The Yazoo Democrat., 1851-06-11
From our Nero York Correspondent.

From our NelO York Correspondents
New York, May II. 1851.
Commercial business generally is impro-
wing a little, but the operations in Lh4I
stock market have been quite dull for twoS
or three days past.
Tie most active business in Wall street
Just uow Is the demolition ofold buildings
and the construction of new. Rents are
very high in this street, and so difficult is
it to obtain Stores, that from $4,000 toI
s., 900 bonus is paid for three years lease
The receipts yesterday at the Custom
House for duties, were less than $50, Coz
The bbers are importing on their own
hook, but little will be done until June. Ad-
ans g. Co. the express peope do great
business usually in rushing goods through
the Custom House brokers and importers,
but they have less TO do i'll this line Ihaa
common at present. There were, on.
ly 445 packages of Wollen Manufactures
valued at sos, 204) entered at this port
for consumption last week. During the
same term 100 packages of wooIen manu-
'actures, 55 Of cotton, 80 of silk, So fax,
and 522 miscellaneous (valued at S7O,686)
wese withdrawn from the Government
Ware house; and 70 of woolen, 81 cotton,
246 silk. 229 fax, and % miscellaneous
Q28. .624) were entered for ware housing
Not withstandipg the smallness of imPor-
tation recently, the dry gods market is glut
ted, and prices are ruinously low.
A very important brarch Of business
now is one which indispensable as it is tC
every considerable merchant in all tn
large communities is that WHO Ii is conduc
ed by the Express for business purpose
were entirely unknown; aaotO they are tn
most valuable anx iIary Of commerce. Pr
to the establishment of rail roads, the cal
riage of parcels &c. used to be given /
stage drivers boatmen 80. A g eat des
was sent by private hand aud passenger
from Boston to New York had tae felicit
: ffelling their truks half full of package
and letters for their acquain;ances.
& A rail road conductor Harden. being da
! ly leden with numerous commits sion of tn
I kind, conceived the idea making husine,
e of i: and to him is due the credit Of hav:u
i originated tho Expresses. Rnlinouishiu
e MS situation as conductor, he adventu
= :. ed that he was prepared to transport be
i tween Boston and New York such le:te
:. and small valuable parcels as he cou
e curry in MS carpet bag. He found Gus
. mers at once, aud his business increas
so fasr that soon a single trunk would n
ed hold all that was giveu him to carry. PIT
an sently, it had grown to much, that he "
n Obliged to have messengers, clerks eraI
i, and wagoners, and a partner-Mr Dex
ID. Bughman ir. Possessing the attimate p
SIC manct success Of this new disersp Of pub
'ur transportation. Mr. Alvan Adams Of Bos,
y startod another Express on the same 70,
Il aud 10 about two years these two expires,
,se wa the only one known in this wor
or Rich as he ndw is Mr.. Adams had no c,
lr, i,al at tht time, bet on the contrary /
.gs gs many debs (which he has since paie
lbe principal aud intefest) and enly bis indo
he ,able preseryance and the enterprise
lin MS New York partner, ". w. B. Dinsn
Oas could have sustained the nel0 express
:. gainst the competition Of The ofigi
q. establishment wIich,was then making