Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 26, 1872, Page 6

THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: THURSDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1872. COMMERCIAL. ‘WIDNEDAY EVENING, Dec. 25, To-day, being Christmas, was very closely ob- Jerved as a holiday-in business circles—even Tnore thoroughly than ususl. The day wes es- pecially quiet by -contrast with one year ago, Wwhen the need for shelter from the siorms of winter was too imperative to permit of asuspen- yion of work on the snniveraary of a Savior's pirth. Chicago was then obeying the Beripture eommand, in working out her ovn salvation— albsit nol with fear and trembling. Now the hecessity for that extra exertion has passed Bway, and the recently burnt-outers were able poce more to gather around their Christmas trees, and mutilate their turkeys in peace. A few forlorn ones gathered in thehalls of the Chamber of Oommerce in the morning, and tried hard to persusde esch other that the re- cent excitement in wheat was o safficient apol- ogy for their prosence. Bat thoy all evidently elt ag if the “‘ whip of emall cords” would not ave been ount of place among them, and the thering quietly disperscd—some of its wflm my g sundry calls on the way home- Dreszed hogs were nominal at $4.25@4.50 per logd":m. ighwines were quoted firm st 8334c per gal- Ton for 100 brl lots.q zes gk Provisions were nominal at the range of prices provailing on Tucsday, as fol- Jows: Mess Pork—Old, $i1.25@I1.50; new tk, cash or seller the month, at 811.50@11.60 ; o seller January, §11.50@11.55; do seller Feb- ruary, 811.60@11:65; do seller March, 811.75@ 31.80; do_scller April, £11.90; grima ‘mess, €10.50. Lard, cash, $6.95@7.00 for now, each oreeller December; doseller Janusary, $7.00; do seller February, $7.12%¢; do seller March, $7.2734@7.30. Bweet pickled hams, T3{@88{c, =nd _green hews at 7ige for 151 averages, mnd 7ic for 16-1b averages. Green shoulders, B¥@32{c; dorough sides, 45@43{c; do sho: mibs, 5@5X6c; do short clear, b¥@5k4c; dry malted menta quotablo at S3ge for eloulders; B30 for short ribs, and 55(c for short clear. Bozed shoulders, eeller December,- quoted at 8%0. English mestsfor deliveryin Décember and Yanuary, 5%c for Cumberlands; 53¢ for chort xibs or long clear; 6c for ehort clesr; BY@ 8l¢c for long cut hams. Mess beef, $8.50@9.00; gfi?o?“?: ;i;;, tslal.su@x}oéoa ; beof hame, 538.00 .00, City tallow, T}6@%3{c; grease quota- Blo ot 5y@6xc.” . Flour was inactive, at $5.75@7.50 for good to choice spring extras, and $4.25@5.00 for spring enperfines. Bran was quoted at $11.00 per ton on track. “Wheat was qufet, but strong. Sales were made of about 50,000 bu (options) before the * crowd"” sdjourned. Seller January opened at $1.19%, and advanced to $1.19%4 'at the close. Seller February sold at @1.213/@1.21%, closing at the outside. No. 1 epring was nominel at the close &t £1.24 5 No. 2 do at §1.19; No. 8 do at £1.05%4 @1.06, and rejected do at 93%c. - Corn was entirely nomical at 803¢c cashj; 80%c seller Januery; 3813¢c_seller February; Béc seller May ; 8687c seller June ; and 2% for Tejected. » Oats wexzes *Zé?si?/nl ntufifim gub or e;l;gr anuary ; 253 4c eeller February; 26%c eeller April ; and 21@213¢o for rojected. - Rye was nominal at 692fc for No. 2 cash, and Y0c seller January. Barley was nominal at 65c for No. 2 in ordi- Diery houses, and 70c in Armour & Dole’s ; 53@ B4clor No. 3 41c for rejected ; and 65c seller January. There was some talk this morning about the doings of Edward hite, a member of ths Board of Trade, who has_defraudod the Fifth National Bank, and the National Bank of Com- ‘merce, of this city, out of some $15,000, by false bills of lading for 40 car loads of wheat, and 10 cars of barley, which were not eent to B, Robertson & Co., znd others, of New York City. ‘The bills of lading were mads out oz the Erie & North Bhora Line, and the name of Charles 8. Tappen, the Chicago sgent of that freight company, was fraudulently signed thercto, It 1s suspected that te has returned %o Englend, whence he came & few ieu:a ago to Milwaukee, and graduated into the enitentiary for having eold a number of barrels of eawdust and receiving therefor the price of ®0 many barrels of mess pork. How he obtained eion to our Board of Trade is a mystery, a8 there were plenty of men here who were familiar with his Milwankee history and refused 0 recognize him in consequence. ~Would it not be well, in future, that parties shall not be ad- xmitted to membership till after their names !dz:ve;bean ‘posted on the bulletin board for a few 8 COMMERCE OF NEW YORE- The Daily Bulletin gives the following : * The “statements of the imports and exports of this Jport during November ehow a falling off a6 com- pared with tho preceding month, a feature nenally noticesble ab this period of the year, es- pecially in the imports. As compered with last iepr, the imports show a {alling off in every- hing with the exception of free goods and spe- rie, which are considersbly in excess of 1871, wund reduce the total deficit to about $300,000. The additions that have been made to the free list during the year agein show in the large in- erezse in the entries of free goods, which wera 2bout £4,000,000 in excess of those of the corres- onding months in the two preceding years. The imoports at New York for the month of Novem- ber were: 1830, 187 1872 Ent. for consump... §14,004,994 $13,123,708 £10,395,475 6,886,063 9,371,091 7,679,647 8 1,491,905 1,600,142 5,574,918 Bpecte and bullion.. 2784075 ' 33,779 155480 “Total ent. st port. $25,117,257 24,157,720 $23,805,622 Withdrawa ® from T BUIELTD S ‘warehonee.. 6,325,530 9,005,491 B,374,855 “ Theimports for the eleven months since the st of Januery were: 1870, 1871, 1872, Ent for consnmp, .$158,014,426 $195, 7 $185,030,376 Ent. for wareh'g.. 110,186,682 1 164,115,364 12,666,091 441,630 Free gooda. .. 26,493,921 50, Bpecleand bullion 11,583,106 6,226,407 5,420,911 Tot. eat. at port. 292,400,376 $359,404,132 $105,003,161 rom. Withdravn warehouse ... .§106,063,953 £118,49%,610 $147,937,704 * The collections for duties bave been com- paratively light, and as during the preceding months of the year are below those of 1871, ovwing to the reductions that have been mede in duties during tho yesr. The amounts collected daring the first three quarters and the two months of the cloging quarter are shown by the annexed : 1870, 1871, 1872, 1st gr..$ 38,668,230.47 § 39,673,967.50 § 42,124,009.14 2dgr... 34,013,560.63 34,118,140.43 31,698,700.62 Bdqr... 39,853,870.39 44,01,088184 80,800,443.97 InQct.. ILIGLIGAC0 12,366,671.23 10,655,320.80 TnNov. 901782332 93504455 7,274,100.46 11 mos.$127,614,860.41 $139,725,512.60 $131,612,644.99 #The exports for the month were heavy, and ehow a large increase over November, 1871, but ~rere slightly under 1870. The excess was chief- 1y on tha exports of domostic produce, but there es also an increaso on foreign goods re-eXpori- ed, and on specie and bullion. The total exports smounted to $28,489,169, ageinst $21,855,126 1ast sear. Daducting the specie, we etill have an in- crease of $4,260,000. The following were the exports during November : Do @ m? Ty sxelma' 95 w’mz. 2 om. producs. .$24,125,33 ,603,79: 463,45 ¥or’n fres goods 1,963 64,46 180,202 For'n dutialle... 785,653 564,328 982, Bpecieand bul'n 4,895,257 2,124,509 4,903,853 Total cxports...$20,600,600 $21,857,126 $28,489,160 To. excl. epecie.. 22,916,352 239,587 23,635,216 “ Deducting the specie and bullion from our exporta for the eleven months ended with No- vember, and we have a legs favorable showing than for that month. The totalamount was ‘but £600,000 more than in 1871, but as that wes 2 very heavy year the exhibit may not be con-~ eidered unsatisfactory. Including specie, We have a large excess, a8 will be seen by the an- nexed statement of the exports for eleven months : 1870, 1871, 1872, Dom. produce, .$166,605,411 $206,774,248 $204,939,538 3 ds '336763 1,076,418 1,436,205 L. 9202933 T,M4B,587 9,042,438 Bpecioand bul'n 60,240,506 61,831,354 67,975,665 $276,725,607 §282,993,842 214,834,953 26,418,177 Tatal exports. ..§232,246,008 Total, exclusive of specie, .... 176,105,407 WOOL. Harding, Gray & Dewey thus write of the wool business in Boston : Trado continues quict, ‘but 84 noticed last week, s qulet market generally results in sles of 1,000,000 lbs, £0d the traneactions of the week fall but little short of thds figure, There is a Teport current of considerable sales of foreign to ore of our large mills, but the pur- chases referred to were Monterideo wools, and wero in- €luded of our report of last week. Parties who anticipated o quiet market until the ad~ ventof the New Yesr will not be disappointed, De- cember, however, is not uways a quiet month. In the corresponding week of st year, 8,700,000 s wool were sold, of which 1,500,000 ware domestic, and 2,200, 000 bs foreign. A similar business now would clear the market of domestic wool and make a large hole in ‘our stock of foreign. A comparison of prices now and - “"then’ will also be interesting to our readers, o8 fol- Tows ichigan fleece: 4G0 Western und New York ficeces.62@67 Puiled super. 45@15 42 sy Jast year—pulled {s full 5o G Ib lower—and Cape and Celifornia from 1@3c Iower. Thero was, however, a rapid advance in wool the firat two months of last year, and, from our present standpoint, it ppesrs to us that wool i sure 10 advance in January and February the coming year. Wo have & smaller stock of wool to fall back upon, and manufacturers are not burdened with %0 large a stock of goods. — CHICAGO DAILY MARKET. Wepxeapas EVENTSG, Dec, 25, ALCCHOT—~Was quiet, and unchanged ; 94 per cent proof quotzble at $1.78@1.53, BLOOM CORN—There was no Dew foatures to note in connection with this market, If we excepta-fair inquiry for the higher _grades, which are acarce and firmer, the market §s_dull, and prices nominally un- changed. We quote No. 1 hurl, 6@6)c per Ib; No. 1 stalk braild, 5@5c ; No. 2 do, 4@4)¢c; No. 8 do, 3@ 335c ; Inalde gresn, $j@4o; 4o red tip, Yo;do pale'and @235¢, “iVere quiet, and steady, Choice mavies znd firm, Wequote: Navies af §2.25@ to prime 2t $1.75@2.00; common to medium doing, Prices aro steady o8 follows: Stuc- co, $250@275; New York stuceo, casing, RI5GL00; do, $4.00@4.50; Roeendzio X puperfine cement, $3.26@3.50; Utica Drl; Loutsvillo cement, $2.00; Akro 2.00; matble dust, $3.25@3.50; lime, in bulk, $1.06@1.25 lime (in bris), $1.35@1.60 per brl; white sand, per brl, £2.75@3,00; plastering hair, per bu, 40@45c ; fire brick, ‘per 1,000, $40,00@90.00; building brick (Sommon), $11,00 @15.00; country brick, §13.00@14.00 ; WoodstocK press- ed range ot $25.00@40.00; 5t, Louis Hydraulic pressed, £45.00, del ; Milwankoe, $35,00, del; Racine, $30.00, del Tunsdale, £25.00, del fire clsy, per brl, $008 5.00.The following i the st of pricés per box of 50 feot, for domestic window glass, from which & roduc- tion of 40 aud 6 per cent is mada by dealers: cement, " $2. First Double quality. strength. 8z 8to Tx9. -§ 516 $ .00 7x10to 8x10. 6.60 9.00 8x11 to 10x13. 00 9.50 8x14 to 10x15. 11.00 10x14 to 12x18, 13.00 14x16 to 16x20. 15.00 14322 to 16x24. 7.00 18x22 to 18x30. 18,50 20x28 to 24x30. 20,00 26x28 to 24x38. 22.00 26134 to 26340, 24,00 28xE3 to 26.00 28x46 to 80x48. 27.00 30x50 to 32x63. 28.00 to 84.00 94358 to 34x00. 38, 26x60 to 40260, . 40.00 BUTTER—The trade was dull, with littlo or 1o chango in values. Aside from local buyers, there was no considerable demand, and prices wero quoted easy, 2 follows: Good to choice roll, 18@24c; strictly choice dairy packed, 26@28c ; medium to good, 18@ 22c ; inferior to common, 8@17c. ‘BAGGING—Remaius quict and frm. Grain bage were but littl inquired for, Burlaps snd gunnies Wero moving to eome extent at sbout former rates. We quote: BStatk, S5)c; Ludlow, 85c3 Low- iston, 34Kc; American, 32io: Otter Creek,’ S3xc; urlap bags, 42nd § bu, 20@2330; gunnies, single, 18@19c ; do double, 28c; wool sacks, 63@70c. CHEESE—Tho chieese trade continues inactive, with peices umchanged. Follgwing aro ho quotations ! New ork factory, 14@15¢; Obio factary, 12@13c ; Western factory, 11Giso. QOAY—Frices were firm st the snnered range: Ieblgh, lump, $IS00G1980; Lobigh, prepared, $13.00; Lackewsnna, $12,00813.00; Erle, $10.508 1150 ; Briar Hill, $10.60@11.50; Walout Hitl, £11.003 Blossburg, $10.00@11.00; Cherry DMine, ' $10.00} Hocking Valley, $10.00@10.50; Cznnel coal, $9.50} Indiona block, ' $9.50@10.00; Ainonk, £3.00; W! mington, $7.0087.50. CANNED GOODS—No changes wero noticestle in this market. A moderate amount of trading was dona £t the prices given below $2.00@2.25 2.2532.50 ) 225@2.60 ‘Plums, green gages, 2 b 3.00@3.55 Quincés, 2 b.... 2.76@3.00 Strawberries, 2 B 2.5082.15 Raspbercies .. L 250@2T5 Blackberries, 3 1b... 2.0082.25 Gooseberrles, 2 1h, 2.25@2.50 Tomatoes, 2 fb . 215@2.25 COOPERAGE—We continue to barrels, $190@L40; lard whiskey barrels, $2.10@2.25; lonr _barrels, B5O@S5c 3. rough staves, $18.00@20.00 ; bucked staves, $28,00@$30.00; flour staves, $8.50 @9.50; circle flour _ headings, 7Tx@9% ¥ eet; four hoop ‘poles, $14.00@17.00 P m ; pork and tierca poles, $30.00 gm&) % m; whiskey barrel staves, $33,00@27.00 m. CALIFORNIA FRUITS—Were ?fisfi and unchanged, ‘prices ranging as follows : East Beurre and Beurre Gris =t $4.00@4.50 ; winter Nellia ot $3.75@4.00. 2o aG8—Fresi ega quotsble ot 2G10c pickled. b o FEATHERS—Are in demand and eteady at 66@080 for prime live geose, jobbing price, T3@75n; mixed Teathers 25@60c, according to quality ; chioxen, 6@8c. FIEH—Tos fish morket was without any new fea- tures, A limited businass was transacted ai Yollo: quotations : No. 1 whitefish, $5.25@5.60; No. @5.25; No, 1 trout, $4.75@5.00; No. erel, $11.00G11. No, 1 bay, £8.50@8.75; bay mackerel, @7.25 ; No. 1, shore Xits,’ $1.85@ 1.90; bank cod-fsk, $5.50@6.75; George's cod-fiah, $6.50@6.75 5 box berring, No. 1, 50@33c ; box herring Bcaled, 42@45c; Columbia Biver salmon, new, batt ‘bris, $10.00@10.25. FRUITS AND NUTS—Continue in demand, snd’rule comparatively steady at the subjoined quotation Dales, 6@9¢; figs, new, 15@ 16c; figs, box, '17G18c; Turkey prunes, 1873, do '1871, fi@Sc ; raleins, 65@$2.2.65; biack: berries, | mew, 103@lle; & raspbecries,” 43 pitted * cherrfes,” 23@25c; pexches, mgmfl, 1@ 23c; peachos, halves, 6%@Tc; do, mixed, SX@6Xc; Zante_currants, 187, 9@93c; do, 1871, T5@80; ap- Plos, Bouthern, new, b@bxc; 40 Weatern, 8@7C; Inichigan, 7)@80, = Nurs—Filberts, 1431503 monds, Terragons, 21@22c ; English walnuts, 15G16c; Naples walnuts, 20@21c; Brarils, 13@14c; Pecans, 108 Pork quote: tierces, $LTS@LED: 07 African peannis, 6K@7c; Wi ‘pesnuts, 7@Ec; Tenneesce peanute, T@6C. GAME—We have no sales to report this m the following quotations are from yesterday's Eales, It ia Dot improbable that prices will drop a little after tho Tolidays, as the demand now s aaly for emzl lots for Ohristmas and New Year's, * We quxto pairie chickens 2t $4.50@3.00 ; quail, $1.60@L85 ; rabbits, L.50; veni- g0, carcase, 8@9c ; do aaddles, 16@I6e. - GREEN FRULTS—Wa quote opples and cranberries steady at §2.60@3.75 for the former and $10.00@1150 for calttvated cranberries; wild do at $7,60@9.00. GROOERIEE—Prices of goods coming under this hend were without change. ‘The demend was small, being Tesizicted mataly {0 the cify rotall trade. We uote: @ Bi-Oans BopA—TH@Ee. i CoFszrs—Mocha, Slc; O, G. Javs, 25K @263¢c ; Javn, Xo. 3, 233/@243{c; fancy Tlo, 2BK@253c; choice do, 22%@23%c; DI i fllg-lqé%.’(@%)ffi BWEJS,G% 213{c; common do, 193/@20%¢; Bingapore, 223@23x(c; Costa Rica, fancy, 233@2ic ; do, prlmec', 238230} Maricaibo, 224 @35¢. CaxDLES—Siar, fall weight, 20}@2lc: Stearine, 154@16¢. {(Xl%l-!’lmn, 8X@83c ; Bangoon, 73(@8c; Carolins, 8@, G aime Patent cut loaf, 1K@l crushed, Dpowdered, and granulsted, 13:@I3xc; 4, stand ard, 125@12%¢: do No. 4, 19%@1%3c; B, 12X@ 123c; exirs C, 135 @12X0; O, No. 3, 11%@12¢ ; yel- low C, 11X@113c; chofce brown, 1@ilic; prime do, 103 @1lc; feir'do, 10X@10)¢c ; choice molasses Bugar, 11Gllxc; fair do, 9%@Iic; New Orleans sugar, choice, 113¢@113c; do prime, 10X@Llc; do far, 10@1032 ; do common, 9X@IXC. §inurs—Dismond drips, §1.35@1L40 5 silver drips, extrs fine, 72@T5¢; good sugar-house syTup, 45@50¢ ¢ extrs do, 50@85¢; New Orleans molasses, choice, 78 @80c; 4 prime, 12@76¢ 3 do common, 65@70¢; Porto 3}]{0& ‘molasses, choice, 55@(0c; common molasses, 20@40c. Srices—Allspice, 17G18c; cloves, 28@30c; cassla, 40@43c; pepper, MK @28}C ; nutmers, $LIGGLI0; ginger, purc, 28690c do No., 202%e} do No. 3,13 c. @ Sirs—French motiled, 6%@Fxc; German moi- tled, TX@7¥c; Golden West, 6@6XC; White Lily, 1@63{c; White Rose, 63¢@63c; brown Windsor, 45 @43c; palm, 6@6kc; Kavon Lmperial, 6X@63c, Branon—Gloss, Yx@10c; corn, 9@lic; laundry, 6@7c 3 common, B@EC. ¥ —Temaing quict 89 previously xeporied. Tol- lowing ars tho wholesal prices paid by deslers: On TracK—Timothy, beater pressed, $16.50@17.507 timo- thy, looeo pressed, $16.00@17.00 ; prairie, presaed, $10.- O0BILK. Ox Wicox—Timothy, loose’515.00@16.00; prairic, Tooso, $8.80GI0.80, For delivery of prossed, i 40 @55 now about; the pamp ag | $1.00@1.60, sccording to jce. HIDLS--Were firm ond unchanged. We quote: Green butchers, 8g; green balted, cured, heavs, 11@ Tlige; do light, 12@123c; part cured, 9X@L0%C; green’ frozen, SK@10c; green calf, 17@17T5c; green Gity veal kip, prime, 14c; dry ealted, 16@17c; dry kip, 926; dry calf, 26c; dry fiint, 10@20c, descans, S0GCIC; aashagad, T54@8o all ohef damaged stock, fo-thirad price; branded, 10 per cent off. HOPS—The market 18 firm ak 450 for choice West- ern; prime, 35@40c; common to medium, 20@30c; Baslern, 40@45c. TONBY—Was quist and unchanged. Choice comb quotable at 23@28c ; medium grades, 20@24c; infe- rior and strained hotey, 12@16¢. : R 10 common with other branches of trede in this department ; busincss was neglected to-dsy. Themarket s steady st the following range of prices: i Tates Tates rates Tates Tates Tates Ovals......... rates Talf oval and half rounds 9100 5 810 rates Horse-shoe iron. 5108 7 Tates Bhest iron, No, @ 7% rates Plate iron @1 Tates Russia i 200 1) 18c b @10c an @120 EEY @LKs Bb 20 rates 22 ates English spring steel. UK @l24o @D AT ITETL Mot with light {aquiry, a6 was quot- od firm at tho prices given belov 3 EEMLOCE. $ 3@ 4 56@ 38 Line, city, @ . a@ 13 Eip, D 0@ L10 Rip, vesls. City upper, No. 1, 3 t... City upper, No. 2, @ ft... Country upper; No, 1 Coliar, B ft. Calf, clty. Calf, country,. Rough upper, I Rongh upper, beavy Rough upper, dsmaged Buflalo slaughter sole, best., Buffalo slaughter solo, No, 1. “ B, A" sole... Kip, No. Kip, No. 2, Harness.. French calf, Jodot. French calf, Lemoine, Trench calf, 24 to 26 1 French calf, 26 to 30 Its Erench calf, 20 to 36 Ite Frepch kip, 50£0100 fbs heavy.. Bt @1.50. L BUILDING MATERIALS—There wasHnothing Tough. .. First and socond clear - 28.00§32.00 i . 15:00@17.00 T, efc,, 16 foek 7os . 15.00816.00 + 16.00@16.00 00(@24.00 . 18! « 15.00@20.00 3.60@3.75 Common boards. ... . Joist, scantling, amail tmbe and under.. Joist and scantling, 18 to 24 feef Timber—sawed, 12 to 16 feet. Shingles—sawed A @m. No. 1 eawed. 1.50@3.00 A or Star,. 3.75G4.00 Three dollars per car to be ndded when transferred, which chargo follows the shingles. Thickness—Five shingles to bo two inches in thick- mesa., Length—Sixtoen inches, 0Oak (dry). Black WL)I.B Buttarns Oounter tops (select). Elooring, o-in. grooved and malched. EXO s Tl : Messini_lemons at §7.00; French and Mclagas ot £6.00, Havana oranges at §12.00 per brl; Valencla do at £14.00 per case. METALS AND TINNERS' STOCE—There was nothing doing to-dsy, all the stores being closed. ‘We continue to quote : Ty PraTe—IC, 10514, $14.00; do, 12x12, $14.50; do, 14320, $15.00; do, roofing, 10, $13.50. Pic Trk—Large, 40¢ ; small, 41¢; bar, 420, Burer Zmio—Full casks, 1lo; hslf casks, 11ic; lees qusntity, 11x¢c ; slab, 9c. SHEET IRUN—No, 24, Ti4C Totes, Corren—Copper botfoms, 48¢ ; braziers, over 121bs, 470 ; tinned copper, 43c. Winz—21t06, 8¢ G, 8,and 9, 10c; 10 to11,11c; 12, 11xc; 18 ond 14, 12)c; 15and 16, e} 17, 15 18,160 ; 19, 19c ; 20,20c; full bundle, 15 per cent colnt ; fence wire, 8c. NAILS—Wera quict and steads. We quote: 104, per keg, $5.76 net ; 84 do $6.00@6.12% ; 6d do, $6.25@ 6.37; 4d do, $6.50@6.62; 3a do, $1.35@7.57x; Sd do, ‘fine, $8.50@8,62% ; 24 do, $9.00@9.123 ; clinch, NAVAL STORES—Trade was quiet, Prices ruloss Heaiis ropy, illa ropo, B 1 Bisal rove, 5 1b . Temp sash cord, Marline, B b, Tarred rope, Qakum, F Pitch, 3 brl . Tar, @ brl. ey 6,50 OILS—The ofl market remains in much the @760 s condition 16 noted on the preceding days of the week.: A fair amount of trading was done and the quoted pri- rally realized. We repeat our list as fol- No. 1, 6Sc; No.2, 65c; linseed, raw, do extra, $1.00; do + straits, 72@76c; elo- turpentifie, 10@T3c. LOKS, AND PUTTY—Wo quoto WHITE LEAD. 3 1150 115081100 14.50 12.50 100 11.00@11.50 9.00@10.50 3.50 350 1450@15.50 12,50 1150 4.00 2.50 Genutne Veille Montaguo, American Snow white.. coLozs. s g morning, pearly all the dealers ‘' closing up ” before noon. Btocks were pretty well reduced Iast evening, and the msrket is almost bare of choice poultry, In the ab- sence of any sales we quote from yesterday's prices : Turkeys at 10@14c ; chickens, $2.50@3.50 ; geese, $9.00 @12,00 ; ducks, £3.75@4.50. 'POTATOES—Are quotable at 10@75¢ in car lots, snd 80@Y0c in u retatl way from store. BALT—The market rules firm, stocks being very light, and the demsnd actye. We quote: Onondaga and Saginaw fine, $2.40; ordinary coarse, §2.40; ooarso Diamond O, $2.50; ground golar, '£2.60 3 dairy, without bsgs, $3.60; 'do, with bags, $4.25@4.50; Asbton dairy, per sack. $5.00; ground alum, $2.76 ; Turk’s Island, $2.00, SASH, DOORS, AND EBLINDS—Wero quiet and unnchabged. W contino to quote : FOUR PANEL DOOES, RAISED PANELS BOTH SIDES. Thickness. stz Pri 2x 6 by 6x 6. 2z B by 0x B. ©.1x10 by 6x10, 2z 6 by 6x 6. 2x 8 by 6x 8. Siza, Price. 0x14....$2.30 2.50 ‘PLAIN BATL SASH. Sizeof 12-light Price per windote, window, 38 in. 12310 by SEEDS—_There wasnothing doing to-day, . We quote Himothy at $2.80@3.25 for common to gaod eeed, snd for primo; clover at $4.90@5.25 for ordinary, snd for mammoth ; flax at $1.60@1.70, ‘TEAS—Were unchanged. Prices rulo firm, a8 follows: _ Iysom, common to fair, 50@S5e; good, 85@7c; ' choice to extre, 95c@3LIG; supeifing > ine 0ld nyaon To6@H1.00; common lupe: i), 65@76c; good {o choice do, B0c@$1.05; fine to good_gunpowder, 80c@$1.05; choice, S1IS@L20: ex- £ra, $1.25@1.95; choice to extra leaf Japan, S0c@$1.05; £ait 1o good do, 60@90c; colored natural leaf Japan, E5(@65¢; common to fine Qolong, $5@45e; good, 60 70c; choice to extra, 90cESL0. TOBACCO—Wo quote: Cuxwixo—Fino Cut—Estrs, 76@80c; choice, 65@ 70¢; common, 65@60c; poor, 40@50c, ShoxTNG—Extrs, 33@35c; medium, 50@320%, com- mon stems, 27@2c. Pruc—Natural leaf, 75@800; half bright, 60@70c- ‘black, sound, 43@55c, WOOD—Eémalns dnll snd firm, st the following prices: Beach, $13.00; mople, §14.00; hickory, $15.00; slabs, $3.00, delivered. WOOL—THo market wis gniet and unchanged. There has been rome inquiry for fleeco-washed wools the past week, and they are 8 triflo firmer, We agaln juote 3 . ‘ub, washed, extra medinm Tub, washed, fair to d Common dingy.... Tloece, waahed, XX Floeco, washed, X, light. Fleece, washed, XX, dingy. Fleeco, waehed, X, dingy..... Flecce, unwashed, X&XX, dingy. .. Fleece, unwashed, coarse, to medium, Fleece, unwashed, coarse, and diny Buper, pulled. Extra, pulled —_—— CHICAGO LIVE STOCK MARKET. WEDNESDAY EvENTNG, Dec, 25, The receipts gince Saturdsy have been as fol- lows: Cattle. Hogs. Sheep. 86 20,077 72 102 12362 168 522 206 338 37,951 L7 Bhipments were as follows : Cattle, Fogs. Sheep. Mondsy. 219" 4243 1,357 Tuesdsy. 219 030 Total. 438 8,213 2,157 CATTLE—In this department of ' the market not enough trading was done to establish relia- ble quotstions. A fow buyers entered an ap- pearance this morning and picked up some scat- toring lots of butchers' stuff and shippin beeves, but by middey the yards wore well nig] deserted both by local and outside operators. The supply was extremely light, but trade did Dot suffer on this account, 18 the offerings were in every wey ample, shippers being dotained from operating to any considerable extent by the refusal of the different roads to furnish cars, while cltzabutc'ham already have nearly as much beef on hand as lhag canhope to dispose of dur- ing the present week. Values remain nominally imcba.ngad, and may be quoted steady as fol- ows A QUOTATIONS. Extri—Graded steers, aversging 1,400 s 8nd UPWALAS .. .vveennans oene $8.15@6.80 Choice Beeves—Fine, fat, well-formed 8 year to 5 year old steers, and averaging 1,200 to , 1,400 ts, esestessansansens ... 5,50@5.90 : Gobd Beeves—Well-fattened, finely-formed sieers, averaging 1,100 0 1,50 1. ....... 4.75@5.25 Medium Grades—Steers in fair flesh, aver- 3ging 1,100 01,250 B8u.euvueeennenes.. . 4.25@4.50 Butchers’ BStock—Common to medium :fimfiwnd gfla:m to extra coma, for city ughiter, ave-nging 800 to 1,100 18 ..... 2.75@4.00 Stock Cattle—Common_cattlo, in_decent flosh, averaging from 700 to 1,050 Ibs.. ... 2.75@3.75 Inforior—Light snd thin cows, heifers, stags, bulls, and scallawag steers, . 1.50@2.50 Texas Cattle—Throngh droves.. . 2.00@2.75 ‘Texas Cettle—Northern summerec . 8.003.50 Texaa Cattle—Corn-fed .. 5.75@4.00 HOGS—There was quite an 2ctive inquiry. for hogs during the opening hours of the day, but by noon buyers generelly hed filled their orders, and after dinner comparatively few transfers wero made. Opening prices were higher, $3.60 (@3.85 being paid for common to choice, but be- fore the close the market had settled back to about yesterdsy's rates, or to $3.50@8.55 for common, to ©3.60@38.65 for medium, and to $8.70@8.75 for good to choice. Among the re- ported sales were the followin; 06 3 No. Av. Price{No. Av. DPriceNo. Av. Price 108 258 $355 |50 270 33.633) 94 295 $3.70 128 533 375 |38 338 3.0 | 96 283 8.C0 50 333 370 (81 270 8.0 [541 203 3.70 147 815 870 (105 940 .60 |41 194 375 50 314 860 |53 9 3.60 |84 267 3.60 SHEEP—There was nothingdoing inthesheep market. OBITUARY. Georgo Peabody Putnam,. s From. the New York Tribune, Dec. 21, George Peabody Putnam, the well-known pub- lishor, died suddenly at 5:05 p. m., Josterday, ab the bookstore of G. P. Putnam & Co., at Fourth avonue and Twventy Third street. He had boon 2t his place of business dnrin%’tbe greater part of the day, ond appeared to be in remarkably good sepirits. In the afternoon he went out, but soon roturned. About an hour afterward, while exhibiting a book to & gentleman, he suddenly fell to the floor, striking his head against 8 projecting ~shelf in his _descent. An outery was made, and Mr. Putnam was reised from the floor and placed on ono of the book counters of the store. Restora- tives were applied in vain, and a messenger was dispatched for & slg!ieim. In a short time Drs. Forguson and Brink appeared, but only to discover that life was extinct. In their opinion, death resulted from apoplexy. The Rev. W. H. Ven Doren, with whom Mr. Batniim o talking when he fell to tho floor, says that they were looking at the ‘‘Gallery of American Land- goape,” & book gnbljahed by the firm, and while talking, the publisher turned awsy sbruptly, as if faint, then endeavored to rally, and finally, with o deep grosn, sank to the floor. Two sons of Mr. Putnam wero in the store at the time. Mr. Putnam was born of New England ancos- try at Brunswick, Mo., on Feb. 21, 1814, and was coneequently in the 5oth year of his age. He ‘obtained s common school educetion only in his native place and Boston, and, st the ago of 14, came £0 New York, and entered aa a clork the bookstore of Daniel Leavitt, at that time one of tho largest doalers in this city. He afterward entered the employ of John Wlli!gi whose part- ner ho became about 1840. In 1841 he went to London as represontative of the firm. and re- mained thers seven years in charge of the Eng- lish branch of the house. He was one of the first to build up the business of im- Eofling Inglish books, & business which a8 Bince been largely developed, and ho} was probably the first to introduce the sale of American &\Iib].icaliens into England. During his sojourn in London he wrote and pub- lished o book called ** American Facts,” which, by giving s great deal of information concerning the condition of affairs in the United States, contributed greatly to produce a better under- standing and apprecietion of this countryin English minds. ‘This work was a source of con- Biderable pride to Mr. Putnam, from the benc- ficial influenco he felt it Lad exerted abroad. His most important liter work was the “Yorld's Progross; or, Dictionary of Dates,” which he began &t the nge of 14, and completed when 22; revising 1t, however, from time to time, to keep the rccord cven with the time. The last revision, just fnished, brings it down 1o date, and constitutes his Iast literary work. Mr. Putnam returned to New York from Ton- don in 1848, and soon afterward dissolved the partnorship with Mr. Wiley and engaged in busi- ness by himself. He soon began the publication of Washington Irving’s works—his most impor- tant enterpriso, if the character snd number of the volumes, their extensive salo and wide influ- ence are considered, and this proved a very suc- cessful venture, Among other various standard works which he has published sre the writings of J. Fenimore Cooper, Bayard Taylor, Charles Tamb, Thomss Hood, John P. Keanedy, Edgar A. Pos, and others. Ono-of his early publishing enterprises was a library of choice read- ing, in_ 256 cent volumes, selected from thebest anthors, whereby ho hoped to bring them within reach of all classes. This un- dertaking was only partially successful in a brs- iness point of view, but he was partial to tue i idea till his death. Mr. Putnam early Interested himself in the productionof fing illustrated books, publishing, among others, the * Artists’ Edition of Irving's Sketch Book,” and the “ Book of American Bcenery.” In 1852, with the nssistance of George Williem Curtis and James Briggs, and others, be _established Putnam's Magazine, the aim of which was to be, what no other monthly in this country then was, & strictly American magazine. 1t met with immediate success, and, in 1856, whilo_ still prospering _greatly, was sold to other publishers, who failed in the financizl crisis of 1857, when t‘hc]g;lbficntinn of the maga- zine wase suspended. 1863 Mr. Putnam re- tired from active business to become Collector of Internal Revenue, & position which ho held till 1866, when, in conjunction with his sons, he formed the printing house of G. P. Putnam & Sons. The magazine was re-established in 1867, and continued until 1870, when it was sold to Scribner & Co., and merged into Scribner's Afonthly. Mr, Putnam was one of the firat members of the Centuty Club, and was for several yeara Chairman cf the Art Committes of the Union League Club. Ho has also been very active in the organization of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, of which ho has been honorary Superin- tendent during the past year, beside being g\uily engaged on the Committes for the preparation of a representation of American Art ot the ‘Vienna Exposition next year. ‘Mr. Putnam not only held a conspicuous posi- tion in the traCe of which he was an honored member, but sustained relations of intimacy and friendship with many of the most distinguished oon ot Ioiters, of The dny. Hs, was tho pub- lisher of Fenimore Cooper and Washington Irving, and the connection thus established with those illastrions write1s subsequently ripened into & cordial and confidential comgmionnhip, which remained fresh and unimpaired until the duy of their death. He was himself an author of indisputsble merit, especially in the depart- mont of history and_tatistics, and his popular manuals on those subjects have obtained & high- 1y favorable reputation as useful books of refor- ence. During his protracted residence in Eng- land, he wrote & piquant reply to Charles Dicken's “ American Notes,” which excited not s littlo nitention as a defence of the peopls of this country sgainst the criticisms of the vohement novelist. - Mr. Putnam was smong the firat to encoursgo the early literary sapirations of Mr. Bayard Taylor, who was largely indebted t0 his inflence for the suiteble production of his works before the American public. He was deeply interested in the progress of literature, art; and elegant culturoin this country, to which fow men have lent more judicious and officient id, or surrounded it _with s more kindly and genial atmosphere. Eminently social in his dis- position, he had the gift of facile and forcible Ttteranco, and had tong been in the habit of ad- dressing public or festive reunions with dig- nity and offect. His_ counsels were always sought on occasions of difficulty, and_ every intelligent man _ among his acquaintance attachod peculiar value to his opinions. Modest and retiring in his manners, he cherished o singular self-respect, and never receded from his ground but through the force of conviction. He was » man of the rarest purity and swestness of life, of strong religions sontiment, 2nd a mode of excellence in the social and domeatio relations. Mr, Putnam, though born in Maseachusetts, had so long resided in his adopted city as to be identified with her in- tereats, and almost to be reckoned as one of her native populetion. His familiar, benignant faco will be deeply missed in our most intelligont gocisl circles, and almost gvery one who knew him in the pursuits of business will also feel that he has lost & friend. —A son of Mrs. Judge Peck, of Grand Rap- ids, Mich., 10 yearsof asge, in attempting to slide down the banisters of the new wrd school- House on Fountain street, on Tuesday last, slip- ed his hold and fell somo 50 feet fo the floor golow, landing on & wood-box. He was picked up insensible. STAGE-SLANG. The Technical Language of tho The- atre. From the New York 3ail. Perhaps there is less ** slang” in the current langusge of the drame than in that of the ma- jority of trades or professions. And as there is a reason for everything, ro there is a reason for this. The stege i6 an eminently “ practical” in- stitution after all, and devotes its encrgies to one sola object—the portrayal of emotion, seri- ous or comic, by word, dress, or action; and to this end all other purposes are subservient. However picturesque, irregular, Or impracti- cal a member of the theafrical profes- sion may be personally considered, he is & very definite individual indeed in his professionsl aspects, and his business communications when ‘‘on duty” on tho stage ere “yen, yoo, and nay, nay,” snd the profes- sional language that ho uses is simple, direct, &nd to the point. B0 that the slang of the stage is comparatively limited. The manager or proprietor of a theatre has use for little alang, just as ho hasreally littlo to do with the details of his theatre. The business manager hag also comparatively little need of a technical yocabulary. Ho hes his * posters” to see to0: his “bill-boards” and ‘‘ show-cards” to look after; hois responsible for ‘ streamern” (50 the long, marrow posters or adver- tisements are called which we see dis- played on fences or dead walls); he also has charge of the “*dodgers” or * gutter-snipes” which are to be seen adorning the curbstones of our streets; he also exercises his eagle eye on the *“ads ™ (short for ‘‘advertisements”) in the newspapers; distributes his ‘‘passes” and éorders” and “bill-board tickets;” reads the “notices,” writes the ‘“puffs,” “counts the house,” and Eerfoms kindred duties; but the majority of the terms which are employed in his daily and nightly avocations explain themselves, like the terms wa have already used, and are fa- miliar to the general public, while the ireasurer of a theatre—to many the most important post in the establishmeat—requires very lttlo “alu.ngmux the discharge of its functions, save the ordinary plrases of conatan use in moneta- ry and business affairs. The slage mansger, howover, being more inti- mately connected with tho dramain its profes- sional aspects, has a vocebulary. somewhat more tochnioal, while tho sctor and actresses of course emyloy constantly the cant terms of their call- ing. To them tho terms *part,” *‘lines,” ““bus- iness of the piece,” ‘‘cast,” “waits,” *gags,” “rehearsal,” “comgn.ring tho parts,” “dressing- room,” ‘““make-up,” ‘ grecn-room,” &e,, are household words; and the phrases *‘dend letter orfect” (signifying a perfect lileralim ef verbat- tm knowledge of one's part), “give Lim the word” (signifying precisely the opposite, imply- {ng the oid of the promptar), aro in constant use, 28 are the two prime terws of the actor and ac- tresses, which are * cues” (consisting of the last threo or four—generally four—words of the “part” Pmcuflinf one’s own ‘“lines”), and “Jongths™ (the Iatter cousisting of forty-two lines each, . & technical divieion by which the tax on an actor's memory is measured). Tho green-room sldng, by which & _poor actor is desi$n&ted is exprossive. He is styled a “ghick,” or a e duffer;” while the rich frequent- ers of the thestre and patrons of the actresses are expressively celled ‘‘spoons.” These sac- ond-class swells who effect ballet-girls are styled “mashors,” while the heavily 5otr.en up old fel- lows aro denominated “felkirs.”” Any one known to the parties -concerned, but not otherwise designated, is vaguely called “nibs,” end the cant phrase “twig his nibs,” signifying “look at him,” is in current use. N The terms by which the different members of a theatrical company are designated are peculiar, though not unfzmiliar, as the loading man,” “ the first old man,” ‘“the first comedy,” *the ecceatric,” **tho heavy man,” or villain, &e. The adjective ‘‘heavy” is a favorite one in thestrical purlance, and is applied. 'to lightar as well as darker characters. Thus thereis *the heavy comic father,” &c. It must be borne in mind that the ‘ heavy villain” differs from *‘the bold bad man,” orthe B. B, M."” of stage slang, the latter being the instigator of the villany of the former, and therefore occupying a higher osition in the company. The adjective ‘‘ walk- ing " isalso in general theatricel use, as “walk- ing gentloman,” *walking lady," signifyin minor members of the cast—iwhose princip: duties aro to display their figures and their dresses. The term ‘“utility” is nlso in general use, and is applied tothe most versatile and bardest worked, and, comparatively, poorest paid members of the company. Then there are ‘*the soubrettes,” the bermaids,” etc., end those human odds and ends called *“eupers.” The dancing members of o compony are di- vided into “premieres,” “coryphees,” * figu- rantes,” and “corps do ballet;” the ‘cory- phees " being educated to_their profession, the “corps de ballet ™ merely adopting it as a tem- porary ivelihood, and the * figurantes merely assisting in tableaux, marches, otc. “There i, of conrss, o vast difference between the pay and status of the major and minor mombera of a company, but then thero is a vast difference in the work, too. Thius a leading- man's average ‘‘study” consists of fourteen “Jongths,"—588 lines in all, or fifteon average ‘book pages. And the premiere danseuse studies &t Milan for years, whilo the ‘““super” has but tosay: “My lord, the carriago waits,” and the figurante, or * oxtra ballet " girl has notaing to do at £11 but to show her figuro. Speaking of figureasuggests what are gonerally supposed to be worn_over them (excopt on the stago)—dresses; and dresses suggest the fuct that the theatrical costumer has his special “‘glang,” which, howevor, is chiefiy composed of such familiar torma a8 _**tights,” Ibalf-tights,” “Jongstockings,” “ galligaskens” (short drawers worn over the tights), fairy, geni, pantomime, demon, eatanells, sprite dresses,” * spongles,” “ailet-shoes,” *‘guuzes,” ‘‘strip dresses” (which are worn looscly over other dresses, and are stripped or taken off by certain mechanical contrivances), &c. Much of tho costumer’s par- Jance is identical with that of the ordinary tailor or dressraaker, and thereforo needs no ‘special notice. 1t is in its mechanical departments, and in its Jocal divisions—its topography, as it were—it is in these respects that the langusge of tho stago is richest in slang, or, more strictly Bpeaking. fullest in technicalities. The stage of s theatre is divided into *‘en- trances”—in_the new Niblo's there aro twelve. Thoy ate designated from their position to the gide occupied by the Prompter a8 * prompt side” sud “0. P.” or “opposite prompt sides" then there 18 the ‘‘stago proper,” ‘lbe mazyerne floor” directly ~ below, then the ‘“‘cellar,” the ‘ sub-cellar;” then sbove the stsgo mre ‘‘the groove gallery,” ‘“the Hy galle,” and the * gridiron,” to which a1l else in ffixe way of ropes, scones, otc., are _!uatensd, and which is so-called because it is intenscly hot; the Btage itself is divided into ¢ prompt, “«prompt centre,” and *centre,” on one side, end “g. P.," 0. P. centre,” and *centre” on the other. - Scencs which run in *grooves,’ 8s first groove, ‘igecond groove,” etc., are called “fiats,” ¢ half-flats,” etc., the ** wings” bgl_ng on each side of the half-flats. * Bet scones ™ in- Yolve a large portion of the stege, and the dispossl of scenes snd farni- fure in various positions. ‘*Boomerangs is the term given to contrivances for “guspending™ peoplo; “travellors™ are the contrivances which waft s fairy being across l.h'a' stage; then there are ‘“drops,” aud ** borders, " and “tail pieces,” which “‘mask” or *‘hide certain portions of the scenes or of each other. There are alao “aprons,” which ““mask” or hide tho * flies,” by which term is desiguated every- thing that goes up, or flies, a8 if were. _Then there are the usual mechenical “shaftings,” ¢ purchase-wheels” which move the shaft- ing, pulley, blocks, lines, sloats, and the like, Jevers, cranks ad infinitum. The term ‘‘sinks" is used in opposition to “fiies,” to designato auything that js worked froia below; the ex- pressive word “tormentor” is used to desifinnte the side-pioces usad to provent the andience from getting o glimpse of life behind the accnos just the very thing they always wanted to get, Dy the by; and then thete aro * tho traps.” "Of these lsst tho stage has & great variety, which ero curiously designated—as the vampire frap,” which lets one downj the “star trap,” which lots onoup; the ‘plunge trap,” which gends one up head first; the right and left “porter traps,” which work up aud down from Dbelow; “tho grave trap,” so styled because it is about ' the size of a grave; the * centro trap,” pimilar to ‘‘the grave;” the ¢ licopodium traps,” the traps which cause the firo o flash along the stage; and the “strip traps,” which strip the clothes off in tranaformations and bear them away. 5. E The various divisions of the stage into prop- erty-rooms, wardrobe, green-room, etc., require no special notice, 8ave & romark thab the word & property,” in & theatrical gensc, is tho most compreheneive onc-word in tho English lans gusge, and embraces almost everythiug that ig 2ot literature, scenery, or costams, composing & vast array of misceilanies abeclutely and literally + too numerous to metion.” 4 TThon thero is the siang or technical language of the gas-man,—as © foot-lights,” “ border- Tights " fovm-head), “ hang-lights » (suspended from the wings), ** ground-rows” (on the stago bohind the scencs), **set-rows” (attached to the scenes), lime-lights or calciums (variously designated sunrise, sunset, moonlight, ete.), ¢ gaa-battens,” “flexibles,” etc,, ate. | s Art, represented by the ‘* scenic artist, ikewise contributes its quota of ‘‘ shng,” con sisting of such terms as “ madong™ (a sort of resinous , by means of which, aidd by heat, the “ gold-leaf”—i. e., Dutch metal—is applicd), “ cloths * (the term given to the canvas), * me- diums " (waxed -ilks, nsed to color |bo gas), $model,” colors,” ‘‘ arched.-gkies,” ‘'sky- borders,” © two-tie brush ” (with which the colors are applied wholesale), bridgs " (the movzble platform on which he works), dis- temper » &the torm ap})lied to his material, s mixture of waterand glue, or size, withowt any oil), ‘‘dodges™ (tricks with canvass, a3 ripples, ships toasing, etc.), © interiors,” * transfouna. tions,” ¢ panorzmas,” ¥ outlines,” ‘ chartpsl sticle,” siraight-edge,” or rule, and in adii- tion the usual cant of fhe canvas. OBI. Witchcraft £mong the Blacks. Mrs. M P. Handy in Appletons’ Journal. All oxer the South, wherever the African has been settled, he has carried with him the belief in and practice of the necromancy known in Africa as obi, and throughout the Southern Btates as yoodooiem, or * tricking.” In vain have religion and the white man waged war against this relic of barbarism; it suill flourishes, hydra-headed, and ever and anon the newspapers Taise an outcry as some fresh in- stance of its power and diabolical results is brought to Light, The negro witches have little in common with the witch of our story-books; they never ride ‘broomsticks, or resort to the" thousand and one potty arts of the 8axon or Celtic witch. Theirs 18 n far deeper and- deadlier sorcery—s power which the negro firmly believes can waste the marrow in the victim's bones, dry the blood in his veins, and, sapping his lifo slowly and sare- 1y, bring him at last, a skeleton, to his grave. Nor is this all a fable; thero are hundreds of gravea in the South on which might be placed the epitaph, * Died of obi.” “Well, honey,” said an old negress tome once, when I had been exerting all theeloqunonce 1 possessed to convince her of the nothingness of this terrible Efifaboa, “well, honey, dey mout jes' as well you es skear you to detn.” Potent among their charms is that .of the “cvil eye,” which, fixed on 2 man by one of taking inlife. ‘His axe will not cut; his hoe will not dig; bis plowshare will be broken against the rocks; his cow will go dry; Elmt he crops, they will not come up; and, whatsoever he doeth, 1t shall not prosper. Mention has been made, ins former article, of this terrible scourge of voodooism, and the modes in which it 18 practised; but no mere words can degcribe the hold which it has on the mind of the Southern negro. Once convince him that he is “tricked,” and, unless he be able to procure a ** trick-doctor ” whom he considers more skilful than the witch under whose spell he has fallen, no human power can gave him—he believes that he mustdie, and die he will; a whole college of physicisns could not eave him. Aman was sick nigh unto death; his wife went to a witch-doctor, and received orders to open his pillow. She did so, and within it she found half a dozen or more tiny couglomerations of feathers, closely resembling the plumes on a hearse. These were burnt, and the man recov- ered. Another, very ill, was given an ointment with which to rub fm stomach and chest. At the end of two days he vomited several hairy worms, and was cured. I know colored people who would swear tothe truth of these state- ments, and I have myss * -sen tho little plumes; indeed, learned men ' . e taken the trouble to try to account for tb by natural causes. The dread of ** * 8 grievous Cross to the Southern . <&, since it sometimes interferes with hey .-0g servants, as ofien they dare not take eaci other's places. T had myself & cook of whom I was anxious to got rid. The woman had no desire to leave, and told every other servant whom I tried to secure that she did not meen to go. I finally engaged one, and this dread of obi was nearly the cause of Ty losing her. I was forced to motify the two women 2nd their husbands that I would nof and should not keep the former, if I had either to do g0 or to cook for myself. Even then my new cook remained under protest ; and red pep- per and salt—potent countercharms for voodoo— swere {reely used in my kitchen forthe next week r_tvo. Itis pitifal—it is mournful—to =ee, a8 we Boutherners have often seen, strong meR pining away under the influence of this superstition, taking medicine with & gorrowful smile, whis- pering, perhaps, in awe-struck tones, the dread- ful socret that they are * tricked,” and dying at 1aat in spite of all that medical skill conld do for them. T bava known a young athlete, s brawny Her- cules, whose stranglh _wea tho glory of the plantation, who would shoulder a batrel of four, ud then, picking up a kog of nails, walk briskly up stairs and deposit his burden with a grin, and who was a8 rmud- of his muscle =s any wrestler of old; I bave seen him laid on his bed with paralysis_oreeping from ome member to another, until he could only move his eyes aud tonguo—dying by inches of & disoase which the first ;hyni::inus in the three counties around could do nothing to check or cure, and for which he and his fellow-glaves bad only the one word of explanation—‘tricked.” The doctors held & post-mortem examination, and reported, “Bingular internal discoloration, probably death by lead-poisoning in whiskey,” when the poor follow scarcely over drank, aud of numbers of sota in the neighborhood not one was affected in like manner. Soms of these old crones possess & marvellous knowledge of the nature an g“’?fi:fi“ of every lant imggenuus to the South. ey have an erb for every ache or pain, and frequently pre- pare little bags flled with dried Toots or leaves to be worn around the neck asa charm against disease or the * evil oye.” Some of the cures which they work are reslly wonderful. I was sick once—had taken a vio~ Jent cold, aching in every limb, end was booked, T felt sure, for an attack of pneumonia, Or per- hape worse, My * mammy” had s nofed herb- doctor for s friend, and bronght me a cup con- taining & dark, bitfer decoction. What it waa I have no idea, butI took it from mammy with the same faith with which, when a baby, I had taken catnip from the same hand. In ten minutes I was in & perspiration, and {free from fever; in five more I was fast asleep ; 2nd the noxt mornin% walked a8 well as ever, and without & trace of cold ; but I never conld find out the name of my medicine. e, e ‘Not far from the Virginia farm-house in which I was raised, just on the eage of my father’s plantation, an old woman, renowned a8 & witch, owned s cabin and & little bit of ground. She had a crippled .daughter, whose lameness waa the result of white-swelling in infancy, but the negroes scouted Buch explanstion of the matter. 5 . +White swellin’, ’deed!"” said one of my mother's sable handmaidens to her mistross one day, with a toss of her turbaned head which spoke valumes—** whito swellin’, *deed! Yowl white folks kin b'lieve dat! Her mammy lef’ summun her trick-mixchers layin' roun’, en de chile tread on um!” A cousin and myself were one day sent to carry some wool to this woman to bo gpun, for she spun besutifully, and my mother often em- ployed her. 3 _ Our body-guard consisted of wo colored &irls, one an irrepressible mulattress, the other a_quiet, demuro little black girl, excessively timid. The house was & double log-cabin, with two rooms. We were invited into the first while ‘the ©old womsan went into the inner chamber to get the yarn which she had already spun. ‘Emmoline, the mulatto girl, was in & ssucy humor, and amused herself by some pert re- ‘marks abont the ‘'old witch,” Which distressed her companion 8o much that I had to order her to hold her tongue. Going_home, Emmeline probably burt her Jeg in climbing the rail fence around the little yard ; at all ovents, she soon began to com- Plain of the limb, which grew infamed, and Bwelled so rapidly that before we wore half-way home she could scarcely walk. Both girls were much alarmed, and Emmeline, weoping, bezged pitef_\\;aly to know if I thought she would bo l2me for life. T had been reading Scott’s Lay of the Lasi Minstrel,” and, recollecting_hig account of the superstifion that no enchantment is proof cgainst running water, I made Lmmeline bathe her leg for about half an hour in a ‘branch which layinour path. Imn%'nsfian and cold water combined served to reliove her, but she, mo Joubt, believes to this day that she was 4 trick- ed,” and considers me a marvel of learning, be- cause I know how to deal with her case. Shortly after the closo of the war, & near rela~ tive of the writer was teaching in the moun- tains of Virginia. On the farm of the gentleman in whose family he resided were two laborers, Jim and Sam, the former & pleasant-leatured mulatto, remarkably intelligent for a negro, and extremely popular among his acquaintances; the other an ugly black negro, with a hang-dog expression. Sam had_with his own color tha reputation of * Voodooism,” and many stories were told of his prowess in tho ¢ black art.” One day Jim was taken sick, and it was whie- erod in the negrocabins that Jimbad * tricked im. The doctor was called in, but could not classify_his_ disease, although the poor fellow a8 visibly, drooping, and complained of paia in the back and limbe, accompanied with great Janguor, andhis pulse was as feeble as aninfant’s. hie doctor's medicines did him no good ; in- deed, it is doubted whother he took them ; and these witches, has power to thwart every under- | the case excited great interest in the white fam. ily, and was freely discussed among them. At this juncture M— (my friend) begged permission to undertake the case, and see if he could not effect a cure by working on the man’s imagination. 1t was readily granted, and he managed thal evening to waylay Jimin the woods about dnsk;i and anxiously inquired after his health. = ‘Po'ly, marster,” was the reply. # #Well, Jim, I have come tocure you.” “You, marster?” with & sad,” incredulons enile. ‘“You can’ do dat; yowl white folks don’ o~ b'lieve in my sort er sickness. 3Marster, I'se NG 5 1 know you ars, Jim,” gravely replied JM—, and T 00 belioge in’ toat Kind of sickness, though I know there ara not many white folks who do, and I can cure you.” 9 . Jim _looked np astonished, while M—— went on to detail his symptoms, which he had learned eecond-hand from Jim's wife,—telling him ' en and how he had been taken, and how Sam tricked him,—and, drawing on recollections of Scott and Mather, finally succeeded in con- viting his nputienl of his great skill and knowi- edgeas a trick-doctor. weeks. ee -weels ago Sam hid 3 glaody \and under your dom-—steg ; two weeka e said, “this thing 880 you'ero taken sick, and next week you will- © be citherus well as ever, or die. Now I know more abot; these matters than Sam does, and Imeantowre you; so come to my &chool-. bouse to-ight” at 12 o'clock to ses me; but don’t tell aiybody anything sbout if, or the ;’;;ff‘n won'i'york, and I can’t do anything for Jim was graily impressed, ead wont awa; fully beliovin¥ = ‘5ia voluntesr physician,: an ‘promising seci’ghe most inviolable. He was puipm't _PUIET? to the appointment, and M—— received hir. %% dnf!gzess, and went through & seris of :.ipromntu conjurations;: which served tosirengthen the negro'’s faith no little. Ho %vughm & chalk powder, to he placed in each sho, and two huge bloody handa™ -dravn in pokderry juice on _white paper— with directions t0 'bnry them under his enemy’s* doar—nte% é;'“ hin orders to walk home back- ward, and finally dimigsed himw, fully convinced. that Sam's power o¥k him was at end, and that, he was on the way totecovery. % The next night he éme to the rondezvous in good spirits, and repoted himself much better; and, to make a long stay short, at the end of & ook he was really a8 el 28 ever, epd M— had tho satisfaction of'having, in all human probability, saved the por fellow's life. But, in spite of his ifanction to secrecy, his fame 28 a trick doctor Weit abroad in the neighe borhood, and he had numgous applications from: the afflicted for relisf, itzomuch that he was forced to announce officialk; his retirement fram the profession, and decline}ositively to practice on any one. \ i Iknew an old woman why eupported herselfes entirely by her practice 2sa trick doctor, and: people came sometimes foty or fifty miles to, consult her. \ ¥ The medicines which thelp people use—if! medicines they may be called—re as singular a5 the disease which they &mfesa ‘o cure. A piece: of bread stained with buried in the ground will eradkate the wart(l) ills end fevers ara cured (my blowing int the m«;::h of a live izo-,;, dnr e;; ing backward tg a tree in & graveyard, an ing a string aroun the trunk. 3 Parings from finger and toe-nails, hair from the human head, blood from the tip of a black cat's tail, snakes’' fangs, ekins, and dried heads, wood that has been charred in light- ning, of which negroes bave a_superstitoua’ dread, believing (many of them) that a fira kindled by it can only be extinguished with ‘blood or milk, and the horrible-looking insect known as the devil's horse, play en important part in the science of obi. . ‘Education and religion are doing gallant war- fore with this hideous form of Superstition ; 8till, it yearly numbers its victims by hundreds, snd it i3 probable that it will be long ere it en- tirely disappears. TIs there really anything in it 2 Are thesecon- jurers themselves decsived ? Do they, in fact, ¥mow of ench subtle and deadly poison, or is it all imagination, proving only the power of mind over matter? o shall solve the mystery forus ? - THE VIENNA EXPOSITION. Substances of Food as Products of Ins dustry. The United States Commissioner to the Vienna Exposition of 1875, General Thomas B. Van Buren, has requested the gentlemen whose npames are annexed, to act as an Advisoiy Com- mittee for Group g. S[n’lb;’:aggs of Fuudmu Products of Industry. 'he Chicago members of the Committee are Dr. Jon H. Rsuch, E. 8. Chesbrough, Esq., Governor William Bross, and William E. Doggett, Esq.] e e This group cmbraces, in the classification of the Imperial Commissioners : (a) Flour and other farinaceous products, malt, and 4ts products ; () Sugar sud tts products (c) Bpirits and spiritnous lquars, &c.; (d) Wines; ) Ale, beer, porter, &c.; Vinegars; (o) Prescrves and extracts (extracts of mes, ports- ‘le soup, cond ‘milk, Erbswurst, preserved vege- tables, preserved meat, &a.; (h) Tobacco, and similar manufactures; % Confectionery, ginger-bresd, chocolate, coffea subatitutes, &c.; () Processes ind inventions for preparing sll these articles s (1) Statistics of production. The Anstrian Commissioners earnestly invite {llustrative models of processes which are lsbor and time 6aving, a8 well as carefully prepared products in the soveral branches of industry. It cannot be doubted that ample return for {he time and Inbor it may cost each worthy ex- hibitor, will be made, both in the recognition in the competitive exhibition, and in the increased domand for his prodactions. Covgross -will doubtless make such appro- priztion as will greatly relieve the cost of trans- ortation, storage, and proper exhibition. The geurehry of the Navy offers two Government vessels to sail from New York direct to Trieste for the free ehipment of articles to the Exposition., e ‘Articles designed for exhibition should be ready for exportation by the lst of February, 1878. Applications for_ space or for information ahoufd be addressed to General Thomas B. ¥ Buren, Commissioner General for the TUnited Etates to the Vienna Exposition, 51 Chambers strest, New York; or to E. N. Horsrozp, Chairman GmgflIV. Advisary Committee, Vienna Ex- ‘position, Cambridge, Mass, The Sultan’s Bow and ATTows Sultan Mahmoud, the slayor of the jenizaries, and one of the wisest monarchs who has ever held the scepter of the Prophet,and the first who had ventured upon the work of reform in the Empire, was at that time at the height of his power. Strolling through the Almedian one day with & few companions, we became aware that a distinguished - party was entering the place. First came & a%\ndmn of cavalry, which ocoupied the -different avenues leading to it while & smaller party of richly-dressed slaves following them Erava away every one bat onr- selves, telling us we might remsin ; 2:d, form- ing in line, drew their -sabres. They were the eunuchs of the Imgenal harem. Their ancient lists having been cleared, a targs. was seb Tp 8t one end of them; nnd we learned that the Com- mander of the Faithful himself was momenta- rily expected to ‘enjoy his favorite practice of archery, in which he excolled. To this one of the ancient custors of the Padishahs, his pre- docessors, he still adhered. A group of Turks, evidently of stztion and consequence, followed 3 and then, riding alone on a noble chestnut horse, came Mahmond himself. Ho dismounted imme- Qiately, and, taking a bow and_arrows from an attendent, placed himself at a stone which marked the base, and began to .fire at the target, at abon? the dis- tance, should think, of 2 hundred yarda. The Bultan was at that time in Tafl health and strength, and had a considerable share of good looks. He was of medium size, ith aquiline festures, piercing black oyes, and & full beard of the same color, which probably ored its glossy look to dyes and cosmetics. Hia dress was a blue cloth tunic, madelike a single- ‘brossted military frock, with embruidc-ed cuffs and ccllar , light blue trousers in the Frankish style, and a atar of brilliants on the breast of his cost. Onhis head wos » scarlet fez, with an aigret of brilliank in-frot, holding & straight heron’s plume, the imperial ghika ; and by side hung a gorgeous ssbre, On dismonnting, he threw off & capacions scarlet closk. The Com= mander of the Faithful proved to be a skils ful as well as graceful archer, striking the target With every arrow. - After abont a dozen success- ful shots, the target was removed, snd the Sul- tan began his exercise with the bow fordistance, which was marked off by seyeral marble pillars. Tio stepped forward and guickly despatched about & (Fflzm more arrows, firing with greal rapidity. Ishould think he sent his shafts at Jeast 250 yards. The Sultan then became aware that we were observing him, snd gracionsly sont s the information by an officer that he had, in the last trial, sent an arrow beyond any of those rocorded by his predecessors. Ho then mounted his horse and rode off, followed by his eunuchs; but the cavalry remained for about an hour, en- aged in the national exercise of the jereed.—~ eel and bloodof a wart and’ . i B. Van .