The New York Herald Newspaper, September 16, 1872, Page 8

8 NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, SEPTEMBGR 16, 1872—TRIPLE SHEET. ‘ ———— a NS, . : y ‘erroneous. rices; tions red of | 363c. for exh, cash; Me. for September, ‘for Octo- Parometer tune at Usij1_ or thereabouts, of OY FINANCIAL AND COMMEROV sf, | rice’ eg eee) BRE memento Sack’ | EY, Ota we Hopes acces | LIRUT, DAWSON AND DR. LIVINGSTONE, | emacs Ursin a aes | Al afte GOVERNMENT BONDS fered figures Whe sae npn ehkane Oddy foot | Sle. ovinteneneae’ abt vachattea my a } stan! ferretiee, tds: at market, 404 quotatters at the close were, best a eS a | son, $5,000 do. onte, 4.000 do, rye. $7,000 do. barley. | &hip- Intentions of the British ferving, Mom, Hla obve were ran ‘ of the ‘Week. Wath the conclusion of whe arbita- Savas | ae ete a ane ae s y bepengntom ano ee exer and The Fall Trade, the Iraports and ol corrections, nish an index error to tt hia Correct ton Pp” oceedings at Geneva we are Mkely also to rf the ncan of yours 4 Alone observed at each place and his a, far Geographical Society. +, 201 853. ijk Tuo fonies to arrive. For tie a Ct have a steadier if not firmer market in London. dbasis low middling) the sales lave been as HAVANA _MARKET. the Charges «. svertrading. TWY.re was-a more active trade in ite Yop at 108 160. 200 ioe sep Havana, Sept. 19, 1872, via Rew Weer. eof ork on deteriining the, absolute RAILROAD BONDS, 200 at ib S16e.; Novenibei pees ects Batch ‘standard, 10% 4 1 veils | Lientenant Dawson's Instructions—What He ofa few cardinal stations—all the other work ; mt montiy aS e concession in pies, Mie roanom ‘of fieaary 100" Was Directed to Do—How Dr. Livingstone’s | ,,,iimilthe later, Gct volumes of citiuent rivers. Pick ial MONEY. which is ‘net readily given. The business ran Murch, V.2u8 at 2044 eon Beene jewtone’s Work. (by (atx sing back THE PERSIN ENT EASE IN * | chiedy upen the Union Pacifics, Central Pacifics, | fQaKe'ty ees Ch + Geographical Information Was To Be 0b- ments now with him, 5 7 e f Fort Wayaes, C.,C. and I. G, St. Pauls, Boston, | 90 at i0%ec., 20 at 19 B.llc., tained for the ‘Easy Chair Geogra- Let the subscribers to the Livingstone Search | Hartford and Eries, Lake Smores and Morris and pe ant To9g, 1os.a 19 5-160. October. fee sz t phers” ia Biaeon to Sax, Fund contrast what was expected {rom Lieutenant. “ on apt Brae fe ST Fg her as En pg Ot sited Bankers and Finangial Agents of the Chesapeake and Stanley's to Zan- pawgon. with, the practical, wiso:1 displayed by. Disexcpancy Between the Rates cn (all | essex, Im tue stave bonds the chief features were vember, 00 at SS Btn a0 ate lee iO —_— sibar Blooksthe Game—Lieu- Mr, Stanley when he requested ‘ie old traveller to” Pepancy the twe classes of mew South Carolinas, which were ate 13h ce ‘At Isige; November aid Deceni Ohio Rallroad Company. tenant Da bth cod fi or iran : a ee and Mercantile Discounts. strong and active, but fell off ater in the week. ie, Tera dashes tb ac ivyer doo mt 1B IS ide.” Naw Yous, Sept. 9, 1672 me a Recigne “We donot want one of your discoveries, Doctor, oF ‘The proposed novel closing out of the six por +» WW at 19 15-16c,; January, 100 at 193-16c., old torm 3 4s Ge Maslland cok Gace at a Command. a le geographical fact. I will not ask you for @. r cent gold loan of the Chesapeake and Ohio Rail- coniract; February, 200 at 19%c., 10 a8 eae ee By direetion 1 President ai sing! le Of information which nient forestatls P ‘ : ‘busi Pro- og gh. eerotal 10,000 bales and tori, | Chesapeaie and Ohio Railroad Company we offer, tor terest of your book; but if yon would not mind. road will be. fagarg ot Leseuabea Suroegh bef re 8. Ne etd at a pork ‘sun Raran? {From the London Daily News, tember 2. sending Mr. Bennett a gossiping ietter upon seme~ THE STOCK MARKET AND THE SITUATION, | posais for tne bonds witt be received up to night- uf as Joulown:—dlvesion, tia; New Urieais, ti; His: | proposals all the remaining balance of thelr Pirst Mort oat gveuine the “Livingstone Search and Heli | of the strange things ‘aid bowl: you must have- Tuesday at the V1 + Savannah, iCharle: 1,077 5 3 amo mmittee he Ro} ra) ciety” wi u 1 WO pleased, fe. pram othe th enon yenthioreymg fon bs Nevpoi git aey Vork, iy aL Ait hls | gage Six Per Cent Gold Honda, now amonating to | Commies of te Rt Bat judaanent upon the con- | Staniey—and the world. knows with what result mianaghieesee splat papas seas cation ta" drcien ports cloned steady lihough nandesi, | $2%28700. Troposats must be accompanied by a deposit | duct otinecxpeiliten ender deutenant Dawson, | _ It was when he had discovered br, Livingstongye- Ki , nail, Sd. esac ol! uary an a ilion of the Therein Spec- | Te toiowing were the: closing quotations tor | 0 itarre, by steam, ts nol sallyace To Mamburg, ty | of ive per cent, an’ will be Feeeived up to and includ: | Srrived at Zaueibar OW the Theat Aer ee | let aaa eayrardl te Itoy.1 Gsographical So- The Posilion o} e Therein sp! f 2a, | gtcam, 24d., compressed; sail, ige,, "Yo Bremen, by stedin, Monday, the 16th inst, the directore reserving the | Months after Dr. Livingstone had heen found and | expedition for the traveller's discovery and succor a . = government bonds:—Uasted States currency sixcs, fC. ike compressed ; sail, $0. To Baltic ports, by ail, ing Monday, t, the Telleved by Mr. Stanley. : ‘The funds for this expedi- | he was expetted to act as go-betweon between the ulative Combinations. 112% 8 112%; do. do., 1881, registered, 113% & 11324; | Ze-'a le. gold. To Mediterranean ports by steani/at. WE | 114 «0 sejeet any propomnis which it may not be for the Hon, ,a@mounting to some thousands, were S05 eterno GE secure G19: coveted notes, $ NY ‘ 5 sever. a ublic, raphical ie nant re re "+ do. do. do., poeple: a 116% 5 omg eee Upland. Adsbama. New Yrieans. Teens, | sa torents of the company to accept. ‘The five per cent de. Ke ding ae re Aa ot le Sota r ap ea nei ty, arrival at Zanzibar Wom tha, intrioe” gonley's registered, May an Hevember, 113% a 114; do. do., * wt 1 dys | posit witl be applied toward the payment, incase of ac- | £500. Livingstone’s present researches originated | that gentleman prudently reticent, but im the 1862, coupon, do., 118% &@ 114: do. do., 1864, do. do., 2033 my 1a rte in a pro) made to him in 1865 by his old and | ¢Mjoyment of Dr. Livingstone’s (uli confidence, as- THE ERIE “OORNER” MAINTAINED. | 113% 0 114; ao. do., 1805, ao. do., 114% 9.114343 do | Muidling at 2 Ba 24° | cepted bids, and returned to those whose proposals are | attached friend Sir Roderick Murchison, | Was proved by the letters, despatches and journals. ‘ a, Zant 1 July, 112% a 113; | —The quotations arc based on cotton in store, running ta that he should “explore. the watershed of | the traveller had entrusted to hiu. Dr. Kirk andi G0. Loar, regiabered: SAnnAry aml SElY) (A296 8 1D eae thas Cll a erate Moore ok inlow ike |, Bot accopted. Inner Southern Africa.” The. Government was | the Geographical Society were ignored by the 0. do., 1865, coupon, do., 112% a 112% ; do. do., 1367, | grado quoted. ‘The President of the Company, Mr. C. P. Huntington, is | ®8Ked to assist, and contributed a sum of £500, to | traveller, Livingstone was found and rel Alleged Treachery in the Gold Pool and a Lively Market in Prospect. SATURDAY'S BANK STATEMENT. Wau, ornare, } Bunpay, Bept. 15, 1872, The Fall trade is in satisfactory pregress, and cur metropolis maintains her great commercial suprem- acy, hotwithstanding all the many drawbacks of her defective canal, railroad and wharfage systems, ‘0 which attention has been so often drawn in our jews and editoria! columns. The receipts and dis- ‘ribution of merchandise going on at the present ‘season are in excess of last year to an extent just about commensurate with the expansion of the eountry socially—a fact which is used as a strong argument against the warnings of OVERTRADING. Considering that the entries of foreign goods at his port for the expired portion of 1872 are about forty millions in excess of the same period of the year 1871, and that the acverse balance of trade (taking only the imports and exports of New York) @ about fifty millions, either the price of gold and ‘the quotations for foreign exchange are ruling very dow or the importations are lighter than they seem. But as gold is really at the present time supported to a greater or less degree by a speculative combi- gation, it is in reality not low, but high, and wouid, ‘Withoat the effort referred to, drift toa figure more sompatible with the rates for foreign exchange. As Mt is hardly probable that we have succeeded in SHIPPING BONDS enough to Europe to make up the deficit, the con_ elusion must follow that the importations of foreign goods have been an indirect introduction of foreign capital. We remember how A. T, Stew- art sent a shipload of butter to Liverpool in the ‘war time in lieu of bills of exchange, the transac- tion netting him a handsome pro‘t. Month by month and year by year there is a growing ewi- gation to this country of well-to-do Europeans, who, in transferring their means to America, resort frequently to the plan of bringing over goods in place of money. A man with a couple of thousand pounds leaving England invests it in merchandise, Sor which there is a ready and PROFITABLE MARKET Mere, and ships the consignment to a commission ‘house in New York, takes the next steamer and srrives here about in time to get his money plus a small percentage of profit. It is evident that for such goods we shall never have to remit payment to Europe; and itis furthermore evident that for every dollar of money which these emigrants bring directly another dollar is checked off in our foreign indebtedness. As long as our country holds out the present invicing prospects to emigrants we hail always have this kind of assets to meet our Wadilities. While, should our statesmen be wise uough to give us good laws and our people prove ECONOMICAL AND INDUSTRIOUS, ‘we shall at no very distant day find the key to com- mercial supremacy—viz., the cheap manufacture efexcellent goods, In that time we shall be able, xe the French nation, to subscribe enough in a @ay to wipe out at a stroke our entire national @ebt, as was proposed a few years ago. ‘The week in Wall street has not been marked by ‘guy important change in the monetary situation, ‘and the same may be said of matters in England ‘and on the Continent, if we may judge by the un- altered discount rate of the Bank of England and ‘the steadiness of quotations in London. Here the DRIFT OF THE MONEY MARKET, taking Saturday, as compared with Monday, showed a decided relaxation, the quotation failing from 5 a6 per cent to 3 a 4 per cent—a variation all the more remarkable when we consider that at ‘this season the tendency has been the other way, ‘the contrast being furthermore heightened by the condition of the banks and their low line of re- serve. The causes of this state of affairs have ‘been already fully discussed by the HERALD. The great distribution of banking facilities in the West, ‘and Southwest, under the law of July, 1870 accounts for itin great part. At the same time it ‘would be folly to think that, because money loaned at 6 per cent on Monday and at 3 percent on Satur- day, the Fall will go by without MORE OR LESS ACTIRITY, 4f not an occasional spasm of stringency. The machinery of the distrivation of currency and ‘banks under this law is too new to work without some hitches, The point is made, however, that ‘Whe great Bay of Fundy rise and fall in the tide of money at this centre annually will in a few years at the farthest cease to be more than an ordinary and very heaithy movement. Mercantile paper reflects the general distrust of a continuance of easy money the rest of the year, and prime names sre quoted 8 a 10 per cent discount. Forcign ex- Change closed on the basis of 103 a 109 for prime sterling, the one per cent dimerence being due toa Yemporary active demand for sight bills. STOCKS have been in the main strong, with a grad- ual advance in prices, The so-called Vander- bilt operators are on the “bull” side still, and the protracted case of the money market has brought a good many of the outsiders in their wake. The specialties of this party are Union Pacific, C. C. and I. C., Ohios and sore of the wther low-priced non-dividend paying fancies, ‘Their former great favorite, Lake Shore, has been turned adrift, and at 88089 went begging about the market, and yet Ohios, which pay nothing against the annual 8 per cent of Lake Shore, are selling at 44, or for half as rauch. Will soime pbi- losopher fn fuance READ US THIS RIDDLE? The erst and constitutional “wears” made a raid ‘once or twice, and by concurrently didding money Wo 6 per cent sought to change the current, but in- effectually. At the close of the week a corner" in Erle was the feature, the searcity of the stock being such that the certifivates were worth all the way from ‘5 to % per cent a day for use in deliveries, ‘The stock rose from 4734 to 512g in the regular way, and sold for cash on Saturday at as high as 52 The “corner” was maintained up to the end of business Saturday, and unless the short interest decreases may be prolonged until relief is agorded by the ar- wival of stock from London. In THE GOLD MARKET hardly anything of importance transpired until Hear the close, when the yu’ clique advanced the price quite suddenly to 11344, with a view to “cornering” some of their members, who are ab Jeged to have played the pov! false. Meantime the Price had fluctuated between 113% and 112%, on sho expectation of a change in the Bank of Eng. ‘Vand discount rate and the announcement of the Geneva award. Cash gold beccming easter was do, do., 11334 @ 113%; do, do,, 1868, do. do., 11334 @ 11334; do. ten-forties, registered, 107% a 107%; do. do., coupon, 107% a 1077; do. fives of 1881, registered, 11034 a 210%; do. do. do., coupon, 110% a 110%. THE COURSE OF THE GOLD MARKET. The extreme fiuctuations dai'y in the course of the gold market during the week were as follows :— CLOSING PRICES OF SOUTHERN SECURITIES. The following were the closing prices of the Southern list, inclusive of the leading Southern railway and municipal bonds:—Tennessee, ex coupon, 72% @ 73; do., new, 72% a 73; Virginia, ex coupon, 45 8 47; do., registered stock, old, 38 a 40; do. sixes, consolidated bonds, 50% a 6134; do. sixes, deferred scrip, 15817; Georgia s1xes, 7478; do. sevens, 85a 88; North Carolina, ex coupon, 33 a 34; do,, to North Carolina Railroad, 47 a 48; do., funding, 1866, 25a 28; do. do., 1868, 21 a 25; do., new, 20a 22; do., special tax, 12a 15; Missouri #1xXes, 93 a 9334 ; do., Hannibal and St. Joseph, 8# 091; Louisiana sixes, 52 @ 55; do., new, 48 @ 53; do., levee sixes, 50 a 60; do. do. eights, 70a 75; do. do. eights, 1875, 70 a 78; Alabama fives, 67 a 60; do. eights, 84 a 86; South Carolina sixes, 62 a 55; do., new, January and July, 2434 a 2534; do. do., April and October, 2434 a 2534; Arkansas sixes, fanded, 43 52; Mobile and Ohio Railroad sterling, 90 a 93; do, interest eights, 86 a 87; do, second mortgage eights, 75 a 82; Miselssippi Central Railroad first mortgage sevens, 88 a 91; do. second mortgage eights, 84 a 87; New Orleans and Jackson first mortgage, 90 @ 93; do, second mortgage, 84 a 87; Memphis and Charleston Rallroad first mortgage, 88 a 90; do. second mortgage, 80 a 82; Grecn- ville and Columbia Railroad, guaranteed by South Carolina, 47 a 51; Macon and Brunswick Railroad, guaranteed by Georgia, 67 a 70; Memphis City sixes, 52a 64; Savannah City sevens, 849 6&7; New Orleang consols, old, ¢5 a 70; de. issue rail- roads, sixes, 65 a 70; do. sevens, 64 a 67. THE BANK STATEMENT. The weekly statement of the associated banks is again quite unfavorable, and the total of surplus reserve is reduced to about $1,500,000. The loss of specie and legal tenders has been over a million and a half, againet a decrease in deposits of only four millions, the latter being the consequence chiefly of a contraction of loans by thd banks, the loans being down close upon three millious. Aga result the surplus reserve has been impaired about six hundred thousand dollars. Consola- tion is offered by the statement, however, that the banks are net losing to any great extent by ship- ment of money out of the city. The decrease in deposits, considering the curtailment of credit during the week and the heavy DRAIN OF GOLD into the Sub-Treasury for customs, has been even smaller than might bave been anticipated. Indeed, the whole statement and the facts it reveals go to confirm our views expressed a few weeks since, that the Fall activity in the money market was not Ukely this season to be what it has been in previous years. The statement contrasts with its predeces- sor as follows:— Sept, 14. 284,650, 300 112,787,200 27,626,400 548,000 % 48,105,600 —The changes peing in detail as follows:— Decrease in loans.. + $2,989, 700 Decrease in specie. ses 654,100 Increase in circulation. +, 93,500 Decrease in deposits... + 4,070,200 Decrease in legal tenders. + 962,900 AN ANALYSIS of the above shows that the banks now hold only $1,599,000 above the legal limit of reserve, a decrease for the week of $632,825, The following is a comparison showing the relation between the to- tal reserve and the total liabilities of the banks this week and last:— 818451500 sixes Deo * ' % er 49,058,500 48,105,000 Dec. 519,800 800 De 900 be 400 ine. 218,616,200 200;546,600 Dec:. 4,070,200 $241,119,10) $237,172.40 Dec. .$3,976,700 Bras Sahiasioy D°eSAST5700 Changes, 25 per cent........ Excess over iegal reserve ..... s+» 2,289,525 1,509,700 Dec... 632,825 TUB STOCK TELEGRATH. At the annual meeting of the Gold and Stock Telegraph Company, held at the office of the com- pany, 61 Broadway, the followirg gentlemen were elected directors for the ensuing year:—Tracy R. Edson, William Orton, Horace F. Clark, Joseph M. Cook, Marshall Lefferts, James II. Banker, Alonzo B. Cornell. At a subsequent meeting of the direc- tors Marshall Lefferts was elected President, Joseph M. Cook Vice President, and Norman ©. Miller Secretary and Treasurer. STOCKS ON SATURDAY. The following table shows the highest and lowest prices of the principal stocks during the day :— Highest, Lowest, New York Central 9936 08% Erie..... 49 Lake Sho! Me 88% Northwes* + 13% 13% Northwes: 90 803g Roes Isla 10% 110% St. Pant, + 55% 55% St. Paul preferred, . 7% xO) Ohio and Mississippi. M4 43% Union Pacific. 3814 37% G., and LC, 31% 87% w i Pay Ww The following were the prevailing qnotatiens when the board adjourned at three o'clock P. M. :-— Western Union Telegraph, 7146 @ 7143 Quicksilver preferred, 65% A 6535; Pacific Mall, 71g a 71%; New York Central, 99% a 9934; Erie, 61%¢ @ 51% Lake Shore, 891; a 89%; Union Pacific, 3814 @ 38145 Northwestern, 73% a 73%; Rock Island, 110% 9 110)¢; St. Paw, 6534 @ 5534; St. Paul preferred, 15% 76; Wabash, 72 a 73; Boston, Hartford and Erie, 73¢ @ 743 Chicago, Columbus and Jediana Central, 37% a 37%. COMMERCIAL REPORT. itl Cottom Generally Quiet and Irregular ; Receipts at the Ports, 4,155 Balesae Flour Firm=Wheat Irvegular; Spring Easter and Winter Firmer—Corn Firmer —Oats Steady—Spirits Turpentine Firmer—Rosin Easiecr—Coffee Dull ir Aetive=Pork Firmer=Lard dy=—Whiskey Higher. Barurpay, Sept. 15—6 P, M, Corrrr.—The market remained dull and more or less nominal for all descriptions. There was little or no disposition shown to do business We quote;— Rio, ordinary cargoes, M43gc, @ Ibe.; fair do, 15ige, & le. ; good do., 16Jgc. & 16%. ; prime do., 17/4c. a 17c., gold, per Ib., days; Maracaibo, 1634c. a 18, ; Lagu: amigo @ reason for the decline, The sudden advance @@ Saturday moans a ltvely merget the ensuing Week, cepecially if the wuspicions pf treachery in | 173ge. a 380. , St. Domingo, in bond, Me, ; Java, 190. a %e., gold. Corron.—The demand for appt cotton continued light, Frou anv Gaain.—Receipts—fiour, 9,053 bbls. ; wheat, 144,170 bushels; corn, 891,519 do.; corn ineal, 1,218 bbis.? oats, 37,250 bushels; and ior the week ending, flour, 46,538 bbls; Wheat, 580,730 bushels; corn, 1,456,686 do.; corn meal, 4,181 bbls. and 690 bags; oats, 431,565’ bushels; rye, 1 a 2 a it was logs aguive, etl oe was e fair demand ai ices were Ma he ¢ comprising all kinds, Moot up about 13,500 bbis., all a prices within the range of the annexed quotatiouy. Corn meal was in better demand, Sales were reported of G5) yellow, at $336, delivered, and $350 0n the a i a5 a a Round hoop Ohio, shi) brand: a Round hoop Obie, traiie brands. a Family. a1 a a ig St. Louis choice double St. Louls choice tamily.- Qatornia wuuicomactenn= oven = PRP SRREERASSSRTTERESARTERS SSRSRERSSSSRNAKSKSSSSSasS Sea emuornacmenreiasess . ‘0 f. 0 q ut firmer for Winter, and rather pacer for Bpring, The sales were only about 7600) bushels at $1 55 0'$1 53 for No.2 Chicago Spring aflent; 1 62 4 $164 for No. 3 dv; $1 60° for northwest pring, 66 for red Winter Western, $1 00 a $i 6 ior soft de. $1 70 a $1 75 for amber, includ. ¢ Indiana in store at the higher pri 95 for white or white Mieitgan in. wore. Corn was active and a shade firmer. about 268,040 bushel; at 68%jc. at the higher price bid ant Virginia and $195 a $2 f ‘The sales sum up . a 63i<e. for mixed, closing O3%e. usked, 6134 a'65c. for Western yellow, Gc. a 68c. for do. white, éde. a 63c. for stsamer inixed, and 6le. for unsound, elosing quiet. Oats remained quiet but firm, ‘The sales Were only about 42,000 bushels at $9. a 42c, for new black Western, 46c. for new barley oats, 47c. for old Western mixed, on the track : 42c 8 484¢e. for new do., and 44c. n 4%. for new Western white. Baricy and rye reniained quiet and more or less nominal, Frricns.—Berth rates were firmer atthe opening, but sulgequently closed rather easier. ‘Transactions onl: moderate, ‘There was a fair jnauiry for suitable vessels for grain, but little or no call for, other purposes. Rates ces high were very firm and in some instan er. The en- ‘were :—To Liverpool. b; im, 10,000 bushels a anal Is of grain at 10d. ; ta 4,000 quarters grain, same voyage ani bark, same voyage,’ 200 quarters gri British bark, same ‘voyage, 1,400 quarters grain at 3 an Itallan bark, 580 tons, to Marseilles, tallow and gen: eral caro, on private terms, Perroixom.—The market for refined remained dull, bnt prices unchanged ; quoted at 243¢c. a 243¢e, Mr spot or balance of month. Crude in bulk was also dull and nominally unchanged, held at 113¢. for prompt delivery ; nd firm at 29. 29:4c. Naphtha re: ic. & 163gc, for stern or was quiet and decidedly guier quoted at $3 20 a $3.25 on both roads, and $3 35 it OUCity. ‘The Philadelphia market continued inactive and nominal. Refined quoted at 23)¢¢. 8 233¢e, for spot or remainder of month. Provisions.—Receipts—Pork, 262 bbla. :beef, 12packages; cut meats, 187 do-; lard, $56 bhis. and tlerees,” And for the week, pork, 427 bbls. ; beef, 47 packages; cut meats, 1,016 do. ; lard, 2'480 bbls. and tierces. and 604 Kegs, The market for mess pork was quict, but ashade firmer. Sales were made late vesterday of ¥£0 bbis., for September, nt $14 8, and 200 bbis., for October, at same price. Generally hel to-day at $14 12%. There’ was a large business consuin- mated in prime mess, the tales, part Ysierday and day, aggregath.g 2,000 bbls, for éxport, ut $12 25; also Boi qlextra prime, meas at $11 60. 10 Jobbing lots about 300 DbIs. of mess changed hands, at from $1415 a $14 2). Bacon continued sieady, under a moderately fair in- qury. We hear of sales of boxes “of short cle. January and February ‘delivery, at Bh ssed hogs” were in Huited reques un -hanged; quoted at 6%e. a7c. for the range. f— There wag a moderate demand { pots 48 nd prices were steady. Sales 75 bbls. at pr wes wit rehee of $8 0 $10 for meas. $10 a $12 for extra do., $! for pri meng lignes and $17 a pomrealiy, for India mess CQ, ef hams 1. mained dull aud nominal at about Cut meats—There was considerable inquiry tor to. 30) ickled preats, With galcs reported of 500 hams, 13'4c, Boxes ‘of beliles ald 4o-y and (4 packages gfsmoyed ders at 8c. We que Smoked hams, Ide. Se. 5 ¢. a 83c.; plekled hains, 1c. a 1a3¢e.! do. del Tige. 7 shoulders, 734°. shoulders in dry salt, 5c. a 6%c. Lard—The market for Western wis quiet, and not quotable above 9 3-KNe, for spot or balance of month, Sales 20 tierces, for September, at 93-l6c. City lard was use at 9c., with sales daly of 75 ticrecs. loLasses.—The market exhibited no change, remaining dull for all descriptions. We quote :— Old Crop. New Cuba—Centrifugal and mixed. .19, a i 2 Clayed. Ze. @ 25e. e Muse -8=- Ue, Muscovado, grocery =-s— English tana gre ie English -an~ VC. New Orleans. — a~ We. a 900, NAVAL STORES, pirity of turpentine the demand continued moderate and the market closed a shade firmer. Sales 187 bbls. at S8., including oil and whiskey bbls. aud in merchantable order; also 60 bbis. in mer- chantable order at 53}<c., closing at 6c. Rosin was casier at the opening, but mulbeguien ly closed better, although lower than yesterday. We have only to note sales of 1,00) bbla. of strained at $4, which was afterwards resold’ at 10, closing firm at the latter price. Tar and pitch were inactive and nominally unchanged, Sucan The market for raw continued active and buoy. i ant. The sales foot up about 8. ly refin- ing grades, at from 8igc. a 9c. for (ubas, for St. Croix, 104c. for Demerara and 9%. a 9c. ‘for centritu- gal. Retined also continued in good demand and firm, luoted at Ide, for A's and I2%e.'a 12%e. for hande we dtote + -Guba~-Refning, MIerier te cascade Tha a1, fair to good tnir, Se. W'9e.; vod to primer 9 spoeery: tair ae {7} Wc. ; centritugal, hhas aud boxes,7 e Dutch stand standard, Ne extra superior, 8c. a 8%. Ricx.—The market was very quiet to- scriptions, but prites showed no chan, only about 280 tierces and bags, at 84<c. lina, 734c. a 8c, for Patna, and 6%. Strat Market qui¢t and unc Ported. TALLow was also a 9ige. lay for all de- Tho sales were 940. tor Caro- 3¢e. tor Rangoon, wed. No sales re- quiet. There were small, unimportant Seis 9 5-16c. tor prime and 8c. a 9}4c. for fair Tochoiee outyide. Wuiskey.—Receipts, 424 bbls.; and for the week ending, 3,559 bbls. ‘The market wasmoderately active and firmer. Sales 260 bbls at 92%c. a %e., closing at the latier price. GauvEston, Sept, 14, 1872, Cotton dull and nominal; ordinary, I8e.; good Ibige. Net receipts, Siz Dalen. Exports: coast wiser He fe. Net receipts, erty coastwise, 2 Bais, 100, Stock, 10,070. 4 14 New Onuxans, Sept. 14, 1872, Cotton unsettled ; ordinary and good ordinary, Wo mar. kot; low middlings, Ise. 0. Is id Pac. v7 bale; frost, 1,8 ‘50, 6415, SIS bales Net receipts, ales, from net to cancel error made yesterday, Moi Cotton dull and casier; low ordin Jow middlings, I8!ye. ; middiings, Inke. bales, Bales, 00. Btwwck, 2,603, Savannan, Sept. 14, 1872. Cotton irregular; low ordinary, Ie. ; "low middiin Wie. 5 middlings, 187 bales port 37. Sept. 14, 1872, Cotton Guiet; ordinary, xoud ordinary, 7ige. a Ise. ; low nuddlings, iste, , middlings, Ise. Net receipts, 1077 bales, Exports coastwise, is Sales, 1W) bales, Stock, 5,729, Lowisvinie, Sept. 14, 1872, Tobacco dtm and strong; sales ight. Witatixeto, N,C., Sept. 14, 1872, Spirits turpentine=Market quict at dose. Rosin quict t $3 65 for strained, $425 for No, 1, $310 tor No. 2, $5 75 8 tor pale, $7 lor win- farket firm’ at $325 tor for virgin. Tar firm at Borraro, Sept. 14, 1372, bbla; ‘wheat, * 183877 dow ghiss Crude turpentin hard, $525 fur yellow dip, $3 Lake bushels; barley, 840 mieuts—W heat, Kail atilpments 45915, wushe imports—Flour, corn, 2 6,495 bust corn, 355,823 bushels, from elevators—Wheat, 4200 bushels: ats 86.700, bunkolss barlcy, 40) els. Vanil freighta—Wheat, 340.5 Jour quiet; Westere spring, §7 3) 8 8); Amber, $4.50 a $¥ 79; white, $9 a i MUWatikee No. 2 Spring oitered 3 ‘sales 4,000 bushels No, 2 at Sie. Opis quiet; new Toledo held at’ Joe. a Sie, Other articles ave unchanged. Sats, Tc. Pa, $8.0 38 at dectini Jawecd, Sent, 14, 1872 25 jor So. 4 Spring, « Fiowr steady; sales 799 bbls. at i Jo Winter, $10 6) tor $025 or Maver Winter, $10 for wh 3 4 double extr. 0) bushels No. red Winter at $1 68; 1,000 do. No. 1 white Michigan at Be Cota. steady; sales ‘4,000 bushels, in Jot, at 0c. jariey quiet. Corn meal, $1 69 for bolted aud ynotted oWL Millfecd steady ; shorts, $15. $20, Fs ahi per ton. Highwines, ize. Pan ge. j conn 7 to New York; lomber, fo New York. Railroad freiwhis- bWe.; to New York, Sie.; to Albany, 420. : shelg wheat, G00 do. barley, in nil—8,00) bushels CAGO, Sept. 14, 1872, and and lower for well known as the Vice President of the Central Pacific Railroad Company, and the same enerey displayed in the management of that corporation, and to which ite re- iy due, is being put forth in the markable success is so larg Chesapeake and Ohio. The Board of Directors is composed of probably as strong and able men as were ever associated together to carry out a great enterprise. Among them are the fol- lowing well-known New York merchants :— Messrs. A, A. LOW, WM. H. ASPINWALL, JONAS G. CLARK, DAVID STEWART, WM. WHITEWRIGHT, JR, This road will extend from Richmond to the heart of the Great West, at a point on the Ohio River 313 miles be- Jow Pitteburg, where it will at once connect with 12,000 miles of river navigation, and soon by connecting roads with the whole great system of Western railroads, thus giving a short, direct and casy grade ontlet to the mil- lions of people and inexhaustible products of the West to the Atlantic Coast, and in return furnishing them with the manufactures of the East, and cheap coal and cheap iron from along the line of the road. Itstraffic must be immense, It will cost, fully equipped, upwaras of $30,000,000. Of the whote length of the line, 427 miles, at this date 360 miles are completed; the grading is near- ly done on the remainder, the iron is being rapidly laid, and during November next it is expected trains wil ran through to the Ohio Rive: The Western end, 200 miles, will be nearly all laid with steel rails, the bridging all iron and the masonry first class in every respect. The total amount of these Bonds is $15,000,000. The amount sold by us from the date of bringing out the loan is $14,499,600. The amount now offered by us 1s made up as follows :— Unsold balance of loan as above............40-++ $610,400 Repurchased and received in exchange for De- Denture Bonds of the Companv...........s.04-2 2413,800 2 e | | | Leaving balance subject to proposals. ‘$2,923,700 Bhould the proposals exceed this amount a proper award among the accepted proposals will be made. An opportunity for savings banks, insurance companics, estates and investors toget so good a Bond on a great road, at a moderate price, is rarely offered. The Bonds are issued in denominations of $100, $500 and $1,000, either coupon or registered ; interest payable May and November; both principal and interest payable in New York city, in United States gold coin. The accrued interest from May 1 will be added to all accepted pro- mesgsarete —_— | posnis, = Proposals should be adressed to FISK & HATCH, Financial Agents, Chesapeake and Ohio Ratlroad Company. UND OF $175,000 TO LOAN ON NEW YORK A. Property: $7400, on Brooklyn; $100,000. to. Joan \d to buy mortgages. Address ATTORNEY, ¥ New York. lat rm i ON BOND AND MORTGAGE lyn and New Jersey. Principals . WOOD, Jr., 15 Broadway, “MONEY 10 LOAN + in New York, Broo! only apply to SAMUEL room 10, OND AND MORTGAGE.—MONEY ‘TO LOAN ON New York, Brooklyn and Long Island City Property. Principals only address INVESTMENT, box Post oftice, New York. De tte & MACY, BANKERS, NO, 30 WALL STREET, New York, offer the same facilities to depositors as incorporated banks, and allow interest on daily balances at the rate of four per cent. Collections made on an: point at current rates with immediate returns. Specii attention paid to choice Stocks, Bonds, &c., for Investors, OUISVILLE CITY Md ae Interest payable in New York. For sale by DREXEL, MORGAN & CO., ‘53 Exchange place. M°RE®, PLENTY—ALWAYS ON HAND TO LOAN ON ond and Mortgage or securities; Mo chased. RUTUS Ke MefAaRG, 17 Cedar street Reteey ean Commissioner for cach State. N®* YORK LOAN AND INDEMNITY COMPANY, 22 Broadway, corner of Tarclay atrect, New York. AUTHORIZED CAPITAL, $1,000,000, One half the authorized capital of this Company havi sinter tatcee magne Hon won Subscription books will be opened on MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, atthe banking house of the Company, as above, and atthe National Park Bank, The charter of this Corporation is umusually liberal, authorizing the transaction of a GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS, ‘as well as that usually carried on by Trast, Safe Deposit and Warchouse Companion < O" > si Permanent organization of the Board will be effected when the full capital shall have beon subscrived. GEO. It _BISSELE, { A. McKINNEY EW YORK STATE SIXES GOLD BONDS, DUE 1887 N “for sale by GWYNNE & DAY, 16 Wail street. QTATE OF GEORGIA SIX PER CENT PAST DUR iY Bonds wanted.—Particuiar attention given to the collection of Coupons, &c., throughout the South. Orders executed at Stock Board at lowest commission. JOHN B, MANNING, Na. 5 New stroot. $10,000 Sorter nN OnTaeE Oe Ea $25,000. Bremer Meta, eee Sort gage. Address A. Z., box 121 Herald office. PSG Ye TO LOAN OR BUY MORTGAUHS— $250.000 Fr rrr cr ger Monta AUuns dn New York, Brooklyn, Wert:hester ‘and'New’ Jersey, fi money without bonus, “PAUL E, TODD, W Liberty re | Committee. ice, + + SUDDEN DEATH IN A THEATRE, About ten o'clock on Saturday night, during the theatrical performance at the Thirty-fourth Street Theatre, Mr. José Villanueva, one of the actora, was called on the stage to danve, and so dalighted was the audience with the performance that Mr. Villanueva was recalled, and while on the stage fell to the floor, death ensuing shortly atterwards, By permission of Deputy Coroner. Cushman, who was plied to at his residence, 205 East ‘Thirty- sixth street, the body was carried to the house of asriend, 2) West Houston street, where Coroner Keenan was notified to hold an inque De & Cuban, thirty-two years ug cht Flour steady. Wheas, in fair is enlargement Bt tne heart ‘and o frruge Saiteeeieet’ clased sallese's ie te rapt ae | and the Physician by ‘whom Villanuevs had been + No, MS TK is believi died Daralysia of the a Gull aus tower het dc. bd ior regular, which the Council of the Royal Seogeannicns Societ; (Livingstone’s friend Murchison being, as it will be useful to remember, its then president) added another £500, It is stated on Sathorisy that “seme Bubseriptions were obtained afterwards at Bombay; but these gums were probably far from suficient defray the costs of the equipment of the expedition, which was on a large scale ;” and it is now no secret that, with the exception of the slight assistance quoted, Livingstone’s expenses were defrayed by his friend, Mr. James Young, without whose gene- rous ald he could not possibly have attempted the journey, Those best qualified to form an opinion maintain that, if Sir Roderick Murchison had but livea, the attitude assumed by the Geographical Society during the last few mouths with respect to the great traveller would have heen very dif- ferent; and that the questionable ausier. to ob- tain Livingstone's notes, coupled with the appar- emt mdifference to Livingstone’s welfare, would have been far less manifest. As it new kings seem to have arisen who neither know nor wish to know Joseph; and the result has been unsatis‘actory to every impartial person who has given attention to the subject... Altiough sir Roderick Murchison and the Council of the Geo- phical Society memoralised Lord Clarendon in ‘eh, 1870, “setting iorth the destitute condition in which it was inferred Livingstone then was, and the government to send him assist- An, ance? er Rodericx’s successor, Sir flenry Raw- Mngon, took upon hin:self to state hacer in 1872 (whem nothing more had been heard of Livingstone and his “destitute condition” was worse by two years), that ‘so far from Mr, Stanley having suc- cored Livingstone, it was clear that Livingstone had succored him;” and a member of the Geo- graphical Council, Mr. Francis Galton, expressed also publicly his contempt for ‘sensational stories’ and his wish for “geographical facts.” This crav- ing to extort trom poor Livingstone that which he had determined not to part with before the proper time ts what the subscribers to the Livingstone Search and Relief Expedition lave to con- sider, and no report from any committee should be accepted as satisfactory which does not bring fully into the light’ much that has been hitherto hid. Who supposed, when the hopes of England were centered upon this expedi- tion, and the problem of Livingstone’s safety was foremost in the public mind, that the acquisition of “geographical tacts” was to be more than a sub- sidiary aim? Its leader, Lieutenant Dawson, cer- tainly did not. He undertook his task under cir- cumstances which elicited oiicial thanks from Sir Henry Rawlinson and the Council for his “high spirit and disinterestedness;” and it was not until he arrived at Zanzibar that he found it would be impossible to serve Livingstone and at the same time carry out the instructions of those who, while acting as trusiees for the subscribers, had laid down rules the observance of which would be, from the very nature of things, “highly irritating” to Livingstone. It is an unpleasant eet Ad Say, but there is no doubt it is said, that Livingstone’s despatches have been doctored and garbled before they have been given to the public. There is in existence at the Foreign Oftice a printed pamphlet, which, if Parliament were only sitting, would be at ouce ealled for, and which, we trust, some independent member will insist, next session, shall be laid upon the table of the house. It contains Livingstone’s despatches to the government, in which he states distinctly his determination that hia notes of treyel shall not faii into the hands of the Royal Geographical Society; a8 on former occasions his noted had been sitered to meet the private views of individual comer. Ro “ reader Femember Y we tion_were to the ar Soclety, but were studiously concealed from Lieu- Dawson (who believed, many other peo- ple believed, that Livingstone was in the employ of the Royal Geographical Society, and had only been prevented communicating his journals and notes by the diticulty of transmitting from the interior), until Dr. Kirk showed him his copy of them at Zan- zibar, and then let the same reader take the fol- lowing instructions from Sir Henry Rawlinson and the Council to the head of the Livingstone Search Expedition, and read careiully between the lines:— at Zanzibar you will deliver to Dr, Kirk, Act- pe, Political Agent at that piace, a letter of frerentione rey eae elaeA Gf eee oe brit} by the x ice on the of re mn, Witiek enjoins him to give vou al the adviey tnd dete Bnasibar a lever of recommendation onyearieneit a Tr a text our’ alt giv c Ny by Ber Majesty's Bocreva & vor good office and native chiefs of the interior. Accondingss the latest rumors received by us Dr. Livingstone is residing at lace distant some any’ , rm | west of Lake ; but you will probably find that Dr. Kirk possesses more recent information. You will, therefore, consult him as to the direction in beh sea are to search. the route you are to take at starting and the character of ‘our O1 * It is impossible for us to foresee more than a few of many possible contingencies; we therefore limit our in- structions to the three tollowing cases, leaving to your ees any others should arise, to act as you be- eve most contormable to the spirit of these instruc. tiong = 1. If Dr, Livingstone desires to return in your company at once, or after what you consider to be a mod delay, you are to take him with you, sho that cour- teous regard to his comfort and nara nd dete: his saggestions, which ought to be rendered to a person of Bae tiom and unparalleled expertence in Atri- can trave 2, If Dr. Livingstone should desire to remain longer in the country than seems fitting to you to wait for hi it he Wish to return by @ route diffe which you consider to be generally most advan’ you are te assist him with suc! consider you can pradenty spare, Andy ty W. Oswell Livingstone with him, {¢tha¢ gentleman shoud desire it. You are also to endeavor to procure Dr. ingstone, for transmission to the ral Sacerapnical of the geographical information he has luring his present expedition, of which very little is known to us. 1 3 Le ad it be topes pas Dr. Tavingstone ig toed T alive, you are meang in your power toverity the assertion, inorder that ‘no aout may here- fter arise ag to its trath or talvel and if, unhappily, Id prove true, you are. to strive to obtain te, Le 4 the succor t of the expedition, f Dr. Livingstone is the primary o| you will, no doubt, be able Iatgely to to our geo: hiical knowledge of Africa, princ tpally by mapping part the country ascome within your observa- compatible with that primary object, you tain numerous observations to NX ‘the Sny other inkes you may Vint, aud they faeyiede wae ol vi ” of fointe determination. ine ce You are to neglect no opportunity of communicatiny with us, and you are to transmit to the Royal Geograph cal Society, trom time to time, abstracts of your journals and observations; and you are clearly to understand and romise that no account of the results of the journey is to © published by you Letore your papersare laid betore the and permission given you by » You will also make thi one of the terms of your agreement with the other mem. bers of your party. Can anything be plainer than that Lieutenant Dawson was expected to come home well stored with “geographical facts,” whether Livingstone liked it or no; and ts it not certain from what we have seen and heard since that if these were the published instructions, those given to Lieutenant Dawson privately and unoficially by members of the Council were even stronger ? h of these gentlemen has his own “views” and theories re- spectin, interior of Africa and the sources of the Nile; and if the following memorandum from one of them may be taken asa sample of the per- sonal exactions of the rest, it is easy to understand that even if Livingstone had not been succored by Mr. Stanley he would have deemed relief dear! purchased by the presence of an intruder, armei with authority and means for EONS him of the honor of disvoveries to which he has devoted tnirty-five years of his life. Here is one series of supplementary and unpublished instructions which Pht given Lieutenant Dawson before he left Eng- a Nores.—BaromcterTubes.—Pack the zine tubes soit two in @ box, and one elsewhere. To fill, incline ti tube, with a funnel of aper round the mouth; the mer- cury enters with less az thus than it held vertically. ‘the following 18a good way of reversing Firat fil, passing the tube through a cork, whieh is into the open end of a bit ot glass tube in (), and p mereur or sheath, the Is well covered, or more than halt F end with another pea and rai barometer cl ean reverse these sheaths with activo tipon. Dom ping in ull the mouth end of the barometer tube reverse. 6 tube will never leave the without danger. I send twe and a bit tricks witl remove blebs of air hy c| ni, wire down. ing wi ie plenty of spirits of wine, and keep plant yi Jor use at lakes, Test ail your tubes a1 naibar, and find relative index errata Yourself don't Hetieve In any furnished index error . Recollect that index error varies with much ‘and that the tube you keep in regular wie should be compared, gecusionally rath one yor Keep at : shoul ‘ecombal at cl jomoters supplied with the last Jot sre pretebi xery orreet-—those with the” old it pl ¢ old apparatus rr been h de } be in mie, and ea asd mined, Ea aston aco nieeh, da and (as we can now understand) was spalaes, any European joining him. Least of all would he have- welcomed an agent of the Geographical fe’ To be sure, Lieutenant Dawson need not have cared for this, and might (with funds wmeh had been subscribed to heip Livingstone) have J ceeded to thwart and cppoee him by * pick-- ing up the ends of his work,” and b; baling him, into submission %% the behests of the Royal Geo- Sap nicat Society. He chose a nobler course, and- studied Livingstone’s Sie ry iP and interests.by re- rt his command. Sir Henry Rawlinson has: already given in his approval in a letter to the father of Lieutenant Henn, in which he sald, “Dr. Livingstone’s safety being now assured, and the: road being open for supplies, Lieutenant Dawsom: would not, perhaps, have been Jpatiied tn epiings the difficult and expensive journey to the lake, and: ‘our son, being stillso young, and having shown: is mettie, will, no coubt, have many opportuni- tles of distinction in the fature;” and whatever” be the formal decision of the society graphers who meet this evening, Dawson may count upon the: hearty sympathy and thanks of the great body: of his countrymen and okie ane Tt was: Livingstone versus the Geographical Society, and he chose the former. Meanwhile it cannot be too widely known that Dr. Livingstone is very poor, and that the necessity for mal provision for his. family compels him to keep back information. of which, as the Geographical Society remarks with nat “very little is known to us,” until he cam ublish it in ius own name and in a book. We shaik: mistaken in our countrymen tf the announces ment of the great traveller's honorable pererty, first made public in this journal a fortnigh! i ve ated ret by some tangible action and bepe- resul ODD FELLOWSHIP. Its Origin, Progress and Wonderful Success Meeting of the G. L. U. 8.—List of Officers and Representatives—Status at Home and Abroad—Important Legislation. When the initials I. 0. 0, F, are seen. in print, on banner or hall, in these days, the majority of those who read are aware that they behold the monogram of a fraternal organization known as Odd Fellows, but very few, save the initiated, are familiar with the great progress it has made since its introduction into this country or the extent of its operations. To glance briefly at these will be found fraught with interest to the reader. Societies bearing the title “Odd Fellows” existed in the Old World, and were spoken of as. early aa 1745, These were of the nature of convivial clubs,. with perhaps a crude system of relief attached, and were of different kinds, having different “work’? or ceremonies and regulations, In 1800 one or more had assumed quite large proportions, with: something of a presiding government, or general head, from which lodges were authorized to be in- stituted or formed. Yet it was in an unsystematic state. In 1800 a member of a London (Englandy lodge, on his own account or otherwise, formed a, lodge at Manchester, which increased and multi. past and induced the formation of other lodges, until a large umber of “Odd Fellows” were in, said city. Tieton ft , Among those joining in Manch¢“*er were soma: men of enlarged ideas, who thought that Shey covered within this Order the germ of something better, and introduced and proposed refurms which’ did not seem to be favorably received by the majority. After a few years’ trying the Manchester brethren withdrew or seceded from the old organ~ ization, and in 1813 formed what was and w stil known as the “Manchester Unity,” From this iyaaization ls American Odd Fellow- ship a descendant. Although lodges of “Odd Fel- lows’ of some kind were instituted as early as 1906 in New York city, yet a permanent organiza tion dates from April 26, 1819, when Thomas Wildey, John Welch, John Duncan, Richard Rushworth ana John Cheathem organized Washington Lodge, No. 1, at the Seven stars Inn, Baltimore, Maryiand. From 1819 to 1842 the order in America used the. Manchester “work” or ritual. Some ehanges, alterations, &c., having taken place in England a. delegation consisting of James. L.. Ridgely ant Rev. J. D. Williamson, made a trip over to recuncile: ithout effect, returned, reported, and. (1842) the American order withdrew’ from the chestet Unity and declared itself am “Independent” Order. new work and ritua? were adopted in 1845, the one now in use, Prominent in the American Order is the exeta-- sion of “refreshments” of any kind from tne hedge: rot the establishment of stipulated weekly sick. benefits, funeral beneilts, certain sums to.be paid on the death of a wi &@ system of visitation, the sick, a care for the widow and orphan, &e. ractice of these principles became known attention was arret the name “Odd. Fellow,” which had been somewhat of a by-word and reproach, assumed a different character, and. reflect minds. were led to investigate. The re- sult was large accessions and a ‘ ‘al,’ as it. were, in this fraternity. Like all forors, many, joined for personal randizement, to further ine dividual euds of political, sectarian or other char- acter, but finding an immutabie law to be “that no Political, sectarian or other improper debate” would be allowed, and also discovering that Odai Fellowship meant work outside of, as well. as. in,. the lod, room, hundreds dropped off and were law of this association is, that if an To pay lils weekly duce for. thirtees. weeks he 18 not entitled to benefits, and if he, nog- lects to do so for a year he is dropped irom mem- bership. So it will be seen Speaking of meinbers “live men” are meant—those who are con- tributors to I and in full fellowship. “Once member always a member” is not the rule, but member only when @ regular contributor.” The- peculiar system of relief, &c., requires this strict discipline, and it is rigidly enforced. Mence the number of suspeusio! ve been large, The status of the Order to-day is most gratifyin, to its projectors and laborers, some of the oldest o: whom are yet livii prominent among whom. stand James L. Ridgely the veteran Grand Secre- tary, of Baltimore, Md., and John A. Kennedy, Past Grand Sire, of New York city. It 1s located in each one of the United States and the Territories, and has some four thousand eight hundred lodges on this Continent, with a membership of over three hundred and fifty thousand, with a net in- crease of about thirty thousand members per year. The revenue reaches three and a halt mijlions of dollars and the sura paid tor relief at Teast one and @ quarter millions annually. Lodges are aiso lucated in Australasia, Pera, Sandwich Islands, Untario, Quebec, Prussia, Wurt- temberg, Saxony and Switzerland, Connected with the Order Is @ degree known as the “Degree of Kebekah,” to which the wives of members who have attained the fifth or scarlet de- ree are entitled, It is estimated that there are tween sixty thousand and seventy thousand ladies who have received this degree. As an illustration of the practical workings of American Odd Feliow: without referring to the famine in Ireland, the fever in the South or the fire at Portland, attention is invited to the late conflu- grativas in Chicago and the West. In Chicago, ere the city hat burned, @ delegation from Cincinnati was fmt withsupplies. The first organized relief committee was that of this Order; and, nov withstanding that the fraternity as individuals, these represen ‘Clects its own firms, &c., in evety section had contributed to the n 3 yet this Order, through its own foard, took entire charge of the suffering brethren and their families, Smounting to relieved the general fund that extent, The Order, as an Order, sent to the Ch! Relief B $123,724 63, of which was returned $3,386 10, the donations oe in excess of the demand. The game occurred in Wisconsin and Michigan. The m of government is us follows:—Each subordinate lodge elects one of its members as @ representative to the Grand "lod of fi State 5,000 persons, and (or jurisdiction) in which said tives forin said + these Grand