Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-04-11

INV Yo.r. AprII lO. 1855.

NEW ioaK, April 10 1900.
observation-disclosures the general resump-
tion Of navigation, everything In the eating line
still remains at an extrayagantly high rate. Good
butter Is selling at 40 cents per pound; beeisteaks
OF the first cut arc from Is TO rs cents pound;
and all articles of produce in the same proportion.
How the poor can get enough 10 keep body and
so Il together at these high prices is mystery
for large portion Of the laboing class receive
less than SO per week, and many even are not en-
ployed at all
business Prospects, spring advances, bust
ness is improving, and our streets are now crowded
with merchants from the interior. The hotels are
rapidly filling up, and at some Of them from three
TO five hundred cit down at the dinner table at
time Ii would be an interesting item TO give the
statistics of the st. Nicholas Hotel, and ut some
future time may furnish your paper with birds
eve sketch of its operations. II Is city In ITSELF
and is acknowledged by all TO be the largest public
house In the world.
Dspaytuye. --Horace Greeley leaves this city to-
dAy with the intention of taking the steamer at
Boston tomorrow for Liverpool He intends to
make something Of a stay on the other side, and
hope that we shall not see 80 much OF the copying
of negro advertisements from southern papers as
has been the practice Of the editors Of the Tribune
for long time.
The Opera--At the Academy Of Music, last
evening, was produced, for the first time, the
q triumph, the house having been crowded, and
the opera received with the most rapturous APP
plause The management have determined to do
everything In their power, and the season having
arrived when strangers flock to the city, it is prob
able profitable season may be the result.
The Poole Murder Case.--Judge Cowles decided
this morning not to quash the indictment against
Hyler, horissy, and Lynn. His honor held ina,
the action Of Judge Morris in holding them to bail
agreed with his views, and that the proceedings Of
! the grand jury in the case were legal
| financial -Mopey continues plenty and in great
abundance and the notes are down to the lowesthg-
ures Inthe Bank statement Of this morning the most
noticeable change isthe falling off in the specie which
is about $l,O00,O00 less than the previous week.
There Is an increase in deposites Of something over
million and half The decrease in specie may
be accounted for in the exports to Europe, which
has BEEN since the troubles in San Francisco, far
! greater than the receipts. Two months ago our
banks held in their vaults $lT, 000,0 900 In specie
now they hold less than $l5, 000,0 00 The exports
Of the precious metal in 1854 to April 2, was
"a, S26 1881 in 1855 for the same period $685.
4S6, showing an increase OF over $l,OOO,oOO TINS
| year over last The failure of Page Bacon did
not create that excitement which might have been
expected, their house being one OF the largest in
the country and which has heretofore stood at the
very top Of the ladder BY card lately published
they state that they have abundant means to pay
all liabilities, and by giving them time all creditors
shall be satisfied. The stock market has fuctuated
considerably during the past week, but ON the
WHOLE prices Of good securities are better than they
have been for several months, and there is good
| prospect of further Improvement in prices.
Grace Lee, by the popular author, julia ksya-
| nagh, has Just been published by d. Appleton d
Co. This is novel Of near four hundred closely
printed pages, and is gotten up in style far supe-
rior to any novel lately issued from the American
| press, the binding being uncommonly neat and
| substantial Grace Lee will compare favorably
| with the many popular productions Of the same
author, and by win be considered superior to
"Daisy Burns" which has been very highly spoken
| Of by the press generally. L. ..