Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, July 27, 1873, Page 12

. The fast ui ! O R T SUNDA Washington to Oape May--The Presi- dontial Pike-Road, An 0ld Canal, and Life upon It, The Capes of the Delaware«-Pao= ple, Inns, and Shines. From Our Owen Correspondent. OAPE May, N, J,, July 22, 1873, “Hore wooro again," enid I to myhorse,which Isknown by Lho nawo of Blumarck,~which Itako %o bo tho Gorman for ** Mark Twain,"—* hore ‘wo aro agaln, in pursuit of change. Tho samo ©old summer-want of now air for thoe children, tho housckoopor's ory for rolief, and the flutteriug yulso of ourself, not averso to distant occupa- tion, lond us over tho Prosldentisl piko. Thers aro TIIRTY-BIX MILES botwoon uo and Daltimoro, aud Lalf tho miles saust be bohind us by bedtime.” 8o wo took tho old Dladousburg rord, good enough at this season of tho yoar, aud passod that groaning-looking villago of Lip roofs, snd tho duclling doll, and tho grost flat lnwn of Bonedict Calvort, and thon two or thrao absn- doned tavorns, much froquonted in stago-coach timos, Hore waa tho Rossborg Y'avern, all yawning and roomy, with not a lost dog to howl in Ita sorone desolation ; and hore the Gentleman's Yun, converted to n dwolling, and its manifold barns and foeding-sheds unresounding to hoof or halloo, except when we drove between. Ilero ‘wero tho plashing fords of tho sources of the Anncostia and tho creoks of tho Patuxont, and xabbits played tamoly noar tho brink., Here ‘woro now hamlets, like Beltsvillo, and old onea like Vanvillo, gono to sloop thoao forly yoars,— . some in lovol places, eome on Lill-tops ; and, in the alr, tho spirit of the stago-horn scomed to lingor an instant, to make puccoeding silence moro appenling and profound. “ Forty hossos stood in harnoss right beforo fthia door whon I was o boy,” eaid the cld fellow at Vaaville who gave wator to the nag, “Every night in tho weok, somo groat man was in town, and wo hoard all tho nowa, DBut it ain't any uso to talk about it.* . DALLOON-FAKOY. Perhapa the dsy will como whon some like lonely travelor will go over the grass-grown trackof the raflroads alno, nnd hearthe cchioes of decaying stations, and trend with uncortsin step upon bridges and platforms decropit with nog- lect, while overhend, in the ambor light before twilight, tho balloon-train will whistle waraing" and commiseration, and philosophio travelers will look down and say 1 * That was a ram old ®go, nol to bo acquainted with theso paths of air, while making roads at $50,000 the mile.” LET BTEAM BI FORGOTTEN, and who can explain the railway ? Yes, in yonder bog, tho Father of his Country had stuck, and beon pried out by poles and fence- xails in tho hands of Col. Jarboc's black men. At that bottom of tho hill, Mr. Rendolph has ox- ercised bis uplonetio wit to framo & romark rude euough to utter when ho got to tho top. In thin inn, the great Nick Biddle had stopped ovor might, floro hnd proceoded the mighty cirons and moral entortainment, with the olophant at its head, to_the wonder of the parsonage-boss at the rondsido, who expocted frae tickots on grounds of somo necessnry connaction botwoon thoclergy and the puimals, The elaye-gangs going mournfully ou, with ourcless uix;flng, toward the Gulf, had 'counted those rotting milo-stouca with 'an impotonce of inogrnphy ‘moro wonderful to comprohend than tho idea of eternity. The snoramn of tho Wostern world, from Lords Empriscm to popularly-clected Prosidents, hod unfoldoed down this old yenerablo pikoway, whero now tho very pikeman hnd departed, tud tho rond was made fres and empty togothor, Littlo or nothing oxcopt tho souso of association now remained ; for thera woro few causowsys or cul- vorts, or thiugs durable or monumental in the rond-work. Themud-holesaudcorduroy-patches nomors oxisted. It was morolya good, plain rond of dirt, londing right on to the north- oust, through elashes of pine, and groves of onk, ahd Kuar farm-londs, with vistor hero and thero whoro starlight twinkled down lonesome, coon-haunted aisles of mansh, or tho rising moou burat from some yellow hill- top and gave benediction to * M&Mm‘ylflndfl hi-traius, to and ro, drawing hoay; Pullman coschies with muflled lights, scroame; and vapished down the gorges, and never hoard, 28 we did, tho barking dogs which complained of thom loug after. A pairof Maryland planters occasionally pasgcd, riding blood” and_ touching their hats, At night wo pulled up at Lourcl, on tho Patuxcnt, a town of ono streot & milo long, and somo cross lanes built to take advautage of tho wator-power hereabout, where tho Caprons, Buowdons, Lllicotts, aud others hod long worked in surface‘ores, and wools, audcottons, on TIE PATUXENT. 'This is the largest town in Maryland betwoen Frederick and Bultimoro aud Point Lookout, ex- copt Annapolis, 1t is studded with tha villas of ‘Washington clorks, and contains a large sum- mer-hotol, where we supped aud slopt. In the morning, the propriotor told us all the nows out of his paper, boginning with the local intolli- gonco of Bhltimore as most importsnt. We were hitched up nnd off by 6 o'clock, and the road somewhat improved botweon Patuxent and Potapsco. Lwo littlo towns, one named Water- 100, o Methodist camp-ground, & deserted gold- mino, aud tho straggling_lauding-placo called Elkridge, whoro Com. Joshua Darnoy ouce lived, wore all we saw until BALTINORE onme to view, with itsunequaled profile of spires factorice, and housos, compact #8 & rogimont with spears, boyonots, and battories, advancing to the water's’ odgo, This was the first-born municipality of the Ropublio. It was of 8o littlo moment in tho Rovolutionary war that Lord Howe's flooc sailed past it, up the Ohesaperko. DBy tho War of 1812, it was tho most aggrossive marino city in the country, the Vonico of them all, scattering its clipper-ships from the Mediter- ratiean to the West ludies, and it begot the €irst system of turnpiko-ronds, sud tho first trunk- railroad to the Olio, and now, with relatively- diminished ontorpriso, it enjoya tho roward of those early sacritives,—rich, butcanuy,—deomuro, but sure. ¥ Thero is a short OANAL, botween the hend of the Chosapenka and tho Deluware Lays on which, for twouty or thirty yearw, thoro Linve boon flying, botwixt Baltimore and Philadelphis, doily stoattiers of the * Erricke son line;" theso steninors are exactly accomno- dsted to tho locks on the canal, and aro of about 860 tons burthen, 'They start from Daltimore about 8 o'clock, and run through to L'hiladel- phia by 5 8, m,, slopping st various laudings on tho Chesapooke, and in the Onnal. Iu the benoeficonce of chioap freights, thoy prove tho abiding use of ocunals; and 1 was struck with tho abundance of freight, with {he perfect ndapt- ability of the boats for all its usew, aud also with the largo number of prsscngors; tho lattor are oarriod through for one-half the railroad-faro, The boats stund up high aud narrow, and got flole addod passongor-capacity by bultding up- wards, ON DOATS, I have hoard it said by a shrewd English trav- elor, that o Missiusippi-River steamboat was tho most admirable porformance ho had ever known. Froight bolow, whero onsily Landlod ; spacious assougor couvenioncos abovo; and aduptablo wught and beam to any shoal or any welght, I had myself confirmod this opinion by traveling from Bt Paul to Winous on the ‘‘Balle of LaOrosso,” only two woeks bofore, and folt the most consclous strength and senso of nativity splayad in that Lugo construotion, s hor braz- en goug signalod tho landings on Lako Popl; STt o levese shoinr like uw sligatos 1 n uttor,—amphibious, omnivorous, sodato, But, £ il appsrontly small affalr on tho Chosaponks & Dolaware Cunal, there scemed tomata ba equal sufticlonoy for tho end and use, It woas stuffed full of froight ns a woman's Baratoga truuk; it was bigh, like s modorn lodging-house, and wo birds of the air roosted 15 the brauohicu thoroof ; 1t must draw no- moro iban the conal’s depth permitted, and_move no fastor than the canal's safety required, and yot movo a8 fast on the open bay ua would make the trip of noarly 100 mniles in the eve and tho night. Ho, in {ho old-fashionod oraft, I saw Bismarck locked away with sevoral other horsos nd plentiful blceting shoop, snd wos plaguud sll night with the ‘idos that bo would eat the noxt norse's head off, ‘We moved out the Patapsoo in the pleasant light, sgcelng on every side proofu of growing wen, 049 Bonded_BR_He Qg nke, among tho fslols, for tho Bnesafrns Tanairige mnd the Rione . % ‘good snppor in tho old Eastorn-Bhiorn stylo gave pungoncy to this journoy; snd thon from {ho garrot. roof, 80 {0 sponlk, of the boat, the wooded land- Iugs'and long coves apponred in the mild rudos- cmmg of tho ovening ; and, gliding_undor Tur- koy Loint, whoro Howo's army landed in 1777, Wo woro soon in Bock Oreok, in tho locks ol Olosnponke Olby, under tho dizzy bur of Buok Dridgo, in tho “Doop Cut ;" and 10 on throngh thousanda of ncros of adolcsoont nonchor, groon- Iy rosisting tho summor, nntil night and’ morne ng mot in o truco moro than L\vflium, nud moro improsatvo thon tho day, INQUISITIVE IUOK DLACK, On this boat o Washinglon stabloman was taking to Capo May twonty or thirty teams and carriagen . for fashionablo livory, o hind tho misfortuno tu add n volunteor nogro to his com- snn{ 8¢ DBaltimore,—n nogro posacssed of tho ovil of h\(’ululflvnnum who wns conslantly oxamining Into ovorything, Amongst tho onrgo woro sovoral ouriously-porforated and hinged hoxes, containing nltimoro tor- rapins nnd ennpping-turtles, going forwavd also to tho GCapos for wistful gourmands there. In the doad of night, whon the nogro hostlers and stablemon woro fast naleop, tho in- quring nogro rolonsed tho torrapina and turtlon, which stral ghl\\'ng wont on disourelve tours of obsorvation, rambling up and down the lobbiea sud into tho cabins, woaring that bogogglod and imbeoilo Jook of surprigo and anxioty, and mov- ing with that fitful, backaotion, snap-hondad, and all-logged locomotion, intorsporsed with dond stops aud hend-wagglings, peonliar to tor- rapiny, 'Tho Loruca approbond that somothin largor than roches nre undor thoir foot, an stamp and kick hindwise. Tho slaoplug togror, I5lng smongat tho linmoss, mnoring 1s dowoy: boilors, push away tho seallug goblius with Lhoir pows, and ery: My Lord] What dat fooling ovor me 7" . Aliftlo more bewildored, aud thoroforo more imboeilo than ever, tho te;rr?lus incrense thoir spoed forwards and backwards, and olimb up on tho water-coolors, got fu the’ tin-oup, raco up and dowa the dining-tables, ond surpriso the bo- Inted ruporcargo, who is writing up his invoices Iato, with tho uolucloss apparition of o rd-oyed, diamoud-backoed domon coming down tho opon Blgn of his blottor. Following the terrapin is oard tho Licavy thud and suctlon-like cronk of an o'or-ambitious soapper who Liad arrangoed to climb like tho torrapin and had timbled on the oor, * I'vo got thom,” eaid tho Purser. “I'vo got thom things. They're aftor me I" Protty soon tho whole boat's crowd was_up, aud, if & man would troad on & ropo's ond, ho would take o spasm. It soomed that the do- lirinm tromons hnd bocome nn_ epidomic. Half the turtlos aud torrapins wont overboard at laat, and tho inquisitiva nogro dropped to rest, wholly satinflod. Mr, Nailor, who owned the horses xo- forred to, told me that ot Capo May ho ox- changed thii nogro for a dog, ond tho dog for o Dbrash-heap, and then burned the brush-Lonp. At Philadelphi, transforring Bismarek to the atoamer Ironsides, wo bogan spoedily to rotrace our way along the Delawaro. TAE BIUF PENNSYLAANIA was lying in the stroam, with Mr, Thomaa Scott on board of her,—a largo, portly, rovered, and yory alow ghip, bus the fororunner, wo may hopo, of wiftor things. Tho Delawars, lke tho Patapeco, is full of knglish and GormAn mor- chant steamers, mnklnguo fuss, picking up car- gocs, and running with economical corapound engines, wheroby no more coal is consumed por diem thau in a liotel, Thoy confront restriction in its own roadstends with opulent commorco. ‘They come and go, and make money to reinforco thomaolves with ofhor ships, whilo e aro crowd- ing around our ono oxtravagant gosling, like tho boys around Noab's ark. " Thero is no wish spored from any mau_but that these Delaworo stenmors may carry tho flag, and, what is moro. enrry it with somo profit to morohants and un- dorpritors, Porbaps Protoction, 88 it is calle may ba ablo to covor tho globo with ships, if i 18 gubaidized to do it. But ships are carriors, not monumonts, and all the subsidy in tho world can nover mako the spirit of tho morchant~ Captain who eailed lus Ropublio, enlisted in any proGiable servico, and made sud puta markot whers ko would, liko theso Englivh stenmors of to-day. Thoy are = mo longor concentrated at Now York, ns formorly; but tho Antworpers have gottonia on tho Deluware, nnd oven iho Canadinns on the Patapeco. Tiio Pacifio Mail Stonmship Compn- ny, Laving sullicd an Lhonorable carcor ns & cor- poration by the late proceodings of Stoclwell & Co., 18 about to meot on the Paciflo, with all its bloated subsidy of £1,000,000 per annum, a pri- vateron stoamuship lino bravely ongaging to c‘hl\uango it for the 6,000 milos of transporta~ tion, Tho Pennsylvania Railroad may bo ablo, with its euormous advantages, to invite immigration byitslineof - STEAMSHITS connocting with its railways. If this line bo succeastul, oach of tha groat rallways will either follow the exumplo, or, b3 the Baltimore & Ohio Toad hins done, take half-stock in stoamers car- Tyiug moro liboral flags. Tho Pennsylvanin, initial sbip, burns 35 tona conl por diom, and cost $600,000, Tt is tho thoory of Peansylvaninns in gonoral, and of many Americans a8 well, that tho poucity and cxhaustion of English snd foroign conl and_minorals will, st an early dsy, cauge the transplantation of mining and monue facturing capital and industry to America, 'That grisly Bulauco of Trado—the residuo of super- stition, the mare's ;};f—wfl.l thon bo in our favor, and we shall soll to tho world, and make tho dlotum for it. How? Ifeuch o poriod ar- rivos,—nnd it i8 not improbablo,—we shall want tho ports of tho globo mude froo for our waros. Tllogical either way prosontad, TROTECTION 18 THE PUMBLECTOOK in our political economy. It has not caused tho failuro of English oonl, but rather prolonged thoe production thero by dividing tho market. - It may au%port fleots at tho oxponso of railroads, but who supports the railronds? Thus your world s supported on tortoises, who Band on _ elopbants,—tho ships 'belng slow onough, and tho railroads eclophant enough, to bear out the figuro; but who sup- ports tho olephant 7 Itis tho Amarican pooplo 8t last, relinquishing their rights to coufer them upon corporations. Our prido, our patronago, olir compassion, our vory franchiso, is disposo of voluntarily to theso material institutions, which have beon the common Jproverty of all oivilizations. Ships wo hovo hnd, and ships wo shall havo again, like Tyre and Venice ; but the commercial truth, which is moro lsting than tho greatost armadn, goos for naught amongst moon-~ calyes liko Bill Kolloy, and parvenos in Fedor- alivm liko E. B. Ward. 8o wo drop past iho Horse-Bhoo; past the rotting iron-clnds at Longue Island, built on contract at Protection-pricos ; past Gloucester Toint mills, said to bavo boon made protitablo privato proporty by tho dopraciation of etock in widows' and orphans’ hands ; past Ohester and rising Wilmington, and tho long, boacky woods, and monotonaus blue oxpanko of bay, until wo 8eo tho light-housos at May and Honlohon slowly appear iy tho sky. Garu, —_— Story’s ¢ Jerusnlom? in London, From the New York Evening Post, Mr. W. W. Htory, seulptor, whoso studio has for many yoars beon ous of tho things to be seon at Romo, has depositod for a short timo at Holloway's gallorics in Bedford streot Blrand, London, a beautitul figure of * Jerasalem,” Tho statue i8 on its way to Philadolphia, where it is to be placed in the now build- ing of tho Pounsylvauia Acadomy of Tino Arts, having beon acquired for that purposo by Mra. N. McClollan Grigg, an aunt of Qon. M- Clollan, Tho statue is cut in a fino blook of whito Carrara marble, slightly toned, and stands ou & podestal of gray marble “from tho sumo ox- toneive quarries, Tho city, wo might rathor gny tho unation, is roprosouted by a fo- malo figuro clothed in flowery “drapory, having the pb{llmlory on hor hoad with a lot~ tor on it, whicl ,])m’hn[{l woy used bocause it fs tho Inilial of Bhiloh, Tho baudof tho phy- lnctery st once gives a national oharacteristic (thera bLoing somo nuthorily for ssying that pliylnctorios were at ono_ timo worn by womon ou woll ns mou), and also takes tho placo of tho turrotod crown which iy tachnioally appro- priato to Milton's * towored cities,” The lurge oyes of the faco, which iy inclined slightly up- ‘ward, look into space, the musclos of the nose are slightly contracted with pussion, the ititul mouth sinks at the cornors, But nolther ho expression nor tho pose Is_that of frantio abandonmont, nor is thero nui' listless wonrinoss of despondenoy in the boautlful face's intense dospalr, A soul inbabiting a perfoot human tenoment ackuowledges irrouistiblo misory, and that is all, There {8 no afterthought in the | fuce; at that momont Zion doos not seom con- scious that her Rodeemer livoth, nud this is oul; nggsatod (If at ll) by tho ambiguous tokion of tho lottor on tha religious ornament sho wonrs on hor forchend, Ierright arm is bont and Joans upon somoe of tho stonoy of the Tomple, hor laft thrown upon the fold of hor drapory, Bho sity on ruins, liko liviug flg{:xen whioh may bosoon at tho prosont duy tho Wallin, Placo of Jorusalom. A sitting posture is sinit Jarly assumed by Judos Capia on the woll- known coin, and Niobe in tho Museum of Naples has a sitting position. The statue must bo obsorved from all sides to trace the fringe of tho Talith, the blind worm oreoping round 4o ienglowy yulua, the sqauthuq and tho bry clothing, and uamg!uung the decay. Undornesth Lwo vordos from tho Lamontn§ins havo Leon written Iu tho quaintly bad Tiatin of the Vulgato, which is noithor tho Iangunge of the Propho nor of tho soulptor. Tnglisiinien and Amoricaua should ratlior Lold fast toour own voraion, pro- verbially puro in style, and in acouraoy 1ot bo- nenth tho Vulgato: “ Iow doth tho city sit solitary, that was full of peos plol how is alio liccome nn o widow! ohe that woa Broat Among tho natione, and Pricess among the pro- vinces| howis she bocoine tribuitary I Bho weepoth goro in tho night, and her teara aro on lior cheoka : among all her lovara sho hath nono to_comtart hor; all hor frionds havo dealt tronchorously with lior ; thoy nra Locome hor onemlos,” (Jor, Lam,, 1, f,-1L) In the samo Mr. Btory, in which fio has woll oxprossod tho mastor in'a Pythinn fronzy of compuultion, THE PLAINT OF A COMMONPLACE PERSON. Ibollavo that editors from timo immemorial Linvo Loon lookod upon sy tho proper confldauts for tho woos of Lhe porscouted, the misunder- stood, or tho unboarably sggravated membors of tho community. Muoh-nbusod Qongresemon, much-oppressed bub strong- minded women, shrioking for that uni- voraal panncon, tho suffrage, misundorstood nn- thors and slondored notrossos—all como (meta- phyelenlly speaking) to sob ont their sorrows on tho ehadowy shoulders of that imporsonal myth —tho aditor. 8o I, Mr. Editor, havo como to-dny tocnll upon you to listen to tho woes of that mych-nbused and misundorstood bolug—a com- mouplace porson. Now, I bog that you will not at the ontset be- gin by misundorstanding my social and montal status. I belong os little to tho vast multitude of tho fllitorate or brainless, who posscss no lit« crary or artistio tastos at ail, ns I do that favored fow who soar triumphantly into tho colostial other of |lighest art. I am @& porson who roads and goos to tho thoatro, and likos musio and ploturcs, bub who wants todoall thogo things, and oxeroiso all thoss taatos, in o comfortablo sort of & way ; and who wishos to be amused and Interested as woll as to ‘bo kept on an methotic kind of strain oll tho timo, If my montsl stiture bo too short to aoc- commodato iteolf to the Procrustean bed of the most olovated stylo of art, I do not want to bo strotchod to fit it, nor to bo abused becauso of my doficiencles. Like the distluguished eoxe Prosident of tho lato Bouthern Confederncy, all I nek is to bo lot alone. X am poaceful in natura; Ihavomy littlo likes and dislikes in the way of food and clothes, books and musio, plays nnd pleturos, and I wish to travel quictly through lite, warzing with no one, and having a good timo gonerally in my own way. But L have a hosb of enemics who will not lot mo bo happy after my own fashion, Thoy sling vonomous ink st mo; thoy spear mo upen pitiloss pens; and they hold up my quiet modo of living, my unobtrusive tastos, to the scorn and dorision of tho commu- mty. If they wish to do a profitable bit of ill- nature for the nowspapars on any of the literary or msthetio quostions of the day, I am the ohosen butk for thoir wit—tho targot for thoir sharpost ehafts. Theso onomios of mino are by some ealled eritics, and by othors counoisseurs ; but I, %Ir. Editor, have privately christencd them 0ros. Forinatance, I go to_the opors. Dolng o com- mon-place person, I like o littlo varioty in tho way of musical ontortainments, and (I daro confess tho_ heinous orimo to thia unro- pronchful page) I mm fond of Offonbnch, I can, it is truc, appreciate and thoronghly en- fly o floe_rondition of any of the works of ozart or Moyerbocr, or of that grandost of all oporas—DBeethoven’s * Fidelio;" aud like Verdi aud Donizett], and havo o profound admiration for Gounod. Bat I must own that I am a littlo tirod of ' Trovatore” and * Traviatn,” * Lucia di Lammermoor,” and * Linda di nmounix,"” Tho first 900 times that I Loard ¢ Il Trovatore” I liked it ; but tho nino hundreth time ocourred about six yoars ngo, and since then I have grown rather tired of it. And, ns to tho groat worka of tho gront mastors, wo so soldom Liave artistos capable of interproting them that murder most unnatural is_gonorally prosonted to my onrs whenover ¢ Les Huguonots” or '‘Don_Gio- vanoi” is placed upon the boards, I de- clare to you thatI would rather hear ““Barbo Bleue” or *“La Poricholo” well sung than “Los Hugueonots” moro vilely murdered than over they woro In the 8t, Barthiolomow. I stato unhesitatingly that I would rather hear Aimeo in “La Grande Duchesse” than Badamo Le- violli in * Lucrozia Borgla,” aud Juteau in * Los Cont Viergos™ {a fur more sgrecablo than Abrugnedi in * L'Africaine,” But my onomies abusoe me for this, my humble opinion. *‘Thereis no mclody in *Genoviove do Brabant I ¥ they cry ; *no fun {n ¢ La Bollo Holouo,' You wish tobo amusod ; amuso your- gelf with Beothoven's ‘Bymplonies,’ or Bchu- mann's ‘Something® or other, in any quantity of minors. If you wish to rolax your miud and to rout your weariod brain, attend a Rubinstein ro- cital, and rofresh your unsciontific sars with Bach ond Haydo, To ‘choer your drooping spirits, we wodd recommond the contemplation of such choorful spcotaclos as tho caldron of * La Juivo,’ tho stakio of Il Trovatoro,’ the funoral-pyre of ‘Norma.' Aud as to morals, oh, horrible, horri- Dblo, most horriblol Go, depraved thirater after the abominations of *La Pericholo’ and ¢Les Brigands,’ and learn purity of tasto from tho Jfinalg of the first act of *Don Giovanni,' the flirtations of tho cbaractors in ‘Lo Nozzo di Figaro," tho pious third act of ‘Faust,' or the Bnintly boroino of ‘La Travista.! We, who know evory thing, know also that such perverted tastes woré only creatod to bo trampled undor faot by such suporior boings aa we, and_their common-place possossors must hido thoir dimine "ished heads 1n unuyunkablu confusion.” And Rubinstoiu! Tho tortures that I have suffored on account of that man are searcoly to be described, 1 wont to hear him faithfully, and—I trewblo as I courosa tho atrocious orimo—I did not like him. I could un- dorstand that o was an incomparably flue per- formor, but tho musio that bo played weariodmo torribly, I Luve no doubt that it was vory glorie ous, but tho glory was not apparent to my sonses, CGottschallk was to me a rovelation. Thalberg was a marvel. Miss Topp and Miss Meblig wore admirablo, But thore I had to stop. Tubiustoin was boyond my comprobension, be- yond my powers of enjoyment, I know tho fault was mino, but novertholess it is no sin, I should thivk, to bo incapablo of' approciatig fuggues and symphonies, ote. I boldly declare (but I(h) it, lowevor, with tho fecling "of o daring doporado) that to mo Rubinstein was o noms, (loaso print that last word in large capitals. 1L is tho camo with books. I havo read wit! delight and ndmiration tho_torks of Dickens, Thuckeray, aud Bulwer, and Ienjoyed with keen appreciation “ Adam Bedo,” ** Tho Mill on_the Tloss," aud * Romola." But I do not like * Mid- dlomarch.” I do not think it is really s good novel, or & perfect piece of work o8 a wholo, As a plcturc-gallory of dotached charaotors, or o & fragmontary mags of ine and original pays sugos, it is unoquulod. But I do notcall such works really good novels. Of course I am all wrong., Iulwaysam. IutImean for, oncein my long and persccuted lifo to say my say, and Liwyo dono with it. As for Joctey 1 havo long sinco givon up that oint iu dospair. I find in Lungfollow's sweet, ondor vorss & puro and dolicato pootio fealing, o gontle fauoy that fllogs an oxquisito balo of poosy about tho facts, tho fool- ingy, the sights, and the sounds of evoryday life. DBut it is vory bad tasto to ndmiro Long- follow. **‘The Bridge {s bosh, ** Excolsior " is trash, “Evaugoliuo” is nonsonso, Thoe four mighly volumas of * Tho Eurtlly Paradiso " aro forcod into my unwilling bauds for compulsory orunnl, and I rond_and find an oarthly purga- ory in the multitudinous puges. Or olso, ' The Riug and tho Book™ is profferod to moasa loasing substituto ; and if, driven to maduess Ey much porsecutlon I full iuto flat rebellion, I amn exhorted to turn from tho poisonous fount of modera vorso, and to quonch my gautln thirat nt such peronninl springs a8 tho “Ilind,” *Para- diso Lout," and the * Inforno " of Dante. 1t 1 go to the thentro, and, striving to conallle ntomy foos us woll ns to flulomn mysolf, I sm prosoit nt ono of Bdwin Buoth's poorloss Shuk- Bpoaronn rovivals, my morollcss tormentars wax o{uquout in their honor, * Call you this Blak- spours 7" they cry. ** Did he over dream of such stage-moonlight “when Lo wrote ‘ Romeo and Juliet,’ or imagine such gur(iumm soenery whon Le gave ‘Iawmlot' and ‘Julius Giounr' to the worid, This Is cunvay, elactric light, and fluo clothos. Snkupouro 18 only truly Bhaksponro whon the costumes nro shabby and Ingorrect, and when tho sconery is votally nuglun!efl, the samo Groolau-pillared” hall doing duty on different nights ag tho wounte-ohambor in * Othello,’ tho palace of m-nfi‘ Claudius, the banquotinge lull of the Capulots, aud tho onstlo of M- beth. Then doos tho epirlt of the divino poot deacend to vivify tho robos of moth-oaten merino and cotton-velvet, and to lend n gllu‘ry to tho faded treos and tallow-candlo moon, These costumes of hustorical acouracy and costly ma~ torials, this exquisitoly-paintod scenory, thosa wondoerful atmospherio effoota—pshaw | those a0 bub olap-irap. Give us agaln_tho elkne allory is o bust of Beothoven, by. boards and blankets of Bhakspearo's timo, tho flfl;m’x' of tho prosent doy a8 in ok, Of gourne any othor form® of dramatic smuse- ment i striotly forbiddon., 'Tho ballot s an abomination, and sonsatlonal plas (that is, pln{n with gomo plot and inoident) aro_n dotos- tatfon. The plous works of Kord, Massingor, ota., aro commended to our mnunfum by the high-mindod adorers of bigh art. I would liko to noo omo of thoso mathotlo gon- tlomon rond alond o Hst of tho litles of Ford's wworks moroly, to an nosomblngo of tho ladics of Lis acqunintancos—ihat is all. And, aftor all, what is high art—particularly on tho stago, whotlier oparatic or dramatio ? Wachtol, with his glorious_volco, a8 frosh, ag 8wift, os atoady in its grand leap as tho first up- ward-dart of tho Emperor fountain at Ohnts- worth, whon tho mprisoned wators arentn touch ot froo, wna a charlatan, not nn artiste Nilsgon was not high art, I bollovo, I AUpposo Bunln(i- {a 6o consldorad now, but _whon Bontag wag alivo sho was not so_donsidorod, in this country, at least. I remombor o writer in Pul- nam's Magazine calling to tho publio * to whis- por to thomaolves, as thoy put on thoir roso-col- orod opora-closks in tho silenco of thoir drossing-rooms, that this" ono of the porformances of Bon- tag) *“is mot high art I supposo arfislcs, 1iko gamo, do not got Ligh until they hiave boon dond for some timo. And gs to platures! O Mr, Editor, my lifo s a burden to me beoause of pioturos aud statuca! Thank Heavon, wo, iv this country, are sparod from much_in) Willkde Colline’ o days of QGar- *‘Miscellanios” and ~Mark Twain'a *Innoconts Abrond” for particulars conoorning such jnfliction). Dut if I, belug a commonplace poraon, and fond of good eating, venturo to troat mysolf to oarly poas, Southorn strawborries, or a dish of delicats game, a howl Em up from my foes. * Wrotched boing[” hoy shriek, * what o sinfulwasto of money. Yon should havo bouglit piotures with the sums that you squandor on the-transitory and gross joys of tho palato 1" Vainly do X arguo that I, being a porson of limitod means, cannot bocome thg possessor of a Moisgonior or a Merle, and that X am fond of a good tablo and a social lifo, and tlnt such onjoymonts are_desrer to my soul than would be sketchos by Meusrs. Daubom & Qo., worn-out ongravings, orflv-nx}nukodpluter casls, tho only works of art whioh I could afford to purchaso, " *No mattor,” ory my onomios, Ylive on broad-and-wator for months, if you must, but fail not to encourage Art ” (art always with » capital A). “A pioturo on your wails will elovata your mind, refine your foolings, aud, in short, do everythlng for you, except cloan -your tooth and order your dinner.* Nor aro my woes leasonod or my foos dimin- ished in number and virolonce if I, boing 5 commonplace porson, happon also fo bo a ‘woman ; an every-day womanly sort of a woman, with o taste for protty dross and o fondnoss for looking as wall and boing as fashionably and elo~ gantly attired as my mosns will allow. Woo is me! “No woman, no roal lady over was #tylish,* noor my foes. ‘'No woman was evor bottor off with an India shawl than without one, No truo woman ovor crimps hor bair, woara falso braids, buys French dresses, or looks at a fashion-plate.” But I, being o free-born Amerl- can cifoyenne, 88 well aa & commonplace Eumon, iosist on my right to be, if I choose, what I sup- E;mu my enomies would call, an imitation-woman contradistinction to tho '‘real” one they aro alwaya talking about; that is, o fomalo of honost fominino tastes, s woman fond of lacos, dia- monds, India shawls, French drosses, and the latost fashions gonorally,. I do not caro o button for tho sufirage. 1 do not_want to bo & doctor, o lawyor, a soldier, or s clergywomnn, and, abovo alf, I do not want to bo contiually abused and vilified und misrepresontod. I1do not know the faota of tho case, but it does soom to me that commonplace persous have somo rights. I think that s gront many peoplo of fair averago ability likko to read tho novels of Mies Braddon and Wilkio Collins, to liston tothe musie of Offenbach, and to go fo soo Aoneation dramas, and I think that thoy fail to injure the community by so doing. link thatif a man likes good dinnersnnd doosnot caro for pictures, that Lo Lias & porfect xight to give andtoent goo: dinners, and to leavo picturcy alone, I think thot if o woman wishes to dress woll, and can afford to do #o0, thet sho is a boon to the world at largo, bocause sho makos of horsolf a_plong- ing objaot for overy oyo to rest upon, and, in 80 doing, sho is worthy of commendation instend of blame, think—but what mattors it what I think? Ibelong to that molancholy majority who have no rights that a peraccuting minority is bound to rospoct—I am » commonplace per- son, At that dismal recolleotion, Ibreak my ou, upsot my inkstand, snd bid you, Mr. Ed- fim-, a toarful farowoll.—Penning Williams, in Applelons’ Journal. —_— FREE PASSES ABOLISHED. Moeting of Rallroad Superintoendents and Managors, at 8t. Louis. From the St. Louig Republican, July 25, An ndjourncd mesting of Goneral Mauagors, Buporintendonts, ticket and passonger ageuts of Westorn roilronds, was held in parlor No. 5, Southorn hotel, yostorday, to considor tho sub- Jocts of comminsion, passos and other mattors of ‘gonoral intorost, The Committoo on Rosolutions roported tho following, which, nftor some disoussion, woro ndopted Resolved, That from and aftor the 1st day of Angust, 1873, the whiolo systom of issuing froo passca over au upon thoronds roprosented st this meoting shall ba abalished and discontinued, and that aftor that data 00 freo possca or clorgyman’s half-fare toketd, or other tickots, for which regular passonger faro ia not pald, shall bo issued, dircctly or indirectly, in a%y form, by any Railrosd Company hore ropresunted, or its sgonts, over its road, or any park of tho same, to 487 pofton oF poreoi, of £0r awy purposa whateoover; ‘but that saido from tho officors, agonts, or employes of ol d Companies, whilo traveling on tholr own rond, and whilo employed in the sorvice ‘of their own reapdotive Compairiod, nll poraous nd classca of por- sond shiall alike be roquired to pay tho usual and catabe lished faro, oxcopt as horofnafter provided, 1, This agroomont aball not extond to cases In which auy of tho Componles signing this ugroouwent sro ‘Dotind to {8suo passes by virtuo of leases or by existing written contracta. 2. 1t 1s undorstood that to constitute an omployo en« #itlod to tho privilego of passes under this sgrecment, Lo porson employed aliafl recoive a regular salary on the pay.zollsof tho Gonypany, 5, That oll pasuca and halt-fare permits, which have ‘Deen Isuod prior to this date, may remaiu’outstanding aud in foreo tiil tho 31at duy of Docomber uoxt, unless thoy woonor expiso; but uone to bo reacwod of ollira uod, 4, In caso nny complaint of violation of the pro- ‘vislons of the forgoin resoluiion or agreement shall arise botween tho parilos heroto, the sumo shnll b ro- forrod to s Boord of threa arbitrators to bo nominated by the Chafrman at, this meoting, and confirmed by o vote of tho Gonvention ; and said arbitrators may posa upon such complaint, and thelr decision shall be biuding, unless appealed from by tho party or parties sggrioved ; aud o such caso 8 mooting of ropresonta tives of all' tho lines party loroto shall bo hold, st which meeting such complaints shall Lo submittod for final action, ‘The arbitrators may at their dlscretion roquire unawers under oath, In cas of absenco or fatluro to act of ono of the arbitrators, the other two may solact third and disinterested party, who shall be thio Preste dont or Superlutendent of 3o of ko rosds partiea eroto, 5, Thio Doard of Arbitratora appolnted shall_conslst of tho following nanied pursons: Robert E. Carr, Proaldont ; Thomus Allen, of Ll Tron Mountaln Jail roud, and J, ¥, Barnard, of tho Kausua City, 8t. dow Gouticil Blufs Raflroad, % % @, ‘Thiu sgroument o take affoct Aug, 1, 1873, Tho undersigued Railrond Companion herely agros each with tho other, 1o keep atriotly, to observe, maine taln, sud carry inlo offoct tho provisions of tho fors gollg resolutlin to tiulr full nisaniug oud fntent, Ohlcago & Alton Rallroad, by J, O, McAullin, Gens eral Buporiutondent ; 8t Louls, Kansas & Notthern Tiailway, by W, O. Van lforn, General Suporintendent; Hountbal ‘& B, Joseph Nallroad, by 0, L, Lyford, Gonoral Buperintondent ; Atlantio & Paciflo Tafiron Company, by E. II, Goadrich, Aesistant-Genoral Supor- intendout ; ‘Leavenwortl, Lawrenco & Gaiveston Iaile road Compuny, by Cliurlis B, Yeck, Acting-Superine teudent, 0. 8. Lyford, of tho Hannibal & Bt. Josoph Railroad, was appointed dologato to visit roads west of the Mimsissippi River and obtain sigun- tures to tho agreement. —_— The Differences Bloot & fellow man whon the thomometor is up,| among tho ninetics, and you sco him mopping tho sweat from his face, digfilng tho dust from Liis oyas, his paper collar wilted, his linon coat stroaked with swont, aud ho exclaina: # ot | Why, I nover saw such weathor!” Ife tells yon Lios the rubbor in his suspenders has molted and run together; how ho could wring pints of wator from his olobhing; how ho bas lost fivo pounds of flesh in ten days; how the sun Lns crisped his boots and ruinod his oyo-slght, and ho starts off with tho romark: *“Nover aaw’ anything like it." Now meot n lady, sud what do you sco? Oloan whito drosy, dafuty collar, jaunty tie, hair nleoly combed, eyes Lright and shining, no dust —evorything as tidy and ordorly sy if thio wonthor was Oclober, Sho doosn't hurry n bit, stops now and thon right in tho sun, outs tho air with her purnsol as if sho had no uso for it, aud always mouages to just cacapo the furious cloud of dust comlug up or down the strogt. ‘Thore aro no in- quirica about the siate of the thormomater, no longing looka at soda-water nlfinu niidico-wagons, and’ no spplication of the haudkercliof, Bho does not hurry, doos not dash for tho shado of & six-foot awning aud hang to the spot waiting for a oloud to rnu over tho sun, and whon sho takes b oar It sooms to matter little whethor all tho windows are up or whethor they arc down. How on carth do they manage it P—Detroit Fres Press, iction of tho old masters (vido |. MONETARY, BATURDAY EVENING, July 20, Thero hias soarcely beou a change worthy of noto in local flnancos and trado during the past waok—or, for that mattor, for tho pnst two wooks. DBankers nnd other monoy-londora cou- tinuo to dlseriminato ngainst long lonns, bocauso thoro is & gonoral dlsposition to proparo fora atringonoy next fall and wlnter corrosponding fo what was experienced in that senson of Inst yonr, Thorg can mearcely boa doubt that tho prospoct looks more favorable now then it did ot this timo Inst yoar, but it is woll to koop the stringonoy of monoy and the gonoral unsot- tlomont of confldonco ‘which, lnst Decomber, amounted almost » crinis still lu viow. Money ia still abundant at tho banks and ap- Hm'n‘::}tbn""um got oll thoy roquire without Now \ynrk oxchange was firm t'o-dny &t 36c por $1,000 promium, Fho ‘clonrings of tho Ghicago bouks for the wook woro ¢ Cleartngs.* Dalances ,063,186.08 $407,800,710 8,103,764,04 8,224.92 ,833,187.80 B34,758.03 B4TETO0L 200,384.15 + D,007,000,758 840,277,061 . BOM0M. 8661031 SHALIBIT010 81,000,428.00 evssneses ouvs 18,675,000,04 1,910,001.04 The following quotations of local stocks aro turnishod by Mossrs, Hommond & Gago, finane olal agents, 76 Washington stroot : Firat National Bank, Did, Asked, 150 150 0 Gas Light o r of Qommerco, Traders Insuranoo Com; B 100 0ook County Ta..s.. nt. 100 & int. BALES, 6,000 Tradors' Insurance Company ot 08, $2,000 M. B, L, & T, Company at 14834, 600 Corn Exchiango National Bank at 120, mpinsurs. Lunt, Preston & Kean quoto as follows ig p. m.: Belling, 1093@110X% 100i G int, 100 &int 00 &iut. 9598 18) u3 187 140 185 COMMERCIAL. BATURDAY EVENTNG, July 20, Tho following wore thio recoipts and shipmonta of the leading articles of produce in Chicago during tho past twonty-four hours, and for the corresponding date one yoarago: RECEIPTS, ANIPMENTS, 1873, l 1872, 1873, | 1872 4,885 28901 8,644 3,208 31,700 10,760) 24 28,07 +1 205,601 180,5603] 1,830 an,240 28,073 927,612/ 287,003 98,018 ~ 9, 1,000 . 200 lba, Droom-coru, Tis 56,000)""a7,300|.. Cured meatd, 1ta. 89,660) 87,630]| 098,973 Beef, bria York, brls, 18 100 n0jj a7,400) 357,050 «5,59?1 87,1450 19| 'fig 219,617| 148,990 1,820/ 1,08 1,990 8 749 1,500 2,103 ‘Withdrawn from store yestorday for city con- sumption : 1,055 bu wheat ; 2,490 bu coru ; 5,774 bu onts; 785 buryo; 205 bu barley. Withdrawn for do during tho past woek : 21,581 bu whoat ; 13,028 bu corn ; 26,655 bu oats ; 1,683 bu ryo; 4,912 bu barley. Tho following grain hos beon inspeoted into storo this morning, up to 10 o'clock : 183 cars wheat ; 7841 cars corn ; 6,400 bu high mixeddo; 28,300 bu No. 2do; and 11,800 bu rejected do ; 4634 cars onts; 1 car rye. Total (015 cars), 18,000 bu, i Tha following wors the rocolpts and shipments of breadstulls ond live-stock at this point dur- ing tho pst week, and for the ocorrosponding wooks onding as dated : LIPTH, July 20, July 19, July 2T, 187; 1873, 1872, i THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBU. Y, JULY. 27, 1873. for two yonrs paat, It suggosted s holidny. Tho shipping movouiont was slow, aud tho racolpl rathor moro liberal, principally in corn. Jobhors of dry dvads roported that market un- changed in ity gonoral foatures, Thoro is ntill an absenco of any speclal activity in ml{ dopart- mont, but, nd stocks aro gonorally light, and tho proapocts of on active and prosporous fall trade aro oncli day growing brightor, thoro s apparent & feoling of confldonco, and tho market, while at tho momont not particularly buoyant, oxhibits n firm undortono. Prices wore substantinlly the snmo s on the preceding days of tho waok, whero thoy are utondll‘y held. Grocorios yoro moving with fair liberality, and with o fow unimportaut oxcoptions tho quotationy of yostorday woro thoroughly eustained, Tho “excitomont in mugars and coffcos Ling mainly subsided, but tho quietor fecling hng not beon followod by any percoptible ‘softon- ing" of pricos, both of thoso staples boing hold with pronounced finnness. Rice, alo, i vory strong, Carolina ndvancing anothor {o to-day, Candles, sonps, syrups, aud spices aro quiot and stondy, ' Now tons aro meoting with o good do- mand aud aro firm, but tho market for oldis dull aud wealk., Thoro was nothing new to note In connection with the butter and choose markets, o fair nggrogato of eales boing accomplished at substantially yesterdny's priccs, Pricos of drlod fruits aro moro sottlod nnd uniform thon at tho beginning of tho waok, prices having ronched o point whoro spoculators soom to consider it prudent to Lalt.’ Tho fish tradoe was quiot at formor quotations, The short sups ly o mackerol gives thom an upward tendoncy, ut other desoriptions, comparativoly, are stondy. Moy wes in_modorato supFly and flrm. Light recolpts aro looked for until haylug and harvest- ing aro over, and any counsidorablo inoroase in the domand would no doubb result in a tompora- ry advonco, No changoe was noted in the condi- tion of the hido and loathor markoets. Oils woro quict and ateady at 180 for carbon; 950@%1.00 for linaced ; 700" for extra lard, and at G3@6d0 for turpentine, A moderato ‘business was transscted at tho lumbor yards, pricos ruling stondy snd quito firm for 8ome doscriptions. Lumbor sflont waa falrly activo, though tho racoipts woro not vory largo. Good to choice boards and_strips, Joisty and scautling, sold rosdily at full pricos; but common conrso cargoos of boarda wero rathor slow and o triflo lower. BMotals wero in modor- ato requost at unchanged pricos, Iron romains dull and wonk. Nalls, naval storos, and build- ing matorials, woro without ' important change. Cooporago was quiot and unchanged. Thara woro no now foaturcs in tho wool, hop, or broom-corn markets ; tho formor continues to moot with a fair demand, and rulesstondy. Ilops havo been moving with rather moro froodom for o fow days past, tho demand boing principally from country consumors. Broom-corn ismod- orativly nctivo and firm. ~ Soods wore quiet, with tho oxcoption of timothy, which was quite activo for August dolivery, aolling at ©3.00@ 8.20. Groen fruits wero fair local request, and borries woro scarca aud highor, whilo othor domestic fruit wna plonty and a shado casior, Potatoos were in large supply and dull, Good- conditioned ohickons wore salablo, but the sup- ply cousiated ohfelly of small springs,which wore slow and Jowor. Lggs woro tn modoralo roquost at 133¢@130 for good to choico packages, ‘Highwines wore quictand strong; boing scarce while in good domand. Tho only salo roported waa of b0 brls at 97c per gallon, which was tho asking price of yestorday, It was reported that 920 was bid at ‘tho closo, with noue offoring. Bulo was notod of 500 brls alcohol, in bond, at 46, dolivored in Now Yorlk. Lako freighta woro in moderato domand, but n elindo easier than yestorday, at 5@G3ge for corn, cloaing frm b tho outsido, 'md b3a for whoat, by #nil to Buffalo, Corn was taken to Kingston at 103¢e. Through rates wero unchangod, ab 230 for corn to New Lingland points via Bufalo, and 260 for o via Ogdenaburgh. A total of 11 char- tors was msm'ted, which will carry out 219,000 bu corn, and 45,000 bu onts. Provisions wore rathor more activo, but aver- aged oasier, iu spito of tho fact that live hogs woro roportod highor. Moss pork fell off fully 106 per brl on options, but was firm on cash lots, of which thoro aro almost nono on salo. Lard was dull and nominally 6c por 100 1bs lower, with rumors of gales at 2T.87%4 per 100 Ibs, Bleata woro a shado ousier, boing less firmly hold ot yostorday's pricos. Thero orb_sovoral partios Who aro belioved to wont porl and lord (in n spoculativo way), but who aro lmluinzi‘ off in ex« Xuatnuun of & broak down among holdora for uguat dolivery, which will onable thom to fill on more favorable terms than now. Lard for Decembor du\ivo:‘yhn New York has changed hands within o day or two at83¢a; and short cloars for do have by operatora in s necighboring city. The markot closed at tho following rango of prices : Moss pork, cash or seller July, 315,60 @16.75; do sellor Augl\ut £16.60@16.66 ; do sellor Soptembor, 816.40@15.50; do saller ' Do- comber, 313.26@18.50; lard, cash or seller July, §T.8754@7.95; do soller August, 37.873¢@7.95 1 summor do, T3 @7c. Sweet picklod hams quoted at 10@12}¢0. Dry salted moats quotablont T3{@ 784c for shoulders; 83@% for short riba: and 90 for short clear. Boxed shoulders, 7X@ g0, English ments, 9 @930 for short ribs 93¢o for short clenr. ncon is quoted nl 8igo for shoulders; 0Jo for clear ribs; boon offered st Bo 1040 for short clear ; and 18}§@15540 for hama, packed. Mess' bLeof, $8.75@0.00; oxtra B8 $9.75@10.00 ; "boot hams, 824.00 @25.00. Qity tallow, 'lk@’l}{o; greads quot- abloat 6@03go. Bales woro roported of 80 brls mess pork (leavy) at 81600, 1,000 bels do eol- lor August ot $15.65 ; 250 bris 'do at 15,0254 ; 400 brls do on private torms ; 20,000 ths should- ora nt T30 ; 100,000 the short ribis at 830 40, 000 1be fong rib midales at 8340 ; 60,000 ibs bacon hams ot 140, canvassod snd_ packed ; 20,000 the summor curod bellios at 8igo: 60’ pkgs fair groaso at 43¢0, " Tho Daily Commercial Report gives the following as the shipments of provisions from this city for the woek ending Ji { 24, 1878, and since Nov. 1, 1872; comparative figures: Fork, | Zard,| Hame Should'ra| Middles, brla | “tes, 1, 1ba, 19| 210,000( 1,310, 403 zat| 116, 300) [ Rinen Novas 2 ot 52 abe Bl K0l 128, 310500 Bame tno 7172, 97, 891109, 667}75, 1062, 818, 815|101, 560, 155 TFlour was very quiot, and unchangedin pricos, holdors not being disposed to make concessions, whilo shippors foll back, owiog to tho racoipt of Wicong Jly 24 70 1,20) Batmo woek, 171, Flour, 81,607 83,308 17,888 Wheal, bu, 103,483 207,690 148,190 Corp, bu. 1,751,661 1,240,318 1,241 Oats, bu . 347,009 470,010 ' 92190 ye, bt 50 0713 4,317 Barfoy, T, .7 950 14,400 Livonogs, N 138 49,209 61,100 Cattlo, No 7,518 10233 14132 18, 54,300 28,622 10,680 00,200 349,400 205,948 2,000,700 1,351,630 1,630,020 382,809 670,003 '277,947 WY 1,57 20203 o 4760 8197 20026 Live Liogs, N GLOSL 98,607 44,005 Caitle, No. 12007¢ 10305 9,83 The resolution offered on 'Ohtméu on in:lny was adoptod to-day. It providos that contracts for dolivery of whont may bo satisfiod by tho delivery of cither old or now wheat, unless othorwige atated in the contraot, The first arrivals of now wheat wers notod this morning, One car came from Clinton, in this Stato, and was graded aa No. 2 Spring. It weighed 6944 1bs to tho megsured bushol, and would havo passed as No. 1 but for the fact of being & littlo dirty. Tho first arrivals o yoar 8go, camo on tho 22d of July. ‘I'wo moro cages wore decided $his morning in favor of the Chiof Inspoctorof Grainwhore pay- mont of faes ou tho out inspoction of grain had boen disputed, The defondants woro J. ‘I'. Raw- loigh and T. B, Honson, Theso casoes were do- oided by Justico Do Wolf; the former onos wore bofore a jury in his oflico, a8 o result of the in- torprotation of the ln\ganlordny more than $100 was hayded into the ofilce of the Inspoctor this morning, in paymont of back feos, i A sample of barloy was extibitod on 'Change this morning, which was pronouncod to bo a fair No. 8 by all who oxamined it. Tho Inspoctors had, howover, graded it as rojeoted, and thoro waa'practically no appeal from thoir decision, 85 the éommmue on A[Rmnla Lavo followed the ox- amplo of “nol? ond I"—thoy aro out. Tho holder hus alrendy rofused to soll it at 100 por bu moro than the prico of rejeotod. Tt was rumored to-doy that H. O. Rannoy, Esq., has resignod his_position on the Commit- too of Ausenln from Graln Inspection, It is understood that tho Bulphur Mills aro al- rondy put in ordor for tho treatmont of barloy on largo scalo, undor the now rogulations for Inspoction. They will noed to ho watched if wo would not loso our trade. A groat many ordors wera diverted from Chicago last aufumn by reason of unfouuded suspicions that tho vile {mmllcn of umnhm-m,i barfoy was rocogaized on ho Board of Wrado, It will probably be found tiocouary for ropltablo doalms i Larloy to tako tho bulf by the horus, avd mark him "o that thore will be no such mistako in future, Ocoan froights from Liverpool to Now York aro not above 80o in gold por bu of corn, and noarly 826 on whoat, T'hoso figures are not far from throo timos the prices of a yoar ago, and admirably show the bosutios of that system of rotootion whioh hias driven American ships from e oconn to protoot our farmors from the dangor of rocelving too much for their grain, TIHE MARKETE, The leading produco markets wore very qulet to-day—roally ~ dull—and tended dowhwards, ‘Thore was very little inclination to buy anythin, on tho Board, and tho day was one of tho mos| discouraging advicos, Thero was littlo doing, oxcopt by tho local trade. Bran was emsior. Bales wero reported of 50 brls winter extras on privato torms; 200 brls spring oxtras at $6.00; 00 brls do at $5.50; 100 brls do ab S5.25; 80 brlado at 85,00 ; 55 brls do (low) at 84.621¢; 100 brls rye flour at $4.121¢. Total, 965 bris, The following was the closing rango of g)tlueu: Fair t0 clioico whito Wintor extras. ..$ 0.7 b5 6.00 i 4,50 i B.OO 25 Bran.....s i 1095 @10.75 Whent waa dull and onsior, though reported stondy in England and New York, and with but littlo Incronse in our receipts horo, The wenskness +was groatest for this month's delivery, which de- clined 10, whilo Auguat was only @go lowor thon on Pridny,~ Thoro wero no biyors during & groat part of tho sossion, and somo holdera grew norvous under tho fact that their proporty would not bo wanted, Thero was not much of this wenknosg, however, ag sellers, ag woll as buyers, soomod dluposed to hold Off, not knowing which way the cat was golng to jump. Thore wus no shipping dowand horo, though Milwaukeo waa rumored to have soveral dircct orders on European saccount, This fact, howevor, did not prevout that markot from sinking moro rapidly than our own, Tho business to-day, in Chicago, was almost entirely confined to the filling of local shorts, and they principally for this month, making tho aggrogato of uelos meportod me cnsh somowhat larger than yostorday, tuonfh tho total business was munhi«an than on Friday, Boller tho month, or car-lota of No. 2 #pring, openod at 81,21, advanced to $1,21%¢, and doclined to $1.20 at tha close, Touund fotsof cmsh No. 2 spring closed at 81201, the premium of X{o hulug willingly paid by fho shorts, to avold tho rush and risk of dolivorios at tho eloventh hour of tho last day of this month. Soller August pold af $1.143(@1.15, olosing at 81,141¢. Bollor Soptombor was dull and littlo bottor than nominal at §1.073{@1.08; and soller tho yoar at £1.053{. No. 1) rl‘l,lf closed nomi- nal ot $1,25; No. 8 spring at $1.043¢, and rojeot- ed do at 500, Oauh sales wore roportod of 800 bu No. 1 spring (hard) at 81.26 3 400 bn do at $1.25; 5,000 bu No, 2 epring at 81,21 ¢ 10,000 bu do at $1.208; 000 bu do ab 1,204 1 9,400 bu do at $1.203¢ ; 10,800 bu do at 1,20 ; 1,200 bu No. 8 spriug b $1,05 ; 3,200 bu do at §1.043¢ ; 400 bu rojooted T)I(; g at 0lo ; 400 bu do nt Y0}40 § 8,200 budoat ‘Total, 78,400 bu, Corn wan 1{@3¢o lowor, but ‘notivo at the do- oline, \rlllal’\"wr?n » com'mquuneo of continued large Tocoipts, giving hnv{lnflhrlufiu. TLiverpool ‘wag quated 8d por 450 Iba highor, but Now York failed to reapond, and wus quoted dull aud tamo, In sympathy with Chicago, ‘Lhoro was nothing doing early, Holders for August and 8eptomber soowed auxions to soll, and buyers held off to #o0e whoro pricos would go to. Loforo noon the shippors entorod the markot, boiug attrnoted by the &nalhm and reassured In rogurd to freights, & catoity {n whiol, aud conscquent ndvauce, was _approlended on ¥riday, This in- duced & better inqul for” optious, but the latter wore far from being sotive. Sollor Yacsub that buy beon experlenved on this Board | August opened at 30Xfc, aud dectiued to 860 at tho oloso. Baller Boptember sold at 875(@38o, cloning at 075go, Reller tun ‘month, or’,‘.,%’.un; No. 2, wns A'./(!le ot 863405 and now’ recolpts of No, 'olosed nt Bi3ge, 1liah mized cloand frm at 26}Go, and rojectod at 82/@330, Casl snlcs wore roportod of 1,000 bu No. 1 at 861¢a 3 12,000 bu high mixed at 36140 ; 60,800 bu No.” 2 (frash) at BG%O: 77,000 bu do ot 80240 3 20,600 bu rogu- Iar af 800 ; 5,000 bu do nt 8624a ; 65,000 bu do s 8530 ; 400 bu rojectod at 8810 ; 59,600 bu do at 8803 J,ano bu do at 32340 ; %400 b’ do nt 32ige s 1,600 b no grado at 800 on track 1 12,000 bu higl; hixod nt 880'; 6,000 bu do at 870403 24,000 b No. 2 at 870 ; 6,000 bu rojected at 850 ; 6,000 by do at B4}¢o—nll aflont. Total, 858,700 bu. Oatg woro moderately'activo and vory irrogu. lar. Optlons for futuro dellvory wers not much wantod, and averaged o shado lower than on Friday, at 263¢@26440 sellor August, sud 259{? 200 sellor optomber or soller tho yoar, all olosing dull at tho inside, Cash lota or sollor the month wore fovorish, ‘Tho morket was oxcited by the known fact that n Jg'rcne many oats aro yot undolivored on tho July option, and o{mm ora wore divided botweon tho hopo that theso had to be bought in, and foar lost they should bo slung on iho mearkoet at any momont. Balos wore made early at 2830, and 8t 27140 nt tho closo, Cash walos wers roported of 10,000 bu No, 2 (early) at 28%0; 21,600 bu do at'27%¢0 ; 25,000 bt do at 275¢a; 27,200 bu doat 27360 ; 3,400 bu rojected ot 26}4e’; 9,600 bu do a 256, /lotal, 05,800 bu. Rye was dull and unquotable, thers bolng no markot, Madame Rumor stated that 2 cars No. 2had boon sold a G0o, which was 1o lower than yesterday, whilo tho sistor of that amiablo lady avorrad “that 570 was bid, with no offerings. Bollor August or gollor Soptember was nominal at 66 bid and 500 askod. Barloy was quiot and quotably & shade firmer at 81o for round lots of now No, 2 scllor Boptom« bor, and 80c for car-lots of do. Thoro was not much lm‘lulry, but holdors wero firm in tho be- liof that but littlo barley will grade No. 2 in this markot undor the new rulo; honce they think No. 2 will rula high, ovon if tho othor grados bo lower than now, ~Thero was nothing doing in cash_lots; quotablo-nt 65@700 for No.3, Glo for No. 8, and 400 for rejocted. KUINOPEAN MARKETS. The following {s Boorbohm's dispatch to the Board of Trado to-day ; JuLx 26,—London—American corn, 178 6@, Liverpool—pot whoat atoady, Bpot corn firm; 288, LATEST. In the aftornaon whont was moderatoly notive and 3o lower, closing ot BL19 sollor tho ‘month, and rold at $1.14}¢@1.145% soller August, closing at tho inside. Corn was in light roquest and & shado firmer, closing at 86@303go sollor August, and 875@375¢osollor Soptomber, Otlioe graln, provislons, aud Iake froights, wora quiok and nominally unchanged. — CHICAGO LIVE-STOC' MARKET. o Week 'Meing Satumi. ning, § e Barunpay The receipts of live-stock during a3 follows : ~a, July 26, eek havo Cattle, 3,218 Total, four woeks, .., Bhipments wero as follos Mondn, 217,803 14,554 Bheep, . 9,980 0,747 32,840 .. L1 42,053 . CATTLE—Sinco (iio dnio of our lat roviow the s ation of tha cattle market bun not changed in any it ortant particular, Tho dullucss and dopression ong provalent in tho miarkat for low gradea bave giv Placo to no better condition, nor iy thoro anything 1he proavnt eurroundings to encourage tho bellof 11 tho immediate futitro will bring & more favorablo st of things. Westorn shippers scem to loso sight of th foct that after tho Jegltinata wants of tho olty trade car, aro satlsfied thers is not, at *his season of the any rollable outlet for rough thin cattle, Miicl Indious, Ohfo, Pennsylvanis, and tho moro Btates, aro now furnishing all'the common grass that tho Eastern markets require, and any ovorplus at 8 point, as a mattor of course, must bo disposcd of st n sacrifico, For cholce shipping booves th demand continucs teadily good, ctud prices koop woll up, though under the llberal ‘offerings of thsnn fow days, aud in sympoiby with the downe ‘ward tondency {n tho poorer sorts, the market beglua to sliow signs of weakuess which, at the moment, threaten to culminato in a decline. The purchasers of shippors have reached about 12,000 hiead, at $4.00@ 6,00 for modium to choice Texas cattlo ; at $4.50@5.16 for common to fair native stcors; at $5,25@6.85 for good to choico do ; aud at $0.00@0.25 for extra. A the outsido Ggure thero were but two or threo trane. fors, while tho number selling above $5.85 was ox« tromely small, Stock steors sold to a limited extens only aud at irregular rates, averaging & shado lower than last weuk, Bales wero roported at $3,40@4.50, the outalde quotation being obtatnable for especially de= sirblolots. Butchora had no troublo in Alling their orders at $2,50@4.60 for inferior to good lots, and the bullk of their purchasos woro at tho low rango of $3.00 @0.75. Dry cows, unloss fat, wore & drug at $2,50@ 8,25, whilo the best were not wanted at over .00. Voal calves—under lighter roceipta—havo been doing a littlo botter, but the advance has not been very cone :édnr:hh\ cloaing quotations boing $3,00@5.60 for pooxr oxtra To-day trade was dovold of anfmation, and tho mar- kot was unsoltlod and generally unsatisfactory to wollers, Tho fresh roceipts wero light, but tho stale cattle fell littlo ehort of 3,000, and offars of concessiuns of 10@1050 failod to infuse any Jife in the trafic, Sales ‘were confined to a fow hundred head—chiefly at $3,00 @5.00. Tho market closod dull and boavy, QUOTATIONS. Extra Deoves—Graded steers, avoroging 1,400 1bs and upward.... o eees $6,0026,25 Chotce Beoves—Fino, faf, well formed 3 year to § year old stoors, averaging 1,250 to 1,350 1ba. 5.65@6.60 Good Be stocrn, avoraging 1,100 to 1,250 Iha, 5.20@5.40 Medium Grades—8toers in fair fleali, avor- agiug 1,050 t0 1,200 1bd. .., ... 415@5.18 Butchers! Stook—Common {0 falr steors, and good to extra cows, it elaughiler, averaging 800 0 1,100 1, 3.50@4.50 Btock Cattlo—Common cattlé, in i flosh, averagiug 700 to 1,050 Ib Inforior—Light and stage, bulls, And acallawag ateurs. Cottlo—Toxos, Nozthorn wintored. Cattlo—Texas, through droves. . 003,00 110GB—TUo arrivais havo boen, inat 54,877 Iaat weck and 47,03 week boforo lagt, As was geiors ally supposod would bo this caso, prices have ruled do cldedly lowar than during laat Wook, the increase of 10,000 in tho supply (induced by tho extremo pricos 7a1d on tho closing daya of last week) proving more then tho market would bear, Under on avorags dally wupply of 10,600 head, tho fricas havo baea wak and variablo, gradually osslng of In favor of buyers untila reduction of 15@200 por 100 s waa “suffered, closing rates being $4,9004,85, Tho domend fof amooth light welghts hos_been stesdy and falr, and tho pona have boon kept woll cleared of auch, but heavy grades hava beon moto or losa aotive throughe out,and a etesdy accumulation was witnessed, tha ‘number romaining unsold at tho clods being eatimated 8410,000, Drovers report au sbundanica of logy i al ATt of ho West, and larg oporators Lava rocenily aifered to furnisk any muiaber 4 $4.60 for Novembor delivery, Touday the market openened dull and weak, The yards wore wll filled with stale hogs, and buyers seomod Inclined to hold off untll ihey conld get wowme 1dea of tho fresh recelpts befora oporating extensively, Toward noou~{t Lecomiug avidont that tho arrivals yould ot much, oxcood, 400-tlero sprang up 8 fairly active domand, under which the market ruled sleady ot full yeatorday's pricos, malos making at £4,50 @448 for paor fo comumon ; ut $4,0004.5 for medluin, and at $4,70@4.85 for good to foally cliolco, Heavy hoge eold at $4,30@4.05, and light wolghta at $4.60@ 4.85, Noxt week’s recoipts promiso to bo liboral, and ther {8 little probability of any improvemont in pHces, Tho market closod sleady at the nbovo quotations, Among tho dsy's traneactions wero the following : 10G HALYS, No, Av, Price| No. Av, Price) No, Av, Prics 47 178" $4.70 | 56 218 $4.05 | B3 238 $4.65 108 251 465 |20 231 83 204 485 Bl 200 4.02)| 74 202 88 a1 4 92 280 ddo (4T 17 82 190 475 8 201 455 (03 230 02 188 475 51 188 475 |33 100 164 201 485 44 209 475 |87 256 57 105 485 51 203 450 [150 187 35 100 476 41 203 475 (60 AT 187 207 480 68 187 470 |48 208 115 195 475 o4 3214 460 (35 279 45 318 440 02 235 470 |67 A 26 185 40 45 180 485 |61 24 7L 208 475 61 211 4.80 |02 204 51 180 475 SHEEP—The domand has bren almost wholly ros sisioled o wupplying tlo wanta of local consummoriy ij it equalod th suprly and prices ruled firm at aligh{ advaneo, tho boat selllng at $4.76@6.00, while poor ta ‘modium grades wero takon at $3,0084.35, Tho offore ings wero gouorally of conmon {o goodqualtiss, aud ialga woro montly st $0,600410. Bomo oxira s0id $5.25. ‘Tho warkot closed firm, LOTTERY. Offiotal Drawlng of tho Daily Combination: OLASS NO, 197, FOR JULY 26, 1873, I 97, 67, 9", 11, 84, 46, 70, 58, 65, 20, 2. 6 TS, S i Ay Pt 8, 3, B, 3, 73, a, Boalad ylaje scoutud o doposlt. ‘Prizos’ cashod and ipformation glven, by tie Saafod Doponiters, ¥; 0, DA , Managor, Roo u Teatich Offions, 431 Bodgmiokat., 315 Houts Osmal-dt., Gl Stata.st. DISSOLUTION NOTIOES. DISSOLUTION. Notios ts heroby given that the firmof Imhof & Hriy bas boen dissolved by mutusl conseat. Obas, B, Krig will colleot all outstanding accounts and pay al liabily o 'HUODORE E, IMIIOV, Qs m xara O