The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-05-27

this city during the past week amounted to 2,542 |
head. decrease or i72 head rs compared with the
week previous. Notwithstanding the inclement |
weather yesterday the demand active and prices
improved about onequarter of cent per pound, the
quotations being 72c. l0c., though prime quality
brought In some instances half cent more than
the latter figure. There was no sale for mich COWS
Of ordinary quality, the swill milk excitement having
seriously interfered with the distling concerns,
which were the principal purchasers of this descrip
ton Of cattle. Occasional sales Of prime cows were
made for family use at former rates. Veal calves
were abundant, but the spectators managed to
keep up prices to last weeks standard, viz SIC &c.
The market for sheep and lambs was very active,
and prices advanced to So 81, while some extra fat
lambs realized as high as IS $40 per head. Swine.
&C., according to quality.
The extreme ipclomency Of the weather yesterday tend
ed to check the progress Of business Dealers in cotton
disposed the receipt OF later foreign news
due by the Africa, before doing much. The sales en-
braced about 600 600 bales closing the basis OF about
12c 12nc for middling upiasds. Tho increase 10 the
receipts n the Southern ports, compared with the same
period laa year. TO Al 900 bales The increase
In exports Great Britain to lao 900 bales the
decrease exports to France 10 oo and 70 other foreign
ports 68 900 bales. Total increase in exports 900 bales
AT last accounts the floods at the West and Southwest
continued to prevail, and the irres<ievabas dam
age inflicted by thsm the present crop has
been variously estimated at from oo,oco to 100000
hai Whi I'm Ia ~ tnv1 arAA
to the whole CROP yet far statements have 10
hand Of reliable character would that the spring
weather Texas and in the cotton region adjacent the
Gulf Of Mexico, had been favorable and the crop
forward and promising; but further north much had
fallen, accompanied with chilly temperature, which had
retarded the growth Of the plants which would make the
crop Ut least backward one, and liable TO the usual
ngencies OF late crops Fieur In fair demand, while
prices without change OF moment Wheat was less
active and buoyan sales OF about 80 900 70 900 bushels
made at prices given in another column Corn
scarce good Southern white sold At 74c, while yellow
the market Pork sold in . moderate way a.
$l4 Is $4 81 for prime and 1t SIT 65 for The
nclemency Of the weather checked sales Of sugar. which
confined about $50 hhds at rates given elsewhere
No sales Of coffee embraced 800 bags Java and 900 bags
-, including invoice Of ,lo4 bags per Roaaoke at
prices given In another place Freight engagements
moderate and rates without alteration Of importance.
The Washington Lobby-Mr. Seward and
His SPolls and Plumber Clique.
The very interesting Developments made by
the Tariff Investigating Committee of Congress
are naturally attracting good deal of the pub
lie attention but with the presentation of the
full report Of the committee to our readers, we
have no doubt they will be of our mind as to
the expediency and propriety of continuing
these lobby explorations In the meantime,
having served up the most conspicuous of these
tariff lobby favOrites, we are admonished of the
intimate connection between the lobby and all
its corrupting affiliations and W. II. Seward
and his political programme. In fact, Mr..
Seward may be regarded as the visible head of
the lobby church, and his confidential clique of
party managers may be set down as having
only one object in views full swing at the
spoils and plumber of the general government,
through the dirty appliances of the lobby.
This tariff lobby investigation is but an ap-
pendix TO the general researches of the last
Congress, which resulted in the exposure of the
wholesale movements and operations of Matte
son and Company. And who is Matteson? A
political disciple of Seward, and q graduate of
the lobby university of Thurlow Weed and other
Seward professors and managers at Albany. With
the first assembling of the last Congress lin
which the republicans had secured the ascen-
dency in the House) the working ma
chinery of the Albany lobby was trans
ferred to Washington, for the purpose of
entering upon a grander scale of operations
The work commenced with the election Of Mr..
Banks republican, Speaker, and of Mr.. Wen
dell (democrat) printer Of the House. 1t was
the same lobby combination that accomplished
both these elections for the Albany lobby
picks up its instruments wherever they can be
found, and without the slightest regard to party
professions or party associations. Ground thus
having been broken, the lobby, under the
rates, proceeded to cut out their work in the
most magnificent style. Unfortunately, how
ever, what with their river improvement jobs,
their railroad land jobs, patent monopoly jobs,
fat contracts, DC, they overstepped the limits
of prudence; and hence the committees Of lobby
investigation with which they have been
honored from that day TO this
But the most remarkable fact In relation to
this transfer of the Albany lobby TO Washing
ton, and its regular organization there as the
third estate in the government, is the fact
that its chief managers, agents and in
struments from Mr.. Seward down to
the tariff pamphleteer of the Journal Of
Commerce, arc either the disciples Of our North
ern ant-slavery, anti.rum or social reform socie-
ties, or sanity Puritans, who walk the streets
like the Pharisee of old, publicly thanking God
that they are better than other men The young
and thrifty State Of Wisconsin has large in
fusion Of these Northern elements Of purity in
her body social and polite. She Is blest with
an anti-slavery State government, with model
Liquor laws, and with various other straight