Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, March 17, 1878, Page 6

-3 THEACHJCAGO. TRIBUNE: SUNDAY. MARCH 17, 1878—SIXTEEN.. PAGES. EUROPEAN GOSSIP. Preparations for the Approaching World" Fair at Paris. The Katok---How the People of St Petersburg Amuse Themselves in Winter. The Career of a French Adventurer—Viclor Em- manuel’s Legal Squabble with an Englishman. N ARIS EXPOSITION. O Svrasoondence Phadeiio Prcs, Paris §s making her toilet for the gay com- panvy she expects here in May qexL All the public buildings are being furbished up on their exteriors, and those in process of recon- struction, such as the Iotel de Ville and others, are rapialy pushed to completion. By the time the Exhibition opens, the Boule- vard St. Germain, the Avenue de 1’Opers, the Rue des Pyramides will have been finished and lined with handsdme houscs of uniform archi- tecture, their upper stories for residences, and the ground floors for shops, cafes, ete. A great number of new dwellings in the more clezant strects have been put up. Year by year Paris is at- tracting more strangers asa permaunent place of residence. The vast number of furnished apartments in all quarters of the city renders living en famitlevery easy. You bave nothing 10 do but to unpack your trunks and light the i and you are at home. The pendules are Lircc)gm! on the mantel-picces of all the romx;jl the beds are ready madc,the carpets are down, and potan article of household furniture is wanting. Only becarcful tobuve an exace list of the contents, and of every piece of crock- ery and its condition, for you will be held to 3. strict responsivility at the end of the term. Some of the landladies are vergtable sharpers, and they always have the juge ® paiz on their side, as Aldermen with you are for tbe plaintiif who brings them business. ‘There was an apprehension at one time that the hotels would increase their rates to an ex- orbitant figure. This is not _to take place, as, at the recent mceting of the principal hotel proprietors, it was decided that only a small increase should be made on the present charges, and this in general confined to the visitors taking their ‘meals out of the hotel. “There are abundauce of hotels at Pans in the region mear the Tuilerics Gardens, the Place Vendome, the Rue de Kivoli, the Boulevards, ete., where comfortable quarters may be had at rates to suit all purses, the cost of everything included befng from 10 francs to 30 fraues 3 day. English is spoken by some of the servants at pretty much all of them, aod nota few of them are kept by Englishmen. For my part, as a bachelor, [ likea snur little apartment, such as that I occupy in the Rue Louis Je Grand, with the privilege of eatiug where I please. 1f I find .myself at the Bois de Boalogue at my dinner hour, I dine there in owme of the chalets, where 1 have a view of the brilliant throng of ladics on_horseback and in open caleche in their foscinating toflets, and the moving mass of carriazes on that favorite promenade. Sometimes. oo, £ take the tram- way to the Jardin des Plantes, and atter amus- ing myself for a few hours with looking at the rare birds and animals in that wonderful collec- tion, and at the pranks ot the monkeys, I step over to 8 neizhboring restaurant, and dive a ta carte. Everywhere in this metropolisof epicur- ism you are sure to ret a good dinner, to harve it politel¥ served by a well-dressed waiter, aud withal a bottle of excellent wine to wash it down. Idon’t mean tbe bhigh alcoholic wines English and Americans so much delight in, but pure, mild wines, that stimulate but do not in- tosicate. The tramwav is getting to be a very popular jostitution .here. We have .them in every direction, so that all the quarters of this fmmense city are tow connected together by this pleasing mode of locomotion. Work has been commenced on one this week thatis to inclose the Exhivition buildings. ‘The Trocadero, where the Palace of Fine Arts is placed on the Exhibition grounds, will ac- commodate over 7,000 spectators. Its dome ‘will pesixteen feet bigher than that of St. Peter's, at Rome. ~The concert hall will hold 5,000 peovle, and the orchestra, thongh made for verformers, can be extended so as to seat 1, The ormon will be forty feet high, and be blown b{ o small steam engine. There is to be 38 picture-gallery of French artists and au exhibition of French fashions and costumes of all ages, with designs by Worth and rival fashfon dfctators of styles of dress for the fu- ture. - The French section will be a maemificent display of every branch of French production,— £cicnce, manufactures, ornameutal and useful arte, etc.. The pavilion of the City of Paris in the centre of the Exhibition grounds on the Champ de Mars will contain models of every- thing relating to this great city,—its prisons, its public works, its system of paving and drainage, its underground sewers, etc., with a collection of documents giving an insight into all the arcana of the municioal administration. There will be nothing worth knowing about France and its brilliant capital which will not be found ia the French department. The scientific aud literary department will of itself repay a visit. Among other features of “the Exhibition ‘will be a display of all the latest inventions of electric light apoaratus, and of the telephone and its various offshoots, such as the phono- eraph, etc. Electric lights are to_be set np on the Pont de la Concorde, which will illuminate the river banks with their powertul rays during the Exhibition months. The lizhts wiil be in high bronze columns, and there will also be thir- 1y-six gaslamps on each sideof the bridge. Buch a flood of light will be thrown on the Scine that the omnibus steamers plying on it during the Exhibition can make their trips on its crowded waters ir perfect safety. Tie Champ de Mars, on which the Exhibition buila- ing stands, is an immense open plaiv for mili- tary exercises. You would bardly recognize it DOW, with its flower-beds, its carpet of verdure, and its groves. As for the Trocadero, with its splendid cascade tumbling over a precipice of Jura marble, at the rate of 35,000 cubigjmeters of ‘water per diem; its gardens, 1ts aquarium stocked with fish from all parts of the world, its restaurants with the cuisine of all national ties, it will be a magnificent and never-tiring attraction. As some people would like to take a trip heavenward, there will be an enormous balloon over 100 fect in diameter, and capable of containing fifty persons at a time, for their use. It will be securely held to the earth by ropes, but of suflicient length to let its occu- pauts soar a few hundred feet in the air. To obriate the trouble of selling tickets and taking money oo the Exhibition ground, single and_season tickets, manufacturcd at the Bank of France by a system that does not admit of forgrery, will be sold at available points throughont the city and the country. A season ticket, which must contain the portrait of the ‘owner, and not transferable, will cost 100 francs. On the3d of August there'will bean interna- tional musical display, and for those who like fine horses, draught and drivin. and fat cattle, and the wool-bearing animals, there will be o collection from all parts of the world in the in- closures on the Champ de Mars. In fine, you may rely on it, the world will never arain ‘see Ench a mernificent exhibition as that to open in May next, and never Paris will be robed in such splendor. The most jealous of her rivals will confess that sbeis the Queen of all the cities of the earth. THE KATOEK. A correspondent from 8t. Petersbure, during ‘what is called * Masslenitza,” or Batter Week, the week immediately preceding Lent, writes that it is devoted to popular rejoicing, A kind of fair Is held on the Admirality place, in St. Petersburg, and one of its main features is 2 couple of huge kntoks facing each other. They are at least seventy-five fect Ligh, and very stecp, and as a continuous stream of sleds dasnes down furlously the glassy track the spec- tators wonder why serious aceidents are of such Tare occurrence. Here ladies are seldom secn, or females of any class; the sport §s tog Toughi and only now and then one of the fair sex will fntrust herself to g professional coaster, many of whom hang around these Katoks ty jo. itiate unsuepecting strangers into the bewilder- ing mysteries of the sport. A favorite mode of roasting with the Russian is lying stretched out a0 the stomach, but it takes considerable nerve to face the mad turmoil in that way. My own experience fn this national amusement was gained at a vrivate party urbs of St. Petersburg, or introductory to something better in st Uccasionally "I caught a et inted 10 something which sant it of its nature, and presumed 0 be tableaux or thestricals. Finally, at sbout 10 o'clock, a general call for furs and wrapplogs arcse, and in a few minutes the whole wmg;ny had passed into the garden. The moon had just risen, and its pale beams re- vealed the unshapely forms of smow-covered . - 'n!‘li’l hDusEln the sub- 8 spacions attsched toit. The cvening had bccli nngsa:«‘l“l:: social zames and occasional dauces, but ali the fun was evidently regarded merely preliminary phrase shich eversbody oked forwird to, but I was entirely "igno- es snd ehrubs, the tops only of the laiter ;l;"inz-udlng over the thick bed of snow with its glittering crust. _1n the centre of the zarden 1 soon discovered the attraction which bad caused us to forsake the warm and hehied rooms,— two katoks of moderate height loomed up De- fore us. and a number of sleds were strewn abont ready for use, and in a few mioutes the sport was in full blast. The two platforms faced each other and the tracks ran side by side, so that the parties would dash past each other amid laughing, ecreaming, snd shouting. I looked around for a vacant sled in order to try my hand at the game, but just as I was “climbing the stcps to one of the platforms T was informed that no gentleman could be permitted to ride alone on such an oc- casion, and I was quickly provided with a pas- scoger,—a young Jady from the country,endow- ed with considerable embonpoinf. Without pos- sessing the least confidence in my skill as a steersman, 1 was somewhat comforted by the thought that the well-rounded form of my pas- senger, made still rounder by an ample fox-skin Tobe, would not be liable to_suffer avy serious age in case of misnaps. With the utmost nonchatance 1 adjusted my sled at the very edge of the dazzling, shining, and littering incline. 1t is necessary that the stecrsman should seat bimself first, etiquette being entirely waived on the katok: but when the fair Anna Tvanovna dropped down in front of me with the grace of a snowtlake, though a trifle heavier, and, to use 2 slang phrase, “cuddled up” to my manly breast with a glance full of charming confidence, my innate wnodesty and diflidence caused me to recede a little, aud, as I was already scated on the extreme edwe, there was a fall, a scream and a laugh, and the whole de- Jightful performance had to be gone throush with azain. At last we were both seated, and the sled adjusted, as I imagined, with the ut- most mathematical precision, 50 as to run a straizlit course to the end of the track. Full of confidence 1 gave the start, and with an 1m- petus that almost took my breath away we das ahead—to jand in the snow-bank on one side, only half way down the incline. The force with which the sled struck the snow caused it to overrun, and my fare and I rolled down the epow-bank to the level. My pro- fuse apologics seemed to be altogether superfluous; the partner of my disaster was noue the worse for it, and only remarked that it was very naughty of me to play that trick the first time. The ivuocent little bundle of turs thought I had upset us on purpose. With some misgivings on my part the experiment was repeated, with nearly the same result, and Dby that time it dawned upon the other partict- ‘pants 1n the fun that they had a “greenhorn™ among them, aud plans for mischief were con- cocted accordingly. Oue of the gentlemen ap. proached me aud” observed that I scemed to be bewildered by the crowd dashing down before meaud beside me, and that they would give me a chance of descending alone, ahead of them all. _The compauy accordinely ascended on one of the platforms,and I took my place once more on the brink with my fearfess passenger before me. The suppressed Ilaughter and the mischief sparkling in everybody’s eye might bave warned me that some plot was afoot, but unsuspectedly and carefully [launched my sled. Exactly what followed I cannot tell, and would not care to enlaree upon it if I could. Inless than a second we had reached the level, but there my sled struck a broom-haudle or some- thivg of the kind, and with a_jump seemed to 1ly from under us, while we glided a vicce down the track ou our own responsibility, ry com- panion cliuging to_ me for dear life; and then thers came-a shock, and then another, and I dowt Kknow bow many more, until the whole scene became exceed- ingly sbockineg; for as cach succeeding sled dumped his load over us, the confused mass of laughing and squirming bodies became more bewilderiug, and the placid moon grinned down upou a sirht it is to be hoped not often eujoyed by the chaste Diana's symbol. At last everybody suceeeded in extricating his or her own robes, and furs, and overshioes, and limbs, and something like order and vropricty was once more ored; but the mere couscious- ness of my spotless innocence did not save me from beiug accued by all parties as the author of what they pleased to call a “shocking mis- hap.” Though very much bewildered and con- fused, 1 had in my iuind one clear idea—that [ was not destived to stive in that peculiar in- stitution of Russian society, the ** katok,” A FRENCH ADVENTURER. Baltunore American. Victor Gustave Maunier was born a poor boy in the south of France about 1819, and died a millionaire at Neuilly. near Parls, in 1574, The oue desire of his life was to acquire wealth, not by saving, but by enterprise; ana nature had endowed him with qualities well calculated to aavance his fortunes. His ambition was grati- fled to the utmost, aud—he died miscrably. His father and mother were poor people, and as soon as he was old enough he left his father's roul to seek employment at onc of the ports of the Mediterranean. At Marseilles, wien he was 18, he in some manner became acquainted with a beautiful young wirl very farabove him instaticn, Her name was Theresa Otto. Her father wasan Itahan dentist, and was about to return to his native Town of Messina. It is not certain that Muaunier’s suit was ever known 1o the parents of Theresa, but. With the energry that distiu. guisbed bim in all bis undertakings, he resolved to win ber. He manaved to follow her to M gina, and arrived in thut city as soon as she did. We bave no way of knowing hy What means he coutrived to prosper in a suit that seemed so hopeless; we kuow, however, that a year later, 1835, they were married, Gustave being 10 and Theresa not 1S years old. He did busi- ness as a clock-maker, jeweler, and engrave of gems at Messina, was alwass ready to fake advantaze of auy opening, and might have acquired a good fortune and the respect of his new comncetions had he been able to conduct hiwself properly toward his young wife. For he was elegant, amusine. fond of pleasure, and very hauidsome. He became very popular with women, and cnded by a serious quarrel with his wife and great losses in Lusiness. In 1842 be suddenly disappeared from Messin, do- serting his” wife and her two children, but turned up again at Athens. There bis wifc heard of him and followed him. Their quarrel was made up, and they ived torether several years longer, two other children being born to them. Maunier bad 2gain gone jnto the clock business at Athens, and was beginning to pros- ver when his domestic irregularitics once more marred his fortunes. Again be left his wife, this time with four little ones, and fled to Eeypt. He reached that country without money, resources, or introductions, but he car- ried with him the oreat purpose of his life, and that purpose was to make a fortune. A new inveution had just apoeared in France,—the art of taking daguerreotynes. Maunier's sagacity and intellizence at once showed bim how he might profit by the discovers. As soon as he had seraved together u little money by working at Cairoasa journeyman jeweler, he _opened daguerreotype rooms in the city. The idea took with ail classes. The artist was sent for to the palace aud took the Viceroy’s pict- ure, with those of all his court. Ounce admit- ted to court favor he tnade the most of his op- portunities. He bezan toapply hisart to taking likenesses of all the celebrated monuments of ancient Exypt, and Prince Halim, the well- cducated son_of the Viceroy, became greatly interested in bis performances. He got leave for the artist to make researches around the Pyramids by which many curious and beautiful things were brought to hight, and increasine in- timacy with Prince Ualim led to a somewhat sin- gular partnership. The Prince and tie French- mau set upat Luxor a factory, a refinery, and distillery. The smoke of their ehimueys curled round the migznty sphinxes, obelisks, and ven- erable temple: tablishments had amassed millions, thanks to Maunier’s ready wit and perseverinz enerey. fle bad obtained the hersht of bis ambition, and he now proceeded to lay the foundation of his ultimate ruin. In some Jow dancing house in Laire_be met a young Italian woman in the corpsde ballet, whom Le placed at the head of his_establishment. For twenty-two years she reigned queen of his zenana. While he aud this'woman were rolline in wealth and fouri inzas leaders of fashion in the queer, disrepu- table European society ot the Exyptian Capital, poor Theresa Oddo, the rich mai's lawful wite, was working as a dressuraker 1 wretched lode- ings at Marseilles, endeavering to support her children. At last, weary of the torpid existence of the Eust, Muunier resolved to revisit his native country. " In 1565 he em- barked for France with lus money, bis mistross, 2ud his collection of Egyptian antiquities. By this time three of his children were dead. His wife would make no advances to him, but when he landed at Marseilles she sent her daughter to visit him, Tne father turned from his uwn chitd. Ip Paris heledalife of ereat maguifi- cence. His box at the opera was bired by the year, and there he might be often seen in st tendance ou the wonmn (Mme. Bouvafet Galli) ho bad o bewitched him. ‘Three years azo he Jied av Neuilly, having been, 45 he grow chdakcr. utterly isclated trom cvery friend he “:Ef‘::‘ arth by the jealousy and tyranuy of his 'he present suit is brousht by th agaiust Mme. Galll, the mothuy hz‘\"igs?“xil:f: grer ull ber richts to her clild. A year ag Mme. Galli offcred a compromise, statier (oe0 M. Maunier had left only (10,000 rance, gnd oy d the present suit is brought to annul the first arranaement and to ass daugnter’s clai to the whole fortune. Efe‘n?l'f In a few ycars the proprictors of these es- | fng lawyers on both sides are to conduct the case, mzl those who areinteresied in the Gazetle des Tribunauz anticipate that the trial will be a very interesting affair. ; ——— A ROYAL LAWSUIT. B Rome Letter to London Telegraph. The following incident in the Jife of the Jate King of Italy may be of interest to Eunglish readers: The day before his death Victor Em- manuel gained a lawsuit in which he was much interested. His adversary was an Englishman, formerly a clergyman of the Establishment, but resident for thurty years in Rome, and long one of the Papal Chamberlains. He received a title from the Pope, and is now styled Count Campbell Smith d’Heritz. This gentleman purchased from the Ilate Cardinal Riario Sforza a property called the Villa_ Sciarra, and the neighboring villa, called Villa Po. tenziana, was bought bf tor Emwmanuel, shortly after 1570. ~His Majesty also purchased up the Jands of the frish Coflege, aud all the neighboring_ properties whenever the chance offered, and of the entire made a beautiful country estate, adoraed with artificial lakes, splendid roads, and plantations. He also built a maeuificent palace, and furnishea itwith ereat luxury. But hisncighbor, Count d’Heritz, would not be bought out, and, moreover, claimed a right. of way for himself aud servants through thie Royal grounds. In fact, the ancient Via Sa- lara lay through the villa of the Count and that of the King, and along this ancient Roman road the occupiers of the adjoiniug farms bad a right, to pass as far as the bridze over the Anio, called the Ponte Salario. The King made short work of the Count’s right of pussage, for he ordered the road, or what traces remained ot it, to be dug up and planted. When the Count’s servants cntered on the disputed territorv. bis Majesty summoned the Count before the Criminal Court, and had hiin fined for trespass. There was then 4 trial before a legal tribunal, and here also the ng triumphed, and the Count was cast, his Wwitnesses not being even suffered to give evi- depee. The last hearing of the case was just the day before the death of Victor Emmanuel. Within ten days before his death he shot forty thrushes and one woodcock in the plantations in this villa, and shot also an otter, which did not surrender life until it bad received four balls from the Royal gun. Victor Emmanuel was very fond of this villa, although he never slept at it, and used to wateh the progress of the bulidings and improvements with much interest. His daughter-in-law, then Princess Margherita, used to go there frequent~ to spend a few hours in the grounds along with her son, the now Prince Hereditary. The Count d"Heritz hios lodzed an appeal against the late decsion, and will carry the question of the right of way to the highest courts; and, if he eventu- ally succeeds, the privacy of the Koyal vitla will be greatly interfered wivh, and the result may be ‘that the public will ‘be admitted and the grounds thrown open on certain days, as is the Villa Borghese and the Villa Pamphili Doria. This villa on the Via Salaria must not be con- founded with theyother Royal villa on the Via Nomentana, where the Countess Mirafiori lived, and which belonged, it is supposed, to ber. THE FAMINE 1IN CHINA. A Woful Picture of Misery and Suffering. San Francisco Chronicle. A gentleman in Shanghai writes to a friend in this city as follows: The great question which at present agitates the Flowery Kingdom is the famine at the North. For four years past & part of four of China’s nortlern provinces has yielded citber a smal crop, or none at all. Oue year ago the sufferinz was gomething dreadful among these poor people, who were worse off than slaves. At that time about $70,000 was raised by the foreign communities at the open ports and forwarded to disbursing agents, who made good use of the money. This year the famine is still worse. Over a country that embraces a population of some 15,000,000 of people, absolute destitution prevails. People are actually eating cach other, Babies are cut up and sold by the pound. There scems to be no remedy; the Chinese authorities are doing something, but it is only a drop in the bucket. The foreirn community have elected canvassing committees, aud the subscriptions will be up in the thonsands; how much, it is impossible to say. From last year's experience, it is estimated that a life can be saved for about $1.50, so that all that can be done will save only a few out of the millions. In the Central Provinces there is an abundance of rice; this is being shipped to the suffering districts, but it takes a month to h them. It costs nearly three times the price of the rice to carry it to its destination,— no railroads. no canals, noteven a carriage road. Within the past fiftecn years the Chinese Gov~ croment have speut money enough on fortitica~ tions, ships, improved arms, and ammunition to harve built a road from Shaughai to Pekin, with branches leading through the famine districts. The ships are useless; so are the fortifications; they both only serve as an excuse to pay fat salaries to lazy officials. Thearms and ammuni~ re stored away, rusting so as to be worth- and China’s millions are starving. Chinese ials do not want to change the order of things. Why should they? "The merchants and tradesmen desire it, but they have very little to say in the toatter. If [ am rightly informed, with all their Government workshops and arsenals, there has pever Leen an agricultural tool or implement made; wuwns, torpedoes, ships, ete., scem to be their end aud aim. The oflicial class grow richer and richer cach year, aud the Jower classes poorer and poorer. No wonder that such numbers are willing to fo to the Pacific Coast, where in a few years they can carn a life_competence and lie down and die in their own land with the millions taken from the poor laboring classes in our own country. What T of people is it who regard with cool non- chalence their ueighbors devouring their own children? Were you to ask them to explain their strange apatly, they would no doubt give the regrular Chines¢ shake of the head and say, “Me no sabe.” e —— England Wil Roar. New Ferk Graohic. Russta—I want several provinces to square off my territory. EXGLAND—Now, I don’t think that's right. Russia—I'm going to take those Turkish ships. ENGLAND—NoW, you shouldn’t do that. "Tain's rignt. Russia—Let’s sce. But that isn’t near enough. I'waut two, or three, or twenty, or thirty mill- ions of rubles. ExGLAND—By George, you'd better take Turkey and done with it. Russ1a—Don't know but that Ishall. Now, ' pt. ExGLAND—Now, if vou touch Egypt I shan’t like it. Ul roar. I can roar awful. You'd better not make me roar. Russia—0 roar and be——!1 think I'll corkkup he Bosphorus, too. EN6LAND—Now, il you cork up the Bos- phiorus el roar. "T've got 400,000 roariog men. Russta—Yes, I'll put a fort on the Bos- phorus. ENoLAxD—Now, I'm going to commence to Toar right away if you do that. Austria will rour with me, too, won't you, Austriat AvsTRIA—I—1 dunno.” [haven’t roared for arood while. I ot awful sick the last time roared at Germany, Maybe DIl roar. [l sce think about it. ENGLAND—Well, 've a good mind to roar all by myself. Ideclare it's shameful. Why, the man has no more conscicnce than a bear, P M —— A River Intensely Salt. Necada Entérprise. It was long supposed that the brackishness of Salt River, Arizona, was caused by the stream running over a bed of salt somewhere along its course. Its waters are pure and fresh from where it heads in the White Mountains to with- in fifty miles of where it empties into the Gila, Fifty miles from its junction with the Gila there comes into it a stream of water that is Intenscly salt. This streamn vours out of the side of 1 large mountain, and is from twenty to thirty feet deep. It 15 very rapid, and pours into the Sult River a great volume of water. Here could be casily manutactured suflicient salt to supply the world. = All that would be necessary would be to die ditches and lead the brine to basins iu the nearest deserts. The heat of the sun would wake the salt. Were there a ruilroad near the steeam its waters would doubtless soon be turned and ledto immense cvaporatine vonds. It is supoosed thas the interior of the fnountain out of which the stream flows is largely compused of rock sait. ——— A Horse Eaten Alive by Hogs. Runciing (. ¥.) Pioneer. . Horton, a tiu-peddier, last week put’ up for £he night at James Ballard's, Pecksville, in the Towfl of East Fiskkill. Ijs horse, which was somevwhat the worse for old age and hard worlk, was taken to the stable, his manper filled witn provender,a ood bed made for him, 2na then be was left for the night. A number of hogs which had been accustomed to-feed uvon the refuse of a slaughter-bouse close by got access svime means, during the night, to the stable. Findiog the voor naw quietly reposing iu his stall, they, attacked him and commenced £Daw- ing away at bis flesh. The horse was unable to et up, and was-foreed to submit to the térriple ordeal of being eaten alive. The next morning the peddler went to louk for his horse, to find ouly a portion of him there, with but epark of lifeleft. The poor beast was soon afteriyard dispatehed, to relieve him from his misery. FINANCE AND TRADE. Inactivity in Finances—New York Exchange Firm—Clearings ot the Week. The Produce Markets Fairly Activé and Irregnlarly Firmer. A Good Export Demand for Lard, Meat, and Wheat. FINANCIAL. Transactions in fnancial circles were glightly larger in volume than on the two preceding days, bt no more #0 than 1s usual on Saturday. The offeringa of paper for discount are not large enough 10 keep the loanable funds of the banks in nse,and 23 a conscquence their money 18 accumulating, A small snpply of current paper 18 made. and when of good guality ix readily tuken. Merchants man- 8ge to make their payments, bat comolain of sales ond collections. Rates of discount are T@10 per cent at the pan New York exchange was 50@ T3¢ per $1,000 premium. The clearings of the banks were reported as fol- lows for the week by Manager D. R. liale, of the Chicago Clearing-House: gearnos, R Ralances. $ ) BANK CLEARINGS OF TUE PRINCIPAL CITIES. The Public. Of the cighteen citica which report for the week endinz March 9, Milwaukee alone shows a lare increage of transuctions, thongh Indianapolls also avbpears well in comparison with the weekly ex- changes there for the first quarter luetyear. At every other city losses appear, and in ninay cascs the Jossee ure large. Boston, Baltimore, and Cin- cinnati report but little change, und, in view of the decline of prices, sosmuli & decrease in values indicater an iucrente in quantities transferred. Apparently there is algo a slight gain in quantities exchanged at Chicago and Pitisburz. But the de- cline at other points i¢ larger than can be attributed to the change of prices, a3 the following compari- son shows: New York. Chieago. New Orlcans San Francise Baltmore... Plusbarg Providence Indianapolis Cleveland. L$530, 903, 697 $600.758, 708 Outside New York. 162 558 168514, 423 The returns suflice, however, to Indicate a con- sideruble decline in business, 33 far as reports of a single weel's transactions can be accepted us an evidence of changes. It dovs not apnear fis yot that_any enlargement in the volume of trafiic has " resalted from the Silver bill, but 1t is just to say that little change, if any, could have been expecied 80 saon. GOLD AND GIIEB}"‘L\CKS- Gold was 1005 @101% In gretnbacks. Greenbucks were 995@98% cents on the dollar ingold. FORBIGN EXCHANGE. Striy days. Sight. Sterltog.. S 488 Switzerinnd. Germany Holland.. Austria,, Sorwa B, Asked, United States 63 of 51 103 1067 Unfted States 414s 30 United States 43, coupons. 1014 0 United States 2765, Ja. and Jaly. 104 163 Cnited States 1063, JuTly United States 103, 10895 Tinited States 10-40s. BICE 1054 United States new 4 s 1an Chicago Gas-Light & Coke Wesc Divlston 2. 13.7 per cent certf Lincoln Park 7 ber cent bouds. .. *And Interest. BY TELEGRAPI. NEW YORK. To the Western Assoclated Press. New Yorg, March 16.—Gold opened at 10134 and closed at 101%, all sales to-dny having been at thesejignres. Carrying rates 43¢ to 3 per cent. Silver at London unchanged. Tiere, silver bars are 120 in greenbacks and 11814 in gold. Silver coin, 15@1% discount. 3 Governments firm. Tailroad bonds firm. State securities dull, The stock market was irregular in the forenoon and quict in the afternoon. Pacific Mail was the feature of tne market, and under a heavy pressure to sell at times and other influcnces broke from 10%, the opening price, to 164 late in the after- noon. In the final sales of tnis stock, however, there was a recovery of 3; percent. Late in the day there was a lizht stir in Atlantic & Pacific Tel- egraph, which declined from 19t to 18}, and closed at 18%. The market closed lower and steady. Transactions aggregated 103,300 shares, of which 2,300 were Erie, 22,000 Lake Shore, 9,000 Northwestern common, 7,500 . preferred, 5,300 3 t. Paul common, 2,000 preferred, 2,000 La wanna, 27,000 Pacific Mait, 17,000 Western Union, and 1,700 Atlantic & Pacide Telegraph. Mcney market easy and in zood demand, 414@5 per cent; prime_mercantile paper 413@6 per cent. Customs receints, $324,000. The Aseistant Treasnrer aisbursed $1,487,000. Clearings, $20, - 000,000. Sterling strong; long, 4853 ; short, 4873, *New York weekly bank statement s as follo Lorns, decrense, $3,341.900; specie, increase, $3,499,000: legal-tenders, decrease, $820,7005 deposits, deerease, $70,500; circulution, increase, , 6003 reserve, increase, '32, 177, 000, The banks now hold $16,00%,920 in excess of their lezal requirements. Coupons. '81. Coupons, 'G5, new. Coupons. '67.. % *68. ¥.Union Tel. Quicksfiver ulckstiver 2 44¥ Chileago & Alto 1043, Chicago & Alton Ulll{gd Lates EX . ) -« 104 Ohlo & Mississip, 53 D, L. & P Michigan Sentrai Panama... 30 (C.L B, & Q.. Unlon_Paefic. 1% Hannibal &&¢." o, 14 Lake Shore, 34 Ceutral Paciic bonds. 105 Tiitnots Cent; 743! Union Pacific honds. .. 014 Cleve. & P. 1053 Northwestern’ L. 95 Northwestern pfd Tennessce g, old. Tennessce 63, new. Virzinia Gs. old.. STATE 1tONDS. 33 | Virginia, ne: i [Missourl, 65 FOREIGN. Loxpos, March 16.—Evening—Consols, moncy and account, 95 3-16, : United States bonds—'65s, 103%{; '67s, 107%; 10-40s, 1053 ; new 3s, 1 Erie, 1051 preferred, Paris, March 16.—Renf COMMERCIAL. 110f 15c.. The following were the latest auotations for March delivery on the leading articles for two duys past: hGS gege e . 438 # The following were tae receipts and shipments of the leading articles of produce in this city dur- ing the twenty-four hours ending at 7 o'clock on Saturday morning, ond for the corresponding time twelve months ago: Receipts. Nhipme nis. I 1577, , 1878, 1877, Flour, orls.. 6,101 12,464 4,202 Wheat, b 7.1’1"1 ) 33,584 bu.. Grassseed. 3. Flax sced, 2. 8. comemiy, . Meats, Teer'ta Beet! b Woal, Fotatoes. bu. Cou. tons. 3,075 Hay, tons. 0 187, Luuioer, 145 261718, Shingles, m. . 179| Sale. bris, 4801 1,0581 Withdrawn from store during Friday for city consumption: 2,18 bu corn, 744 bu oats, 2,566 bu barley, The following gratn was inspected into store in this city Saturday morning: "1 car No. 2 red winter wheat, 1 car No, 3 do, 6 cars No. 'L 'hard wheat. 3 cars No. 2 do, 1 car No. 1 soft spring, 27 cars No. 2 do, 7 cars No. 3 do,.1 car rejected do, 1 car no grade (48 wheat); 8 cars high-mixed corn, 82 cars new do, 59 cars new mixed, 22 cars No. 2 corn, 70 cars rejected, 6 cars no grade (197 corn); 1 car No. Loats, 17 cars No. 2 white, 6 cars No. 2 mixed, 3 cars rejected (27 oats); 18 cars No. 2 rye; 4 cars No. 1 barley, 0 cars No. 2 do, 2 cars extra No. 3 do, 2 cars feed (14 barley). Total, 304 cars, or 124,000 bu. Inspected out: 7,650 bu wheat, 3,577 bu corn, 72:4bn oats, 385 bu rye, 7,477 bu bartey. ng were the receipts and shipments of breadstuffs and live stock at this point during the past week, and for the corresponding weeks ending as dated: Sfarch 16, farch 9, Harch 17. = o 1878, 77, P Recernts— 78, Flour, birls, Wheat, bu. Rye, bu, Tariey, bu. Dressed hogs, Live hogs, N Cattle. N Shipmient Flour, bris, Wheat, bu. Corn, bu. Oats, by nz were the exports from New Yorl for the wecks ending as dated: Mareh 16, Marcl. 9, March 17, 1378, 1878~ 1R7T. Flour, bris, 2T50 36,070 00 Wheat, bu.. 503140 875 Corn, bu.. 300,000 417, 5 Some of the groin warchousemen have simii- fied their intention to ~welgh the grain in their bonses for the purpose of compuring with the record of reccipts and shipments. It fsex- pected that all will embrace the opportanity af- forded by light stocks, and not much to do pend- ing the opening of the senson of navigation. Operatots in zrain faturee will do well toremem- ber that, in consequence of the recent change in storage rates, it will he necessary in ideliveries made on April 1G to subtract from the price of winter erain 3%c fnstead of 21ze, as heretofore, to make it regular on summer storage rates. The leading prodnce markets were uneettled Saturday. and somewhat frregular, thongh within not very wide limits. Wheat und oats were firmer, corn dull for future, but in good demand for the Jower zrades, and provisions turned downward. The British markets were quoted a shade dearer on breadstuffs, and New York quotations im- proved uuder a decline of about %d in ocean freights. Jobbers of dry goodls report a_steady and entis- factory increase in the demand. Buyers are in liberal attendance, and the volume of business ac- complished throngh mail orders fsalso of presty large proportions for the time of year. The market maintuins a firm and steady tone. Groce- ries were reasonably active, and for most articles in the list there was n steady feclinz., Coffecs and teas were unsettled and weak, the former _declining a %c. Sugars remain firm. There were no important changes in the dried-frait market. Most lines were meeting with a liberal inquiry, and the general tenor of prices was firmer. Fish were active, with prices steady and unchanged. Toe butter and cheese markets remain in an unsettled state. There i3 u good deal of pressure to seil, and prices show a zradual shading off. Ouls were in fair re- questaud ruled steady. Paints were in good de- mand at full prices. No changes were noted in the leuther, tobacco, bazging, coal, and wood markets. Lumber was fairly active and firm. The market is zaining strength in consequence of the shortage In the loz-supply, which, according to late re- Dorts, is likely to be even larger than any one first expected it would be. Dealers Took for higher but not extravagant prices for lumber the coming sea- son. The market Is not likely to change much before the fate of the epring drives is known. The stock at the yards is decreasing, but not g0 fast as dealers hoped it would, trade hasing been retarded by the wet weather aga bad roads. The demand for timothy eced waa brisk Saturday, and better prices were paid for nearly all grades. Clo- verand the late sceds were firm, and flax closed weak, the demand being light. The inquiry for timothy hay was good, and bigher vrices were paid for choice offerings. Hides, wool,. broom-corn, salt, and potatoes were nnchanged, Rail frelghts were quiet and pominally steady at the late ad- vance, the following belng the tarif on fourth- class: To New York, 30c per 100 lvs; to Doston, 5c; Philadelpbia, 28c; Baltimore, 27c. IN NEW YORK SATURDAY. March 16.—Receipts—Flour, 12,375 brls; wheat, 188,612 bu; corn, 77,082 bu; oats, 22,562 bu; corn-meal, 321 pkgs; rye, 12,996 bu; barler, 13, 200 bu: malt, 5,814 bu; pork, 884 pkzs; .beef, 952 pkgs; cut meats, S70,pkgs; lard, 4,067 pkgs; v, 804 brls. i Exports—Twenty-four hours—Flonr, 20,000 brls; wheat, 243,000 bu; corn, 11,000 bu; oats, 14,000 bu; rye, 49,000 bu; barley, §3,000 bu. “The stock of lard in New York is reported at 105,000 tes, against 97,009 tcs on the 1st inst.,and 48,749 tes Aoril 1, 1877. LARD ON THE CONTINENT. A correspondent of the Cincinnati Price Current gives the following as the stocks of lard in transit ma on the Continent on March 10, 1878: Stock atloat, tes......15,000 | Stock at Antwerp.. 9.000 ¢ 0,00) | Stuck at Havre.... 20,000 13.000 | Stock at Marsefiics. 5,000 13,000 Stock at Rotterdam. 7.000| Totak.. c..... WHEAT INSPECTED. The following table exhibits the number of cars of each grade of wheat inspected into store in this city during the ficst sisteen daysof March fn the 106,000 past four years: ¥ 1878, 1T 18%6. 1875 No. hard. Eil 5 da 7 60 62 250 & 145 14 29 1098 .6 STOCRS OF PROYISIONS IN CHICAGO. The following table exhibits the approximate stocks of provisions on hand in Chicazo on the dates named, partially reported to the Secrefary of the Board of Trade, and partially based on the packing of hogs and the movement of provisions: ‘L8 ‘0 woangg ‘08t ' ydavgr PACRING AT MILWAUKEE. W. J. Langson, Esq., Sccreiary of the Board of Trade, reports the following as the packing at Milwaukee: No. hoss. 5 Average net weight. i Average yleld of lard, Ibs. LUMBER STOCKS. The Secretary of the Lumbermen's Exchange gives the following statement of the etock of fum- ber. etc., on hand in this city on March 1, 1878, with comparisons. The number'of yardsat pres- ent is 88: . Lumber, L. Shingles, No.. Lath, p 22, AF posts. Bes. Flokad & 00 HHLG0 | 1,576 400 The stock of lumber is 43,761,430 ft larger than on the 1st of March, 1876. GOODS RECEIVED at Chicago Customs, March 16, 1878: Field, Leiter & Co., 15 cases dry zoods; Giles Brothers & Co., 3 caees clocks; Amanda Rosenloss, 1 case gloves; Carson, Pirie, Scott & Co., 8 cases dry goods; John W. Wills, 1 case traflles, 1 case gela- tine: Dr. E. D. Kitloe, 3 cases private effects; order First National Bank, 5 cases dry zoods. Collections, $%,682. PROVISIONS. HUG PRODUCTS—Were more active, and averaged higher, though the atrength In pork and lard was not sustalned to the close. Hogs were quoted firmer, and other markets were steadler, which fact brought out ‘more orders for lard and meats for export. The out- ward movement contioues Jarze. The following table exhibits the detafled shipments of provisfons for the week ending March 14, and since Nov. 1, 1877, as compared with the corresponding time last season: e wceer ending_ Since ¥ Haren L, 730 2 Sapr: ces. Hams, other Sides, brls . Stdes, tes Sides, boxes. Sldes, nteces. Shoniders, bris. Shoulders, tus.... Shoulders, hoxe: Shouiders. plece as [ -5 117.401,896 T, 697, 105 9,107,557 - 21 51 974,270 47,406,800 Mess Pors—Waa moderately active, and sdvanced 5¢ per brl early, but fell back about 15¢, and closed T%c. Delow the latest prices of Friday. Sales were renorted 0f 1,500 brls spot at $9.5069.5234: 6, 250 brls selier April at £9.5029. G, 750 briy sel Mav at €9. 49.80; and 1,500 bris selier June at £9.90%9.90. Total, 26,000 DFIS. Also 100 brls clear pork at $10.50. The market closid steady at $9.5069.55 fr SDOL; $0. 5048, 5214 seli- er Mareli: $9.5254G0.55 selier April; Sv.67}469. 70 sell- erMay. Pritng mess was_quoted at §9.2569.56; and extra Prime at $7.62k@: LiARD—Wis In falr demand early. but fell off later to C pier 100 [bs helow the latest prices of Fridav. ard sed ot declinsof s Saies were revarced o 2.0 Aprli au 1,500 tes seller May at S7. QEl.n 14 er June at S7.27%4@7. 30, Fotal, 19 et closed tame at $7.20@7. 2206 7.2%07. 22 seller ADril; a0 $7.35@ seller May. MeaTs—Wese fn much better demand on export ac- count, and prices were somewhat trmer In conse- quence, thouglt uo gencral advance was made (n quota- tions. "There ‘was less dofnz In local futures. - Sales were reported of 41 boxes long cl doat Alic: 50 boxes sort cle e Doses Jonxzand short clears, partly at $5.10is3. 15, buxea Stretfords at S¥Hc: 50 hoxes Staffurdshires at 5k Losce do nt 5¥c: 40 boxes -long rib mideles on pr! YATe Cerms: 500.000 1bs ehors ribs &L $5.00 spot, and $5.056253.07% seller May: 200 boxes do on private terms; 10, tey bacon hains at 53¢, and 100 boxes long cut bams At 7urtic. The follow(ng {able shows the closlag prices per 100 104 on the principal cuts of meats: - Short L.andsn. short clears. cire 5. 2w 750 tes xell ribs, T.oose. part cured..: Boxed... April, Boxed, May, bosed =3 Loz clears’ quoted at § Cumburlands, 5k@54%e hoxed: Jong cut hams, 74@7%c boxed ed hams, GH{@3'ic for 16jand 15 [b ains, 5HG53c for same averajzes: green 3(@ne for choulders, SY@Ge for Y for shore clears, SG94c Zor bams, all canvased and packed. GRExsE—Was qulet and 44@7e. BEEF PRODUCTS—Were steady and qufet at §9.00 @10.00 for mess: S10.0XG11.00 for €xtra Messs sud £15.00@16.00 for hams, TALLOW—Was auoted at 74374 for elty, and T&THe for country. 5 5 Toose. and $5.00 hoey BREADSTUFFS. FLOUR—Was dull and unchanged. The *=ading was chiedy focal. shippers not befnz disposed to take hold. while the firmer feellng In wheat wasnot favorable to adecline In flour. Sales were reported of 925 bris spring extrasat $4.50@7.49. The market closed ag the foi- lowing as the nominal range of prices: Cholce to fa- vorite brands of winters, S6.50@6.75; good to prime brands of winters. $5.505.00: chofce to fnespring, falr to good spring. $4.50@3.00° low spring, : falr to good Mlnnesota springs, §: i cholce to faucy Minuesota springs, $6.0046.25 tent springs, S$6.5068.00: low grade, S2.303.50; Tye, $3.0042.25: buckwhieat, $2.00R2.50, Brax—Was active and azaln casier. Sales aggre- gated about 120 tons, at $13.00 per ton on track, ana free on board cars. MitpLiNGs—Sale was made of 10 tons at SI4.00 per ton frec on board cars. ConN-MEaL—Sale was madelof 10 tons hot at $10.00 porion on trick. Sound, conrse meal was quoted at 1550 per ton. TEAT— (Vs frrezularly actfvo snd stronger. The market advauced 3:c per bu. but reacted, and closed a shade below the tatest prices of Friday, Liverpool and New York were drmer. and consols were quoted lower. with an advance In the guold premium here, while our receipts were vers emali, and buyers wers numerous {n comparlson with the ear-lots offered for sale. The news about the political situation in the old world seemed to be mnore warlike in its tone, and o zood many operators scemed to regard more Waras "F"h‘i" probable. Hence there was a disincitnation to sell short, and a liitle more disposition to buy, till towards noon, “when the absence of conirma- tory ‘‘tlssues™ enabied the bears to gather con- fidénce, " and_ weakness prevafied. - Seller April opened at $1.07@1.07%, declined to 1,083, (m- ruved to S$1.U7k6, and receded to £1.063 at the close. LCitur Sy Taned At S1.07 a6 1. T3 Clovnse A 210004 Seller the montlt, or rezular No. 2 gurlng, was quoted Syekic over April. clusing ot S1.O7%5. Gilt-edged ro- celpts of do closed at I Oie: and Vo, 3 do at $1.02. Epot sales were reported of 400 bu No. 1 spri $1.09: 10,400 bu No. 2 3pring at $1-03G;1. 0N . 3'do at $1.02: S0 bu refected at &3¢: and =000 bu by sample at 8c@SLL.05. Total, 15,000 bu. HTAED WitkaT—\as aufet and firm. Sales were 800 bu No. 2 Miunesota at S1.09G1.001%, and 2,000 bn by sompl» 2t S 11X 1L 18. Total 2 800 hu. cons iar, without mdch chanze In rices. ‘dull, whtle spot curn wastn good request for shipment. Liverpool and New York were aquoted firm, and the market sympathized with wheat W sowme extent, {n reference to the possbilities of com- pleatlons In Eurape, but_buyers for future wers not Rumerous enougt to Five much strenzth, and the early advance of abont 3{c was subsequently lost. Sample 10ts were strouyer, under a better demiund f_propar- tion ta the suppiv.” Mixed corn ranzed at 40@41bio, rejected at 37@292, and 0o grade at $4a3ce, All fre¢ un board cars. ~Seller May opened at 33c, deciined 1o 4295, aud closed at 423f. Seller June old at 41346 41igc, seller July at 424G 42}4c, and Aprilat @42ines the latter clodng at 323(c. ur regus Iar No. 2, was quoted at 423{cc: sing with gile Ceipis a Spot_sales were reported of 000 bu No.2 and hizh mixed at 43 :400 bu new ez §14) b new mixed 8O bu re- jic. all n stores 1.700 bu e: 39G40c on 300 bu shelled, by'sample, at 34 4i¢ on truck: and 54,000 bu do at 35bGeitisc free on board cars. To- tal, 105,000, bu. GAT—Werd n better bemand and fitmer. The re- ceints were sinall. and fample_oats sdvanced under 5 sharp demnnd from shippers aud local retatlers. The decrease fn stock and the scarcity of graded oats prompied some of the shorts w take hold, and futures aivageed carly under meagre offeringa, Seller May s0ld at¥7ic and cloved ac 27léc. Seller April sold frst at 25, and closed ot 245G Seller March or reg- uirr were nominal at e, and fresit No. 2 At 25 agc. Samples wereactive st 26 Cash rales were ported of 6,000 bu No. 21t 26uiic on frack and 21,600 b do at 276 e free o board. Total, 32,600 . 5 - . SYE—Wa3 quict and steady. Car-lots were in fafr local request. The recelpts were larzer, but the oder- ings on the market were light, sold at 55c. March was salable at 54c, and April at Sildc. (uah #al Tuded 860 b N € 55C2 900 but by Sample a1 S0g3utscon track: and 40 bu Tree on bard. Toial 2,100 bu. BARLEY—Was quiet and firmer under a lttie better Inaniry, with small offerlugs. ‘The apnarent decrease of thie atuck In store, and the lshi recelpts aleo, caused Srmiess, and sent some of the3horts into the market. Selier Anrfl and March 801 at 46¢, and May was called forat i9¢, withsellers wanting more. No. 2 waa in re- quest for Shipment at 48¢ for Fegular and 48 fur fresh. Extrs 3 soid 8t The low grades were dull and weak at 2 There Was some demand for ship- gures than sellers were ready to low. Cash sales were reported 3 400 bu do free of storage at at Blc: 1,690 ba No. 3 and (@see on track; w - 503 xtra No. Teed at 32i4c; 4,000 bu by sample at and 400 bu at 50 frec on board. To BY TELEGRAPH. = FOREIGN CITIES. LisrrrooL, March 16—11a. m.—FLoUR—No0. 1, 263; 0. 2,245, Graly—Wheat—Winter. . 1, 113 48; No. 2,108 1045 spring, No. 1, 163 64; No. 2, 95 6d: white, No. 1, 113 81; No. 2, 11s; club, No. 1, 12y 3d; No. 2, 115 6d. Corn—New. No. 1. 2633d: No. 2, 238 9d; old No. 1, 24s; No. 2 274 6d. PPovIsIONs—Pork, 515. Lard. 37s 6d. LIvERPOOL, March 10.—CoTroN—Easfer, but not quotably lower: 6 1-1636 5-164; sales 6,000 balcs Amerfcan, 4,000, BrEADSTUFFS—Callfornia white wheat, 1182115 80; do club, 113 64@12s 3d: No. 2 to No. 1 red Western spri cr, 105 6d. Flour—West: e i G cstern mixed, 773 6A@283 new do, 26330, Oats—American, 34 Barley— Amercan, 3 T GLovER SEED—American, 40@12s, Provisions—Mess pork. 515, Prime mess beef, 823, Lard—American,37s 5d. Bacon—Loog clear, #7s; short do, 284. TALLOW—Fine American, 305 9d. PETROLECM-Spirits, 73 41 refined, 1004 s T Cireese—Fine Amerlcan, 63 i n{;c"]inox‘ March 10.—CaLocTTa Lr¥srxp—ios 6d@ 1INS2ED OfL—2reaass 3. SpiRITS OF TURPEY 245 AsTwerp, March 16.—PETROLEUN—273 6. Livenroor, sfarch 15.~Prime mess pork—Fastern, 5933 Western, “51s. Racon—Camberiands, whort, Tibs, 20s6d; Jong clear. short clear, 283: shuul- ders, 203 hams, 394, Lard. 373 6d. Prime mess 25; {ndia uicss beef. 92+: extra India me. 30 Cheeee. Gsa. Tallot, 305 > Loxpoy, March 18.~Liverpool—Wheat and corn ne—Carioes off coust—Wheat a shade lcarer; fair average No. 2 spring, 47s Gdui8s. Corna shade dearer; falr average American mixed. 26a fd, Cargoes on passaze~Wheat firmer: corn a shade dear- er. “Fair aversge quallty of No.2 Chicago spring wheat Tor shipment during the present and Tollowiag tmonth, NEW YORK. " Nzw Yox. March 16.—CoTToN—Qulct at 1015-162 111:16¢; futures barcly steady; March, 10.89¢c; Aprl), 10.89¢; May. 10.96@10.67¢: June, 11.06%11.07c: July, 11.14@11.15¢; Aucust, 11.19@11.20c; September, 11.01 @11.0%: October, 10,80G10.. November, 10.708 10.71c: December, 10.71@10.32%c.. Frovr—Stronger and In falr demand for export for medium and low grades; local trade Lights recelpts, yiLhe Tollowlng: were recetved by the Chicao Board of i T 12,000 brls: No. 2, $3.00@3.80; super State an ©rD. $4.3564.50: common to good extra, :wtgfl‘; £00dto choice, 35.20@s. 6507 fancy, S0, 907 T4; Tole Shest extra S3e0 o $4. St Louls, $4.9 & i A 5% $6.4028.25. Rye tlotr uneanvea D ens Proces CoRN-3TEAL—Steady: Westeru, $2.50@2 GRAIN—Wheat lngwfld:mnnd?ar estu checkad’ fomewhatby the frmness of holders: revelyss, Cacisd. bu: refected spring, S1.C3: ungruded do ot a5t 0 aprl 1, No.'3 spring, $1.50; e, £ago spring, §1. 323 I Western winter, § oAk Shxat. 130 el do, S1.42@1.43; thwestern, March, 31 .39 "Rye qaist, but & o qulet, bt ateudy. Corn ey nr‘i*:,‘.‘.’,":ni"nmfiq-“"“ State, 3 s o : T e e e TR S =i g:or;uncn’g;;ei“ e, RIES~Snzar firm: fair to THes prime. THc: refned steady, Sien Ton 2 Saadige, Sloiassen it o aand 44 Kice qutet and {:‘:xen'f;"?f - wiih moderate demaad ATkt dutl: erade, s refned, 13ge; TALLOW-Steady and unchanged, * STRAINED ResrN—Steady and’ unchanged. §FmiTs or TorreTicy Soige: 5—Heavy; cl ulue.L\Vesteru. leye. L—Domest] ce, 5¢; ‘washed, 10@25c. S hpied, 15640c; v Western lone"ciear miggier aattvteg i westem 4 active'aad Dull and wnchangey 7 4 5746748 Locn—Qulet and unchimes s elrmer ot i 7 rALs—Manufactured capper pachansed, Ingot fake quict b siea g st 58 it 5ed. Rusala sheetlng, 105is110 1k 2 NarLs—Flrm and unchanged., - MARINE NEWS. SAILMAKERS ON STRIKE. The eailmakers have been enjoying & lrtle stefke for a ahort time past, and bave succeeded 1nbring- ing the employers to terms, The former are fewr in namber, —at least good workmen are, ~and bosses wanted tnem to Accept $2.95 per day this season, bat the jonrneymen refused to do so, ang would not commence work unless they got Inst year's pay, —52.50 per day. A lockont ensaed, vag 3 few {nferior hands were employed, wao mane such a serfons botch of the work that the bosses were compelled to send most of them away, ang call in the better clasa of workmen. Dot ths jag- ter wonld not work with any of the so-calied s, and etil stand out (o compel the ems- ployers to discharze the few they har scem likely toain their point, T ot e above alieged facts are from the ’ side of the case, and the bosses muey;u;ehgz:r; from. The emblosers aro Seranton. Dunbam & ! nney Bros., Olesen ey Fodter & Son, §s 402 Gooraers £0d refintog, 73 PROVISIONS—_Afexs Market dull porkrm at 510.1 TOE SAILORS’ ULTIMATUM, About fifty sailors held a meeting last eveninz at 7 o'clock in Wheaton's shipping office, Ni Sonth Water street, for the purpose of discassing wages, and appolnting & committee to confer with the lumber vesscl-owners on the matter of ehippinz by the month, instead of by the day, as proposed by the latter under the new arrangement for unloading vessels in this port. George Me.. Moran was called to the chair. A motion devel~ oped the fact at once that those present were upani. mouslf opposed to hiring by the month, and 3 gommittce. consistingiof A. Smith, William Clark, William Disber, Charles Green, and Charles Miller, was appointed 10 mect the_ vessel-owners Wednesday afternoon, and give them to uader- stand that the enilors represented by them woald not engage by the month, :and wonld ot #hip for Tess than S1.30 per day. The meeting then adjourned, to convene again Wedneaday aflternocn at + o'clock, when the Com- mittee iy expected to report. BUFFALO. Special Dispatek to The Tridune. Borrazo, N. Y.. March 16.—The first clearance of the season from this vort wasmade to-day. The echr Young America, Cant. Jens Laundsen, bound for Malden, got under way shortly after7 o'clock this morhing, She was towed ont by tne tng Mary E. Pierce, Capt. John Johnson in command. Capt. Johnson had the honor of towing the first eail vessel omt of this port last season. Tha aversion to leavinz port ou Friday, it Is stated, prevented the vessel from salling last evening, 85 Was at first contemplated. TUROUGH THE STRAITS. Special Dispatch to Ths Tribune, Mackrsaw Crry, Mich., March 16.—Firststesm- Boat throngh the Straits at 8:30 p. m., bound up. Cali; no ice. SAULT STE. MARIE CANAL, DetRorT, Mich, , March 16.—3 telegram recelved this morning from Sault Stc. Marie states that the canal will be opened April 1. NAVIGATION NOTES. The echr Sea Gem arrived yesterday with o cargo of ice....The tug W. L. Ewing went into commis- sion yesterday. She is one of the V. O. T.'s—the first of that conspicnous line....The bark Great West will leave soon for Buffalo.....The schr My- osotis will probably arrive to-day witha cargo of ice....The tug Edwards zoes into service to-mor- row....The schr Sardinia recelved her ontft and left for Pentwater last evening.....The schr Al brieht was 1o have sailed away List night....Senr Exoress is in Eyster's dry-dock for calking. Sne goes to Monistique 23 soon as the workmen are done with her. .Several craft loaded with ice ar- rived here yesterday....Now it is said that Cap.. Ren Eyster tus not launched the Brand new river steamer, P S A Military Saperstition. The military superstition that it is dangerous to _chauge tbe color of a horse duriug a cam- Ealzn has been illustrated by Gen. Skobeleff. ¢ does not like a aray horse, but he happened to ride one in the first battle, and soon came to Lelieve that he could never be killed on a harse of that color. A correspondent of a Sedalia paper, who served under Shelby during -the American Civil War, states that that officer had 2 similar suverstition. His color was sorrel, and he firmly believed that he would never be killed while mounted on a horse of that hue. He was wounded three times, but never while ridinga sorrel horse. He had twenty-four horses killed under him during the various engngements in which he was not wounded, and in every in- stance the horse that went down under him was a sorrel. Once a ball struck the brim ot his large felt hatand scratched his forehead, and he fell heavily from the saddle; but he was on his feet in an fnstant, shouting to his men, ‘1 cannot ba killed to-day, for 1 am on a sorrel horse.” —————— A Fable—Tho Hen and the Codfish, SNew York_Worle, A Hen, having Inid an Eze, was informing the Universe of the Fact, when a_prolitic Codfish rebuked her for her unseemly Egwotism. “!"n’ Eaid the Inhabitant of the Vasty Deep, “lay my lifetime 763,535,027,380 Eges, which, if they came to Maturity and were mvested at_com= pound Interest, would in less thao four Years cover the habitable surface of the Earth toa depth of six Metres with Codfish, and in Five convert the Globe itsell into one Fisa-ball, with which it would be impossible to give Bread.” “ Well, why don’t they, then?” said the Hen; *but’of course you know nothing about the Struggle for Existence and Checks upon Popu- lation, so, my good Sole,—I mean Cod,—you must excuse me if 1 dechne to enter into Argu- ment with a Vazue Theorist.” Moral: (There is no Moral to the Foregoing. In Boston it would be called a_Symposium be- tween the Rev. F. J. Cook and Mr. Emerson.) —— Decline of Australian Gold-Minlng. etpourne Leader. R The change that has come over the mining ndustry during the past year of 1877 is remark- able. The dividends declared for the twelve months show a falling off of no_less toan £275,000 as corapared with those of 1876. There .18 a reverse, however, to thisdark picture. This year in round numbers the increased yield of our wheat-fields Las enabled us to send I% some 10,000 tons of breadstufls, valued at £12 per ton. This represents no less than £2%0,000 while, aain, if we add the value of the wheat and flour imported in 1876, we bring ap the to- tal to somethiny over 4215,000, an amount Which will go a long way to compensate for the 10ss of our told yield. ——— Reviving the Slave Auction Block Hickman (Ky.) Courter. 7 The novel spectacle of sclling a negro to the hizhest bidder was witnessed on the streets Hickman on Saturday last. Mr. James Barks dale was the auctioncer, and, as the uegro mad, stooa on the block, and the auctioncer’s volce rose and feil, crying the bids, it revived rem- iniscences of oldand bygone days. The col- ored people crowded around in anxious eX- pectancy, and, strange Lo say, every one secm! to approve the sale. The nexro sold was ong John Cooper, who had heen previously tried an convicted as a vagrant, and the verdict of tbo jury was that he should be sold into servitude Tor'six montus, as the law provides and directs. ————— | Napkin-Folding Extraordinary. The latest featurcin competition is thatof “ folding napkios.” A colored man Dan Albert Jackson, who_has been exercised at the Saratoza hotels, and, duriog the winter com= pleted his training in New York, has :mnonna:} his perfection in “the art of * napkin-folding,”. and, inorder to demonstrate his superiority over all others, he offers to meet aoy other, *“ napkin-folder 7 at Saratora fn Junc or July next and contend with him for the champion- ship, the most rt_in style, design, sod rapidity to be awarded the honors. TESCELLANED USe oapltal e e write for Book 13d particuina.