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THE INQUEST ON JOHN MYERS. RRA (Mot Killed in the Bayard Street Riots—im- portant Notorious Jack @pratt—The Burglary on Broadway—Phe Man Shot Proved t» be'the Decensed—Kvi- dlence in Full of (ls Wife=Her Admlse- @lonseHe ts Connected with a Gang of Watever—A Receiver of Stolen Goods Sketches of the Principal Characters— ‘Hush Money Given to Officers, &e , &e. At half past nino o'clock yesterday morning Coroner Merry continued the inquest on John Myers, ut No. 140 ‘Meat Nineteenth rtrect, Tae deceased lived at No, 162 In Bhat street, and he was understood to have been one of bose tonocent lockers on who got shot in the Bayard fetrect difficulty, on the 4th instant It was so ‘meported and believed, until one of the officers in attend- ‘(noe on the Corover recognized (he countenance as that of ‘the notorious Jack Spratt. This was oflicer Shangle, who, @ommunicating bis belief to the Coroner, a searching in ‘vestigation was undertakea, which has reeulied 1a ferrit {ing out one of the mort duriug end dexterous gangs of Bhioves axd burglars that bave fore long time infested this olty. In the Haxarp of the 4th of July last our reader ‘may recollect seeing the following account of a daring bar gary perpetrated at the store of Mr. H. McLean, mereban allor, 1,080 Broadway :— DARING BUKGLARY-—A ROBBER SHOT. On Thuratay evening, at i o'clock, the cloth’ng store 0 ir H. weLean, mere taut alior, 1,030 Brwlwar, between ‘Phirty firat and Thirty se nd sirvets, was burglarioudy en- fered by three men, for ‘he purpose of plunder They opened two strong burglar proof locks hy whieh the door Was seeur- ‘od, and gained acce # into the store. About a quarter of an our gre vious to thet’ entry, one of Mr. MeLesn’s youag men had left tho oremtser, aftar care fally locking the door dy both is locks, He noticed’ ws he left two auspicious looking men tling nowe with ins keys, a he, place, was well secured ed by his coming out tiny, no ope wasin tne store, an car for operatious They mistaken Two young mm wees, on ‘relt" armed with londad rite and disedvered gome days before “that the been tampered wtih: honce, ar. Biclean was on his yun aud watching, n> knowing at bat hour the thief would Goma” Shortly nf or ¢ departure of the young raau who looked up the siore, the Seer are thie tard ene nf tho tones ninionkod from trite ‘wnt, anh presently the other was ualocked witb as much ease as WU the legitimate key Ynd been used. Three inca th arched {ui0 the wore cloine the door behind then Wore caps and were wayplled with three large ba bey expec'ed to fi!) with the valuable pre y ‘The two younx men now prepared for the os tle, ne of them lighted the gas Petore fring at the burglars. with the in fention of shooiing hum nu der-sandingly, without, ii porsibie, taking life, At the same inaian! tbe other, beading on hin knee, fired off bit rile, simioy wt the lower exiremities | It @hould be observes that thay had previously ca!led ont to the ‘men (9 retire, or they would fre rpon them. The ehot tock effect, and tbe burg ara immeriately retraw'ad. Ove of them as be efi (ell beavily avuiust (ue door leaving tbe shutters aud floor in the viein! ) coveres with blood. He is supposed t de seriously. if not mortality wounied. The burglars auc- Seeded in carrsing «0 th and got into a eart which the; rt round the | corner, driving of at i Thoy lef thelr » eblud them, fhe youcg men pursued them Anis the street calling oute eSMurder? P'Poltae!" ‘a, hoping (o meet with wwe of he police, and procure the ar: Fem of ike burgiats, hoprlice could, however, be found io ‘al the neighborhood; and. therefore, as the head station house “Of the Albany police’ was rlore at band—belng withia a cou le of blocks Cf Mr. McLésn’s house—thither the parsue:s thelr way (o give the ‘aad obtalo assistance On ving at the sation bouse not @ soul was io be found Bwake. Ove man only was were, god he was fant “With some difficul's he was aroused from hie slumbers, and, rubbing his eyes and staring around him, he seemed to com- piain— Yon bare waked me too soon: T must slumber again. Suck ta & specimen of the vigilance of ths Albany police. if the new broom aweeps ne better than this, what will it be ‘worth wren itis older! Hut le: us do the Aloaniant sl! Neu: moruing the Chief, Tallmacge, wasn the sp ‘and expressing bis surp: Ny desiravie he. atich 60 upparently orsan'e: - Of burglars ehould be beoken up, we hope {bat any physician ealled to attend upeo A wounded man onder these siroum, known tn the proper quarter the name aod ‘whereabouts of such a coar citer. Tile Coroner recoilecting this fact, at once set to work, ‘and with the efficient aid of otficera Shanvie and Roache ved the premises occapted by the ioceased, and found proof of bis identi! on as & practized thief fuily con Srmed. Inone of the rooms were discovered a dark Zantern, “jimmy,” bundies of files of various sizes, saw, ekeleton keys,and@ quantity of disruised clotnin:, be- sides a number of letiers. An atiompt was made by the tnmates to burn these, which wae frustrated by the ac- of Coroner Perry, and enough remains to Carrs oon- home, not only to the theif, but 1c seve wal receivers of stolen coods inthe city, who hare for a wmumber of years drove a flourishipe trade in this lice, ‘When the aba oflicers arrived at the house on (Bunday evening there was quite @ stampede of the fra- @s soon as the onject of their visit be- known. The inmates, Mrs. Myers and a Brown, were cluely «uestioned, and fully confirmed il previous suspicions, ‘The officers saw they were in nest of & of theives, and that the deceased e Lotorious Jack Spratt. Among the from the house was a dagverreotrpe of Spratt, Tue ofticers in the meantime, ‘all the particulars of the barglary of Mr. {pBroudway—as given {n the Hensun—etepe taken to bave the facts ret Mg bad Jary as membied on the inquest Accordingly, yester: morn- yo baw evidence was forthooming, ‘and ‘that tt fully or. ‘were, however, ‘store, ad "been in the revolver. It locks z i ee Hi es all we have stated will be seen by the following testimony — THE DECEASED AND WITPESSBS. PIsITION, inquisition was held the most lively ia- jary spectator, half past 10, and ‘and . he could not tell me now; stroet in the cars, yA Ay AER TY thn, who said he would come in the morning as be Ddack, Fy alti, gig i za i i i : i es H i £ fees ail i i i t i i ef 335 fea H gi : E E i itis i li entered, Witness—I understood is was Ang es “hush mo- ney.’’ He bas given money but bow much I ¢o not know; dl clothes; knew that Hogan my busband told me 60; of July; he arked if John was in; I told bim he was not be eat @ liste time talking, apd eaid, “You will tolt bim 1 will be here between two and three o’clock on Monday ;”" ever saw my husband glve bi vy w be orener—What kind of a t Witncss—A little, dresees very 3 Bradford; ay wooden’ has been burglary, a number of years ago; has not been for four or five yours. Coroncr-—Was be not eae} as Witness—He was arreete: wut two years ago, when ho was taken to the Chiet’s eftice be was reloased. He never was tried. Coroner—Why was he released? Witness—1 don’t know. He was also arrested about six years ago—was taken Up Ov sunpicion of w bank robvery. Cororer—Do you know @ won pawed ErrickaY Witnese—I know Frrinks, Ho keeps a dry goods store Hewnd my busband bad a good deal of business to do togetber. Corener—Did he ever buy stolea goods of youor your busbanar Witners—Not of me; I don’t know; he lived tn Tenth Btrect, ib NO. 275 or thereadoum, between avenues First und O; lives now on Kighth avenue, No 272, and koopa a dry goods store; knows another man called Johnny. voroner— Was it Jobn Miller? fi Witnose—Yes, thore was a John Miller, whocaikdtomy ure, The Coroner called over the names of the jury, id baving read the above statement to the witness, she signed by her mark, not being able to write. When sho war retirivg she asked for the daguerreotype, which was enclored in @ handsome gold locket case. fos officer Whe hac charge of it said be would return tt to her when be had done with it, She then said abe had further evidence to give. Vimuers rosumed:—Hogan was at my house tue day my busband was ¢ying; he came ip when be was tying very low und arked, * Was Johp at bome?’ I asid no, he was ip PLivwdetphia; he said he wanted to see Jobn. kod then he lett; I was going to give him some movey, but didu’t; { wae afra'd he would see Jobn in bed; have heart tim say, four or five weeks ago, wacn he ‘Was going irto the bedroom where mother waa lying down, and [said, “Don’t go in there;”’ and baying done so, i said, ‘You've @ bard cheek;’ he replied, *‘May’be I'll bave & herder one. ‘The wiwewr, when ber exam nation was through, fell to crying and eoobing. re. Cecilia Brown sworn—lI revide at 196 Lewis stroot; I knew the deceased seven yoare; I advortised for board ers, and he came there, ho and his wife, and boarded with me, Yo bad followed bo busivess; be eaid he was a tin eiith by trade; have seon them frequently sinos their ro- turn from Pbiladelphia; I visited the family the Sth July, beartug be waa sick, and oleo because I was partial to his wife, his business making no difference; I wenigover aud found deseurcd vice ubed; I asked bis wife what was the matter; she did not tell me; | hada conversation with bim; I asked him what was the matter with him, aud he suid be was shot; I asked him where, ‘and be eaid that didn’t matter, he woult teil me another timo; be did not teli mo at that time how or where he was shot; called again op Montay; bad po conversation wish bir, but dreased bis wounds; called on Tuesday boing sent for,and he aiked me to take care of him; I went about 4 o'clock in the afternoon, and came bome at 10 sieeers bas so ccarerneiee es toe time ad ll; in on mo) ping, at 7 o'clack; ho was wandering ip bis mind, and said disconnectodiy “I was standing in a door; I unlocked the door—(nere witness again explained thie was all said disconnected by while he was wancering tn his mind;) and let two of them in, I felt some. thing strike my ride; L unlocked the door and cane out; atter 1 wiked on the other side of the way, and eat on stoop; I got into the cars and went down to Ninoteonth strect; then after, that he and became more 60, and sald “Give me my clothes, and I will tske you to by Sova and give you an ice cream,” be sald he was shot in ‘away, and said noth'pg else tn re‘erence wo his in juries; be was so wandering io bie mind { would not Uke to say, it was so disconnected. Coroper—Did be say hore were two mea with bim io road got shot when committing bur glary W ituees.— He #ald be un'ovked the door and let the two io; difm’s aay is was near Sist strect; den’) know their ecquainiances; whea | went there | wont against my bus. band’s wishee; Beard a great umber say they did oo! get their money Lonest. Corener.—Did you ever go to avy store with Mra. Myors? Witness. —I didn't Lend mma meen don't know officer Hogan; Hogan and Golaen fay were the names of the men who callea Mrs. Myors; Mrs. Myers said, sct- Ung ln the rocking chair, “I don’t want them to know he is here,’ I upderstwod he was a discharged otlicer of the police; didnt want to knew: her husband wat in end wey left; this Is all I know about the ‘The witness had the testimony read over to her, and ing asked to sign ber pame, said she could not wriie. ‘She mace hor mask, and was quite loud in og her respectability of character, backed by her buaband, who was present. } Ed | MoCallam—/This is one of the young men who Femained on watch in store, 1,080 Broadway |~sworn:— He 28 z ‘man to stop we wore armed clock the man koys with bim, marched ‘oom ; DO RAS was the last man shut the doom, knob of the the gas; we ordered them they made : Kelly ‘ ian bale man, with ball; two men'rushed to ; door quarter ebuiter the door: oxbibit ; there ‘ on giaes Kolly, who ‘was with me that . {The witacas was here shown ~ features tim! tt, but he could net. | root’ I recogniced norning being ia came in to look at some vest fifteen minutes. (Brown, the cross street; ® man; found him ; the ball ibs; wandering sickness: T ba ee was ; Thave no idea how be had ‘the appearance and battered up; months; a moo #0) intemme, me amma, tion of the” ‘hom 10 bos eet of thieves. Ann O'lay. sworn—Am two months house exactly to a day; don't know 1 the house; was one weok Coroner—Did he Witness, (after Yor, ant added I | Was gonerally in in and ont, know wi 2dornot. (The eR ae seo Present as boing the habit or and she sald she did not.) re sania a thought it ws! bowels; they was; one they called one ‘Miller—Jobnny Leno Le e a A i: a ly realised In (he inetra Md before you. In this invostigation by the publication in the ed im Broadway, which ad” ettirly carro. entirel; house tn Broadway vy tho widow } can be nothing cloner for you, jon, to find a verdict nccorling to the evidonee. @ ary fotired, amd in a fow minates came out with the VERDICT. That the leceaged came to bis death by injuries received Jobn K by agus shot worn! feom a rife fred Kelly, on the night of the 24 July, 1867, at 1,080 4 y said Myers, in company with others, bad. hu and gald jarore Commend Whe act aa jussidable. NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, JULY 14, 1857. TRE ATTACK ON SEGUINE’S POINT. Addiilonal Particulars of the Assault—Tac Plan of Attack and Signais Given—One of the Assallants known to be Mer taily Wound= ed— Action of the Quara: tine and Metropa- fitan Police Commtsstoners— Warrants Le eucd for the Arrest of a Number of Oyster men-- Rumor that Governor ting will tend « Force of Miiltary to Protect the Hospital Bulidings, &e., dic. The report published in yesterdny’s Heraro, touching the murderous astault made ou Saturday evering by a posse of oyatermen and otbers upon the police force ata- Moned at Seguino’s Point, waa correet in the main and im portant details, One of our reporters visited the grounds yesterday and gathered a fewfadditional facts of interest relative to the altack, as also nome highly interesting (acts bearing upon the mode of planing’and making the atlack, ‘and a5 to who the parties are supposed t be implicated fa the assault, ‘The police, though taken by surprise by thea'tack, were far from beirg entirely off their guard, On Saturday evening balf the men wore put on guard at eight o'clock, and relieved by the other balf at midoight. This extend- ed eystem of night guard was commenced on the morning of the 34 of July inst, when {t was supposed ap attack would be made by the oystermen vpon the hospits pone, ‘The men are scattered about In equade from two to five each, with a view to keep a look out upon the ‘varions avenues of approach to (he grounds. But two men wore stationed along the beach front- ing the buildings, as it has never been suppmed © party intending to attack the buildings would approach from this direction, Thetwo men deputed to patrol the beach on Yatercay evening were Ollicers Barrett and Quick. About 11 o'clock they observed a boat passing along ata short disiance, in which, with the aid of she moonlight, they discerned three men, two of wl were rowing ‘and the third at the helm — This boat i« p-esumed to bave been tho ecow which was fonnd on tho beach the morning afor tbe attack, and itis supposed that whea goon it was filed with , #nd that aj] of them except the two row- ers ard sicorsman kop: themselves concealed in the bot- tom of the boat. No importance was attuched to the ap. pearance of the boat, as it was not an unusual ocourrence for boaty to pass at thts \ime of Bight Boon atier the boats passed ely rockets were nvilced to fo wp eimuliancourly three different directions trom the grounds, They appeared (© ba about a mile dis- tant. The simultaneous appearance of the rockets excited Pome feurtine, but DO cue altributed them to any pre- meditated attack up in the buildings, more marticularly so as bince the 4th of July rockets have been more or less frequently ceen going uptn the yicint'y of the Point It is believed pow, however, that the rockets were signais from the different equads of the aitackiog party of their readiness to proceed with the A meeting is reported to bave been held last Wednesday eveb ing al Rowville aad the place ofuttack aod signals it eaid to have been devired and agreod upon at this meeting The mode in which the attack was begun chows clearly that it was the design to burn the entire buildings on the grou Preraratory to.this it was dleemod expedient to call off the atteption of the policeme. from the: hospital build ogs, and for this reason the first aitack was made by mg the beach, in fromt of the butlding oc- i assaila. Sergeant Searoan, whose bat und coat was shot through, rays thas the shot whteh he firet made upon the a*sallants was made with a im, and that bis man fell, as he was Do doubt mortally wonnded. [tis cortaln that a quantity of blood was found subsequently oa the b A pegro, who “olluwed in the wake of the avaniting party, eaye (bat afler the party bad retreated to the woods he heard ory out, “Don’t, for God's saice, leave me here to die,’’ with eimilar words of entreaty. The Quarantine Commissioners, as will be seen tn the published report olsowhere of the proceedings before the Metropetitan Police Commiarionors have taken the subject earnestly in band of protecting the hospitel buildings against further atiack, and of discovering, If possible, the perpetrators of the present aszauit. ‘Warrante were yeeterday iseued for the arent of rome dozen parties, suppored to be ringleaders In the attack It is sffited that ninong these parties are included some of the most ropetab:o cit'zaas on the tsland a The tec new policemen cranted by the Police Commis- mopors to andist in protecting the buildings arrived on the —- yesterday. They were eordiaily received by the roe that have 66 long been in possession of the and posed through one bard fight. Frorting the beach and looking on the water are piaced the two brass cannon in porscasion of the police equad, They have a decidedly military and repelling took, ’ Being cach capable of UWrowipg 206 balls, they cov’d do immense mischief upon & company of oy sermon. Tt was slated yesterday —but no positive nutbority civen for the statemert—ibat tae Quarantine Commiasioney «bad telegiaphed to Governor King the particulars of the as- saul upon the Seguire’s Point beliding. The Governor was sat to have seata reply, that aiany moment they indicated the necessity of soch @ step he would send a force of military to protect the butldines. VIOLATING THE HEALTS LAWS. Twelve men were arrest! of Sunday at the 64 Quaran tive for violating ihe health laws in communicatiag with Goarantined vessels. They were all detained over night ip the lock-up of the Quarantine. Taree were released Jertorday upon the fact appearing that (he present was the @rst offeoce, und tha: they were not aware of violating the health laws. Agalust the remainder suits will be in stituted aad the proper penalties of tue law ipSieted. No new vowels have beon seat since last Friday to the lowor anchorage. The Broadway Fire. TWO FEMALES ABRESTED ON BUBPICION OF AKSON. Before Justice Davison. HM will be recollected that on Monday evening, the 6th of July,® Gre occurred in the building known as the Be! mont House, No. 666 Broadway, corner of I'rince street ‘The firemen, as usual, were very prompt, and soon ex tinguished the flames. Upon an examination of the pre- mises by Capt. Turnbull and Firo Marshal Raker, jt wa aprerent that three separate and ¢isticct Gree had been kindled in closets, evidently for the purpose of destroying the building, apd two other closets had been ingeniourly Prepared for the torch. Ip one the match was found charred and some regs slightly burnt. From some un- known cause the fire had gone out; it may have been caused by the sudden closing of the closet door, The other clorct had only been for barniog by pats therein & lot of ploture frames and paper, The joldncee of the attompt to di tho premises became 60 manifest that every one who witnessed the dif. ferent be more or less to say in reference to the motive for the act. it soems, from a brief outline of the sffair, that the occupant or lersce of the houre # @ Mra. Isabella Dranor, who resides there with ber two davghtors—Miss laura, a girl of about sixteen years, nod Hannah Margaret (‘1 latter it seoms \s mar- ried, and goes by the name of (.leddon); both are pretiy, end some what attractive in their Appearance Mrs. Draper kept furnished lodging rooms for goutlomen, end was at a yearly rent of #4200; rk. S. tion to this, she had hold furnitare and paintings. Some tree weeks before the ‘ire a number of these paintings were ramoved from the walls by Mra. Draper and her eldest daughter, sud deposited in room No. 11. A few days or & wook after. wards the most part of these paintings were taken from thelr hy) = from ‘he stretchors, — up aod deposited in tronks, tegethor with weartng appare!, house linen, fancy articles, &c., filling im all, five trunks; theao trunks were sent from the house only two or three days prior to the fire, and placed for su(s keeping with a con! dential colored man nimed Edward Stewsrt, !iving at No. 5436 Sullivan street. The picture fromes «td stretchers were evidently ured for kind, the fires in the #e- arate clorets. Shortly before discovery of the re | Mrs. bor of Draper sent fout for a warrant was yesterday itsved for the arrest Draper hter, Mra. Gleddon, on of being the authors of the fire in question. 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LANMAN 4 00.,' woolesale drog- gievs, 69 Water mreet, New York, and by all druggisw, st $1 per bout. Hollow ay"s Pils —Fever and Ague, and all interm!'tents, yield to tuts remedy. ne Bow e2 8 Corre five simnulanl, and when it ebecks the disease, revenges itself upon the bones and vendors; bu’ the baleam’o madicine renovates the waole system and bles nature to throw oT the complaint. FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL, MOAKY MARKE®, Monoay, July 16 P.M The ateck market opens rather inactively thie morning. The bot weather undoubtedly has some fect upon the movements of epeculators. Many operators are absent, gcd many of thore left uo cot fcc! much disposed to make Bow coutracts, At the first board rie advanced */ per cent; Reading, 24. Cleveland and Toledo doolined 5 per cent; Chicago and Rock Isiaod, %. La Crosse and Milwau kic opened at 38 and closed at U8 per cent, cash. Only two or three smail lois were sold. Milwaukie and Misstasippt opened and closed without change. Tho position of ihese stocks in this market exhibits some of the extraordinary inoouslstenctes of the Stock Excharge. The one poesecsing the least value ls selling at ihe highest price, A few yours hence one stmre of La Crosse and Mlwankic will be worth 8 dozen Of Milwaukie an) Missiseipp!, and offers have been made in the street to contract (o deliver Miwnakic api Mississippi stock for Crosse and Milwaukie, twelve months hesco, share for chare. Tite will increase the value of the lather, while lt will take away wat Uttle the former bas jeft, There was & emalier amount of busl- nevs transacted at the board today ln tho aggregate than we have noticed ‘or some time. Stocks arc sustained sole- ly by the efforts of the brokers interested, and when they fail to come to the rescue prices rapidly give way. Fach stock of a specuistive character bas its friends and supporters, and each clique ts well known to all the others at the board, The only ralirond stock in the street that we know of not manngod acd tuetalned by partion dircetly interested aa stockholders, or by brokers upon the compa. ny’s funds, is the La Crosse and Milwaukie Rat!road Com- pany. This company hav conciuded to devote {ts money and Its credit to the constrwetion of ity rod, and leave Wa!! sty eet stock #peculation to Wall street stook speculators. We understand thai the Mt Mioo.ce (pp: Raiirond Com. party bave expendet pong brokers, during the past six of cight months, upwards of one hundred and fifty thousand doll rs in sustain og the market price of the stock. The money has not been raised yet by this company to pay ite Au dividend, and geome of the di rectors say they aro tired of paying three per cont a month for money for any porpare. The Jaly dividend has not yot been officially anrocnced, and the probability is that another portponement will be made, Cleveland and Toledo opened this morning at 68 and cloned at 579% per comt, with small sales, The financial report jast put forth by this company is suificient to satisfy holders of the stock that it porscssos very little jutringlc value. It is sun- tained wholly by the efforts of oMcinis connected with the Gnancial department of the concern. At the second board the market war a shade or two bet- ter (or some stocke. Krie advanced % per cont: New York Central, /,; Reading, );. Milwankio and Missieetppi declined 1 por cent; La Crosse and Milwaukie, *. Tho La Crosse Railroad Company made tho last stipment of iron on Friday Inst, and the whole of the 11,000 tons por- chased for the extension beyond Portage has now gone for- ward. The road will be opened to Newport—a point eighteen miles above Portago—on the Ist of August. The rails are being laid at the rate of thro quarters of a mile per day, About sixty miles of the Wostegp or [a Crosse division are graded. As soon as the Inet shipmont of iron reaches the line of road, the company will have ten miles of raile more than are require? to com plcto the road to La Cromse. The Madison and Watertown road is raplilly Progressing, and will be completed in timo for the fall business. Thie line will ronder nearly useleas about one hun red miles of the Milwaukie and Missinsippi Company's road, ax the through trade betwoeon Miwaukic and the Missiesippt river will ase only the western division of that road—the line from Madison to Prarie du Chien, Evory step that the La Crosse Company takes in the extension of ite roads and in ite new conmec- tions isa nafl in the coffin of the Milwankic and Minsis- sippl Company, and they know it, which fully accounts for cortain operations at the Stock Fxchance. We understand (hat the ol Nicaraguan Transit Company have completed their arrangements for an immediate resumption of opera. shape that most attract a great deal of public attention. We shail be able to cive the particulars in a few days. ‘The Assistant Tressarer reports to day an foliows — sige ro Total balance. ‘ 4,194 38 ‘The rocetpts include $25,000 for transfor drafts on Bos: too, and! the peymonw include $45,000 on California drafts. After the adjournment of the board the following sales Of stocks and bonds wore made at avetion by Albert H. Nicolay — 92,000 Virginie O80 ce ee sce eee oli Added, 90¢ 600 hs Warren Railroad of Now Jornoy. 62), a 52 6 Sixth Avenue Raiirond... % 5 Now York and New Haven Rit (genuine stoc Ranic 09 ‘Simeon Draper's recular semi. weokly sale of bonds and tocks will take place to-morrow (Tuesday), a half past 12 o'clock, a the Merohanta’ Exchange, Panoy trimmings made to | i the way nearly all of them will ultimately go, and (n bolders will get a bad bareain. ‘The l'rovidénoe, Warrea.and Bristol Rallrond Company bave Sfalled to pay the iuterest on their bonded debt. The road is but thirteen miles long, cost four hundred thousand dollars, outstanding bonds one hundred thousand dollars, and floating debt about one hundred and twenty five thousand dollars. [tts in contemplation to iseue « pre ferred etoek, to put the concern on its leve again. ‘Tho Illinois Central Ratlroad Company have sold, up to the 50th June, 1,059,556 86-100 acres of their lands, for $15,297,174 87, leaving 1,635,425 11-100 acres on hand, by statement of Ist instant. The eales of the first six months this year are largely in advance of those for the same period last year, and the Land Commissioner, tn his report to the direciors, states that in every instance the sales are for ectual settlement. He haz refused offers for orer 60,000 acres for speculative purposes Aeres. — Am't Rec'd Sales Trom Jan. 1, 1867, to June 90,194 345.88 $2,554 034 06 Duriag «amo period, 1856,....... 82,791.77 1,320,712 18 Showing an increase for 1357. . .104,654.08 $1,037,321 8% ‘The rapidly increasirg importance of this portion of the company's business is shown from the cash recelpta for (ne first six months, this year, from the Land Depart ment, $407,567 01, against $514,245 72 for the entire twelve months of 1566. Parties interested in Diinois claim that this yoar there {sno speculative maulain the iauda of that State. Tho prices patd aro by tho largo population dally pouring tnto it It is estimated that 200,000 will be added to her aum- bore this year, The speculative Geld at the present mo- ment !s transferred to Kanzas, Nobraska, and other re. mote States. ‘The earnings of the Central Ratiroal Company of New Jersey for the morth of June, 1867, were.. $65,811 71 For the game month last year.......ceesecerss AL2HL BO 62 68 ome {nstances we bave no doubt the first mortgage bond Tncreage.. or fifty -alne per cent. The annexed statement exhibits the average dally move, mont tn tho leading departments of the banks of thir city durtog the week preceding Saturday morning, Jo’y 11, 1867, and for several provious weeks— New Yous Cry Burm 15.119. % x -115,015,604 10,901,023 8,686,066 67 July | 4, °67..116,044,808 12,827,346 8,901,090 65,987,684 Joly 11, °67..126,028,618 12)060,156 8,008,078 65,702,607 Tho last retarna compared with those of the previous week, exhibits the following variations in the aggrogate of the loading departmente Increase in Loans and discounts Decrease in Specie. . of discounts and deposits have increased, while the specie reserve and circulation have fallen off, The discount lino is now larger than ever before reported, with compara- tively a smal! specie basis. Tho porition of o1r bavks is by no meavs a ctrong one. Al this time last year we bad ‘8 much smaller amount of loans, with a much larger specie resorve and @ heavy line of doporits. With the increase ip banking capital, the banks have beon compelled to do more business, without a proper regard tothe accummuis- tion of avaliable means. The money market Is kept easy by this steady bank expansion; but when the Ume comes to disgorge tho large balences in their bands, we shal! ase 8 very diferent state of things, Stock Bachange, 1700., 82 e's. $11000 Tenn 6' o Misrouri 3000 7 1000 Cal 7 . 53 1060 Irie REatmbs 100 1OLAT AIG! 50 2000 Lk B&W betinbe 200 is $000 Bust & 8t 1. 7's 60 Gal & Chic Rik 86C0 TerH& A 100 do... .b30, 5 abs Continentaifixc 67 MSo ANIARI p&o 10 Hanover Bank... 160 40.444 OP 60 Del & Bud Can Co 400 dow. ss. 100 Cam Coal Co. 560 100 do.. 20 La Cromsek 169 @ oe 100 200 210 $1000 L PAW 2000 Mich Ro ‘a 0 [10 sbs Park Rank... 102 ‘20 Met tan Bank 100 100 Erie ir 250 Mowpay, July 1-6 P.M fhaacetvrs.—!loor—The market was heavy, and the ‘lemand both from the bome trade and for exports and family brands were w'tho mn $7 2) a $9; Mt. Louts, and quiet. 160 bags stoady Maracaibo wore sold at 12}¢c. a 121(6., and 200 do. Oow- ta Rica at pt. Corroy.—The mariret was firm with sales of 500 a 600 ADVERTISEMENTS RENEWED EVERY DAY. For Situations and Help Wanted, see 6th page. ———————OOST * s- /| 4 5 s. (VOTHING AT WHOLWBALR POR Oagn—OAm mee aie wane renee VID J & GMORUE J LBVY ‘War en sires, New Yous. ROM THR ATLANTA (GA) DA ABNB & Mal The following coms worth & Co to Memars, av Wallace & Robinson, agenie te Bearns 4 Marvin's pate, explains itself. Wi ouly add that botter tre thas went asfoiy’ ean nearvely 08 concelved. Amianta, June 25, 13m. Muses. Watzace & Rowmmow:— Gentlemen We tae pleasnre in We recently purchased of you as agente Meeare. 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