Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 18, 1874, Page 13

?é f FHRARAR R PSR vl — T S R R AT W S 2 ST S P R o= ‘(MW””“VE'@S"WHW WASHINGTON. qhe Supreme Bench as a Study. Jow Politicians Get Upon It---Fight- ing Over Nominations, Judges Arrayed Against Each Other--- The Court Ungowned. -A Practical Showing from Jay g to Cushing. FProm Our Own Correspondent. ‘WASHINGTOX, Jan, 12, 1873, Bojections of tho President's nominations for {ho Supreme Bench bave not becn uncommon, in some instances, the rejections have not with one, nor with two men. Jndge Bmith Thompson, who bad been ap- ted & Justice in Monroe's Administration, Gied in Tyler's. As ho represented the great Bistaof New York, which was, therefore, with- gat aeprosentative on the Beach, Tyler nomi- Phted for tho acant seat bis Secretary of War, gad subsequently of the ‘Treasury, JOIN'C. GPENCER. 0o all discriminating groundsbut party-passion, 4he sppointment was & fit one. Spencer was not cnly 8 successfal lawyer, but bas left a legal game for hus fine revision of the statutes of New York snd explanatory essays,—: &k sumilar to ghas which gavo Mr. Chiase bis position as & logal sathor in Obio. The Whigs, under Clay's leader- ghip, cast a olid voto against him, for his adhe- oo to John Tyler, and he was rejected by & o0 0f 26 £0 21. K Next, President Tsler nominated ¥ SILAS WRIGHT,— smame which would have honored the Benchno Jees than the Scnate, where Mr. Denton said of fim: «He spent that time in declining office which ybers did in winning it, for he was born great 1nd above office, and only took it for its dens.” 2r. Wright declined it, in order, s some say, tobe ready to oppose the annexation of Texas. Shen President Tyler nominated CHANCELLOR WALWORTIH, sto, althongh the father of the man recently purdered in New York, and grandfather of the «ung parricide, Was & most industrions and sapeble jurist, a8 he afterward proved by twenty. sears' service. 'This nomunation was laid on the nble by an intrigue of both parties, unworthy to eitber. The Whigs were divided ; but those of them who wanted to beat Walworth went over to certain Democrats and gaid : “ A new President is to be elected next year; letns hold this over, and take our chances evenly @ theresmls of the election.” 5 . For s whole session, therefore, no action was tsken on the nomination. In the winter of 1845, when Polk hed been elected, all the Judges of the Supreme Court of New York and the most tistinguished lawyers and public men peti- timed the Serate {o confirm Mr. Walworth, The Whigs 2lso withdrew their opposition; whep, fol Tyler, in his last official moments, vithdrew Walworth’s name and nomiunsted the e 7 SAMTEY, NELEOY, who was probably a better Judge than any of the three preceding could kave made, and who ms confirmed Feb. 13, 1845, after the seat bad been fitteen months vacant. It must be either that the Bar of the country Interposes from past rivalry or professional pandard, or that Senators regard vacancies in these life-Justiceships ns too good political plums to let President confer them at will; for there is generally more fugs over s Judicial ppointment than 4 political one. . THE QUARREL AT THE FIBST. Washington nominated Chief-Justice Joy and all the Bsnch of six persons, being carefal as to lhmsgengnphica.l distribution. Tho publio re- garded one of these nssociates as Jay's competi- tor,—~James Wilson, of Pennsylvania, & native of Scofland. who had been taught at school by the rhietorician Dlair and the hymn-book maker ‘Watts, and who came to America only ten years Eerore our independenca was declared. M. Wil- son kept his position under John Jay only a sesr, when be was made Law-Professor in the Uaiversity of Pennsylvanis, and has left no very rest mark on the conntry. In the same array was a Cushing, William, and also of Massachusetts, but not,.I believe, & near relative of Celeb. T'his man, seven years sfter he took his teat, was tendered the posi- tion of Chief-Justice, but declined it, being at 3 timo 63 sears old snd snugly accommodated 10 his chair, Ltisa i WELL ENOWN FACT that the lergest-sized. chaits are bought for the Sapreme Court; for, no maiter bow small ono is wken appointed, he speedily fills his gar- Bents, broadeas ont, and dies as big as Gambri- m:hme inveator of beer, Washington’s n;‘:Eainlmenls of every kind but one being duly confirmed, snd by ballot, theso Justices promptly took their jis, except ope. who - prefemed to be ncellor of Maryland. Another, Rat- legs, resigned to be Chicf-Justice of Bouth Caroling; whereupon Washington did am acb *hich might look a little like returning a favor: Be nominated in Rutledge's place ThomasJoln- Eon, Iate Governor of Maryland, who had nomi- zated, eightoen years before. Col. Washington Limself to ve Commander-in-Chief of the Ameri- o Armies. -Justice Johnson appeared to be Xaeasy in the place, and in less than two years Lo resigned. : GROWTIH OF THE COUBT. -Tha Sapreme_Court had no great constitu- tional question before it for four years, when. the case of-Chisholm vs. The -State ‘of Georgis brought it to face the issuo s to whether one tate could be sued by the citizen of another. Lfgmnfl Randolph, the Attorney-General, main- Mfld the afiirmative ; Georgin denied the juris- s lon of the Comt. Immediately there began hlée craw-fishing on_the Bench, and Justice ell, of North Caroling, endesvored to svoid 3 Zecision by g trivial objection to the form of the setion. “At this time Johneon aforesaid con- $0 go hence, Raadolph pressed his opini pinion, and the Court Letehy o tho fret. rocord by which the tol:'m shorn of their sovereignty a8 far sa ‘Eenable to tho Federal tribunals. Con- B enbowerer, took immediate measures for an Bhata ent to the Constitution to protect the Jeos sgainst emits by individuals, may be eaid juat here, to show that that B HISTORY ALWATS GOES BACEWARD, evenndolph 8000 got into & Cabinet quarrel o more gerious than Attorney-General Will- Atto has recently had, and was put out of the e tes)-General's office. Novertheless, thero By this day jurists who claim that he was the bis pogacious and constractivo legal mind of BApefssg.y William Virt described him in the h‘;fllrsq Washington's nomivation of Rutledge s wflbx_amusuca was rejected by the Benate, n ashington’s own request. for denouncing U’ treaty ot Charleston, where ho bad not sp- gjfl‘flr heard of his re-clection. Thus the first ef-Justice of the United States waa Yo- Fuched by the man who nearly succeeded him 1 “the concoctor of a treaty stapidly if Dot mrmptly signed, and desiitate of s single icle worthy of approval.” For saying this, Aadgn ‘was rejected, and he went crazy. But A2other man, who took the same position sgainst syt the eame meeting in Charleston, Willism Unson, was put on the Supreme Benmch in Bty bresidit Jeiforson, 204 romained there Hera wa have of the Execqg h 5L DISTANCE it s CQtive and Judicial Departments fall- boiloul. Jobn Jayis called an idiot by Jobn l»: diedge, Although Washington had designed snt atledpe in Jay's eilken gown, he would 3 mhone of him for being a Joy-hawker. Bat, Sompengate the memory of Mr. Rutledge for T 55725 over Lis rejection, President Jeffer— m’“{u to the Supreme Bench a_man who “aed in Rutledgo’s ofense agamst Jey. foct i, that politicians of different sorts ms ang go'yy i 5 pon those bigh beoches; but the $reme Bewcl in its Liah reslity, i ita. de- "2, which inérenso and become institutes of ; 10 the Seriptares of free goversment. It wasin Ratledsa’s place that : 3 . THC ORIGINAL CUSHING D noniinated, erd, Ar. liidreth says, **sp- "9ied”_Ho rensou was given why thia venora- ble man refased to shove up. But ho wes 1ast of his race. His chair Appears toehu‘:;abeenmn taken out of the court-room on account of the depressing example it would have had on & sub~ sequent class of Justices, some of..wwhom go to the President and ask the Chief Jnnficosiip' othors lio awako m bed, mentally gaying. 1 Ty will bo dono, bat we think o doserva 3 others o) i i 11 2 fora wxitl.e;.gan‘ are established and edi- That beautifal court-room req thing fo complete it : the bust of William Cnali- ingset on & bracket at the extrome end of the E::fi]:, l‘o‘u:Im% toward ?{1 middle, inscribed be- y pinion i “A’:m“ 3“1’1’-" at the bottom js 28 good : ere, declining to be put i it of the Prophet Elisha when the lfitsgnggiggg. ‘William Cush- “ao “lp t ngvglld head!” old ing eat from 1795 to 1810, and his opinions in the Supremis Court decisions are: i becn at the head of the Begeh. S0 22 1f be bad Oliver Ellsworth was then nominated, and, ::;;n;;e:rhg Semtleb :ecame Chief Justice. The amuel Chas Rasociate Jusiice. oo Of Mamland, becamo Now came the trial of THE SEDITION 0ASES, wherein Chase, who had been 0 Federal Constitution for nvenld?:? Dsggstgt‘t]:g saathority, was the most hot-headed li’adenlin. The Beuch had been put into shape, and held the opinion that, without statute authority, tha Federal Courts posseseod & common-law jurisdic- tion over offenses sgainst the United States corresponding to the. common-law Jjurisdio- tion "exercised by the Btate = Courts The, Justices on Circait, therefore, began to try editors, witnesses, public speakers, and what Dot. And we luring the trial of the im-. peachment of Andrew Johnson, aftar the lapso of seventy vears, Mr, sbeck accusing Benja- min F. Butler, Lofore the Chief Justice and the BSenate, of having framed an article W Was, Sedition’ Bothing more than a revival of the law. Groesbeck ssid: It expired by its own limitation. It wasthe most offensiva law that has ever been passed since the Government was organized. S0 offen- Bive was it that tho people would not rest under it, although it was passed to Inst but three years. They atarted, as it wers, the huo-and-cry againat everybody who defended it, or were concerned in it, and hunted them to & political death.” And yet the Supreme Bencl, 'in ita earliest years, assonted to this law, and Matthew Lyor & candidate for Congress, had to dofend himsel in person before Justice Patterson, for snying usal political things about the President, on the stump, and ho waa sentenced to four months’ imprisonment aud & fine of $1,000, Amongst the 3 EXTRAORDINARY OPINIONS : delivered a this time was one IJ{ Chief-Justic Elisworth himself, in tho caso of Isaso Williams, that It was not in the power of any man to throw off by his own volition the allegiance to the country in which he had been born. Will- iams was a naturalized French citizen, and Ellsworth sent him to jail for privateering under the French flag, ? Hero we see the differenco between the high- est decision at law in the first quarter of & can- tary and the public opinion of mankind in the third quarter. It is considered to be the grost act of George Bancroft's diplomatic life that he prevailed upon the Prussian Government to abandon the principle which an Amencan Chief- Justice had solemnly announced. TOMANCE OF THE BENCH. . In the year Washiogton died, his old Attorney- General, Randolph, attacked the pricciple of the Supreme Court, that it and its satellite courts had a common-law criminal jurisdiction. Alr. Jefferson_revolutionized tho Bench to break down this precedent; and the epeech of Alr. Easson, of lowa, a few days ago, sgsinsi the pending Civil Rights bill, protested againat iton the ground that_‘‘It would enable the Govera~ ‘ment to punish State officials _after trial in Fed- eral Courts, and put its hand into every school- district in the conntry.” Hore, again, we seo bow the ago slips past the Bench. Justice Sam Chase, & sort of Bench politician, ecattered terror throngh all the Middle States and YVirginia by bis zeal in prosecuting printers =nd political opponents undor the Sedition law ; and William Wirt, being insulted by Chaso st Richmond when politely asking permission to srgue the copstitutionality of the law, throw down his brief and walked out of coutt. ¥ In 1804, Chase was impeached by Congress for his conduct in these and later trials, and his celebrated trial came off,—John Randolph being & manoger, and Aaron Burr, fresh from Ham- ilton's murder, the presiding oficer. The ‘managers wero 0o match for tho counsel, snd failed to carry two-thirds of tho Scnate; and then Randolph et Bon Butler the example of railing at the Scoate, Clsse's trial had the effect, 82 one of his_culogists says, ** to check that overbearing and insolent,_demeanor of the Bench handed down from Colonial times.,” It may be said that there are not wanting Justites. however, even in our lato day, who regard wil hostility the press and discussion, 88 a promi- nent Justico £aid to me, e fortnight ago, that “No Administration could be_successful with ‘modern newspapers.” 1 might have replied that 1 know somo, Justices in_our day who could not susceed even with & newspaper.” NEPOTISY ON THE BENCH. The Scotch Wilson wes succecded, st his death, by Bushrod Washington, the Gencral's nephew,—a spendthrift and specalator, o had been in tho hands of o Sheriff for debt. © Wash- .ington had written fo him proviously : * You do not possess the ahbulity for such an agpoinb« ment,” This man was but 39 years old when appointed by John Adams ; be was the progeni- tor of Joln A. Washington, who sold Mt. Ver- non, and perished obscurely in.the Rebellion. Like all sppointments 'of nopotism in Repub- Jica, this wea an offico made ready for the man, and not the man for the offico. BAD BTATE OF THE BENCI. JFudges Delahay and Duzell had their predeces- sorin Judge Moore, of the District Court of New Hampshire, who, in 1804, was impeached for “a willful secrifice of the rights of the United States, habitual drunkenness, and pro- fanity on the Bench.” Thia man was ome of John Adama’ seloctions, 2nd, slthough ho was large. fortune by his law-writings and practice, snd is still kept to some degree amori the living by the rdomnneu of hisgon, who bas left his statue in marble amongat us. There aro, I be- hsvejbnt three statues at full length of Ameri- can Justices; Story at Boston, Marshall of Richmond, and Tancy at Annapolis. THE LEGAL RIP VAN WINELES. ‘The combative old Mr. Chase's death raised to that eminence another Marylander, of o high- waymantic namo, —Gabriel Duval. ' He did not ride horse-back ns much ss that great jurist, Claude Duval, but sank into his charr, where ha glept and gave opinions for twenty-five years. s extraordinary old chap lived to bo 93 years old. For a good inetance of longerity on the Bench, add the two terms of Chase and Duval, and _ thoy -make forty-seven years; 8dd Taney's term of twenty-cight years, and you havo threo etraight heats of three men, born nearly within gight of each other’s homes, in the necks of Maryland, who sat on the United States Bupreme Bench successively just three-quarters of a contury. Chase lived 70 years, Daval 93, and Taney 87. Total, 250jyears! It is not im- probable that the great age of Mothuselah was owing to the fact that he was given a life-offico. FINIS TO DATE. . The Bupreme Bench received several excel- lent accessions from the period of Xlonroe down~ ward, including John McLean. The only man that left the-Bench to go into the Rebcllion, James A. Campbell, still lives to repent it ; and I believe, such are- the extremities of an ad- vocate's life before some Judges nowadsys, that ho not long ago gave Judge Durcll o certificato of character. - There have been on the Bench many men w].\asegofifibnl lives were strougly partiean and not without challenge, such asLevi Woodbury, who let out the Smithsonian fund in worthless Arkansas bonds without secarity, and lost it. Judge Curtis, a notable practitioner of onr time, ent with the Supremo Court six years, and resigned to practice law. The only pernons now on the Bench who eat with Taney are Clifford. Swayne, Miller, Davis, and Ficld. Edwin M. Stanton died almost at tie news of his appoint- ment. Caleb Cushing was born the year before John rghall was made Chief Justice, and ho had beon a voter eight years when Joha Jay, the first Chief Justice, died. The old fox can turn a handspring from the date of tho trial of the Tichborne claimant, or-Williara Tweed. back to the Alien and Sedition_act. If you will break his life in two in the middle, and ‘make two men of it, Caleb might counter-march on himsolf, and meet his other balf just at the time the old Capitol was compleled, aud when the first rail- road got into Washington from Balfimor&. ATH. Kille A Mississippi Murder~-A She) ed by alStheriff-Elect. Yazoo Cuty (Jan, ) lec;pmlz;!tm of the Vicksburg erald. At 8 Iate hour to-night the preliminary inves- tigation of Col. Morgan, for the murder of Sherift Filliard, i atill progressing beforo Chancollor Drennsn., The ovidenco amounts to about this : At £n early hour yesterday morning Morgan and bis clan forcibly ojoctod Hilliard's doputy from tho Sherifl's office, and took possession. Hilliard, coming down town about 8 o'clock, summoned what citizens he_saw, to go with him to tho Court-Houge, When near there, Morgan met them and #aid: I sm Sheriff, sod have the keys. I warnyounot to goto the Court-House.” Hilliard ssid to_his posse: “I am Sheriff; folloy me” Ho then went rapidly on to _the Court-House, followed by his posse and Morgan; Hilliard entered and casily forced the door. A# it opened, Frank Stewart (colored) fired at Hilliard, wounding him in the side. Scott (colored) fired over Hilliard's shoulder at Stew- art, wounding him severoly. Several other shots were fired, and Scott was slightly hurt. Hilli rotreated toward the hall door, only o few Eteps of. Morgan, utanding ia the door, foreled bia pistol at Hilllard's head and fired, and Hilliard fell, tho ball baving ponetrated the brain. Ho lived but three hours afterward. The verdict of the jury st the Coroner’s inquest reads: “We find that H. F. Hilliard came to his death by ‘murder, by a pistol-shot in the head at the hands of Col. A. T. Morgan, and 88 accessories thereto Frank Stewart and Emanuel Stevens.” I was in error yesterday in eaying Hilliard summoned an armed poeso. He eaid nothing sbout srms, and very few had evep a pistol. Hilliard had & pistol in his pocket, but it was not drawn. The Kebel Forces. From the Hobile (41a.) Register, TIn the November numbers of the Eclectic and the Land We Love, 1869, an interesting and im- ortant correspondence was published between r. Joseph Jones, Secrotary of the Historical Society, and Gen. S, Cooper, ex-Adjutant-Gen- eral of the Confederate States. From that source we glean the following facts for the ben- efit of those who arc not go fortunate as to have preserved a filo of the magazinos, Such fscts are startling even to those who participated in tho Sonthern stragglo ; First—The availgble forco of the Confedarato army did not, during the war, exceed 600,000 men. Second—The Confederate Btates never bad in their defense more than 200,000 men in the field at one time. . = Third—From 1861 to 1805 the Cobfederate forces actively engaged were only 600,000. Fourth—The total number of deaths during that time were 200,000. Fifth—Losses of prisoners counted as total loasés, on acconnt of the United States polioy of exchange, 200,000. Sixth—The Joes of tho Confedorate States army by diachargg‘.) disability, and desertion, amounted to 100,600. Seventh—At the close of the war, the force of ' the Confedorate army was less than 100,000. - Eighth—Out of 600,000 men, 500,000 were lost to tlie sarvice. . These facta are taken from calculations made with great care by Dr. Joseph Jones, submitted to nnd spproved by Gen. S. Cooper, Adjutant- General of the Conladerate army. —_— convicted and removed, every Federalist Senator voted against it. 4 Chief-Justice Ellsworth resigned when Adsms +was about to go out of power, sud_Adams_ has- tened, before the news of his own defeat shonld come 'in from the country, to mominate John Marshall, his Secrotary of Stato, head of the Bench. The same year the President had the udiciary reorganized, so that Supreme Court udges were relensed from circuit duty. The Bench was pat down to five, and the Districts increased to twenty-three, arranged into stx Circuits. Thus the last act of Jobhn Adams as to the Courts of the United States was little better than the behavior of his judiciary of the pre- ~vious four years, and he went out of office with' & deep and lond public clamor against him, hav- ing rammed his strongest partisans into all the Dew places, hastened to close out tho Sedition et lest it might plague its inventors, and estab- lished tho present Courts of the District of Co- lumbis. Mr. Adsms would have kept s small page in our jurisprudence but for the excellence &nd long 1if6 of John Marshall. _ ‘Marshall presided at Burr's trial at Richmond, whero Edmund Randolph and Liuther Martin proved too much for William Wirt. THE MARCH OF TIIE JUDICTARY. Brockholst Livingston, who had been John Jay's Becretary, succeoded Patterson in 1807 ; and the first Western Judge wonton the Su- preme Bench the same yesr, Thomas Todd, Chief-Justice_ of Kentucky, possibly a connec- tion of the Lincoln family. 1t is remarkable all along what ages these old Justices keop if they stay on the Bench and let politics alone. Livingston kept hia seat tll 1823, ana Todd till; 1826, Johnson, whom Jeffer- son had appointed to vindicate Rutledge, eat on the Bench thirty years, and proved how the Bench expunges both hatred and gratitnde, by ‘being the first to issue o mandamus_sgainat AIr. Jefferson’s cmbargo at Charleston. Bo did Judge Livingstou distross Jefferson, lus creator, by holding that there could be no indictment for treason where s trader, trying to elip through {lie embargo, fought the Marshals and United Blates troops, even if death ensued. A MEMOBABLE BOW. g . When the most modest Cushing of his family passed away from his low seat in 1811, a second fight took place over & confirmation. \fr. Mndison wanted to appoint Levi Lincoln, who declined; and then Alexander Wolcott was set up, whom the Smith faction in the Senate refosed to - confirm. Robert Smith was Secretary of State, and brother of Bamuel Smith, who wss s Baltimore merchant, ‘politician, and warrior. The Smiths would have nothing done which Madison wished. Next, John Guinoy Adema was sent in by Alr, Madi- son ; and tho President, to conciliate the Smiths, offered Robert Smith, Adams’ legation st St. Petersburg. Smith had too much character to swap in this way, and indignantly resigned his portfolio, by which circamstanca James Mon- roe was called to Smith's place, and thus a quar- rel over the confirmation of a Justico made Mr. nre esident. mAd:::fimg of the rampus st 8t. Peters- burg, thought he had better stzy there than c::?a’ hamelfmd wear a silk dress, and it was this Jocision that made him Presideat. o, after this vacant sest had stood very long in the Court-room, Madison sentin the pame ¢ Joseph Story, an enormously long-lived Fudgo. Do took 'tho office at. the age of 82,-and -keot it thirty-four years, made s | The Railroad Problem. From the Springfield (Mass.) Republican, Although wearo suflering o relapse into the ea of railroad construction of New England, we are also making still greater progress in the work of ralrond management. Since consolida- tion in 1867 the rate per ton per mule for freight upon the Boston & Albany Kailroad has dropped from 8.62 cents to 2.18 cents, or very nearly 40 per cent, and the rate for gmflsengem from 2.64 to2.54, or about4 por cent. The immense in- crease of freights, therefore, has been moved at & vastly loss cost per top, whilo tho passengors, who have not incrensed in anywhero near the same proportion, and who bavo, alsc beon provided with much costlier vehicles, have not experienc- ed much roduction in rates. The average cost 1o the road of transporting & ton and' & passen- ger, per ‘mile, has_fallen within the pastyear om 1.778 t0 1.711 cents. Theso figures: indi- 2ate the key to the solution of tho wholo rail road question. Keep the railrozds ont of poli- tics, give them no business at the State-House, or in Wall street, but make them attend to the |: Qovelopment of their calling, and the study of the economies of trapsportation by holding them to a strict responsibility, and we shall yet have a railrond, as cheap a8 circumstances will admit, and as honest as human nature permits in any ‘business. ADolls? Baill. Two little misses in Philadelphia gave a dolls™ ball one evening last week. Invitations written on miniature note paper were sent to thirty or forty of the most anistocratic of the Quaker City Jolls, and, in every instance, the invitation was sccepted. The dolls presented themsolves in £nll ball costume, and some were most exquisite. Bupper was served at the unusual hourof 8 o'clock. The service and the proportion of food corresponded with the gize of tho guests. Cham- pagno, in bottles sbout tho size of one's finger, was placed in silver coolers of equal height. Aftor supper there was dancing, which continued about an E;n.r, when the servants announced that * Misa Dollie Dumpkins’ carriage stops tha way,” & signal for the termination of the ball. Arrest of an Ex-Connty Treasurers From the Tuscola (TiL) Gazclte, Jan. 15, Mr. Tames T. Walker, ex-Treasurer of Douglas County, was arrested at his residence in Tuscols, on Tuesday night, by Doputy Sherift Cammings. There are two charges against him. Onechargo alleges that he embezzled $14,257.25 of the conn- ty funds. Tho other charges him with being s defsulter to the same extent. Mahalan Barn- hart, Supervisor of Arcola Township, made the complaints. * Mr. Walker is, at the time of writ- ing this_srticle (Wednesdsy sfternoon), nuder at his residenco, and will bs bronght up to e a prolimipary exammsticn on Friday. The sympathies of the people are generelly in his favor. A Tenncssee Dance. Columbiz (Tenn.) Herald report of & Maury County dance: “One young lsdy, pretty asa. pink, being popular with tho boys, got engage- monta for every sot, and actually denced untit she fainted and fell upon the floor. Blood ran out of Ler mouth, and sae remained uncon~ scious until next morning, wher &ho was be- wildered and did not know whereche was. Fear fell upon the gay dancers, but they did mot go home. A pious deacan of the church was pres— ent,-and played for the dancers nearly all night.”™ |, MONETARY. SATURDAY EVENIXG, Jan. 17. The lccal money market continues to work very close, owing entirely to local causca: the accumulation of grain in store and the speculstion in provisions. In the country, money seems to be 2s plenty as it ever is there, and the New York bank statement to-night shows a large increase of deposits over lozns, indicating an increasing supply of losnable funds. Under these circumstances, it is not probable the market hers will continue tight verylong. One indication of = relaxation to come soon, is the increasing supply of money in the hands of sgonts to loau on security of real estate. The country demand for carrency has fallen off during the last few days, but tho drain of the shipments to the country and to New York Iast weck have mado currency gcarce. New York exchange was lower agnin to-dav, aud gold between banks at par to 20c per $1,000 discount. The clearings of the Chicago banks for the week wore : Da Clearings. Dalances. + $3,615,005.65 * 345834450 3139,256.76 281016147 FU7,174.35 2,649.658.89 o vese - $18,879,579.68 $1,606,550.91 Total.. i Corresponding week lsst Fear.... e veee-s 18,623,606.70 1,776,348.68 The following quotations of local stocks are furnished by First Natfonal Benk. essrs. Hammond & Gage : Lid, Asked. 1140 40 . BMezchants’ Kational Bauk, 200 = German National Bank..... . > 135 Northwestern National Bank, ] ~ Corn Exchango National Rank 16 Gity National Bank. 10 Coolk County National Bank. 100 National Bank of Iilinol s National Bank of Comm: 160 ty Railway. 155 Vet Divialon Railwa, 155 North Division Rafl 5 Falsce Car..... 105 Elgin Watch Company.. 5 Chicago City Gas Light o L P 5 200 BALES. £5,000 Traders’ Insurance Company at par, ¢ LOCAL STOCK AND BOND MARKET. Messrs. Preston, Kean & Co. quote as follows this p. m.: U. 8. €5 of 81, ex int. U. 8, 5-208 of ’62..... U, 8. 5-20s of 'G5, U. 5. 5-208 of %65 Januery and July, ex. int..... <1155 U. . 6-20a of 67 January and Jaly, ©x. int, 6% T. 8. 5308 Selling, 175 1185 @118 104 @uax 116 nrgeUTK 1K@ WIKEUTK u7 @y 14 @uix. U2%@11s 15 @usy nix 11123 peiiss 4.84@4.8T¢ 98 and it and iut. 99 and int. 9@ Buying. Selling. 150 180 by Town, couuty, and iy 10 per cent bonds. - vvuureeeserie LaxD WABRANTS, 160s war 1812 1208 war 1612 17 178 LATEST. New Yons, Jan, 17.—Customs recaipts,i $237,- 000; Treasury disbursements, £533,000; total 1mports for the week, $7,712,954; prodace ex- ports, §4,505,705; specio shipments, $182,195, chiefly silver bars. Hiogey easy st 5@, orling quict at-$4.831¢ for sixty dsys; £4.561¢ for sight. ToTy Gold ranged at 1113@1113. and closed at 111%. Carrying rates, 5@0. Giearings, $3,000,- State bonds quiet ; little doing. Governments ciosed strong. Stocks opered excited and depressed on_sc- count of rumors of Lako Shore passing its divi- dend. Defore the snnouncement of that fact ‘was made Lake Shoro sold down to 8134, and the eneral market, declined 3¢@13¢ in sympathy. otween 11 and 1 o'clock n?g mffke:-m firmer with o glight reaction; beécame weaker, and’ closed with prices at the lowest point.of thaday, | the decline rarging »@23. The principal dealings were ! in ~ Vanderbilt _stocks, = Pa- cific Aail, Wabnsh, Ohio, Rock ¢ island, and Northwestern. = Sales’ betweenj10 and; oclock umounted _to 171,000° shares, of which 82,000 werc Western}Union, 26,000 Union Pacitic, 15,000 Wabash, 742,000 Lako Share, 77,700 C., C. & L. C., 5,000 St.,Paul, 5,000 Pscific Mail, 7,000 New York Central. "'Tho Unitell States Expross Company pays s dividend of $2 & share Feb.;3, snd the same data the Terro Haute & Indianapolis 5 per cent. Tho weekly bank statement is aa follows: Loans, incroase, $2,856,500; epecie. increase, 91,630,900; legal-tenders, increase, 24,491,900 ; depoeits, increase, $11,63,100; circulation, de- croase, $75,500. GovemNn T BONDS, Coupons, *31. upons, 762, Coupone, %4 €Eoupons, 'G5, Coupons, '65{aew). Miesouri’s Tennessco's, Tennessce’s, 1o Virginia’s, new. 46| smcEs, 10 ;St.Panl pfd. 57¢i Wabash. . 2934 bash pf 537 |Fort Wayn 6 |Terre Hauto, 6L ¥ 22 7035 Chicago & 107 1% Chicato & Alton prd.110 i sippi... 3357 Pacific Mail.... - N 271023;{Obio & Mississippi... 3355 New York Central. Cent Del., Lack. & Western1003; New Jerscy Ceriral.. 993Boston, Hart, & Exle, 2% Bt Battl vevenvennennn 4751 e — COMMERCIAL. Saturpax EVENING, Jan. 17, The following were the recoipts and shipments - of the leading articles of produce in Chicago during thes past twenty-four hours, and for the corresponding date one year ago: RRIPMENTS. 1874, Flour, brla, 10,006 4,223 12,559 4,173 Wieat, bite. oo 159,650 17,030/ 119,196 11,874 Corn, bu.... 965 2,851 6,783 15,300| 25,489 Broom corny, Gurea meat s, s Beef, brs... Pork, brla_, Zard, Bis. . ‘With@rasm from store yesterdsy for city con- eumption: 5,587 bu wheat, 8,312 bu corn, 173 ba oats, 780 bu rye, 2,837 bu barley. Withdrawn for do during the past woek: 23,921 bu wheat, 48,152 bu corn, 12,928 bu oats, 9,626 bu rye, 7,253 ‘bu barley. The following grain hes been inspected into storo this momning, up to 10 o'clock : 507 cars ~wheat, 242 cars corn, 37 cars oats, 13 cars rye, 31 cars barley. Testal, 630 cars, or 239,000 bu. . The following were the receipts and shipments of breadgtuils und live stock at this point during the past week and for the corresponding weeks ending as dated .| 600 brla do on private terms ; 6 13 The leading produce markets were generally lower to-dsy, excopt in provisions ; and grain waos woak till near the end of the session, when it exhibited & decided improvement. Large re- ceipts and a falling off in the demsnd for cash , produce wero the causes which broaght about a revulsion from the recent strength. Cash buyers have held off, saying that the speculators had run the market up abovo their reach ; and the latier part of this week the speculators have followed the cdvice given to Zaccheus, in consequence. Dry goods were inquired for to a liberal extent ‘both on local and interior acconnts, and firmness again pervaded all'departmenta of the market. Retailers both in the city and country report business good for the season, and, all things considered, the condition of the dry goods mar- ket is eminently eatisfactory. The general fea- tures of the grocery markot were essentially un- changed. The distribution of the leading staple articles was large, and the sales of side goods also made & respectable aggregate. The general ‘marketstill presents o firm, healthy tone, former' quotations being thoroughly sustained for every articlo in the list, except sugars, which wero “‘oft ” an Jc, Butter continues in good request at full former quotations, or at 18@250 for com- mon fo medium, and at 27@3ic for good to fancy. Notwithstanding the liberal receipts, there isno accumulation here'worth mentioning, and the impression seems to_prevail thas the present pricea will be sustained. In tio cheeso market thers was moro animation than on the two or throe preceding days of the week, the milder wenther enabling jobbers to fill orders with com- arative safoty. Quotations were unchanged. The canned goods trade begius to show a little more vitality, the upward tendency of prices serving to stimulate buyers to lay in their sup- %hes in advence of immediate requirements. ried fruits were moving on s liberal scale at the recently advanced prices. Domestic varieties &re now mostly in epeculative hands, and the course of prices is still upward,—notably so for apples, peaches, and blackberries. Dealers in fish were having a good_trade, - conntry orders being numerous, and liberal in the amounts called _for. Prices were again quoted firm all around, while in whitefish, trout, and the better ‘grades of mackerel the tendency was to zdvance. No changes of importance took place in the leather, bagging, coal, wood, and pig-iron markets. Oils were fairly active at previous uotations, wlero most descriptions wese Srmly hal At the lumber-yarda a fair business in the ag- gregate was tranaacted, the orders received being rrincipn.lly from the interior, and for common nmber, fencing, and shingles. No altoration in “prices’ was reported.. The. demand for nails, metals, and iron continues to improve, and the .firmness which bas hitherto characterized theso ‘markets continues to be one of _their prominent features. Wool was firm, with light stocks, and a comparativelygood demand. Broom-corn was also reported firm and in, moderate demand. Thero ara some indications of s botter trado in -hops, but a8 yet the demand is limited, and prices are without material change. Seeds were rather quiet, with tha exception of clover, which sold {0 n fair extent, chiefly in lots from store. Hay was dull and weak. There was an active demand for hides, former prices being fully sustained. Choice turkeys, chickens, and ducks were m good request and firm, but poor stock, of which thore is a large supply, moves slowly. Enghwines were quict and 1c bolow the saking price of Friday, sales being reported of 150 brls at 96¢ per u;munn, st which price the market closed steady. . Dressed hogs were in g0od slusplng domand, and 5@10¢ per 100 1bs higher, at $6.20@6.35 for good shipping lots. The market closed firm nt this range. Hales wore reported of 90 (over 300 1bs) at $6.40; 610 at $6.35; 176 at $6.80; 415 at $6.25; 25 at $6.20; 266 soft at $£6.00. ~ Total, 1,582 head, ot of 4,095 received. Provisions were more activo, and steadier. The market opened firm, with a “ batter” feel- ing all around, though with no material advance in prices, except on meats, which wers 3fc higher. Towards the close the speculativo ar- ticies cased off, while ments remained firm. The recoipts of hoga were rather small, andthere Was . some_talk about holding a meeting of the pack- ers sud provision dealers to declare the season closed. While such a resolve would be about a8 sensible a3 a declaration that water does not run -down bill, or that the carth does not move around the sun, tho feeling that such a terrible nkase might be promulgated had a perceptiblo effect in stiffening prices. Tho local shorts tilled in a little more freely in consequence, and some owners of product held it off the market for higher prices. Tho packing businessis pro- ceeding slowly, and about three weeks more work at the present rate is needed to equal the totai of last senson’s packing. Thero is not much inducement to operate on a falling mar- ket; so that it is doubtful if we ehall do much more; and most of the packers have shut down already. The Fob deliveries of pork and 1ard seem now to Lave been mostly provided for, and they wers not pressed on the market to-day 2 heretofore. The speculators on lard etill bave faith in it on account of its relative scarci- ty, and_holders of meats feel that the light stocks justify them in being firm, especially as » better foreign demand is favored by & weaken- . ing in the rates of freight scrosa tho ocean. The market closed at the following range of prices : Mesa pork, cash or seller January, £14.15 @14.20; do seller Fobrnary, $11.20@14.25; do geller March, £14.65@14.70; do saller April, $15.10@15.121¢ ; prime mess pork, $12.75@13.00 } extra prime do, S1L75@12.00. Lard, cash or seller January, $8.80@8.85: do seller February, $8.50@8.95; do scllor March, $9.20@9.25 ; do seller April, $9.40@9.45. Green hams at 83 @9 for 16 aud 15 ib averages; sweet pickled hams, 9@10c; saited’ meats, loose, at -b3jc for shoulders; 7@7}c for Cumberlands ; 7@734c for long clear ; T4 @730 for short ribs; 74@7%c for short clear; the ssme boxed st J{c per Ib above theso ‘prices. Green meats Ifc lower than salted do. esta for February delivery 3@Xc higher, and for March delivery 3¢@14C higher than eash Eg‘%}’,‘ Mess beef, §8.25@8.50; extra mess do, Tho Commercial Bulletin gives the following as the returna of the packingat the principsi points, 88 compared yith the same time last sea- 50n 88 far a8 returned, and the aggregate pack- | ing of the seazon of 1872-'3 : Ty date, To date, Agaregat 1874, 113, ‘. 1, “*Estimated. . Tho Commercial Reporigives the following as the shipments of provisionsfrom this city for the weok ending Jan. 15, 1674, and since Nov. 1, 1878, a8 compared with the corresponding periods last year: Tork | Zard Hamu|Should's |tMiddles, rla, | Cer. | “ter \"lbe, 23 13 713, | 69,3l 60,940] 22, de-3.hiss, 4] e1.785) 17, goolin; *Green hams shipped during the week, 31,103 st Sl e s el pei b same time 187313, - h‘t”);clnfln all cot mests except shoulders snd 8. P. P e Enippedduning the woek mclading groon bams, 8,610, ‘against 79,045 pleces the preceding week, £0.75@10.00; boof bams, $22.75@23.00. City tallow, 63(@G}40; grease quotable at 4@ 6c. Halos were reporied of 300 brls mess pork, sollor January,at $14.25; 2,000 bris do sellr February at $14.80; 1,500 brls do at $14.25; 3,250 brls do at $14.90; 750 brls do, seller March, B 914,75 ; 2,500 bris do at $14.70 ; 500 bris do a 81465 ; 500 brls do, setlor April, 8t 815.121¢; 250 fes lard at 98.85 ; 250 tes do at £8.80 ; 250 tea do, seller Fobruary, at $8.95; 850 tcs do at 88.921¢ ; 250 tos do at $5.90; 600 tea do, eeller March, at 89,25 ; 1,250 fcs do at 89.20; 1,250 tos do. seller April, at €9.45; 150 boxes shoulders at 53c s 25005 tha green’ doat 5ige, looge ; 100 bokes Cumberlands at 75c; 40,000 fba short nibs at $7.80; 740,000 Ihs do 2k 73dc; 250,000 1ba do on private terms ; 50,000 Ibs short clear at T5c: $70,000 tbs do at 734c ; 100 boxes do at T3{c ; 90, 000 1be greem hams (15 the) at 935c ; 20,000 1bs and 4000 pes do (16 Toa) at Bfe; 30,000 ‘s do (17 19s) at Bigc ; 20,000 1ha do (18 1bs) at 83¢c ; 40,- 000 s do at 83 ; 100 tca sweet-pickled hams (15 Ibs) &t 10c ; 50 boxes long clear o privato terms; 100 tcs bellies, swoet-pickled, at 9¢ ; 40 bxs eslted doat 73{c;100 brla beef hams at Flour was dull and weak, holders being gen- enally willing to concede 10@15c per brl, and wers not able to effect many sales at that. New York was quoted heavy, and the contined de- cline in wheat has caused flonr-buyers to hold off. Bran wes easior. Sales weroreported of 500 brls white white wiater extrsd on private terms ; 100 brla epring extras at £5.90; 800 brls do as§5.753 100 brla Qo at £6.633; 100 brls do at €512 ; 100 bsls do (low) at 84.871¢; at $4.973¢ ; 38 brla buckwheat at 87.25. Total, 1,690 bris. The following wore theclosing prices $ 7.00 @ 8.00 Choice do.. 8.50 @ 9.50 Red winters. 600 @ 7.25 Cholce to fency s 6% @ Aledium to gooad 4o. 525 @ Good to choice Minnesota.. 600 @ 7.5 g“wh‘od:'i' razsanadesis gg\_’ guoo ‘air to choice spring, super: .75 Common do.... 5.0 @ Rye flour.... 440 @ Buckwheat d 630 @ Bran....... ane. 1425 @®15.25 ‘Wheat wss wesk, and generally dull at o fur- ther average decline of 3/c. Liverpool was gei erally reported cusier, and Now York was decid- edly ** off color,” whilo our receipts are on tho increaso, and shipments small. The prospect, too, is that theso conditions will be intensifed. The country stations to the west of us aro filling up with wheat, waiting to bo forwarded, and there is & gront deal of wheat between here sud New York. We bave not forwarded very much from Chicago ; but very liberal shipments hava been made from interior points direct for tho seaboard, and the general tone of edvices from Now York is to the effect that Luyers foel they can buy in future at mauch less prices thon they bave been paying recently. Honce thoy hold off ; and the promise of larger arrivals here will aid them in their efforts to beat down prices. Our stocks have increased nesrly 450,000 bu during the past weok. Hence the bear feoling prevailed hers, especially as most of the shorts seom to have been scared into filling near tho top, making the market emphatically a long ono. 'Tho oferings in the option department wero liberal to-dsy, and were chiefly taken by the local ‘speculators of the “scalping ” order, who bought at the bottom, and then yelled the market up eo that they could sell at X(c profit. Receivers were also offering liberal quentities to ar- nvo next month. The shipping demand was irregalar. ‘There has been Ltilo inquiry for the speculativo grade for several days past. Shippers have taken hold of =all the No. 1aud 3 that are offered; as by mixing theso tuey obtain & wheat fully equal to No. 2, and costing some 2¢ per bu less,—which is quite au item. Seller February openod at $1.233¢, fell off ¥ic, advanced o $1.24, receded to 31.231, rose to 31.231¢, de- clined to $1.23, then improved to $1.24%¢ on re- coipt of the nowa that thero was a better export demand in New York, and closed at 31.241£. Sol- ler March sold at SL26@L27X, closing at $1.2734. Seller the month, orcash No. 2 spring, sold at 31.2‘2@1.23!’/. closing at $1.23%. "No. spring wos in good demand at 31,2i@1.55. N spring soldat $1.16,andrejecteddocloscdat 3 'ash sales were reported of 2,400 bu No.1 s& ing 0. 2 6,600 bu at 3125 11,600 bu_do at 81.24; i 23145 5,000 budoat$ 5 2,000 bu do at S1. 33,800 bu do a¢ $1.23%¢ 291 ; 12,800 bu do at $1.22}; 8,400 bu No. 3 spring at $1.16; 800 bu rejected spring at £1.09; 1,600 bu do at §1.08. Total, 130,300 bu. Corn was rather moro active, and averagad 13{c lower. The recent advance in_prices in- ‘duced country holders to eend in their corn more freeiy, and it arrives here just intimo tomeat the ‘wealnoss, which is the resalt of s natural reac- tion from the excitement of Jast weel. The re- ceipta to-day wero largo, and the reportod ship- ments very small, making s total increaso of 215,000 bu to onr atocks in storo daring the weck, with 2 promiso of a still greater sugment the coming weok. New York was reported -dail sand easier. There would scem to be somo ma- nipulation going on there, s by all accounts the operators in New York are ehort of corm, and taking hold of everything that is offered, while they report their market as weal, for the purposa of being able to fill their contracts at tess prices. Some of them have sold short largely in this market, on the top, and aro now covering. The local shiorts had pretty well filled in previousls, 80 that they do not want much, and a good many of thom were frco sellers to-day, in the expecta~ tion of & still further docline. Thare was not 5o much offered from tho country asyesterday for forward delivery, and the réccivers were not anxious to sell at the decline; henco » quict ‘market in cash lots, and almost nothing doivg in the May option. Towards the close of thie session these_facts, with a firmer tone in the advices from Now York, caused s material strengthening. Beller Febraary opened at 5737¢, declingd to 56¢, advanced to 5614c, fell off to.504¢, and rosc to 8634c, closing at 5534c. - Seller March was very quiet at 13{c abovo February. ~Sellor May sold 84 62@03i5c. Cash No. 2 sold at 55@36c, clos- ipg ot tho outaide; and scller the month sold early at 5637c. Old rejected closed at 53¢, and new doat 4ic. Cash sales were reported of 8,200 bu old No. 2 at 56c; 9,800 bu do at 553 25,800 bu do at_55}c; 5,200 bu do &t 55 9,400 bu do at 55c; 800 bn old rejecied at 53 400 ba do at 5134c; 1,600 bu do at 51 at 503¢c; 1,200 bu new rejected at 47¢; do at 46¢; 2,000 budo at 45c. Total, 61200 bu. Otts were more aetivo, and averaged K@24e Jower. _The market opened very weak, i sym- pathy with wheat and corn, but recovered beforo 1 o'clock, and closed firm at_tio outside prices of tho session. Sciler Fobrnary, tho leading deal, soldat 405@415¢c; scller March at 14@ 49¢; soller 3ay at 4515@461<c; and cash No. 2 at 40}@403c. Cash eales were reporied of 2,400 bu No 2 st 4037c; 4200 bu do at 4014c ; 1,200 bu do at 48]¢c ; 1,300 bn No. 2 white at 40%c; 600 bu rejected at 87:gc; GO0 ba do at 37c; 1,800 bu by samplo at 41%c; 600 bado at 41c on'track. Total, 25,600 bu. Rye was moro active, aud declined 2c per bu under moro liberal offers to sell, which wero brought out by tho focta of larger receipts of rye and the goneral weakening in_ olher cereals. The offerings were taken frecly, however, and tho decline was partially recovered from by tueendof tho seasion. No. 3 closed at 77c for regular, and -79¢ for lots on 2¢ storage. Sales were reported of 400 bu No. 2 nt 73c ; 800 bu do at 78k{c; 2,00 bu do at 78¢; 4,000 bu' do, regular, at7c; and 4,000 ba do at_76c. 'Total, 11,200 bu, Barley was dall and 1@% lower. No. 3 was inactive, and quoted weal at £1.45. No.3 was very quiet at $120@L21, but would have brought more in the Northwestern. Iejected waa about the oly grad inquired for, and that waa slow at $1.12@L15. Cash sales were report- . ed of 2,800 bu No. 3 at £1.21¢ 2,000 bu do at 81.2 00 bu rojected at $1.15; 2,400 bu do at $1.18; 800 bu do at $1.12; 1,600 bu by sam- ple at $1.50; 400 bu do &t $1.4: ,600 bu _do nt £1,41%¢ ; 400 bu do at 31.40; 500 ba do at 3135; 500 b do at 21.71¢; 1,900 bu do at 31.27; 800 ‘bu do at $1.25; 400 bu at £1.20, on track. Total, 16,600 bu. EUROPEAN MARKETS. The following advices were received on 'Change to-day, in addition to those given in our tele- grapliic columns : Jax, 17.—London—Cargoes off coast whest steads Corn firm et 415 8. Cargoes on passago wheat stead: Corn strong, _California white wheat, 133 Sd@14a 1d. “Liverpool—Wheat quiet. Corn quiet at 418 5d. - LATEST. Wheat and corn were quiet early in tho aftor- noon, but afterwards more active and weaker, owing to reports of a lower Liverpool. Whest declined X¢e, with sales at S1.243{@1.241¢ for February, closing at the insido, and at $1.27%¢ for March, Corn clogod easy at 5654¢ for Fob- ruary, rauging from 563 @3614c, and at 57%{c for March. No traneections in provisions were re- ported. e CHICAGO LIVE-STOCK MARE®T- Situnpax EvFsTa, Jan, 17, The receipts of live stock Jeing the week have been a3 follow 97,317 127,112 Week befor o 100,29 menta wers as follows i 5 Cattle. Hom, Menday.. 419 263 Tucadsy. 4,539 Wednesday. 5,40 Thi 5,517 Friday... 7,020 660 20,719 Last wes o Lame 2TE 8121 ‘nroughout tho past week steadily £l x?‘.‘gi'f;rhr.s'—’:mmg e 1o "aillc trade, sad the Qifferent grades of stock have appreciated in value. e s tcherss Ao aad common to faif ahipping grades has not been vory pronounsed, but good o extra qualitics are upa slrong Xc,orto s Bigher point than has been reachod since befozo tho e “The healthier tons of tho markot hero 16 maic- J7 atizibutablo to the improved state of trado in tha Principal Exatern markets, thongh tho much {zpzoved Buality of the stock sent forward cooiributed in no small degreo towsrd bringingabout a favorabie change. Tho attendance of ehippers waa unasaally full, sad for desirable shipping becves th demand kept pace ith the supply at the advanced prices current, of 3t $5.00@5.25 for good droves, averaging {roia 1,200 to 1,35 Its, ut £5.00@5.75 for second~cias steers, and a0 $5.650.5 for extra. There were saica of fancy e steers at higher figures, 5,50 and $4.75 belng 0, bt thees transactions, uf caurse, sTe Hot a_{air Veal calves are in demand and sall at 3. 5. aou!‘m choice n:mifi!. m:‘;'cw ‘miich cows fib:? {,fl: o inquired for,and prices. remaln unc $20,00@40.00, a8 to quality, <Sachmtiged A“ To-day fair activity waa noted in the demsnd for the aifferent grades of shipping cattle, and, though the receipts Were somowhat larger than had been looked for, sellors wers enabled to fuily sustain the prices current earlicr in the week, Oaly o few banches res mained in tho yards unsold at the close of trade. QquoTATION*. Extra Beeves—Graded steers, averaging1,400 10 1,350 Ibs. . $5.85@6.25 Choice Beeves—Fine, fat, well formed 3year 1o 5 year old stecrs, ‘averaging 1,300 to 1,450 La ... GH0B5T Decves—iwell-fatiened, finely formed steers, averaging 1,200 to 1,350 ths 5.00@5.35 dium Grades—Steers in f. LR@LE ond good 10 extra cows, fur city slinghter, averaging 950 to 1,100 Ls. 2.25@4.25 Stock Cattle—Comrmon lesh, averaging 700 to 1,050 12s., .. Inferfor—Light “and thin cows, £tags, bulls, and scalawag stees Cattle—Texas, cholce corn-fed. Cattle—~Texas, sunmered No Cattlo—Texaa, through droves HOGS—The hog trade has been in a dull and unsat- isfactory condition since the dato of our last weekly review, the damand being small, with prices irregulsr and lower. Notwithstsnding o falling off in the res ceipts of £ome 35,000 Lead, tho supply largoly exceeded the demsnd, many remsining in the pens umsold at the close. A majority of tke packing-houses have now been clozed for unless our supplies of hogs shall reduced, the course of prices may be expected to continuo downward, Shippers, of course, will con- tiouo in tle market, but oue-half the number now coming forward wili provo sufiicient to meet tneir wants. The quality of the hogs recelved was exceed~ inglyZpoor. Each day's asmivals embraced a few car- loxds of superior quality, but the great bulk of the offerings were of inferior grade, consisting of Hght, coarze, uneven, and badig-mixed lots, for which thers was no save ot the 10w rango of $4.50@5.00. The purchases of shippers aggregato about 30,000, ar less than one-third of tho Wweek's receipts, To-day the demand exhibited a little more activity, and prices of the better grades encd a little, but common and medium lots wero again weak. Sales ‘were reporled at §£.00@4.9 for inferfor to common 3 to- tho eeason, and, further 84.55.00@5,15 for medium ; and at $5.20@5.40 for toextra. There is to be 3 meeting of the night, at which, it is understood, they will resolve to immediately closo their packing-houses for the season, Following are to-day’s forensen sales : 0G SALES. Xo. Av. Price|Yo. Av. Price)¥o. Av. Price. o7 o030 $5.40 44 236 2525 8 133 $4.95 61 2k 33 210 490127 10 691N 52 199 83 163 56.10| 69 139 450 41 230 ) 215 64| 63 320 695 48 -190 363 b. 26 302 5.0 a5 181 ‘ 203 5.15| 35 433 5,35 49 359 ’(3 227 525113 281 5.00 w0 3T A 356 52045 28 dSu 43 400 |2fl 253 58 164 515 600 175 4.T5@5.00] 59 299 3 AT 535 46~ 20 103 281 9 203 485 123 204 29 307 46 322 4 39 10 53 200 44235 475 a3 3 a7 4 60 4 35 i3 sio 23 3 490 41 37 520195 360 630{ 31 285 6. 162 332 530400 260 .10 SHEEP—Thero haa been a good degres of nctivity in the demand far sheep, not ouly on local account, but for shipment, and with moderate receipts the markst Thas ruled firm thronghout, and toward the close a shade higher. Good to cholco mutton qualities ara now quotablo at $4.60@5.25, and poor to medium grades at §3.50@A.25. R, MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH. Forcign Markets. Lrvrnroor, Jan. 1511 a, m.—Flour, 295@295 6. Wheat—Winter, 135 44@i2s 831 spring, 124 433138 white, 13s 94@14s7 club, 14s@14s 3. Corm, 404 3d. Pork, 67s. Lard, 423 3d, TrveRrooL, Jan, 17—1:30 p. m.—Breadstudfa quiet and unchanged, FRANKFOBT, Jan. 17.—5-203 of 1862, 975jc. Pants, Jan, 16,—Tentes, 53f Stxc. Loxpo, Jan, 17—5 p, m.—Tlio smount of bullion gone Into the Bank of England on balauces to-day ia Consals for money, 921G Tnited Btates Securitice—5-203 %67, 103 ; 10403, 1053 ; mew 53, 1023 Central, 96, Erle, 453/@10 ; preferred, T1¥ Lrvemroor, Jan, 17.—Cotton fat: middling up- land, 8i;d: Orleans, 85d. Sales, 10,000 bales; dmer- ican, 6,700 3 epeculation and export, 2,000, Dreadstuffs quiet and unchanged, Lard, 425 64, Tallow, 38 6. New York Dry-Goods Marker. New Yorx, Jan. 17.—Business jmproving with menuficturess' agents in some departmenis. Job- bing quiet, Cotion goods firm, with an upward ten~ dency on bleached goods. New York Mills’ shirtings Bas been ndvanced by sgents to 19¢, Wamsatta to 19¢, and Tuscarora tolsc, Cottonaces are selling more freely ; medium and white ground fancy priats activa in irethands. Fine fancy cassimerea and worsted coatings doing better. The Wool Trade. Bostoy, Jan. 17.—¥ool quizt ; combing and dekiizs wool_firmier ; nales of domesdc ¢ 60¢; pulled wool in fair demand aud unchanged ; Ohio and_Pennsyivania No. 1 extraand double eztrs, S0@37c ; Michigan, 51@ 3 Western coarse and_ cxtra, 42X@30c ; combing zine, 53(@GE0¢ ; Muwashed and unmerchantabls, 2024374c ; tub at 53(50c ; Aconred, 42c@3L00; Noils, 0., Saled of domestic ihe past week, BI1,100 18] Joreign, 187,700 s, New York Produce Market. Nrw Yonk, Jan, 17.—CorroN—Quict and lower; middling uplinds, 163¢e. Lreapesvrrs—Flocr dull and lower; receipts, 16+ 000 bris; superfine Western and State, $6.00:25, common to gocd extra, $C.70@7.00 ; good to cholce, $7.05@7.40; white wheat extrs, $7.10@8.00; extra Ollo, $6.80@8.20; St. Louls, $6,85@11.00. 'Rye four and corn-meal unchanged. = Wheat unsettled, closing steady ; reccipts, 93,000 bus Xo. 2 Chicago, S1.60@ + "Milwaulite, ' $LEX@L54; Towa, $LISGLGA Northwest, $1.6: No, 1 Minnesots,$1.65 ; white Mich- igan, $175. Dyo ecarce and dhm; Westrn and Biaté, §1.05@1.10. Barley scarce and in moderate do- mand ; Canads West,$1.85. At quiat &nd Arm. Corn eaay ; receipts, 4,000 bu ; old Weatern mized in store, 05@9lc ; do afioat, 925¢@%%c ; new afloat, 64 @373c; old yellow Vestern &2 store, 91ic. Gats moro active snd firm ; receipte, 30,600 bit; mized ‘Western, 61%@03c ; white, 635c, iy %D Hops—Unctanged. elasses moderately a0~ Tiice quict, refined, 13} @132[c. GrocERIEs—Sugar dull, tive; New Qrleans, 712G PrrnoLEuM—Crade, 5; £—Firm ; domest 7@35c ; pulled, 5@E30c. TURPENTINE—Firm ; ot 46@47c. Provisious—Pork firm ; now mess Bpot, §16.00 March; extrs prime, £1: ; nrime mee, 00@19.00; ctra #i5.00. Beef quiet; plain mess, 3 59, icrco beef qula extra G:29,50. Cut meats quiet; mud- Qles steady ; 'long clear, 8i{c; short cloar, 3 Lard steady ; primo steam, 9 -16GIXC spot ; 9 516G 93¢ February. Burrea—Steady ; Western, 24@34e. . CmzEsz—Firm at 9@15c. An Incident at o Papal Andiences Rome Correspondence of the Philadelphia Bulletin, Tho Popo ia in excellont health and spiriis. Last weel, ab en sudience, there was an Amer- ican Protestant clorgyman aud his wife. The Topa talked with them somomoments 1n Frenchs s His Holiness passed to_other visitors, the clergyman rolled out in American Latin onthusi- astically (that is, Latin pronounced according to the Cambridge etyle, not as the Latia Catho- Tice pronounco it): *iay Your Holiness live & hundred years." : The Pope turned quickly, dropped his French, and said bursquely in Jtalisn, shakicg his right band impatiently in fsont of his ear, s if the sound gave himpatn: *“Thank you, thaok yon very much, but it i3 no use for you to speak Latin to mo with that pronunciation ; I cannot understand it.” . Tt recalled to m3 the death-bed of Malherbe, tta *tyant of syllibles,” 23 hie was named. Az inatant before ho cied, when he hud hardly 1 breatli of life in bim, ho roused himsel? up sod- denly, t0 \ake his Lurze to task for naing a word which be 8urd was not French. His confeasol was eitting buide hLis pillow, endeavoring tc represent to Lim he Lappinces of tho elect in Heaven. Unfortan%aiy hig homily was giver in vuolgar and incorrect sepnch, Poor Mal Berbe grew more and MOT0 Teat-wg. ~ Awked the good prieat, **Ifao you ot & fXeat wsice to o oy this folicity? Soon you will be wer,” *¢No m'en parlez rlus,” groaned the dr}ng =2n, «tYotre mauvais stylo m'en degouterait.” il not talk to me any moro about it. Your bed etyle will disgust mo with it.) Fir. Sumner and tho Woman Question, As will bo seen by the following correspond- enco, Bouator Sumacr, of Massachusstty, da= clines to insert the little word sex in bis Civil Dights hills « WasmaTox, Dec. 13, 1873, “ The Jon. Charles Sumner, U. Faee *DeanSm: 1have béen waiching with ine tonse interest the progress of your * Civil Rights Dill’ but find in it sn omission which will bear heatily upon & partion of tho citizood of tho United Brates. Intimately connected a3 woman i5 with the law, ond a8 much as it is for Eer in- toreat to understand her rights under it, she is rigidly "excladed from _every law-school in the Isid, on sccount of ber Eex; even from the ublic law lectures of the District of Colum- ia, with tho minglo exccption of tho Iaw school of Harvard University. Can yeu not amend, and let your bill resd ‘race, color, #ax, or previous, &e. 7' oae littls word uf threo letrers will call down upon your hoad many & i O 7o ot taken into accotnt ia quoting T L For stock steers thero ban alio_ beca & o Lonaiey, and holders of sultable lota e oosed ot them st a sulstantial advancs over e ke rices, ealea making st $3.00@3.25 for com- oo thin, roughish grades, and st $3.503L00 for Laix o - Butihiers catdesold_rather slowly, and at Td littlo better prices than prevailed last w o Tt thatw Targo mount of drased bt s mo, g from the faz c zelling a e o aimost precinde the competition on (b part e mioago "slanghlerers, Gepresoca. the mirket foi ‘bris superfine | e g, aud, for thie prescnt, couxtry shippers O o I2tamata b7 Y3tbliold o sache blessing. Very respectfally, sang, Neyepee DeLva A. Lockwoo.” # Sxate Crasrues, Dec. 29, 157 Yra. Beléa A. Lothucod: “Drar Mipax: In reply to your letter of Dic. 15, 1 bave to #ay that the pending Civi-Rights bill is supplementary to the existing law on thaz rabject, and concerns only the denial of rights on account of ‘m% ca&;z'r&lt’)r previous coudi- i itude.’ Fail ly yours, tion of servi 7 Hoca®