ??
Drugs, pkgs.. 7 110 Total 93.642
NEW GRANADA.
Hams, lbs.. .2.854 $320 Flour, bbls... 150 51,047
(h<e-e 1,4ft 160 Potatoes 40 130
Butter 1.019 208 TtDoW. lbs... 88''. 110
Preicrves. ?s. 20 108 Iron, pkgs ... 86 296
Beef, hf bbls. 500 4 000 Tanks 2 177
Pork mid 4.453 Copper, cases 2 776
Bice 500 2.858 I/>comotiro .. 1 8.475
Sugar 100 838 lathe 1 560
Beans 60 134 Machine 1 220
Pickle 60 224 H'dwnre.ikgs 2 229
Tea, boxes... 12 28.) S'pbread, bbls 32 > 2.500
Oil, bbls 5 177
Total $27,588
HAV RE.
Cotton, bis..1,078 $53,106 Rice, tcs
I-ard, lbs....9.102 1,000 Heeds, case*..
Bacon 26,000 2,000 Heok* 5
Pork. bids.... 100 1,250
Total $59,866
ANTWERI-.
Cotton, bis... 114 $4,629 Ashes, 241
Tobacco, hhds 129 12,084 Rosin 1.118
Coffee, bags.1,?83 1.6,264 Rice, ck? 193
rejfer 308 2.050 Logwood,tons, 81
Sugar 7.946 26,626 Wax. cks.... 2
Rye, bush. ..6,655 6.606 Lard, lbs 9,241
Honey, cks... 276 8,631 Cider, hhds.. 75
Stems, bags.. 30 312
Lard oil, bbls. 25 803 Total $94,463
CAIH7.
Staves 23,000 1.713 8. cliand'ypgs 2 $476
Stars 49 1,049 ?
Hank, ft . .18.000 1.0.50 Total 94 333
MALAGA.
Colton, bis . 47 $2,200 Tobacco, lib Is 98 |
Staves 16,000 1.371 Do., cas.. 35 J *
Park. hhds... 6 138
M. T'bco.lbs 10,266 1,063 Total $15,275
TRIBTK.
Cotton, Us.. 132 $5,312 S. wood tons. 88 $1,958
Copper, bags 1,962 23.900 J/>gwnod .... 26 775
Cocoa 1*0 700 Ext. do., ex.. 46 150
Rosin, bbls... 160 820 Manna 4 323
Hum 500 6.569 Ml. goods ... 22 671
Tobacco. hhds 53 10,250 Sperm ctl, bxs 37 712
AspTtm.cka.. 29 751
Total '"i3*1
CtllHA.
Prnjn, c?.... 47 II,.'.00 Kn|f?r, ca*e? 9
M tobac. bxa. 8 114 Wine ( Sil l
I>ruj;ii 67 llo. ca?ka. ( 20
Ginatug, lihda 60 7,"86 C.iova??, b.nlea 14
Hour, bbU .. 260 2.2# I Paint*, keg, ho
I>om**?ir, pkl.944 138.928 I,inn'r1 oil. rU f.'K)
Miipatore* .. 368 6,2W l imber, feet 7,000
Ebipthull'f 43 1.000 Mioft 1
Coal, ton*... TOO 3,668 firework,, e?. 1
Axle*, boxes . A 4< 0 Pre.-enrea ..74
Tiranilr, ri ilo 637 1,102 Rum (jail* .. 1,742
Hardware, pk. 2 1(H) Paper, e?*es.. 8
Nada, ke*?... 20 02
Total $173,002
HrrxptTTTIATto*
I/.ri'I. n $202,048 llr. N. A. Cnloaie*. $67,720
Uxor pool 28$,468 Hr. West Indies... 7,0.7
Havre 59,868 ISriti-li iltilana .... 16,158
Antwerp 94 4 71 Itrlllsh Australia.. 111,461
Cadi* 4 ;!3.'l Cuba 20,97$
Maleir* 16 27.1 Cll| latin* Kepablle 3,413
liiee'e 67 381 Central America... 7,500
Haytl 14.686 iHinlrli W. lull ?*.. 8,88'J
Venezuela 3,642 Imtcli W. Injiea.. 27,085
NewUraaafe. 27,668 (bin* 173,i>92
Value of merchandise ex|n>rted during week
ending April 29. 1854 $1,283,304
I'o. '|eel* do 641,588
$1,826,322
There U nothing perWeeUriy interesting or important
in the above detailed statement. It la necessary that tht
mercantile community should ho at all times posted n(
relative to the destination of merchandise shipped t4
foreign ports, that none of the markets should lie over,
supplied. Had weekly reports of shipments to San
Francisdo been published and widily circulu e.f, It might
have checked the large exportation, and prevented the
glut which has been experience.! in that market.
The market for all kinds of dry goods is without essen
tial change. Country dealers are not purchasing very
freely, nor is there any great activity amoug local job
bers. Yet, as the supplies of desirable fabrics are mode
rate, and not apt to be soon increa ed, owneis succeed
in maintaining previous quotations for popular articles.
Brown sheetings and shirtings exhibit no improvement,
btdng in fair stock and rather limited demand, at last
week's j.rices. Bleached goods are moderately dealt in,
without allecting their value. Denims seem pretty brisk
and dim. The amount hero is not large. Drills tiud
ready buyers, at 7 5<e. a 8c. for brown, 8J60- for bleached,
and 9c. a 9*?c. for blues, per yard. Duck is qulokly
bought, at full and buoyant rates. Manufacturers are
scarcely able to keep pace with the demand. Ginghams
uro about the same, being quiet, though steady. Lawns
are still in good request, and at fair prices. Osnaburge
ure active and tlrin, though the stock is too small to
allow of very extensive movements. Printed cloths re
main inanimate and languid in this market, though they
have recently been more sought after at the lastwarcf.
The fresh makes of prints are saleable and steady, bat all
old kinds continue dull and heavy. Stripe< and ticks are
aiaringly purchased at former figures. We subjoin a
comparative statement of the shipments hence of cotton
during four months of?
1849. 18.10. 1861. 1852. 18.13. 1354.
January pigs,... 347 055 1,710 322 1,825 200
February 2,<13 804 8,270 4,799 788
March " ....1.222 8,348 9,013 6,429 1,033 3,754
April " ....3,360 3,623 7,306 513 7,864 3,906
Total pkgs 6,< 68 10,329 18.898 1 5,534 16,121 8.708
Woollen productions are still in very slack request, at
drooping rates. Owners appear uneasy under the pros
sure of thrir too large and too poor stocks, wulch might
be a dd by liberal concmsiona in prices; but this would
entail severe losre upon factors, for which they are not
altogether prepared. Blankets have not varied. Some
Maronnble styles of fancy enssiineres are in fair demand
at pretty full rates. Cloths appear inactive and languid.
Doeskins and flannels manifest no new feature. Jeans
ure moderately inquired for, but slightly favor buyers.
Linens appear vv ithout change. The trade in iimuaelin do
Lines is at lenst us brisk as usual at this time of the
year. Satinets an' unaltered. Tweeds sell slowly at old
quotations, which, however, ore pretty well supported.
Stock llxeiiange,
Wlti.Nksn.iY, May 3, 1854.
$5< 0 u 8 6s '67 122X 200 shs NY feu RKb3 104 V
1( 00 111 Im Stk of '47 90 10 do 194 V
2090 Sun Finn lOprct 101 23<i do b3 194)5
3000 Krie 2d Mgc Uds 98 50 do b'"0 105
6000 Kile C lids '7Ib3 S.i'j 50 Ston'g RR.b 4 ma 66
1000 Erie Bds of '83. 88),' 60 Hudson KB 64
2000 111 CenRKBds.. 77 X 68 NY4NH RR 90
0500NYCU Bdsoxdlv 89)4 10 Mich S RRex priv 111
12 aba Metrop Bank 103 50 Lrie RK 70
15 Corn KxchangeDk 06 300 do b3 70
CO Ilk of Commerce 108)4 300 do 09 X
25 1) k Ilud C Co s6d 110 100 do b3 69)4
400 Canton Co s3 24% 100 do c 69X
100 do stO 24 X 300 do e 69 V
400 N J Zin v Co.... e3 8)* 200 do bl5 69V
650 Ntc Trans Co.. .c 25', 150 do s3 69V
400 <lo 1.3 26 X 100 do s3 69'5
100 do s30 26)5 100 do bl7 70
200 do bCO 26 100 do 1.60 70 V
100 do 25 X 60 do b30 70
800 do c 26 X 209 do s30 09^
400 F k Key Jt Stock 1 100 do 69'f
5 Cryslal t'nlace... 45 60 do b3 69)5
100 FennClCo...b60 104X 2?0 do c 69X
600 do 103 X 200 do s3 69X
260CumCTCo....s60 27 X 250 do s30 60 X
200 do s30 27 2"0 do 70
200 do 27 X 25 do bUO 71
150 po c 27X 200 Reading RR..b50 75
60 do b2 27 X 200 do s5 74
300 do slO 27 X 200 do c 74
200 rotom'c CpCoslO IX 300 do s3 74
100 do 1.00 3 190 do blO 74V
60 Par V CI Co c 61,' 200 do s3 74'(
426 do 5,X 200 do b3 74V
700 do 6 X 200 do 74)5
200 do b30 6)5 30 do blO 74X
200 do bl5 5 x 300 do b60 75V
600 N Caro Copper.?3 2X 10" do a30 74X
100 Harlem RR 49X 100 *'o slO 74,V
100 do b45 60 20 Rome k Water.. 93
60 do 49 X lo Clove, C 4( In RR 110 V
loo do sit 49X 12 Clove k Pitts KR 81
400 do.......s3 49
HKCOND BOARD.
$1000NY&NHIls'f6 9tX 50 sha Erie RR.. ,b3 70
1000 111 Ccn Hit Bds 77.X 600 <>o ?3 70
2000 do s3 77 50 do w3 60'V
1000 do 76X 200 do sl5 70
2000NYCRlidacxdiv 89X 37 N Y t en RR.... 104 V
1000 Hudc Bdsexdiv 84 10 N Y & N II RR.. 90
ICO D & Hml C Cos' 0 110 25 Mich Cen RR.... 103V?
20 shs Hetropol Uk. 103 25 Hud R RR 64)5
290 Nic Trans Co 26X 100 do s60 64
iOClev k Tol KK..C 92 100 do <14 X
25 do 92.X 12 Nor In RR expriv 112
MINIMI BOARD.
190 shs Par Vein.... 53. 150sht I'ulton IX
8<j0 Cole<!onla 4 150 Lindsay 55c
CON J Zinc 1)3 8'., 600 Gardiner bit IM
200 Lehigh i<30 2X loO do.......*3 2X
200 North < nrolii.u .. 2',, 100 <l<i r 2X
100 do M5 2)4 600 <lo 1)20 2X
KlOrotomac h8v) 3 lOoWyckolT s.I 4
fOOCumberland.. .*3 27X 1<I0 Georgia Gold.. ?3 I
6<0 do s60 27
CITY Til AUTO REPORT.
Wnnxii-rMV, May 3?6 P. M.
A fill were quirt but firm. ut So fur pearl*: and $0 (X <:
for pots. j ?loO lb*.
BhkaosttSFH.?Hour w?? brink and huoyant at higher
! rates. Ibe lifclit supply strengthened tlie trade. The
tranfactiona consisted <>f ft,4ol) bids. ordinary to rboico
S'ate at $7 78a 18 2ft; cli'efly at 87 S7'j a 38 12H, n>i*
e<! to fancy Western at $8 26 a ft 82';: and other kinds
at proportionate prices. Sale* were also ma le of 1,0 0
| bid*. ( cradlan, liere and to arrive, at 37 76 a 37 87 t^;
8,400 bt>l?. Southern. eblcBy runim^n to good brands, at
38 b7 Ja u 30 12?,. and 2 too b'd- llaxall extra, (at Rich
mond, for export tlnnee.) nt 89 50. live Hour and corn
meal wero unchanged. There were disponed of 700
bullied* damaged Southern wheat at 31 75; and 8i>0 rye
at $1 16. Oata varied little, t'orn was in active demand.
The operation* reached 65,(MO bushel., at 8'?c. lorbfeif"
I Orleans; 81c. a 62HC- for mixed: 84o. a 88c. for round
| yellow and Southern xvhite; and 87c. a 87 Ho- for Southern
yellow, per bushel.
Cotton.?'Hie market wa. unsettled. The sales only
embiured 7 bales Tor export, 436 do. for home use, and
j 800 do. in tian.itii. Total 742 bale*,
j Corns.?The market waa quiet, with aome sale, of Rio,
at 11 '.jC. and St*) bass St. Homingo, at ??
Frm?There were 1.200 qulu'al. dry cod reported sold
today, ut 33 50 a $3C2;a perewt. Mackerel and her
ring were unaltered.
| Fuiairra ?Freight* were dull. To Liverpool, about
16,000 bushel* corn were engaged at fid. In bulk, for part,
| with a fraction lower for the remainder. For flour, 2*.
| wn? offeied. ami 2*. fid aaked; and about 1,800 lialo* of
| cotton at 5-lfd. a ll-32d , with 2no <to. 9e? inland, at
Hd. There continued to lie a good demand for vessel*
1 for outporti. Two vessels were taken up to load at Que
! hec for Imndon, at ?8 10, and two to load at Jamaica for
C'owe* and a market, on private terms. Government
i engaged 2,600 barrels stores In n vessel for Renieia. Call
| foruia, at 48e per foot. The ordinary rates varied from
60 to 60 cents. To I-ondon and llavre rate* were quiet
anil nominal.
Fnt'lT.?Sale* transpired of 600 boxes bunch raisin*,
at 82 75 a 82 86, and 260 bushel* [iCanuU, at 81 30, wit)
26 caeca Sardine*, at 02 lie a 66c.
Ijun ?The market was firm, with sale* of 50 ton!
Spanish, *t fi,Hc.; Galena wu? held at 7c.
hint:?Rockland wa* procurable to day at $1 12H fot
common, and 81 30 for lump, per barrel
MoUffW.?We have only to notice sales of 100 hbda
Cuba clayed, at 2fe.
Oil*.?Whale, fierm, and ullve were unchanged. Thi
sale* of lin.eed embraced 7.500 gallons, in lota, at 04c. a
06r., per gallon.
Provision*.?Pork tended upwards. The business
amounted to 500 bids., at 314 611 for mess; and 813 37H
n 813 60 for prime, per hbl. The sales of cur meat In
eluded 600 boxra long iniddlcs. (hone out) at 7'?c. Of
lard, rr-0 bids., at P';e. a 10e. Of hcef. 405 I.Ms., at
former rates; and 70 tleiccs tiies*. st 824. nhto and
State butter waa saleable and Ann. at 12c a 16c., and
tQe. a 26c., per lb. Cheese was moderately dealt in, at
10c a 12c. per lb.
Kui 1>t*t*.?Pale* at auction :?1 lot on the north
side Nineteenth strict, 156 feed cast of Fourth avenue,
26x02, subject to a base for Co years, at $30 per annum,
84,000.
yoir.?About 160 boxes t'a-tile realised 11c. a ll'^c.
per lb.
SCOSRS ?Ti e market wn? active, considering the state
of the wcathor, and sales uf about 1,600 hlid*. Cuba were
made, chhfly ut 4',c. to 4rjc ; <"00 ilo. New tlrlcans. at
4c a 4'.,c 1 2<0 do. I'orto ltico, at 4 He. a ."i',c.; with 100
do. low grades New Oi leans, bought for rellning. at 8,4c. j
and 60 Cuba do , at 3H<" of Nixes, 70 brown Havana
were sold, at 6^e.; and 360 do., at ''c.
'I'anow?I mring the present week some 15.000 a 30,000
lbs. bate Ix-en sold, at 12"4c.
Tea*.?Subjoined la a detailed report of this forenoon's
auction ? Hvson?66 half cbcit*, 44 a 45c :12 lo . 43 He?
1 2 do., 38c.; 8 do., 50c.; 20 do . 39c.; 21 do., 34 He.; 8T
do., 88X?.; 23 do . 42Hc.; 10 do., 43c ; 14 da., 36 a 48e.;
41 do, 10 a 41 He.; 02 do . 41c.; 18 do., 60c. Young
Hyson?120 half cheats, 4-c.; 24 do 43,V., 11 do ,
40>,c 64 do.. 64c , 8'' do., 45c , 50 do., 25c., 14 chests
20't<r , 8 do.. 18.4c.; 31 do., 23c.; 21 do , 21 He.; 71 do.,
80c.: 48 half cheat*. 31.; 7 do., lis.; 08 do., 23>tc. Hy
mn Twankay?60 half chests, at 34Hc. Congou Sou
chong?11 1 he-Is, 22e.; 100 do. 20c. Imperial?-6 half
chests, 60c.; 11 do., 46,',c.; 4 do., 41c.: 10 do.. 40c.; 209
do.. 38c.; 55 do., 3?c.; 20 do., 36He.i 4 do., 35c.; 9 do..
34 i,o.; 46 do . 34c ; 16 do , 82c Oolong?18 hf. bo***, at
39c.; 180 do., 33 He.; 7? half chest*, 33c Twankay?20
half ch?."ts, at 31c.; 74 do . 30c.; 48 do . 29e. 82 do.,
f2?,c : 11 do . 22c. Cnnpowter?11 half cheats, 07c., 8
do' file.- 9 do , 69c.; 24 10H lb boxes, 630.; 82 half
cL?st? 46c.. 11 do., 44He.; 41 do . 43>,c . 68 do., 43c 32
do., 42 Hr 68 do., 42c ; 13 do 40c HI do. 39c.; 47 do ,
38 He : 46 do . 38c.; 16 do . 87 ',<??; 81 do . 86',e.
Wlri'KRY ?Sales were rcporte 1 of 750 hbl*. Ohio and
Prism, at 26H?-, and 28;,c a 27'ae., with 76 hlids?
drudge, at 2?c , usual terms, per gallon.
Dnin rails- Mnrks t*.
N'kw BmrttnOu Masarr, May l.?Sporm.?The mars
bet ia very quiet, and we have to notice only a sale of 40
hbl*. at 81 50 In Nantucket we hear of a sale of 81KI
bbla at a priie not tran-plred. Whale.?The deinamt
ha* Iweir good, and prices I,av? advanced a tr.lie aim*
cur last. Sulci bare been made of 3,980 bbla., at 56c.,
and 1 600 do , at 66jje., the nmrkct closing Arm at these
rates We l esr of a sale in stonington. of 2.200 bbla ,
at 56c Whalebone ?The market baa been quiet, will*
no rhange from oui laat quutaUoai, Sel"', 16,OW lblfc.
Polar, at 39c.