Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 28, 1877, Page 6

THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY. JANUARY 28, 1877—SIXTEEN PAGES HOGAN " What His Plumbing Has Cost the County. A Charge of 15 Per Cent More than Equally Competent Men. Excuses for This Overcharge, and for @Giving Him All the County Work, A Oomparison of Items in Hogan's Bill with the Regular Charges. Last weck one of the bills of Joe Hogan, the County Plumber, was presented to the Com- mittee of the County Board to be passed npon, £ud objection was made to it on the ground 1hat the charres were excessive, Hogan not hay- ing allowed the county the benefit of the deduc- tion from the Hst-prices of lead-pipe, etc., se- cured by him. The result was that the Com- mittce failed to approve the bill, and & special cotamittee has been appointed, which will meet this weck, for the purpose of investigating and passing upon the subject. X IT IS NOT THE PIRST TIME 1hat complaints have been made, both regarding Mr. Hogan’s charges and the practical mo- nopoly of the plumbing, mas-fitting, and steam- fitting work which he has enjoyed since the dose of 1872 The Grand Jury for the May term of last year investigated the matter, and, while unable to find any fraud, they reported That, in their opinion, the prices were farbeyond what they should be, and that things looked Dbadly, though there was no proof of criminality. The records of the County Board show that eince the beginning of 1ST3— that is, since the County Board began to elip away from the economic and hon- est administration which marked its earlier his- tory—Hogan has been the sole and only person who could get any of the plumbing and gas- fittiug work which the county had to do. Dur- ing thet time he has done the work at the Insane Asylum, the old and new Hospitals, at the county’s part of the City-Hall Building, at the Jail and Criminal Court Building, and wherever else work was to be done. From the close of 1872 to December, 1875, he Was paid bills am 27ling to a total of $36,350. One of the notable features of this is, that, Wwith but few exceptions, amounting to perhaps in all $3,000, the work has becn done by the day. NO PROPOSALS HAVE BEEN INVITED. No &her firme, althongn there are many in the cfiy rivaling Hogaw's in character “and 1eans, were invited to state the prices for which they would do the work. In the few in- stances where bids had been asked for, by hook or by crook Hogan bas managed .to secare the work. There has been no break during the last Tour years in his uninterrupted chain of trans- actions with the county. In view of this constant euflflomcnt on his part, there is possibly a natural jealousy on the part of other firmsat seeing themselves deprived of a share in the public work and the whole of it given to a rival firm. It is therefore neces- sary in dealing witha subject of this kind to eliminate the possible influence of rivalry and to ascertain not what the opinions of one “or two competitors may be, but the practice of .the ¥irade, and what they would do as a body in deal- ing with and charging for work similar to that whick: Hogan has beenin the habit of handling. SINCE JULY, 1573, Hogan bas been naid for work done in the way of plumbing, gasfitting, and _steam-fittine at the new County Hospital bills amounting to $26,815, the last of them having been approved Nov. 25 of last year. There are still a fow more to be rendered before the work on the building is completed, which will carry the total Cost up to the rather alarming ageremate of $30,000. All of these bills have been copied by 2 TRIBGNE reporter, and have been submitted 1o a number of competent experts. Theirunan- imous declarationis that. Hoganhas not made the county the proper allowance for the deduction which he gets from the list-prices of materials used; that, while he gets a deduction of 45 or 50 per cent, he bas allowed the county only 15 or 25 per cent, while all other men are in the habit of allowing 35 or 40 per cent. The response of the County Commissioners to this is, that Mr. Hogaw’s work is 50 much better than that of othier men, that he has thrown so much fidelity and zenl into it, that it is better to Pay extra prices on account of the much euperior work. But it is by means proven that Mr. Hogan's gus-fitting aud plumbine stand the test of time an, better than the work ofother menin thesame business. An examination of the bills on file in the Conn- ty Board would show a number rendered by Mr. Hozan for repairing and keeping in ordey work done by himself. He is steadly employ- ed at a certain sum per month to make repairs in certain institutions,—repairs which would 1ot be needed bad the work been done in the | first place in a proper mauner. 1t is also the UNANIMOUS OPINION OF THE EXPLETS that if there has been fraud in the plumbing at the Countr Hospital—which neither they nor any one elee charme—it has been doue in the way of making bills for more material than was (clually fumished. In order to determine ‘Whether anything of this sort has huppened, it would be necessary for an expert, 2 man of unquestioued character who has been entangled in none of these. county complications, to go throurh the bullding witn " the architect’s -specifications and estimatss, and make the com- ‘putation of the quantity of lead and fron pipe, and connt the number of «Ibows, tees, ete., which have been supplied, and then make. the 1aborivus comparison with the bills which have been rendered and proved. An examination .of this kind comes within the province .of the County Board, and can be made y it without any difficulty, while any private person would mect with insuperable obstacles in attem, ting any- thing of the kind. Tt is also believed by the cv.: pertsthat the prices paid for labor have been ex- cessive. It has beena floating ramor that men igured upon the pay-roll who never figured in in the work upon the uilding. but the Commis- eioner who has had special charge of. the work Quring the last yearstates that be was there daily and counted thenumber of men at work, and compared that number with-the account of the lumber, snd found that the twoagreed. There. _Eoru, these rumors are not entitled to credence. 1 order to set more fully before the pablic the manner in which THESE OVERCHARGES ~—for such they are, 3ccording to the custom of the trade—have been made, the following -bill Is appended: July 10, 1876; May 15 to Jul: ive: 21371-inch buehing, . 0005 & md"ém' 12 1x%-inch bushingat 19¢. 13 3¢(xi¢-inch bushine at S¢. 2 2%-inch elbows a1 90c. 1 0x5-inchtee (C.1L)... . 1202-fuch tee (C. L) 1 Gx8-nch offset tee (G, 1.3, 0 feet 2-inch cast-iron waste. Less 40 per cent, ., $ 12 %-in ex. heavy W. B. couplin, at 34 iuch trap-screwe at 150, ook 8 2-inch trap-screws at 7ac. -inch brass strainers at 35¢ ch ehower-cocks (plated)at 89, ch compresxion liose-coc} -inch ball cocks at §1.10.... . ch comp. Etop-cocks at §2. 16; nch trap-screw. 22 plated basin plags af §1. 12N Pplated-basin stays at 1 1i-inch plated bath-plug.. %!4 _basin clampe at 1212 75t -nj B platcd comprossion Lasin e B X-inch poundway &top-cocks, C. & W Ei;%’ach poundway etop-cocks, C. & W S 118.62 36.65 $ 109.97 12 gross 1-inch No. 11 screws % 3-inch Fuller plain bibbs at §2 Fuller plated bas i &-inch Fuiler upricht plated bath cocks with conplingand L. nut at S5 48.00 22 14-inch marbled basins ot Sz .. 2400 113-inch P. trap and screw. . 1.50 63-inchS. trap and screw at .. 15.00 4 5-inch §.trap and screw. (lead) at 24.00 4 2i5-inch'S. trap and ecrew at 3, 1200 4 4-joch P. trap and ecrew at 1. 16,00 00 plated safety chains at 4 pligs No, e X 2 galvanizd iron sinks at §12. 1 copper shower. . 8 valve closets at $10, 8 closet bowls at $2. 50. 1 copper bath tub..... 6 1!5-incti S. traps and crews at Cartage 18 loads at SL. . 5 4,911 1bs lead pipe at 9%c. .. 1,132 ba'eheet lead at 3zc. 5 235 days' time plumbers and 1T at 07% days’ time yas-fitters at $3.50 54 days’ time labor at §2.. 2 cape chisels and 1 centre- pnncl 1211517 at 82, 5. 5 pair sink bolts at 1 collar and plur for path 3 1bs conper wire at 50¢ . 5 20 cast-iron feet for bath-tuby at 7 1sgross 1-inch No. 10 brass screws. 2 galvanized-iron strainers at 3Sc. 4 érsogotrnzm for hot-water boj 61bs sulphur. ... . 1barrel plaster of Paris. 12 434 copper strainers 1'gailon gasoline, 2 solder pots at 7ac. dozen brass bolts *Overcharges corrected. Paiy 0. K. with dedactions: reporter had shown the above bill. in favor of Joe's pocket. not be detected by any gether and add them up, Italian marb! claims were ve: “tal tor traps and ecrews. Now, where them "at §1.25. than $5. Then he charges $3 for man would have put it inat which would be a very fair priv it ought not to cost suspicion of the Commissioners, gets hold of the bill and The rate is all right. 13th of Mayto the Sth riod of about seven weeks. for time is about three times £hould have been. Further down, the county for his tools? the sun to run them in. cast-iron but for the tubs, and the lot at no extra ch that I ever heard of, charge for resin or folder-pots. pect 1o furnish them, and be arge. Ferp]exing when you fizure up the f it wasn’t all biil, and in some instances the high as 30, and even 85 per ceut.”? an honest plumber on -Joe T45.04. bill. but the Committee, in going over ¢! the charge for the brass safety; while the Committeo was more important? great. ‘The affdavit attached to with Joseph Hogan in the for the sum of §3,752.56, is not signed by Lich, lic, before whoin the have been taken. ANOTHER BILL. THE RESULT of a dozen bills is materials furnished equally good, done in_the’ if mot better, County Building perior work. The prices lone prior to October of work dome on the is - worth LK more market who could determine without waiting for the slow to settlc it. As was stated be; ers observed tha it would be found in claimting pay which had not been used in the g E:Dbablt that the roc of its 1abors, and will, with . 00 brass gafety chains at vhite japannmed register-faces 122-inch cast-iron pipe hooks at 15¢. By Theodore ‘‘JOE WAS MIGNTY CUTE,” said a Clark etreet plumber towhom & TRiposE | Following is another bill of March The tigures In the left-hand column show heshould have tion: charged for the items in OF THE EXAMINATION that Hogan has charzed for $4 18.00 | will be katisfied. Until such a verdict is reached, in such a manner, there will always be 7.00 | suspicion and distrust. Correct: WiLLiax HANDLET, ?ru[firin(endnnz. 0GAN. Mauer, Guenther. * He play it mighty sharp. The prices he charges liere are generally just about what other plumbers would nave chiarged, but with a little difference This difference would other than a practical plumber, but, when you put the items all to- it makes Joc's profit something handsome. Now, on the first sec- tiou of the bill he deducts 40° per cent, but even “with that deduction there’s a clear profit of 15 per cent. Tne same thing is true of the charges for the tees and the waste-pipe.” “ How about that charge for the half-circle bs and backs, which Hogan pensive, because he bad to ca square block of marble and saw out enough to make it fit the ventilating-shaft2" ‘“That charge is about right, and for that reason. But following that come the charges Joe chargy $1.50 for a oue-and-a-half-inch P trap and scre vy most plumbers would have been glad to furnish A two-inch 8 ‘trap and screw ought to be furnished for 32, but Joe charges $2.50. For the tive-inch S trap and screw be charges £6, when he ought to charge no more 2 two-and. half-inch § trap, while almost any other $2.50. For a four- inch P trap he's get down $4, instead of $3, A one-and-a- balf-inch S trap and serew is put in at $2, while more than §1.50. such little tricks as that Joe has manazed to g in his work at Erlccs Wwhich would not excite the who_probably don’t know anvthing about plumbing, but which do Jook a little like stretching it when a plumber oes through it.” ! HOW ABOUT THE CHARGES FOR TIME!’ * That’s where the puzzle comes in. notice that this bill charges up 235Y days’ time for the plumbers and helpers, at $5.30 a day. But this biil is from the By ju: of Jul{ inclusive, a pe- Now, if they anly did the work laid out in this bill, that charge as great as it That’s a trick of which Joe together at just $1a day.—which would makea considerable diference in the whole amount. I find a charge of $3.85 for two capechisels and a centre-punch. Who in the world ever before heard of a plumber charging He had no rieht under An honest man would have furnished all his tools, and wonld not have: expected to charge a cent for it. The sinlc- the collar and plug for the bath-tub, and h tubs, should come with the should not be charred extra. The manufacturers expect to furnish them with No plumber except Joe Hogan, would He would ex- glad to do it, too, No CHARGES FOR QUANTITY. What they did with all that stuff ont there it farnished, the time allowed tvo much, or thenen must have stood around with their hands in their pockets to fill up time. There is an average profit of 15 per cent on that profit goes up as And such is the comnmm:tr{i pronounced by ttle bill of $3,- Thereader will observe two overcharges in the The first occurs in the item of brass strain- ers at 35 cents apiece. Four of them i ains. No 3 50 careful over these cowparatively small items, why did not the members dive deeper and bring up something Surely the opportunity was this bill {s made out role of affiunt, and 0 ) the original sum oOf the bill before the overcharges were corrected, but, orany other Notary P usual oath is supposed to 1, qu The plumbing by Hogan re quires a large anmual outlay to kecp'it in order, A charged for lakor about5percentabove tlwsedl:n%:ed by, u:hlg'flrr':; 5 T that year, the count, paid him £5,400 more than it Sh3uld nave: AT ow, the’ first question is, whethor County Bospitbal € ¥ tl price. A few experts could be selectcc% than that question at once 5505 o{‘ timbti vre, some plum| if there wasm:’my Inpml, it for materials ubiding. b Committee appointed to vestigate Hogan's bill will widen' the sphera Mr. Hogan’s willing: It Youwill bolt, arecharged, e bill, found that only twwo bad been furnished, and the bill was corrected accordingly. The same is true of ub- 1876. what the | that these medicines HUROR, 4. little boy’s first pair of trousers always fit, it the pockets arc deep enough. How docs man differ from the brute creation? 5027 | He stands uprigitt; but hie dosen’s act so. 116.00 “Ilive by my pen,” saida poet, wishing to 10.00 f tmpress a_youne lady. *‘You look as if you Iv;—gi’-gg lived in it," was the reply. i % L 108.00 A thin person may suceeed as a lecturer, but 3.85 | when a fat man gets through speaking and sits down he always Jeaves & deeper imoression. A phrenolozist says the principal bump on George Washington’s head is adhesiveness. He alludes to Georze’s-head on a postage stamp. A little boy came to his mother recently and said, ‘“ Mamina, I shonld think if I was made of dust I would get muddy inside when I drink coffee.” Prof. Tice, of St. Louis, refuses to make any more weather predictions until summer.’ Alonis about July be can predict mild weather and make a good hit. A harassed husband thinks'if the dressmaker would trim his wife's dresses less and the butch- er would trim his meat more he could meet his obligations better. What o silent old world it would beif men talked only as muchas they think. A fellow would have to carry a rattle around with him to make 2 noise with.’ An Italian has invented a torpedo which will not only blow up a 100-ton gun, but will shatter the ship, kill all the crew, and break all the dighes on the nearest land. Retiredcitizen to metropolitan friend—* W hat I enjoy eo much n the country is the quiet! Now, herein my garden, my boy, you don’t hear a sound, ‘cepting the trains!""—Punch, An Oregon boy, who got to school the other day a few minuies before the master and his fellows, declared a vacancy, and cast the whole vote of the school.in favor of a holiday. Itfs foolishuess for a man to try to make game of a boarding-house chicken by Jooking at 1t under the impression that a-stéady gaze of the human eye will make any animal quail. A dilapidated tramp was heard recently in- veighing against pcnf)lc who do not clean off their sidewalks, ~*1 expect every minute,” he said, “to fall down and break my wateh,” The Fenian movement has broken out again. A Philadelphia perfumer has just put upon the market anew kind of pomade, - which is-said to be the strongest head-scenter that has yet been brought out. A servant who plumed” herself upon being employed in a genteel family was asked the definition of the term. “ Where they have two ortbree kinds of wine, and the gentlemen swear,” was tne reply. Rome Sentinel: A father on Thomas street, when he wants to correct his son, bends bim over a Suratoga trunk aud starts him up in the world With a snow-shovel. Itseems to cover the whole ground under discussion. ““They must have a very feeble constitution - | in Congress,” said Mrs. Partington, “ifighey haven’t got power enough among 'em’ to count a few votes. Vhy, Iszac would doit in five minutes by simple admonition.” “Is my breakfast reads?” said an impatient young man Who was trying to get his morning meal at a beer saloon. ** Don’t know,” said the waiter; “I'll whistle up and see.” ¢ Heavens! no; dou’t do that. I ordered fausage, and if you whistle you'll have the whole pack down.” X. lights a cigar, then to his valet, with a hor- rible grimace: ©Jean Baptiste, where in thun der did you get that cizar?” ¢Ip the blue reclain box, sir.” “You illimitable idiot! ow often have I told you that the cigars in the blue box are for my friends?'— Paris paper. Norwich Bulletin: A correspoudent. asks why we do not publish more original poetry. One reasouis, that writers are too apt to confine themselves to thirty or forty verses, and give the sentiment no opportunity to expand. What culture demands are exgansion an large hand- $3,745.0¢ ed s st ot Hogan is quite capable—quite capable. You | srrsine wim s are ex ol will notice, too, that he puts in the ras-fiiters weritlng while kindling, ood Is g high. | §ia0a duy, and the labor at §2 muking a total | _*We are going home," said n_tramp who durge for the two of £550. Now, the | Wanted totall. < Astor, Stewart, Garner, Lick, fitters and the labor, or the helpers | 8ud Vanderbilt have all dropped out of the busy as they really are, should o in | World within a short time. I have myself u cough thai worries me a zood deal after bank- ing "hours, and to-day I forgot to take 15 ronts with me when I closed the vault.”— New Orleans Republican. ‘This is one of the old-fashioned, orthodox inters, when the coul-yard men saunter along the strects with big ulster overcoats, trimmed with fur, buttoned up to their cars, while the ice-cream men shin along the streets in linen dusters, with their gloveless bands rammed into their trousers pockets up to the elbows.—Bur- lington Hawkeye. —_——— CREEDS. *'What know we greater than the soul? he Without charging the county for them; put, a3 | The mind of man, o wrought upon by al I said before, Joe is quite capable of liz'urlng The varied forces of the earth ang ol ! up everything, no matter how small it appears, | I3 ever croping, from rrfmcml fall, aad the'little things are the ones that make up [ To fathom God .and luy Ifis secrels bare. the big sums. They are what tells in the long ran. Somuchas to prices. But the steal, if | Onancient tomes men build, with tower and wall, there is 20y, comes in under the The fabric of their creeds.” Thus reasoning. They cry, **Beliold the Truth ! and silent fail In'worship to their Heaven-exalted King. yould puzzle the -sharpest Kind of a | gy, Infinite they compass with a phrase, D] nmb{r i s l;fl Is bard to" sce | " Gr formuia wii proof-texts walled aronnd. oW it coul iave been used up, | Thus men make gods. and those who cunnot praise and, of course, that only makes it so trlnur:h nf:orc Are with the non-eiect cast ont and bound. me. For, is | Thou, God, artstill unknown? Thy Ways on earth, or in the after aphote How erude our thought, when only death semalns Of all which lies beyond! We hope and foar, But this we know: that Duty calls to-day To worksof Love and decds of Charity. The law of Christ etill holds triumphant sway; That law is Trath—that Truth all traths obey. Jaxvany, 1877, C. B, CARTER. COWARDLY ASSAULTS. When a caudidate for hizh office is so well liked and so popular with the masses as to make his defeat difficult in a fair and bonorable fight, mean and cowardly men are not wanting who delight in manufacturing lies and slander- ing ue good name. There are also those whose sclfishness prompts them to prostitute their Lonor, pervert truth, and ignore right, for the sake of injuring a competitor in business, whose prosperity they envy, and with whose business sagacity they have not the talens to successful- Iy competein an honorable Way. These thoughts are suggested by the.mean, cowardly attacks made upon me and my medicines by those who imagine their pecuniary prospects’ fnjurca by the great popularity which my standard medi- cines have acquired, and the continued growth of my professional practice, Narrow-minded practitioners of medicine, and manufacturers of preparations whichdonot possess suflicient merit to successfully compete for Ppopular favor, baye resorted to such cowardly strategy as to publish allsorts of ridiculous reports about the compo- sition of my medicines. Almanacs, & Receipt- Books,” and other pamphlets, are issued and scattered broadeast over the land, wherein these contemptible knaves publish pretended analyses of my medicines, and receipts for making them. Some of these publications are given ‘high- sounding names, pretend to ‘be issued by re- spectable men of education. and . position, for the good of ‘the people,—~the moro completely to blind the reader to the real object in their circulation, which is to injure the sale of my medicines. “The Popular Health Almanac " js the high-sounding namne of.one of these publi- cations, which contains bogus receipts, without Who comprehends W, es- | andyer that bllx’ggiigg 72 niehed carly in 1S74. | the grain of truth in thers: Not less devoid of e mmbmgfiz B mocll‘s?:z o &:h‘{i :;‘,:{ truth are those which have been published by but 2 few dollars 16 e ¢p it in repar, - T Is, | one Dr. L., of Detroit, in the Aichigan Farmer, therefore, apparently 1o justice in thc alleas’ | and by other mauufacturers ‘of medi. tion that this overcharge "has an offset in su- | cines, in several so-called journals of Phar- macy. They are all prompted . by jeal- As was stated above, many thins wi sty and utterly fal in - aceomply bing Tor which other plumbers famith St rbed | the object of they, authors, for, nDth'tphs'iaLt gg t;;: gw;}é‘rl:l l%i;l 5?)6 ;“6,020 ttl:a:nc‘;?my ‘Izsxfl Mr. | Ing their free circulation, my medicines continue , or 3 ¢ p:\ig to any other crtu:\llv rflsmnsibl::?i‘:m. h:‘;: :: m;] gm ore Jargels than by others manufac- Iying the same rule to the bills paid for worc | LUred in this country, and are constantly in- Dossess genuine Toerit, ac- manufacturer claims for vile, poisonons nostrums narrow-minded physiciang and complish what their them, and are not the which jealous, represent them to be, Among the lar e num- bt.zr of pretended analyses pnx;fishcd, itzi!a : sig- niflcant fact that no two have been at.all alike— conclusively proving the dishoncsty of their authors. It is enough for the Ppeople to know that while thousands—yes, I may truthfally say is co-operation, £o into'the whole subject, hav Z The © matorl uL® phe s put fn:g millions—have talien my ‘medicines -and -have the building measured, an com; been cured, o one has ever received injury with dflm ’b§lls‘ ;vxga the verdict of | fromthefruse. R.V. Piercz, M. D,, & good committee, -base upon testimony FProprietor of Dr. Pierce's Medi, ed by experts of admitted ability, all World's Dhnenurym. nnz:mfhz'«e.a'r. sneaking compounders of competing medicines | FINANCE AND TRADE. One of the Quietest Days for a Year in Banking. The Produce Markets Active and Irregular---Pro- visions Weak Early, but Close Firmer, ‘Wheat Stxdnger-.--(}otn Heavy, Under Large Offerings for May. The Biggest Stock of Pork Ever Known in Chicagos : i FINANCIAL. The clearings were smaller than they have been onany duy fora year. Financial circles were very quict. The loans to Board of Trude men on the se- curity of grainand provisions held here have had the effect of using up the lonnable surplus of the bunks. These lonns run il Feb. 1and March 1, and as the Board of Trade operators are the only important borrowers the banks now have compara- tively few applicants for accommodations. Rates of discount were S@10 per cent at the banks to rezular customers. On the street, rates were 8 per cent and upward. New York exchange was quoted between banks at 50c per $1,000 premium. L. 229849104 $15,703,845.63 §1,587.102.81 20,022,42.00 1,854,502.02 HOW THE BUSINESS OF CHICAGO COMPARES WITH THAT OF OTHER CITIES. Bank transactions at eight pnncipal cities for the first three weeks of the new year show a de- cline in clearings of §219, 000,000, or abont 11,2 per cent, but they include clearings of seventeen days in 1877 against eighteen days in 1876. The returns are as follows, St. Louls, as nsaal, report- ing both credit and debit, whilc other cities report credit clearings only: Chicago <&t Tou S oo 36,065,668 New Orlo; . Pittsbur . 15,257,430 $1,732,040,854 $1,541.015, Of all cities, Chicago secms to have the most act- ive busincss, though its return for last week was remarkably small. Doston, New Orlenns, and Pittsburg have about the sume business s in the same weeks last year, with allowance for the num- ber of days inclnded; Baltimore and New York ench show & small decline: while St. Lonis, and especially Philadelphia, suffer a considerable loss. As the numiber of days included is not the same in the two years, the following statement of average clearings dally will render a just comparison more easy: New York.. Boston. For comparison with other citles eported double. divide by two. . The loge here shown, about 6 per ceat, is a Jittle Iess that the ascertained decrease in avarage prices, 80 that, in spite of the rough weather which has materially impeded commercial operations, the transactions appear to be a little larger in respect to quantities exchanged than they were last year. Nevertheless, the comparison fs not very encour- aging, and we can only hope that an carly settle- ment of political difficulties may bring that genu- ino revival for which commerce and industry in nearly all departments appear to be well prepared and anxiously waiting.—77e Public, Jan. 25, A NEW FEATURE IN BANK STATEMENTS, o the Editor of Ths Tridune. PirT8BORG, Pa., Jan. 25.—A serutiny of some of the Naticral Bank statements recently published revealsa rather novel feature in bank book-keep- ing, by which, when a bank has been forced to make ita dividends outof it surplus profits of a preceding period, that fact may be covered up in its statoment. A gantleman who has examined the statements of the Pittsburg banks recently made by orderof the Comptroller of the Currency, dis- covered this feature: In the statements of four of the leading banks the jtem of **preminms pald" Lias incroased $103,000 during the past year, while the item of Government bonds, on which the pre- miums are enpposed to have been paid, has de- creased $553,000. One bank, which held $450,000 of bondsa yearago, and had nothing charged to premiums paid, now holds but $300,000 of bonds 2and bas $16,002 charged to premiums. The object of thesc fictitious charges is, of course, tnat the item of profits on the other side of the account may be swelled by Hke sums, so that the dividends of the banks may appear to have boen carncd dur- ing the period in which these charges have been made, Now, while the premiums on the Government ‘bonda held by these banks are a reliable asset to a much greater smount than the sums charged under that head, and while the banks have an -undoubted right to make their dividends from previons un- divided profits, this practice of manipulating their statements to hide the fact from the public shonld bestopped at once. We do not know whether it has been tried elsewhere than in the instances alluded to; but it is likely to spread unless public opinion makes it impossible. The object of the National Bank statements fs to farnish reliable information asto their condition; and to swell their profita on paper by fictitious charges on the other side of the account, isto defeat that object in a very fmportant respect. This first step in cooking (the statements which have hitherto been the great feature of -the national banking system ought to be summarily arrested; and we look to an calightened public. opinion in the.banking interest to sce that it is made impossible in the fa- ture. c. GOLD AND GREENBACKS. Gold was 1058,@106% in greenbacks. Greenbacks were 943@94Y cents on the dollar tngold, . FOREIGN .EXCHANGE. - Sight. Sixty days AN 486 Tnited Stay United § 209 0f 10-40s. Unlted States new 55 of United States currency s, BROKERS' QUOTATIONS. oS oy ) iicaro Cll(tflgocllr ;bhicago Ciry 7 ?Eount . i Chicago 7 # ct. o Pt glty_ Lailw: 4 Sflllrlh‘:sl‘dnmu CoFa e TuSrange oo Chamber of Commerze, Exposition stockoes o “*And Interest. BY TELEGRAPH. NEW YORK. NEW YoRE, Jan. 27.—Gold opened at 1061 and closed at 106%, all sales of the day having been atthese figares, Carrying rates, 43, 4, 3%, 3 &nd 5 per cent. Silver bars—greenbacks, $1.82%; gold, §1.254. Silver coin, Yc. Thereds no change in the Londos quotation, which yesterday was 57%d per onnce, Governments dall and steady. Inraflrond bonds this afternoon the feature was 8drop to 524 and rocovery to 56 in Lehigh & Wilkesbarre consolidated, Tnian Pacific Sinking Punds declined from 97% to 963; anme lot of 48,000 Pacific of Migsouri firsts brought 100, State bends qaiet and nominal, Early Inthe day the stock -market was heavy and lower. the decline ranging from % t0. 3% per cent. The greutest decline wasin New Joracy Contial, which dropped from 325 ‘to 282 Delaware, ’l_.uc’knwnnul & Western declined from T2% to 704, and Delaware & Hadson Canal from £6% to Oi%. Lake Shore fell off from 363 to 5in; Western Union from T7% to 75%; Michigan Cen- tral from 49 to 473¢. This downward movement wus assisted by vagne regorts that o Philadelphia Institution had been weakened by the shri; in yalues of coal stocks, the institution having made large ndvances tothéso companics. Btocks were firmer at the close, and showed a recovery of 3% to ‘L1 per cent from the' Jowest. point. NewJersey Central recovered to 301 ; Delaware, Lackawanna & Westernto 7114 : Delaware® & lndson_to 65342 Western Union to 76%; Lake Shorc to ‘55; Rock Jsland to 1017 St. Paal preferred t0.471i; and Michigan Central to48%. The market closed ac- tive. Transactionsaggregated 208, 000 shares, of which 61,000 wero Luké Shore, 2,500 Pacitic Mail 45, 600 Western Union, 5,500 Rock Island, 17,000 St. Paul, 2,000 Erie, 11,000 Michigan Ceatral, 27,400 New' Jersey Central, and 25,200 Delaware &: Lackawanna, Money, 3@ per cent; mercantile paper, 4@ 6 per cent, Customs recelpts, $195,000. The Assistant-Treasarer disbursed $187, 000. Clearings, 324,500,000, Imports for the week, including’ dry-goods, £5,041,000; produce exports for the week, $6.475, 000, 2 Sterling—Long, 4833¢; short, 485. The weekly bank statement 13 as follows: Loans, increase, '$744.200; specie, decrease, “S787,800; tegal tcnders& increase, $212,240; deposits, in- crease, $:1,283, 800; circulation, increase, 34,000; reserve, increase, $513,800. UOVERNMENT BONDS. 1145¢ New 5, American iixpress. nlted State rie.... Erle pfd.... arlem. Harlem' pfd., Michigan Contrai. ‘anuma. . 3 Chl., Buriingron &3 11 S Tannim 5 o oo 1y 551{ Central Pacific bo U. E. bouds. Iilinols Cenirai. Cleveland & Pluisburg! Northwestern. Norcuwestern pi Tennessee 63, old, Tennessec s, ne: Virginia 6s, old., 30 013§ FOREIGN, Loxnoy, Jan. 27.—Cousols, money and ac- count, 953, American Securities—'85s, 10533; '67s, 100%; 10-408, 110% ; new 58, 107%; New York Central, 100; Erie, 03 preferred, 21%. Pants, Jan. 27.—Rentes, 107f 35¢. Four, Jan, 27.—United States Bonds— 103%. COMMERCIAL, The following were the receipts and shipments of the leading articles of produce in this city during the twenty-four hours ending at 7 o'clock on Saturday morning and for the corresponding day last year: z Fra: New 5s, Riecelpts. Shipments. Flour, brls. Wheat. bu. 29 1,424 Withdrawn from store on Friday for city consumption: 4,414 bu wheat, 2, 717 bu. corn, 2,116 bu oats, 370 b rye, 7,506 bu barley. The following grain was nspected into stors in this city on Saturday morning: 3 cars No. 2 N. W. wheat, 11 cars No. 2 epring, 7 cars No. 3 do, 5 cars rejected do, 3 cars no grade (29 wheat): cars high-mixed corn, 36 cars new do, 72 cars new mixed, G4 cars No, 2 corn, 62 cars rejected do, 1 car no grade (242 corn); 3 cars white oats, 13 cars No. 2 do, 14 cara rejected do, 1 car no grade (31 oats); 8cars No. 2rye, 5 cars rejected do; 5 cars No. 2 barley, 10 cars No. 3 do, 1 car rejeacted do. Total, 331 cars, or 137,000 bu. Inspccted out: 14,064 bu wheat, 37,393 bu corn, 4,509 bn oats, 734 bu rye, 5,180 bu barley. The following were the recelpts and shipments of breadstnffs and live stock at this point during the past week, and for the corresponding weeks ending as dated: Receipta— b 3 e Bzrll‘ey. 5 98 Live oy 9,582 1 Cattle, No. pror I Tl The following were the exports from New Yok for the weeks cnding as dated: Jan. 20, Jan.1s, Jan. 2, 1877, " 1877, 76, Flour, brls ., 5485 15,213 3615 Wheat, Lu 296,485 32000 307,000 Corn bu. 191,405 351,428 317000 There was some talk Saturday aboat requesting the Dircctors of the Board of Trade to appointa committee to make an official **count ™ of the stocks of provisions In this city. The result woula probably differ little from the fizures given below, which sre the totals of the returns made volantari- Iy to tac Secretary of the Pork Packers' Associa- tion by the partiea who hold the property in store. **The sbort sellers’ hope™ is now the effects of the blae ray on the crops of 1877. More raln has fallen in Californla recently, whereat the farmers rejoice, and the bults roar. +‘Shipping wheat from Baltimoare to Chicago™ 18 the latest sensation. It seems a certaln firm bought a car-load of low grade wheat, costing $1.03 per bu, and could obtain a bid of mo more than B5¢ on It when it arrived in Baltimore. Hence the return. The leading produce markets were generally lawer yesterday, wheat and flour being the princi- Pl excentions to the rule, and there was a large aggregate of business transacted, the volume gf trading being considerably greater than Is nsual on Satarday. 'The near approach of the close of the month had some Jittle to do with this, a few par- ties being anxious to.close np before February de- liveries are in order. But the bLulk of the trading was in March and subsequent months, and there Was o pressure to sell for specdy delivery, so that the weakness was dae to other causes, There was o special strength at other points, abont the only telegraphic reason for higher prices being the re. portof & decline three-sixteenths in British con- gols. The shipping movement was rather slow.. The dry-goods market displayed & reasonable degree of activity and rm, healthy tope. Prints, bleached and brown cottons, ticks, drills, denims, and some other lines are still working upward, In the grocery market there was a liberal movement, and previous figares were fully sustained, except for sugara. Tho feeling among bolders of coffees was more confident, in_response to the firmer tone ot agvices from the seaboard. Rice was al4o firmer, and advanced Xc. Teas, sirups, spices, otc., ruled steady and firm. The position of the butter and cheese market was the same as for a number ofdays previous, both ruling firm and steady. Dried fruits received some attention, and most descriptions were held confidently. The fish trade was reported fairly active, with prices ffm and unchanged. In the oil market there was little thut was new tonote. The tendency in lin- sced ia atill upward, but other oils are, at the mo- ment, steady. Leather, tobacco, baaging, coal, and wood remaincd without quotable chane. 4 Hogs were inactive and weak at the decline of the previous day. Sales wefe at 85.90@6.75 for common to extra. The, cattls market was quiet and easy at $2.50@5.75. Sheep were.dull at §2.75 @35.00. Lumber continues quiet, though the movement is larger than a week ag0, and it the weather con- tinacs pleasant denlers expect a steady improve- ment in trade. The stocks here ara large, but small at mony interior points, where it will be necessary to replenmish soon for the early spring demand. Prices sare unchanged. Inthe pineries work proceeds without interrup. tion, and some of the contracts for logs are nearly filled. The season has been remarkably favorablo for logging, and there is no doubt but thata large crop of logs will be banked, but it rematns to be secn what proportion of this crop will be floated into the mill-booms. In some dlstricts the log- BIng has been done on remote and shallow atreima where in past seasons loga have been hung up for olong time, though the brooks sere' well cleared last spring, and there is an- abundance of snow in the north to melt and swell the.rivers this year, and foat the loge down to accessible points. The demand- far furs - continues-fair, but at lower prices, which were due to the declineat the Janu- ary esles in London. The wool, hop, hay, and broom-corn markets remain quiet. Secds were in good dewand, and clover and timothy were firmer. Game and pouitry were dall and weak. Rail freights were quoted firm at the recent &d- vance, the rates being 40c on grain and 50c on bulk meats and 80c per brl on flour to New York, and 55¢ for bulk nieats and 45c¢ on grain to Boston; also 35¢ on grain to Ballimore, and 36¢ on doto Philadelphia. There was a good demand for cars oand few offering, as the roads have not yet recov- ered from the late blockade. FOREIGN IMPORTATIONS. Goods received at Chicago Custom-House, Jan. 27, 1877: George Stewart & Co., 279 sacks salt; P. P. Oldershaw & Co., 100 sacks salt; Fowler Bros., 205 sacks salt; Lyon & Healy, 1 case mu- sical instraments; Field, Leiter & Co., 4 cases dry 2o0ds; C. W. & E. Partsidge, 1 case dry goods; Frank Bros.; 2 cases dry goods; Carson, Pirie. Scott & Co., 1 case dry goods; I L. Muller, 1 case merchandise; Briggs Bro 75 sacks peas; ‘W. D. Mathews, 500 bu barley; Jansen, McClarg & Co., 1 cage books. Amouut duties collected, $4,586.73. PROVISIONS. HOG PRODUCTS—Were moderately active and fr- Tegular. The market was very weak early, under large offter(ngs, and subsequently recovered to aboutthe latest fguresof Friday. The report of stocks shews that there {8 more mess-pork on hand now than ever before, and this welghed prices down, though the fact was known the previous day. The chief resson, however, scemed to bo the expectation that margins would be called freely on the Tongs, and thata good many lots ‘woald have to be sold out in consequence. The result ‘was not 50 bad a3 antleipated. and the market rallled fn the face of Jower quotations on hogs at the Stock- Yords, and an easler fecllng i New York and Liver- pool. which wes probably due to reports of the early weakness here. Liverpool wes 6d per cwi luwer on bacon, withastock of 6.000 boxcs, ‘aud was dull on 1ard at the decline of the previous day. Facking is pro- sing hiere but slowly, with a very light demand for Pproduct for consumption. The Daily Commercial Bulletin gives the following as the progress of packing s the polnts named: Tolul Todate, | Todate, |To date, | seasor, 1877.° | 1876." | 1875. | 1875-. The season I3 reporied closed at Quiucy, and the welght reported 34 pounds less thun Iast yenr. lie same ruthoriey says: -* The extreme cold weatn- er which hra provalied throughuut the West during the weekor two, may have {nterfered with the free arrivals, but the quality of the receipts lead to the ime resslon that the greater portfon of e hogs sultable Fir eneral packing purbOses Bave betn masEatas soo the leading packing ceutres. Some operators, howey- ever, express thie belief that falr nunivers will arrive during February. Asthe result of the combinstions, referted w one week 3go, three of four houses. quite farge ones—bave closed during the wee', 204 will not be open acain duriog the regular season unies the rccer t8 of hogs warrant {t. Twoor three houscs outside of the cumb!nation were clcaxd aiso, The opin- fon prevalls anite generally thatthe packiug of the \West will finally reach aoont 5,000.000 hogs, but thatchie quals ity during the inst haif of the s2ason will exnibic such 3 marked fallloz 0T as to more than counterbalance the improvement noted during the first half, and that the 1inal returns of product manufactured will not show an. aggresate in excess of that of Jast season. The packing Inthe West to e aggregates about 4,350,000 hogs, of which abot 2.900,000 may be credized to'the six leading cities. At the other larver packing polats, the receipis of hogs liavc been lisht, and the quality poor. At Clnclnnatl, the receipts were meazre,—-ths arrivals so far fn Jannary befng about 39,000 icss than durlog the same time last Year. and the averuge welght shiows a falllng off of al 33 1bs In the past three weeks. The packing ls still belind that of fast 82as0m, but falr reccipts are anticipated during Febru- ary. Lot son may be considered closed, and the packlng about 12,000 1cas than last, sca- son. At Indianapolls, packers have done very littie businessthe past week. GWIDg L0 the scarcity of hogs, 20d bave added but Hittle 10 Ene. SEErG Fate of the cia: son. At St. Lonls, the receipts have been meagre and thequallty poor. ‘and pecking operatfuns rescrivted. At ){lnwaukee, the receipts have been very small, and thepacking lmited. At the larzer interlor poluts, packers are dolug yery Uitle builness, owing to & scarcity of hogs.' . Thie followiis were the stocks of pork. lard, and hams In Chicago on the datesnamed, a8 recurned (o the of the Pork-Packers' Asscelation: Seametey Purk, O Lard, 5.P. Hams: 3 bria. tes. 5 60,851 57,6 30 7 )25 28,070 Jai 3. 15t 83 Norsports Jan. 17, 1574. 72,250 Noreport. o mess except 0,329 bris. The Beft Corbmercral Rasort gtves the following as the shipments of provisions from this pofnt: Pork, | Zard, | Hams Shoulders| Tuliddics, briz. | “tea. [1eal"| > Tos: s Wkend'g] | Janzs. i 3,773 15360 1,451 1,348.309] 10,008,777 ke g:BSG 6,039, 1,869 3,325,903 9,4 Siaesaes) | 776, 97,217,128,63032,047110, 441, 277155, 00,853 87.3021103,194114,328 14,081,0991109.505, 215 *Green nams—Shipped for the week, 15,635 pes, agalnst 23,925 pes same week Indt years Hack Sov. 1, 1876, S04 pos, againat 540,364 PeS corresponding pe- 1875-'6. P i Sthdes i cut meats except S. . hams aad shout- Miss Ponk—as active, ohfefy for March, and de- clined 1724 @20 per bri. bot recovered afterwards, and closed the same as_ Friday evening. Bales were report ed of 5,250 bris seller February at S16.45; 24,230 krla seller March dt S16.524@10 2 ;, JRd 12.506 A 5 $16.856 utal, 42 T, B ane 0.374(616. 40 cash or scller Jauuary: $16.425@1il. 16.67% 1 16 5041805 retter sz 16.70 selier March: $16.906w16.95 reller Apr Yo s was duoted 2t STL oL M IRd extra it $12.00. Do Was airly active, and declined T {cper 100 na, advanced 123c. and closed the same as oa Friday evens ing. The frading was clilefly the changing over of loty m one month to anoiher, Sales were reported of 750 tes seller Ffbr“’r{x;zrsw 60Ge10.75; 20,000 tcs 210,67 séller March at_S1o. 3%: and 1cs acller April ‘at S10.93wg11. U2, Total, 25000 tos, - The market closed tame u:_S10.65610.70 cash, for January 10.70310. 723 seller Felruarys S$10.824@10.85 sellor ilucm SI&B‘S‘@lfl.Gfli seller April. MeaTs—Were moderatuly active, 5o far as changes in short ribs were coucerned, the market belng weak carly, but closing firmer at Friday's uotattons, - Othier descriptions were dull aud unchanged, with 0o dentand on fordign account, and little inaairy on the parc of Southern buyerz. ‘Sales Were reporfed of 570,000 B short ribs a1 $8.35 por 100 B8 cash. $5.2714G8.. February, $3.50 for March, and $3. 73544360 fof April. The following are the Intest quotations oa fert-saited meats: Showl- Short Zomg Short der. dlears. clears, Green... Loose, part, saited. 85 8 Boxed. 8 85 Februa 8, 8 Al arch, foose . 5 83 Longnad short ciears quoted 3t 8%c cash o Januar and 8:c geller March. Cumberlands qulet at SY@Ster; lonz-clt hams, 10:10%4e.all boxed; sweet-picxicdBaias, Bl €. Green hams, o L. conaiiotes st re for shoulicss slc for shortrile, $3e for shurt cloars, 114@12)4¢ {0F hams. all cunvase and packe packed. —\Vas quiet atS@Sc. ST steady and qulet at $10.75 11,00 for mess; S11.75612.00 for extra mess: and 1. 506:22.00 for hains. 8 TALLoW—Was quoted at 77528c for city, and 63{@7c forcountry lots, the inside for No. 2. BREADSTUFFS, FLOUR-Was dull and steads. There waslittle de- maad, but stocks are light, and wheat was frmer, for which reasons holders were not willing to concede the 10@12}¢¢ per brl asked for by most buyers. Sales were limited to 25 bris winters at $7.30; 400 bris spring extras, partly at $7.5038.00; and 40 brls buckwheat flour at $7.90. Total, 465 bris. The market closed firm at the followinz range of prices: Cholce winters, $7.75G8.50; medium winters, $6.75 ©7.50;5 low grade do, $6.0038.50 : chofce sprig €xtras, $0.50£7.00: medium do, $6.00@8.50; shipping cholce: patents, $5.00%9.50; com- ; spring superfines, $4.00G3,00. Ryo flour, $4.50G4.00. Buckwheat do, $7.50GS.00; BraN—Was quict and 25¢ per ton lower. Sales were 30 tons at $14.00 per ton on track and frec on board car. Cory-MraL—Sale was mads of 10 tons at $16.00 per ton freeon car. WHEAT—Was aciivo and stronger, with a rather Irregular feellng. ‘The merket advanced 1bge, dectined sc, and closed ¢ higlier tuan the latest quoiatlons of riduy. Liverpool was quiet, carzoes firm, and New York dull, with busers holding off, while some ratber Iarge sales were made here by parties who kave been prominest on the loug side. But tuere were a good many buylag orders recelved, and several focal opera- tors scemed w{rald to remain ‘short over Sucday, espe- clally a3 the report of lower consols was widely mader- 5tood to mcan greater uneasiness fu Englaad over the Turkish quesilon. The tradlng was clilefly for March, and the premium for that over next monih shrunk to 1$1@17c, whick showed that there was o pressure to seil Fevruary wheat, notwithstanalng the fears ex- pressed tho “previous day that the miarket wiil be s ampen "aexe Thursday by dellveries of the pearly 8,000,000 bu of Xo. 2 wheat now in store here. ' There was flttic ‘demaud for cash Tleat, except No. 3, which was in light supply. Seller Marcly opened as $1.28%, advanced to SI.204, declined 1o SL.29%, (mproved to $1.29, and closed at S1.25%. Seller April s0ld at S1. 304471 t SL.30%. Seller May sold at SI3t@1.35. Seller Februar raaged, lttle better than nominal, at$126331. 274, closlag at S1.27. Seller the month was gencrally Sic under February, closing, with cash Xo. 2 1283, i sales 1,400 bu by sample ot $1.0C@1.17 on track. Total. u. BTN Sore Witrar—twas 1n better demand and rela. tively firm, belng in light supply. Sales were rerorted Of 350 bu N0, 1 (4« storage) at S1.40; 1,300 bu N L $1.37 for for winter and sx.l«o for glitcdged feceipts: I : - for 700'bu by sample at S1.20@1.404§ an trac 1,00 pa do 2 3,830 an 8% $1.2081.42 free on board cars. Total, u, RN—Was falrly active and agaln weak. The mar- ki denincd K?)E:!lunncr. the ‘outaide oo May deily- eries. which twok the lead in the trading, and were very froely oficred. while other deliveries fell off In % Liverpool wasquoted dull, and New York Ie our recelpts were syl ratherlarze for n, 242 cars belng fospected Into store, While suiopersafc debarred froif operating by the scafelty of cars. The line of shorts thiat has beca put out for 31 Iscnormous. Prominent operators have been seili very frecly for several days past. The purchases have clilelly been made, bitherto, by inen who Lave corn cribbed up fn the country which they had preslously s0ld at much nizher prices’ than those now railuz, and preferred to take {t in, walting the chances of being able 10 sell at better figures thian those at present rullni. Noir that those partles are illed up, (he further offer- inga make very' weak Sell 24c. the month was qules a8 42 E3c, I cash 5. 5 204, Rinh mteds Bt doe il reported of 38,200 ba No, 3 and high ‘mired at 800 b B w bigh mixed 8t STHEIBNC; 4, 400 wel & bu new mized st 373g.7,7 376 400 bi cars at J400TAS, :nmr.vle. at Xa{oe on "!Cm & < resdfih X ek wera ™l ened In - sympgrny oAl but the DU continued shal 1th i lug to lucation, chlep, acteq o wisslow ;. 5, a8 2 Ing 2t 363c znd clobing op Soe. CREIY trage) large oiferinas from S5 10w to 23 Vealpn, Jeperted of 5,600 b No. 2t QaSAC. Caay Jected at ¢ (Inal 2533, ;.;u]:x.!: 3t S0G 102 the prices bid. 1 by the Feportcd shiperiFts Mere m‘;’dfllfl:‘cfl‘em o] ve demand fa sianl) there being lttle call jor. SrVIEd m Tebru irly ot 6Li6c thie aiock . 2w £ 3¢ s &, 0% Kefuctod brouata N & Tather slow. ' Caah sal, ey 38¢: 2,400 bu nm&fiéfiludefiam LI $1.27, outside Tor Gea packs — T Total, 7] BY TELEGRApg, FOREIGY Spectal Dispatch ¢ ' Ltvxzroor, Jan. 271113, ¢ Jibise No. 2, 23s6d. amm—\\‘neat—wmun No. 2 Spring, No. 1, 108 10 No. 2 1y, i ds 0. 2105 whie, o s 3oy L . 1o Danyijies 420 o1 tru e) i ok: and 3, o, O % Total, 18,000 Ly, - bu st g, —Was tn" mgdoray d Noisraal e and re}‘e%:fiqgf'"gz‘ i 7 ¢ rece!] 3 2np u No, 4TSt 400 bu by sample gy 45 - ;S:" AKLET—Was a 17 TR, L2 Tt i B QT | : SR ey 000by by 36 3% G £ B> Y Corn—Westam = . Oars— BeTLBN Canadin, Spyeeri o W3y merlcas, 7 . ovisios ,D0TL 894 “Priimg oy short clear, 418" HelasLdsy, "“"“é. PRkore i : HOLET N~ ; i “525“ DIFits, 1156d; retne, 1, SIN—Comm, e R Sers ‘l:‘cnrl?g‘rg_:—:)uul a1 NDON, Jan. 37.—Frrror sy St Tonre e g T, g ANTWERY, Jun. 37 PrTRo YOI o o NEW YORK, T0 the Western Assoclated Prosy i % i, —Cotox-ark gy 6c: futures cloted wear; nm;‘ | 135-3%5133-16c; February, 13 31319 1 1313-32513 7-162; Aoril, 1te; y..,,ug,.mhfiz- H Avqut 1333 October, 137,05 & Decenther, June. 13 15-16¢ July, 14 1-23314 1-16¢; entember, 194@13 13-15c; November, 133-162134e. 13 7-22013 p.ame; Frove—Market dall and declining; Tecelpt, bris: No. 2, $1.6035.5: super State 1oz Weser, ;';n?- o 7 90 cuminon 1o Cholee, S5, 156,30, 1a: E5 9. (0; W) Xtra Olifo, 020.25; Minnesota patent. %e Aour steddy: $4,5025.20, vony-MrAL—Active and firi; GRAIN—Wheat~Slarket dull: rece rices entireiy nominal and iy ive” qutets \rcatern. fit) Male dall and rominal. Co Procesy, g7, e alloat: new Eruded, ;fi?ckn%&ng4mmwm ne eam mixec @(04c, Oats—] bu; common. Inferior hieavy: pas ot mlved and State, 40454501 whiveag, Har—Onchanged. Tore—Quict aad inchanzed. : @S RogurEs—Coflee n fiF demand: 1o i I 014 Jobblag, 17 i o] and nchanged: Malaes 5 Sgady, with moderaze dema FeThoLECN Marker dul and TALLOW= s steady at StExtvED Srrxits To Eoas—ta and Rio Grande, Tig> @:23c; Callfornta do, 255 WooL—Cliolco rm; poor heavy: domess gge: pulled, 22240¢; unwasned. 12831c; . 200U extra, $8.000 hitz wheat s e BRI0. i e 5 Dew lower. With llght demands oig gl e In' store ang Pyeenbd s £y Vestem. S20g013, BUD by decldodly Loy i 00 bu; ] iz oy ) Cargoes, 176 alec a0d uachaaget, iy : common do, 2gs, Teeee, 3 Tfi 13 PROVISIONS—Mess pork, uning 17,2561 Beet-turket dulls. fy i Rouien s AT, ulet; long cl i _dry salted s) Western, &%c: do clty, i and heary at §| nefi{.u.g.‘ ot uld - e, 64 middles LeTALs—Manafactured copper e EOt lake firm ot 19%sc. Iron—Seoteh pip paie ol o changed: Amerfean dull and heavy 2% Togme %’h‘e%’%fifllfflr&mmc&a s NatLs—Steady; cut 2 ol .50@5.25; horss- shoe, No. 8, 2xz25c. : ¥ —————— ““JACTA EST ALEA.” FPorgive thee? No! Thy plesdings come To calm the fury of my soul's deep hate, Weare apurt. Accursed bo the hour toolste Thatlared me first to thy destroying power. Afe, Lwta maddened by thy 8 Tranced in the raptare of thy beauty's charms, circling amms; 1 knew not—cared not—thought not—whit might be, So that the fatare robbed me not of thee. Life held no glor¥, I held thee true, and, in my biind belie Saw-not the blackness of thine own decelving. Forgive! dAnd can'st thon—darest thou—bresthe & wort Thy soul knows not, —thy pity’s neverstirred? Yet, when thy proud ambitious heart shall know Life's crowning sorrow; when, in weeds of. wo, Thy haughty epirit struzzles with a vain And empty passion; whea the Presents pais, And the far Future holds no promis'd blies,— Denies thee c'en the trinmphs of thy kiss; When life for thee is bat a long regret, And Hope's fair star has 'mid its shadowa set; ‘When thou shalt through Love's darkest sarrows live— And thou forgivest—then will I forgive. Caicago. Owex M. WiLs TRUE RELIGION. There is joy in true religion, Even when adlictions come,— Joy that every cload will brighten,— Joy that every care will lighten, As they shadow heart and Home, There is faith in true religion, — Faith in Him who leads the way,— TFaith that bidsthe heart be cheerfal, Always brave znd never featfal, Lét the life be what it may. There is peace in true relizion, — Peace that bids stern grief to flee,~ Peace that calms cach stormy billow, Just s le from that rude pillow Calmed the waveson Galilee! - There islife In trae religion, Gift of God In gracions love,— Life, with not a shadow o'er if,— Life, with not a death before If, — Life eternal far above.. Camicaco, Jan. 24,1877, Eowirp A. BAmkz —— The King of Dahomey' Amnxglt A correspondent of the London writing about the preparations of the Klnz"’ Dahomey to resist the British troops in event of a war for the liberation of the Eoropest-, by no means dle- Bodies of troops are assembling at.the vaious towns, while at Kana the whole fower o Dahoman army is_being brought t e Raids are being made upon neighboring fod captives at Whydab, says: +Meanwhile the King Is in the hope of obtaining aay stores of i s which may be there. Beside this, vher ;:“r'n successiul descents upon helpless Mwfll : have been made, the Dahoman warrior! b so filled with glory that they will rus o certain death under their excitement. “Troops ‘have been known to ‘clarge’ 4 cct of acacias, prickly pears, e thorny sheahh whes undsr (i3 ing out on the other side bruised ccml:ng‘d often maimed for life. Thil fl;’uu“ do to show tkeir *love’ for the King,an is no doubt that under the infuence uguvk*or!. ing, and trade rum_they would make ¢ resistance. evanescent nature, and it requires few well-sustained, steady volleys from. to put to fligkt, or at least to cover, 3t of dusky warriors. “As 1o the fizhting po if not surpass, those of the men. At u_!‘h e wil on_Abeokeuta the diul:k Z::hfifiu!:gfls, o per 5 an is the haps of all objectsan ufi?g%nm, and ‘in- bodies, as they fought I t horrible of any. zlges 7 rival each other {n their dceds of and many an Amazonian caboceer whitened skulls of these who my;’ ber arms, exciting the enyy and j Iess fortunate outside strugzle does come off, in whi to be hoped that they will reme! shot out of pulled by lhesgzslflt%rs :tfe‘i.lr“;t ety surely _as those fired by ron: ” Even the Dehiomans acknowl cause a shudder in themselves, ever beome pitted against wl it frenzy will carry them toany lend! therefore, not_be treated as mere ad; to the court of 8 savaxe chl‘:::l:s the corps who are the.‘Old the Dahoman army." . naught my sonl coald prize, ) Like the soft giances of thy witching eyes. 4 bal Still, their courage Hbu‘ s very our riftes erious odds wer of the Amazons, . there can be no doubt that they will be :ql::! ‘:fi {allen before ousy of, h:: A jors. renmgaon:r = 5;',: 8. pitted against these far-famed C;afltms; witle | s whose znfiF"’;‘j,’fi'fiu”f“u oner (1) breth- 4 + jzht . almost : their savage, ficndish actions ,‘:;1?{!’:‘9 4 ’h&‘;{\: m‘:b;.mfep:thcm. (3 ornamental ¥ King, but & Goard'of £ 0%, & er. i bl t of an e bravery, be that ;