Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 16, 1877, Page 6

A o ' THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1877—SIXTEEN PAGES. AR S S do, 4 cars new mixed, 28 cars No. 2 do, 30 cars ouldersat gfc. 310boxesdo 2t £4.25@4.35 pep 109 SAN FRANCISCO. Premonitory Symptoms of the Ap- proach of Christmas. Rumor that the Palace Hotel Will Be Sold to the Government iIncle Sam Has His Eye on It for Post-Otlice Purposes. The Low Will Case---Some Ugly Developments. An Avoirdupois Tromble--Efect of the Glorfous » Climate on Ladies. Theatrisal Gossip—The Thorne Brothers— Glose of the California Theatre, Spretal Correspondenee of The Tribune. Bax Fraxcisco, Dec. 9.—Christmas ecems to begin with Dee. 1, for the Christmas shopping begins on that date. . The shutters are then putupat9in the evening instead of Gin the afternoon. About this time wives invite their husbands for an evening promenade, und, after much perambulation, wina up before a gas-it window, where the bauble which has caught her eyt has been placed by the obliging salesman according to pre-arrangement. ‘The premonitory toots of the tin horn begin Dec. 1, and the balloon-man, the jumping-man, aud others of kindred occupation, begin to en- gaze in active business on the street corners. Cbristmas shopping, however, to be keenly enjoved, must be dore in atrociously bad weath- er. Waterproofs, rubbers, and umbrelias should be component parts of it. Buffeting with the clements gives a sparkle to the eye and a rose to the check of the women. It warms the blood and opens the heart. Our weather just now is ominouely fair. 1t {s criep, clear; and cold. and the winod fights shy of the warm South. A BIG POST-OFFICE. The inmates of the Palace Hotel have been much unscttled of late by the rumor that Sena- tor Sharon was about to dispose of that vast structure by sellinz it to the Government for a Post-Office, military headquarters, Circuit Court Tooms. ete. The 660 guests who are now sheltered beneat’t 1is roof immediately began to consider the avail- \bility of other accommodations. The other hotels quite as promptly raised their orices. In fact, the shifting schednle of prices is quite s teature of California hotel-life. When the Palace Hotel was about to be opened, every Sther hotel reduced its rates. When the Palace lotel did open, its prices were so high that it did not deplete tke other houses to any extent, so they immediately rafeed azain. When the Palace found it. could not fili up, and the Bald- ‘win was upon the threshold of completion, the Palace also fell into fashion and reduced its figures. As it1s now, people pay all sorts of prices in all the hotels. It dcpends altogether upon which notch of the scheduic marked their intro- duction. 7 People who have lived in THE PALACE HOTEL will find it difficult to Le satisfled elsewhere, the rooms are so spacious, light, and airy ; the furniture, though as ugly as the. mind of the designer coula conceive, is 50 substantialand so abundant; the closets are s0 numerous and so deep; the baths are £o roowy and ample; the ‘windows are so wide, and light, and open; the court is such a wonderful place, where at some time through the day evervbody who is any- ‘body is apt to be seen together with many bod- ies who sre nobodies. As = matter of course, the Palace is the resort. of all travelers, the magnificence of its size hav- ing made it famous to the coufines of civiliza- tion. One meets a motley throng in its court, its corridors, or its elevators. The unmistakable Euglish tourist s here in large numbers, in all lengths of jacket, and all d es of whisker. ceasionally there is AN AGSTRALIAN INVASION, when the women are known by their caps and shoes, and the men are known by the women. Sometimes an East Iudian or a Hindoo strolls into tho dining-room and cxcites o passing comment. Jananese students are numerous. There are artists and_writers, sincers and actors, and lecturers. There are famous generals, and oc- casionally a stray Ambassador from some of the Pacific Lslands. There are politicians in all stages, from the man who wonts an office to the man who hes had a biz office and has been investigated and bac retired. It:is rather s singular thing that, though thege celebrities are in quantities, and there- fore should mot be remarkable. there is vet cometning about cach and cvery onc which lnrgmlplspcoplc to inquire, Who is she? or, Who s he - 1f the Palace Hotel should be sold, no other house wonld become such a focus. The pat- ronage would be scattered as before. THE BALDWIN would probably become the favorite botel. ‘What it Jacks of the space and general im- mensity of eversthing in and about tiie Palace it makes up in iis magnificence of furniture aud adornment. Also its table is rarcly fine. When anvthing is not £ood at the Palace they blame Chicago for it, as they claim to import the bet- ter part of the bill of fare from your city. - In that ease_you must have wooden hens in Chicazo. for the principal flavor of a Chicazo egz is sawdust. “Ihic ultimate fate of the Palace will probably remain in considerable doubt for a time, as Mr. Sharon also submits to the consideration of the Government the Grand aua Coswmopolitan Ho- telsand the California Theatre, of each of which he owns :two-thirds. He also invites their attentfon to alot near the big hotel, so that the Palace is not threat- cned with instant disruption. A WILL CASE. Abroken will only divides_ interest with a have gained in werght. Wheo an additional Inch of waistband and 2n extra fall or two of chin comes to the stre of one womau, her companions rerard her with neffable pity but a eparkle of satisfaction, When she falls away, they look upon her with keen eovy. They ask each other's weizht with a pretty aflectation of intercst, koowing 1t to be a deli- cate question. In return, the one guestioned lies with a beautiful fearlessne: They exchange all sorts of re each other for getting thin, Onpe tal Banting, another tries the Hammam buths. third takes to violeut horseback exerel A FAVORITE DOSE is gulf-weed, with which one lady Is reported to bave reduced herselt some sixty pounds. Immediately the drug stores were besicged by grouns of round, licalthy, rosy women, all anxious to take the nauseatiniy dose and suffer all the agonies of an offended stomach il it would but thin them. P i But it |sof no use. The glorious climate of California is stronger than any or all of these. It will exercisc itsclf on female Tov s. She may be as lean and serawny as until sbe is 25 Then the glorious climate glus to Gl the hollows in her check. It builds additions on her chin, expauds her chests, gives an extra size to her shoes and stock and lengtiens the dressmaker’s waist-measure. She becomes ample. Banting makes her bilious. Stearn-bathe make ber weak. Horseback exercise makes her pufl and biow. Gulf-weed makes ber yellow, and green, with- ercd. It is infinitely better to be fat. _ It is 3 psychological study to observe a fat ‘woman when she says that word. AMUSEMENTS. The theatres Janguish. There is almost noth- ing doing eh:eyliuz at Baldwin’s, where the “Piok Dominos *? is baving a most successful run, This success s entircly due to the play itself, and not to the acting. The change {rom the beautiful play of * The Danicheffs* was too sudden and violent to be advantageous to the company. . In the case of Mr. Charles R. Thorne, it has moste(lectuallysucceeded in deposing him from the pedestal to which his powerful pecsonation of Osip had raised him. The two Thornes, Edwin and Charles, are playing here 28 leading men of the rival thea- tres, 1n melodrama they are vastly dissimilar. 1n gxl)midy they are unmistakably chins from one ock. They are as like as_two peas in situations whichresemble cach other. Botn brothers inclin to buffoonery and burlesr‘uc in the representation of comedy, aud make their points by an amount of gvmnastic action that would be creditable to Zantaloon or Harlequin. Tis is strange, indeed, when we consider the repressed power with which ong plays, while a little flash of carnestuess in h& part lifts the other tar above his ordinary secming. THE THORNE FAMILY 1s pretty well represnted in California, Beside the two brothers, we have Emily Mestayer, their aunt, in oue theatre, William Mestayer, her son, in another. The ol folks left here ot long 2o, and a fow Thoroes not in the profcssion are often seen doing the theatres. Besfdes theee, a ?'nun:', step-daushter of Mr. Charles R. Thorne has made a2 mild and unob- trusive “first apoearance on_any stage in the play of “The Danichefls.” She was given an exceedingly minor role, und did not create suf- ficient sensation 1o make any one ask ho sho was. An announcement has been made in the green- room of the California Theatre to the effect that the season closes on the 22d. This b rdly means closed doors, but it means a reduction of salaries and a very grave change in this favorite theatre. It has been doing a Tuinous business ever since tne Crane-Robson engagement. Un- bappily, when it bezan to lose, JONN M'CULLOUGH fled at the first signal of disaster, and lett the ruins entirely in the hands of Mr. Barton Hil McCullough's name was a_host within itself; and although Mr. Barton Hill is an éxceedinaly popular gentleman, and accounted an admirable business-man, be has not been able -to stay the tide of ill luck. The closing of the California would strike genuine dismay among the theatre-zoers, Its standard has alivays been o high, itsatiractions have always been so strong, and its stock com- pany for a long time o admirable, that an idea prevailed that no matter how many theatres there were, there was, after all, but one. They are going to give the * Black Crook™ for a’Christmas speetacle. ‘That scems but a SOITY resource in a desperate strait. Every one bopes they will tide over the trouble fn some way. San Franeisco without the California Theatre would be like a village without a post-otfice. JASSARTIL ————— A FEMALE CITIZEN'S COMPLAINT. o the Editor of The Tribune. Cricaco, Dec. 15.—How very independent Chicago gentlemen have become this season on the strect-cars,—speaking particularly of the ‘Wabash and Indiana avenue lines, —sayat about 5 o'dock p. m. For one to proffer bis seat to a lady at this time of day has become an ex- ception rather than a rule. And there are so many noble-looking old men and fine-looking youug men on these routes. It was said of them, in your complaint column last year, that they would ‘invariably profler their scats to & stylishiy-dressed person only. Not sothis scason. Age, social position, nor even fine clothes make the least impression. What is the matter with them? They scarcely speak sometimes to one another, nor smile even, unless it is provoked by a sidelong or headlonz plunge of the ladies, caused by some sudden movement of the car. They make such excuses us these: “ \We have heen on our feet all duy long, and are tireds” “the ladics haven’t any businessto be going home at this hour.” Inull this great city it would be stranze if thers were not many noth- ers and sisters who have busiucss and are ready 1o o bome towards evening, tired and very weary too, With housebold and other datics. All have 3 right to secure seats at the turn-table, of course, and it is here the men gencrally obtain their seats. An in. stance: Onc day this week two ladies entered at Indiana avenue car at Washineton street, a vumber more at Madison. There was only standinT-room. and tbey occupied it wholly. {from one door to the otlier. Turning sudden; on Wabash avenue, there was a_plunge sid ways, then forward. Ouce started, every Iady was thrown out of position, like a Tow of te- vins. Of course this was amusement for the gentlemen,—all seated 5o screvely! But im- agine the feelings of a delicate, lovely-looking old lady trying to grasp the -only remainme stra. for early ali’ had been broken on that £ide, in vain atiempts to keep on her feet. At Twenty-fourth street, or near_tuere, amentie- man—was hel—politely offered her his scat, be- maurder trial in which thedefendant is a wowman, The Low will case, which has auite absorbed attention during the past fortnizht, does not involve a fabulous amount of property, But itis intercsting for two different reasons. The cone testsnt, Mr. Charles A. Low, is of high eocial etanding, and his wife is by many considered the most beautiful woman in California. ‘Two such adventitious circumstances give in- terest to almost any case, Iu this {ostance Mr. Charles Low fs sccking to break the will of his father. After having been for many years an_exceedingiy inaulzent parent, and most lavish in his aifts to his only con, the old geotleman dicd, leaving & will which gave Lis entire fortund to his wife, o lads with whom he contracted what his son is striving rr‘:, prove to be an altocether uancces- sy meriage, he evidence gives some ngly developments, which people scem to cousider it would be Lore 5 bewmzl;; % b?f son ; &:\-er up. rev the skeleton of the Junlor Low houschold, and - m:;mnh e , and caused quite a com- Mr. Low is secking to prove that bis objec- tionable stepmother was already a wife wi‘xefix FSEEDOM FROM MATRIMONIAL BONDAG at that time, but also {ntrenchesfherself bei'ind the claim that Mr. Low, S8r., was a broken man when she met’ him, and that the entire fortune 1\:[15 sccumulated during their brief married e The ultimate Aisposttion of the m the most interesting feature of the :;«? 18 ot wl;?: cp:\‘-?d rather mfi;im:umd with avidity lence expatistes mos : o ’ dnl;l]fific sc!el;:s. t larzely upon e Tevealings of the faner life of the juniy Lows -have lost their point, howerver, ajs M?: Low has studiously appeared in public ever since the story of their threatened separation with his beautiful wife by his side. The picture is calculated to dispel any ides of inharmonious {;fe. for the lady bas the face of an angel, AN AVOmMDUrOIS TROUBLE. - Apronos of Ereu women, a lady who is now ablonde sylph of most graceful’ proportions Was once a sufferer to the bugbear of other San I-'x;_zd.sso pfmés wombt. ey don’t call it obesity, por adipose tissuy nor {alling into flesh, nor getting stout, b\f:' dowuright fat, and downrizht fat it is. 1tis meoss‘bln for a group of women to ep- gage io conversation withont gliding by in- sensible degrees to this subject. A They eye each other critically when they :lul:i 1ot to ses cach other’s dresses, but to ot ate to 9 n.@cezy how magy pounds they 1 cause he was going toget out! This is only an m§1'::“w :pmpuisé i ¢ writer said, Conductor, do all the cars on this road jerk andswitch about likethis :nal'” ‘: Some do. This is asmall car,” he replied. How many have they likethis in usel” * Fif. teen.” Fiftcen such cars as No. 23, I thoughit! Then he said something about single tracks, frogs, elacking up for ““them " switches; and a driver was bheard to say, * This is the high-tone: dlifi ]h‘liu we oyl Jjudge the ladies on that trip felt anythis but high-toned, with a finc pnys et c\'l:ryvumnoz- ment of recciv the fate of poor Famny Davenport a day or:two since, or, faring worse, to be precipitatedinto the lap of some strane gg;,uvrn{z E{:dlngs of the P’Em‘m chagrin, and a e *‘Excuse me, sir!’ N¢ ficgl‘;in' bul:hsnbvi]r truth. ROl et cago has the nanie of being a bani city from onc end of it to the other, “li}?"fi street-railway corporations continue to pros- per. A ride over the mountains on the Baltimore & Obio- Railroad can scarce- ly be compared to the Indiana avenue line. This is a very “umple® public not to demand suflicient cars, eo that ladies—I like “ women ” better—can be accommodated with a seat during a ride from two to four miles. Gentlemen, I would not write'too harshly,—not more than isdeserved; but while we pray for fmprovement in this direction, do yourselves be more charitably disposed; if the “ times are fearful,” it costs uothing to be kind; it won't take from your pociets to give up your seat at least one Half the way home, and share and share alike until these inconveniences are remedied, FEMALE CITIZEN. ————— i klu; Ingenious Bailder. e nest of a tarantula (spider) found in California of the m{o?t. s(rzc\?l!asr lv’:i;? struction. It is about three inches in length by n\“nm diameter, built in adobes, the wall being nearly half an inch thick. Inside of thisis a projection which nearly divides it iuto two and presents one of th cleanest and most tidy little households imagin: able. But the most curious part of it is a door, which fits into an aperture and closes s hermetically. The door is secured by a hinge, formed of a Ifke fbrous substance as the Hnjng of the house, and upon whichit swings with reedom. The nestis oceupicd by a dozen lit: tle tarantulas, which seem to subsict on a yel- CAPITAL GOSSIP. Thurman’s Grasp upon Pat- terson and Conover. . - Conkling Going to Squeeze the Life Out of Evarts. The Seceretary of State and the President’s Financinl Policy. Ben Hill Again Explains His Position on the Silver Question, What the Georgia Senator Thinks Ahont the Contest in 1880, From Our Own Correspondent. WasmxGroN, D. C., Dec. 13.—~Notwithstand- ing the prevailing high barometer of Con- gressional weather, it is not “‘set fair.” Every- thing is balmy at present, and the beautiful as- pect will last during the present weck, but upon the reassembling after the vacation there will be storms and wars as extensive and far more portentous than the Kellogg-Butler fight. For the more aspiring of the Democrats cannot Iet well enough afone, and, encouraged by the disaffection in the Republican ranks, they pro- pose to make another ouslaught and capture the otberbranch of Congress, if possible. Asthe matter stands now, the Republicans have a doubtful majority of twoin the Senate. The Democrats cluim and the Republicans concede David Davis. But there is an opening and growing question as to the status of Senators TPatterson and Conover. If they go over to the Democracy it makes a tle, which puts the power in the hands of the Vice-President and raises the question of his right to vote. Now, there is but Jittle doubt that Patterson is, for the bal- ance of this session at least, a Democrat. Butler Dbas gone to South Carolina, ostensibly to sccurs the entry of nolles pros. in the criminal pro- cecdings, but in reality to secure still farther evidence to hold Patterzon to lhis allegiance to the Democracy. It is certain that PATTERSOXN WILL NOT GO TO TUE PENITENTIARTY, but it is equelly certain that nefther his soul nor his vote is his own, and the Democrats count on his vote as secured by Thurman on all questfous upon which the vitality of the Democracy depends. Thurman holds him by a long rope, and he will be permitted to vote on the Republican side on unimportant questions, so that in explaining his vote on other ques- tions bhe cam allude to his Republicanism, that his apostacy is a matter nce. Thurman put the alternative to him fairly and squarely ;. cither he must join the Democracy in the coming ruction or he must resign and permit Wade Hampton to ap- point a Democrat. And the poor devil, look- ing back upon the money he had spent for his scat, promised everything he asked of him rather than be kicked out. His position is piti- ful. He has not yet snuared himself ou the ex- pense to which Le was put to secure his clee- tion, aud he Is willing to do anvthing for the party that Is willing to help Lim. He paid money for bis seat, and has sold his vote to keep it. kz{\;:nl with equal confillence the Democrats look to CONOVER’S TOTE. It will be remembered that on the Butler case lie exolained that he always expressed the con- viction that Butler was honestiy elected, while his fricnds advanced the theory that Conover hiad personal reasons for defeating Curbin. Ex- actly what hold the Democracy has on Conover is not yet developed, but it is charged tnat he has a variety of reasons, some not altogether disconnected with dull nxes, and which separate his interests from’ Lis party. Then there s the attack on Kelloge, thougn in his case the Dem- ocrats made a blunder. It was proposed to indict him, and by holding the proccedings over him whip him into the ranks and make the Demo- cratic majority secure. But in Kellozg they reasoned witliout a prior consultation with the Jandlord. Ile has o faith in the Republican success of 1880, but he knows that it is to his interest to stand by the party until that time, and he puts more faith in Repuolican than m Democratic influence in Louisiana at the pres- ent juncture. It is lamentable that the Repub- lican majozity should be composed of men‘who must take the alternative of the Penitentlary orthe Democracy, and it is eaually Iamentable that cither isin'snch 3 condition that a mun shonld nesitate in chioosinz. It does not speak well for the Southern prison system. THURMAN'S NEXT MOVE. TUpon what measure Thurman will make his nest eflort is nut yet known. The mixture of parties on the inancial questions and the difTercnces of opin- fon on resumption puzzle him. So _far there has been nothing introduced that il enable him to make a strict party issue and utilize the apostates. 1is adventurous cffort on the South Carolina case was based on the principle which indaced ayes to call a specinl session. Ilayes cared lvss for the Army Appropriution bill than he did for **the frog” who would.” His object was to feel the” pulee of Congress and the country Lefore issuing his message, and_ his opponents feil vrecipitately into the trap. So, likewise, Thur- man knew how the Butier-Kellogs fight’ wonld coine ont, but he wanted the textand a record, and as Hares got the reeling of the nation and the etrencth of his adversarics, 50 Thurman secured au insight into what he could depend upan. But the woret of it i3 that .nettner ‘Thurman, nor Hayes, nor Conkling, can depend upon their combinations. The President has been whipped on bis New York nominations, and if Tcan put_any faith in David Davis’ hulf-expressed prognostications asto_the fateof the Silver bill, hic I8 siaughtered on_that. Thurman Lolds a sort of balance of power, but he cawt fnd any way to utilize it. while Conkling, finshed with victory over the New York appointments, dare not advatice a sinele principte without coneultation with and deference to the Democrats who helped hin out. The whole ousi- ness seems 10 be inextricably mised, The leaders area long way belind. In their aniety to secare net projects they have given themseives away to cach other, and they now stare around in surprise, wondering what will come next. THE MEXICAN INVESTIGATION. Still another calamity stares the Administration In the face, Conkling hassecured an investieation into affaira on the Xio Grande. This will bring up Ivarls 8s o witness. and will open a vast field for exploration into the con- duct of State aflairs. "A Jawycr is notoriously the worst witness on his _own bebalf that conld possibly he prescntod. That s # legal maxim, and of all the lawyers on_ the face of the carth 'least calculated to” escape unscatned tne ordeal of n cross-examination, Evartais the man. A lawyer gifted with a technical mind. like Evarts’, caniot answer questions catezorically with any credit to himself,’ Tie would arzue until the lust grand sun. set, and inan argument leave such a man as Conk- ling without even the blessing of an underabirt. But togay “Yes," or **No™ to an artfuily-con- trived interrozutory, or to attempt an cvasion or an avoidunce ' wonld be beyond Mr. Evarts’ powers. Mentally he s a peenliar Iy-constructed individual. He is closely logical uptoa certain point, bat just as he is about to draw Lis conclueion, he bezins to wander. He is like & man who. havine an audience, hutes fo leave off by eeitling the question under consideration, As {ar as e 2oes he is all right. bat he geta out of breath just as he reaches the third base, and is generally put out before he gets to the home plate. 3 AN INTERVIEW WITH EVARTS. New York lawyers claim that he is the most orerrated man in the couatry. They concede his ability in *he construction of insrance law, bat deny that he has any sagacity beyond the reaims of that class of policy. He is an affable gentleman, and all that sort of thing, and does not bear & man down to the earth by a thousand brick woight of manifest conceit, but he is too trusting and confiding for 4 politician, and he docs not seem to have learned anything from lus expericnce with Don Cameron on the question of the English Mis- sion. "1 called upon him this mornine to loarn hia viewsasio the financial plank of the President's message. There were several people ahead of me, and I watched his manner with considerable caris osity and no little amusement. A doctor had letter, with accompanying copious explanations: and, while I could not hear the doctor's remnti, T could hear the Sccretary of State vociferating, 1 will fight him to the end, fo the bitter end. If he wants a fight I 'am his man. As T contemplated the thin, spare figure, and the face eminently ‘-out of condition” for a snccessfal mill with even 3 well developed girl of 14 years, T concluded that it was 3 mental contest he’was invoking rather thana physical cffort. When he had gettled the terms of combat, he turn- cdtoa fresh looking young lady who explained that her mission wax for his autograph. Looking AS PLEASED AS A SCHOOL-BOY, be readily accorded the favor, ana was then ap- proached byan ancient colored gentleman who vanted o subscription for a new Methodist Charch, **He gin me $20, which was better'n nufiin’, " ex- Plained the superannuated exhorter to me subsc- quently. — Then came my turn. Ap. proxching me with an awkward bow and extending two fingers, he asked me what he conld do forme. His manner was conrteous rather in intention than in expression, and in_the kindly look 1n his eyes Ialmost forgot hisstuff and un fortunate appearance. 'Now, { knew what he Jrould say before I went to sec him, but in explain. ing my business I Epoke very slowly and employed a cirenitous method in arnving atthe point, mors to watchthan to {mpress the man. \Whenl exs plained that I wasa Dewepaper reporter, he smiled A cavernous grio, but whea I 10ld him I wanted his views, his face assumed tiie expression of an eleht- day clock with the works ginde of iwood and the hands pointing o ust About tme for me 10 zo. 1 asked him as to his opinions of the silver paragraph in the President’s measage and his views as to those sections touching on resumption. WIIAT HE IS IN FAVOL OF. “*Iam in favor of whatever the President savs on finance: everything, everything, —Everything that the President says on finance I am In fuvor of: 1 am in perlect accord with the Presiqent's views on finance. Tis views on financo I agree with. There is nothing in_the message on tinance with which I & . T'm in perfect harmony with him. Good'morning, sir. In perfect harmony, sir._ Good morning.”* I'was too much pained oy his manner to ask him ansthing furcher. In my younzer days I had seen him before the gencral term of the New York S preme Court instructing able Judzes upon the law. had heard him advence arguments 0 pure, #0 coneise und yet so eimple in the method of exprex- slon used. that 1, & lawyer's mere oflico-boy, could understand them. _And vet here to-day, standing at toe head of the United States Cabinet, hic answer- «d a simple question like s hired man. The dener of the White-House pardens, ag I passed through his domai, haa answered my interr tories with far 1aoré dignity and with far more con- tidence in the information he was furnighing, And Mr. Evarts has been singled out as the ex- ponent of the President’s policy to meet Conkling. Itis trae, Conkling has had tiie selection. and his choice is' stab in the back of the Administration, but we can't alter established facts, und. while ceven Hayes' enemics would wish thut a more adroit man had _been dragged forth to meet the bold fog- horn of New York, yet he had the selection, and naturall*choso the weakest vessel un the shelf. ANOTHER TALK WITH BEN HILL. It may look a little odd to you, but Senator Ben Hill dozen’t agreo with your sitver ¢ditorial of last Monday. Lle says the reportof the interview i far more accnrate than your commenta therenpon. The position he will take in the Senate i, that a vast umount of misinterpretation hua been put upon the law providing that the bonds **shall be paid in coin of the present standard valne. This he claims does not mean ** present coin, " bot *¢ present standarg value, " und that upon the date of contraction the contract called for payment at matnrity in cofn worth the standing value of coin when the purchaser paid for the bonds. The Gov- ernment may pay in gold, or silver, or copper, or bruss tokens, ¢o long us the value of the article used in payment woald bring in the market a value of 41214 graius of eilver, but less than this is like the pound of flesh without the drop of blood, ntterly useless asa wmerchantable commodity. —As to the surplus of coin, he claims that it docs mot exist, Decause un irredeemable paper currency has driven it out of the country. If you establish gold and silver at the rates they held at the time of issning the bonds, then the debt is pay- able in either, but any change made in standard values subsequent to the contraction of the Gebt cunnot affect the debt itsclf. le considers, thou: that all present declazation as to what coin u he used In the payment of bonds falling duc twenty years from now premature, for the zood of the conn- iryand commercial reason, may demand a variety of radical chunges between now and the date of payment, and ho opposes the fisture of a coin with a prospective value, unless it shall be of the origmal standard, s contingencics may arise which will depreciate or appreciate ft. AS A PROPHET. ¢*Tt seems T mude a mistake in Conl:ling's pros- nects of victory, " said the Senator. I have sent you Stephens’ ‘opinion of Hill as an astrolog: t," he continued, **I thought Conkling was ure of a licking, but the man seeins to have heen stroncer than I thought for. and Iown up I am surprised, ™ -+ ever mind, Senator, Tur CiiicAGo TRIBUNE meserzoes back on 3 propliet until hie alips up e sccond time. 1 aive you another chance. What 1¢ the Republican horoscope for 15503 4+ The Kepublicans have put us_Democrats in a hole. We were preparing to come before the coun- try and demand the abolition of u party that woald pérpetrate the frauds of 1§70. Dut they have turncd on ue, and, by advocating hard moncy. have putusin the position of advocating an Irrodeeni- able paper currency, and have not only distructed the attention of the -country from their frauds, but, by Jore, they've got on top." *20n what issu¢ do tne Democrats propose to go before the conntry” 1 SWEAR, IDON'T KNOW. We baye made fools of ourscives, und let the Republicans steat our issue and put it up as their own. Idon'tscewhat this ‘Sohd South’1s driy- ingat. We haven't got any issue now *-Then you proplicsy a Republican 18301" 3 *tIdon'tsay tnat. Weare an inventive party, anq may hatch up something and come sround all right yet. 1f I can straighten the party up on the tinancial question, we may have some show. ' *+Then you propose thix issue: The Republicans and lemocrats are on the sameside of the finaucial uestion, which is the only important one: but, as the Republicans were successful in 1876, the Dem- ocrats ought 10 be In three yenrs from now " “*Not exactly that. I think the party which committed the frauds 1n 1876 ought to be wiped ont.w **And yon propose to wipe it out by accepting its reforas®"! g “They ought to be our reforms; we are entitled to them.” GES. GRANT AGAIN. **Never mind, Senator, we may gome time have rotation in reforms as weil us rotation in oflice; 1 the meantime, whom do you tnink the Republicans will put forward as the exponant of their princi- plest 1 see that the eficient correspondent of the Baltimore Sun 100ks hopefully toward Gen. Grant.™ **And I think Grantwill be the man. 1 tell you, sir, I have no doubt that Grant will be nominated on'the hard money platform. Everything s point- ing in thetdirection. He isthe best man they can find, and I ehall be very much disappointed in my prognostications if they don’t nominate hiny. ™ A German paper, the Cincinnati 7ost, has nominated liim for President pro tem. of France, in the event of Macdlahon's resignation. *+Well," #aid the Senatol ‘Iwould vote for im as President of France. 20, but when his French term expires, if he does not conclude to run for a second, and comes over here, whom do you propose to match against him" ** Well, that is somethinz T don’t know. The Democrats haven't got any principle, any platform yet, and. until they estavlish one, of coarse we can't pitch on a man. ™ “HOW DOES M'CLELLAN STAND?" “*Tdon’t know ansthinz avout Mr. McClelland or anybody else. When we get tixed, as I hope we will, we won't be short of candidates. The Demo- cruts never hase heen vet. ™ Prof. Wines, Presideat of the Internationa] Prie- on Reform Congress, which meets at Stockholm next August, i3 hap) Iie has just eecured an aporoprintion of £8, 00, and wilt tart for Europe immediateiy. There is a funny incident connecied with the first Congress held on this_question. It openedat Cincinnai in October, 1570, Jim Blaine was President, and it was conddently expected that fie would preside, but the aouth of a friend detinod him in Maine, and Rutherford B. Iayes was elected his pluce. Verily Cincinna appears to have been averse toall Mr. Blaine’s Presidential aspirations. STANLET. ——— A Cowhiding by Women. ctory for ies employ- Ty establishment, received an endearing note trom W. A. Rooks, who is well known fn .this city, inviting her to meet him_yesterday evening mear St.- Mark's School. The eirl, "knowing his propensities, plotted with four others of her companions to 2o and give him adose of ‘‘black smake.? They went, but it was near the American Hotel where they found their man. Four of the girls, armed each with a good cowhide-whin, seereted themselves in the atley nearby, to witness the meeting. He came, and at a'convenient time they also came from’ their hidine_place and be- gan avigorous slashing and belaboring with the whips. He was hit, we understand, once on the head, and_ once on thelexs, wlen he drew a pretty little white-handled pocket pistol on his feminine tormento: He didn’t usc it, howeser, but turncd and fled, and the speed at which he ran would have shamed an antclope. Ie took down Sccond East to Second South, thence westand into the office of our morniug contem- porary, there to tell his straightforwara tale. 'he excited and indignant ladies followed him into the newspaper office and ag: nsisted upon giving him a thorough cowhiding; but he had taken refuge behind the counter, where he auietly submitted to the fearful tongue-fashing Which® was administered by one of the girls, She read hima list of some of hismisdeeds here, and presenied a pretty good indietment of Rooks in general. The girls assert that they had been insulted several times by the fellow, and they took this occasion toscttlean old score against him. e e Getting Close Figures. Detrolt Free Press. A newsboy with three or four morning papers under his arm, called into a Woodward avenue jewelry store yesterday afternoon and mquired s ““Kin you tell me the price of a woman's £0ld watch—one o' them kind as winds up by twistin’ the knob?” ““You mean a stem-winder,” said the clerlc; “‘you can get a pretty good one for ahout sixty dollars.” 4 ¢ Jist sixty “Yeg “And how much for a diamond pin—one most as big as a bean?"! + Well, about three hundred dollars.” :"{'hre$ hundred'll take it, will they3” * Yes,” ““Thanks,” safd the boy as he backed ont. He sat down with his back to the wall, figured With a penctl on the margin of one of hispapers and preseatly soliloquized : ‘““Three hundred for the pin, and_sixty more for the watch—that's three hundred and. sixty, Them’s my Santa Claus presents for maw and paw, and I've got eightp-one cents on hand and two weeks more to work in! Yere's your mornin’ papers!” ——— Blackbirds, London Ti; 2 e Bt Conail 6\,-"&22:0 notes_among annual expor m Corsica between 350,- 000 and 400,000 blackbirds, They come to that Island in vast numbers every winter to feed on the berriesof the myrtle” ana arbutus, with which the mountains are covered. Hero they :’f%’:&’ ‘v:c‘:sy r:‘? ungfl nack flavor and perfume e them ¢ much esf Eourmets of Paris, o ‘“mc“.v o FINANCE AND TRADE. Quieier Movement of Currency==- Discounts Moderate. The Produce Markets Hoderately Active---Togs Steady---Teats Weak---Olher Pro- - visions Easier. , Breadstuffs Tame---A Decline in Wheat, Corn, and - Barley. Packing Statistics --- Movement of Froduce During the Weelk. FINANCIAL. The movement of currency to the country was perceptibly smaller. The business of the dey gen- erally was light. The packers and provision men are the only customers of the banks who have re- cently increased their cash for accommodation. The country banks are borrowing more sparingly. They are able to suppiy their customers out of the Tieavy remittances they have received of legal-ten- ders from the city. Mercantilé end manufacturing paper is supplied the banks in only sparing quanti- tics, and desirable outside paper is scarce. Rates of discount wese S@10 per cent at the banks to regular customers; on the street, call loans :re 7 per cent. New York exchange was sold between banks st 50%80c per S1,000 discount. The clearings of the weck are reported as follows by Manager D. R. Hale, of the Chicago Clearing- House; Batances. s Thursday Friday. Baturda; Total..... $2.1 Corresponding week Jast vear. 2,160,434 GOLD AND GREENBACK! Gold was 102}5@102% In greenbacks. Greenbacks were 975@074; cents on the dollar 1n gold. FOREIGN EXCHANGE. United States 63 of Al United 3 3 of Uutied § Unfted § United States new 5& United States now 44 Unlted States new 4 United States currency G; BROKERS’ QUOTATIONS. Chicago City 7 per cent bonds. Chicazo City per cont Seweraz er cont Water-Loan. .. (oazg) Lincoln Lark)* 93 tailway (We Ftiway ¢ Chie: Compian? . vost Divislon Rallway7 # centcertr's. 103} And aterest. BY TELEGRAPH: NEW YORE. NEW Yorr, Dec. 15.—Gold opened at 102%,and closed at 102%, the estremes of the day. Carrying rates 2 o 6 per cent. Silver at London remains without guotation. Tere silver bars are 1193 in currency and 1183 ingold. Silver coln }4@1 discount. Governments firr. 2ailroad bonas moderately active. State bonds firm. The stock market In the forenoon was quiet, and fluctuations in the general Jist were confined with- in narrow limits. In the aftetnoon the market was cstremely dull up to the close. There were mo important changes in prices, except an advance of 14 in Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati & Indiananoliz, New York Central and Northwestern preferred were quoted ex-dividend this ufternoon. Transactions azzreynted 75,000 shares, of which 40,500 were Lake Shore, 2500 Northivest com- mou, 2,500 preferred, 2,600 St. Paul Common, 2,600 preferred, 7,500 Luckawanna, 6,000 tWest- ern Lnion. Money 5_to 7 per cent, loaniog_up to 1-6¢ and interest; closed at 7 per cent. ~Prime mercantile puver, @7 Customs receipts, §116,000. The Treasury aisbursed $253, 000, Clearings, §? Sterling dull; long, 15: Coupons, 167, Coupans, '68. 30 {Terre Haute ped. 1055 Chicago & Alton. 01§ Chicago & Al E 204 T ¢ Lty Ii Cleveland & NOFLAWESETD veenevs.. Fids Ul SJATC nouDs, Tennessee, old. 403¢ Virglnln, new. T c, e 'y Missourl., Virsinta, old. 3 Loxpox, Dec. 15—5 p. m. 951-16: sceonnt. 954, ANERICAN SECURITH 2, 106t : New York Central, prefcrred, 23 1llinois Central, Pennsylvania Central, 315 . —ltentes, 103f GENERAL TRADE REVIEW. Svecial Disiteh to Tae Chicazo Tribune. New Yons, Dec. 15.—The bank exchanges dor- the last week, viewedas a whote, stlll” fall to give any encournging Indication f the general con- ditfon of trade. In New York there was a gain of 23 1-10 per cent as compared with the correspond- ing weck last year: but as the new onsi- ness here hns not been remarkably active, and correspondingly increased exchanges fail- ed to napnear elsewhere, this fncrease in eschanges here: was evidently due, in o great measure, to the maturing of commercial paper made during the last Angust and September spasm of activity and pronnse. The compurative nins at othier voints were at San Francisco, 18 5-10; Lou- isville, 19; Pittsburz, 66-10. The San Francisco comparison s for the week cuding the-1st of De- cember, and her ierease is muinly duc to the in- crease in the number of banks reporting. Amol the comparative losses were Boston, 11 4-10; Phi adelphia, 83-10; Chicago, 178-10; Cincinnat; 5-10: New Orleane, 57-10; Baltimore, 63-105 St. Louis, 73-10; Milwaakee, 2. The total increase in the twelve cities was 12 8-10, but omitting New York there was a net 1083 of 6 9-10 per cent. COMMERCIATL., ~ The following were the recelpts and shipments of the leading articles of proauce fn this city during the twenty-four hours ending at 7 o'clock on Sntarday morning, and for the corresponding time lastyear: 3075, 1053¢; Flour. bris Wheat. bu ., nx secd, D i B. Beef, bris. ork, bris, Lard, ms, Tallow, B Y Dre'd hogs, Live hogr, X Hay, tons.... | Luinoer. fu. i, Shingles. m...| Salt. ‘bris, Pouitry, Ibs. . Toultry: codri s, phas.. Clicese, b, G. apples, b Beans, bu, Withdrawn from store during Friday for city consumption: 4,899 bu wheat, 413 bu corn, 100 ba oats, 498 ba batley. The following grain was mspected into store in this city Saturday morning: 34 cars bard No. 1 wheat, 21 cars No. 2 do, 5 cars No. 1 soft. spring, 92 cara No. 2 do, 39 cars No. 3 do, 9 cars rejected (200.wheat); 8 cars_ high-mixed corn, 1 car pew rejected, 88 cars no grade (100 corn) ; 7 cars white oats, 19 cars No. 2 mixed oats, 2 cars rejected (28 oats): 10 cars No. 2 rye, 1 2ar rejected, 1 car no grads (12 rye); 20 cars No.2 barley, 22 cars extra No. 3 do, 10 cars ordinary . 3, 10 cars feed, 1 car no grade (09 barley). Total, 418 cars, 0r60.000 bu. Inpected out: 13,859 bu wheat. 61,181 bu corn, 2,752 bu oats, 518 bu barles. The inspection into store during the first fftecn daysof the month was 1,700 cars wheat, 1,464 cars corn, 401 cars oats, 102 cars rye, and 487 cars. barley. The inspection of wheat for tre same time one year agowass 1,500 cars: do, two years 8g0, 2,494 cars; do, three years ago, 2,748 cars. The following were the recelpts and ehipments of breadstufls and live etock at this point during the past weck, and for the correeponding weeks ending as aated: Dec.15, Dec.s, Receipts— 1877, ; Flour, bri: Whest, bu.. Corn, bu. Qata/) bu 1 how: Live hogs, -il Cattle; No. Shipments— Flour, oris. Wheat, bu. Comn, bu. Gats, ba Rse, bu Barfey. Dressed ho The following were the exports from New York for the week ending as dated: Dec, 15, 1877, Flour, brls. 30,405 Wheat, b 31, 960 5 5 Corn. bu. 04! 5 938,945 BTS 1t is whisper 200d deal of the grain now here is being carried without insurance, the reason being that the owners of the grain believe the rates charged to be much too high for the risk in- volved. Grain §s now moving quite free in the country, #nd a great deal is going arourd Chicago. Parties who ought to be ina position to know state that s §s because underbilling s freely permited by several lines, at the rate of abou bashels to the car-load, while there is some reason to believe that rates are cut in addition, making the discrimi- nation against Chicago a heavy one. A correspondent asks how the present weather i affecting the winter wheat. He thinksit must be detrimental, as the alternate freezing and thawing, without any snow covering to protect, tends to destroy thevitality of the sced. The leading produce markets were moderately active Saturdey, and steadicr. Provisions were ir- regular, pork being earier,:and meats weak, but the changes in prices were not wide ones. Wheat and corn were lower, and osts and- barley were ensier. The receipts of wheat and barley showed au increase, but there was a_fair shipping demand for the former, though the British markets tended downward, and there was a decrease in the price difference between paper and gold. Dry goods were freely offered both by the city and country trade, and the quantity of goods dis- tributed was large for this scason of the year. Col- lections have improved of lute, and” in other re- spects also the position of the market has changzaa for the better since the country roads and the weather became settled. Groceries continue rea- 2onably active, and for the leading staple articles the market was strone. Coffces and teas are stili receivinz some attention from rpeculators, and a further advance in prices is regarded as prob- able. Sirups and sugars -were active and firm, with sugars an Yc fhizher. ‘The butier mar- Let was without new features. The better grades were wanted at very full figures, but common and medium qualities were negiected and weak. Of the latter descriptions the stocks are increasing. Cheese was quiet at Friday's quotations. Nothing specially new was reported on the masket for do- ‘mestic and foreign dried fraits. Fancy lines euited to the holiday trade wero active, while the more staple articles were quict. Fish were dull. Oils were in fair request, and generally firm. Prices of leather, tobacco, bagzing, coal, and wood were about steady. Hogs were fairly active and steady at §3.00@ 4.15 for common to choice packing grades. ~ Cattle were inactiye and unchanged—qnoted at $2.00@ for inferfor to extra grades. Sheep were nom- inal. The lumber market was moderately active and steady. Some dealers are having a larger trade than meual in December, and the whole trade is fair. Dry lumber is firm. The receipts by lake continue, but they arc smalt, and will cesse with the return of wintry weather. The demand for hides was good, and the market strong, though the receipts were fair. Wool and broom-corn were y. The hay market was dull and weak, the receipts being liberal, which makes buyers hold back. Secds were quiet and unchanzed. Thede- mand for green fruits was fair in a retail way, and emall orders are coming in from the country. Poultry and game were dull and easy. The offer- ings were rather large, and receivers made conces- sions in order to geil. Rail freights were quiet. Rates on graln and other fourth-class are now 40¢ to New York, 37¢ to Baltimore, 3S¢ to Philadelphia, 45c to Boston and other New England points, and 35¢ to Mon- treal. Loose meats were quoted - at 10c and boxed meats at 5c per 100 s higner than grain. IN NEW YORK SATURDAY. Dec. 15.—Receipts—Flour, 13,411 brls: wheat, 7,030 bu; corn, 51,270 bu; gats, 34,468 bu: corn- meal, 1.642 pkgs: rye, 1,830 bu; barley, 22,000 bn: malt, 11,500 br; pork. 2.029 pkgs; beef. 1,005 pkzs; cut meats, 3,430 pkgs; lard, 4,31+ pkgs; whisky, 505 brls. Exports—Wheat, 37,911 bu; corn, 43,727 bu. EXPORTS FROM NEW YORK. . The following table exhibits the exports from New York for the weck ending on the dates named D Bt S a7, Articles. Flour, brls.. Wheat, bu, Corn, bu. 1 16, 550 0 31, 255,85 PROVISIONS. HOG PRODUCTS—Were falrly active In the agsre- gate, and Irregular. There were more busing orders for ozl and lard,—some of which were supposed to be from outside, —but the market ruled easfer. while meats were weak. The market ‘appearcd to be somewhat artfficfal, pork belug relatively high in price. ilogs were In falr sunply, and steady. while Liverpool wzs quoted Islower o pork and hams, and 61 off on mid- dles. Thic Commerelal Bulletin gives the following as the returns of the number of hogs packed to date at the Tolnts named since Nov. 1, as compared with rettirns of the previous seasons, and the aggregate packing of the seazon of 1876-7: To date, 1876, Milwaukee. . Loulsyilie. Tndianapo Cedar Kaplds Des Moines. bula, 9 40,00 6,000 Nashviiie. 25,000 Ttichmond. Tnd.” 14000 Fremont, O.. 1,550 2124 At the otker larze packing points businees ts gradu- ally increasing, owlng tothe Iarger recelpts of hos, Clactnnati and' Loulsville appear 1o be the only polnts ‘wihich ehow an facreased businees over las: year. " M waukee exhibits o slieht shortaze, but Is rradually ¢a {ng, whilc St. Louis und Indianapolts are Iarzely sho Atthe Interlor polnts Dustness is gradually Impros but there doca not appear to be that energy displared Jihich has been, o notlceable Teature In past scasons. ogs arc reported plenty In most section: ¢ ty excelient. % A e The following table exhibits the detatled shipmenta o provisiuns for the week ending Dec. 13, and since Nov. 1. 1877, a8 compared with e corresponding thae Taik 5 BVt i ending _Since Yor. 1, Articles. Dec. 13, ‘:’!’77. lFT‘l.. 3 ) 4,010 382,385 65 3 7 22,475 e Hames, boxes, ] Iams, pleces, 214,700 Hams, other pkgs. 123 Sides, bris . 535 Sides, tes 166 Sides; boxi 70 Sldes. piece; 233 Shonlders, bri 77 Shoulders, tes. & 125 289 Shoulders, boxes.. 4015 13817 Shoulders, pleces. 15,820 135.319 418 1,408 3107 51 1.340 Sy 77,207 231,785 2137 50.718!908 LTI 10,780,778 4. OREWas rattier less actIve. and frre easier. ‘New porkdeclined 734@10¢ per brl, and closcd about e lower than Friday sfternoon. OId_pork was weak, selifng 35¢ lower, but closed firmer: Salcs wer Teporied of 250 bris new at $11.75: 255 bris at. $11.4; §90 brls seller the month (old) 4t $11.003 8,750 bri ler January at $11.8236211.90; and 16.500 brls February ‘st S1200612,05. Total 26,285 b The arket closed steady at 311 05%11.10 Tor regular seller the month; 11.75 for new do: 11.87%@11.90 selier Jan- uary: S .05 seller February. Prime mess was jioted at $11,00611.25; and extra prime do. st $10.00 25, Lakp—Was moderately active, declining 5c per 100 1bs under ather larke Offerings. and TEaCHg to 20 Delow the latest prices of Friday. Sales were reported Of 3,800 tes cash and seller the month at 87,7047 75 9,500 tcs seller_January at §7. T2K@7.R0; and 6,500 (4 selicr February at S7.820@7.00. tal 19,600 tes, The Diatket closed frm at 87,5 350t $7.75 wller the mopib, 7. 77345 5. 80 seller January, 7.87%@7.00 seller Feb- m‘l‘l'ly’l‘k;l;l§‘?&97fl'i&(l)“lt|lllnr ).l(ll'flh. 1 FiEeb re very dull snd agan easfer, descriptions boing aoted i Jower = Fhes wis a S demand for export, but the inquiry was mot cqualte the offerings, ‘seilérs belog more free. than. usaal. Green meats Were weakened by the fact of continued mild weather, Sales Were reported of 100,000 Ihs 200 boxes Cuinberiands 8t 6Hc. 130,00) ICr TAR ALy ans o .edc?;uhnibl:ymr‘ boes do at GGE. 100 buxes shor Clears 3t S o 22 Doxes lon:z and shiors Clears At G¢, 5 boses Giag, 0 shirc sidce at G, 50 boxes Strstfords at gre Wil pes green hams (141b3) at G7ic. 50 boxes long et hesd ataic. The market cloed st the T0llowing renm prices: P ot Lo ders. e Snore ritw, G5 atioted at ec 3 Januars. Cumity 362 ionis cut hama. T 4534c, 3l by, Plekicd ~ams: o aciicr Fanuary. g Green hamns, CH@OHC Cach and 611G e for 1o Bacon quoted at or shonlders, short ribs, 7u{c for whort clears, 10114z cav d packcd, P PRODU TS e siead F P S=Were steady andqulet at g, 00 for mess: S10.30611.00 for ¢ 2 ol oo tor ums S "ALLOW=Wus quoted at TG74e for city, for country. 9 SIS T BREADSTUFFS. FLOUR=Was cull and unchanged. Shiy ontof the market, as is Voot was 5100 Satardaye, acd Jox buyers took Lold sparfngly. Sales nre)}m:rgcl? o 270 bris whnters ¢ $6.0056.25; 230 bris spring extrag ge £5.1565.50; and 25 bris buckwheat four on priyy, terms. Total, 515 brls. The market closed at(ne fur. lowing range of orices: Cholce o favorite brands of wwinters. §6.7557.23: £00d L0 prime bracds of winers $5.50G6.25: chiolce 10 fine SPring, $5.50@0. 5 good spring, $4.75@3.23; low spring, $3. to good Miianesota spriogs, S5.2335.50; chojeq o fancy Sinncsota springs, $5.7536.25: paten sortgpe S7.000.00; low grade. $3.0083.75% rye,$3. 2334 1, buckwheat, $5.35%5.60. » BEAN=1Was qulct and unchanged. Sale was made of 30 tons at $11.50211.75 Der fon on track. SnorTs—Sale were made of 10 tons 12, ton onboard car. L0 54k AT—T¥as rather lessactise and eas 1}, and closing 3(c below the. 1uz=szpflc‘c§’a?i§l|l§£ Livérpool wusdull, some tclosrams aubtisea enfioaly G 1 por ar In the British mirkeis, sng Ver Lo gasy. while the recelpts here sud ¢ Milvauser it car-louds elnz insnocted o' stose gt ¢ N353 YTy Bood demand for spot whons ne. ove firm taking about all the pRorty ‘There was not much {nquity for futurcs,and the tragiy was’ chieily lncul, with (o kreat deal ofteriag ap ot gldo prices. The dtiendanco on the mariet wariril: butoperators were mare dispesed to watch. the cones of events than to_trade. excent on the scalp, whie 1o much unccrtainLy exists with Fezard to tha courss o2 vents [n the Od World.” Sellef January openrdt o S1.07H@1.074L, s0ld ut S1.0774. decilaed 1o $1.074. ang advaneed 10°S1.OTH at the close. Seller Fehry, raned about 15 above Januars: closos . 31 Lot ciaiag PriDg | clowe, . 3 do apr Cash sales were m?{:rfiduv‘sy\ 17 ab $1.0754@1. 03 85,000 bu' > at $1.07Q1.0754, mosly at the inside: 9,000 b No. festandn g Tl ottt & oral’sd o by kampie 93¢ on track. Total, 9,000 bo, Haup WikaT—Was quice and easler, with the renral market. Sales werer & th Rty Minne-ota at $1.10; 400 bu No. 2 4o ab 31,0¢: sga 1.000 bu by ssmple ‘st S1.10%§ delivered: Total b iy) bin CORN—Was rather qulet, and easler. de ” and clostng LH@Js¢ below the latest npmzu'?}"'?fid:"}" 3 Liverpodi was aufet, New York and Daltimore wess dull, and the market sympathized Wit whear, Toe FecEipts were only moderate, but fOr the wesk they have excseded the ShipInents by 116,000 b, and thee) ¥as put much demand SAturday for 3ot comm. so thes the Jower grades were quite wogk. i not much 'pressurc o eell fatnres oy T dectine, and oobut " witle \Genad,® A corn déat s dulled by the fact That 1b¢ couniy 1y e plny: great au of corn around us, leating lithe Gemand on Chica sult which Is partially die i the arilclal brices reached o the Sauvetd of tag imonth. ' Seller Januars oroned at43c, 0T a5 e declined to 41%c, and closed at 41%jc. Sold at 41142413 at Soc: Tew i new shelled 31 3143 7¢ free on board car o 100 i, i OATS—Were dull and weak at the closing prices of Fruday. The market opened weak, under fair offeringy and I sympathy with other grain. wizh very little in- quiry except for cash In car-luts, which was bought to mpIete o carzo. The receljis were falt and ihg ck {3 Incrensing. January sold at 2453244 acd Feoruary at 24%c. Seller Decorber opencd at 244e, S04 10 Z4kic. then back to the inside price. . Fresh cary 2 ol nt 2436:. but the market clused 3¢ lower. 2 white was quoted at 24ige. lmelu were dall. ried of 1,500 bn Vo, 2 white s v, tec: 9,000 by nd 3. 4o 3t 2555 ‘ozal, 25,200 bu. Was fn moderate request at 56c for No. 2fn car-lots. January sold at 564c and February at 57xe, Cash sales were reported of 2,800 bu 2t 580 T bu by sample at 57'4c o track. Total. 910 bu. BARL 50 moderate demand, cash 1nd fu- tures belng {c lower. while the iowest grades wese [n request and firmer, feed being the most active two. Futures sold ul 61761 ¢ for Jagnary. for February, aad December was quoted at Gl cash sold at WO'swGic, aad extra Mo. § at 43¢; No. 3 a3 rm at 40z and feed ag idc. Samplea were quiet, except fioe, bright oerings, which are salaile to ewers and malrsters. Cash sales were reported of i 420 bu_extra No. 3 at 43c; 6,000 b bl y samole st 2Tige freeon BY TELEGRAPH FOREIGN. Special Dispatch to The Chicazo Tribune. LIvVERPOOL, Dec. 15—11:30 3. m.—Grarx—Wheat. Wianter, No. 1, 11s64; No. 2, 11s: spring, No. 1, 11s: Nu. 2, 103 44; white, No, 128 7d; club, No. 1, 133 34; No.2, 123104 Corn—No. 1, 204 8d: No. 2. 295 60, = PROvISIONS—ork. 565, Lard, 433, LIVERFOOL, Dec. 15—5 p. m.—CoTTo¥—Easter, but not quotably lower; 69-10G63d:sales, 7,000 bales; spec- ulation and export, 1,000; American, 530. BrE. —\¢heat—Callfornla white wheat, aver~ age. 123 70@123 1145 cinb, 129 10G1383d: spring. 108 41@11s: Winter, 11s31136d. . Flour—Extra New Yorx, 204 Corn—Western mixed, 2036d@2989d. Oat— Amerfcan, 35 Barley—3s 6d. Peas—Canadian, CLOVER SEED—Amcrican, 4 ProvISIONs—Mess vor, 568 Prime mess beef, &y 6l Lard—American, 433. Bacon—Long clear, 35 short do, 36s. TaLLow—Fine American, 6. PETROLEUN~SpIrits, 73 3d; refined, 11s64@118 54 LiNszED O1L—30s. : Resty—Common, 55 31353 6d; pale, 133 SPERITS OF TCRIENTINE—238. CusEsE—Amerlean, 6is. ANTWERP, Dec. 15.—PETROLETM~333 NEW YOREK. To the Western dssociated Press. NEW Yok, Dec. 15.—CoTrox—Easter; 11 71681z » 16¢; futures steady; Decemoer, 11.33G11.34c: Jangs February, 11.45@11.48c: March, 11,67¢; May, 11.78¢: June, 11.50¢c; + 11.96@11.97c: August, 12.02@12.04c. Frocr—Duli aud heavy; recefpts, 12,00 brls; No. + supers, State, and Western, $4.003 mon to cholce extra, $5.3085.A5: good to | ; extra Ollo, $5.35@7.50; St Louls, $5.40 nnesota patent process good to prime, $7.40 flour steady’; §: 50, MeAL—Qulet and unchanged. ATy~ Wheat heavy: No 2 Chicago spring, tnfertor red wINter, S1.09: unzraded G0, $161: No.d Milwaukee, No. 2 i ing. Janury SL10 Northwest, Februar, @1.31; No. SI. 3@ 2/ No.. 2 red’ winter. Decembier, SI.42a1.45. Rye quiet: Wi ut steady; slx-rowed Corn_dall re- ed., ungTaded new W estern mixed: torn. 57ic: unzrided old Western . December, 61G6H4c. Oatsd Ixed Western and State, 35GHG soft yellow mixed, ecints. 33,0:0 b white do. ' 5@ 13lsc. i3 ady and nnchanzed, 3—Ofered fa falr demand, Grockkiks—Coffee quict and unchanged. Suga strong: falr 1o good refininz. 7igGrle: prime. 7 refined firm and fn good demand at 9%@urge. 3ol quiet and unchanged, Rice quict and unchanged. PeTnoLECY—Quiet: crude, 8.3 refiaed, 134 cj Woor—Firm: domestic fleeces, 33@34c: pulled, 42¢; mawashed, 10@3ue. ProvisioNs—Pork firm: mess, $13.00, Beef gufet. Long clear midiles unchauged. Lard Arm; prime LT o — UTTER—Stealy and nachan, ; CGumese—Stcady and ancoanged, T Wiisgy—Steady at $1.10. MeTars_Manufactured copper unchapged. Tagot Inke quict and stendy at 173c, Pig {ron dull sud ug- changed. Russia shecting, 104@11C tn gold.. NaiLs—Steads and unchanged. EOLIDAY GIFTS. For Holiday Gitts In elecant Velvet, Sfik, Gold, and Fancy Frames, Chromos In Landscapes, Figurcs. Bouquets, Flowers, Crosaes, etc, Albumsfn Cabinet and Cards, of Russls and Coms mon Leather. {n the new Easel and other Styles. Pho~ tozraphs in Card and Cablnet of Authors and Actresacs, both American and Forelgn. Stercoscople Views of Chicago, Eastern, Western, - and Egropean. Stereoscopes, Graphoscopes, Pictures, framed and unframed, and other dellghtful Souvenirs for Hollday Glfts ot very low prices at Retall ad ‘Wholesale. . FRAMING TO ORDER a Spectalty. £ Lovejoy & Foster, 88 Siate-st. COFFEES. For Ghristmas l AND NEW YEARS. The Finest ot of JAVA and MOCHA COFFEE ever broaght to Chicago for sale by A. H. BLACKALL, 49 Clark and 186 West Madison-sts., corner Halsted. Ground to order by hydraulic power. Teas from 20 cents to $1. A nice lot of g;g‘a;eae Curiosities for sale for the Holidsys, Very