Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 23, 1881, Page 6

THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY. JANUARY 2 td prim 1881—SIXTEEN PAGES hold out, but corn-meal cakes were generally cruelest that T have ever FINANCIAL. J, T. LESTER & CO,, STOCKS. AUl Stock:s and Bonds Bought and Sold on N. X. Stock Exchange. 95 & 27 CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. J. T. LESTER, CHAS. SCHWARTZ, E. K. WILLARD, Member New York Stock Exchange. SAMUEL W. ALLERTON, Special. New York House-—SCRANTON & WILLARD, 72 Broadway, and 13 New-st. GRAIN and PROVISIONS bought and sold or carried on margins. Stocks_ alsg boughbt and sold in Boston, Philagel~ phia, uud Baltmore. EDWARD L. BREWSTER, BROKER, 104 Washington-st. BONDS. . Firet-class Rallyny Mortgago Tonds, Chica: e, Couk County. Stroet Railway, and ;‘:r‘k ’;flnd.m ‘#nd uLhier Urst-class securiucs aways on hand for sale, STOCKS zlit and Sold on New Tork Stock DOuELE A0 Monton Souk Exchanse, snd and sold on New Yor . Franclsco Exchinges. Alao all Local Stocks ‘bandled on Co! jon. NOTES. High-grage Commercial Paper purchased or nundied vn Commission. LOANS. BUSINESS. Chicago Still Practically Cut Off from the Stock Market. Remarkable Buoyancy of the Market in New York. L] Light Currency Movernert—For- eign’ Exchange. The Produce Markels Steadier—Breadstuffs Very Dull, and Generally Easier. Provisions Gpened Ot Strong, but Fell Back, with Taloading by Longs. FI.\'T&L\‘CIAI}. 3 Very lttle business was done in stocks by Chi- cago operators. Quotations from New York came in 5o late that few new orders were given. Messages were got through ooly very slowly. Our New York dispatches show great buoyancy in the market there. It iscvident thut in New York proper therg Is a very Strong bullish feel- ing. The coal stocks, among: others, reached the bighest prices that bave been made for years. Lake Erie & Western was conspicuous for its advance. Tho control of this road bas now been ‘bought by Boston purties. The rise in Lacka- wanne and the decline in Erie wero correlative, and based on calculations of the result Of tho completion of tho Lackawanna exteusion to Butalo. On Friday, when New York wag completely jsolaved from the rest of the country, the volume of teansactions was 333,000 shares. This, taking the averago of previous days, and allowing for the weathor, shows that New York buslness in stocks Is 1o the business of the outside country instocksas4t01. . The following showa the quotations of stocks at the hours named: alwars rosdy to Loan at low rates - NPt In tarpe oF soull Bmounts, on Stocks. O] mm | 1pom] satistactory Collateral Seeurity. Chicazo, Rock Islesd £ P..| 1005¢] T | ... I D Chitcago, Hur. & Quincs. w(idk 3| Newsy g 152 130 La Salle-st. Stocks Bonght, Seld, or Carried oo Margin On New York, Boston, or Philadelphin Exchanges. Particular stiention piald to cholce Investment se- riti P atercst allowed on deposits subfect to check ut ot X. Y. Stock Exchunge. [ember 1t a1, LNew York. o ALBERT M. DAY. 3t EYRES W. FIELD. Fi ISSION MERCHANTS. ERNEST F. SMITIL MILTON C. LIGHTNER- SHITH & LIGHTHER, COMMISSION NBRCIANTS Grain and Provisions Bought and sold or carried on marwina. 128 La Salle~st., Chicago. Carrespendents In New York, St. Louls, Detroit, and Milwnakee. REFERENUES—Munger, Wheeler & Co.. Perry H. Emith, Esq. 1. Dunlap, A. J. MALOY, - COMMISSION MERCHANT. . Grain and Provisions Bonght and Sld on Hargias. Csrefal attention given to Local Brokerage Orders. 121 La Salle~st., Chicago. Member Chicago Board of Trade. . Chicago * Call " Board. ‘Very best references wiven as to responsibility. 1n the grain trude since 15 -GEO. C. WALKER & CO., Stock Brokers . AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS, 124 La Salle-st., Chicago. 3. K. FISHER, Chicazo, &5 SIS S0 | special tocks and Bonds bouzht aad sold on New York shox irchance. HIDE AND LEATHER BANK. Reorganized by Purchasers of the Old Charier, It Goes to Sprinzficld, Tho following instrument was filed for record 1n the Recorder’s office yesterday': Be it known_that at & regular annual meeting of ;the stockholders of the Ilide & Leather Bauk of Chicagu, held at i1s office injthe City of Chieagv, on the first Monday in_Jantury, 1881, in pursuance of the by-laws of said corporation, there were present all the owners of stock in said “ The Hide & Leather Bank of Chicazo, with the singlc exception of Charles C. Holton, ;?x’l? was represented through proxy by William er. The meeting was called to order by Charles F. Grey, tho Pi ent, who hereby certitics that the following propositions were presented to said meeting, each was voted upon separately, and 2l were unanimously carried: First—That the location of the Hide & Leather Bank of Chicago be chamged from the City of Chicago to the City of Spriugfield, 1il. Second—That the capital stock or the Hide & Leuther Bunk of Chicago be reduced to the sum of £85,5K, “Third—That tbe number of Directors of the Hige & Leatber Bank of Chicago be reduced in mnumber to seven. Fourth—That the name of the corporastion be changed from “The Hide & Leather Bank of Chicaygo" to thatof “Springtield Marine & Fire Insurance Company." CHArLes F. GREY, President of the Hide & Leather Bank of Chi- cago. ‘CHICAGO, Jaun. 8. 188L. A reporterealled on Mr. Grey, of the Hide & Leather Nagonal Bank, lust evening to learn what the above instrument meant. The geotleman stated that the old State charter under Which the bank did business till sbouts year ago, when it was chanced to a Natlonal, hnd been sold to Sprinciield parties. After the bank was changed to o _National, the old charter became uscless, and they huve suc- ceeded In disposing of it for 2,000, which is so much clear guin. The 8pringlield purchasers have reduced the cn‘fiml stock 1o 8500, and evidently Intend to do business under tho char- ter, chanzing the nume, as set forth above, 1o the Springtield Maring & Fire-Insuranee Com- Pros. The Hide & Leather National Bank of this city continues business as heretotore, being 10 00 way atfected by this sale. ——— OUR WISDOM. For The Clicago. Tribune, “ Auntfe, I had a frightful dream! T'm sure it bodes no good. . I dreamed of snakes, that twined and crawled About me. as T stood Quite powerless to defend myself; And one raised up i1s head— Anpd, Auntie, if it bad been real, T'm sure I should be dead. “For O my blood runs cold to teil ‘What happened next, for [—" “Child, I'm astonished at your lack Of sease! A drenm: tiel Go, bring your scissors. and begin Your Salchwurk«qu\ll——llu( stagl "Tis Friday; ne'er coimwence a task On the Unlucky Day." Each one a spark of wisdom has T«}gmve his friend a fool— A light to bring his faults Lo shame, = And send hi3 wits to school. But, Whe the spark of wisdom goes 10 his own mind to peep, It only biinks tomplacently, "And winks itself to sleep. MiLLiE C. POMEROY. Indlana Citles. By officlal census returas, the Indiana cities of xzmore thun 10,00 inbubitants ure as follows; Terre Haute. New Altany 6. Layfayett 7. Sputh Ben 9. Loganspo: 10. Jeffersonviil 245 cities baving each a population excecdin: b Tollws: Siehi, GStn, Titt, Totk, ootk B, 215th, and Slst. — —ce—— Crows Eatinz Live Ducks, A sipgular occurrence wus observed in the East River, New York, a day or twoago. Some men on by a vessel saw about two dozen ducks on a cake of fee, and hurried toward them with guns.. On coming near them one of the * men éulled attenton ta a large tlack of crows hoverinz over the ducks. 1t was found thar-the ducks® feet and the tips of their wings were frozen to the ice, and thnt the crows had pivked out the ducks’ eyes and nearly stripped them of i 120 Erle, 0! .. Chicazo & Northwestern. Tho prétorrad. . Chicago Milwaukee & SLE Do prerérred Da preterrod. Mixsouri, Kansud & Toxas. Pacine Mail.. ... Deloware & Luds Delawnre, Lack. Now Jerséy Contral.. Manhattan Elevated Do preferred; Louisvilie & Nastvii New Yorxuntario &W ke Ecle x Western.. e Aiton & Terre Hautd. & BOSTO: Special Dispatech 1o The Chicago Tribuns. Jan. 22.—The complete interruption of Central 21| Ssandard. 3 . 40l | Excelsior.. Erie & Western. m_g hrcir it Ontarlo.. BOTON, P telegraphic communication betweon Busion 2nd New Yurk ilmits ton conslderuble extent ail ston business in any messure ullied with Now ggr}( interests. Up o 2 o'clock nut a syllable of communication nad passed between Wall stroet and State streer. Still the home list hus been Quito_setive, nud the tone is_comparativeiy strong. The lurgo buyiog of Hartford & Erie was continued. The ~transactions aggregate pearly $300.000. Theyopened at 55%, yesterdiy's closing price, and ran up to 575 on the First Board, but, at_the close of the Second Bourd, thoy stood 573, with1 bid. Sandusky Tscontined strong at 100; do scrip. sold 100 Chiengo, Milwaukeo & St Poul £s, Mississippl Val- Joy. soid at 1055 ; New Mexico, Southern Pacifio 78, dropped from 119 to 1i8; Atchison 53 at 100; New York & New England 6s nt 10544: Marquette 03 at 98. In railroads. Sum- mit Branch advanced from Z3to 245: Atchison frow 14735 L0 148%: Sandusky from 18% to 183 Flint from 2% to 20%: do preferred from & to g3 New York & New England from 55% 1o Giig: Ontario & Western i34 to 38: Northern 100 701003 ; Clinton & Fitchburg 59% to 40; Wiscon- sin Central 20% to 3. Little Rock was active at 63 bid. Atlantic & Pacitic blocks declined from 1173 to 117: Ltutland preferred from 30% 1020 To the Western Assoctated Press, Bosrox, Jan. 22.—Stocks closéd: Atchison & T, flrst 7,122 [Cin., Sund. et 11ing Eustern. 2 Do secund 7 1) Eling re Siurquet. 2y Do Jand 5. 118, Lt Je ltocks FLSmith & Boston, H. 5 (N. Y. & New England, 574 Fusiern 41 ) |Oidensbune £ L. C. pfd 8 o 2( {Do eommon. ock & F. “1inglola Colony.. N. Englind 5.1 Ix-uenl.- & At Alchison & ’l'ulmku‘.:l&wfl Rutiund pre: ChL, Bur. & Qui *0mmOn. ncy.. 10 1Do c FOREIGN. Loxpoy, Jan. 2.—Amerlcan securities— TUnited States bonds, 4s, 1174, 3 Erle, 5314: Pannsylvania(:untml, 68%; Read- i I ewiat of bullicn gono in, £16,000, Patss, Jun. 22.—French rentes, 84€ 100, Jun. 22, . MINING NEWS. SAN FRANCISCO. Sax Fraxcisco, Cal, Jan. 22.—Mining stocks Noonday ... Nortuern ielic. 31 ) ,J0x T gvern Ls! Potost Laisavaio, 52 Slerm 2> Uniun Con.. 3 Yestow Ji South Bul Goudanaw, a|Seurpion .. "Fuscaror, Gou & CUTEY., Grand Yrize. Hale SN Dluxican. Rono. = Special Disvatch to The Chicago Tribune. BOSTON, Jun. 2i—~The mining sharcs wero quiet cesterdny's fligures, Calumer & Heclw S0l at 2, ex-dividend; Catulpa ou its eorrecred nd jwproved repurt was tenduug Up, ut 24 und Fruukiin sold stroug uc i7. Dragsucnons, $32,0K) shares: 62000 Canada Southern.... 25,00 Untarlg & Western.. Luckuwanus oo S0 Pacitic < St Delawaure & Hudson, Z0W St o Lo G0N o) Lake Erie £ Wesi Northwesern . New Jersey Ce COMMERCIAL. The following were the recelpts and shipments of the lending articles of produce o this city during the twenty-four bours endine at% o'élock Saturday morning, with the corresponding #g- ures for & yeur 2go: STUIPMENTS. Do &5t Grandecs.. i Artictes. sk, |1 i > 9 517 1n Chicago District of Columbin 3,65 were | Xlour. Prls ) S 104% btd and 105 asked: the 4s were 11315 bid and 113t asked; the 4143 were 1123% bid and 112 asked: the 5s 101% and 101%; and the 63101% ex. interest and 101%. Foreign excbroge was stronger. Sterling posted rates closed 4813 and 4844, DBankers' actunl rates closed at 480:@480% for sixty-day bills and 4853¢@454 for demand. For sixty-day commercial bills for prompt delivery, 4i€4@ 4%, For three weeks' delivery. 4781@479::. Stxty-day commerclal bills, prompt delivery on Havre, 5305;@529. Bordeaux. 5305,@528%. Sixty- doy commercial bills on Antwerp, dellverable prompt, were 551%@520%. DBankers’ bills on Germany were 94 for sixty days and 94% for de- mand; ' sixty-day commereial bills, promnpt, 93t5 @93%. Bankers' guflders on Holland were 393 for sixty doys and 40 for demand; sixty-day commerclal was 304 @333, Chicago bank clearings were $5,900,00. The currency was light in all directions. New York exchapge was sold between bauks at pur @ 25e per $1.00 premium. Loans were moderately active at 5@7 per cent. - The clearings of the Chicago banks are re- ported hs follows by Maneger D. R. Hale, of the 'C!en’rmg-flouse: 5 = e. Clearngs. Balanees, Sales of securities on the Chicago Stock Board . embraced Chicago, Burlington & Quiney {s, $88,+ " 000, at 9114; Chicago, Burlington & Quincs 5s, 5,000, at. 106; Chicago, Milwakee & St. Paul (Da~ kota extensfon), $200,000, at 126; Burlington Missourd 4, §20,000, uz 91%; Wabash, St. Louls & Pacitic 5s, 820,000, at 57X¥@97%; North Chlcaro City Railroad, 50 shares, at 213. The value of the sales of local and miscel~ lanecous securities on the Chieago Stock Roard for the week erding Jan. 22 umounted to $1201,~ 625; for the previous week, $832.627. BY TELEGRAPH. NEW YORK. NEW YORK, Jan. 2!—Noan.—Money loaning at 5@¢ per cent on call. Prime mercantile paper s Bar sitver, 1%, -y Exchange steady at 99 for long and 993 for sight. Governmaents quiet; genernlly firm; '8ls, reg- istered, 10 815, coupons, 101%; new 43, reg- istered, 100145 new 4s, coupons, 101%: new 4%, registered, 1123 new 4}is, coupons, 1123 New Yomx, Jan. 22-11 o'clock a. m.—The stock market opened irregular, and in the early dealings prices declined in the generat list 5@ 114 as compared with yesterday’s closing quota- tions. Lake Enle & Western ‘was, bowever, a notable oxception to the rest of the market, and advanced 3%, to 40. The spfeulation was g svmewhat less active than of late, and the other changes were comparatively slight. NEW YORK,Jan. 22.—State securities were in- active. Itailroad bonds were penerally strong and higher. Since 11 o'clock stock speculation hus been irregular, but in the main firmer, and prices udvanced @2, Toward noon the coal shures and St. Puul & Omuha led the upward movement. The money market was easy at 56, closing at 5. Y'rime mercuntife paper, & Sterling _excbunge, fixiy duys, steady, 409; dewmund, 499: NEW YORK, Jan. 2—Afternoon.—Governments were inactive, and generally weak and lower, Railrond bods were uctivend irrezulur. State seeuriues were dull and nominal, e scovk markel was irregulur at the open- ing, and in the early dealings fell off 8 traction, but eubsequently became strong, and, under the leadership of Lake Erie & Western, prices ad- vauced steadily throughout the atternoon until atter the Second Board. when the improvement, 1s compared with the clc quotations of ¥ terday, ranged % 10 5li.—the larter Lake Erie & Western, Delaware. Locknwunna & Western, Detaware & Hudson, Canndu Southern, St. Paul & Omubg, and telegruph sbares being also vrominent in the upward movement. In finul sules realization caused n reacton of 2 in Luke Erie & Western, whilo the general Jist sold off X§tolX. s s (?Xrgin‘.!. conaols.. 225 Vigani, deferret 111G, 1% busd: tirs: 2 an 3171 U. 17, Snktag Fan 51 | erie’seconds.. FTOCKS. +Alton & T. L. pfd. L& oL, Gurl, & Chitaro & Alton. Do preterred New Yora Centrz] urlew. Do preferrea. el L. W .. Vi & Mississippi.. Do preferre J Chcaapenke & Ublo. Nohile & Otijv. Cieve. & Columi c.G&LC, Grass Seed; Flaxsved, {bs. Browm-corn. Cured meuts, 1bs. Beet, tes. Tullow, 1bs Bulter, 1bs. Dressed b Cnttie, Huy, tons.. Luiuter, . Shnzled, m.. Ealt, brls, ! Withdrawn from store during Friday for city consumption: 1,72¢ bu wheat, 1,639 bu bar- ley. The following grain was inspected Into store in thls city Satyrdny morping: § cars winter wheat, 42 car§ No. 2spring, 13 cars No. 8do, 8 cars rejected (70 wheat); 41 cars No. 2 corn, 28 cars high mixed, 122 cars low grades (191 corn); 37 ears whito oats, 15 cars No. 2 mixed, 18 cars low grades (70 oats): 2 cars No. 2rye, 3 ears low grades; Scars No. 2 barley, 10 cars No. 3 do, 17 cars low grades (30 barley). Total, 368 cars, or 180,000 bu. Inspected out: 5,692 bu wheat, 30,933 bu corn, 51 bu rye, 1659 bu barley. The following were the receipts of breadstufls in this city during the past week: Jan. 15, Jan. 23, Ry il Lremedt BUs: : The corresponding shipments were: Jan. 2, The teading produce markets were irregulacly steady Saturday. Provisions were moderately activo and fell off, a good demand. mostly on Southern account, being freely responded to by locul longs. Wheat was guiet ana easy, other grain dull, with lfttle change in prices. The fiuctuations fn corn were ltmited to e, except an adaitional ¢ just at the opentog. This may serve to show tho apathy existing in that mar- ket, and it wus parallcled elsewhere. Tho past week has probably beeu the quictest ever known in breadstuffs sinee the week of the great fire, now nearly ten yeurs ago. There was practical- Iy no communication by telegraph with the Eastern world (and of course not otherwise.) The result was a dearth both of news and orders. Mess pork closed 10c lower, at S13.2714@13.30 for February and $15.45 for March. Latrd closed steady ut $9.02% for February and £0.1214 for March., Short ribs closed easier ut $0.95 seller March. Wheat closed %@3c lower, nt 98%c for February and 99%3¢ for Murch. Corn closed }s¢ lower, at 36X ¢ asked for February and 41%c bid for Muy. Outsciosed about ¥ lower, at 4@ 30%c¢ for No. 2 cash, 3lc bid for February. eud 35%c sor May. Rye closed stendy, at 89¢ for No. 2 fresh receipts, 881¢c for February, and 80%e for March. Qurley was weak and %@le lower, No.2 cash seliing at &1.05 for fresh, with February nominully §1.05 for No. 2, and ¢ for No.3. Hogs were fairly active, at SLEC@5.45 for light, and ot §4.80@5.40 for heavy. Cuttle were steady The demand for staple and fancy dry-goods was unimproved. The dally malls brine fnn falr number of orders, but they rurely extend beyond such guantities s arc required for cur- rent trade, and the movement is light in the ag- gregate. The tono of the market remuins firy Grecerics were moving with tair berality, and, aside from sugars, which were easier, the mnr- ket maintained s stendy and firm tone. Noth- ine new wus developed in the market for dairy products. Chofco butter was in zood request at full prices, and cheese nlso was moving frecly at former rates. Dried fruits were in tair demand ‘atnboutstendy figures, Fish remained quict and unchanred. There was adull market for bagzing, leather, and tobecco. Oils were quoted quict at unchanged prices. Lard and lpseed olls show an upward inclination. Pig-iron con- tinues in good demand, and is strong. Conl was firm at $5.50 for anthracite, and at §8.50@9.00 Tor gard to the management of the grain inspec- tion bere. Telegrams on *Change yesterday were nearly a8 scarce ns hens’ tecth. The few. operators ‘who recuived them were regarded as raru avis, and lionized for the moment. ‘The long-felt ditBculty In proouriog cars for the transportation of Jive stock aud other prod- uce is engwnng the attention of # geatlemun recently escaped from a lunatic asylum.’ He i3 not yet surp whother he will recommend an end- less cable begween this and the soabonrd, or the hitching of s freight to tho moon, Lo be sus- pended thus whilo the earth turns undor it. The commerelal world will await with breathless impatience thy result of the cogitation. PROVISIONS. ‘HOG PRODUCTS—-Wero moderately active. They were stronger duriog the early part of the sesslons undera good demend on Sonthern account, which 100k the place of the Now York business which the wires conld'not bring. The demana was metby very freo offerings on the part of local longs, und this in- duced a falling back, especially 83 wheat was ruther weak. The grentesz falling back wss in tho ease of pork, lard belng refativoly firm, and meats steuds. The Dully Commereial Bulletin gives the following ‘packing roturns to dato: 88 P! pld early at an advanco of 1%Mc per bel, bt doclined 26, ahd cioscd 106 bilow the aiess priced of Friduy. Kalds woro reporied of 1230 bris seller Februury up SILB@LIITH: S5U0 Lrls selier . Mureh a1 $I443G13.6714: and S50 bris soller April at $18.0K81375. Totai. bris. ‘Yhe market closed #1335:13.8 for round lota, spot o saller Jun~ uury, 182751330 for February, $13.5 for March, sbe about §15. or April, LiAltD~Adyanced 70 por 1001bs, but fell back, and closed about the sume us on Friduy afternoan.” Sules wera reported of 1, b, it $5.00GI.0TIE 5 tes selier Januury at §.5@9.07: 4,500 tos seller Fobrunry AL S.EAGR10; TR0 ves solior Murch up 814G, IAEIAI 50 tes seller April at #2093 Total 52,000 tes. I'he murket closed casy st £.06e10% for round lots, snot or selier the month; 2lg reller Febrmury; $4.123 welier Marob, ahd about $2.AGY.2EE for April, M EATY—5old 2ie higher, but feil back {n sympathy veith pork wud lurd. Sales wero roported of 25k I3 green shoulders (speclal cut). &t 86.0; 4 fibs wt sigged) scllor Maurcls, und §.034G7.10 selle 3 boyes loug clonr (apecinl averaves ai oxes. lonz and ahort cleur nt §0.10; 12,040 13 green hams (16 1bs) no 00 1bs ‘o (19 1bs) Bt §.W, und 75 te3 awoot- plekiel hums (16 1bs)at THe. Prices of the leading cuts of meats worpas follows ut2 o'clock for full- cured, unless otherwise speclitied: Short 1 Shoul- L. & S.| Short ribs 3. | aers. cleary.| clears. Loose, part salted.. Do boxed Junuury. (gose. February, iovse.. Aureb, loose, Sbort ribs, sellor March, closed ut 5. eleurs guoted at #6.65 lovso ind 6.8 buxed; Junds, TG Fe boxed; lony cut Butns, S plckled bums quoted ot 5@se for 18GIS averuke: krgen L, saine aventiie, Driey Hacun quoted at Su5ie for shouiders, THGTHc for :gl,vn ribs, rj(@r;wc 1 Short cloars, BGUce for hams, wsed und packed, —Wus quicvas $1.59Q800 for moss, $.10GL0 for yxtru mess, und $15.00G18.50 for hams, BREADSTUFFS. FLOUR—ns vory dull, as is usual on Saturdays; except that this week ft was duller than usual. A few sall lots were takpn by the city trade. Snles wero limited 10 255 bris winters on private terms: 20 brls spring double extras ut £5.45: 675 sacks extras on pri- vate terms; und 210 bris low grade at £.0@3%. To- 1), cqual to 1150 brls. - Fxport flours were quoted at £.0085.25 for good to cholce, and ryc do at LHGLTE. OTHER MILLSTURFS—Were in modernte demund and steady, Sales werodcrs pran st SILHEUM; & cars middlings and shorts At #1LKGIA; and 3 cars fosd ut SLTBRIL. SPRING WHEAT-Was qulet and easter. The market advanced sbout Yo eurly, foll of Ic, and closed H@3{c below tho lutest prices of Friday. Thero (c; as was practicully no news from Liverpool or New York, though ono “cuble” purported to call the formor point dull and ezsler. Our recefpts were small, but 30mo parties woro propbesytng o inaterinl Increase the coming weok, owing to sugmented rliroad facill- ties, The eorly sirength here wis n coutinusuoen of thut exnlbited Friduy ufternoon, which itself ap- { peared to be dag sou growing belle? hat = somebody s cetting under the deal.” No one protessed to know who the somebody I, but It waus surinlsed thut soveral purties bave ventured in deoply under tho bellef thut spring soeding .will by yery jute fn Europe, und that there wAy bo war. Suturduy this fenr seomed ‘to bave viplsbed, and Foidors were selling ubout as frovly as the limited Qumbor of buyers would 1nke §t, in the ubtence of Purchusine orders from_the Fust. Cush wheut wis dull, closini ut B4 for No, 2 in car-lows. Spot sales werg reported of 14 No. 2ay WiGHIe; 1AW bu No.dut Bidessie, the inside for 23(e storuye: 430 b do (Centrul) at8ie; und 3. bu by sstople at s Totul, 2500 by, Solier Mureh opened st SLOGG1.0034, [l off to ¥ receded to $Lwhi, and declined to clior the monthi wus_iearly nom- inal at e ‘ebeuary quict At Sl Myy ut SL s, nll clusting at tho insiide. WINTER WUEAT—Was duil und unchuuged. Sales imbted $to 300 bu No. 2 red, gilt-adized recelpts in 1. ut Wes 800 bu No. 3ut Bade on track; und 40 bu chuice do by sample atYic, ‘Hutal, 1,GU bus No.2 red In other louseswusn the Centrul wiw nowinal at e, i CORN—Was vory dull and very steady but easler. closing ¢ below tho latest prices of Friday. ‘I'hero wus o Dews of impurtance, sppurently Ro outslde arders, no materiul change in the volume ot reported roceipts, and a seemluz Increase of about 110Uk bu in onr #logks in store during the week. with un euster market for wheat. 'There wus aibyo some compiaint {n rezard to fnubility to deliver kraln, even some 1018 which had been sold free on board cars having to Do removed by teums. Nearly all the linited trading wis for May, Cash corn was puriiculariy duil, closing oL de for No. 2 und e for refected. Spoi eales were reported of 19.60 bu No. 2 and high mixed at 3e: 200 bu now high mixed at &ige; 1,000 bu re- ecied uud, Inew mixed ut3ikie: S0 by by sumple ot Kby 11 tracks 1800 DU 4o AL MINGHE F e on Bourd eurs; und $00.bu ears at e Totnl KK bu, Seller Muy 301 early at 42)6c, and dectined to 1346 bid nt thit elose. Seller the month was quoted at 5 @iige: February ut Iige. 4flfiufl(u; ot July nt £2eisige, all closiug at the inside. UA'FS—Were about e oIf from the previous day on bouh cush und futures, with free orders. 2 sold ut WH{GAGLe; No. 3 white at about Inuily at e, Futures were dull, az 3hfe for tho th, 3ic bidtor February, snd sules for Moy st $5@ stis ut the luside. Sales were reported of ) bu 2! 4s3(c for No. ¥ fresh ruceipts, in store? Jiun by by eaoiple at sle for rojocted mixed; 31 Xbge for rejected white: 3Use for N and 330 E ite, ck; ah8 U b S il at the elose. " . 2 epal rojecied 4 Hi@ Tor No. 2 witite, rejected white: % guod 10 very cholco 1, 5704 DG 4 KYE—Was steady for cash at about 8¢ for No. 2, fresh fecelpis, Sampies werg in falr debund, 1ut: ures wera dusl 8 Svige for Februnry und Shde for u e Tos, for " No. % &,‘i‘u&i}gc for -2 white free on board. To- March. Sales wore reported ot 4l bu No. 2 fresit ro- calpts S in stores 3400 bu vy, sunplo L e o5, no grude; e for Te and Satie for No. 2on Trneks S0 bu at Wie free on bourd. BARLEY—\Was weak and_lower. both on cash and fatures: No.2 cash suld ut L6 for irean, but unly for @ smail 1ot. N0, 3 wus nominafly ut e, with No, 4 uk Gie. In futures there wus littie dolng, February No. 2 clng quoted ut .05, and_ Februery No. 3 nowlnully Crish sules were noted of LUk bu at 3L Tor N, bic for No.4 fresh in store.: GHK bu by Bawplo'ut (3@ for No. 4, and SUc@3LW Tor good 10 cuoice No. 3 on track, Total, 7,50 bt BY TELEGRAPH. FOREIGN. LIVERPOOL, Jan. 22—COTTON—American, 54x0 bales. BuEADSTOPFS—Small business at lower prices: Culifornia. white wheat, 93G@% 94; -do club, b8d3 19430; red Western spring, 89 6dGYs Gd: red winter, 953d@93 84. Corn—Now mixed, &3 5d. YARNS AND FaAmnics—At Manchester dall and Tower. LINSEED OIL—259 532258 104. ANTWERP, Jan, 2.~TETROLEUN—23KEL, NEW YORE. NEW YORK, Jan.2!-Noon.—FLOUR~Dull: without Important change; recelpts, G ris: round hoop, Obio, $1. 1564 nolce do, $LISBLT3; supertine West- ern, §.2543.7; common 1o guod extra do, SLIVGLH; cholce a0 do, $1.8k34.75: cholca white wheat do, 5.0@ sales GRATN—YWheat o shado bettor; qulet; ssles 16,000 bu No. 2 red Fepruary ay $1.134: 6400 bu. do March at £ 2L bn do Mayut SLKBLAK. Corn dullin shudo easior: mixed Western spot, 8248353c; do fut- ure, 544@36c. -Oats quict; sbout steady; Western, 429 Gt ) PLOVISIONS—Boef steady; moderate demand; nom~ fnal: pluin moss, $.5); new exvort, $1U.5L Fork quict und steady: uld mess, $I423@13.03pot. Lard—Shado stronger; steam rondored, 3.5 & BUTTER~Vory firm; moucrato Inquiry; Ohlo, 124 @i | ¥ CHERSE—Firm: S@13ife for poor to fancy. GROCERIES—Sujar dufi nnd weak. Molasses quiet and heavy. Rice quietund steady. Cofice stends und quiet. : FLEIGRTS-Weak, SPIRITS OF LORPENTINE—Firmat fijfc. RESIN~Qulet nt $L75@LEY. TALLOW—G4G@sKe for Western, @i2¢ for fair to cholce. log, 254 bulos; middlings, 11 13-16c; utures vers dull; Januury, April, J216; uac, * YOuK, Jap 6G 12 1-51 Tutu; 12573 1.1 Murch, 1L9lc; April, 120 i duiy, FLite; Aukist, L FLOUR—Qulot; recelpts, 70X brls; oxports, 400 unchanged prices., Wueat—Cagl Erie aud Briar Hill, Inbrooin-corn there is little change to note, trade belng steady at former quotations, The ordinary winter demand is poticeable in the buillding material market, prices Femuining about as one week ugo. Bggs are very scarce forthe fresh article. 35G3%e now belng paid therefor. The fur trade is dull, though the stocksboth of old und pew ure light. Ali grades are unchanged, except muskeat, which are slightly reducéd. May continues dull fn a local wity, owing to the large receipts by private teams from the near-by country. Prices, how- ever, are unchanged. The tide mariet con- tinues duli, and the prices given are Little better than pominal. Poultry has a slizht upward tendencry, turkeys being quoted at 9@10%e, and chickens T@8}c. ¥ The Grain Receivers' Association of this city bas declded to ask the Senate of Illinols to withhold confirmation of Ruilroad and Ware- house Commisalvners uniil that body has sent a gg;{n&m& committes to this city to tuke testimony in re- 1 3sc better: futures closed dull “‘\Afiél}‘\;‘ t{l’"'fl’l' dl\l b '~ radus 210 store; No. 't LieLiisg; No3to, mised winte: . 2, L1 LA .3 rod, Junis LISHEL! 2p; May, 503 Nu. %, dunuary, (0; May, Siffe. Uats i Westor mixed, U Western, ic. - —tinw and unchuuxed. Jiurs—~Duff und uncounged. GlockrrEs—Caree guice snd 8rm; Rlo carzoes quo.ed it LHGLIe; Jou los, Uilde. Sugar qull; 1uie 10 poud red) TG, Molusses guies aud bat slvady. nomtual. Rl e ujet and nucounze PENTINE~Ntroneerai $i¥B5c. GS—Strons and higher ab g sic. LEATHEU~Du.1; hemwek suie Buenos Ayresand Blo Crande ot middle snd heavy-welzhis, 25 pulicd, ke, WooL~Dull: domestle Secc 0, 5TGE32e; unfnshl:fl. 1iGBe; Tonas, Iiwssie, PIOVISIONE-Pork Lieid highers ot mess for ex- 1330; Fabruaty, quoted mi SHZGILU: i5aTek Beat—doiiund folr and market firm. but meatstirm; long clear middies, §7.80; ¥nort clesr. 300 Lard strol 28 Sty - 10! ut CArEsg—Fym wpd anchunkod. e LT B A N ] red ot $I9.25@1.37T6. Pl - hanied: “Scoich, BLUEA0; American, PAUGUL oty Shoetiag, STAth. Nas-—Gut, £2006140; olineh, Frerod : m?fl}# EARLY CHICAGO. Some Intercsting Kominiscences of the Days Whcn This Clty Was a Village. To the Editor of The Chicago Tribune. CritcAqo, Jan.20.—In the communication pub- lished fn your paper of Dec. 26 I'safd-that in the future I might ndd some further reminiscences of old times, and I now take up my pen to put them on paper. We left Buffalo Aug. 26, fur a §K-milo journey by land for Chicago, aad traveled & couplo of bundred miles along the shore of Loke Erfe through Peonsylvania and Ohbjo. Instend of tinding it o wilderness 2s we expected, we found a beautiful farming coun- try, well settled by thriving farmers, good farm- houses, and frult in abundance, and until wo reached Cleveland, then & town of about 3,00 inhabitants, irst-rate macadamized roads. 'Wo hoped to find plenty of game, but wero notquite 50 foolish 88 a young Englishman who was visit- ing ut my house a few years since, who asked the morging after ms arrival if he could walk out a few miles and geta shot at & buffulo, but did expect we might shoot a decr now and then; but, with the exception of two or three who erossed tho'road a few miles from Clevelund, and onco agaln ia Michigan, we saw none, and with small gawe it was ubout tho sume. We had two or three hours good duck-shooting on the Sandusky River,and once in a while ghot a stray pigeoa ajong our route, but that was all until we arrived st White Pigeon, when we came across o flock of prairie-chickens and bagged 4 few of them =2pd once agam At Door Prairie, & few miles from Michigan City, Where we Lot 8 couple, but with these few ex- ceptions we SMW nu guie fn our two mouths' travehng. Waen we bad got settled in Chicugo we took o Stroll with guns and dogs to sve what the prospuct was in this nefghborbood, and, fol- lowing the luke shore on the North Side for milo or 8o, eame Lo a grove of Ur treea thnt were literally full of prairie chickens. We estimated the tlock ut from 200 tb =54, put could not get i shot ut them. They were continually on the ulert, und kept one old roovster 1o give timely notice of our uppronch. He would give pecu=~ Linr call,-and awaty the whole lock would gu. Weo foltowed themn upaod down for three or four hours, scuttering them in every direction, but at Inst had to give it upin despair sud own our~ selves beatens they were tyo wary forus. We ouly got two or three stray birds, ” I buve never secn them congregute in_ such large numbers since, althouh it 13 well known umong sports- men that when the chickens are full-grown they fiy in tloeks, and it is much more duliculs to gt nshot at them than when in coveys. Inthe fuil, when birds were plenty, there wasno bet- ter sport In the world thun to follow a couplo of good dogs and bugz u bird or two every time they pointed. 1 brought a spiendid young pointer with me to Chicugu, the only one then in tho vil- fage. He was ndmired all ulong our routoas a erfect besuty, und, dogs belug then scarcels cnown in Ametlca, I bud 0o trouble in brenking her. She mude her fiest point at g lark, but, soon coming on a covey of birds and shooting balf a dozen over her, ‘sho went at ft with a will, and proved oae of the best ‘dogs that ever had a gun tired over her, 48 twa or three old. sportsmen stifl with us could testify. They often followed ber, and many times shot fifty to seventy-five birds a any- She was ia such demund und 1 lent her so often thut ut last ste would follow suy one with o gun, and was stolen. 1 used to shoot s few ducks oceasionaliy on the North Brunck of the river, and ouce shot a yoose iu the river near Rush'street. Shooting in those early tmes was done not only for the sport, but to supply the tuble. Comon fowls were not to be bud for love or money, but prairie-chickens In the fail were very fmerous on the West Side, und when live tng'on the coruer of Washington and Jeerson | streets [ could i a few minutes walk to tho | ridge beyond Carpeuter's Addition and shoot all 1 wanted berare Uréukfust, sud sometimes would ride out wc or three miles just at sundowa, when I would tind them teeding in the road, und shoot half-u dozen before davk. 1n fact, shoot- was onc uf the few rinusements ot which she old settlers could avuil thomselves, Deer were not numerous cuough around Chicavo to fnduce muny to follow them; it required too much labur. Iremember one grunt hunt that was organized in the nll of 1851, when a party of u huudred or more went elght or ten miles out, and, seattering from the North Branch to the luke, mude ¢ line and drove alt before them to the village. Suome five or six deer and a few wolves, seared by the noise bebind them, swum the river apout La Sulle street, ran through the village, and escaped to tho timber on the South Branch. A few were shot in trying to bresi through tho lines, but the bunt was not consid- ered u success, und wus never tried arain. 1 once saot & deer myself, in 1837, about four orfive miles west of Waukegan, and [never think of it to ths duy without socing the beauti- tul eyes of the poor creature turned up ‘to me in the agronies of death, with sucn a sad and wournful expression that I really wa3 aimost sorry 1had kilted it. ‘Then my horse utterly refused to carry it home on his back, or even go r it which disgusted me, and my friends when [ mendoned it, juked me 8o sbout he going up there ntter another kind of dear, which perhaps might buve been go, that L got married £0op after, and have never been deer- hunting Sin Some of the young folks would like to kuow what other aniusenents chere were oud how we Spent our uings. The storekeepers pluyed cueckers while walting for'_customers,” and, after closing, played curds. Those religiously inclined weut to prayer-meeting ut le: once 1 week. Then when busrders and travelers were satistied s to the inner wan in the old Sauga- nush Hotel, Mark Beanbien wonld by out bis fiddie and pluy 1or those who wished to trip the lignt fantastic toe. Wo be sure, there were 0o theatres, hu concert-balls, or reading-rooms. New Yurk pupers were twenty to thirty duys Gld when we got them, and there were but few buoks in the piace. A man cime Inzo our house one day, and, scejng some shelves full of oid Looks, asifed if ‘'we Kept 8 bookstore. ‘Ihio fact s, that in the winter of I8B-31 amusements of any kind were few and far beiween, although we made the mosc of what there were. One fine moonlight night, when the lee was good, the whole of Cbi- cupro turned out for a skate xnd a frolie, and we bud it. There must huve been at least o bun- dred persons oa the river between Wells strect and the forxs. T'ben we had good sieighing for a short time, and you would have ltuglied to een the splendid furnoutsimprovised trom 'y crutes and sugar Logsneads. Thero were ‘only two cutters i town, but it did not tuke wany tovls or much time o muke some- thing that would glide over the frozen snow, A xood handy fellow with an ax, drawing-kaife, und sugur wounld go fnto the woods, cut down two stright younyx suplings, shuve off a little where thoy bent up for the thills, bore six or elght holes, in which they drove tie standards a foor bigh, put eruss-pieces ou which they laid the crate, filled that with bay, and the slcizh was rendy for use in less than bulf a day. Toe same plan was pursued with the sugar hogs- bead, only that was cut hall way down in tront and i seat put neross it in the buck, ind you mid a slelgh which, covered with robes, was us warm and gs comtortabie us the best of cutters. 1 once got caugnt in 4 snow-storm myself between nere und Nilwaukee, xud, not being able to make much progress with a wagon, stopped balf way up and made nslejgh which | nsed ull thay winter. Then the younz Ulouds of the town—we nsed to _nave such even In those days—got up a splendid sieigbing party, 1 thiuk it wus on the st of Junuary, when they ctwe out with the (Government yawl bont on runners, drawn by four good hurses, und covered with robes, with as many bells jingltug on tho barness us they could tind in the village, and thus eyuipped they mude the streetS ring vxsin with thewr merri- ment und laughter, Unfortanately for them, they got treuted 8o well wherever they called, that by evening they began to feel the cffeers of it, und determined o buve s grand 8pree, Which ended in smashing up the best snioon In' town, for which they pud nexe morning, it_was sald withuut & murmur, the sitm of $800. But waat wus thut, when they used to sny they could lny down u sixpence ut the buck door at night and it would be u dollar v the morning? There was very little visitiog done among the Indics, a8 tney hn®@uil they could atiend 1o at home, servant girls betng very scurce; in. fact, the houseés of thuse duys were nut well calcy- lated for company, most of them belng about 16 x:0, u tory and a half, with u lenu-t0. The house we Jived lu that winter, on the corner of Kinzie and Rush streets, wus about #8 laryo as any g town; but unfortunutely it wus not_completed, belny neither lathed nor plasiered, nut even sheatbed; and we had notnivg 10 protect us frow the weatherwhen the thermometer marked 2 degreea below zero but reugh siding nailed on the studs. Fortunately we hud wurin clothing, and would imust roast In fronc of u buge \waod-firo 1 tho lurge chimney, common in those duys, while our backs were covered with thick clouks o keep from freezing. I setually bad my cup fresze to the saucer while sitting ~ &t tho table at breakfast. Stuves were not to be had, und eooking was down under .great disadvantages. Pots were bofled bamring from a hook vver the fire, and brend baked in g baking pot, with hot woud rslies ubove and below it. - I wonder what fudlos would ibink of such conveniences naw, when Irls turn up their noses unless thoy have hot and cofd water ut band and stationury tubs to wash in. Then the water was brought frow the river fu pnils. The most fushionable buanting- bouse wus kepr ina log builduig ebout 16 by 24 feet: there forty persons dafly took theit meats,—buw many slept theré 1 could not say. I Kuow they took in'onr whole purty of sixteen tho tirst might in Chicuzns, and set the table for breakfnst until nhout dinoer-tine, and* diuner til! suppee-thme. % Chicugo in those early dpys was but asmall viflage on the very outskiris of elyilized life, with very few of the conveniences, and, 1 may gay now, of the cumnforts ot life. The furm- ture in the houscs was of the mnost priminve’ kind,—~commnion wooden cnirs and u deal table; somwe even bud to'put up with forms tasit on. Betore spring tour becatae 8o Stupee that 323 3 Dburrel wus given tor it and i€ wus u favor to get irat thal. 1t was the sume with other commud- - Ities that we now think absoiutely necessary for our tubles, Potatues were ot to'bo had; butier the num}i and we wers ut lust reduced 10 beef, pork, and corn-meal, Ithink the molasses did n with pork-fat. 1 don’'t know wh; :vxaushould buve done had not naviga- tion opened em{ that the good ship Westw: Ho, a small craft about eighteea or twenty feet long, the only vessel that wintered in the river, to make regu- lar trips to St. Jo and bring bick & cargo of ten or twelye burrels of fouruch time. During the winter if a stray Hoosier wagoa or praltic- sebooner, a8 We used to call tiiem, happened w find its way. 80 far tiorth, a8 they sewetimes dil with n few crocks ot butter, dricd apples, smoked bacom, hams, erc., the whole village would be after the wagon to get hold of the precious comwmnadities. This scarcity lasted till spring, when, on the jth of 3lay, we were glnd- dened by tbosight of & schooner 1in the ofhng, Inden with tlour and provisions from Detroit. She had to lay half u mile frowm shore, while the three -or four Muckinfl\f léo:rs used for that urpose made trips to unload her. _ e e o wore mude of birch bark, Very UUght, and were the only ones that could cross the" Dbar ot thie mouth of the river with any load. Her freight was furtunately consigned to an hopest man, who preferred tosellitata falr pr‘:_ce,—ror $10 n barrel,—~aithough he was Olferf:d $5a bar- rel for the wholo cargo. Mr. Dole’s name was known in thut transaction “over the whole country from here to the Mississippi for years ufter. From this time the villnge begun graduclly to fmprove. A bridge was built over the river ut Cinrk strect, doing away with the necossity of the canpe ferry tuar had beenrun the season before. Tho number of iububitants had lo- erensed to 500 or 83),—i0v or 500 more than were here the October previous, 1 went East jn May and returned in the following November, when ) fouud u great chunge for the better in tho vil- Iage, There were twoquite respectablo hotela bullt on Luke street. and several stores. The first person who ventured 10 move so far south us the corner of Lu Sulle and Luke strects was called * the prairic tuilor.”” ‘The Presbyterinns, who betore bud worshiped_in 8 small, rouih building on the corner of Franklin and South Warer streets, hud put up a small church on Clark_street, near Lake. The ludles begun to bold their society meetings regularly. ot up a fair that wus guite o success; and in the winter of 183-"85 1 piuno that had been brought from Londoa by Mr. Brouks, then the only one In tho plice.or In the State for what I know, wus taken from the store where It hud been since our arrival, and Mrs. B., nssisted by Georgo Davis und others, gave soveral coneerts, to the frunbdelmht unu amusement of the citizens. What memorijes cluster around those names. George was the life and soul of any company ho might be in, and there are many old citlzens yet left in Chicago who will remeinber his comical +The Mogul” and *The Blue-Bottle BOngS Fly,” for instance,—that always used to briog forth rounds of applause, while Mrs. B., who ac- ccmpunied him on the plano, Diayed tboso old-rashioned pleces of martiul music—*"The Battle of Prague” and others—that were great favorits with the sudience, who made the Dbouse ring with their plaudits. They have both passed away, I frust to a better world. but 10 nuuy of their old friends and descendants still with'us these lfues will bring back many pleas- ant memories. ¢ The summer of 1833 brought still greater im- provements, a3 well as u large Increase in tho number of inbubitants. The Lake House, large, brick hotel, was built an the corner of Kinzie and Rush streets, There were also some stores erected on North Water strcet, and & great cttort made, unsuccessfully, however, to earry the trade Lo the North Sige. On South Wuter street, also, several stores had been erect- ed. In the winter of 1335 and 1833 weekly dane- 1n arties were lnaugurated at the Luke House, and four-norse sleighs und wagons sent around 10 coffect the fuir tadies whouttonded thewm. The first winter here there were but two unmuar= ried ludies fu the villnge of u suituble age, and one of themn got married before spring, but in 1835 and "30 their number hed largely inerensed. From this time society secmed to takeupon jtself 2 more decided form, rising from the chaos in which §t had before been. In the spring of 1826, fn Muy, therc was a_lafge gathering of speculators from the Exust to uttend the cunal sules, and Chicago began Lo be appreciated more than ever. on more nirs. 1 remember that. summer the boarders ut the Luke House passed a resolution, purtly in joke, of course, that they would not huve any but rich men staylog there, putting the sum they were to be worth at $10.000. "The contrast fromn that to A rich man of the presenc day Isgreat. From thistime the city grew rapidly in wealth, numbers, and importance, and, as there are many who were residents at that time better nble to write it up than myself, I will conclude this long article, trusting you will purdon me for taking up So_much Spuce in your valuzble paper. CHas. CLEAVER. A NICE COUNTRY, The Experiences of an Old Saflor in New Guinea—Novel as Well as Hor= rible Methods of Kililng Criminals. Duyton Journal. At 120clock last night, as a Journal reporter made his usunl rounds to the depot, u strange character was pointed out to him in the gentle- men's waitiog-room. It was an aged sailor who had comy trom Lansing, Mich., and was on his way to New Qrleans.-to end his duys on the ele- ment more suited to bis tuste than the land. Autracted by hi3 strange appearance, the re- porter accosted kim with a few inquiries, and in a brief time obtuined n story of adventure in his wanderings that 1s marvelous in its hideous- ness. Hesaid that one of the aptest fllustra- tions of savuge barbarlty that he hud ever seen wus {n the Serpent’s Valtey, in New Guinea. It was a dangerous undertaking to travel through this valley, butwehad heard so muchof it that we were determined to go through at all hazard. As We stood at the entrance to give our ponies a “blow, and then procecded to eoter it, I was struck very much by the great higiit of the trees, but my gaide regarded them as nothing ut all, a3 be had probubly seen them a -hundred times before. Their clear stems ran up nearly o hundred feet betore the limbs begin to zppear on them, and were very thick. Here, too, were many palm-trees, whose feather-like plumes gave a gruceful appearance to the whole val- ley. There was alsoa large tree flower near Ly 'which was at that season in full bloom, and tho Hower, which was a briwhe searlet, hug suspended 'in long-folding peodants from tho brunches, A3 a distunce one muy casily im- aglue these trees to be on fire, and { was lost in adwmirution 13 f contemplatsd these things, and as wo coutinued up the valley new beauties opened to us. ~Stop? beware, sallorl™ cried my guide in waraiug toues. 4 1 stopped im pulsively and looked forward un- der his direction, 8w un inmense snake curfed uD at tho fuoT Of the tree dn front of us. Teoud not judge of its length, but it must have been very greuat. Another and anothor of these cuils were pointed out to me, and I bad an unpleasuur seusation of ¢ool perspiration ovzing out of my in, 5 *‘I'nke eare, take care,” he cried out in terror, Ard cutching my pony by the tead he pulled me back toward the mouth of the valley. After we hud got away some twenty yards I saw an fmmense ban-constrictor curled arvund the stem of the tree near which we bad Leen stunding. Tne reptite’'s neck was stretched sowe ten or twelve feet over the pathway, und 13 heud kept rising wud falling in much the sume way 83 1 nave seen u turkey wriggle Aabout. The terrible thlog had evidently been sunning itselt, and, buving been awakeued by our approuch, proceeded to Uncoil its immense body i order to obtain its midday meal. it was not 163s thun sixty feet long, L am sure, for L counted at least §x cofls uround the body of the tree, tllowing Seven feet for each coil and fif- teen for the nead uwnd neck. After this advonture we hurried back to the guurd and reported what we hud scen. Several of the men expressing i desire to see the serpent, thoy were permitted to approuch tho mouth ol the valley to eatch a distant f[lmpic of the bos, whicit quite satisfied them. leurned afterward that tnis route was never traveled, and thut the untive escortsrenlly made #n extousive detour sud came. vut by a secret channel whase approiches were earéfully hid- den by trees nud rocks. Some had attempred to puss’ through it, but,as they bad never been Beard of nguin, it was' universaily believed that they bud been destroyed by the serpents, and thore s but little doubt toat it IS the case. I have heard somewhere of an_army that was stopped by a great suake, end 1 veally believe that the bods In this valley would binder the Pprogress of the bruvest uriay., 5 From this poiut our ropd luy afong o sheitered plain, the path running by tho side of a grove of tall, thickiy-folinged trees. 1n ubout ua hour from our leaviug the valley I wuasstartied by beur{ug a cry for felp, cominz, us it secmed to me, frumn divectly over my he On 1ooking upward I was horrified to seean unfortunate wretch fastened to n tall tree by weans of ropes, and near him was a swmall suake aboug elght reot long. ‘The reptile was standing wreut and hissing at the man, wbo was -beating ;Ils hands wildly and endeavoring to uvold its nogs. n,;‘ Cun we not help him?”. I asked, greatly ex- ed. *No; he is a criminal and must dle. Better to die thus than tv be torn to pieces b, He i3 fortunatd,” Bl ST bt The anulke hud now bitten the man, at least so < ear and - permitted. The citizens made inoues and put ndadvantnen - s Beenin all my try gy old man related big st . itative Whill at bis pipe, ,,.,'?:{:,‘n‘}rtm: meg. blowin’ a SUT nor'wester to-night.” Sag, “she'y mothung mare wvas to be obtainedof i £ 08 f urted, mugin , (e ree Bl 1o 1is path av overy stepe o custrittary, ————— “THE HURB.” A Lively Litera; In an evil hour Mr. Gegg?rxf;(fi;, nished for the February Harper P fon trated article on.* Literary ang sog;lml" ton.” His sketch included portrijty ) D. Howells, E. P. Whibple, T. B, o Ralph Waldo Emerson, C. E. Nortg, d_;hh‘ Ficlds, E. E. Iale, J.B.O’Reflly,an?x’ 5 Ward Howe, and rather poor repmenum‘ p of Wendell Phillips, Dr, Barto), ¢ Holmes, Weiss, James, Senlor, Whittor oo ginson, and Sargent, assembled gs . of the Radical Clubat Mr. Sarzent’s g, ‘There weze also- pictures of the ingjj outside of the residence of the Jatp G::m Ticknor, and one or two other domy o ews. The foregoing constituteq, -2 é‘qd array of portraits, and qultenn:: of ‘men were mentioned whose likeny were not given; but, as might be exgeotey 2 good many more were owitted, some ‘whom were as much entitled to notice s majority of those favored. 3fr, L‘\u\mt:y’ géneral conclusion is that Boston hag clai 5 to be regarded as a centre ot *eyltypen - that the pride of purse aud family oftey ‘.}m holds recognition from deserving ang i He tells how 2 young aristrocrat, whep ,’," ting for his portrait to & Young artist of g talent, said to bim, With chann scension, ** You’re getting on now tq 3 p where you ought to warry. Ishoyld E) e you'd Jook around for some young Womag iy~ your own walk of life and settle dnwn',xm ier.”” He also asserts that the father of n?: late Margaret Fuller made along ang g, perate push_to get into society, mfi" zained to the full extent only after his dagsg, ter had become distinzuished. On the whak, the Boston social world is divideq Ti1t0 & nume- ber of air-tight compartments. Hospitajty s accowplished gentleman, wha had accepted wany favors faom friends abread, on wmeeting the lady, of the housa Erurs aftervard tn Boston, showed hig. oundless gratitude and corulnhybylnrlthg her to call at his house on A Sunday evepizs after tea, when his wife and hiwsalf won) o with her to church and givé herk placein their pew. Ot the late George Ticknor, th friend of Prescott, and author of a History of Spanist Liternture, and of a very jgter. estiuz diary of Residence in Europe, full of anecdotes of celebrities, JIr. Lathtop says; “Itis only about ten Years sinee Tickhor ceased to walk the streets,—a tall, stately uisure, instinet with this Boston dignity, dignity which there [sa lacal lendmih make an incumbrance.” 3ost people, toall places, are sensitive to social opinian; they -ire 10 sinmu ex:elx%:\f&id otfhumers. Butthy Jostonian goes further than % afrmidof hiniself, ‘m‘ Ml r. Lathrop’s article, spirit of we have pretty faithfully reproduced :b‘:a[:e‘: has ereated quite a stir. The Transerint more than Insinuates that Mr. Lathrop hag never been andmitted into the society:he claius to describe. An anonymous friend of tne Fullers denies, in_the Advertiser, that they were quite the otscure people repre- sented by the anthor, while Mr. F. . Under- woad, o literary zentleman, who-was neg duly noticed, has addressed an Indignan,, “open letter ” to the unlucky maguar, writer. He weakens his own cause by it ously urging_ his own claims to distizo; being the oldest surviving Presideny of the Papyrus Club, * the only one wha, ‘xg]d tha place three years,” and doing mureinalit erary way than any ol its membersmentioned, - witl one exception. *As a ‘ecturer” hs meilestlyadds, ** I have had unsaliciusl praisa in every city where 1 have ippeared” “1 Suppose you can not be ignovant; [am wilk ing to believe you were furgerlul. 1 take nothing as unfnendly without proof, buc L must suy the forgetfulnessuone thelessgives * pain.’ "This is enough forMn Underwood bimselt, He is equally dissatisfied with Mr, Lathrop's estigmm of others. Weaquote: “Your mistaies, as L view them, begin with your treatmewt of Ticknor, Sofna Bl sparing ehronicler will yet do him justice. Ile was & rich man, a_tuft-hunter, anda solemn snobd, a3 decame-the son of a retired, crocer. In his time a wealthy professer and. dabbler in letters in Boston wasas rireass. dodo, and he was made muchof. His honse was the resort of literary tuen from the old world. and for such of the new world as fashion approved. To an Aboliiionist, a phi- lgsupher, or a poor man, his doors were shat When Ricbard 1. Dana sided with Charles Sumner, the awful mandate was ssued ths Dana was no more to taste the Ticknor Ma- deira. Later, when truth came to the fop, and Ticknor wanted Dana back thab sturdy Republican aristocratretsed, Honor to him! You are at fault-as to your recol- fections of Mr. Ticknor. He was not fall, nor prepossessing, as yon paint him. He was® rather below the medium hight, and his - only fine features were Lis full brow andhis black and steadfast eyes. I used to think bee wore his diguity, putting it on and off after the old custom in Boston, ilke Sug-: day clothes, Ticknor never made anacus observation upon letters or art; be never showed a gleam of wit or aseintilia of ho- agination, and his writing was devoid even of the most obvious gracesof style. Ldefy a man to find a respectable quotable pissiza in his *History of Spanish Literature) s book that no mortal ever read exceptfrom . compulsion. But, while he hobnobbed with - the greut he was shrewd enough tokeepa: diary, and his autobiograply, like acocoad, was Worth more than the body it epshrondeds so that e reaily beneiited the worldjby dr ing. Lam not unmindful of his-handsome bequest to the Public Library. It is for bin . a lasting monuwment. It was far differeat with the learned Bancroft, with the elegant Prescott, and the fiery Motley, his conteini-, raries, ail of whom “Wwrote enduring history while living in Bosten, in places well remein- - bered, and about whom you have little ot nothing to s * The littfe finger’ of efder. . {to use the simile of Seripture) was ‘8 than the loins’ of Ticknor. This is true not only in respect to_literary work, butto -, personal character. ‘Ticknor was selt-seeks ing and adroit; and I have been inform that he made overtures swhich showed sk, he would not have been unwilling to have: bought the right to put his nameas anthor’ upon the historical work of another.” = Again he say: 2 i - X5 I am mentloning historians, 1% . venture to express surprise At your uate treatment of Parkwan, an able llfl\h wll of energy and fire, and worth dozess: some of \he filagree writers you praise. haps you are not to be _blained for just mes= tioning Sumner, Everett, Winthrop, Pdfl;fi Cloate, and the Adamses. They areme politicians, to be sure, but each of them has written more real litérature than the mee- bers of the Papyrus Club, perhaps. s throp is_the first living orator, nnless BM: Wendeli Phitlips. Aud the Adamses. (w 3 are not ail of theu: the mnost_agreeablemeD) - ure probably as able as the sonnet pakers o the stlantic. There can be uodesite 0 pluck a leaf from the brow of AMr. I-‘iem % but 1t is proper to state that the dtlantic s not = change publishers until i3 iohed: tinctive character had been establisher and its name became a Lonsehold word: . The owmission of the names of Jobn Fis % © who has more brains and mere poweror . expression than any half dozen of te touds dlers of the Concord school.”. or.of Mot Snrgent’s show; of Ph\lllfs B“’?kfi:y,mm- bridze, 7. W. Parsons; 1. J. Chidh “f equnl of Norton»; JIr. Hazewsl, of U Traveller; Mr. Godkin, of tha Natlom Mr. Goddard und i alten, attho. gd‘:zfl‘l‘; er, saying nothing of Josepi 418 2 rebrefiended, and the general secasatod - sutuued up as follows: ¢ L think here that yo! ther amended: Your * N ble Boston,” "with ‘Notices of Friends.” 3tany people appear to t field of letters a preserve in which none D & I judyred, for be gave @ scream of ‘terror acd pain, uad Beized ts bead with his huif-opened hands, "The venomous beast curled itself raplaty around the neck und body of the” poor man and strove to draw Its head 10 bis fuce; but despera- tion guye him strength, and for u ' long tme ho resisted it successfully., At st his strength faiied, snd 1 suw to my areat horror the snake's Tangs steudily approachiug the mun’s mouty, fo he was almost sutfocated, [} = 1 conld ivok no louger, and, turning my head away, continued my journey. Asgain I remarked that my guide was fudiferent, and gave no wore tuan nsingle glunce ui the crumml who wis sugtering S0 horrible nd wuth.. In another half mule:we Saw 4_namber of birds hovering over another tree, and, upan reaching it, saw a; criminal ehuinod o it u, puw‘hrgmv.'lm«. !’l‘: tvlv?:; vainly tryiug to defend himsell against the wt- tack3of a lurge engle, which yniled backward and forward, overy now und tken descendiug upon’ the puor wretch aud striking him with hig talons. When wo_wore: sevn the fellow cried out to save niw. This, bowever, was impossible. The guide was immbvable; 50 were compelled to rido on and leave kim to his fate. Anov.ggr Lree oon- taived the putrelying. corpses of men who had suared similur tates. This I3 the mode of puu- iahing criminals in New Zealand, and it 3the ub 1d 78 privileged elass have any right. .4 bat wore than onceseen the manifcstation ofthls:i feeling.” e and® Mr. Underwood 1s greatly stirred up, s gond many other Boustonians nm_sfi!fidw with him. Mr. Lathrop’s only Fh-il“l:‘.h b of ‘escaps IS o second article in Wh e shall take baclz all tho unpleasant thmd ady: has said, and insers all of the m of - celebritics with which a carefal s the directory may supply him. e ——— Not Hasily Satisfieds 3Ir. Magutre, of & Kuansss town. ¥as Constuble, nnd the local paper w! himsuid: | M. Nuguire will’ wash b fore he nssumes tho office of Sherif™: notice maddencd Maguire, aud he ullcd‘ s editor to’ complaln. *You ob)ccz'gnmndn_ ment?” asked' the editor. “1 do, -sypl:‘u B rulre, *Very well, L'll retract it." 8 'state editor. and_then he put in his paper the s ment that he wished to retract his uno ment that Mr. Maguiro would wash bl _fors assuming the office, 83 Mr. Maguire et et Ao Iosianc 18 L re, D! gal o 2 sailafy Wwrath, Bome men are