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NEW YORK CATTLE MARKET.

u,
The current prices for the week at all the markets
as follows
First quality $40 SO IL 90 Common 50 so 10 90
Ordinary 80. 10 co 10 so Inferior .... = 00a 100
COWS AND CALVES.
First quality. 90 90 65 90 Common. 40 90 As 90
Ordinary 80 90 So 90 Inferior rs 90 80 90
VEAL ChIvFS.
Extra quality. eye 7c Other qualities 4Jsc. &c.
sasEP
First quality. 4ooa 8 90 Other qualities 3ooa 100
SWINE.
First quality. Axe a5l6c Other qualities &c 4hc.
BEEF CATTLE.
The market opened in Forty fourth street to day with
very good demand, for Notwithstanding the incemcucy
of the weather there was a good attendance aud the
supply light; at the other yards the supply was
ample Brokers put up prices about &C. on most des-
crptons ana the cattle brought loo more readily day
than they did 9sc last week. There but few sales
10sc, though heard of some at lie, but tho
best cattle not good as few droves which were
sold last week, hailng from Kentucky, some of
which sold quite readily lie, More than half the sup
ply at Aortons from this State, and were not in
first rate order II the weather proves favorable during
the coming week may expect large supply next
W,Anesday as numerous droyes haing from the West
been detained along the route in consequence Of the
trouble the Erie Railroad. The yards were in very
inches deep The cattle sodywell but the weather de
the market somewhat and retarded the progress
the week 500 head 900 of which we're on sale 20 day
About zoo head were disposed of on Monday at Bergen
Hill.
cows AND CALVES.
The demand continues very moderate, but sales arc
making at about the usual prices.
VEAL CALVES.
The market is without change aud transactions are at
previous rates.
SHEEP AND LAMBS.
The market has been somewhat depressed since last
week. but there apparent renewed activity to day,
and prices arc about a quoted last week.
SWINE
The receipts or swine during the past week AT Aller
have been enormous and prices have recedcd fully
NC per ID. In consequence. There offered 269
head and sales made at from axe to Sc a5c for
the best descriptions We heard OF but one two lots
which brought &C., and holders we're not very drm
at those rates They pouring in the city from all
directions and large number arrived on foot They
with few exceptions, In good condition.
RECAffTuLAriOS.
Tho total receipts of all stock at all the yards for the
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machinery Of the great fnoneyed institutions Of thu
Old World; but the moment our supplies stopped
| that moment the bankruptcy and rotSenness OF
many large private banking concerns in London. Liv
erpooi. DC, appeared and could no longer be dis
guised. The moncyed power of Europe must ut last
admit that the trade Of and their investments in the
United States Is matter of the very first import.
ance in the financial affairs and financial operations
Of the whole world.
The Harlem Railroad Company have issued propo-
sails for new loan of $4,000. The bonds bear
z per cent interest, payable semi-annuay redeema-
BILE in ten years. Preference in the subscription is
given:--
LIST. To holders of the unsecured bonds of the com
pany, payable in 1868, SO, 81, '67 and ~.
I'd. To holders of outstanding extension certH
Gates.
Sd. To holders of preferred stock.
Payments are to be made as fonows:-40 per cent
in cash, and 60 per cent at par in unsecured bonds
extension certificates preferred stock at any time
before January 18th next. Any of the liabilities Of
the company which due, and constituting part of
the floating debt, to be received as cash. These
bonds will be secured by a mortgage on the whole
road, its franchises, real estate and rolling stock,
subject to the first and second mortgages already
given; but this mortgage will be first lien upon
extension certificates issued for the construction of
fifty miles of road from Dover Plains to Chat
ham, amounting to 81 .524 .000-which certif
Gates are now hypothecated as security
for the floating debt. sinking fund of $50 900 per
annum is also provided for, if that sum is earned
over and above expenses and interest to be invested
in these bonds az it accumulates. The loan is in
tended to relieve the road of the claims on which
Messr'. Vanderbilt and Drew are indorsers, and to
give to the subscribers the same security which
these gentlemen now hold, thus saving the stock
holders and unsecured creditors from an entire ex-
tnction Of their interest in the property. The in
debtedness of the company October 81 was, in UNI
secured bonds, s550,497 II; LIST mortgage do,
$57l 900; I'd mortgage, 1851 900; floating debt,
$3.50 ,OOO-makng total of s4,s22 497 II, exclusive
of slss 573 So in real estate bonds and mortgages
The receipts Of the road since it was opened to
Chatham have been as follows -
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scr~ruIe, Salt Rheum,
Ulcers sores, and all other
Diseases Of impure blood,

Diseases o. impure blood,
Are Al once cured by taking
y n STAFFoRIi's IRON AND SULPHUR POWDERS
and applying olive tar ointment Sold ssi6 State
al All druggists ~ powders Tor 81. Ointment rs cents
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SALES OF BONDS AND srocKs AT AUCTION

SALES OF BONDS AND STOCKS AT AUCTION
By A. III. Ntcolop
o. 900 Great Western RR los. int added u
900 Terra Haute and Alton X. LIST m. rs DO. biA
100 New York and New Haven 6s.... do. %
600 Ohio and Mississippi Ts......".... do. 30n
So shares Treyerton Coal aud RI Co. ........ 17t4
so Rome and WATERFOWL Railroad. ............. gs&
Prk BANK rs
20 Gallatn Fire Insurance Company. Isa
Is Firemen's insurance Company ...............Iuk
ByA. H. Muller.
a. 600 New York State Ga, 1861 .10Jb
5000 New York do bL's, 1861 ............. do. s9k
1000 do. do. AIS, lsbs.............. do. voA
1900 Ithaca and oswcgo RR 4ks, l,5L..... do. slA
1000 In Crosse and Milwaukee RI. T's.,..... do.
III shares frcmcns Insurance Company ...........la
20 foriard Fire Insurance Company .l1
rs Harmony Fire Insurance Company .........6 sas5
20 New World Fire Insurance Company .......... Hh
20 Continental Bank.
20 New York and Virginia Steamship Company ..... -
Sundry assets amounting 70 81 0os 5s............A
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Barry,s Tr4copherous h the hest and Cheap
est article for dressing beAnfnE cleansng curling
serving and restoring The hair. Ladies' uy Sold By All
druggisaL
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yxroIrE,s scUtppA An ARoMArIc SCUM APPS

WoLFE'S SCIIEnAM AROMATIC sCuNAPPS
w The proprietor begs leave call the attention a
strangers the of the United States a
ror article OF Holland which he introduced 70 the Ame
public under ihe Of Wolfe's Scledam sromsiic
schnspps.
This manufactured by the proprietor exclusively
his dsiery Schedam, Holland 1t IL made thu
barley that be procured in Europe any favor
ed and msdcaed lay the harsh but by The
most choice botanical variety of the aromatic Italian juniper
berry whose distilled
with It's spurious solvent and thus becomes
tncure of exquisite favor altogether
ing In lis cordial and medicinal alcoholic
heretofore known.
The has submitted nearly the whole medca
faculty of the United has
about four Thousand ply ctans and chemists who endorse
their signatures desirable addition 10 The
terra medca
Persons who purchase should he careful to the genuine
article the whole country flooded with counteres and
limitations.
Pu w quart and pint bottles In OF dozen each,
and for sal. by all the respectable druggists
the United States. UDOLPHO WOLFE,
Sole importer and manufactured.
Depot. No. ~ Beaver street, New
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Cristadoro's Hair Dye, wigs and Toupecs-
The very beat In the world Wholesale retail and the
privately applled-Ho. 6 Astor House.
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toilet should furnished with this necessary article
breaches delightful perfume the person and T. famous
dental purifier Of the complexion. Sold by u.
n LANMAN CO, wholesale Druggists, 81 Water street,
and BY all druggists at 50 cents per bottle.
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CITY COMMERCIAL REPORT.

Wgpss-DAt, Dec 2, 1857.
Asssss--rhs sales confined 10 small lots, ncud-
ing pots at &C. and pearls Al &c.
Bsr.reryyys -Flour-The market was heavy at yester-
DAYS prices and the &C the market IN favor Of
the purchaser. The sales embraced about 600 600
thn of fnllnHinr nuatAtnng
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Hollosay's Ointment gives Immediate Ease
IN iumbsso pain In the back caused by oyers,rsinns In
Of the Kidneys and all external irritation whether
produced BY disease resulting from injury Applied with
. due degree OF friction, u soon sccompnshes cure
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Defiance salamander safes-With Patent
powder proof locks bars Also, IRE and burglar
pguuf pariur safes. Depot Ig2 Pearl street. - -.
- MoBERr ". PATRICK.
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J. n. STAFFORD's OLIVE TAR.
Plasters rs cents, Olive Tar, 80 cents a bottle.
At rs state street, and by all druggists. =
Testimonials from Isaac " Fowler, Eco, VIM. w. Town
send Fsu Gen Duff Green and many other prominent men
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WHEN y. n. STAFFOHD'S OLIVE TAX II AffblfD,
because It imparts Electro Magnetism. =
Testimonials from George Law ESQ., Simeon Draper hsq
Robert r. Coleman, ESQ., and from many other prournen'
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A New aud Great Invention In Plates for
ARTIFICIAL teeth BY NJ. LEyEfT. DENTIST ~ waverley place,
near Broadway. Call and examine.
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TZ,bUI 5J,T|g 4ZV,FII
RECEIPTS by NEW YORK AND ERIE RAILROAD.
The following Is the report Of live stock brought
this road destined for New York for the week ending this
A. M
Cattle, head. .....11l5 Hogs................167s
sheep............... 5A Calves .............. l61
Total ...........................I76 sos
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whites Fall style, -, Last Spring Style
reduced TO the low price Of g. NJ WHITES the batter iB
Fulton street, Eve doors west Of Broadway.
The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1857-04-02
From the Northern Budget, Troy, n. Y.
EXECUTIVE FIRMNESS.

Next to honesty of purpose there is trait of chsrac
that can be manifested by tue National Executive that
much admired by the American people as 6rmness Mr.
Buchanan has shown, by bis course in relation to sp.
,pointments that he is endowed to remarkable extent
with this quality. He hears the Baltimore protesiants
through to the last word with the greatest respect be
reads the Philadelphia petition bearing twevsthousaud
Names patiently and then turns 10 bis secretary and
orders tue commits ions to be filled out first indicated
No false hopes brought outere ia dupliciy-no
vacllatiop Such vigorous, straightforward action con-
mands always the respect Of foes and the admiration
friends, and has contributed, perhaps than any.
thing else to make Jackson popular with his coul.
try men. 1t is this characteristic which surrounds t
name Of Old Hickory with much glory at tbh
period--and for this, not less than his services in the
field, will his mory be revercd by future generation,
jackson sometimes put erroneous estimate upon men
so doubtless will Mr.. Buchanan No il inalibs
Bat that The latter s the first was actuaed by The best
motive, in making his appointments at this juncture no
one will for moment question. That he looks 10 The
good of the country in selecting for prominent poi
tuns is equally certain And it is in the exercise hb
wisdom and judgment in these matters thus far that e
u'c have the best assurance of his patriotism and
yielding devotion TO democratic principles The SUBJECTED
Office holding and oice-seeking will be settled aa
then shall the foreign and domestic policy Of s
new administration foresba owed with a distinctp@
which will enIighten and crafty the mind of every true
citizen. b.. t.
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DEATb OF HON. SAMPSON W. HARRIS, OF
ALABAMA.

1t is with deep regret that announce the death Of The
Hon. Sampson W. Harris representative in Congress from
the seventh district of Alabama He died at bis lodgings
in this city yesterday q ocloeka M We learn that
Mr. Harris born in Ebert county, Georgia. on the Odd
of February, 1909 lie graduated with distinction at
Franklin College the university Of that State in 1925 and
shortly thereafter be chosen representative in the
legislature from the county of Putnam He then removed
to the State of Alabama where he has since resided In
that State he selected the prosecuting attorney Of
his district which office he filed with ability. In ls47
he was elected representative in Congress from Ala
bama and has Keen reelected each subsequent cleo
tiop. In every POSITION he has exhibited the same
traits of character which marked his congressional ca
reer With this more familiar, and can speak
with the confidence. Kind and affable in his
manners, generous in bis impulees firm 10 his princ
pies resoute in bis purposes and of unbending integrity
he was representative of whom any constituency might
Snstly feel proud He up literally to Mr. Jefsrsons
requirements of apublic officer being capable honest and
faithful to the constitution"
We hazard nothing in saying that no member Of the
Congresses in which he served possessed greater extent
than hmself the respect and confidence of bis fellow
bers Though bis does not frequently appear in the
debates Of the House. be estimated only true and
reliable man, but able and effective speaker On the
few occasions upon which he SPOKE he listened to by
m attentive Housea compliment both to his integrity
and ability. We have intention however, of passing
eulogy upon deceased friend but we could no, say
less in announcing the melancholy intelligence of his DEATH
Mr. Harris taken sick few days after the adjourn
meut Of Congress when he had just completed his arrange
mens for returning TO his home He passed through bis
tedious aud illness with celmness and ortitude In
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NtcrssITy KNOWS NO BOUNDS.

The necessities of men impel them TO extreme acts
Hunger will penetrate WALL while pain attempts every
thing for relief No necessity is prolific ct espedients
than that of the decayng and dspiated politician. His
ingenuity seems 10 sharpen under difficulties, nd his
hopes brighten under adversely Hi misfortune Is that
his Judgment fails witt Dis snking fortunes His new ez
pedens hqweyer ingenious lack the essentials Of
sense and practical merit The triumphant election OF
Mr. Buchanan gave backward impulse u tine disunon
party while his Inaugural anu subse acts have dash
ed their heres 70 the ground. igheraw" thecfes hav
ing iaed before the people, sone new chord must be
touched with success, or they must sink in utter de-
spair. Among the new expedienis conriyed by the
blackre republican senators aud lobby members of the
late meeting of the Senate here intended bring
to their aid the negro votes in all the free States Under
the auspices Of Seward and King it ordered that the
experiment should be made in New York. and that the po
cal AFFECTS In the legislature Albany shoald make the
FIRST advance movement Nothing could them in that
State unless 1t should DO the accession OF fifty thou
sand negro votes 0bedien to the will Of those who gov
them the sable part Of the Legislature who rank them
selves with negroes and wish to eaace their wives and
daughters to the level have voted free and universal
suffrage to negroes in the Empire State. This proposed
amendment Of the constitution receire the assent
twohds of the legislature and then te adopted by
majority Of the people, before II can become effective.
This identical question submitted the people in
ls4t and received but s53o6 votes while there 223
1874 against it, No rejecting expect to change this
vote to one in favor Of universal negro suffrage 1t is said
that both Seward and King voted in 1886 against
negroes the right vote white men, but went for
requiring Of them the property qualification This may
to the latter he then protested to with the de-
mocracy That both be aud Seward now act together,
and willing to lower white the level of the
negro to promote their political hopes will dsappoint
who knows their sel6shness and willingness to sac
6ce everybody and every thing TO their per-
sonal objects, But this game of desperation must fail
Until the people of New York willing associate with
negroes and treat them equals in oil Tie social rea
ous they will consent - lower themselves and their
and daughters to the level of those unfortunate human
bangs with whom they win neither nermarry treat
equals any Of the ordinary relations Of life This last
dying effort Of political folly must fail whcming those
who had the folly to suggest and the stupidity to sustain
it, leaving them low that the hand Of resurrection will
raise them. a,r r-... s... ....
Win the black republicans who go for this shady
tell why they in favor of the Topeka constitu
op which allows Indians to vote but excludes negroes2
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our ALExANpRIA CORRESPONDENCE.
ALE1ASDRIA, "wednesday evening, ]

ALE1ASDRrA, "wednesday evening"
April l. 1851
The cousighes of the schooner Statesman, mentioned
last evening, are;
Alexandria-Stephen Shinn & Son. @. f. Suite 4 Co
Marshall & Ward, Mcyeigh Chamberlain w. u. Muir
Perry, Penny becker, Co, Robinson Payne English
Ricketts,, Harper Bro, Jas A. English, j. NJ. Stewart
NJ Caslleman, d. g. Meade, Robert Bell, G. w Markell
Son, Schroeder Bro j. p Clark, james t. Carlin, R.
Miller, Son, & Co, A. W. Lane 7. r. Bruvis Co, Flen
ming Douglass A. Dodge Co. John T. Creighton /
Co Harper Baldwin, Berkeley Shacklett Simon Water
man, George French H. B. Whittipgbam, b. BlOndhem
H. Thomas.
aeorgetown---to which place she will proceed tomOr
row-Howel StribbliDg, J. s Savage, ID. Connolly WI
Surby j. E. keck, Jackson, Brother, Co., 7. Water,
Skirvisg, STAINS. Murray Co, b. j. Semmes, T. T Bou
cher. Middleton Bell, English Son, Kennedy Pugh
The schooner Victor, Capt. Rawlik from Machdock ar
rived tc-dsy, with corn for Robinson Payne.
The schooner Thomas Patterson, Captain Soud, from
Baltimore arrived this morning with cargo of salt
The schooner VIM L. Jones, Captain Dawes, from Bati
more arrived yesterday evening" with cargo pine floor
ing for Waters 4 Zimmerman,
The schooner Henry q Susan, Captain Radcliffe, from
Washington, arrived to-day loaded with corn for Thomas
Perry.
The soop Aleua, Captain Dent, from Pomonkey arrived
to-day with wheat for Shinn Son.
The canal boat Belle Captain Cookus from Shepherds
town, arrived to-day with for Mckenzie The
canal boat Susan Biker Captain Harris from Shepherds
town arrived last evening with corn for Cazenove Co
The canal boat VIM Albert which lay frozen up during
the winter above Georgetown with load of COAL arrived
to-day aud is unosdng the wharf Of the Borden CON-
pany. ~
The time of meeting at The Corn Exchange after tods
is to be from % to 10 The record of to-day ssys
White wheat, 81 AZ; prime, 81 as; red, 81 81 81 81
Corn eco bushels prime, new in store, 60 cents old
white from cars, So cents; rye, small sales es cents
Four-loo arres straight brand sold on late change for
s. 62A.
The arrival Of FISH to-day has been the largest Of tia
season. The prices gradually coming down shsd
sold to-day for $l0to $li; herring, $751; to So.
i The city authorities here have appointed the fourth
Thursday of May for taking popular vote In regard
allowing The Washington and Alexandra railroad To b
continued through the city aud connect with the Aexn
! dria and Orange road. sH5
There will be meeting kere of the stockholders Of s
| Washington and Alexandria turnpike Monday the sh
insL at Al CLOCK M at the Banking House Of Fow
Snowden, & Co, vlRGINlUs
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SUMMERS SPEECH.

The North Britt Review is one Of the most jealous
parisaus of abolition and earnest sympathaer wish
bleeding Sumner and bleeding Kansas believing all the
"ouages fabricated concerning the latter STILL it is
able tolerate The oraory of the former and with all lis
partially for the man. forced coufss lis disgust with
his speech:
"When Mr. Sumner visited England some twtpty years
since his society c1urtel ia the cultivated cir.
ces that of of quiet manners unassumiun de-
pertinent solid requirements liberal opinions and sound
plain understanding. We aware that his ,n,od
aud character mansed amongst his friends have I'M
dergone any material transformation in these respects Yet
this the man whc in the maturity of his Judgment
stead Of detailing circumstances of the crime against
Kansas in uuadorned language and leaving them TO tell
their convincing story, racks his imagnatoa or his
memory for tropes and figures which the youngest pupil
OF what used 10 be- called tina Irish school Of oioquence
would hardly have iazsrded in debating club
:" The individual Instances relied upon the following
passages positively brought doubt instead OF be-
ing more deeply impressed hy historic illusions and spper
There lie an old story about . gentleman Who whilst
listening to popular preacher took The liberty Of aadby
circulating, as they occurred him, the Of the d.
vines from whom tho most ambitious passages had keen
horSowed-tha@s Jeremy Taylor Ghais Barrow that's
SouSh-and at loagth when the .xssperatcd PREACHER
termed round and rehuked him for his irrescencehns
his own With equal facility coald Any one olerahly
well read in ancient and modern oratory assign much Of
Mr. Summers highy.colorcd snd grnniouucnt sentences
10 their original ownersthaIs Burke ihats Grattanr
that's Erskine that's Curran-aud on coming 10 the
paiD appropriate and really effective passages-thns
lis own This Grafton addressed 10 The Sena-e a
grave unexCabe body who may be seen seated ut their
desks, writing or reading, and oay lfiag their heads TO
Listen at intervals and IL occupied two consecutive sit
tings in the delivery Tire ornate and emphatic pnrs
therefore, must have been deliberate compositions written
out and committed to memory sudden bursts eicicd
ny the enthusiastic applause vt sympahizng audience
and Mr. Summers friends justify them on the ground that
the speech was meant for general circulation and
effect III So the exordium and perurhtion would cous
tTyuenh
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Darn or hypERsos THE TRAvBrLFR--Mr. huo'''y
the Swedish traveller whose book on travels was "t
lishei IN this country few months since, IS deao'
FcdrcidaGc, Of Stockholm, says; 49,.
We have just received the Of the death o. MI
ders0n. lie time ago set out on his hlra ps Jus
into the interior OF Africa make illogical Tsse .1S
and alter having explored the banks Of the Tosn
Lake Neami he undertook in company with an hps IA
man, Mr. Green, excursion in easerly direcuv "a
succeeded in reaching county into which Other ~
ropean ever penetrated There he met young eeP A
and went in pursuit oft just he was on tne Pai,r
overtaking it very large elephant joined II two lin,
fired the latter and wounded It, on which ire hin
attacked Mr. Anderson AMI killed him by trnmpln ~.
under foot Mr.. Anderson buried on the spot on
he was killed. His numerous and valuable oo Is nor
have been deposited at the consulate OF Sweden s'
way, at the Cape Of Good Hope"