The New York Herald Newspaper, December 30, 1870, Page 8

InNsU RAN Tho Tmptcuniosity of the Great Western Ma- tual Life Insuranes Company, The Application of State Superintendent of In- gurance Miller for a Receiver—The Company Acquiewoo—The Motion Argued in Court— A Becoivor Appointed and the Affairs of the Company-Zo Be Wound Up. Yesterday being the day fixed for the return to the order of the Court for the Great Western Mutual Life Insurance Compuny to show cause why a re- colver should not be appointed, Mr. B, R, Meade, on behalf of Superintendent Miller, and Mr, Bird, on benalf of the company, appeared in court, From the remarks of counsel it will be seen that the com: pany’s affairs have became so {nvolved that Mr. ‘Miler’s interposition on behalf of the policy holders ‘was called for, and, under the circumstances, was most opportune, although perhaps earlier action would have been more desirable. Tho motion for the appointment of a receiver was mot opposed, but, on the contrary, through their counsel, the company acknowledged that the time had come when thelr afairs sould be wound up for the benefit—such as that may be—of all. A re- oelver was appointed in the person of Mr, Francis M. Bixby—an appointment agrecable to all con- corned, With as little delay as possible Mr, Bixby ‘will, by circular, inform all the policy holders in thie company of the state of the Mnancos, whose in- terests will be protected throughont the investigation ae faras it may be in the receiver's power to do a0. MR, BIRD'S REMARKS to the Court were as follows: Your Honor may recall that, on the réturn day or the order to show cause granted {u tis proceed: 1 { appeared here, and, represent » desired an adlourameni ten days, and that I tnen re marked that, if the result of an examina- Uon tobe made of the company's affairs disclosed the fact that the communication made by the Super- iptendent of Jnsurance was in substance correc! that then I had no doubt butthat the oMcers an stockholders would consent to a speedy dissolution and winding up of the company. During the liberal time allowed by the Court such examination hag been made, and I am compeliod by the duty 1 owe thig Court as one of its officers to admit that our ex- amination has fatled to shake in the main the post- tion of the Superintendent of Insurance in respect to the present sanding of our company as regards - assets and liabilities. Heretofore, however, the Superintendent of Insurance has always allowed as & Cash axeot moneys advanced to ageuts as commussions, amounting, in this case, to the sum of $60,003 57, Another hardship, we think, is he putting down of our office appoint @t auction prices, instead of at cost, a8 here- tofore. I am tar, however, from contending that the nt Superintendent of Insurance sheuld be bound follow the opinions and, perchance, erroneous leading of his predecessor. I therefore admit although it 1s harsh for the company to be made iho frat. victim of this disallowance, yet still, for the pono of determining the present standing of he = com, , the conclusion of the Super- intendent is correct, Many Insurance ex- rts contend that the capital of a com- y bay he entirely exhausted and still the company solvent. They also contend that the valuation upon the basis of four and a half per cent 1s unnecessarily low and should in justice be at least one and a half per cent higher. Be that as it may, all that the officers complain of in the premises Sag Shey should have been prevented trom carrying on the company until the ist day of January next, whén, ite annual statement being He a the company could then have reniiz its @: situation and either called in fresh capital or applied for Ks voluntary dissolution, lo not lerstand that the other side reflect at all u the character of the oficers of tho company. for have charges of wastefaluess of extrayagance been urged. ‘The receiver well knows that the com- any’s quarters are far from superfluous, and the Officers will cheeriully admit that weir salaries have Dot been princely. Mr. Bago, the president of whe company, 18 & highly respectabie and honorable citl- zen—one who would scorn to connect his name with any enterprise tending toward a swindie, The solvency gnd winding up of this company ip a gr btow to him, but he carries with him to hi hiner able retirement the respect aud sympathy ofall who know him. The Court should understand that by our last yearly showing the company was more than solvent. During the past year, however, the losses have been gevere, reach'tig to about 86 per cent of our entire capital, 80 that your Honor can geo, and hig community should understand, that misfortune, and not rascallty, has brought the’ company to its untimely end. During tie Ave sears of its continu- Anco it has acted a good part, and many & poor ‘Adow and orplan has had occasion to thank Godt for its existence and its honorable payment of its losses. ‘The direction of this company numbers some of the most exalted names of this metropolis, and no higher tribute ww their worth can be spoken than to repeat to your Honor the substance of thelr instructions tom! rostorday, governing my conduct to-day, to wit:—‘Take no po- sition that cannot be tn by sound roagon and ‘kholders.” Your Honor gaw fit to ap- wn to our hb and a number of the direc- ble and honest admintsiration of the affairs of correct law. Consent to the wivuing up of the com- my, Lape ay due regard for the interest of the pousy and ai ¢ ag temporary recetver Mr. Bixby. Lam di to state that that gentieman is favorably tion, and that his appointment to the permanent re- pathol | would be regarded as an evidence of & } unfortunate body in the hours of its dissolution. oow leave the matter in the hands of your Honor. MR. MBADE'S REMALKS, Mr. Meade, of counsei for the people, sald that the counsel for company had relieved bim of the neces- aity for. & formal argument, aud he should, therefore, content himself with saying that no im tation of fraud or extravagance was made Wardthe president or directors, Who were be- leved tobe honorable men. ‘That he did not per. celve bow any one could complain of the item of $60,000 debited to the company for agents’ commis- gion, while the gross sum of more than 000 had been allowed to it for moneys in hands of agents, comraissions being only the usual amount allowed by company to agents, Fifty per cent has been allowed upon the cost, which is ail it will bring at public sale, as must de admitted. How acompany cau remain solvent ‘With 11s capital exaausied he could not understand, The-law provides for its winding up when it had be- come impaired to extent of twenty-five per cent of tts capital. In this case twenty-five per cent in addition to capital had been exhausted. Again, four und one-half per cent interest, ag now providea by law, has been considered by many ‘a3 too higha rate.to allow companies. In Massachusetts and England tho rafe is but our per cent, and in the lat. ter country many companies have failed because the tate 1s too high, though it 1s trae money 1s sel- dom worth more. Nowiere is the rate so high as in this State, and here only within the past few years, and it may be well to consider whether our law does not allow too high instead of too low a rate. At the close of remarks of counsel the Court ‘franted an order of dissolution, which was then entered, both parties consenting to the coutinuance of present receiver. THE CUBAN BOND & OMiclal Lovestigation tute the Case-- A Farther Adjournment. , At three o'clock yesterday an examination was taken in this case, before Judge Hogan, in the suiail oom at the back of the Court House. Marcus McNeal, of No. 79 Cedar street, stated that ‘about a week past Rezin J. Bennett and Antonio g0therwise Captain) Pelletier called at his office and Plated they had some stolen bonds forsale, whicn ‘they could dispose of trom fifteen to twenty-five Centa on the dollar. Subsequently the two defend- ‘auts called with $11,000 worth of bonds; but, as hel ‘had given notice to officer Sampson and Geneva Althouse, Assistant United States Treasarer, these two gentiemen came in and caught Bennott and Pelletier with THA PROPERTY IN THEIR POSSESSION. \. Two of the bonds brought were lor $5,000 each, nd the other 1 the denomination of $10,000. Law- rence ‘Turner, of No. 44 South street, tdentified the 10,000 bond. Thomas Sampson, of the soara of okers, stated that these bonds were a,portion of $85,600 worth stolen, THE LOSER'S STATEMENT. Befior Carlos del Castillo, of Loyzaga, stated that the bonds were ujs property, and that the first thing whe heard of them aiter they had been stolon wag from the newspapers. Notwithstanding the ey!- Acnce that the defendants had given ona previous ‘@ocasi had to came to the St, Nicholas (Hotel, a short time since, he was informed that 8 goatleman wanted to see him about his bonds, and #tated that that gentieman represented pimself as “Governor Oox,” who told ulm that he thought, by spaying 9 small amount, “ Ryd rrovater MIGHT BE eineteeehs ir. refused to out any! for that » 28° he should consider money paid under uf ces Was tO pay it into the hands of thieves, ( Counsel for the defendants cndoavored to “push”? the examination through yesterday; but dnuge Hogan stated that, though he would like to have ‘Lhe cage concluded, such & course would ve incon- Rigid and would prevent the men charged with @ offence from offering @ justification; besides, an imporiant witness was wanting, and the case was aifourned to ‘ednesday next, ub twelve v’clock. such JBEERY. HEAL ESTATE SALE. ‘The house and lot No. 228 Pearl street, 23.7x93.7, ‘Was sold yeaterday at auction by A. J, Bleecker, Son & Co., under tho direction of Thaddeus H. Lene, Forerde, tor s24.z50 : DEPARTMENT OF Ducks. Theo Question of a Titlh—Tho Picrs That Biave Bulkbeads and What About Them. “What's in a name? Well, that old saw don’t amount to mach tu the Department of Public Docks; ang 48 Commissioners Wood and Henry took their lades yesterday afternoon at the meeting of the the latter palled his seat far out from tho table and began to sortbble all oyer @ plece of white page “WHAT'S IN A NAME?” and théi muttered, half to himself, ‘That don't amount to much tn the department.” Commissioner Wood smved —benigniy dd nodded po decided negative as Mr. enry tore tho paper into little bitd and threw them on the floor. The meeting of the Board went on as usual, however, and a great many small arrange ments about piers and slips were settled to the Com: missioners! gatisfaction before the queation of whas aname amounted to in the department Jame up again, it when it did come Co no} ie eswer toa inquiry Of th "Baneyolen M4 w if there was any resolution to spoke out and sald he would move ¢! resolution he n no ft Miperintondents thelr tusie of ‘oguperinvendeng mt Teplaced Ie by that of “tna on sy eu take the tue of superintshdcke dey Le Liss petiaeee would ch of eee ths Semen etter cae ee Bae Board could ihole fea Ot rola wi af log hare Wp Reg ig tion then aid there; but Commisioner moved toe 80 of article tirtees, aud stcte the matter was sent over Ww the matter of the extension of pier No, 61, Ea Savor was then ro Py the Baeobtive commit 2 ould cos fen done $11 iortne tenor é oul that em ct should ile'on ine able. ‘The took the si oe haste few baikheads wherefrom he to get coud dum, and snow wes gran! and the buikhead between piers Neg, 3 and 6, No river, and those gouth ers $7, 68 and North river, Warp Sesigned de itn Tor the purpose,” Surette ndent WESTERVE! rted that he had found thé Weehawkén Ferry "3 bulkhead, foot of Forty-second street, Nort river, “worn, but not unsafe.” The Hoard deeided in consequence of Units to proceed no further in the matter, A resolution was presented bythe Executive Com: mittee, granting permission certain parties to rect ® dump on the bulkhead between Sixteenth and jeventeenth streets, East river, “not 100 feet north of the north side of Kast Sixteenth street.’” The reso» rovided that $1,600 should the annual or ee privilege, and that tho parties obtain- ing it should Keep the bulkhead im repair and the water front at a proper depth, ‘he communication from Dr. Seocarint, the chafr- man of the Board of Health Sanitary Committee, which Was read at a provious meeting, had a good effect on the Executive Committee, for they recom. mended that all the pieys owned by aves aries should be at once properly dredged, and that the department should see to it that the ‘decayed animal matter’? between piers 88 and 43, North river, should be got rid of instanter, ‘The Beard, after adopting this report of the com- mittee, resolved itself Into executive session. THE UNITED in bis move. "2S ve Gommut- OWN - possession oF 10e ai STATES SERVICE. Oe Extension of the- Flelds of Labor of tho United States Hydrographic Omce, The following petition from many eminent citi- zens will be presented to Congress in a few days, praying for the establishment of an eiiicient gov- ernment hydrographic office: To romduntyan SENATE AND Hovss or Rer- SYDROGRAPHO ‘ATIYES:— After the United States government purchased th lates M6 copyright for the books U oes pes ey yee for the books publishe 9 Biunt, in New York, the United States Hy rographic Office at Washington became th Coe Agios fdas in the country to which our shipping look for their charts and nautical books necessary for navigation, It Was surely a wise ineasure of the government to take the preparation of the materlal on which the sufety of our ships and the lives of our mariners de- pend tato its Chg care; but, having done so, and thus making the competition of private parties im- Possible, thé tustitution charged with presiding over eurshipping should be able to do so by allotting to it the necessary force and adequate means. The United States js the oniy great maritime nation Which depends for its means of navigation in a great measure on the labors of a foreign Power, the goveinment of Great Britain; all the other nations have public institutions which provide them with sea charts and nautical guides in their own tongue, and all of them do their share in tho survey of those parts of jhe ocean which are the common roperty of all, A own tongue, common with the Auglish, 18 probably the cause of the dereliction in thls on the part of the American people.) ‘The United States Hydrographic Ofice, in order to free the nation from 11s dependence oa the English 10 this respect, Which in the case of a war between the two any duration might have serious conse- quences, and from the blame of not supplying its gnota to the general fund of nautical infermauon, sheuld, First—Provide as speedily as posstbie correct issnes of all the charts, sailing directions, &c., needed for our ships, where Chey are notyetat band, of all parte of the globe, Second—Prepare ior and supervise surveys by our vesscis of war and other craft to be assigned, of such avenues of American pee’ of which there are none or but deficient charts; an This’ liect through our consuls all inrorma- tion of Interest and of benetit to our shipping in Jaces abroad, such as port regulations, changes, local tarifts, &¢., &¢., in ofder to have them on file ~ reference and to publish them ag far as expe- Je) The Hydrographic Office, eben constituted, is not to provide only for the United States naval ves- sels, but it is for the benefit of the whole euiholog community of the nation; it should, therefore, be at New York, where there could be an intumaie in- tercourse with tho officers of the merchant service, The merchant mariner is the pioneer of the sut- veyor. They generally find first tne unknown dan- gers of which portions of the seas are full. If they could make their reports personally much confusion now on the charts, In regard to such dangers, would be avoided; the wants ol the merchant service could be better ascertained; besides this, the mariner, if at liverty to inspect freely the Important material necessarily gathering in the archives of the office, and with free access at all hours to its hbrary, which should contain all books, &c., on matters of navigation published anywhere, would find a store of iuformation aud for self-instruction oifered no- where else to him. ‘The great marine insurance companies also would find & most important protection of their interests by the means then always at their command to ex- amine thoroughly all the py arograpnte material ex- tant of the places of wrecks, For ail these reasons the undersigned citizens in- terested in shipping pray Congress to allow liberal means for a Proper extension of the Unlted States Hydrographic Office, with the suggestion that its most appropriate locality would be im or in the vicinity of New York, And they will cver pray. Signed by J. D, Jones, President Atlantic Mutual Insurance Company; J. P. Puulison, President Sun sutual Insurance Sommpanys Daniel Drake Smith, President Commercial Insitrance Company; John V. Tappan, Vice President Union Mutuai lasurance Company; Elwood Walter, President Mercantile and Fire Insurance Company; John K. Myers, vresident Pacific Mutual Insuranco Comp: 3 A. A. iow & Bro., the Pacific Mail Steamship Com- pany, by allan McLane, President; Brown Bros. & the Atlantic Mall Steamship Company, by A. W. Dimock, President; ©. K. Garrison, the Fanama Railroad Company, by Dante! Hoadley, President; Wiliams & Guion; Wetmore, Cryder & Co.; Grin- nel}, Minturn & H. B. Cromwell & Oo.; F. Alexander & Sons, New York and Mexican Steam- snip line; Livingston, Fox & Co., Agents Great Southern ‘Steamship Company; Jas. W. Elwell & Go., O. H. Mallory & Co., Vernon H. Brown & Co., Nowland & Asplawall, Willlam H. Webb. THE CHANGE OF TARIFF. Regulations for the Withdrawal of Bounded Merchandise. The following order, of the highest importance to importers, was Ixsned by the Collector of Customs yesterday, In accordance with the act of July 14, 1870:-— To tactlfate the adjustment of accounts in the Warehouse Department unon goods remaining in “bonded warehouses or pabliomtores® on ‘the let of Janury, Is efeated by the change of tacit, importers wiil be required to Ste, tn duplt- cate, a statement which shall contain the following’ 1, Name of tmporter, name of vessel, date of arrival and WP Morte, sumbers pnd desorption of pack: o |. Mal Bumbers and description ot ack a, romainin, in warehowse, on which duties have Seen pela, with the *E. Marko, numbers ana description of packages remain 8, nymbers and desc lon of pacl Tremainin; in warehouse for which withdrawals have bese passed, but anties not on such with 4. Marks, numbers and description of packages fc no withdrawals have been Passed. = salar 6. On teas remaining in warehouse as above, the number and description of packages of each chop must be desig- eG enger andall goods where the clasaification is changed ay ee 3. sab July 14, 1870, the original classiication must be 1. Tn cases where atoags bad, been allowed the statement should indicate whetber the damage was allowed upon goods Fomaining in warehouse on said ist day of January, 14), of ‘tpon goods withdrawn prior to that dave. Statements, as above, will be required from the importer n each said Overy, bond affected by the changes tn the tarif, and In all cases, where any portion of the goods have mn passed for withdrawal in the Custom House, prior to A 1871. The st nts, As above, must be fled, one with the Ware- house Bureau, Collector's Office, and one with the Ware- house Bureau, Naval Office, before any goods affected there- by are removed from warehouse. By order of the Beoretary of the Treasury. THOMAS MURPHY, Collector. Rw YORK, December 29, 1870. janks can be procured at the Warehouse Ruraaty Custom o A id, with the amount of duties compu Hav COURTS. THE Important Custom Houso Verdici—The Steward of the Brig Helon 0, Phinney Committed for the Manslaughtor of “Austrian Jack", Tho FiddesMurray Litigation—Business in tho Court of Oyer and Torminer. UNITED.STATES DISTRICT COURT. Emportant Custem House Verdict. ; Before Judge Blatchford. A caso has gocupled the attention or Judgo Blatchtord and 4 jury which will settle a long-vexed question between the Custom House authorities of the port and merchants importing foreign goods to this market, The particulars are as folows:— © During the Collectorsbip of Augustus Schell numbers of importers in this olty were obliged to pay what they deemed an excess of duties, on account of their goods being appraised at figures wWhiob, in audition to the market valuo at the place Of export, included transportation charges, inland @nd coaatwise, trom the place of manufacture to vi which id Resets Rete ty AR t of the Collector to add th nN id commisstor ns tO the price for pinta ot ae muimare or oot under protest, tn the 148 of Attorne; Delafield Smit pnealt ae as ra government nae a co} ndered in favor of the merchants bring rT id who by the verdict will Roa alae $i ‘Tho effect of the verdict will be to decide other simi- lar cased, in which the total amount involved ts re- ported to be very large. UNITED STATES COMMISSIONERS’ COURT. Buylng a Dog with a Counterfeit Ten Dollar Bil. Before Commissioner Shields, The United States vs. John Smith.—The defendant was charged with attempting to pass a countertoit ten dollar note upon the keeper of a candy store at 477 Thivd avenue, * The evidence showed that John {sa poor, blind Peddler; that he was porawbulating Chatham street, led by a dog; that he was accosted by a man who “wanted to buy a dog; the “accoster” fancied John’s dog; that ne so fancied it that he offored Joh ten dollars for it, which offer John responded to wit enthusiasm, and took the note in exchange for his faithful poodle; that he found his way v) wn with his stick, and went Into the store in question to pur- phere Obristmas presents for his “ola woman," and that, th: character of the pote belng detected, he was then and there arrested, and thus was panished for hia base ingratitude in selling bis faithiul guide and counsellor for tlithy lucre. These acts being csiablished, and a being thus shown that John was sold, instead of being guilty of attempting to sell anybody eise, he Was dis- charged. The Homicide of Anstrian Jack. Commissioner Shields rendered a decision yester- day in the case of Daniel Leach, who was under examination for the murder of Jack Sheilds (Austrian Jack), @ seaman on the brig Helen O, Phinney, at Montevideo. The Commissioner, after reviewing the evidence, held the prisoner on the charge of man- slaugater. All the witnesses for the government are now confined in the House of Detention, awaiting te trlal Of the case, COURT OF OVER AND TERMINER, Bricf Session but Brisk Amonnt of Busi— ness—Murder Trial Adjourned=Two Trials and Pleus of Guilty and Sentences, Before Judge Vardozo, The court met at half-pust ten o'clock yester- day. There was an unusually large crowd in attend- ance. The session was brief, but an unusual multl- Plicity of cases were disposed of aud sentences pro- nounced, v) in asseusing ad id the alleged legal excess aa oP those merchanta: put MURDER TRIAL POSTPONED. The trial of Valentine Rittel, accused of murder, Was put off till the second Monday of January, at diy time it was set down to be peremptorily trled, PLEADING GUILTY. Charles Jackson pieaded guilty to grand larceny and was remanded for sentence. A TERPSICHORBAN BENEFIT. Michael McGuire was accused of stealing thirty- nine doiiars, Patrick Mcfyoy, the principal witness, testified that the accused and himself were two of a committee to arrange the preliminaries of a dance for the benefit of Mrs. McGrann; the money in ques- Vion was the proceeds of the Terpsichorean benefit, AS the money had never been in the possession of Mrs. MoGrann, and as he was arrested at nine o'clock the next morning, before ne had time to pay over the money, the Judge directed on acquittal, on the bye @ variance between the indictment and he evidence. ‘The prisoner, however, was remanded, with the advice to pay the money over to Sirs, af ‘ MeGran: PLEAS OF GUILTY AND amermyons. James Glover and William Cullen were jointly tn- dicted for the robbery of eighteen dollars from the person of Wm. McCall. The jatter pleaded guilty and Glover was tried and found guilty of assault, with intend torob, Botn were sentenced for five Years to State Prison. ° Edward O. Davis pleaded guilty to the charge of Fa alert) He was sent three years to State on. Thomas Johnson, alias Francis Rafferty, pleaded guilty to two charges of grand larceny. He was sen- Venced to State Prison five years on one charge aud sentence suspended un the other. George Willlams pleaded guilty to an attempt at Pt Sentenced two years and a half to State rigon. James Gilien pleaded guilty to larceny, and was sent to the House of Refuge, Mary Bradshaw pleaded guilty to larceny from hee person. Senteuce, six months in the Penite n- tary. Joseph Walsh pleaded guilty to attempt at bur- giary. Two and half years in State Prison. SUPREME COURT. Tho Fiddes-Murray Reference Case. Before tho Referee, The case of Josephine Fiddes against her husband, Dominick Murray, for divorce and alimony, which has been sent from the Court by Judge Ingraham to areferee to take testimony and report, came up yesterday before Mr. Landon, referee, one of the clerks of the Court. The defendant, Mr. Murray, was in attendance, but not his seceding half, who was prevented from putting In an appearance bene sickness. ‘The plea of sickness was fully es- tablished by the testimony of her counsel’s (Mr. Kd- win James) managing clerk, who had visited the plauntlif and ascortained her condition. ‘The rei- ereo adjourned the case till Wednesday next, at Lwo COURT CALENDARS—THIS DAY. OYER AND TERMINER AND SUPREME CouRT CiR- ouir—Part 1—Before Judge Cardozo,.—No Circuit calendar. Supreme Court Cuampers—Held by Judge Ingra- ham.—Nos, 40, 87, 161, 152. BROOKLYN COURTS CITY COURT--SPECIAL TEAM. Matrimonial Iofelicity—An [rate Husband Denounces His Wife as a Sioplitter and is Imprisoned for Contompt. Before Judge Thompson. James Kennedy has veen imprisoned for some time past for neglecting to pay his wife, Julia, ten dollars ajimony, andon Friday last his counser moved for his discharge before Judge Thompson, in the City Court, on the ground that he was unable to paythe money. The case was adjourned until yes- verday morning, in order to give him an oppor. tunity to pay the sum of fifty Wit sheriff's fees, When he was brought up he stated that he was un- able to pay the fees, and that he would not give hia wife anything, as she was a shoplifter, Judge ‘Thompson imposed a fine of $100 0n bim for con- tempt of court, and directed that he be taken vack to the Kings County Jail and inprisoned until tt shouid be paid, THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, The Meeting of the Board Yesterdny—The Little Bills. The Board of Supervisors met yesterday. Strange to say, all the membera who had been snowbound the day before, and were unable to show up at the Meeting of the Board of Aldermen the day previous, were on deck. The Mayor took the chair promptly at two o'clock, when Major Young opened his rapid firing upon the paper works which had been built epee hus desk through the instrumentality ur people wanted to get pald for work done of all kinds, The regular routine business of the Board was gone through with, and several small bills of no ye importance were disposed of. The bill of Dr. oremus for his services In the Captain Alexander case, and another one, amounting altogether to $1,000, were ordered to the appropriate committee. The little account of Mr. Stephen J. Lynoh and Michael Maloney for preparing the county report ‘was also read and properly disposed of, It amounted to $1,590 for each of the geut emen, ‘The Board then adjourned, The Manager of the Globe Theatre, Bos- ton, Sued for $5,000, Managerial Mismanagemont —“Fornande, A Story of the Period,” Puts Chenoy, of the Globe, and Schonberg, of Wallack’s, by the Ears—Who Dramatized ‘“Fernan- do1’—Mr, Schonberg’s Complaint. An action hag just been initiated in the Supreme Court in thia city which promises to give the theatrt- cal profession another jittle sensation tn addition to the rather plenteous répertotre in that direction, which has kept actors and actresses on the qué vive of late. The new sensation arises from an action instituted by James Schonberg, stage manager at Wallack’s, against Arthur Cheney, pruprictor of the Globe theatre, Boston; in which he claims $5,000 dainages for breach of contract, The complaint sets forth that the plaintiff and defendant entered into @ contract by which the former undertook to dramatize and adapt from the Frenoh a piece called “Fernande; or, @ Story of the Period,’ which the defendant was to produce at his theatre and to pay the plaintim for the same according to the terms set Jorth below, MU, SCHONBERG’S COMPLAINT, The complaiat of the above named plainti states— That at the time of making the contract herein. alter mentioned the plaintiff’ had adapted from the French and dramatized a plece called ‘Fernande; or, a Story of the Pertod,” of which plece ono Victorien Sarcou, a native of France was the author, and had dramatized the same for the purpose of being acted on the stage im the United States, and had culled the said piece “PERNANDE, A STORY OF THE PERIOD,!? And whereas the defendant was the proprietor of a theatre at Boston, in the State of Massachusetts, which was then called and known by the pub- llc as Selwyn’s theatre, Boston, ‘That the platnttit, having written and adapted the said piece, and having the same ready for produc- tion upon the stage, the above-named defendant, by his duly authorized agent in that behalf, on the 2sth day of April, 1870, in consideration that the laintul would allow the defendant to act and Lad duce LS the stage at Selwyn’s theatre, Boston, for public representation, the béfore-mentioned play of the plaintiif, called ‘Fernande; or, A Story of the Pertod,”” and weuld provide the manuscript and scene plots of such piay, contracted and agreed with the plaintufl to produce the said play and act and arm the same om the 7th day of May, 1870, at elwyn’s theatre, in Boston aforesaid; and further ff to pay him pe and agreed wiih the plaints me SUM OF TWENTY DOLLARS levery time that the said plece should and acted at Selwyn’s theatre, in Bos. aid, And he further contracted and agreed with the plaintiff to produce upon tie stage and publicly represent at the before-mentioned theatre the sald pie-e or play of the plaintif? within @ reasonable me «ter the receipt by the defendant of the said ae and scene plots Aud the plaintiff avers Uhat accepted the said contract d agreement so made and offered by the defend- ant, and on the Ist day of May, 1870, duly sent and forwarded to the avent of the defendant at Boston aforesaid the manuscript of the said play and the goohe plots thereof and all that was pecessary on the part of the plaintiff to be sent and transmitted to the deiendunt for the purpose of producing and acting the said play. nd the plamud avers that ho, relying upon the contract aud promise of tie defendant to produce the said play at Selwyn’s thea. tre, Boston, did and performed everything that was necessary ou his part as the author of the sald piece to enable the defendant to produce the same before the public in complience with the terms of the con- aes upon his part, ‘The plaintidfavers that the de feudant BROKE THE SAID CONTRACT upon his ea and refused to perform and fulfll the same in the following respects and particnlars:— First—That the defemlant aid not produce and act the sald play on the 7th day of May, 1870, as he had contracted aud agreed to do, Second—That the defendant did not produce and act the satd play within a reasonable time after the recetpt by hima of the said imanuseript and acene iuts, &c., or before the sald Seiwyn’s theatre, Bos- on, Closed for {ts season, and Instead thereof post- oned the samme from time to time, and finally re- ‘used and neglected altogether to produce and act the Ira play. And the piainud avers that by rea- son of the breach of the contract and agreement on the part of the defendant he has sustained loss and damage to the amount of FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS. That o portion of such loss and damage consists in tne loss which the plaintiff nas sustained by rea- son of not receiving the sui of twenty dollars for open and every performance of said piece, in com- pliance with the terms of the said contract, aud by reason of the platntif? having, On account of the existence of the sald contract, refused and abstained from entering into other contracts and agreements with the ma r8 and proprietors of other thea- tres for. the production, acting aud bringiug out of the said piece. And further, the plaintiff sustained damages tu this, to wit: Tnat the postponement of tho sald piece by the dcfeudant, in breach of his contract and agreement with the plaintiff, has injured the character of the sald plece or play as a work of dramatio art in the estimation of the public, and caused the same to be of less value and to be less remunerative in the dra- matic profession to the public Wherefore the plainui? demands damages in tho Sum of $5,000, &. Mr. Edwin James has charge of the case for Mr, Schonberg, the plaintiff, Tho defendant has not yet put in his answer, bot when he does we will no doubt have a different version of tue ‘last story of the period.” MATRICIDE IN JERS2 A Frightiul Tragedy at Elizabethport—-A Policewan Shoots His Aged Mother Dead— Escape of the Marderer. ‘That section of the pretty town of Ehzabeth known ag the “the Port’ was /the scene yesterday of oue of the most extraordinary matricides on record. Ina smal, two story frame house, located at No. 89 Clinton street, between First and Second streets, in tue Third ward,j lved Mr. Join Duignan, a man close on to tree score and ten, “He owned the house, and during a - dence of over twenty years at the Port had secured # fair reputation as 2 citizen and a man of respecta- bility. With him lived his wife, Mary Duigaan, over sixty years of ago, und their married daughier and her husband, Mr. and Mrs, Donovan. The latter had been residing at the paternal home about one mouth. Ashort distance to the left lived old Mr. Duignan’s son, Michacl Doignan, a member of the lizabeth police force, of about three months standing. Last Monday old Mr. Dulgnan gave “Mike's” little boy ‘Pat’? a dollar bill to buy himself & pair of skates for a Christmas present, Instead of buying the skates the little fellow handed the dollar to his mother, Yesterday forenoon the latter told her husband, who bad been out on duty all night, and came home somewhat under the influence o: Hquor, tho circumstance, and he at once flew into a passion, Snatohing his revolver, he dashed over to bis parent’s house, and found there lia aged mother and his sister, Mra. Donovan, ‘Shrowing down the dollar bill, he demanded of his mother why tt was that ue oe had given his son money, and, without a word of warning, he levelled the revolver.at the poor old woman's head and SHOT HER DEAD. ‘Thé@ bail entered her right eye, glanced upwards, Jodged In the brain and caused death almost instant- ly. The daughter uttered piercing scream and be- came paralyzed. The murderer then left the house and oun peared, The duy being bitterly cold and tue scow on the grouud but few persons were abroad. ‘The report of the pistol soon attracted the neigh- bors, and preenssy. come old Mr. Duignan, who had been at work In a cordage factory nearby. His dead wife was still in the chair where, while sew- ing, she was shot, The scene prescnted at this juncture in the kitcben of the Duignan house, as described by eyewitnesses, was heartrending in the extreme. The old man after a while became calm, and toward eveging was guite himself; but Mrs. Donovan swooued away, and fears are entertained that she may Jose her season. THE OAUSE OF THE MURDER was not, in old Mr, Duignan’s opinion, tne dollar he gave little Pat, but a epecies, of jealousy on the part of Mike, because his sfster, Mrs. Donovan, and her family tad been living with the old people, Up to yesterday Mike had had no quarrel or disagreement of any kind with his parents or sister. THE ESCAPED MURDERER 1s @ man of about thirty years of ago, and prior to his appointment om taé Elizabeth police was a night wentehpnal or tarnkey In the New Jersey State Prison, ~~ THE DOCK BONDS. The Awards Granted by the Comptroller. Tue following are the’ names of the parties to whom the awards for Dock bonds were granted yes- terday, the amounts awarded to each, and the gare at which each obtained tuem:— John Pearce... William Nelson, Jr. $5,000 al 105,01 10,000 at 103.25 116,090 at 102.10 60,000 at 103.1255 G, K, Sistare. ° 60,000 at 102.25 W. J, Quiniao, Jr... 4,000 Ab 102,25 Pp. W. Engs & Son: 6,000 nt 102.38 P. W. Engs & Son 5,000 at 102.25 P. W. Engs & Son: 5,000 at v2.12 NUL AND COMMERCIAL, Wann Strep, TavRsday, Deo. 2-0 P. wu. On ‘Change to-day wheat was quict and without now foatures, ‘ie cotton market was dull and lower, ANOTHER “SQUEBZE" IN MONBY. ‘The “beam,” or rather the “bulls"—for tho recent Operators for @ decline, with few oxceptions, are now buying both to cover their outstanding contracts and to be long of stocks against the great relaxation in the money market next month and during the Spring—fd it necessary to keep tho money market stringent at tis time in order that they may force stocks out of weak hands as well as check the outside demand for tne shares which they themselves are desirous of pos- seusing. The closing of mercantilye and bank uo- counts, the withdrawal of money necessary to meet the payment of dividends and similar infuences co- eporating to render money active are aggravated by the locking up of funda by the cliques, the meana to do which they have procured by borrowing geld of the Canadian banks. This gold swelled the balance atthe Gold Bank to-day to about twice the usual average, Tne rate on call advanced from seven per cent gold to % and M per cent a day, in addition to seven per cent, cur rency—that 18, some borrowers pald tor money over night at the rate of ninety-seven per cent per annum. The lower fraction, via., 3, with “inte. vest,” was frecly patd about half-past two o'clock, In other words, accommodation was generally at the rate of fifty-two percent per annum. Towards three o'clock @ prominent *‘puli!’ hoasé reiteved the market by carrying stocks and lending money at seven, currency; but the previous activity had in- timidated so many that their generosity was of little benefit to the strect, as accounts had been as a rule Made up quite promptly, Commercial paper 1s quoted nonunally at 7a 83; per cent discount for Prime double names, but nothing was doing, Foreigu exchange was dull, as @ consequence of the stringency in money, and rates lower, the mar- ket closing 109 4 100¢ for prime bankers’ sixty-day sterling, and 109% # 110 for sight bills, STOCKS FIRM AND HIGHER. The stock market was strong under purchases by operators who were promiment in the recent ham- mering of the market, by which prices were forcea to decline. Our disclosures yesterday as to the sin- uous ways of @ certain venerable operator who has an old trick of abandoning bis confederates when it sults his individual interests led to recrimination and quarreling among the “bears” generally, who in their anxlety not to be lettin the lurch began cach to bay on his own ac- count, Rock Istand being one of the stocks of which they were largely short, a sudden rush for it Tan the price up from 103% to 10534. Northwestern preferred was also snapped up in the same way, and for @ time the ‘bears’ were climbing over each other’s shoulders in their anxtety to buy in their “shorts.” The ‘old man’s’? defection evoked a great deal of profanity from some of his late col- leagues, to whom he lent bis certified checks @ week or “#0 ago, but on whom he is now said to have played the serious Joke of buying the stocks which they sold short on the strength of locking up his money: The leading spirit in the whole “bear” movement of the past season 1s reported to be greatly exercised over the uncertainty of mundane affairs, particularly in the vicinity of Wall street, especially when those affairs are guided and controlled by men whose monetary transactions are mixed up with religious zeal, It will be seen from this sketch of the situation that lines are very much confused in the street just now. ‘The results of to-day’s operations will be geen in the following table of the extreme fluctuations of the Gay and in ube table of closing street quotations ap- pended to the Its of stock sales:— Highest, Lowest New York Central consolidated.. 01}, v0 New York Centrat scrip..... ve BT 87'¢ Brie... 23 2234 99, Cr erd 91% ag 48% 45% 11M 1035 82 8} Rock seeeee sees 105 '¢ 108% Milwaukee and St. Paul... + 6536 bay Milwaukee and St. Paui preferred. 8074 BODg Olio and Mississippt. . - 28% 20% Union Pactiic,. <6 1 10% Western Union Tele; » 46 4155 Pacifio Mall... 40% oy GOVERNMENTS STRONG. The government list was strong in the taguos which recetye tuterust at New Year's, but was lower otherwise owing to tho high rates for money. The following were the closing street prices:—United States currency sixes, 110 @ 11044; United States sixes, 181, registered, 10976 a 110; do. do., coupon, 11334 & 11334 ; do, five-twenttes, registered, May and November, 10734 & 1073¢; do, do., 1862, coupon, do., 10794 @ 10774; do. do., 1864, do. do., 107% a 10754; do, do., 1885, do, do., 107% a 107%; do. do., registered, January and July, 10634 a 106%; do. do., 1865, cou- pon, do., 109% @ 110; do, do., 1867, do. do., 110%, a 11034; do. do., 1868, do. do, 111 @ 11134; do. ten- forties, registered, 106g a 106};; do. do., coupon, 100% a 10834, THE SOUTHERN STATE BONDS STKADY. ‘The Southern list was steady, with a strong under- tone, and prices were unatfected by the stringency im money, GOLD DULL—110% & 11034. There was very littie doing at the Gold Board, and the price during most of the day was 110%, with an occasional sale at 110%, of the market:— The following is the record see MOY + Li05% ve MOM 4 + U0 6:80 P.M market the rates for 2P. M. Pb Mn the gold were 7 gold, L carrying 8-64, 1-16, 6-64, 3-22, $ 64 and 7-64, The operations of the Gold Exchange Bunk were 28 follows:— Gold cleared.... Gold balance Currency balance SUB-TREASURY OPERATIONS. The Assistant Treasurer bought one million of five-twentles for the government, The offerings were unusually light, amounting to oniy §1,961,900, There were paid out to-day, on account of 1871 loan, $719,000; and on account of interest, $1,250,000; making the gold disbursements amount to $1,969,000, The currency Interest paid out was $220,090, SALES AT THE NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANS2, Thursday, Dec. 29—10:15 A. NO 40 ty Erie KR. 400 Harlem RR: mn 7 RR iy 19) atm. i 4 0% bere) do. Moe NY }000 Un do eee eornesssks FSELESHMK=B: S %4 100 do. ‘ee 70 Del, Lack AW RR.. 00 O-vee00+.- De Nga Mies RR... 0 4 25 Wl, 0, ¢ } (00 Han & StJoRR.... BN home a Wat'acox d 1209 600 10... « geen 200 Pacific Mail 85.... 100 do.,....bet call 2000 10:40, 25000 US 6's, our'acy. One o’Clock P M. 4 400sbs LB AMS RES 91% 100 dow. + Ml 1000 do. 6000 Cen Pac RR gb.. 1000 Ait & Ter H fi; pt 10000 Tol, Peo AW1st.e d 15 she Weat 0 Tel, “4 we GO... do. 10000 NY © & 20 Erie R& Harter ie a Cw hon 4 on i 100 Oita. & Mise HE 100 Delt & W RE 20 0,0, 0 & Ind K. STREET QUOTATIONS. Half-past Five o Vleck P. M 45° Northwestern... 8974 Northweat’a pf. M4 Bock Island... 1 ae iid wi COMMERCIAL REPORT. Caan Tuunspar, Deo. 2-6 P. Mt. Corven,—There was 4 moderate demand for Rio from the trade, and the market was firm at previous prices. wore sold 2774 bags, ex Hansa, and to arrive 2,452 bags, Johannes, op private terms. Other ,kinds| were firm at cag. Quotations, though we heard of no business of tmportanoe: During the past week there wore sold 429 bags Maracaibo, 113 do. Laguayre avd 189 do. Jamaica at within the Tange of our quotations; also 3,600 bags st. Domi (oa rt to An . — Oraiaary cargoes, 14cm Tee, fale a dn Tiga ‘ Laguayea, 10ige, e1742,| Jamaiga, Here pret eee Paes including to arrive) Ri a ap caer cave cetera clos: ak ab Reams toe ( low aR Mieeuteye 1a ts tte atiige Hiei Pagar a My me Ey ‘s q fi MM ms 5 on board, Sayahnab, eereke Private iant ofenlal Bohan Danuary for 200 ite, paid to exe palaio'e bln £0) Docerber ner for aw March 116s: pa xchange 20) December for $00 January; » change 400 January for 4 March | to tal, 9,2 ‘Also, late yesterday, D U0 at 1a7¢e, 5 J: 4 February, 10H at 38 OKs cai ab go 100 eS Ee, are 1 ao £40, Apri 50), at 159 Pes ie? 10) at 14 er ; f. 0. b. Mobi 00) a closing rao fois oh epg Ordinary. as 173 ad 3 io By 6 a FLOUR anv GRaiN.—Recetpts, 12,088 bbls, dour, 775 corn meai, 14,860 bushels wheat, 51,875 do. corn, 18,175 oats, 400 do. rye and 7,400 do. malt, market for Fale dil pit unchanged. The sales were about 1240 bbige at prices within the range of our quotations appended. Son ern flour was in moderate demaud_ and tirm. Sales 100 Rye flour was steady and irm. Sales 200 bois, Corn was dull and unchanged. Buckwheat flour was steady ab 3 10 a 8S 20 for State per 100 Iba. We quote: 0. 100 at 14q0.¢ bales, We annex Texas, i ood ordi yw imidd Middiing. Good Midi State .. 34 20 Be ib a's ry 58 $3 se Ke dhe Ly App so 8 ound Uhbio, ae . a ‘ Round hoop Ohio; trade brand Sue H F a 7 bla 6 6608 67 ibe 2 Wa 9 4s bee 25 0 10 00 Corn meal, Jersey....... 40e - Corn meal, Brandywine 4353 — —Wheat was dull and vo was offered at the close at $1 43, without buyers. The les were onl; about 80,000 bushels (part last evening), at #1 34 for spring, 81 12 for damaged spring, #1 49 for small lots winter, Corn was firm at theopening, but weak at the close. Bled 25,000 busbels at 78. a 79¢. tor mixed Western afloat—chiell at 78.5 The. and 7c. for do, on track, and 7¥e. = Bie. for low, Oata were quiet, but dyn the sales being 30,000 bushols at Sho. for Chica, S$e. for inferior W In store, estera,- and ic. for ahoiée Obto. tye was dail and nominal at yea terday's prices, Burley was in dome demand, and aales were made of 8,00) bushels ut Bic. for two-rowed State, He. a 960, for Canada of medium qualtiy, and $1 11 for Bay of Qulate, ait was dull and unchanged, FRriGUuTs.—The market was moderately active and rat were very firm to ull ports. ‘tho demand for vessels f carter was morg activo, and several were taLen up iat fu he engazemonts were i~—To Liverpool, 7, d., previous rates, buahela wheat at 74, 1,000 bales cotton at 5-16d. @ bhus. tallow at Q6s., "43 hhda, tobacco at 87 wheat at Bd, $n on private iangow, 8,500 bbls. flour at ~Bs, 6d. Hantur 2, cotton on private terma. TO Bremeh, 60 lbus. Virginia tobacco at Bis., aud 10,000 staves at S25, ‘The charters were:—A bari to London, with 8,200 bia, flour, at 2a, Xd. @ North German bark to Bremen, with 4,000 bbis. petroleum, at ds. :a bark to Rotterdam, with'4,:00 bbls, do., at 5s. 736d. fa bark to the Adriatlo, with’2,500 do., at 6s, ; a bark to Cadi: with extra heavy pipe’ staves, at #50, aud jight pipe do., al from Vbtiadeiphta, with 5 fiw bois. petroleum, & orders, United Kingdom or Continent, aud « vem 6) for Biiboa, with 1,400. bbls. ao., on private tera previously reported) a bark trou! Savannah to Bre- B00 en cotton, at's-i6d. cemand except for small lots to supply the present twas éxiremely quict, There was no wants of brewers, und prices were heavy for ull grades, with fair offer. ‘the few sales mace were at prices within the range of ings. tc. a 16¢. for common to shotce lots. being Mgnt. and ations :—Mantila, do. ; Blsai, Li Qc. w Ljyc., do, Mie, 744¢., do., In Di Hax.—A falr démadd prevutied at prices not aiferin from those previously current. We quote —Biiping, at OY 2a retail Lota, 1 20 a °@L 80; long rye straw, § $1 25; . al, }3#6.—The market for foretgn continued to rule dail and pri were nominal. New Orleans was steady, with snail gales within tue range of 100. a 7bc. We quotes Gubere Centrifugat and mixed, 200, a 220, ; clayed, 2c. a Y4o.; mune covado, reining, 240. a'80e.; muscovadd, grocery, 800. x Bo. 5 Porto ftico, 840-'n dsc. English lalapda, doc. = Now Or- Ioans le. 75c, Stock at date, 6844 ids, Cuba, B81 do. Porto Kieo, 1,726 do, Engish Ialands and 600 bbls, Now Or- jeans, NAVAL SToREs.—The market for spirits turpsntine wag excited and decidedly higher. There was more demand, bug he amount of business tranaacted was small, owing to the increased tirmucgs of wellere, who refused to fell to “any oe tent below Svc, few smal) lots, Gerri about bols., were sold at 47340. a 420., for merchantable, and 470, for ofl Ly ind ir e sellers roe fic, for all, quantiles, In. Wilmington, I bols. were sold "for at dic, f. 0. trained was scare: after at prices not differing from th ‘There were sold 260 bbia. strained strained and low No. 2 at 76 and 800 paie at $4 882.70; No. 1, #2 75 a n 76; pal window glass, #5 2h = &7. 84 2 85; extra ‘Tar was dail and nochange: O11,8.—Linseed was 1a moderate Jobbing demand at Bic. = Sic., in casks; we heard of no sales of consequence. Other kinds were dull, the demand being light, but prices were quotations. ere was no business of conssquence transacted 10 crude, in bulk, the demand being very light, but full prices were stil! deinanded. Lots forJanuary de= livery were generally quoted at 12446. a Ide. Wo beard Of no in sales, Crude, bis, was dull and nomi t 1746. a 17340.; no sales were reported. Naphtha dy and Oro, with ap improved demand ; bbia. were sold at gc. On the Creek tho market waa "quict ab about former figures; sales were made at $3 25 on the upper rond and 750 on the lower, the market clo: thee prices. There was more actlvity In the market for refined the demand. and the sales were 4, s., for quick delivery, at 230, a iyo. the mark ihg with holders as ing the latter price; 1,800 cases were: at28e, ‘There was a moderate demand tor Jobbing lot which were selling at 6c. a 27c.. In Philadephia the market was quiet, the demand being ight, bat bigher prices were generally demanded for oil for December. dellvery, Bales 00 bls. for December at 325¢c.—closing at Bye, wo. —and 3,810 do. (11b « 140 teat) for quick delivery at 82440. PROVISIONS.—Receipts, 1,077 bbls. pork, tlerces beef, kages cut mi 403 bbls. and tlerces lard. ‘The market for pork, both on the spot and for futu deilvery, was quiet, the demand bela; hig it, ‘and prices wei about Soc. lower for mess, which closed weak at $19 60. for January, February and March. About bbis., im lots, were sold at & $20 25 for mess, #17 for prime and $321 75 for clear. Kor Suing, delivery, there wero sold 6 bblx. tor March at $19 80. Dressed hoge Bac. for Uc hike closed at 8340. w Ye. for heavy to medium of for Western, which were 6: i chiefly oil, which commanded 3,0. a Age. higher prices was bbl entirely for export, no 850. w hogs there were arrivals of 8248 bead, which w ranged from 70. to 734, for commog for slaughterers; p pao lots, Beef hams were quiet, but Caged at §29 50m with sales within the range. Beef in tlercos was rm, will jerate demand; 1U0 tlerces prime mess wore sold'on terms, We quote :—Prime and extra mesa 64 0 Gd. 1m bbls, retained steady’ in value, with a moderate demand ; about 76 bble, were sold within the rao, of 810600816 for pluin meer, and $b Bl7 for extra do, Bacon was in better demand, but at rather easier prices: Baise WY Loree short clear as ie, a Ic, and {00 do. short ribbed on private terme. We quote :Lom Clea, lige. '@ Ie.; sort rib, i03ge. Cut. mei i and we heard of no’ important sales sult “In favor © of. buyers, We ai and city pickled hams, 103ge. « 13c.; pakion B34. smoKod Latns,'1be, a i6e, ; bellfea, in bu Dig. a I fresh hams, lio. a luc. Lard. ‘or prime Weaern was quiet and heavy and prices were lower; buyers refused to operate to any extent abori fs which’ price was accepted for #¢mall lot on the dook. sales wore 125 tlerces, including 50 terces on dock at 125¢0., and the balance on private terms. OF olty there ‘01 110 Uerces at 12c, a 1240. for steam and kettle, lard for future delivery was less sougit after and sold f lower prices, 200 bbls. for, Mag. a Hold at 123¢0., ‘or January (reported) at like. ition: ‘bere was ho chauge to_note In the market, The demand was light, and only Zor small Jota, bnt prices were steady at 6%c. & 7c. for fair w prime lots, Kangoon was dull and naminal. ‘SUGAR.—The transactions {n raw were again ght, tho de- conumed to snail lois to e.pply imigediate waute, but full prices prevailed for all grades. The offerings re only moderate, The sales wero 60 hhds, at Pi¥o. a joe a for Cuba and New Orleans, and 150 boxes Fair to good refmiog Cuba ciowed at 19 ye, and No. Ia'box al Loe. Rehned wes more active, Yor A’ nd prices were | srenger forall Kinds, the ber net ce for hard, a Son white, Wiss. tor vastra 'C.. We qioier-Cuse-ine enor "fo" common” refining, 9 fair re: prose es .; priate to chalce’ grocery, Tigo, a i fhhds. oe bones) Yo, w 10c.; meindo, bc. a Havapa— exes Butch atandardy, Nor, Tete ®, Sige. 8 Me He ee A'S do” 18 to 20, iuon & tees do Toran es hae eae ; one 10340. m Lge, " soe OTL to chuy Se foltoees'--Baeal hhda. Si alD Holds Tnelad SEEDS,—-The demand for finsead was more active and t! market was trm. The sales were 2/00 bags and 3,000 yokets, on the spot, at #215; 2.000 damaged), toe v9 Piviadelppi fat #190, and to arrive 7 Ivan! 2 173y—all gold, duty patd, on alt was beld at 120., which price was Wwe. a 360. of buyers: we lieard of no sales of moment, at $5400 #6 no ALLOW was made of 225,000 11 Wintaxey, Reesipts, 544 ble tive, and, with Incveased offer age per ‘There wore saies of 175 bos. al doe. a MAxG. (Or Wood tron bounie