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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-01-30
CITY TRADE REPORT.

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ArHpz The marks, uas aus. r.l.. ~ ID 10 40 raj,
Dot. Yer. NAL. =, 90 - 4 a. rs psad. ser. nogla.i
al a. Is
HHYspsrryyr -YIonr--Tl.r. -, III, ba.i,... Adm.
and ID. marsst eIose raihsr better Tor roDi oonmo.
brand. ofsa,. sloot 260 bb, an -hish ..r. ..s., -
sspsr, !, .ssu, Is n M. .sl.. ta,d ss 49,, 90
~. ineias, e.ng,p a. ,,.9 "a s,.l :,
a. III a. "a Common 10 yoaa Weir, a. a. . 40 =,
ira Ohio 90 30 a tIO IA ANAL lot. C.aadi.a 49,,
.aa ~ a. fb 40 In hand sal a. "a . 40 IA Ia,Ias-s
M n. atoy. ..ye 40 nj, s..th.rn a. "a ,1 A. m
for inferior 20 eLoae. And 81 % "a sio "a for 49,
and srtra nv. nog,-sa.s 81 100 bhls IA. v,,. 80
st17 gt Ns.l vks aist Al ~ az a., .,s.y ana Al an
for rrapsywps ms marc, s.,,,~s ,.,.h.
,ers vhiS .ales -sr. a, al s,e., $1,000,
tornJb. sas embraced stoa, Is OS,J u n GO ha.h
els neluaing pesri White sH,hs,n =, 80 .aa grs h.,
J.rssy yslLss AMI gls for damaged H,s-s.i.. -
Coobushsls Jersey vsr. tns4s4 AL m 10 b.,.J,..,
Western and Chicago we're scare sss hxh.r t~la~ a
500 ole Bsrisy and nal, ysrs sotuln.l
Gown he sales induced 90 bag. RIO At 9ks =
lO< 200 u.is Ia, - 10, 80 i01.... "A, ru,-.
C,,y,. ~. t,.,, -, ...,.t..s -. -.
700 baLs eloslsy Al asgt ths foIIo-lax aao,n,.a. -
Mailing upl.nas s4e asr.e yIsriaA DO " n,,a.
DO sLs ana T..A,.nd Ne. o,l..., aI9 -. -.
% We. Orls.s. % ihs narss, ssa sny s,s.iI l., =
Sablle. In s1o,. 49,. hlyh., 80. 49, s<,a.,.s
Fsnag-y -Enyavsm-n,s yer. roi.r.,. - ,.s.. -,
changed. To DrupooI 500 his nsur we've ,.tss :, i.
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permitted by it, charter Therefore there u NO ain Guilty
nd,sn sss Emit q sss y
(his agen TO- execute for him, and in his NAME three
notes. thousand dollars each Altar the agent has
nsy, snppresses the fact that the power delegated
Ia. been exhausted, continues to issue 81 900
The s s 81 ,o :as
regards the principal, NO matter how much innocent
persons may have been Injured They dealt with an
they took the note that the agent then had the
power to give tthst he hsd exhausted the power
the Parker Vein Coal Company contains all the power
and authority that be exercised by stockholders d.
rectors or officers and Il may be deemed their written
power of attorney. Such charter Ia the law Of
the land, and all persons bound to know
II ignorance OF the law is NO excuse even
the company had only 900 900 OF capital stock and
that her officers could Issue only thirty thousand shares
Of 500 each and When they stock they did
at their peril and should have ascertained whether he
had exhausted his power II may be that the 50 900
stock Of this company, much Of it. is held by original
subscribers who paid par value for IT, as an investment
for the honest purpose Of having this mines worked for
the benefit OF the community, relying upon the income
from the business compensate them for their invest
mont; and II may be that the funds of infants lunatc
and the insane thus invested Would 1t be Just TO
compel persons who have thus invested 50 900 to
stock to the ostepsibe amount Of $l2 00O when
there no probability they have paid any such amount
ts tS. mus
they have their remedy against the who deaud
ed them in which they would not the face
of the false certificate but only the they gave
for it, The one hundred and twenty thousand false certi
fcates purportng to represent 000 cannot be
evidence of the ownership Of stock they witnesses to
prove the amount Of stock issued and TO whom it be-
longs Should the BOOKS be opened for the transfer
Of STOCK these hundred and twenty thousand raudu
lent certfcates-falss witnssses-coud be indscrmi-
natey, with the thirty thousand genuine certificates,
greatly confuse the evidence in relation to both sets OF
certificates and cause 1t to be difficult to trace the
false certificates and to between the genu
inc and the spurious and would enable holders OF the
false certificates with greater facility to put them in
circulation and deceive the ignorant and confding
The evidence Of these respective claims should be lett
IS 1t now stands Parties should receive aid from
the courts In the manufacture of evidence to assist
them In the investigation that must follow; neither
should the public be further exposed to pecunary injury
from transfers Of these fraudulent certificates Order
Of special term should be affirmed, and mandamus de.
MED, with costs.
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THE GALE AT RocKLANp,

THE GALE AT RocKLAsD, MArSE.-Thq Ga=stte
estimates the loss by the gale and high tide at RocSani
on the 10th at 32o,oo The damage to the four lime
sheds, wharye, and klns just TO the west Of the rail
way, and owned by ID. G. Haskell, W at H. Mcintosh
N. H. Thurlo and G. Morrill, IL set down 81 500 Their
wbarves partly carried away and the Inns sheds
completely demolished. The wharf OF Messv. Farwe 4
Crockett Crocketts Point, swept away and their
lime sheds in good part demolished that their loss Is
about $1,000 George wggin Sustained BY loss Of
lime and injury TO his lime shed, the steam boat
wharf a carnage Of about 81 000 and the steam oat
what itself and other property owned by the company
was injured 10 about 40 equal amount. y A. Mans
fields loss wharf lime sheds coal, &c given
81 800. The Marine Railway Company sustains pss of
5000. The following persons lost In various ways pro
perry 10 about the amount set against their names
Mr.. simmons $500, principally In lmeD Iarkn sno1's
loss, $3.50. About t125 worth OF wood, belonging 10
benevolent society, piled his wharf and swept
away. Boynton Haskell, 800; Harden White Co,
500 Samuel Pillsbury, $500 W. A. Farnsworth,
wharf lime, &c } 5000 Thomas Lothrop. $500, Steam
Min wharf, 5000; folman Ames wood. s75; Harvey,
Spear 4 Co, si7s; Rankin's wharf. kiln. and wood,
$780, Charles Crockett, wharf, wood and lime $500;
Joseph Hewett wharf and line 800: H. n j. Gregory
(sbed and wood $500; Andrews, wharf &c y $500;
Joseph Achorn, wharf and ship knec-) $500 Bird
Co, (shsd and hme,) $500; Cephss starratt, (whsr)
500. No serious damage done 70 any o. the ship
ping.
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The CANAL RIorBRs.-On Saturday morning, the
men arrested Tor riot and preventing laborers from pur
suing Their work the enlarged canal Of the city
were brought mp for examination. After hearing the
testimony, twelve Of the twenty were held for
trial, and In default Of bail we're sent 10 jail Their
names are Patrick Clancy. Andrew Doyle, Thomas Cali
gan, Patrick o Brien Jere Murphy, James Kelley Pat.
rick Mcmahon, Patrick Brophy James Hogan Thomas
Murphy. James Harrison, and John Barnes. The rest
who were not identified among those taking part 10
the unlawful proceedngs discharged after recev.
ing short lecture the unawfuiness OF Interfering
with men who were disposed TO work They we're told
that u their right TO refuse 70 for the wages Of
fered, II they thought them insu oiept but Whenever
they attempted 70 interfere with others who accepted
employment, and drove them from their work. they
committing offence again the laws which would We
severely punished some o. tho.> Committed for trial
appeared subdusd by the rigorous adopted but
few we're stili ubborn and sullen. One o. the m
young fellow had an appearance Of and good
temper which was scarcely "a be expected In p@rson
placed under these Democrat
Jan 90
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Supreme Court-Circu nit.
Pefor. Hon Judge Mitchell.

ACTION AGAINST COMMON CARRIERS.
JAN. 29-Richdrd d Miller rs Ed,odrd H. Liver
more and others.-This was action brought by the
plaintiffs against the defendants their agents. who
are associated under the style Of Lock port Canal line
boats, as common carriers. 10 recover the Of
Sis &C. for damages to a boz OF jewsry shipped on
board the defendants line The plain ts aege Ia their
complaint that the goth June 1853 they caused to
be delivered 10 the defendants box Of jewery CON
sisns OF eardrops, finger rings watch chains &c. 70
be transported from Buffalo % this city and that said
box OF ewery through the carelessness and neggen
Of the defendants, was greatly injured and damaged
The defendants In their answer deny that they were
guilty Of any caresspess negligence and that the
box OF ewery greatly damaged but that the injury
happened before the delivery 20 them and was occa-
stoned BY improper packing. Tbs jury found a verdict
for the plaintiffs for tls3 So the granted an
allowance Of ten per cent.
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Theatres aud Exhib,tloas.

BROADWAY IHArRE-Still the grand operatic specta.
nounced again for this evening vita the amusing
of the "Omnibus Miss L. Pyns's rendering Of the
new aria 1.-THE skyarx" is in itself worth the price OF
admission. We hope soon TO hear her In u round OF
those fAvote operas In which she gained the esteem OF
the New York musical public.
BowKRY TnRArRg. G c. Charles, the Irish come.
dian, and Miss NJ A. Charles the American come ienns
very successful last evening They are :ed
to appear to night, In the drama OF "Shandy Magure
and the laughabie extravaganza Of conc GAL" The
Boyp-Mr. Charles Paddy Miles. Professor n Farland
will ascend from stage to gallery single wire.
BuRros's THEATRE The great OF the new
American comedy called "0or Set, the Vacant Con
sulship induces ths management to contnus its repre-
sentaton-Messrs. Burton, Jordan Marchant Mrs
Hughes and Miss Raymond In the prn ,ipal chs
Maid, Wife aud Mother" will terminate the amuse
ments. Burton, Johnston, Jordan and Miss Raymond
will appear.
wALLAck's THKArRx-Ths second representation OF
Morton's fine comedy OF "Town and Country;p Mr..
Lester as Reuben Genroy, Blake Cosey, Brougham
Trot Bland as Capt. Gienroy, Miss Rosa Bennett as
s1d a Hes C. Hon 1 .oaaS.
amusenents. Lester, Br,ugham and Mrs stevens in
the principal characters.
AMERICAN MUsruM-lhe afternoon performances con
sis Of the melodrama OF Te Evil Eye,n and the
ing piece called "Quite at Home.o In the evening,
Shaktpeares tragedy OF ''Macset nh with Mr. J. r
scott as Macbeth, C. w. Clarke Macdud Hadaway as
the First WITCH and Miss Messenger the First Sing
Witch.
ClRcus-MyIRoPoiITAS THEArHx-ssnds and Nathans'
double company ofequestrians appear 10. night In great
variety Of pleasing iests in the ring
WooDs MIssrRKIs announce negro melodies, solos
instrumental dancing and the bure-que called 'Robert
Male Airs"
BrcEIEy's SEREsADLRs.-This company continue 70
give their burlesque operas with great success They
give a rich entertainment 10 night.
Horn Ethiopian opera troup e are
giving very amusing negro entertainments every evening
at Hope Chapel.
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The WRECKED PASSENGERS OF THE PROPELLER
WI11sonYrLsD.-h viii be remembered that the pro-
peler Westmoreland lost In the early part OF this
winter on lake Michigan. The captain and tvo ladies'
were left on the beach, where they landed from the
boats the rest OF the party having gene part OF them
70 south hanou, and the others Nasee and thence
to Racine After wait for two three days for the
return a the party who had gone 10 Manltou the cap
tan escorted the two ladies' 20 point fifteen miles north
OF pst River where the wrecked mariners came ashore
and left them for the winter with man PANIED Fbh,r
who IL there building wood dock. Then taxing their
words 81 tdings 10 their friends and bidding them fare
veil the captain started his forlorn Journey 90 yards
civilization. The road vas long, and the prospect
gloomy but with the hope and energy Of true Yankes
tar he proceeded Travelling by day aud seek M by
night such shelter ~ the woods Afforded be pausd hs
lonely course for six days and nights A. the end %
That time his eyes greeted With the view Of buS-
ipgs At Grand Haven and there tired, hungry but stu
l.ny be obtained food and rest Ne arrived o, Baf.
sio on The 18th Inst The ladies', whose names
ssry and Taylor are both unmsisd and their prospect
ior REMAINING unmarried III spring 10 good. Ona Of
tfsm klongs In Boston. and toe other In this city.
wren The spsss tkavr them out their friscds oil ~
- fts g0s f~sr4ss 70.
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TO oomplets the calendar year. and ths aggregate y
81 ass, $50 90. Tho capital stock Of the compsnyb
4,ss5 III, Of which sl6l 400 II owned By che esmr
pany The debt u ess, 500 In bonds, aud 80 l8l u
bills payable. Including the dividend declared. bue
not paid. st the time Of making up tho ststemeas.
the entire indebtedness Of tho company u t37l,l2I.
The total cost Of the read and assists has beea
ISL 0.536 H. In which Ia included city and county
bonds. railroad stock. bills receivable. cash, &C.. 3D.
to the amount Of t62 02 The assets not needed for
the operations Of the company are much moro than
enough to pay on the entire indebtedness.
The Troy and Greenfield Railroad Company hsve
awaited themselves Of the State loan OF Msssacha-
sets OF 81 600 and have put under contra ), ~
entire line Of their road orty two mcs) including
the tunnel through the Hoosas mountain which u
four miles and q halr long. Mr.. Edward W. Serreis.
OF this city, takes AL the work together at bstweea
500 900 and 81 900 000 Hs snrcties for the PER.
Torrance Of the work were accepted by the coups-
ny last week. The work In 70 be paid for In the
bonds oftbe State OF Massachusetts and cash SUI
scriptions.
Tho earnings Of the Morris Canal for the year ending
December 81 1854, amounted To. s2t6 ATT 81
FOR inc year '''.''.''...'.''.,... lssso7 %
Increase in 1884. $50, $40 70
The coal operators OF wilkesbarre have hsd .
prices Of coal and the rates OF freight the
These ates are not to be deviated from for thrcs
mcnths, or until the next meeting. The rates d
freight are considerably below those Of last year.
The Philadelphia Ledger s,ys:--
The Legislature having authorized the managers Of the
Reading Railroad Company TO subscribe To tn. capital
stock Of the Lebanon Valley Railroad after careful
animation and deemed II their duty AvaM
Themselves OF the authority conferred and accordingly
have subscribed 10 900 shares $500 00o OF which
bali has been paid Tho managers stats that they
consider the Lebanon Valley road aa work Of immense
importance to their company This road IL In
length b2L miles IL opens n direct munic alton
through from Reading 10 Harrisburg, connecting with
passes through valley and country Of the richest IN
agricultural and mineral resources Of this common-
wealth II has easy grades, light curvature, attended
with comparatively little expense.
II strikes US very forcibly that the Reading Ran
road Company had better pay on its floating debt be-
fore subscribing 10 the stock OF other roads IL
subscription 10 the Sunbury and Erie Railroad would
have been sufficient b have convinced man with
even an ordinary amount Of common senss Of the
folly and cost Of such loans Of credit but the mana
gers Of ths Reading road appear to have desire b
involve their stockholders In all sorts Of unpeo-
ductivs and extravagxnt schemes, and then compel
them 70 pay their own dividends. dividend -
stock Is no moro or less than taking money oas q
enc pocket b pay II into the other.
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In ths hands Of the brokers. Thsrs oan be but one
result 70 this artificial imitation. Il u ~ unnatural
a. II u absurd In the face Of the recent devslope
ments made in the Affairs Of Ill our Leading railroad
companies. Outsiders have learned very valuable
Lesson, and they have paid dearly for H. II has
learned them TO lot fancy railroad stocks alone, and
II win be long time before they win forget the
way they have been bled during the past six
months
II Is understood that one Of fancy railroads IL
about to cut down the par value Of It's shares. This
is one step In tho direction towards honesty and
plain dealing. As general rule, railroad corpora
tons are ready enough TO increase the amount
their capital stock on every plausible prctex;, bus
few have the moral courage or the common honesty
TO cut down the nominal value Of their SHARES when
their market, and still more their intrirsc value,
has become greatly deteriorated. But when, by
fraud or Encouragement, railroad has come to be
ntrinsically worth less than so or % cents dol
lar, and resembles cheese, the inside Of viii, has
been mostly eaten out by rats leaving only the rind
behind, az II In mockery, then II becomes the duty
OF tie president and directors of such rotten cor.
poraton to make the facts public that the stock.
holders may know that they poor instead OF rich
and that innocent parties may not be entrapped by
any such outside show Of value to invest their
money inwhat has not half the worth II prttends to
There are plenty Of weak minded persons OF small
means In the community, who, seeing shares OF 80.
called respectable corporate property selling at avery
great diacc unit, who will, on this very account. buy
them, vsinly thinking In the case Of the Parker
Vein Coal Company, that with nominal par value
Of 800, they must certainly be worth five ten or
twenty dollars The cutting down OF the shares Of
our railroads which are known TO have been Schuy.
lerized or shaved to the amount OF half or three
quarters their original capital, 10 point fairly cor
responding to their actual value, that is, to one
that would probably enable them TO pay Is much
rs seven per cent per annum in dividends, would do
more to improve the morality and save the money
Of this community, than all the laws sgains. gam
bling statute books, or against stock specu.
lstions, the Legislature may enact.
At the second board Erie fell Off per cent, and
closed very heavy; Hudson Railroad, 1. Cumbcr-
land was In demand at advance of per cent, and
the purchases were principally for cash.
After the adjournment Of the board, the following
sale Of bonds and stocks we're made at auction by A.
II. Nicolay:-
IS 600 ~ York and New Haven RR,, Int. added ssx
70, 0o0 Green Bay, NIL Chic RR, S. int add. SO s5Z
10000 Ohio Mssissppi RR, I'd mtg int. aede SO
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sense Of he stute OF is4o insovsnt and TO appoint
Tsos,:s q M property sni sa; sa IN. Un,s:S States
viduals have been nominated 20 discharge the trust
A no mere personal obligation can BE- equal TO the
Lion Of dollars pledged security BY the Trust Compa
N.Y. and % that institution has BEEN created by law
snsh feel no
between the nominees. Private preferences in
this In most other judicial acts must yield to public
considerstions No man, and the counsel Of no man,
has right to complain that he his particular friend
not appointed receiver, especially whore the assets
in these bank TO be entrusted his responsibility
counted not by tens but by hundreds Of thousands
There absent parties interested well those who
are present-minors, too az well a. adults and those
who rely, and have right 10 rely, exclusively and
without professional intervention, on the care and
vigilance and unbiased Judgment Of the court / make
these remarks not much with reference anything
that has occurred in these immediate proceedings as
with reference TO incidents In the action of kin
dred institution lately before me- In that the in
dvdual bond OF the applicant fortified by three suretes
In the penalty OF $50 000 rendered conue .ton
With the request OF several creditors aud stockholders
all sufficient and undenia BILE basis for the appoint
ment and no other creditors stockholders, It was
said, objected TO the nomination But public notice
had been given, and for aught that appears large
considered had knowledge of the proceeding. This
bond was accompanied by the afdavits not of the prn
be worth, $50 000 and the others each Sl5 900,
and above all debts and liasilities. One
Of the two last however whose name before me in
list Of the assets OF another bankrupt institution ap
peared to be defaulter In the shape OF overdraft to
the amount Of from TO two hundred thousand dol
lars And the gentleman subseq uently proposed as
substitute in his pla w. although ustfying Ia the sum
Of $50 600 In real and easehod estate added by imp
cation that the property subject to incumbrsnces
thereon, and that this in his opinion, its value
" over and above them. II suggested, in answer
to these objections that clause should be inserted in
the order directing the receiver from time TO time TO
deposit all OF 81, 900 and upwards In the Trust
Company. But what additional safeguard Is there in
such provisionS Does not every order appointing
receiver contain by implication II not expressly, d.
rection that all the funds when collected shall be kept
in safe depository The law in requiring, it
does proper security" from receiver in these cases.
that although directed he may do his duty
and it s only such contingency that security Ia OF
any Importance And 1t dspenses with this pre- requi
site, in the Of the appointment Of the Trust Com
pany only because s whole capital stock, property
and effects by law made absolutely liable for such
deposits In preference" to all other liabilities like
order must therefore, be entered in this Ito bs
drawn up and submitted for settlement in that OF
the Knckerbocker and Suffolk banks.
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The First Locomotive In the United states.
10 rHH EDrroR or THE HnALp. T.

correspondent. in giving the biography Of the Nc.
Es" the pioneer locomotive Of ne United states, !"
says In the HERALD Of this morning that shs orgi-
nally purchased in Liverpool by Mess Rogers Ketch-
um Grosvenor for model, and that shs afterwards
between Paterson and Jersey City In 1928. II the
Hrst successful locomotive viz stephenson's Rocket
won the ESQ prize on the Liverpool and Manchester
railroad In October 1873 aud II aue boiler locomo-
tives (of which class the Rocket the prototype
ever successfully or perhaps, mt ALL In tho United
States till after the test Of the Rocket" then the
McNeill cannot be antiquated a. your correspon
dent might suppose. Besides, in the Athsneum at Hart
ford there Is picture representing "the arst train OF
that ever ran In tho United States Mohawk and
Hudson railrosd 1922 Similar pioneer locomotives
did not probably operate the three aforesaid railroads
In the same year When did the arst locomotive appear
in the United States A. L H0LI.EY.
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The lAss rtturns, compared with thoss prrviousiy
made. show an increase In the line Of dlscoun. o.
% 2os $50; In specie t32j .l51; In deposits tlss CO.,
and deereaxe In circulation u t5i So. Tho In
crease In specie has no, been near 90 large a anti
cipatsd. kuch disappointment vas exhibited In
the street when II became known that toe incrssss
would BE- less than half . million Of d,la~. The
general impression was that the banks would show
resry eighteen millions. The arrivals have been
large enough 70 give them thai rum. bu, 81 aypsars
there ouils< no, visible oot.ide a. tie banks.
Tbs Inorsse In Discounts mus, be sailsfsc.ory " All
elasses bot y the expsnaon oouunps- long a, thi.
rate, We shsIl End foreign exchange running up %
TIA, specie can h sbipped At profit.
The grosa esrnings % the Cleveiani, Colurnba,
and Cincinnati Railroad Company for ,be Las, eevcn
M nshs were
10 Toe aI............,.......... n lea scl 10
tft'n"s ana htrssi cSasys -
W ssrnngs, sisrsn nonihs ........... SO, 20 a.
iFNfSosssssssss ..s.t.st.tst...t... 0ibt -
h1tpihsstts tl@sStl -
The esrniBgs shov n ioors~s Of II per ceai over
1853. Atdirg JAfpuy. 1854, 70 the sbvs eArninv,
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A RAILROAD SoLD.-The Rutland and Burlington
Railroad was sold At auction by the sheriff at Beov.
Fss last week, for one mill share. The capital
81 200 COO and It's floating debt 81 900 600 besides the
disastrous 70 the stockt oders, and TO its unsecured
creditors has doubtless been Of immense advantage 20
the people along the line and greatly enhanced the
yslue Of property.