Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 9, 1873, Page 6

MONEY AND COMMERCE. MONETARY. e v WEDNERDAY EveNING, Jan, 8, The following fa » summary of the condition of tho National Banks of Chicngo, compilod from thoir roports made to the Comptrolior of tho Curroncy, to show thoir conditlon at thoe closo of businoss on the 27th day of Decomber, 1872, Tho summary Ineludes all tho ftems in tho pub- lishied roports of tho bauks oxcopt ** stocks and bonda on hand,” whicli, in most instances, aro understood Lo bo only collaternls for the seou- Tity of lonns, and not the proporty of tho bauks, Tho list includes two now banks, the ** 1lome " &nd “ Contral,” which now malo their first ro- port. Tho Beandinavian, which mado its first f:\d last report undor tho eall for a report on Ocl. 8, 1873, having failed, and bolng omltted, it minkes to tolal numbor of National Baukn in tho clty 21, or ono more then o yoarago, BLx- copt in tho nddition of two new oncs, tho order i which tho namos of the banke sro arranged in tho abovo tabla are tho samo in which thoy wero arranged nlittle ovor one yoar ago, the banks then taking procedanco of ench otlior in accords ance with tho amounts of thoir deposits, Tho dincropancies from that ordor in tho prosont in- rlanco show the chango in tho business of tho Dbanks in that respect, In tho column of porcentagen of cash moans to doposits the torm * easl monns " inoludes tho cashi on Liand, tho oxchanges for the Cloaring Hougo, and all amounts duo from other banks and bankors, s : ‘fho ciroulation and the bonds doposited to so- curo it aro hoth Ioft out- of the unlt\ulnuon of porcontngos, as thoy offeot each other: FEE mdgMdonouponsERoEopHg Ber FEGEiiipiriiiiiidsiil i i B pifwiF§ i ¥ RETEL i B : P 3 i ! ; EERE] parl CafnEnny | pume 3nF [ EappnagunpeepEoREEE R | M BHZE 9By REReRER BRUBAEGAS SBHE|sopnprenpEssesnsonnns | il g8ys| 3888 s38as8EsaaagRERE| T moe@ g o i) $BRE | BEEERERE2HRURAEIITIREN | '”g -ea @ ; d @ BREE|ssdpabEpipaEosaangl | minid | &fhs BEHUEBLE YR UABRBEREE | a8 esizrns u filxmm& gBakl|§Ei88s B 8 !gfifig ppoBossnBori 2l g, :'.=\§§ lecig |55 Piatesai b 5oubaus R I g giprey GEop | EEEEIEBBpUEs. go R3RY sssf & = .“‘lap: SEHB | sBEESBEREBARASRERBEBEE | womone BiEfA| 0BEREER AR BIBEENEER p;?:é :‘:‘: pikang BEER | BHERBEEBOBELEREEARREEE 1oty gBwy|s225vs555°5585s58855888 ahsk ceBEsfse-FEusazpgmeifa| mak 2555898850558 868 88 980es] ”“””E 2 EEEE | sasgsuaznzspunsensnnl| ammld EgBu| 3P EEREUE s bEEREEEgS £58E | E: BE ag 8 | rmema-n G883 gisg Fh] g As compared with the npgrogates of tho statoment }’m‘ Oct, 8, 1872, the most noticeablo features are tho decrenso of £3,798,138 in De- Yosits and of $2,002,133 in tho nggregate amount of cash and Clearing-Tlouso chocks on hand. Tho loans also, show a doreaso of £2,452,166, und tho rediscounts an incroaso of 291,278, All theso changes aro tho effects of tho strin- gency that provailed during the lattor part of ¢ho year. Dopouits woro drawn down, making & decrenso of cush on hand, obliging bankers to callin their lonns, and to got moro than. tho usual amount of Enqor taken from their custom- ers rodieconnted in Now York, Tho banks, hoy- over, havo dono & yery profltable busiuess, s is ‘shown by tho nggrogato of 91,918,608 of undivided profits on hend on Dec. 27, o good portion of which Las sinco hoen p:m’l out in dividonds for tho yoar ending Deo. 1. Tho ag- nregale increaro of National Banking capital sinco Oct, § Is $313,605, = Tho money markot continues tight, ono of the immodiate causes boing the deficiency in facili- tics for shipping hogs, cattle, and products to tho East, which provents shippera from realizing on what thoy have, as thoy could do by drawing on Now York if they could ulip. Deposits aro now . considerably Jarger than at the date of the Taunk statements summarized ahove, but the de- mands are almost as much in oxcoss of the sup- ply as they wero then. Evcrybndi expooted ensy money aftor Jun. 1, and put off their appli- cations, until noy thoy all como ntonce, In the open market good commercial paper solls at 13¢ per cent per month, The supply of oxchango is very small, and tho domand for it continues un- usually large. Bankers unabloe to supply the domand with bills drawn sgainst shipments of Jroducts are shipping currency to New York to inake exchange. i Mousrs, Lunt, Preston & Kean quoto buying and solling rates for Govornment bonds und local atocks as follows this afternoo: . 8, 6s of "81, ex. fut, o2s of 2. 10-40s, .. U, 8. 68 (new {asu0). U, 8. Curzoncy 63, Northern Pacific Gold Land Warrants 160's Not War 1813, 120's Not War 1812, Agricultural Colloge Land Scrip. ——— REAL ESTATE. The following instruments wero filod for rec- ord on Wednesday, Jan, 8 CITY PROIERTY. Warren av, 1 @ cor of Tfomau av, 6 f, 150x195 £t, dated Oct, 2, 1872; conaidoration, $7,600, Orchard st, 8 of Centro at, o f, 22x13137 ft, dated Jans 7; considoration, $075, Blorgan st, bet Monroe and Adams at, w f, 253125 £t, dated Aug, 23, 1870 ; constderation, $1,875, ‘Wabash av, bot Twenty-Aifth and Tywenty-sixth ats, o 1,25€tto alley, dated Dec, 18, 1872; consideration, 14,000, Test Monroo st, bet Rohey and Wincliester ats, n fy 24 1t to alley, dated Dec. 40, 1572; conslderation, $2,400* Van Horn ut, nw corof Oakloy st 8 f, 4824x125 ft, dated Dec, 20, 1672; consideration, $10,000, North 74 ft of Lots 3aud 3, in Darron's n part of Block 25, in Brand's Aadition, with Lot 0, in Block 4, In Hicklindale Addition, dated Aug,27,1872; consider- ation, $1,500, Wallace st, bet Twents-sixth ‘and_Tiwenty-sevonth :u, of, G0 ftto alloy, datod Dec, 31, 1872; considera- lon, DoKoven at, n o cor of Olinton st, Lot 14, dated Dec, 16, 1872 ; consideratlon, $4,000, Cottago Grove uv, bot Thirty.eoventh and Thirly- cighth sts, o f, 40 ft, dated Jun. 2; consideratioi, 760, b TaBallost, bet Randolph st and Court place, o £, 2214 280 £t, dated Doc, 10, 1873 ; conslderation, $20,000. Lot 11, n Gulver et al, Subdivieion, in's w !( Soo 23, 39, 14, dated Jon, 3; consideraticd, § Buniner st, se cor of Catlerino sf, W f,’ 24x137 €8, 3 dated Deo, l.ll, 1871; couslderation, £1,460, West Tyler st, bet Throop and Loomiasts, s £, Lots 43and 43, dated Aug, 10, 1873 consideration, $4,100, Lots 30'and 81, inw 3 Black v, Bec 33, 40, 14, dafed Jan, 7; conslderation, $1,500, Lingoln av, 295 £t s of Gontre st, o 1, 485107 ft, dated Aug, 31, 18745 conslderation, $4,800, West Polk st,, 163 2-10 ft wof Western av, 8, 25x 1243 11, dted Jan, 15 conslderation, $1,000, 3 NOITIL OF OITY LINITH, Aldine st, o of Lvanaton road, 1 f, “50x108 ft, duted Nov. 28, 1672 ; counlderation, $4,760, OUTIL OF CITY LINITH, Yot 81, 1n Black 1, of Crocker's,rovbdivision in s o ¢ oo 11, 89, 14, dafed Aug, 10, 1672} conideration, Lots 7o 13, in Rocrlst's Bubdivielon, & i S0017, 36, 14, dated Nov, 16, 1672 ; considoration, 2,100, COMMERCIAL, ‘WEDNEEDAY EVENING, Jan, B, The following wera tho receiptaand shipmenta of produco ab this point during the uast fenty- l - . - 2| i3 5 = 2 g 2 ) four hours, and for the corresponding dato one year ago: TEOEIPTS, BAIPMENTS, 1873, 1872, 1873, | 1872, Tlour, brls 4201 0,33 : Wheaf, bu el 420 5,051 392 5,220 113742 6,531 2501,544 fii 825,800 67,22 1,013 1,606 663 T v 168,634 100y 164 18 5 470 2,085 Withdrawn from store yestorday for city con- sumption, 6,235 bu wheat; 9,069 bu corn; 8,916 bu oats ; 7,057 bu barley, The following grain has beon inspectod into store this morning, up to 10 o'clock: 113 cars wheat; 222 cara corn; 95 cara oats ; 5 cars rye ; 24 cars barloy. Total, 898 cars, or 169,000 bu. It is probablo that ono of tho earliost acts of the new Board of Diractors of our Board of Trade will bo the appointment of » committes to invostigato and roport upon our prescnt syatems of railrond transportation. If a local freight officor can make $45,000 to £50,000 per yoar, while the line over which ho sends froights can gcarcely pay a dividend of & per cont per an- num, it would soom to bo in accordance with the oternal fitnoss of things that the stockholders of the road should have a little more, and the gen- tlemanly officor, or agent, n httlo lews; if tho {farmer cannob Teceive the bencfit that would ariso from lessening the cost of transportation. Aud, whilo the Committoo is at work, 1t may also inquira if any of those gontlomen, who lold complimontary tickets for admisaion fo the Board of Trado sessions, are in the habit of buy- ing and sollng on their own account, contrary to tho régulations of the Board. Tho Board of T'rado of the City of Chicagohas roally o vital intorest in this mattor, apart from the sonso of duty whichit owes ta the producing classes of tho Northwest. Notwithstanding the ligh cost of overything that enters into the con- struction of » railread, and the labor of hand and brain necessary to its oporation, very respoct- ablo dividends conld b paid, with & material re- duction in froights, if tho blcod-sucking prooess wera stopped ; and not oven s glut of freighta “i;zuld be a suflicient apology for extortionate chargos. Thoro is littlo ronson to doubt that the evil would noon bo romodied if a full exposs of tho situation woro mado by parties cg’mpntont to investigato and to roport, The statoment of {acts thnt would be brought to light could not fail to attract sitontion from the men whose capital is now being used for the onrichment of {ho oflicers of through froight lines, and who alono can vore to abolish thom. Solf-intercst would spur to tho conclusion. A potition to Congross to despen_the Datroit Rivor on the Amorican sido, noar Gibraltar, was clrculated on 'Chango to-day. By dredging nbout 800 foot on tho Amorican sido a cloar channel will bho sooured. ‘ho usual route on the Cannda sido at Malden is obstructed by limo kilns, &o., which are o source of froquent trous blo to vesscls, TIE MARKETA, ‘The Chicago produco markets wero gonorally alow to-dey, but littlo being done except in whaat, which genorally sharos with provisions the honor of being the gront attraction of the winter produco trade. ‘The average of prices was about tho samo to-day as yosterday. . thore Lieing scarcaly uunugih of auimation on tho part of oither buyers or sellora to effect au important movement in quotations, ecolpts aro not ex- coasivo, but shipmonts are light, and the conuo- quenco is u stendy accumulation of stocks hero, which in chioily eatisfactory to parties ongagoed in tho business of storing produce. There was & quiot feoling In tho grocory market, Ordora wore light, ax:d mainly confined to ataplo goods, Trices wero quotod o tritle onsler for refined sugars, but otliorwiso valuos were unchanged. Coffoan, spices, syrups, und toss woro firmly held, The dry goods (rade continnes slack, without natorial variation in prices, All staple seasonablo fabrica aro strong ; whiatover of woak- nes tho markot may oxhibit belng confined to un- sonsonnhlo goads. ~Thore was i fair amonnt of trading in the butter markot, and former quota- tions ‘wero fully sustained for all grades savo medinm, which were somowhat neg- leoted, oud ~ wore easy, Dagging re- maius fuactivo, Chooso met witli only a light domand, and the market wag weslk at tho recent reduction. Hay was quist and unchavged, In lidos a L'boral movemant waa wilnossod and_formor ralon wero gonorally Lonthor remninu quict and firm. now wai roported in conunection with the Only n moderato amount of trad- fug wos dono nt 213¢@350 for carbon, at 7o for oxtra lard, at 83@!io for lnncod, and’ al 70@720 Building materinla woro quiot ond unchanged. Metals and tiunors’ stock aro ulto fivm, owluy lio fron_ trade i gradually ro wan a falr mavoment, bath on local nnd acconnt, and_former quotations worn firmly adhored 1o for all ‘grades savo porhaps medium, Wa uoto: Good to cholco roll, 13§20} Alrlctly eholco airy packedl, 25@260: modium 1o good, 18@240} nfe- riart common Gorinan plow alecl ) gilali cuat plow steot. maing quiot and firm, Tho domnnd | Oh for graln hags §s oxceodingly small, bt dealors aro not suy concessions, tho quoted prlces De ing fully malutained, Wo ropent our 1 Ludlow, 93c; Towistown, e} 89e: Olter Oreelr, 20@i3igo; gunnies, double, 29 ; ool macks, 03@T0e, omand & ¢fata. Oholeo ind-pleked @32.50, Yrices rango na air to primo, $2.008 Wera qulet and 1olo : Bluceo, $3.60@75 ; slticco, casing, 00 v, $1.00@4,50 3§ Rosendalo comont, $2.35 k2 narblo dust, $3,25@0,00 ¢ Time (brls) $1.35@1.60 por brl ¢ ‘pinatering huir, 000, $40.00G90,00 for turpontine. 114 way firm and prices for Fronch enlf and somo lues of domestin stock wero nesy at tho Enst, ‘We tnake 1o cliange in our quota- improving, and tho market i slead :xlnmlmuy ligher, Qutgos hurlap by bor yards s “picking up” o little, nnd tho quoted pricos aro gonorally adhered lo, Thoro waa a modorate ing werlptions of cooparngo. wool provailed, and tho finor grades woro quotad firm, * Broom corn wna unchangod. IHops wora Lrm at 40@4Ge, with vory cholce Wostorn held at quict: timothy was firm, and clovor dull at 86.00@b.10, TPoultry was in mod- Gama waa gollin ures. Groon fruits woro quiot and Ilighwinen woro modorately actl hou roported flrmor at 93@93)40 in 0£100 brls at 880, o por gallon, Tho Uoan aro searc and (rm at $2,% follows : Navies ot $2.40@2,50 2,36 ¢ common to medi BUILDING MATERIA for packors’ de- ttor domand for Coltntry uppor, 0o, Sceds woro q ' in bilk, $1,00631, whito rand, por brl, 40@600; firo "brl iyt lirick (common $13.00314.00 ; Woodstoof 40.00; 8t Louis ki 833,00 dol; Ticige, £60.0 to ciny, per brl, $4.006: of pricos por box of 60 feet for domestio win- lnag, from which a reduction of 40 and 5 per ‘mado by dealers, orato requoat. Y 0 roquost. Rough npyper, light, Tough uper, hoavy Balo wa mado ear] Al prevsod, 447,00 1o draullo_prensod, $45.00 del aud Iator of *200 brls at 88 v markot closod at the outside. 8 woro In botter raquost, and ad- vauced Bo por 100 Ibs under n rathor active com- 8 wero roported lower, of tho lots bought wora Buffalo slangltor nolo, Ne ont.. i Tip, No. 1, 'modivm No, 3, I otition, thougl livo ho, t was stated that sovora taken for shipmont to Milwaukeo, Tho market ors ot §4.90 for henvy, and 24.40 for light, Bales woro mado of 120 hoad at 84.40; 160 at $4.371¢; and 603 at 84,80, Total, 1,078 head, Provisions woro much loss aolive, Inr. Mesa pork was quiotand un cash lots, but oasier for futuro. tivo, nt a doclino of 24¢@bo_por 100 Ihs, which declino was achfoved last ovoning, woro flrm but quict, There was a fair numbor of ordera on tho market for monts for March do- livory, but at lowor pricos than holders would Groen kams wero in strong, thore bein Leavy woights; t] Fronch calf, Jodof. French calf, Lomolno, ¥renoh calf, 25 to 2 ¥ronch calf, 20 fo 50 ronch calf; 30 to 36 1 French kip, 6010100 b, .rs LUMBER—Tho amount of buincas transacted s t, but the demand is steadily improving. out varlation, and ralo s follows : olosed firm, with bu 10x14 to 12118, 14x21 to 1622L., Becond cloar, 1 inchto 2 incl Third clesr, 1 incli, ... Third clear, thick. ... Firat and socond cl good domand, and almoat none ofterin| 0 packors have s much fastor than thoy havo boon ablo to make thom, and soma aro along way bohind on their delivorios. Hogs wero roported lower, which fact causod o falling off in th incited buyors to gures whero orders woro not iding, . Common floorin, di Common flooring, dreanod, second Wagon-box bon D A Mock boards... Common board: 40,00 1w was doveloped G0, . CANNED GOODS—Nothing Business continues connaction with this market, aquiet, o {a usually the case ot this season, ana priccs rule steady for most descriptions, quotations of yesterdny, ag follows : 30 , 10 inchies and . Wo ropeat our 2 olel B3 S e Tho market closod at tho following rango of Mesa pork, cash or gellor January, $11.00@11.65 ; dosollor Fobruary, $11.66@11.70; do sellor March, $14.90@11.95 rimo. moss, $10.50@10, cash, “or soller January, $7.06@ lor Fobruary, $7.16@7,20 ; do seller @7.40; do sellor April Liams, 75 @88e, nn at73gc for 15-1b avorages, and 75¢c for 16-1b avor- ages. Greon shouldors, 83¢@Sigo; do rou sides, 43(@43o; do short Tibi short clna?vfi%u; dry malto 0 Timber—sawed, 13 to 106 feot, Bhingles—sawed A §m BPPPLN Galiab! 3332 3913 e Gooselerries, 2 1b,. Shisni 338 EREs522! “Threo dollara pot car to bo addod when transferred, argefollows the shingles, ickness—Five shingles to bo two inches in thick- s, Length—Sixtecn incho . HARj < BT CERREEEOEREaR! 8 o & pereset 9 8 5 B Jiouldorg ;% WEsco sloulderg ; o and 656@00 fof shiotk® el January, quoted at English moats for delivery mn Jan- uary, 5%{c for Oumborlands; ribs or fong clear; 6lfo 101131219 19431339) B for short ribs, Boxed shoulders, sollor Go for bhort |- for short cloar; 8@ o for long cut hams. Bacon is quoted at o for shouldors, 7i{o for cloar ribs, 730 for ort cloar, all packod, extra mosy do, $9.60@10.00 ; boof blo ot 6}4@0XCc. "1 Small brls, 2,200 por pkg. Brusll, 3 bris, 1,100 ner p Modfuni, brls, 1,200 por pkg. Modium, 3¢ LEle, 600 yer pkg Large, bilh, 600 er pie, Qounter tops (sclect). . Fh;urlng, c,-ln(. grooved and matched, Axles,ireeueares T4@73{0 ; grenso quétn~ alos woro reported of U0 brls moss pork, seller March (last eveuin; 000 tes Jard ot 97.071¢; 760 fes 250 tes do ab $7.05; 600 tca do sollor Fobruary ot $7.60; 750 cs do mollor March ~, $7.40; 250 tes do ab £7.874¢'; 100,000 1bs shoul- dors, seller March, at 40; 80,000 Ibs green shoul- ht) ot Side; 100,000 iba b short Tibs, sollor Fobrunry, a 63o ; 40,000 Ibs greon do ot 6¢ ; 80 boxes long cloar af 58705 1,400 boxes shiort clenr (part Boller Fob- ruary) at G2¢o; 100 boxes do, sollor March, at 68¢o’s” 100,000’ by groon hamé (16 Ibs) at 7. %fl 1b8) ab Tigo; 90 brly our was in rather botter domand, though the aggregato of sales was no largor then yostorday; owing to tho fct of light offerings, whilo soma donlera wore asking an _ndvance, which buyers woro not genorally willing to roportion than usual of and broken lota. EESE—Thero was li{tlo or noiling market for this ataplo, Bomo ordera wora placed, but thio severlty of the weathor provonted shipmunta. 'Fol- lowing aro tho quotations : - Now 140; Ohio factory, 11@13)50; Wostern factory, 1@ 136e, COAT—Remnins firm, with prices sottlod and uni- form, Thero was moro nctivity tu_ho demana to-duy than on tho preceding daysof tho week, Prices rango $10.00; Loligh, prepared, demand at former prices, Tho Esstorn markots for ‘melals aro roported firm, which produces a correspond= ing firmncas fu this markot, ‘{1 PLaTE—10, 10x14, $1 do, 14x20, $13.00; do, roofl P1o TiN—Large, 40c ; P i Burer u%mnl—-]:‘nll fl:mkl, 11e; b lesn quantity, 113¢c ; Al Sinrr 1ng—o, 2h, Tgo rates, CorrEn—Cappor bot 47c; tinned copper, 43¢, Winz—2106, 803 0, 8, and 9, 1003 101011, 1103 13, 13, 12)0; 16 and 16, 14017, 150 2057 full bundlo, 15 pof cont dist York factory, 13@ Wo again quoto: do, 12212, $14.60 S caegs, 11 casl CH ae follown: Leligh lump % 1o; $18.00; Lackawanna, 503 Dlogaburg, Hocking Valloy, Indians_block) it 4803 braziors, over 121bs, 0,00 ;' Minonk, $4.0 COOPERAGE—Therd was o fair demand for pork barrels and tiorces at formor pricea, Other descrip- tiona are unchanged. We quote: Park barrels, $1.23@ 1,35; lard torces, $1.75@1.80; whiskoy barrols, $2.100 .25} flour barrels, 60@55¢; rough ataves, $18.00@320,00; whiskoy barrel sfuvos, $23,00627.00 slaves, $28.00@00.00 ; flour stuves, $8.60@9.50; eircla g8, T5@Ye B wot 3 flour Loop poles, $14.00 i ; pork and terco poles, $20,00@ 40,00 % cludd 103 pork barrels ot $1,30; 60D tlerces af count 3 fenco wire, 8¢, S—~Ths trado continues vory quiet, count DK;ZM; l;snll:wc%dtol lh?fl g_'néln. 10d, per keg, $5.75 not ;. , do, $0.( sGO.0T s A 40, SLU0B0S 3 i do) $1 (] 35 § 2d do, $9.00@9.12, NAVAL S8TORES~Thero was no chango, All artl- cles in tho list ars quiot and steady at tho 0125 Gd do, Bales_wero roported of 89 brls winter suporfines at 85.00; 100 brls spring oxtras (Minnesota) at $7,00; 80 Minnosota) ot £6.75; 200 brla (Glory) at §6.60; 00 brls do (White Rose) at $6,40; 100 brle at 400 brls on privato Oity) at $4.50; 60 brls do at §1.75, dS—~T'ho narket i Hberally supplicd, and there at 37@29¢ far strictly fresh, and 13 & moderate inquiry 19@22¢ for pickled. “Sales include 1,700 270 11,800 oz and 85 canes do at 286} 600 doz pickled at 20’ 20 cases do at 200 ; 300 doz at 10c, FEATHERS—Are in moderatesupply nid demand.at prices quotod below ; Primo live geeso at G0@ 08 from sirst hands ; Jobbing prices 70@76e for nasorted feath- xed foathers quotablo ot 5@a6e. SH—Tho fiah {rado waa sgaln roported dull, and rlees yyero without vistble change, rutling firm as fol- 1 whitefish, $3,25G5,50; No, 2 d No,1_trout, $4.75@5,00; No. 1 shora niacke; No, 1 bay, $6.50@8.75 ; No, 9 bay ma: U@7.25 ; No, 1 shoro kits, $1.85@1,90 ; bauk cb, $5.60@5.76 ; Gaorga's codfish, $0,60@4,75 ; box Lerring, No, T, 50@330 ; box herring, sealed, Columbia River saimon, now, FRUITS AND NUTSConl uost ot the following quolations: Dates B@dc; g3, now, 16@10c; figa, box, 17@180; Tiirkey prines, 1873, 04¢@1007 raiaiug, $2.5032.0 10%@1lo; raspberries peaches, pared, Blaal rope, @ I Hemp sash cord, 59" brls at 85.10: 0 brls rye (Boloi nt at §7.76. Total, 1,498 brla, tons bran nt $11.00 on track, wero closing quotationa: £alr to cholco white wanter extvas Red wintor oxtras, Good to cliolee sprin to mediu; The' following partment At about former rates, the market ruling firm ot tuo following prices: 2 oxtra lard ofl, Tdo; N 0, 1, 68c; No, H botled, 530 whale, 83c; apor. 10 ; neatafoot oll, strictly ‘pare, $1.10 ; d {do No. 1, §0G953; bani ofl, 682703 @75c; olephinnt ofl, 93¢; turpenting, 70723 20c, PUTTY—Under this hoad 10 now features wero noted, Trading was on a Umited seale, and quotations wore nnchanged : eocd, raw, 8803 do half-brls, $10.00@10,25, Whoat was modorately active, and_steadior; e o, Anadesats) Rt averaging but s shado above tho inside quota- tions of yestorday, Tho activity was principally duo to & more comprohonsivo has boen witnessod hero for soveral daya past, 88 numerous holders began to fear tho effocts of continual acoumulations here this wintor, and the ranks of the boars (short sellers) reccived soveral accessions, Our recoipts have hithorto boon kopt down to a smatl point, weather or tho horse disenso in both combined ; but the horse disease is al over, and the farmors are getting used to tho wenther by thia time. horo daily that wheat is being sent forward_in large quantitios to the country stations, and it wonld appear to bo simply s time_when wo shall 04 blackborries, 43@15c; " pittod_cherrfon, 21@20; peaches, I 6@0xc; do mixed, 54@00; Zanto curran 8%@Joi do 1671, 1@T4c; apples, Southern,’ mow, 5@sic; do Weatern 635@0c; Michigan, Gy @Tio,! Nuzs—Hiberts, 14@160; almonds, Terragons, @ 230; English wainuts, 16@100; Naplos waluuts, 20 o} Drazils, 19@Ho} pocans, 10G12c; Afrcani pea nuts, 64@70; Wilmingion yesnuts, 7@80; Tenncs- seo poaits, 7@8c. GAME—Thore was & maderate demand for game, but shippers are not buying oxcept ot fusido prices, a1 Fastern_markela aro unfavorable, Pricesare lower, grouse having cold at $2,75@3.00, quall at 00c@31.15, Wo noto eales of 40 doz prairia chlekena at $3,00 ¢ 60 doz do at $2.75 ; 100 doz quail at $1.00 ¢ 40 doz doat $1.10; 25 doz do at 90o; 500 doz rabbifs at 600 ; 20 doz do at 60o; 20 doz do at7T5; 10 wild turkeys ‘st 160 per b3 6 1@8e, @OREBN FRUITS--Thero was n Ught local inquiry for apples and cranberrios at previous pricos, frults were quict snd unchan; quote: Apples at $3.00@4.00 vated) ot $10.00@12.00 por brl; wild de 8,00 ; Californin_pea @7.50 per box ; oranges at $10,00@12.00 per caso : Mal. grap: 603700 per kew, Sales Includa 175 rla cliofce appics at $3,60@34,005 S0 brls poor at $3,60, ROOERIES—The grocery trado wes quoted dull, and prices woro unchanged. ~ Sugars werda trifle easi or, but, asido from thls, the feeling ncemed firm, and spices were siroug, sud most other st wero held at ths quotations, lowing are the prices current : Br-0Aup Bopa—11@bc. Corrzes—ocha, No, 2, 21@50; fancy E 20@23%(c; prime R0, 2H@LINC; g 21%¢; common do, 20@20%c; Blngapore, 33032407 do, prime, 23323 c. BTG woight, 20@ato: Stearlno, 15%@16)¢, g, A1GE—Faina, 8(@8j0; Rangoon, T3(@do; Oarolias, 2 0, oins—Tatent cut loaf, 14X@1434 osiro to soll than 2 Gonulno Veillo Montaguo, aithor by bad 0 country, or Roports are received American red lead, rabbits at B0@76e, Bearlet Vermillion, uestion of (not much it. but in tho face of which our mad o'clock. Beller Fobruary opened at $1.2237, ad- vanced to $1.233¢, doclined to $1.231¢, and Sollor the month, or cash 2,60 oro was & botter demand for ponl- try, yesterday's prices bolng genorally ndhered to, Turkays wero quotable at 10@1350 ; chickeus at $1,50 @1 Sales’ includo 3,800 Ibs at 13¢c: 1,900 1bs do ot 1205 600 Iba at t100:°00 doZ_good chickens at $3,00; 4 ) Bt $4.23: 24 doz doat $2.50; 30 doz'at 3 3 doz chiolco geeso at $10. $8.00@0.00 ¢ 6 doz ducks at $4.00, POTATOES—Woro quict and unchanged, Tho cold woather fitorrupta tho trade, cholco at 70c, and storo lots at 75@85c, Bsles includa 1 car at 70 on track ; 200 bu from store at ) BEEDS—Tliere was littlo truding in {imotby and but other seeds wero innctive and nominal, v s firm. Good aced nold nt $5.25, and primo is beld ut from 5@10c Lij $5.00@5.10 ; mammoth quotablo at §5,60@5.75 ; flax at Sales woro reported of 100 ba tmothy at49.45 ; 7 baga clover ab $5,16; 22 .00, ALT—Tho domand for aalt I8 scarcely s0 nctivo s | 1t hius been, but tho supplyis light, and pricos have un- dergone nd cliange, Wo qitote : Onondaga and Saginavw, fine, $3,40; ordinary cosrue, $3. . venison carcasaca at closed oasier, kot_ralliod aftor 14 fed. Vo continuis to closod at 12831 rl; eranborrica (culti- No. 2 spring, sold at $1.20@1.21%4, tho outside. Sollor March wold at $1.24%@ 1.25%, closing nt $1.25}¢. No. 1 spring was dull was dull and heavy, closing at $1.07; and rojocted spring was quotor at 04@U4lge. Cash naales were roported of 400 bu No. 1 spring at $1.25; 1,600 bu No, 2 apring 000 bu do at $1.311¢; 13,200 bu do 000 hu do at §1.21; at 81.21; 6,000 bu at $1.203¢; 15,600 bu do at 81.208¢; 7,300 bu do_at $1.20% ; 7,200 bu No. 3 at $1.07; 8,400 bu do at BL.0614; bu rojocted spring at 94igc. Total, 113, Corn was rather more active than yestorday, and }ge lower on cash_lots, whilo options?were Corn was quoted ork, whilo our receipts wers light ; but thore was no domand for shipment, and apeculators seom to bo bothered to kuow what use to put it to if thoy should buy it. buyors waro thoso who had “pro- ort, and even they hun, 4 lemona at §0,00 .00 3 16 doz do ut at 81.25; No, 8 Wa quoto_car lots of 3 89,800 bu do Clover was dull at. d0c; 0, G Java, 3 Costa Rics, fanoy, gensrally dull cnsrally dy 0 coarso Dismond O, strong in New ‘without bags, $3, ground aluni, £2,75; Tnrk's Island, $2.00, H, DOORS AND BLIND3—Were in moderato demand'at former pricos, Wo continue to quote ; About tho onl ‘viously sold sl if they expected to bu Soller the mont| 8030, closing at the outside. gold at 813{@313¢c, closing at the inside. Bellor March wau nominal at 3137c. Sallor May sold at 30@304e, and seller Juno at 87c, ‘worg reported of 83,000 bu No. 2 at 8 bu do at 8024e ; 4,01 Oats wore very quict, but steady at about the uotations as yostordsy, thero being little and littlo wanted, New York was reported 2‘1}4@24 9?ouor ltllm llnobnfl.l or ctn;g: @};%.}1? nold“ut [0 ; 6oller February at 0 ; sollor April af 2630, snd solloy Mayat 493ge. All closed atoady, Cauh sales were raported of 9,200 bu No. 2at 245¢0; 1,800 bu do af bu rejected at 21o'; 600 bu, by samplo, at 370, on track. Total, 14,000 bu, Rye was quiot, but strong, with buyors at yes- terday’s prico (0Go) all through the scssion, and ono or two oar lots offered at 00}¢o, till near tho close, whon salos woro mado at 47c. Bales woro reported of 1,200 bu No. 2 at 67¢; 2,400 bu do ab 60}40, and 400 bu do at 66%¢0. ‘Total, 4,000 bu. Larloy was mora aotive, but wesk on No, 2, which declined }§o under_ rather liboral offar- ings. Tho market opened at 670, and fell to 6o Bellor Fobruary sold early at Bollor February @106 ; do common, 04 @9%¢c, smond drips, 1.05@1 oxtra fine, 12@150; good sugar-houss 550; Now Orleans molasgos, choico, 7 @80c; do prime, 10@750 ; do common, 63@G6e; Porto Rica molssdes, cholce, 05@60c; common molasses, 11@180; cloves, 283300 e 5@3350 ; nutmogs, $ gingor, pure, 25@300; do No.1, 20250} 40 No. 3, @o ted at 280, Total, 40c, g‘na:n—muplc 40@420 3 popyer, TLAIN NATL gASI, of 12-light Price per BoArs—French mottled, tlad, TH@TXc gianiy Vil o @éjg0; palm, AiOI(—(loss, 03(@! on, BGGC. —Tho coudition of tho ha chauged, The outwsrd movomen| owing to tho acarcity of cars, aud the lacal demund i3 still confined to supplying jmmediate wants, ng tho following prices,—cars OX Tnaox—Timoth timothy, looso pressed 0,00311,00, ON WWAGON— @80 ; Whito Lily, @620 Lrown Windsor, on_Imperlal, 64 @0% 2 comn, U@llo; laundry, markot was un- continues slack, eala dealers wera pay! to contain 18,000 1bs presscd, $10,00817.00 10,605 prairlo, presaed, Timothy, looso, $15.00@310. 10,60, ¥or delivery of pre IDES~Tho bide market ramoins firm, under o continued sctiva demond, at Qreen butchers', 7o ; green salted, curcd, Leavy, 1lc do light, 1203 part ‘eured, 04@1050; IN@10c's greenealf, 1T@17130 5 groon 'oity dry salled, 163170 ; dry kip, ry fllnt, 10920 ; deacons, 50G3G5 74@80; ollother dimaged ktock, two-thirds ; Grandod, 10 per cont off. (OVH—There wan no partioular chan, clioico Weatern liops aro held Diit wo fioar of no cash sales ot this figure, althonght timo sales huva been mado above it have been soliciting ordars for foreign liops, at 45@50¢, but wo canuot report TEAS—Remala firm, A fair smount of trading waa dtons at tha following duotations: Ilyson, common to chiofee oxtra, 05¢@$1,16 3 comimon impors 05 ; ino to good e, $1,15@1,20; oxtra, choica 'to 'ostra lent” Jupan, 00C@S1.05 do 60@000 ; colored natural’leaf Japan, common to fuo Oolong, 35@450; good, L0G chaleo to axtra, 90c@$1.00. rm on proviously quoted, 75@350; cholco, 05@ fum, 30@3%0; come fulr, 60550 ; good, 3@ TH superfine to huo old iyson, X 1a, 03@750; good to clioies do, Ble@: gubpowder, §0:@§1,05; chol at tho close, the nnnoxed prices: snd rojected closed at 4%0. Cash salos wero roported of 800 bu No, 2 at 670; 5,000 bu do b 6830 ; 7,400 bu do at 66o; 9,600 bu No, § at 633go bu rojoctod at 42 Ni closing at B3o; CuEwiNa—Fine Cut—Exira, o3 cummon, B5@00: T 800 bu do nt 630 ; 1,600 bu do at 420; 400 bu Ly sainplo at 850 ; 400 budo at 8303 1,400 bu 800 bu do_at T50; 400 bu 800 bu at Gio,~—all on track, Total, 28,000 bu, alors rogort the demnnd as small, but tho inducod & firm focling aud the following rices were adherod to: Deech, $13,00 : alabs, $8.00, dq ‘Tiierd was an_im Thio matket in frm, capecin "Tho recolpts nro fufr, but thers {8 no accwmulation of stock, It s thought that thero is a good deal of wool yet i1 tho interior, and ndvices aro that producca and “onutry dealers nro moro disposed to market thoir wool thinu Lerotoforo, Tub, waehed, oxtra medium, T, washed, falr to do. Now York partfea § et $14007 wrovod demand for wool, On tho Open Doard whoat was O el active, and 1fc lowor. No.2 was nominal nt 81,204/@1.21 soller tho month,andsold at 8 @1.223{ sollor Fobrnary, the latter closi; Corn_sud “othor and unchaugod. Provielons woro iuaotive, CHICAGO DAILY MARKET, s modoratoly y aotual talcs, ir to good, 30@U50; to medium, 25@00; 3600, Y—Was quict and unchanged, Tho offerings of cholce gradea aro meagre, but amplo supply, snd meots with Nitlo Inquiry, a Cliofco whit eomb at 25@30c; 203503 Inforior aud stratned hoey, 131 @18c, THON' AND BTEEL—Dorehants roport u better and ateadity increasing demnnd for {ron oud steel, Trices rulo steady at the followlng rango s grain were quiot ralned Lonoy 1 u Wo ugaln quote mvedium grades, Tlecon, washied, X: Flecee, washed, X, liglit., Tleoco, washed, XX, dingy, Floeco, washed, X, Wennesnay EveNixg, Jan, 8, ALOOHOL—Was in moderate request ot §1. BROOM COIN—"Tho better. aud frm owing to scarcity, 7' conslsta of common Ted and e yory dull, Prices rulo an follows : No, 1_butl, 65@70 5@5)0; No, 2 do, 4@40; en, ‘I4@10 ; do red Uip, ER~--Nolldya ‘oW Wea noled o tho bubtes rados oro dn damand, e Lulk of the offeringa rooked corn, which Tluoce, washad, medium d uuwaslied, XXX, In go Fleeco, uuwaehed, X&XX, dingy. Floece, unwaslied, coarac, to ni washiod, coares, and diugy. Blafting fron, . Ovaly, No, 1 stalk brald, jala, e Half oval and Lalf ronnds, g0t o yale and ‘rod, 2@ CHICAGO LIVE STOCK MARKET. WeDSEIDAY Evinmia, Tan, 8, 'I'ho recolptn of live elook sinco Aaturday have boon 28 follows: Cuttle, Ifon. Sheep. Monday.... 0HY 12,704 228 Tuoaday, 177 43,160 2,030 Wadnesdny.. 400 1,200 Total, 651 ooy Bhipmonts woro as followas Cattle, Sheep, Togh, Monday . verese 820 1,645 Tucadny, 602 1,6 —_— Tolal, P TR T TT RN OATTLE—Thoro was falr nctivity in tho cattle trade to-day, and pricen wero firm for all grados, The tono of advivos from the East was not par- ticularly encournging, but moat points wore re- orted more favorably Lhan on the procedin, inyn of tho week, and shippors took hold with greator confidonco, Local buyers aud foedors alvo operated freoly, and, undar the incrensed domand, rollors are ennbled to realizo at n shado bottor pricog, the advance an comparod with last weele nvoraging about an ige. The offorings were of good quality, There woro somo ucallawags, but the major portion con- elstod of fair to choico Ern«luu for which tho ruling pricos wora $4.6( ?B"Ifi'. Tho oxtromo rango wad 32.50@0.25, the inslde quotation for poor cows aud the oufsida for cholce, anooth wall_fatted stoors, Stockers sold chiofly b £8.25@3.75, whilo tho wants of the local trado woro principally supplied at $3.00@4.00. Tho market closed firm, with only a fow loft over unsold, 2 quoTATIONS, Extra—Graded sleers averaging 1,450 1ba $0,2330.50 and upwarda, eserans . Cholco Beeven—Fino, fat, well formod 3 year {00 year old steors, and averaging 1,300 101,400 b Good Boeves—Well-fattened, finely-form aloers, avoraglng 1,150 to 1,000 s, Medium Grados--Steora in fair fles! aging 1,100 0 1,250 Dutchers’ 8tock—Com: sters, and good to_extra cows, for city slaughter, averagiug 800 to 1,100 bs...... 3,00@4.60 Btock Cattlo—~Common cattle, in dicent floah, averaging 700 to 1,050 Ibs........... 3.00@4.00 Inferior—Light and thin cows, helfers, stage, bulls, and scallnwag stects, Toxas Oattlo—Northorn d Toxas Cattlo—Corn-fed 5.7560.00 5.00@5.50 460G L6 66 Toxaa stecrs 17 medinm stoers 27 good steers. 51 good steers, csh recoipts wero sbout 82,000, awolling the wupply for the woek up to this evening to 77,878, " The market opencd wonk and unsottled,” Buyers seemed inclined to hold off for lower pricoy, and scllers, in view of the large supply, ovinced a willingness to concedo n littlo, and oponing salos wero effected at Go do- clino from yostorday's rates, but ns tho day advanced the demand Improved, and bofore the closo ‘n'icou had worked back to nbout ‘yes- torday's range, or to $8.65@3.90. Owing to the lack of adoquate transportation facilities shippers wora obliged to conflue their purchases to s fow car-loads onch and tho aggregato of thoir purchnses ronchod barely 2,000, In addi- tion to tho first recaipts, thore wore somo 10,000 stalo hogs, 80 that tho number on sala foll littlo uhort of 43,000, hut pnckers_bought liberally, and, af the closo, logs than 15,000 remained in tho pons nusold, 'Tho market closed stoady and fivm at $3.65@8.70 for comnmon; at $3,7523.80 for medium, and ot ©3.85@3.90 for good to ohoico, Among tho tranesctions wera the fol- lowing : 100 BALES, No. Av, Price, Av. Drice,| Gl 288 $3. 310 $3.75 49 301 460 9,85 a6 37 812 875 78 3t 286 975 Ol 335 54 3,73 270 230 840 3,75 45 353 88 870 45 9 283 8.6 43, 351 208 8.80 103 858 283 3.85 a3 201 283 8.72%) 201 253 208 3.7 60 243 290 3,72%] 93 34 843 9.7 G0 260 261 3,05 43 054 234 3,83 45 21 210 .00 48 340 294 3,95 55 235 a1y 375 17 111 g5 51 303 335 3.85 98 422 370 B8 91 208 209 3.90 91 25 997 .80 51 348 a5 375 62 191 338 2,80 ) SHEEP—Tho condition of the shesp mnrket was ithout important change. Loeal and Enstera buyers wora in attendanco, snd oporat- ing, aud the combined demand fully ur&unllud'tuu pupply. Tho nnfin of prices was $3.25@5.50, though most of the sales wero nt §3.76@: All gold, and tho markot closed firm, Y — Edmond About on Protection. Edmond About lins writton & book on soctal economy, soon to bo roprinted in this country, from which we quote a fow characteristic pasHages : = “Tho French do not hate being protected ; thoy are a peoplo of a monarchical temperament. But thoy do not all interpret protection in tho saIo way. ‘4 Protoct mo 1" aays tho agriculturist. ‘Ihave had & good grain-harvest ; my neighbors, loss fortumate, havo barely doubled " their sced. Bo- foro & month is over prices will riso, if tho infor- mation in my nu\\'uplgor be accurate, I hopo to get 80 francs tho hoctolitro, and empty m raunry under tho bost conditions in the world, fuhnu do_this unless, through culpablo wesk- ness, thedoor is open to foreign grain! America throatens us, I);lgypc Liolds plonty suspended over our head” like tho swaid of Dam- ocles; Odessa, infamous Odossa, _thinks to glut us with hor produce. Holp! Lot tho door bo shut! Or, if you pormit the importation of foroign grain, hiave the humanity to tax 1t heavily, in ordor that tho cost of purchasing on tho spot, tho transport, and the import duty, should raise the price to thirty franca the hecto- litto! Xf evorything’ goes on as I should wish, Icount upon” pracesding to Bwitzerland, and hri|1FIng Lack four pairs of oxen.' “¢DIrotect mo!’ eays the grazior. ‘Shut the door upon foreign cattle, it you wish mo to earn alivelihood. We aro promised a riso in tho price of moat, and I count upon it; but the ad- mission of hnlhn, Bwiss, Qerman, Bolgian, and English ‘cattld would oresto plonty for eyerybody and bo my ruin, Protect mo by pro- hibiting or by taxhig all tho products which como into compotition with me. Let grain ontor, I do not grow any, and Ilike to buy bread choaply. ~ Permit the entry, freo of duty, of the combustiblos with which I warm myeslf, tho lass out of which I drink, tho furniture which § o, tho stalls with whioh T olotho myslt. mud all manufactured products in goneral. = Ol visi- Dlo providenco of citizons, arrango so that T whall not Lave any compotition to foar as producer, Lut that in what I consumo Imay enjoy all the benefits of compaetition I' “‘Protect mo!' snys the manufacturor. “COauso all tho products which compete with mino to bo acizod atthe frontier; or, if you suifor them to entor, load them with o duly which will render thom unsalable, The intor- ost of the country enjoins upon yon to sorve my porsonal intercst, Do you uot take pity up- on tho national indusiry doubly mensced by superior quelitics and lower prices 7 My for- oign comrades may reduce me {o destilution by inundating Frauco with good merchandise at cheap raten, Ad n citizen, I foar no one in Eus ropo; a8 o manufacturor, Iam afraid of every- body. 'Tho fooblost foreigner in strongor than¥. Btrive thon that I may prosorve tho monapoly of my products ; but be gonerous as rogavds all fhat which I buy but do uot soll. Allow grain to ens tor, in order that my workmen, being.fed for noxt to nothiug, may bo satislied with low wagos, Allow tho raw matorials I omploy to onter, and the machines which assist my labor.' 44 Do nofll\n‘; of tho kindl' oxclaims the ma- chine-makor. ‘If the forelguor should comeo and compete with me, thore will be nothing for it huk o wwt unulon fGlas or tax tha nvae ducts whioh resomble mine; content yournelf! with eponing tha door to tho molals I 1iso, and you wlh usolully protect the national Induntryees far os I am concernod.” ‘“4Ilold, thero!' replies tho ' iron-master. It forelgn iron Lo admitled, T wust putout my furnacon, Loavo nto the monopoly of my Induatry ; only allow mo to import freoly tho - minerals and combustiblos which are my instri- - nionts of Inbor.* ¢ No, o hundred times no 1’ roply tho shave- holdera In minen and conlpits, and the p priotors of forests, *Is onr industry less wort! of profection than the others ? Now_wo sl Lo ruined if forelgnors nro permitted to futro- . duco plenty and low pricos nmon‘( us.' ** Donfoncd by siich o concort, it is not surpris. ing that slatesmen should Lave heon induced to « tax all imported artioles, or nearly pll, Undor o, tutolary govornimont whicl concentrated, o to. sponlt, tho ymofllo‘u Initiative and respousibility 1n tho Chiof's iands, the Ohlof thought that ho . did wall in necording Lo ench industry the liud of protection it depirod. Lho mass of consum- ern, caten nx) by all thoso priviloges, did not Lnow enongh to put ite fingors on the mischiof,, oud, bonides, it liad no voice in the Council,” ———— Married Atter Sixty Yonrs of Courts- ship, From the Winsted (Conn.) Herald. A murrlago coromony ocourred in tho classio. locality of Hunkapogio, Liast Lymo, on ‘Thanks- giving Dag, whicli morita notico. 'It was col- cbrated at tho residonce of Doncon George Gris- wold. Tho Lridegroom was Johu Griswold Rogers, o youtlful bachelor of 78 summory, who. wooed and won his brido more than bnlfa: hundred yoars ago. The blushing bricw woeu Lliza Denison Griswold, who in ufightly Shat. ewoet 16—thore havin, boon moveral cold wintera sinco thon—nt tho presont tima sho: is of the mature ago of 79. Tho ceromony waa. porformed by the Rov. L. H, Hnut;h, of the. Uongregatiounl Chureh, Among the guests wero Lo brothers of the brido, nged unitedly - 131 yonrs. Anothor brother, aged 77, was ab- sont, Allsn Rogors, of Now Loudon, aged 81, brother of tho groom, wns' detained at hom: It will bo scon that the couplo belong to a long: lived raco, and they no_doubt havo many yoars - of waddod blias boforo thom. ‘Fho bride has lived all hor life in tho house noxt tao ono in which the editor of this paper was born (and hio i8 no spring ohicken) and re- sided during tho first four momontous yoars of hislifo, and’among his carliost rocolloctions is {hiat of the low-hung, pointed, bross-mounted swallow-tail of this idontical “»l“vyer " as {t fol- lowed ita wearer past * our Louss " to malko the rogular Sunday evoning visit to this ideutical maid. Unless wo are greatly in error, the fathior of tho Iorald editor, tho lato Rov. II. L. Vail, boing thon pustor of the church fu East Lymo, ¢ published,” this constant couplo about the year 1832 or 1883, and the wedding was expected to talie placo immediatoly thoroaftor., And, so far 8 ig known, thoronover was any misundorstand- ing or unploasantness, or miff, or flara-up that can bo nasigned a8 tho causo of tho delny, Thoy have nl\\'n{s been considored * ougnged,” both 17 thomsolves and tho noighbors, aud during s visit to Enst Lyme not very long ago we wore informed that this anciont ‘benu still mado bir ovary-other-Sundny-ovoning call, and hod lird- ly'faflod to do so n_singlo fortnight for eixt; oara | Cautious and prudont pair | Ifall fol- owed thoir examplo there would not bo sos much unhappiness rosulting from hnsty mur- riagos. —_——— An Awlictvard Mistake. From the Loutsville Courder-Journal, A young gentleman, whose name we are ro- quested to withhold, camo to this city from Henderson, Ky., a fow days siuce, and roturned to his homo with » lovely, happy bride. Tho marriago coromony was porformed Ly Rov. W. . Butlor, of thiseily. After procuring the conso and making all’ other necessary prepara- tions, tho ymlufi intonded wont tos bauk on Mnin' atroct ond purchnsed o brand-now five- dollar gold-pieco, which ho a!lpncd norvously, and no donbt thoughtlossly, into bis pocket, and hastencd to his nuptials, ‘Tho ceromony was dul{ porformed, nnd the lmppiy young husband, ouly too glad to make the usual present to the miuister, thrust his hand iato his pockot, and, drawiug out what o sup- posed to bo the gold piece, withont lookiug etih placed it in the palm of the reverond goutlomau,, ond then went on his way rojoicing, proceeding: with his brido toLis homoin Hondarson, of. ntated. : Tho day aftor tho young man's nrrival at -home, lnving occasion” to go to his pocket for tho first timo aftor leaving Louisvillo, Lis fin- gers came in contact with & piece of mouoy th. gizo of o nickel, and tho young man gave it only tho conelderntion of n stray nickel which hosup- posod ho had dropped there in some momont cf' orgetfulness, such na is common with nowly married pooplo. But what was Lis surprise, eveu disway, on taking tho piece from hia pocket o short whilo aftorwards, and_finding that tho eupposed nickel was nothing lesa than tho five dollar gold pieco intondod for tho preacher! and, worse than all, tho truth euddonly tlashed through his mind that ho bad given Mr. Batler a nickel as pay for performing tbo marriage coromony for him, A 1Io now understood "tho meaning of tho balf- amused, half-puzzled look which he Lind noticed for n momout in tho ministor's oye, and went straightway to make roparation. Accordingly, a day or two ago, tho reverend gontleman recoived n uoto tcHiurfl; tho wholo story, and accompanied with the golden feo which was originally intond- ed for him, s —_— : A British ITusband’s Vengeances A wonlthy gontloman, living in Lancashire, Englawd, becoming jealous of the attentions of o noighbor to his wifo, rosolved to wreak his Yeugeanco upon him, "Whilo he was planning how to avengo himself, tho wifo and neighbor happoned to go on tho same train of cais to an adjacent town ou tha samo dny, and the hus- band, securing the services of a professional pugilist, awaitod the return of the offender at &' couvenient point of obsorvation near the reilrond station. Just in tho dusl of evening the neigh- bor roturned, and #o did the wife, and na thoy wallked with tho crowd from tho station, the husband and the pugilist followed them. On coming to a convoniont spot, tho husbaud gave tho signal and tho lI\n;;iliul: rushed upon tho neighbor and knockod him down, The wife gave & scronm and flod, without knowing who had at- tacked hor compenion, but supposing the assail. - ants to bo robbars, Tho p\xfiuiub then held the prostrate man whilo, o the evidenco boforo the Court states, the husband “pounded him, choked him, and worried him with Lis teoth,” The unfortunata man wae subsequently found in n noarly dying condition, and taken home. A surgeon exams ined his wounds sud pronounced them oxceed- ingly dangorous, and porhaps fatal. _His deposis tion was takon by n mngistrate, and n warrant was issucd the next morning for the arrest of Lis assnilants, T'ho husband was taken in cus. tody and held to bail in the sum of £20,000— $100,000—but tho pugllint could not be found, As tho purties are wenlthy and of high social connections, tho affair has created a great son. sation in Lancashiro, and tho trial is lookod for« ward to with intense oxpactations, —_—_— Not n Success. From ths Pall Mall Gazette, A miraclo in the Unitod Kingdom is & veryraro occurrence; and in this respect, it must b con- fossed, wo are far bohind our Continontal neigh- bors. Yot o really wonderful miracle took placa a fow days ago in Iroland, snd one, morcover, which will bear comparison with some of tha bost puthonticatod miracles of modern times, On Tueaday in last weak, according to tho Dub~ lin Frpress, about 2,000 poople assembled in Tathdownoy Squaro to witness a miracle which was to be porformed by o man named Edward Dowling, who lives at Clonmeen, about throe “miles from Rathdowney. For n month past it was known that a miracle was to bo wrought by Mr. Dowling in Rathdownoy Squara af noon on tho 10th inst. That gontleman, it was stated, ~ was to bo takon up in the air ; the town was ta recoivon shock, and many pordons wore to ba converted, Dowling, who is a dovout Roman Catholic, wai in tho chapel from a.very emly hour in the morning proparing for the mirasle, and ab tho appoital timo loft for tio Squars, accompanio {nln\‘go asserablago of peopl and hero a stight hitch ocourred in the procoe ings—DMr. Dowling failed to make tho anticl. pated ascont, Aftor ntanding for an hour in tha !Squuru without “going up,"” ho was consider- ately takon into & howse by friond. In all other rospects, howover, tho miracle was a per- feot success ; two thousand peoplo asgembled ta so0o it, and this fact nlono ontitlos itto bo noted as one of tho most marvollous ovonts of tha ny. — —Tho flrst cloction undor the L.ocal Option nct of Inst soesion of the Ponnsylvauia Loglela. ture took placo iu Clearfleld County, on l-hdny, tho 29th of Docemlor, with n mujority of up. wards of six hundrod votes sgaiust liquor fie conses, —or a long time thoro have boon rumors of gross frands in tho financlal mnnagement of the groat st Rivor Dridge at Drooklya, A Qommitteaof Investigation’ was appoluted, and they now roport such uxtravagance and collusion as will bring disroputo upon soveral tnen of high standiog in political and financial ciroled, ‘Tho roports are tomporarily withleld to glve somo g‘E‘l_h_l: ll_n:plicntud paitios an opportunity