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T H E ]> J E jW - Y O I l K T O I B I I N E . aE O G E A P H ICAL SOCIETY, laie Mejdcsin Boundary and the A d jacent Country. parties _t< itiide anci tuo mvi kuuuw ^ ^ u »^vu.i»vn»ijr vi x\znr- Mexico from that point, having been designated and meas- nred on the treaty map, in conformity with the stipulations of the treaty, by \the astronomers of the two Commissions, they were next'directed to determine the point referred to, on the earth’s surface by astronomical observation, liieut. Whipple, the D. S. Astronomer, with his for the inittal point on the Kio Grande, whose latitude is 3-3 deg. 22 min. North. This point was accordingly recom mended by the Astronomers to the joint commission to be adopted as the boimdary. The next step was to mark it w ith a m o n u m e n t as the treaty required. The C. S. Sm-veyor, Mr. A. B. Gray being absent, and no word having been received from him , it be came necessary that an officer should be appointed to fill cording to the stipulations of the Treaty, the astronomers and surveyors at once commenced work on the line west ward along the sonthern b o u n d a r y of N ew-Atexico. Such^ were the proceedings connected with the establishment of the initial point on the Eio Grande at 3-2 degrees 22 minutes north latitude. Mr B. next discusses a proposed alteration of the line by Mr. Gray, U. S. Surveyor. He (Mr. Gray) desired that the line should he measured from ElPasso, and not from an eetahlished astronomical point, whereupon iMr. B. remarks: And why is this remarkable alteration proposed in the par allels, meridians, equator and poles 1 Eor no other reason than that we may place the miserable little mud-built town of El Paso in the right place, and secure a strip of territory to the broad domain of the L'nited States, the value of which 3s not worth what the cost has been to survey it. At least, its value at the time the initial point was agreed upon was not equal to these expenses. But this is not all, for if the paraleis and meridians are to be altered as is proposed, ev ery place on the earth’s surface will be just half a degree out of its true position. A sii gle fact is sufficient lo shou fhat place. Having sh( min. was in — — ...... ............ r------------ ^ , . lett proceeded to show, that it is where Mr. Secretary Bu chanan :md the American Commissioner, Mi’. Trist, in tended that it should he, quoting various documents, &C., from the General Government. These details are un important to the general reader. Mr. B. concluded with some remarks upon the geography of the country contigu ous to the boundary and of its adaptation for the purposes bf a railroad. It has been asserted that the present line of boundary at 32 deg. 22 min., running west three degrees of longitude, deprives the United States of the most practicable route for a railroad to the Pacific, and the one upon which a rail road can he constructed at the least expense. Such I shall show is not the case. The 6th article of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ______ __ __ ablics its been a practicable route, therefore, along the valley or near the bed of the rtver, within a marine league of either bank, no more would have been required. But an exami nation of this river shows that for one-half of its course it is closely hemmed in by lofty and impassable mountains, and that it is only after proceeding west of the mouth of the San Pedro Eiver, the mountainous region is passed, and a broad and uninterrupted plain opens to the view. There is a peculiarity in the geographical features of this region which here deserves to he noticed. The OTeat range known as the Rocky Mountains, which passes from north to south throtigh the entire length of both the American continents, and which attains its greatest ele vation north of Santa Fe, in New-Mexico, diverges west ward, and preserves an almost u n b r o k e n chain west of the Eio Grande. At the copper mines between that stream and the GUa, these mountains attain a bight of more than 8,000 feet above the level of the sea. They rise up in elevated peaks, separated by narrow and intricate valleys, and snd- denly sink into a high plain' from 3,000 to 6,000 feet above the level of the sea. Here the great Cordillera chain disap pears about twenty miles north of the boundary line of ifew-Mexico, and an elevated plateau or table, stretching as far as the eye can reach, is found in its place. This plateau extends southwardly through the greater portion of Mexico. In its course east and west, at intervening distances of from 15 to 30 miles, it is intersected by ranges of mountains hav ing an elevation of from 1,000 to 2,000 feet above the plain; also, by short, isolated ridges and low detached hills. These mountains are not in continued chains, hut in short ridges, from five to fifteen miles in lengh, overlapping each other, and appearing at a distance as a continuous ridge. What, iherefore, seems to be an insurmountable barrier, may be ______ „ onthePaeffi ______________________________ . The general course of these ranges, or “ sierras,” as they are called in Mexico, is from the north-west to the south-east. In about the latitude of 31 deg. 15 min. north, tlie great Cordillera range again begins to appear, called the “ Sierra Madre,\ and is, as it were, the concentration of many lesser ridges into one vast range, elevated, compact and impassa ble'; extending through the entire length of Mexico to the Cordillera of the Andes in South America. The “ Guadaioiqie pass,” through which the old Spanish road from the City of Me.xico, run.s to Sonora, which has been traver-ed for more than a ' ’ C(- ■ ■ — ihe ana,'near the Pine viUage.s.' Somh of th^Gila i f a vast desert extending to the Gulf of California, without grass or trees, and intersected by similar isolated or short mountain ranges, as those described in the region before alluded to. w ith reference, therefore, to a railroad, there is a prac ticable and very direct route from the Eio Grande, between S point about ten miles north of El Paso, and a point about Ihe same distance north of the line of 32 deg. 22 min. west ward, until the mountain ridge near the San Pedro is pasted. Thence to the Gila is a levm and open plain. Along the valley of the Gila, or on the plateau near it, the eoimtry is smre, has too high, a sense of honor and justice to have claiiped the entire advantage of the two gross and ac knowledged errors, had he-beenin my place. By fixing the initial point, therefore, below the 32d of parallel, and extending the line wfest to the longitude of the south-west ern angle of New-Mexico, according to the Treaty map, thence north according to the Treaty, this western line would have passed within six or eight miles of the Rio Grande, and the United States \would have lost tho whole region around tke Copper Mines—the only valuable terri- itarting point luthein N ew / nature, and my other, id w ill, aaoB “ W e traveled Col. Coeke’a route about 80 milea afterleaTing the river, and then followed a new trail. ****** i have aeen nowhere any notice from any One who had traveled this route. But four parties had traveled i t before us. It is a good route, being about SCUTS, and none after H aw ks , on the conclusion of tlie reading, moved a resolution: That the thanks of the Society be tendered to Mr. BARTLETT for the Paper he had read, and that he be requested to formsh a copy for publi cation in their transactions. , , J The resolution was unanimously adoptea. Mr H icks read a Paper descriptive o f a part o f the Andesi and the Equator, in which he gave a highly wrought de scription of that mountain region, and its endlees varietidai of scenery and productions. After which the meeting wasi a d j o u r n e d . _____ _____________ GAM B L ING IN BALTIM O RE. Political ami Moral Influences of Oambling in Mary land during tUc last Ten Tears. Correspondence of The N.Y. Tribune. R H O D E ISL A N D . ^ Gai ment or imbliDg in many other States is considered the amuse- t o vice of the gentleman, and the passion of the blackguard. It was probably so at one time in Maryland!. It has of late years been taken as a political stock, common to all gambling demagogues. This state of politics grew to an alarming extent a few years since, by the elevation of one or two gamblers to high offices. That they were con- 'S ta t “ • ley were demoralizing ai pvalks was equally obviom servative in their management of State afFairs, no one dei- nies. That they were demoralizing and contaminating in proachmg a crisis similar to that of George IV., uncle to the present Queen of England. The Prince died, however, just in time to save the kingdom. The same, in an abstract sense, we hope will save the moral reputation of Maryland. They have dm-ing the last year shown their determination to put their seal upon the political gambling influence by electing a worthy Executive, and eighty honest men out of the hundred in the two Legislative bodies. It is frue that some thought this kind oT political intrigue not only at tained high offices of State but have been promoted to others stiu more responsible; hut the sagacity of the moral leaders soon discovered the fact that all offices of responsi bility by the present system were to be filled by men con genial to the views of their predecessors. These being un deniable facts they came forward silently and placed the names of honestmen, so far as possible, as the men worthy of their confidence. They were elected, and now fill these offices of State. This moral step, so nobly carried out, has caused quite a fluttering in the disappointed political gam bling ranks, and with untiring energies have they opposed every step taken to prevent the passage during the present Session of laws for the prevention of Gambling or Intem perance. As a sample of a former faction I will here de scribe one of the Baltimore clubs, organized about the be ginning of the late Presidential canvass. it s Captain, this band, or club, as they were called, chose an old offender against the State laws whose very clothes yet carried upon them the odor of the prison, whence he had been pardoned by the former Executive of the State. And although his incarceration was for conspiring against and robbing a man he declared his bosom friend, it only ap peared to be an extra recommendation to his political worth as leader of the famous club which we shall here call the Vampire Club. This party was large and increasing fast in Baltimore; therefore the sagacity of the leaders of this political clan was fully evinced. Men who had been pardoned from prisons, as well as the unwashed, nnshaved, vermia- eaten wharf-rats were caught, washed, shaved, combed, dressed and enlisted in fraternal bands by the Vampire Captain, as worthy co-workers in his political faction. As political head quarters, the Captain _ selected one among the most enviable locations in the city. There he hungbut the sign of S hootin ' g G ai . i . eky . First entertain ment offered on the hill after entering thi.s saloon was pis- tol-shooting, eight shots for 25 cents. Second, a sideboard ^ of decanters filled with choice drinks, 12J- cents per glass. Third, card tables fre e , cards oiily 25 cents per pack. Fourth, bluff or brag tables for pi’ivate use. (Viz: three vampii-es and one dninken man from the street or public tables.) Fifth, two-card game of F aro , especially for the purpose of skinning a gi-eenhom or drunken man. Sixth, special conference closet, used only by the brethren ffiemselves as a place to arrange street transactions. uaucxrsu. lutv v xuuixi; sureno lose, and if he refuses, they will fry their sleight-of-hand game upon his pocket. And whether they succeed or not in obtaining bis funds and watch, he is tiu’ned out into the sfr-eet for the disposal of the Captain or his clan. During the past winter, there was scarcely one night passed without some outrage or robbery being committed. That the robbers were not detected, was to many, strange indeed. We could have told, had we not known that it would have been at the peril of our lives. “ Where were the Watch men?” was echoed every morning after an outrage had been committed. Watchmen—poor, inoffensive creatures— they, only the minute before he was knocked down, had been invited by one of their vampire constituents into an oyster saloon, to take a stew and a brandy smash, and, fortunately for the senseless dupe, returned in time to save his body from freezing, hut not to save his money. As a general thing, the victim was always knocked down in the street, whether he was robbed at the gallery, or after leav ing for his home or* hotel. This extra touch of the alung- shot they give iu the way of sympathy, that their victim might show a broken head as well as an empty purse. But this state of affairs is fast approaching its end in Bal timore. The keeper, or head d e-^ of this den, is a man) of low cunning, and had he the sense of many, would be hard to head. But Brovidence has -wisely marked him with a countenance truly repulsive, which is worn threadbare by the scrutiny of honest men. So much so, that it only re quires common sense to discover villainy as strongly de picted upon his face and those of his intimate associates as ever was the curse of the Almighty on the brow of Caini. In conclusion, I wish the readers of this article to imderstand that this Shooting Gallery, as kept, is ffi- re^tly in yiola^-— - ------- \ ’ * * ’ ’ T h e G e n e r a l A M e m h iy^ fflBieN.Y.TriboDe. _ jal up and again break out, and that they sometimes were fearful it would never get well; that she has no recol lection how the seal’ came on hi? face; and that she never knew of his having any trunks or medals in his possessi-m; and ihather son Eleazer very strongly resembles his father Thomas Williams; and says that no person whatever, either clergymen or others, er'^er advised or influeneed her in anv manner, to say that he was her son; that the first in timation she ever had of his pretensions to a royal birth was from one William Woodman, an Oneida Indian, who came to her about three years ago and asked her if she would not be willing to go before a magistrate and s'wear that Eleazer was not her son, but was given her to bring u p ; she told him she would do no such thing, as she knew him to be her son; that Eleazer has since mentioned to her that some of his friends thought he was not an Indian, but descended from royal parentage; she told him it was no such thing, that he was her own son. ^ , NEWPOKT, Saturday, M The legislature adjourned last night, afcei )f four days. A large amount o f business, s May 7,1853. r a session egates to the'Convention^ butlbhe inajori^^were too well aware o f the danger in which such a course would involve the measure, and the suffrage remains as at present for State officers. The people are to have two opportunities of expressing their opinion in regard to “ SubECribed and sworn “ M ary AN?t^Vii.LiAMS. 1 before me, this 28tb day of Much, 1853. “ ALFRiD F ulton , Justice of the Peace.’ V A L P A RAISO . A Hide to Casa Blanca—Naval Etiquette—Shipping Intelligence—niaTkecs; etc. Correspondence o f tbe K. Y. Tribune. VALPARAISO, Thnisday, March 31,1853. Having a little business at the above-named village the other day, I “ got on to the outside of a horse” and start ed off over the high hills, which overhang the city of Valparaiso. A t first my progress was slow enough up the zig-zag road by which it is necessary to surmount the lofty eminence, making seven or eight turns before reaching the top, and between each turn the road is long and steep, enough to make the hardiest horse pant, i f ridden at the gentlest trot. As I reached the top, I turned to look at the spacious harbor, dotted but sparsely now with vessels o f many n ations; and .as I turned, our beautiful frigate St. Lawrence belched forth her flame, smoke and thunder, returning the scanty salute of the Brazilian war-vessel, (has that nation more than one ?) which had arrived the evening before. By tho way, a little passage of etiquette occurred b e tween our Commodore Dalany, o f the Sfc. Lawrence, and the Commander o f the Brazilian. I t appears that the latter allowed b ut eleven guns for the Commodores Minister. Under this explanation, Com. Dulany replied to his salute, gun for gun, and no more. But the next morning, b e made a personal v isit on board the Brazilian vessel, and when he left her side, received a parting sa lute o f thirteen guns. This, and other such vexatious episodes in a Commodore’s life in the American Navy, are but the natural results o f our naval policy o f restrict ing some of the officers to a lower grade than that grant- u u u u tx j uauiiuu uuuucivc u i | w ituuuu a tr e e , a u u with only a few stunted bushes, which rather lent addi tional and unneeded tameness to the view. Soon, iu the distance, loomed up some forlorn windmills, no doubt, the- facsimilies of that with which Don Quixote ran his famous tilt. As we neared them, we (my horse and self) were charged by a legion o f dogs, of proportionsand general appearance disgraceful to even this scenery; each barking as i f possessed o f tho largest number of devils allowable to one individual. I had been forewarned and forearLued with a mighty dog-wMp, which I now ap plied ivith a vigor which sent them all back ’ whose long legs and woolly hide enabled him t and laugbat my persuasions, till recollecting £ practice, a quick, sharp crack of the lash across his eyes and sent him yelping hack among his comrades. During this fancy exercise my gallant native grey had ’ ■ ' tremendous pace, and now dashed down ting the aliens, shi Charters were granted to seven banks, and ings hank, and to various manufacturingringand and othther one sav- i o corpo- je, a quick, sharp cracl od sent him yelping hack among his comrades, in g th is fancy exercise my gallant native grey 1 been going at a tremendous pace, and now dashed do a break-neck hill, at tho foot of which he turned short into the yard o f the “ First Post-House, by Edward Dig- gles,” whom I found to be a Yorkshireraan, with a York shire wife and p lenty o f Chileno babies. Here I stopped A b ili p assed the Senate to prohibit the issue of frac tional bills by the banks. It was lost in the House. An act was passed to rebrganize the Court of Magis trates in Providence, the purpose being merely to give the places upon it t o Dem icrats. Two Judges are ap pointed, at a salary of $1,000 a year each. The town is to become a city, i f it accepts the charter ust granted to it by the Assembly, and it is to be hoped juts on the long-tailed coat of municipalitj n a proper respect for the laws o y submit to the w ill o f the peoph liquor traffic. The weather has been horrible for most of tbe week, which may in a measure account for the hasty adjourn ment of our assembled Democratic wisdom. The As sembly adjourned to m eet here on the second W ednesday of June. Yours, «fec., A n t h o n y P y n e . C H A R T E R O P T H E P E O P L E ’S C O L L E G E . The following is the act of our present Legislature chattering a corporation to establish T h e P e o p l e ’ s C o l l e g e . S o much of the bill introduced by Mr. Pe- te i s as expressly required the affording o f equal privi leges and opportunities therein to W omen as to Men was stricken out in the H ouse to save i t from defeat, hut there is nothing in the Charter t o forbid or impede the affording o f equal advantages to all, as contem plated by the original p rojectors of the College. AN ACT to Incorporate the People’s College. TAc People o f the Stateof New-York, represented iu. Senate sembly, do eeaet asfollon e : Goiiege, _______ cience, arts and agricnlturt § 2. The said corporation shall have -power to sue and he sued, to m ate and use a common seal, and alter the same a t pleasure, to hold real and personal property; but it shall not at any one time own real estate yielding an income exceeding^ $25,000, and moke and alter by-laws for the government of tho said College andith oflicens and stadentF. 5 3. Thepersons named in the first section of this act shall be the first tmsteea of the corporation, thirteen of-whom shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of hueinesa, and they shall hold office for one year, and until others are appointed as hereinafter mentioned; andauT vacancy which may occur in said Board ofTrusteosmay be filled hy them a t any regular meeting of the said Board. The Presi- dentof the GollMe, for the time heing, shall he, ex officio, a member of the Board of Trustees. § 4. The said Board of Trustees shall appoint the President, Profes sors, and other officers and instructors as they may deem necessary ; hnt no president, professor, or other officer of the CoUego shall be a p pointed or removed, ano no real estate bought or sold, except by a rote than an hoiu-, and that 27 miles more lay between me and Casa Blanca, or White House. As I had been told that I ought to make tho whole journey in four hours, I pushed on over -long, wide, barren plains, relieved only twice or thrice by a small ^oup of weeping willows and a row o f Lombardy poplars in an occasional valley, where some small stream supplied for a few rods sufficient con stant irrigation. Those who live in the showery vales of North America cun have little idea how refreshing and beautiful even these small patches of green appeared to me. The path of my journey was obscured every little while by overwhelming clouds of dust, as I met or passed a drove of mules and asses, or a “ Veloche,” with its one horse in the shafts and a second mounted by a postillion, and pulling by a thong of raw hide hooked to ene shaft and one side o f the saddle; and at nearly every house W’e h a d a recurrence of the episode of the dogs; I beg your pardon for saying “ house.” I should have said /tovcl, for in this mild and equable climate there is no need of — ------ - — . ....... .................. — mch habitation, a. ate neee.aa.7 to ptoleet out h k U j Civilized population from the various extremes of heat erect bm diDgs as aforesaid. and cold. Fires are never buUt for comfort; a simple I suitable accommodatione are prepared for at least ble man or beast. “Bon Eduardo, as he is style though b om in England, has resided many years and rumor says has laid up a goodly store of goods. Be this as it may, I found him a most amiable host, and a t his house ended my day’s journey. The vil lage of Casa Blanca consists of a collection o f mud houses, with the exception of two or three houses built of timber, filled in with adobes, or unhumed bricks, which have windows, of which the Hotel de Commercio is principal, being upward o f 300 feet front, one story high—on account o f earthquakes, which are very severe !—and is surrounded by gardens and orchards, which canals leading from a little creek in the are watered b y e neighborhood. sic approaching my window, ) stop m y ears. S t . B e r n a r d . Lieut. it Indies, ss the northern ones, is admirably adapted for a railroad. In the opinion here expressed I am supported by Lieu Whipple, who had charge o f one o f the surveying partie In this report that officer s a y s: t itwoold lurdijbe praetic ainrveying parties. ived here on the 23d, in 103 days, k “ norther” s e t in yesterday, 30th, which did consider- e dam a g e , sinking three old hulks. The Canpolican, screw steamer, built, and formerly stored in the United States, I believe imder the name o f Com. S tockton, got foul o f the clipper Warner, Capt. Ripley, o f Boston, and carried away h er bowsprit and cutwater, and doing other damage. A survey was held to-day, and damages esti mated at $5,000. This is nearly a month earlier than we usually expect northers in this port, and a norther is the first signal of winter^ sexviGtT suBil expire in three years; and tnoie iiaving upon “ tBiat itwoold lurdijb e practicable to cenctraet a road, e a ^ o r railwaj, to nm wliollj opon the river Gila- The canon o f thqPinal X im o notutaini la a complete barrier. The paaa below the Jonction of EMSanFedieiaeqpalljimpiBCticable. Between the Fima lettlement and tbe junction of the OUa with the Colorado, nature inteipoaea no Ktiopa obatacle to tbe conatruction of a w a j o f eomnnniici^oo, Mchaathe traveling publicmaj demand. B u t from the PimoniUage to B io M Nortel know o f no practieahle route even fo r a vsojym road ^ a e e p t ^ entering the Slate o f Sonora, to avoid tho Pinal IdeBO A HoBe-ITp R m p I i I b . The Courrier des EtaU Unit publishes the following affl- davit of Mary Ann Williams, mother of the Rev. pretender to the throne of the Bourbons. It seems to settle the question —if indeed it needed settling—against the pretentions of ffie respectable missionary. He had better devote himself to the cultivation of veracity Imreafter - worldly glorieo and temporal crowns. x o n te . ^ the^sldappwedunder^^, one\of ffie Justice* of lei, and tbe hne even extended 3 deg. west, it would fall 17 S e Peace in and for said Coun^,,Maiy Ann Williams, and, xir 18 mUes further east than it now does, as the Bio Grande being duly sworn, deposeth and days that she is upward! of IS\ K e ^ I she is the widow ot 'inomas wiuianu; auu umi, cuo la iwe S S S - T S S S m ho^\a?Cau^hnewaga;’ th2t, at The time of his birth, her sister took him to the priest to be baptized, and thrt her sister gave the priest tne name of the child's godfather, V iroinu .—The Democratic Convention in the Vllth District broke up in a row. No nomination was maw. The strife was bitter between the friends of Gov. Simth and Mr. Barbonr, but the Convention ha* resulted just as the firienda o f the former wished. Bdgar S nowd^ the Whig candidate, ia atnmping the Diatiict. Mr. S. is the emtor of The Akx*ninnn Gnxette. F rom t h e Q u a r t z M in e s .— By the late arrival,-we have letters from Mr. John A. Collins, dated Grass Valley, March 27th, (mailed for the previous steamship) and San Francisco, April 8th. He states that the roads from Sacra mento to Nevada County were again all but impassable for teams, owing to rains and floods. The passenger stages were exposed to hazard in fording the beds of creeks oft- ener dry than otherwise. Neither Mr. Collins’s (Manhattan) nor Gen. Winchesters (Grass Valley) gold-mining machi nery had yet got above Sacramento, though each was to go up so soon as the state of the roads would permit. Gen. W. had got up his steam engines and a good part of his heavy machini and grinding m ill in o p e r a t agriu suffered severely by flood. Mr. Collins speaks confidently of the prospect for Quartz Minmg in California, in spite of the delays and misfortunes which his own enterprise has thus far encountered. He says Lahoriinowmnchcbeaperthanitbasbeen ($50to $60 per month with board in Grass Valley, against f ioo a year ago) and is destined to go lower still unless more Capital or leas Labor is poured into California. Still Ihe general feeling in San Francisco and all the Coast and Sacramento region is decidedly adverse to the practicability of mining Quartz at a profit for some time yet.^ _ Mr. C. represents the ilarkets, of San Francisco, Bacra- mento, &c., as enormously overstocked with goods, of which a great portion must be Sacrificed. Business dull. Deetructive Eire at Bridgewater. BOSTON, .Tuesday, May 10,1353. he iron rolling mill and foundry of Messrs. Lazelle, kins & Co., at Bridgewater, was destroyed by fire, last night. Loss estimated at 660 , 000 . Insured for 6i9,eoo, of which $8,600 is at the Etna, Protection, and Hartford Co.'s, of Hartford. NEW -YOEK CATTLE MARKET- r e p o r t e d exclusively for t h e n . y . w eek l y t r ibu n e . The offerings of the week have hem^as^foSi^T A t the Waehington Drove Yard, Forty-Fourth-st. Beef Cattle ........... . ........... 2,416. Sheep ...... . ....................... 35 Cows and Calves .................... 4 Swine...................... . .................1.360 Veri Calves ................ . ............ 8681 here were received by Hudson Eiver Railroad, Beeves, ; by the Erie, 18; hy the Harlem, 33, and all the Calves Sheep and Cows. From Ohio, ou foot, 970 Beeves and. 2 Hogs, the latter foUovringthe cattle and picking up droppings of undigested corn, which materially aid them.in the way of food. The balance of the swine and one drove of cattle, are from Ohio by raibwadi From Pennsylvania 464 Beeves; from Virginia, 87; making 1,531 onfoot from Philadelphia. Drovers are unable to make terms with the ley railroads at reasonable rates. All stock have to be ___ '^en across that State, and much to their inconvenience, our market day being on Monday, and Philadelphia on Wednesday, they have but three days to make the drive, as they are not allowed to pass through Newark on Sunday From the other Yards our reports give us the following: At the Union Yards, Swine, 2,000. About 1,500 on hand to day. At Chamberlin’s Beeves. 250. Only 12 on hand. Cows and Calves 60; lO on hand. Veal Calves 125; Sheep and Lambs l,050; not one of which remain unsold. At Browning’s, Cows and Calves 100; Sheep 600 ; all sold at $4 to $10, and the demand active. This comprises the offerings for tbe week of animals for food, at the market places in the City, but does not include near all that are brought here, dead or alive. At the Forty fourth, st. market, which is altogether the most important, especially for beef, the number in the sale pens today is 2,274, which, according to our judgment, will average about 7^ ewt, making 1,705,500 H5s. of beef, which, at an average of 10c., which is not far wrong, amounts to the sum of 6170,550, a pretty roimd sum to change hands ia the course of the day. We make the following quotations: Extra, or a few choice c a ttle .............................. 10^® lie. Good retailing market beef ................................... 10 ® 10|c. Small cattle, medium beef ----------- ----- ---------- 9 ® 9ic. At which, prices the market is unusually animated, with very few sales at either extreme of these rates. Holders are very firin at 10 cents, and buyers disposed to submit to their fate, having satisfied themselves by some previous experience, that their hungry customers will have beef at high prices, if they cannot g etit at low ones. It is those who eat, nottliose who buy and sell beef at high prices, that suffer most from these unusually high rates. It will be noticed by our table of receipts how much we are indebted to the West for our daily meat as well as daily bread. The fact is, the city has outgrown the State. Improvements in everything else are in advance of farming. The Stateof New-York does not pair, for wibom we ii S m I’H—BAr a S . —At Iiitchfield, C od D m May 2, J , Edward Smitb, M. D,, of Kent, to ftiifis Octavia Kenyon Bates. ^ W E'BB-ANDSRSOh —At New-OrlcBHB, La., April 27, Joaeph W wren W eb^Eaq.. o f Aurora, N. Y., and Mrs. Eliza W. A n d e r s ^ “V S l IS-E E M S E N —At Jersey City, N, J.. on the Oth in i t , h j : Rev. C. R. Imbrie, Mr. AViUiam T. Wallis to Miss H enrietta Reiuie^ ’^W E E D M AN-CLARK.-At Boston, Mass., April^28, Mr. J . A. IVeeSmaD, formerly of St. Augustine, East Florida, to Misa Prancu daughter o f Jonas W . Clark. BBAYMAN.-At Buffalo, N . ^ ^ ^ y 2, Heniy BraymsD, i r the 82* yearot l^ ^ g e , one of the oldest residents of Buffalo, haring e e tiiei BR^W U.—At Aurora, N. Y., April SO, Colonel Orange T. Brown, lein Louise, youngest child u and 16 daya. .1 JLiwujciiy uouac, x uxisu vi imaupt- land, February 26,1812. Employed J^IXJXsHEItRINv—A t Boston, Mass, May 4. Miss Betsey MuUien** ECSd 77 y6AT6. •KT TT McQUEEN.—; „ XREET.-InFishkUl, N. Y., April 20, Mr. Greenloaf Street. ag.el * WORCESTER.—In Tewksbury, Mass., May 4, Mr Eldad Worces- ter,^a Revolutionary soldier and pensioner, aged £0iyears,.8monthg.and HARVEY.—A t Norwalk, Conn., on Wednesday morning. May 11, in her 59th year, Mrs. Keziah H., wife of General Thomas W. Harvey, in consequence of injuries received in the railroad catastrophe. HUMPHREY.—At Warren, Conn., May 2, after a lingering illness Mrs. Caroline Humphrey, daughter of George Starr, Esq. w. BUDD.—In Greece, Monroe County, N. Y., May 8, Mr. Daniel Bndd, aged 83 years; one of the earliest settlers in that town, having resided on one farm some 43 years, and living for a tipie subject to tho eat our own calves—that is why we do noteat our own Can anybody tell why we have none but Ohio hogs ? SwiNR—Sales andprices continue much as last week, _ ’ Ge. live height—ihe highest price being paid for ship- it to Eastern cities. Small hogs, not over fiit, are the itt salable.alable. Thehe presentresent supplypply is a littlettle in excessess of the mos s T p su is a li in exc c demand, some hundreds being constantly on hand. SiiEEV continue unusually scarce and high. We have account of sales of 93 at 65 50; 15 at $7 50; 140 sheared at 85 50; 41 for shipment to Bermuda, 610. The lowest rateb were 84 for a very medium lot. Large lots could be sold at veryfair prices. L. vmiis are even arinose nign rates me aemana exceeas tiie supp W e estimate the prices F ’lB of meat paid for some we s sold, at 20c. We may expect the receipts of Lambs to crease and sheep decrease every week until after shearii naitimOTC, mo., ma^e,jaawu:aL;ascolay, aged78 inue much as last week, 5ic. of Wauinsford, Vt. t price being paid for ship- --------- ,------TUtyearoi ___________ J Vth Ward of this city. steamboat. OLMSTEAD.—^In New-Haven, Conn., Alexander Fisher, son of Professor Olmstead. agf.d SO. QUAKENBUSH.—James A. Quakenbuah, aged44 years and 20 diys,. SAVERY.—In Savannah, Ga., John Savery, Esq., of Carver, Miss., all entitle the Possessors thereof to the im- --------- 1 - ........ . ......... lowed hy usage or statute to the possessors e diplomas from any Univerafy, College or Seminary o f learning I S tate; provided, that no diploma shall be confened but in r\ “ ty with the laws of the State in force at the time of confer. bringing such Sheep to market as they have 'to sell soon as Wool grows enough to make Pelts valuable, will be a good supply and a decrease of prices; of cc Lambs will be lower. Y e 41, CALVES—Notwitbstanding the receipts appear large, the sales are ready as fast as they arrive at 5, 5^ and 6c, according to quality IP IB, live weight, for those sold by the IB. and 12s. to 20s. each for young trash. Skins are worth an average of 75c. The consumption of Yeal now is enormous. A great deal is brought to the City ready dressed, and many Calves are sold to the butchers from boats, of which we can get no certain amount. Cows and C alves have somewhat improved 5 6. The capital stock of said Corporation shall of $250,000, which may be increased by a majority of the Trustees, from time to time, to $500,000; the said stock shali be in shares of $ l each, and every stock holder shall be entitled to but one vote in thechoice of'i’rustees, or any other busmeifs which may ho determined by the votes of the ssoek- holderA-^ * . ;er,..,!!l2S @175 then it shall be the duty ot tbe said Trustees by a vote of at least three- m m feSir,slll Cabbages, each ............... 6 @ W r i t e ; ; Hr IIii samite 11 = '■■■■\ .... If: ... r.-.aSlI Potatoes ^ hush.. Apple 8 ^ bush.... Turnips (yellow) ^ amips (white) 4j nions (white) ^ nioES{red) ^ b a ------- Vegetables of nearly all kinds iimlry in abundance. Strawberries were received hy Tuesday night, but were not aUu sp e c u lato r s . T h e B r o a d w a y resta privilege of monopoly and high pri( ases'ff.?. - as ‘g S OnwES{re^^^busb,.,. — @100_ I ^ Fresh Salmon.\.. i erpool, Barter, of and for New-Bedford, with 1,900 wh. 16 ep. Arr. at New-Bedford 9th, ship Metacom, Bonney, N. Pacific Ocean, Honoltdu Dec. 19, Pernambuco April 10, with jAOObbls. wh. 150 sp. oil and 12,000 H5 bone on board. Sent home 300 bbis.sp. 400 do. wh. oU, and 12,COO IJj bone. Also on freight 415 bhlff. wh. and 318 do. sp. oil from to Mias Lois C. Tolman. FACHSLANGEIL-DRIGGS.—In Tonawanda, N. Y., May 6, Mr. Joseph Fachslanger, foreman of The Buffalo Republic Office, to Miss Amanda L, Diiggs. GREELEY—SMALL —At South Boston, Mass., May 7, hy Key. Mr. Porter, H r. George E. Greeley to Miss Eliza J . Small. M ILBiiN K -NICH O E S .-X f GreenfiSI^Hill, C r a V ’May W^by MORLAND-LYMAN.—A t Boston, May 5, Dr. William W . Mbr- land, of Boston, to Frances Sophis, daughter o f the late Hon. J. S . Lyman, o f Northampton. _ PRESCOTT—BICKFORD;—At Boston, May 6, Jedediah Prescott, of Memphis, Tenn., to Misa PriaciUs C.Bickfoid/of Boston. PE T T IE G IL L -N A S H .-A t Ekfrid, C. W „ April 29, Mr. A. \ Pettingill, of Nowhuryport. engineer on the Great Western Railrd to Maiy. eldest daughter of the late Jamea Naih. PEASE—SCHERMEBHORN—A t Union Village, N. Y.,.May 3, Mr. Robert M. Pease, of South DehTfield, Mass., to Miss Elizabeth, dtugbterof Mr B. C. Scheimerhom. ---------------------- , NeweUBtainaid, I _________ ___ ^ _________ _____________ Gria^^of M»w-York, and Delia S.,el COMMERCIAL M ATTESS. WEDNESDAY, May U-P.M, The Uihing B o ^ d was much more M ly attended to-d*y, and some considerable transactions were made. The sales The quotations of Stocks m which there were no tnua- actions, were as ^ n e x e d Off'd. AiVd. : r g s f c i i ' ; : : - ’::: ^ i s Bridgewater Fmnt.. 5 Ih^O h io Marble and Land Company have, we, hear ade a valuable discovery of a large deposit of a m a ter^ suitable for coarse paint, on their estate. Some geritleio^ have, we ufaderstand,. proposed to forma p u n t companf and purchase this depiwit for «25,ooo cash, and $75,000m Bonds, and the proposition will p robably b e a c o e p ti^ I f this arrangement is carried out the cash p tjm o jft will be equaitoadividend of *3 per share on the atock oCUi*-
