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H? rma or m UWIIliTITI COMim IP? TOW? flVO?K8TION8 AS TO BITIL0IM iMiWT IOVSM BY LANPIOIM and TW1IT HOtTSl BCILDIKS ? wvtr rau iMBPccrniN or tbnawt howsbh? #b?u mmmimm or voMBirrus- bottbm BOW? an AfWIOMATIO* H0U8B ? CLOBB Of m omsrisATioM. Th* Stmt* legislator*, Mr. John M. j^d, chairman, Appointed to look into the coaditlon of *? (mast bona** of New York, a*t again on Saturday. ]o a. M., kt th* efflee of tb* Cierk of the Oota mom Council, City Hall. With tb* exeep Ion of Mr. Cur! ?to, of Vntelui:*' county, a full oonmittea wad 1b At taa^Anee. Tb*r* vu alao a numerous attendance of tead lords And tanAnt house builder* And other* Interested to tke mhjoct who** prestaee had b*m requested by th* HBaittw. The Chairman annouuoed tbnt it waa aeoes , ),e should absent himself la order to r?tara to Albany, where Important buainesa demanded hi* pr*M*ao*. Mr. Baed thereupon left, when it waa decided Among tb* re maisiag member* of tb* eoinmi ttae, la accord an o* with flte arrangement of the previous day, for a portion to re main and hear further ata' amenta of parties desiring to b* heard aa to the beat plan tor th* future c om true t'on of teaant houae*. Th* other*, meanwhile, would look fereagh torn* of th* tenant houses In th* Eighth and Math wards. Tbia latter arrangement waa agre*d *pon, a* Mr. Br*TO*rt deaired to make a personal inapeetion of aoaa* ef th* tenant houa**, not having been with the gMtmilte* on their preyioua tour *f inap*ction. Mr. ?aganae, of New York, acsompanied Mr. Brevoort, walle Mr. Shea, of Richmond oounty, remAlned behind. We give first whAt waa aald before Mr. jhea. Mr R. O. Snrmna waa tn* first party appearing. He mti that he owned the four atcry brick tenant hoaae N*. 48 B.xter atreet. Be complained, in the eataet, ef the teecBTOLieneeB and abuses he had to aaffar from thoa* Bvteg la adjolnirg teneaseata, and he wished aome aet to be paaaed competing proper reapeat by the oe eapaata of every houae to the oomfort and health ef parties occupying premiiea adjacent. Honaea at 111 laaa* were antortuaately next to his building, and he wished to knew if it waa not part of the committee'* business to effect the breaking up of sueh localities. )h. buu aald the committee in their preaent official eha.acter, had noth ng to do with such places. M>. Sikpu?8 tepeated that the proximity of these peels made it nearly Imposi lole for him to seep hia yard tea elean y condttis, on rubbish and garbage were con ?taatly Veing thrown from their yards into hie. Mr. Emu suggested a* tne best remedy that Mr. Ste phen* buy the a Joining houses and convert them Into respectable teneaen'a. Mr. jtbmibjk said this would do were it not that it aaight oompel him to extend his purchase over a large area of tne city. (Laughter.) Mr. Stephens, After thia preface proceeded at length to speak of his own house. M a bat. ding 31 by 46 feet In dimensions, four stones, with two fawllles on a ft or, each family ocimpylug a seem and two bedrooms. The U terier, he said, w*i not ?lean, nut thia he at ributed jointly to the in'ectious tefluevo of be* example, And ihe natural tilthr habits of the poor of la' ire IOTM . He s*id hat he did all hi eouid to en'oroecleaalinees, bat to ensure its preservation ?ay length of time, it was ne;eseary that a polio* offi >er aad health officer ehould be in constant a tantieme As thia however, eould not bs cone, he urged upon he com mittee that they introduce a clauae in their hill, as to teaant houses, giving to every landlord the power of a health officer. He claime* that in no o'_er way could etsaailne-w be maintaiaed. The occupants of tenant heaves we'e mainly the poorest of the p or: benite-. many of them were emigrant*, whose natural element wa* seemingly filth. They were those who, from pover ty, losing thtir self-respect, soon lost all idea or car* af cleanliness. Mr. Sabckl Wkech next appearing, said that he owned a large number of tenant huuaea in the city, situated re weetively in Pell, Elizabeth, Mott. and Mulberry streets. Besides Attending to his own buildings, he kept an office for the genera] renting and supervision of teaant houses. Be had grown up w ith the business, and knew what it was; he had been engaged as a landlord for tenant h>nse ?wserx in the city thiriy-two years. At the comm?nce Baeat of his agency it was a retail business ampere! with i.a present magnitude. At present he had, ia addi tion te his own, th* letting And supervision of ten regu lar tenant bouses, besides a number *f old buildings rented to tenants, but not modern built tenant houses. B* built his own Vuildiig? expressly to accommodate the poorer class of people, these getting salaries fron $8 to a week. Ten years ago he built his tirsttwo hoaies. Nor. 47 and 48 Mott street, to *ecomm date this class of tenants. Their dimensions were 21 by TO feet etch; each ?ait ef apartmen.s comprises t ?reejroom-, two suit) on a ?< or. Ihe main room was 11 ?y lb feet, with a bedroom 1 by 11 feet, and a batch i com or a kitchen 10 by 17 feet, ft- ceiling was eight and a hall leet high. Whsn tnese ftaOdings war* first r?nted, hs charged nine dolla-s a aaenth. At preaent he let th*<n twenty five per cent lees. Bat at this reduction a large majority of tenant 4 coul l fl afford to pay the amrunt. Tne result was that they would iub-.et their Apartments, And this was one reason the tenant houses were so crowded And filthy. All Ms efforts to prevent it were ineffectual. Tue wntnu would say it was none of his business If hs interfered. Mr. Sbxa asked If he had no s rict rales reguUt'ing the tet-.ii g of his ApArtaents And the order they should be kept in r Mr. Whew acid he AlWAy a Inquired as to '.he charac ter of hia tonAnts. morally as veil as pecuniarily, but he frequently rot taken In. I'nder the ureseat ordinance tbe landlord had not enough pjwer. Heempliyela man te take general charge of each bitilding. a .d ah s *m as ka had cleaned out th* yard, the tenants wouli agun fiQ it with garbage aad obstructions. ?n-y wwnH do It purposely to give his man something te do. They seemed to delight in doing it. By tbe preaent laws, if a tenant paid his rent it was dilli aalt to eject him. It frequently happened that a drunken aaaa would get in hia apartments, and it was very diffi cult to get rid of liim. Be deeired an enactment touci tef sucn cases, as also ti affo-d ine reas dd facilities to ?jec: disorderly characters without the present exorbi tent sxpenae. Mr. Weeks, in omclusion. reommanded a* the test plan for a tenant bouse, a lot 25 feet tront hv 100 feet Ceep. so as to build a front ani r*ar h -use the e n, e*oh 28 feet oeep, A'lowing an interval of forty fc*i between, anc leaving tivt feet s;?oe In the *ear of the rearhcnie. ' These buildings he woulu erect five stories high. with tveir* iaoh wais each builcing to ao:ro.nm'> ca e tit families. The suit of apanmenta tar eaca fsmily would be a room ani bedro-jtii. The m^ln room 11 by 1C fee , aLd bedroom 8 by 9 feet. Tne bedrooms wo old each bare windows and ?>e Ventilated from toe ya*d. Bu-.h builaii gs could be built at an average expense, for b<i'h buil< ings, ot six thousand do'lars, extlu-ive of aoat i f lot. 1 he rent would -wary frcm $5 t ? $1 a month. Br. Weeks deiounoed as ri i:ulous ail the tioe spun aotkos a ? ut air chambers an 1 all that. Pojr p<?'ip e vrrTe poor pe-'ple, anl had to get alo .g poirlv. The nit' lclt> was aot lane lore a, but tenants. Mr. Weeks said he wo j Id not turn out a poor respectsble fatilly be ??i.-e h'j too d iet pay their rent. Thi busneei of bmi* etting was net now aa good as in fom.er years, theigh l e m.naged even now to make some wo par aent ia h s moeey inve- e in buu ings. M-.JOi.n M Oipmnmy de-ired next to say nim thing, 1 If It vi* Id ortier fjr aoy one t > tr've their sa.rge< -i >un i M 'o tbc erectien of terjan* haw. He rec>m<?ended 1 two row s of b Midi Eg" front and rear, wi h a g-ean pi .t | kl'WMD. atd a fountain flaying b^autfaly ite^^pil i vattri in U>e o?ntre. Mr. M.ji"he-en*y continued at | Mu# length with a de?erlotian very mush atter th; p c- ' tare ef the pi lace of IjUeCorao. Mr. I-hiu su/ges .?d that prtctica'i 'aoti were what the nval'Ut wamel. Mr. McChikkmct raid he waf not a hin.ee builder by pro'MJii'in, but he had Idea* ai.d 1 w*h only to giveth-tio ?iterance taat he appeared. Htn principle regar?>Aj the year was duk* ft utii*. Mr. THoM^fl Phii.lips followed He said be wa? a bui'd ?r anc heo built a large numter of tenant h>usei, of ?anons plan* and ilmmsljos, tor ntm-slf and o-hers. He h*a been engiged in the busineee thirty-ti <re year*. Me objt cVd iu the first place to tb? ?rerti >n at rear taoaa; booses. It wu impoasi jle t > keep th* yard cletr tt impurities, aid especially the al'eywajs leading to the rear ienements. A i-iogle boose, on a Hiig.e lot, aoald in bia view, with p-oper care and attention on th? part cf the laadlord, be kept clean, adequate Ten .ilanicm eould be afforced, and health enarred to tae ocoupa-ite. He reeoKmeni'ed that unuer no ctrcumatansae leee than twa miw, wi b proper venule i">D ? hould be ailovel for a r I Dji* taally, and *no mere than four room* tor a fi ally they to bare more roomii they would eitaer a->e tkrn fe a eo*! aid woo^hottee or el?e underlet them to ot>.er tenait*. The ha 1 of every tenant house should he fr id f or to ai* feet wide at ttte front im'-ranoe, and fens seven to e ght feet wh*r? the stairs are Tbe -jeiin^s Aould be Prom eight to auie fe?i higi. ei'h p *o*s for reo M a lion inserted in '.be wall i/f each apartment aewr the ?etbng. A iarge ?kyllght *bouU be placed oo tae r >ef to ?fhti . ha'l, wito a Urge raitiUtir in the roof. The ??liar f h old be a* open a- pje?iM? an<l iig?t h jlei left j k> the front and rea- Kriry aodl >rd t-fc uld be r>om failed to teep one person la a boas* to nee that erery , Want keeps bis place clean. fir tan* keipt * tenant koc4i clean, they ??ui1 not ooly mqicj yt.er fo the Mon pasta in a mhuih peiot o' rise, ji w >uld o? ?orh more profitable to the laail<rd? and a -r.j r,*s?eo table frr the if or tenants <>?eapyi->g th?u. In s^nil'i ?ioc, Mr Phillips a*ked the commit'^e v> rUit his Maait Mouee at No. 36 d Alton *treet, as anilt upon i.ie sa< gasnoa* he hal j j*t made, and slowing ?h*'. ni^ .t be ?ffrcteri by proper reatilati^n and jtsaalinaes kr JiD* Wmu said bs bad bs*n a p -n'- ea' >> i il ier ?m thirty year*. The main dlffleaJtt with eat.it hoa>es, mm at preeen'. c u? ruile 1, wax baring th* ?pt-t-neuti too mall, and not laariog *nfG inr. m**a* iji ef?eai>? in ??m of Are. He tbotigit that a rear h mse ah >um1 n il be ?flowed. There was ? rear house ia I'riaoe etree be tween Thrmpeon and hKl'lran ?:jests, *i* sto lee higi, ?n a lot twen*j-Gr? reei vjuare, wblih lookei more iiie ? chlin?*7 th?n a Milw'ng for hum<a oceuptnt*. Siml ?ai bt.lld'Dgs, be *al<i, ware going up eUewiere. Tje e Ws re fangerous to hugnan life, aud stool oa.jr as nt^nu meots ef the euptdlty of oapi a i<te. He wishnd Vi be (a forwed how the I<egitlutu.*e c juH reaiedy the emotion mt >uch hooM*. Mr. Fusa iald a d'lfe-ent eens iruetl ->? einll be cntn welled as a lanitery ?i-*Bure. The s^lrea/s also cou d he *eq aired to be made wider, and other impr-jTsaen Jt ?cm?el ed for putiic saiety. Mr Wepb said laws, in hi* rlew, wou'd do ao good. Tbey wruld be 1 ke ihe lire laws, on'y a dead le' er Mr. -?ra . Trial's y;<ur )insin"ee, not the liegielaturo's. Weiaak* the laws, and the Corporation moat ? e to th"ir helng eaf >ra>4 If tba st*ut?s a re nit a xnplied with, ?It.Mns mast cill tn the Mayor and get their rw tre s Mr. HTO'iirv* i nterrnptit f)?k fig ferthe Mayor ! M-. St*phens r erMiyon gave an elabora^ and Intecestl/ig ?'element of (be Itelleitaal results o hi* aa li jg on the I M>;nr for redree* >? a reemt occasion. Mr. "Wkbh, re? lmlng, g?ve bis news at length a* how Mean' hfese* sbooM be eenstrnetsd. They did not dlf J *x materially from those advanced hy Mr. PhlUips. Ml. am*, NkM^Ml to tos rwiito of Mr. W ebb, asked sepnra'ety the views ?f the teaaat hooto owarn u*dt utotiM of to* kill prop xlag to bo of f r?d to tho Ltpiltlur* f* too appointment of in Baili'Bf ChmMmti ol Now York, wboee duty it ?homldbe to supervise the pleas end specifications of ?tck now house to bo oroo oo. Tho opinion wu ananimons against it, u beia* a scheme to bent It a tow individuals wishing tho app lBt ment. fc"ueb e ponitiow, it wu stated, would bo worth at leas 130.000 a year to ea:h Comnrasioner. throngs con promise* with bnlMern. Aa to tho effect, it wan claimed that a niinpie and specific enae mont rigwlly euiereed would an Hirer the purpose an vull. This termiaa'ed the statement* as to tne construction of tenant hoaaas We give next the tear of mape<?ttca iato some uf the Mr an i bouses in Ae Eighth and Ninth wards, taken by Messrs. lliev.-ortlnl l>uganne, of As committee. As on tho pxerlees inspection t or of the committee they we -e ex nv^ai to carriage*. Accompanying them beanies the nsuaiMtop eu>?nt uf reporters were Mr. R. C. mwning, duperintendant of Sanitary Inspection, and Mr. T. L Las craft, Health Warden ot the Ei<a h ward. The first piece visited was No. 26 Laurens street. There is a boat and rear building; the front bolldlng is ire stoiles high, thirty by forty -two feet. *nd oontains thirty-flve rooms, cecupfed by fiteen funi'iee. The rear build irg is thirty seven by thirty feet, four storied high, and contains thirty six rooms, occupied by twelve fa milies. Both but1 (lings are better than the average tenant hoai-es. The rooms are larger, with higher call ing wider s'alrways, aad better light. A feeure however unrsnal with o-dinary tenant houses, de veloped itteif to the committee? tn? Uct that the latter b i diw; afforded a home fur wiltes and ne gr es promiscuously ; neg-ies. who preferred as spouses white women, slid trie* ttrja. White women aod m<n who felt themselves abjve any petty prjudices as to color, could heie have apartments and live as unitedly and lovingly ss unlimltel tnj'jment of their peculiar psr soiial stti actions could possibly enxblo them. Tne varie ty of shades of color met with as the result of smh eacalg?mations, can be imagined. A psrt'estly white woman, with a I'ege lord of darkest ebon hue ot c j an e nanoe, were to he teen aatli.g at t he same uble, with a bevy of pale offspring about t&ea. No exclusively white femllies were to be found in either building. It was evident to the comaci'.tee that they ha1 dropped In among a c!aas of undoubted "uigg?" wo.~uii>,?erti. ' Tne interior of the apartment*. it is but just to say, pre sented a rnueh neater appearaace than that of average tenant houses. The committee from looking on the above dark picture, proceeded next to ex i mine a row of tenements ca the same street, just above Grand [ a'r?et, cn the weet side, designated " Rotten Rev.'' There arc fourteen building* in all, eight froi tng cn 1 he stieet and six in the rear. The buildings a: c three stories high in f.-ont and four stories high in the rear. In the front building* are 04 [ami lie*, and in the rear 48 faiDtiids. They have a room and be t rcom each The eohdluon of the buildings themselves Is beyond desciiption. The apr-erUtion of "Rottea Row" is n.<c?t appropriate. The las. ?*agee deoty are vt lbly manifest on the floors, the stairs, the bannisters, the door*, the winouws and throughout the o-nbined prnnltes. Tne ceilirgs arc but five feet four inches in height, end nearly a 1 dec ided of plastering. The stairs we. e narrow U.< room* get.er*liy dark and ill veati laicd. Many ot the rooms had two beds in them. A num ber ot the*) hoc t, it was stated, were let at a shilling a night. A sadder spectacle than the muter* Me toiiuts exhibited had prelected l'.stlf at no prior pla^e visited by thecoma.) tee. In tfcree of the apartment ware persons in the final stages of consumption, besides freqnent exhi bl k.ns ol unfortuna'ec suffering from not less fatal but more horrible and niokening diseases. the income derived fiom tbe>e buildings Is Jo. GOO a year. They belong to tbe Jtteph Morse es'ate, which is at present in lings tien, and thus are prevented from being torn down. Tne city wcaid inly do right to take this tank upon itself. The building No. 42 Wooeter was next looked into. It is a large building, 40 feet front by 100 feat deep. Toe ocmnsittee seon ciseovered that they had obtruded them selves into a large assignation house. A minute investi gation of the interior apartments was not pursued. Tie lancladi let tit g the committee in. whan subsequently interrogated as to the character of the house, remarked that she supposed they knew when she first admitted them, from tbe familiar way in which they went no stairs. With the limited research made by the commit tee, an occasional flutter of sairts was heard, with a brief glance at their occupants. An adjournment took place from the last loea'ity to a respectable axd better class tenant house, at No. 53 Greece street. There we1 a front and rear building; in both filty !an.i ies, paying rent from 96 50 to $10 a month, lhe rcom a were ail capacious, wi\h high ceil ings; and, aside from dark bedrooms? the only objeo tiocable feature? well veatilated. Nos. 16 aod 16J< Downiag street were next visited. There were fifty lamilies in the house, comprising '151 persons. The rooms were comparatively goad, and tole rably well lighted axd ventilated. The most noticeable feature was stairs t nly twenty a x inches wiie. A building In lhe rear ot No. 40 Hamersley slreet, | only three stories high, and containing fifteen faml ies, wis found to sfford very mesgre acc immolations for its occupants, with but limited oppcrtnni y for the enjoy ment of necessary ventilation and light. A rifit to No. 98 Christopher street terminated tbe inspecting lour of the comnslt ee. This was c aimed to be a vert of mcdel house. It is a six story tenement, and has 29 rooBs. The lot is :>0 by 70 teet, and the builditg oaJy HO by 50 feet, thus leaving an opei space in tbe rear of 20 fest for free admissl .n of atr. Each Ismilj oacupUs a room and belroim. the former 12 by 16 feet, the latter 10 feet square. There Is Cr jton water on ev<>ry floor, with ccal bins in the cellar. The rent varies frcm $5 to $8 a month. Taerc Is good ligttt I acd good ventillatlon throughout the bull<ling. The ob je: ionable features, and they are serious, is the narrow ness of the lalls, and thero.ims being partitiraed through out wi'h pine partitions, a too oombustibic material in case of fiie. The above was the last visitation the committee made. An adjournment subsequently took place tin < die. It is understo-4 that the committae wi 1 not make their report during in* present se?sl<~n. but offer a resolution rec <m mendirg that they be au'horizrd to ait during vasation, so as to give them time ;or fur.hcr Investigation. Steam ( nmmaiilt ntion with the Saath Pacific ?letter from Commander Boatwell, Unit ed M?Kl !??v jr. TO THE EDITOB OF THB HF.RALB. LsiteI) ;iat?s Ship John Ada*.-, > Bat of Panama, March 7, 1856. / I take 'he liberty through the columns ol your paper, to express my confidence in the ability of the Panama Rai'read to convsy to the cities on this coast and the islands oi the Pailfii Umi ail the Decenaries and luxu rifi of life iha'. Europe and North America may be wil ling to dispose of. A itan of common unJers'aDilng and wi hout prejudice, has only to pin over thin road three cr four tines (as I hire d me, ac 50m ranted by nine hundred or a thoa-aad paes-agirs, baggage, fre'ght, and without accident.) to be convinced of the firmness, stability, and comfoft if :b'n read. Indeeed, It will com pare ve-y tavoiabiy with most of our roads a' home. Tie order and tys em aith whiih the real id oonductod commands my aduiratioa. The manage**, from the Superintendent down. are po lite and obliging gentlemen. Id cnnection with the road on each ceean, the Maes', s'eaoi vjssels in the worl 1 are in waiting to c .nny pae-enge-s to Ban Franoiaco and New Ytrk. Tje punctuality of iheir arrival and depar ture, the sa'ety and expedition of the embarking and dis embarking of the p?sseogsrs, do great creels to the gen tlemanly agents on each aide of tse Lrt'nau*. The Ion pet. of given to trade In th-i I'atifie, the expedition wi^h whica passergers and the mallii are now conveyed to California Oregon, Chill, and Pern, are w mile fol. Thers Is however, ote or two thin;-- more to b? done. The flirt, and ot toe mont importance, in to e?'a /dsn a line of steamers to Australia, calling at the Society Irieud'y, aLd k'eejee Ie'ande. A sailing ?hlp c-?n make the t>a*sa?e in forty five days, acd a eteac.er ongh, to make it in twenty. The next mod impjrtaet route on which to place a Lne cf steamers, is that rrom San Fran i tc > t) Canton, to connect with the Panama line, and a third to the .-acdeich Island*. Whaleshlp* running into thoeo islands for supplies, would find tt advantageous to ship their oil in thee steamers to Pana.na. lUe wear aud tear of ships doubling Cape Horn, tke Inju-y tbeir car goee are ltab'e to sustain, cught of i At> f to deter men trnm nskin? ti'elr property around that stormy cipe when they ha<-g the tdvsotage of the Panama Railroad? putting cut of the quest! >n the loss of time from turope and North America to the Pae'tic f)cean via Cape Ho-n. Wiikout any (-taer interest except tbat of wishing well to bv feiiow mm, I preeemt to tha pubf'- thev.ewi of one disconnected with this gre*t me* tore, bat with the hope that they may ainLs' in some *mal: degree to d-aw atten ion to the advantages now offered by the Panaini Railroad. As an American, I fml proud of this gr#at work, be cause it is wholly America* Aod I trust ia G >d that If Kngland oannot be coovlnced of th? Importance of a line ot * eumerfl f rom Panan.a to Australia, tbat my eater prisirg countrymen will take it in h<tnd. and add ooe more ucs to the grtat ehaio toat must connect the etams'y of tbetwogrea oo?ans, via Panama The g d I of A'is traila, the products of. anl the supplier for, the Keoj-ij, Marquee**, Soc'ety, Friendly, and all other islands of P.o. lyr<?ia sh- jM p*?* over the uithmus on the P&aaaa Railroad. Id treating this subject phiioa >phi>!*!iy, I bog to state that the miett an 1 m sit oertala plan to civilize, Christianize and devel.ipe tie i-esoa-cee of the great ao-1 pr<-due'ive i- and- of I'olyre-**, la to Increase eoenu?r ctal Intercourse with them, brln* thefr nrodacte to roo ? df'or by tlM isthmus rr/ute, supp'y them with whole tvne laws, pnre relfgi n, and cultivite tLe'r roinds. This i?n only be brougut asout by e^nstant latere rarae wita them, and tiiat in Wt court* moat beregilar anl f-e'liewt, snob ae the Panama Rallroai an1 a Use of svearn-?> i to Auetra la, st/^ju.inr at t j?se Ijilands, can alone atipp'y. 1"hjaicallv, the Peejea Islands are ryy* seasel of menv of 'hv a. vi n ag?? of jur own l.appy land and cn'y <e -j -ai e civ lt?A'ion aod ftut*rprlse to mate tlwn a paradise >n earth. Why not gire them eivtl and rel'gloua Hljerty? IM them have an eia*)p> of ths en'erpri ? and lad is try of fur nwn t^ople, assist them to develop* Mi<\r wealth, a? <1 you will bn. g aoout a tn >re happy oondltl /n in the b?t> gli -?d of Polynoeta. In o.oelng this lefer I mus' rettark ihit.ln the selestlon of a Praaiiaot, the Directors of the Panama Railroad Cjxpany see .1 to have understood weil th?ir irterest. David Hoaller Kaq., who has reeen'lf vU">e.l Panama, is admit, ed by ail to be an accomp!i>Vd gentleman, wlih (rett Indiatry aa'l iintirlrg !a hi^ eff >rt? to m^ae tnis route popular' prrfltabie to the c.mpmy, and at the s*me t'DM eutnfort> able, bat not unreasonably exi?easnre to p*,*en??re The able report of C>lonel Tot en, the Chief K.turtneer. ma<le to Ue Hoard cf I'lreetoreof the Paoa-na Kt)lrri?<i < ? in] . per.y should be read oy ev?ry one wh> feela an int?rees in the cocrosrce ol the Pacific Ocean. K. B. KOTTWFM,, Coinmandisg I'nited Rtatee Ship John Aiam*. PBOTECTfoN or Ala vk. PaoritRTy tn Vikoiwm.? T veraor Wise has tendered to Dr. J. J 8lmpeto?, of Virfoik thr appoiatmeat of 'aspector General of all ves sels leaving >iv waters of Virgiaia, In virtue of the a-v pa> sed by the Virginia I^girlat jre to protect slave pro perty. NWr Ton Iwwit* Arronrrmprra, ? Com ?Mm in other Btatea far taking aoaMwlotemeute ?f <*??*, fce.:?Cba !e< Demo?d,9*U>n Mm., vim John A. kiM, rtownd from Uw <*ty. IbonM If. 8tet?on, New Bed far d littf., Tio# Walter Mitchell, reaooved from the Stat*. Hotter (Tel m, St. Paul, Minnesota Turrttorj. S. Henry ChaM, Nmdi, California. Jamea W. UtwiLNmik, N. J. John K. Baiter, Bnrlmgtou . Iowa. I or* i to Fairbanks Daenpirt, Iowa. Win K. Sheffield, Diloo, Lee Count/, III. Vn. M. Fend eton, Norfolk, Va. FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL ?OKJBT MAftKlf. Sunday, March 30 ? # P. M. During the past week the stock market has been comparatively quiet. Quotations closed yesterday without much variation from those current at the close of the previous week, and we see no more indi cations of a speculative movement than appeared in the middle of winter. We are not disappointed in his. It has for sometime past been our opinion that there would be no speculation in stooks of any im portanoe before the month of May. During the early part ef the spring there is usually an active demand for money outside of Wall street. The mercantile classes at that time have heavy payment* to make, and find aetive employment for all their capital. During that time they cannot engage in stock speculations, but on the contrary are gene rally forced to sell stocks previously purchased. This is calculated to depress prices in Wall street, and concentrate stocks in the hands of brokers. March and April are the two worst months in the early part of the year for the stock market. As soon as May opens and business begins to fall off, capital accumulates in the hands of outsiders, and the dispo sition to speculate in the street daily increases. As this extends the market begins to show signs of more activity, until the number of outoide purchas ers becomes large enough to absorb stock rapidly Then the speculative movement commences, aud the brokers, relieved of the burden which rested upon them, at once put all the machinery for an inflation in motion, and an expansion rapidly folio wb. We cannot look for much activity in the stock market until all these influences have commenced operating. Until the merchants are relieved from the pressure of business and the pressure of payments there will be no outside demand for stocks of sufficient impor tance to put up prices. We cannot expect that be fore May, but then it will without doubt come upon us with a force equal to anything of the kind ex perienced for years. The money market is in a fa vorable position. We have not had a pinch during the whole of the present month, and the supply now is so great that the rates are gradually settling down, and there is a growing demand for first class busi ness paper. The Park Bank commences operations on the first of April, with a capital of $2,000,00 ^ and we must expect after that date to see a rapid increase in bank loans. Several old banks contem plate an increase of capital. We shall, beyond a donbt, have an important expansion of bank credit within the next six months. The exportation of specie from this port last week was quite small. The Ericsson took out none. Ehipmmb of Srarnt from the Port of Nkw Yobk. Ship Hoicee, Hocg gong, Mexican djliara.... $163, 423 00 Brig Lauretta, Para, American gold 6,283 00 Total for the week 158,700 00 Previously reported 3,643,867 19 Total, 1866 3,802,573 19 The steamship Fulton, at this port from Havre, brought (86,000 in specie. The California steamer arrived early in the week with one and a quarter million of dollars. The banks will not show much increase in the specie department in the retnrns for the last week. There has been a drain upon this point in other directions than across the Atlantic. We give in another part of this day's (Monday) paper a portion of the annual report of the Erie Railroad Company. The whole of the report forms a pamphlet of one hundred pages, and will not be \.a<]y for general distribution before the latter part of the week. Wo have not space to-day for more >han the synopsis of the President, two or three lables exhibiting the operations of the most impor tant departments, some extracts from the Super intendent's report relative to future expenditures on construction and past expenses of the opera ting department. This report has been anxiously looked lor by stockholders and others. It will be seen that Mr. M'CuIlam, the Superintendent, proposes on expenditure, during the present fiscal year, of about *270.000, but says that it is not absolutely ne cc-sary that the whole of that amount be expended at once. It is required, but the company can get along without the whole of it. Mr. McCallum is a very careful, cautious man, aud what he says he means. It will be for the interest of the company to give him all he asks for construction. The efficiency of the road will be best secured by such a course. We have only hastily glanced over the report, but we have seen enough to convince us that it i-i one of the most thorough, comprehensive docu ments ever issued by any railroad company in this country. This report will be a starting point for all time in the history of this road. The past is disposed of effectually, and the sooner it is forgotten the better. The 30th of September, I860 is the time from which all future estimates of its productiveness, &c. must date. The tea yean pre vious should, if possible, be blotted out from the public mind. The company is now, we believe, free from all these difficulties which hung like a mill stone about it during the whole of that period, aiu the report just made is the first wherein it was possible to show that the road was a dividend earn ijig property. A. H. Nicolay's regular semi-weekly auction sale of stocks and bonds will take pi ice on Monday, at 1 2 o'clock, at the Merchant's Exchange. It has been reported that the steamships of the Ni caragua Transit Company would Boon run regularly toAspinwall oa thi* s-de, and Panama *n the other, thus fo:ming a line by that route between San Franciccc end Ne* Yoik. There is no truth in this report whatever. By an agreement between the Pa cific Mail Steamship Company and the Nicaragua Transit Company, the former pays the latter $40,000 per month, whether the laiter company runs its steamers or not. The interruption in the operations of the Transit line, enables that company to lay its steamers up, and make money in so doing. With its steamers doing nothing, the company will receive $480,000 per annum, a sum equal to six per cent on its entire capital stock, or equil to about fifty per cent on its present market value, or abwt twenty per cent on the stock at $30 per share, the price at which it was iwued to Mr. Vandrrbllt in payment for the steamers purchased by the company of him, in January, lw>3. If any stockholder or party interested have any doubts relative to the existence of snch an agreement, all the necc *Kury information can be obtained at the Com pany's office. It thus appears that the Nicaragua Company i? not so bad off, and that the community ut large on both sides of the continent, have been injured more by the lawless acts of the Walker (Jarrison Morgan- Randolph Compauy than the Transit Company. The perpetrators and instiga tors ol the act annulling the Transit charter and seizing its property, should be execra'od by all honest mefl, and we have no doubt will be when the particulir* of the combination are presented to the public mind. The Comptroller of this State has appointed John N. Wyckoff, of New Jersey, late President of the Hanover Insurance Company; Joseph A. Savage, late President of the Knickerbocker Rank of New York, and Daniel R. Wheeler, counsellor at law, Commissioners under the act to examine into the condition of all the insurance companies in this city and Brooklyn. The Buffalo Commrrcuil of the 27th instant ??8) 8 The l*keF."ie, Wihanh and St. I/Oui^ rt*IIrr,a1 !? ripe ly "KirnniiriR towards its ftOfapleWin. It Is now or>?3 ?s Ur us 1* ganiport, lfifl miles fr^m Toleio. On the lit of M?j it will be r??Aj for train* to r:in to Ia'h yette, 37 m-leii fnr'her mik'op 283 mile*. The line from f*f?T?Ue to iMLville <? tie'nn ripidly completed. Pftnvilla in the tonnfew of the Uk? Brto, W*b*ah m<1 St. U?h R?U IMA, ?f which Mr. (JMg* 11. Barrow* la tbtt fldperfci tear eat. From D*nvflU to St. Louis ? railro*! is batM faff whfah will be oMpiete* abjut tbe t,<n* ?'?__ en<\ {? tluubed. Psseenf?rs can now |0 through by rail to St. I/juU ftom TjI-hIo. via Fort W^rwi. Ha'^ iraton, WaHa*h, Vera ani failanapolis Wi -Ufa* e un uletton of the two links east ?nd west of DmwUI*, the.# will be an air Ifae root# Irom Toledo t) Bt. LoaU. A few days since the Assembly of thin State passed a resolution appointing a committee to investigate charges against the ?' New York Central Railroad Consolidation." That iniquitous scheme is now, we believe, in a fair way of being laid bare, and ill the fraud perpetrated under the act of consolidation ex posed. The resolution is as follows:? Where*?, under the act of the l-egtslatare of 1853 an thoi kif e the ?v.Dsilidatioo of sertaln ralt'oa* corpv? ;ibUBX?^-^ec.?W of Alb.ova.d Buff.lo th. ?? minhion?ra ipiio.n'rt to carry out such act albwiw tM Ittroduo inn o'tnttin railro?os into the cou?oli^tl ju . rates which were manif-ntly to the de .rl*?nt<rfitoek bakers of other rc.ru entering into suih oonsjUUiTO, And, where.*, it 1# puillclj stated, "J^sed dieted that con* of the promtotait capitalists *Dg?g?3 fa So l that eafarplise mtde large pwte* ot SJTfa said c .moaoi.s a> were not re-nunerativw, ?nd tun ad such suck fata ?*ld oonvjUdaion.teao.-maM advanoes, and at great inequity of valuation, the?* Resolved, Thai a select oommittea he appointed, with power t"> lend f/r pe:f!on< and (??*"?? to Inquire ^fa tb rnanner and mcde of sail const lidation, aud all mature pertalnlrg thereto. Mr. Northrop, of Washington county, was mauc the chaiiman of this select committee. At their first fees ion, Mr. Reynolds appeared before them in behalf of the directors of the New York Central Railroad Company, and Judge Parker in behalf o! the stockholders, the parties aggrieved. B;for; proceeding directly to an examination, the commits tee saw fit to require that definite and specific charges should be preferred. They regarded them as indispensable to direct them in their investiga tion. The following specification were accordingly presented to the committee:? First ? That the passage of the act entiVed " An Act to Authorize the C ;nscJl?l*'ion of Cerain Ra'lroal C>mPV n<*? ,? pan eel April 2. 1863, wan obtained aad procured by and through fraud and corruption. Peoonl ? Tbat fa the p'oo<*d>Bgs usder the act of April 2, 1863, a'oresaid, the directors of the never*! com pare* which entered fato coosollJatl'jn ^ t^ir rautual aaretinent to and with each other, executed on the 17th duy of M.y, 18W, fatroducsd aad all >wed, ig'ead w put fato cone, llcation certain railroads, aad the s x>ek and property of certain railroad companies, at great dis parity and inequality of va'uition, and at rates and pi ice* which were manifestly to the detrlnen. ot the stcck hole era ot the other railroad no entering into 03n rotation, and In fraud and eoniraveation ofthc ap^t, true interest aud meaning el the act. cf tae legislature ^'ihird? That wrtaia of the 'aid directors of the said srveral ccmpanies which entered Jnto Ion had, i-hortlv before vhe faet of consolidation, directly or tnai recti yma6e large purchases of, and had turn* and were directly ofLlirectly largely intoresud tad* > stock and property of certain rattroal companies, whwn were at the tune aforesaid bebw par, andofli'-tla ket value, and not remunerative, and at to* r^esand prices; ai-d being such purcha?ew, and bo entrusted as aforehiid the taid eirectors then put in aid conso.i .lated the said stock fa which tkey we.e si interested as afores-id into the consolidated company, X-* New York Central Railroad 0?Bp?ay. * vsr ced rates and prices, and the eaid direators received instead therefor to themrelves, directly or fadlr?:tly the stock of the said consolidated oonpaay at par, and the debt certificate of the Baid company, ^in fraud of, and to the Oetrtoent #f tbe stockholders of the several other Mm panies consolidated, a?d in fraud andcontravention ol the spirit, true intent and meaning of th* aot of the fourth? That certain of the said directors, ^ the aforesaid agreement, while acting as such directors, and being fa fact true ees for stockholders, have realized, received and taken, directly or indirectly. ^g^n?u^a and profits arltlog from corrupt and fr?^}p??5 ments, arrangements and comhicatlons, made by and be^ twetn iheB selves, and effeoted and carried on - in, by and through the act of consolidation, which rfri^ltbe lorg to the stockholders, and that tne ?tne have b?*ii ret Tited, received and taken as at3:waid, m fraud of the said Stockholm ers, and fa contravention of the spirit, true fatestand meaning of the act of the Legtatatore. Vifth Tnat shortly before the taot of consollda ion and in contemplation thereof, certain directors of some of the companies so entering fato eoosolWation did, by virtue ot their position and power as directors, take i up, charge ?nd convert certain of the noncouvertible b nd Issued by the said companies into the d said ompaLies, and thereupon put In ui c .nsolidated the said stock at large premiums and advaacjs, and re ceive! instead the suck ot tbe said consolidated coxpany at par, and ihe deit certificates of said company for such premiuiA' and advancss. fa fraud ^of the Mid c.'mpatles, snJ in frand andcontraTenUon ofthe spirit, true int*nt atd meaning of the act ot the legisla 1 "sixth? That the directors of the said consolidated eom " tw, Kew York Central Railroad Rom Sny'" have contrary to the provisions of the statutes Strer which the said company was formed and in disre gard of the tame, increased the capital stock of said wtn par.y to tbe amount of $1,116 000 during the J?? 1856' intbout the absent and concurrence of two-tfa ds lc amouot ot ail lia HVckhoUara first had and obtaiaed lu the manner preicrihed by law. The value of merchandise exported from this port dniintr the week ending and including Friday, ? . oa ifec xra.^ fl, 097.938 March 28, 18fco. was '.,g 6(j * ' Total The imports in tbe same time were as follows: ? ExeesR of imports ov?t exports ^.Ml.'-OS The kdlowingisa comparative statement of the value of exports from tbe commencement of the year to March 27 : ? 1865. 185(5. Incrtai'. DtTreav.. Cxtton $2 267 366 2,771 .">95 414.239 ? non^:::::: M?W0 a^e.oii 2,173,411 - Corn meal.... i if& S15 ' ? Wh^at ?7 9ri8 l,63rt,75d 1,468.816 ? Com 1,134,064 746 806 ? B^ef. ........ 627,744 666, 4W - roik.V. . . . . .. 870110 1,146,873 276 73J - Wteet, bua.28,736 forn 5?.126 Bacon, lb;-.115,686 Tobecco, bhde 6 Logwood, tm, 263 Pork, bble... 87 FleetD, )bi.l3i>,999 Tnrpt'e, bblft.-,8U Rosin 2,108 rip. turpt'e. .. 5C0 OJeeke, tone. 280 Rye 3,368 T?,baeco, hh<! 18 Baecn, lbs.. 66, 727 lard 6,02* Valut. $(30 6,76* 8 3 4'.td 500 *6,276,102 10,146.042 4,333,218 462,278 Net li.crea*e to March 27, 185f >3,880,940 The quantity and value of each article exported and imported during the week, showing also the destination of exports, appears in the annexed tables: ? Comhkiwt of inf. Tort or N'kw York. EXTORTS TO KORKIOV COl'JfTRIEB. LIVERPOOL. Fkg%. Valut. Ptyt. Cottrn,ba1ee.2.837 9127.882 8p. turp, bbifl. 26 Flour, bbla. . . 980 8 268 Turpentine, .1 640 40,022 Rosin 500 40.133 Tar 166 11,746 Tim">er. tona. 180 671 5, ?23 Total $243,058 um>ON. $2,398 Ia? sloth, an.. 6 $">72 16,163 Tobacso, lb 28,080 6,0/i( 10,114 Ha's, cawee... 2 460 3,837 Staves 4,100 703 8,082 12,700 Total $5 J, 368 ANTWERP. Cot Von, be . , . . 083 $43,650 Beeavax, Ibe. 2,296 Cora, bus... .9.461 7,000 Furo.cs 1 " "" 3,897 Kosln, bble... 1,090 1,296 Rioe, tea 134 6,686 I.of rood, tons 46 576 Potae'aee, bale 77 Coffee, bin ... "> 894 62, COS Cooa, bgs. ... 60 Ilx. kgwd.bx. 100 570 8t*ve# 6,000 Hardware, ? $632 420 1,541 3.937 839 1,776 841 460 7 250 Total...', $166,298 HA VIE. Cotton, ba... 2, 486 $170,194 Coooe, bag". . 39$ $5,983 Fbnr, bble. .1,998 14 064 Taper, e mm . 1 ?'-00 fork 620 9.813 Je?lln' ashes 61 5,400 Beoon, Ibe..77 336 6,890 Pearl do., bbl. 10 357 Ham* 4,234 491 Pot do 269 8,717 H'-pe, kaJee. . 9 260 Hope, bale i,, 60 900 Heg'are. ca*??. 2 120 Chrome ore.. 144 2,016 Drbge 1 260 Silver mire, ee 1 662 rikln* 17 2.8M Cedar, loe^... 3;<) 1,450 Bronze pwdre 1 100 Kjaln, obla... 100 176 Books 1 150 Rite, tiereee . 176 6,518 To;*! S-avee. >gare, cmw . 1 l?T'jg? 1 Furs hoc skioe S In. rub. gnxle. 1 Hoot* 1 Beef, bb'e ... 16 Po-k 10 fetal usno*. 46,000 ItAKMEV. 1120 To bee 10, ba!?e 17 1 10 Watches, bia. 1 4,065 Model 1 1,100 243 Total $236,263 $4,095 $750 1 600 1 000 $8,908 $146 Staves . 146 .67,200 RRlTlfll IKBTT aKBUCAN eOTONTW. Flour, bbls.l 3z8 $<,592 Tobaoe*,lb?.27,114 ' ? ? 380 Rice, tierces.. 26 1 340 But 1 490 leather, sides. 200 6.239 .-"aleratue, k*a. 50 674 Tallow, lb?. .6,481 i41 Tea, ch-<et?.... 18 !00 Coffee, bag* ... 60 1.272 Rye. iMinh 80 M?al, bbla ?80 Reef 27 Pw k 336 Ham* Ibe... 6,71b lard 2,192 Bread, bbl?. . ?. 60 Oakum, be lea. 330 Total .$28,467 floor. His. Corn, bi*hela.2'<0 Meal, bbla 36 H#ef 18 Han>?, lt?... 2.918 liutter 3,110 Ce?61es, btXfa 813 Tee, *b*s * ? 6 Pore, bbla .... 186 lard. lb?. . . 14,872 Tobacco, >>a>?. 14 Tobecw, lw.7 400 T.tal ERSTW1: ?KT :\E HP. 644 $6,402 rthoae, easei. , , 182 Wine 128 407 391 S25 2/07 113 2,8.0 J, 869 no *-d rj,ga'?.l 040 Blacking bxa. . 6 Tru^e lc.xes. 200 Mouldings, rn. . 6 Fa.-nltuie .... 20 OnU ne bble... 65 Wi .kiig, ba'oe. 1 12 Hate, eaeM.,.. 5 ?'aper, ream*. .263 .120,707 Park, Mils... . 26 Bum, 1m.. 11,010 Eut'er ..... .3,1845 lard. .... ..16,060 Bioon 1 645 Pewder, 08. .. 86 Matches 40 Rice 272 Soap. bxs... 1,762 Itread, bbla. . . 6 Pctatr.ea. 310 leather, ea... 1 J l?h, bbla. . .. 26 * ici ii g, ba 4 Hardware, ea. CO TVnifatics,ba. 6 H< gahead*. ..2,620 Hope. . ... .81,576 Hat. , bait a. .. 6 Cotton, ba.... m Flour, bbla... 500 Urd oil, gain 1 700 Beef, tea 666 Total WU. $426 Furniture, 08. 1 2,244 Or. abawla... 11 476 Dram 102 1,4(1 Klre erk'ra,bx. 4 166 Button* 1 360 Oakum, ba. . . 40 727 Paper, rmi.. 1,463 2 887 Turp'tloe.bM. 10 1048 C jal, t"ne . . . . 61 134 Salt, sacks... 190 003 C.xlfi.sh. Iba. . 6 000 123 Sbooks&hda .2 400 136 Lumbar, ft. 24,000 216 Swdlery, oa.. 2 387 Gin 2 190 Ala, bbla 24 4,802 Carriage 1 4.764 1,070 Total <;la8GOw. $14,0S1 B*eon, lb*.. 46,000 3,406 Rosin, bbls... 2,142 1,040 Hioa, tea 26 11,000 9,468 2,703 201 1K> 1?0 419 176 3M 266 102 0,008 432 300 126 378 140 817,676 84 000 3,5t)9 950 938,606 llral, bbla. . . . 10 Hama, Ira... 9, 563 fork, bbln... 100 Lard, lb*. . .33,213 Butter 3,116 Cheese 7,218 Candles, bx>. 426 IHJRTO RICO. $176 P<itato*a,bbla. 300 1,100 Bread 157 1,964 Rioe, tC4 41 3 664 Snook" 650 691 le?, tona 100 785 Tubaco>, bhds 4 1,613 Boat 1 Total $15,672 Hour, bbla.. 100 Meal 20 i'ork 24 Beef 70 llama, lbs... 2, 734 Urd 1,580 R ee, bbls. . .. 20 Dry gocds, ea. 6 leather, ca . . 4 lin'd oil. bbls. SO S. turpentine. 10 Total OAiruui wnrr indus. $800 Tea, cb 0 360 Gin, en 1 3A6 Insane, bush.. 100 831 Cor age, eoils 230 3!4 Duck, bale*.. 8U 168 Bread, bbla.. 30 178 Candlea, bx?. 100 816 Furniture, do. 4 170 Hoopa, blls. . 187 764 Blooka. pka.. 14 172 Druga, eases . 22 Or ackers 76 Maehlceiy .. . 68 Hardware..., 408 Total AlttJKNTINl RKPl'BUC. $178 Woodwure ... 275 260 Tea, o'leata . . . 247 800 Boarda, pea. 11, 7 16 6,048 Flour, bbla. . Rice Spirit", e*.... Sugar, bbln . . Flour, bbla... Ocrn, bu.ih. . . Powder, kegs . Drugs, mp.. . Caadiea Hope, col's. . . Hardwa-fl, es. Boat Soap, bxs.... Br?ad, bbla.. Hiarscy, ea. . . Kioe, bbla..., Dotueetioa,ba. Wax, ea Hardware, ea. Furniture, ea. Combs, ea . . . . CSEPLATINB RJSPCBUO. 600 $4,500 Htaroh, bxa.. 100 200 2,400 Lumber, fl.107, 000 7 3S0 20 430 Total KEW ORE* .ADA $7,604 Seeds. ea 2 818 Wioe 182 1 000 Dry goods. ... 17 6 015 I ard oil, gAls. 192 393 Corks, ea .... 1 234 Ca .1 1 2,151 Paper, rma. .1,500 217 Feaa, bush. .. 100 707 Beina 100 377 Powder, ea... 50 041 Furniture.... 19 717 Boards, ft... 2, 000 7 fUU '266 Total 808 991 938 1(>? 80 6 82 1 600 187 121 30 168 a o 60 2 MEXICO. $900 Domeatloa.ba. 303 600 Bilks, oa 3 B60 .$16,660 $500 2,060 3,936 $12,772 $3V> 4,700 $9^710 0 $220 1,017 069 218 810 114 430 119 260 60) 018 310 $34^158 $34,684 100 Total $37,131 $270 CHINA, Domest. bala.l 609 $78,439 Machinery, ea. 8 Lead, piga.... 700 6.263 To jU $83,962 Flour, bbla. . . 400 Uid, lbs. . . 10 881 Roain, bbla... 100 Bread, bbla.. 860 Gacdlea, bxa.. 16 Haidware, ca. 50 Paper, nun... 600 Tea, cts 4 Total BRAZIL. $4,000 Pepper, bags. 20 1,292 Powder, kega. 360 165 Domeat., bla.. 60 390 F. crack., bxa. 40 206 Hata, oa 14 460 Shooka 248 176 S. turpentine. 10 141 $176 1,926 2,700 680 176 124 175 .$12,783 Flour, bbla . . . 100 Domestic*, ba 21 Bread, bbia.. 100 Brandy, cafes 162 Furniture, ea. 24 Wine, cases. . 2 Hardware, ca. 96 Fire ora'rs, oa 1 3?jj*riij catea. 1 CXNTRAl AM1RICA. $700 Clothing, ca.. 1,426 Drugs, cases.. 650 Whiskey, oa.. 1,426 Bhirrs, pkga.. 183 Boots, cases. . 276 Hata, eaaea... 2,741 Crockery, cs. . 112 Tobacco, oa.. 208 .$14,809 Flour, bbla.. 20 Butter, lb? .. . 770 Lard, lbs.... 900 Bread, bbls.. 30 Tobacco, hhda 40 Total AFRICA. $177 Ram, bbla.... 200 209 Dry gcoda, at. 14 138 Boots, cases.. 2 120 Lumber, ft 120,000 8,364 $3,608 854 400 1,000 .$14,930 Gaandtatal $1,097,908 Importations Other tuan Dry Goons. Quan. Barytea 58 B.ODM8 6 Boxes 2 Books 55 Buttons 57 Cheete 249 Cotton 495 Collie, bags. 8, 120 China 116 3?g?ra Coal, tens.... Clocks, bxa.. Ditgs ? Airowroot. . . Blea. powder. Borax Brim* tone... 1,810 Bicarb, aoca. 654 Cr. tartar.. ., 16 livi cbi 300 Kaatnces Gum Senegal. Lie. paa.e. . . Opium Peruv. bark.. 214 i'?g. antini'y. 50 Selsoda 46 Soda ash 808 lar. acid 20 614 4 17 {?3 235 30 6 4:0 4 Vol. $631 2,567 3?6 7,483 19,456 5,573 20,693 126,109 7 841 6,073 1,321 722 453 1,675 9,071 2,643 1,905 8,270 284 1,651 549 6.4 ,'S 1 466 3,277 621 648 20,891 3.739 21 16 40 197 3U9 43 I'jewtods, Paints, &c.? Argoia 37 Fuatie ? logwood ? Litharge 16 Irdigo 275 Paints 474 Madder 22 Colors 65 Oils 35 Olive 1,000 Frulta, Acc.? Leniona ? Note ? Oranges ? Pltima 31 Rngravinga. . . 6 Earthenware.!, 150 Fur a 217 Fifh ? Fanoy gooda. . 109 Fire crackers. 800 GUss 3,200 Do. ware. .. $4 Do. plate. . . 308 Mirror do.... heop Hair I>c. cioth. . . Pat gocda..,. B .mey Instruments ? Ml ical 51 Jbjkthemat'.oal 1 36 112 6 5 57 269 3,733 1,491 7,361! 6'8 22 666 10 276 2,914 6,288 1 326 2,634 8,240 11,436 1X123 773 5 342 46.172 72,340 4 678 17,348 667 20,546 849 80 454 2,789 6,6?0 1,200 3 160 23,982 9 504 8,841 420 <4uan. Optioa' 6 Ivory.. ...... ? J >we'rj Oil paimtnga. Liquors? Br iaij ...... Beer. .. Gin.... Hum .. WnUkey 8 Lea1 her 25 Pa'eat 14 Dressed skins. 106 TJndreaaed ... ? Metal goods. . 8 Brass do 12 Per. eapa 12 Sheathing. . . . 150 Cutlery 26 Hard ware.... 4% Gu?a 102 Iron, tona.. .1,182 Hoop. .... . ..3,949 Pig, tona 300 Railroad ....1,225 Sheet 2,6.33 Tubes 150 Wire 4 I/>ad, pigs . .1,714 Nee. lea 19 Pla-.ina 2 Piu'edware.. 10 Stael 1,176 Saddlery 13 Tinplate 4.9:7 Tin, bioek.... 190 Chains 48 Old metal..., ? Machinery ... 500 Molasses ....1,157 Pap-r 13 Paper hang'ga 289 Peifumery.. . 16 l'lanta 182 Spioea 1,023 Soapa 1,676 Spoogee 13 Salt ? Seeds 173 Statioaery ... 34 Sugar, bla tcs 6,157 Tea, eheata. 70,810 W a tehee 69 Winea 68 Champagnes . 260 Wood ? Mahogany... ? Rose ? Wuloir ? Flooka 217 Wast? 25 Vol. 1,062 4 5J4 14 347 1,329 I,051 I,460 U4,0-? t 6,834 l,01rt 7,497 5,073 24.086 38 348 2,650 2,3'<5 3 489 22,777 9,982 49,386 15,071 67,492 6,217 5,8-0 8,8.18 II,682 1,619 312 11,787 3,976 1,010 1,788 27,689 3,4t9 0. 582 18,439 3,734 858 5.392 41,798 1,240 II.286 3,216 12.487 14 384 3,751 1.110 6,716 2,728 4,697 406, 961 598, 2' 16 95,200 778 1,958 4,065 17,913 684 6,710 600 Total $2,283,966 $6000 Tfon 6'g. '90 s?0 61000 Mi**oail 6V.b3 lt(00 do bSO 600 Virginia 6'a.. . 2000 do 2000 Rrie2d MB... 4C00 Had R IrtM B. SCOO 111 Gen RR Bds. 12000 do 6000 do r80 8000 do n60 1000 T H A Alt2dMR 1W) ?b? PftH C Co.bfiO 126* 100 do MO 127 8 Rk of North Am. . 106 X 10 Metropolitan Bk. 106 10 l>h of Amirloi... 118 13 Ooeaa fWi k 00 lOOCanunCo 2? Si ftOOMtTna* Co,..a3 13* 100 do O o0 Penn CX*1 Co.... 300 Cunb Coal Co.b3 450 do *8 100 do b30 100 <J# blO 1<K> K Y Gen RR..bl6 Stock Exchange. &ATURDAT. March 29, I860. 600 fcha Erie RR.. *10 66* 2O0 do #3 68 * 2B0 do 0 68* 60 do *30 60* 100 do b30 6 ?V 160 do o60 56* 50 Harlem RR 19* 100 d? WH? 20 50 Vor ft War RR . . 260 Ch ft Rk I Kit.bCO :? do 76 d? 11 d* &? do bfiO W MH1? Miami RR. *00 Reading RR. . r3 96 84 84* 94 93* 96 98* 91* 91* 91* 01* 77* 108 100 ?JiO loo 100 60 Co #3 do e do b30 do b'10 do MO da... . a3 1100 Brie RK ?3 150 60 400 *00 lfO 50 SO no 50 10O too 1C0 350 do. do... do. . . do... do... do... do... do... do... do... do... do .. do... b3 br.O ,M0 ..*3 bl? blO ,M0 ,*.'i0 .*00 .660 bOO beo 13* 99 23* 23* 23* ax oa 98 93 93 V 9?* 98 W* 50* 6?* 50* MX 56* W* 60* 66* 60* 6b* 57 6?* 56 S 56* do. bCO 400 do 1)00 400 do h3 109 do *16 100 d? . . . ba w k 200 do s7 100 do 400 do koo 200 Hud RiT RR. ,b' 0 100 do 25 Mich On*. RR. . . 600 M Ho ft Ma KR M 0 32 do 600 do b30 150 do 18 Oct C ft Cin 102 60 111 Cent RR. . . >8 07* 160 di. ...... 60 do 4*0 2l0CJerftPit?bgRR..i; 100 do t>45 3C0 do bflO 96 Gal ft Chi 3 RR. 8 do 100 do 750 CI?T ft Tol RR . b8 300 do. 34 96* ??* 96* 96 96* 90 92? 92* 93 92 V 92* 92 V 92 V ? X 9-X 36 34* 93* 04 * 96* 95 V 96 V 220 100 60 200 do. do . d-? . do. . .mo . b">0 ...?3 9; v 97* 60* M 66 Hi 112* m* 80 80 ?? 80 80 79* ?15000 C?n RR Bond* 180 F.b* Mo rran Co o 10 do 225 Ho k K?-t Joint. 00 ( hi k Rotk I RH. 500 Readf?gRR..blO 600 io ol0 100 oo.... b'10 100 do "30 iCK> 'lo 1-20 300 MO SECOND BOAKD. 92 13* 96* 92* 92* 9.'!* ?2V 9"-'* 92* 60 an* 1'an RR...b3 lOi* 100 M 8iftN!aRB.#10 ?00 trie RR #7 200 d> 20 do 100 do b.:0 ioouier k Foi a 100 d> bl 100 do H3 no do .3 800 do bJO 951 60 \ 60 V 66 j, 66* 70 r 7t I* 7?*?? 79* ?0 MBBM anfii 10 ahaWardOfcl.bS 1 4V SOOGardiner Gold.. a 140 100 de blO '46 200 do bl6 1 40 100 d*fc.,.bnw 46 60 Htwaaaie o 3* 500 N CbrtiML. b3 2 00 100 Franklinit? 6 76 100 Co.^Lblft '.00 U00 do M 8? 100 do..^bl0 1 96 CI FT COHWUHC1AL REPORT. fATCRDAT, Mareh 2d ? 6 P. If. Asm*. ? Sales of 60 bblf. <rere made at do. lor pota, and pear I.h at 8c. The stock of ashen, Friday, March 23, 1866, was as follows:? Puts IbU. J'tarU bid i. Hr It sort 244 28 b*cond rort 30 4 Third sort 7 1 Condemned 8 1 Total 296 34 BRXAnmrre.? Floor Tb* foreign no w? Imparted great er ilrmbess, and medium and higher grades were held at an advkoce, without being ob'aiied, as a geaeial thing. Common grades ware firm at previous quotations. The transactions fco'ed ab >at 8,000 b*?ls., Including good or oinsry aid air<lgh? State at d Western at $rt 87 )i a 7 25 ; common to go d ucd i itrv. Ohio at 97 37 X a #8 j extra Gettsfe was at $8 CO a $10 SO ; Canadian was Arm, wich a fair demand and light xt f-k ? sales of 400 a 600 bbls. were reported at $7 h$9 15 for eomnon to extra brands; Southern was fire fr with a good demacd. The sales embrncel about 2,000 a 2,t00 bols. at $7 68& a 18 00ji for mixed to good br.inls of Howard street and Alexandria, and 98 li X a til i2?for faaej and extra braoda. Rje FIjut.? Sales about 160 bbls. at $4 26 a to 26 fcr tine and superfine. Jersey Meal was quiet at 18 26 a $3 81#. Buckwheit was sellirg at $1 62)? a 92 per 100 lbs. Wheat. ? Saies of 1,600 bushels Tenneieee good red was made for milling at 91 70, and 600 a 000 do. do., inferior a'. 9i 60 a ?l Corn was, in consequence of the news, 1 a 2 eenta per bushel better. The Bales embraced abiut 30,000 a 40,000 bufhals, including mixed, white an! fair yellow sound, at 03e. a 64c.. with none lota of the latter report, ed at 66c.. and 9,000 bui-he's superior yellow, whtah waa no fair criterion of the market, at 67?. Weatern mixed was nominal. Rye ? The market waa Arm, at 111a. a 112c. for Northern. Oala were in tair demand, with sales at 41e. a 42)?o. tor State, and 42c. a 46c. for Chi Cohtcf,? Sales of 800 bags of Rio were made at lljWa. * 12c; 100 mats Java at 16c. a 26c.; do. at 14^0., and 160 bagsLiguayra at 12Me, The s ock of Rio in thia mar ket waa eetimated at about 86.000 bags. Cotton. ? The market continued active. The foreign n? ws had no tffect of mo meet on prices The sales em braced abont 4.600 bales, obit fly in transitu. The news from the South acted favorably upon pricea. Middling uplai.de and Florida were steady, at about 10>?o.; Mo bile do., 10J{c ; and New Orleans, at 10){8. Freights.? Rates tor grata to Liverpool were again firmer, aid about 30 000 a 4", 000 bushels of corn were engaged at 8d. a 8)f d. la bul* aod bags, included in wtich ?eie albo 2,300 bushels in bags ai 9d., 200 boxea of bacon a'. 27s. tio., and 300 bates of cotton at Xd. To Lotdon, 1,100 bbls. flour vers tsten at 2s. 9d. To Ant werp, 200 bates of cotton were taktn at 1 cent. To Baca burg SCO bales of ootton, at Jf*., and 30,000 bushele of grain at lid. A i-hfp w?s etgxged to take a ca-go of log wood for the Baltic at p t . and a bark of 660 tona for Cuba and baok at 40c.. and (3 for molasses on deck. To Havre, cotton was ai %c , grata iO j. and ashes 9c. Hay was steady, with tales of 300 a 400 hales at 91 12c. a 91 18Xc. Bidir? The market is very arm, with but little doing to-day. The arrivals continue quite limited. Sales of Buenos Ayres at 27 o : Rio Grande at 96 %c.; Angostura and Maiaosibo at 22o- The nto.k is 41,000. including 6,860 Buenos Ayres, 7,200 Rto Grande, 12,600 Angostura, 2,800 Savaiil.la, 5,000 I?gua>ra and Porto Qabello, 600 Maraealbo, 2,300 Mfxioaa, 634 Newfoundland, 1,000 Demaiara and St. Doming*, and 1.600 Southern and TVxan, beside 6.100 Buenos Ayres and Rio Grande horae. Hore ? The market for ne v it quiet, and prices are hardly so firm. The sa'es to-day are RmaU at 7o. a 10c. for common to eboioe Eastern and Western; the latter an extreme price. We also learn of a sale, last evening, or 200 bales prime Western at 8c., for delivery within thirty dayB. Old, remain dull and nominal. I.ATHS are aniet, in the absence of receipts, at 91 60. Lxatheb.? The receipts are light, present and pros pective, and holders evince great firmness. The stock la icduced to a mere cypher ? aooat 1C 000 rides of all kinds. Bent light and middle at 26c. a 26^0., and Angostura at 26c. a i5>ic. Limb ? Rcekland is quiet but steady, Hat sales at 91 6# for eommon, and 91 37 )? for lump. Molasms. ? New Orleans has been quiet. Pricea are sut taint d. Sales of 360 bbls. at 42c. a 46c. Foreign is quiet, but steady. Email sales at former pricea have transpired. Naval Storeb? Sales 100 barrels spirits turpentine at 38c. Crude was quiet; stock in first hands, estimated at 10,000 barrels. Sales of 500 battels common rosin, at 91 60 per 810 lbs. delivered. Oils.? A good bnsirese Is doing in English Unseed, en tirely from ktore, at 86c cath. Crace whale tents down ward. The stock at the eastward reaches 36.000 bbls.; sales 80c. cash. Refined is in moderate demand, at 90s. Crude sperm Is aeady, a. 9181a 91 83, as to quality. Manufae ured, unchanged. Ltrd oil is dull, at 92e. a 93c. for Western winter. Provisions. ? Pork? The market was steady) and sales of LOO a 400 barrels, including mess, a: 916 25, and small lo*s prime, at 916. Beef waa quiet, wi h saies of about 100 bbls., including country ji lme at 98 26 a 98 76, and aness do. (9 26 a 910 76. Repacked Western waa at 911 a 918. Prime mesa was quint, at aiT**22. Beef hams were stiff, at 913 a 916 60. Cut meats, with tales of (about 260 packsgns reported, at 8>?c. for good shou ders and 0)to. lor hums. Bicm oondnued scarce and firm. I<ard ? Sates cf about 200 bbls. were made, at 9%c. a 10c. Butter aad cheese were rather more active, without change of lnrportarce In prices. Rick. ? The market was firm, with sales of 100 casks at 4c. a 4J?c. b'ALT ?Sales of 2,960 sacks of Ashton's, part to arrive, at 91 60. SroARg.? The market was tolerably active, with raise of |about 800 hogsheads Cuba muso^VAdo, at 7c a 7J^o., and 160 do. New Orlnann, at 6,^c. a T\e., and 1,000 box?s brown Havana, at 7>4'c. a 8c. Whiskey. ? Sales of about 500 barrels prison were re ported at 28e., with some lots of the latter reported at 28 X?. Weekly Report of Deaths In the city and oounty ot New York, from the -21 day of torch to tbe 29 h day of March, 1850. lien, V6; women, 82; ooys, 137; girl*, 12C? Total, 471. y Alalia, "68; children. 2tJ8; males, 213; females, 208; colored persons, 10. DlglASEB. Abscess, lumbar 1 Heart, disease of AlDunilrar a end Blight's Hooping oough disease of kidcey '?.... 2 Atien. ia 1 Aneurism of ihe aorta.. . 1 Angina 1 Apop exy 3 Ap plexy, lerous 1 Bleeding lrom luogs 1 Bone:*. ditease of 1 Bronchitis 11 Burned or teaided. , . . . 1 Caneer of tie liver 2 Cancer of the stoaaoh. .. 1 Casualty 1 CHun.lt j (by a fall) 1 ConcaHKiiin of the brain (by a tall) 1 Congestion o< brain 7 Congeal ion ol !ucg? 4 Consumption (3 Convulsions, infantile. . . .44 Convulsions, puerperal.. 3 Croup 8 Debility, adu't 1 Debility, infiintile 2 I)eli - In in tremens 3 Diarrhoea 0 Dropsy 10 Dropsy in the head 26 Dropsy in the heart 2 Drowned 2 Dysentery 1 Enlarged ent cf heart .... 2 Erysipelas 6 Fever 1 Fever, intermittent 1 fever, puerperal 2 Fever, remittent 2 Fever, ecaret. 31 Fever, typhoid 3 I Fevet, typhus 8 ' Total W-AFTTTLiTIOS? Bones, j lints, kc 1 Brain and nerves 08 Generative organs 4 Heart and blood vessels. . 18 Lang*, throat, to 114 Old age > Shin, to., and eruptive 43 Ii lUinmatioa of bladder. Inflammation or bowels., nomination of brain.... Inflammation of heart.... lull .mcoatiou of liyer.... Imiammation of langfl. ..26 Intlimmatimof stomach. 2 'nflarama i >n o' tinsils. . 1 Intl.mun-ion ofwtimb... 2 Intemperance 1 lutui?uaception of intes tines 1 Kidneys, di-ease of 1 ljvxr, disease of 1 I/)Ckjaw, (Infantile) 2 Long*, di -tease of 1 Mal'ormation 2 Malformation of brain.. . 1 Mui ormatlon of heart. ... 2 Malf>rma'.ion ef spine. . . 1 Marasmus, infantile ....18 Meas'es 2 Mjriiflcation 1 Old age 8 l'alsy 2 Pleurisy 1 1'o'rton 1 Puis in, by eating sau sages 1 Premature birth 6 Purnleut abs>rp Jon .... 1 Scrofula 4 Scurvy., 1 Smallpox 6 Stillborn 24 tttcrmach, disease of 1 Teething 8 Unknown (not staUd)... 2 Unkn ,*n to the jury.... 4 421 PifiKARMB HLASRKD. Stillborn and premature birth 80 Stomach, bowels and other digestive organs 00 Uncertain seat and gene ral fevers 29 Unknown 0 Cilnary organs 6 Total .421 ?Of which 8 we-e t orn violet >t causes. Under 1 year Ill ;0 to 40 years 34 1 to 2yesrs 47 ?0 to 60 years 87 2 to 6 years 41 50 to rtO years 12 ( te 10 years 22 HO to 70 years 11 10 to 16 years 0 70 to 80 years .12 15 t? 20 years.. ...... .. 9 80 to 90 years 20 to 2ft ye.?n 2t 90 to 100 it vo 30 years 22 Fnhaewa I! Total. .421 British A?etfca 1 Gotland Pe* rtsik 1 Switmrland Ingisno 3 : nl'ed States 31 Fran** 4 Unknown ile-tnary... .?8 InJiet... V Ireland " ? ? Total 42 Pl'TOIC WfTTi roSB. Almshouse, Bikwll's isl. . 'i r> ot'y Ho'p'l. Blk's Isl. . . IVsllevue Hospital 10 Kat.aall'it Is. Nur. His... J City Hospital 1 K. C. >rplian Asylums.. . 1 Colored Home Hosrltal.. 1 St. V'ncent'n Hospital. .. 1 lunatic Asylum, Bk'? 1*1. 2 Ward's Isl. Km'g'i Hosp..i,? I .tint lc A-ylum, B.'gdals 1 Workhouse, Blk's Isl 1 I jltR in Asylum 1 ? Total 82 WABDH. 1 13 13 16 2 4 14 IT 3 2 15 13 ? 12 10 25 6 (Includes City Hosp'l).2l 17 30 ft 18 18 31 7 .....24 19 (includes BUt's Island 8... . 17 Hospitals) 10 (> 17 S!0 - ?4 10 12 21 (includes B'vueHos'l). 23 11... 87 13 12 (injludes R. and W. " Island Pospltalsl 18 Total. 421 OF' ?H(;K W. MORriW, City ln'cector. City Inspector's Offioe, New York, Marob 29, 18M.