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down ths Ohio and Mississippi IL ia those great
bas ms
The tect Of the enlargement Of the Es canal would
be TO place within her grasp the trAo Of extent Of
territory .hich would sf2ri half much .
that .lready passing through her canals.
As the public mind hpd become some what disturbed by
the assertions hat tbs railroads OF this State d
vertipS large portion OF busrsss OF the canals AID
would probably present an increase 10 the sum
oest 10 pay ior The com pleton Of the unfinished WORKS
without resort 10 taxation 1t was considered proper to
carry ont companion between the cost capacity ard
and charges for thereon, which resulted
showing that the aggregate cost Of the Central aud
Ee roads much greater than that OF the enlarged
Erie canal while their capacity -ss than fourth
Is great and that the cost OF rapsp thse
three times that OF this canal and the charges
more than double.
Tls errors OF the statements which we're offered to
prove that rsrod diverted ths business from shs
nsa were exhibited BY showing that the receipts OF the
| canal compared with those Of railroads. under
stated ions half while the railroad Tecoeipts
sno.s vsrs .ssin doubled BY mailing this recsp OF the
rsrosds the standard for comparison ossai OF the
tonnage wbsn the railroad charges we're mos than eou
bic those ON TIE can NJ and that when BY this oomps
son. the proper alleged thus reduced h.
It vas subject further reduction In ,usnos 81
ore than one half OF the freight carried by the railroad
heir ~ character that would prevent II from being
csuisd at all on the oaDsls that more than halt OF
S ua ss asi o or. Una. psraoo o. IN.
clo4<d that OF bs very small remainder ,erJ large
piopston local freight which generally Gull not
bear Me expense OF land transportation TO the CANALS
and finally that the railroads brought very large
cunt OF bssre,s 70 the oApsa far exceeding the
Of all OF the legitimate canal freight which, they
/ carried to market.
In the cortnuaiisn OF this subject II found
ssry 70 apaiyae the prsent brfn-ss OF the chna to
certain the relative proportions Of tbs different kinds
,oppsss and the revspusi derived thererom OF ths
ceps and shipments from various locslues For this
burmese extensive tables have been prepared, which
ibit for the hr time the movement OF the different art
ees nd the % such similar dedu stions from
the tables which have been hitherto published, wac
| shown.
Ths garrison OF ths present busssss with that OF
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the ansportaon of articles which would not have
offered ittsh TO the lis had there parallel rail
roads
3D. That many OF these articles ing pershabls could
not b carried the without serious loss to tho
An That the largest portion Of hs fregnting business
done BY the railroads In question s during that portion
Of The year when the canals are closed BY frost.
Sth That the arg@t portion Of the business
Is the local business Of the roads, which could
the canals without in many cAss increasing the coof
transportation bsJondith value Of the artlalss.
And finally, that the very in question and th,ir
tributaries the Nsi thern bring larger amount
OF freight to the canals than they convey Of its approp
ats busires 10 marlet.
Thsse several positions then sustaines by the sA
ts,ics OF the canals and railroads.
the business BY the canals las. year had been
performed on either Of two roads question their
present charges 1. would have cost tbs people Of the
state thirteen millions Of dollars for It's anspor
tAtion
II the fame rates had been charged the railroads as
the canals the reospn would have been reduced 70
than two millions OF dollars whereas the receip
upon the canals than three times that amount
The iscapscy Of tne present canal and he delays asd
rcrsasec expenses OF navigation upon L. have been the
sause OF divsrtisg large amount OF BUSINESS through
Lake Ontario and the 0sweso canal THIS has materially
Ietucss the amount Of ls COLLECTED Also the tonnage
transported the eastern end of tbs Erie canal
eesu Affected by ,uoh diversion.
The number Of tons carried the canal Ia 1853
.t7 sSs mcv.d AZ average distance Of about two HIM
dred miles while the Of the railroad referred
Was tons msvsd An average distance Of less
than hundred miles
Tables Of the tonnage and value OF the articles trans
ported on the Erie canal and ths Ceotral railroad
ls4S 1852, show ,hs distribution Of the
business upon ths canal and upon the railroad vnsrs
they are contiguous and parallel
The abstract Of these tables sven In the last 70.
port
81 all the articles named In the table, there we're
tHpdpored by the canals 2s57 902 TONS upon the
railroads I43 4 having values OF s21b o3s and
SOL 81 and $l96 81 per ton respective v
By careful inspection Of the table referred to may 30
seen the causes OF the transfer OF the carriage OF freight
10 rart ads running parallel and adj Dining tns state
cabals during the time the former was subjsot 10
the payment OF the tolls - were charged upon the
canals
rhs conclusions are arrived at that those products
and articles which probably transported ovsr
the railroads could not Ia most instances Be- moved
the canal without serious loss TO the produos
md hat the dversioa Of th badness from our nAvga.
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his carried BY the raj which were to Any ex
tent diverted from ths canals
The diminished arouDt Of the tonS Of ysase
from this State transported tns canals dnriug
few years a,crioaoie to the changes taien
Asnufactorie have sprung up In smost every section
which furnished home for these producta
In the counties along the hawk, and elsewhere large
quantities OF -four are now imported whereas formerly
they e1portedit.
The cheaper AID fertils laEds OF the West %
raise grap which the TURNER'S and iancs OF State
purchase with the valuable articles which h.y
can raise and manufacture more chesply By being
ths grain market.
These changes heretofore be msre apparent ia
the New Eogand states than in this State Is bseu
represented that i've mons OF barrels Of our
Sims, charges win con sinue, and will still further re-
Once the amount OF the tonnage OF this Glars Of articles
time continue to increase the tonnage Of other articles
and will also require the Importation OF OF the
cultural products OF the West and thu furnish equva
lent for those products from this State that no
transported on Its canals.
WI -ooAfAiusos or IHs BunsrS Nrw yoRK CANALS
o
The tas,ics Of the trade passns through the chan.
nels which ect the interior with the Atlantic
furrsbtd In tbs reports Of other incs ia convenient
manner TO permit, Of oompa, ison with taoss OF this
State IL has been Necessary therefore, to obtain
a. the results stated from ether sources In some
to arrive 1t the division OF the trade The several
lines by estimates,
From these sources II sppeArs-
lst That the tom age transported upon the st Law
canal fifteen per cent and that ported upon
the canals twer ~ three per cent Of that
transported pom the New York canals.
and That the tornag arriving at tide water blythe ST.
Lawrence canal fifteen Per cent and that by the Penn
sana canals Ia tweDry i've per cent Of that arriving b.
the New York canals.
Sd. Tost the tonnsge from the Western States passing
through the St LAvrerc canal and that passing
the Pesnsyivania canals per cent Of that
paitirE through the New York canals
sth That the tonnage frcn the Atlantic destined for
the Westefp States By the way OF the St lawrence canal
thirtsen Fer cent and BY the way OF the
canals twenty per cent Of that BY the way OF the New
York canals.
sth That the whole tonnage ofths New York Northern
railroad siz per eeat OF the New York Cestral nins
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Mines and Mining.

MONDAY, January 23-6 P. n.
Gold Hill the most active stock at to days Mining
Board Besides the sales street and ct the Stock
Exchange some ssvep hundred and atty shares changed
hands ~ Ga to 3h. Parker Vein remains 1t 6h, and
Ulster stlI Phoenix shows . slight rising tendency.
Tolteo and Ripley sold for quotations The bids at
the mining board were numerous ~ usual Lshgh
was offered vt 2 az bid; North Carolina At s. AZ bid;
Fulton At *, Ix bid; Mineral 1t 4oo a0c bid Dolly
Hide at g. TX bid; Lindsay At Sos., TO, bid; Conrad
Hill at ~ 70c bid; Rutherford Gold at r. 72c. bidi
Tho Boston Copper held At prices not materially deS
emit from thoes Of Saturday Minnesota, OK. div wau
Offered at 1T; Copper Falls At o.; North American al
TO- Toltec At l3h Douglas Houghton 1t b; lsie HoyAN
It "a: Ripley At a; Windsor ., 8; TO-
Adyces from the Rutherford stale that on the day fol
lowing the date Of the letter he machinery would b u
full working older and sold ud soon BIO turned out
The Gardiner crushing machine company have been
maxim experiments up some ore from the SaIdlncS
mines Virginia, and express themselves ssuInsd ooW
with the ore nd the crnphsr In the last OF permsnt
50 dpt of gold extracted from SEQ lbs OF quarts
The DOW der into which hs ia reduced ID inner tnA0
that produced by any machine We have seen M Lowell
Holbroek has again Presidency Of the Cu
tends for the future the agent for the sale q
the coal. It is said that Mr.. Hobr oks Presidency WY
not be Of long duration.
MINING BOARD, JAN. ~.
leo shs p onix Gold. s0sns Ripley. H 900.
zoo Ulster Lead Co.: >. IN 200 Gold Ill.,. boo s
80 Parker Coal. On
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ever seroualy injured having escaped with few bruises
sons Of his friends who we're trying 10 him. after
much difficulty, got him into wagon whom he made
very low obeaDce 10 the crowd for the Avors which
had 10 hvshly bestowed upon him One Of the women,
determined that he should not leave them without
token Of remembrance after him, and In her attempts
vhsn he considerably bruised about the shoulders
Hts father has not been visited with sueh marks Of their
enmy but II Ia impossible 10 say what would have been
his fate II he had got into sueh crowd There s sum
that assembly would not Be- particularly gratifying 10 his
feelings This morning his enigy dangling from
one Of the Tree. in the public with the following
significant interruption written under IT.
Tho father Of the guags law
ais paternity In this am afraid win be the
Of mueh serious annoyance and trouble to him hereafter
'w hencsorh b too hot to hold any Of her citizens
who have been In favor Of the four foot track Two
monthI-two long weary monthshAve elapsed since
the difficulty commenced and much feeling exists up.
certainly becoming tired Of IT, they their business
Is neglected and that while the exotic continues 1t
impossible to get the people to turn their attention to
the more serious concerns Of Life. II would be well in
deed Ers tbs only place that suffered BY the i'm
prudence Of her people, but the whole business and
east Of her for many hundred miles paraysod and
nat. quarrel between her and the Northeast and Erie Rail
road Company am tod 1t has arously affected the
stock the Erie road that 1t be bought at for
81 cents the dollar while six months ago the
material damage In the way, and the travel the
New York and Erie and the Central roads, has been
considerably reduced the act repeating the charter
Of the Frank Canal Company should pass the lesisa
ture of this ate-a and believe contrary to my sxpeo-
tatisns, has already passed second reading-its ter
mix us win be located 1t the lrbor Of Erie This the
done. In this event there must be break here and
they will have ,hieved the object for which hey have
been cohtsndDg long, and to which they have
raised the feeling q the whole country against them
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EGRAPHIC.
THE RELEASE OF THE RIOTERS.

PITTsBuRG, NJ nday, Jan. %, 1854
ketfr Shsrwin, Jacks Kirkpatrick, and Fitzpatrick,
who prisoned the 9th inst for onempt have
to-day been discharged BY Judge Irwin on their recog
ns, for oo each to make their appearance the
second Monday Of Nay, to answer for the offence, and
meanwhile to observe the cion The Erians address
NEE ting her this evening
ERIE, Jan. %, 1854
There great rejoicing here in consequence Of the dis
charge Of Mr. XII lpatrick aad his associates
AL is quiet here At present 1t Ia understood that the
Marshal will be here to morrow to commence rebuilding
the railroad BRIDGES in which we shall probably
have another exciting time
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DcIeese... ~ Inc.. ~ LEO. .Z76
CORN There we're 900 packages Java brought .
13c. Per h.
CoiroH Was quiet but firm The days sales eoeGists
OF $50 balos, ~ ooMFor export loS; homo use 207;
and on speculation IA bales.
FRnorrs--Wns unsettled by the foreign ssws, an0
higher rates demanded. We noticed o snngsms1t a
1900 bushels OF corn In bulk, for Liverpool, st la.
OF wheat we're checked BY the scarcity Of the srcs Foe
aour $s <s Cd. asked Some 200 or 300 bales cot
ton we're engaged, 1T 3D. and 600 bbk rostn Md "a
be II about A.. To Havre nour was st e6s and whsA1
California rates varied BY clippers from Co., Co., PEI
foot Measurement.
FHtn-The enhanced prizes asked BY ovnsrs Of rasias
impedsd busners In such There have been 80 bAle0
H1Y.--ws heard that 600 bales river changed hasda
1T Saturdays quotations.
lsos.-scoteh pig was In request at 30, six montha
rertop.
NAVAL sToRIs -Rosn, tar and crude turpsntins vsro
unalsered sass OF 700 bbs spirits turpsntiss kans.
ons-we have nothing new to report In whsIa spsrn,
prices.
Provisions Pork moved TO the extent Of 80 bsb 81
VIC 81 $l4 70 for new mess; SI3 21H for old d.;
sl2 70 TOR prince and sl1 So s1 Is Tor old d. p
H. Cutmsats varied little. Some $50 pkgs hrd bsoughe
eAe 100 per ID. The Gales Of beef rsaeAsd 40 bbi
81 unaltsssd rates. Butter AID cheese appeared sbo
the same
q go t.'ss; Es0d TO primo v' r''s
sudARs-Tls days operations smbrsssd 10 lnAdA o.
bs at AZ 4ko; 80 TEXAS private terms; 10 hhda
New Orleans slightly damaged (Sy suctioa, at sic
lTc and AGO cases yellow Havana, also b auction 81
ToR.ooo -Abou, 60 Florida found buysss q %
4Jo per To-
ehAAsa ~ ~ ~ ess gASA.
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ARREST OF A MURDERKR.--A young man named
Cooke has BET arrested In Richmond Va, . charge
OF MURDER 1t will b remembered that Cooke, In 1851,
1t Holly Springs Ass, shot young man named William
b Ssnderkon. The arrest made by Mr.. James Reid,
Waterman IN Richmond who received Information from
his brotber that Coeke coming toward Richmond. He
bad been for weeks In the Setghborhood Of Falling
The eircumstanoes Of the are, understand,
folows-Sons time In 1851 Cooke was eOgsged r. b
married to young lady 81 Bolly Spripgs Mississippi
Sapdson being most Intimate friend he requested him
to aidie this young lady hmsef merely 70 ssst her
accepted aud they married In about twenty MIN
utes after the oonsummation Of the ceremony, Cooke
ssktd SaDderron to step out into the street With him
minute. Having gone little distance from the house.
Cooke drew pistol from his pocket and shot Sandersou
dead-the ball STRIKING just above the mouth. Cooke
his escape The Governor offered 5000 reward for
his arrest and the relations Of SAnderson, $780, We
understand that M Cooke say he has bsen residing In
Cuba
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The Bedini Troubles In Cincinnati.
EXAMINATION OF THE POLICE-BINDING THEM OWE

EXAMINATION OF THE POLICE-BINDINd THEM OVER
FOR TRIAL.
On the Goth inst after eleven days nd btsn consumed
In the e1amp alton of the Cincinnati police, for alleged
riot and assault upon tie German Freemen OF that city
Justice Chidsey gave the following ieoision =
We have listened patiently and with interest, to the
testimony In the and the very able arguments Of
counsel both sides This Is the eleventh day since the
investigation commenced 1t has been charac rized BY
conn'elas Of the most deeply important trials that
has taken place In our city and think justly
escape investigation and punii hment in . government
like Ibave earnestly considered all the authorities
presented by the learned counsel for he defence and
have examined such others have been within my REACH
having in view, throughout, the humane maxim quoted
BY Mr. Smith, but have been able only to satisfy myself
that the onscientious performance Of my duty
smAng Court requires to hold the dfendants to BAIL
to the charge before = higher tribunal will not
enter into any discussion Of the amount Of force ustAa
BILE In making any legal arrest unto the morality and
propriety Of Sunday professions and egy burninys but
will only say that force and violence in making arrests
should only be reorted to in Of extreme esessy
vate taste and judgment against all Sunday PROOFS
stops and particularly such that which
Afforded . pretext for the high crimes committed on
Christmas night We salts fed that some among the
defendants much less culpable than others but In
the eye Of the law all stand alike In far call
ed upon to administer it. and hence all must be held.
In therefore requested that the defendants give bail for
their appearance before the criminal Of this county
to answer the charge Of rs N the Ut three hsndfsd
dellass texA.
including Judge spoonsr and Captain Lukeps there
sixty tn 60 defendants ~ Of whom gave the required
bail and the court Adjourned.
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FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.


MONDAY, Jan. 28-6 P. N.
Al the opening of the board this morning stocks
dull and quotations ruled fraction below those current
1t the close Of the market Saturday. Before the i'd
tournament prices sshtly improved and better feeling
prevailed. The appearance Of things in Wall street at
present rather dseoursgDs to holders Of fancy stocks
We must admit that the bears have matters their
way than the bulls and that the differences In their
favor accommodating, in the shape interest in
other way; bat the bulls must console themselves vita
the fact that prices have been wonderfully susta ned
der the crcumsances that thu bears have made great
efforts TO cepress the Market and that the Of
events generally calculated to ntain duh state Of
things At ths Stock Exchange without producing actually
any very unfortunate results. In the absence of
active demand for stocks, IL Is extraordinary that
prices have rot become deprecated. Thsy
have been sustained entirely upon the strength OF
holders Had not the nsies been very strong hands
should have long before this lower rang In the
market than that realized last August; but In
dicatioa ut present Of hok giving war. Ne win
sell stocks at current rates unless absolutely compelled
10, and there appears 10 be want of to hold
The money market is daily getting easier, and there
now no moro demand than is easily supplied. The banks
do not vary much from week 10 their line Of dis
counts Wat changes de occur are Of favorable char
aser and there s very little probability Of any great
rapid contraction nar to that resosted to By
institutions last August and September Tic only cloud
In our financial and commercial horizon L. the disturbed
state OF Europe. But for the political difficulties exist
Ing on the other side OF the Atlantic which threatens
involve every natos OF any importance, We should At
this moment be In the most active state Of progress AMI
expansion 1t may be for the good Of all that events
have occurred of sufficient Importance to act ~ check
10 the rapid extension Of public and private credit on both
ndes Of the Atlantic.
Quotations rent at the nrst board to day compared
With those ruling At the close OF the market ON Saturday
ahow decline In Nicaragua Transit Of per espt Cam.
ber'snd Coal Y; New York Central Railroad, VI Erie
Railroad, " essipg Railroad Z Hadson River Railroad,
y; miAo's Central Bonds advanced " At the ssoosd
board some OF the leading Ancies improved ,tion
Nicaragua went up = per cent; Coli HUI, 4; Enc
Railroad, -; Harlem, y. The market closed with "a
upward tendency.
After the adjournment Of the board the following sales
Of stocks were made as auction by A. Fl. Nicolay;-
81. 600 Lyons Iowa Central Railroad Lat u,ort - 20
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CITY TRADE REPORT.

Aspys Thar. vare M bbs A. ~ az ~ ns.,Is - sx
~ Sor n,,, nar Inn il. - S~~-'' ~~S ~
rrs-Flour auripa the foreuoop ~. IN Al,
d,msnd At 6bc snnc nss Mi tish.r ~. arhs~
cns nilv rhsn the tr.nso-.d .r,.rs.a
hscsms ssasr 10 ss.nrs a. n,uas "a ~, $500 y. A. M
Je, nsta o trs,hss 1920 p, 49,. 80, :, ~. -. ~" .y
Mi rThn. tI; A.. D, Nv, o - a. ~. -. ~ 80 49, -
enr.ls r..ryr e. - ~. III ~. ,asspn 49, :. ILL.,
~ o. non Nj. 49,, - ~ 80. - -. - ~. CO. =. -
"a ~. MID ~ 49, ~ w..,a ~ uIT 49,. y
a.hs, 1870 ~ nronors;g 80 ,a. thssSh d,
SaBcnt ~ hts,n aorr..t ,,st y sn-.Snt 49, :.
tha e1c;,smsrt -bi.h n,as,,.d p.scr. - s ~
scconnts wsre nnhiish.S 0ao MI N,.S..n I.
hond w.rs nro.nrsd a. "a Ss1 xstsr-.,d. .hss
dsscyintsnn d,.srnns,.a t.r az u.,hst ~. &c.
NOT vfbinr 10 IN n asntn. AZ sYt,svsssnt nricsa
The d,,js moyeasnts in Snntbsrn rsachsd 000 Nil
closing With mIed to atra,sht hrands Al "a Al Y So
snS o,h.r srds ~ rro,,,toasta rst.s. a.. 800 -
anu oneI hhus ~ pfopuopste rAtes-S fso slnse -
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The Bank Of the State Of Missouri has declared semi
annual dividend Of osat bssdes placing psr osut
TO ihs credit ofths contingent und The nst profits Of the
and A Eve branohesfos twelve months
tee In the essts to sass 49, Out Of there net
ings The directors have. required BY the chartsr ap
propratsd 10 to the contingent fund Of the bank
being ons FER cent upcn the capital sock or sssb
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The earnings Of the road for the months Of Nay Juns
and July received by the former companies During
that period, and while the consolidation being per
feced and even Aferward large expenditures made
forrepArs portions Of the line, and in renewing the
track where the rais had been out In equpping
the whol line and in various other wAysi found ndis
peAAble TO put the road In efficient working These
were extraordinary expenses.
Tho amount charged to account has thus been
much larger than II otherwise would have been, and
larger, proportionately, than 1t will DO hereafter.
The steamship Niagara, at Halifax from Liverpool,
brings days later inte lgsnos from Europe Com
msroaly the news is favorable financially unfavorAsls,
and politically interesting and important speculative
movement had commenced In breadstus and prices had
advanced materially Quite excitement prevailed, and
doubt is entertained but that the eat will be
sustained Quotations for cotton had also advanced with
transactions to extent Advices from tho ssat Of
had depressed the market value Of stock securities
Consols had declined about per cent and appeared
to DO the general impression that any effort made TO pro-
vent general throughout Europe wo aid prove
Availipg Nothing decisive, however, had taken phase
and al sorts Of aaoat We shall not get the
NIsgaras mail until Tuesday night and must wait until
then for details Of the The effect of the telegra
PHO accounts from the Niagara upon market for
brssdstus highly favorable Transactions In -four
made TO some extent Ut an ADVANCE ~ will be seen
BY our market rep ,rt In another column
The following table will show the amount of Uaied
States stocks redeemed 1t the Treasury Department,
during the week ending Saturday, and the amount
the public dot outstanding -
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Ordinary and mddug cotton is confirmed at the pre-
vious quotations Mddlng fair upland, Florida and No
bile Is advanced 1sc and fair upland 10 others con.