The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1850-02-04
Our Phila deiphia Correspondence.

PniLADELrHIA, February 3, 1850.
Mrs. Polly Bodine-bir Cameron and the colisciorship-
The .ar Unions Our Ia,puiations The Markets, Se.
In the way OF distinguished strangers, Phadeiphis
just Is houored with the presence Of Mrs. Polly
Bodine As she Is daily engaged In vending stocks,
collars, &C. at our principal hotels II is not unlikely
hst her ,,sy here may be prolcpged for months not
years She dresses neatly IL quiet aud unobtrusvs In
her mapnsrs, and appears to b. driving paying susi
Mr. Edwin Forrest is also here, and shows his
contempt and dissust for foreigners BY sporting an
elegantly cultivated imperial.
The Iazseing In our Custom House, which COM
msnced the way at the tall instead Of the head has
pened the ardor OF opposition against Mr. Collector
Lewis for what s the OF Office without the accom-
ssIstof Cameron who left this city for bis home
Saturday last vas exposed during bis brief stay TO
cruel cross IRE in consequence Of this self same col.
tctorship The friends OF Mr. Lewis seoused him of
secret oppostion, while the enemies Of Mr.. l.. up
braided him for holding back. The truth 10, Mr..
has neither his influence for against
MIR. Le~is and does not intsnd 10 conpromse himself
In the 'ghtest degree, In the family quarrel that is
nsms ss Sr s. s s.a. % o. .sauns .ss,ou. capital sas
they can neither comrromise hr Cameron nor defeat
Mir Lewis.
have TO take counsel for MIR poty, % this city Who
carries en- bios his ovn account, has been
dravipgs the lottery Law whether he has has not,
thing certain, that while these Unions have af
forced Tat piekpgs 20 certain parties IN certain quar-
tire. they have dsne very little for the hss arts.
The thip Finland, q tbis pert has been sold 70 the
M.srs Bs~lsbd and Aspipvs OF your city, TO be em-
poy'd In the California trade FIRST our stssmsrs,
srd nov our fhips. This IL, indeed, robbins TO the
fkin.
A severe gale, accompanied with rain, set In last
ev.pirg and, with occasional " let ups" has been
raging since The shipping coast must
have suffered copsidersbly
The duties psid on fersign importstiops into this
pert during the mouth OF January, exceeded half .
miisp, b.iDs an excess Of st least one hundred per
cent the duties Paid Ia the corresponding month
peel PACKETS cones ntrating their arrivals into ons
month instead Of dispensing them over tro, may In
part account for this remarkably heavy increase in our
imporsstions .-H
In nsur or grain there /. not much doing The mar
bet very quiet and In -four the sales exceedingly
nmifed, even at the decline already Noticed. kye
wanted ~ o1c. There IL very little wheat Offering
There . brisk demand coffee sugar and molassss
toll,srs-To New ork 81 80. 90 Bcston. " e1s
The buoysnt feeling. already noticed In the stoek
nsrhst stili continues During the coming -s.s se
upvsrd movement m Reading stock 10 cosadsuty
locked for Texas nOtes and securities have further
Assss,a ar. IN. ssss te.ra y.sssrd -Fs:s
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n ..s srS rsss x Ss II 90 s..Sis. 80 y. Ns 100 s.sS
i.hs fhI,d.ipsi. Rsrs 70 g ss,h.sie. Bsss ~ az,
kss,ssss Rssi %, 6.r.i.ssrs - .7s Penn ro.s-
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ssr y ;dS & % 81 4 @ c.ss.s ~. seams y',. I,
~ 100 Rstdirg es ~ $3.50 DO bs ioao g.. s< SOD
40 ss' s..1s. ss' .ss ~ ss Sea-. s1ssss 81 & c,,,s s. ~
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