Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 28, 1873, Page 7

" Wewant tho wook for rocreation. “Peace on Earth and Good-Will to B e Mon,* The Genial Influences of Christmas. Social Courtesies on New Year's ¥ v Day. Let Us All Begin 1874 With the Best of Intentions. Christmas hins come and gono, and henrts have beon innde happy, while trifles light a8 air have in mony eases beon all that was nocessary to | produde siich o robult. “Pence on carth and good will'to mon® is the motto for tho secason ; and a foiv words, mero brentl, have, Tot us hopo, healod many an 81d wound, proolaimed many an nmuesty, obliterated many o quarro), “Life is « ~.* 700 BHODT FOR PEITY Brrtes, for little’ ombitterments, for continucd angér | sbout more. nothings, " While nny perdon who' onnnot riéo to"tho hoight of {utonso’ poasion upon gufllcient provocation must ba olther yory | ocold-blooded or an especial nononity” Inbeled ns | **80 amiablo," tho one Who, at this soason of tho yeat will not“fling all potty foolings to the” winds,» and give ~himeolt up ‘ontirely to foro, it | sums .h the genoral: pgood-uature of the ° tling, must havo an ingrained meanness in his tempor~ ‘ament that he is cortainly to bo pitied for. ‘Burely we ought to vofoleo, then, over:tho fact that, whatever our crood,—whothor roady madeforus, tho result of oducntion, the dffspring of onr' own' reasony or whethor faith his béon completaly 6liminated from our senscs, montality, or arodulity ; whothor wo rognrd Christ a8 human or divine, or arguo that he is both God and man,’ —wo aro gotting' to colobrato at least ono day in which :we' igroe to throw all voxations'to tho ' winds, sud are rondy X " “T0' FORGIVE AND BE FONGIVEN, ¥ Itisn plessant ‘advent for tho Now Yoar, in which wo all lelp to verify tho truth of the Span- Ish proverb in rogard to tho pavementof that place wheore thoso good intontions which have bocomo 80 thoroughly chilled horo aro not inflammublo, however incandoscont may bo'thelr surround- ings, BRIl thero is somothing in moaning to do botear, oven if it does not bacomo an nccomplish- ed fact. Tho man or woman who haé not énough enthusinsm loft to atart with some hope of; by tor things oach yoar; somo intentlon that the ros sults shall be differont, somo bolief in his or hor own possiblo and. probable . ovolution morally and mentally, must bo either very stupid or very wean, ORRISTAAS inangurates it, with its words of wisdom and of love. Peaco on oarth and good will to mon.. Its Ohxlatmas trog, ita littlo memontocs, its char- odes, gamos, and. dnnces, lond o . charm toit, and male it fonst. And wonaod it,—we havo so fow fostivals Lero, and wo aro so small inmost of our ways. Belf-concoit takes tho place of self-praise and self-control, and Ego in constantly belug humiliated. How foolish it all is! How many ughappy lhours wo pass on ac- count of it!' Mrs. A tolls Mrs, B that sho' thinks you spend your money very foolishly, or: thnt she doos not like your now bonnot. Mra, B. kindly communieates the fact to ‘you, and Egd™ts aroused. You aro irate; a nettle has stung you, and you koop up a gort of montal Irrliation until it'gets to be n doclded wound., Now that is * & B Lo A MYSTERY wo oannot undorstend. Tho little sting would bave henlod and beon forgotten if -left’ alono; bt it {p mado painful by -dwelling upon, Bot- ting aside thefnct that.such little nursing of small voxations ia very petty, it is also very usc- less. Itis not altogethor o feminine woskness either, though it is perhaps moro. goneral with the wenker ox, boenuse &av lisve more timo for such bxacorbations. Still, if 3irs, O was s per- son quito sure of horself, what difforenco would it moke what Mra. A thought of her? Granted, however, that it doos wound, is it not the mos ‘'USELESS, FOOLISH THING inthe world to aggravato that wound? It makea you uneasy, and _tinally unhoppy. If you are Batisfled wilh yoursolf, Is it at all noconsary that * #ome ono who has nothing to do with you. or your bolongings should bo eatisfied also? Itis simply.an ovidonca of self-consciousness, and o vary petty ono. Itisoneof our greab faulls, Itis ol very well to sy you don’t, caro what 1ivs, Meddle says, but you do care. Why should you? .- o' pravent this trouble, why cannot peoplo tell the pleasant things they hear of each ol.hll!l", oand suppress the unpl%nuunz ones? How muo TAPFIER AND BETTER . i tho world would be! Goodness, like love, grows by what it foeds upon. Wo all . like' to Lo flatterod. Nobt _por- haps . caring for it in allopathic dosos,. or aftor the manner of burlesque presoriptions, but lightly and ploasantly. Somo ono says, “ Mizg Smith is a vory protty girl," and some one clse ndds, *But decidedly vamn,” Which would tend most towards developing Miss Smith's emiability,—the ropoating of the first or tho soo- ond remerk? Why do peoplo “fv) crosy things, whon plensant onos act like a lubricator for tho socinl muchinery? ‘Ihinking it over, one connot imogine. This by no means makos 1t roquisita that ono should b hand and glove with every one. It is not pecossary even to know any one that you do not wish to ; and yot one need néither bo rudo nor impolite, unless™ self-conceit takes the place of solf-poiso, Onlyitis - w’m A8 EASY to .say plensnnt ‘things and bo courtoous as to grow acrimonious and act rudely, and so much moro comfortablo for all concerned. This makes Chiristmas o blossing to us, At that timo overy person goema to forget himself,—to lay asido tho smallness of tho individua), and becomo blended in the brondost compass of the many. Littlo spites aro forgotten, and, for & briof songon ot lonst, thoro arono discords to mar life’s harmony. There must be discords where Bome note is harshly or incorreotly struck ; but thero are o great many more than there neod be. 1t {s eald that, owing to tho hardnoss of tho times, 3 PRESENTS bave beon very much less coatly this year, but they havo not ‘diminished 1n number, if the worth of & present dopended upon ite commor- cial value! "There are broken toys in this world that money could not buy; and tho fact that, while” evary ons hns found the financinl pressure cramping his desires, it hus not heen allowed to oxtinguish thom, proves that the right fnellnE exists, and that good whl {s at the battom of if, The Obristmas treo, though it contain nothing but tho simplest productions of F:[l‘?yn lnduf:.l and Lnstnl, i lh? gittofa goi)d , especially 1o oar melancholy-merry poople. But we both need and waut moro than this, While tho gnnd loveling mills that are slowly grlndln‘z us lown must g0 on most of tho time, stillcouldu’t thoy stop for o little while? Shall wo ever talie time to ronlizo that wo arc living, sontient beings, ang not more working machines? Evory fevival offfld games, every oxtin holiday, overy hour of xgat that cnube euatched from overwork, - S e 18 A DLEBBING. We gtmfixp. we make hasto to bo rich, and then we arq oither too used up to enjoy our monoy, orwe dje;; What & mistake it 15 Wo all like beautiturfhings, no doubt, and should not ob- Jeck to Bwning the moans of ;immylng our tastes; bilt is it worth a struggle that leaves us, when the object is atlainod, in & coudition whiok forbids N8 “enjoyment? Yot that is tho cago with most of "1, Wo hoar of barbarlans who work Ohristmas eve, and go down to look over lodgers, or burrow through law papers on CLristmus-doy. Buch poopls aro muchinos meraly, and, it Is to be lioped, will soon becomo oksolete ‘onos, Not hocanse they aro of tho lesat consoquenco any way; but, becauso, ag the wretohed mill-wheal kedpa -the morry brook at worl whon it would rather go dancing on ita ovn wild way, so_thoso machines koop others busy who ironld -fain rost,or have an hour of their own that need not bo given up to labor, 85 lat wa I8 thankchul for tho 64t and tho o tics which to most poople are a duty at thig sangon, g THE NEW YEAR Lrings anofhor timo whon an interchangs of olys fitles is tho ordor of (he duy, TFrionds who yerhaps hage not met forn {unr, whoso avoon~ (ations are such that they find it fmpossiblo to vieit enobjatiser, at this timo lisve an opportu~ aity to rendw old sssceintions, This 1s another. pleasant oustom, which® s gradually growing. TR O] brlglnntlnf in tlils country, with the old Duteh burglors, it booamo idontifled with Now York, hnd thanco has’ sproad ‘to othor citles. Itisa lonsant — commonoomont. tho Now Xonr, «/.{n° iwhioh , to onch . oth= r sorts of ploasant * Moro lip-sorvico, meaning . notliing ¥ “snoora Mr, Oynlo, Itis quito possible that lip-sorvice may bo botter than nono; and wo know that the wishos aro ofton hoartfolt, and thiat -old frionds {frequontly got an opportunity of maocting, which is nn impossibility excopt upon special ogcaslons, Wo think it o hollday which shonld bo * ENJOYED UNIVENSALLY, and which, {n the wug of_social delight, should bo to Oliristmas like tho fruit after tho nnnamnfi dinuor. Wo need to 1mprove in hospitality, an to woloome onr frionda according to our: moans, but ¥with no stint na rognrds cordiality. Young ladies and gontlemon- are apt think moro of quantity than quality, like tho cluld b tho fonst, Wwhile {hnh oldors would profor ono gloss of the -trus wino ' of pgénuine friondship o n cask of ‘thio small-boor of. more acqualnte anco, it possibly, unloss, in’ oxceptional hot- house for human’ plants, requires .o little ago ‘and ripouoss to arrive at .such a deoibion; but, whon It doos come, thon lifo Is at its perfection, B0 1ot ua liopu that the cttstom of - * I MAWING AND NECEIVING OALLS ‘on New Yonr's Day will bocome so genoral that o local pnpor.will ot have to ask tho residonts ‘ot Ohileago to sond in thelr names if thoy intond bolog *“'nt home" at that-time, - As‘for dross, Jthat should be n question :of taste; sud yot wo all fool butter in-our good clothos,: and, . there-. no doubt, -8 .bottor that wo should aa- om-for that occasion, . Wo cannob cntor “upon _the ‘subjoot . at length, as wo - ‘héped - to; ' 'but " wo aro euro 10 onae willbo tho losar by adoptiig good clothos, ‘good mannors, and offerjug good wishes, on that day, - Altogethor, it scoms tobo a sort of goody ‘time,—not, porhaps, in the' thoological nccepta~ 'tion of tho term, but viewed from n soclnl stand- ‘point: Aa for - th intontioria with - which wo should bogin, by all moans - % 2 . . ° . LET THEM IE OF THE DEST, 'no matfor how groat tha collapsa may. bo boforo &l;t::nfijo{,thu fiM'l.l“' \Vu1 hnnvbu u;‘n deul obout D ing low ; but, if no ono aver ‘abtorapted to. gt ahove & dond lovel; tho ongle ond tho lark.would bs no better than tho frog ‘and .. tho . tortoise, It cortainly is . bettor to altompt. to bigh than not to fly at all; and o “porson . who cach yoar mnkas his aim o lofty ‘tiio, though he fnils to reach it, Lins, oven if he advances a ghort way towards it, goined something. Lot us have tho .good intentions, then, in abundance, no matter how many of thom como to grief. Thoy aro most’ surely bottor than bad intentions, or no intentions at all. Lot us cultivato -our holl- days, and got @8’ many more 88 wo con. Daith and svorks aro. said, to be necessary to-eternal spiritual salvation, and separately to bo of little worth, They aro quito aa nmuauu{‘:or tempo- rary material ealvationi The works wo have always had & superabundance of in this country, ‘and. o littlo rost occsionally,. combined with. o triflo of mirth, might give ovidenco of tho foith which Naturo. domnnds of ua. At ‘sl ovents, it would probably go far toward tho mak- [EPETH I/ et d i i sUmg, oo oo ) AMATRY YEAR somothing moro than tho more compliments of tho scason at' itg'commencomont. Wo nosd happiness—all: that wo can got. ‘It might’ bo ‘ensually remarited. thnb: childron: cry. for it, and tholr parents look seriously anxions oa they pur- Buc.it. It rests, very much with themselves; and, though somo, poot has described it as the “.gny to-morrow of the mind which never comes,” that is, of course, bocause ho was star- gazing, and not looking just about him. e " MODERN EDUCATION. . -Now and then & man pays upon thegcaffold the penalty of having violated civil law and out~ raged publio sentiment by sending to a prema-~ ture death o fellow-creature. Opposed -to this, ‘thonsands no less guilty ate counted respectablo citizons and ‘allowed to go unscathed, The one has abruptly. olosed the career of n single indi- vidual; the others, by exorbitant. domands and onforcing obedienco to thoso demands, are sap- ping the life of tho nation.. " Peoplo seem to have gone fairly mad upon the Bubject of education, and have introduced into ‘ohool and college a system % oh 0 e FATAL 1N IT8 BESULTS. ' + The common ides’ provails, that,.nt a certain period of his ngo,—8 ia the.regular. -ago, ‘1 bo- liove,—the child. must attond school, . From that timo his torturo dutes, and is continuod.until the ‘victim, -availing -himeelf: of the freo moral ‘agency which o cortain ¢loss of theologiane will insist upon his having, bursts his bonds, -end, throwing books to the winds, salies forth to imako o man of himself. Frequently, omo of difforent calibro ingloriously dles; frionds ro- gret his untimely doath ; and, among the many oulogies pronounced over the coflin, tho facl of his having been an untiring student stands con- spicuous, g Untiring student! Heaven savo us from an excess of such, for we want some men and womon in thoworld, -+ - - Nothing s 8aid of rowards before and goads bohind him. Thoe mourning friends are silent upon dho fact that his wan face, wasted figure, andlack of physical : strongth never wrought upon thoir seneo of right and justice suficient- Iy to suggest the respite for which the weary brain was pleading,—which it found under the sodonly. *Tho bighest lLonors of his clags awaited him,” . And now another has an oppor- tunity to bond his hoad-over a tiresomo pago, lost o third shall outstilp himin: the race and wrest the laurels from him. - Wo talk of our freo schools, our glorions privilogoes, our public benefactions ; but we 1 DON'T TALK OF OUR INIUMANITY; . it wo ever think of. it at all, wo don't daro couplo with our many blessings . the ovils attending the pursuance of tho courso wo bave thrust upon oursolves. Lot our boys and girls speak for usl Let the littlo ‘arms, tired with tho weight of many .books ‘earried to snd fro, answor the question, Is it right? Lot tho burning check and throbbing Lead, preesing ‘the pillow 8t an hoir long aftor childbood's swootest dreama should Nave visitod the litito slocper, ro- proachus!” Let the troubléd visions ‘of un- loarnod lossons appes! to us, and make us do thom simplo justice in'the futuro! ' "We grant you there'is' & good miotive under~ lying ouroruelty and high ambitiou; but, in its practical worlkings, thero are gridvous faults, Wo talk of girls finishing their education at 18 and 20, snd call our boys dull or unfortunalo if found in colloge at 80. As if schools wore the only places” where poople can be taught ; us it lifo all through ere not ‘a sories of educational processes,” Itdoos nof require vast prophotio Inatinot to ennblo ono to predict that, in a fow generations more, at the rate wo are going, the Amori can peoplo : WILL ‘'WEAR OUT. P Go through & publio school in any large city, and look nt thie faces of the children. Where you find ono rugged, atrong, hoalthy boy or gixl, you will find a hundred puny croatures; and ‘in- vestigation will froquontly show you, then, that your rugged specimen i8 not an Amorican,” Com- pare our children with those of European ‘ conn- trios. Itls'notall in climatio- differonces; tho o0t lies doopor. The fault is in the mode of living, combined with the forcing process wo ‘briug to bear upon thom in their school-life. Our childron are not educated ; p THEY ARE ORAMMED,— litorally étuffed. The conacquenco is, tho ron- soning facultios remain undevoloped, while tho meniory is wenkoned by overstraining, or hag obtained an unnatural predominant over all tho othor montal qualities; and tho ohild, not being given timo to nsk and answor quostions for him= Holf, grows to bo alearnedtdunce,—s pigmy in comparigon with somo active son of tho goil whose ohancos hiave been fow, but well improved. Aund then the teachers, too, are wearing out. Some may say the schools wore not made for the teachors; but thoy cau't vory well say tho toachers wore not mnde for tho” achools, I am told that, under favorable circumstances, it is possible to utilizo &chool-teachors, and ‘make them not only useful, but* oven dosirable, mom- bors of eocloly, Do that as it may,—forit isn question upon which I will not Emuumn to sit in iludi;ment,—sulr-lnmrosz should prompt thoso aving the mattor in chargo to got the very bost workmen to wicld this pricolesd materisl into tho bost possible shapo; . and, in ordor to do thiy, thore must onter into the tenchor's life & * DAILY BEST PUOM TOIL, Under tho prosont systom, suck is the publio domand for long strides, that a teschor who doos not ** uf.filu achool tlu'uu[ih" 85 HOON a4 #omobody else 3 who troata tho little pooploun- der bis care as though they had natural talents, tastes, and juclinations, avd were, furthormore, qapable of foeling fatigue,—{s regarded as a */ slow-conol's" and {t 18 not loug Lefore” ho is ‘&nllla]y warnod to look out for anothor ltun-. on, x £ Monnwhilo, what aro the ohildren dnlnf;? Without n thought that they -aro doaling with' {ho futuro fathors and mothors of the natlon— unheeding that mind grown at -tho exponec™of bodyis o ourso to the posscssor,—men who, onrs ago, wlion our school-systom was youngor, - ?munm {holr lossons by ‘broklog-light,—who couldn't go to the country-sohoolhouse for moro thian aix montha in tho yonr, bocauss thoir town was too poor or too stingy to pay for more “pchooling ;" men who, in ‘many cngos, know. oven now litte of ]lamlounphy and ‘ovidoutly still loss of physiology and hygleno; mon who aro mombors of Boards of Trusteos, &o., not through thoir natural ndapta- tion ns public oducators, but through tho fudul- onco of their nalghbom‘ mon who kuow noxt 0 nothing of tho Innor workings of the sohools undor tholr chargo,—doliborately go to worlk to | "Conaidor * “BLAUGHTER THE INNOCENTS y b{dthmwing upon slonder childron burdons from which thoy thomselves would shrink, and with ronson. Thoy have flshed through tho wholo.domain of natural sclonce for datnty bits to bd sandwiched in botwoon tho substantial bread and butter of tho fundamental studies ; thoy lava’ beckonad lovingly to, politieal econo- my} thoy huve nsked- tho entiro ronlm of litern Lalro £ opon 1t doors, -Atmespherio plionomena which have causod tho wiscst philosophors to go batray bave boon .mado to ticklo tlio fanoy of ouths of 16; .whilo tho more infantile mom- ors of tho family, who oughbt atill’ to bo in tho nursery, dressiog dolla and cravking whips, will lunmodl'y digouey with you the various methods of making bread, tailoring, tanning, &o, Natura 18 no longor a soaled book, aud tho child of 8 who' can’t distinguish tho slamons from tho oalyx of s flower bida fair to becomo & trouble- somo fdlot. Tho Inws of motion are glibly com- meonted upon by Aary at 10, whilo Jolinnio.prac- tically illustratos-tha velocity of. falling bodios Dy Inocking Willio_down just. 0 he 48’ demon= sfrating centrifugal forco.” 40 o, 17 18 P1TIFUL| We ofton find oursolves longlng for the daya when oyclopedias and holps of every kind wore tao ramoto for overy-dsy uso, and ono had to, $4dig for his gold ;" when boys aud girls spent doya in wondoring * why thls wes thus," and ot 1ast, having solved the mystory for thomsolves, became hungry for further :knowledgo, an dovourod it ~ with svidity. whou it. came'; whon, slthough-it may have beon tomboyish | to play boll; ily kitos, Tow Loats, olimb troos, and brosl “horsos, with their own brothors or somobody olse's brothors, the girls often did it, much to their .advantage to-day; when the spelling-schiool waa tho substitute for tho fash- {onablo party of the prosent timo, and the sing- ing-sohool tiie placo whera many lessons not tho books woro conned, . . : +Not that we undervalue Inter privilegos ; but, if they aro purchaged at tho cost of mental an physical vigor, as they. too ofton aro, thoy are _NOT WORTII THE PRIOE WE PAT, " Already the mattor of foducing. schonl-timo ia undor considoration ; but what Pnflieu!nr ad- yantago thoro i8 in a child’s learning losson at liomo rather than at achool; wo fail to'soe ;- and this muat bo tho caso, for the labor ia not dimin- ishod in tho lonat, a8 , the children themsolves, studying far into tho évening, will tell you. | Thero are various quostions of reform bofore tho poople, tho labor question: claiming -its. ‘sharo; but tho publio never think of calling the littlo ones who look to them for food ond. shel- tor Inborers: and wé urge tho macossity of Topliing tho thing squarely in tha faco, as n mat- tor of vital interost to thio- country. - If this ia done, it seoms more than probable that: ¢ Co- education of tho-Bexen" is a matter that in time will rofi\xlncg itsolf,—the principal objec~ tion, phiysical disability on tho part of the wom- an, ang romoved. Vanney West, MONETARY: v : TUURADAY EVENING, Deo, 37, 1873, The featuro in financial circles “to-day is tho applieation of His Honor Mayor Colvin to tho bauks for & temporary loasn of $500,000 to moot the immediato necessitics of tho ocity., Several: of thom responded that thoy would advance their proportion, and there is no doubt that the funds will bo promptly forthcoming. “Tho monoy will bo romitted to-day and Monday and Tucsday to Now~ York, It is felt thnt tho honor of our city' must bo . maintalned. Bomo ‘of tho bankors, howevor, declined to assist; ro- gording their duties to customers as of the flrat importance. PR : | ‘Tho prompt payment of our- ecity obligations, despita'of' the heavy dofalcation of .our . Troas- ‘urer,will gt orich aliny the fears in Now Yorlk, o which audiblo mutforinga havo reaclied us, that our Comtunists and domagogues : might mela sgorious troublo for our Oity Govérnmont. Whint-- ovor dangor might ot firat have been antioipat- ‘ed hos pnssed away. , Our. cilizens génerally have too much good senge,—too high-a regard for tho principles of justica—to be led far astray. Dby tho ngrarian ravings of o fow half demonted foreigners. . T * oney is close, consequent as etated yester- sy ou tho “closing up of accounts at the and.of tho year, and_propnrations to pay interost on publie and private indobtednoss during the com- u‘F weelk. DBankers, howover, meof choorfull; ol rensonable wants of their customers, ani thoro i, thorefore, no real siringency or suflor- _i’mhnnga in close, the ruling figures being par to 2o por m promivm, Solling to customers at por ; to outsiders, 26@50c pot m prominm; ust now streot rates aro vory firm and monoy searco. - Diecount rango, 13¢@23¢ por cont por month, nceording to the quulity of the paper, timo, &e. 5 Without indorsing we givo pluce to tho follow- ing communication on N STOURITY FOR DEPOSITS. To the Editor of I'hg Chicago Tribune : © Bin: I havo read attentively the various plans and schomes s}lggi?amu\ by our Financial Beere- tary and other political experts, for tlio curo of our financial ills. Ills that have become ohironio ond of late much aggrayated by tho. vast gam- bling combinations in New Yok, having for their object the control of the monotary affairs of tho ‘country. A periodical pinch or panio hns becomo an evor prosent drend, causing the grent logitl- mate entorprises of Lo country to liait and hesi- tato for lack of confidence iu tho stability of financinl afTaiva. But we look in vain to Congrossional romedies thus far proposed, for anything moro thn tom- le:mrym ief. 1f they understand, they ignoro 0 root of our difiicuitics. * Inflation" under various disguisos, is the specifio offered for our roliof.. * Himilic similibus curantur,” is tho groat maxim of thelr philosophy,. Plothora (thoy argue) breodsspecnlation, and spoculation bogoty panio; honeo, inflation is thelr proscription - for our financial distompers, Thore is nothing more munifost howover, than: that our diflicnltios sprung from & lack of, or brenk in, publio confi- donco, rather than o laok of volume {o tho cur- rency, It is truo that, in times of ‘panlo, there always appears to be n roat lack - of money. This . is rather B apparent than roul, for at such times thora is: alwaya the usual supply of monoy, but monyed men and institutions withdraw it’ from cirenla- tion from fonr of loss. It would roquire an avolauche of currenoy at such timea to meet - the demnnd and overdue” obligations of tho banks and people, and a currenoy system of sufilcient “*clasticity to cover such contingencies would bo uttorly unsound. The Secrefary triecd the olasticity exporimont in Now York carly in the Inte punio by ‘inflating” the volume somo 814,000,000 in nddition to the loan cortificato oxpanglon of some 24,000,000 by tho bouks. Babt. it afforded noither the | banks mor tho pooplo any pordoptiblo roliof—In fact it seriously = ombarrassed the Lanks, and delayod cmroncy resumption for soveral weeks in that city, If this cxperiment provos anything it is this, that inflation at such & timo noither arrests a panio nor- rostores broken confldence, but simply awells the amount of hoard in the grasp of tho panio-strioken peoplo, With nepocle basis, to whick we must Boon camo, oll tho surplus curronoy issucd as a mensuro of rellof at such times must bo rotived by coin payments beforo o normal atate of things 18 roachod. g But, Mr, Editor, I sat down to suggest wherein our financial syatom is radically unsound. We hayo o National Haniing systom, with o well seoured but irredoemable issue, Thoro is u loguud connected with it that there is somewhoro & "pacrod resorve fund” equal to somo 25 per cont, of tho doposits, and hold in trust thevefor, Tecont events tondZto!provo that this elecinosy- nary fund is a Jngul fletion,—thnt thiy cquitable monsuro of prolection with whioh Congrons sought to_iuvant the bunk depositor has utterly Tailed, and left thom with thelr $1,600,000,000 of cauh doposits without o dollar of tangiblo se- ourity | Thus tho whole monotary capital of tho country I8 placed in_porpotual poxil, n form of capital that in proverblally. sonsitive to danger, and constituting, ns it doos, the essontial ola- ment of all business life, Whon that is im« poriled “"ly intorest Is fu poril] whon that Is finmlyzml all elso iy dead, 8o long as publio con« idence {s gound and strong, businoss moves on smoothly, but the flvst broath of distrust wakes tho monnm‘i' world {o {ta joopardy. Hence the frequonoy of “ pimohos " und “ panfes "—honoe tho inavitable Kuuxndlalty of pauics, 8o long ag this vast and viial aggrogate of capital atsnde. unprotectod and unscoured, oxcopt by n mor- THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: SUNDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1873. ctiridl parsonad trust, " Tk 1s alk of any ‘pormauonoy’ to -éonfldence, - any mblllz{‘to‘nur inancial or. industrial, affairs,” until they aro ‘based upon rn sbeolute and tauglble soourity. ho constituont clemonts of the avor- age National Bank, ‘oxpressod. in two itoms— “Qapital and Confidonco "—in about tho propor- tlon (as'shown by tho goneral banlk roturns) of 10 por cent of-dapitalto 00 ..por cont of confl~ doncol 'This is all vory lovoly whilo things ro- main “all'soreno,” buf with o 1lrat shock of {mbll« oonfldenco this 00 por cont of effeotive, hut unreal, capital is nwn‘rb awny st a broath, Thia fa tholnovitable “wildeat,"—tho vory divin- ity of irrosponaible bankers,—~that 1s the foaturo of our present, a8 wollas of all snmuudlug bank- ivg syatoms in this country, and 18 tho onemy of u.lF soourity and atability. X Thoro {8 ano Aolo radical romady for -this dif- culty—tho monotary capital of tho country ropro- sonted in bank doposits must rocolyo that mensure of. seofirity that ‘oquity and sound policy. demand. _This , sgourity must, flike_tho séourlty for our bank eirculation, ba ‘placed in tho hands of o public bustodian. Requiro all in- dividuals or assoociations desiring to do a dopontt buslness to put in tho hands of the Comptrollor a doposit; of sound roouritios, National, Beate, corporate, and real eatate, equal in_ amount to their nverago deposit linc to bo periodically va~ ried m.tbufi- averago may roquire, to bo dotor- mined by the Bank Examiuer, '[his will 'givo n stable basis of contidonce, not liablo to any gen- ‘'oral fluctuation or oollapsg, aud financial panics will bocome impossible, 'Fhus Becured wo phall havoe tho bost finanolal system in tlie. world snd bo propared to seouro aud mointain that com- morclal and Ansticisl supromacy which the nonr by future gives-us tlie promise of reaching. " | “Hypp PAnK, Doo. 2. .. C: B. Xino, “ONIOAGO_OLEARING-IfOUSE. ! Olénitigs for tlio wosk onding Do, &7; 1878 e b opiringy olaneets 101 ' 440,107.43 9,44 843,11 9,316,087.65 " | 3,825,030.34 . - S0,164.70 h;‘us,m,l.nu_.fl $1,050,052,50 .. 15,915,008.75 " 1,308,097,36 gk OAL BTOOK AND DIOND MARKET, + Mogsrs. Proston, Koan & Co. quote 58, follows this afternoon ¢ " b | Buying, - : ‘Selling, u. 19 ' 1105 @120 . 198 10950 14i¢ - 1143¢ u. 143¢ 1161 U.:Bi6-203 0 175 118% @118 U, 8, 5-20n of %67 January and July,118" . 118%@1183% U. 8, 5-208 of %08 Junuary and July, 117y 118X@1183 10-40s, ‘11 @iy 111 118 110; 1105’ - X@100% g0 Clty T8, .o 95 oud int, Cook oxmt{ 8,000, 95 and int, Town, county, and city 10 por cent - - R * ! bonds,..., . ! war 181 & a) 160° 120', not war 1812 ‘Agricultural College Iand sorip...\s soes 118 . -, i Tho following quotations bf locnl stooks aro furnishod by Moasrs, Hammond & Gogs, Finan- cial Agents, 76 Washington- street: , , . ! Y S e e Did," Asked, TFirst National Bank, J45 Mozchants’ Notlonl Bank, German National Bank.. Manufacturers’ National Tradors' Insarance Company. ot BALES, $12,5600 Olijcago Gas Light & Coko {7~ -COMMERCIAL. BATURDAY EVENING, Doc, 97. | The following woro tha recolpts and shipmanta of tho leading articlos of ‘produco in Ohicago during the ‘past twenty-four hours;* 2nd for the. correspondingidate ono yearago: g RECEITT BRIPMENTY G | Flour, bls. 5,440 630 4,890) 10,550] 1,140) 4,660 | 745, Flax seod, fus. 630 Broom corn, b8, .. 0| ag00ll” 20,000, 4,071 Oured meats; b, 100,800 814,205{1417,283 Beof, brls 1 Fal 10 Pork, bris rd, 1bs. Talloy, 1 Buther, 1w, Dressed ko R e Withdrawn from store on Friday for city. con- sumption : 2,598 bu corn; 1,821 bu, onts ; 347 bu ryo; 865 bu barley, © Withdrawn for do during' tho woal : 7,001 bu'wheat; 40,058 bu corn ; 7,814 hu oats ; 6,285 bu rye ; 9,020 bu bar- loy. Withdrawn for do during tho ‘past year ; 581,018 bu wheat ; 1,001,686 bu corn ; 908,105 bu onts ; 405,083 b rye ; 709,261 bubarloy. Total, 4,044,122 bu of all'kinds; ; . The following grain has been inepected into store up 1010 o'olock this morning: 447 cars whoat; 102 cars corn; 80 cars oats; 8 cararyo; 19 cars baxley. : Total, 606 cars, or 219,000 bu, Tho following were the rocoipts and shipments of breadstuffs and lve stock at this polnt during ihe past woele and for the corrosponding woeks euding as dated: ¢ i nEOEIPTE, ! Deo. 37, Dee,20, Des, 2, < st e Csm, Flour, brls. 8,300 an,d Wheat, bu 1018610 169680 Gorn, 'bu 140325 . 260,610 Oats, 104439 145,100 Ryo, b, 22,58 710 tiarley, . 8 82,220 Dresed by 14, 8,850 Livohogs, 13018 12148 Cattlo, - 0 BT XY BUIPMENTS, Flour, brls 0 75758 23,880 Wheat, b W4 Bi5G2 . 43,648 Qors, bu 10430 11600 10,490 Oats, bu, 601 64,008 12,803 50, b, 1678 - 71610 2,953 Tarloy, bu. 63610 )658 87,070 Drossed hoy L0018 @m0 Livoliogs, 04 4800 200 Oattlo, 4000, o545 3780 ' Tho londing produce markots’ were slow to- day, oxcept In provisions, and 'graln'was gonor- slly easler, the most importaut'coroals belug ddll and wealk. "Rocolpts wore largor, and our stoola In storo all yound are growing in volumo more rapldly than is agroeable to thosa who wish foran advance in quotations, Thore is not usnally muoh dieposition to.trade, especially for shipment, during the’ torim which is usually ob- sorved as ** hollday weok * by English produce morchants, In’the absenco of definite quota- tiona from the other sido of tho herring-pond, our looal apaculators have'not much encourago- ment to o&un!o in_ oither direction, Tho nows this morning of strikes on tho railropds was not generally regarded aa Mkely to ' intorfero mata- tially with the produce movement, At lenst, it will not hinder us from,having a8 ‘much grain horo us ia wantod to trade ,on during tho wintor, It cortninly “will " not . votard business ' so much ns a full-flodged snow-storm. | Jobbers of dry goods roported trade a littla elack, na is usually the case just at this poriod, but the market ratains its firm tono, tho roduce conditlon of atocks throughout tho conntry, and tho buoyant tono of tho murkat for the raw ma- torials, "importing - & confldent fooling, 'Thoro was a good dogree , of notivity in tho grocory markaet, thuu|i iho domand was oblefly contored fn tho more staplo artlvles, lncluflln“ coffoos, tens, Bugars, rico apd sirups, all of which wora Lold with pronounced, firmmoss st full yoator- duy's rates, ~ Coffeos ara stlll excited and uneot- {led, but it is not pionurull_v bolloved that .priceu will bo Bubjected to. any further material. ads vange, even ghonld tho duty. bo_ restoyed, ‘L'ons gontinuo 'to meot with a good oonunmruw “do- mand, and: aro elso ‘speoulatively ‘nctive, and, with moderatestaoks and n'probability that the duty of ..16a per lb.will’bo rostored, s holders | are exceodingly firm in their views, At tho mo- mont tho tondenoy of pricon is sirongly upward, Buttor wns a littlo more quiot, nnd was earcol; 08 finn ng at tho bogluning of the weok, though there woro no anxioua sollors at_any matorial congession from Emvlonuly quoted prites, good to chiofco grades boing liold at 35@340, and com- mon to modium at” 18@280, In tho clicoso marlot tharo woro no now foatures, Dusinoss waa roportod fair for tho sonson,and tho rocont« ly advanced prices wero protiy gonarally ad- horod to, Coal was quiot nud flim, as_was also wood, . The domand for domestio and foroizn dried frults was n!{n!n notive. In addition to nu]vplylng consumplive wants, thoro wns con- sidorablo apoculntive inquiry, and the buoyant foeling rocontly dovelopod 15 still a fonturo of the market, Applos, poachos, and blackhorries aro in sosnt enpply, and holdors anticipate & further matorisl ndvance. Tish and eanned goods romain quiot and firm, Tho leathor, rlg-h’nu, print, and ol marketa wero without mportant chango. . 'ho lumbor trade continnes quiet, and pricos for moat doscriptions aro liltle batter than nom- inal, Tron and the motals were quict and wit] out noticoablo change. ‘Flie ofterings of pack- ors’ euopumge were liboral, particularly porlt barrols, which nre dnll at any prico, quotuble at 81.80@1.05. No new features wors noted in the Wool, broom-corn, or Liop markets, The two fore mer htaples, thoug rathor quiet, aro hold firme 1y, whilo hiops continuo dull and wenl. Tho do- mand for hay was limited and chiofly for timo- thy,. Prairie wra about 506 per ton” lowor, aud plontiful, Bends were in moderate roqucat nt provious pricos, though timothy was ‘aslnde easler, CGreon frults wero dull ; “aleo, potatoos. Hidos wore in liberal supply ‘and ratber weals. Tho, ‘poultry’ trade wos. light, aud, with largo. offeriigs, pricos woro ~irrogular: and somowhat lower, Gamo was dull nnd wenl, Highwines woro quiot and Lo lower, in sympathy with an ossior feoling; at othor points. . Salos ot roported of 60 bils at Qi and 160 brla at 930, 0 marliot closed at the inslde, v Drossod hogs weroe in good shipping domand, and avorngod nbout Ge per 100 hs highorin consa~ 4uence, Choicolots sold at £6,00; nnd good lots woro wanted at 85,90 all througk: {ho session, Tho markot olosod firm at 86.00@6.95, Sales, were roported of 430 hond nb $0.00; 1,314 at $6.90; 12, dividing ou 200 Iha, ot ®5.00@0.00; 160 sott 84.36.80. . Total, 2,025 hoad, . . o Provisionn ware moro native, with littlo chango in pricos, though slijghitly’ onslor. - Theto was mora confldenco on $ha part of buyers than hins boen oxhibited for n fow days past. ~ T'ho recoipts of -hogs wore light, and the quality ' rather poory: indicativg that woe aro vory. moar tho closa of the . packing sesson; and this concluslon was assisted by the offering of sovoral small lota of coopersge by country rnnkum, boing tho surplus stock of thoir soagon. The country packing is_generally about ended, and Obleago is nearly tho only point that- offors o market for hogs; yet thoy come in but slowly, and tho quality shows Lhat the arrivals. are tlio tailings of tho crop. Honce buyers tooi hold more wlllluglfl; and it waa belioved that Oincin- notl was in the market for monts, which are thouglit to bo rolatively good proporty, bo- ¢ousa in comparatively light stock, ' L'hey were in activo request to-dny. With mess pork-the prospact {u differont. A grent denl of tho arti- cle ks beon made to speculato’on, and the ro- coipty of the past week from other polnts inro more than doublo the reported shipments, The forword movement of -all pork -products - has boen light during the past week, espocially of gnrk nnd lard. '[ho presont indications aro that hicago will scarcoly pack as many hogs this sengon 08 lnst, and on s much lighier averago, while the_packing at otber points will bo vory far behind, glvivg & much smaller aggrogate of roduct, Moss pork averaged 5@I1Uo per: brl lowor on tho moro doforrod options, .the closing feoling beiug woak. Lard was also & shado casier, and meats wero unchanged. Tho market closed st tho following rango. of pricos : Mess porlk, now, cnsh or soller December, 813,80@18.85; do soller January, $19.85@13.90 ; do goller Fobrunry, 814.96@14.37}¢ ; do seller March, $14.75@14.80; primo ntoss porks, §12.60 @12.75; extra prime do, 810.76@11.00, Lard, cash or soller Decomber, $8.20@8.25; do_soller January, $8.20@8.26 ; do scller Fobrunry, 88.67%y @8.60 ; do sellor March, $8.80@8.825¢, Green hams at8}(@8%o for 16 and 16 b averagos ; swaot plokied haws, 81¢@J3¢o. Groon shoulders at 4740 rongh sides, G3go; do shorb ribs or long clear, Gi4@03c; = do ~ short cloar, 63{c:’ meats, 10@16 duys in salt, 6@5¥{o for shiouldors, 634@0%0 for short ribs and long ‘clear, mnd 7@ 7340 for short clonr; boxed shoulders, 6 @550 do Cumborlands, 70 do short ribs or long ofonr, 6X@7)0; do short alear, 7. cut nams, 9@9%c. sbout- $¢@3gc “more ' than for Decombor, Mess _bocf,” " $8.25@$3.50;._oxtra .. moss, - do, ©0.76@10.00}; "Leot Lums, ' $22.50@29.00, ° Oity tallow,” 63/@0l0; grease- quotnblo nt “43@ Bo. Balos woro reported -of 760 . brls mous Eork, cash, or moller tho month, ab $18.80; 00 brls do at $18.75 ; 500 brls do sellor Januery at 918,872 800 brla do, with storago.all tho month, at $14.00 ; 5,250 brls_do sellor Febrnary at 814.40 ; 1,000 brls do at £14.8724 ; 1,500 brin do nt el‘l.flfi; 2,000 brls do geller March at 76 260 toa lord ab 8lgo; 500 tes do at $8.20 ;250 tos'do seller January at 98.25; 250 tes do nb $8.20 ; 750 tes ‘do ni $8.60 ; 1,000 tes do soller Maroh at $8.80 ; 20,000 Ib greon shoul- dors at 4760 ; 200,000 1us salted do at 6o ; 600,- 000 Ibs_do eciler March at 5Y%c; 600,000 Ihe short ribs sollor February “at. 7460 ;-100,000 lbg do at 73e ; 600,000 1bs do noller” March at 7560 ; 80 boxes short ribs at Fo ‘eash 3 20,000 Ibs groen hams (16 1bg) at* 8%c ; 100 bxs long-cut hams sxs 1bs) ot 10c; 20,000° Iba bacon clear sidos ot i¢e, packod, 57 ? : ‘The Daily Commercial Bullelin gives: the fol- lowing as tho returns of tho pnckhl[z' ot the rrlncipnl points, a8 compared vith tho sama imo Inat scnson, ng far as roturnod, and tho ag- grogate pagking of the season of 1872-3: - Aagre- Toddle, gate,; 1873, 18725 620,783 1,425,070 19733 503,600 WG,000 - 630,305 230,000 802,218 0 360,000 - 538,000 ,. 95,000, 198,317 A\ 7 msu0 Oedar Tiapids, Ta..) 14563 oooos Muncfe, Ind.. $ o 2011 *Estimatod, fOlosed, ~ Averago woight, 30 1bs Toes ; yiold of lard, 10 1bs Jess, . Roturns received by the Cinclunatl Prics Current in regard totho progress of the pucking indlcate a falling off in numbors as well g welglt, with prospects that. the crop will bo ehort, At Loulsvilie, one or two ‘housca ure runuing, but the majority of tho lmfln packs d tho packing will prob- ably bo 60,000 or 70,000 short of lnst year. - Packers in Guncinnatl catiniato that tholr city” will fall 100,000° short of last year, Chicago, Indianapolis, and Al waukee will bo-about tho only large points whoso sggrogato will probably excoed thint of lust scagon., Tho Daily Towing aa tho shipments of provisions from this oint durlng tho weols euding Doo. 25, aud sluco ov. 12 ark | Lard |*Ha | Should's |tMiddles, i R rie, | ‘ics, kond'gDoo. 5 = == - 95, 1678, || s 175 8,050 9,9, 100] 9,60 Barde ook 1§72; z K it SinoeNov, 1"} 61,640 67,261 17,478/11, 031, 913] 65,208, 73 Same timo AN 122,839] 48,128 11,0041 4,821,713] 24,097,376 “Graen Diams ehlpned durlng fho wauk, 00,60 .fnm:,u.m ca tho corrayonding yorlci R A Nov. 1, 1673, 507,784 nos, agals X alnco Novl 1, 1873, o1, agaliist 5,651 pes the pahigoludos all cut meats oxcopt shioulders and 8 ama, Flour was again’ dull, almost to inaotivif Tho shippors wero out of the market, -and the local .demand was very light. Prices wore ro- ported unchanged, and ot much was offered, as our denlors say tleir stocks aro growing very much loss rapidly than might be inforred from tho roports of rocoipts snd shipmonts, Bran was flrm, Bales were roported of G50 brla whito winter oxtras at 87.05; 200 brls do(Wie.) ab 86,25 ;. 60 brls apring oxtras at $6,60; 100 brls do ab $4.622¢; 200 brls do on privato torms; 2 brls ryoat §4.06; 60 brls buckwhoat at 87.75; 25 brls do at $7.70 ; 20 brls do at $7.60; 80 brls do 0t 87,26, Total, 760 brls. Also, 10 tons bran at $12,50 at mill $0 tons conrso corn monl at §10.50 on track, Lo following were tho closing prices ¢ ‘Fair to good whito winters, Oiolco do.., Red wintors, Ohiofco to fan Meodium to cy spring oxtras, 00 Rye flour, Buckwheat do,.,., Bran........ @19.00 . Wheat was dull and rolativoly stondy, atan average of }do bolow the prices 'of Trriday. Privato advices from Liverpool quotod an ads vuneo of 2d por 100 Ihe there, owing to tho fact of a amull supply; but tho fact was not gonerally Luown hero, ~Tha recolpts wore ngain large, and thora was a rumor that a good many cars lind boon transforred from lines eastward of us to tho roads which \u'lni; grain into_ this oity, whioh was regarded ns ominous that our stooks will: incroaso vory rapidly noxt month, - llenco the feoling was rathor woak, There was n fair smplglnxs lemaud for Nos, 1 aud 3, bhut little for No, 2, In the option dopartmont- thero was nok nutch douo othior than to clear away tho disjectn mombra of tho Jauuary fonst, which haa boon dovoured Loforo the mouth sals f, A yory fow Dacombor doals wera settlod, thoro not holug many out, and the more. deferred options were sanrnul{ mentioned, in tho evidong abusnce of: buyers, Bollur-Jnnuury ‘opened ab $L14)¢, rouo'to $1,14Y¢, roceded to G114}, 3@T56e;_do long, Moats, sellor Fobruary,’ Commiercial Report given tho fol-” § n‘npr:me ,‘,‘1’ me;gu ,‘]qn% {,o!l off t?ds{.ér%% THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE, closing at $1.183¢, ‘Hellor Fobruary sold at &1, g el £ @L.18, lostng ‘sl 61,17 ety No. 3 epring CHICACGCO: I vold A% §1188(@1.14}, olosing nonunal o = 3 @1.103¢'s with dollor $1io month it tho ume fig- t uro, No. 1 spring sold st $1,10 for straight, and 8117 for Northwontern racoipts, uloslgg ‘with sellora ot thoso figures. No, 8 epring closed at §L.10, and rojoctod do ntat $1.08, Cnsh salos Woro roportod of 7,200 bu No. 1 spring at $1.16 § 800 bu No. 1 Nortliwestorn at #1,17; 10,400 bu Qoat 1107 4,800 bn No, 2 spring nt #1143 ; 16,000 bu do at'$1,14 ;. 16,000 bu fio at fll.l&j § 27,200 bu do nt El.ll:‘y/ 3 6,400 bu No, 2 North- wastern ot SL143¢ (00 Du do at 81143 ; 1,600 bu do at. $1.14 5 106,800 bu No. Sx.m +1,600 bu rojootod b §1,03. Total, 110,400 it s Corn was vél uict, and vory stondy, at n ehado bolow L nverng prices of’ Teiday, “Te roceints wore largor than tho recont average, nud New York wan not particnlarly favorable to flrmnoos LIl near tho close. . Honco peculativo buyors hold off in anticlpation of o dacline, and tho shorts fillod in but sparingly. There was & light domand for car lola, . Sollor January oponad nt 68%o, rocodod to G330, and closod firmo¥ at 63!¢o. ' Hollor Tebruary sold at Gi@ 64340, closing at G1lgc. Bellor May sold at 5Y: @5“?{0.. Cash No, 2 eold at 52){@68c for old, olosf ug at tho inside. Now No. 2 was quiet at §0c. Itojectod closod at f0c for old and 460 for now. Oash snles wero roported of 4,000 bu No, 2 ut 630 ; 6,400 bu do at 63%¢0; 7,200 bu do at 625¢c ; 400'bu now at 600 800 ‘bu rojected ab blc ; 4,000.bu do st 500 ;800 bit new do at 400 5.322301.“ 40 ot 45360 ;-8,400 bu do at 46e. . Total, ! Onts™.wero very ‘dull, and H@3go lowor tho g - reccipts . boing “tho - apparont reason “for ' tho decline. Cash No. 2 wero glow . and stondy at' 873¢o, Soller January sold, at 878(@3180, and .sellér Fobruary at 383{@ 300, 'both ‘closing with tho insldo bid. * Soflor May told at 43c. Rojoatod was nomiual at 8dc. Cash_enlos were reportod “of 7,800 bu No. 2 ab 875405 1,300 bu No, 2 whito ot 87340 ; 000.bu by samplo nt 99340 Sh\ hl:lgu); 600 bu do at 80, both on tracl ; 1,200 bu do white at 8030, froo on cars; 060 bu do at.dlo, dolivered; -Tofal, 12,000 bu. i . Ryo was quict and firm at the racont ndvanco, with & light supply and not much domaud. . Salos wore rol}wrtod of 400 bu No. 2, on 26 storago, at 780 ; 400 bu-rogular No. 2 af 770; and 400’ bu rojocted ot 740, Tatal, 1,200 bu. E - i Burloy was very quict. ' No. 2 was lifoloss and nominally ensfor ot $1.98. No.8 wad in'fair de- mand, iu proportion to tho supply, and advanced 1o ?or bu, solling at 81,00 for reccipts in houses not discriminatod‘against. Rejeoted Ine at 03@00c, nccording to location.,’ woro roported of 400 bu No. 8 (Northwostern) at 811035, 7,600 bu'do at §1.00; 400 bu_ do’ at 81073 4,800 bu rojooted at D00 ; 400 bu do at 98340} 800 bu do at 980 ; 1,200 bu do at 076 ; 400 bui'do nt 800 ; 400 b do ot 930 1 1,600, b o a6 933 ;1,200 bu do at 930 ; 400 bu; by samplo, at 1.8 § 400 bu do ot $1,253 800 bu do at 81:17; - 00 bu do at $1,16 ;400 bu'do at $1.11, on track. Total, 21,600 bu. ' EUROPEAN MARKETS, The following dispatchos were recoived on Ohango to-day : - { Livenroor, Déo, 3T—11 o, Wintor wheat, 178 30@12s 00 ' api white, 133 6d@13a 8d ; club, 188 93@14s 83, Corw, 87a | 80;° Tork, ols, Lard, doddd.: -~ - ¢ - ‘LaTen—12:30,—Markets unchangod. 8 npring nt Tlour, 28s@208 0d. ritg, 128 24@12s 9d ; o . LATES ‘Whent and corn were ‘moderatoly active in the aftornoon, and higher. The former advanced 560, au]lh:g at $114%(@1.14}¢ for January, and closing af tho onteide, Alsoat $1.173{ seller Tobruary. . Corn-was 5¢o higher, ranging from 0633¢@08334o for January, and. closing at the out- side, and at 547@0G5c for February. Other grain was quiet. ‘ ———— CHICAGO LIVE-STOCK MARKET. Roview for the Weolt ‘Ending o Cany, Doc. 27, it SatunpAY EvENmia, Deo: 21, ; Tho'ecolpts of Hive stock during (he ook aafolowa s’ - . : Satur= have been Cattle, _Hogs. . Sheen, : 25,601 " 623 auma 1617 200651 5410 8016 '480 7720 . 281 1,000' 9,000 © 250 0204 95,705 | 4,541 160,433 8,145 1 Week' ending Dec, 014,600 4B0)TS1 20 AL 14,614 1,650,617 1,002,008, Samo timo in 1871, 970,100 , * Shipments wero b i g Hoga. . Sheap, londsy,, 1,081 "o Tucsdny. 9,816 Weduesday, LT T urs 4140 L., - Fridoy 4,608 . B3 Total a1, L3801 21,08 Last week 501889440 - 2118 OATTLEAnoflier weel: ‘of ‘meagre fecelpts has cunblcd gellers to further advance prices of beef onttlo, zotwithstanding tho contimticd abscnce of any speclal activity in the demand. Jmed during ast woclt soaulted fn n proity gonoral upe ward movement of pricea in tho murketa bolow, and our markot Lus responded to tho extont of & 3o on tho differont grades of shipping cottle, Whilo tho im- ‘proved situstion of dfairs in this department is chlefly attributablo to, tho- causos above mofed, tho botter quality of tho stock offered for sule may be mentioned a6 ong of the influcnces that has naslsted in Lfting tho market from ita prostrato condition, First, sccond, and third-claea-steors have comprised a larger ropor tlon of the arrivals than for any of the half-dozen Pro= cedling weaks, 08 18 sliown by tho fact that tlie' mbjor portion of ‘the transfora” wero . effecied. at priges ranging from $4.00 upward {o $560, with tho avorago” prico eomowlicra Dbtween $4.60 and $4,75, Cholca droves readily commanded. $5.00@5.60, whilo extra wore ealablo at’$5.75@0.00, ~ On Friday, Robert Strahorn & Co, sold 5 -dravo at $0,95, which ‘was, wa |. believe, tho only instance in which over $0.00 was pald, Butchors did not want. mu& cattle, but their require~ ments more than _pqualed tho supply of . suitablo lote ind thoy wero compelled to pay’somowlat bigh prices thun provaled Inst wealt, Stock cattlo also hava: appreciated {n value, thougl not to the same extent as bulohors'nd Phipping grades, Good fo prime deserip- tions wero wanted, at $3.16@3.60, whilo: .common to miedium " lots sold "at” $2,05@3.00, ~ Veal calves liavo boen _in moderato .supply sd /in Amall - demand, ot $2.76@5.25 for poor o ox{ra, R 2 " “Fo-duy the market was_falrly aétive nrid ‘A saics ot $2.60@5.75 for inferlor g oxtra, . . aradcdaicors, avecagiog 1,000 Exira Beoves—Graded steors, avoragiog 1,400 . t0 1,350 s, s ... $5.1580.00 Ohoice Deeves- ), fat, well fors year 10 G year old stecrs, ‘uveraging 1,800,40 . . . ) 1,450 1bs, .. o v10s B,25@85,60 | Good Teoves—iveli-fationad, finoly formod . : steors, averaging 1,00 to 1,850 18.... ... 476@5.00 | Medium Grades—Steors n fair fleah, aver- - ! aglug 1,130 101,250 18,1000 ere 1.oo 425405 Butchers' Stock—Common to falr stoers, aud good to extra cows, for cityslaughter, averuging 850 (01,100 b 8tock Oattio—Continon flesh, averoging 750 to 1,050 Ibs. Inforfor—Light and thin cows, heifers, ntags, bulls, and scalawag steors, Cattlo—Toxus, chiolce corn-fod, Cattlo—~Toxas, summorod Nort] Cattle—Toxas, through drove: 10GS—Since tho dato of o iy anly a moderate demand has oxlsted for -thia stock, noither local packers nor Enatorn buyers soom- [ ing_partioularly snxious to invest, 6o thf, notwiti- Soing doryses in tho Teceime CF brbr 60,000 Lioad, tho supply Lins kept pace with tho legitimato roquire: ‘menta af tho trade, - In prices thero hias baen no very. Pronounced chnngo, For cliofeo qualitica prices have advanced o irifls, bui. for tho descriptions grading . below clioteo ther has 10 percoplible improve- ment1n valucs, Tha best ovidonco in support of the clnfm; mude by selicrs that we axonow recolying tlio “tafl'end " of thls scason’s hog czop fa-found in the faot that- tho recelpts of tho: past fow doya oxhibit s teady dolerloration in- quality, Tho bulk of the post weel’s receipts consisted of common, coarso, unevon, and .mizod lota, for which thoro v comptativaly lilo local or outsido domand, even at tho rlativoly low rango of $4.60@4.85, Good to prime lots liavo 60ld pteadily ot $4.00@5.10, Whilo exe tra commanded $6,16@5.20, To-day thore wa fair nox tivity, ond Aho markot was rathor stronger than on yeatorday, though sellera did not succeod in_working p price to any quotable oxtont, Bhippors and packe ors bought lborally at $4.50@5.15, With & fow oxtra lots takon ot o bighor guro, Moat'of tho day's sales wero ut $4.7093.00, Trom tho following quotations 1t will ba gocn that pricen aro now fully §1.00G1.40 Ror 160 oa highor than ot tho corrosponding pariod last yoar. - - - | Tho closiig pricea of thig woek, compared with thoss gurtant ou tho corseapondlng dalelaat yoaryaro a6 fol- ovs ¢ viow 5 0 3,05@3.70 '\ (o048 3,5089.00 L0 BALES, i . No, Av. Price)No, Av. Price|No, Av. Price, 00 200 #4756 |03 100 $480 | 47 BT 3510 03 105 485 |00 200 dis |03 s 510 40 140 470 |58 213 4W0 [20 188 B0 45 oL 520 |03 0B 4ds [d0. 367 6.5 173 205 490 |73 230 476 |48 840 500 40 D43 500 |72 30T 5O |61 184 470 50 300 485 |4 301 s f885 w2 B0 74 0L 475 |23 316 60040 S 5100 ;80 ME. &85 100 100 475 |90 404 oS 45 9 500 |94 205 BI5 f15 168 478 48 524 400 17T am 495 [44 b5 G20 43 80 520 78176 600 |70 - :0 doo Bi 243 400 |03 U 600 [43 W bs Td8 B30 610 104 405 B, .00 HHEEP—Undor » rensonnbly nctivy demand and the coutiniiod ight rooipte, tho Markot Ling maintaived tho firm tono develoyied! lunt weeks, Blipyora havo compotord with tlio local trado, nd betwean tho two clugsos of bugers tho dally -rocclpls wore rasdily abe worbod ak $3,50@3.75 for common, at $1.00G4,28 for wodium, and at $4.60@5.00 for good to cholce, Somo axtua lots foteliod $5,4560,10, but thosa_traniotions do not, of‘course, fairly feloct the market, Tho yards uo ompty, ad tho markot closca o, wasirregu-* Cash mfi:‘u ‘1o emall number sent East- WEEKLY TRIBUNE. 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