The New York Herald Newspaper, July 11, 1872, Page 8

r FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL, | The Baltimore Nominations and the Wall Street Markets. Stocks Unsteadied a Little, but Beiter Subsequently. Gold Firmer, With an Ad- vance to 114. Gradual Increase in the Volume of Specie Exports. A Further Decline in Erie, With the Closing Sales at 53. THE NEW ANMINISTRATION NOT POPULAR. Revival of the Consolidated Mort- gage Loan for $30,000,000. Relaxation and Ease in the Money Market. CALL LOANS THREE PER CENT. WALL STREET, } WEDNESDAY, July 10—6 P. M. On ’Change to-day flour was firm and fairly active. Wheat was eteady, with a moderate businces. Cotton was weak and underwent a further decline @f about one half cent per pound. MONEY EASY. ‘The money market was easy at 8.94 per cent, and ‘the dealings quite late in the afternoon were mostly ‘@t the lower figure. Prime paper 18 quoted a7 percent discount, Foreign exchange was quiet on ‘the basis of 109% a 109% for prime bankers’ sixty -@ay sterling, and 11034 a 11044 for sight bills, THE GOVERNMENT PURCHASE OF BONDS The offerings at the Sub-Treasury, in response to ‘the advertisement to buy a million of five-twenties, amounted to $711,850 at 113.65 a 114. Gold was taken at 113%, which limited the purchases to $511,750, at 113.65 a 13.74%, GOLD FIRM—113% a 114. ‘The gold market was firmer, and advanced from 213X% to 114, Its altered tone was due in the drst Place to a shipment to-day of the specie engaged yesterday, but reported at a late hour as with- @rawn, and an engagement of a considerable amount for to-morrow, and in the second place to @ decline in our securities in London, the 67's fall- tng off % a % per cent on “‘the political news from America” (s0 said the cable), meaning probably the nomination of HORACE GREELEY at Baltimore, the news of which could have reached London just in time to affect the. closing prices of that market. The weaker situation of American bonds in the English market is not regarded as a reflection upon Mr. Greeley personally, but as an indication of a belief abroad that the union of all opposition to President Grant may make a change fn the next administration, and with a new regime ring a disturbance and injurious modification of the present financial policy, which is eminently conservative of the interests of foreign holders of our FIVE-TWENTIES and other government bonds, by making a constant market for them in the weekly Treasury purchases. At least such is the interpretation given the heavi- mess of the London market for our bonds to-day. The specie shipment was $531,048, inclusive of $221,000 silver. The engagements for to-morrow foot up already $1,200,000, and some parties esti- mate that the amount to go out will reach $1,500,000. The Sub-Treasury paid out $700,000 on @ccount of interest and $31,000 0n account of re- deemed 62's, The course of the market is shown in the table :— GOLD FLUCTUATIONS. SEP HT 18% a lid In the gold joan market the rates ranged from 4 per cent for carrying to flat for borrowing. The operations of the Gold Exchange Bank were as follows :— Gold cleared. Gold balance! + Currency balances COMPARISON OF THE EXPORTS. ‘The following shows the exports, exclusive of | specie, from New York to foreign ports, for the week ending July 9 and since the beginning of the year:— 1871. 1872. $4,903,228 $3,965,813 117,191,096 111,123,604 1870, For the week... $3,924,415 ‘Prey. reported. 92,162,466 Since Jan. 1...$96,086,881 $122,094,324 $115,089,417 GOVERNMENTS STEADY. »Government bonds were steady and to some ex- ent firmer, despite the lower quotations in Lon- don, the market being influenced by the higher Tuling of gold, and again by the extreme ease of the money market, the latter fact inducing invest- ments in governments for the sake of the better fates of interest. The changes were of trifing ex- tent however, the market closing quiet @s iollows:—United States currency sixes, 114% @ 115; do. do., 1881, registered, 115% @ 115%; do. do. coupon, 117% a 117%; do. five-twenties, registered, May and November, 114% a 115; do. do., 1862, conpon, do., 114% a 115% ; do. do., 1864, do. @0., 115 211514; do. do., 1865, do. do., 115% a 115%; @o. 1867, registered, January and July, 11444 a 114%; Go. Jo., 1865, coupon, do., 114 a 11444; do. do., 1867, ooupon, do., 1155, @ 115%; do. do., 1868, coupon, do., 114% 4 115; do. ten-fortier, registered, 11144 a 112; do. do. coupon, 1124 a 112%; do. fives of 1881, fegiatered, 115}, 114; do. do. do., coupon, 113% @ 113%. THE CITY BANK STOCKS. The following were the bids for the city bank shares :—New York, 134; Merchants’, 115; City, 255; Phoenix, 101; Fulton, 155; Mechanics’ and Traders’, 135; Leather Manufacture 180; State of New York, 107; Commerce, 116); Ocean, 10; Mercan- tile, 120; Chatham, 143; Bank of North America, 102; Hanover, 101; People’s, 145; Market, 125; | Nassau, 108; Corn Exchange, 190; 91%; St. Nicholas, 118; Marine, 162; Common- wealth, #2; Importers’ and Traders’, 162; Park, 163'4; Manufacturers’ and Merchants’, New York National Exchange, 97; Central Nationa), 1004; Fourth National, 139%. THE RAILROAD BONDS, A more active business was done in the railroad bonds, and the market was strong with alarger in- quiry from investment seekers, The chief feature Was a rally te 90% in the Union Pacific firsts, which «were originally depressed, it is thought, in a dull moment to allaw buyers to execute orders tn them. The following were the bids at the call, the list being pretty nearly all covered and holders being careless about selling :— Del, Lack & W Ist m.. .1003¢ Del, Lack & W'n 2d m. 99 Tol & Wab Ist m, ex.... 993 Tol & W Int mn, StL div. 93! in BS ‘ol & Wab ad * Mm Tole Wab equip Gt Wet ist m, Ine Gt West ist in, a8. ; Gt West 24 im! 18... a Gal & Chic extended. ‘100 estate We ee 8 ‘ach + Mag Mor 4 Emex let toasg m...: Morris & Kasex 2am. . 101 Nd Cen let m, new... ..107 New Jersey Cent, 2@ m 101 NJ Southern 7s, ist m, 7h Clev & Pitts con's t Clev & Tol new bds.... % Clev,Painesviled Acid. 99 Glev! P & A new bdy,, 96 Detroit, Mon & Tol dds. Clev 4 Pittedd m.....10) | fa Werle new bas i Chie & Altist m e Shore div 1964 Obio A Mine con's 1 |) 9634 Bhore, cop, ¢...... IW _Mbio & Mjge 2s mw, con, ve Continental, | 200 ‘The Southern list was firm, the nomination of Mr. Greeley by the democracy at Baltimore encour- aging a belief among holders of Southern securities that the next State elections may be carried, in con- nection with the Presidential ticket, by the politi- cal parties who are alleged to be more interested in Southern prosperity. Be this as it may, the tone of the market was decidedly better, the new South Carolina July bonds advancing nearly one per cent— to 30. Indications point to the recent organization of A NEW POOL for a speculative movement in these last-mentioned securities. The following were the closing quota- tions:—Tennessee, ex coupon, 74 & 75; do., new, 76 a 7534; Virginia, ex coupon, 438 60; do., regis- tered stock, old, 38 a 45; do., sixes, consolidated bonds, 51 a 63; do., sixes, deferred scrip, 16a 17; Georgia sixes, 73a 78; do., sevens, 86a 88; North Carolina, ex coupon, 338% @ 8434; do. to North Caro- lina Railroad, 41 a 46; do. funding, 1866, 26 a 30; do. do., 1868, 24 a 26; do. new, 2225; do. special tax, 15 a 16; Missouri sixes, 94% a 95; do. Hani- bal and St. Joseph, 9134 a 924¢; Louisiana sixes, 62 2.58; do., new, 45 8 55; do. levee sixes, 60.0 65; do. do. eights, 75 a 80; do. do. eights, 1875, 80 a 85; Alabama fives, 60 a 65; do. eights, 84a 86; South Carolina sixes, 55 @ 60; do., new, January and July, 2934 a 30; do, do.; April and October, 27 @ 29; Ar- kansas sixes, funded, 52 @ 55. STOCKS DULL—ERIE WBAK AND LOWER. “The only incident of importance in the move- ment on the Stock Exchange was a further decline in Erie, which was weak from the beginning of business and gradually decline from 56% to 53, The report submitted to the stockholders yesterday was generally canvassed and severely criticised, especially on account of the crediting of “legal ex- penses” to the item - of “construction,” a misplace- ment which misrepresents the relation of earnings to expenses. The stock in London was correspond- ingly weak on the announcement of a new $30,000,000 consolidated mortgage loan, to be issued tothe extent of $6,446,000 for cash, the balance to be retained for retirement of the unconsolidated bonds, This, we believe, is a revival or renewal of CONSOLIDATED LOAN, created in the time of the Fisk-Gould administra- tion, and arrested midway of its negotiation by an injunction of the Supreme Court. It will be no- ticed in the report to the stockholders that the above amount of $6,446,000 is included in the bonded debt, although only about half of it had left the custody of the treasurer. The exact position of the new loan is, therefore, not very clear, and ought to be explained by the new officials. The news froin BALTIMORE had at first a slightly depressing influence on the general market, but prices recovered toward the close, and while Erie was weakest and lowest at the wind-up, the rest were higher and firm as com- pared with the quotations early in the day. HIGHEST AND LOWEST PRICES. The following table shows the highest and lowest prices of the principal stocks during the day:- Highest, Lowest, New York Central. 97% 971% Erie.......... 53 92% 7484 72% i 83% St. Paul preferred, 78 Ohio and Mississippi. 45% Boston, Hartford and Erie, 1% Union Pacific... 37% ©. C. and 1... i; 343g Western Union Telegraph. . 1 Pacific Mall : 13% RAILWAY EARNINGS FOR THE SIX MONTHS FROM JANUARY 1 TO JULY 1, The following summary of the earnings of our principal railways for the past six months is from the Financtal Chronicle 1s71. Atlantic and G. West. $2,168,150 Bur.,C i — ‘edar R. and Min 0 and Alton. 2,31 Erie. Hannibai land St. Jo... 1) Illinois Central 3771 fi 29 So. 7,019,612 750, 2,727, ns 3 "3BHISAO Pacific of Missour! 1,620,539 St. Louis and Tron M.. "755,270 St Louis, Kan.City&N 1,2/6.250 t. Louis, Alt. and. H. 128, G ‘ol., Peoria and, Tol., Wab. and W Tota. .....6cceee+ ++ $36,821,077 Net increase pales . * Fourth week June estimated. SALES AT THE NEW YORK STOOK EXCHANGE, Wednesday, July 10—10:15 A. $18000 US 5’, 10-40, ¢... 12g 10 A. M.—Before Call. 5816 400 sbs Pac MSSCo..83 74 DD: vers ssvetan! SESSEEESESESSESSS First Board—10:30 A. M. 200shs Un Pac RR..«t 200 Chev P, gtd. lo $5000 NC 6, old dds... 34 1000 SC 1 @s.n Jan dy Fi . . 4 ; 78% 1000 Brook 6's, wi. © 9000 Erie 4th m = 1000 Bu. NY@Erie im 9% 9000 Cen Pac RR gd bs 10) 17000 Un Pac Ist m... 000 Mii nith se dog #000 Un Pac 7a, 1g b. 400) © & RIA PTs 1000 do 8000 Tol & Wi i'm. TR CSR : 2000 Alta T Haute ine 82 5000 H & StJ 8's,conb 93 700) Gt West Ist 'm, "88 9844 8000 Mil €St Paul Ist., 923g 100 ME SEP Todiv... 88 6000 © m.. 92 100) West U Tel 7's b.. 96 40000 Lat, Bind Miss let 90 20000 Hatt & Cen Mo Ist 87% ‘8000 Cumberland 2m 80 1 ahe Bk of ¢ 0 a do. 12 Chic & NW pref 100 Tl Cen RR 100 eu do. WD, Lack & W 100 Pitts, FLw & 100 Mor & Essex Bi 100 Alb & Sus RR. . 10) 1, Wa&W RR. 00 do.. 100 do. 200 Ohio & ‘Miss 100C,C&LCRR....... 200 Mo, Kan & Tex RR. 12:15 and 2:15 P. M. KS $1150, US 6.20, 0,65, n.. 114 Tie. 8) UB 5-20, 6, U7 16 ii, 30000 14% 1000 ‘. i 2000 US 6's,eur../..b'o 115 12:30 P. M.—Before Call. 200chs West Un Tel... 400 shs Erie RR. 587% im do. 400 "do... Si Welly Barge Bx 200 ac M SE bo WNYCAH R 100L 8 AMS RR... #00 Erie RR. 1 do. 20 © do. op do oe do, ww do. 70 do. 10008 8 C Os, oun du ay ANNO Alabaune bis... ms a io Brooklyn 6's, 1, $e kn Sg) Union Pa ttm... 10 20m 11 Pac i ine". BIA OOD rie... doo Kfen VasGalsti 2 10 100 sha Del'&3 Canal; 122 90 a) 200 70 73% 10 E ; " 2M id 3 ri pee 105 5 supe e rf ION YOR ie Ne He doa Rt i 3 i, 47 Mor & Ee Ki 400 do... WL SAMAR. nem SEI 1400 Olio d Miss, bod 40% | Daten Standard, N | Cotton Market Lower for Spot, and Irregular for Future—Receipts at the Ports 324 Bales—Flour and Wheat Easier—Corn and Oats Firm—Pork Firmer—Spirits Firm—Whiskey Steady. ‘Wepnespay, July 10-6 P. M. Corron.—The demand for cotton on the spot was again Mmited, and prices further declined }gc. per lb. The sales for future delivery were heavy, but at irregular prices. The business foots up as follows :— Laat Evening. Total. Cepmaptioe. . 37 226 —For tuture i w iwiddling) the sales have beon as follows :—Sales lastevening after three P. M.— 8 uly, 100 at Behe, 100 at Z3g0.; August, 000 at 22%C,, 20) a Bribe. LOO AL ze. OOO" RE se Wepiemibe Ba) at 3-16e., b00 £21 L-iGe., 200 at 21 $-168., 100 at lu0 ai 19 1i-16e., 100 at 19%... K c., 300’ at 19%4¢.. 100 at 19 1-166. ;November, 200 at 29 20 at c.; November and December, 200 each at ide. to- ether; December, 100 at I8%c. Total, 8,100 bales, Sales feday up tothece b. M.—July, 600 at 233;0.; Angust, 800 at 23 1-18e,, 1,800 at Z30., 800 tpl) at 22860 at 22 11-160", 900 at 23: '200 at 227%0., 200 at 280... 1,00 at 7c, 00 at 00 at: September, 200 at 21 5-160. 80D a it 2i4xc., 100 at 21 5-160., 1,100 at 3-160.) 700 at 213¢0. ; Octobe: saci 1 20 1 at Iige., 60 300 at 181 AL ioe, Exchange ic, eet aries ts rang ws :—New On “ot DL Ct tthe ports were leans, Bales) Moblicr f;" Charlesto Norfolk, 15; New York, 38, Total, $24 bales. day last year, 3,100. cotton to foreign ort closed steady a3 follows:—To Liverpool, by steam, ad. ; by sail, b.82d. a 16d, To Havre, by steam, %e., cold sail, 4c. TO Hamburg, by steam, ancl see sail, Yo Bremen, by steam, %c., Sc. To Baltic ports, by sail, ranean porta, by steam, 3c. Uplands. day last week, 582. This Middling. . +4 Good middling. 20% bh My —The quotations are based on ton running in qualify hot more than haifa grade above or below the grade noted, “Govrux.—The usual gqulctness prevailed to-day, and vith the exception of a limited jobbing trade we have notiing of importance to note. W :=-Rio—Ordinary car. goes, 163gc. a 7c. ; fair do do., 18% 4 1830.5 prime, MWe. a 19 days. ; Mi ‘ Bt. Domingo (in bon in bond. Frour anp Grain.—Receipts—Flour, 11,817 bbl. vheat, 38.20 bushels; com. 108.864 do. ; corn nel, 1,320 bbls. and baguayra, It¢c. a va, 19e, a We., gold, p 200 bags; oats, 33,2 ui 8,400 do. The flour market ruled dull ‘and | Kinds selling lower, the market closing heavy at our quotations aunexed: ‘The sales—part last evening—agyregate about 15,00 bbls., including 1,000 bbls, Bouthern and 1) bbls. rye, Corn meal continiued quict and without pereeptible change in jo. 2 State $3 25 a $4 50 Superfine State. . 50a 550 Extra State . 6Wa 650 Choice State 65a Tu Superfine Wi : 50a 550 Extra Western...... 6a 6 25, Extra Minnesota . » TWa BW Round hoop Ohio, shipping brands. » 6a 700 Round hoop Ohio, trade brands. THe 7% Family, 8a 900 St. Louis low e: 70a 75 StLouis straight e: 7750 850 St.Louis choice double extra. 900a 950 Bt. Louis choice family 9 50 a 10 00 Rye flour... . 30a 475 Southern No. 3875 a 500 Southern super! 5008 575 Southern extra 62a 900 Southern family. 9 50 a 12 50 Dorn meal, Wesie 3250 840 Corn meal, Jers : 80a 360 Corn meal, Brandywine 40 fo. b. Baltimore 400 £0. b. y 3 65a 385 - BW Tt. ob, market closing heavy. at. the decline, The sales ‘were about 50,00 bushels, at $1 524 a $i S4for Nos. 2 and} Milwaukee ring: $1 88 for red winter. Other descriptions were nominal. Corn was firm and in good demand, The sales foot up about 225,000 bushels at 47c. a 4c. tor ste 6le, a 62e, for Kail; 62c. a 62gc, for yellow for do white Southern; yellow nominal . & OBC. white do, at %e. Oats Were steady under a inode; mand. ‘The saies aggregate about 64,000 bushel: a 43c. for Western in store and afioat; 4c. tor mixed State aflont; 44440, a 4534e. for white Ohio on the track. Barley aud rye are inactive and nominal. Faeiants.—Transactions in berth freights have only mn ‘ate, owing to the firmness of owners, who generally demand higher rates, especially for accommo- dation for grain. The chartering business was restricted on account of the scarcity of tonnage and the advanced views ot owners, The engagements since our last have been :—To Liverpool, by steam, 500 bbls. flour, 2s. 3d; 100 bales cotton, 44d. ; 3,000 boxes cheese, 359. The asking rate for grain was Ska. a 94d; by sail, 00 bbls. rosin, 2s, 6d., and 50 bbls. dour, 28. ‘To London, by steam, 7,500 bushels wheat, 10d. To Antwerp, 1,000 boxes bacon, 0s. The charters were :—An American bark, 5,0W quarters grain, in bags, to London direct, 6s. 44¢d.;, an Italian bark, 3,000 quarters grain, to Cork for orders, 7s., or it direct, 3d. of; a Norweyian bark, now at an out port, 2600 quarters rain, to Penarth Roads for orders, 6s. 3d. flat; a German ship, about 700 tons, to Bremen, general cargo, ‘at current Bates MoLassxs.—Trade in this market continued of an un- ph eae character, and pricesmay be considered more or less nominal. We quote Cuba—Centrifugal and mixed Clayed Muscovado, refining. Muscovado, grocer; Porto Rico. English Islands . New Orleans 4 a Abc. . Naval Stones. ‘ket'for spirits turpentine was active and a trifle firmer. ‘The sales to-day have been :— $90 bbie at 47iso., 200 bbls. In shipping order at 4) 200 bbls, for future delivery vate terms. Rosin 280. Be. Me. Bde, Boe. 40c. more ac for pale, and the market was about st uoted at 6 a & 2 M note sales o 11 ut $3.10, 275 bbls. pale at $4 ig w $5 $5, 39 bbls. No. 2 at $3 75, 80 bbls. at bis. 1 2 at $3 26, and 150 bbis. 188 bbls. low No. 2 a pale at $4750 $575. Tar remained quiet and without Feported change in prtces, ‘ETROLEUM.—On ‘Uhange to-day the market for refined ull and weak; quoted for spot or month at 2234c. Crude in bulk was also dull, bnt not quotably changed ; held at 12e. oll was in moderate request, but _we learned of no transactions; quoted at 274c. a 27%. Naphtha remained entirely nominal at about 143gc. “At the creek the market was reported dull and weak ; quoted at ‘on both roads. The Philadelphia market was likewise dull and easier. Refined quoted at 2c. for spot Or month, Sales 1,400 bbls, for July at 2c. Later, in New York, we'hear of sales of 1000 bbls. standard white at 224gc.,and a rumored sale of 5,000 bbls. do. for July at ec. a'2iec. We alao note sales of 600 bbls, crude in bulk, spot, at 1Sc., and 1,000 bbls. do., for last half of month, at Receipts—Pork, 49 bbls.; cut meats, 1,047 -d, 2,142 bbls. and'tierces and 550 Kega, The ness pork was a trifle more active and firmer. We note sales of 750 bbls. for July at $13 45, 280 bbls. tor do. at $13 50 and 250 bbls. for November at $13 80; also 1u0 bbls. fresh inspected at $13 65. Bacon was in moderate demand and firm; long clear quoted at 7!c. for light and 1 of heavy; sales 60 boxes at the latter price; sl Be. abisc. Dressed hogs were steady a 5Xc. and” 6c. for pigs. Beef con- ‘and unchanged; sales, in lots, about . $8 for mess, $10’ a $iz for extra mess; $12 a $14 for prime mess, tierces; 17 a $20 tor India mess, do. Bee! hams were dull and more or less nominal at $224 $2480. Cut meats—Smoked teaty continued in good demand at full prices; other descriptions were quiet b We quote :—Smoked hams, a 1de.; do. shoulders, 6c. a7c.; plekled hai shoulders, Sige. a 6c. ; do. bellies, 7: shoulders, 5y¢. a Sige. Lard—The’ ms nwas about steady, under a moderate de- mand; sales 700 tierce: and 97-16e. for contrac $0) therces for do, at . spot, at S,c. for new Western lierces'tor July at 93ge. ; and ; also, 500 tlerces of city at SvGan—The market for raw was quiet and easy, but ex- hibited no general change. Fair to prime refining quoted aL disc. a Se. We hear of sales of 300 hhds, of molasses sugar at 7ic. a 8¢c., und 84 Boxes do. at Sige, Retlned was 4 and offerings moderate ; quoted at Misc. for Aand lise. a Ie. for hards, We qi ‘Cuba—Refiniay inferior to common, 7c. a 844c. ; ir, Sige. Sc. Rood to prime, ‘ve. a d4c.5 wrocer: fair’ t good, Myc. a Mee.: ne to choice, # a 0c. centrifugal, hhds. and boxes, 9c. a 10Me.; molasses, hhds. and boxes, 7c. a Sic. ; melado, 4c. a 6c, Ha: vana—Boxes, Dutch standard, Nos. 7 'to 9, Sic. 8%. ; do,, 10 to 12, S30, a 9%e.; do.,' 13 to. 15, Oe. I do., 16 fo 18, Me: a Lge. ; do., 19 to. 2, Ie. @ Zs%ee. ¢ Wh 110. a ‘orto Kico—Reflninig, common “to prin Be. a9 rover, ce, Mac. a 10%e. Brazil: a Dee. Sava— Manila—superior fair to choice lo " standard, Nos. 10 to 12, ge. a'9) extra superior, 7&0, a 88ge. fet to-day has been moderately active, rolina and Patna, while for Rangoon sea. The ere 150, tlerces rarolina at 8%4c. 0 bags t Tike. a 8e., and 30 bags Rangoon at 6740. a Te. STKAMINE Was quict and sted at lOc. ‘TatLow aras in prime at yc, a Ww Ys sates 60 tierces prine demand, with sales of 60,000 Ibs. of c., and 40,000 ibs, to arrive, mt B%e. Recelpts 1,024 bbls, The market reumined , With sales of 350 bbls, DOMESTIO MARKETS, Garveston, Juty 10, 1872. Cotton nominal ; good ordinary, 20%¢. Exports to Great Britain, 8 bales. ' Stock, New Ouzeans, July 10, 1872, ‘otton dull, nothing doing; middlings ‘entirely nomi- 2%, a2Sxc. Net receipts, Si bales; gross, Of, Sales, Stock, 1 ome, Jn M 10, 1872. Cotton dull and nominal; middlings, Zit, Net receipts, Thales. Stock, 2,066. : é Savdnnan, July 10, 1872, Gotton quiets middiings, 23%. sales, 6 bales: tock, " Cuanteston, July 10, 1872. Cotton dull; middlings nominal. Net receipts, 216 bales. | Stock, 6,780. Witarwoton, July 10, 1872. Spirits turpentine quiet at 42c. Rosin steady at $2 25 tor if No.1, $2 36 4 strained, $3 fo lor No. 2, $5 for extra pale, 75 for pale. Crude turpentine unchanged at $2 50 fot Bard, $3 W for yellow dip, $3 751or virgin. Tar steady at Lovreviuur, Jnly 10, 1872, Tobacco active and unchanged Sale 174 hhds, . Oxy: July 10, 1 2) bbls at $7 75 ite win. Flour steady and unchange ales for No, 1 spring, $9 tor amber winter, $9 'W0 for i ter, $9 75 for double extra, Wheat steady; sales 9,600 bushels No. 1 Milwaukee club at $1 8), two cars do. at $1.52, Is Sheboygan club at’ $1 48, two cars White Canada at $1.88 Corn tp fair demand; sales 1600) bushels No. 2 Illinois at S4c., 2,000 bushels do. at 66c., 800 wshele yellow at Sic. Oats dull: ales one car wt de. lighwines, 8c. Canal freights firm, boats scarce—Wheat, C-, COFN, ic. to. Ne for jew York; lumber, $3 60 to the Hud- Sto New York. Katlroad freights—Flour to Bos- ton, i; to New York, 48c.; to Albamy, 380. Receipts by lake—10,700 Bushels corn, OX feet ot lumber. Ship- mente Bj ‘canal—4,000 bushels wheut, 1,579,000 feet of lum- r. yt oy, Onteaco, July 10, 1872, Flour dal) ana nominal. Wheat quietand weak; No. 1 Beash or seller July, $1 174 veller Au ng. $ 2, Corn stendy’ No. 2 mixed, or seller July, 41% Ad] .c. seller August: 42) A 42%. ller Septembe: tee se. Oats dull Wier. a Wee. Rye firm; No, BH, Barley steady; YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, JULY 11, 1872—TRIPLE SHEET, ive hogs ‘rredgh in fai de and Pilonentecrk ts in fair demand and lo + in nt 10,00 ‘baaie Lonpow Money Marxer,—Loxpon, July 10-5 P. M.— Consols closed at 92% for both money and the accouut, United States five-twen: nds, 1867's, Beame Fane faly 0? Me—Rentes closed wethe marker cloned unchanged, Te ales of the day, .—The market closed unchanged. ja have been &ui0 bales, including 2,000 for speculation nd xport, Vivuneoo. Buxapsrurrs Manuzt.—Liven -M.—The market Ix quict, The wea gland to-day is fair and favorable to thi Livenroor, Provisions Manier.—U M.—Bacon, 288. per ewt, for Cumbe} gE cwt, for tor per cwt. Livenyoon Prone: w.“Kefined petrvioum, ur per wl. Loxoox Puopuce Manicer.—Loxpon, July 10—Evening.— Linseed oil, £85 10s. per ton. rland cut; cheese, Sia, ¢ best grades of American fine; lard, ox Marget.—Livenroor, July 10—5 P. 163gd. @ 17d. per gallon; spirita clk era FINANCIAL, _ HOUSE OF JAY COOKE & GO, 20 Wall street, New York. ‘We continue to sell at par, adding accrued interest, the First Mortgage Gold Bonds of the Northern Pacific Rall- road Company. On the completion of this season's con- tracts there will be five hundred and seventeen miles of the main line of the road in operation, uniting Lake Superior with the Missouri River, and securing the large trate of the Northwest. ‘This amount ot road, also enti- ‘A ~PANKIN | tles the company to Ten Million Four Hundred Thousand Acres of Land, located in Central Minnesota, Eastern Dakota and in the Columbia Valley on the Pacific coast. ‘The bonds are secured by a first mortgage on the road, its trafic and franchise and on the entire land grant received from the government. The rate of interest is seven and three-tenths, gold, equivalent to about elght and a quarter percent in currency. Believing the security to be ample, and the rate of interest sat ry, we recommend these . Holders of United States five-twenties and high-priced corporate securities may bonds as a desirable investi materially increase both their principal and their interest income by exchanging for Northern Pacifics. JAY COOKE & CO., New York, Philadelphia and Washington. ATUANTIC SAVINGS BANK, CHATHAM SQUARE AND NEW BOWERY, NEW YORK, Drvipenn.—Interest at the rate of six per cent per an- num will be pasanie on and after July 15, DEPOSITS MADE NOW OR ON OR BEFORE JULY 20 WILL RECEIVE INTEREST AS FROM THE 18% HARRISON HALL, President. J. P. Coorer, Secretary. C.D, Baie, Treasurer. YOUNG WIDOW LADY, A STRANGER,IN THR city, being embarrassed, wishes to meet With some gentleman of means who would loan her $150 for a short time, for which security of three times the amount will be given. Address Mrs. v. Herald Uptown Branch office, qo? INVESTMENTS: FOR SAVIN BANKS, INSURANCE COEPANIES, TRUSTEES AND PRIVATE INVESTORS, viz:— ILLINOIS REGISTERED BONDS; KANSAS REGISTERED BONDS. Coupons paid by State Treasurers in New York city. MUNICIPAL BONDS UNDER STATE PROTECTION, YIELDING TEN PER CENT ON INVESTMENT, W. N, COLER & CO., Agents, ‘22 Nassau street, New York. ICKERBOCKER FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY of New York (established 1787), office 64 Wail street, New York, July 2, 1872. At a meeting of the Board of Directors held this day the usual semi-annual dividend of five per cent was dé- clared; also an extra dividend of five per cent. Both free of government tax, gad payable on and after July 15, 1872. ‘he transter books will be closed from this date until the 15th inst. J. L, TOWNSEND, Secretary. ;CHANICS AND TRADERS’ SAVINGS INSTITU- tion, No. 283 Bowery, near Houston strect. Interest—The trustees have declared a semi-annual dividend at the rate of six per cent per aunum on ail sums entitled thereto for the six months and three months ending June 30, payable on and after the third Monday in July. Interest not withdrawn will be credited as priueipal. Deposits made on or before July 20 draw interest from July 1. Open daily from 10 A. M. to 3 P. and on Mondays and Wednesdays from 10 to 7. ALFRED T. CONKLIN, President. Herr ©. Frsuen, Secreta ‘ORTH RIVER SAVINGS BANK, corner Eighth avenue and West Thirty-fourth street. Divinenp.—A SemLAnnual Dividend, at’ the rate of six per cent per annum, on all_ sums from $5 to $5,000, will be paid on and after July 15, 1872, i Monéy deposited on or before the 20th of July will draw interest from July 1. Bank open daily, from 10 A. M. to 3 P. M.; also on Mon- day, Wednesday and Saturday evenmgs, ‘trom 6 to 8 o'clock. JOHN HOOPER, President. Janxs 0. Bennett, Secretary. EW YORK STATE SIX PER GENT GOLD LOAN ‘due 1887; a limited amount for sale. GWYNNE & DAY, 16 Wall street, WANTED—0! $12.00 BOTTOMRY AND RE- spondentia upon the North-German bark Lutcken, of 487 tons register, Captain L. E, Post, for any, ort in Europe. Proposals will be received until noon of Rie ioe inst., addressed to the master, care of JAMES E, WARD & CO!, 113 Wall street. ‘ WANTED FOR A Ti $30.000 thon'bona ‘and mort annum: security undoubted. Apply MORFORD, 48 Pine street. q B35 00 WANTED ON BOND AND MORTGAGE e. fe on first class C4 Bro} erty worth double a je amount. Address D, box 3,918 Post office. $33 5.000 ma Ana )N BOND AND MORT. I estate in this city or estehester county made on first-class prop- ; ate loans mi OHNE. CONREY, 162 Broadway, room 8. a THE NATIONAL BANKS. { OF YEARS, at 10 per cent to THOMPSON erty. TREASURY DEPARTMENT, ) OFFIOE OF THE COMPTROLLER OF THE CURRENCY, WASHINGTON, D. C., July 8, 1872. '§ ? t™me following is an abstract of, reports made to the Comptroller of the Currency, showing the con- dition of the national banks in the United States at the close of business on Monday, the 10th day of June, 1872:— RESOURCES, Loans and discounts. $867,433,596 Overdralts ........+55+ +s 4,097,351 United States bonds to secure circula- tion... +» 377,029,700 United States bonds to secure deposits —_ 15,409,950 United States bonds and securities on hand ea ihe? + 16,458,250 Other ‘ks, bonds and mortgage: 22,270,610 Due from reedeeming and reserve Nt8.....+ Due from othe: Due from State banks and ban 01 Real estate, furniture and nxtur 31,123,843 Current expenses. 6,719,704 Premiums...... 6,616,174 Checks and othe 13,461,330 Exchanges for Clearing Ho 88,592,300 Bills of other national banks 16,197,363 | Bills of State banks . 56,192 Fractional currency 2,069,463 Specie........ 24,256,044 Legal tender note: + 119,531,840 Clearing House ce cates . 12,090,000 Three per cent certificates. 3,875,000 | AMTrETALC «eevee eeees LIABILITIES. Capital stock... Surplus fund. Undivided profits. National bank notes outstanding. + $470,548,301 105,181,943 (50,234,298 327,002 State bank notes outstanding. 1,700,935 Dividends unpaid. 1,454,014 Individual deposits. 618,801,619 United States deposits. . 6,903,014 Deposits of United States disbursing OMCETS.... 06606. Due to national banka. Due to State banks and Notes and bills rediscounted Bills payable. Agaregate.. Number of bs JOHN JAY KNOX, Comptroller of the Currency. OLD OFFENDERS CAUGHT. During the past five months no fewer than two successful descents‘have been made on the estab- lishment of Lah & Garlichs, No. 72 Beekman street, dealers in fine cutlery, guns and pistols, by burg. lars. Every effort to detect the thieves proved futile until Tuesday night last, when, on passing the store about twelve o'clock, Roundsman Kelly and Omicer Devin, of the Second precinct, heard a noise on one of the upper floors, and on going inside suc- ceeded in turing Thomas Smith, allas Frenchy, and Asher Hepton, both of whom had entered the premises by cutting @ hole in the roof. Smith is an old offender, having, it is alieged, already served two terms in the State Prison, and has only been at large since his last incarceration about five months, He and his fellow prisoner were taken to the Tombs Police Court yesterday afternoon, and in the ab- sence of the complainant in the case were com- mitted for examination, For some reason or other the officers who made the arrest saw fit, while at the Tombs, to opserve a strict reticence in relation to the case whenever @ representative of the press was presents THE REAL ESTATE MARKET. ———— Notes and Comments. _ The heated term has driven most of the large Operators in real estate out of the city and pro" duced an enforced stagnation in the market. Hence there is very little of interest to be said until, with a cooler atmosphere, more active dealings are resumed, Numerous transactions, many of them of large amount, are reported, but in such an imperfect ‘way as render them of no value. We have already called attention to this matter in a note published some weeks ago, to the effect that many such re- ports were before us, but as the details Were insuffielently stated to make a correct quota- tion, we declined to publish them. We forebore at the time to go further into this matter, although aware of the existence of much fiction in respect to these transactions of the nature, although differing very materially, of what is known as washes on the Stock Exchange, but reproduce the remarks of acontemporary, which are exceedingly apropos at this time:— Past experience teaches that reports of private sales should always be scruthilzed closely, as in @ large nuinber of Instances the prices publisaed are fictitious or “bogus,” urposely published in order to eflect w aule of some cin property. | ‘the most reliable and “respec ble brokers in the gy are opposed to tl practice, and consider {it pernicious in the high- eat degree, Sometimes @ disreputable broker will secure the publication of @ statement that certain lots ofland have been sold for a price that is very much below thelr inarket value. ‘This he does in order to break up a sale that some rival broker may be negotia- ting. And he uses the same stratagem very often to help him'cheat some persons who, though owiing land, are not thoroughly acquainted with rates of value. Many of {hese unsuspecting people think it Is all right ir they are shown Cie printed in a pewepaper, to the effect that Mr. So-and-so has just parchased such a lot at sucha price, and are very often Induced to sell thelr property for much less than fts market value through the aasist- nce that newspapers give these harpies and sharpers. All Teports of private sales should, thereiore, be thorouvily scrutinized before publication, and it the prices named prove to be inudh bove or nae the current rates of value they should al 's be consigned to the waste basket; for, If they should n correc! the public will lose nothing by thelr notpeppesrsace anal announced in the official list of transfers; and it they should prove “bogus” why some rogue would be non- plussed and some innocent person saved from being victimized. The principal business at the Exchange Sales- room is what are knowr as “legal sales,” being sales of real estate, mostly improved property, un- a a authority of the Supreme Court or the heritf, There ts @ good deal of manufactured excitement in suburban property, both in the style of adver- tising and the manner in which the sales are con- ducted, A moderate success has attended these sales; but the effort to attract attention and the striving after sensational effect, which has con- tinued throughout the season, suggest a strong pressure to sell, with reticent market, The recent strike in the building trades and re- duction of the hours of labor has seriously interfered = wtth the progress of building in this city and Brooklyn. The legitimate result to be looked for from this is an increase in rents, owing to the increased cost of building, an Cesc of the price of improved real estate, where the Buildings are in ety, good repair and a depreciation in the value of unimproved building lots not possessing unusual advantages exciting competition, The sales’ yesterday were unimportant and do not call for special mention, The pene movement in boulevard property has lapsed for the present, owing to the warm weather, cone renewed, however, with fresh activity in the BROOKLYN AFFAIRS. The Park Commissioners’ $100,000. The Park Commissioners have ordered a draft on the Comptroller for $100,000. The receipts during June were $81,728 and the expenditures 976,881, leaving a balance of $4, The Mortality of a Weck. There were 639 deaths during the past week, be- ing an increase of 231 over the week previous and an increase of 864 over the corresponding weck of last year. The principal diseases were :—Cholera infantum, 249; disease of brain, 42; convulsions, 55; consumption, 24; diarrhoea, 21; smalipox, 16, There were 45 deaths from sunstroke and five more from smallpox than during the preceding week, and 30 more than during the corresponding week iast year. Of those who died last week 91 were men, 83 wo- inen, 236 boys and 229 girls. A Flutter in the “Hall.” R.M. Whiting, Jr., the newly elected Commis- sioner of City Works, filed his bonds with the City Clerk yesterday, his sureties being R, M. Whiting, Sr. (bis tather) and A. B. Bayliss, who justified in $20,000 each. Commissioner Whiting then hied up to the Board room and created a flutter among the employés of the Board by calling for a full list of their names, &c. This he obtained from Commis. sioner Palmer. A resolution was subsequently adopted directing the various departments of the Board to report the number of their employés, and whether there can be reduction in their force without embarrass- ment to their several duties. Many of the “boys” ure on the anxious seat, fearing that the guillotine is about to be put in operation. Difference of Surgical Treatment in Parallel C: Be George R. Demilt, aged nineteen years, of No. 181 Fort Greene place, accidently shot himself in the abdomen, on the Fourth of July, in almost exactly the same place where Colonel Fisk was shot. The ball remained in the intestines, and Dr. Bryant. who was called in, did not attempt to probe the wound, and also abstained from the use of mor- phine or-brandy. The Doctor placed Demilt in bed on his back, with his knees raised, in order to re- lieve the muscles of the abdomen. A dose of tinc- ture of aconite was administered to the patient, and @ compress saturated with a solution of calen- dula was placed on the wound and abdomen. Demilt was kept in that position and under that treatment all day, He began to recover, and finally, on Tuesday, the pain having all gone, he was pro- nounced oUt of danger, and arising trom the bed walked across the room. It is thought he will be ale to be about again by the end of the week. ‘The bullet fs stillin his abdomen. The case is remark- able and interesting, as showing the difference in the treatment of Mr. Demilt and that of Colonel Fisk, the latter of whom, almost similarly wounded, died within twenty-four hours after being shot, while the former has now almost recovered. | The Committee of Fifty and the Hemp- stead Reservoir Once More. The Committee of Fifty, now lingering on the brink of decay, sent in another “screed” on the proposed storage reservoir to the Board of City Works yesterday. They repeated the story of their investigations of the affairs of the late Water Board (the predecessor of the Board of City Works) and called special attention to the following facts :— 1, The aMidavit of George W. McDonald, proving that this reservoir scheme was projected in 1869, two years before legislation was obtained authoriz- ing the work. And also proving that improper measures were taken, by wasting water, to reduce the levels of the ponds ia oxide to a visit of in- spection by the Mayor and Common Cotincil, and for the purpose of impressing the public mind with the idea of‘the necessity of the work. 2, The published (ofticial) Water Board notice of February 15, 1871, indicating a water scarcity at the time when the act autnorizing the reservoir ‘was waiting the Governor's signature. 3, The statements of Messrs, R. G. Anderson and E. ©, Burnett, dated January 28, 1871, and the re- cord of the fow of water from the ponds on Feb- ruary 16 and 19, proving that no such scarcity existed. 4. The manipulation of atleast one member of the Common Council on December 11, 1870, to ob- tain a vote to override the Mayor's veto. 5. The giving out and awarding the contract without public notice or legitimate competition; the ignoring of the offer of William Beard (an ex- enna and responsible contractor) to perform he Work at a reduction of $456,126 on the price at which it was awarded to Kingsley & Keeney, prov- ing that the contract prices for the work, a8 given out, were entirely improper and excessive; and the evident alteration of the specifications on the item of excavation (an item of $797,500), with the knowledge only of Kingsley & Keeney, and on which alteration their bid was reduced, and the contract was by them secured, ‘The Fifty charge that this “Hempstead reservoir storage scheme” was a frand from the beginning, and that the manner in which the contract was given out was illegal and fraudulent. While doubt- ing the necessity or practicability of such a work they demand that such measures shall at once be taken by the Board as will break the contract with Kingsley & Keeney for the construction of the re- servoir, ‘Then, if the Board thought that the reservoir must be constructed, they would throw the work open to public and general competition in @ regular way. The Fifty think that such @ course would save the city half a million of dollars. ma laid the document aside “for future THE MASPETH ASSAULT OASE, To Tur Epitor oF THE HERALD:— DEAR StR—You do great injustice, in Tuesday's edition, to a worthy family—the Christs, of Mas- peth. I am happy to say that the colored man, Charles Davis, whe lives with a colored woman, was not killed at Colmbusville; nor is he likely to die from a few scratches given him by a little old wo- man and her son, who iq mere boy. They were protecting the elder ist from a deadly assault made upon him by Davis, who was at work mowlug at the time your reporter was writing the article carrying abroad the news of the negro’s death, JONSON, Masrarg, I, 1., Jaly 10, 187% | THE ERIE RAILWAY. What the New President Is Go~ ing to Do About It. Honesty and Economy vs. Factious Liti+ gations and Extravagance. WALL STREET TO BE RULED OUT. The Property and Funds of the Road Misappro- priated or Stolen To Be Reclaimed—The Atlantic and Great Western To Bo Made a Narrow Gauge. Mr. Watson, the newly elected President of the, Erie Railroad, was paid a congratulatory visit yes- terday, at the Brevoort House, by many of his per~ sonal friends and a large number of bankers and, financiers who have the welfare of the Erie Rail~ toad at heart, A Herawp reporter also called upon, him for information as to his policy in the fture far as the road was concerned. Mr. Watson was at dinner when the reporter called; but on learnt that a representative of the HERALD desired to him he came out into the reading room to find out what his visitor wanted and what he could do fo. him, 5 HE ACCEPTS THE POSITION. \ “T have called upon you, Mr. Watson,” said th reporter, “to learn something as to what you tend to-do about your election, and what you in- tend to do after you accept the position of President, if you do accept it.” tng: Mr. Watson took a seat at this, feeling, no doubt, that he had, no matter how he relished or dislikes the idea, to submit to a catechizing without regar: to consequences, After, by way of prell proceeding, stating that he did not care very mu to be paraded in the newspapers, that in fact h was entirely opposed to notoricty of any kind, he remarked :— ' “{ have signified my acceptance of the positio tendered to me, and, I assure you, will do my best to perform the duties of the position with fidelity. I was loth at first to allow my name to be dragge into the contest, or rather the election for director! and the head officers of the road, but so many ex4 cellent friends urged me to become a candidat that I finally gave in. Men abroad holding Ameri. can securities found they were being depreciated by the Erie management, and many of them urged me to become a candidate.” “Do you particularly represent: ‘ THE FOREIGN INTERESTS in the road 7” “Ido not think I doin any special way, but the English stockholders were unwilling to allow the roud to go into the hands of people they could not depend upon.’* “They owned, then, at the election, a majority of h CK {77 We did.’” it naturally follows that if you were now agreeable to them you would have been defeated 1’ “That is your way of patting it, sur’? “Well, did Jay Gould or his representatives at~ tempt to show their strength at the election, di- rectly or indirectly 2”? “He did and they did not. Gould put his proxies: into McHenry’s hands with instructions to do just as he pleased with them at theelection,” + JAY GOULD'S PROXIES, “Did McHenry use them ??? “He aid not; the fact is, there was no necessit: for his using them, as the ticket that was electe had a good majority without the aid of Gould's pores which, of course, McHenry could have used. had he desired, ag he had full power to do with them what he desired.” “Now, Mr. Watson, what do you intend to do with the road ?”" “T intend to do whatever may be the best for its interest.” “tt is claimed by certain parties that the electio: of the ticket which has been elected is a triumph o! THE ATLANTIC AND GREAT WESTERN PARTY. Is that so?” “Nothing of the kind. The success of the ticket had or has nothing to do with the election—with, the success of the Atlantic and Great Western, £ think that the Atlantic and Great Western road. will be made @ narrow gauge, 80 as to be able to connect with other roads not broad gauge.” “How about the changes they say you intend to make in the personnel of the Erie ¥” “My policy will be simply to do all tnat I canto make the road what it should be in every respect, and if I tind it necessary, in order to accomplish this much desired result, to CUT OFF HEADS and introduce changes that may call down upom me anything but blessings I shall act and remover unhesitatingly. I have aiready been called uponi bankers und men of influence in financial; circles, who impressed upon me the necessity of rea moving every person now connected with the! road; to make, in fact, what is called a clean, sweep.”? “And you— 9? “I declined to do anything of the kind. I told thems that iff found any man in the employ ofthe road who. Was not honest and on ht in his dealings inevery’ Way, who did not faithfully perform his duties, he would be replaced by some one who was possessed of. the qualifications desired. But as to a wholesaia removal before I, or rather (Idon’t want to talk. ‘1’ in the matter) the new directors find out what is what, who are the good men to keep and the bad ones to turn adrift, there will be nothing of the sort. HONESTY AND ECONOMY in the direction of the road is to be our motto. Wo know that the example of Fisk and Gould has had a bad effect on some of the employés—that it hag made them less energetic in their duties than they should be, and perhaps, actually dishonest in their dealings with the road or its incerests; but we shall look before we leap, We shull do all we can to weed. out everything that is wrong and RETAIN ALL THAT 18 GOOD.” “Outside influences, then, will have no hand in the direction of the road #”” “None whatever. As farasIam concerned, and as far also as the new direction is concerned, there is to be but one objective point—to so run the road that the stockholders will get thetr money's worth, so that they will be honestly deult with and uo’ robbed. To accomplish this after what has hap- pened I know is A HEROULEAN TASK} but it can be done, and we may do so by endcavor- ing to reclaim whatever property or funds of the road may have been misappropriated. There will be no more extravagant fees paid to counsel and factious litigations carried on, which only impoverish the road and rob its real owners of their own. I intend that the affairs of the road shail be administered regard- less of Wall street, cliques’ influences and specuia- tions, of Whatever sort they may be.’’ “Do you think that the new direction is a satis- factory one to the majority of the English stock- holders #" ertainly do.”’ ‘Then how do you account for the fall in Brie im the London market to-day 1” “Well, you see, many people have been buying the stock lately at certain figures under the impres- sion that Vanderbilt would Icase the Erie. tne great strength of Vanderbilt lies in the stability of the Hudson and Central, because he virtually owns the road; but when he dies and the property gets into other hands, and many hands at that, who can guarantee that it may not become another, Erie, as we have seen Erie of late years.” GENERAL DIVEN ACCEPTS, Mr. Watson then stated, in answer to the inquiry whether General Diven would accept the Vice Presidency, that the General would accept the po~ sition tendered him, he having told him so, Mr. Watson has already legally qualified for bis new! office, and after going to Ohio and settling his atfairs there will return and take possession of the Presidential chair of the company. [} THE ALLEGED ARSON OARE, Attempt to Bribe an Important Witnessg The case of Louis Mendelgon, the tailor who, it has. been alleged, set fire to his shop at 115 West Forty, sixth street, on the morning of the 5th inst., came up for examination yesterday at the Yorkville Police Court. Mendelson, it will be remembered from the: aor report of the proceedings before the Fire, jarshal, was seen by @ private night watchman,, named Peter O'Rourke, who was looking over the fanlight of the door of the tailor shop, to throw away a lamp he held in his d, while he made no effort at all to ex- ba a the fire, which was then burning up to the ceiling of the shop. It was on this Cyidenee ot Rourke’s that Mendelson was arrested, but he tively asserted that he had not caused the fire. le thought, however, that the fire was caused by some boys who were setting off firecrackers in the: street, close to the door of hia shop. Last evening, it is alleged, an attempt was made to bribo O'Rourke to leave the ort Two men unknown to: him offered him $300 and expenses if he did so, but he refused. is fact he stated in his evi- dence yesterday, and the effect was of course very much to the injury of the defendant's cause. O'Rourke was subjected to a severe croas-examina- tion by Colonel Speneer, who appeared for the pris=, oner, but his evidence was just the same as that! taken before the Fire Marshal. Officer Bernhoiz, of the Twenty-second precinct, testified that he was: at the door of the prisoner's shop and in the imme-~ diate neighborh twenty minutes before the fire,, but heard no firecrackers set off, nor were there any number of boys to be seen on the atrect any- where. The further examination was adjourned until eleven o'clock Saturday morning.