Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 18, 1876, Page 8

INANCE AND TRADE. Bomething Like Improvement in Local Finances: Last Week, Moderate Demand for Loans-s-Un- checked Movement of Carrency. Irregnlar Produte Markets...Pork Fasier-o\Wheat, Barley, and Lard Firm. Corn, Oats, and Rye Weakn-- Packing Statistics, Eto. FINANCIAL, ‘The clearinga of last weok ahow that ita bosiness exceeded that of the corresponding week of last year by nbout & per cent. The-depreciation of Keneral prices needs to be taken into the nccount, and, with the Increaee In clearingy, Indicates acon- riderablendvance In the sum total of transactions, The loan market was moderately active, Tho packers have been constant borrowers, and have received, probably, on the wholo, greater advances thon last year, Tho country banks and commia- slon-houses are borrowing 18 order to have cur- «srency to movo the hog crop, Mercantile collece tions have improved, and businces is gonerally fair. Therels nsurplnsof lonnable funds in tho hands of the banks, but they pursue s very cons servative coutao in Incrensing thelr disconnts, Rates of disconnt are 5@10 per cent at the banks to regular customere, with spacial rates in special cases, Ontha strect rates are? per cent and up- ward, hi New York ‘exchangs waa frecly offered and quoted between banks at 80c@$1. 00 per $1,000 dis- count. ‘The orders from the country for currency were 1ight, ns usual on Satueday. The clearings of the weck wera reported as fol- Tows by Manager D, K. Hale, of tho Chicago Clear. ing-Houee: Clearings, +$ 4.277,077.08 41083010 s Batances. - & g 335, Total. $3,035,857.13 §2.074,080.60 Ot Peme® R 0,020 2,078,104,18 THE MOVEMENT OP GOLD. The recent flow of gold to this country hias ex- .cited 8 great desl of interest. The New York Dally Nulletin has complled from officlal sources the following statement of the amount of specle that has arrived at New York from Sept. 10 to Dec. 11,and the names nl.nm firms to which It was con- elgned: ank of Tiritish North America. Elnk of ‘Mnnlml. A, Beim T EW. Drexel, M ipepers & Co... lscelinncous nitiounis. 1,653,000, There have apparently been someunusual operations con- tributing to this very large importativn. It!sune' derstood that bonds have been sold’ on account of the Unlted States Government 1n London, to pi vide the meuns for buylng sfiver; to what weare not awarg; eome report the amount an 88,000,000, others consldernbly below thatsum. It fs worthy of note that 84,500,000 of the above total has come to the local lranches of Canadian banks. A constdernblo poriion of this [s probahly the resnlt of Canadn loans recently negotiated n Toudon, the Instalimentd on which from September to December amount to £1,431,020, or about $7,000,000, and which under the condilfons of the exchanges have natarally gono through Noew York. BUSINESS IN PHILADELPHIA, Bome of our confemporaries profess to sco somo improvement in buelness, but we confess, so far a8 the movement comes under our observation, it I3 not vory morked. The times are very hard, and many of the industrics are proparing to slack off after the holtdays, maklug it even wore difficult for the dependent to live comfortably. With the paselng of tho Lolklaya numorous largo oporating eatablishments will mateninlly lessen the number of thelr employes. 1t fs now difficult to meet rents and live, and with leas employment the employed will have to lessen their house accommodations— two families indtng-houses where ono now ocen ples nn cntire house, This will increase the humber of unoccupled tencments, and make tho burthen of taxatlon on property-holders the more seneibly felt, ‘The husinesa outlook 18 not good, anid the politieal complications not nt sll satis- fuctory, —Dhiladelphia Ledger. GOLD AND GREENBACKS. Gold was 1075@107% in greonbacks, @Greenbucks were 934@U2K ceuts on the dollar ngold, FONEIGN BXCIANGE. Sixty day, Sight. 482 arls—| 2 witzeriand 810 elginm, 6"52 Auntrn 40! Fiellana. fig Gerniany . g ol GOVERNMENT DOXNDS. 2 Asked, Unitcd States as of ‘31, 1101 United Btates 5. 100} -2 0f *65- 1123 115 17 1 i Stoel:. Chicngo Clty 79 ct. bonds, Chiengo Clty 7 ¥ et sewera Chicago Clty 7 % Cook County 7 ¥ ¢t. bonds ( Ieat Park 7 ¥_ot, "bond Chamberof Contimercs -Exposition stock.. *And{uterest. BY TELEGRAPIH, NEW YORK. New Yonr, Dec, 10.—Gold closed at 107%, af- ter advancing from 1075 to 107%. Carrylng rates . 3toGpercent, Loans were also made flat, Uovernments activo and strong, ; Rallrond bonds firm ond fo good demani, State bonds quict and steady. The stock market In tho forenoon waa strong and higher. the advanco inprices zanging from X to 1% per cent on the general list, ‘The improvemont was greuteat I the trunk Jine shares, owingto tho close of the rallroad war, Lake Shoro advanclug from 58 to 602, New York Central ‘from 1044¢ to 1054, ex dividend, and Bichigan Central from 443 to 43%. Erle rosa from 0% to 104, Hock JeTand from 003 10 100, and 8t. Paul com- mot from 20% to 20%.° ‘The preforred advanced from 534 to G3%, and the lutter fell off to He%, Western Unlon declined from 72% to 724, closlng at 72%@72%; Delawaro & Tudeon Canal declined from 704 to 69; and Delaware, Lackawanns & ‘Western from 714§ to 701 was 8 reactlon of @3 per cent in the gen- sral lst. Throughout = thu da thero was anlmmense crowd in the Lako Shore corner of the Exchange, and prices madou steady aldvance In the early houm, bus later quotations werv o ehudo lower, uwing to some laree realizing falev, A the close the market was dull and strong, Sules to-day aeyregmied 130,000 shares, of which 7,300 were Wewtern Unlon, 2,400 Northwestern, 2, 100 Ttock lsland, 12,000 St. Payl 0,400 Erley 000 lake Shore, 3,000 Now York Central, 100 Michigan Central, and 8,700 Delawars und Kawunna, Money 46t per cent, clnsing dull at 4@5, Prime wercuntile paper, HGp7 per ceut, Unstoms receipts, 8223, 000, ‘Lreawury dinbarscments $277, 000, Produce exports fur the week, $6,400,000, learings, 527, 500, 3 K21 Khort, 484, . After midday thero 8. L 500, Eterhug quict: lon Py weekly b decreare, 4, 500 § 1-tenders, {nereoec, 8158, H00 473, 7005 circulatio inercase, Si, 7, 8 GOVERNMENT nOMUS, Now s, eponits, ‘ucroase, §89, - Tennouee s, uld cou Vi FOREION, Loxnn pc, 10— p. m,~Conbdols, inoney and necaunt, 63 1a-10, - Amcrjean Securities—Coupons, '05, 104143 '67s, * 107141 10-40s, 10784; new bn,. 100; Central, 1013 Yrie, 0k preferred, ‘18, Patus, Dec, 10, —{tentes, 104¢ G5e. * Frankront, Dec. 10.—United States Bonds— Neow Gs, 101%. COMMERCIAL. ‘The following worn the receints nnd shipments of the leading articlea of produce fn this clty duting the twenty-four honrs ending at 7 o'clock on Saturday morning, and for the corresponding time laat year: Recelpli Shipments, 1870, | 1873, Jlay, tona.. i amber, 0. I} 3 Youltry, co a nn.’nkmr.'. 0eeoerovre Withdrawn from stors on Friday for city con- samption: 6,160 bu whept, 712 bu oats, 1,334 u barley. ‘The following graln was Inspected Into store in this city on Satnrlay morning: 43 carsNo. 2 N. W, wheat, 1 ear No. 1apring, 34 cars No, 2do, 15cars No, 3 do, 17 cars rojocted do, 1car no grado (111 wheat); 0 cara high-mixed corn, 2 cars new do, 25 cars No, 2 corn, 7 cara new mixed do, 69 vars rejected do, 12 cars no grade do (111 corn) § & cara white oata, 10 cars No, 2do, 15 cars rejected (30 oats); 20 cars No. 2 rye, 1 car rejected do, 10 cars No, 2 ‘barloy, 16 cara Ne. 3 do, 12 cars rejected do (37 barley), Total, 510 cars, or 128,000 bn, Inapected out: 24,055 ba wheat, 12,070 bn corn, 2,330 tn oals, 7,001 bu rye, 8,162 bu barley, ‘The following were (he recelpts and ahipments of orendstuila and Jive stock at this pofnt during the past week, and for the correenonding week ending asdated: Receiptn— i t, by Dec.o, Dec, 18, 1870, 1875, 610,173 103,100 Ocvee tarnans. 701 &fl'“ The following were the exports from New York for the weeks onding as dated: Dec. 9, Dec. 18, 70, 1870 Flour, hris 170010 33,000 Wheat, bu, (B GTID . ‘U'he leading produce markets wers Irregulsar on Saturday, both in prico and actlvity, Provisions, wheat, and barley were atronger; corn, oats, and rye tended downward, and there was not much change in other departments. The two chief in- fluences 8t work were the Eastern question and the frelght question. IL was nnderstood that Turkey declines to nccede to tho demands of Rus- sla, and will Aght alone §f need bo; while the rall- road trouble was reported to bo ended at Inat, with an important ndvanca {n rates aa tho nathral con- sequence. Our recelpts wero somewhat smaller In wheat and larger in corn, with little outgo in anything except meats, as graln room was not to be had. 1t was whispored that 30c per 100 1bs had been offered soveral days ngo, and refnsed for room for o ronnd’lot of wheat from here to New York. And this, whilo the nominal rate was 20c. The meat shipments have, however, been enor- mous: averaging nearly 4,000,000 1bs for each of the six working days of the past weel There wusa roasonably active dry-goods market, and prices were firm all around. Standurd cotton productions still show an upward Inclinatton, Crocerles were in fair request to supply the cily and country trade, and, excepting sugars, were firm. Soft white and brown sugars were quoted off on }c, Coffeca wero strong at Thursday's advance, Tens, rice, slrups, apices, cte., ruled atendy. No marked changes were developed in the butter and cheese markets, Loth wers firm, but there waw not much demand for the latter, Drled fruita yere ordered with some freedom by both tho clty and country trade, and fully provious prices were belng realized, Flsh remain quict and steady, Intho lesther market there fs continued actlvity, and prices show great strength. + Bagging wns Inactive. Tho Inquiry for olls waa light, but the market malntalned o irm tone. Turpentine was held 2@ dc higher, In responso toa sharp advance at the sources of sapply. Conl wan actlve and firm, Lumber was rather quiet,®hough thodally ship- monts continuc in excoss of thoss for the same time o year ago, Trices aro unchanged, The broom, com, wool, hop, and lay markets remaln quict. Tlideawere in good request at irreg- ular prices. Seeds wero quiet and sfendy, except clover, which wns in falr requost and o shado firm- er. The cold weather Interfered with the trade in green frults, and most of {he orders were allowed tolay over untll the frait could be moved without danger of freezing; and for tho same reason pota. toea were also quiet. Poultry and game sold falrly on the street at former prices, Tall freighta were quoted steady st 20¢ por 100 s to New York, 2hcto Hoston, 18cto-Philadel- phia, and 1730 to Baltlmore, It was announced by telegraph that the raflrond maguates at lhe Enst had sgreed upon nn ndvance to take offect im- medlately, and it was bolleved that figures would e markod up to 10@15¢ per 100 e, TROVISIONS. 100 PRODUCTS—Wero active on tho articles, and generall, hutno finportant ad! 4 the market on pork closed lower, Jogs wero in light aupply, and packing grades wero quoted firnter, but. gradesnat heavy cnough for mess pork were dull, 84 there le now 1l {nducement to cut meats whilo pork 11 relatively much higher. ‘This differenca arises from the fact that the ** country” has taken hold of pork as the most convenfent article to handls and carry, whils foruliku orders for meats are falllng off, though enough” of thoso orders are yet untiiled to keep upe big ship- _Dog movement for some thne 18 come. The market Satuniay woa matorfally (nfinanced by the fden that the run of hogs [n Jauuary and February will not b largo enough to make up for the excess i the export move- eut of product thus far over tho wamo tima for last ason; but It was feated that Engiand hos kot through byl BTUElY far Lhu prescnt, Naviug stocked up o« O ity Commerelal Rutietin glves tho following a8 110 progreas of packing kt (he polita hameds Total Todate,] e 1874. "1 1875 Jvintr, Todate, Todute, 1874, I 1673, BI0, 1807 670,153 13 o0 25071 00, 130,010 o0 6,097, iy )en Aloiney. hea Maliog, 40,2431 27,195' Eahata o 100000 B0i0 2 20,0000 amou) AL G| Bl THATE X |_iduis i slocks of 1be fuilowlug-named artlcivs uro re- The A oy satullons vy, Lard, 8.0%hams, brie, ics. o Dee, 10, 1870, 4, 20 1,175 fl&? e, RIS 7,00 Ay = 1HG W0 Game e e, 18, 187 L5 Noreport Lee 1u, 1874 epors 10, 4RI Nor cLive, but decilied 130 per br] u seadlon Wider ot liberul oifer. een Ulled. Bales were o1 tho latter part u! ik after tin carly urlers ind Febortcd OF 310 brly cash oL $111 03 2, 200 Urle elior tho e 1A 31000 0/ el SE0E Juniary A Februaryut @1 @ 3 L0 hriswelicr :50 bris seller Mareh st 17,0017, . 780014 The murket cloacd o at g4, 436 for tound Jol $UL 4510, 47% weller thy Years | $10,5%e 1007} seller dnnuurys Aud ST s fur Vobruuey . © Boller Marcs’ was Nomias st BHT. Xk 17,05 ut thd clupe. xtra prifia ork waa quotad st $12.0021.78. L ARD=Was actively wanied, a0y mdvanced. SHGAC Ref 1 1he. notwilistandiog b vasicr feling In pork. o atock Of 1ard only shuws o oderate (neTeasts aud there l4a good European deptandi hence the tirnigeas. Sules Wers reporicd uf 400 tox cuals at [ 3 o8 seller (h 10,600 tea seliir Janaary a acller February ot & March ot $10. 033, vlosed frin st §10: seller thy year; ¥10. BI0.45B10:47)y for uary, ll’llll 81 $10.5734L10.60 8t Lhe close, 10 Meave—Wuro mudorstely active on hame and shoul- des, and dull oo E auy appareut dewand” Thore wis no clisoye rel it e groen avy lung-cut ha it b short ra c Eoti wellir Februsry. Ghi 6o On (o el o ; th Luts, for witicis therd wha i pricen, Baitd i pdried of a8 960 10 161 and bigu for 14 1 beragton b h, byes i Mc:q, m‘un'm:m ot ity cus v fo e, U357 seTIVE K1ariut 100,00 1l Country siouldory 8¢ LH0} bad =0 ' 4,000 bt du at 41%Q ¢ frec on board cars. Total, 7.~ 200 by, . The follow: d m Inng Short vibe, clears, clears, i 75 @ 8 Tin B [ 8 %) s Bl & ¥ i3 Longand ur!thnrnmn(oflll:“Mfl!‘(flcmh.mu ¢ for Janusry, and }c melier February, Cumberlands aulet at KUGGBMcy long-cut hama, Digeiae, All boted; swect-pickled finms, Digaloife. Green hame, BROYC. Becon qnted nt mm'e fur’ shoulders, B{juse for Mot riba, for all cany DY@IVe fur shiort clears, 12913¢ ams, B \Canobiet nt saige, BEEF PROUUCTS = Were ateady and qulet at 9,753 1000 for meen: §10.7811,00 for 8xtrs niess; and $10.00 @IP.60 I AL - Wat quoted at THe for clty, and THQTHe for country lots, sccoruing to condl ——— BREADSTUFFS. FLOUR=Was qulet and unchanged. There was very Httle demand, eftner from local buyers or shippers, but holders are Arm In thelr views, not having much on hand, Bales weraroportod of £00 brls winters on private terms; 350 hris apring extras, partly at $5.25; 125 bris rye flour at $4.13%@4,201 and 75 brle buckwheat do, partly on p. ¢t Total, R brls, The market closed steady atthe following an the asking range of prices: Chofco winters, 20.5087.50; medlum winters, $5.50 0,23y choleo spring oxtras, $0.00@6.505 medivm 110,$5.5035.87)41 shIpping extras, §4.87@3.454 cholco patents, $7.00@8.23; common do, $0.60@7.00; spring superfines, €3.374@24.00. Itye flour, $4.23@4.57)% Buckwheat do, $6,75@%,25. DImAR—Was quict and 8¢ per ton lower, Salo was made of 40 tons at $12.00Q12.50 on track. . MipoLinas—8alo was made of 10 tons Ane at $17.50 free on board car. _ Cony-MxAr—Snlo was mnde of 10 tons cosrss at $14,50 per ton on teack. WHEAT~Was moderately active, and nveraged about H@Xc hizher than Friday's market, closing Mo Dbettor than tho latest quotations of that day. Livere pool wasquated fnactivo and dull, and New York was tame, whils our recoipta wers fair, though somcwhat leas than the preceding day, Dut there was a good deat of confidence in tho marKat, and It ruled more steady han usual, tn apfte of the wtdening out {n tha cost of iransporiation due fo Nigher freight rates. Several Uuying orders were receivod from Enstern partics, and A gool nitmber of local stiorts followed the lead, ' Tl itown from thio Old Worki wan ratiier warlike, bt this fact way littlo noticed, tho leadiig hiea with buyers ing that of shoriage ‘onougls to canse In prices bufory noxt harredt. Thia (relahit uows vaused A slight weakening i tho iatter part of tho socion, bt not 'sa much us might have beon expecteit, Lecanas the sdvance lies Deen looked for, and its e nlready discotnted, st least ‘In part. = The T R A S operated - Ar che Al Vi to.e BACK 10 §1. 1091 ad+ 193¢t tho close. Ing nt £ $1.18Y, Improved to £1,10%, fell ¥anced Lo €1, 104, and weakened t Seller February was quiet at 81, 81,204, Beller March sold ot $1.41 nd buyer next Ecller_tho month was gioted at asing et 3. Car Tots of N 1. 18 bid, a1 0. Jot $1, ta In thosa Tioses hetig nominal , ¢ 04, except in at 0. i, o . 30 At B1.08R1,0R)6, 2,600 Lu Tefected b4, aud §,400 bu by snmple nLRSKCESL 1, Total, 54, ki b, In the afternoon wheat sold at $1,10% for January bellig 4o auove the closinie price of the commers o} day, "t cause of the upwand movement wa the ro: @1c higher, "Eales Were 0,800 bu No. 2 at 81,20, T0) bt by enmipie nt $1.1436 o track, anit 2400 bit 4o A 41,272 frea on board cars, “Total, 6,000 b, Was dull and heavy. decliniig %c for thls monttl, and 3¢ for next. trom the laisst prices of Fridny. Liverpool was quoted easicr, and our recelpts wers o tho Increase, espectally in No. 2 thio car-loads of thut grade befne 35 out of & total of 111, The mars Ket was doubly wenkencd,—ai expectation af greater supplits belng adued 10 an advatico In_frelght rates, These things brought vut large offerings tur future, ‘wille buyers were leas auxioun (o take hold, eapectaily ng Lie stuck In stare 1 {uereasing, the ropurted cxcess of recelptaover shipments for {ic weel belug nearly 138,000 i, ‘e lower grades were steailer, and sums lo 1ota wern somewhat drmer, the offeringds' Soing less han lieretofore, wiille iocal cansumers purchosed Hore 1s freely in tha belief that the porcentage of Atnples wi be much sualicr in tha future, s the cold westher ls Row rapidly hardenta the corh to e polutat which most of 1t will pass (ntostore ne No, 3. Beller January openad At aboub 44%c, and declined toddlde at the close,” Soller Decerber voll st ddig@doe, iy t8t4c, At wns 1o the ¥ T A bt T M 2 inaties "Casn N33 chiieaat 4abdcs whit nominaf figure for high mixed; and rejected closed at e, Caali rnles wero reported of 40 bu high wilxed at 4dc: ROO Lu new 4icy 43,000 hiti No, 3nt 45K Aulfet 14,400 bo rejected and new mixed nt H9eidme; 1,600 bt ears at 436 18¢ on track; 2,000 bu do ut due de- diveredy 10,400 bu by saniplo at Sikidlcon tracks and ATE—Werodull and weak, closing easter than on Fridav, | Tho receiots woro smull, but ths weokly state: ment (ndicatea an ilereasc of tie stock [n store, and tho disiieultyIn_obtaining cars_prevented parsies holdlug outalde " ordera from fHifnk - them, snd the speculative department was g though 8 fow deals w nged _tnty ~ Fubruary. Early in the sesslon January soll at 339%438)c, closlng at tlie [nside, Fel closedat 31@31e, * December {ren pan ot the'Ingide, Itoe ected de . pors being Sr B0 TN Gess 31,00 by mimple at 3,000 D 81 24GHIC free on bonrd, Gt 1LY E~Was lexs activo and about ¥ lo 8t 71} No. 2 at J0%GT1g clotlug at tho ln noiminal_at ected wan na . Futires wore neg- jected. Cashia were ngvurlad of 400bu Na, 1 at 7ics 3,000 b No. 3 al 70371c; 120 bu by samplo b ase, Total, 4 100 L, TBARLEY—vas qulet, opcnlur 23210 higtier, and clos- fngeaay at tho advance, A few onlers for futurey were Ailed enrly, but buyers generally held back, and tho market eloved tame, The Tino of shorts ot for next month 12 sald to be smnil aad well provided for, The recelpta s shipmonts were sm demand 1s chiefly for low. urfld«fl Wilieh wero in moders ato request Baturday, and stcady, a7¢ and February at e, both closdng with avllers quotatfons, Cash fold &1 053@00tec, Cloxi nA. D, & JTOURNE fiouscs_ 370, 1l ‘i) 0f 2,400 ut & 03 2400 b 43G05¢ ou track. Total, U, 50 Ui ‘ " LIVE STOCK. CHICAGO, Recelpts— fondny. M b T 7,020 CATTLE—The course of the cattle market since our last weekly reviow has not been satisfactory tu Western shippers, From frst to last the supply wus In excess of the needs of the trade, and the tendency of prices has been downward. ‘This was true of all grades, but moro cupecially of medium and cominon qualitles, as the do- mand from feedors, Jocal Lutchers, and shippers of dreued buct waa of & 1noro than ordinarlly restricted character. The markets of thucountry are now abun- dalitly supplicd with poultry and game, and as it fa sull- In relatively cheaper than Leof, tho consumption of tho latter fa much less than at other scasons of the year. Thls fact seems to hava been lont alght of by country shippers, who have kept the market constantly ovor-stocked, and have witoessed, m8 o reault, o Yery conslderalls shrinkago In valuos. In point of quality the past week's offerings wera n declded fmprovement, Mote steletly cholce cattls wera stown than arrived during the preceding three weoks, and salew at prices ranging from $5.00 upwarato 0,00 were numerous, The mafor part of the week's b ness, hawever, was accomplisheod at $2,50@3,00 for tivo cow st at £2.65R3.15 for stockers, aod nt $7.25@ 4.00 Tur comman to good shipping steers. Veals havo continued scarce at $3.00G0.00 per 100 B8 for poor Lo oxtraqualitios. Tho 4 was mioderate, | Fliers et o very quict warkos i Baturday, rovious rices werobarcly suatained, Followina® aro [l cioa: g quotatious: QUOTATIONS, Caoice Bea 1, “well-rormed 3. L yeor Loers, welghing 1,400 tu L o0 O ml ng 1,2 0 1y v 4 4, stefliin Grancesseers i fa a4 {0g 1, 16110 1,230 1 4,5004.00 Tutchers' Biack-1'0arta coniinoa steors,and comiion o elioleo ok, for el s - wetihin 100 B! 2.5043.23 BHuck Cattio—Comimon eat 0w 1], U B 3.0083.13 Tntorlur=Liuhi wid thin cowa lieifors sings, Uitlls, nnd venlivag steora ‘¢l ’or 10U e (nutives 044, 00 11UGS~Notwitiintandiig i {HS rucetiite of oo 20,00 head o UricSa uyrreut ot U clogd ot thy sustafned, ‘Th week Vrovious weok huve not e opened dull st a duclineof 8a100 and remathed in a { of business on un o e (the purchiascs of the formur did ot wtceer UM Hend) An SAeh das loseut with 8 wuod uggl of uscid stock left s Hhe beu: Tihe Iy oo kool aualliy s for' Ui Weol beforen to !t Lvorayo of forur acaalt atn ko by d 1o udvance prices 6alte, mnlutata the fmprovement 1o the cios of th' duy, vales 1! VE DL $5.0083.80 fur comiiiun to eliolco Ikhts at 3,030, ‘for cummon to chulco backing o and AL Wwhat 14 for oud to extra yuslliive, (o e scalawage genes et of+ byt Skl ge generally werd of. fere, i SILE Lu tarket was dull throughout the past week, and 4 tiaturiully lower raugs of prices \wus gatabltuhed, moat of tho advance uf the pravious weok haviog beuh lost. ‘There wery & few salo Tl ey A1 1Rkt 2 83,80400, b the vy Wers §.5.5 044, 30" for common_1a chole krades. 1LGGrIor futy suld a Tow aa 64 G0uttose o100 BY TELEGRAPII, FOREIGN CITIES, Bpecial Dispasch to The Tribuna, Livesrool, Dec. 16-11:30 &, m.~FLOVR~No, L 2581 No. 2, 248 Unaty—Whest—Winter, No. 1, 10s ads No, 2, o5 spriug. No. 1, 104 401 No, =, 04 84; white, No, 1, s 3, 106bdy club, No. 1, 1a 6d; No. 3, 168 $1d, Coru=No. 1, 378; No. 2, 20a. T'uovisioNs—Lork, 6. Murd, &ta, LiverrooL, Deo.18-3:30 o, n.~P'RovistoNs-Pork, €08, Iteat unchisnged. : LiverpooL, Dec. 16-8 p. m.—Corrox—Dull and eaalur 8t 0§ 40 11-164; sales, 5,000 bales; speculation aud export, 1,000; American, 8,000, Luxanrrurys-Callfarnla white wheat, aversge, 100 B 1 club, 10w 11 3 U L TR e Vi tortug, besdaln (s Cora—Western wi American’ vald, 4@ w3Ts. s, _Awerican mrxui.% anadien peas, 503 MEHICAN CLOVKR-BrK -‘ka’fi‘l 7 ' pork: Gn. Driits mess beer, 0w, . "L clear bacon, 4341 short, 444, Fin AL e B ey, 204gase. ate, 1e, 3. " Die, 10. -Brintte Parnonris-163i0e. LONOUN, ANTWRAP, Deg, 13,~Prrnoteu—s4, AMERICAN CITIES, NRW YORR. Spectal Ditpatch to The Tribune. Nrw Yonx, 17, ~GrAty~Wheat firmer, witha 1tmited businesss slight speculative fnquiry, maltly on ‘Western nccount: shipper not dixposed to operate with any very great freedam, whlle & dull state of the flone market chiecked tho eity milling demand; No, 2 Chileas KO wan held at 81.89@1.83, and No, 2 Milwaukes at $1.35@1.80: salon of 21,000 bu At $1.18@1.93 for un. Rradod aprings 8120 for No. 3 Mllwaukees $1.97 for No. 1 Minnesota; $1.47 for No. 1 white Michigan to arrve soon; and 81.50 for fancy amber Indiana. Jiye lower, dull, and more or‘lesa nominal st #0@&20 for Western. Corn Mo per Du bietter for new, and firm for old{ buslness light, both for export and local trade; sales of 78,000 bu At K0@30Xc for now no gradey 58¢ for new steamor mixed; Gug for cholca now steamor - yellows 69¢ for old low mized ‘Westerny 50@00%e for ungraded Western mixed, and 506 In store for 30,000 bu prima sall Western mixedt for January dellvery Ola was bld for old mixed and held a1 02c; for February 62c bid and hold A8 63e. Oats 1@%0 per bu better, with an active demand for trade and somo speculative f(naulry; snles of 110,400 3@40¢ for mixed \Western and Btate, @3¢ for ‘estern anu Btate, &s¢ for rejected, 353430 for mixed Weatern, 89G44c for white Westersl: 21,000 by mized Western on private terms. Ooxax FrrtanTs—Somewhat casler, though for the most part oxtremo duliness makes them more nominal than real; engagemonts to Liverpool, by steam, 10,000 bu graln at 8d, Proyistons—Pork firmer and unsettled, with alight trade In cash tota and modorata apeculative businesty sales 3f 200 bris mese on 8pot At B17.00; also 1,3501rls for February, 1877, st $17.00; 1,000 brls for March, 1877, at $17.20; and 1,000 bris do at $17.3743 nt the necond call for February. 1877, 817.00 bid and 817,60 anked; for March, 1877, $17.25 bid and $17,50 asked, Cnt neats—Dealings Mights middles quict and scarcoly 0o firm, Lard higher; cash Jots difMcult to obtain and transactions moderate, buth ol tand for forward de- llvery: sales of 615 tea prime steam on spot at $10.0564 10.03, and 50 tcs off-grade at $10,23; Alao 750 tea prime ateam toarrive at $10,024310.05; 700 tes for Decem- bor at $10.03@10.70; 3,350 tea for January, 1877 at $810.00310.70, closing at 810.70; and 4,750 tcsfor Fob- Tuary, 1877, at $10.80@10,85, Svuan—Quiet and unchanged, at 8X@10¢ for falr to good rofining, 10340 for prime, and 1UN@11} for cone trifugal TALLS !\'—Hnr;b stendy; sales 110,000 1ba prima at H3 3 v-m:‘—?fim ‘with sales of 150 brls at 81.13 per B i1 o % 70 the Western Awociated Press, New Yomx, Dec. 1i.-Corrux—Quive nnd steuys 12543125100} futuren cioved ensy: Dicember, 12 5-126; Aa-lgos Jainey, 12 0181 10 Februaty 19 17.33 @12 De10ci March, 12413 23idat Aprll, (4 16-1056 1213-32e; May, 1ser June, JOGIS v-ud; July, 13 13:333013°7:10¢{ August. 19%e. Froun—Uull; recelpts, 3,000 Urls; No, 2, $3.00% 4103 superfing State ard Western, €8,(0@3.251 com: mun Lo extra. £3.4563,05¢ good Lo eholce, $5,70a5.751 ‘white wheat extra, #3, uu'a1.qu fancy, 87,0068, 001 6x+ 1ra Ohlo, §3.43@7.00; Bt Louls, $3.50GH.401 Mlnne. -n;ul plu'l‘lll- process, 87,500,050, Rye flour dull at Com-31rAt—Quict and unchanged, Unstn—=\Wheat 7N owing to the advanco of relkitn from the Weats, 6xport demand limiteds somo speculative_ngul recoipts, 04,000 b No, | Mitwaakee, $1.97; No. | 2 do. 8L I%@1- 0 Nor 3 do, ¥1.28; No, 2 Chlcago sprin| 81, 33@1, 541 ungraded lrrlnz. $1,15@1.; white Michlgan, €1.47; faucy Hyo' dull il deciiming: W Iey lieavyt No. 1 Day, #1.101 € Lorn—Recelpt 00Ky low Wrnded, noc, Oats In iood: damana for Ore ocal traic: Fecelpta, 10,000 Lty ilxed \estern: and State, n:\(_#‘\g'm'“algf do. m@st0, Ay =] ipping. Gu@LSe. Hors—Yonrlings 126430ci Western, new, 12@30¢, Groceries—Coffeo~Itlo cargoes, 17@204o I wolds ]nbhln&, 176220 In gold, Suxar dull and nominals falr Tefining, 0310y prie, 10}c; renned Nrm at iywizige. Noliares—Ncw Ofleans quict and un- gl‘v’l‘lnam 3 forelgu dull. Ilice quiet, with moderute oe n: Prrrotaey—-Dull and unchanged, TALLOW=Steady at Bic. Iixs 2. 374042, 45, XNTINE~FITm oL 44¢) Western, 2@ aas—western, A JLRATHRIL—QUICE; Tiemioek sole, Nnerjos Ayres, and Rlo Grande, llght middio and hesvy welghts, 20@30c; Califoruia do, 35@20¢s comnion 4o, HGI4S, WooL—Quict and firmi domestly feece, 30@87ct pulled, TGuse: umwaslied, tigasc, ERrotistoNs—~Pork unseitiods medium, February, $17.00. leef quict: long clesr middles, city, fic. Ty’ steam 1abd, $10.65610,637 Decounter, $10.05 Btrren—Chotcs Orms othiers dull and heavs West- eri, 1460, 9::':‘:;’& Steady st 7@14%c. Mutata—Manufactured copper quict and stend ‘mml 1ake dull and hrm'“n s':\'?r\s«?w.mr; Seotel U" SR RER I A e NaiLs—Unchaoged. ey i P, ;IHLADI:ELI'XHIA.P " OILADELYIA, Pa,, ¢, 10, ~PRTROLEUM-Quiat, sefined, 20det erude, ‘{8Ge18i¢c, gty mothy unchanged. SER8-~-Clover, gl . GG I, kil FLOuN=5toadys Slinnesatn famlly, €0.25@10, 503 State, Quig, and Indlond, $0.07)4Q0.757 lldh krades, §7.75 100, Unaiy=Wheat dull; amber, 40R1.42: whit $1.4081.43, Ryo—L'snusylyaiila, 776 nic.Corn—t! funrcy steam, 605301 yullot "ol 0 1 ne BN Unta neglectedy white Western, U7@anc, LrovistoNs—Fork quiet; mess, Bi7.00, Lard, 108 10%e. \‘éll"“—"}'fllvm- 81,11, NerTki—New York State_nnd Bradford Connty ex- {ran, B2@RICt Ot 7@y Weatern do, @200 i zxsx—Steadys Weatern, 19563143, Now York, Pennsylvanis, nn’l[l)ehwul frosh, CRIPTE—~Wheat, 6,000 buy corn, 72,000 bk, BurruesTs—Corn, 11,500 by, - . BALTINODRE, fln;‘\lvghuun:, Md., Dee. 10, -Frovm—Qulet and un- iliged. < GRATY=Whent firm; bumizess reatrlct by Jight supc plicas. Now 3 Westorn rody 81,3991.03 No. 2] Chicao sprinig, $1.20. Corn—0ld ‘Western mfxed stendy and ot st Sy how o frmer nt Gose. (ata quIdt and steadys while Western, 57@38c. 1o dull sad heaay. GLOVER-SERD~13U@13Me, PliovIsIoNs—Quict. l’le;’:ml-d ctive nud Arm; low mediuin dully Western, OFpER~Strong, WHisKY=~81,13, Trrioteui—Crudo casler at 130; refined, nono of~ terinir, ILEOEIPTA~Wheat, 7,000 bus corn, 47,000 bu, ButrueNTe—~Lora, 411,000 bu, AT, LOUIB, $1. Louts, Dee, It.~CorroN—Lower; middling. 113 low wldiing, tie, FlLoun~F| n‘uxm n‘nenmend.a a fall, 81266 bid casicry Nu. red fal L2616 b mbers No. & do, $1.31dk1 81 cush, duuary, ‘Corn dull and lowery No. & adiB(o casiy 413G@413n " dnnuary, " Oat ‘Juotavly, towurag 2o bid cash and Du- ullas 71c bid. Uarivy quict and ou- KY—$1.08, visioNs=P'ork higher nt 816.60 caaliy Mary l‘ $1¢.40 LIl December, Lard Illr cashi $10.50 Fehrnaryy $10.45 March.' firmer ot €0, 1568, ). and K, anker i nemyu-rm-mlumul g latter for ne 13 PTa—Flour, 5 (U0 brik; wheat, 25, buj corn, 00,000 buy osts, 4,000 biis rye, 6,000 buj barley, 2,000 Buj hogs, 6,000; eatle, 300, TOLEDO. ‘ToLxno, Tee, 10.~FLouk=—null, UuatN—wWheat firmg No. 3 whito W.hnh'((!l‘mlll i 't ut 81 I‘:"Inl‘;' et ut 810, Bulk meats d. - Nos: extra white Michigan lield ht 81.43; amber Stiohigan, {ohiga 1 January, 91 a8k February, $1.40k1 Now3 do, g B R A o, ®1 101 Teloctad lnka shoro réd, $1.1{; Ko, niber Ulinula lold nt 81,83, = Carn it and high' ori_nitxed, 4pcy now, 4aku; No, 3, d85es now, 45Wc; i yellolry 4ok, No. ['whitey sooy hew datuged, d1at niew refected, 4434c, Onts duily No. 2, Bisge, clwvunig'f#-du &ood demand at §0.00, 10—~ 80,1 tuokters~F Dl none} ‘wheat, 12,000 bu; cora, 05+ g S0 ey wheat, 12,000 b ar, eat, 12,000 bug corn, 34,000 bug oats, g.wobu, i s * NRW ORLEANS, Qnumane, Doe, t.—Froim-Demand falr and W Dilghers Juperfine, 85.0063,23; XX, §3,75; X, BU.00GG.T0F HIEh grndes, 87,0067, 76, ockuTER—Bugar v, with falr demnnd; ine ferlor, 560} L‘lh\lcrlu luw conmon, 0@7e; falr to fuily falr, 74 Tl‘u[‘ primo to cholee, NaBiges contrife upul, Bigass{e yollow ciaritied, 0356100, Moluswes— Deniand fule and market iFing - cominon, oe; centrifugal, B0Gtdticy prime 10 ehofed, 41w30C. l\\'m-n—)lwennuly sctive and higher at $1,108 UNETARY=-(i0ld, 10B}{&1094. Klght exchango on New York 3 Jl.cuulll.“‘élmnu vaChengy, beukon' bills, 817, NILWAUREE, Mttawauges. Dee. 10.—~Floyi e ulet, bt steady, o émc“y"nrfx‘q“ ey, Bk K e la'u 0. . {. Corn teadys ‘No. 43‘»& ull; > L g0, e sieady with falr doniandi No, 1, 70, ffarivy §1 guod demand; No. J Urinery Decvinbn, “77¢t Jauuary, 170y dvivioxs—tom park, 810.87 cah and Docoggper. ur, 11,000 briss wheat, 40,000 bu, Jotir, N3,000 brisy wheat, 73,000 bit, CINCINNATI. Cixctxnaty, Q. Deo, Ju—LortoN=Qulet and weak at1ige, : Frovk—Firm and unchanged, ua=Wheat aulct and siem ved, 8t.anat40, Corp Unar at e, y wlth fate deiiand at 30 cl'm;"dllyu higher st gldc, * Darley qulst uu- 'RuviSToXa—Pork fiving sales at $10.35@10,60. Lard —Hlwam, JOGI0MGE Kottle, 113(c. Dulk meats drin b Ol iior Bl sige. *Lincon huminally ue ucd, Ureen mvats ngood domnds ah ulcrs 03§ ot hort) 'f':'r';’ THGTHce: hams, W10, ' BurTka-"Dull sdd unclanged, . LOUISVILLY, 5 Loviavirte, Neg. 16, —CoTtoN—Firm and unchanged. s Frovie-In fale demand oxtra, 81,2564.751 family, .00 A No. 1, 8100623y diney, #5067 3. Grain—Coru i 44e. * llyo—Doinand air and m{fit pun:"nw.». ate Di Talr ‘dorand) white: 400 Puotisioxs—Pork firm at $16,50. Dulk meats fn e lhe b Bl et oG vl 2, ed, b MUgar-cUred, i, Lard, $1o.m,) Dichanged, dlatis HINKY—0a, Tokron, 10s. 10, ~Fioehebieady demand, T e omand, ATNEC0n n Taar detiand P, oats — TOBACCO. Reported for The, N%wh;l‘lczu»hr Hartlall, LovisviiLy, Ky., Dec. 16.~Rxosipre—Although somne days this woek Bava been 14 mild a3 spring, the ‘Wuatler on tha wlols been too cald to haudlo or &ctuow crop lobscco 10 market, consequently our fo- volpts uf such aro agaln Hght—vix.: 01 Lihds, &3 agatnst 1281as8 week. What cama to hand weru In good order, Total recelpia of now aad uld, 184 hhds, agalnst 211 HALKE=The light receipts of new, and sn apparent dispoatiton to atfer 00 1ora 0l $hian tioATKL would tuko easily, caued oaloa foF the e it 330 Lhds, hgainat 800 last week. The roviows Lhis Wbk wers 110 ds, auiuat U3 lust woulc, MANUPAOTURING—N nw—ou} of tho fetflm‘ thiy ur a4 rocelved, very few week, or fn fact this seadon so flcutrable illers bars appeared; wny licavy euciiul bava L mizedi With favorable Jouk for those moro desleables & bhid of blmpewn & Co.'s bisck wrapperasuld yestordsy at $2.40, o Bgiregate only ne t! weeky quot, N omen to medfum dry have been [reegular, relling some daya 602 Jess than (ase weeks medium to Aol drv, And sweet leaf, have been quite frm, ont. of the desirahle oitered bieing taken for England, with rejectionn of bida on anything nader Inte quotntions, the ¢k of xuch on hand now gettin i I ne, Aol at Iato quotstions, and few of medlum to good hack wn{! pers sald at $12.. K Cratina—very little ol &( offeredd this week, and without ehange.” With ligliter receipts of now, there s a good demand from alemmere at qnmnunun' viz.: New Luga—Commo, Aitec: good, 4'4aae. lLenf— Common, 6T goud, mmnki( flne, uigiie. SyoxiNo~Oll—Coniinan_ dark _Niare ~been rather firmer, Cominon fo goud m-lnr(y flcfll with fomo 4 lent i of fine, muitavle for Killo ln'lik. eold_up to ve. New—All offercd readily taken at Iast quotations, Ofterings vel Illflll. Craii—Cid—Medium ciger-llera sold ot 85,40, with bids of 80, d $0.40 rejected for good, which arg Tory wearce. Ko wrappers, efther ald or hew, offerod 5 week, NONURSCRIPT — Now Lugs — Common, $3,0033.60 5";“5( £, 804,005 leaf, common, $4.00@5.00; Rood, Bt —01d, nondeseript doll withont change: some good to Ae long nubstantlal leaf ofered this week met with an active demand from African makers and Icgte tuyurs at full prices, up 10" £12.73, with few of such offering st nrunnp medinm to fino sweet, redricd Teat was takcu for Knglany readily at $2.00210.50, into aimatl cume tow woou, Bostow, Dee, 10,=Wool steady and fiym; sales of Ohto nnd Pennsylvania 120,000 R1i choleo Ponnsyivanta XX and sboye, f0ct X and XX Ohfo, 47@18ct tirm at these figures. Michigan and Wisconsin, very littte dono; mice ranglag at Bo@41c, Combing and delaino firm salcs 137,000 Ry cholcs medium cambing, 85cy low grades, 44G4dc: pulled auloty salea 77,000 batens #uod and chiofee superfino and X, 40@4ac. —_— DRY GOODS, Nrw Yonk, Dec. 16.—The cotton market has an fm. proved tone aud prices are strong, with an upward tendency on all teading makes, Printawere less nctive, but steady, Men's wosr woolens in falr requeat by clothlers, but tho demand Is uneven, Jeans and sati- nhets continue quict, Flanucls and blankets rather moro nctlve, but sclectfons bt PETROLEUM. Pitranvan, Dec. 10.—Petroloum—Cruda quict and frrogular st $3.85G3.00 at Parker's; refined quict) Pricea tnchanged, CLEVELAND, 0., Dec. 10.—Petroleum unchanged; atandard white, 110 cest, 27c. e —— LAW-REFORM IN ILLINOIS, By Prof, Vi B, Donslow, LL, D., of the Unl- varsity of Chloago.--ThirdPaper : Frocess nand Forms of Actlon, Tn no respoct does our mode of clvil procedure copy more tenaclously tho form and terms of the English common-law systein, without grasp- fug the substance thereof, thanin the matter of the process for bringing tho defendont into court,’ and In the arrangement of our terms of court. InEngland the courts wero sitting almost without cessation nt the grand central hive of justice, Westminstor, whence procesa could always fsauc, to all pntts of the Kingdom, and to which, after due service, it could be returned, and where judginents by de- fault could always bo entered {n the absence of any valid defensc being shown, If an issue re- quired trial, It would be sent down to the coun- ty inwhich the facta of tho case arose for trial. Ifonce, nlthougha term of court might bo held in a given tounty but once ortwice n year, suits could be brought ngalnst resldents Insuch county, and judgments Le entered at Westminster, fn the absence of any valld de- fense, during every month in the yeat, OUR UNLIKENESS TO TIE COMMON-LAW SYSTEM, In 1llnois, however, we liave establishied no central line of justice (afficina juatitic) for the wlhole State, whence writs may {ssue to all parts of tho Btate, roturnable within, say, ton days, and, on the return of which, judgmonts may Lo rendered by . default, unless the defondant, Lv hls pleas, exhibits a valld defense in pood faith, And yet we have not provided for terms being neld any oftencr fn the various countics than was provided In England, where tho sole business of these terms was to try contested cages. Henes wo have provided 1o means whereby collection cases, ex- ceeding In nmount the jurisdiction of a Justico of tho Pence, In_which there fs no defense can be defaulted and Judgment rendered lhruu{:hout the varlous country coun- ties of {hie State, except at the **torms ™ hold once or twicoa year in the county in which the dofend- nnt resides. This reduces the perfod in which iny Ateps con bo taken by law to one or two months of the year, leaving the remalndor of the yoar prace lluufiy without any lnw for tho collection of debt, To such Iuwyera as think themsclves Lonaclous of the common-law system of procedure, wo would suy that this result, llke others we havo pointed out, {a peculiar to the Code of Hlinols, snd thut nothing 1lko It existod at common law. PRACTIUAL INCONVENIENOES, If a New York or Chlcago merchant, whose ace count matures in Decemher, wishes to suo his cns- tomer in Waukegan, Loke County, whore two terms o your arc held,~one a chancery term, generally wl{huut u jury, In March, and one a law or **Jury " term, in Novembor, —ho must wait clevon ‘months before suing, or make his gummnons ro. turnable December nex nr( it he makes it ro- turnable at the carller term, J.dne? him no good, 0y the Court, If o plea has beon Nfed, will not try it. Thus, without s plea, he golw these months' ~ time: and, Wwith a ‘plen, “aone year. This additional tlme s given Lo tho defendant withunt Incurring any plaintifE for tho incroused oxponses to which plaln- lif {s subjected, snd gencrally without interest, In New York he coulil t no period of the year got more than twenty days® time without a plea; and, with o plea, tho ease could be put on trinl beforea referse In thirty or forty days from the timo of bo- inning snit, with sucha bill of taxallo counsol- ocs and Interest an would rend®r It inexpedient to defend In bad faith, Qur notlons of the modo In which a suit shoul he begun, viz. : by a writ of summons fssuing un- der tho veal of tho Court, tésted by the Clerk, and to bo served by the Sheriff, returnable at a torm of court, arca relle of the anclent English theory, that, before n court hnldlurlldlctlun to render o Judgment ngalnet o dofendant in_a clvil action, he st bo authoritatively compelled to appenr fn court in person or hy attorney; which 1s still the n]chml theory 1 criminal coses here and {u Ea. and, > & WHENCE CAME OUR RED TAPE] Ta this cud thore wue, after the Nornan Con- uest, firat, an or‘ilnlnnl writ, of which our word, 7'ram ¢, 18 the fading shadow, ond in the granting of which certaln Clerks In Chuncery considercd whethor tho plaintiff onght to bo allowed to_sue at oll} next thero wus o sunimonsd requiring the de- foudunt 1o 1o Justice, etc., or to appear and pload; then followed an attachument, dlvlrulnlmi his goods oderntely; thon o distringas, distraining his goods: then o caplos agalnet his body; and, finally, he was outlawed; but even thei 1o judgment was rendered ngaiuat Wy for tho demand sued upon, unless he appearcd. All thls machinery of writs réaulted logically from the theory that no ?ndgmenl would be renderod agajnst n varty not fn court: Dut we, in_Illinots, have rovorsed s theory, and slmply repard the summond #s & notlcoe to the ‘defendant 1o plead, which the Court s mlnhmrllll{ iusue at requost vf the plalnti®f, and which, thore. fore, tho plainti's attorney might as woll lestio in Iils own name, without the'seal or nttestation of the Court, Thero being no {umwlnl duty to bo performed concerning it unt!l an jseue of wome ‘dm.\ 18 jomed, it should to e returnable ot any torm of conrt, but should be u motice to plead at tho end uf ten ur twenty days, n{mrltlnu the de- fendont whers the declavatlon I8 filad; or thut it ls sorved un han togetlier with the summons, and notifylug him that, unless he shal) pload within the perfod named, judgmont will be rondored ugalnst him foru given sum; or that application Wil by made at a term of court for wpecinl rolief, nccording to the natnro of the suit, . ITS IIACTICAL EVILS, Tho disadvantages of oursysicu of lssuing proc- ean from the court, apart from its needlessnoss, are yarlous: 4'irst—In Chlearo and other large citleg, 1t causus the publication lu the dully newspaperd of all the facts and faléchoods counccted with Jitiga. tion, whother it ia matler which the public havo any right 1o know or not. Mero private MNtlgution whonld be decmed to be as much the pri- vato property of the partlos interested as thelr notes and bilis recelvablo, or thoir pue- chaves or anles of goods, It ls wald that the public ahould kuow of suite begun, becsuse It allects the defendant's credit, Not atall, The wule objegt of bringlug the suit may bo to uffoet blv credit 1nfurls ousty and unjustly, “1fs0, tho vourts should nut lend’ tholr ald’ to W& machinery of pri- vato alander. It fa' virtnally ne “contompt- fble nnd incxcusable ma tho publication by certaln dunning agencice of tho names of men who donot pay tho clalms which theuo azencles deslre to collect, No oxeparto statomcutp! facts In Htlgation should vvor go abroad to pnl-uu public oplnlon; and no systom of "vnnun-f‘ dofendunts us insolvents should be nilawed at the mere will ot platntifl, fu advanco of #ny adjudication. In those Btates whorein the summions 14 a privato notico to pload, fawued by tho platntiifs attorney and surved 5 hlu clork, tho sults that are begun aro not brult. od abroad through the public pruys, since tho Intter huve no_sccods 10 the fucte, but are regqurded as private facts, os much #o as thy ulvlnE of a notu by a merchant, or tlw{mrchnw of acloak Ly hia wife, T'his s merely righl Secondiy—Tho publication of the fact that such a suit Is bogun often reachos the defendunt \I\runwh the newapaper beforo the Sherl® reaclics him with the summions; in which case It enables him to get out of the way of the service, If he dusives to, und dulay the suil. Thirdiy—In country conntlcs, it occaslons deloy and fuconvenlenca iu'golnyg to t he county.seat for tbe summons, wheross uiuch of l}m Wigation srises at palnts distant from the coun {-lunl' and, 1€ the sunimions wero & mere notlce aigned by th plaintil's attorney, 1o journey to the county-seat would be necessary in order to begin the sult, *Fourthly—With'a propor eystem of untoring Judginenta by dofault befars thd Olurk of the Court, or before a Judge at chambery, betwuen torms, wo avold tho injurious suspenston of sll law for the collection of uncontested debls which now pro- valls tnroughout Lilinule for about three-fourhis of the yuuF, except in Cook and & fow other countles ‘which have courts u gcsalon all tho tme, 1f the law Is worth haviag at all, it iy worth having when it 1s wantod, and courls should everywhero through. out the Blate bo 89 organized as to ba ably o ds- not requiro bllity to tha' eoded Justico at any tims. Nothin cept poverty and intemperance tend sy mnch to fncrenso crimo na the donfal and delny of clvll jue- tea, FUrthly—No 1abior should bo piled on conrts and thelr officers_in mern perfanctory, red-taps, or unnccesnary dutles, Unlosa some Injunction or Inlerlncnwrfl romedy 18 asked, it Is “wholly un. necessary that Court, Clesk, or Shorift, shonld know thata suit hins "heen begun, antll, If itisn defanlt, Indginont i to be entered, or undll, 1 1t1s & conterted canc, it 1o to by {mt on the catendar for telal, Previons to the occaslon when some judicial or lntellectunl act, calling for tho exercies of the nbllities of the Court or ita Clerk, s to be per- formod, It Is suficlont that' each party morva on tho nidverse party or hia attornoy coples of the yarfons papera on which the eatisn Into bo tried, 'This nvaldagroat waste of pationce, time, and rhoo-leather In running forwards and back- vatde to and from the Court-House, and nflul«n each party of the ateps takon and pleadings filed by the othor much more promptly than our nystom of ctimbrous records, with the [ntorminable "and al. together lnscrutable system of uwumberlug them, with which, by somo myaterfons dispeneation of duliness, we nre hero nfiilcted. 1lore, ngnin, wo are far hehind England, whero the scrvice of mnlunulrnunnan onposing atforneys was lony ngo substituted for Ming thom In court,.which s never necoxsry wntll e cutiey 18 to Lo ticard orn Judgment-roll In to bo made up. WHO WILY, OPrOSE AL REFONM1 At firat alght, the Clorks and Deputy Ehertffs will orpfl!c these methods, becanss they afurd tothese claxses very lttlo chanco to charge feos, except in tried, orat'least calendar, coseat mnch oprnal Ton, hawever, 11k ail apposition to labor-saving con- trivancee, {n slwrt-sighted, ainco the jncreased do- greo In which tho varlous roforma called. for in s and previonr nrticlos wonld canea courts to be resorted to for redrass, eapecinlly inthat class of commercial collections which now ook on the conrta and collection systemn of 1llinols with dis- ust and abhorrence, would call for more of the g of Clerks and l)uvullen in attending to usefal dlutles than nro now called for |u the parformance of dutles tiostly useless, Tnm awars that Inwyers accnstomed to Iiinols methoda fall intoa kind of dnzed wonder whon they lr{ to conceive how justice can be adminle- tered If summonscs, writa of replovin, Anbpwenas, and oxecnitions shall all bo_fssucd by tho t orneys for the partios entitled to theso weite, inatead of by the court; 1f canses can be tricd without any record whatever, except a brief note of larue Immi on filo In the court. until they arc called for trial in the Fr\mnco of porties, furles, and witnesscs: 1 Judgment-rolls “ean - bo written up In defauit-cases by the plainti(s’ uttor- ucys, contajuing declaratioff, proof of service, proof of no appearance or answer, and proof of smount due, ond, otherwise, judgment can Lo entered by the Clerk, in or ont of torm, tho net -belng thought as sirictly a ninlstorial act as we think the Issunnce of n wrlt of replovin or attach- ment, or o commission totake lusumunr It Judges can pit in judgment without any ponderous folio volume of **Records " hefore them, the physical labor of handilug which, and making the nocos- wary entries, sinks our Judges Into hookkeepera; 1f thournnds of cascs cau be litigated In which no Judgment-roll or record {sevor mado up to help l\\‘lfil the archives of the Court-House, and yet nobm!{ f8.a whit the warao off for ita abspnco; and how all these cases can hio nlways In condition to he ncnumtol{ taken to the sppellate court, if neod be, . Yetalf thesc things aro not only done, but, ‘where they are dong, Justice is far more efectively and promptly adminfstered than where it ix_in- cllchmd by our full proportion of *‘ltccords," red-tape, archjvds, and perfunctory routine, most of which 14 as usolces 08 o Mexican plow wohld by to an linols furne TFORMS OF ACTION NOT IMPONTANT, As concerns forms of action, and what are known o8 tho common-law rulew of ploading, they are, with rome pruning, the most merltorious, ‘or nt lenst tle leant deleterlous, part of our Tllinols ays. tem of judicaturc; and [ do not think thatany changes which may bo_suggested In them can have much to da withoxnediting or hmproving tho prage tieal administratin of justicq, Wo hy B0 cxpendod the actlon of assumpsit to woko It nearly coextensive with the Now York Codv nction ‘'for n moncy-demand arlsing on contract.” We have so dlstended tres- puge 03 to make it cover the severnl Codo actions or injurles to the pefdan, to real property, and for tuking, detaining, and Injuring peraonal yrop- erty. Replevin covers all that 14 desfnatod by th Codes as an ‘*actlon rv:‘- the specllic recovery of lmmmul property ;' andejectment covers the'en- ira **action for tho speclilc recovery of real property, with damages for tho retention (horo- of,™ “Mhers iy ‘mo = particular galn - in tho substitution of tholr k‘mg English plirnsos for our short Latin and Normnan-Freuch names, to ex- press the varlons forms of zetfon. Whenever an netlon has somewhst pecullar in the mado in which It fa-begun or couducted, or In the rellef jt affords, it must be known by somo namo or hrawe; and it would bo & very linperfect systom of ustice which afforded only one remedy for all rorts of wrongs. Instead of-trying to redice nll forms of actlon to one form,” I 'wonld profer to add sey- eanll which do nut now exlst. For luetance X would add AN ACTION FOR VINDIVATION AGAINST LYING, Yivery mon knows that we Americans are he- coming s nutlon of egroglous liard and slandorors in nearly every department of 1ifo, but particulur- 1y ne concerns the repniations of public men, All nien know that murdors, or ot least ** homiciden, are_constantly boing commitled by persons iwho seck, by killing the author of a mlsstatemont, to suppress his falschood of provent fta doing 'fn- Jury, Muach of this is becauso there [s no law ngainst lying—). e, no Judiclnl means of deerceing and declaring tho truth as 8 means of correcting - falschood. Kitling tho slanderer may sometincs eauso an In+ vestigation inta the falschood of tho slander, but undor tho most untalr and dlsadvantagcous clr- cumatances In two respacts, viz, 2 first, as no rule of Iaw mukes slandor a justication for homiclde, therefore, in strictness, the trath or falschood of the slander 14 lmmaterlal on tho trisl of the homi- cldo; and, secandly, that tho chief witnoss (o the truth of the mattor chnrgod to be slander ls ro- moved by the homiclde Hself, and no investiyation can nsall much, Judiclally, which begins by Killing the ndvorso witnessos, Upwards of a centiry ago, Jeremy Tentham recummonded that the conrts entertafn annctlon to vindicate the truthtto doclare the truth, and to publish the judieial rotraction of a_falschood, wherever Qt woull affect ono's soclal standing, Onr actioii for orl siander {8 well known to be eerlously dofoctive 1o ull ordinary cases, na it I only whers the dafendant has charged tho plaint® with o crime, with incompetonc: or dereliction In his profession and l.lll'l ness, or with a contagloun dineuso, that the plalith con recover, without proving fhat he has sustained a apeclfic pecunlary damago by reason of tho utterance of the words.” It {8 csscntially an actlon to protect pecunlary Intorosts rather {Imn churucter. For ordinarily no rospoctable person can prove that anybody who knew ilm has belfoved tho slandor, hnt ho how lost employment or profit in consequenco of it. Ilence, in all such ;: 8 88 require slmplo retraction, lie Is remedi- e HOW IT WOULD WORK, Tad Joromy Hentham's proposition beon carried out, It would have beon praciicable for Alesander Bullivan to have eucd ianford for a rotraction, to be published by tho authority of a Court of Record in subatantially the followlng form, supposing him 1o have been entitled on tho facts to tho rutrac- tion which Lo called on Hanford to obtatn, viz, : t s adjudged by the Buperlor Court of Cook, o 1ot R i cfapericr, Sourt o, oo ek wrote nnd nttered conceraing Mrs. Margaret Sulllvan 1o worls followlng,—tuat (4 10 84y (hero’ publianing o words). Aund It [sadjudyed that, in 50 dotng, 1 was misinform- cd for ** was iletukon, " or **oxaggerated,” or ** delibe erately Hed,” w4 tho cas jiny descrve).> LTy AaE | ATy B harhOn ooy L, ourt {hal blicly and huml ologlzes whics i Grdor ot aal coure, Lo, *PoI0slet Whick, by It Is nltogethor probable that, had the law af- forded auysuch means of redress, and had Mr, Houford been mistaken, o would have renderod the roteaction called fors or, had he not done 8o, that Mrw. Sullivan wonld Liave sppealed to the Juw for redress, ond wonld have obtained it, if 4o on- titled, Under oue prescut law of slandar, there was nothing In the words wrltten by Ilunfor. which would lave glven SBulllvan any power to 1 Bm to account in u_civil actlon, or ony means to compel hlm 10justify or rebract (hom, find thu law provided the uame means of civil redress that 1t does whero mero property Is at atake, nud had Sullivan prefer- red to pesort to the pistol, i i cqually certaln that the chances of his belug conyicted of kome crime would have bLeen tens fold what they now arc, sluce it is the universal vensg of moukind that, in those partlenbars in which the law confesses an injury to bo huth pos- slblo and it, yol_attonipts to ilfurd no rodresa whatever, it remands its subjects back to their rights when ix a state of naturg, and makes the In Jurred victhn his own Judye of the means and mean- ures of redress. It s this common and {nstinctive sentimont which lends to tho verdicts of acquite tal which are so enerally given In such cases, An netlon for the vindlcation of the truth would often bo infinitely more nutisfuctory to thy ;‘mrmm than an actlon” for money-damayos, even whera both will lte, and would” oxtend’ to many cascu where a falschood does grievous wrong, but where no action for ioney-damages wonltd conalstunt with prudenco or with the genins of the luw: Such au activn should be accompanied Ly a substantinl bill of taxable nttarucy' fees, 10 pre- vout worthives partios from nccup{lnxl thno of courts mule les with frivoluus litlgations, Un dor Lhis restriction Fdo not bellove courts and Ju rlos would be taxed in any preater nlufren by the triul of theso actions than they now are [n tho trial of murders aud homicides thut are caused by the want of such a for of uction. ANOTIIER NEW FONS OF ACTION, 1 would alvo aubstituto for our present systems of bankraptey und fnsolvency, which have always been egreglous swindlos upon hoth dobtors and craditors, frons the time whon they wero first Inau- gurated n England down 1o the present, —tho canacious maw of the lm\krumc{ Court swallow- e up th vifects of the debtor without puying hls debty, and diwappolating the craditors of their dnes without rodgeaung the dobtor's honor or good mame, Far suporlor fo this was the l{nmnn form of exccutlon, revorted to in cases of thu insolvency of th debtor, and known us bano- rum emptlo per upiversitalem, whorcby tho entlre property and ussoty of the dobtar wore put up at public suctlon, und utruck off to tho responsible person who, in conslderation of recolving ft; would undertako to pay .the lnr#uol percentuge on the clafuu of the cruditora, Thus the Cours avolded taking custody of the property at all; sif the cred- Iion ind ot mLuul right to compgte for the poascy slon of tho dubtor's propcrllx on ogual tarws; th amount of tho dividond to b pald by the buyce wis own beforo Lu gul lmnunlm\ Of the deblor's cetates for that proportion all wwits ponding agalunt the dobtor would rad to Judgment fguinet tho anhuernl hls estate ; and tho debtor's Buacts woulg -llfulnwlhw hands of - the pervon 1avst compotent Lo wanagy I8, aud whose scle lu- terost would Lo to wmunage’ St with the utmost economy and xlllfimh, aluce ho alono would prod thereby, This uotb only supetlor to any slem of ), Vi m.-nr:’lfl:k‘u'rgl nof llml’ry‘%";l"]‘.‘,ri::m Period wi iy et uten huve sty nervile. TIE GENIUS AND AIM OP VANRRUPTCY Ang ny. 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