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VOL. IV---NO. 6lS
,lopetsrp ana GonmtrtiaI 8tbis1.



Stocks were moderately active oday and for nearly
an the securiles ON l list the market was quite strong
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad perceptibly frmer than
ON Saturday and the sales show Improvement in it Of
s. ofa dollar per share. There 45O shares of
MS stock sold at the Board at SOS d6S% buyer GO days
sas10Gst buyer > days, s6S% regular way, and S6s%
buver Il DAYS 1t closed regular way at s6Sh bid 500
asked but only $67 bid and S6S asked for it sellers
opou 60 days OfNorthern Central Railway there were
455 shares sold at sl5h for the opening and $l549l5k
buyer 60 days and it left of at Sl5 bid S5 asked regu
lar way There a very active movement in Gardner
Hill Mining stock today 500 shares being sold at
$ cash. and s9G3O64 time these figures being an ad'
vance on any previous sales We note also sale Of 200
shares Guilford SIX buyer 60 days Gardner Hill left
of at % Of bid So asked and Guiiord at S25 bid,
S25 asked regular way The only sale of Railroad bonds
to-day was one Of sob Baltimore and Ohio ls67's at 93
but there was inquiry for State and City 6s and
sales were made of 600 Maryland 1s7Os at 10S 81 $50
Baltimore City 1905 e9K, and $1,000 do. 1888 at
gS
The New York stock market to-day was decidedly
frmer than on Saturday New York Central advanced
X; Reading q; Rock Island y; Galena and Chicago
L: Michigan Southern guaranteed X Virginia 6's II
and Missouri G's y Cleveland and Toledo, which
was the only stock on the list which fell of, de-
cIined T. hut the remaining stocks closed at Saturday
rates,
rst5I 70 I ITyf
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PRICE TWO CENTS.

tive Power can rely upon other Conservative Pow
to it in its utmost need. 1t may be so far
gone that its neighbors may deem it hopeless and
find it costly to support than dangerous when
broken up. Here is this Empire, lately so strong
and so powerful, brought to the brink of ruin
Lombardy is rent away Central Italy is gone; even
the faithful TyrO is disaffected; Venea is ardent
for revolt Hungary is awaiting only the first occa-
sion for armed resistance, and Croatia and Servia
are ready to join with her. Yet, in the midst of
this, stands Francis Joseph, weighed down with the
Concordat, his Confessor and Director instigatng
his every act, persevering, with the indomitabe
stupidity of the Hapsburgs, in heaping up religious
hatreds upon political discontents, and laboring
blindy until some casual hand shall fire the pile.
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FOREIGN MARKETS

james HeiUiH d. Co.'s Circaldr
LIVERPOOL, February 3.-Since the date Of our last
crculur advice the Arabia and Hungarian have arrived
from the United States bringing mails to the 18th and
2ls and kilograms from the Southern cities down to the
Goth ult.
Coton.-Our last report closed upon active market
which continued down to Tuesday when in consequence
of an advance Of per cent in the rate Of discount by the
Bank Of England there was partial pause in the de-
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mand, but no dimnution in the frmness of holders
Prices have ruled very steady throughout the entire
week. and at the close last evening showed variation
from the last quotations.
There has been inquiry for Cotton to arrive, and
for desirable descriptions prices have been offered rather
above the quotations for similar qualities the spot
We
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IMPORTS AT BALTIMORE,

COASTW1SE.
SAVANNAH Steamship City Of Norfolk.
20 casks rice j. Williams Son; 80 do do, P. Malcolm
Co: bales cotton, John F. Pckre Co 446 do. do,
order
FRANKLIN, LA-Brig 4. B. Patterson
166 hhds sugar 1893 bbls molasses. Stirling Ahrens.
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Mr.. Hodges then put the motion to adopt the re-
port, which was carried unanimously.
The substitute of Mr.. Crichton not having re-
ceved second, could not be entertained.
Mr.. Philip 7. George offered the following reso-
luton:
ReSOlrsd, That Committee Of three be appointed by
the Chair to procure signatures to the paper referred to in
the Committees report, and to present the same, when
generally signed, TO the President of the Merchants and
make to application at the earliest possible
moment and in the event of negative reply the Chair
Tho resolution adopted.
The meeting then adjourned.
The agreement has already been signed by ma
jority of the business men engaged in the Savan-
nah trade.
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FIRES.

The loss sustained by Messrs. Price, Lansdale 4
Son, oyster packers and fruit preservers, l27 and
l29 McElderry's wharf, $4,000, which was
covered by insurance as follows 5000 in the Han
over Insurance Office, $4,000 in the Republic,
SO 900 in the Park, and $4,000 in the Mechanics,
all New York offices On the lst of January their
stock amounted to ST., 200, and it was about the
the night of the fire. The loss sustained
by Mr.. Patrick Rooney was about s., 500, which
was fully covered by an insurance policy in the
Firemens Insurance Office of this city.
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provement of the Condition of the Poor, took place
last night The report of the agents for the month
of January showed that 1926 families had been re-
lieved. and 2,49l visits made. In giving this re-
lief, S4,575.77 were expended.
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Prices ANDSALCs DF STOCKs INNRw IoRk
mar


The New York Herald of yesterday says
Foreign exchange higher than it at the close of
last week The leading bankers ask l09 for 60 day ster
ling b lis and 5l31 for francs. There is less demand for
the former than the latter. Owing to the advance in
money in England thu bankers getting lO94 for their
sight bills This rate is not quite high enough TO permit
shipments Of coin bills, but very small ad
would the drain to begin. At this of
the YEAR exchange usually higher than tits at present.
the heavy imports OF dry goods active demand
for bills before long The supply Of mercantile bills is
not large.
Foreign Dry Goods and General Merchandise at the port
of New York for the week and since Jan, g.
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PROCEEDINGS or THE CITY COUNCIL.

THIS EVENING, FEB. 20, 1860.
HoLLIDAY ST. THEATRE.-Miss Matilda Heron
Camille
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Inc imports TINS week nave been ISUUU DaleS
sales 81 000 including about Is 900 sent from the quay
direct to pnners The trade have taken GA 000 specu
ators 10000 and exporters 10 900 bales To-day 1000
bales were sOld-the market closing firm with an up
ward tendency
The SubOined table exhibits the stocks of cotton
hand and the imports consumption, &C. from the lst
January to date for Liverpool alone, compared with the
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In the town library of Ghent there have been
discovered some ancient MSS proving that the art
of oil painting known in Belgium as early as
1928, and that, consequently the brothers Van Eyk,
l440,) generally believed to be the inventors, can
not claim that honor.
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The principal freight business on the Concord
and Portsmouth Railroad is the transportation Of
crates of fish, and over 100000 pounds per week
are shipped from Portsmouth to traders in other
places.
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There are seventy members of the British House
of Commons who claim exemption from serving on
election committees, account of being more than
sixty wears Id,
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Az USwELCoME VIsIToR.-Last Wednesday, in
the absence of Mr.. A. c. Morrison, who lives on
Washington street, in the village of Bradford, Pa.
a large wolf came into his yard, and commenced
picking at some bones which were about fifty feet
from the house. His little daughter playing
near by, and within rod where jupus passed, but
he only turned his head without offering to disturb
her. She ran into the house and informed her
mother who drove the beast off by throwing sticks
at him
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The square at the intersection OF Canal, ST.
Charles and Roy al streets, in New Orleans, has
been selected as the site for the CLAW statue
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Dry Goods...........sl2 81 2sel2G s7655l9 S4,224 $50
General Merchandise l,lS9,529 1,5O97s7 1,s74,6O9
Total for the week 50 4ss 655 81 275 BOG 6O99 439
reyionsv rencred.. II o334l5 29.Ol5439 IS, ,54l 479

Since Jan $50 O7O $3l 290,745 $3464O,7lS
Messrs Thompson Brothers say. Land Warrants CON
tinue firm and moderately active, considering the Home
stead bill now before Congress
We quote an advance of l cent per to-day, viz:
Buy. Sell Buy. Sell
40 Acre Warrants. 100 10 12O Acre Warrants " 76
50 Acre Warrants. 90 95 100 Acre Warrants ~ 76
To-day the Marshall of Pittsburg will sell fourteen
thousand shares oftegheny Valley Railroad bonds and
fifteen thousand the Pttburg and Connellsville all
owned by the City OF Pitshurg, pay interest Rail
road bonds issued by the city. The stock was levied
upon and Judgment obtained upon interest coupons by
George W Dobbin.
The Supreme Court Of Ohio has now under consdera
ton involving the complicated questions connected
with the legal effect OF mortgages given by various rail
road companies Of the State The suit pending is
between the first mortgage bondhOlder of the Columbus
Piqua and Indiana Railroad Company, and others One
of the points held in opposition the claim of the bond
holders that there is authority by the charter to
mortgage the franchise and hence that cannot he sold
n decree OF foreclosure.
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The Liverpool Mercury has placed in its columns,
in addition to the customary notices of births mar
riages, and deaths, new heading, under which
chronicled the divorces that daily granted
by the courts.
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SAD OCCURRENCE.-A young man in Cincinnati,
few evenings ago, was about attending a masque-
rade, and dressed himself accordingly. After he
had assumed his costume he thought he would
frighten boy of the house, who was then chop
ping wood in the cellar He accordingly descend
ed. AS the boy him he gave scream
and threw the hatChet which he was using at what
he supposed to be in fact the devil. The hatchet
fell, sharp end foremost, on the head of the mas
querader, and for the moment toored him. 1t Gre
ated quite a severe wound, which put end to his
fun for that night.
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A Washington letter says that Tom Hyer is in
Washington, and purposes giving sparring lessons
for the special benefit of Congressman.
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A slave Of John II. Monroe, who had secreteu
himself on the New York steamer Mount Vernon at
Alexandria, Va, taken out at Norfolk and i'm
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The Dublin freeman of the I'd publishes letter
from the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Dublin
calling for tribute for the Pope. The letter fills
two columns and a half
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The bill for the expulsion of the free negroes
from the State Of Mississippi, which passed the
House of Representatives, defeated in the
Senate
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Peter B. Stark, Esq, has been appointed as
Commissioner to Virginia by the Governor Of
Mississippi.
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The number of enrolled militia in the State Of
Massachusetts,, in 1859, l52,ll2; the active
force ( 73S
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The Prince of Orange, who is now in London, is
the ''oveyer" who has come to win the hand of the
next wedabe daughter of Victoria.
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Nominations for the Presidency.
New York, Feb. lS-The Independent Union
the country, nominating Messrs. Bolts and Corwin
as President and Vice President. The address is
signed by ex-Gov. Clark, John Sessions, and Sam!.
c. Thompson, Committee.
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A young man named Lveland met with horri
BILE death on Thursday mining last, at Covington
Ohio, in consequence of linking a cup of vitriob
which he mistook for watt. He fingered after the,
unfortunate affair for csple of hours, suffering
the most intense pain.
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Edward Sanford an actor we'll known in New
York city, died of consumption at Providence Il.
| last w ednpSdaV
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the ''loveyer who has come to win the hand of the
next wedabe daughter of Victoria.
Edward Sanford an actor well known in New
York city, died of consumption at Providence r.
l., last W Wednesday.
Rudio the accomplice of Orsini, has lately died
in the BraziIs, whittier he had retreated after his
escape from Cayenne.
J. W. Sampson, OF New London, Oneida county,
n. Y, was garroted in the railroad depot at Al
bany, Friday night, and robbed of S775.
Last Sunday afternoon, an affray occurred few
miles from Louisville, in which Dan Brown shot
Eliab Rutledge through the heart.
South Carolina paper notices the death of a
mule, whose age was known to be 81 years at the
time of his death.
The Governor General has summoned the Cana
dian Parliament to meet for the despatch of bust
ness on the 2Sth February.
A female slave in Wythe county, Virginia,
died a few days ago, at the advanced age of los
years
Rev James Black of the Presbyterian church in
Shepherdstown, Va, died on the 10th inst, S5
years old.
The Mayor of Elizabeth City, n c., has offered
a reward of 81 500 for the Of the incendiarv
of the late fire there.
George. W. Wilkins, connected with the opera
troupe of Strakosch and Umann, died in Boston
Friday morning.
Herrngs from the Potomac-the first of the sea-
son-sold in fredericksburg, Va, Friday, at 37H
cents per dozen.
The Baltimore Annual Conference will COM
mence its session in Winchester, Va, on Wednes-
day, the 10Th inst.
Basket making is the principal business now
done in the New Bedford House of Correction.
Robert G. Bell, a we'll known citizen of Liberty
Bedford county, Va, died on the l4th inst
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stlIute gTOunu
Miners Steamship Company had made no PROPOSE
ton to the Committee, and there was no assurance
that the proposition talked of would be agreed
upon. If the meeting adopted the report it would
have tendency to drive the Cromwell line off, and
the consequence would be to leave the merchants
without any facilities Of transportation to Savan-
nah. In the end the Merchants and Miners Line
might refuse to accede to the proposition, thereby
leaving the business community perfectly destitute
of any means of transportation 1t was his opinion
that it was inexpedient for the merchants to com
nit themselves to an agreement such as recon-
mended by the report.
He, for one could not sign his name to any such
document. The should be left open, and if
the Merchants and Miners Line desired to enter
into competition for the trade of transportation,
let them do so as competing line. Gentlemen
would find that the policy proposed weuld not be
productive of good He considered that the only
and proper manner for establishing this line was
for the merchants-those most interested in the
trade-to subscribe stock and own the line them
selves He was afraid, however, there was not suf-
fcient enterprise to accomplish the object in this
| way.
MIR. Hodges replied to Mr.. Crichton. He thought
| that the proposition submitted by the Committee
| was one which would meet the wants of the bust
ness community. He was of opinion that the
cessity did not require the establishing of line by
| the merchants themselves. Ifit was required to
subscribe sufficient sum to build or purchase
| steamships for the line, the merchants would res
! pond promptly and cheerfully to the demand, and
any amount would be forthcoming. But the ne
cessity does not require this subscription The OBJ
! ject in view could be gained without building or
purchasing steamship. The Merchants and Mi
ners Company, composed it is of merchants of
standing and.worth, would enter into the agreement
and thereby the ends desired by the business COM
munity would be reached.
! Mr.. Crchton said that his experience taught him
differently. When it proposed to establish the
| old Savannah line business men did not respond to
the call of stock subscriptions promptly. There
was but few dollars worth of stock taken by dry
! goods men, and almost the entire amount of the
subscription 1851, ,000) was Subscribed by business
| men the wharf
Mr.. Philip Il. George sustained the report of the
| Committee and urged its adoption, assuring the
meeting that as it impossible for the Directors
of the Merchants and Miners line of this city to
speak for the Company, yet he had received suffi-
! cient encouragement from them, as individuals, to
warrant him in asserting that the Company would
place one, and if the trade demanded it, two steam
ships the route between this city and Savannah.
He said that at present the Cromwell line had really
! no boat on the route.
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WHOLESALE PoIsoYIN.-At FOn du Lac, Wis,
one hundred and fifty p'sons were lately attacked
with the bowel and stohch complaint, and poison
was detected. Itturne,out that miller had been
in the practice, when b mill stone grooves were
too deep of putting in areparation of white lead,
and this getting into theiour poisoned the whole
neighborhood
Mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado Co., Cal.) 1854-1860, 1860-03-17

PHTlANTHRoPEs DIDnLED.--Thc Delhi Gn.
Ttttt mentions an Interesting case, which We
commend to the attention of the officers and
managers of the Underground Railroad. \
negro appeared in Franklin a week or two ago,
pretending to bc fugitive slave from Virginia.
Two or three reverend cIcrGymcn at once took
hold of the matter, and raised some eighteen
dollars for him To help him on his way to Can
ada The fugitive then left. but fetched up at
Delhi, where he treated the man he rode with
to whisky and oysters. aud paid him dollar,
after which he invested the sum Of nine dollars
in a fiddle. Pursuit was made after him, and
he was arrested when five dollars and the lid.
die were taken from him by his reverend ben.
ciactorS. They should preserve the fiddle as
phianthropic rcmcmbIanccr.
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Sherif,s Sale.

10y vir.ueRf cprtainlD errce apd OrdCt of Sale ip4
srrd4iut Of tie tlelk : uisp 0fthc Hon. District
Court If the llth Judc Ial bStTct aud for FL Do4
RADIO County, Judgment rendered on the goth day
of February. A. D. lSbO, in favor Of d. o. Drver, Plain
till, and against Richard Murphy, Defendant for thr
Of Nine Hundred and Fifty Dollars, with interest
thereon at the rate of ten per cent per the
1Uth day Of February, A. D. 1850. together with tho
Of Fifty 81 100 Dollars, costs Of suit and ac-
cruing costs and also Judgment rendered the Goth
day Of February, A. ID. IsGO in favor Of j. Esner In
tervcnnr and against Richard Murphy Defendant. for
the sum Of Four Hundred and NINETY Eight Dollars,
with interest thereon at the rate Of ten per per
from the Goth day Of February, A. d. 1860,
gether with Five II 100 Dollars costs Of suit and
cruing costs, will expose to Public Sale, the Court
House Door in the CITY Of Flacer.Ile,
On the 3lst Day of March, A. D. 1850,
At In O'Clock 4. NJ the following described property,
lying and being in the County Of FL Dorado and State Of
California, to witt certain Brick building situated
the South East side Of Main street, in the Village OF
Georgetown County and State aforesaid, and more par
tculary described as follows, to wit: A new brick
house story high said brick house is twenty four
feet wide fronting said Main street, and is sixty
three feet long extending back, and is twenty feet
wide in the rear and is bounded the Southwest by
the Old Nevada Lot, and on the North east by the
Georgetown Lot, and is opposite Brney's Clothing
Store and ground around the sufficient for its
convenient and enjoyment.
W. J. BURWELL,
Sheriff of Fl Dorado County, Cal.
By &. ". CODISGToN, Under Sheriff.
sherif's 0ice, Placeryie, March sth, A. D. 1850.
[52-4wl
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ASSAY OFFICE
....A AND =.
GOLD AND SILVER REFINERY
500 Or.
Il. justin,

No. lO1 Montgomery ST., San Francisco.
INROM AND AFTER THE FIRST OF MARCH HAVE
l. leased my Assay Oncr aud Gold and Silver Refinery
I" MeNsrs DUNCAN, SHERMAN co, who will conduct
the business II AsSayng and Refining in the and
ON the terms below stated.
Thanking friends and the public for the patronage
have received from them, beg to subscribe myself
E. justin
San Francisco, February 1s 1860.
TVuE UNDERSIGNED HAVING ASSOCIATED THEM.
selves together for the purpose Of carrying on the
business of Assayng and Refining Gold and Silver, will be
prepared and after the first OF March next receive
deposits for Assayng and Refining and to make returns
in Impaired Bars Refined Bars OF United States Coin, at
the option Of depoSitOrs.
The charges will be as follows:
When r,turns are male IN impaired bars one quarter
Of one per ceLt the value Of the bars.
When returns are made IN rc6ned bars, ten cents
per the weight after melting; and onesx
thousand dollars; each bar under Ave thousand dol
lars, ten cents per the gross weight after melting
and onerGhth Of per cent the value Of the bar
Wien TIE returns made ia United States COIN
per the gross weight amer melting and
half Of per cent for coinage being four centa per
less than the present charges Of the u Branch
Mint here.
silver contained in the gold will be accounted for to the
depostor In the manner and at the rate customary at the
L! s. Branch Mint
Impaired bars will be delivered sig hours after the de-
posit OF the gold or silver, ifdeSiFed
Refined bars United States coin will be delivered four
days mot including SundAys) aer the deposit Of the gold
or silver, viz returns Of deposits Of
Tuesday Saturday,
Wednesday a" Monday,
Thursday Tuesday,
Friday "wednesday,
Saturday Thursday.
Persons DESTROYS Of seeing their gold silver melted can
do and the chips from each deposit will be kept
separate for three months at the disposition Of the depos.
or order to afford every facility for testing the correct
| ness Of the assay. ss-
Assays Of Ores and Minerals made.
Gold and silver bars purchased.
MR =. justin will be AsSaycr and Re6ner, and Mr..
ROBERT BURNETT Cashier and General Superintendent
OF our establishment
DUNCAN, SHERMAN Z CO.,
OF New York, and
oo-Sm ALe0P / co.
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GLASS BELLs-The sweet tones Of glass, Of
certain forms, are familiar to most people as,
for instance, those made by moving a wet fin.
ger along the brim of n goblet, from which
Dr. Franklin got his idea, which resulted in
his musical instrument, called by him, we he.
lievc, the Harmonicon." This property Of
glass has been taken advantage Of for the pro
duction of bells Of n small size. But this is
not the extent of this application. a church
bell Of glass, fourteen inches high and thirteen
in the turret Of a chapel at Barrowdae, En-.
gland II would not be surprising to see glass
bells supcrsedc to n great extent those OF
brass. Tho cheapness, as we'll as, perhaps,
the tone, may prove sufficient inducements.