The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1859-04-14

1901 1874 $8,363, ISL
1907 6,284,5l2 8,4l3,692
1853 ll.782l48 ae36 200
1872 Ito June sO) ss'7799I'sss l5sSS'50s
1856 l7,4sO,l97 2O,ss3,i
EXCESS OF EXPORTS FROM THE UNITED STATES.
1851 $4,292,2l7
1907 2,129,l80
1853 2,845, 1853
1854, Ito June BOZ l0,579,l67
1885 6,532,000
1886 100000
The extraordinary increase in trade since
1854 has been owing to the influence of the
reciprocity treaty. Upper Canada is large
wheat-growing and timber-producing country
The reciprocity treaty made these articles free.
Hence, New York became the shipping port
for Upper Canada, through Toronto, via Lake
Ontario to Oswego, and from thence by way
of Oswego and grand canals to Albany, and
thence to New York.
INTERNATIONAL CoURTEsIEs.-The conduct
of the Governor of Victoria, Vancouvers Island.
In refusing permission to the Americans to fire
a salute on Washingtons birthday, shows a
marked difference from the more gentlemanly
feeling of the captain or the English 9O-gun
ship Caesar, at San Juan del Norte. who not
only dressed his ship with colors on that day
from sunrise to sunset, the same as our own
ship jamestown, but at noon both ships fred
a national salute of 81 guns. The next day
the officers of the jamestown gave splendid
dinner to the senior officers of the Caesar
The New YORK PoLICE.-The Court of APP
! peals of New York have rendered their decision
in the case of the old police force of New York
city. 1t declares their discharge by the Metro
politan commissioners illegal and void, and in
effect restores the old police to their places in
the force, and also gives them their back pay,
amounting in the aggregate to upwards of half
a million of dollars.
| The WEATHER.-We have accounts, from
various sections of the country of frost and ice,
within the last few days. AS far south as Will
mington, n. c., ice formed on Tuesday night
On the mountains, west of Cumberland, Nd,
five inches of snow fell on Monday.
BLOODY DoIYGs AT LouIsvILLE-On Mon
day afternoon desperate ARRAY occurred at
Louisville, KY, in which j. Pender was shot
dead, and II. Walker, A. Gilmore, jun., w.
Watts, and officer Tiller, were wounded. On
the same evening man named Laurence was
dangerously stabbed by another named Grey.
| Great excitement prevails at Stafford and
Northampton, England, in consequence of the
| iHIfouuCuOH VI sewing HdcnlneS In the manu-
facture of boots and shoes. AT a meeting in
Stafford, attended by two thousand makers and
binders, it was stated that FIVE thousand persons
had been thrown out of employment in North
ampton, and one thousand in Stafford, by the
introduction of machinesewn tops, and union
was formed for resisting the innovation.
From PIXIES PEAR Cincinnati, Aprl o.
The Gazette has letter from a correspondent
at Iowa Point, who has seen several persons
who have returned from Pixies Peak, several
of whom he knows to be reliable and truthful
who concur in saying that all the gold accounts
are humbug, and the many favorable accounts
| sent TO the States emanate from town-lot specu
lators, who are reaping a rich harvest from the
credulous.
GREAT FIRES IN New ORLEANs.-New Or
leans, april THE fire mentioned in the dis
patch of yesterday not only consumed the lower
Cotton Press, with 10000 bales of cotton, but
spread to the adjacent dwellings, and ragged
with the greatest fury, defying the attempts of
the firemen to check its progress. Four squares,
containing about seventy houses, were DESTROY
ed. A small portion of the cotton was saved,
and the estimate of the loss so far is very near
Iva million. The damageis supposed to be we'll
insured TIL
Another destructive fire occurred here today.
A large warehouse, filled with produce, and
$30O,Ub6r hhHRU'gdJpSss consumed. Loss
LAKE NAvIGATIoN.-C eH,agseood, April g.
The propeller Ontonagon, the first vessel this
season from Chicago, arrived this morning.
She experienced considerable delay from ice
in the Straits of Mackinac,
The Fry DIVORCE CAsE.-Harrisb,ug, April
9.-The Fry divorce case was killed in the
House to-day, by vote of II to s.
PARHELIA OR Mock SUNs.-The Boston Trau-
elter states that about half past four o'clock in
the afternoon of Saturday, the I'd instant, whilst
the sun shining rather family though cir
rus clouds, luminous circle was suddenly
formed at the distance from it of about fifteen
degrees and quite complete around it, although
the prismatio coors were brighter in some parts
of the circle than others; but where brightest
they appeared as brilliant as in the finest rain
bow. Moreover, on the north and on the south
sides of the circle, at the altitude of the sun, a
well-defned mock sun was seen, and on the
upper part of the arch third, less peifeot, but
all strongly tinged with the ooiors Of the spec
trum.
This phenomenon (which continued visible
about fifteen minutes, until the sun became
wholly overcast) is not very uncommon in some
PolIo VI IhC Ctlithl buI IA nPiuNiAt SoSH
CoVNFING CHICKENS BEFORE THEY ARE
| HATcHEn. = The Albany Eoening Journal is
disposed to think that the Administration has
relied too confidently on being able to organize
the next House of Representatives according
to its own politics. That paper says:
"A few weeks ago the Cabinet at Washing
ton held solemn conclave over tha subject of
organizing the next House. After long and
careful CALCULATION they reached the conclusion
| that the Administration men could do it. The
calculation was based upon gaining one Dem
ocratic member in Maine, one Democratic
member in New Hampshire, eiecting three in
Connecticut, and the help ofthe Anti-Lecompton
| Democrats, such as Messrs. Hickman and
| Schwartz of Pennsylvania, Adrain of New der
sey, and Reynolds and Clark Of this State.
With these, and the undivided Southern vote,
| the Administration could organize the House
But there is many slip 'twixt the cup and
| the lip. One screw Of the arrangement proved
| to be loose in Maine, for they failed to elect
member there. When the New Hampshire
election came off, a similar misfortune occurred,
| for they failed to elect any there, Now they
fail TO elect any in Connecticut. Whether
| their confidence in Anti-Lecompton support
will prove to be equally haseless, remains TO be
seen. If it does, their prospects of organizing
| the House look dubious"
Posi- OFFICE DEMONSTRATING the quar-
| ter ending March 81, there were sold by the
| Post Office Department postage stamps and
! stamped envelopes, giving an increase of
| $3l l,Q93 over the receipts for the quarter end
| ing December 81. This does not, however
| prove any increase Of correspondence, but mere