The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-04-05
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TIE deSsaticn Of ths Arctic with the unfAvorabe state
q the weather yesterday tended 10 check business ops.
rassas Cotton closed arm, With salss Of loo balce
con.oa brands stsss aour were dull at ~ e.
Clever sssd, a. ID we'll known, forms quite large
tlc cf trade both for expert and for domestic use. II
runsrsd Change yesterday, On good mercantile
suthority that important and extensive movement
had bs<s made In It. few capitalists had combined
and purchased al that could BE- had in the markets. Of Bal
sinsrs. Philadslphis and New York, and they had
rsosssasd In securing pretty much monopoly in the
article rAs usual average price In past seasons had
urs~d hos Il. %. per ID. II now commanded from
lie ise sone sales had been made at the latter
figure, and vas expected to 20 higher. The holders
~ere also exporting some iots their account Il
said that they controlled from $50 900 to 800 600
bushels. at cost Of near half million Of dollars
The proposed reduction Of the Canadian tariff was 70.
ferrea 10. thought the proposed scale of re-
due,on carried including the abAtsment Of tolls on
the weand Canal that would prove strong argument in
favor similar concessions ride favor Of Cana.
dian prcduce-evensustpg in permanent reciprocity Of
trade.
A merchant on Change, who formerly resided In Ken.
tueky stated that he presumed there in
the Telegraph report announcing The death Of Hon. Tho
mas Y. Marshall lie said that there were two Of tho
Marshall family In Keniucky-sne COL Thomas f., and
the other Gen. Thomas Marshall The latter served In
the var with Mexico, and since his return had re-
sidsd Msysvile Hence, he concluded that it was
the latter who had been killed. and not the former He
did not believe that Col Thomas T. Marshall who resided
chiefly in Louisville, had any estate AAysville.
II was doabtsd whether any serious had broken
out between the provinces Of Central America There
two Hondurasss One State which belonged to
the former Central American confederation with Gaue-
mas, NicsneuA, Costa Rico, &c. while the other was
the British Honduras Of which Belize was the capital
The Central American provinces had frequently been in
trouble wth each other and thought possible that
Petit civil might have occurred between the State
Of Honduras and one OF her neighbour.
There satisfaction expressed that the authority
asked for the city to purchase Jones Wood Tor park
had passed the Assembly at Albany Strong condemns
ton had teen expressed against the project TO purchase
the vacant lots between the Fifth and Eighth avenr o.,
and between le7th and iosth streets II was aid that
large portion Of this section Of the sand aenuded
at trees rocky, s~smpy and uneven) six eight
months 10 large extent owned by the city but was
sod out last unier for the beneat Of the sinking fund
The proposition under the bill referred TO- would be to
allow the city TO rpurchass sAd property perhaps in
900 per cent advance Several streets had
been opened through At heavy expense, which would
lesen its value Park while Joness Wood. With .
tbcky covered forest Of natural ree having shaded
shore Of the Fast river side and the Third avenue
On the other would require nothing more to make II
into park than TO open walks through IL and rail II In
There still confidence expressed in the safety Of
the steamship Union; and underwriters would hesi-
tate taking new rishs her cargo, reasonable
terms II required The impression seemed TO BE- that
she had probably put back from some flight accident.