The New York Herald Newspaper, June 1, 1871, Page 8

NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, JUNE 1, 1871—TRIPLE SHEET. RE See ae , ——— oe ‘That this course has been determined apon we know, and it is also known to us that the REAL ESTATE MATIERS. COAL, * THE GREAT SALE YESTERDAY nt, are remonitory symptoms of te tbat lower dna still lower are to follow, ‘until the small owners shall have been forced to Seve ‘and the large ones have the ficid to them- selves, In this effort both the heavy owners and the rail- Way men are joined. Itis claimed that the object ‘The season of country sales has been fairly in- augarated, and for some weeks now the public will be kept thoroughly posted concerning the topo- graphy, surroundings, hygienic and otner qualities which in various degrees of excellence belong to New of the movement is not to fnally secure exorbitant rates, but simply that they may be able to control the mining interest with a view to secure regularity The Peculiarities in its management, and to avold loss to themselves and to the public, simply because afew small own- Movement. ers cannot produce and deliver as cheaply as their om gigantic rivais, while paying the same raves vo their An Exciting Demand and Surpris- ing Reduction in Price. Umportant Developments—The Small Mine Own- ers to be Driven Out—The Monopolists in Mines and Railways Combined. of the men. ‘This, for the early future at least, affords an agree- able feeling to the consumers of coal. But even in | that regard there is something unpleasant which | may as well be known. It 18 acertainty that, not- | withstanding the very long strike now so recently ; ended, there are vast quautities of coal at the mines which had been mined and brought up before the strike began. This is the case with both the large and small owners, and the fact is well Known wat | coal, when exposed to the sun and air aeteriorates rapidly, and LOSES MUCH OF ITS HEATING POWER. This is the condition of a vast quantity of coal which wili now be put upon the market. The pro- |; hibitory increase in the rates for transportation was During all the long struggle between the coal York environs. From the centre of Jersey to the backbone of Long Island, and from the heights of our American Isle of, Wight to the proposed West- chester terminus of the projected viaduct railway, the different suburban towns and villages will call upon New Yorkers to come and settle in their several precincts, each presenting in stronger con- trast to another Its manifold attractions, Well, it is very good to be there—that 1s, gomewhere out of New York in this hot weather; lence the peculiar periodical popularity which country sales enjoy cach recurring summer. + One of the most successful of these sales thus far this year was made at Kutherfurd Park, N. J., on ‘Tuesday by A. D. Mellick, Jr., & Bro, Between 700 and 800 peonle from this city attended, being pro- vided with passes on @ special train over the Erie road, and undeterred by the dangers of that uniucky Wine workers and owners the HERALD has, a8 18 fits cnstom, kept its readers familiar with every Btep in the progress of the unpleasant events Mvbich have occurred, together with the pleas of Weither party for the course they pursued. We now come to a new siep in the progress Roward a preuetermined conclusion, by which the Mammoth interests in the coal mines of Pennsyl- rvania have decided to secure for the future @ more Perfect control of their property, and, for a time at Deast, a LOWER PRICE FOR COAL Yeo all who useit, The great sale yestertay was the opening of the new, or rather the second part of the xed programme. The “strikes,” as 1s known, are, Qn their more unpleasant aspects, at an end. The ‘enects of the last horror have been measured; tne mine workers are believed to have been hungered, ‘worn and saddened, until desire for quarrel has wensed, and, with a confidence in present regularity, he controllers of the quantity to be thrown upon Zhe market and of the price to be demanded for it, have commenced the new movement which they be- Heve will, while DESTROYING THE SMALL MINE OWNERS, estore the chiefs to a ‘more favorable position In the minds of coalburners at large."” The sale yesterday was the first in the past six Months. It is well known that the retail yards in ‘nis and the surrounding cities were almost entirely ‘without a supply, as were the yards of manufac- | ‘urers and others who use very large amounts, ‘This fact created a very general impression that the | ‘rst sale, ona hungry and excited market, would | realize very large prices, leaving a return to the | ange of prices ruling betore the coal fight began to wubsequent sales, Such, however, was not the case. | ‘Those of the retail dealers who were famillar with the leading thought in the new programme bid ac- Siveiy, but low, and when they did all they cnose to buy was knocked down to them at, under the sup- ply conditions, really moderate rates. Soon after he sale began, which was conducted by Draper & ©o., at the Exchange piace salesroom, 1t became ‘well understood wat THE 80,000 TONS @f Scranton coal to be sold would be “let go” at an average of less than six dollars perton. Had the holders desired more it is clear to every one familiar ‘with tne scanty supply on hand they could have ‘pecured it without having resort to even tne more } common Manwuvres for upholding rates; but they | gid not, and the reason will be given below. ‘The Wndding for stove and grate sizes Was spirited; but ‘the prices bid were low. LUMP STARTED AT FIVE DOLLARS PER TON, ‘and at that price alot was sola. The remaiuder of ‘that size went ut from $4 65 to $4 625,. THE SIZB USED ON STEAMBOATS | ‘Was started at $4 60 and the tirst lot Was sold at $5 | per ton, Bui the deciime was rapid aud suosequent | wales of that Kind were wade at $4 ¥7%s, $4 95, $4 8244, $4 80, $4 75 and $4 70—a rather remarkal decline with a harbor fui] of almost empty bunkers. GRATE SIZE was started at gMand tie first iot went at $5 B second at $5 073s, at Wich Other sales were EGG ‘Was started at $5 per ton; rose on bids~the imme- Giate demand betug very \arge—to $6 15, at whica gli there was was sold. STOVE was started at $5 50; was changeable fora time, ‘but finatly rose to the maximum rate on the card of the day, and was soid at $6. The demand Was most extraordinary, and yet, in the suce of that jact, the Subsequent sales were uiade at $6 57), $5 85, $5 50 Bnd $5 7744. CHESTNUT ‘Was also in good demand, and the bidding, though lively, was low. he first lot was started at ¢4, the other sales having fully sausfed buyers that a low Faage of rates Was the rule for the day, aud the lot ‘was knocked down at $460. The otuer iots of the nd ade. same size brought, some $4 65 and others $4 6245. Compared with the sate made fully six months ago the following smali difference is shown in We price:— foe a uayett 25 3 4h ab 00 50iwa - f igce oe Blove. 20,000 5 bite 600 Chestnut. 25... 1830008 60 460 465 These are the peculiar aod highly important features of yesierday’s sales. Let us now give the puvlic THE CAUSE AND ITS PROMISE. It is weli known to the readers of tne HERALD that the recent long and painiuily disastrous “strike’’ 18 ot the first that hus troubled the coal region, as | Well as the people at large. There have been | “strikes” —very serious “strikes"—before, and those noi always ecuuse of reconciieable diierences between those Who Work and those who own the munes. It is well KnOWn (lat lie strike immediately preceding the last Was one uot alone in the literest of the working miners, but ratuer m (16 dmagined INTEREST OF THE OWNERS, and made with their Knowledge, advice and consent. Competition in coal mining, like successiut competi- ton in almost any other Lecessity, las a Ltenaeucy Vo Jessen tne price, When the tieid ‘of production 1s Jarge. ‘This was te case in coal; aud With We nae tural production realized sro the nomoer of wen employed, the supply ready exceeded the demand. This vexed all the owners, but especially those con. trolling the smalier mines, who cannot produce and deliver and revwrn # proit ou as low @ rate ast larger owners. Jt became their seeming interest, ‘then, TO DISTURB PRODUCTION. ‘The miners were inauced w strike a8 a cover to the owners’ desire to Jessen production, and they ‘were promised a share of the advance whic should be realized Lecaase of the stoppage of the works. This movement agatust the puviic the men joined in, and their doing 80 was tue reason why, in Meir real strike, which so receatly ciosed, ney Jound go litte of sympawwy and support among We ‘workmen in other callings. And teir real strike, Which has caused so much Of suffermg aud cost to own themselves aud the public, was because the owners, Wiio were pares Lo We agreement tor the DECEPTION OF THE PUSLLG, did not act up to their agreement in the matter of division of spoils. In fact, tu tuat fact underiying | Ae Conditions of the recent strikes much of tue ili- | Jeeling of the men towara tuose Who employed them | 3s to be atiributed. This bad feeling among tue | men, ana the belie! that it Was secretly eucouraged | by the smail mune owners, determined the main | Moth corporations to make a strenuous effori to GAIN CONTKOL OF PRODUCTION AND SALE. It is claimed vy them privately that nearly ail the trouble they have with their workinen is occasioned | by the malicious mancuvrings of those whom they | call the stauil owners. The deciaration at the dl- Fectors’ mneetings 1s tat the small owners cannot realize 4 profit on their sales when the ‘works of the large owners are in suc- cessful operation aud the market weil sup- ed. They then, it is charged, secure men breed discontent among the workmen in the larger Works; chdeavor interrupt their produc- tion, and, when successful, succeed in placing their supply upon tue market ¢ auvance thus caused, +O prevent contunuance Of this manceuyre, Which always resulted in something of loss to the larger owners, they have tried @ variety of schemes, tue Most prominent of which was te arrangement With the COAL“ CARRYING RATLWAYS Dy Which the price for transportation to those not heavily interested in them was piaced at a ngure Which, as tue public remembers, amounted to pro- hibition. That scheme, however, was too palpably in the interest oi the large owners, who are also in Jeading interest in the raliways, aud the public's Genunciauion of it caused it to be dropped. It served, however, to hold back the supply in tne | hands of the small owners, and they were thus pre- vented from realizing the proflc they had antici pated from the PANIC RATES the strike produced. There was some satisfaction in this to the heavy owners; and those of the rail ‘ways who were Dot also mine owners agreed to it readily, for the reason that the frequent sirkes, coming as they did at the season when the roads had prepared for extra transportation, caused joss fixed in the knowleage ‘his very serious !act, and A 4 with the knowledge ha Mi @ depreciation of ‘Thus stands the voal question at present. The The prices obtained ruled higher than a previous readers of the HERALD have the facts as they are, | 8#le receutiy by the same auctioneers of another doth ‘agrecable and disagreeable. They know that portion of this property. Subjoined we give full cheap coal has been decited upon until those who | Particulars, as indicating the tewlency of the real are claimed to have been the real cause of past dis- | ©Stale movement at the present time, ship of mines: and thac wale they may pay n-com | Zesterday, comprised three Supreme Court sales of paratively low price for some tume to come they Will | goid, ander the direction of Damel P. Ingraham, Jr., also be burning poor coal. referee, ove lot, with the improvements, on’ the =f Te oe south side of Forty-frst street, west of ‘third ave- EXECUTION OF A NEGRO IN INDIANA. highway. Bidding was proinpt and spirited, in Spite Oi the heat, 286 lots being disposed iA 1m plots nue. Mr. James M. Maller sold, under the direction ot Thomas H. Landon, referee, the lease of lot, with the building thereon, known as No. $1 Madison ave- nue, north of Twenty-eighth street, and Mr. J. A, Fleury sold, under the direction of J. L, Miler, referee, a plot o1 ground on the south aide of Kings- bridge road, adjoining the Institutior of the siind. The particulars are as follows: NRW YORK PROPERTY—BY ROLERTS AND MCGUIRE. 1 Jot, with improvements, on a. s. 4lst st., 200 ft. w. of His Speech and Confession. {From the Evansville ({nd.) Journal, May 27,) By nine o’clock yesterday morning a crowd began to collect in front of the court house and jaw, as it was known that Ben Sawyer was to be executed some time during the day for the murder of his wife. ‘3d ay., lot $1x71.6x86.3, T. Donovan. pte $8,500 BY 3 M, MILUER, ‘The gallows had been erected during the night, AN | yorge of lot, with the four story brisk louse No. tt was nearly ready when the officers began to aamit Madison av., 20.1 ft, with 28th st. lot 18x78. The lease hus 6 years to run from May 1, 191 the jury and other persons selected to be present at pant and withess the execution. It wasof very heavy reut $180 per annum. J, Emers BY JAMES A, FL) of Kingsbridge road and the Instt- Plot of ground «, timbers, on a low brick foundation, just suf- | “‘tusiomlor the Bilnd, size of plot 317-4x40810x201,7450, fictent to form a level on the surface of | Samuci Sebitrer. canteens peas Rutherfurd (N. J.) Property-By A. D. Mele lick, Jr. & Bro., May 30. ALL LOTS 25x10. the jail yard. The platform was about five and a half feet high, and under it was a space in which was placed the cofin. The drop Was of two inch oak plank, hung by heavy wrought | 4 lots, 1 to 4, plock F, Mortimer av., Miner each. 8295 hinges to the platform, and supported by heavy | 8 lots, 5 to 7, biock F, Newell av., Darnus, each meee) iron quadrants, heid in piace by catches on a re- | 2iots adjoining, Newell av., Gosman, eah.... + 336 Volving iron bar under the platform, to which a | 8 [ois atoning, vere ay! Ditineeake : 8 lever was attached, that, when moved, set the drop adjoining, Newell ats Davis, each : Boo free to fali, when another catch on the beam, fitting adjoining’ Newell av.” Deery, each sty | notches on the quadrants, held the drop back. A | 2 tots adjoining, Newell av., Denning, eath.. 310 lucht hand rai! surrounded the seaifold, which was } 1 lot adjoining, Newell av., Daniels. ‘B00 reacuied by steps at the rear against the wail Of the | liot adjoining, Neweil av., Byers B00 yard. About half-past ten o'clock Sherif Pfatin iio; gerne: evane 1 lle po ascended the scaffold, and, addressing the spec- Tov adjoining Newel doin 3 uf Sf: jot otning, Newell av., Johnson. GENTLENEN—I wish to impress upon you the solemnity of | 4 tote atoning, Newcil av., Lawrence,sach. 5 this occasion, as i fee! it, and I trust you wili act with dus | 4lots adjoining, Newell av., Clagin, exh. 200 respect to the law and preserve sirict order. The law to-day | 2 lots adjoiuin, 200 Tequires me to take the life of a human being, aud I desire | 6 lots adjoining, 205 at i shail be done with all tue solemnity required by the | Lot adjoining, 203 erribe neces fe lots inin, Mr. Pfstlin appeared firm, but ms face wore that Sboe Be = haggard, auxious look that bas grown upon It | fio sijeuite on Monrose av, Kangke Ft almost ever since the sentence was pronounced re- } 2 iots adjoining on Montross av., Lord, 240 quiring him to execute the aread sentence. He re- | 201s adjoining on Montrose av., Gos: 240 lired to the jail, and in a short time returned with | 1 jot adjoining jast, Mule! 250 bawyer, Whose arms were pinioned behind. Saw- | } lot adjoining last, McNamara. aN 260 yer was accompanied by Rev. A. 'T. Hall, of the | 21 adjoining, corner Donaldson av, McNamarra..... S83 Airican Meilodist Cnarch, and Rev. Green McFar- | §jots adjoining, Lord;each.nn 245 land, ol the Colored Baptist church, Deputy Sherif | % lots adjoining, 240 Reuven M. Davis and Mr. Join B. Young, bait, | 6 lots adjoming, Hayes, each. 40 acting as the Sheriffs assistant, and an elderly | 6 lots adjoining, Hamilton, each 245, colored man accompanying the’ prisoner. The | 8 lots adjoining, Battle, each party ascended the scaifold, and Sawyer was placea | } Jot corner Carmita and Doi 33 upon the drop, and Deputy Sheriff Davis placed | 1 jot adjoining on Carmita 190 te rope about his neck. At this instant a | 2 iots adjoining on Carmita av., Pagg 1% short cry Of deep pain was heard from a female | 7 lots adjoining, extending to Passaica r 130 voice at a window of the Sheriff's residence, j 7 lots siping oa Passaic Sandord, ea 215 Sawyer, however, betrayed not tne least emotion as | § lots aujotning on Passaic ay., Blaclword, ea pf he swayed his head aside to allow the free passage | $ lots adjoining on Ftp eee Ee Of the rope over his head. Odicer Young then tied | §iote adjoining on | aaaierems, 390 his feet, and whea this was done the Suerif saia:— | 6 lots adjoining on Passaic av., Manin, each 260 “Ben Sawyer, have you anything to say why the | 8 lots adjoining on Passaic ay.. Lonl, each 280 sentetice of the law should not be executed upon iock H. " yeu? Sawyer answered, "Yes, sir, f have.” ‘the | 8 lots, Woodward ay., plot 28, Maller, each. 245 Sheriff sald, “Waat is it’ Proceed. When Sawyer | $ot, Woodward ay., adjolning Basel, i) answered, “You just loosen thas rope around imy | 38 i0tgVoodward av., adjoining, Ayers, 200 neck, it’s too ght.” The rope was loosened as de- | 8 lots, Woodward av., adjoining Paraon: 190 sired, and Sawyer said: Blots, Woodward 145 Teny that Thaven't had justice in the Supreme Court—1 | 2 lots Woodward a i mean the Criminal Court—in that trial. If these cases had Se deen alowed to be told, these cases aud circumstances had | § 10's on Newall av. i} beeu beard, and the jury had sald what they did say, I'd | 3 ison Newall 3 think I'd haid justion; but they didn't let me show these cases, | $/044 00 Newall a But if the Lord can forgive them I can. Plowan Wench at aaieiiee = Rev. A. T. Hail then read a portion of the Serip- | 5 lots on Newall av., adjotuing, Vandvwater, each 200 tures:—"‘Man thatis born of woman is of few days | 2 lots cor, Newell and Carmita avs.. Killer, each. B10 and full of trouble.” Rev. Green McFarla@d offered | 2 lots #1 Carmita av,, adjolaing, Mille, each. ay Up @ fervent and appropriaté prayer, at the conclu. | 2 ols on Carmite uy. rein Soissey Meee oo sion of which Serif Pfamtin asked’ if he had any- | 7 [cou Garmite avy adgoieion” Pare 195 thing further to say, and he answered, ‘Nothing | 1 Jot corner Woodward av., Heara... 240 but to bid the iriends here goodby, and hope I'll | 5 iots adjoining on Woodward 193 meet them ali in Heavea. Hg apse 4d = A Lec ee ag on ah Seta 4 As he ceased to speak, the biack cap was drawn | $ lots adjoining on Woodws over. his nead, and atvendants stepoud back, Dict naoitlag on Woodward a) = ‘The Sheriff moved the T With lus foot, the drop rose fell and Sawyer fell heavily about four feet and | }istsdjomacos Newton Conte oe 2 hung for some seconds without any visible struggle, | 2 iots adjoiniag on Newell av., Tallman, each. 245 then a slight swaying of the feet up and down, @ | 1 Jot adjoining on Newell av., Talima: 205 hlepet poms of the bands for five minutes, and he i hier Somme bt peat -) was stl ‘ ‘The body was frequently examined by Drs. | 7 jou sqjoune o2 Newell cd Scheller und Thompson, and was suffered to hang | 8 iots adjoloing on Newel 195 tor twenty minutes, although he was pronounced to | 2 lots adjoining on Newe! 120 be dead eleven minutes alier he fell and probably | 8 lots adjoining on Newel 195 ied a minute or two earlier, } lot corner Carmel and ” Hus body Was received by four colored men as Mr. | } lot on Carmel ay., ee ear ade 4 Young cut the rope and let him down, It was * z Tot on Carmel av., adjoining, Dean...... 220 placed lu a common pauper coffin and taken charge | 3 jots on Carmel ay. eajoming, ‘McCarty, ea: 305 of by Coionel Grill, the law prescribes. Among the large number of people who witnessed the execution it was generally admitted that Sawyer evinced more nerve than had ever been displayed under like circumstances. ‘ownship Trustee, tor burial, as Richmond Park, Staten Island—Ly Johnson & Miller, Yesterday. The sale, notwithstanding the weatter, was largely attended, After selling about thirty ets a violent His manner was not that of bravado, nor did he seem stolidly different, But from first to last ne | Shower compelled all to seek shelter uader the com- pe pon Cer and foe Fn ge moony of the ihe’ modious tent, where the sale was catinued until ness of the situation, but Jt did not seem to distur 3 ea e “4 him, for he stood caimly chewing tobacco and spit- | lly 300 lots were sold, at prices enttely satistac. ting eccasionaliy until within a tew seconds of the | tory to both buyers and sellers. time the cap was drawn over his face, He evinced | 4 lots, biock F, Nos. 117 to 120, Lewis st, and Suyvesant not th t dread, or even excitement. st.. Yox100, each. + 8% ‘The officers were naturally very seriously affected | 4 lots, block F, Nou at the being compelled, by thelr oatas of oiice, to | , 25x10, each 70 | berform the duty, but it was pot unui the execution | ° (2%) 6 was over that they betrayed any weakness or any | 4 jo1s, No: 66 more anxiety than what was apparent in their faces. | 6 lots, viock F, Nos. 9 25x10 each. 65 During the executlon, and while the preparations | 4 lots, bloe< B, No. 39 to 42, Lewis st. and tichmond Were being made, the conduct of the crowd outside | , road, 25x10), each... *ey* sorerssse 80 | Was shameful. Whenever a door was opened to ad- | 4 lots, biock B Nos. 44, 46, 48 and 60 Kichtond road, s mit auy one a score would violently rush to gain ad- s, block B, Mittance, und even some tried to climb up 80 as to 95 peep over the door in the jail yard. During the morning one man perched himseif on the roof of a & house in the rear aud overlooking the jail yard, and just as a second one was climbing up a tarpaulin 100 was drawn up and hung from the roo: of the jail to 100, ench ; 100 the second story of the Court House, cutting of the | 17lots, block B, Nos. 4%," 45, 47; 49, 51, 58, 6," bw to 70, view from all bulidings in the rear, When the body Stuyvesant and Lewis sts., 26x100, each. erase 108 was placed im the coffin tne doors were thrown open | 4 lot, biock &, No. 125 to 128, Stuyvesauut., 25x100, und the populace Were admitted at one door and + eeees oe 8 permitted to walk by the coftin and pass Out at an- peg Ped pean 1a9 to 160, Tay end Bayvesant a otter door, ene 4 (lots, block H, Ni ‘lly’ and|Sewis The foiowing 1s Sawyer's confession to Rev. A. T. ‘25xi00, each. ies Ball, bis spiritual adviser: — 4iots, vlock wi 1 was born in Old Virginia agiave. I had « good Christian | 9,26x100, acl oiler she uel paged ie ihe, oud Fogular Baptist. On her Soe, ae jeath-bed sue took me and and m: omine wo A ‘ meet ber ia heaven. Some tine after that my master moved | 1,lote block i, Nom t87 to is, ‘Tull to Tennessee, out apiece from Nashville. I had a brotuer ai block G, Nos, 87 to80, Richmond roadand Lewis And two sisiers (here. One sisier is religions, the other was fecking, ‘The war broke out and I went intothe army and stayed till tuat was over; then Twent to ateamboating. I never kiued anybody befcre; Lizzy isthe only one I ever killed. But I Lave been a bad man. I worked hard and each... No. 26, “Richmond ‘road, " 24106, each: Nos. 1 to 2) and 31 to MNichmond Bt, BOLO, Lot, block ©, By lots, biock ©, The last was at the Colored Baptist ch I wtopped. going there, 1 nave alwi nurderer could not get to heaven, he became willing (o pray to the Lo hie sins, and sald:—T am tired way of livin don't to stay bere in cell now; Tdon't want to goto State Prison; Tam willing to trust myself In the bands of God, as le | can do more forme tian everybody together, [feel good, and not afraid to die. I woke up the other morning, | and felt so good that 1 loved everybody. I forgive all iny a : Enemies everywhere. I alvep sound and good at nighte, | public Importance. ‘The foliefing ¥ the report of hese officers about ihe jail are ail nice men ani clever. ; sated ls There ia oniy one thing thet I want to say on the gallows, i | te Registrar of Records: don't think they dove right when they wouldn't hear I have the honor to rep: 4 BOARD OF HBALT. want An Inevease iu the Mortaity of the City The Board of Health met vginteved deaths for the iy Teasous for killing Lizzy. But now I forgive them and leave | past week, 2) Wer the preceding week, ail with God. Mr, gone all for me that he could. 1 | and an e "dpondisz period of 1870. hope God will biess him. I pray all the time; I pray myselt | Zymotic di the; constitutional die to sleep, and wake up in the morning and pray. There is | eases, ¥ jopinental diseases, 44, some very good peopie who come here to see me, and read | and violent caus 20 fatal cases of stall: histories to me avout God ana Jesus. pox, a decrease of 1, a: of w ‘The iast visit was devoted to praying, talking of death and | 15 deaths were ascribed to meas! the judgment to come. He waa lively, pleasant aud prayer- | phoid fever, an sncreass of W, 2 ful were due to remittent fever, And thus ends the life of Ben Sawyer, whose exe- } cution breaks the long 1aterval of thirty years since | the extreme penaity of tne law was inflicted in Van- | derburg county. Wul the next Interval be as jong? ty iyphus and 6 to ty- B respectively; 7 deaths mane of 4, aud an exces- deaths, 7 of uimonalis e present presumed, to the genial amounted year a fact atiributaple, it may character of the weather. The mortality of the Seventefh ward during the past ‘as very exceptional, havi FALLEN FRO wee of Lusmess and decreased receipts. Out of their mutual interest, as agains the comparatively sma! owners and the discussions they occasioned, the ex jeung plan Was ripened, and the peculiarities of ie foule Of yesterday show Wat they are now prepared to carry it into eect. “VEKY CHEAP COAL” fs now to be the rule. Not that the large dealers have any tearful say on accountof the benetit follow- Ing to the people at large, but because by holding | Of @ pet terrier, coal well Gown they can force the small owners to ell ata loss, if they sell at all, and because, by showing a determination to continue tue reduction im price below the range at which the small owners ean profitably seil, they feel sure Wat they can force them TO SELL. THEIR MINES DPTRAD OF THETR COAL, Oba thus be relired from power to lujure the Wade, A CLERGYMAN FATALLY KICKED. While Rev. George Nixon, pastor of the First Pres- byterian church at West #arms, Westcnester county, ‘To 22, ‘whom seven-ninths dwell fn a popniation of neariy 109,000 Jn tenement houses, The mean reading of the tn 20.904 in., and meau temperature eter for the week was 7 deg. Fabrenbelt, being ¥ . r " 6.93 deg. higher than for thy @rresponding period for ten was in the act of removing @ rope that had become He beck. “The maximus tenratare was Of dep, Fabren- entangled about his horse's feet, a day or two ago, | heit Tn th deg. in the sun on Satur- day. T ity was equiyaient to 42.61 the animal suddenly became restive over the antics and kicked the clergyman in the during the week breast with terrible force, crushing it horribly, and an iver papel #0 badly affecting his heart that it is believed he is, daring the previous ma 40 to 45. In Berlin, on ding the 1ith inat. there ea amounting to 110 fn & @ 514 deaths for the week pox. servant, cannot long survive the tnjuries received. Only tis extreme proximity to the horse prevented the blow from being instantaneously fatal, Mr. Nixon is greally beloved in his pastoral reiations, and prayers are being offered for is secovery in Many 01 the Deighbormg churches. woek, it had Mkewise failed f the contrary, during the wok was a large increase, the f total of 585 deathe. In View: ending May 6 ueluded 9 from ery fully your obece aKLKe P, RUBE! gave my money to Lizzy, and she would give it away. Tai wi drank “whiskey, but not so bad until f came the army. 1 dikes Lizzy, and I told her ‘ i id uot siop doing the way she was that | i 9 it wou kil, me, 0. here it “is. w! drunk | 2) nee Nov eo to 178, P+ Nee Fg, Rg three weeks before 1’ killed her, That day Tdrank three | 21 ots, block D) Nos. 160 to A7b, Stuyresnnpt. toa 0 drinks; (uen I bought @ pint, and gave anocher man a drink 4 lee dace Be Moe. arate Te Oe gy out of the bott [drank the rest of it, and rat jown to in 4 a ‘sy Pad aed? the boat, and was talking with ber about ber frienas In Hen- Te eet Ce ee | derson, and wanted her to come home. But she gave me no . “ oF eres satisfaction, and 1 go. crazy, and did not know hat T was 10 joes, Bice 70 Lo 273, 466 wo 265, Eaderhili and doing. But l was too drunk. 1 can't read a word, but { be- | 4 cg 0 a My ‘ lieve there is a heaven where the good people go, and a heil | 4 lots, block Ky No on Where the wicked will be punished, “Did you ever pray 2” S bne kook child. Ihave not been iiside of « chure te sl00, each a The auction business at the Exchange Salesroom | FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. WALL STREsr, } Wepnespay, May 31—6 P. M. On ‘Change to-day wheat was not so firm, but prices underwent no material change. Cotton was quiet and strong. Two more failures in the cotton wade were reported to-day, making three during the week. The parties were operating for a fall in the market and were unable to make good their margins on outstanding contracts for future de- livery. MONEY TWO TO FOUR PER CENT. Money among the stock houses was decidedly more active and four per cent was quite freely paid for balances just before the close of banking hours. The market seems to have separated into two ; Classes of transactions—viz., on governments and | on stocks, On the former the rate on call 1s 2 a 3 | Per cent and on the latter 3 a 4 per cent. | Prime commercial paper continues in good request at the rates last quoted. Foreign exchange was dull after the steamers and nominally unchanged. Good toprime bankers’ sterling, sixty days, 18 quoted 110}, a 110% and sight 110% @ 110%. THE GOVERNMENT PURCHASE OF BONDS. ‘The Assistant Treasurer in this city concluded the | Treasury programme to-day with the purchase of two milhons of five-twenties, and will inaugurate the June programme to-morrow with the sale of two | muilions of gold. The offerings of bonds amountea to $4,054,300 at 111.05 a 111.71. The accepted two millions cost 111.05 a 111.59. GOVERNMENTS STRONG. The government list was strong on the smal) amount of bonds offered the government, especially | a8 gold was at the same tme firm, and prices ad- vanced an average of about 4 per cent. The final street quotations were follows:—United States | currency sixes, 115% a 116; do. do., 1881, registered, | 11734 a 11734; do. do., coupon, 11714 a 11734; do. five- twenties, registered, May and November, 111% a 111%; do. do,, 1862, coupon, do., 111% a 111%; do. G0., 1864,d0. do., 111% a 111%; do. do., 1865, do. do., 1114 @ 111%; do. do,, registerea, January and July, 113% @ 114; do. do., 1865, coupon, do., 113% a 114; do. do., 1867, do, do., 114 a 1143; do. do., 1868, do. do., 114a 114%; do, ten-forties, registered, 10934 a 109%; do. do., coupon, 109% a 110. GOLD sTRONG—1115% A 111%. The gold market was again very dull, and the brokers have only such little business as they chouse vo get up with one another, The market showed a hardening tendency despite this aulness, and the few fluctuations of the day resulted in the establish- ment of a slight advance, The course of the market is shown in the table:— 10 A. M.. 2P 3 P.M 4PM 3g 5:30P, Mm AML In the gold loan market the rates ranged from 254 per cent for carrying to 4per cent and 1-64 for bor- rowing. The operations of the Gola Excnange Bank were as folows:— Gold cleared. Gold balances. 1,483,720 Currency bala: 1,679,170 The China, tor Europe, took out $187,721 in specie. $17,128,000 STOCKS DULL AND IRREGULAR. The stock market was intensely dull outside of one or two leading shares. The transactions at the last board were only a little over 5,000 shares, Inclusive of the ‘half stock” railroads. An effort was made to get up @ sensation by a report that the Commissioner of Internal Revenue had threatened to distrafn and stop the New York Central Raliroad ifthe tax on the scrip dividend were not imme- diately paid, but beyond depressing the market slightly it had little effect. The street was, im fact, afraid to go short of Central stock or scrip on such a ‘point,’ and left those securities to take care of themselves. Rock Island, as the strong feature, rising to 122%, was offset by Ohio and Mississippi, which broke to 46%. Pittsburg came in for considerable attention and ad- vanced to 12244, but eventually dropped off to 121. Lake Shore soid at as high as 11434, but after the re- Dort above mentioned, which had its effect in rats- ing considerations as to@ government tax on the contemplated scrip dividend, went off to 113%. The Northwest stocks were firm in expectation of a five per cent cash dividend to be declared at the an- nual meeting which takes place June 1 in Chicago. Pacific Mail advanced to 489; on the publication of the annual statement, but subsequently fell off to 48%. HIGHEST AND LOWEST PRICES. The following table shows the highest and lowest prices of the principal stocks during the day:— New York Central consolidated. 5 es York Central scrip... Te... . Western Uuion ‘Teiegrapn. Pactic Mail.. THE RAILWAY MORTGAGRS. The following were the bids for the railway bonds and mortgages:— New York Cen 6's, 1883. 924 Tol & Wab lat m, ex. New York Cen 6's, 1887. 94° Tol & W Int in, St L New York Cen 6's, re... Tol & W cons ‘con. New York Cen 6's, sub. Gt West Ist m, 1886. New York Cen 7's, 1876. Gt Weat 24m, 18:3, To) Quin & ol lat m, 16004 $8 Gal & Chic extende New Jer Cen net Hud R 7s, 24 Pitts, F W & Chic Ist Hariets con's Pitt FW a Chie 8d z 01 bi Alb & Sus 2d P, tau r4 fi “{ Alb & Sus 3d bai lev & Chic, Bur é Q,8 ist Hs ur Mick Bo? ee oh nu, cl eee MichS@NIst 1p 6.101 Mo. 98 Pac KR 7's, ir by Gen Pac bonds... 4 9% ) % 95 105, vi. 9 it * 36 ‘Mil & St Paul 1 . 8 76 Mi& St Paula Md... 92 wg Mil & St Paul 2d'm,..... 88 9%3 28536 rs ft 104 + OL lua . wy” 99 cid $6 98 Han & Napies ist w..... 88 Cedar F & Minn + Big THE CITY BANK SHARES. ‘The following were the bids forthe city bank shares:—New York, 138; Manhattan, 153; Mer- chants’, 118; Mechanics’, 139; America, 1504,; City, 225; Phenix, 110; North River, 97!,; Tradesmen’s, 166; Fulton, 165; Butchers and Drovers’, 148; Mechanics and Traders’, 130; Gallatin National, 119; Merchants’ Exchange, 102%; Seventh Ward, 108; State of New York, 111; Commerce, 120; Ocean, 04; Mercantile, 123; American Exchange, 11444; Pacific, 96; Chatham, 171; Bank of North america, 107; Irving, 125; Metropolitan, 125; East River, 1164; Market, 128; Nassau, 106; Corn Exchange, 129; Continental, 96; St. Nicholas, 120; Marine, 165; Commonwealth, 95; New York County, 230; Iin- porters and Traders’, 174; Park, 1624; Central National, 103%; Secona National, 180; Fourth National, 112),; Tenin National, 126; Gold Exchange, 754; Bankers and Brokers’ Association, 100, THE SOUTHERN LIST HEAVY. The Southern State bonds were heavy and dull, but not materially lower. The following were the ‘iM. D., Reg. of Rasorda. The following is the statement of the Paaifia Mail latest street prices:—Tennessee, ex coupon, 71 a 7134; do. new, 71 #714; Virginia, ex coupon, 69 a 6936; do. new, 74 @ 74%; do. old, registered stock, 56% & S74; Georgia sixes, 908 92; do. revens, 93 a 95; North Carolina, ex coupon, 475; a 48; do, fund- ing, 1866, 37 a 39; do. do., 1868, 30.8 31; do, new, 260 27; do. special tax, 19a 20; Missouri sixes, 9514 a 95%; do., Hannibal and St, Joseph, 943 & 96; Louisi- ana sixes, 70 & 72; do, new, 65 2 67; do. levee sixes, 70 @ 72; do. do. eights, 86 a 87; do. Penitentuary sevens, 70 a 74; do. railroad eights, 74 a 77; Alabama fives, 724 a 74; do. eights, 103 a 104; do. railroad eights, 9 a 98; South Carolina sixes, 74a 76; do. new, January and July, 63% 8 64; do, do., April and Octover, 61}, @ 62; Arkansas sixes, 55 a 58; do, sevens, 50 a 62, THE PACIFIC MAIL STRAMSHIP COMPANY. mee CwenT fee the yout eating’ May 7, 115,000 U, 8, 6-20 bonds, cost... 981,067 776,000 U, S. 10-40 bonds, cost.... 838,025 27,149 shares Pacific Mail Steam. ship Company stock (( also @ liability for the same amount) 1,668 shares California Dry Dock Companys _ Francisco. 445 tons coal. Outfits and supplies. al estal San Francisco, incluaing wharf and franchise.......... . Warehouses, San Francisco. . Peakis. regon .. San Die; Uses, KC... Yokohama, with and coal! shed: Hiogo.... Taboga water works, &c. Islands (Bay of Panama). Aspinwall iron whart, warehouse, &¢.. Canal street wharf. 1,778,211 Steamers— Colorado. Sacrament Constitution. + 600,000 Henry Chauncey 000 Arizona. . 600,000 Rising Star. + 600,000 Montana... 600,000 New York. 500,000. Costa Kica. 400,000 Ocean Queen 380,000 Golden Age. 300,000 St. Louis, nee 75,000 Ariel... + _ 75,000 America . Great Republic. 103, 122 Lighters Unsettled PANIES, KC... .ceeeeeesseeeeeees 47,674 Balance to debit of pront and loss 78,954 TOtAl. 60. cccccceesscccrnees + ++$20,060,700 LIABILITIES, Capital stock........ Freight on coals in transitu Unsettied accounts with connecting com- $20,000,000 50,939 PaNles........20006 9,769 Total. $20,060, 709 Receipts and Disbursements at the Office of the Assistant Treasurer of the United States, New York, for the Month of May, 1871. April 30, 1871, by balance. on +0 $77,402,314 Receipts during the month— $12,159,162 Customs, Gold notes. Internal revenu . ‘Three per cent certificates, Post Ufice Deparunent, ‘Transfers. Patent fees. Miscellaneous Disbursing accounts. 7,528,401 Assay Oulice.. 260, 647 Interest accounts, in coin... 15,620,492 ———_ 64,193,642 eevee ee eee $14,595,957 $53,290,483 481,585, Disbursing accounts. Assay Oilice Interest accoui Balance........... « Balance to Cr. U. Do. to disbursing accounts. Do. to Assay Onic Do, to interest viz:—In coi,.., 2 709 ———— $61,992,517 Recetpts for customs in May, 1871 Receipis for customs in May, 1870 Increase in 1871. $173,696 Statement of Business at the United States Assay Office at New Yerk for tse Mouth Ending May 31, 1871. Deposits of gold— Foreign coins - $30,000 Foreigao butl . ++ 84,000 United States buition. ++ 417,000 Total..... ta teee seeeeeeeees Deposits of silver including purchases— foreign coins Foreign bullion sees United States pullion (contained in gold United States bullion (Lake Supe: United States bullion (Nevada). Tot Total depo: yabie in bars. ‘Total deposits—Payabie in coin pe Transmitted to the United States Philadelphia, for coinage....... Mint, SALES AT. THE NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANSE. Wednesday, May 31—10:15 A. M. 200 sha Quick MC 18 JoOMarivose Mio pF... 8 10 Del & Hudson 0 Go. 12 700 Pac Mt $3 Go..s--. as 100 di 400 Se ae 3 : ; a SO6s, a Janki' 0) $00 dorsAptadc 62 yy Adem 1 & Oct SON) Misuouritts. «om a 200 Chic & 50 ©, C,C & Ind R. 100 New Jersey C RR. 500 do. a 1000 8t L&I M ist m... 10000 Great W Ist, ‘84... 50 ts A ced Er a 120; ® Cent Nat Bi wee i 200 Md Coal Co. 37) }000 OS 5-20, het abodes 185W0 US 6-20, r, ‘10000 U'8 5-30, ¢, '65, One o’Clock P. do... 80 ; NOOLSA MB RR..bc 114% 100 Tol, W & WRB... 68ig ‘00 di . Bie 129 0, 100 New Jersey Cen RR 1 800 Chic & RB TRR...be 12% 6 Pitts, Ft W & C gtd. 1 10 Det «& do. 600 Qu’ksilver M Co pf. 10 Sm Mer U ite” 7U States Express... 55 WON YC 4H RRR be 9955 STREET QUOTATIONS. Half-part Five o’Clock P. M. ‘5a North tern pf 74 Rock Island 2214 0% 8 6a%g 2 : is td 13% a 114 Pittaburg 120% a 12 Bos, Hi " Northwestern :; 8648 867% Col, & COMMERCIAL REPORT. WEDNESDAY, May 51-6 P. M, Co¥FRE.—Aside from & small business in lots for consump- tion there were no transactions, Cargo invoices were held at fail prices with a hight demand, We quote:—Rio—Ordinary cargoes, 10c. a luge. ; fair do., 10%Zc. w 1le.; good do., 1140, A 1L}66.; prime, dow 12e, @ 123g0.; extreme range for lote, J0ige. @ 18)g0., ail gold, per Ib., in bond, thirty to sixty days’ credit. Java (government bags), 18c. a 20c.; do. (grass mate), 180. a 29c.; Singapore, 17c. n Ife. ; Ceylon, 16Kic. 7c. ; Maracaibo, I8c. w 1ic.; Laguayra, 140.’ 1ve.; Jamaica, i pe St. Domingo (aoid, iy ond pO e. Rica, 13) Vie.; Manila, Ic. a tie, ; Mexican, lac. Havanilia, 1c. w 1bige.; Curacoa, Ise. 'a 16c., all gold, to sixty days’ credit, duty patd. Corton,--The market opened with a tendency to lower rices, but was subsequentiy atimuiated by favorable advices: rom ‘Lt X, and under a fair demand from spinners prices again advanced fully Age, per ib. on al qualitice. The market closed firm at the improvement, but lume of sales was comparatively sn.ali, in consequence of the Iimited Snquity from exporters, The demand from this source con- tinues to be restricted, owing to the relativel current in Liverpool. ‘The ales low prices to-day were as follows :— Last Beening. Total. Export... - 201 Consumption. i 185 Speculation. _ at 516 2,663 Prtande, Alnbama N. Orteann, eens oa 6 16 Hy " 1% uy i} 14 16 Iie He mi 18% 194 9 quent ‘luctusilons slosed at the quotations of yesterday, The lure of t conoerns “abort,” rend Gea eeemaet antares tuners conte ‘thet there ware several “weak goote” in the trade, of yesterday's transactions for forw: Wetter: June, 161e; July, Tle, closing rates for cotton ignt wei seam, 344.; by sail, 316d. To Havre, by Hamburg, by steam, 2¢d. To Bremen, by compressed. To Balt 6. gold. a Flos, 400 bbl, wheat, A usels; corn meal, 2.65 bole. ‘bags; oats, 26,785 bushels. The flour market ruled dull but steady, with sales of about $,00 bbls. at our quotations, Aye four was steady. The demand was limited to smail lote. Corn meal was in good demand at former prices, with sales. of 1,850 bbis. Brandywine at inside prices of our quotations, oa Masses caloric on private terms. We quote Ow tate .... . & 4 a ry BS 76 8 6 U0: 6 6 55 60a 710 5a 6 00- biba 600 Mi 60a 7%. Round hoop Obio, “shipping brands 1625 a 660 Kound hoop Ohio, trade brands. 6a 700% Family. 7a BOD Siva 6% 6a 7 7 Wa 8B 8 Wu 10 50- 4%a 580 ba 6 50. Southern supe: 5 oba 610° Southern extra. 6 40a 8 2. Routhern fami & Wa ll Ww Corn meal, Western white. 33a — Corn meal, Western yeliow. toa 890 Cor meal, J Rew 375 Corn meal, Brandywine, awa 40 Corn meal, puncheons. 20 — hs Wa = The wheat market opened strong, but closed dali aud lower. ‘The sales were ubout 45,(00 bushels at #1 46 fo) $1 4836 2 $1 48 for gos 41 6845 @ $1 70 for amber 66 for do. to arrive. Corn was Oats were firm at 6c. a sales of about 40,000 bushels. “Barley andjrye continued dull, and in the absence of business prices were nominal, FREIGHTS,-The market was tirmer for grain room by steam e- and without noticeable chanye in rates by sail. The e ts, were: To Liverpool, vy steam, 80,000 bushes ela wheat at 83d. (the market closing Lin at {00 baies of cotion i<d., and by sufi, 80 hhds. 0; tallow To Antwerp 7,600 Vushels wheat at 9, 40 bde, of at 40s,, 800 bbis. of flour at 3s, The charter- ing business "was aciive, theacarcily of _veasela Assisting ship owners in obtaining full prices. The charters include:—A British bark, 654 tons, hence to direct port on the Continent 3,500 bbls, naphtha 48. ; a British bark hence to ‘8 port in the Baltic, 3,200 bbls. petroleum, 44. 8d.; + writieh bark from Philadelpbia to the ‘Continent, 4,00 bble. petro- Jeum, on private terms; a British bark hence: to Stettin, 2.200 bbls. petroleum, 64. 3d, } an American bark, 427 tons, hence 10 io and return, mixed cargo, lump som a Norwegian Ahir, G20 tons, ‘aud’ an American sbip, 1,539 tous, “put on 10F ntwerp. MOLABGES.—Forelgn wax quiet but stead; trade in lots waa in progress, but no furt! were effecied. For domestic prices were demand for small parcels. We note sales Jeans at trom 5ée. & Cuba—Centrifugal and mixe: Clayed.... Muscovado, refining. Muucovado, grocery. Porto Rico. A moderate ight if £0 bbls, New Or- mi was dupressed by liberal arrivals, and_ pri ng ab 4c. per galion, at which price 300 bbls. were disposed of. Rosin was in’ demand at {uil prices; 1,500 bbis. strained realized $2 60, and other transactions were intimated, but particulars could not be obtaiaed. ‘Tar was decidedly more active; 2,000 bis, Wilmington sold, aupposed at an advanse oc. per bbl.; the exact price was suppressed. ‘The market closed with $3 bid for Wilmington; 60 bbls. Wash- n At $260. At the close #2 70 was refused for Washing- ton. PETROLEUN.—The market for refined was irregular. tloments were effected at 25c. Bige. We note sales for prompt dalvery of 6,000 bbis,, Pia refined standard white at 5c. a Ise. 5 2,600 bois, do. last half June at 24c., and 4,000 bbls. do. last half July at 26}4c. Crude was steudy at Tbe. in buik, without transactions of importance, In Phila- Geiphia the "market was quiet for both crude and refined. ‘Tne reported sales were 1,00 bbls, retined for prompt de- hivery at 25. P, . -Receipts—Beef. 11 packages; cut meats, 128 lard. u62 packages. The pork market was dull; beld'at #18, without transactions. Beef was quiet and ‘There were no sales of importance. Heel hams 1; there was no inquiry and prices were nominally unebanged. Cut meate—The market was quiet and without noticeable change. There was a small inquiry for pickled hams, but no transactions of importance were repo1 Bacon was in moderate demand, the inquiry being mostly for choice lots, We note sales of $50 boxes short rib at 8c, & 8c. and 60 boxes city short clear at 9c.; other deseriptions were quiet and prices emer. Lard was stenay and in fairdemand. Tai ern, 103%c, for new summer and’ kettle, 10%;c. for steam ; also 400 tierces city sold at 934c, a 9c. But- ter was a shade easter, owing to large receipts and accumu. lating stock; quoted at 2%c. a 29, for choice North river ails, 240, for State and Welsh haif-tubs and 17c. aWe. for ‘here was a fair demand from shippers se. for choice factory. . Cheese. and prices firm at 19%. » RIOK.—The market contiiued moderately ‘active at pre~ vious prices, We note sales of 250 bags Rangoon at trom Je. w 7 6c, 160 bags Patuaat 7}¢e. a 8c. A few iriling lots of Carolia were bought at Bipc. a 96, Svoan.—The masket for raw was less active, withont prices. ‘The sales were cuniiied to 500 hi is, good fair refining Cuba per Id. ;93 boxes Cuba sold on private terms. Re! quiet af about the prices of yesterday : fork ose, @ User; extra C, tige.; By ‘crushed, powdered’ aud. granulate a —-Cuba—interior to common renning, 8% : fair to good retining, 9c. a Yigc.: good to prime retiring. Shien; TR wo good grocery, thc. 9 10e prime 40 choice grow cery, 10s. & 105yc.: centrifugal, hhds. and boxes, io. = 10ige.; molasses, finds. und boxes, Ke, a Pye. ; melado, 4 7340. Havana—Boxes, Duich standard, Nos. 7 to Sie; do., 10t0 13, 93ge. a lve; do., IB to, dow 18 to 18, U13gc. @ 13'x003 d : He, ‘Tie. ory to 12, 9%. a Iie. a Be. raden, Bee. B 1036, ayy MBL. Regen 4 bbls, ‘The market was dull at 92}e., with sales of {00 bbIe. SAVANNAH, May 31, 1871, Cotton strong; middJlings, 16i4¢.,& 16%c.; net receipigy 328 bales; exports to Great Britain, 1,541; coastwise, 133; ales B00; stock, 19,202, New ORLRANs, May 31, 1671, Cotton active, tending upward; middiings, 16¢c.; net re- ceipts, 458 bales gross, 739; sales, 6,000; atock, 93,500. Cartcaao, May 31, 1871 Wheat weak and decined lc.; No. 2 sprin, gr b; afternoon sieady at $129 9 SU BBs we leclined Age. 5 Suice NS. Simixed at. OY afternoon’ duet tines quiet uy aah seller June. Oate declined 4c, a) Sc. ; sales No. 2 at 4Xc. 48'4c., cash. Rye declined le.; No.2 at sic. a 83c. Barley ous No. 2 at 7c. @ 68c. Highwines steady at 88. Provisions dui. Mess pork sid 8736 $15, cash; $14 75, ‘seller June. Lard, Oiye.y cash; 1e., seller June, Cut meats unchanged. Live hogs dull at $3 60 a $4.00. Cattle duil at #38739 Py ay Receipts, 8.000 bbis. four, 46,000 bushels wheat, 202, bushels corn, pments, 7, jour, bushels wi orn, 86,000 bushel i oats,” 1,000 bushels rye, 8,000 bogs. Freiehts quiet on corn to Batfalo. OswRao, N. Y., May 81, 1471, Flour steady and unchanged? salon 1,900 bbls. at 87 38 for No, 1 6 7 60 for amber winter, $8 for white winter, 79 for double extra. Wheat dull; sales 1,000 bushels red ‘abash at $158; No. 1 Milwaukee club quoted at s #148, Corn held generally above the views of buyers; sales 2,000 bushels low mixed at 65c.-and 5,000 ivaig terms, Oats held at quiet. Corn meal, 81 60 cwt, ” Millfeed unchanged ; shorts, #23 9 $29; middlings, $20 a $5, per ton, Mighwines, 91 ts—Fiour 8c.) wheat 70. ie, to New York $8 to the Hudson, si ew York, 88 to Phila deiphia, "Railroad freights—Flour to Boston, 630. ; to Ne York, 40; to Albaay, toc. Recelpta by lake--60,000 bushels wheat, 16.00 bushels corn and feet lumber. Ship- ments'by canal—1,50) bushels wheat ‘and 1,675,000 feet lum- ber. EUROPEAN MARKETS. New York LONDON MONKY MARKET.—LONDON, May 31-5 P. Mim! Consols closed at 984 for money and the account, American Securities quiet and steady. United States five-twenty bonds, 1862, 9039 5 } 1867, 9259 ; ten-forties, 89. Livenroot Corton Mar’ Li M 5 P. M,—Cotton closed firmer. , 7%d.; middiing Orleans, 8d. The sales of the d ¢ up 20/0Vid bales, {neluding 7,000 for export and speculation, LIVERPOOL BREADSTUFFS MARKET.—LIVERPOOL, May” 31.-Breadstuffs, provisions and produce ‘unchanged, Lon DON PRODUCE MARKET. LONDON, May 81.—Tailow,, 6d, m 430, Md, Linseed ofi, £82 6s. per ton, COTTON MOVEMENT. LivERPOOln, May 80.—Arrived, ahips Southampton, from sion April 10, with 8,8: bales of cotton; Glenesk, from k May 10, with 1,711 bales; Louis Walsh, from New 20 bales; Seindia, trom bales; Viola, from New Orleans April 21, 31043 bales; bark’ Lamalea, from Galveston Apri! 10, with 6 bales, LIVERPOOL Propuck MARKET—LrvmRPoor, May S1— Evening. —Spirits turpentine, 388. 6d, a 39%, ‘The twelfth annual commencement of the Cooper Institute was celebrated last night in the large hall of the Union, There was a large attendance and a very unusual preponderance of ladies, The excrcises of the evening were opened with prayer, After some music by a glee club the treasurer read the financial report of 1870, The secretary laid the report of the trustees before the audience, and hoped they would Spread it among their friends, He told them that r. Cooper had given them $150,000 as a donation to the library; they intended to employ that mouey immediately and they hoped in the course of afew years to have one of the best reference ibraries tn, we country. ‘Their next step from that would be the foundauion of a free reading room. He then announced that Mr, Cooper had presented the ground and building te the trustees for the public, After some more music the students presented an address to Mr. Cooper and the exercises were closed by a madrigal of tour voices, CAPTURE OF A WILD Max.—Some time before the 17th of this month the attention of persons living near the line of the Chegapeake and Ohio Railroad and in the neighborhood of Backbone cut, had been directed to a colored man who seemed to be dodg- ing about the woods aud unwilling to be seen, On Wednesday week he approached too near the hands of Mr. Mason, who were at work on the railroad, who, to their astonishment, found the man to be as naked as when he came tuto the world. He was arrested by them, but failed to answer a single pase being either unable or anwilllny very motion and gesture and the expression of the fellow’ br} ee ce conclusively that he was nob only an idiot but perfectly wild. He was entre ‘unable to give an Account of himself, and did nol even know hia name, ‘Tie only sound he could pa) ged Bie ispber of monkeys. He was en in charge and the proper authori will pr Dably send bia 10 a lapauc ‘aay lun,