sons and agree upon a result, is more to be relied upon as coming at the true value, than the judgment of any of them, or of any individual. This was done by the appraisers on the part of the prosecution. It is thus that juries make up their verdicts. When they retire to their room, there is generally a variety of opinions, but on comparing their opinions and hearing each other's reasons, they come to a result in which they all agree, and which is more to be depended upon than any of the separate opinions.

Supposing that you shall find that these goods are undervalued in the invoices, how are you to decide upon the fraudulent interest or design? In doing this you will be influenced by the extent of the undervaluation. It is enough to have been a temptation to fraud; could it on a large business afford a great profit? Does it run generally through all the invoices, or is it only an occasional undervaluation, that might have happened by accident, by mistake, without any design? These and other circumstances will suggest them to yourselves on this question of intent. But you will not overlook the conduct of the parties at the time of the seizure. Was it that of upright men in the lawful pursuit of their lawful business? I will not enlarge upon this part of the case. You have heard much of it, and I doubt not will judge of it rightfully. Neither refusing its fair and reasonable influences, nor pressing it to an unjust extremity. On this question of fraudulent intention, you cannot put aside the circumstance so often mentioned, and which indeed meets the claimants and frowns upon them at every turn of their case, in every path by which they would escape, their declining or omitting to show the actual cost of these goods, their orders for the importation, their correspondence with the persons in England from whom they were bought, in short every document relating to the purchase, which had a tendency to show the truth and honesty of the legislation. Finally :

As to the 1 & 2 Counts, I have told you that I think they have not been sustained by the evidence, and that on them your verdict should be for the Claimants.

The 3d Count. If you shall be of opinion that these goods were found concealed, as charged, and that the duties on them had not been paid or secured, by which you are to understand the whole amount of duties legally chargeable upon them according to their actual cost and value; in that case the goods are forfeited, and the verdict should be for the United States.

The 4, 3, & 10 Counts, are founded on the 66 § of the Act of 1799, which not being repealed, the verdict on these counts should go for the United States, provided, that on the evidence you shall believe that the goods were entered in the office of the collector of New York, and were not invoiced according to the actual cost thereof at the place of exportation, with the design to evade the duties thereupon, or any part thereof.

The 6 Count is founded on the 4 § of the Act of 1830, as are also the 8 & 11 Counts. If, on the evidence, you shall believe that the invoices were made up with intent, by a false valuation of extension, to evade or defraud, your verdict on these counts should be for the United States.

The 5 Count charges that each and every of the packages, and each and every of the invoices, were made up with the intent by a false valuation, to defraud the revenue, and if you shall so find them, the verdict should be for the United States.

The 9 & 13 Counts are founded on the 14 § of Act of 1832. If, on the evidence, you shall believe that the packages were made up with intent to evade or defraud the revenue, your verdict should be for the United States.

The 7 & 12 Counts contain a similar charge under the 4 § of the Act of 1830, it being laid in these counts that the packages were made up with intent, by false valuation, to evade and defraud the revenue.

You will observe that many of the counts are substantially the same, varying only in form, or the manner of laying the offence. With the exception of the count for concealment, they may be resolved into these general charges: That the goods were not invoiced according to their actual cost, with a design to evade the duties; that the packages were made up

with intent, by a false valuation, to defraud the revenue; that the invoices were made up with that intent; that the packages were made up with intent to evade or defraud the revenue. This interesting cause will now be committed to you. Seldom has any Jury had submitted to them one of equal importance. If, as you have heard, there has been a combination anywhere to defraud your revenue, and depress the honest business and industry of your fellow-citizens, you will be happy to be instrumental in punishing the offenders and breaking it up. On the other, if the Claimants have had no lot or part in any such combination or practices, it will give you equal pleasure to say so by your verdict.

The Jury retired, and returned in about ten minutes with a verdict for the Claimants on the first two Counts of the Information-and for the United States on the eleven remaining Counts.-North American.

City Property. We understand that Messrs. Grundy & Co. Auctioneers of the city effected a sale of real and personal property, on Wednesday at the Exchange, amounting to nearly $100,000, belonging to the estate of the late Luke Tiernan, Esq. The mansion house of the deceased, corner of Charles and Fayette streets, was purchased by Mr. David Leche, for the sum of $20,000; the warehouse adjoining, by the same, for $6,900. The warehouse on Baltimore street, occupied by Messrs. Pendleton, Long & Reilly, near to Sharp street, was struck off to Mr. R. W. Pendleton, of the said firm, at $20,000. The warehouse opposite Hanover, on Baltimore street, occupied by Messrs. Duvall & Gable, purchased by Mr. Rich'd. Duvall, at $6,250; this lot was subject to a ground rent of $900. The wharf on Fell's Point, known as Dunkin's wharf, the Messrs. J. & A. Smith bought for $15,000. A warehouse on Light street wharf was purchased by Mr. Lurman for $6,250. Various vacant lots situated in different parts of the city, of various depths and fronts, sold at from $25 to $45 a foot front. We learn that the bidding was quite animated, and the day very unpropitious, owing to a heavy fall of rain, which lasted all day. [Baltimore Patriot.

Expedition-Mail.

By the new mail arrangement, the mail may, and sometimes does reach this place from New York, in 46 hours; and on Saturday last, it reached Charleston, by this place, in 623 hours-It is usually, however, detained here from 5 o'clock in the afternoon until noon next day, in consequence of the impracticability of crossing the bar at the mouth of the Cape Fear river, when the cars do not reach here before 4 P. M. As the river is not lighted, it would be extremely dangerous to make the attempt, and if made, it would doubtless ere long result in the loss of property and life.— While upon the subject we will here extract an article from the Charleston Patriot of the 16th.

"The Northern Mail was received here this morning from New York in sixty-two and a half, and from Philadelphia, Baltimore & Washington in forty-eight hours. We owe this saving of time to the enterprise of the Wilmington and Raleigh Railroad Company, who are not bound to deliver it here even at 12 P. M. by the new schedule, until the Cape Fear River is sufficiently lighted to enable the boats to descend it without hazard, during unfavourable weather. When the weather is favorable at Wilmington we shall be in the receipt of the Mail between 8 and 12 M., in two days and a half from New York, when unfavorable not in less time than at present and at the same hour. The citizens of Charleston will then see the necessity of applying to Congress, if the Post Master General does not conceive himself warranted to allow additional compensation for the lighting of Cape Fear River, that the Mail should not be detained during unfavorable weather at Wilmington, twenty-four hours and that the arrangement should be made permanent, by which they would receive the Northern Mail in the time that it reached here to-day.

Wilmington N. C. Advertiser.

REMARKS.

On page 172, vol. i., was published a general table of the imports and exports of specie from 1821 to 1838. The above table exhibits the countries from which that specie came. It will be seen that we are indebted for the largest amount to South America, having received during that period from her $85,527,360. From Europe we have imported $40,067,768 -and from the West Indies and American Colonies $34,006,543—of the remainder of the whole amount imported we have received $1,036,220 from Africa, $928,358 from Asia and $569,703 from Cape-de-Verds and other Atlantic Islands. The whole amount imported in these 18 years was, $162,135,952. The amount annually imported since 1833 has more than doubled the importations of former years. This increase has been principally from Europe, the supplies from other countries having been rather uniformly equal for several years, with the exception of the West Indies for 1837 and 1839. The preceding tables show in detail the sums annually received from each country down to 1838. The report for 1839 not being yet published we must defer the statement for that year to a future period. We shall likewise hereafter furnish a table, showing the countries to which the exports of specie have been made in the same years.

A Marble Quarry-has lately been opened in Leacock township, Lancaster county, on the estate of Philip Reitzel, Esq. which produces an article equal, if not superior in beauty, to any hitherto discovered in the United States.

Beautiful specimens of White and Verd Antique from this quarry, can be seen at the manufactory of Mr. Fagan in Lancaster city.-Keystone.

Population of Newburyport.-By the census of this town taken by the Assessors, in conformity with an act of the last General Court, it appears the number of inhabitants at the present time is 7,124. In 1830 it was 6,388—in 1837 it was 6,741.

Increase of Ministers.-The American Quarterly Register contains a list of ordinations and instalations of ministers of the various denominations, making the general summary for the year ending April 1, 1840, as follows-Congregational, 109; Presbyterian, 75; Episcopalian, 35; Baptist, 84; Unitarian, 11; other denominations, 17; Total, 331. According to this list, the greatest increase of ministers would appear among the Congregationalists. We have, therefore, taken pains to examine the correctness of the list, and the result is as follows:-Of the 109 reported as Congregational, only 60 are ordinations, the remainder installations. Of the all the others, 42 only are ordinations. 75 reported as Presbyterian, 22 only are ordinations, and of

By turning to the Quarterly List of the Christian Review, we find instead of 84, there are 164 Baptist ordinations reported in the same period, as no installations are there reported. The real increase of ordained ministers, therefore, stands thus: Baptists, 164; Congregationalists, 60; Presbyterian, 22; other denominations, as as far as reported in the Quarterly Register 42.-Christian Watchman,

Silk. We have been shown a specimen of silk, recently manufactured by Mr. Casset, in Elysian Fields, between Victory and Moreaut streets. The sample is exceedingly rich and beautiful, weighing about three quarters of a pound, and The texture is fine, but is the product of 1,800 worms. uncommonly strong-a single thread sustaining a mass nearly a quarter of a pound in weight. Mr. Casset has 30, 000 worms, and intends engaging extensively in the production of eggs, and the manufacture of silk.-N. O. Bee,

A large portion of the present number is devoted to the important trial, and Judge Hopkinson's Charge, in the case of an attempt to defraud the Government of duties. This and the tables of the import of specie have excluded our usual portion of miscellaneous matter.

We would offer our acknowledgments to the Secretary of State of New York, for a copy of the Geological Reportand to the Secretary of Massachusetts, for numerous inter esting and important public documents.