The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1851-08-28
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BANKS and Bark Aychiteetl1s-Ihs Opsra--BaH
"a Brooklyn The Capture If LoPes.
New YoRK, August 20.
Ia addition 10 the two meetings of Cuban sym
paihiEers held in the Park, in front Of the City
Hall, on Friday and Saturday nights, call has
been issued for another o-night. But the move
ment does not attract any OF the solid and respect
able Of our citizens, whose names required to
give character 10 such proceedings The Rynders
aud Mike Walsh class Of men, who were the prin-
cipal speakers at the other Cuban meetings, have
no more influence here than they are entitled to,
and, as they 10 be found talking in the
Park whenever there happens to be any fighting
going on elsewhere, their words have not exactly
the force Of bullets, and, in fact. any cause which
they espouSc is always looked upon with a good
deal OF suspicion by the resl Of the community.
The meeting on Saturday night composed
mainly Of young boys, who carried the banners,
on which were painted, IN staring black letters,
most terrible threats againt Cuba, or rather her
Spanish rulers. Bot there no acts Of violence
committed, none apprehended, and the reso-
lutions and speeches will not be heard beyond the
palings Of the Park.
The news from New Orleans. this md-ssng, has
produced slight effect la Wall street, aud the
excuses committed by the mob upon the Spanish
inhabitants have naturally excited fears Of serious
consequence but it IL rather surprising that the
intelligence Of the Cuban difficulties has not had
a more marked influence upon the money mar
ket. The general feeling 10, on Change, that
nothing Of importance will grow out OF The az
fair, owing TO the undiminished confidence that all
classes have in the patriotic irmness Of ths Gov
eminent, and the hopelessncss Of the invading
forces under Lopez. All the leading stocks were
hrm yesterday, and this morning prices have only
receded to the extspt OF half per cent, In conse.
quence OF 1t being ~ ety generally known that the
s&ainer TO morrow will take out about $3.50 OO0in
specie; and that further large shipment will be
made by the Collins steamer ON Saturday. II in
supposed that during the week the export Of specie
will amount to about million, against which we
are not anticipating any balance in importations
from California; and IL is feared that the banks will
again contract their lines OF discount.
Judging from the superb banking houses which
many of our banking institutions have recently
erected, and are now building. money cannot be
otherwise than abundant with them. The new
Bank of the Republic is building on the upper cor
ner OF Broadway and Wall street, large and SUI
perb house, for its accommodations of brown Free
stone, and on the corner Of Wall and William
streets similar building 10 going up for banking
purposes and ins urance offices, which will be very
costly, but exceedingly ugly; il has a rusticAted
basement, with great quantity Of that hidcous
kind of architectural sculpture called vormiculated,
from its giving building the appearance of
being old and worm. eaten. II ia n style Of
ornamentation which 10 very common in Eng
land, and occasionally seen here, but nowhere in
such profusion as in the building in question.
This new structure covers lot only forty five by
ninety feet with two fronts the cost of which was
two hundred and ninety thousand dollars. There
have recently been built, in Greenwich street,
three large and beautiful houses, of brown free.
stone, much ornamented, for the Merchants Ex.
change, North River and Globe Banks; and a
fourth building going up in the same street for
the new Irving Bank. The Scaman's Savings
Bank is building, on the corner Of Pearl and Wall
streets, avery large and handsome house of brown
stone for offices, on the lot which was once occu-
pied by the auction store Of the Homes On the corr
ner OF Broadway and John street a very fine
brown-ston building has been nearly completed
for the Mercantile Bank, one of our newly organ
lied banking institutions very handsome
brown-stone front has recently been put up in Wall
street by Beebe & Co, the great bullion brokers'
The various offices in Wall street exhibit, in re-
markabe manner, the strange vicissitudes Of ar
chitectural taste that have befallen that domain
of mammon within few years. The old Branch
Bank of the United States still stands in its ele-
CANT simplicity to testify that white marble was
low it are halfa dozen Cyclopean structures look
ing more dismal and durable than any temple in
Egypt to attest that taste for blue granite was once
sthe agony in Wall street; and all sorts of sruc-
lures proclaim the existence of passion for brown
free stone and fantastic carvings. 1.-THE taste the
w all street builders had been equal to their means
and iberality, it would be of the grandest
streets in the world, INTELLECTUALLY speaking; but
unhappily, the "stones of our Rialto exhibit di-
rectly opposite state of things.
Although our papers chiefly occupied with
Cuban reports and speculations, Caba does not by
any means monopolize the public mind; but peo-
pie, on the contrary, pursue their occupations as
though nothing unusual had happened. Last
night, for instance, Castle Garden was crowded
with people to witness the performance of the Bar
Der of Seville; and when Badia bounded on the
stage, guitar in hand, and dressed in full gala
Spanish costume, nobody took offence at his Span
ish attire, but shouted and applauded bis joyous
largo al factot,Hn heartily audience of
Castilians could have done. Then there
a brilliant ball in Brooklyn, given by the City
Guard, the occasion Of their inaugurating
new armory and hall, at which the officers of the
French frigate Mogadore, now in our harbor, we're
present, and the military officers stationed in this
vicinity. The night excessively hot and withal
rainy but to day we are favored with bright and
bracing Northwestern.
Since commenced writing this letter the telc-
graph has announced from most respectable
source in New Orleans that the report of the cap-
turc of Lopez and the scattering of his men, which
was published yesterday, may be relied on This
news will act as damper the Park meeting
this evening S. X. S.
The VAN BURENs.- Ex- President Van Buren,,
with his son Martin, and Mr. Blair late editor of
Mr.. Van Bureaus organ at w Washington, during his
arrived in this city Tuesday,
and stopped at the Welland House. They subse-
quenly took the steamer and went down the st.
Lawrence as far as Ogdensburg. Yesterday
ing Prince John came in by the Ontario from Nj
agara, and took the East Ostcego Times, 23d
Can the following statement, which we take
from the Fayetteville ObsnUer, be true II it be,