Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, June 22, 1873, Page 12

i HE CHICAGO -DAILY PROF. MARSH'S DISCOVERIES.. The Fossil Animals of the Rocky Mountain Region. Two Hundred New Varieties of Extinct Vertebrates. Seventeen Varieties of the Fossil Horse. Xew Haven (June 5) Correspondence of the New ¥ork Tribu: AsProf. 0. C. Mareh is now doparting with another reientific expedition to the Rocky Moun- $nins, there s at present an unusual stir and in ‘terest here in relation to this class of investiga- Ttions. An extraordinary success has attended he series of geological researches which the proeent undertaking continues, snd thers is ev- <1y reason to hope that it will return as well la- iden with trophies s its predecessors. Includ- “iug the ano now starting, there hava been five of ‘these expeditions under Prof. Marsh, three of which consisted of large parties. Althongh re- “ceiving escort and protection from United States Aroope, the expeditions are not at public expense. The specimens collected go to enrich the Museum sof Yale College ; but all the cost of the expe- ‘pedition is defrayed by the private individuals ‘composing the exploring parties. The expense s amourted to more than £20,000 in s single iyear. No other interosts than those of ecience ‘are consulted in tho explorations, of which the chief object is to make original researches and ‘discoveries in palmontology. It may correct & widespread but erroneous belief to state that, while Prof. Marsh presides over the palzontolog- 4cal department of Yale College, the individuals ‘galected to sccompany him on thesa expeditions ‘eze Dot & class of etudents from the collego, “taken out for the purpose of instruction. They ‘are for the most part competent sssistauts, and “men specially fitted for making investigations of “nis order ; and are selected solely with a view to ‘enlarging the domsin of science by accomplish- ing original discoveries. The results thus obtainod already far sur- .puss all discoveries made in Europo for twenty- v yeara in the same department of research- .Prof. Marsh has directed his attention mainly to ‘ihe extinct vertebrates of the cretaceous and tertiary formations, xnd bas obtained more than 200 spocies new to science. In preliminary “pepers about 150 of these have' been described, ‘end it i3 cxpectad that complete details, with fall Allustrations of ali of them, will ultimately be “published nnder Government auspices. It may Aere be remarked that the accumulated wealth 'of specimens from thiefinld i Tesearch, as well 2&s from other sources, has placed the Yale Col- jego Museum far in advanco of any other in this ‘conntry, %0 far as_extinct vertcbrates ara con- x;;:cmad, and it is surpassed by but few in Furope. The first of these expeditions was in the sum- smer of 1563. One of the most extraordinary ‘observations resulting from this trip, though not _sclating to geological forms of life, I8 too inter- “esting to be left in the pages of the purely ucien- ‘tific documents whers it has hitherto beon fouried. Soveral specimens of the animsl known _g.ranun_zl_v a5 the Siredon were captured by Prof. iarsh in Lake Como, in Wyoming Territory, for ke purpose of examibing their habite. SIREDOS LICHENOIDES—(BAIRD). - Figurel. Undeveloped larva of Amblysioma mavor- Xiim Baird, bitherto known as Siredon lichenoides 4ird. Animal represented s in motlon, with exter- 8l branchim thrown bock (3 natural size). « Figure la. Dorsal view of the same specimen when 2t reet, with branchie fully expandsd (35 natural size). & Figure1b, View from below, showing arrangement Df maxillary and palatine serica of larval teeth and in- er nostrils of same specles (natural size). Theso snimals sre known in Wyoming as the “Fish with Legs,” and are from five to ten inches in length. When captured, they showed o _differences except 2a to sge and sex. The ster of Lake Como is brackish, apparently from ‘Yhe salts of eods. Tha Siredons were put into Afresh wator, and bronght by Prof. Marsh to New Haven aliva. As Siredons, they enjoyed extor- %2l branchial sppendages or gills, making & par- %ial rill to their nocks, and s membrane along he back and tail not unlike that of s tadpole. ey were of @ uniform dark olive color above ®nd light olive below. In captivity, most of ithem undorwent an entire change. The branchisl wmppondages and the tadpole membrane were sndmuy sbsorbed. Under sxposuze to light, datk spots appeared, especially on the back wnd sides, finally 's0 predominating that Rho prevailing color was s greenish black. The weck diminished in size, The sncut bacame xmore pointed. The mouth incressed in dimen- ‘sions ; the tongue became greatly enlarged ; the gotion of tho teoth was materially changed. ere were many minor alterations, resulting in o completed animal previously on record s the \Amblystoms. AXBLYSTOMA MAVORTIUM—(BAIRD), 2. Ambiystoma marortivm Saird (varlety ‘Heli), partially developed from Siredon with remnants of ‘bran- (3¢ matural size). ides Baird 3 Jurently completed (i natursl size), Figurs 3a. Maxillary and palatine series of teeth of . Amblysoma mavortium Baird, after metamorphosis =stural size), This wa§ an important confirmation of the ed by Dumeril, and the suspicions of Cuvier that all Bivedons ato merely Iaval Salamsadoss. SCIENTIFIC VALUE OF THFESE DISCOVERIES. “This wild Westorn conntry, 80 long._regarded 88 & desert deyoid of human intorest, 8 now, by o Inbars of Yalo Collego partics; made & his- toxic ground_onco peopled with tho most, fesquo sad diverse forms of animal life; s Won- dorfand_of dragons, monstors, and chimeras dire. All the groat sdditions to tho Musoum of Yale Collego, 5o far as vertobrate fossils are concerned, kave beon mads wishin the last zaven years. Great &s is the value of such sccumuletions of new snd rare palm- ontological specimegs, the most important result is in the materials they afford for cluci- dating the world's exrly history. 1t is the Inbor of yeus in which Prof. Marsh is engaged, to identify, class, and describe theto fosails. Every bono is the gubject of a study, and the dodtc- tions are set forth in printed documents, in which every word is weighed as if it bolonged to a now gospel. To Prof. Marsh, who is & irm and full beliover in the development. hypothe- sls, evory newly-found fossil is another link in the long chain leading from tho Jowest to the highest representatives of -animal life. These Westorn discoveries havo largely conslsted of thoge intermediate forms which wore most needed to fill gaps in tho serics; and hence &t of the highest value in the science of COmpAré~ tive smatomy. In the number and variety of these extinct animals, we heve material far more important than anything Europe has to offer, for the solution of the questions that pertain to the origin of existence. A brief glance at the geology of the Racky Mountain region shows that it was once covered by the sea, at tho period dosignatod by geologists 28 the cretaceous, when the great formation of chalk took place at the bottom of this ocean, In long subsequent sges, when this rogion had ‘emerged from the ses, it contained several im- ‘mense lakes of fresh water. Tho positions these occugied are designated ss ‘‘basins.” When 1ake basins are spoken of in this letter, no exist- ing bodies of water aro reforred to, but merely the geological formation left by the dsposition in theso Jakns of the soil washed down into them through long eges from the surrounding hills. These basing are now, with the great elovation of that part of the continent, lifted to a position several thousand feet above sea-level. In vast spaces theeo formations have been carriod awsy by demudsting atmospherio_in- fluences, the surface worn down and washed away by the storms of anothor serics of ages, and the material carried away by the rivers tha rige in the Rocky Mountains, to lay new floors in modern oceans. But some of :{\e deposits in the cretsceous ocean, and someof those in the fresh-water lakes, where they aro capped with a harder material than the average, yob remain. The ‘“ buttes " are immense masses of this kind, left standing in the plains, with rongh, precip- itous sides, hundreds of feet high. Their topa mark the level of the deposit. Many of them are bonches, resting against the adjacent moun- tains. Out of their sides, frequently in almost inaccesaible positions, fossils partially denuded are occasionally scon sticking out. The Yale party counted in ono imstance, from a un'ile point of viow, eloven fossil tur- tles thus exposed. In_fho district known as Bad Lands, near Fort Bridger, theso rocky masses, ponetrated by dcep ravines, and eroded to various hights and shapes, make's region of poculiar wildnoess aud desolation. EOCENE FOSSILS. The Yale College party of 1870 discovered and traced for 800 mules the basin of a vast ancient Iake. It is botween the Rocky Mountains on tha east and the Waeatoh ranges on the west. Its dimensions aro at least 300 miles north and south, and 200 east and west. Fort Bridger, in Wyoming, from which the pm-%_a , is situsted at the northern bage of the Uintah Mountains, about 7,000 feet sbove the gen. The surronnding plsin is part of a grent basin of donudation, washedput of light« colored clays and soft sandstones of tertiary sge, the deposits in one of the great fresh- water lakes, that replaced the cretacoons sea from which the mass of the Rocky Mouatains emerged. Remnants of the strata removed may be séen at various points around ; somo in the shape of fiat, isolated buttes, and others forming benches, resting horizontally against the side of the mountains. These fragments serve to show tns great original thicknees of this lake deposit, which cannot, spparcntly, have been less than 4,500 feot, and may have boen much greater: A fow miles to the southenst theso goft strata have still further escaped denudation, and are weath- ered out into_fantsstic, conical forms, Tesem- bling those of the ** Mauvaises Torres” forma- tion of Nebraska and Dekots, Theso blufls are Inown in this region as the ** Grizzly Buttes,” wd through them lay the route to the Green ver. A carofal examination of this “Bad Land” district soon indicated that a fossil, vertebrate fauna of peculiar interest was bere entombed. Here reptilian lifo bad evidently been abundant, and was represented by all its principal forma. Crocodilians, tortoises, lizards, serpents, and fishes had swarmed in the waters of this tropical lske; while Tapiroid mammals, with many smaller quadrupeds, bad lived neat its borders. Their remains had long been weathoring out of the * Grizly Buttes,” which offered 8o inviting = field, that & fortnight was dovoted to their ex- ploration, resulting in the discovery of s large number of extinct vertebrates new to science, This basin is of eocens formation, sud is the oldest of the Rocky Mountain ancient lake basins. It rests directly on tho cretaceous for- mation. In this epcene basin the genus Dinoce- ras slone occurs. FEULL OF DINOCERAS MIBABILIS—(2MARSE)—OB~ LIQUE VIEW. None of the monsters of geological antiquity was more fully equipped with the external evi- dences of brute strength than the genus Dinoce- ras, first discovered and described by Prof. Mareh. It nearly equaled the elephant in size, and resembled him 26 to limb bones, being re- Iated to thet animal and to the modern rhinoce- TO8. SEULL OF DINOCERAS MIRABILIS—(MARSH)—TOP VIEW. As will b seen by the illustrations, the siull is long and narrow, and suppertsd three separate pairs of horns. The two poncrinrml.mm were observations of similkt transformations record-' | and “one-half feet bigh. high, snd may bave been branching. A pair of stont horns were mounted on tho illaries. The pair mounted on the two prominences at the extremity of the nasal bones were dermal horps. The decurved tusks ere firmly implanted in the base of the horn cores of the middle pair of horns. A prominent ridge of the frontal ‘bone doubtless orved a “purpose in protect- ing the eyes of these animals if they fought with cach other. SKULL OF DINOCERAS MIRABILIS—(HARSH)—FBONT VIEW. The Dinocorata belong_in the lower part of tho boein, and are_probably of sbout the same sgo 8s the animals from the Paris bask de- scribed by Cuvior, who, by his description of them, laid the foundation of this depariment of science, Among other animals somewhat re- Iated to tho rhinoceros and to the modern tapir, wore some species of Limnohyus and Telmalo- therium, but without the horns of the rhino- ceros, or the short proboacis of the tapir. An- other animal about the size of the modern ta- pir, and_bearing s pair of horns_upon its nose, as of the genus Qolonoceras. One of the mos intoresting of the emall quadrupeds wes & species of Orohippus, & diminutive member of the horss family, which Prof. Marsh hss recently described. The animal was gearcely larger than & foxr, and yob To- gembled tho modern horse in many parts of his skeloton, tho most marked differ- once being that, in place of the si:iflahwl of the modern hotse, it had four well-dovelopod {oes in front. This discovery was especially in- teresting, 8s it added a new link in the gen- eaology of the horse to which reference is mada elsewhere in this lettar. These huge pachyderms had their carnivore ous enemies, and with the remains of the former thore are many of tha latter discovered. Some specios of the Limnofelis nearly equaled the lion in size, and were not unlike that beast in its gen- eral character. A specioa of tha Oreocyon wsa related to the hyons, though larger and more fero- cious. There were also numerous emnall cami- veres relatod to the foxes snd civet-cats, snd many _insectivorous mammals, whoso food was also abundantly ropresented in the same basln. We have not yot . discov- ered the eoceno man, not ex- pect to; but his ntative _ waa 8t loast provided with s full assortment of the pests of humanity. Fair equivalets of our ‘mosquito, fles, and_ bedbug are amongst these fossils, and somo of them are conaid y larger than those of the presant day. Among mammals of interest here discovered by Prof. Marsh wers marsupials, rolated to the modern opossum, but _mostly smaller, and the firut fousils of the kind found in this country ; snd threo kinds of bats, also the first discovered in Americn. - Porhaps {lie mout intorosting of the animals found by Prof. Marsh, wers, how- ever, the fossil monkeys, no trnce of which had rovionsly been sscertained on this continent. E‘hay were unquestionably monkeys, but of low " Although these differ widely from all known forms of that £ , thoir most impor- tant characters ahow that they shonld be placed wth them, The genera Limnotherium, Thino- Tostes, and Telmalolestcs, especially, bave the principal parts of the skeleton much as in 80mo of the ZLemurs, the correspondence in_many of the larger bones being very close. Tho anterior part of the low- er jaws is similar to that of the ‘Marmosets, but the angle 1 more produced downward, and much infloctod. 'The teoth are more numerous than in any known Quodrumsna. This foature is precisely what & Darwinian would expect in the ‘case of monkeys from eo old = deposit; for, as Darwin has shown, the tondency in the higher apes, as well 28 in man, is to shorten the Jaw and diminish the number of teeth. One of the most remarkable features of this basin Wha its groab number_snd variety of rep- tiles. Turtles aro especially numerous, nd many species, mostly of fresh-water types, wers discovored, some of them of huge sizo. Croco- Giles wero also very abundant, and five species were found, some of them equal in sizo and very similar to the recent alligator of the Southern States, Land and water lizarda wero like- vigo well represented ; not lees than 20 species wore discoverod_by the Yale party. Some of thess lizards = resemblod the iguans of Central Americs, some of them were covered with bony plates like the present Hel of Arizons, but the animal was of much Iarger size, 3, for oxemple, those of the ganus Glyplosaurus, somme species of which were &ix feet in length. ‘Among the numerous remsins of gerpents found in the basins were several pecies of Boatus, re- Iated to the bon-constrictors of Sonth America; and Prot. Marsh has indicated in the name that this is porhaps one of their ancestors. Many emaller gerpents, mostly wator-gakes, were also represented. A few remains of birds were found, mostly of squatio Bpecies. Fishes wero numerous, the most_common being related to the modem gar-pike (Lépidosicus), and the mud-fish (4mia). This whole lako with its tesming population must have been wonderfully like some of the great lagoons of the tropical regions of America 8t the present dsy. Bome of the bones which far the smallest horso ever 0Of tho other kinds of fossil horses, one was & three-toed horss of tho Hipparion type. lo- cluding the above, the number of species.of: fossil horses discovered in:this country: was Beventeen. Of the other remains; there ware o carnivorous animals, one about the size of Iyix, and tho other considorably larger than o Hon-“the Iast twice s large as any extinct carni- vore yet discovered 1n this comutry. Beveril ruminants were represented. Thers wore also the remains of an animal liks the hog, » largo Fifnoceros, and ty7o kinds of turtles. ~Thoso to- gether forming fifteen species of and Fepresenting eloven genera, were all found in space ten fect in dismeter, and gix or eight foet ia depth. -It is supposed that the- locality was once the of 8 great lake, and that the Soimals sank in the mire when they went " down to the water to drink. - - alowly sankintoits 00zy bottom werewashod down from Lo peighboring Lills s was tho doposit Which gradually filled 1t to the vertical depth of nearly s mile, In somo instances, animals doubiless sank dovm in the mire, unable to ex- tricate thomselves, Dut the vast number were fitted for existenco in or on the shores of such a Iagoon a has been deecrited. Tho subsequent rocess of denudation after tho deposit had Em‘denni has removed cubic miles of it, carry- ing it down the Colorado River, and lesving in buttes and Bad Lands the rnins where the palrontologist finds entombed these wonderful Tomains. ‘MIOCENE AND PLIOCENE FOSBILS. East of the mountsins in Nebraska and Da- ota is another basin, belonging to the miocene period. Here Prof. Marsh, in 1870, discovered Isny now species, among Which were a gigantic nchyderm, noarly as large as an elephant, which B& Tas doscribad as Bronfolierium gigis— Iargont animal yet discovered in this basin. In tius miocene basin the genus Anchitherium, one of the ancestors of the horse, is found; it has three toes, all of which touch the ground. “Above theso beds, and in the same region, are Kliocenu beds of mors recent age ; and here the orse family roached its_greatest development. Theso were the beds in which the famous Ante- Tope Station well wes dug. The Yalo party, dur- ing explorations on the Loup Fork, in Nebrask in 1870, discovered no less than six differen Xinds of fossil horses, most of them of the Hip- ‘parion type, which had two small posterior toes T addition fo the usual one in the recent horse. A pliocens basin waa_explored in Idaho during the third expedition in 1871, In this basin fishes wore specially sbundant, and must have ewarmed in the waters of the ancient lake. A few mam- mals, principally of the elephant and horse lands, and a few birde ralated to the cormorsnts, were _discovered. In _ the mmiocene basin of Easstern Oregon, whioh Prof. Marsh explored in 1871, many of the ani- mals wero of similar types to thoso in the Bad Lands of Dakots east of the monntains. Two 1arge species of the rhinooeros, several glgnntic animals related to the swine family, and two usdrupeds allied to the horso were most abun- nt. sides these, two species of Oreodon, & ruminsting hog, sevoral carnivores allied to the panther, and other smaller were ob- tained. Inthe plioceno beds which overlie the above strata in the same region, fossil horses wero es- pecially abundant, and no leas thsn six species were found. Ope gigantic rhinoceros, two ex- tinct >mels, and many carnivorous aaimaia left their remains in the eame beds, and were disin- terrod by the Yale party. None of the many fos- &il rhinoceroses yet found in the West had borna. The Antelope Btation on the Pacific in Bouthwestern Nel furnished an im- ‘mense supplo of valuable fossils, While engaged in einking a well at that placein June, 1868, a layer of bones was found by the workmen, at & depth of sixty-eight feet below the surface, which were st first pronouaced to be human ; but, during & trip to the Bocky Mountains, Prof. Marsh ex- amined the locality and bones, and found that the latter were remains of tertf i some of which were of great interest. The well war subsequently sunk about ton fest decper, and the bones obtained were socured by the Profes- sor. Au examination proved that there were four kinds of fossil horses, one of which he de- scribed 28 Equus jus. Although it was & #nll-grown snimal, 1t was not more than two It waa then by DERIVATION OF EQUINES. a, Paleothere; b, Hipparion; ¢, Horse, It used to be stated in old-fashioned books of patural history that ¢ the horse was the gift of the old world to the new.” But wholo races of horses lived and perished in America sges fore men went down into the seain ships. Thero are now in Yale Museum the fossil remains of 21 different species belonging to the horse family. These animals varied from sizes that are larger than any now existing, down to delicats cres~ tures not bigger than a fox. Infact, Yaleis p: tioularly rich in fossil horses, and the series is not only remarksble in its completencss, it is chain of links regarded as_strong evidence in favor of the development theary. While they are all horses, thare is yet a marked gradstion of form among them. The changs from soveral toes to one, 2a in the foot of the modern horse, seems to be clearly indicated. The earliest form Orohippus), in he next ,n order Tad the ground. The next (. ), in_the plio- oena, till had throo toos, but 4wo of the thres were smaller than the front one. somewbst Jike the posterior hoofs or rudimentary toes of the dser and ox, and did not touch the und. The most recent forms have but a single tos, like the modorn Lorso. The above from Owen's Comparative Anatomy, given an i Justration of this metamorphosis in this and oth- er snimals, Although the sole object of Prof. Marsh in these expoditions has been the discovery of vertebrato fossils, the expeditions under his gharge bave made'importast coniributine t0 » owledgo of ihe geology, geography, sa- tiquities, sud natoral recaroon of the regions _explored, many of .. never befors bosn visited by civilized man, And it is worth considering that while tho study of these extinct snimals may seem to por- tain so exclusively to the domain of pure soience 85 to have no practical be..n'ns, nothing is really further from the fact. Fossil remains sre in truth the indices of the formation that coatain them, and often show at once whether coal or other valusble mineral deposits can bs found in & given vicinity. Palwontology ia now the car- ner-stone of geology, and the geological struc- turo of any region can only be known tos cer- tainty by astudy of ita fossils, Thoussnds, nay, millions, of doHlars are spent every year in explorations throughout the country for coal, oil, or metals, in_places where a competent palzontologist could at once decide that the prospect was ntterly bopel MONETARY. Barurpay EVENING, June 21, The demand for monoy in this market secms to be a little more active, but thero is plenty of it yet for all borrowers who can produce satis- factory collaterals. All the banks would be glad to incresae their discounts of prime paper at 10 per cent (which really moans 11 per cent inter~ est), andmost of them would make call loans on collaterals at considerable less than 10 por cent. Thore is » great desl of paper offered in the open market by brokers, but the major portion of it isreal estate and accommodation aper, which the banks profess unwillingness to Tolke to any covsidorable extent. 'Tho. demoralizationof the grain markets, in consequence of th hot corn excitement and the spprehended disturbance of the movement of products by the new Rairoad law, have creatad & focling of great uncertainty 'in almost all Tines of business, and will doubtless oxercise an unfavorable influence on trade gemerally for some weoks yet. Exchange on New York was firm to-day at 25¢ ©1,000 discount. i There is a good deal of currexcy going to the country, and it is believed by somo that this in- dicates & doaire to got 88 much grain and other products as possible across Illinois befors the Rew Railroad law goes into effoct on July 1. The clearings of the Chicago banks for the wWeek Were : Date. Clearings. _Bala: L 89738073 $349,563.44 I V3g03i8s 0168323 . $,915913.19 316,898.20 3,847,292.34 244,751.86 SHCSTISAT 375,265.78 5,608,163.24 338718. 33,012,965.01 $1,937,000.83 roek iast rneeneee T,TB8,150,20 2,145,272.27 quotations of local stocka ace ‘ossrs. Hammond & Gago: “Total. Corresponding year. The followin furnished by First National Bank. Third National Bank. e Fifth Natlonal Bank. w7 i Commercial National Bazk.. 15 Merchants’ National Bank. Bank. German National 3 anufacturers’ National 105 110 Northwestern National Bank. 220 o Corn Exchange National Bank. 120 35 City National 145 Cook County National Bank. 105 110 National Bank of Illinois. 13 National Bank of Commerce. 104 e North Divieion Baliway. i Chamber of Commeroe. %08 LOOAL STOCK AND BOND MABEET. Messrs. Luat, Preston & Kean quoto aa fol- fows this p. ®.: 5.208 of 67, Jan., and July. 5.308 of *68, Jan. and July. 1153 MWIH@110% 100 &int. (99 & nt, 995 &int, 95@98 COMMERCIAL. SaTURDAY EvENING, Jume 2. The following were the receipts and shipmenta of tBb leading articles of preduce in Chicago during the past twenty-four hours, and for the | corresponding date one year ago: E RECEIFTS. BHIPMEXTS. 1873, | 187 1878, l 1872 Withdrawn from store yesterday for-city con- sumption : 436 bu corn; 2,813 bu oats. ‘With- drawn for do duririg the week : 11,324bu whost 12,661 bu corn; 10,427 bu oats; 1,59 bu 130; 6,742 bu batley. 5 The fallowing grain has ‘been inspected into atore, this morning, up to 10 o'clock: 107 cars wheat; 445 cara corn; 5,300 bu rojected do by canal; 61 cars oata; 7 cars rye; 1car batles. Total (714 cars), 250,000 bu. The following were the receipts and shipmonts of breadstufs and stock at this point during the week ending with this morning, and for corre- sponding weeks ending as dated : : RECEIPTS, June 21, June 14, Juns 22, i3, 1873, 1872, 9,530 54,805 15,104 30,046 52,803 387,771 59,920 340,348 387, 1,822,121 1,125,3261,610,818 727,131 855,261 617,316 47,603 73,227 12,150 504 5,201 8L 43,670 35045 43,690 16,098 18,20 10,359 The corn question was sgain the all-absorbing topic on 'Change, and the most opposite ramors in regard to it were circulated and belisved. It waa generally understood that the corn is out of condition in three other houses, the Hough Ele- vator, the Union Elevator, and the Rock Island A; and everybody seemed afraid to buy, or hold on that acconnt. Many wished that those houses should be posted, as that would restore con- fidence in the receipte remaining, the only ones which wowd then bo regular. Somo thera were who thought that, although the corn there is_out of condition, that streuuous efforts will bo made to avoid posting till after the 1st of July, 50 as to give holders a chance to unload on to two or three heavy firms who have bought the bulk of the options for next month. Itis probable, howover, that posting will be avoided in two of thoso houses, becauso tho pro- ‘prietors would rather suffer loss themsclves than allow posting, The proprictors of one can point to an unblemished record in this respect, they having expended many thousands of dollars in former years to koep the grain in condition, either by stesming and cooling,or byshipping out the bad grain before it had tito to contaminate the rost. 'About half-past 12 o'clock to-day, & motico was posted on the bulletin board, to the effect that all the No. 2 corn in tho Chicago & St. Louis Elevator (Hough's) was ont of condition, and that extra storage would bo charged thereon until removed. Tho quantity thus implicated is 2 littlo less than 61,000 bu. Tho firm had neutly 900,000 bu in the houso Eix weeks sgo, but made hercalean efforts to clear it out, and suc- ceedod by buyig up their own recéipts, and solling corn fieo on board yesterday they dater- mined tobuy up all tho Feccipis out against the 61,000 bu now in store, and placed broker in tho market for that purpose, but the Lolders of thoso receipts generally refused to sell at cur- rent quotations. Hence tho Mewsrs, Hongh only secarod some 11,000 bu, leaving the ro- mainder (say) 50,000 bu in the hands of other atios, "The following proamblos and resolutions, rel- ativo to the corn question, discussed in our col- umns this morning, Were offored on 'Change to- day by J. W. Bykes, and secondod by H. C. Ran- noy. "They will come up for sction on Aonday. Waenxas, It is charged by the daily pressof this eity that corn has been posted as out of condition, ‘when the facts did not justify such action, and that the subsequent withdrawal of tho corn from stors showed that only an insignificant portion of the posted corn was reslly out of condition ; aud, ‘Waerzas, Such alleged improper posting of the said «corn has tended to deprociste ioa vast extent the valuo of all tho corn in stors here, causing a scvere loss to the owners thereof, and affording to such partics, who may have posscesod correct infurmation, an opportus ity to purchasosaid corn at » depreciated price; and, WHEREAS, The law gives s warohonseman authority 0 publicly poat corn out of condition, or bocoming 5o, only when * it isnot in their power'to preserveit;” tuerefore, Lcsolved, That a Committes of three be appointed by the President of this Board, sabject to the approval of the Directors, and that this Committea be, and hereby i, instructod fo mskea full, and careful, and im- partial investigation of the acts of the posting, and the catwe for the posting of the said corn, of the effect of £aid posting on the value of corn in this market, and of the facts and condition of the subsequent withdraw- al of tho posted corn from store, with the statements of the parties who withdrew tho corn, and the State Inspector and his Deputies who examined it ‘when shipped. 2. If such investigation shall show that the posting. of the said corn was properly and legally done, and Substantially found correct when the corn_was ship- ped, then tho facta shail be stated to this Board, and muade public, to the end that mo such unwarranted Chargos or statements may pass without correction, S8ttt 1t shall be found that such posting was without sufficiont legal or proper cause, and that (ho subsequent shipment of he corn €0 proves a8 allegod, then Committeo shall Iy before the Dircctors n record of the facts, and ehall report to the Directors whether the partics Who Eo posted the corn are mombers of this Board, and what action, if any, is wiso and proper in tho mat- fer. 'And this Committee shell alo loy the record of theso facts before the attorney of this Board, with instruc— tions to carefully consider the same aud to report his opinion in writing to the Directors, whether tioy con- tain or cover sufficient ground for any criminal charge or legal steps agsinat the partics who are so pabliciy alleged to have wrongfully posted the eaid corn, THE MAB™ETS. The losding produce marksts were quict to- day, except corn and oats, which engaged tho at- tention of the great mass of operators. Outside of these there were few important features to Tote. Our receipta of produce continue liberal, and shipments fair. The general feeling to-dsy 8 one of comparative steadinese. Dry goods jobbers reported a fair inquiry from Iocal retnilers, and a liberal * order business" on interior account was also trancacted, but se- Jections were mostly small, and did not make a vory satisfactory aggregnte. Values were mot subjected to any spprecisble change, the leading Btaples Tuling steady aud comparatively firm, While undesirablo makes, nd unseasonablo goods ganerslly, were irrepulor n prico. Tho Erocery trade, though still lacking in activity, exhibits more life than at the bogin- Ding of the weck, snd prices seem to" be more scitled snd uniform. fhere is & largo movement in _sugars, the extrome low _prices stimulating the consumption, and holders are more confident. Coffees remain dull, and are not eupecinlldy firm. Osly & moderato smiount of trading was dono in tho butter and cheose markets, and tho dopres- sion noticeable for some eome past has in no ‘monsuro disappeared. Prices for both of those uefilm are unsettled and irregular. Coal was dull at former quotations. The opinion that the rice of anthracite coal will not go much, if any, low the present location ($9.50) seems to bo ini yund smong dealers, ‘and at the galning = 2 . s moment the market is firm. Fish continue in active domand and remain firm at the current earlier in the week. rices Jfackerel are, temporarily, scarce, and most other descriptions are in Jight stock, Dried fruits Were selling to » moderato extent at yostorday's revised quotations. The hay market was dull at 4 they are essy for 800 | 80,000 bu wheat and 75000 bu corn. | dition the late decline. Reoceipts are falling off some, but the stocks on hand are large, and sellers found it impossiblo to realize atany betier rices. Hides and leather remain inactive. No ‘changes of importance were noted in connection Fith tho paints, colors, and oil markets, s fair Thovement being witnessed at substantially yes- torday's quotstions. Tho wholesale lumber market wes only moderately active ci about the same range of pricos. ' At _the gu'da 3 fair’ business was trapsacted for Saturday, the common grades being principally in demand. There was no quotable change in prices, though common green lumber. The iron trade continues moderate, and rates on com- mon bar are weak st a deline of 2-10; steel ro- Tains steady. Nails are also rather weal, though without quotable change. Metals, naval storos, and building materials were unchanged. New wool is coming in slowly, and meots with a e et inqiry. Broom-cord is loas active, but steady atthe quotations. The receipts are in- cressing, Seeds wore quict and nominal. There Was » fair inquiry for green fruits, and lemons wore very Srm at £15.00 per box. Berrics also advanced. Poultry and eggs wero plenty and slow. Toke froights were Ieas active st >4c advance, carriers carly ineisting on a rise in Tates, which Shippers were roluctant to pay. A total of seven charters was reporled, which will cary out n ad- to this, freight-room was engaged for 68,000 bu wheat from Milwaukoe. Chicago rates Were, to Buffalo, 7c on corn, and 7ic on wheat ; To Kingaton ot Oswego, 113/@1134¢ on corn, sud 19@1234c on wheat. = Com to New England pointa by through rate was quoted ai23c vin affalo. ‘Highwines were quiet and steady st the recent docline, the paucity of offorings Troventing a further drop in sympathy with Sew York dall- nn‘!;). Salas wore reported of 130 brls at §%¢ per gallon, Provisions were rather more active, and wealk. Maga pork was in good demand last evening, at higher prices, and the top sales reported below were made then. But that fact brought out fros offerings this morning, beyond what was wanted, and caused & _decline of 5@10c per brl from tha closing prices of Friday’s session. Lard was dull sod a shade easier, though hold igher at onteot. Meats -wero quiet, with an essier fecling -in middles. = The market cloged 8t - the following range of prices: Mens pork, cash or sellor June, $14.85 @14.90; do seller July, $14.90@14.95 ; do seller August, 315.00@15.10; do seller September, §16.00@16.25; do seller December, $13.75 @14.00; cash _or seller June, 93.25@ ard, 8.30; do sellor July, 88.275(@8.80 ; doseller Aug- ust, 38.45@8.50; summer do, $7.75. Sweet pickled hams_quoted at 95¢@Liige. Dry salted meats quotable at_63§@634c for shoulders; 83@Sk{c for short riba;and 8i@83¢c for short clear, ‘Boxed shoulders, 6%@63c. English meats, 83 @834c for short riba; 85@8J{c for short clear. Tacon is quoted ab T3¢0 for shoulders; 930 for olear ribs; 9340 foréhort elear, and 13@l436c for hams, all packed. Mess beof, 38.75@9.00; oxtra mess do, $9.75@10.00; becf hams, $27.00 | @28.50. City tallow, 75§@75%c ; grease quotable at 53{@6%0c. Sales wero reported of 2,500 bris ‘mosd pork at $15.00; 500 brls do, geller July, at 815.16 ; 500 bris do at_$15.10; 500 brly do at S14.975%; 250 brls do at §14.90; 760 brls do st $14.85; 500 brls do, sellor August, at 915.15; 500 tos lard, seller July, ot $8.30; 500 tea do, soller June and July, af $8.2734. The Daily Commercial Repor gives the follow- ing a8 the shipments of provisions from this city for the week ending Jano 19, 1873, snd since Nov. 1, 1872 ; also comparative figures : Fork, | Zard, | Hama Should'rs| Middles, brle, | “ter. | tea. | tos. Tbe. W'k odg Juno 13| s,c18| _oss| el 100,000 947,000 Same woek T...| Lil8l 2,597 1,918 LZenl 60, Since Nov. 197, 1501175, 276 €7, 6191383, 619, 414 453, 617,73 Same i{me’7 95,525|151, 974170, 801 81, 364, 061 97,971,295 Flour was very quist—much moreso than usual—and mominally wealk at previous prices. Thore was no shipping demand, and little local inguiry. Bran was tame and 50c lower, Bales wore reported of 100 brls winter exiras on private terms; 100 brls spring extras 2t 6.50: 50 bris_do at 6.25; 100 brisdo st £6.00; 200 brls do on private terms; 50 brls Spring superfincs at 84.25; 80 brls do at $4.00 ; 100 brls do at $3.75 ; 150 brls do at £3.25 ; 150 brls rye flour on private terms, Total, 1,080 brls. - Alzo, 30 tons bran at $8.00 on track. ~The following was the range of asking prices at tho close : Fair to choice white winter extras, Red winter extras..... Good to choice sp; Low to medium. Minnesotas (pate Good to fancy Minnesota. Spring superfines.. Rye flour, Bran.. o Whest was quiet, snd averaged 1}{@1%40 lower than on 'Change yesterdsy, though alarge art of the decline was effected last evening. Fho market was steady, and not much influenced by reports from other places, as ‘most of those who usually operate in wheat were Bfi.flndmf to corn. The premium-on cash wheat over July Giminished to about 4c per bu to-dsy, but the differencs is still too great to allow of much buging for shipment, snd the purchasing is speculative, thoso who buy and those who hold chah wheat doing 80 in anticipation of an ex- pozted squeeze for this month, at the end there- Gf, ihe chances for which are, however, growing “¢mall by degrees, and beautifully less.” There is & good demand for hipment st thia point, but orders are generallyheld back till the gap is closed up. The uncertamty with T to the faturo continues, Operstors do not know what to think about the volume of our receipts next month, though inclined to the ‘belief that it will Dot be much affected by the new law. Bat they do not care to trade, except in settlement, snd almont nothing else was dono to-day. New York a8 quoted quiet and dull. Sellor July opened at #1.15, declined to $1.143, advanced to 31153, and closed stesdy at $1.15. Seller the ~month was inactive, there being no offcrings. Cash No. '2 spring was in some demand_from the short interest. It oponed at $1.19, fell off X(c, advanced io $1.193¢, and closed at SL.19@L.193. Seller Au- st fold ot $1.12@1.12}¢, closing at SL.123(. Zollor tho year wes_inactive. No. 1 Bpring was entiroly nominal ; No. 3do closed at $1073¢, and rejocted do at S0igc. Cash sales were re- ported of 16,000 bu No. @ spring on private terma; 5,000 bu do at $1.21; 800 bu do at $1.20; 9,000 bu do at $1.1914, all hard ; 6,000 budo at £1.193¢ ; 17,200 bu do at $81.19% ; 9,000 bu do at $1719'; 8,000 bu No. 3 spring st $1.08; 10,000 bu do ot SLOTS ; 4500 bu rojected spring at 90c ; 1,660 Lu do at 8%¢. “Total, 87,400 bu. ‘Corn was activo and steadior, but. irregular in movement, Thare was more confidence in re- gard to the condition of corn now in store, and a Sorrespondiug improvement in the fone of the market for cash lots, which were 2@ per bu bov tho lowest point touched yssterdsy, while the more doferred options averaged & shade Tower than on Friday, but wero strong, in sym- pathy with cash corn. The busincss transacted Jas, howaver, chiefly in settlement, outside of the purchasiug for nbig_ment, and that was much oo nparing than on Friday. Most of the corn dlrendy . declared hot had been bought alrendy, aud that believed to bo hot, but mot yet posted, was _the subjoct of o much uncertainty that nobody wanted it. The poBng of the Chicago & St. Louis corn, lato in the session, had no effeck from bétng éxtitactory. Texn;agtdt, cows, and thia ateers col 1g the larger on. These descri) tions steadiy accumulated in the yards, and many wil bave to be carried over to next week, when in all prob- sbility they will have to bo disposed of at even lower ricea than were prevalent the pust fow ys.~ Tho supply- of Texzs ca y liberal—sxhibits s sterdy incresse, and, aa theao forelgn cattle are preferred to common natives, drovers ean scarcely hope to profitably handls the lat- ter. The range of the market during the week was $2.85@0,35—the inside figures for thin through Tex- ans, and the outside for » _bunch of extra graded steers, averaging 1,604 be. The bulk of the transfers, Boweves, wars ofected ot £1.0094.30 {or Tossa catle] .60@5,00 for poor to medinm natives, 85,60 or good to cholce do. iR 5 trade was quiet at unchanged prices. and outside bought moderately, m‘:‘lvrgcr :L sfi;‘g 475, and tha latter at $4.50@6.00, 4 QuoTATIONE. Extra Beeves—Graded steers, sveraging 1,400 1ha and upward. .. Lol 5508610 Chofce Beaves—Fin year 3 to 5 year old steers, averaging 1,200 to 1,350 5.60@5.75 Good Beeves—Well-fattened, ag:d’ formee aging 1,050 t0 1,200 3 Butchers! Stock—Commion fo_ falr steers, fleah, averaging 700 to 1,050 tha. It bt Cand il cows, Bt stags, bulls, and acallawag stee Sl Toman thronin avoven-oe o—Texss, ves. . HOGS—During the first half were on the descending scale, the une: Tecelpts snd the exiteme wArm weather provalent, sending them down to $4.00@4.40—s decline of 50@ o 60c,. market falling off in the arrivals since Wednesdsy bas resulted in o sharp reaction, yester- day and to-day’s advance amountisg to s strong which carries prices back io within 10@15c of the cloaing quotations of last week, or to $5.40@4.85, 1f Western shippers are desirous fo continue the experiences of the past two or three weeks, they ‘havo but to regularly seizo the “ bait ” s it is regularly thrown to them at the clogs of each week, The ¢ Littls gama is 50 old, snd 50 many have fallen’ victims to it that it is somewhat remarksble that the WWestem drover—who is credited with poszessing somethin ordinary ‘bo misled. mors than sagacity—should stul Y fo'asy the market opened active sud strong. The receipta amounted to only sbout 3,800 head, and, uzdex a brisk competition, sales wers quick at 20cadvance on yesterday's rates. By the middle of the alternoon everything was sold, and the market closed at $4.403 £.45 for common ; 3t $4.50@A4.85 for medium, and st $£1.0@4.85 for good to choice, Among the day’s trazs- ‘actions are the following : HOG sALZS. - No, 4o, Price]No. Av. 58 231 $4.50 29 - $4.80 54 231 450 |41 211 50 3205 4.0 |62 3262 106 236 465 |53 1719 66 205 470 |38 231 35 287 440 [B4 1. 63 264 445 |36 263 6 20 465 |58 207 5L M 48Tx[48 20 45 271 455 |43 803 41 280 475 [104 243 @ 20 460 |47 267 53 214 475 25 1% B AR L it e —The mar] ery e date of oir lask. raview, and values Bave mm Sergone only siight fuctuations. Although outsids e a have dono comparatively little, sellers have %o keep the pens pretty well end that We quote poor to comman 2t $3.00@3.7 om 2§ $4,00@4.35, and good o choice at $1.50@5.00. SPECIAL NOTICES. Pure Vaccine Virus, From tho Hoifer. Dr. J. B. FISHER & CO., 18 Soath Erm tho Bl o From tho Beaugency atock, through solected Heifors, aad {rp?é.hl\! 73 nm%u:.fi roulars, ‘address of many of ther canaal gond, for e eination foe, 2. Dr. Flaher will per- Lal soualis attond the ottice from 3 to 6 p. m. 'TO RENT. OFFICES, A few Very Desirable Officea are offered for rent in the Trib~ une Building. Single or in suites. Witn and without Vaults. English Tile Floors through- _out the Building. Elevator running during all business hours. These Offices are not equaled in the city. The best for all classes of business requiring a central lo- cation. W. C. DOW, Room 21 Tribune Building. opon the markets, as tho fact had been expocted by all concerned. ~ There wad considerable spec- ulation in regard to the condition of the corn in other Louses, some of which is believead to be hot. Liverpool was quoted 6d lower per 430 Ibs, and Now York wss nominal. Seller July opened at 81%, declined to 313(c, and advanced to 821§ at tho closo. Seller August sold at 363¢ @3734c, and seller, September at 38} @39, 'both closing at the ont- gide.’ Seller {ho ~ month, or regular No. 3, opened nominally at 27c, and closed at 80c. Btrictly fresh roceipts of No. 3 closed at $2}c: and rojected at 263¢c. Cash sales were reportod of 24,400 bu No. 2 st 33i¢c; 18,000 bu do at 323¢c; 8,800 bu do at 32c; 5,000 bu do at 313¢c : 30,600 bu. do at 30c; 25,000 bu do at 29c; 17,000 b do at 32 froe on board ; 3,200 bu rojected at 20bge; 16,400 b o at 203c; G800 ou 4o st 26 400 bano_grade at 20¢; 2,000 bu do at 19, otal, 161,000 ba. Oala wers in better domand,and sbout %o higher, though with no encouragoment to hold- ers in the tone of New York dispatches. But recoipts were smaller, and there wero geveral orders on the floor from parties who believed that oata bave alresdy tonched bottom for the present. Seiler July opened st 26i4c and sd- Fanced to 27X(c at the close. Seller August sold ab 27@273(c, closing st the ontsde. Regular No. 2 closed at 26c, and strictly fresh roceipts at 9634c cash. Bales were reported of 1,200 bu at 7,200 b at 26Xc; 6,200 bu'a264c; 3c: 10,000 bu at 253c; 2,400 bu 00 bu do t 2334¢ ; 600 bu do grade at 16c. Total, 73,600 600 bu at 2% ; bu. Ryo wag quiot snd rathor weak, at tho price of Fridsy. Holders insisted on 60c for No. 2, while 59c was generally bid. Sales were roported of 400 bu No. 2 at 60c, snd 800 bu_ by sample at 62c. Barley was quiot and unchanged. Wo quote No. 2 at 50@53¢, No. 3 at 35@30c, and rejecied at 25@30c—tho insido at the Rock Ialand Eleva- tor, and tho outsido at the other houses. Sales were limited to 400 bu No. 2at 51c; 400 bu rejected L 80c; 400 bu do at 25c;400 bu by sample at 56c. Total, 1,600 bu. LATEST. In the afternoon wheat was moderately active, and (¢ higher. No2 closod at S119i( eellor the month, and sold st $L.15%@1.155 seller July, closing at the inside. Corn was active and & shade easier, closing at 32%{c seller July, 20d 3734c seller August, Other grain and pro- visions wero quiet and unchang: The statement in our iseue of this morning, that only about 7,000 bu of the (then) posted corn waloft in storo requires ‘alight correc- tion. Tho shipment of the rest hed been pro- vided for, but_it wos not all moved. A vessel was being loaded from the Fulton Elevator to- gn,v, th that corn wae quite warm,—some of Tot. e CHICAGO LIVE-STOCK MARKET. Review for the Week Ending Sature day Evening, June2l. Sazcnpay EvENING, June 21 The receipts of live-stock during the week havs bean a8 follows 3 Cattle. . 5,953 L3204 Hogs. 5,652 Last week Week before last.. ‘Week ending AMay 31 Shipmenta were as follows Total... 58.992 760 CATTLE-A very quiet week was passed in this depart- mentof tho live-stook market. The continued heavy re- ceipts, and tho unsettied condition of prices at tho sea- ‘Doard bave kept the market duil and depressed, and DISSOLUTION NOTICE. DISSOLUTION. The partnership heretofors existing under the 2 name of Stantan & Co., is this day dissolved by mutaal GEORGE E. STANTOY, LUCIUS 0. PARDEE, Chicago, Junels, 1873 CHARLES TATUM. consent. The undersigned will continue the business of IM- PORTERS and FAMILY GROOERS, under the §ma name of STANTON & CO., at No. 975 Wabssh-av., Wil a branch at No. 191 West Madisonat. GEORGE E. STARTON, LUOCIUS C. PARDEE. Harirg purchased the interest of my partzersisths store No. 146 East Madison-st., Ishall continus busiaes there as herotofore. s rATON, DISSOLUTION. The firm of 0. H. WARNECKE & CO. 1 diswolred from this d=y, E. Klugs witlidrawing. C. H. Wamecks 18 alone suthorized to collact all outstanding dabts, a3d will settle all Kabilities. ©. H. WABNECEE. E. KLUGE. The business will be continued at the old stand, 1% 15 and 156 Wost Eric-st. CONRAD H. WABNECKE. Chicago, June19, 187. DISSOLUTION. The firm of E: £ Goddia 1s this day dissoired mathal compont. Wiliam B dp o thts day disairod 2} 10 collect the moneys duo to sald Srm ‘and o sign the Gr@ Samo s ligsdaton areot: aad g o AN AE M ekl avid “men 374G, GEDDIS. Chicsgo, TIL.; Jumo 19, 1673, PROPOSALS. [k Vigw—ie for High ool Vel Lake View p ownars sre hercby notified that Sealed Proposals for the ealo of a lot of zbout ons &8y saitablefor the location of ** High Behool,” in the fownship, will bo roceived at the office of 'the Townehiz Treasurer, Rooms 7 and 8, G B-fll.chlnml-fll olclock m.; July 1. 1873. I'be addressed t6 S HABEE, Treasaror, agd will bo- eadorsod, 22 131d for Sale of School Hausa Slte.* MEDICAL CARDS. DR, C.BIGELOW 1t is woll known by all readers of th pepers, fhat ot KE: an jo Ol C. Bigelow is the oldest established pl Bolence and oxperience have made Dr. B. the most) ct ve. o ywoed SPEC] T of by the press, eovaoebd o tho Highest medigal attsinments by 1128 yday, ha devoted BN 41 medical {nstitatas of tho' YEARS OF HIB LIFE in porf ‘Temodies that itively -umw-u St GHEONOC AND SPECTAL 1 d . Call. A LT iccss s lotsors, with 5576 CONFIDENTIAL. Dr. 0. BIGELOW, No. i State-st. DR. BIGELOW arly bred physician. HIS 7" s hee T ot st Ho waatszabt = Tamt setoroncs, Batis well spoken of by every, 022 e I T o i the m'(a-fl'w Thia clags of physicians are requtrod, and if sa7 034 such service, it is of the utmost importance ud-fl hi7 s faan #hose oxperienco is equal to bis offer o Sl e B Sl Sthor than the trath, wo e e e R D&, BIGELOW, ot his (6 TRooms, 46+ State-st., Chicago. 8 ggEs Dr. Kean NO PAY!! A 360 South Clark-st., Chicagos May bo confidentially consultad, personally or 7 on all chronic ar nervons t ch dissases. e SR RER N o100 ouly phosisian in tae oy #D4 ™ ‘Fants cures or oo pay. 'Gren Book sent for 50 cents. Mlustrated with ted ous fin engra, Dr. TOW NSEN Dy 183 SOUTH CLARE-ST. | g Oontizues $o oure all Chronls, Nerv. aa i Dli-nuu of boih saxos, and mg‘:v:! musg:l: o by mall, i o 1Ds Troated with safocy And Fuccess- ‘Treat jos and gentlemon seat froe. while prices have sutfered no very pronounced declina they have ruled weak and variable, Shippers claimed to haye lost money on last week's consignments, and. they have steadily refused to iuvest except at some- thing of = reduction from former rates, The offcred for sale, though perhaps s trifls better than that reccived during last week, was far s, Hor on, Philadelphits 2, 4 tation fof . (A3 imlraiion haring 5 WE *Ribg Sumeeh HOUGHTOY, M. D. HO 2 Souts Ninth-she { { i g | S