Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, August 10, 1873, Page 8

¥y 4B, AN OCEAN-VOYAGE. A Seventeen-Day Trip from New York to Callao. Disoomforts of the Amerioan Stoamer on the Atlantio, Comforts of the English Steamer on the Pacific. Tho Ride Across tho Istimus---Payta and Guayaquil---}ount Chim« borazo, Special Correspondence of The Chicaga Tribune, Laxta, Peru, June, 1879, I have beon g0 ofton askad to desorlbo by lot- tor the modo of couveyanco from Now York hore, and my frionds havo g0 ofton writton to mo to adviso them about tho inconvonioncos und trials of an oconn-voyage to Peru, that I bave ventured in this lotter to give my ox- perionces, in the hopo that any ono anticipating a.tnp to thia “ Cityof tho O1d Kings" may Xoow just what ho has undortaken and what o Jding to undorgo. And, although I am aleyal American, and have all tho natural prido of birth that belongs to a Now-Englander, yot jus- tico compols me to say that nowhere can bo found MUORE DIFCOMFORT AND INCONVERIENOE than on a voyage on tho Atlantlo from New York to Aspinwall. If thero are many San Franciceo passengors, thero aro sure to be fow rooms and o groat doal of uunccessary crowding, In the threo or four borths of & narrow stato-room, hardly wido onough to hold one trunlk and a very diminutive camp-chair, will bo put a grown porson to overy berth, making three or four porsons to overy state-room ; and, if nearly overy lady passenger has a small child or infant ‘with ler, yon can form some ides of the crowded condition of (he poorly-ventilated state- ‘rooms, the crying of infants, and tho con- stant aunoyance of closn quarters, wot spray, tho customary gale of wind off Iatteras, and tho hoavy een the entiro distance, Iwas assured that, since the opening of tho Pacific Railroad, tho travel hnd greatly fallon off, almost every California passougor proforring to go by rail. But I havo boen over tho oconu-route four timos, and I always havo found AN UNDUE CROWDING. There are always plenty of invalids, who profor the ocean-route 28 moro healthful than the rail ; and, ng they aro thomeolves nilivg and feoble, they can find full licenso to mutter, and groan, aud complain, 1t ovorything that transpiros on board tho steamor. Aud thero is no placo in tho wide world whero poople so do- volop tho dormant gclishness of their naturo ns on bowd o steamer. Especlally will you find this the ¢aso whon entiro strangera to oach other aro thrown together in such close proximity as wero the difforont occupanta of the state-rooms ; and angry feelings, and ill- will, and disturbances wore frequent. I must nfiirm that almost all of theso turmoils were gotton up, and kept up, by THE FEMALE PORTION of our passengers ; and that, if one of the malo porsunsion took any part thorein, ho was drivon into it and goaded on by tho complaints of his wifo or femnlo frionds. Tho first-class ladios, who formerly toolk the stenmor to and from Cali- fornin to New York, now prefor the rail; and tho loud-talking, boistorous fomales on the steamor to and fro (with a fow notablo excep- tions) were formerly steerage and second-olags paesengers, who cnn afford, from the reduction of fare, to travol first-class, and mako a stir, and attract attention. But, to return to the Amorican stoamers : All tho meats, vegotables, and othor eatablos on board aro taken from Now York, onice, and Laken back on the roturn trip ; so that they not only lose all their freshuess, but often become UNFIT YFOR USE. There will always bo a great doal of grumbling .| abont Lhis matter alone, and I canuot but ad- mire the utoio indifforence of tho Peruvian, who, if not 80 well-bred and polished, nover condo- scenda to find fault at & public table, % But when wo arrive at Colon gAnpiuwull), all our troubles como to an end. We tako tho cars for our three hours’ NIDE ACKOSS THE ISTHUS to Pannma. And what a glorious ride! The most fragrant exotics ; the most luxuriant fo- linge ; orango and lemon trees in full bloom ; bpicy, aromatic odors filling the air ; cocon-nuts ou high, palm-like trees; immoneo forna aud lichous ; ten thousand birds that sing in overy bush, and paroquots thnt whistle, and countless monkeys that chatter nod swing from treo to treo ; tho quoor, thatchied huts of the natives, liko littlo shells, and dusky, naked childron that swarm into the cars at evory station ; tho Ligh mountaing covered with folingo; eclear, wwift -+ mountnin-streams ; sudden showers that burst upon us, and as suddenly clear up in- to molting hieat again; long, pendulous, tlowor~ ing vines, that hang in festoons from treo to trce, and trail noross the very Lrack ; myriads of fire-flios, that hang their Inmps amid the denso foliago; and tho high, cloud-capped summit of the mountaing, from whose top the 8panish dis- coveror Baw Loth oceans at ouce. Wo are flually landed at & fine dopot, aud go to the Grande Ile- tel, in tho open square, whoro the clhinrges are £6 & dny in gold, and tho butter smells liko flsu-oil, and nover oven botrays one into tasting it. And now we ombark in the steam-tug that carriea us to tho English steamer on tho Pacific sido, bound for Poru, Those steamers seldom carry over 100 firal-cluss passengers, and, as thoy raroly sncountor storms or galos of any magni- tude, they can be kept porfoctly olenn, and form A BTRIRING CONTRAST to those on the Atluntic side, AMoreovor, thoy are constructed with an oyo to that solid comfort and couvenienco for which the Lnglish aro so noted, Thoreisacow or two on board, and thorofore plonty of fresh milk at the tablo, as woll as for the babies, who hnve boen fed on condensed milk on the othor steamer. All tho cattle are kept alive on board, and there is & buteber to kill them when thoy are nceded. Fowls—turkoys, chickons, snd ducks—nro ns fresh s possiblo; and by one can rolish the English boiled mutton aud capor-sauce, which ho muy nevor bofore Luve pnuh:n]nrlf' cared for, Tho English shoop are imported alive, at £7 & hoad, exprosely for the Pacific Stoam Navigation Company's stenmers, and uro the vory fiost of oating, 'Tho wines—port and shorry, 08 woll as claret—aro also put I?) oxprogsly for this Com- pony; aud the genuine roast beef and plum- pudding of Old England form a very PALATALLE AND SULSTANTIAL DIET. The solid machinery is all Lelow, and there aro no walking-beama to cause the nuploasant inr and rattlo of our American ateamship. Tho *aciflo ls:ouumlly Justifios her good name, and in aa placid ns o luko all tho way to Poru, althougl, when yon reach Chili, you generally’ encounter somo ficavy * northers” Mo largo, commodic ous stato-rooms, with sofa and easy-chuir, form [ g;unumg change from our uarrow, dark ones, ut two ul.nppnfm! are made before wo reach Poru, Ono is at Payts, o whaliug port, and also renowned for its pine-apples aud grapes, It ls ulko a portof clearauco for ships roturning from the Quanapo Islnnds, loaded with guano, The othor port of ontry is QUAYAQUIL. g The yollow-fovor and cholera usually run riol horo, altornating with tho emall-pox aud typhus- fover, Ho the passengors gonorally care vory little about ’f"u'f anhore to oxplore the wondors of Guayaquil, think Guayaquil tries hard to outrival Panama in bolng one of the montuu- ploaeant of placos, in ita fervid heats, its florco, cool rain-stormy, its sudden changes, und its myriada of mosquitocs. But one pleasant incl= dent oceurred on my fiist tilp to Quu{nqull. Euddonly, after o violont thunder-storm, tho sun burat forth, the clouds lifted, and the Captain uhouted to those on board to como up ou deck und doo ¢ MT, CHIMEONAZO, the highost peak of tho Andos, ~ Wo looked up, aud thero it braoded in solemn grandour, almost ovor us, and Its summit defined, as olearly and shiarply ausif cut with a diamoud, agalnst tho blnoof thowky. Many an old residont, born, living, aud dying in Quayaquil, hag falled to catch even a glimpso of its summit, Our Cap- talu sald that Le had gailed on that coast twenty- onoyesrs, and liad nover scon it befara. Noary hoad o voiled In cternnl fuow, or oy odu ondlogy elev g pna o may eps Ty Ll +| reached homeo -| ing to eat. years of wonry walling, AL Loth Tagte oy and nover soo its glory. uayaquil, tho NATIVE MEN AND WODEN, in Bmall bonts, ot nvo? concolvablo shapo and fashion, swarm around tho sloamor, llko flies around n molasros-hogaliend. In tho ovoning, they carry torches aud flambeanux 3 and their dusky faces aro very Dploturesquo, lit up in the glaro of thoir light, s thoy offer you ovory varloly of frult, flower, and ourlolty; and ono can hardly rosisb tho blandishmonta of fhoir eoft Bpanish ncconts ns thoy display their wares. Then wo lonvo all tropleal vufi:\lmlon bohind us; and, when we como in sight of blenk, barren hilis, and s notwork of tall mnats and spars, we know that we aro nonr- ing tho opon harborof Callno, aud that our soy= onteon dnys' sos-voyage from Now York to Callso i af an ond. WaLps. —_— NIGHT : A PICTURE. flea whoro the Zodino lights stand in the alr, Tuvorted shafta of twilight nusonry ¢ ‘columue, quarriod from tho m Uphold tiio mogio templo of tho Nighty Whero the dark glpsy dwella: and one by one— Bhie doth so love to docorate her hall— 8o liangs hor Iamps benoath ita shadowy dome. And now she bends to meot tho droway Enrth ; 8lio mustor all her forcos, and comes o In battle-front ; whilo all her squadroned slars Gomo marching silont up tho aky, and tako Thelr stations ou tho outpoats of Lior camy, And clinso tho fiyiug rear-guards of tho dny Fur through tho towercd gateways of tho \West, ExoLEwooD, July 30, 1673, 1.0, HUMOR. No man can bo a succossful poet whose liver s not disoased.—Danbury News. —Rector (golu§ Lis_rounds)— **An uncom- monly fino_pig, Mr, Dibbles, I” declare,”” Con- templative Villagor—*'AbL, yos, sir, if wo was on- 1y al) of us aa fit to dle s him, sir}” —Somo person who, according to Dr, Johnson, would not hositato to pick o pocket, says that tho drives at Long Branch nre filled with J chus, and tho hotol piazzas with Jehuesses. —A Rutland youth, who '*sloped " his board bill, sont thia exaeporating billot to hiu dofraud- od landlady: '*Miss A.—Pleaso do not worry about mo. Again I onjoy the comforts of a liome. My prosont hasn-maker improves on you considarably." —A rural papor eaya: ** Without intonding to Lo porsonal, we foel bound to declare that, if our Postmaster wonld rosign, many timid porsons would feel pafe about their monoy-lotters,” —A country girl, whoso supply of buitons for hor gown ran out, ecized her mothor's butter- plates, covered thom, and found them just the pattorn. —Literary Gont (at Snratoga, to Bhoddy Miss) —'“Havo yon road Blakespenre?” Bhoddy Miss—*‘ Of courso I Liave, I read them when they fuat came out."” ~—*Does ono woman in fifty fill the lower half of hor lungs with air?" i (he storn inquiry of o sonitary oxchange. Tho’ editor of that paper nover honrd the voice of sn infuriatod mothar-in-law. —If your errand-boy takes an unusually long time to bring your morning mail from tho Pont- Office, don't reprove him for being slow till yon d out how mauy postal cards be hns had to read, —The man who divided the human raco fnto two classes—oxploded humbugs and unexploded lumbugs—has not yot decided, so far &g hoard from, in which cluss to locato, —~Susan B, Anthony, remarks the DBoston Traveller, * wanty the name of the Pullman cars oltered either to Pull-man-and-woman or Pull- irrospective-of-sox cars. —In an oditorinl on the horse-digengo, {ho Congregationalist snggostod that it might bo well tosit at the foot of u horse and learn hu- mility. “Justeo,” says tho California News Letler ; ** sit down at tho hind feot of a mule and if ho don't humiliate you, Tllll Lig tnll and ticklo the inside of Lin logs with a stable fork.” —A Daris correspondont sonds this: * Why aro you orying so, my child #” inquired mamma of her grown-up daughter. ¢ Beeauso Mllo. 1. gavo mo a slap in tho face.” * And did you ro- turnit?" ¢ No; Igave hor ono firut," —Indianapolia claims to hnvo 17,000 childron, and yot sho let an alligator starvo to death thero tho other day morely for tho waut of something of that sort to eat.—ZLouisville Courier-Journal, —Not long sinco & young Kentuokian paid his undiyided attentlon to one of the fair sex, and concluded to pop the question. After much stammering aud hesitation, the young lady ox- clalmed, * I am partially engagod, but my mother wauta to marry 1" —*T hope, Mra, Giles,” said a lady who was canvasging for a choir at the village church, * you will porsuado your husband to join us, I am told he has a sonorous voice.” ** A gnorous voice, marm ?" said Mrs. Giles. ' Ah, you should Learit comin’ out of his noeo whon he's asleep!" —Ouce a carcless man went to the cellar and stuck the candle in what he thought was a kg of black sand. 1o sat near it driuking wine un- til the candlo burned low; nearer and nearer it got to tho biack sand; noaror sud nearor, until the blazo roached the black sand, and, as it was nothing elus but black wand, nothing happened, —~—Zunch las a pathetic picture of amarried couplo_on a calling trip. As thoy wait at tho door where thoy have rung the bell, Angustus is thus cautioned: * Augustus, love, lei o beg of you! Do not give way to any insaue demon- strations of delight bofore tho servant, if sho says they'ro not at home,” —Ono of the guosts ot & dinner recontly givon by the Union League Club, after eloquoutly re- sponding to the toast, Woman, God bloss Lior [? uite drunk, and bLad his oyo “Dlacked” by his wifo 1 & moment of cmotion, —A colorod debating socioty in'Trenton, Yenn., has just debatod the guostion, **Which is the most profit to mau—money or oducation 7 Ono of the debaters “F“M that if it had not been for education the world would not bave beon half so Jarge s it is. ‘Lhis clinchor was_met, Lowovor, Dy tho irresistiblo argumont limt It 't wan't £0r monoy how you gwino to rido on do kyars 7" It was at onco decided in favor of monoy. ibitions of 1878,—Miss Clara Ponsive (to hor drawing-master)—* Wuat on |3;ly modol ‘you must Lhave had for that young Iady iu your picture, Mr. Pigment!" BIr. Pigmont—* Do you think 8o ? My sister was the model.” Ming lara Pensive—‘‘Ah | Good gracious mo! Yeos, ought to havo known it, 8ho 1 ko like you,” —At o Sunday-school concert the otlior ovon- ing, tho followiug occurred: Littlo fallow (ro- citing his yerso)—*I am tho Broad of Lifo.” Buperintondont tEmuimum ¢ lim g {0 hiy kuowledgo of tho Biblo)— Who said *I am the Broad of Life#'" Little follow (in surprine)— I meid it —'*Jamos Jenkins," saida school-master to his pupil, “ what is an averago ?” *A thing, kir,” auswerod the_scholur, promptly, ** that hons lny eggaon” “Why do you say that, you mll}r boy #" replied tha pedagoguo. ‘¢ Bocauso, sir,” #nid tho youth, “I heard a gontloman say Lho other day a8 a hon would Iay, on au averago, & Lundred and twenty oggs & yoar.” —Tho Rev. —, ‘of lLirie, I'a,, i an onergotic workor, but s yot ho has falled to convert s certaln wealthy stockholder in various mining onterpriges. Talking to bim tho other day, ho said: “Br. ——, you ara getting your for- tune by investing in mining stock ; now I want Yon to take somo stock in tha golden stroots of Heavon." 'Tho roply was a continuanco of the mataphor: “Woll, T guoss I wou't invest to- day; I'vo lost considorablo on that North Bhore tiu investmont ; and who knows but the country ‘you rofor to may be ‘ salted’ too ?" —A yonth of 10 yonrs, residing in Binghem- ton, played so long on & recout afternoon thag ho did not got home until supper wes ovor, and consoquently was told that Lo could have noth- Casting one look behind him Lo started for the door, at tho samo timo romark- ing : **Mother, I'm goiug to die, and whon I'm dond I want the doctor to cut mc opon and look ut my stomach.” T'ho mothor, greatly alarmed, inquired what hie monnt, whon ho roplied ; *1 want them to kuow that T died of starvation.” A ‘‘slay of proceedings” wns ordered, and tho Loy turned from hiy ovil intontious to the Bup- por-table, —A _young married friend tolls a good joko on himuolf, porpetrated by & littlo 8-yoar-old ‘prldu of tho 'family.” Bhe is tho only pledge of love that has twined iteolf around tho hearts aud af- foctious of himself and wifo, A few evoningy slnco a ministor yisited the family and remained until after ten, At tho table the revorend visitor usked the blossing, and the little one oponed her oyes to tho fullest capacity in startlod wonder- mont. Bhe could ot undorstand what had boeon dono, and it was with groat perauasion that hor mother could keop her quiot during the timo thoy were at tho table, Whon they liad loft it she walked up to the minister, for whom sho had formod & gront friondship, and eald: * What did yon say st tho tablo boforo wo commenced onting 7' ** My little durling, I thanked God for i goodness “in giving us to oat, #o thal we might grow and bo strong.” ¢ Papa don't say that” ““What doos your papa say #" © Papiy sayn, ‘CGodlemighty, what o suppor’"— Lowell Courier. ——— | WANT TO BE A SHAH, 1 would I woro a fihali ot two,— 1" cut off Juliw’s pretty head ; o flivt, last Bunday, took aud lirow A roso-bud at tho foot of Frod, And Fred took up the rosc-bud, smiled, And tosacd a klss across to Julla, "l thu young girls aro oft beguiled ; (+2.1 fho Bhch, Bie Tred, T cool yo1 THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: SUNDAY,, AUGUST .10, 1873, - —— —— = — A STRANGE ADVENTURE. From the Gentleman's Magazine, A plensnnt placo of resort Is the Imporial Li~ brary at 8t Polersburg, ospecinlly during tho dismal supremncy of thoso half-casto Novembor doys which aro nolther pure autumn, nor pure winter, though combining tho worst qualitics of both. After tho long and wenry pausago of the Noveki Irospect, anklo deop in holf-thawed snow, bumpod ngainst by sulky foot-passengors, noarly run down by charg- ing slodges,wotted in n snonking, spiritloss mun- nor by tho rain, whichdrizzlesdown as if it could not mustor enorgy onough for & good hoarty pour ~nftor nll this it s no light eatisfaction to rench the open gen of tho yaat ‘Theatro Bquare, enter tho hospitable door of the gront library, commit ono's wob cont and spattored goloshos to tho rendy attendout, in his porennial bottle-groon cont with its surfaco rash of brass buttons, and spring up tho spncions atairway with a comfort~ ablo feoling of oucapo from the wasto, howling wildorness outeido, into which nothing sball in- duco ono toventure again for moveral hours to come, Itlutruo that, on your first ontranco, you do exporience o baunting ronsation of buing back agnin in the *Iiunl Bchiools ™ for your degreo exnmination—n fautnsy considerably nided by tho dead silonco of tho great hall, tho long rango of tablos with thelr busy occupants, ond tho black-robed figuro of tho curator on- throned at tho far end, like an fmago of passion- loss Fato ; but this, like most othor © carly im- yrosslons,” is not long in wenriug off. Horo, thon, it was that I prosontod myself carly one aftornoon on such & doy ns I have do- geribed above, in tho hope of- gotting a peop at tho latest additlon to tho library—a rare wind- 1all, described in the officinl roport na * A collec- tion, in the Spanish langunge, of all the docu- monts relating to Simon Doliver, the Liborator of Peru and Colombin, publishod nt Coracens, 1820-53, in 22 vols, 4to; only threo copics of which aro known to exiat in Enrope,—onoe in the Library of Darmutadt, another in that of Sto, Geneviove at Parly, and the third in-tho Britivh Musenm.” Unbappily I hind beon forestalled by o Ltussian eavanc, and was fain to console my- self with o re-ronding, for the tonth or elev- enth timo, of ono of Nikolai Gogol's weird modleya of broad farco aud ovorwhelming hor- ror, ovor which I lingored far boyond m: usual timo, Tho tablo lawps had been lighted, the othor occupants of the room in whick I mat (s smaller sod gloom- ior one than tho great salon devoted to jourunls and magazines) had droppod off one h{ one, till I was loft quito alone; aund the utter silenco and lonoliness, tho'latencss of the hour, the dimly- lightod room, with its long ranges of dusty folion and worn-caten manuscripts, as well as tho friguttul story that I had besn rending, com- hined to excite moin @ way of which I End bad 1o oxporienco for years pat, All of a sudden, just at tho moment when my nerves wero strained to the utmost, 1 bocame’ conscious of o fooling of uncasiness akin to that which arousos the sloeper when somo one_guzos stondfastly in his face. Ilooked up, and found mysolf con- fronted b{ o tall, slender, dolicato-fentured man, in doop biack, who was gzing at me with the intenso earneatnoss of one who sces tho object for which ke hins long striven in vain at last within his reach. 8o suddenly and eilently had he rison upon mo that I could not restrain a slight start, which Lie seomed to notico. # Pardon me if Idisturbyon,” said he In a soft but strangoly impressive voleo's and allow mo to ask (if it be not too great a liberty) whether yon aro a rosident of St. Petorsburg " * For tho prosont I am ; but 1 expectto leave shortly on a forolgn tour, Allow wo 16 ask, in turn, whetler you have any special motive for inqulrinfi:?" ** I will frankly own tht I havo,” with a courteous boy do me s grent favor,” Now, when a perfect strangor tells you that you can do him a great favor, il is natural to au- ticipato the requost of * o trifling loan,” and to {eel one's purse-tlrings quiver in ovory norve ; but on the vacuus viator principlo, 1 ‘was poer- feetly ousy upon that head. My apprehonsions took anothor form, Tho famos * Pichler rob- hories™ had beeu discovored but o fow weeks bo- fore, and if a respectablo Gorman professor (1) could Le guilty of such wholesale plundering, might not oven & mau as scomingly reputablo a5 my new acquaintanco hmbor similar designs? And yot, whon I looked ngain at his finely-cut fone tures and grand mnssive forobend, X folt ashamed of my momontary suspicions. “Iam awaro that, s o strangor to you, I am taking & gront liberty,” ko resumcd, “changing suddenly from Russian to French ; " but I must trust to your Lindness {o lot the urgency of tho ceH0 exeuso my want of ceromony, —‘Lho fact is, Iam on the brink of a great discovery Lo seienco, and I can soo that you are admirably qualified to ausist me."” “1, qualified to assist you, my dear gir ?" an- swored I, comparsionately; *“no man loss so, I assuro you! Ihave received n sound classical oducation—n sufliciont guarantes that I know nothiug of science, or of suything elso likely to be useful.” ““You are pleasod to jost, I concludo,” emd the unknown, with a shight smile; I have my- uelf tho groatest respect for the English univer- sitics, though, unhappily, I bave nover had thoe pleasuro of visiting them. But it is not of such qualifications ns theso that I spoak, Ihave boon observing you for tho last ton minutes, beforo addressing you, and have convineed mysolf that of all whom I invo mot in_St. Potorsburg, you uro capable of doing what I require,” Waa the man mad? Iis tons was porfectly caln and rational, but the light in Lis oyos as hio #poko tho last words was docidedly “* uneanny,” A vaguo recollection flitted scross my mind of an old Germaun ltzfum], tho dramatis persone of which were n student and . courteous stranger in black, while o cortain mystorious bond signod with blood figured Jargely” in the denoucment. Was_tho prosent interview to end in a similar way? Womy disturbed fancy, the lomps ap- peared to burn dimmer than beforo, aud the xoom seomed to Liava growa wuddonly darkorand colder, *“What do you want me to do, then ?” asled 1, somowhut ubruptly ; for ns thé man upoke I bocumo awaro of & feoling (appnrontly occa- sioucd by bis prosouco) which is vory hard to describo intelligibly, 1y thoughts seémed dis- ordared, or rather I hind lost the power of fram- ing thom cohorently; n siraugo and not unploas- ing excitoment, such ns I have occasionally ox- porionced ot the sound of certzin kinda of muslo, completoly posscssed mo; and blended with (£ was vaguio sonso of suljection (as 1f nn- der tho dominion of a will sironger than my own) which was_altogothoer new tome, Iad boen o beliover in mosmorigm, I should have #aid that a powerful “magnotizer" stood beside mo; as it was, I judged it h!fih time to cat ehort. tho interview. Iut bofore the unknown could reply, tho custodian of the dopartuent, who had been hnving a ohat with his brothor officor in tho noxt room, entored, with a warning that tho library (which is never opon aftor 9 . m.) was about to cloro, As wo dosconded tlie btairs, tho stranger, who had taken out his pocket-bool, answored my question by offoring mo a card. ““If you will favor mo with a visit any ovening noxt weel;,” said ko, ““I elll bo able to oxpluin to you moro fully the experiment I spoke of. May I bopo for your kind assistanco 7 1 licaitated & moment heforo roplying. Iad X Deen o man of scienco, I should naturally have doclined to amsist in n discovery tho credit of which 1 was not to have ng'mlr' but Dbeing u moro ignorant olassman of xronl, roudy to fling myself into any now ndventnre *for the fun of tho thing,” Irather Iiked the idea than oiher- wigo, Moroover, tho intonse enrnosiness of the stranger's munnor, and auother indefinablo feel- ing hesides, made mo loth to rofuso him, J'BoLe it!" said I, recklessly; I am at your sorvico, . Lot us uny Monduy evening j 1have no cngagement thon,"” ** Fon thousnud thauks " said the unknown, & ‘:low of genuino satisfaction lighting up his may- blo fontures, * On Monday, then, at 7 o'clack, I shall oxpect you, Qood evening.” And wrapping himself in a long gray cloak liaudod him by the conelorge, he vanisliod into tho outor darincss, whilo 1, by tho light of the paksago lamps, rond on the eard which ho had givon me: Dimitrl Antonoyiteh Tchondofr, Lrofoesor of Natural Bolence, On the Saduvaya, Tougo Lopenchkin, Ladging No, 9, Tunctually at 7 o'clock on Monday evening I turned the cornor of the Budovays, and mudo for tho house mdicated, Like nmiany other Jargo housos in 8t Potersburg, it wns onterod through a yard, and portioned off iuto separate ilats, onch “inbabited by o difforont tennnt, so that it was not without' somo troubla that I ut length found the numbor I was in search of, T had barely timo to ring, when the door was nolyolossly opened by o tall, gaunt, pule-faced lackoy in doep black, who looked (as I'could not 1 hio roplied, “itisin your power to (1) Thia man, & reapectable aud woll-known habitue of ti library, actually carrled oft at differant tiios, [n the arttully-coutrived porkots of bis louse coat, noarly 5,000 rare books and MEH,, with which, but for tho oreat accldant, ho would "have decamped in sufoty, o Las been agutoucod 1o trausyortation for Uy, Lolp thinking) asif his mastor had ralsed him from tho dend by o galvano exporiment. ' was uslhered into a small cabinot) literally walled in on every pido by rangon of books, ‘T'ho central tablowns hoapod with piles on pilos of maps,* !)lnnu, dingrams, and mnouscript notes; nne u tho midat of tha chaos nat tho I'rofoesor him- olf. in n blnck volvat dressing-gown, rending by tho light of n elinded Inmp, - p ‘! Wen thousand thanks, my denr sir,” enid he, aprluglng up and shaling me warmly by tho hand.” *'T was suro that I conld depond mpon ou ; and I am glad to sny that I am oqually cor- nin 'of succoen in our proposod oxporiment. Tely upon it, the discovery that we nre seoling will bo mado," Linwardly thought that M, Tchoudoff might as woll have spoken for himsolf, considering what 8 vory subordinate part in tho * discovory™ way reservod formo ; but I moroly bowed, and ox- pressod my sntisfaction nt being ablo to givohim assiatanco, “ Your aeslatnnco will bo invaluablo, I nssure you," hio auswored ; * and all the moro 80 that, a8 1 havo alrondy sald, I know not whore elso I could hiave looked with oqual hopo of success, But, boforo wo commenco onr oxporimonts, allow 1me to offer you some rofreshmont,” Ho touched o small boll besido him, and tho cndavorous servant ronppoared with coffco and o Into of thin white cakos, which oxhaled & pocu- iar (rngfrnncn sltogether now to me. Tho Pro-~ fosuor fillod my cup, and_remnrked, a8 ho held tho plato towards mo, * I find thoso sweotmonts rathor Enod cating; the rocipo is one which I myuolt brought from tho East. * In the course of ylr‘mr travols’ you bavo doubtless fallen in with thom.,! I roplied in the vogative, and fancled (doubt- Jes It was only fancy) that I conld detect in his 1nco tho faintest shndo of satisfaction at my ro- ply, As my host took his coffeo cup, I glanced b the book which ho had Isid down. It wass copy of “Tho Coming Raco.” ** A vory amusing book," I romarked; “but of courso uttorly oxtravagant.” “ Porhaps not,” answered tho Professor, with n singular emphasis in his tono, * On theo con- trary, it is (in my opinion, at loast,) o vory pow- urrnlly-dm\m allegorical picturo” of cortain changes which, sooner or lator, must undoubt- cdly take placo. I will not go o far ns to nssort thot all tho wondora asoribed to tha * Vril- stoll’ a0 to bo reeeived as truth; but Iwill confidontly say that there Is a large substratum of fact underlying the wholo description.” Tor tho second time I bogan to Liave doubta of the sounduces of my new friend's intel- leet. That scienco has utill vast discoveriea to mako, no ono who has oven & slight ac- :iuululnncu with {t in its present form can oubt for n momont; bub when a loarnod man fira.vul{ln o fluid which, ** iuclosed in the hollow of arod held by the haud of o child,”is capablo of {* hinttering tho strongest fortroas, and clenving ‘its burning way from tho front to the rear of an cmbattled host," is quito within the boundsof porsibility, it is only natural to foel somewhat skeptical, ' In order to avoid tho necossity of xe- plying, T devoted myself to the Eastorn sweot~ moeats, which had & peculinly rich, luecious, nimost intoxicating flavor, a8 new to mo as their scent (2). Perhaps I ean best convoy an idoa of it by comparing it with that of tho finest guava jolly. M. Tchoudoft now turned the conversa- tion o classical eubjocts, and discussod, with tho animntion of one who bad scon tho things which le deseribed, tho grandeur of Egyptian monumonts, the boauty of Athonian soulp- tures, tho porfoct military organization of nncient Rome. On all theso topics his infor~ mation seomod boundless; and_the flow of his discourso, illustrated by tho display of “‘an- tiquos™ Buch as tho gavants of tho lmperial Museum would have periled thelr lives to get a sight of, iusonsibly carried mo awny with it, Lit- tlo by littlo thoro ‘cnme over mo what I may term tho comploment or sequel of the excito- ment which bad soizod mo in the Fmporial Li- bmri; on mH first meeling with M. ‘Cohoudofr; cud blended with it, now as then, was tho feol- ing of being dominated by an qvormastering in- finonco, At length, hoplug to shiake off ~tho growing oppreasfon, I rose from my scat and walked to tho other end of tho room, s if to ox- amino tho books on the farther sliclves; and then, for the first time, I remnrked a wmall round tablo, upon which lay a broken sword-hilt, & crumbling manuscript, and a rusty spear-haend, ‘‘'Thoso uro tho last additions to my antiquo-~ rian museum,” gaid M, 'Ichondofr, coming up to tho tablo: *and I am now engaged in trying to find out their history. Porhnpn you may bo able to‘hgly’l'ne." 1 {*Yes, you may possibly find somo clue which bhas ozcaped mo; your oyes aro younger than wine. it down and examine thom at youreaso,” I oboyed unsuspoctingly ; but scarcely had I talion up tho sword-bLilt (which happonod to lio nearest), than the Professor, quick as thought, mado uovoral passos with Lip honds in front of my faco, following them up by drawing o Bpongo, dlpsod in somo fragrantliquid, across my forchead, . In nmomont (a flash of lightning is not more instantancous) I was weized with a terrible spasm of uervous convulsion, a8 if (to quoto o famous passage) ‘‘every Loue, sinew, nerve, fibro of the body wore wranched open, and someo hitherto unconjectured presence in the vital organization were forcing itself to light with all tho pangs of travail'(8). This ngony was suc- coeded by & briof period of unconsclousness ; nud then camo o suddon sonse of joyous vigor, of bounding and elastic buoysney, as though I lind in vory deed awaked to anew lifo In which 10 pain or weaknoss could find place. And this was the scheme upon which I awoko. I atood 1n a deep, narrow gorge, on tho shore of a dark Inko, ehut in_on overy sido by moun- taing, whoso higher slopes were shrouded in gray mist. Iwas arrayed as if for battle, and avound mo stood armed men, thousands upon thousands, with tho crosted lolmet, and hugo shield, and short brond-sword of tho Roman Iogionary ; and bosido me were the sacred on- signs that bore tho {uitials of tho Seuata and Poon!n of Rome ; but armor and standards alike looked dull and leadon beneath tho onvircllu(.i dimness, aud upon overy face was an awful shadow, the shadow of approaching death. Then suddenly thero burst from tho cloud abovous a clamor of countless cries blonded into ono,—tho ehnll scream of the Moor, the flerce shout of tha Spaniard, the deep bellowing war-whoop of tho Goul; nud_out of the ghostly mist broko o whirling throng of Lalf-scon figuros—stately mon in gorgeous armor, white figures in tossing white mantles, grim giauts naked to the waist; and down upon us thoy came with tho rush of & stormy sen, Thenm, through tho whole defilo, tho battlo raged aud roared’; the air was thick with flying lmrw, the ground miry with blood, Our mon fell, rank on rank; the enemy pressed nearer and nearer. And my standavd-boaror dropped ot my foot, f:rmming with his Inst breath, * Caius Flaminiug, the gods bave for- sakenus!” and my sword broke short in my hand; but with tho hilt I still struck fiercely to right and loft, Andnow & toworing Lorsoman came ruuhmt; at mo with lovelod spear; I felt s suddon shock—a fierco grinding pang—and then all waa a blank. I was wallung slowly, with o roll of manuseript in my hand, along o broad opon #paco (like the ublic Ylncu of n great oity), thronged with no- lo soulptures, and goodly altars, nnd stutely tomples, and all the glory” that still lingored in fimporial Athons after tho fatal day of Cliwronos, And around mo lay tho Lonutiful eity, not s I had soon if in my waking hours, ravaged and searred by ages of ruin, but in all the splondor of its primo, To my loft roso the baroe limestons rldf,u of the Arcopagus; to my right the rugged Lill of tho Puyx, crowned by its semi-clreular inolosure and tribunal of hown stono, & council hall not made with hauds, worthy of the groat spirits that tenanted it, In frout tho great bay- tion of tho Acropolis rose up stark and grim againet tho sunny sky; ond on its summit ap- veared the glorlotn frontage of tho Propylis, and the eight marble columus of the Farthenon, nnd the mighty figure of Minorva Iromnchus, with hor crosted helmot aud bruzon sponr, ‘¢ Well, friond, how fares it with you ?" sald nFrnve-loang may, the foremost of sevoral who wera following me. ** Aro yon rendy to ap- pear on yonder sluge {o-morrow, with ol tho won of Athens for u chorus ¢" 1 fear nuthlni;," auswored I; “and least of alldo I foar that dundy coxcomb, Aschines— totho rayons with him! But lo! hore ho f?m«lan, with all his chorus of frogs ubout hin A nolsler group bore dawn npon us, In the con- tro of which wnt o wan of hundsonie fonturos, but somowliat tano expression, who Lalted ,luul hl‘{rfillt olllmo’:‘ 3 4 oom |" ho cried, sneeringly; ¢ room for Domosthienos tho thundorer, wha elinkon. (ha ourth with Lis wordy, and slays men with tho breath of his mouth " Au Lie spoko, there ruehod throngh me o renso of nvnr\vhuhninxg power, un though I could in vm? deod lnst him with breath, I looked him full in Lo fuco, and he quailod, “Phoro wil bo room onough Tor mo whon your place i ompty,” answercd I, * Ag surely ns tho gods laok down wpon us this day shall you bog n l«idumg from tho Tersiun 1o muny ‘days are paut,” As tho words wero ultored, I bocamo uncon- EBCION ONCO MOr0, I was warching (n the raukuof a groat host, armod and sirayed aftor the ald l’orufim fashion, () It s beon suggontod L0 o that (heso drugs (for such {Loy undoubledly wero) sy bave beon partly anwerablo for whiat followod—n hoory wiieh T sty ot in a posltion either to couftrm or to duny, (9) & Strange Story, Yol 4, clap, 33, wuires yon that tho oxistoncoof |, through 5 boundlons dosort, whoso dull, tflflfl!y glaro wearled tho™ ey with ts ‘grim monotony, To the farthost horizon thoro was ito sight or sound’ of lifo; and wo loaned upon our spoars, for wo woro weary and disheartencd, And suddenly, amid the quivering have of intonso hont tha| girdled the horizon thoro apposrad o _dark spof, Which brondoned, and deopencd, aud widenod, Lill {6 ovorsproad all that qunrter of the ely. Thon, in & moment, its darkness turned to firo, und came whirling fownrds us liko 6 wave of tho soz, and in the shadow of the coming destruc- tion overy man saw in his noighbor'slivid face tho horror thiat wau writton on his own, Then cama & ronr as if tho earth woro ront in_twaly, snd n liot Llnst smoto full upon us, and onrth and nir woro sliakon, and we foll to tho ground like dend mon. “Ttojolco with ine, friond!" snld a yolco in my ear, aa I awoke to connciousnoss ; and besido mo stood tho Professor, radiant with joy. “I have lonrnod from you sl that I wished to know. This sword is thntof Flaminius, tho Coneml, who foll_at Lako Thrasimono: this manusoript i tho firet draft of Domosthonos’ Crown Ora~ tlon; this spoar-head is arolic of the lost de- tachment of Cambyses’ Afrienn oxpodition, M ont dincovery is at length complote, and it g hig: that cortain exceptionally-gifted porsona cnn bo stirred by thoe moro contact of any object to follow it back through ail tho chinngos of its existonco, and_rend its his- tory from the very beginning. Honcoforth the sonals of tho enrlyages are o blank no longer; with tho aid of this now science (surpassing moro clairvoyance ag far as the cannon surpasses tho cntapult) wo shall carry tho torch of Truth through'tho darkest windings of the past, and road all tho socrots of antiquity, But I tire you, my friond, and you have noed of ropose, Onco moro accopt my thanks, and pardon the trial to which I hiavo subjocted you; it was nocossary for tho ndvancoment of scionce. Within a weok I start for Turkestan_on a sciontific .mission; but on my return we wllll pleaso God, pursue our re- searchos to tho ond.” An hour later I was baok at my hotel, in the first stoges of a fovor, which kept mo out of harm’s way. till my friend the Professor was woll on his rond Enstward. With my consent, wo shall nover moot-again, As s reasoning and ac- countnblo cronture, I objoct to boing turned into o kind of dredger for tho fishlng up of sunken {acts and traditions. Isco the Turkestan News every weok ; and tho moment there is any word of M. Tchoudofl’s roturn I shail at once send in my. puugort and betnko mysolf to Japan, Mox- ico, or tho North Polo, as chance may dircct. | MONETARY. BATURDAY EvE,, Aug, 0, Thoe market for exchange has been working closor all the wook. Betweon banks to-day the prico was 25@600 promium por. $1,000 with moat #alos at the higher figure. Somo refused to soll at that, If this shapo of things continues much longer, currency will hnve to shipped—a thing that is to bo regretted, for it will very soon be ordered back to mooet tho domand for funds to movoe the cropa. Par and 1-10 premium is still tho more usual rate to customers, the lower for Inrgo depositors. A steady but as yot not o vory large domand is coming from country doposits for curroucy. Monoy continucs vory abundent, and demand light. Nominal rate of discount, 10 por cent, with concession for short firat-clnes businosa papor of 1@3 per cent by some of tho banks. Btreot paper {s not very abundant, and rates ere nominal at 1@2 per cont per month, with concessions. Only woll-secured parcels find favor with purchasors. TUE SWANSEA SMELTING WORKE. Mossrs. Adam Smith & Son, baulkers, roport tho product of tho Swansen Works, for the weok onding Aug. 9, as followa : Slipped 28,9301 ouncas of silver, Valuo, Gold contalned 1n tho ellVerussveasseesss, J$13,008 000 47,008 - 60,985 ‘Wo hopo_also to prosent the productof the Dl‘lfihtml Works heroafler overy weok. Clearinga Tor the week onding Aug, 9, 1875 : Date, Clearngs, Ralances, 4,760,107.90 $470,980.75 Tnesdny. 8,020,002.98 "147,345,30 Wadnoad: 839,41 260,058, Thursday, 8,89, 301,840.85 Eriday, 3,452,100, 17,142,46 Baturday + D,C04,650.67 267,620,43 Tl vursvvrenee vvners§20,304,058,14 $2,051,600,71 Corrosponding week last * VEATuuovunusoneenes vers 3,607,04070 2,304,740.67 Tho following quotations of loeal stocks aro furnished by Messrs, Hnmmond & Gago, finan- cial agonts, 76 Washington strect : First Nntfonal Dank, ‘Third Natlonal Bank, Bid, Asked, - 136 Fifth National Bank, 125 Union National Bank, 150 Commiercial National 145 Morchants' Notional Banlk, German National Bank, , Manufacturers’ National Dank.... Northwestern Natfonal Bank,, Corn Exchango National Bank, City National Bank, ... . 145 CGoole County Natlonal Bl 05 10 Nutlounl Bank of Illinols... 108 110 National Bauk of Commer 103 Ghicago City Railway., 135 West Division Railway. 17 North Divislon Raftwa; 98 Tulimn Palaco Car. o 114 Elgin Watch Gompany. Li05 o1y Chicago Gas Light nnd Goko Gompany, 113 15 Chamber of Commereo. ... TS i Traders’ Insurauco Company sove 300 COMMERCIAL. BATURDAY EVENING, Aug, 0, The folowing were tho receipts and shipmenta of tho lending articles of produce in Chicago durivg the past twenty-four hours, and for the corrosponding dato ono yonr ago: TECEIPTs, || BUIFMENTS, 1070, | 1872, || 187, | 1873, Tlour, brla, | 6877 3,018 Whieaf, by 23,870| 95,650 Corn, bu, 845,780 161,303 Oate, by 43,075 Tiye, b 400) Darloy, b 2,088 Grans need, 1b. 16,844 Flox sced, | NS room-corn, | 13,460 Otirod meats, I 322005 Tiee, br 130! 920 10,0500 19,600) 91,208 7] 2351 28 gy 11y 130,884 gl 4,461 1081 ‘Withdrawn from store on Friday for city con- sumption : 4,052 bn wheat ; 9,683 bu corn; 8,140 bu oats ; 613 bu ryo. Withdrawn for do during tho weolc: 22,180 bu wheat; 14,875 bu corn ; 21,708 bu onts § 8,109 b ryo ; 3,884 bu barley, Tho following grain has beon inspected into storo this morning up to 10 o'clock : 124 cars wheat; 628 cars corn; 10,000 bu No, 1 do, 7,800 bu No. 2 do, aud 12,000 bu rojected do, by canal; 40 cara oats; 10 cars ryo; 2 oars barloy, ‘Total (708 cars), 815,000 bu, Tho following were the rocolpts and shipmonta of breadstufls and live stock at this point dur~ ing tho past week, mnd for the corresponding wooks ending as dated: ; BROEIPTA, Flour, brla 30,051 21,100 Wheal, bu 0838 ALY 168,160 Corn, 'bu 1,199,003 1,602,173 1,307,720 Onte,’ bu U550 200,405 104815 Ttyo, L. M0 GOST 20418 arloy, b 2050 &S 6700 Tivaliogs, No. 45401 BTICT 4oL Cattlg, No. L oImeel 00 19107 BUIPMENTH, Tlour, brla.cvveiiiiies 20918 32402 10,057 Wheat, b L1941 aoLTiy San Coru, bt 2,035,902 1,355,755 1,750,80% Oat, b, 40,003 314,700 287,767 Ry, .. 8450 Harlo, bi 02 7 9,080 Tivelioge, onI 4NN05 44008 Gattlo, K e s vus "' loading produco markots wore only nod- oratoly aclive to-day, some of thom being quite dull, as is usual on Baturday, and nonoe exhibited any romarkablo dogreo of vitality. Tho movo- wmont of produco exhiblts no romarkable foaturo, otlier than the continuod offorts of a fow dealors in corn to reduco our stocky, in eplte of big ro- ceipts for tho season. Lho weathor oontinues fino, nnd tho crop prospeots aro {mproving, es pooially in whent. Dry goods woro quotod modorately notive,with Httle or no chango in valuos, The grocory mare kot waa rathor quiet inmost dopartmonts,coffoos, sngars, and rico boing tho only artlclos in which thoro was much ammation, Coffeos aro still somowhat oxcited, and havo again takon nn up- sward turn, - A furthor advanco in Now Yorl is roported, and tho market horo 18 fo highor in sympathy, all grados shatlng In tho advanco. Tico continuos strong, snd Carolina Is now quotod at 05@03{c. The market for rofined sugers was steady and firm, but raw grados woro uneottled, and lowor, deolining }@3e. Bgrups, splcos, and gonps ro- mamn - fim. .Condles, sdloratus, nnd othor articles ruled atoady. ‘The butter mnrkot ‘was moro liberally supplied, aud was scarcaly ns {firmn ns onrlior fn tho waok, oxcopt for striotly choico qualities which wero solling at full former quotatipna. Oleoso continucs satiafac- torily active, with pricos firm and unchanged, In tho fish markot no new fenturos wore notico- wblo, Btocks aro genorally light, but the do- mand is falling off some, and donlors do not an- tiolpate any furthor difficulty in promptiy filling ordors, Dried frulta woro more quiot, but aside from prunes the feoling scomed very frm all eround, whiloe in certaln linos tho ton- donoy- s slill in an upward diroction, Blaok-ragpboerries, pitted cherrles, and parod peaches aro bocoming searcos and thoro are no vory large stocks of any do- ecriptions, Coal was activo and firm a8 provi- ously quoted : Lobigh ab $10.60; Lacknwanna at 89.50; Walnut Hill and Ero nt $9,00; Minonk ot £8.00, and Wilmington at €6.00. Thora was no change in the condition of tho hny market, 1lidos and loathor wero quoted quiot aud stoady. In tho ]ond|n¥ ois n fair amount of trading was dono ot about former rates, o decline of do in linsood belog the only quotablo change. In round lota carbon is sofling at 163¢e, but 1734o is the ruling prico with tho Jobbing frade. Pafnts, culum,gf ron, tobacco, “aud wood woro quict and stondy, The domand for lumber at tho yards continuos modorato, and prices aro without variation. largo floot nrrived ab the salo-docks, but, am usual, on Bnturday, tho atiendanco of buyers was small, and tho domand was light, being con- fined to a fow lots for city dealors at formor ricos,” Lator in the day tho domand for cargo- umbor improved, and about twenty cargoos woro dlspgsed of st unchenged pricos, The socolpts _during tho day woro liboral, The "bardwaro trade was rathor quiet, Lut pricos, aro tolerably etendy for tho motals, and ‘mails aro quotablo at 450 ratos. Iron was unchauged, Thero wero no now features in tho market for build- ing materials ; brick arc meeting with o moaderato inquiry, and are not particularly firm, though o good qunlity of common is liold b £0.50@7.00. Thoro was no chaugo to noto in cooperage. Wool continues fairly nctive and steady, whilo the market is firm for somo grades, tho ugerlngu boing light. Hops and broom-corn wero without alferation. Timothy eced was {uirly.active, and good to prime offerings were steady at £9.76@4.90, :mdl(llnahblo easy nt £3.00 scllor the month; algo eold at $2.90 soller Sop- tomber, Other secds wore iInnctivo, Choico groon fruits sold readily at previous prices, but common offorings wero slow, Potatoes woro in liberal supply and dull. Thore was rather moro inq for poultry, and prices were stondior for desirablo stocls, though tho offoringa were large. Eggs were unsettled ; choico lots wero offered nt 14@14%40c, whilo a fow warranted cases brought 16, Highwines were dull and stendy at the declinoe noted yestordny. Thore was a light demand for winos to be delivored to-day, which sustained tho market at the price notod yestorday, at 91ido per gallon, ns thore was littlo on hand,” But the feeling for futuro was heavy, aud wines to be de- livered during tho coming weak could have been hn'd at 9le. Sales wero repottod of 100 brls at 91le, nko froights were mora active, and steady at tho rocent decline, nt 5ic for _corn and 5i4e for wheat by sail to Buffalo. Wheat to Kingston was nominal at 12c, Throngh rates werg un- changed at 230 for corn to Now_England pointa ‘vin, Buffalo, and 260 for do via Ogdonsburgh, A totnl of ihirteon chartors was roported, which will carry out 41,000 bu wheat, 830,000 bu corn, and 86,000 bu onts. Provisions wero very quiot, but averaged & sbade firmer, holders being Tlltu strong in their views, whilo buyors gonerally held off. Mees pork was about 5@10¢ por brl higher, with old quoted firm at $14.624, Lard was ?go er 100 1bs highor, tho recent decline having rmfighl‘. out s fow ordors, which owners wore unwitlinj to flllat tho rates named. Meats wore quictan unchanged, but with a strong undertono, born of the reported shipments, which indicato & matorial roduction of stocks, alboit a considorable proportion of tho shipments i3 of summor-cured product. The market closed ot tho following ranga of pricos: Moss pork, cmsh or seller Au- gust, @16,76@10.80; do geller Boptomber, 216.85@16.90 5 do soller Octobor, $16.00; do sollor Decomber, ~$12.75@18,00 ; lard, cash or soller Soptombor, 57.57%@&00;- summer ' do, 7@ Tige. Bweet pickled Lams quoted at 10@ 1230, salted ments stendy 8t 7Y@ 80 for shouldors ; 03¢@D%¢o for short ribs ; ‘and 9}4@9%%e for shortuloar. ‘Boxed shoulders, 8%@ 8ge; English meats, 9%@10c for short ribs; 10¢ for short clear, Dacon is quoted at 88{c for shoulders ; 104¢c forcloarribs; 10340 for short clear: and 14@16}40 for hams, all packed. Mless beof, 86.75@Y.00 ; oxtra moss do, 80.76@ lg‘lg %’l‘mol homs, 32450%@25‘.029./@%5 Cflélol\v, 1 0 ; grease quotable at 43 c. Salos woro roported of G600 brls mous’ pork at 815.75 ; 600 brls do sellor Boptember at $16.85; 500 brlg do sollor Octobor at £15.00 ; 100 tes summor Inrd at 7(%{«1 Rer 1b; 5,000 Ibs bacon hams at 150, canvasod and packod; 16,000 1bs breakfast bacor at 11340, packed. Lhe Daily Commercial Report gives tha fol- lowing a8 the shipmeuts of provisions from this city for tho waok ending Auk;. 7, 1879, and sinco Nov. 1, 1873; also, comparativo figures: Tork, | Lard, | Hama]Should'ra] Jiddier, .| e, tbs, bria, | tes. B,u7d 3480|708 4ah.007| 3,09.7%0 3 i3hok tloe T2, L 20 103, 411:613 6521123,676176, 671] 3, 600, 6951 163, bipmonts in detail were sa follows: Shoulders, ort rib, 110 bxa; long clear, 201 bxa ; long 7ib, 10§ bxa ; Cumberlands, s bxs? Strobfords, 108 b Statfordsbire, 37 bxs: Eouth Slaffordshire, 50 bzs} Jong Liaws, 238 bxa: Birminghams, — bxs ; rieh cut, 25 bxa; bacon, 368 bxs: Etaordshire hame, 38 ba} cloar Lacks, 100 bxs ; boliles, 88 bxsj Lelcostornlyiro, 2 , R, middlos, 16,333 pos; shoulders, 24330 fea; wlddlos, 200 bui; yreaso, 120 plge; tallow, 912 rls'; tongues, 0 brls; boet, 958 brls, Tlour was in much better demand, thore boing quite an active inquiry for oxport, in nddition to & fair local trado, which protty effectually cloaned out the stooks of soveral dealers, leaving but Jit- tla horo that s not ulready sold for oxport. Tho markot was o shado flrmor in consoquenco, sov- oral donlors asking 123¢o por brl advanco, but ‘wero not gonerally able to obtain it. Tho bettor inquiry for flour is & part of tho movement noticed under the hoad of wheat, to supply de- flcioncios fn Europo. Bran was stoady. Balos woro roported of 50 brls white wintor cx- trns ab 87,005 100 brls do at £6.25; 500 brls spring oxtras at $7.25 ; 100 brls do at $7.00 ; 100 Drls do nt 86,75 ; 300 brls do at $0.50 ; 100 'brls (Tovorito) at 86‘31}g~ 250 bria do at 86,25 ; 200 Drls doat'$6,10 ; 40 brls do at $0.00% 300" brls do at $5.76 ; 50 brls low ot #5.00 ; 3,664 brls do onprivate torma, "otal, 5,014 brls, Also, 20 tons bran at 810,00 deliverod. The followiug was tho olosing range of prices : Tair to clhoico WhIto WIBLCE 6XUraS,.,..e.§ 0I5B 9.00 Red wintor extras. . .75 7,00 Good 1o cliolco sprilig oxtra. .00 0.50 Low to modium. . 4.00@ 0,00 Mliunesotas (patent). 7.00310,00 Good to funcy Miuni 6,000 7,00 Bpring suporhnes, 2,50@ 450 o flour 4.00@ 425 Vran,, 0.60310.00 Wheat was stron[.i, stondy, and quiet, Tho Tivorpool tologram indicated s little moro of strength on tho othor sido of the horring-pond, and our stocks aro small, which facts counter= acted tho offects duo to reported declines in Now York, and to incroased recelpts horo, Most of tho cash whoat now in storo is hald off tha markot, having bean bought up for millers' use, ond thero was till o good domand, both for looal milling and for shipmont, which took up nll the cash offorings, au xn-o{mbl{l would have ab- sorbed flyo timea 88 “much had it been on the floor. It now seems almost cortain that thoe English crop will bo somewhat smaller than tha averago, and that France will bo obliged o buy to oko out hor own dofleloncios, in- #ténd of having n surpluy to export, a8 in soveral 1::!42 yoars, Innsmuch as our own yleld voluminous in qusntity, and magnificont in quality, thore is a good proy- peot that the Northwest will realiza such good lu'iuun on a good quantity of wheat this yoar, as 0 partiully componsate for the dopressions of tho post. ~Tho presont sspoot of the situntion Lo attraotod & good many orders hore for cash lots, and also for investinent for noxt mouth, and this osused a marked (bacause dispropor- Mmuluz advance In the price of the Septembor optlon to-day; it averaged 2¢o highor, while this month's dollyesios woro noatly 7¢e lower thun Fris | rocoipta in’ an; August, $7.16@7.87% ; do’ soller” day's avorago, though tho lattor woro strongor than at tha cloro las 'ovunlng. Hallortho month oponod at 81.151¢; ndvancad to #1.16, aud roceded to 81.16%¢ at the closo. Bollor Hoptownber sold ot §1.085@1.10, olonlnr at 81,005, Holler firat half of “Hoptembor sold at 81712, and sslior - tha yoar sparingly at 81,00, Onsh No. 2 spring wan firm at §1.20° a1l . through tho ossion, for Touso, but with o marked dise orimination of 1@1ifc for ronnl?ln in houses whoro littla or no now whoat has yob been taken in, No. 1spring closed at about $1.22 for nor, and nnmlnn[’at 51,25 1.20 for old. No. 8 spring was 2@30 higher, closlng at £1.07, witha prome fum of 1o for lots in tho Northwestorn or Con- tral, Rojooted spring closed firm at 9lc, Red winter was dull ot the samo pricos a8 pald for tho corrosponding grades of epring. Onsh alos'wero mnnrtufi of 400 bu No. 1 spring, | now, at 81,231¢; 800 bu do at $1,23 ; 400 bu do at 81,311¢ | 400 bu do nt-$1,21 ; 10,300 bu No. 2 spring at 81,22 ; 25,600 bu do st $L21}4 ; 1,600 bu do'at 1,21 400 bu do ot 81.205¢ ; 3,000 bu do at 81,2031 ; 12,800 bu do at 140 10,700 bu No. 8 spring it £1.08; 4,400 bu do at 4107 2,800 budo at 81.06; 400 bu 'rojacted at 911¢o; 8,600 ‘budo at 910: 800 bu do at’ 0! gos 400" bu do at 000 400 bu wintor wheat, No, 8 rod, at $1.08 ; 00 bu rofoctéd at 020, Total, 85,000 bu. ¢ fior,:} \]vns 15:11: ncllv%. o ‘\venk, nvurugil:g ully J¢e lower than on Friday, in sympathy with dnuyunuu roported from New York, {’l‘x&' in Zuuso- quonco of o continuation of Mboral rocoipts liore. Thoro was o fair show of strongth at the | o{’oulng, owing to the presenco of sovoral par- . 4ies who hold tnterior orders to sollor for this month and buy for Boptombor dolivery; but foll off townrds noon, aa those ordors had been filled, snd local spoculntors bogan to offer to soll shorb for noxt month, in expectation of furthor do- - clino, Bblg[mrs took hold.but eparingly, as is usual on Haturdnys, though freight ratos wero dull, with several large vessols offering. Tho fack scerns to bo that tho shippers fiold 80 much already that thoy do not care to inoreaso thoif stores, ospocially whon new York is quotod easior, a8 it was to-day. The advices from tho corn-growing districta are vory conflicting, but tho balanco of probabilities deom t0 be in favor of n light crop, s much of the - corn will not have hiad timo to grow boforo if - hardons. Sollor tho month, or regular No. 2, openod at 87340, and doclinod to 73“’ ot the closo. Sollor Boptembor sold ot §73(@38}c, closing at tho insido ; and sollor Ocfobor was nominal at 38%¢@39c."Now rocoipts of No. 2 closed at 8730 ; high mixed at 3834, and rojoctod at 840, Casli sales were reported of 4,400 bu high mixed 8t 881¢0; 25,000 bu do at 98%¢c: 14,000 bu No. 3 ot 38 ,flflb budo at 87%0; 02,200 bu do at 8780 90,000 bu do at 973¢o; 64,000 bu do ot 87340 ; 16,000 bu do at $75¢0; 84,000 bu rojectod at 840 6,000 bu rojected at 6o afloat. Total, 812.200 bu. Oata wera dull, and avoraged nearly E{o lowoer, under fres offerings, which scomed to hiavo beon brought out in sympathy with the woakness in - corn, 08 thore was no other spparont cause_for tho “wenkness, Sellor the month opencd ot 27%{0, and declinad to 2730 ot the oldso, Sellor Boptomber sold at 20@26%¢e, closing rt the in- side. Sellor tho year was nominal at 260, Cash No. 2 onta closed dull at 275{0, Cash sales ‘wero roported of 8,600 bu No. 2 at 2803 10,800 bu do at 278¢0; 5,000 bu do at 37%40; 1,200 bu rojected 0t 5307 3,600 bu do at 8bifo; 600 bu by samplo, fuixed, ot 92 on track., Total, 88,800 bu. hyn was quiet and a ehado firmer, with a fair domand and very light offerings, especislly in options, Wo_quoto sellor the month nominal at. 5B@53%¢o, and sellor Soptomber do at 57%@58c. Cash srlos woro limitod to 800 bu No. 2 at 69¢ ; 400 bu by sample st G0o, and 600 bu do at b5c, Total, 1,600 bu, Tound lots of No. 2 would Hmbnbly havo brought a trifloe more than 6% ndzany beon offercd, and rejocted was nominal at 62c, Barley was quict, owing to lack of offerings, and 1@20 por bu higher on options, undora botter domand. Now No, 2, rellor_Soptember, closed last night at B8l¢c, opened this morning at B8¢, aud closed strang at U0o; with total salos to-day of 40,800 bu. Cash enles woro limited to 400 bu bu by sample at 70c. Cash No. 2 was nominal at 70@750 for old; No. 8 at 60c, and re~ Jectod at 40@45c. 2 EUROPEAN MARKETH, | The following is Beorbohm's dispatch to tho Board of Trado to-day: Aua, 9—London—TFloating cargoes of wheat off coasd: sather firmer, Floating curgaca of corn off const firm. Weather In England brillant, Livorpool—Whoat Sra § Califcrnin, 118 94@128 Gl ; spring, 118 14@11a 10d. LATEST. As usual on Saturdey afternoons tho produce mutkets woro quiot. Wihiont way a shade ensier, closing at $1,163¢ soller tho month, and fil.ODfi{ seller Soptomber. Corn was steady at 3734c sefl- or tho month, and 8373o seller Soptombor, 0‘:}14? grain, provisions, and lake frefhts were quict. —_— CHICAGO LIVE-STOCK MARKET. Reviow for the Week Ending Saturs= day Evening, Aug. 0. SATURDAY EVENING, Ang, 0, reccipts of live-stock during tho weck have beon ows : - o1, c,da"s 7,003 8429 9,076 8,834 9,800 43,708 58,001 65,104 ‘Tho a8 foll Sheep, (t] i dull and ‘unprofitablo weeks for droves, A further docline at the nca-board bLus Leen establistied, and 1ight a8 havo been our receipts of fat catile, suited to the woanta of Eastern Luyers, tho market haos beon ‘weak and varinblo throughout, though at tho closo ‘wearing perhapaa rather botter look than on the open- ing dase, Tho caolor weatlier prevalent has witnesscd somo improvomont in tho demaud from city slsughtors ore, and, with lghter receipts of thin stock, prices of such havo been tolorably woll austained, A'good deal of common rough Uff, howover, omains in tho pons unsold, and tho prospocts for the ensuing weok old out but Uitlo encouragement. In comparison with the preceding two or threo weeks, some improve- ‘mont in tho demand for stockor 18 uoted, the slight Todlition i Yol frolglita maldng it howlblo £o Westorn focders to ngain look Ohicago-ward fortholr supplies, bub pricos havo not im- roved to ony quotabla oxtent, ruling at 3.00@4,25 for common fto primo lots of Zromn 700 to 1,030 b average—with salcs chiefly st $3.50 @400, Our supply of Toxas cattle hs not boen large, et more thou euficlont o matisfy tho domand for liom, aud galos Lave draggod ot §3.00@216 for tizougl droves, snd ot §3.00@4.50 for common to choico North- ern wifitorod, A fow branches ot fat corn-fod fotched ighor figurca, Veal calves contlnue plonty at $3.00@ 5.80, tho fuside quotation for fbin casrso heavy, sud tho outaldo or cholco ight, Mlel cow sll sny Whors £rom £20.00@60.00 por Lead. iy s ls ALkl the caso on_Saturdays, trading was slack, Buyers woro out in falr numbers, bu the largo amoust of stock in tho yards induced s Hot over confidont foollng, and for all gradcs below “ good thio markot showeil unmintskablo algna of wenkmess, Balea wero roportod at $2,0064.00 for inferior to com- mon ; at $4,! 6,25 for fair to good, aud ot $5.50@ .85 for choico to extra “QUOTATIONS, Extra Besves—Gradod stcors, averaging 1,400 1b8 and upward .$5.80@0.10 Chofco Decves—] my r to 5 year old steors, 1,250 to 1,350 1084000 +0. 5.0@5.T0 Good Deoves—Well-futtened, fuely formed steers, avoraging 1,100 £0 1,250 1ia........ 5,00@5.25 Modium Grades—Steors in falr flosh, ‘aver- . 4.60@4.90 coth, ; for ity | 8.35@4.25 t aging 1,050 £0 1,200 bs..... Butchors! Btock—Common fo. and good fo extra cows slauglitor, averaging 800 to 1,100 fts tock Cattle—Comnion cattlo flech, averaging 700 o 1,050 1ba, Inforir—Light snd _thin cows, atuge, bulls, and scallawag steo Cattle—Toxas, Northern wintered, Cattiu—Texas, through droves.. 110GS~—Durlng tho pnst week pricca havenot beon Bubjocted o any declded Suctuations, Thorohus beon » sieadlly good demand for Hght hogs, but Leavy grades havo beon wmuch neglected, ond Mouy of thio Commion sorls will bavota bo carried over ‘to next wook. Salos hiavo boen effected all tho way from $4.15 fov interion to £40 for extrs, thoucly hy mafor por- tion of tho weekls busincas hua boen dono within'tha Tango of $4.05@4.65. To-dng, Gwing oliGht secolpte, thero waa » firmior tone to tho markot, sud whilo thero was no gonoral ad« vanco tho mora deslrablo offerings commanded rathor Detter pricos than provalled yostorday, All the frosh rocetpta and niany of tho stalo kogs Were dlsposcd of, and tho markot closod ateady st #.35@4.60 for come mon to cholco hoavy, and at $4,60@4,85 or common to cholco ight grades, 10G BALES, No, Av. Price.No. Av. DPrice,|No, 90 B4 480 7L 191 THLBO) B4 03 201 476 00 180 475 71 83 100 200 4.80{ 57 67 244 105 4,05 88 60 273 a5 ddof 44 49 28 270 88 282 250 47 4 0 m oz o4 44, 100 181 87 aur 20 63 198 1 % 204 1o 245P—Thoro was no inquiry for (his class of stack, save fo aaot te wantaof To6al fnictioms, ‘Tl miodor: o mupply enabled sollors to firmly £ $2.00@3.80 for_{uforior to com= . ¢ 9";‘“"“!‘” for modiuin grades, snd at $4,35@ b for «fi»‘dbigeimlw. "Who markel closcs slcedy s tho abovy unolptions,