LEGAL INTELLIGENCE. BOrsailli Comm.—Chief Justice Lowrie, and Justices Woodward, Thompson, and Strong.— In the matter of the appeal of the Farmers' and Mechanics' Bank- The following order was en tered, there being no assignments of error filed by any other claimant in the food for distribution to disclaim made by John Farman A Co., which was allowed by the auditor and the Court o f Common Pleas! It is ordered, atjudgett, and decreed, that the mun of $2 695 05, reported to them by the au ditor, be paid by the assignees of the said bank to the ;aid John Farnum r 8 Co., together with any interest made thereon, (if any,) pending the set tlement of the account of the said assignees, end the residue of the fund await the final decision of this court. Berson Vs. Commonwealth. Argued and sub mitted. Good vs. Grow, Barnes' appeal, and Park vs. Sweeney. Argued and Submitted. North Branch Canal Company TEL Scott. Ar• geed by Ulysses Meroar for plaintiff in error, and the smart .deolined to hear counsel for defendant is error. Churiker vs. Guernsey. Argued. Among the cues on the list now before the court la a moat cottons one. it tennis that away up In Luzern county lived a men named lilisba Harris. ile owned a large farm, and was supposed to have saved considerable money. Be was an eccentric and close-fisted individual, and be lived entirely secluded and alone. in July, 1858, he died. His administrators could find no property beyond the the ordiniry household furniture. &o. "According tv euetota, thej had a Tend l o-OT, its the country people call it, a" voodoo," (which, by the way, is one of the three great sources of excitement and interest in the country, court week and funerals being the other two) The vendue was well at tended, it being inferred that the money which it was supposed the deceased died possessed of bad been concealed somewhere, and old °heats and bureaus probably . never before sold so well at an upcountry sale. Well, one Da vid U. nathmacher, an honest Dutchman, went to the sale, and a nondescript article of furniture was struck off to him for fifteen cents. It was a square block of pine wood, about three feet long and ten or twelve inches square, sup jotted by four legs, each about a foot and a half an length. On the top was a horizontal wheel, with an iron spin dle attached to it. It was an onslandish affair, and it might, for all we know, have come out of the Ark, and been applied to antediluvian uses. Da vid paid his fifteen cents, hauled his purchase house, and threw it on the wood-pile In course of timeit came to be split open for firewood, when, le! it was found to contain $3,754.50 in gold and diver coin and promicaoty "altos. David. though poor, was honest, and he informed the administra tors of hie disoovery. The result was a suit was entered to determine to whom the treasure should belong. The lower court decided against honest David, and he appealed Snob was the ease that came up yesterday, and it occasioned much mend- ment. The ease was argued by Kendrick B. Wright, gal , for David. and E. L Dans, Esq., for }he ast4ta of Harris. Mr. Wright contended that David was guilty of no fraud or misrepresentation, and that be was en titled to have all that he bought—log, spindle, and money. Re oiled divers odd oases—such an that of the bedstead of Richard 111.,_ which, many years after the battle of Bosworth Field, was aold, and the buyer found the frame and pitsta filled with gold coins ; and the case of a tropical bird, sold recently in New Orleans, the owner finding in its craw some valuable diamonds. Were these jewels sold with the bird ? Chief Justice Lowrie suggested he had forgot ten one ease—that of the man who bought a" pig in a poke." Mr. W. replied that was an Irish ease. and might not be considered as authority in OUT mina. Mr. Dana contended that log and spindle were all that David bought, or that the adminietrators intended to sell, and that David could not have any more except on the paradox that the adminis trators sold that which they did not assent to the sale of, and bad not offered for sale, and that David purchased that which be did not bid tornor pay for. Lots of other "wise saws and modern M atinees" were cited by Mr Dana from Plutarch down to Story Re gave the following from the life of Solon: I Plat. Lives, p. 205--" When some Mane once were drawing a net, some strangers of &Metes bought the draught unseen and at a ven ture. There chanced to come up a golden tripod, which Helen, at her return from Troy, on the re membrance of an old prophecy, bad thrown in there. The strangers contesting with the fishers Ghent the tripod, and the cities espousing the quar rel so far as to engage in war, Apollo, to end the controversy, advised that the tripod be presented to the wisest man. Aft er passing around in fruit less search from one to another, it eventually came back to the temple of Apollo, and the court, ny eonon of inability to decide the case, became ths tsar of the subject matter of th e controversy " Mr. Wright said he did not wish to intrude any vice upon the court, but if they found David's :61.11d a ktOtt7 one, they could make short work at ital by following the example of the ancient tribu n. It h needless to say that there was more laughter in the court-room than is usual in arguments be fore this august tribunal. lINITCD STA.TES 01.11OUIT COURT--Judge Cadwalader —The court yesterday mitered an order In the long contested ease of Packer vs. Ham mitt, that the colliery he leased to Theodore Oar- , retecon, upon security being given that upon a set tlement of accounts between the several parties to the cause, it ewe. Steel & Patterson shall re -6°140 eredit for their proportion of any deficiency in the amount that may be actually realized as rent or net profits under the proposed lease, bel4w the sum of $9,000, and James W. Paul, Efq , is ap pointed epochal wafter to SOO to a-ad report the exe etttion of the lease_ Querns SPASIONS Judge Ludlow.— In consequence of the absence of pardes—proseou tors and defendants—the court adjourned at an early beer without doing any business FINANCIAL. AND COMMERCIAL. The Money Market. PH TINADELPHIA, March 13, HU The stock market to day was rather inactive. In the absence of any exciting news from the South there was but little fluctuation in prices. Readieg Railroad opened weak and fell off a shade. State Rives declined 4; City Loans 4; fdinebill Railroad i , and Lehigh Loan 4. Cam deo and Amboy Railroad was better. All the fancy securities on the list were weak. In Bank shares there ;Apo quotable change. The supply of capital is steadily increasing, but trade is slow, and there is no increase in the de mand ; seven to eight per cent. are the rates for No. 1 obligations, but names not recognised as irat-clew are tabooed. There are a number 15f merchants here from the interior, and a few from the West, bet they bold off, watching the movements at the South, and the purohasea are confined to immediate wants. The following is the amount of coal transported over the Delaware, Lackawanna, and Western Railroad, for the week ending Saturday, March 9 : Week. Year. Tone Cwt. Tone CIFL ...aszata 31 90111.3 —.13259 15 116 570 06 Total.. _..16.8%02 369.02 09 Per corresponding time last year Week. Year. Tons tl.t. Ton.. Cwt. 2 492 12 23 403 1 , 4 South ..... IC 116 631 01 !hipped North.-- Shipped Santa- 02 138,939 18 The New York Pose of this evening rays : The stock market cpered with a frm tone on the bond list, at an improvement of .fat per sent. on most descriptions, but When New York Cettral was reached Ste firmness was lost, the speculative aims undergoing a decline of 3e= per cent. New York Central is no doubt, influenoed by advises from Albany, which allude to the passage of the Toll bill through the Assembly as quite cer tain It I. a corium, fast that, while this is pro graming, Governor Curtin le signing Cie bill paned by the Permayivania Legislature, repealing the tonnage tax on the Pennryleania. read. The market cloves weak ; Nrw York Central 78a 781; Erie, 32e32} ; Hudson, 41a4,51; Rock Island, 571a58 Philadelphia Stock Exchange Sales, March 13,1841 Raroimb BY 8. E.ELAT MAK x k, Mercha ate Exchange FIRST BOARD =0 Penns 51— IP4 2 Camden & Amboy..ll4X son do . do ... 676 abt do .-- 8 4 Rez'eton ,48 100 City 65..-...new.Wwl: /5 Re,d ma R. R. 12 MO City Gas 9741 6 Nor istown R--- 111 aeD do now 97344 10 do ....—.— .St MOO Ott R 64 &.e Ex 9 - 39,16 do . s 5 300 R ..... 97 In do. b 5 61 1009 Readi 65'81..... 744 61 Green & - Coates.- 17 40 Leb)sb ltd 110 • rob street u...._.. 12n Bewristrarg R at 50 Long I 21.4 48 14 ne b .... Sri 23 Lehigh early.-- 3 , X 100 4 on & .Br as orf mop 73 t o do ...-... . 34;‘, MOO Cam &Am 6s'B9 082 ,15 do SIX Moo 0. Per n Its- -... 96 4 Farm & koob linsll 61 7 Cam & Ambor-.4 14,if 1 BETWI* EN BOARDS. 30 Farm & Nook Bk.- 51 19 Onion Bk Tenn-Nye 09 SECOND 1000 Lehigh Ss— . .10956 110 Reading R . te a Ital do .............10216 150 do .--.-- .._... 22 An do .10216 80 do . —ll Di n. &in 29 . ( 10 0 .3 N Penns R106.2(1 96 43 Edinehill. ._.......10ta 88 1u) do .. ....26s 96 80 Long island.-- It X woo Penna. 11 mt.. . . 100 1.00 Del “ mon 60 , ..-- 83 liz .high bile) 69. 91 8 Catawiva pref. -10 1 Penns. R. , 4116 1 vainden as Itintioy..ll6 100'50 Reading R'4ll'6ll. 91X I 60 Elmira pref.— _— .. IS I Hazleton . 46 5 Kentuckt man k.... 101.% 39 tpos Pe Vine— 13.11 6 1..‘ hish scrip__ six lan Reading R. .... 32 I • CLOSING PRICES—HTEADY• Bid. Asked Bid. Asked Ph'lndelphin6s.. 974 9 , 3* Elrn‘rs R Prefd..l3 13X PM e en R . P 7 97% 0 1 miraTa '73 67 Phil% Es new_lo2 ltiln. Long brand I ....10M 11 reaa. 5 6.'.. 61 34: 6611( Leh •II & ......___. so; go X•ed 4-.....—... XI 12X Leh CI &N • op.-sth 343( Strad Me '09.. 84 , 90r111 Pennon 4 .-. IN 9 ttend mt 6• ' 81'4191 '9134 I'V Penns - 65... 67,9 8134 *ad mt ea 'B6 .. 74 7 tilN Penta R 101.-.96X 96 mans R----- .- -41 4134 c4.114M64 R ton. 396 4 I , ens It Id nage 9I 3; .. l(`mewitdm Drat 10 10X orris Cart oo ',. 63 65 91565 e• 0 theetrns 46 hinrru cam /10.110)(1 141 I , ac , &V.ne - gt a. 13 13% . Poll 6. As '69/ . 6659 4905, 1 9 , 651. Phil. e....... 66 66 9c6 Nap Imp 114. 74 .. 19pruee & Pine.— /319 9 Feb Nay Etk..— 8,14* I Green tc Costes-16X 17% Bch Aar Prefd— 16g -- I change—March 13. New York Stock lh_ gi.gollD WARD 10go u.s. Vs. 74 coop. 8751100 N. r. recital R..blom): 40080 do.. ... 1371,150 Erie Railro..d.— Si 3040:7 UM O'S. at ma nn. 93%1 60 do. .. S 3 100 A I/ 8.8 a. 'Bl eg.. . 9634 1110Endeon River K.... 43 790 Tenn G's. '93 —73 301 Marie u Prerd..l3o l ra 4001 Minoan d'5....... MX on do. . AO 95X RI 0 do . 6 , U 300 do. . . 3 / 4 N 170u11 Virginia N s _.. I a'. 7434 SO Rending R... ~.e3O 4334 - E3OO Ohio re, 1960 97H,1tu0 Mich Plentral R.-- 5734 314 x) 11l Cent. H hoods ' J7 %1100 Mien H & oi I K.... 16!1 WOOD Paenflo R.R gratd 66 g 50 1133 g 53 Del & Had C.tal Co. £O/4 160 ill Central It Hop. . 803 i 53 Fathbe Mad 8 8..-...8534 360 do. .sio 9734 MO do ad 134 200 do. .21030)fi 31 NI Laak &IRR_ . to laci do. .Tdo 8.34 7.0 1a.,. & R I— - BM 10J Cleve & Toledo 1t...34.% THE DIARKETB. Auras me in moderate demand. with small sales at SIAS for Fore and 6.31e6 for Pearls. Hawkneruvr-• he market for State and Western Flour au Mali end drooping but there is no Material va nation 111 Smogs. The remand for export Is ti • ited, said tee boat, trade are only bayous to Basely their im m that. wawa Cattedia , Flour is miler and @ramie, with sal.sor SXI Ws at 811.35we.76 for common t sood extra Hy' Flour is inactive. and swu ng S l ow l y et. ;13 coact° ter toe none of fine toga...pellicle. corn "e a t I. dll I and in favor of the borer. we quote Jersey at 12 auax at; Ongodrarioe 851air5.25; puncheons eis Data are Cu et andunchanged vita onlr mode rate den, es Serino tor Southern SIKSSSSo for /cr. *el. Delaware. arm reansylvaola:Sltimathio for Mate; and Memo for western and Canadian SL)u a flaw at tlFfi!o tor Jersey and Nottlern Bailey is dull at 680 atwOnlinit in QS .lite. at ig heaV7 and dem Vat, gales of 211.0 Pu Dashed, at 660 for pr we old Western ib ire: MOO for new do, at the railroad depot and delivered; and tSo for new yellow Southern. Wheat is without a..vsew features to advise The demand Jo limited both for export and local mUhn6.and Rrioes atilt have ans tendency. Bales of WU at:shale at fe l P i e l wankes Club, and Ines for °hetes white AMERICAN HOTEL—Chestnut street, a ove Filth F minor. Trenton. NJ F 8 Prioe, Baltimore Oro Kulp Wiikeeb ere R H Baste. Beth! , hem K Judson. Froeport, 11l A A Mott. N C A Matinoni. Virginia p Mannoni, A. Carter. Chicago T N Patterson, Aeh'll oo John K Steger Reading C B Waok. Reading A A Fisher. I lipoid' G H White, It 0 Jos Lund. Pew York John P Zane, California Miss newhe , g, New York P Wilbur. Bethlehem Thos B Atkins. Br'oklyn W H Tavinr, Cin, 0 P Moody, Wllmipgtnn , Pal w F Etohratlnt, re J r. Benson, Paterson. N J J r Green, •eV York J D Maul:rook. Laneaster J B Jones, New Jersey J ingiie Jr, Paterson, N 1 A 0 Jackson, Tennessee A C Thomrson, Indiana 8 R Mlltner. Virginia .1 Latouche, Alexandria, Va J I Cam shag. Richmond A L B. econnt, Ohio 0 *alter. Baltimore W D Mo ord. BAltimine P W Cottiniiham. Phil& 'I Gibson. Denver City W E Ftiterta, chile W H Smith, Tennessee MERCHANTS' HOTEL—Forutb street. below Arch. Jos Dy sart, Penns . lvenie fl C Shirk, Columbus, 0 Wm maererton. Penne, J C Bake,. Mo Frank Turner. Lagerne Chas T starker, Mass 'lra O C giepbarto umberl'd E Noßrice, eon:m.lEllas 'Remit Con- 'about E Creeter, New Bedford raw'. Urn,. Fi , ohbure 3 H MoCombe Warren u H S nub W. men, 0 C Frier Y. Columbus, John T Wo o d s . lowa D McDonald Ohio C firewater. t lafaufison. lo W M Sp•ankle.Ohio k; G W Aeon, Ft Mad'u. /o T H lowa Wm Tres nr.r, York. Pa C Wakefield, Imams Hon •en Pao'er, M t hunk D U•ieh. Harrisburg Prentiss Ceeffer. Lee. Maas L K Watson. Mc. M Reynolds, Befoken k_eheiranill,_Plew York B A MearathoAnaha W Loth, Elosben Jae 11 Cole. •Anci avail. 0 Id Berry, Lancaster J S MoNsnch, Catawireq, Ps BOARD. THE UPlloN—Aroh street, above Third. W A Fritehey, Maryland Jno Feder. Befefonte win R Wood, Pena W Forrey. Csmods City W Ruth. I matt. City Thos Bpenoer. Pittabg Jna t• Palmer, Pittsburg J H Foreman, Chicago D Smith. Beading hril Weide Rainbow JP Wickersham Millers , ' Wm ti echatfer. mutt, Pa Geo W Con ade. Ohio R B Graham Vermont Bulf.trd, New Jersey 3: • 'Mason. Vermont lidorson & .a, Vermont F Fox. Ineitna tieo A Jenks & la. POl2/311 W noi.der. C Mrs Maxwell. D 0 Miss A. It ookbrune. D C • Millman, Potievele C .Reinrkine. /omens Jag C Brown, lowa M Miller. Greenville, 0 J gi de Brut o,Virinoinster,o D H Wiles.lndians I) Young. Fairfield. lowa Jno K loevett. Tamaqua etieslien Jones. Tonneaus J-618 Fergus 13. XV Jersey R Wiltiams itrittirobit B n Cooper. Pittsburg Teh mar Allentown G Mendel, Wheeling,Ya J B Hun, bPneeling . Va Wtt Cox. Maysville. KY Hti Cot. Maysville, Ky J D Briggs, Onio B Wither, Indiana A Mory, Dayton, 0 T P Bald. Baltimore JONES• HOTEL—Chestnut street. above Rath. M WWilliama.Torra Hante Tana Morris, Readmit .1 8 Smith. Philtdelphis T F Petah. TrentQll. r 1 Tome, Port Deposit, hld P B fltgotunaon. Indiana J M young. Tenn-ease Monrpe Caton & 11l M S MoCey & la. Baltimore John B Ford & Is. N Y A Cook. Troy. N Y Mm IS A Ives. Trox. NIF Corn Seinace, Maryland Jae Andrews, New Jerrie, Welker, New Jersey Geo P Dasher, Horton Woe. r r0.... A P Gibson at s, N C Dr H L Hoffman, Ohio ET. LOUIS HOTEL—Chestnut street. above Third. A Hem derucna,wew Castle Jou Jarraro M WWI, New Jersey J P !larder, 8 Caroling Dr Lehermann• NOW York J Vougiren, NOW York E C- everfieid. Ohio Mr Murray & la, N York Mr Dwight. Conneollout A Wiate•epiew York Tling Miller, Ohio Yd Akers A t slrimore Chu !Wegineies, Baltimore V, nroureS, New Y^l'S A EiOnditoh. Bostqn FJohns..n. Phnnsylvania Carpenter. New York H tlmith, l'enrinPreJua Wm x triestley, VA STATES UNlON—Market street, above Sixth- A 0 liildebrand,HantingdonJ lone. Ch ono Jame- fv.ziee, txoperatooa r ams bole. New Yr•ric White°. Lana en. Ps M k etnipeon. Delaware wra Btn.r . ClVlsam A W .;rrign. Pictab.re Theo o_Dell. Pails Chas *Anal', Mit James 'Twin, Bolton COM MERC'AL DO t EL—Sixth at.. above CbitsYnnt. John I Taylor, New Jersey A 0 M Prevost, Trenton Bunting, Penns A Ham POUDA. Z Malington, West Chester J H rawford. Maryland C YOU*, Penn.. ER Fla' innton, Pottstown no, Ps R T Ogden, Del no, Pa Ateyroodas nos EL W..y. Om. Del XP Potts, Nomstows, Pa Philadelphia Markets. MARCH 15—Evening, The Flour market ix lnaotive and spices about the Mine 04 last quoted, with a limited inquiry to note for export. 200 bbla cape fine cold at 05; 200 bbl. W. B. Tkonion do. 411.2 B; 800 choice sniper on pnvate term.. and 1 COD bbla Western extra at 85 2005 M. Saha, to the trade. revue at from the above fig..ree for superfine up to se Itestati for extras. and 0506.50 tar MO/ brands. anoorditur to quality. Rye Float ii selling in a man way at •3 500.1 eitg per bbl. Corn Meal la steady and We tibia Feline sold at SUM per Dbl. tWasaT is firm but not very matins: 1.300 Imam mold at 1279,1280 for 'demerit and Penns rad. and 136e1+!iso for bur to Immo whits. Rye is held at 680 •or renns. nod doll. Corn ieetenny and rather more active; about 7 051 bushels new 'Curie mold at Mitigo,tui to coedit' 11., mostly at Ms afloat. oa•e are tinonansed; we quote Peons at 3203060, and Delaware at 343. 13..51es and M•lt ate