The New York Herald Newspaper, August 30, 1872, Page 9

CUBA. CONTINUED FROM EIGHTH PAGE. and the means conducive to its relief. to reduce the expenses of the ible, and the war sul ment as much as possil an additional tax of four per cent imposed on ex- erry be exclusively used for the purpose it was tel f RATS, it the wharves of Havana have d_bad characters, who make them their home, hving and sleeping At one time there was a re; band of thieves, known’ a: Moon,” having their secret wharves and through the ar: ted extensive depredations uj erty which was received from al over night on the wharves, until the government tearing up the wharves in some e3 and filling u wever, a few nights in made upon the some fifty or more arrested, Among them are deserters from foreign vessels, Cuan a ead ne riers ; aneres “since the arrival of the new Governor the iice authorities are more active in the streets of javane at night, keeping stricter watch and exam- all suspicious quarters. Of late numerous d robberies have occurred in the streets ndeven in the broad day persons have din some of the principal streets and made to “stand and deliver.” The perpetrators of ‘these crimes have not been discovered. THE INSURRECTION, ports from the insurre: are neither important nor instructive. the government journals make a great display over the number of presentados (surrendered per- hés as much impo: sible to the unproductive military operations, so- called, but which consist generally of marching in,” and picking up some Several officers of For some years veen infested wit! e “Children of the ways under the Put astop to it by laces, destroying the pass: ollow places an since a thoror wharf rate whi stillexist an jonary districts sons).and attac! tance a8 pos- the hill and down aj rtunate sitiero, or Vicente Garcia's staff are reported to have surren- dered on the 1ith at Las Tunas, besides a number of other insurgents. Don Antonio Perez de la Riva, ed political Governor of this ci ain on the 1yth instant, and with after his arrival took possession of his office, re- placing Count Cailongo, who has been acting the ast two weeks, or since the summary removal of abalza by General Ceballos. The afternoon of the same day the Spanish mail steamer in which His Excellency arrive: 8, and drifted down upon the Spanish man- ‘ornado, breaking her bowsprit, yards, and causing other damage. THE GENERAL FALL TRADE. A Probably Abundant Harvest and Brisk Mar- kets—General Increase in Both Prices and In- comes—Hopeful Expectations of a Heavy Volume of Business—The Iron Trade in an Interesting Crisis—General Prosperity of the Country. the newly ap- nin a few hours In looking at the prospects of the Fall trade, so far as the thousand and one lines of “general business” are concerned, many and very various cousiderations have, of course, to he taken into account. It is altogether out of the question to examine the probable prosperity or possible mis- fortunes of eacn particular branch of trade. goods are affected by the caprice of fashion, others are annually supplanted by new improvements and inventions that supersede entirely articles which have enjoyed in their day the distinction of being staple commodities; and yet again, as any thought- ful trader will tell you, there is now and then a special vein of ill luck which assails some indi- and which has no discernible. cause or frowns of the presiding genius of commerce some- ‘times affect not only luxurics and superfluous com- forts, but even goods that apparently are necessa- ries for every civilized human being and in every decently furnished household. get reliable statistics of the subsidiary branches of trade we should, indeed, probably find in isolated instances many remarkable variations from the We should perhaps discover, for instance, that, though every one had lots of money and the year generally was an exceptionally prosperous one, there was an inordinate demand for chairs or stools, while tables or lounges, for some mysterious reason, languished in the tedious dulness of a frightfully heavy market. experiences are at If we could’ only “law of averages.” any rate the experience of pretty large retail traders, and one cannot help looking upon it as a fact worth ‘‘making a note of,” even if it be merely one of those popular super- stitions which it is the province of full and ex- ‘ended statistics to explode. however, turn out to be the whole truth, if we could get accurate returns from everywhere, that this supposed difference in the readiness of sale be- ‘tween tables and chairs was merely a local one, and that the fact was that the ordinary balance between these necessary articles was rigidly preserved, though, unfortunately for one individual trader or for the traders of a district, it happened that people chanced to buy most of their chairs on the east side and most of their tables on the west side of It might possibly, But universal experience shows that the “gen- eral’ Fall trade is affected mainly by certain lead- ing characteristics of the year, and that, though special lines of commerce may be, or may seem to be, in this way strangely neglected, the volume of the principal currents of business is ‘subject to the fame grand controlling influences for good or ill. And, first of all, it is one of the eariiest discoveries ‘nade in the modern science of political economy that good crops and cheap wheat mean a corre- ness in the annnal consumption of articles of consumption and luxury, This may seem at first somewhat strange, at any rate when principle is applied to a ours, Which is essentially agricultural in its indus- Any one might at the first blush suppose that, t being low, the farmer's income was of course @ light one, and that, farmers being the principal customers of all kinds of American commerce, trade must therefore necessarily be dull. But this as indeed wide of the truth. mean little, but much mone. The reason why it deen an abundant harvest, wheat per bushel may be very moderate, yet the Warmer has so many more busheis to sell that he is much better off than if he sold a scanty cro This is, indeed, one o1 universal laws which are infallibly true, and of which the most thick-headed of human beings can see the explanatien. And in the present year ‘there come reports from all over the country jeav- ‘ing scarcely any doubt that the yield in all kinds of products—wheat and corn and cotton especially— ‘will be exceptionally good. To start with, then, ‘we may reasonably assume that this season, even af prices rule low, the farmers are going to have ‘plenty of money to spent, and that traders may ‘therefore legitimately expect to have brisk and vely markets. There are some other signs in the commercial Sky which induce us to take a very favorable and hopeful view of Low wheat does not in the pockets of the low is that there has and, though the price of cruelly high price, the situation. the heat of a Presitential contest, and in spite of the heated and partisan statements followers of le is on the whole a very good-natured the opinion of any old inhabitant upon his point, and he will at once reassure you, if you appen to be a young man recently arrived at 2 ianhood and witii a limited acquaintance with the ‘asperities of @ national campaign. ‘the cry at such crises that the country will be irre- ‘iievably ruined unless the right man is elected. But old stagers look upon such stories with amused contempt, They have heard them a dozen times gard them with a coldly critical eye; be noticed also that whether Grant or reeley be elected there will be much the the integrity of the in- There is also now a only in Wall strect but ie houses, whose operations, 'y, have as much, or per- Renta on gold LA #old Room, that unless me great European ‘disturbance ue of greenbacks will violent fluctuations in jure of the determined coin up to rates which We are now it is invariably *elore and re; same confidence coming administration. general belief, heavy mercanti haps more, to do with the ‘brokers and dealers in the there should be so: ‘the rate of gold a: ‘oot be subject to any ver: effort recently made to run we have come to look upon as high h ‘terially strengthened this conviction may be remarked also, is one of t! which justify themselves. lieve, as everybody ‘hose opinion: Let everybody 4 no very sound ground for hoping that it can be brought below 110, and the tide of speculation will slacken whenever it nears those figures. ly united swing to the pendu- lum of gambling in gold business of all kinds as- sumes o gratifying air of healthy confidence which is scarcely below what would exist if we were ay blessed, as we were in the happy old times the war, with a specie basis an unconvertible currency that limbo of forgetfulness into which we de or all disagreeable and hui So much for the bright side of the picture. There Are, however, some facts which are not quite so hopeful and inspiring. All over the world there has occurred within the past decade a singular but bie rise in prices. The causes of this and greenbacks and wud passed away into 3 the effect of it is, of course, my interests of trade. Some for it by pointing to the ee 4 Australia—which are still Ponring their aureate treasures into our and, A pay a larger Others, but for the most part of the old fogy species, say that It has come about in consequence of the social libe- ration of the laboring people of Europe, and the success which has crowned their efforts to force the moneyed classes to give, them higher wages. But whatever may be its cause, the remains the same, and its truth will scarcely be challenged by any one who can carry back his memory for a gene- ration, One result of it is that we seem a great deal richer than we are, and that, consequently, with higher incomes, we are, in fact, less able to be customers than we were before. The worst of the matter is that this tendency is unceasing in its on- ward advance, and that within the past year it is more decided than ever previously. All the manu- facturers in England, with whom we do our largest trade, complain bitterly of their inability to supply the markets of the world with their products at figures that tempt large consumption. Coal, too, the great factor in nearly all manne ine industries, has begun to rise rather, more than other staple necessaries, and this, coupled with the triumph of the proletariat class in almost all their recent struggles for less work and more pay, and the prospect of their success in the future for even more serious demands, has, ot semeee, & somewhat depressing influence, There is one specimen trade which shows these last facts at work in @ very marked degree. ‘This is the tron business. A moment's glance at the dependence of all sorts of manufacturers upon the cheapness of this article, and at the inuumerable ways into which it enters into articles of use and comfort, will convince us that it cannot be high without raising the value of almost overs mune else bought and sold, in a greater or less degree. ‘The price of tron, too, it may be said also, is best estimated by the price of pig iron, which is tron in its most elementary manufactured state. And pig tron has advanced nearly eighty per cent in two years. Railroad iron has advance: dred per cent, It is now quoted in England at £11 10s., and as late as April, 1871, it was only £7 10s., While within two years it has been cheaper still, ‘Indeed, as all large dealers in iron and hard- ware concur jn bearing testimony, there has been an Lay advance in every kind of iron of from seventy-five to a hundred per cent. It isthe belief, however, of very good authorities that prices, at least in tron, are now at flood tide, and that they will flow back again, at least for a time, to a lower level, Pig tron ts now about $57 a ton, and there is no doubt whatever that, no matter how high may be the rates of labor just at present, iron can be manufactured remuneratively at considerably lower rates. Strikes and high coal are all very well to talk about, but their intluence, so far as it 1s now reflected in prices, has been very greatly exaggerated, The consequence of the present feeling is that the iron business is now very dull. People engaged in trades depending largely upon it are living, as the sa; Soe, eon hand to mouth; they buy. just enough over from week to week, and from day to day if ES but will not venture upon large stocks, lost of,them, too, when the ‘bull’? movement, which has now, as it is believed, culminated, first set in, had pretty heavy stocks, and they are now realizing upon these by gradually working them off. The importers, indeed, are doing sadly little, and complain more than any one else of the folly of high prices, and try to Breas as hopefully as possible of &@ probable speedy fall. When this fall may take place, however, it is impossible to predict; it may set inat once rapidly and it may be postponed until next Spring. The consequence of the present state es fhings is simply that the iron business is very dull. ‘Taking the general verdict of, popular opinion among traders and merchants, more especially among retall dealers, it is, however, certain that the situation is generally looked upon with ver} sanguine eyes, and that expectations of a muc' heavier and brisker trade than usual are enter- tained in almost all quarters, To any suggestion of he rices they reply at once:—“Yes, prices are hi but incomes are larger, as a general thing, than they used to be, and so more people can be purchasers.” And this is probably ‘ue, Unless every one is deceived, and unless the statistics of the banks, and especially the savings banks, which everganere show a perfectly aston- ishing increase in the amount of deposits and the number of depositors, are altogether unreliable as indexes of prosperity, the country is far richer. than it ever was before, not only in accumulated wealth, but in the rate of increase in savil which is by far the best test of all.. It may also | noted as a settled fact that whenever a peopie with so keen a taste for refinement, and perhaps also it must be confessed in some cases for ostentation, as ourselves are mare | money rapldly, they spend it with no sparing han DEATH OF A WELL-KNOWN NEW YORK SEA OAPTAIN, His Funeral To-Morrow, in Brooklyn— List of the Pall Bearers. The commerce ofthe port has to regret the loss of one of its most able shipmasters in the person of Captain Charles Alonzo Marshall, who has been connected, man and boy, with the well-known line of Black Ball sailing packets, plying between this Port and England, and which, in years long past, used to carry the mails, before the introduction of steam. Captain Marshall was born in the year 1830, in this city, and after leaving school commenced life as boy on one of the vessels of the line. His first command was on the Isaac Wright, which was subsequently burned in the Mersey, Opposite the city of Liverpool, on the 23d of Decem- ber, 1858, a8 she was about heaving her anchors to sail for this country, and the gallantry he displayed in saving his passengers on that occasion gained him golden opinions from the press on both sides: of the Atlantic. His next vessel was the Alexander Marshall, named after his father, which he com- manded for nine years, from 1860 to 1869, when she was handed over to Captain Gardner, her eed commander, and a new vessel, the Charles H. Marshall, named after his him, and it was wes entrusted to tl uncle, on boa hip that he died at sea on the 24th of July last, of reasion of the brain, after havin; been a great sufferer since the vessel left Liverpool afortnight previously. His wife died some eight years ago, and upon his arrival in this port on his last voyage, he was informed of the death of his mother, which rendered him almost heartbroken. The only child he leaves isa young boy. He was ne as a remarkably careful navigator, and prided himself, during the last years of his life, on making no claims on the underwriters. In appearance he was of remarkably handsome physique, and might fairly be considered an excellent type of an Ameri- can sailor, The funeral will take place at noon to- morrow, from his late residence, at 17 Monroe. street, brooklyn, and the following sea oven will comprise the pall bearers:—Captain John L. Taylor, formerly of the Celestial Empire; Captain Bairnson, toa Cat en the Edith; Captain Gardner, of the Alexander Marshall; Captain fared late of the Neptune, and the captains of the Hudson and Ontario. Flags were displayed yesterday in the neighborhood of the Fulton ferry, in Grinnell & Minturn‘s London and Liverpool ships; also on E. E Morgan's London line of ships. CHEAP SUGAR AND OHEAP SYRUPS. To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:— In your issue of the 7th inst. your editorial con- tained some very interesting sugar statistics of the United States, showing the enormous consumption of sugar in this country and the great need, by the diminishing production of cane, for the introduc- tion of beet sugar. Having waited for some time in the expectation of some comments upon this highly important sub- ject and none coming forward I would ask a little room in your most valuable paper to call the atten- tion of all business men to this great branch of in- dustry. After giving the statistics of the hundreds of thousands of tons of this sugar production in Europe you may well end your article with the question, “Who will be the public spirited pro- moter of this great enterprise 1” There is another undertaking in Europe closely connected with the beet sugar—to wit, the manu- facture of glucose (dona Syrup)—of which there is produced annually over fifteen millions of gal- lons. Both industries are identical, the one sup- plying the market in Europe with sugar and tle other with a syrup far superior in its usefulness to any of the cane sugar syrups. Within a few years some endeavors have been made here for the manulacture of beet sugar, as also for the production of glucosce; but the experi- ments have failed, gtd by the lack of the neces- sary capital to work it and partly by the uniucky choice of unskilful managers. It is certainly true what you say:—“That we have here every requisite of soil and climate neces- sary to the successful culture of beetroot,” and it is equally true that we are the greatest producers of corn (starch); but these principal advantages must be combined br the game important neces- sity of employing skiliul and practical managers. It {@ not enough to have the soil and the climate. One must know were to find them both combined, Itis not enough to cultivate beet. One must know which is the beet. And so with corn. One must know which kinds of corn contain most of the pure, white, sweet iy of All the theory of the best books giving a full description of the manufacture of this sugar and of the syrup are not worth the value of one practical hand employed therein, and I know of experiments having been le, solely on publisned directions, and, of course, having failed. With the necessary capital and with thoroughly practical managers both these great and important enterprises are sure to yield large revenues to the manufacturers. They do so in Europe and they Should do so here. Yours, Tepe Y ENRY 0. BECKER. New York, Angust 29, 1 DARING ROBBERY IN HOBOKEN, Yesterday afternoon, while Mr. Gilbert Hatfleld Was in his outhouse in Bloomfield street, near Sixth, a thief entered and coolly took away his gold watch and chain, which had been laid on one of the shelvee. A workman named Richard Stanton was charged with the commission of the theft. He was com- mitted in default of bail by Recorder Bohnsteat, The stolen articles were worth $160. FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL, A Quict and Dull Day in the Gold Room. The Price Steady, Av- eraging 113. PERSISTENT SCARCITY OF “CASH” GOLD, The Last of the August Govern- ment Gold Sales. Money Easier, with the Closing Trans- actions at 3 Per Cent. The London Settlements and the Bank Rate. AN ADVANCE IN ERIE RAILWAY SHARES. Foreign Exchange Heavy and Giov- ernments Steady. Spread of the Bullish Feeling on the Steck Exchange. AN ADVANCE ALONG THE WHOLE LINE. WALL STReer, } THURSDAY, August 29—6 P. M. On 'Change to-day wheat and flour were firm. The cotton market was steady. A number of fail- ures in the cotton trade in the vicinity of Liverpool are reported by the cable. MONEY FOUR PER CENT. The earlier quotation for money was 4a 5 per cent, but the dealings at 5 per cent were rather exceptional than otherwise. The principal busi- ness of the day was at 4 per cent, with, toward the close of banking hours, a pressure to lend at that rate and a considerable amount of business at 3 percent, The quotation after half-past two o’clock was fairly modified to3a4percent. Prime paper is noticeably easier in tone, but still quoted 734 a 9 percent. Foreign exchange ciosed heavy on the basis 108% for prime bankers’ sixty day sterling and 109% for sight bills. THE LONDON MARKET was reported as quiet and firm for British and American securities, the latter being a fraction lower, say an eighth per cent. The settlements in Erie were made without trouble, the stock closing at 41, equivalent to about 50\ in this market. The directors of the Bank of England did nothing at their weekly meeting with the discount rate, the minimum of which remains unaltered at 34 per cent. The bullion account showed a nominal gain, The new French loan has advanced to a premium of 414 per cent. GOLD 112% a 11334. The gold market was less active, and both sides of the speculation seemed disposed to rest and await developments. The price was 113 most of the time and fluctuated only an eighth per cent either side of that figure. There was no competition for the government gold, the small amount bid for oocasioning the decline to 1127. The bids were 11 in number, call- ing for a total of $1,735,000 at 112.25 a 113,09. The million was awarded at 112.85 a 113.09, The Sub- Treasury paid out $234,000 on account of interest on the public debt and $12,000 on account of redeemed five-twenties. The course of the market is shown in the following table :— In the gold loan market the rates ranged from flat to 3-64 for borrowing. The operations of the Gold Exchange Bank were as follow: Gold cleared Gold balances. Currency balance: GOVERNMENTS STEADY. The government list was dull and in the main steady, the variations in prices being of little mo- ment. The changes were mostly for the better, the currency sixes being exceptionally lower, ‘The fol- lowing were the closing price: United States cur- rency sixes, 112)¢a112%{; do. do. sixes, 1881, regis- tered, 11414 211434 ; do. do,, coupon, 11634 a 11634 ; do. five-twenties, registered, May and November, 11414 a 114}¢; do. do., 1862, coupon, do., 11434 @ 114%; do. do., 1864, do., do., 11414 011434; do. do., 1865, do. do., 114% a 115; do. do., 1867, registered, January and July, 113% a 118%; do, do., 1865, coupon, do., 1134 @113%% ; do. do., 1867, do., do., 113% a 11434 ; do., do., 1863, do., do., 113% @ 11434; do, ten-forties, registered, 108% @ 109; do. do., coupon, 112 a 11244 ; do. fives of 1881, registered, 11134 @ 112; do. do. do., coupon, 11134 a 112. THE RAILROAD BONDS, The following were the bids for the railroad bonds :— Now York Cen¢'s, re.. New York Cen 6's, sub. . 87 New YorkCen 7's,'76...; Erie 7's, 4th m, ’80. Long Dock bond: Hud Riv 7's, 2d m, Harlem 7's, Ist m Alb & Sus 2d bds. 100 Mich S07 p e2d m..... 9735 Mich So&NIsf,7 pc..102 ‘ol sink id... 101 + + «$48,429,000 2,073,870 21395,708 Tol & Wab 24 im eee BIG Gt West Ist m, 93 uincy & Tol Ist, 1800... 9% ¢ Chie, K 14 Paeitic Mor’ Essex Ist Cle & Pitts 4th m Clev & Te nM Chie & Alt ist m.. Cley, P & A new bds.... 97% Chie & Att inc Lake Shor b 97}_ Ohio & Miss Lake Shore, ¢ ¢ bds....100 Ohio & Miss 2d_m,con.. 87 Con Pac gold bds.......101%4 Dub & Sioux City Ixtm. 90 Union Pac Ist m Peninsula Ist mcon,... 95 Mil & St Paul Ist 8's. 105, Mil & St Paul 7's, gold... 96% Mil & St Paul, Towa div 8734 Mil & St Paut’2d im a Col, Chie & ind Col, Chie & Ind Tol, &aW.E Del, La ‘Tol & Wab Ist mex... 94% Tole W Istm, St Ldiv. 89 SOUTHERN sEcunITiRS QUIET. There was next to nothing doing in the Southern State bonds. The new South Carolinas were heavy and quotations showed a wide difference between buyers’ and sellers’ views. The general list was steady. The following were the closing prices:— Tennessee, ex coupon, 73% a@ 74; do., new, 73% a 74; Virginia, ex coupon, 47 a 50; do., regis- tered stock, old, 38 240; do. sixes, consolidated bonds, 51 @ 514; do. do., deferred scrip 16% a 16; Georgia sixes, 70 a 75; do. sevens, 87 a 80; North Carolina, ex coupon, 33)4 a 34; do., to North Carolina railroads, 47 a 48; do., funding, 1866, 26 & 28; do. do., 1868, 22 425; do., new, 21 a 22; do., special tax, 14.4 16; Missouri sixes, 9314 @ 93% ; do., Hannibal and St. Joseph, 91492; Louisiana sixes, 50 255; do., new, 48a 63; do., levee sixcs, 58 a 62; do, do., eights, 70 a 75; do, do., eights, 1875, 70 @ 80; Alabama fives, 65 a 60; do. eights, 82 @ 96; South Carolina sixes, 60 a 54; do., new, Janu- ary and July, 24% @ 2534; do. do., April and Octo- ber, 22 a 24; Arkansas sixes, funded, 49 a 56, STOCKS STRONG AND HIGHER. The stock market opened heavy in consequence of jarge sales of Pacific Mail, the pvol in which seemed disposed to take the profits of the re cent rise. It was not until these sales haa mode-- rated in amount that the rest of the market as serted a rising tendency, its improvement taking force as the day wore on and being helped at the close by the easler terms for money. New York Central was conspicuous in the upward tnrn, and ‘was rather a leader in the movement. Indced, in our later more CONSERVATIVE DAYS of speculation this stock is taken as, upon an aver- age, one of the truest indices of the course of NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, AUGUST 30, 1872—WITH SUPPLEMENT. prices, se much so that we might modify a Political aphorism and say that “as goes New York Central go goes the stock market.” Just now it carries a nearly earned semi-annual divi- dend which some enthusiastic parties prophesy will be five per cent. The real explanation of the advance lies, however, in the prevailing bullish sentiment of the street—not a very strong one, it is true, but enough to inspire hopes of @ small per- centage of profit before the “bear’’ market arrives, whenever that shall come. There ts, furthermore, a chance that THE COMMODORE will declare a stock dividend of ten per cent and sell it for fifty per cent cash, devoting the proceeds to the purchase the market buildings and grounds at the fo f Thirty-fourth street, North River, on which he has fixed his eyes as a most eligible site for a new aepot in place of the one at St. John’s Park. For the sake of our city and the restoration to its commerce of the great highway of the west side—Hudson street—it is to be hoped his plans of a transfer as contemplated may be con- summated. As for the hopes of a dividend of TEN PRR CENT on New York Central they should be entertained only after careful investigation of the capacities of the road, A new giant thoroughfare—the West Shore and Chicago—is now stretching along the ~other side of the river to the Mohawk Valley, Syra- case and Buffalo, which wil! be constructed and equipped for less than fifty per cent of the present capital and bonded dept of New York Central. The New York and Oswego Midland will be running next Winter, making another competitor for the trade now so largely controlled by the Central. ‘No doubt the old road will retain its GREAT LOCAL TRAFFIO, just as the Third Avenue Railroad was not injured by the construction of the Sixth or Ninth Avenue Railroad, But the time for further watering of rail- road stocks is gone by, at least until there is some upheaval of the finances or some disturbance of the currency which shall depreciate the currency and cause an inflation such as that which caused the great railroad stock watering of the past six or seven years. It is possible, with the expansion of our industrial and agricultural interests from year vo year, to maintain the present inflation and 80 solidify its results that, in the instance under dis- cussion, New York Central may continue to earn A FAIR DIVIDEND on its present capital, which is twice what it was four years ago. The growth of its local traffic will incite rivalry and competition, so that there will always be a drawback to the chances of excessive dividends. Capital seeks its level like water. The New York Central is not a monopoly. Did it earn enough to tempt such an enterprise A PARALLEL ROAD could be laid by its'side, and would be. The widest fuctuatioa of the day was in Erie, which opened at 60, declined to 4994 and advanced to 60%. The im- provement in the general list ranged from a quar- ter to three-quarters per cent. HIGHEST AND LOWEST PRICES. ‘The following table shows the highest and lowest prices of the principal stocks during the day:— inton 36%6 C., C, and I. ©. 35 Western, Union Telegraph..... Re The-petition for a closing of the Stock Exchange at four o'clock P. M. throughout the year has re-' ceived 80 far the signatures of 722 out of the 950 members in good standing. The success of the movement seems secured, SALES AT THE NEW YORK STOOK EXCHANGE, Thursday, August 29—10:15 A. M. 4000 US 6's, °81, {$2000 US 5:20, ¢, B8..... 1 Shy US 5, ites res segsssaesssegys Segeuescecee & 3000 C, 9 1000 Thion Pac ist m. wy 8000 Un Pac 10's, ine.. 86% 100 do....... on 4000 d0....0e ces BT QONYC AHR RE, go 3000 Cen Pac gold b... 101% 300 do be 9 2000 Alt & T Haut 200 bs 99 000 Chi & NW 83 99 4000 M & St P 7° 83 93% 10000 B, H & EL ‘ 100 99. 1shs'Fourth Nat Bik 11D 100 “aid 18 Imp & Trad’s Bank. 170 100 1 be 7) 500 West Un Te! ye 100 700 800 65 LS4M 5 Sees: Seseesases az SESeESESERE sats 36 bis % FE 15, i y my 300d Hie iw 4 nig WW dona 200, 0,0 & THR. w 100 Mild St P RR, 4 io de for 0 100 do. 30 D, Lac im? 400 Erie RR... 100" “do, 1 wm do. 300 Mor & Fs’ Rit, 200 Ohio &MRR.be.b3 44 40 do... “ OO “4 “4 4) 4 44 “ ore 8. By 19115 and @15 P. M. ‘4 US 5-20, c, °66. 14% Stow Us an cbs tie 8000 US 6's, cur. 12% 200 shs West Un Tei 100 Quick Min © 10” do. 4 do. % 20) Pac M 88 Co. a 10 do. 4 10 74 rch 5 5 9 Be i bts 4 uy $1000 T ae ‘enn 334 200 "2000 Mii i iss 200 8000 4 Ne 21° 100 1000 NJ Cen'lst in,new 10814 1300 1000-Un Pac wt m..... 888g 10N 20 she Ninth Nat Bank 110. 900 300 Quick M Co: 434 22M PJ lo. “a I6L 4334 200 a 8 BS 200 200 Um Pac RR. too 500 . #00 9 8, 1500 200 Ey 0 ibe e° a ‘500 is am do. i 100 o. : 10 500 do. 15 500 100‘ do. 1} 600 100 do. 200 200 Mi) & Si, 55 100 i do. 6x 1600 10 do. 6M 2000 100 cit i aD Pa 800 100 ts 1 100 2) Erle 20 30 2200 200 is00 500 rm) 100 10) shs West Un Tel. 100 vessels for grain a1 Kagements were-—To, Liverp wheat at 934d., 500 bbls. ros sail, 780 bbl clude—A Norwegian bark to Cork for orders, 2,300 qual ters grain, 7s. 4 and 34. off if diréct; a British bark, 2,800 quarters W direct; @ British bark, La quarters grain, same voyage, olf; a at 7s. oF if direct 14d. German brig: 1,00) quarters grain, same voyage, 7. 64., $d, off; an Italian bark, 3,000 quarters grain, same voya a Norwegian b Be, 78. 44d. Ween vi ence to a direct port, Germ: re orders to the United Kingdom, 1,800 buls, refined tinued about steady under mode heard of sales of 100 bbls. at Sie. 0 do., sellers next. week, bbis. Washington bro but firm. No sales were rep 23¢. for spot or remainder of wendy. at Ilgc. & 1440., but nominal at those Las at ge. a 200. N further sales re] city quoted showed more a on the UppeE wid $5 35 on the lower road, and $3 56 at Oil City. 1e dt et, bi da or sh iT ackages; Parken for mess Fea‘ bla. 1 eystaned in tetire cdeieme ata a continued in active demand, for tuture delivery, and the market wi: fs ¥ 1,000 box: 0 boxes lot for last hait of Septe: September, October and November, and 2,000 boxes and January wt see sales ‘were? chiony were regating about Tor mens, $10.8 $12 for exten mess, $1z.0 $14 for tlerces, and $17.0 W tor India 0. ig do. SEES SESede, rs CLOSING PRIOES—4 O'CLOOK P. M. Western Union. Northwestern, . 7514 Rock Istund,...111% a 4 56) 63 COMMERCIAL REPORT, ine ota ‘Tuvrspay, August 29-6 P. M. Corrnr.—There has been considerably more activity to- day in Rio, but the sales have chiefly been made at Balti- more. We note sales hore of 3,619 bags Santos, ex Yan- kee, on private terms, and, in Baltimore, 2,000 bags Rio, ex Aquidineck: 4,500 bags do., ex Dewentor; 1,500 bags do. ex Gray Eagle, and 2000 bags, ex Winneford, all on L444 rhe terms. We quote:—Rio, ordinary cargoes @ 153¢c.; fair do., lic. a 164c.; good do., ic. & prime, 173{c. a 18e., gold, per ib., sixty to ninety Java, government Uage, Ive. a, 1dsge.; do. Cite? mats, 193¢e. ac, ; Stngapore, lhc. a 16c.; Ceylon, (6c. a 180. ; Maracaibo, .; Laguayra, 17c. a 1830. } Jamaica, IKe. c 4 {St Dom: nfo, Hac. Cotton’ on the spot continued in fair demand, the mar- ket remaining firm. Future delivery was also in mode- rate demand and at an advance of 3-léc.a c. per Ib. ‘The sales have been as follows :— ‘To- Day. Totat. Export.... 55. Consumptio: 1,203 Speculation, 5h In transit... 100 ‘Total. seeee + 116 293, 1,409 For future delivery (basis low middlings) tne sales have as follows:—Sales last evening after § 3 “A at 200.) September, 20 at 1 at 1.260. 109 at 1936. boo ag 19 11-16c., 900 at 190.4 Ootober, 900 at 1830, 900 at 18 13.160, Gea at W405 November, 300 + 200 at I Ibd-i6e.% Becomber, 1,300 a¢ ice.“ Exchanged to ex. 30) Novembor for 300. september: Total, Salos to-day up to 3 P.M. —September,100 ut 19 c., 200 at 19 16-166. at ic, 400 at ‘At, 18 16'16c., 700 at’ 19¢., 300 at 19 1-100, 900 at t 19 13-16e, a c 1616. 100 at ‘te., 500 at 15-160. ber, 10) at'l8 15-160., 1,000 at 19c., 800 at 18. 16-1 9 1 19¥e., 100 at 19 1-16c., 600 at 193¢0.; November, 200 at 18 11-16c!, 800 at 18%40., 100 at 18 11-16e., 40) at 18%c", 100 at 18%¢.; December, 100 Laige,, HO0'at 18960. 1 ‘at 18 9-160, at IBC» ‘900 at “Idie.; January, 1,800 at 0. .' 6.5 200 at 18 1-160, PCy at 18%o., regular; 100 at 18Kc., regular: 100’ at ‘léc., 0. F. fanuary and February 100 OF Ae, 0.5 Febrilary, 300 at 1830; ‘sel 18 9-10c., 300, “seller's option, ira in 1, 15,500 bales. Bun ies, et} ay te at ‘a8 follows :—Galveston, if Mobile, lestor 240. ‘This day last year, ‘Total, B84, ‘week, ra" to foreign ports closed as follows: To Liverpool, by steam. 44. ; by sal, 3-16d, javre, by steam, Xc., gold; |, %¢. To Hamburg, by “ es ‘comprensed sail.” To Bremen, by steam, f compressed; sail, $c. ‘To Baltic ports, by sall, Fc: se gold. To Mediterranean ports, by steam, %c. s Uvlands, Alabama, New Orleans. Texas Ordinary «:.....050++ I 16; Vd 7 Good a 19 19% i Low . 2 2 Middlin, i Fi 22 2 Good mi 23 237 24 mig qiihe, quotation age based on cotfon running in quality ot charg than half a grade above or below the grade Fioun anp Gnatx.—Receipts—Plour, 7,650 bbls. ; wheat, 59,18) bushels ; corn, 413,915 do. ; corn meal, 330 bbls. ; oats, 101,001 bushels. ‘Thé flour market was strong, and ‘some brands sold Sc. @ 10c. better, though the improvement ‘was confined mainly to Winter wheat flour. The sales comprising all kinds put up, about 15,600 bbls., and include 1,60 bbls. of Southern and 560 bbis of supertine rye. Corn meal continued in falr demand and firm. Sales were re- Ported of 700 bbls. of Western yellow at $3.85 0 $3.60. We 01 te — jo. 2 State.. 50 Superfine Stat 4 a % 3 Extra State 6Wa 700 Ghoics Stas. at ioe 1% juperfine Western. a 625 Extra Western 6Wa 72 70a 975 TWa 725 7%Ba 825 875 a 1000 72%a 775 77a 875 8a 925 925 a 1100 85a 900 3500 500 3808 475 4 730 925 a Southern family. 925 a 12 50 Corn meal, Weste! PRs 365 Bree BE Ses —Wheat was in fair scarce, brought yery full prices, the mi 58 i y full prices, the x 4 $1 60 for 2 Sprin, a 6 _new Winter ro $1000 $170 for The sales were about 60,00 bus! gis, at $1.08 for on the spot and near by; $1 80 a $1 63 for inferior new red Winter, $164 @ $1 58 for food to prime do., $1 6 a $1 70 for amber, the latter rate for choice Tennessee. Corn was and lower under heavy receipts, the market closing at @c. a 620. The snles foot up 186,000 bushels, at 62c. a 63c. for prime sail, 62e, for steamer, Ofc. for ostern vellow and 68. a 7Uc. for do, white. Southern remained nominal. Onis were steady and moderately actly 85,000" bushels, at 4c. ood to choic he sales aggregate about . for Western atioat, 4c. a 48. for ¢ White afloat, 35c. a 40c. for black to mixed nd 4c. tor new white Ohio. Rye—Sales ietly new Western, at Barley was in- ominal in the abse: of transactions. Freiguts.—The market for berth treights was firm. The chartering business was fair, varticul rates, were about age 1m, 15,4 if rat larly for ‘The en- bushels rin ni . rosin on private terms. The charters if to the west coast of Ireland, 7s. 5 ‘i, rain, to Cork for orders, 78 7}4d., or 3d. off bark, in Baltic, 3,400 bbls. d petroleum, 7s.;8 Spanish brig, hence to re, tor J0., On Nothing of importance has transpired, the ining dull for all descriptions. We quote :— Ola Crop. New Cro; Cuba—Centrifugal and mixed.t0c. a 2c. ie. u 966. Clayed. 2c, a Be, ‘Ze. a Sic. Muscovado, refining He. 8 ac, vade, - Be. a d6e, = we are. - - ‘We. a 36c. - We. a BBC. 8. — a Naval Stores.—The market for spirits tarpenti on. lerately fairdemand, We ‘8 5Li6C., 79 UIs, at Ble, nd 100 bbis., toarrive, at We. Rosin continued in good mand and firm. The sales reported to-da; strained, at $4 25; 1,000 bbis. di Is. du., wt $4 15; 600 bbls, do. ; 15,0010 700 bbis. of pale and Tar continued quiet; 20 ale, at $5 25 Pranoueom.—The month. Crude, in bulk, was in sence of transactions. Cases were qalet, bu faphthe continued in fair acmand wit at Sie a Wie, ‘Atihe. Greek then ket life and was firmer: quoted. wt $4.90 4'83:45 Philadelphia. market renatt was firmer, Retined quoted ‘at aivte alance of month. HOV ISI Pork, 65 bbis.; cut meats, 115 ol and tierces and 96 kegs. " The pork exhibited no material change in Sorta Si Bott sent Satay at $id; nomina The Jobbing trade was unimportant. Bacob rd, very firm. Sales, late yesterday, ort Cl tor Vebresry, at Bye. ‘and to-day, clear for November ni s¥c.; 10) boxes do. moder At Aye.; 60 boxes do. for on private terms, art long and short clear tor December Dreased hogs were firmer. | Tho males ware chiefly at OMe. lor heavy and medium, continued quiet and unchange mi te bbls, at irom $8 jowed no dec tierce’ at 93¢c. cash, 25) tierce tlerces for remainder’ of year at steady at 9o., with sales of 200 tierces. the activity noticed yesterday the market quiet, but prices were unchanged. The wore only about 400 hhda., and include refining Cubs at 8isc. a 8%c., and Porto Rico at 9¢..a lige. Kefined continued tn Food demand and again a trifle, better, quoted at I 5:l6c. a 1%sc, for A, and 12%e. a l2igc. tor hards. Messrs. ©. Amann & Co. report the stock, sale# And receipts as follows:— Hhds, Boxes, Bags, Melade, Btock (ascertained by actual goant, including specule tion), August 1, 1 esteeees Receipt sce the Ist of Aw: gust... . Ie 115,676 Barz ore 84,192 32,572 110,764 45,591 BATS 103,596 74,540 55,044 34 ms 130,255 3,016 339,835, 119,348 505,447 9,066 os J 119,852 136,027 173.8%3 1. ‘W quote subi —Ketining, inferior to common, mon ‘ir to good tuir 535i 4c-} KOOd to prime, rocery, tuir to go i, prime x abe a i choice, q » ; ceniriful w Ie. § molawee Shin acd bee “7 cc. & 640, Hu finds. “ad His. baa Irie; do, Iie. ; do. white, common to 5 frgcery, fale to choice, 9c. a i Nos. 8 to Java—Dutch standard, BO. § nda 17 Wow i tols bo. a be Manitees Bi ti mperior, 7%Kc. a 8ig0. Seer ae astinr einasd and firs; Sales 80 deroes of Carolina at 8c. a 9c., 125 bags Patna at 7c. a 8c., amd 400 bags Rangoon at 7c. a7'gc. SrEARiNE ONO naled “wore Feported, and tho market ro- mained st ly, although nominal, at previous figurea. TALLOW was only in limited demand, but prices were anged. Sales 60,000 Ibs. at 9c. for fair outside and 3¢c. for city. pts, $20 bbls, The market was active 400 bbls, at 980. a Wsc., chieily at the ct § and firmer. Sales Inside price. DOMESTIO MARKETS, Gauveston, Au Cotton nominal; good ordinary, 7c. a coipts, 315 bales. Stock, 4,501. New Ontxays, August 29, 1878, Cotton firm; in fair demand; middlings, 203c. a 20%ge. Net recoipts, "Iu. bales. Gross, 149. Exports coastwise, 72). Sales, 133, Stock, 6,375. fonts, August 29, 1872, M Cotton du'l and nominal; middlings, 0c. Net recelj 86 Dales ; gross, 49, Stock, 000, die \VANNAH, August Sa * Cotton better; in good demand; middlings, recetpts, 53 bales, Sales, 115. Stock, 671. Oswnao, N.Y, August 29 187%, Flour steady and unchanged; sales of 1,90) bbls. at $3 for No. epene: $9 2 for amber Winter, $9 75 for white Wim- ter, $10 25 for double extra. Wheat scarce and firm; No. 1 Mitwaukee club, $1 55 bid, but refused. Corn dull; salea 1,200 bushels, in Car lots, at 63¢. Oats quiet at dic. 'Corm theal quoted at $1 60 for bolted, $1.20 lor unholied, per wt, Mill feed steady: sales of ‘shorts at $18, shipstufls at $2. and pildclings e $22 per ton, Highwines sold le. Sanal freights—Wheat, 8c. : corn, and rye at 7c. te New York; lumber, $4 to the Hudson, to New Railroad freights—Hlour, to Boston, 54 43c.; to_Albany, 38. Receipts by Mk 13,000 bushels corn, 2,733,000 tect lumber. Shipments by canal—1,l0® bushels wheat, 1,500 bushels corn, 1,985,000 feet lumber. Burrato, August 29, 1872. Lake imports—Flour, 6,260 bbls. ; wi 261 Bushels corn, 117,805, do, ; oats, '121,900 do. 808 do. shipmonts—W hent, 2,800 bushels; corn, 221,971 do. shipments from _elevators—Wheat, 11,18) bushels; corm, 6,818 do. ; oats, 57,920 do, ; barley, 800 do. Canal freights— Wheat, 1c. oor, 10}¢¢.; outa, Ye. Flour quiet; Western spr 4.87 8: bakers’, $8.8 $8 00; ambor, $8 80 ‘white, $9.9 $950. Wheat dull and sales on strictly Corn firm; sales $0,000 bushels at 610. . for No. 2 Western. Balance unchanged. Ontcaco, August 29, 1372, Flour unchanged, Wheat active and firm but ir bid cash; sige at 29, 1873. ie. ‘Net rer it 29, ita Nes 16% seller Soptember; No. 1 Spring, $1 20'a $1 21; No. 3 Spsing. $1 08; rejected, We. Corn ti fur demand at lower rates, No. 2 mixcd, Sto, 5 regular, 3846, trond, cash | 88240. seller Se tember s rejected steady at Sic. Ne. Ligh mixed, 40c.; No. 2 high mixed, 39%c. \ Oats easier, No, Bat diigo; rejégied, Wigc, Rye {n a inl demand and rin, No, 2 at in fair demai ‘m, Ne. alt and declining at $14 75. Lard, 6Aige. 8 Gbc. steady Mister for Winter; 8c. for Summer. Bulk meats casier and lower, shoulders, 63gc.; short rib middling, 9c. Bacon very dull. Whiskey steady at 90c. Freights te Buffalo—Ho. on corn, 1c, on wheat. Per sail to Oswego— Ie. on corn, 18e. on wire ceipts—2,000 bbls, flour, 07,000 bushels wheat, 274,000 do. corn, 67,000 do. oats, lo: fy, 20,00 do. Narldy. Shipments 200 bbls. aug 187,00) bushola wheat, 130,000 do. corn, 36,000 do. oats, 1,208 rime mess mess di ins were ‘0 for dail and ent nominal. Cut meats were tn limiter de~ wit saleg mand, reported of 2) city pickled shoulders at do. rye, 6,000 do. barley. EUROPEAN MARKETS, Lowpow Mowry Manker.—Lonvon, August 20—5 P, Consols and American securities closed unchanged. Con- ols onened at, $234 for both mongy and the acegunt. United States five-twenty bonds, 1805's, old, 93} ; ten-forties, ; Erie Rallway shares, Ne At the hour of two in the atternoon Erie Rafiway shares were quoted a Panis Bounse.—Pauis, August 29.—Rentes, 56f. 600. Livenroot Corron MAnket.—LivenrooL, ‘August 29-6 P. M.—The cotton market closed qnict and atendy. Mid. diing uplands, 10d.: middiing Orleans. 104d. The sales of the day have been 12,00 bales, including $,000 for specu- ation and ex LiyeRrPoo, August 20-5 P. M.~The market for breadstafts is quict, thougm corn has declined and wheat advanced. Wheat, 12s. 4d. per cental for California white, 11s. 9d. a 12s. for red West- ern Spring, and 12s, 4d. a 12s. 64. for red Winter. Corn, 7a. 94. per quarter, Peas, 37s, per quarter for Canadian. READSTUFYS Minget.—LivERPOO! Live 1. PROVIBIONS RKET.—LIVERPOOL, August 292 P. M.—Lard, 4ls. per owt. Lonnon Propuct Margyr,—Lonoon, August 29.—Tallow, 45a, 0 45s. 34. per cwt. Perrovxum MArker.>-Antwerr, August 20.—Petroleum, Hd etna nl ANCE A “BANKING HOUSE ans of JAY COOKE & 00., ~ 29 Wall street, Now York, We continue to sell at par, adding accrued interest, the First Mortgage Gold Bonds of the Northern Pacific Rail road Company. On the completion of this season's contracts 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 socuring the large tramMe of the Nerthwest. This amount of road also en- titles the Company to Ten Million Four Hundred Thou sand Acres of Land, located in Central Minnesota, Easterm Dakota, and in the Columbia Valley on the Pacific Coast. The bonds are secured by a first mortgage on the Road, {ts traffic and franchise, and on the entire land grant re- ceived from the government. The rate of interest te seven and three-tenths, gold, equivalent to about eight and a quarter per cent in currency. Believing the security tobe ample, and the rate of interest satisfactory, we recommend these bonds as a desirable invostmont. Holders of United States five-twenties and high-priced corporate securities may materially increase both their principal and their interest income by exchanging for Northern Pacifics. JAY COOKE & CO., __New York, Philadelphia and Washington. MONEY TO LOAN ON BOND AND MORTGAGE in New York, Brooklyn and New Jersey. Principals apply to SAMUEL 8, WOOD, Jr., 196 Broadway, only room CUNY, BAIGROAD STOCKS AND BONDS IN ALL the first class companies; also a large variety of In- surance Stocks and other Securities, including City, County and Railroad Bonds, paying irom 10 to 20 per cent, at low rates, for Investments, for sale by. BERT H. NICOLDY & CO., Bankers, Stock Brokers and Auctioncets, 43 Pine street, New York. OR SALE.—$80,000 OF STOCK IN A MANUPAG. uring ‘company. in vicinity of New York; being well established ; the products are stapte ; the value is in real estate and improvements; the owner being ab- sent desires to. sell for. part cash and part real catat Will bear the closest Investigation. Inquire of or add DELISSER & WILCOX, 188 Montague street, Brookiyus ORRISANIA.—WANTED, MORRISANIA FIRST __ mortgages by H. P. DEGRAA : 17. LOUIS GOLD BONDS. We offer for sale St, Louls Six Per Cent Water Loan Bonds, Principal and interest payable in gold jew York: We strongly recommend these bonds to our trl the public as one of the safest and best louus now attesting to investor: DREXEL, MORGAN & CO; 3 Exe WANTED, FOR FIVE = 825.000 Deira bane $750.000 TO LOAN ON IMPROVED PROP- erty in New York, Brooklyn, New Jer- sey and Westchester county. Principals only’ need ap- ply, with papers. E. M. MASON, No. 1 Chambers street ee ANOTHER WIFE BEATER. Patrick Madden and Helen Madden are a married couple, aged respectively forty-five and sixty years. They have lived for some time past at 70@ East Thirteenth street. Their life lately has beem one succession of hard and bitter quarrels. At last Patrick deserted Helen altogether, and he was brought before Judge Shaudicy, at Essex Market, last week, charged with abandoning his lawful spousé, and released only by ing bonds to the aloresiid Helen $6 weekly ie support. aid the first week and went to his wife’s house om Ratarday night last and demanded his supper. ‘This Helen refused to give Patrick, saying that the money he gave her was only intend tor her sup- rt, and he shouldn’t have a cent’s worth from er. Patrick thereupon became exceedingly wroth and threw her down the stairs. Helen, in the fall, broke her collar bone and sustained other serious injuries, She was removed to Bellevue Hospital, where she is now lying in a dangerous condition, A warrant for Patrick Madden was placed in the hands of officer Anderson, of the Essex Market sq He was captured yesterday in East Four- teenth street, near yy gt foundry, and brought before Judge Scott. He tried to plead his wile’s misconduct in defence, but was held to await the result of her injuries.