Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, August 19, 1877, Page 6

‘ perience in the settlement of a new count 6 Se THE LABOR QUESTION. What Mr. 0. 0. Gibbs Thinks of Pattang the Unemployed at 2 Farming. His Objections to Doing It by Government or Pri- vate Aid. Proposition to Oapitalists to Undertake It as 2 Profitable Investment, To the Eftitor of The Tribune. Curcaco, Aug. 18.—The recent labor strikes and attendant disturbances have forced upon public attention the fact that we have in our cities and larger tows g large surplus popula- tion for whom there is no present use, nor Jike- Jy to be for some time to come; that owing to the depresse:l condition of all branches of busi- ness and trade, with diminished production in all lincs of manufactures, there is uo employ- ment within their reach that will afford the imeans of support “for themselves and families. There are two men for every day’s work there is Lo be done, while the pay for that day’s work will barely support one man, and the question how work “can be supplicd, so that these unem- ployed men can earn thcir support, has hecome the foremost question of the day, and is writ- ten, talked, and preached about us the labor- problem. This distress and. cmbarrassment is by no means conlinvd to the workingman, or What we are accustomed to call the laboring classes, but embraces persons from 4ll zradcs of emplorment as well as those who have done business on their own account. but have lost employment or business through the pret eC of the times, and are uow in the most distressed circumstances, and ip anyconsideration locking to tne relief of people autlering for the lack of employment tticy are as much or more ertitied nd aid than arc the common laboring classes, since the contrast, between their present and former condition is greater aud more keenly felt. . z While there i3 such a condition of distress and suffering in our commercial aud manufacturing centres, and so fittle that is hopeful in the im- mediate future, when we turn to our agricuit- ural districts and interests we find in strange contrast a rundition of pleuty and general pros- perity. Every bushel of wheat, corn, rve. vats, or barley; .every pound of beef, pork, butter, ebcese, or wool: every bale of cotton, and in fect overy product of the soil, is. in demand, and at remunerative prices to’ the producer. Added to this is the fact that there are millions of acres of as fertile lands as the sun ever shone upon, embracing every varicty of climate be- tween the British Possessions on the north and the Gulr of Mexico on the south, waiting for the labor of the husbandman. - Among the propositions that have been prom- incntly proposed as‘one measure of relief from the present overcrowded condition of our cities ts that of the formation of - colonics le up of the unemployed to settle upon and improve cheap lands, such aid being rendered them {in reaching and gecting a start upon their a Jands asmay be found necessary. Having i anowing just what it involves, and what coadi- tions are essential to insure success, I bave thought that I might be able to present this question in a more practical licht than one lack- ing such experience, and might be able to im- part information of value topersons who may be considering this question as a relief from their tol ents, as well as to show to those ‘nelined to render aid to persons so disposed, gow thataid can best be erven. It is very easy to say, *‘ The unemployed Jsborers of our city ought to go to the country, settle on a piece of cheap land, and go to farii- ing.” They might as well be told to buya steamboat and zo to steamboating; without aid the one is just as much out of their reach as the other. The scttlement of a family on new land involves, first, a house or cabin of some kind that will serve 25 a sheite then a team (oxen, horses, or mul a farm-wagon, breaking plow, harrow, cul! ator, and, if in a country where stock is al- lowed to run at large, fencing suflicient to in- close all lana prepared for a crop, seed for Dianting, and, lastly, means for subsistence till ground can be prepared and a crop grown. This in the States of the West and Northwest will extend into the second year after settlement, as little can be realized from the sod crop on new breaking. In the South or Southwest, where farming operations can. te carried on through nearly the entire year, and where the sod is. not of the same tenacious character as further north, settler in autumn could prob- ably. get enough ground ready for planting in the spring to insure his liring after he had har- vested his first crop. From the foregoing it ‘will be seen that, ‘under the most favorable con- ditions, a colonist will need a capital of from $350 to $500 with which to settle upon and im- prove a piece of new land. But little reliznce could be placed upon securing labor from others. to help furnish a support while the land was being prepared and the crop growinz. Without help from some source the mau who is to-day in Chicago wythout employment or moncy bas little chance to beco:ne a’ self-sup- porting farmer. I bave scen but two ways sug- sted inwhich such aid could be rendere: Fire, Government aid, as asked by our Com- munistic friends; aud second, charitable aid.— the formation of Emigrant Aid Societies to fur- nish means to et settlers on the cheap lands and sustain them there until they become self- supporting. [he first may be dismissed without consideration. The second is highly objectionable, even if practicable. The objectionable features are that it ig a. charity, the reception of which venés to paupesjzc and undermine tie feelings of self-respect of the recipient. Jt would exelude the class most needed in such an enterprise, the intelligent aud éelf-respect- ful, who would vot bring themselves to accept such ald. A colony made up of peuple who would goouton such terms would never be satistied with what was cone for them. would always incline to lean upon others rather than. @epend upon their own exertions. and would carry within it the clements of disaster and failure. It is impracticable in that the neces- sary means could not beraisedat thiatime., This Pressure is uot felt- outside our cities, and no aid could be realized from the country. The benevolence of our cities will be taxed to ite utmost to keen those who remain from suffering during the coming win- ver. The dca, then, of benevolent aid to carry a colony along till able to support itself must be abandoned. But. this would uot prevent the rendering of aid to help cive ita start ac an ex- pression of kindly interest on the part of our Denevolent public m donations of farming im- plements, seeds, grucerics. clothing where need- ed, and perhaps the ttering of a train to take them to their destivation, which auy rail- road would fornish at greatly reduced rates. What I mean is, that there should be no reliance upon continued benevolent aid. ‘Can, then, any plan be devised free from ob- jection by which any considerable numbers of our uneniployed, with their familles, could be settled upon cheap lands inthe country? It . seems to me there can. Wehave the three elements: First, cheap and fertile land in un- bmited qpnaticiess second, any ampunt of un- employed lator which would make that ‘land productive: and, third, millions of money lying idle for want of safe’ and profitable ways in which it can be used. It doce not seem to me that the problem of brincing these three elements—land, labor, and. capital—into a harmonious and profitable com- bination, is one impossible of solution. Ido not think that “Homestead Jands ” or Jands which Government saves to actual settlers can be found in localities which would make: them desirable for purposes of colonization. ‘They would efther be too remote from raflroads and markets, within the gTaschopper districts, oh too bleak aud inclement a climate. Desir- for euch a purpose would probabl: have Ag'be, pureliascd, but rw itbe had withis :Y railroads and = mark 5250 to $8 per acre. arhets ey from fore Droceeding to present any plan let see what effect upon the value of ‘urrounding Jands the location of say Sfty to one hun industrious familles would have it located in a iy in the centre of sa unoccupied township on farms of eighty to 160 acres each, under cir- camstances snd conditions that would enable them to at once commence and carry on the im- provement of these lands, and be able to sub- sist until crops could be raised. Such a colony (of carefully selected = -familes) would carry with it or command all the requirements of ary civilized communi- ty, could establish and maintain schools and social and religious orcanizations, would havea post-office, store, and mechanics, and Would attract to its vicinity other settlers cet- ‘ting on their own account; would, in fact, far- nish a nucleus around which thero would grow ups raplaly-Increasing snd prosperous commu- nity. ¢ location of such a colony in a locality wisely and carefully selected, would double the value of every acre of Iand in the townshipor ri- civity, and insure its rapid sale to other settters. If these things are so, and such colonies can be formed, what safer or more profitable invest- ment can the capitalist find in these Himes than to purchase large tracts of first-class farming sands, favorably located as regards cli- mate, proximity to railroads, and access to mar- THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY. AUGUST 19, 1877—SLXTEEN rausn. > = kets, which iz large smonnte could probably be a price not exceeding $2.50 per acre. iG be sold to tne wists fu tracts of pee of 160 per cent, h unreasonable as a re- tail price with the land, turnish to cach colonist such aid as his means may require. In all cases have acheap house or cabiv, with a well for water supply ready for him as he lands from the cars, so that he will have a place to move into at once, and can get Lo work in the shortest po: sible time, Further aid should be rendered a:- “cording to the necessitics of cach case, in team, tools, eced, fencing, or provisions. The land shouid be sold on contract €o drawn astofully protect the rizhts and equities of both nartics, the colouist to pay only interest at arate not exceeding 7 per cent on cost of Jand and personal property furnished for the tirst two or three years, atter which he would com- mene payments upon his principal in anuual installments. Many who would join such a colony would requireuosid aftergettinzon their jand, having means sufticient of their own. As before intimated. great care should be exer- cased in the formation of such a colony to clude thuse whose characters and habits are such as to make 1 improbable that they would succced xs farmers, or would prove discordant elements in the community. it isa mistake to suppose, as some do, that because a man has strength of muscle all that is necessary to make him. into a suecessful farmer is to put him ou a piece of land and give him the implements of husbandry. A colony should be made up largely. of those who have at some time lived in the country, and haye sume practical knowledye of farming, and many people would be surprised to know how large a percentage of our population, embracing ¢s In society, came trom farms. There are persons Without practical knowledge of farming, whose intelligence and what’ the Yankees call knack, would enable them to soon overcome all ditliculties. . Above all things, up- Hghines of character and bits of industry AS and temperance are —_ indisnensable. far as gencral farming concerned, my impression is that, taking all things into the account, Texas ~ offers greater inducements to the emigrant of small means than aay of the new States; while for special farming—like the raisiag of early iraits and vezetables for the Northern markets, and in which case tracts of from twenty to forty acres each would be sufficient—we have the whole range of the Southern States from which to select. ae Thave no idea that any plan of colonization could be carried out on a scale to make an ap- preciable difference in the condition of things in Chicazo anymore than the employment of a few handred men upon the streets as is now being daue, will, The good will be to the individual rather than the general public, and will have this advantage, that it will be uf a permanent character, putting the reripient in 2 condition caleutated to stimulate snd call out the best there is in him, and go eventually to achieve for hiinself sud family a comtortable independence, while in all cases of making employment forthe unemployed we leave the man in the same von- dition we found him in As stated in Tor Tripone article of last-Sun- day, the first thing to be ascertained, is “ir any considerable number of the unemployed of cur city wish to go to thecountry.”” When that is ascertained the ways and meats will in some way be secured. ‘Asa step towarg ascertaining this 1 would in- Vite any persons inclined towards such a step to call and See or address me at_ my office at 1% Dearborn street, on any day during the coming week, from 1todp. m. Ifit should be found that there are oumbers so disposed, arrange- meats could be made by which they could meet and advise together. _ O. C. Gipbs. atte The American Social Science Association. The following isa list of the papers to be read at the Social Science Association, at the meeting to be held at Saratoga Springs, begin- ning Sept. 4: 3 apers on the “ Silver Question,” by B. F. Nourse, of Boston, and Stanley Jevons, of Man- chester, Eng. . A paper on “ Savings Banks,” by the Hon. John P. Townsend, of New York. A paper on ‘ The Prospect: of Resumption,” by Gamaliel Bragford, of Boston. A-paper on ‘‘ Taxation,” by W. G. Sumner, of New Haven, Coun., and also one on “ Local Taxation,” by William Minot. of Boston. Areport on ‘Registration im the United States," by Elisha Harris, ot New York. Apaperon “The Massachusetts Census of 1875, and Its Lessons,” by Carroll D. Wricht, of Reading. ay ‘ "A paper on “Changes in Population,” by Na- than Allen, of Lowell, Mass, Papers on the ‘Industrial and Social Aspects of the Southern Question,” by Peter Hamilton, of Mobile; Ala., and W.L. Trenholm, of Charies- ton. 8. C. Apaper on “The Relations of the United States to Each Other, as Modified by the War and the Constitutional Amendments,” by J. Randolph Tucker, of Virginia. ‘A paper by T. M. Logan on “ Edacation in the Southern States.” A discussion of the Southern question in its various aspects. Reports from the Departments of Special Economy. : A paper on the *‘ Tariff Question,” by Horace “Whire, of Chicago. . EUROPEAN GOSSIP. Summer-Amusements in England: Garden-Parties. v The Excessive Cost of Hospitality in the British Capital. A Lost Life--Burdeued with Bric-a-Brat-~-Tho Real Queen of Holland. ENGLISH GARDEN-PARTIES, Whitehall Reslew (London). The formation of a club such as “The Or- Jeans”? is another healthy sign of the craving for those outdoor amusements and exercises which have now become indipensable to English men and women. There was a time—and that not very long ago—when garden-parties during the London season were phenomenal in the programme of our amusements. With the ex- ception of the Duke of Rutland’s house at Cam- den Hill, the Duke of Argyli's Villa in the same neighborhood, and the well-known spacious grounds of Holland House, there was hardly any place, within easy reach of town, where afternoon parties in the open air could well ‘be given. The first person who attempted to bring garden-parties into vorue was Lady Hoiland, and the four or five entertainments of the kind which she generally gave about the end of the season were invariably immense succcases. When the Khedive was in London, some ten years ago, he was asked to one of these par- ties. It was a lovely afternoon in the mid- @e of July, and the grounds at Holland House looked as only well kent English grounds do look iu summer-time. There were upward of 2,000 persons, including several members of the Royal family, present on the occasion; but. the spacious Jawan and gardens at Kensington Jooked as if they could contain ten times as many, and yet not be auything like full. His Highness was greatly struck by the scene, aud five or six years afterward asked a zentleman who went to see him at Cairo how it was that the English world” did not prefer parties given in the open air ta the close, overheated, and crowded assemblies in small drawing-rooms. The garden party at Holland House and another one of like nature given at Chiswick by his Royal Highness, the Prince of Wales, were, said the Khediye, the only entertainments he had enjoyed in London, tor the simpie reason tlmt they were the only ones where he could breathe freely. Since that time garden parties have become more common; end that peovle Will co far to enjoy them is evident from the ct that_none aro beetter attended than those given in the season by Lady Bardett-Coutts at Holly Lodge, on the heights of Highgate. But it is not the good fortune of every one in London to possess grounds in which srarden par- ties can be given. Heuce the reason why Hurl- ingham and “T'he Orleans” haye become insti- tutions of London life. Probably we shall sce these places of entertainment multiplied every year. They are to villas where garden parties can be given much the same that clubs are to private dwellings. Just as he can afford to en- tertain every one he knows must be rich indeed, 80 those who can invite all their friends toa > Hear: paper. on “Custom-House Forms,” by ay D. Hyde, of Boston. 4 paper on “ Municipal Government.”” A paper on ‘ Extradition,” py Sheldon Amos, of London. ae : ‘A paper on the “ Chinese Question,” by E. R. Meade. of New Yor! ‘A-paner on ** Legal Education,” by Dr. Wook sey, of New Da ‘ A paper by W.P. Wells, of Michigun, on the “Work of American Law Schools and Its Hin- Grances.”” A paper by James B. Thayer, of Harvard, on “Methods of Studying Law.” = ‘A paper by W.G. Hammond, of Iowa Uni- versity. Papers on the “Ventilation and Warming of Schools,” dy D. F. Lincoln and Wiliiam Walson, of Boston, aud by Frederick Winsor, of Win- 5S. Apaper on ‘Desks and Seats for Schools,” by A. H. Nichols, of Boston. ‘A paper on * Health and Study.” ‘A paper on “ The Half-Time System of Edu- tion.” by D. F. Lincoln, of Roston. A paper on “The Navigation Laws of Great Britain and the United States.” A paper on ‘ Muuicipal Government,” by Edwin Chaleiiiot Longon, ‘A paper on “The Local Government of En- gilish Counties.” Reports from the Social Economy Depart- ment, on Economy in Building,” and on coon Comforts and Amusements at Small st? Paper on the “Danger of the Health of Girls from Imperfect Early Training,” by Mrs. A. G. Martin, of Boston. Paper on the question, ‘Is the Intellectual World Growing Near-Sighted !” by E. G. Lor- ing, of New Yu: eet Judge West's Eyesight. ‘St. Louis Glode-Democrat, A corresnondent of the Glode-Democrat writing from Columbus, 0., says: _. “Your correspondent met Judge West walk- ing on High street, leanmy on the arm of his son, Who carefully piloted him through the throne. The old gentieman is lookiug much better than he did several years since, when he Ieft the bench of the Supreme Court, owing to ill-health, brought on by the sontinement inci- dent te his position. He certainly stepped with more elasticity, and seemed younger than at auy time within ten years. Butit:s plain that bis eyesight has continued to fail, and a constant attendant is now a necessity. “Judge West bas a most sincular affection of the cyes. It is not Made bse ne but a pe- culiar limit to the vision. An object, directly in front of him at any distance is plainiy visible. The limit of this vision is about two fect. Standing in front of three trees, planted say four feet apart, the trunk of the tentre tree would fill his eye, while the other two would be utterly out of the range of his sight. To aweep the horizon with his eyes, the Judge 1s obliged to turn completely around. A good idea mar be gathered of the outlines of this remarkable affection by experimenting with the possibilitics of signt of a horse wearing close-fitting blinds. Or, better still, by examination of objects through a long tube. The range was, years ago, much Wider than it now is, out it has continued to steadily contract, and utter blindness is a ‘possibility of the'future.’* A Post-Office Incident, London Examiner, A tall, gray-haired gentleman, so rons the story, lately went into one of the branch post- oftices in a western region. He asked some question relative to the registering of s letter of one of the girls in attendance, and was an- swered in a manner which be considered excecdinely sharp and rude. He repeated the question, however, not being quite sure that ‘he was not mistaken in_his supposition, anc he repeated it very mildly. She answered him more rudely than before. He then made some remonstrance, and asked her if she thoucht that was 2 proper way to answer an inquiry ina Public office. She said that she thought that she had been quite civil enough for him. He asked her, with an ominously increasing mild- ness of manner, if”she would favor him with her name. She emphatically declined to do 60. He then said he thought be would tell her his name, which, however, she declined to hear, saying that his ‘name was no concern of hers. He calmly replied that be thought it was, for his name was John Manners, and he was the Postmaster-General. Curtain. Private party must, be exceptionally. wealthy and as the institution of clubs is a blessing to men of moderate means, so establishments like Orleans House must be a great boon to those of botn sexes who wish to see their friends without any great expenditure of money. There is only one enemy which the members of the Orlean! Club will have to fear, and that is our English climate. Buteyen in this important respect those who have joined the new club at Twicken- ham haye a great advantuge over the members of any institution of the kind which has yet been initiated. The rooms of the new club are not only numerous, but spacious and lofty, and afford refuge from asudden shower for some 500 or GU0 persons. Our English summer has a worse name than it deserves; when the sun shines and the sky {s blue there is no country in the world where outdoor amusements are so enjoyable as they ure with us. Croquet bas had its day, and bas been succeeded by the more active game of lawn-tennis. Archery is not much in yogue, Badminton naving filled the place it left vacant. Butona fine day, merely to saunter on che lawn wich slopes down from. Orleans House to the river is of itself a rare pleasure to many. Like the privileged inclos- ure of Goodwood, ladies have ample space to display their dresses, snd given a dry day and a piece of well-cut smooth grass, trains of almost any length may be worn without fear of being trodden upon. Then there is the satisfaction not only of mecting all those we want to sec, but of knowing ‘that every man present has passed through the ordeal of:the bullot, and that the names of the ladies he introduces have alzo undergone the scrutiny of the committee. There is only one institution that has anyehing tofear from this multiplication of clubs whore garden-parties are given, and that is the Park and the Row. Neither man nor woman can be in two places at once, and with a couple of af- ternoons every week at Twickenham, with as many at Hurlingham, it is to be feared that the quality, if pot the number of those who fre- quent Hyne Park between Sand 7 p. m., will greatly inl] off next season: This would indecd be a pity, for the show of horses and carriages, to say nothing of the fair women who are to be seen riding and-driving, is—daring four months of the ycar—not to be equaled in any capital in Europe, However, it {s not only those who fre- quent the garden-parties that will abandon the Row, but the far greater number of those who wish their friends to believe they have gonc to one or the other of these entertainments. But time will no doubt put this difficuity right; aud, uch the glories of Rotten Row Smavr di- inish Tor a season or two, they will sooner or later revive. It is said that certain leaders of society have Getermincd-next season to set the examply of making the drivein the park from noon to2p.m. But this is only a speculation of the future, and one which could hardly be realized tor a couple of suasons. Enough for the day are the outcoor amusements near Lon- don, and for these people at present show a do cided preference. LONDON HOSPITALITY. Vanity Putr (London). The excessive cost of every fori of hospitality in London is a subject which has of late morg and more bitterly occupied the attention of all those who are competent to play the part of host and hostess. Theso include necessarily ail who wish to move at all in society, and who in- habit a house of a certain size. Socicty is well ‘aware of the necessity that its members should meet together from time to time. and while it charitably expects nothing from those who are not rich enough or well-housed enough to offer more, it Goes expect that those who can should give ft the opportanity of meeting in their houses; and, if any such should fail todo their duty in this respeet, is the fact resented and punisned as society knows how! Now this obligation should he, and in itself is, as light as possible. The principal element a party ot any kind is provided by the yueats, and if space, light, and a cordial reception are fur- ufshed to these, the whole of the necessary pro- vision has been made. Asa fact, this is the case in all other capitals than London: and in Paris, in Vienna, and Berlin, candles, coffee, and ices represent the whole outlay required for a social meeting, with the addition only of a little musie when it is 2 matter of dancing. But things are very different in London. Here our hosts and hostesses have held it necessary to compete in the costliuess of their. cntertain- meats as well as in the “desirability” of their guests, and to such an extent has this been car- ried that {t is now all but tmposetble for any- body having less than ten thousand a vear to give any party, still less any ball, that will not be looked upon with contempt. We bave been at some trouble to ascertain the exact cost of a London party of the better kind recognized by society, and’ it will be seen that the sum is one of considerable amount in slicases. The eutertainments referred to all took place during this preseut season, and the figures represent the actual sums paid. An evening party at one of the great houses, in which ‘the hostess is of high rank, and which was attended by some 400 suests, cost as. fol- lows: Kitchen department, ‘£140 5s, Sd.; fruit, #£40—£180 5. 8d.; wine, £27 10s.; mineral water, £4.108.—£2; oil, #4; candies, £13; gas and men, £7—£24; hire of glass and china, £6; hire of chairs, £3 ona} extra cooks, jextra waiters, 7; police, £3 Qs. "64.3 carpenters, £9 T4s—20 Se Gd band, £70: sundries—ale, £3 "(10.3 washing, £3 10s; ice, £3—£0; total, £386 11 2d- A concert at one of the best of what may be called the ordinary party-giving houses in Lon, } don cost as follows—the singers baiug Albani, Thalberg, Capoul, and five others, and the guests being about 250 in number: Singers and conductor, £400; supper, including hire of everything necessary, £156; wine, etc., £45: to- tal. 2601, A ball at one of the great “houses,” with 600 guests present, cost as follows; Kitch- .en department, £187 188; wine, walters and cooks, £28 5s; candles, £14 $1 18s 9d; gas, £7 7s; flowers, £120; band, 249 lisr police: £3; hire of chairs, £9: sundries, £11 ESS Is fd. A ball at one of the best ordinary houses, with 350 euest cost as follows: Supper, including the hire of everything ;£225r winesetc., $75; music, say £15; decorations, ft will be observed that the cost of the enter- tainments at the great “house’” is considerably lees in proportion than at the ordinary house, | for while at the former the eventog ‘| gage on a Guadaloupe sugar plantation. £82 58; extra’ ‘8s; oil, arty cost at the rate af 193 6d per quest, and ihe ball at the rate of 163 10d per guest, at the smaller house the concert cost at the rate of over 485 per guest, and the ball at the rate of 35s per guest. This, of course, arises from the fact that in the great house a Brat establishment is always cept on foot, and that there is but Ittle occasion to hire extra seats or to provide extra decora- tions. But the number of persons living on this scale in London is so Jimited that they may be counted on the fingers, and for hosts and hostesses at Jarge tlie Agures of the ordinary ‘house must be taken as the basts of calculation, it appears, therefore, that for a hostess of the usual type it is not possible to open her house to her friends for a Sew hours in the even- ing, and to provide for their amusement a little music or dancing, under an expenditure of £000. This isa very grave fact, and it neces- sarily acts $0 a8 to deter all but those of large incomes from opening their houses at all, to the reat loss and damage. of society, which thas inds itself precluded from meeting in what would otherwise be very pleasant resorts. Can allthis not bechangcd? Is it not possible to sup- press that supper and those decorations which play so large.a part in the accounts? Is it not possible, in short, to do as other nations do, and to call soclety together, not cxclusively to cat and drink, or to Yisten to expensive sitgers. but simply to meet and talk together, which is, after all, the fiual object? If this be possible it be- hooves the leaders of society to set tue example of it, and thus to confer the greatest possible boon upon the subordinates, who are always ready to follow their exainple. A LOST LIFE. F A tew weeks ago there was found dead in his house at Dijon, France, Paul Legrand, a manof 71, and a well-known character of the city. Ey- ddences of suicide, inthe presence of a half- empticd laudanum bottle and a tumbler with the dregs of adose of polson'in the bottom, were at hand, and on tne table beside them was the following most curious memoir,—a memoir which will take its pines in the collection of lit- erary curiosities of the century, and by which the author seems to have proved, very conclu- sively tor himself at least, that, dying at the age of 71, he had not really lived at all: “ All auffering, pain, ennui, despair, sorrow, desire, aud regret should be taken from our lives,” he writes, and then proceeds to deduct those experiences from his own score of years, and to foot up the logs. The whole memoir may perhaps be explained by one of its opening clauses: “At the age. of 8 yéars I was weaned.” it says. “At 6 1 spoke, but badly; at 7 years I cracked my sul, ana at 9was cured. I therefore de- duct these nine years from my existence—for it cannot be called life to drink the sour milk of thet uurse, to speak incoherently, to crack one’s skull. “At 9 years I began my studies; but har- ing a hard’head, in consequence of my cracked skull, I was elow of instruction. At the end of two yearsI knew my alphabet, but at what cost! The letter Z slone cost mc 1,400 blows ith a ruler, and the twenty-three others mar- tyred me. At 12 vears I couldread, it was true, but ny body was wealed with those alphabetical scars, “Thoy now endeavored to teach me Latin, and I forgot my French. At 15 years I knew absolutely nothing at all, and in consequence of a bread-and-water diet was a mere skeleton. 1 therefore deduct, for my school-days, six years more from my miserable life. “ALIS my fathar apprenticed me as clerk to a Notary. Now commenced a new species of martyrdom. I rose at 6, swept the office, bullt the fire, and was Kicked by the head clerics, while my tather, in consequence of the com- plaints made against me, deprived me of my diuner. The five years I ppent: this way I de- duct off what is left of my lite. “At20 years my father, diaeusted with m shipped me on a vessel at Cherbourz. I was! ed the forecastle, coiled the cables, climbed the masts, reefed the sails, and received at least thirty blows on the back with a marlin-spike each day. This lasted for four years, aud at the end I bad no back left at all. ““At24¢ years my father made me a mercer, and married me tothe daughter of a turner. On the pight of the wedding I discavered that my wife bad a wooden leg, manufactured by her father. The poor worcan made me a thousand excuses, and 1 pardoned her in consideration of her dowry of 30,000 francs, invested ina as ut soon the negrovs of Guadaloupe revolted and barned my dowry. Nothing was left me bat the wooden lez. “ at 30 yearsI lost my wife of a tamor on her good leg. I bad passed the six years of my married life repeating every minute, ‘ Whada fool I was to taxe that wooden leg!? 1 there fore deduct these sfx years from life. “Having, like all the world, spent a third of my life in sleep, [deduct twenty-four years mors, which is a less than a just estimate, as I am a great sleeper. “One year I Jost, minute for minute, in hunt- ing for the key of my secretary, which I abvays mislaid. Three years vanished by’my makine such remarks as*What time is ft?’ ‘It is bad weather to-day,’ ‘I’m tired,’ ‘Mon diea! Mou dieu! ete, cic. Six months spent in biacking my hoots, aud six in brushing my hat. One year lost in the between acts at the theatre. ‘Another ia tisteniag tonew plays. One year again in complaining of soups with too much saltin them, of overdone cutlets, Indicestions, and hardeggs. Total, then. seventy-ono years. “T think, then, that in rendezing up my life to God, Lata not making him a present of any- thing of much account.” ———— BURDENED WITH BRIC-A-BRAC, New York Wortd, An English Buronet, named Sir William Gregory Welby, has discovered that one may indeed have too much of a good thing. He is the head of an ancient family in Lincolnshire, where his ancestors zerved a3 High Sheriffs as long ago as the reigns of Richara II. and Henry VII., aud he owns, among other places, a saat cailed Denton Hail. At Denton Hall he finds himself plagued with. an accumulation of “heirlooms,” chietly bequeathed by Gi ry Gregory, of Marlexton, long ugo, to his heir-at- law. They consist of tapestries, furn ure, plate, aud other valuanles, and such i3 the bulk of them that they have to be packed into alt sorts of places, and watched ant ared for at agreatcxpense. The tapestries, in particular, area great burden tohim. They arc Gobelins, many of them twenty-six feet long and twelve tect wide, aad it is one man’s work fora year to vack, unpack, and look aiter them. Then there is asmall silver mine of plate, including an epergne which weighs 658 ounces, and u solid chandelier weiching 1,492 ounces. Driven'he- side IMmself at last by this embarras de richesses, Sir Willan Gregory Welby hes got a bill brought into Parliament to allow him to dis- pose of such of them us he does not need. It has passed the Lords and is now beiore the Commons, and as Sir Williero’s wife was a maid of honor xf the Queen and isan. old friend of her Majesty, it is supposed that Windsor Castle wiil bid for agood many of the Gobelins. The colle-tors are ina great state of mind over the prospective dragging furth to the light of such atreasure of bric-a-brac. THE REAL QUEEN OF HOLLAND. Annie Brewster in Phtiadelohia Buttetin. There isa passare going the rounds of the American and European journals taken from a letter written by the unhappy Queen of Hol- land. Init she says, or writes: “There will be no future Queen of Holland.” If she could ‘have prophesied truly that there would be no future King of Holland, such as the present one, it would have been a blessing to the world. All Paris tha: knows what is going on in what is called “ High Life,” was talfting, while 1 was there, of a disgraceful. affair. Just before the Queen of Holland’s death, this spring, a once noted dancer was about to leave Paris in a special train for Holland, when a telecram vame from the Kine requesting her to wait 2 fortuight, is the Queen was dying. After that sad story of a ruined Royal life was ended, the ex-dancer went on to her kingly lover; and she traveled as a Queen might. Since her ar- rival the King has given, her a splendid chateau, a set of andent and Oriental arms worth 100,000 francs, besides many other costly gifts! *« She says she wants some Sevres,” wrote the King lately to his agent. ‘Where can I get something that will please her?” The agent, who is in the contidence of the ex- dancer, toll the King that it- would be better to give her acertain complete collection of old delf that bis Majesty owned. Sho was consulted by her Royal lover, and consented to take it in leu of the Sevres, and a superb collection of old delf, worth over 200.000 francs, was boxed and sent to the ex-dancer’s chateau. And these are the Kings who ruie the people! <a Fire-Worshipers, In Ee Rosstan Caucasus is the tower of Bakon, the point of pilgrimage of. the fire worshipers from a period tar beyond the era of Mobammedasism. The pilgrims are now few in numbér. The resiacnts of the tower are earnest wivocates of the faith, tozether with sundry Gsciptes of Zoroaster. Their worshij costumes, and ceremonies are precisely as in ancient times, The tower has no windows. The inteflor fs reached only by subterranean passages. It is an immense building, and is surrounded by a hich wall. Within this wall and. encitcling tae tower are hich columns of dame, which spring. from the earth and are made. with the gaphtha that is found in large quantities in the jurrounding soil of the mountains. ‘These fires are kept perpetually burning. TNANCE AND TRADE. The Produce Markets Again Act- ive and Lower. Provisions Very Weak---Wheat in Good Shipping Demand, but De- clines on Futures. Other Grain Tending Downwards--- Live Stock Steady---Movement of Produce During the ‘Week, FINANCIAL. New York exchange reached the lowest figure of the weck yesterday. Clcaring-House balances were largely againet some of the banks, and eales were made forcurrency to meet them down to 80 cents disconnt for $1,000, and probadly 31.00 was sometimes accepted. Soveral of the banks order- ed currency inconsiderable amotnts from New York, which of course will réach hereon Monday morning. The decline of exchange for several days past shows a gradual and healthy {ncrease in the business of the city. As therefs no special demand for payments East, money as usual is abundant for all the legiti- mate purposes of business. Good customers are frecly supplied at §@10 per cent. Clearings for the week ending Aug. 18 wereas follows: earings, -$.3,001. 011 27a, 5) Batances. $225,784 $1,762,313 -$18,021.513 $1,542,935 st. is GS INSTITUTION. An effort is making to cnable thls Inctitation to regume business. Itis proposed to raise a new capital stock of $300,000 for the parpose, one- half of which hee already been subscribed. Tho prospect for an early resumption seems to be favorable. : As the market is without variation we repeat our table of FOREIGN EXCHANGE. ‘Sixt; daus. Sight. 434 431 515) Tailed States os of "82... Us. 5-2 20s of ‘0s—January V7, 208 of “67—January and 109% 0s of ’63—January andl} ng United States 10-40s..... 1 United States new 5s of ‘8 10 United States curreacy as, teeee GOLD AND GREENBACKS. Gold was 1043 ©1053 in greenbacks. : Greenbacks were 934@95% cents on the dollar in gold. BROKERS’ QUOTATIONS. Bid. Asked, 1008 yes stovis tute ! Ny 7 # ct Couk County 7 ® ct. bunds, lon a0 7 @ ct bunds ( urn Side. * And tntercst. 4 BY TELEGRAPH. NEW YORE. New Yors, Aug. 18.—Gold opened at 1053; and closed at 105%, with all sales to-day at these fiz- nres. Borrowing rates ranged from 1 per cent per annam to 1-32 percent until Monday, Silver at London unchanged. ere, silver 1233 in greendacks and 117% in gold; coin 4@'4 dis- count. Governments firm. +. Railroads strong. State speculations opened Iess active and buoy- ant than yesterday, and during the greater part of the morning the mariset was feverish, unsettled, and fluctuating. After midday a strong tone pro- vailed, and there was quite an active business in alljeading shares. At the opening prices declin- ed % to & per cent, which was follow- ed by an tmprovement of % to 2 per cent. Later thero was a reaction of 101% per cent, at the second Board an advance of 44 to 3 per cent. "The upward movement to-day was quite general, ag was also the activity. The trurk line shares, ‘Western stocks, coal rcads, and telegraph all par: ticiputing.. The greatest advance of the day was in Alton &‘ferre Uaute preferred, which advanced from 15 ta 18. New Jersoy Central was ulso made rominent by a rise from 143; to 16%, on increased, Realin 2. Delaware, Lackawanna & Western ad- vanced from 4734 to 4942, fell off to 48, and still Inter reee to 49%, forming one of the principal features of the ‘market. Delaware: & Hudson, which cloved last evening at sold ap to 4344. Mortis & Essex sold up to 7553 against 72% at. the close last evening. ‘The movement in cosl stocks attracted much at- tention, and dealings wereattended with considera- die animation. 5 The transactions were 185,000 shares, of which 6,460 were New York Central, 5,500 Erie, 4,300 Lake Shore, 1.7CO Northwestern, 5,000 Rock Island. 8,000 St. Paul, 3,000 Ohio, 3,000 Dela- ware & Hurson Canal, 38,600 Delaware, Lacks- wanna & Western. 3.500 New Jersey Central. 14,000 Michigan Central, 4,000, Morris & Essex, 7,800 Pacitic Mail, and 14,800 Western Union. Money 21423 per cent. Prime mercantile paper CIM Castoms receipts $210, 000, The Treasury disbursed $58, 000. Clearings £9,000, v0. Sterling duil; actanl business, long, 48234; short, 45454. ‘The weekly hank statement is as follows: Loans, decrease. $1,480,900: specie, decrease, $1,531, - 000; legal” tenders, decrease, £298,809; deposits, decrease. $2,017,600; circulation, ‘decrease, S148, 600; reserve, $1,475,530. GOVERNMES Coupons, “51 Coupoas, "63, new. Coupon: Coupons, Sew 5s, Western Calon. A Qui C..C. & 1. Sckeliver. 5 csilror pi NC New Jersey Cel facific Mell. tia Rock Ivland.. 4 4 St Band Harlem. doen exceeded during the past week. ‘The ho Hariem pid. conitag in neavier. so. that there yan increases Affchigan Co unds aa well ag fu auniber, It wouldscem that the Paras e omer prlcra prevailing (oF the produc: must result in ste a Inrzer deciing in hogs than has yet taken place. but Lake Shore. entral Pacific bonds.108% | Rethere ia every Indication that Hoge will ‘Ne iotee Nisnois Central inion Facitic bonds...105%4 | during the winter packing season thaa the prices now Cleveland & Pieisbui F, land grant.-.....1084 | enrreat, it !s not probable that any decline ‘whlch is Northwestern. 7 sluking fund. pkely 10 take place will Seep baca hogs which are at 5 leary as most of those coming forwarn, fo! Tennceare CAO store 4g Nretale Oss HEN, lack of oldcorn in tue country, and there sy sec ane. Tennessee G. new... 43%, Missour! 65.. young hogs to be fattened on the new crop, a3 soon as Virginia 6s. oid. wi it istipe enough to feed. ‘There {s an increase in the FOREIGN. amber of bin packed since March 2, of 0s, 500 head Loxpox, Aug. 16-3 p. m.—The amount of | oVer the corresponding time last year, and an Increase frow the Bank of England to- | average welant of fally 6 tbs. bullion withdrawn day on balance was £13,000. The rate of discount on the open market for three months’ bills is 13; below the Bank of England rate t Cousols, wieney and American eecurities— 10-40s, 10313; new 5s, 10733. Central, 9412; Erie, 10%; preferred, 20; Ulinois Central, 60. Panis, Aug. 18,—Rentes, 106f 32}4c. kansas City, Aug. 13,., Bers, Aue, 18.—The weekly statement of the | Cleveland, Aug. 11 Imperint Bank of Germany shows a decrease of 1,800, 000 marks. z COMMERCIAL. The following were the receipts and shipments of the leading articiesof produce in this city during the twenty-four houra ending at 7 o'clock on Saturday morning, and forthe corresponding time last year: v Receipts. ‘Shinmenta. 1878. 1877. Flour, pris... a Wheat, bi Med Dat aides were }4c per lower, rt Withdrawn from store during Friday for city consamption, 743 bu wheat, 3,172 bu corn, 2,593 bu oats, 375 bu rye. The following grain was inspected into store in this city on Saturday morning: ‘5 cars No. 2 red winter wheat, 29 cars No, 1 Northwestern wheat, 32 cars No, 20, 42 cars No. 1 spring, 144 cars No. 2 do, 27 cars No. 3 do, 3 cars rejected do (283 wheat); 2 care No. 1 corn, 132 cars high-mixea do, 42° cars and 18,200 bu No. 2corn, $6 cars rejected do, 3 cars no grade (645 corn); 32 cars white oats, 47 cars and 3,000 bu No. 2 do, 3 cars rejected do, 1 car-no grade (83 oats); 4 cars No. 1rye, 42 cars No. 2 do, Scars rejected do (51 rye); 3 cars No. 2 barley, 2 cara No. 3, 8 cars extra do, 6 cars re- Jacted do(19 barley). Total (1,080 cars), 450,000 ‘bn. Inspected ont, 51,553 bn wheat, 287,975 bu corn, 38,166 bu oats, 1,617 bu rye, 833 ba barley. Total wheat inspected into store Saturday, 282 cars; for corresponding day last year, 36; go two years, 144; do three years ago, 588. Total for firet eighteen days in Angust, 1,642 cars; do last year. 481: do two years ago, 2,144; do three years ago, 3,629 cars, 4 ‘The following were the receipts and shipments of breadstiffs and live stock at this point during the past week, and for the corresponding wecks end- ingas dated: Aug, 18, Aug. 1, Aug. 19, 1877," R77. is oy V19.587 87,420 900 285,571 1. AIUL EN, 334,005 1 ESTAS 4 a TER Ta BRASS HE ES IUL S2.5x0 2 45. ISL 19,213 14,816 peed ports from New York forthe weeks ending as dated: Aug 18, Ang. 11, Aug. 19, Fs 18:7, 1876, 600 das 1s0390 250,430 910.820 401.247 w York Produce Kxchange Weekly gives the following as the latestreported visible of wheat and corns = ny Cor: 10.4 9.602 9.4L B.S, SH 80 172.08u a 6, 623.048 ‘Che leading produce markets were again weak on Saturday, and fairly active. The weather was lowertng, which fact usually causes un advance, and there was no special weakness reported from the other side of the Atlantic, while our receipts wero no larger than the recent average. But the bears werein the ascendant, and they literally ‘*jumped upon prices in their eagerness to sell. The shipping movement of the day way active, wheat being in good demand, while room was taken to carry out large quantities of corn. But the reported shipments of Friday were relatively emall, and that furnished a foundation for the be- lief on the part of some that our grain will not be wanted at prosent prices in volume sufllcient to absorb the receipts. A few took the opposite ground, that the downward movement of the past is enough to make farmers hold back and wait a little fora market, in which case the shorts might find themsetves in « pinch,—corner rales oruo cor- ner rules, ‘The dry-goods market was fairly active for the season, and was steady and firm. The attendance of country buyers is noticeably on ‘the increase, and the quantity of goods ordered throuzh the mails {5 also daily increasing. Groceries were in good demand, and previons prices were thoroughly sustained. Coffees uad rice still show a elight up- ward tendency. Sugars were moving freely. Ex- cepting standard A's, of which the supply is light, stocks areample. Teas were in fair request at stezdy prices. No changes of importance were noted in the dried-fruit market. Fish were active forthe time of year, and were steady and firm. Mackerel and codfish continue in scanty supply. Prices of batter were firm for good to choice qu:fli- ties, and easy for low grades. No change was ap- parent in the cheese market. Oils were ordered with ome freedom, and most kinds were steady. Carbon was stronger, owing to an advance at the East in crude oil. Leather, tobacco, bagging, coal, and wood were quoted unchanged. Hogs were moderately active, and were steady at$4.50@5.15 for heavy, and at §5.15@5.39 for Yight grades. Cattle gemained quiet and un- changed, with saleson a basis of $2.50@8.00 for poor to extra. Sheep were quoted unchanged. ‘The demand for lamber is improving. The yard deslersare shipping large quantities of Inmber West, and report an increased demand from this and adjacent States. The cargo market was quiet Saturday in consequence of light offerings, Prices werestcady. Wool was in moderate request at unchanged ‘prices. The Eastern markete are quoted dull, with large stocks on hand. Broom- corn was qnict as usual in August, bat the stock is light and the new crop promises to be smaller than that of last year, so there is little or no disposition to reduce prices in the hope of attracting trade. Hides were steady under a fair inquiry and Meht receipts. The Eastern ontlook aleo is brightening. ‘The offerings of old hay continue light and elt readily to local dealers and shippers. The city is to a large extent supplied with new loose hay dy the farmers. Seeds were less active, and in light sup- ply except timothy, the receipts of which were the largost of the season, and tended to produce weak- ness. Poultry was unchanged. Green fruits were easier aader large offerings. —- Leke freights were ucttve and firm; 3Xc was taken early forcorm to Buffalo. bnt iater 4c was Yreely puid. Room was taken for$0, 000 bu wheat, 450.000 bu corn. 14,000 bn oats, $4,000 bu rye, ana 20,000 bu barley. Rail freights were firm at previous rates. Grain was quoted at 30c per 100 fhe to New York, and ‘S5c to Boston and New Engiand points. . Rates on boxed meats were quoted at 5c above grain fiz- ares, Wheat, bu. 2, 20i8 But POM 262, 1877 fred GOODS RECEIVED at Chicago Customs ‘Aug. 18: Fleming H. Revell, 1 case of books: Fowler Brothers, 300 sacks of salt; Burley & Tyrrell, 35 pkgaof earth- enware: Walker, Oakley & Co., 32 casks of oil. Amount collected, 36,107.25, PROVISIONS. HOG PRODUCTS—Were active, and very weak. though hogs were quoted firm withalfght supply. The Eastern markets were tame.and Ltverpou! reported « per ewt tu some descriptions of mests einiard, The weukaess here seemed to be chiefly in sympathy with grain, scllers betnz anxious, thongha good deal of the bustaess was done on the scalp. Several cash lots of pork and lard were taken at the deeline—presumatty for shtpment. ‘The Clncinnatt Price Current says: Tho statistics of summer packing cootinue to show a Jarge increase over last year. and the weekly average atiast senaon mudsequent Zo the lst of Assist Res ‘The number of hoes packed since March tto dates mentioned, according to eattinates based on supply, aad packing returns furnished ta the Clacinnat! Price Cur= rent, arc as follows, at the undermentioned places: i Total. above place Approximate total at ail pia Increase . Mrss Pork—Wnas moderately active ang quite weak, ecl{ning 30c per bri from Friday's latext pri ‘were revorted of 460 bris can At S120: 17.000 feller September at $12.30@1 55: 14,500 bel 5! gic. Tora tO By 1. Total, 34,4! e Ki gi euly at $12-20@12.95 caah oF geiler,, Avant '2.30G12, $254 ecller Sepiemher; 2. 2. aclier Octoher.. Seller the year closed at S11 Goren ted at $12.00@12.25, and ex- Lanp-—Was active and unitsually weak, declinine S7i¢c per 100 ba from the latest price of Friday. Sales were Tenorted of 650 tcs cash at Sa. 124@x.17' 6. cB seller September at $8. 12}4@8. 30; 5,230 tes aeller Octo- ber at $8.123¢%8.20; and 2uc0 tcs_‘acller the year at 8T428.00. | Total, 13,900 tea, The market’ closed Yery dull at §3.12% per 100 Ibs for cash, seiler the seller September, or seller October, and $7.87 aelier the year. ‘Mxats—Were dull and easter. Shoulders and hams were stendy at former quotatfone, belny quoted scarces ‘with ‘ittte demand at Sales were re ‘of 50 boxes shoulders capone 43ac: 50 boxes lone cirarsat o decline. id hams (15 rane) at 10ifc. The market the following range of prices; 5 set ic. Ys) at 10:4c; 50 tes do (1 ‘waa steady at the close at Short ong Short vibe clears, clears, Green Boxed. oe September. toose-.. Long and short clears quoted at @c cash or seer Fgmemuer,, cumberiands quiev at 7yG@Se: lous cut i boxed: = s Tose: ‘Gree ims, Bee ‘ect-pickled hams, Ss@ acon quoted at Glasibic f He abiBon quoted, at Grsistnic tor shoulders, Tese for fhort ribs, BeBe for agort clears ioM@linge for packed. GREASE—Was quiet at sleaze. BEEF PRODUGIN— Wer wendy and quiet at 810.00 TaLtow—Was quoted at 73§¢ for city, for country. aad THOT _ BREADSTUFFS. : FLOUR—Wns very dull. with no particular change ty Prices. Theye ts seldom much export demand on Sat. urdays. Lofal busers took a few lots, but were genes. ally disposed to walt. Sates were reported of 230 tris winters, partly at $6.12%, and 423 briseprinz exray partiy at £4.95. Total, asSbrie, The marke: c! with the following as the range of prices: Chole t9 favorite brands of winters, $8.5037.0): good 20 prime: brands of wihters, $6.C026.25; cholce to tne spring" $6.25@7.00; fair to zood sprlog, $2.0066.25; lowspring, $4.0084.50; jfalr tn good Minveiota springs, $6.259 6.75; choice to fancy Minzescta springs, $7.(03G: Patent springs, $5.0039.00; low grade, $3.0034.00;. Dew spring, §5.0085.25; old rvc, $4.00G4.25; mewda, * $3.5023.75. } : * Beax—Wes in better request and firmer. Sales were, reported of $0 tonsat $8.7329.00 per ion on track. Other descrizitions of feed were aleo In good request. with Ittlo offering. : Cons-bxai-—Coarse was nominal at $16.00 pet toa on track, i ‘ WHEAT—Was active and again weak on the whole, but very frregular. Futures declined 1@1t%c per bu, while cash wheat was strozz at abont the same. prices. the previous lay. "The telegraims from Great Br quoted cargoes caster and New York was reporte: active and lower to sell, while the weekly footluze dicated an increase of sine 70,00 bu in our socks ta: store since tte previons Saturday. The news brought out seliersia‘force, chietiy enorme. 2s ft seamed, and they continued to seli freely in spite of the fact that there were free buyers of cash wheat fur September. atubaut ICe ner bu shove the price for September de- Uvery. “There was at one time a rather strung compes Ution between shippers, several firms belaz un the Market, and most of them anparenuly, wantloe wheas count, This fect probabiy prevented reisevere decline in futures. The prospect fy fate for lurge recelpta for the remainder of the munth; but tome Frominent operators expressed the opinion that; there will be a serious failing o} ext inonth jntces prices tmprave. elles Septeinber opened at 934u9U}ec, sold at Stic, advanved,to Oyi¢s, fe, aud closed ai olga. Seller -Ansist 9b. closing at 8c. “Seller the year told h No. 2 spring (nets) closed az $1.05; 3 No. Ido ut anout . ba Sa. as} i accoriting to location, and $1.05. Cash aales were reported of 3, SpFINg at $1.02'421.033 000 bu No. 2do at $1,420" U3; 400 bu old do at $1.01; 3.000 bu Nd, Bat args, id 2. 400 bu Uy sample at S8cws$1.0% of track. Total, 97,600 bu. | ; Wiese Warat—Was very quiet, holders findiugit =: Impossible to seit at anything Uke the prices asked, aad graded lots were entirely nominal. Sales were Mmited (Wo 700.bu by sample at S8c and $1.10, both on track. Miywzsoraj WnzaT—Sale was reported of 350 bu Yo, LatSi.i6on track. ‘The stratguc wheat 1s 0 00a that buyers aresiow to pay a big Premium on Mlanesota gradi } 5 CORN—Wag active for future delivery, and sgata weak.” The market declined 14@1%c, and’ closed Sg3 Lge lower than the latest prices of Friday. ‘The greace @10.25 for mess: $11.1 qi Sis 3501925 for bans TOF extra mess; and est weakness was [n this month's dellvertes, which were discounted 34): from September, Liverpoa) was une chaaged, bot Sew York was dujj. and Baitmore war lower, though active at the declfye. | Our market syn patiized with wheat, and was capectally weakened by the slowness with whitch shippers toox hold, the rea lar buyers on New Ensiand ordess taking ver7 lithe, This caused relative Heaviness in cash corn. | The calet demand was from the aborts for next month. and offertnga tn tae early part of the session were ui large. The receipts of the past week have exceeded the shipments by 119,000 bu. and fears were exprened thar the coming week will show a blz Increase In oxr stocks in store: but there Is reason tu believe thats large proportion of that now here lias been boushtgr shipment, Seller September opened. at tt and deciined to 41'c, closing at 41i¢c. Sue , er the month sold” at 414@42Nc, closing 'a | 4136, and seller October was “quiet at 3¢atge" pret mium over September. Cash No. 2 was dull on cay { Jota, with some demand for round lots to Mit contracs; itcloeed at 41%, and there was scarcely a sade preference tov high- sntxed. Cash we of7 xe 300 bi ic; te ears at47c; afd 4.400 ba shelled, by sample, at Sleon track. Total. 311,¢70ba, 2 SP at Ss OitS—Were in moderate demand, declining adine ie, caleny insvmpathy with other grain. the recelga were smalivt, the reported ehipmenta fair. and the stock in ators aprears to have Increaced lest werk: Sew York was dull, ‘The cccline brovgutout a moles atedemand from the shors interest and larger ofle: | fags, but trading was not very Rvey, copecialy hay; the Jatier -pars of the session. Cay! wis frecly offerc and not so active as oa fone former “dars "of the ra quiet and wierabiy steady. Cash or Anguas st He, closing at the inside. September opcaed ag Zs:, and closed at: rt c1 Rygezac. No. 2 white sold at 2H{:, acd rejec: ‘Werequiet at 18c. | Samples were easier. owin: offerings. Cash sales were_reporsed of 9,0c0 white at 2934: 400 bat No. 2 at 22s rejected at 182; 8.4.0 buoy sample at iscn ! track. and 120-0 bi do at 20}e37c free on board. “To- ti. HY E—Was fairly active and easier. The demand was * chiefly for cash for shipment, sad sales were made'at | Sages2kec for Nos. 1 and 2, closing at S2'jc. Futures clos as 2h5 2 were 11@ ec lower, and not fo active. there belnz lest inquiry from shorts, who were holding back expecting rye, Would decline in company with wheat Ausuit sold at 5234552) Ne Cash and Sentember at 52, aco bu Nos, | and 2 at sigs g 1 by sample at iugase ‘Oza, 19,20 bu. ae ARLEY—Was a Mule ‘more acttve, and about io : lower. “The receipts were emiali, but the oferiage of | futures were larger, and the marke: wealgged cary, Dut raiited silently amthe close, the reduct Mf aductax afew shorts, wno had a prodz in the deal@Ro m:! in. a pi September opened at 630. 7! oar sold and closed nomluslly at 67 at 39c, and extra No. 3 at ts: Sampics were gules. Cash sates ‘bu No, 2 a7 68c; 400 bu feed at 3ec: 4,000 bu by sample | at 3986Sc on track. ‘Total, 4,800 da. BY TELEGRAPH. FOREIGN. ‘Spectal Dispatch to The Tribune. Lrrenroot, ‘Aug. 18~11:30a. m.—Gzatx—Wheat— Winter, No. 1, 1236; No. 2 123; spring, No. t. 125: ‘No. 2 10s ads: white, No. 1, 12824; No. 2 11s 103 club, No. 1, 128 101; No, 2, 125 1d. Corn—No, 1, 263243 No. 2,263, | i vy Provistoxs~Pork, 5236]. Lard, 43891. Livrnroot, Anz. 18~Evening.—Cotros—Doll and easler; 6:{4; sales 5,000 bales; speculation and export, 500; American, 3,050, E Batapsturrs— California white whea:, averase, 1OU@I28 2d; C1Ud, 12s 10d; spring, 10391G128; winter, 128412861. Corm—Western mixed, 26:@48 31. 0: American, 344361. Barley, 33 64. Peas—Canadian, 375 @L. Coven Sezb—American, 4562503. PrOvIsTONS—Mess por's, 523 Gl. Prime mess beef, 923 61. Long ‘clear bacon, 35s Gd; short do, £78 6. TaLtow—Fise American. 415. ia PETROLELM—Spirits, 83 64; Fedned, 118@1189d. Lixseep O1L—203 6d. #5 Rastx—Common, 5tGha 31; pale do, 13s. : Spicirs op Terres tixe—27s. : Cuexsx—Amel : eriean, SIS. Astweer, Aug. 15.—Perzolers—3is Ad. fig following were received by the Chicago Board Taide : ; Aug. 13.—Prime Mess Pork—Eastern: - Bacoa—Cumberlands, 37s; shcre. long ar. 6d; short clear, 37+ @1; ss 52. Lara, 433d. Prime me: Indfa mess deez, 959; extra Indta mess, 1088; 3 fallow. tis. C} of goes o@ coas:—~Wheat si 2 spring, Sas: fair average Caitforo!s. unchanged. Gargoes on passago~Wheat fa.her Corn unchanged. Fair average quaitty of new spraz wheat for prompt shipment by sall during the pr? or folluwing moath, 463 éd_ Good enipplaz Calltores wheat just shipped, 463. Nearly due, 585 6d. Weath in England fue. : NEW YORK. ‘New Yors, Aus, 18.—Corros~Steady at 1948120: futures closed weak; August, 11. 5211.53; September 11.39@11.40c; October, 1.91611. vember, 11.73 G@U.790; Dectmber, 11,60811.81e; January. ILM | 11.84¢; February, 11.08@21.10c3 Marea, 11.2¢221.25 April, 11.893811.48! Frotr—Very quiet and wichanzed; recefpts, 12,000 bris. Rye dour heavy: $1.0325.00. Cons-3fzat—Quiet at $3,003.20. Gxaty—Whest lower rates, market. closing heavy: receipts, 106,000 bu: Inferior spring. S24gc; old No.2 $1.25@1.33; No. Bred Westera, August, $1343.21 do September, S1.25}(G1.26!4. Rye scarcely so Arca: No. 2, 62c.- Barley nominal; malt quiet. Cora lower, closing heavy; receipts, 359,000 bu; hot, acm sal infertor Western mixed, su%5ic; ungraded do. 8357¢3 steam do, Ssudsoc, yellow. Wenere 58 OAS heavy and irre; jetpts, Bs OOF Du; mixed West ern and_Statc, «: white Site. HaY—Steaty; ainplnz, @x@70C. Hors—Quiet and unchanged. y GeoogntesCotice dill dad nominally onchange. Sugar dalland lower: tatr to good refining, Bi.GS4c: Prime, Sic; refined dull and uicbanged. ice quiet Dat Beaty. A Petaorrcx—Dall and heavy; crude, 7c; refined, Tic. i TALLow=—Firm st 8 1-1628%4c. Restx—Firm at $1.8531.9259. Srintts TCKrENTINE—Steady at S4Y4C. Western. 14el dic. '* ready; Kio Grande hemlock sole, and Avres tight, middic, and nea welgats, 2p fornia, do, 72473'4c; common SZ IC. Demind “fair gad’ market tra: uomestic acy tubbed, s1¢4te; pulled, 2xe45c; ua- x Tec are% r Prov: Ec eet auiers ‘S13. 25 September, $13. 15@13.20. = Western jong ¢learduli at 7c. Lard—Prime steam Rew, 38.60, ° u Bcrrea—Heayy; Western, 11G22c. Crexse—Firm at (c. Wniser—Firmer at $1.12. H MeTaLs—Manufactured shee” quiet: sheathing, 28ex Ingots quiet at 1a4@isséc. Plg-tron, quiet an anchanged, “Russia sheeting lusgaite in gah, Natis~Firm: ent, $2.50; clinch, $4.2065.25: horse shoe, No. 8, 20G2c. i Mr, and Mrs. Crapo’s Perilous Voyage. London Standard, Jibs 3. A novel feazure inthe programme of Saturday was the exhibition in Central Hall by Capt. and Mrs.Crapoof the little boat in which they recently crossed the Atlantic. Descriptions are given by both Capt. and Mrs. Crapo of the incidents at- tending their-voyage. The Captain, in reciting the vicissitudes of the voyage, said that the tempestuous times were those when he got most rest, for when favorable winds prevailed. he could not leave the helm fora moment. Once i he kept at nis post seventy’ hoars consecu- tively: His wife.scarecly Lada night's rest during the whole voyage, for there was hard} room. to “fling a cat"in the cabin, which is scarceiy four and ahalf feet in Jength. Upon i two or three occasions they found themselves in ashoal of whales, which’ spouted and blus- tered, and frightened his wifearreat deal. The rudder of the little craft broke in a gale of wind, the main-sheet traveler having been car- ried away two or three days before. Of the severity of the tensfon oi the handin steering for so many consecutive hours there is proof in. i the sprained wrist, and whenever sleep was to |: be hoped for the boat had to te hove to. West- erly winds prevailed throughout the voyage. ‘Mrs, Crapo has crossed the ocean before in mer- chant ships. The Captain confesses that his Jate task bas been a good deal rougher than he looked for, and admits that he risked the peril. because he thought he could makea little mon out of it, He wanted tosurpass all who hai nous striae things. Ley ae ated bie nearly 10, persons a palace ani park during the day and evening.