Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, March 23, 1879, Page 6

seeenatind . Gecreased $5,355 since Jan. The figures are as THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY, MARCH 23,:1879-SIXTEEN PAGES FINANCE AND TRADE. Government Bonds Weakening: Foreign Exchange Market. The Currency Movement---Stocks Dull and Depressed. 4 The Produce Markets Less Active—Pro- Chicago South Park 7a Chicago Weet Park Chicago Treasary Warts ar Co City Railway (South Side) . City Railway (West Side)... 2-2 City Railway (West Side) 7 per cent. 108 City Railway ( #103 County 7s County (short) 7 certificate: “And interest. COIN QUOTATIONS. The foliowing are the Chicago quotations for He coins: visions Tame, but Steady— Trades. oo gen i Xi fi 2 Lard Easier, Sovereigns 4.80 Napoleons .... 3.80 __ | Tssenty marke... 3 270 Wheat and Barley Lower---Xot aah) Coates in Be anes (paper). apes 8 Srain---Moyt E ke russian thalers : 5, Other Grain---Movement of the Weel Holland guelders 7 38%@ 39 — renee (Swediah), tev sneee 25 @ 25K TAN lexican ant jouth American FINANCIAL. doubloons «.. 15.50 Spanish doutloont. 15.60 Government bonds were weaker. The ten- @ency of prices is downward. Larze subscrip- tions have virtuaily ceased, and there is some- thing like a flutter in New York over the discov- ery thut the subscription business bas been over- BY TELEGRAPH. NEW YORE. To the Western Assoctated Press. New Yors, March 22.—Gorernments quiet done, and that the bankshave taken more 4 per { and weak. cents than the public will absorb. Several of the banks that made these speculative subscrip- tions, and left in the Treasury the bonds they subs-ribed for, are now informed by Secretary Sherman that they must take the bonds | wi und pay for them, or must margin them down to 95 by putting up cash or addi- tional security. It is this state of affsire that is the real cause of uneasiness about the April settlements: Secretary Suerman has it in his power to diminish the strain of the settlements by érdering them to be made at the Sub-Treas- ury, and if that does not prove sufficient he can extend the time for ticse adjustments or allow the banks to pay into the Sub-Treasury. either legal-tenders, gold, or past aue called bonds, as they may clect, But he cannot do much that will help the speculative subscribers in the present condition of the market to seli ‘their load of 4 per cents. Gold is reported by the brokers to bea com- modity for which there is no demand. The nomins] quotation is a premium of of 1 per cent. The singular result of resumption of specie-payments bas been to drive gold out of use. Less than 5 percent of all customs dues are now paid in gold or gold certificates. Eighty-four per cent of the dutics are paid in Jegal-tender notes. The use of coin has steadi- away Foreign exchange was wesk and the local sup- ply of bills light. Shipments of Board of Trade stuff are being made more freely than for some time past, but a part of them are on New York account and will not affect the local exchange market. In Chicago sterling grain bills were 4833¢ and French bills weak at 523}¢. The act- ual Chicago rates for sterling were 486 and 48534. In New York the sctual rates were 48$-and 48814. The posted rates for éterling were 487 and 4894. French bankers? bills were 5173¢ and 515. Consols were 96 15-16. The Chicago banks report a moderate demand for discounts, with rates ranging from 6@10 per cent, 2 light currency movement, with the bal- ance in favorof the country,s good Westera demand for remittances to New York, and an adequate supply of New York exchange from Jocal sbippers. The clearings of the Chicago banks for the } Virginia Us, old. week are reported as follows by Manager D. it. Hale, of the Chicago Clearing-House: limits. Railroad securities inactive. State bonds dull. Stock speculation to-day very quiet. Trans- actions comparatively light, aud fluctuations, ith few exceptions, confined within narrow The fiual dealings were extremely dull and void of animation, Transactions ageregated 105.000 shares, of which 10,000 were Erie, 10,000 Lake Shore, 6,400 beld with unabated firmuess. butter and cheese was fair and former quota- tions were very generally adhered to. wheat: One operator is shipping 25,000 bu on an order, and another is shipping 90,000 ba. There is reason to thick that the movement at al5cfreight rate is greater than here indi- cated. .The 15,504 bu reported above is only a part of atotal which may exceed 150,000 bu. A great part of the wheat was borrowed as spot to be returned in April. The shippers bought April and sold May against it. ‘The leading produce markets were rather tame Saturday. Provisions were unusually steady, the fluctuations in price being small, but they were also unusually quiet. Wheat was again lower, but with a rather free filling of shorts at the decline. Corn and oats were easier, barley weak, and rye unchanged. weather was again disagreeable, and threaten- ing more storm, but was not cold. : ‘There were no changes in the dry-goods wiar- kez that were of sufficient importance to require special mention. Trade continues satisfactory and the market maintains a firm and healthy tone. Cotton textiles display positive strength. The demand for staple and fancy. groceries equals the expectations of the most sancuine. ‘Trade bas rarely been so good at this stege of the season, and with every indication of con- tinued activity the feeling among jobbers is cheerful. Prices of most lines are tirm. Cof- fees have crept up }{@}c during the week. White sugars have declined 3gc. In the dried- fruit market nothing specially new was devel- |. oped. Trade was gencrally reported good, with most lines firmly held, apples and peaches being specially strong. Fish were less active, put were The demand for No while May only declined tgc, und closed The | 3° Tather weak, thoagh the decline was not severe, The market for next mouth declined ic, and closed tic below the latest quotation of Iriday, higher, the difference between the two widenin 2 approacn of the time for making April deliveries, ‘The British markets were New York dull and rather weak, while our receipts were about the enme in volume as those of the previous day. but with larger shipments, and the weather was damp, but not cold. The trading seemed to be chietly jocal, except that one or two Operators filled in short wheat on outside uc- count when their limits were reached, The local feeling was decidedly bearish, but a further decline was stopped by the pur- chages above referred to, und, as they were for May deiivery, the result was the widening of difference already noted. Gilt-edged pesipts Were in fair request, and lower, in sympathy with futures, closing at S0}¢.for No. 2 and Sile for No, Regular No. 2 closed at 88%c. Seller April opened at 804@.803;¢, gold at SUic, declined to $S2ic, and advanced 'to 89izc at the Close. Seller May sold at 9» te, closing at DIUGIS%C. was pearly nominal at S8X@ Spot ewles were reported , O00 DUNO. 2 at 90H (OOHC; S,000 bu No. 3 for regular and 80c for fresh receipts; 100 bu rejected at G6izq07¢; and 17,600 bu at WO'@s6c, ° Total, 48,400 bu. Mixep WieaT—Sales were 400 bu No. 2 at 90¢ free on board cars: 800 bu No, 3 at S8c on track; and 400 bu do at 91¢ do. Ww Wueav—Was more Sales were 2.0C0 bu No. 2 red, first storage, $1 5, 0CO ba do, on de storage, at 9U¥c; and ¥,400 ‘bu vy sample at9c%51.03, Total, ‘11,400 "bu. Wueat Scrzextncs—Sale was made of 30 tons at $11, 007,15. 00 per ton. CORN—Was quiet and easier, though averaing better on the Jonger futures thin the latest quota- tions of Friday afternoon. May closed about the gameas then, and the jonger futnres better, the June preminm widening to 4 The market was vtronger early, bucnuse Liverpool was reported firmer, but soon tel} bauk in sympathy with wheat, and ruled quict afterwards, New York was quiet} and our reeeipis were larger, bUL spot “corn was relatively firm, being in good shipping demand for receipts which could ve loaded or forwarded before night. Gilt-edged receipts of No. 2 closed 3c, closing at 8 tiv Wabssh, 7,600 Northivestern common, 4,200 pre- | changes were apparent in the leather, bagging, | a: 3ic, and reautur do ut lsc. ‘Track ferred, 15,090 St. Paul common, 3,500 preferred, coal, and wood markets. Oils, paints, and col- vo were a aL He ot Felected, Stic |, 13, nON, 2,500 | fe for new inixed, and 3i2@3!4e for new 1,300 Lackawanna, 4,200 New Jersey Central, | tS were quoted steady and firm undera g00d | jion-mixed and’ No. 2, Seller May opencd at §,8C0 Michigan Central, 1,300 ‘Union -Pacitic, 2,- $00 Ohio & Mississippi, 9,700 Western Union, 2,400 St. Louis, Kansas City & Northern, 2,500 demand. The stock is diminishing rapidly, as the ship- Lumber was in good demand at Tormer prices. Prime mercantile paper, 434G6. Loans, ‘decrease, $2,434,700; specie, $1,491,300; legal-tenders, deci deposits, decrease, $3,971,900: crease, 44,500; reserve, increase, $253,475. The banks hold $4,188,450 in excess of their legal re- quirements. Coupons of 1881. Goupons, '67s. Conpons, *G8s fan. L New 5s. Jy decreased since Ji Rew aus. St. Louis & San Francisco, and 2,000 Kansas Pa- cific: Money active at 5@7 per cent, closing at 7. ight, 4861/; sixty ‘The weekly bank statement isas follows: increase, increase, Sterling exchange quiet; days, 455. GOVERNNENTS, we 10-408, reg af Do coupon... W. 0. Telegraph. Quicksilver Quicksilve: Pact Mariposa . Mannosa, pfd. i adams Express. Terre Haute....... Wells, Farzo & Co.. 99° Terre Haute, pid... 6 American Express. 48%:Chicago & Alton... 78! J. S. EB 732.C. & Alton. pfd....103. ‘Ohio & Mississippi. 10% Fort Wayne. Hay was steady. strong prices, and game of all kinds was weak, the soft weather making receivers anxious to close out. Ezgs were steady, but closed weak in anticipation of large arrivals the present week. ments of wheat at points named Saturday: ments show, and the: receipts from the Lake ‘Michigan ports are not likely to be very consid- erable before next month. A few vessels have been sent out, but only one or two are bound for ]umber ports. Very dry picce-stuff is quoted here at $8.25@S.50 on the boat. The past week ot wintry weather has Jen¢thened the logging season a few days in some sections, but in many ingtances the camp bad been previously broken up, and it is not probanle that the stock of lose. 35%e, ‘and declined to B53; at the Seller June sold at 35z;@sbe, closing at July ranged at S3t%@3Us¢e, and April at 3T55@:81 1, ‘Seller the month closed nominal at $114@315, Spot sales were reported of 5,000 bu high-mixed at $1ss¢ for regular and 34 fresh receipts: 14,000 bu by sample at BI@s4tg on track: 400 ba do (white) at 37c; and 28,000 bu. do at 3452@i35e free on board cars. Total, 98,000 bu. OATS—Were dull and weak in sympathy with other grain. ‘The receipts also were heavy, and ie advance in freights Jed operators to look for lower quotations, Futures were unusually slow, and closed eavy under fair offerings, Aprilespecial= ty being we Samples were active, at no xppar- ent change in prices of short offerings, whien were banked logs has been increased materially. | GucrfGjsmpment May sold at <si4@791ic, and The sales of wool, broom-corn, hides, and sed at 254e. April were offered at 2130, with salt reached the ‘average figure, and no zie bid. Kegutar oat were nominal. at “Apeit ‘ - t es, ext at 232;@24e. Cush sales were noticeable fluctuations occurred in prices, The | Pvvred at A S00 EY Bese gents seed market was steaay excepting a weaker ieeling iv clover, which has lately been accumu- lating, though for the most part in small lots. Poultry sold readily at + MOVEMENT OF WHEAT. The followmg shows the receipts and ship- on track, und 22.200 bu rejected and 3 by do at 26, ite at 2B1:@3le, alt tat unchanged prices. Reg- jwuse brought 45lic, and oth- : wanted for ehioment. Fu tures were quiet, selling im a small way 1m setile- ment at 45¢ for April, and May brought 40%;c. ‘The fresti receipts wold readily by sample. Cash sales were reported of 8,000 bi No.2 at 45@45!je3 : and Tors), Was® very dull and weak, breaking 4c per bu under frev offerings. ‘There was little is pele Tuo ee Received. Shipped. | demand even at the decline, and the warket closed Ao lilicsoua Pace oie | Chicago. 2 2033.194 | w It was understood that prices yave way See ee 214,44 | Milwaukee 10.852 | under biz offerings of long barley, which has been 183" \Hisunibal &'Si Joos 14g | NeW York 145, 009 | carried through thick and thin, ind holders being Tnion Paci 691 /H. & St. Joe, pfd.. 123; 39,000 | tured of the job have allowed their margins to run Lake Shore ‘ 69% !Canada Southern. "60° out. A few orders for extra 3 were filled, and a Take shores, 3. 6074 Canada Southern’. 60.5 few trades made in futures. Seller Avril sold Uinnig Central «.-~. B08 | Cent, Far 20025 early at 70c, and closed with wellers at 67¥c and Be buyers ut Regular No. 2 was nominal at P. Land-Gran . Sinking-Frds.10735 jGnion Pac. bonds..107% Northwestern . te 112 140i STATE BONDS, Tennessee 6s, old.. 3:3 jVirginia 6s, ne 437,876 LN NEW YORK SATORDAY. March 22.—Receipts—Flour, 15,363 brls; wheat, ‘Tennessee 6, new. pifsistourl... FOREIGN. Lonvon, March 22—5 p. m.—Consols, 95 15-16. Date. tearing: Balances. Stocks—Hlinois Central, $3:_ Pennsylvania Monday .... -.. S 26 Central, Reading, 1284; Erie, 251g; pre- 2B ES | ferred, 44¥¢- 305,641 | “United States bonds—'67, 103% ; 10-405, 1038; deme 08,815 | new 5s, 106%; new Age, 10076: New 45, 10134. Saturday. Sorieo | Panis, March 22.—Hentes, 113f 923gc. Total..... Ss COMMERCIAL. Corresponding week = REY Sate + 15,160,018 1,675,908 | atest quotations for March delivery on the Stocks were dull, and the market had a de- pressea tone, althouzh closing prices on the whole exhibited good deal of firmness. Michi- gan Central sold down from. 847 10 $3, and closed at §3%{. Northwest, common, declined from S5}¥ to 54%, bur recovered to 554%. Rock Istund fluctuated widely for so steady an invest- ment stock. It opened at 1294, and fell off 124, tv 19814, closing at 129. The other losses of the ee Shs Barley... day were St. Paul, common, 2f, to 88; the | PANO not care to take hold extensively except at a de- preferred 36, 0 SI; Union Pacitie1, to 703 Erie Cattle. cline. The summer cutting promises to be Jicht, 2§, to 249; Wabash 4, to 1976: Ohio & Missis- | “The following were the receipts and ship- | but lard is rather weak under large stocks here and elsewhere. : sippi 3g, to 1034; Atlantic & Pacific 34, to 353; St, Louis, Kansas City Northern 1, to 3134; Kansas Pacific l, to 19; St. Louis & San Fran- cisco, common, 3¥, to 634. . Lake Shore advanced 3g, to 70; Lackawanna 34, 1046; Western Union 3Y, to 1031{; Canada Southern 24, to 60/7. Missouri, Kansas & Texas was unchanged at 8%. The reaction and the dullness in this stock are ascribed to the fact that the Chicago, Bur- lington & Quincy having obtained contro! of the road, are now out of the market. Missouri, Kansas & Texas gross earnings hare follows: MISSOURI, KANSAS & TEXAS RAILROAD. is79. a $194, First week March etre 457 I. k Marc By 52, 45% le Sec'd week March 52527 541603 Totals.....se00-S501L,785 $195,430 D. $5,555 Northwestern xold bonds were 106; St. Paul Sinking Funds, 10234; Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern, 73}¢; und Chicago & Alton deben- tures, 10334 bid. Erie earnings in the first week of March in- creased $67,000, compared with the correspond- ingweck last vear. ‘The expenses in January were smaller by $2,000 than those of the same month last year, notwithstanding the fact that sn extra expense of $60,000 was caused by the snow blockade, in clearing the track, and in ex- tra {uel for the locomotives. The rumor that the Erie was about to borrow is denied by Presi- dent Jewett, in an officis! denial in which he gays: ‘The ramor is without the slightest foundation whatever, We are not now applying for a loan: ‘nor is there apy reason to suppose that we shsli have any occasion to apply for loans at any future time. ‘Phe following gives the fluctuations of the leading stocks for the d: : CG & NW Do prefer M.& red, Paul i. Le. KC. & Do preferrea . Kunsas Paci StL. &San Fran, Do preferred, .... GOVERNMENT BO: U.S. 68 of “S1.. t T Uv. Chicago Municipal zs. Chicazo Water loan 71 Coicago Municipal 6s, Chicago Water loan Mess pork. Lard .. Shoulders, boxed. Sl leading articles for the last two business days: rt ribs, boxed. Chicago Lincoin Par) ments of the leading articles of produce in this Gty during the twenty-four hours ending at 7 o'clock on Saturday morning, and for the cor~ from this city for the dates named: 130,900 bu; corn, 51,354 bu; oats, 53,621 bu; corn-meal, Sti pkgs; rye, 5,212 bu; barley, 2,200 bu; malt, 1,557 bu: pork, 1,953 bris; beef, 310 tes; cut-meats, 1,254 pkgs; lard, 1,539 tes; whisky, 350 brs. Exports—For twenty-four hours—Flour, §,000 brls; wheat, 145,000 bu; corn, 64,000 bu. GOODS RECEIVED at port of Chicago, March 22, 1879: Myer Ballen, Lease cdgings: Ficld, Leiter & Co., 21 cases dry goods; Mann, Wood & Co., 250 sacks salt. Collections, $12,974.37. PROVISIONS. HOG PRODUCTS—wWere quict and steadier, ay- eraging about the same as at Friday's closing. Lard was 5c per 100 Ibs lower, and pork sold 5c higher, while there was little change in meats. Liverpool was easier on lard and meats, while hogs at the Stock-Yards were in rather small supply at uncnangea prices. Hence, bolders of product nere were slow to grant concessions, while buyers did ‘The foilowing shows the shipments of provisions responding date twelve moaths ago: BY, B45 | TB.089} 3,997; EES,’ PEE Cheete, xs. G. appies, br Beans, bu.. 456. ‘535 Withdrawn from store during Friday for clty consumption: 5,676 bu wheat, 5,509 bu barley. - The following grain was inspected into store in this city Saturday morning: 6 cars No. 2 red winter wheat, 4 cars mixed, lear Not 2 hard, 20 cars No. 2 spring, 36 cars No. 3 do, 34 cars re- dected, Scars no grade (110 wheat); 61 cars high- mixed corn, 23 cars new do, 29 cars new mixed, 96 cars No. 2 corn, G cars no grade (215 corn); 38 cars white oats, 88 cars No. 2 mixed, 4 cars rejected, ($0 oats); $ cars No. 2 rye, 2 cars | S rejected do; 1 car No. 2 barley, ‘2 cars No. 3 do, 4 cars extra (f barley). Total, 422 cars, or 185,000 bu. Tuspected out: 36,945 bu wheat, of which 17,504 bu is No. 2 spring; 873 bu corn, = —— since Nov. BRCEITS. |, SUITMERTS. Articles. ek end- Since “Nov.| ty ne —— t'y Mar.20, 1. 1878, 1379. 1878. | —~ - Pork, bris. 8. 707| 123, 802} 10,967] 5 Lard, tes. 3,491 oz x Lard, tr 10) 116,43 Tonyues, pkgs. Hocks, pkgs. Total gross w't, Ibs—| Tard. Were reported of 250 bris_(old) at $8.50 spot; 4,750 brls ecller April at $10. - OUG bris seller May at $10.25@10. 30; and 2, 00 bris seller June at $10.37}:G10. 4244. ' Total, 16, 000 bris. The market closed steady at $10.12%3 for cash or seller March, $10. 1213@10.1 extra prime ats steady feeling during tne greater ‘part of the ses- at $6. 45@6.: 6. tame at $6,423 for'spot or seller March, $6.44 tu There was some trading in’ local futures, 1878 =} 1,492,518 106, 4,115,406 101, nf 12%@10. 1744; 10,- 10. 3 10 5 for April, 7 4@10.40 for 29.75, and Lanb—Declined Sc per 100 Ibs, with a tame but G10. 2714 for May, and $10 Old pork was steady at $8. Prime mess pork was quoted al Sales Were reported of 3, 500 tes seller April 7,000 tes seller May at $U. tes seller June at St 12,750 tes. ‘The mar! 4; and 2, ‘Total, for April. $30.50G6.5244 for May, 6.60 for June. ‘ere dull and a shade easier, except Mxats: at there wasa moderate demand for shoulders, icfly in changes from oae month to another. for May and 3 at$G.41!; for April and $0. Short rils—300, 000 Ibs, at $5.12 for June. for April and 9344@0: bu at 35@55. 1. 108; No. % 8s 11d; spring. No. 1, 963 u7iee, and favorite receipts at 72@i5e.. Extra 3 sold at 3i@35e for April, and 3S@3ve for May, both closing at the inside. Extra 3 regulac sold at Sic, and fresh in A., D. & Co,’s ut dic. No. $was nominal at 30@32c. Cash sales were reported of 14,200 bn extra at 34@iic; 40) bn by sample at 44c on track: and $00 ou do at 40@ 5c delivered. Total, 15,400 bu. MORNING CALL. Mess pork—Sales 33,000 bris, at $10. 27!4@10. 30 0.4244’ for June. Lard—1. 300 tes, 8.57% for May. mie for May and 000 bu, “at SDLic May. Corn—10, 000 Wheat—: 75 for M Saturday afternoon wheat was stronger, afew sales being made at 9J}j@O3!4c for May, and at 8943@N9}ic for April. BY TELEGRAPH. FOREIGN. Special Dispatch to The Tribune. Lrverroot, March 22--31:30 8, m.—FLourn—No. 8s 6d. Winter, No. 1, 9s 2d: No. 2, ‘0. 1, Ss 2d; No. 2, 759d; white, No. 2. 8s 11d; club, No. 1, 93743 ‘0. 2, 98 3d, Corn—New, No. 1, 48 Gd; No. 2 435d. Provisions, Pork—5% Ga. Lard, 338 6d. Liverroor, March 22.—Corros—Buoyant at 3-16@5%d; sales, 15,000 bales; suecalation and export, 1,000; American, 12,000. Puovisioxs—Mess pork, 538. . Mess beef, 73s Gd. Lard, American, 33s. Bacon, short clear, 28s. Curgse—American, 473. Tartow—Fine Ainerican, 358 9d. ut—Retined, 8s Gd. 4 March 22.—Perrorecu—22H4. ‘The following were received by the Chicago Board of Trade: Liyenroot, March 22—11:30 a. m.—Flonr, 8s 6d@10s. Wheat—Winter, 53 1149s 2d; apring, 73 Sd@Ss 2d; white, 88 11dG@Us 3d; clu, 93 3dG9s 7a. Corn, ds 5d@4s Gd. Pork, 52s Gd. Lard, 333 6d. 4 R m.—Pork, 53s. r Graix—Wheat Lrverroot, March 2: Shoulders, tea. Lard, 333 3d. Rest unchange Shoulders, bris, ‘Livenroot, h cial cable—Bacon Shoulders. pes. —Cumberands, 27a, Gd: lone Beef—Prime india mess, 783; extra India mess, 88, ood to fine, 173.’ Shoulders, 23s." ‘Tal ity. Lard, 338 34, Pork— Western, 528. Hams, Prime mess, lony cat, 2 th averave, 39s, Loxpox, March 22.—Lrvenroo.—Wheat quiet. Muss Pork—Was quiet, andadvanced Se per bri, | Corn firmer, Curgocs on passage—Corn, more but closed the same us on Friday afternoon. Sales | inquiry. NEW YORK. New Yorn, March 22.—Corrox—Dall at 104@ 10%c; futures weak; March, 10.20c; April, 10.230; May, 10-41¢; June, 10.59c; July, 10.71¢; August, 10.80c. FLoun—Dull and unchanged; receipts, 15,000 bris. Guars—Wheat steady; receipts, 131,000 bu: re- jected spring, 75@76e; No. 3 spring, 92@944e3 ungraded do, 95c@31.02i2; ungraded winter red, $1.04@1.13: No, 3 do, $1.08G@1.09; No. 2 do, $1.13%4@1.14; No. 1 do, $1.144%4@1.15; ungraded amber, $1.10G1., 0, 2 amber, S1, 10 4 $1.12@1. ‘0, 2 do. SL.101¢ GL10%; No. ‘1'do (sales 3,500 bu). S1.24G 1.13; extra do (sales 28,000 uu), $1.15!z. Kye dull; Western, 358%bUc. Barley dull and un- changed, Malt dull and nominal. Corn firmer; receipts, 51,000 bu; ungraded, 39@@45c; No. 3, les were re ‘ted of 200.: lbs shoulders xclier | 43\jc; steamer, 435qiizge; Ne H@ASC, ri} at $3. 70G3.7242 ; 330 boxes do at $3.80@ | old do, 45: c. Oats quiet; receipts, 54,000 i s 000 Ibs short ribs at $4. bas Ne 26; Now 10, WU@IsAC, @5.00 for May, and $5.07! white Western, 33@ zed Wiltzhires at $70 fc. ‘The following were the 50 boxes bellies a1 ah closing prices per 100 ibs on the leuding cuts: 602 bu oats, 10,463 bu rye, 12,526 bu barley. The following were thereceipts and shipments Short ribs. Le &S.) Short clears.| clears. ‘Shoul- ders, | of breadstuffs and live stock at this point auring tbe past week, and for the corresponding weeks ending as dated: « starch 22, March 15. March Receipts— 1879, 18 1! Flour, bris cut hams, 727@Size; sweet-picl for 16 to 15 Ib averaze; #reen ha game averages; green shoulders, : for short ribs, 52;@tc for short clears, for hums, all canvased and packed. white, 42:@35c for good yellow, and brown. 4 ‘ciears quoted at $4,872 loose and $5.02%4 3 Cumberlands, $5.007@5.12!% boxed; lung- led hams, 7@7iGc 3, BGC for £6. Bacon quoted at-41,@4!4c for shoulders, 54:@5 Greasz—Was quoted st $5. 0095. BEEF PRODUCTS—Were firm and quiet at $8.5078.75 for mess, $9. 50@9. 75 for extra mess, mixed Western, 31; me G3: diay anv Hors—Stendy and mnchanced. Gnocrntes—Coffee quict and unchanged. Sugar gull and nominal. Molasses dull and unchanged. Rice firm. Ferrous —Quiet but steady; united, Si%@ lined, 9c. isc. Leatnen—Virm; nemlock sole, Buenos Ayres and Rio Grande, light midule and heavy weights, 19@2Ie. Woot—Firm and unchanged. 5 Proyisioxs—Pork dall; mess, $9.40@9.50 for old; $10.50@10.6244 for new. Beef quiet and un- changed. Cut. meats duli; long clear middies, $5.25; short clear do, $5,50. Lard dull; pnme steam, $6. 6252@6, 6: Butren—Quiet and unchanged. Cneese—Dull and nominal. Waisxy—Dull at $1.08. P MetTaLs—Manufactured copper steady with a fair 315,527 183,533 | and $17.75@18. 00 for hams. lemand; ingot, Inke, 16c. Pig-iron firm; Scotch, 19,566 37,198 ena quict at 6AG@Oxe for city and 64 ie ae S16 American, $15.00@18.50. Russia Barley, ba. 102,134 36,63 ic Tor country. sheeting, G1.75 ‘ 3 Direreya ‘noga: 1.127 10 7 Naris—Cut, $2.10G2.15; clinch, $3.05@4. 40. Live Nowt 38,800 30, 8 BREADSTUFFS. ), 3ST iG Gos very. 7 FLOUR—Was very quiet, and the feeling was .MARINE. The following table shows the exports from we York for the week ending ‘Thursday even- easier, in eympathy with wheat, though there wag no general change in quotations. inquiry for shipment, but little taken. Sales were ‘Tnere was some CANADIAN NEWS. Bpectal Dispatch to The Tribune. Marek is, are, epoed oft ees spring extras. chieily at $3.70 | Sr, Carmanmzs, March 22.—The following Flour, bris... BO,40 37, els cya Teme ae Wuberfines at $2,15G2.50; and-50 | yoscels have wintered in whe Welland Canal: lonr, bris, ee aguas ye flouron private terms. Total, 942 brie. i Sk: Catiact - sels Ano Wheat, bu. 3 1,051,445 $29'3e2 | The following was the nominal range of price: At St. Catharines—Sailing vesselea—Anglo- Corn, bu PAG AIS SOB | Choice swintcrs a Saxon, Strawbenzie, St. Louis, St. Andrews, ‘Therates of freight Saturday were 15¢ per 100 Ibs on srainto New York to those few who could obtain cars. The great majority could not get cars, and therefore were unabie to avail thentselves of the advantaze of shipping then as compared with Monday. This week opeus at20c on grain to New York. The latest problem in whisky circles is to take Sfrom 63g und leave 4. The quotations show that ft can be accomplished ; but, like some other feats recently reported, it can only be done in the dark. : In Saturday’s issue we intended to say in re- gard to the outward movement of No, 2 spring Good to choice winters. Fair to good winters. Choice Minnesoras Fait to good Minnceotas. were 60 tone at $10.50 per ton on track, and $10.7: free on voard care. BppLiNcs—Sales were SO tons at $10.00@12. 00. Stonts—Sale was made of 10 tong at $10:25. Cons-MEst—Coarse was nominal at $1: per ton on track, and city-ground do at $1.75@ 1.80 per br. SPRING WHEAT—Was moderately active and Louise, Mary Battle, James Norris, Dauntless, Clyde, Bessie Barwick, Maggie McRae, T. R. Merritt, G ML. Neeton, Canada, Augusta, J. R. Fair to good sprit Benson, H. P. Murray, British Queen. Steam- Low springs.. G3. ers—City of St. Catharines, Persia, Prussia, Patents See oaet 00 @8.00 | Scotia, Georgian, Dominion, Ocean, Europe. Bran—Was moderately active, buteasier. Sales | _ Thorold—~Sailing vessels—Jane C. Woodruff. Steam tues—W." F, Wadsworth, C. J. G. Monro. Pt. Robinson—Sail vessels—Jennie Graham, Grantham. Steam Tugs—Masgie R. King, Maggie R. Mitchell, Minerva. Yacht Jessie Mi Hawards. Port Maitland—Sail—Lisgar, Gibraltar, Glen- ifer, Grimsby. Port Dalnousic—Sait—Aark, Albatross, Nas- sau, Albercore, Antelope, A. Muir, Ayr. St. Lawrence, M. L. Breck, Defiance; stmrs Al- bion, Enterprise, Calabria: steam tugs H. Nee- lon, James Norris, Sam Perry. Port Colborne—Sail—Montgomery, M. F. Merrick, Mout Blanc, Jennie Matthews, Elgin, Eureka, E. W. Rathbun, Thomas H. Howlind, Suandon, Monteatm, Itaxa, Emerald, Mary, E. M. Kerringham, Huron; "steam tugs N. a. Lauehlin, “Alevia, Gordon, Maggie. Kittie Haight, Jane Armstrong, Mockingbird, Claire M. Carter, W. A. Rooth, Hector, 8. Neelon, Salty Jack, Mary. The incoming season of navigation is believed amongst some of the marine men in this section to haye brighter prospects than for the past two years, and itis expected that freight will be much higher, MILWAUKEE. snectat Disnatch to The Tribune. Mmwavuxez, March 22.—Angus Smith has made arrangements with the owncrs of the schr Guido Pister for the delivery ef the cargo of that vessel, which she bas held all winter, at Grand Haven, Freight 13{¢ per bu. ‘The sebr Alice B. Norris, chartered yesterday, bent most ofhercanvas to-day, An effort will be made by these craft to secure return cargoes of lum- ber, either for this port or Chicago. There is the best of authority for the statement that the present movement of wheat to Grand Haven has no bearing upon any corner that may exiest in the wheat market. Mr. Smith is preparing to build 4 new elevator, and for the purpose of making room must shift the storehouse known as Elevator E. To do this willrequire the shipment of the grain now stored in the house, about {40,000 bu. As tonnage is scarce, and vessels ask a bigh figure to come hither from Chicago for cargoes, Mr. Smith conceived the idea of forwarding 1 portion of the wheat now stored on vessels here and controlled by. him with the view of loading them again on going- rate terms immediately after their return from Grand Haven. Thus it will be seen that a buiid- ing project, and not a corner, governs the movement. Seamen’s wages are not yet fixed. Vessels now in commission hire sailors by the trip. “fhose under charter to deliver cargoes at Grand Haven, at $15 for the round trip passaye, in- cluding the loading of lumber, if necessary. ‘The equinoctial storm wound up witha fall of four inches of snow during the night and early morning hours. As the equinoctial this spring came from the northeast, according to the accepted theory all of our storm winds, in fact the prevailing wiuds, will come from that direction for the next ninety days. "The Goodrich sidewheel steamers Sheboygan and Chicago zwill go into commission on or about the Ist of April. LAKE ERIE. special Dispatch to The Tridune. CLEVELAND, O., March 22.—The dangers of nayigution at this early season have been well illustrated in the case of the barge G. A. Gil- more, belonging to Sprankle, Morse & Co., of this city. This boat started from Black River on the noon of the 20th inst. to come to the city. with a cargo of wheat valued at $4,000. Not arriving as she ought the next dar, much apprehension was felt by the owners for her safety, and the tug Dowling was sent out in search of her. Night came on, and the tug, not provided with lights, drifted about till morning in the lake. In the morning she found herself opposite Avon Point, and put for the city. Still the Gilmore had not been heard from, and much anxiety was felt. To-day at noon Spran- kle, Morse, &Co. received a telerram that she had returned to Black River. It seems that the master, on finding he could not make Cleve- land, turned, back, and bad much difficulty in getting into port. ‘There will be no more at- tempts of the Kind made here untfl late enough to get insurance. MIRROR-WORSHIP IN JAPAN. Why the Bronze Mirror Is so Important an Article in Japunese Houses. London Times. Prof. Ayrton lectured last week at the Royal Institution, his subject being “‘ The Magic Mir- ror of Japan.” {n Japan there is, he sald, an absence of house walls, interior and exterior, the houses consisting of a roof supported on only afew posts inclosing very little but empty space, and sliding sereens alone divide off com- partments. Why, in this comparative absence of all that we shoujdcall iurniture, docs one article pertaining to the ladies’ toilette—the bronze mirror with its stand—hold so promi- nent a position? This mirror is usually circu- Jar, from three inches to twelve inches in diam- eter, made of bronze, and with a bronze handle covered with bamboo. The reflecting face is generally more or less conyex, polished with & mercury amalgam, and the back is beautifuly ornamented with a gracefully-executed raised design. Some for the rustic population have also polisbed letters. ‘The explanation of the fact that the mirror is almost par excellence the entire furniture is found partly in the claborate head dresses of the Japanese ladies and the painting of theit faces, and partly from the belict that as the sword was ‘the soul of the Samouri,” so is the mirror the ‘soul of woman.” It therefore con- stitutes the most valuable of all her posses- sions, and two mirrors form part of the trous- seau of every bride. The characteristic quali- ties of the mirror must, it is believed, be in ac- cordance with the constitution of the possessor, and ‘ ‘second sight’’ is resorted toin the selection of a mirror. But why is the mirror so impor- tmt in the Imperial palace, where the Court jadies, still preserving the fashion of old days, comb back their hair in the simplest stylet Why does the fortune-teller, instead of 10 at a girl’s palm, regard the reflection in a mir- ror? Why, instead of referring. to the book of the recording angel, does the Japanese Plato bring before the boatman his evil deeds reflected inamirror? And why does the mirror hold so important a place in Japanese temples? The mirror ranks far bivher in Japanese history than has been supposed; it, in fact, takes the place of the cross in Christian countries, Prof, Ayrton read the myth of the origin of the worship of the mirror. The main points in it are, that, when gods alone ivhabited the earth, the stn goddess one day hurt her nand wita her shuttle, baving been suddenly frightened by a practical joke of her brothey, the god of the sca. She indignantly retired to'a cave. Darkness followed, and the goddess had to be appeased. ‘The wisest of the gods suggested making an im- age of her more beautiful than herself. The Japanese Vuleac fashicned a mirror in the shape of the sun, und all the gods laughed, and shout- ed, “ Here is a deity Who surpasses even your glory.” Woman’s curiosity could not stand this. The goddess pecped ont, and while ad- miring herself in the mirror was caught and dragged out by arice rope. The national tra- ditions have it that this sun soddess (Amaterasu o mi Kami), sending her adopted grandson, who was also the great-erandfather of the first Emperor of Japan, to subdue the world, made him three presents: the maga tama (the preciou 5) stone, emblematical of the spirit of woman) the sword ( emblematical of the spirit of man), and the mirror (emblem of her own soul). ‘ Look.”” she said, ‘ton this mirror as my spirit, keep it in the game house and oa the same floor with yourself, tnd worshipit as if you were worship- ing my actual presence.” eae A-Venerable Umbrelia, One of the articles exhibited at the Albany Loan Exhibition last week was an umbrella more: than 100 years old. Its possession is a wonderful tribute to the honesty of its owner’s associates. ‘The Albany Journal says of this relic: “Jts present owner is one.of our best known and most reputable citizens, aud is as incapable of doing violence to the truth as George Washington himself was. And he is our authority for usserting that this umbrella has been in bis continuous and uninterrupted pos- session for more than half a century and that previously it had been io the bands of one of his immediate ancestors for as long atime. We are unable to say what restraining influences were brought to bear upon this umbrella to in- duce it to turna deaf ear to those normal no- taadic tustincts of its race which it had only to follow to become hopelessly lost suoner or later, probably soouer. We simply know that it has not been kept under a glass case in the famil; drawing-rooms or under lock and key jn a ward- robe in the family gerret. It has during the entire century of its existence been as much ex- nosed as ifit had been deposited in one of the current savings-banks." os How He Did Business. Boston Adcertiser. Acommittce of creditors, consisting of four Prominent business men, visited a debtor, 3 Jarge manufacturer, the other day, and after the usual seasonable compliments, delicately broached their errand as one of investigation. “0, gentlemen; you want to sec how I stand? Hanged if I know. Here’s my books”; and, fishing out of a vest pocket three tbin pass- books, he Iaid them on the stove. ‘‘ Honest Tojun! all the books I keep. You see I manaze to keep goods enough over in New York to draw against. Borrow some money, keep tra! of my notes, and when money’s easy of course I'm doing well; when money's hard, why it just looks squally. Won't you look over the factory, Rentlemen.” A fact. ESUVIUS:. A Chicagoan Ascends the Famous Volcano, And Tells of What He Saw and Expe- rienced in the Undertaking. The Perils, Sublimities, and Curiosities of the Crater. To the Baitor of The Tribune. CucaGo, March 18.—Believing that the fol- Jowing extract from a letter written to the Haren English Literature Class by its Pres- ident, Mr. J. A. d. Kendig—a well-koown member of the legal fraternity of Chicago, now traveling for pleasure in Europe,—will be of interest to the readers of Tut Trisong, I sub- mit it for publication. ‘NAPLES, : with a population of 600,000, is the largest, and commercially the most important, city of Italy. in every direction, for hundreds of miles about it, there remains the evidence of earthquakes and voleanoes. The islands are picturesquely arranged. Sicily and Capri sre the most men- tioned. The jbay has the reputation of being the most beautiful in the world. The views from the lofty peaks, all more or less volcanic, are the most overwhelmingly beautiful. The lurid pillars of tire and smuke. from Vesuvius excavated Pompeiiand Hereulaveum; the snow Apennines in the far distance; the sbining, “blue bay: the islands, and, beyond them, the Meaiterranean,—all colored by the gorgeous splendor of the rising, midday, and setting sun,—together make up the magnificent display of natural beauties and pbenomena which hus for thousands of years af- forded scope for literary effusions and chal- Jenged the warmest admiration. From the hichts of St: Elmo, across the arc of the bay, to the east, rises the top of VESUYIUS, and, though seeming at a less distance, the visitor must accomplish fourteen or fifteen mules to reach it. Whoever says there is no ‘anger, or who goes forward in the short jour- ney to this fiery crater without fear, is too dull to apprehend the situation. ‘The natives seldom or never go there. An excursion-party of twenty English people were asphyxiated recently by a little puff of noxious vapor from one of the nostrils of this huge monster. The other day two persons were caught and instantly burned up. At first Idid not think I would attempt the ascent of the cone, which lies at angie of about 40 degrees; but, after clambering over the par- tially-excavated Herculaneum, the bills and lava-beds, valleys of ashes, sand, and mud, tufa and pummice, surveying the graves of a hundred thousand people, the destruction of forest and plain and nalt a hundred cities und villazes,the indeseribavle splendors of the prosnect were truly enehanting. It seemed from the impulse alike of the hideous and the beantiiul that I concluded to go forward—Excelsior! OUR PARTY OF JAN. 18, 1879, consisted of two ladies and myself. You can take a horse to the foot of the cone, which in itself is about 2,009 feet high,—hizht of the mountain 4270 feet: but’ we deter- mined to go from the Government House on foot and without guides. Clambering from point to point with your Alpenstock, you follow short cuts through a wilderness of gro- tesque horrors, but dimly perceived from tae road on ive plain below. Lower down, the flint- like lava of 1631, with which Naples and her sister cities are paved, crops out from an orer- lying scrubby vecetation; but no idea ot the vastness of the overflow, with its accumulated mass accelerated in the declivity to a pitch enormous and terrific in the momentum, is gained until the lava-peds of 185S are reached. Here the eye wanders over a wide plain, now black, now ashen, like some swarthy tumbling ocean tossed into huge billows, scouped into slippery hollo' whing in blackness, stiffened by the freezing atmosphere in the midst of its wildest rage. He who holds the Universe in the hollow of His hand, with His tingertouched the mountain, and it became A SEETHING YORTES, smoking and burning ti!l its clond kissed the sky; and, again, with the frosty breath of the north wind immovabiy fixed the mass 10 rock as firm as the granite totindation which underlics the North-American Continent. ‘There arc contrasts, tov.. Now and then the path leads, in the nost unexpected way, throuch delis delicious in fragrant and coo! verdure. ‘The foot treads the soft loam of ancient woods; the hand turns aside a scrub-oak branch; you help yourself forward with the aid of twisted yines; you offer the bright daisy ro your com- panion. Ina twinkling you find that this field is a merc oasis in the weird, wide desert around. Ladies should always take aid, or even a chair to be carried up the cone. One American lady, Mrs. Uda, is known to have made the ascent, even from Rosina, without assistance. ‘the treacherous sand and ashes slide down at every step. The stick keeps you from talling back- ward, though last month a man was killed by rolling down the slope of the cone. As you near the top, you are HALF-SUFFOCATED WITH GAS AND VAPOR. You reach the brink of the burning liqhid crater ina biting snow-storm. The rim on which you pause—and specdily put on every rag of clothes you have~is lapilli and tuba-stone, out of the livid heat changed to a cooled and hard footing. Asalyo, as of a bundred batteries, greets or defies you as you, in your solitary perch, please to take it. Like Rip Van Winkle in the presence of the strange company on the Kaatskills, I chose to be very restectful. You tind yourself now on the rim of the crater of 1872. With one jump, efther backward or forward, you can make au end of all. From the rim to the bottom of the crater was, until recently, 400 feet: the last flow filled up 200 fect. In the midst of this level a new cone is forming, which has reached now ahight of 1,100 feet. Out of this come the sounds of cannon and earthquake, smoke, fire, and masses of red-hot rock, As one of the assistants wanted to conduct me, for three franes, down into the crater, and as, under my present circumstances, I wanted to be friendty, I WENT Down. As Vesuvius was sinoking, und {had a Havana, he gave me a friendly light. My fect sank into the crust, which frequently bent under me. The man took a piece of copper money and Inid it in the oozing lava. In an instant it became soft as Wax. ‘Then, with the iron puint of hi stock, he carved the lava, imbedding the coin, und carried the money to the side of the crater for me to take as atrophy. We leaped across the black crust,—shiving like the skin of a black a horse or au elephant the liquid rack and lava, red-hot undernesth. Althouca, when we start- ed down, the snow and wind had stifleued me with cold, I_had now become so warm that I told the man I wished to go baek to the rim of the crater, where the ladies were waiting. TUE SNOW LAY WHITE on the outside of the old cone. Althonzh the sun was setting 5,00) feet below, over the waters in splendor, all daylieht was shut out from the’ crater, and only tie furid fire of the volcano, and the red lava on its floor-below, dispelled the darkness. There was a grave majesty in the sight here before us, aud iveffable calmuess and beauty in the sunset yonder. ‘ihe shadows of the sur- rounding mountaius deepened. the valleys, and the glitteriug sea was spread out between. Now that the iey wind had azain swept the vapor and smoke clean from this measureless furnace, some openings were revealed, yellow with crys- tuls of brimstone, condensed, by the high cold air, out of the frightiully-sulphurous vacor. After a last good look, WE THOUGHT TO DESCEND. This is accomplished in about one-foarth of the time necessary to go up, because you not ouly can take lunger steps, but the drivin downwards of your feet to knee-deep in the out side of the older cone, disintegrated by weather, helps you on the course; but, before you reach the base, you find that the glassJike cinders have cut the uspers of your shves to shreds, so that the exposed foot is teased und galled. It had now become dark, and we found it a lone walk back over the rough way to the Govern- ment House, where our carriage was in waiting, Lhave uoticed one stove spit out from one of these volcanoes, und quietly at rest ona bed of cinders and pummice, which is in surface about ino acres, and from 100 to 150 feet in thick- might have tallen into —————=>____ A Burglar Who Knew More Than a Judge. Windsor (Vt.) Correspondence xew York Sun. A man avout 85 years old was arrested for a burgiary committed at the store of Robbins & Marsh, at Norta Chester, Vt. At his trial he gave his name as John Hammond, or “Cali- tornia Jack.” and proved himself quite an foter- esting character. Although a young attorney Was assiened him, he conducted his “own ease. At the impaneling of the jury be inquired of each of thein whether he would baye uy con- scientious scruples against acquitting a py should “it.be shown that he bad bees yisouer and foot, and dragged all over New Yor and Vermont. During the progress of his trial he wonid interrupt a \witness with, “You need notanswer; £ object,” etc., and when OFer- ruled by the Judge, who was a member of the Supreme Court, Jack would take exce tion to his rulings, and upon these he ‘appealed 0 the Supreme Court, recently beld at Woodstock before whic ke won his point and obtained a new trial. His versatility, shrewdness, ang leeal knowledge are a subject of much comment among the Jezal fraternity. California Jack has been confined in the Windsor State-Prison, as no other prison was deemed safe against big experienced efforts to escape. a LORD LORNE’S PROLOGUE, Commemorating in Stately Verse the Many Virtues of Lord and Lady Datferin-The Ridenu Hall Theatricaly Vegun Under the Princess Louise's Supervision, Correspondence New York World, Orrawa, March On Saturday night Rideau Hall witnessed a revival of those brillisns theatrical entertainments which so largely adg. ed to the attractions of the seat of Government during the rule of Lord Dufferin. - It had beeg feared that the days of the sock and buskig were over for one of the prettiest stages ang most accomplished amateur companies on this side of the Atlantic, but the politg society of Ottawa is rejoiced to fing that the present illustrious occupants of the “Hall” not only favor but keenly enjoy the charms of the stage, and are only anxious that all may be done to maintain the dramatic entertainments of the Government House stage in a3 high a standing as they reached to when the graceful form of the ay. complished Countess held sway in their mimic world. The Princess herself did not appear on the stage, but those who know report that no small share in tke success of the evening was due to ber personal supervision; and it was even hinted that'a very charming yiew of Tor- bay which delighted the eves of the audience when the curtain rose owed some of tts effects to her well-known high artistic ability, Some 450 invitations bad been issued for this per- formance, the first of four, and the room so well known to many on this side of the Jakes was of course filled, the hospitality of the place recognizing only the absulite necessity of al- lowing a certain, limited amount of space for the accommodation of its quests. The room has heen somewhat altered in appearance since the arrival of the Princess, its walls being now tinted very becomingly with a pale green color, and the windows masked by huge crimson puffed blinds of peculiar construction, the ef fect of the whole being to cive warmta ands certain cosiness to the handsome hall, which if tothe eve. His Excellency 0 was dressed in black silk, margueretas in diamonds, having taken their seats, the entertainment proceeaed. Before the curtain was raised, how- ever, alady whose dramatic ability bas tong been known in connection with performances on this stage, came forward and read, to the great pleasure of the audience, a prologue conveying in very charming diction'a complimentary trib- ute to those whose kindly memories are 60 closely linked with all that has made Rideau Hall ‘attractive during the past six years. Re- membering the fact that the present head of the Dominion is, like nis accomplished predecessor, a wooer of ‘the muse of verse, the audience found no difficulty in duly accrediting the very feeling and appreciative lines they heard, anopy- mous thoagi they were, to their proper source, while the seatimeat was generally expressed that such a delicate recozuition of vanished ge- nius was as graceful aswell timed. The oro- logue ran as follows, and it is needless to say was heartily app!-uded: : A moment's pause before we play our parts To speak the thought that reigns within your yentts— Now from the Futnre’s hours and unknown days Affected turns, and with the Past delays; For countless voices in oer mighty land Speak the fond praises of a vanished hand; And saall, to mightier ages yet, proclaim. The nappy memories linked witn Dufferin’s name. ‘Missed is he, to whom each class and creed Among our peonle lately bade **Goa speed"; Miszed, when each winter sces the skater wheel in ringing circles on the flashing steel; Missed in the spring, in summer, and in fall, In many a hut, as in the Council’ Hail; Where'er his wanderings on Duty’s hest Evoked his glowing specch. his xenial jest; We montn his absence, though we joy that now Old England's honors cluster round his brow, And that ne lelt us but to serve again Our Queen and Empire on the Neva'a plain; Amidst the honored roll of those whose fate At was to crown our fair Canadian State, And bind in one bright diadem alone Each glorious Province, each resplendent stone, His name shall last, and bis oxample give ‘To all ker sons u lesson how to live— How every task, if met with heart as bold, Proves the hard rock is seamed with precious gold’ And Labor, when with Mirth and Love allied, Finds friends far stronger than m Force and Pridet And Sympathy and Kinaness can be made ‘Yhe potent weapous by which men are svayed, ile proved a nation’s trust can well be wou By foyal wor ana constant duty cone: ‘The wit that winged the wisdom of his word Set forth our glories tiil all Enrope heard Tow wide the room onr Western World can spare For all who'll nobly toil, and bravely dare. And while the statesmen we revere, we know In him the friend is gone to whom sve owe So much of gayety, so much that male Life's duller days to seem with joy repai:. ‘Theee little festivals by him made bright With grateful thonghts of him, renewed to-nighty Remind no less of ner who deizned to grace ‘This mimic world, and fill therein her place With the sweet digmity and gracious mien ‘The race of Hamilton has often seen Hut never shown noon the wider stage Where the great ‘cast ” is writ on History’s page More purely, nobly, than by her whose voice Here moved to tears or made the heart rejoice; ‘And who in act and word. at home, or far, Shone with calm beauty like the Northern’ Star, Green'as the Shamrock of their native Isle ‘Their memory lives, and babes nnborn shell smile And share in happiness tne pride thar blends ‘Our country’s uaine with her beloved friends, The play presented was a comedy-drama in three acts, by Volgrave Simpson and Herman Merivale, called “Alone,” a piece abounding in certain difliculties which mizit render its suc- cessiu! performance doubtful even among pro- fessional actors, and which entail a severe strain upon the abilities of amateurs. The following ‘was the cast of the piece: Col Chailice. Stratton Strawles: Bertie Cameron Dr. Mickelthuw ‘Mand Trevor. is ‘Mrs. Thornton Mrs. Stuart Given a blind old gentleman who, in addition imself shut out from the world by reason of-bis infirmity, labors also un Ger the “burdens of a family grict caused by & daughter whom he believes, thouyh wrongly, to have brousht dishoner on his name. Giver also the daucbter herself, striving, though for log vainly, to regain, as a stranger, the love which as a child she has forfeited; making ber.way by sheer diut of toving attentions to ber blind and unwitting father into bis heart of hearts, till at Jength, 1 accordance with the universal fitness of all things starey the wrong is made. right, sight comes back to the old man, and love for the young stranzer may proudly and fairly be bestowed ou the daughter, und it will be appar cut how hard were the parts filled by the ama: teurs of Saturday night. A kindly hearted 2! genial family doctor, a designing scamp of # ephew, a widow of doubtful years but undoubt- ed vivacity, and a lover for the young lady make up the list of characters, the parts for all being such as called for the utmost care am hardest study. At the close of the ver formance the audience testified by ail the means permitted to a decorous audience its satisfaction with the manner in which the piece bad been placed before it. Between the acts the pleasure was afforded of listening to a delightful selec- tion of yocal music by some of the best amateurs in the Dominion, the rest of the necessary muste —among Which, by particular request, was the overture to the * Masque of Welcome,” recently performed, were in honor of the Princess and the Murquis of Lorne~being provided by the able bund of the Governor-Gcneral’s Foot Guards. As usnal on these occasions at the conclusion of the performance the guests adjourned to the supper-room, where the hospitality of the night was royally concluded. Both the Princess and. the Marquis saowed by their personal attention the desire they eo evidently feel tat Canada should recognize in them friends and sympa- thizers, and they may be assured that Canada, on her part, like the honest, kindly, affectionate land she is, will. not be long in finding out and duly appreciating the grand simple truth and trustworthiness which form the foundation ¢ aie characters of her new ruler and his Roy wile. Mr. Kimber Mr. Brodie ——— A Cnrious Petrifaction. ‘The Nevada (Cal.) Herald has been shown & curiosity in the shape of a trout which bad be- come petritied tu te root of a tree. ‘The fish measures about six inches in length, and sbows yery plainly the spots on its sides aud back. It is very perfect and looks almost as if ready to glide through the water. It was washed out of ginining-claim about two yearsazo. It must have rua into the hole in the root of the tree for a hiding-place and there bave been caught und pewified.